Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 93 Long Night Journey to the Western Regions ([-])
Western Region
Wu Sun Guo

Chigu Castle

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"what--"

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call out!
"Uh-"

The city was full of wars, and a group of Wusun soldiers were fighting with another group of Wusun soldiers.

The people in the city suffered from Yuchi, even Zhang Qian and others who had been living in the city were not spared.

"Zhonglang, run!" Wang Changye mounted his horse and persuaded Zhang Qian who was beside him.

"En." Zhang Qian nodded. He was used to this kind of situation. When he was on his first mission to the Western Regions, he often faced this kind of life-and-death crisis.

Since they came to Chigu City, they have repeatedly asked to visit the king of Wusun, but the king of Wusun was afraid of the Huns, so he didn't even bother to meet Zhang Qian and others.

Zhang Qian and others had no choice but to stay in Chigu City, hoping that one day King Wusun would change his mind.

However, after waiting for a long time, civil strife broke out in Wusun Kingdom. It was heard that King Wusun died of illness suddenly, and his sons were fighting each other for the throne.

At this time, a group of Wusun rebels saw that Zhang Qian and others were going out of the city, so they stopped Zhang Qian and wanted to rob Zhang Qian and others of their goods.

"Kill it out!"

Zhang Qian was very calm, and ordered to the hundreds of followers who accompanied him.

"kill!"

Under Zhang Qian's command, hundreds of Han envoys rushed out of the city.

However, the situation at the gate of the city was too chaotic, Zhang Qian, Wang Changye, and the envoys were separated from each other in the vast crowd.

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One month later

The internal strife in Wusun finally came to an end. The newly enthroned King Wusun was very ambitious and said to many ministers: "My Wusun country has been ravaged by the Huns for decades, and every year I give the princess to the Huns as a plaything. To give a large amount of property to the Xiongnu and force them to buy goods from the Xiongnu at high prices, this king wants to change this shameful situation."

"Your Majesty! The Xiongnu are powerful, and our country of Wusun must not strike a stone with an egg!" A minister hurriedly persuaded.

"Your Majesty, please take back your order!" The rest of the courtiers also persuaded.

"Shut up! I learned from a group of caravan envoys from the Central Plains that the Huns were defeated by a country called Han. Even Shan Yuting was destroyed. Xushan has been engraved with military exploits by a general of that country called Han, and now that the Huns are dying, it is a great opportunity for our Wusun country to counterattack and avenge our shame!" King Wusun snorted coldly, and then said to his relatives: "General Han! The envoys of the country were summoned in."

"Yes." The confidant agreed, and then summoned Zhang Qian.

After a while, Zhang Qian came to the palace with two guards, and bowed respectfully to King Wusun in Wusun language: "Respected King Wusun, I am Zhang Qian, the envoy from the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains, on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty." Greetings to you."

For more than a year, Zhang Qian, who lived in Chigu City, did not waste his time, but learned Wusun language fluently, and taught Wang Changye and others to learn Wusun language every day.

"The envoys of the Han Kingdom, please sit down." King Wusun replied with a smile, and then asked Zhang Qian, "May I ask how your country defeated the Huns, can you tell me?"

Hearing this, Zhang Qian knew that the opportunity had come, so he hurriedly told the story of how Wei Qinghuo Qubing and Wang Changzhi counterattacked the Huns.

After listening to Zhang Qian's description, the young King Wusun yearned for it very much. When he was just a prince, his own sister was given as a toy by his father to King Youxian of the Huns. Later, he heard that his princess sister was killed alive. Playing to death, this made him very angry.

He wanted revenge, but everyone around him told him that the Huns were too strong. If he resisted, the whole of Wusun would be slaughtered by the Huns. Sacrificing a princess can bring peace to the whole country. Isn't that enough?
Finally, the weak and incompetent father passed away, and several of his brothers were useless. They were defeated by him in the process of competing with him for the throne. He finally became the king of Wusun Kingdom. He vowed to change everything, To avenge the Huns.

"It would be great if my Wusun also had a general like Wei Qinghuo Qubing and Wang Changzhi, even if there is Wang Changyu or Li Guang, but my Wusun country only has Han Anguo." The young Wusun king shook his head and sighed. The generals turned pale when they talked about the Huns. They were frightened when they saw the Huns' army, and they were all a bunch of waste.

Although he has made up his mind to form an alliance with Han, the King of Wusun still wants to make sure whether Zhang Qian is bragging, so he said to Zhang Qian: "This king wants to send an envoy from my Wusun country to accompany you to your country to learn more about your country. The customs of the country."

"Please, Your Majesty." Zhang Qian knew that although what he described was true, it was too legendary, especially for these Wusun people who had trembled under the hooves of the Huns for decades.

So the Wusun King sent envoys to follow Zhang Qian to Dahan. On the surface, he wanted to understand the customs of Dahan. In fact, he wanted to go to Dahan for field inspection to determine whether Zhang Qian's descriptions just now were bragging or telling the truth. If it was bragging, then The matter of forming an alliance is definitely out of the question, but if it is true, the matter of forming an alliance will naturally come to pass.
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"Sir, it seems that the Dawan Kingdom is ahead." A big Han envoy pointed to the city ahead and said to Wang Changye.

"Yes." Wang Changye nodded, and then led dozens of envoys to the city.

Since the civil strife in Wusun, Zhang Qian separated from Wang Changye and others. Although they reunited later, Zhang Qian felt that he would continue to stay in Wusun to persuade the new Wusun king to form an alliance. Go, and make arrangements.

Zhang Qian stayed in Wusun with dozens of envoys who were still alive, and Wang Changye continued westward to search for Da Yuezhi with the remaining dozens of envoys.

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Dayuan country

Yu Chengcheng

Dawan has three small cities and countless villages. The three small cities are the national capital Guishan City, the trading city Yucheng City, and the horse breeding city Ershi City.

They represent the political center, economic center and military center of Dawan respectively.

"Stop! You are dressed strangely, where did you come from?"

At the gate of Yu Chengcheng, the Dawan soldiers guarding the gate stopped Wang Changye and others. They spoke Dawan language, and Wang Changye naturally couldn't understand it, but he had already learned Xiongnu language and Wusun language, so In Wusun language, he said respectfully to the Dawan soldiers: "I am an envoy from the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains, and I want to visit the king of your country."

Although forming an alliance with the Da Yue Clan is Wang Changye's main goal, since he passed by Dawan, he should make an alliance with Dawan by the way, and he can stay in Dawan to see what the former Patriarch Wang Tairan was thinking about. In the same way, long experience is also good.

"He seems to be speaking Wusun language, do you understand?"

"I don't understand, but looking at the clothes they wear, they don't look like Wusun people."

"What should I do?"

"Go and report this to the city lord."

"Ok."

Afterwards, a Dawan soldier rode into the city to report, while the rest of the Dawan soldiers stopped Wang Changye and others, not allowing Wang Changye and his group of strangely dressed foreigners to enter the city without authorization.

(End of this chapter)