Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 294
Riding a fast horse, he rushed into Chang'an City.

In May, Chang'an is full of green trees and blooming flowers.

The weather became hot, no matter the nobles or the common people, they all threw away their heavy winter clothes, put on light spring clothes, and went out in small groups to play in the city.Chang'an City is full of traffic and tourists.

In Shanglinyuan, the emperor is dressed in strong clothes, holds a bow, and rides his horse like flying.At the sound of the string, a sharp arrow flew out, and with a sound of "Du", it hit the arrow stack seventy steps away.The arrow stacks shook and buzzed.

"Your Majesty, your strength has grown a lot." Han Yan rode her horse to chase after her. Seeing this scene, she couldn't help praising her loudly.

"It's only seventy steps." The emperor reined in his horse, threw the bow to Han Yan, and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Master, do you think I can join the army and fight against the Huns?"

Li Danghu frowned. "A son of a thousand pieces of gold, you can't sit down in the hall, and your majesty is the honor of Wancheng, why do you say that."

The emperor smiled and ended this somewhat boring topic.Han Yan took the conversation with a smile. "Your Majesty, if your Majesty mentions a million soldiers, the barbarians will run away, and how dare they compete with His Majesty. Let me leave things like fighting on the battlefield to the ministers. Xiao Qubing, don't you think so?"

Huo Qubing sat on the horse, holding the rein tightly, a little nervous.He has just learned how to ride a horse, and he still can't control the horse area freely, but he refuses to be hugged and insists on riding by himself.Hearing Han Yan's words, he squeezed his face and showed an unnatural smile.

At this time, Li Jiao ran over from a distance with a knight.When the emperor saw it, he immediately put away the smile on his face.When Han Yan saw this, she also became serious.They could see that the knight next to Li Jiao was travel-stained and looked tired. He had come a long way, so it must be an urgent message.

After a while, Li Jiao and Li Jiao came to the emperor, and the knight dismounted from his horse, presenting an urgent document with both hands.Without waiting for other people to move, Han Yan jumped off the horse, took a look at the document, turned around and walked in front of the emperor, and said softly, "Your Majesty, Yanmen urgently reports."

The emperor nodded and signaled Han Yan to take it apart.Han Yan smashed the seal, untied the knots in the seal, and took out a roll of bamboo slips.The emperor took it, glanced at it, and immediately shrank his eyes. After a while, he regained his composure, and said unhurriedly: "Meigao, Yan Zhu, Dongfang Shuo."

"Wei!" Several people whose names were called hurried forward and bowed in response.The emperor looked at them and handed over the bamboo slips in his hand. "Look, what the Huns are trying to do."

Mei Gao just wanted to reach out, Yan Zhu took it first, quickly scanned it, and then handed it over to Mei Gao, while he himself fell into deep thought.After a while, after Mei Gao and Dongfang Shuo had finished reading, Yan Zhu said first, "Your Majesty, there was a heavy snow on the grassland last year, and countless livestock froze to death. It must be that the Huns suffered a natural disaster and wanted to plunder. I thought , choose good generals, and guard them strictly to prepare for any eventuality."

Mei Gao was silent, thoughtful.Seeing Yan Zhu, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. "What's your objection, Shaoru?"

Mei Gao gave Yan Zhu a dissatisfied look.Yan Zhu watched it first, had time to think, and now he is urging him to express his opinion, obviously to make him look ugly.When he came back from his mission to the Huns last year, he took out a detailed map and completed the task excellently. The emperor appreciated him quite a lot. Yan Zhu seemed to feel threatened and targeted him everywhere, trying to overwhelm him.

"I think that the meeting of the Huns in Longcheng is not in line with previous years. We should really make more preparations to avoid accidents."

Yan Zhu smiled calmly.As an envoy to the Huns, Mei Gao could only agree with him, which in itself was a sign of weakness.

The emperor asked, "What's wrong?"

