Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 245

At night, the emperor sat in front of the desk, flipping through the documents he had just received.

One of them was an urgent letter sent by Meigao on a fast horse just now, mentioning a piece of news.Civil strife broke out in the Hunxie King's Department of the Huns, and the old Hunxie King died suddenly without knowing what happened.His eldest son, Wu Dan, killed many people and seized the throne of King Qingxie with a bloody sword.Some people who disobeyed him fled to Shan Yuting and asked Shan Yu to punish Wu Dan.

The emperor looked at it twice, and suddenly raised his head. "Do you remember the last time Meigao sent an urgent letter saying that the Huns were going to attack Yanmen and Shangjun?"

"Remember." Han Yan replied: "It should be a month ago, does Your Majesty need it?"

"Go and get it, together with the map inside."

"Wei." Han Yan turned around and left.Not long after, he came with a bunch of green pouches and put them all on the emperor's case.The Son of Heaven stood up, and quickly took out one from the inside, took a look at the bone stick on it, pulled the rope, and took out a silk book from the inside.

A map was drawn on the silk script, marking the grazing land of King Hunxie on it.The map is very simple, but this is the only map of the area west of Longxi that the Han Dynasty has before. It is not known whether it is accurate or not, but the general direction is not wrong.

The emperor looked at it for a while, and suddenly took a deep breath. "The death of King Hunxie is not related to Liang Xiao and the others, is it?"

"Liang Xiao?" Han Yan hurried over, carefully compared the urgent letters sent by Mei Gao, and felt that it was unlikely. "The timing is a bit coincident, but King Hunxie has thousands of elite knights, how could Liang Xiao get close to him? If he really wants to meet King Hunxie, Liang Xiao is afraid that it will be a disaster."

"That's what I'm worried about." The emperor's eyes darkened, and he sighed: "Killing King Hunxie is certainly a great achievement, but compared to forming an alliance with the Dayue Clan and attacking the Xiongnu, it is insignificant. In the case of Liang Xiao He should not take the initiative to find King Hunxie, he must have been targeted by the Huns and had to fight with his life. If even Liang Xiao cannot reach the Western Regions safely, Zhang Qian may not be able to complete the task."

Han Yan nodded repeatedly, and sighed with the emperor, with a complicated expression.

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On the grassland, the autumn wind is rustling and the chill is overwhelming.

The sky was clear, cloudless, and intoxicatingly blue.It's just that the sun is shining on the body, there is no warmth at all, but there is a sense of chilling.

Liang Xiao reined in his mount, glanced at the Wusun people in the distance, and laughed.Tuban was also looking at him, although he was dozens of steps away, he seemed to hear his laughter, his face darkened, and he was secretly angry.

During the past few days in Guishan City, the Tuban was restrained everywhere and accumulated a lot of resentment.

Be an envoy, be particular about receiving people and things, and try to figure out your thoughts. Everyone chats and laughs happily while competing for interests.Liang Xiao thought he was not very good at this aspect, if Mei Gao were to come, he would definitely be able to handle it better than him.If Liu Ling is allowed to come, he will earn a lot of money.But compared to Tuban, he seemed more at ease.

The reason is simple, these nomads are too simple-minded.Stepping on their horses, they gallop like lightning, coming and going like the wind, and shooting arrows like rain.But when they get off their horses, put down their bows and arrows, and start business, their mouths are as stupid as their legs.

Apart from threats and intimidation, they basically know no other tricks.

This is also understandable. On the grassland, the strong are always respected, and the sword is used to speak. There has never been such a thing as bargaining.It's just that this method is suitable for grassland people, but it is not suitable for Dawan people.The people of Dawan regarded themselves as descendants of the Greeks. They were not only noble in blood, but also good at business. It can be said that they valued pennies and pennies. It was not an ordinary difficulty to take advantage of them.

If he didn't use a knife or threaten him, Tuban would hardly speak in front of Dawan people.

In contrast, Liang Xiao was very popular with Dawan people.The silk he brought is the favorite commodity of Dawan people. Unlike Tuban, he did not threaten with force at every turn, but tried to stand on the other side's standpoint and try to achieve a win-win situation.After the silk was sent out one by one, he became a friend of the powerful and powerful in Dawan.

Don't be afraid of not knowing the goods, but be afraid of comparing goods.Against the backdrop of Liang Xiao, Tuban is very unpopular.He held back his stomach and finally waited for the opportunity.

Today the King of Dawan went out to hunt in the city, Liang Xiao and Tuban both received the invitation.

Liang Xiao felt a little strange about this meeting.According to his understanding, although Dawan is on the grassland and has the best resources of war horses, their martial spirit is not strong.Horse racing is common, but hunting is rare.It's really weird to have a big hunt all of a sudden.

Liang Xiao suspected that this was Tuban's proposal.Wusun people are good at riding and shooting. He may want to take this opportunity to show his strength and frighten Dawan, so as to save the face lost at the negotiating table and let Dawan people recognize the situation.

To put it bluntly, it means that you can't talk about people, so it's better than fists.