"The horses are thin in spring, and the Huns generally don't send out troops. Although the snowstorm is serious, it must have melted away now. After the catastrophe, the strength is insufficient, and the Huns should rest and recuperate to avoid further losses. But..."

Mei Gao felt a little incomprehensible and shook his head.

The emperor was not very satisfied with his opinion, so he glanced around and saw Dongfang Shuo looking around nonchalantly, feeling a little angry. "Dongfang Shuo, what's your opinion?"

Dongfang Shuo shook his head and laughed: "I think they are all chickens looking for grass seeds in the grass, but they want to speculate on the eagles flying high in the blue sky. Their vision is too short-sighted."

"Really?" The Son of Heaven laughed, his eyes glanced over Yan Zhu and Mei Gao inadvertently. "Then tell me what the eagle thinks."

"The Huns gathered in Dragon City and harassed the border is certainly one of the possibilities, but it is not the only one. What if they are preparing for an expedition?"

"Expedition?" The emperor was startled, thought for a while, and couldn't help but let out an "oh". "You mean they're assembled now for the autumn expedition?"

Dongfang Shuo chuckled, and cast a disdainful glance at Yan Zhu and Mei Gao.Yan Zhu was very annoyed, and kept silent with a cold face.Mei Gao's mind was wide open. "Your Majesty, this is indeed possible. The expedition needs more time to prepare, and the Huns are starting to prepare now, walking and grazing, and the horses are fattened after autumn, just in time for the battle. In other words, the big battle will be after July, and they..."

Mei Gaoru woke up from a dream and cried out, "Western Regions?!"

The emperor put away his smile and let out a long sigh: "If that's the case, Liang Xiao has merit, but it's a pity..."

Mei Gao's eyes dimmed, and he continued, "Yes, the Western Regions are thousands of miles away, beyond reach."

The emperor pondered for a moment, then asked Dongfang Shuo again, "How should I deal with it?"

Dongfang Shuo shook his head. "Choose good generals, strictly control the borders, and prevent the Huns from invading before the Western Expedition. As for the Western Regions, we can only resign ourselves to fate. A big fight will inevitably cause disputes between the ruling and opposition parties, and the two palaces will be uneasy. Liang Xiao's westward journey and alliance with the Yueshi is to share the worries of the court. Now , His wish came true. If the Huns really march westward, the border can be peaceful for at least a year."

The emperor was very sorry. "It's a pity, it's a pity."

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Liang Xiao crossed the Gasats River, walked southwest for seven days, and arrived in Alexandria.Alexander built more than a dozen cities named after him around the world, and Alexandria is the farthest one.

Liang Xiao had too many entourages, and he couldn't all enter the city. He could only camp outside the city, and then sent someone to contact the city guard.He had a document issued by the King of Dawan, and the city guard Demoni did not dare to neglect, so he went out to meet him personally and invited Liang Xiao into the city.

Compared with other cities in Dawan, the Greek style of Alexandria is more obvious and prosperous.You can't tell it outside the city. Most of the herdsmen and farmers you meet along the way have shabby clothes and dull eyes.Entering the city is like entering another world. There is a lot of traffic and pedestrians, most of them are well-dressed, riding horses, followed by pretty maids and servants, with a leisurely look and looking forward to themselves.

"The city guard has made great contributions in governance, and Alexandria is very prosperous."

Demoney is in his early fifties, with a white face and curly beard, and short curly hair.After hearing Liang Xiao's praise, he was very happy.He had already received news that this young Han envoy was not only brave and good at fighting, he helped the Dawan people repel the Wusun people and the Huns, but also had a deep friendship with the vice king Meicai.It is an honor for Liang Xiao to have a good impression of him.

"Your envoy is too proud. Although Alexandria is rich, there are not many Han merchants. The price of exquisite silk sold here from Suye City will increase by half. If your envoy can bring Han merchants here, we will welcome them with open arms. .”

Liang Xiao smiled.People in Dawan really never leave money.De Money welcomes him is false, welcomes money is real.

"As long as the adults support it, I believe that the Han Chamber of Commerce will be very happy to come to Alexandria to do business."

Liang Xiao said a few words modestly, and chatted about the situation in Alexandria, and Demoni answered them one by one.The two have common interests, hit it off immediately, and quickly talked warmly.

Alexandria is divided into two floors, inside and outside. The city guard's mansion was built on the high ground in the city, condescending and overlooking the surroundings. The architectural style imitates the Acropolis of Athens.The houses and markets where ordinary people live are under the hillside, and are divided into areas of different sizes by criss-crossing avenues.The Greeks made a living by doing business, so markets and houses were mixed and can be seen everywhere, unlike the Han Dynasty where the markets were concentrated in one place and surrounded by walls.

When they came to the city guard's mansion, Liang Xiao ordered people to present ten bolts of silk. Demoney was overjoyed, couldn't put it down, and his enthusiasm rose again.

Liang Xiao couldn't help laughing secretly.Sure enough, things are rare and expensive, and due to various reasons, most of the Han merchants were active in the eastern cities of Dawan, and the farthest they could not go was Guishan City.Although Alexandria was a gathering place for merchants, there was no sign of Han merchants.Silk can only be transshipped from the east, but the price has risen by half after more than 300 miles.

In the big man, this is just a small gift of more than ten thousand yuan, as a messenger, it is quite meager.Here, this is a great gift, and even Demoni, who is the city guard, cannot take it lightly.This shows how amazing the market potential of silk is.

Demoni warmly entertained Liang Xiao and invited Liang Xiao to watch the play.Theaters are as standard a feature of Greek cities as are stadiums and bathrooms, and Alexandria is no exception.There is also a theater in Guishan City, but Liang Xiao was so busy in Guishan City that he was so busy that he never had a chance to watch a theater.When I arrived in Alexandria, I finally saw what the ancient Greek theater looked like.

It was a comedy act that day, performed in Greek, filled with a lot of Greek allusions.With Liang Xiao's current level of Greek, he can barely handle normal oral communication, but listening to this kind of drama is a fog.He can't understand drama, but he can understand people.There were many people who came to the play, and they all spoke Greek.Judging from the clothes, it should be a class with money and leisure.

What surprised him most was that there were many women in the audience.As far as he knew, apart from prostitutes, no decent women appeared in real Greek theaters, but there were a large number of women in the theaters of Alexandria, with calm expressions and dignified manners, and one could tell that they were from good families. Lady, it can be seen that the high status of women in Dawan is not empty talk.

Seeing that Liang Xiao didn't watch the show but kept looking at the woman, Demoni laughed to himself. He turned around and was about to call for someone, but he saw one of his subordinates rushing over with a dusty envoy.As soon as the envoy saw Liang Xiao, he rushed to Liang Xiao in a few steps, and said in a low voice: "Your envoy, Vice King, please hurry back to Guishan City immediately, we have important matters to discuss."

"What's the matter?" Liang Xiao frowned.He knew this emissary and was a close friend of Mei Cai.

The envoy hesitated for a moment, then whispered in Liang Xiao's ear, "General Jian Mi sent a message that the Huns are behaving abnormally and may invade aggressively."

Liang Xiao's heart skipped a beat.

Liang Xiao had seen Jian Mi before, and knew that he was a brave and resourceful young man.Leaving him to guard the mountain pass, Liang Xiao thought it was one of the few wise decisions that Mo Cai had.Even if the news sent by such a person sounds outrageous, Liang Xiao dare not take it lightly.

Mei Cai specially asked the envoy to tell him that this was the news from Jian Mi, and probably there was also a factor of worrying about Liang Xiao's unbelief.

Liang Xiao just felt that it was a pity that his journey to the west had just begun, and he died before leaving Dawan territory.

It's been a long time coming.
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(End of this chapter)