Liang Xiao was not worried about this.Wusun people are good at riding and shooting, and the knights around him are not weak.Not to mention Li Shuyun, Guo Wu, and others, the Dawan teenagers like Paris have also made gratifying progress recently.Under the training of Guo Wu and Xie Guanglong, they looked good no matter whether they were riding, shooting or assaulting with spears. Even if they encountered the same number of opponents, they would still have the strength to fight.

As for himself, let alone.After several months of fighting and hard training, after Yiyang was born, he has enough confidence to face any opponent.Even in a contest with Li Guang, he still has at least half the winning rate, let alone these Wusun people.

The most powerful ones on the prairie were the eagle archers, but in the face of Li Guang, the three eagle archers failed to please him. Two of them were shot to death, and one was captured alive.If faced with the same situation, Liang Xiao is confident that he can do as well as Li Guang.

His only regret was that the stone bow in his hand was too soft to enjoy himself.He originally planned to buy a harder bow in Guishan City, but after going through the palace test, he gave up this idea.

Bows of more than one stone have no market in Guishan City.

Now the bow he likes the most is that black bow.The black bow is still in Tuban's hands, because King Dawan has not agreed to Wusun's marriage proposal.As for the reason, Liang Xiao didn't know.I asked Mei Cai several times in private, and Mei Cai always talked about him.

Liang Xiao was also looking forward to this meeting.He has been looking for opportunities to kill the Tuban, and grabbing the bow is the second priority. He hopes to use the pressure of the Wusun people to force the Dawan people to form an alliance with the Yuezhi people. possibility.

A fast horse came galloping from a distance, and the knight on the horse, waving the small flag in his hand, rushed to King Dawan and reported a news: a white deer was found five miles away.The antlers of this white deer are strange, bright yellow like gold.

Liang Xiao hadn't finished listening to Guo Wenbin's translation when the sudden class rushed out and loudly asked Da Wan for orders. It seemed that he had volunteered to shoot the white deer.When Liang Xiao understood what he meant, the king of Dawan had already looked over to him.

Liang Xiao kicked the horse lightly, stepped forward slowly, and bowed on the horse's back to salute. "King."

Wu Widow wrapped herself tightly in the fox fur and coughed: "The white deer is a rare beast, and the white deer with golden antlers is even rarer. Wusun's envoy is very confident and wants to hunt this deer for my king. He heard that your envoy is good at archery, and he really wants to compete with your envoy, but I don't know if your envoy is willing to fight?"

Liang Xiao glanced at Tuban and smiled slightly. "My lord, have you forgotten that I shot a golden-horned deer not long ago? Since the envoy of Wusun is interested, of course I will accompany you."

Wu Zhi didn't quite understand, turned his head and looked at Mo Cai blankly.Wearing a pure white sable fur and riding a white steed, Luo Xuli, who was leaning against Wu Widow, glanced at Liang Xiao and said loudly, "Father, Guluhu's tribe uses the golden-horned deer as a totem."

When Tuban heard this, he was furious.To avenge Hunxie and his son was one of his missions in Dawan this time.When Liang Xiao brought up the matter of shooting Guluhu at this time, it was undoubtedly a slap in the face for him.He stared at Liang Xiao, and shouted loudly: "Although you can hunt, the arrow doesn't have eyes. If you accidentally hurt you, don't blame me, you can only blame your own bad luck."

Liang Xiao laughed out loud.This kind of rough stuff is really easy to catch.You want to kill me, and I want to kill you too, but there's no need to say it so bluntly.Since you are so cooperative, I am too embarrassed to refuse.

"Life and death depend on fate, and wealth depends on heaven. I was able to come to Dawan from thousands of miles away. King Hunxie led thousands of cavalry to chase me for more than ten days, but they failed to take my life. A few beasts can do nothing to me." ?" Liang Xiao arched his hands and said loudly: "Since the king said that the white deer is an auspicious beast, then Liang is willing to capture this deer alive and offer it to Dawan as a pearl."

"Caught alive?" Luo Xuli couldn't help but take up the conversation. "Are you saying you won't hurt it?"

"Of course. If there is a wound on the deer, Liang will add another wound to himself."

"Oh—" Luo Xuli was taken aback, and covered her mouth with her hand. "How is this possible?"

Liang Xiao smiled confidently: "Princess, please rest assured, Liang has his own way, and he will not dare to disappoint the princess."

Luo Xuli did not speak, her blue eyes were burning, she stared at Liang Xiao, and refused to move away for a moment.Seeing this, Tuban was even more annoyed.He couldn't ask for a marriage because of Lie Jiaomi, and he suspected that Luo Xuli had another favorite, but now seeing Luo Xuli's appearance, this favorite is most likely the young man of the Han family.

In this case, you must die.Tuban snorted, pulled his horse back, called his followers, and began to discuss in a low voice.

Liang Xiao knew it well.Everyone is murderous, so there is no need to be hypocritical.He returned to Li Shuyun and the others, and said his plan.Li Shuyun frowned. "My lord, it's not a problem to kill this Hu chief, but how can we capture this white deer alive without any injuries?"

"It's simple, just shoot with a bow." Liang Xiao glanced at Tuban and the others in the distance, lowered his voice, and looked serious. "I think something is wrong. Wusun people are too anxious, and Dawan seems to be too conniving. I suspect they have something up their sleeves."
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(End of this chapter)