Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 311 Meeting in a narrow road

Han Yan jumped off the horse and strode towards the gate of Weiyang Palace.

Li Shuyun, who had been waiting outside the door, hurried out, following Han Yan's footsteps, step by step.Han Yan glanced at him and smiled slightly. "What's the matter? What's the matter?"

Li Shuyun accompanied the smiling face, and said softly: "There is one thing that must be done by adults."

"Really?" Han Yan was noncommittal, walking non-stop, with no intention of stopping at all.Seeing that he is about to enter the palace gate, Li Shuyun is a foreigner, and he is not allowed to enter the palace gate without an edict, so I can only make a long story short. "I want to ask my lord to pass a message to His Majesty."

"Oh?" Han Yan stopped and looked at Li Shuyun. "When meeting His Majesty, why didn't you just say so?"

"When I saw the holy face for the first time, I was happy for a while, but I forgot it. I only remembered it now, and I was afraid that I might miss something. After thinking about it, only an adult has such loyalty, so I only have the audacity to beg him."

Han Yan tapped her palm with a golden horsewhip. "Say it."

"The Dawan horse brought back this time is actually not the best Dawan horse."

Han Yan's eyes flashed, and she said with a smile: "How dare you guys not bring back a better horse, but use the second-class horse to fool your majesty?"

Li Shuyun smiled more humbly. "Your Excellency is joking, how dare I wait. The best Dawan horses are worth thousands of gold, and the people of Dawan regard them as treasures and refuse to give them lightly. Besides, besides the Wusun people and the Huns, there are many rogue bandits along the way. I For fear of being robbed, I dare not transfer luck. Only when our Han army drives out the Xiongnu and the Western Regions are at peace, will we have the opportunity to transport the best Dawan horses to Chang’an. At that time, please encourage me.”

"That's true." Han Yan glanced at Li Shuyun meaningfully. "I also admire your hard work. I can't help you with other things. I can still help you with this small favor. Don't worry, I will definitely tell your majesty."

Li Shuyun bowed to the end. "My lord has worked hard."

"It's easy to say." Han Yan walked briskly into the palace gate.

Li Shuyun breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, smiled wryly and shook his head.A familiar Lang Guan came over, looked at Han Yan inside the palace gate, and patted Li Shuyun on the shoulder.

"See, it's better to have merit than to be favored. If military merit is so easy to earn, how can General Li still not be able to be a marquis?"

Li Shuyun secretly sighed.

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Han Yan walked quickly into the Qingliang Hall, and the emperor was leaning over his desk to carefully read the memorial that Liang Xiao asked Li Shuyun to bring back.Han Yan leaned over and took a look.The emperor waved. "Wang Sun, come and see, it turns out that there are such heroes in Xiyi, it's really exciting."

Han Yan sat beside the emperor, sitting side by side with the emperor.He glanced at it and was also a little surprised. "Really? This Xiyi named Alexander is really a hero. He is probably riding the best horse in Dawan, otherwise how could he have traveled so far."

"Haha, nonsense. Liang Xiao clearly said that he is a Macedonian. Dawan is the end of his journey. How could he ride a Dawan horse?"

"Then Macedonian also has a word for horse. Could it be that, like Dawan, it is famous for raising horses?"

"That's not clear." The emperor pondered for a moment, with a smile in his eyes. "However, my big man has this Dawan horse and improves the horse breed. In the future, we will not fall behind when facing the Huns horse."

"Your Majesty is wise. However, Dawan is too far away, and there are Huns and Wusun people in between. It is not easy to get their good horses."

"What's not easy, don't we have it now?"

"There are, but they are not the best." Han Yan smiled and said, "Li Shuyun just told me that the horse they brought this time is not the best Dawan horse."

The emperor's face immediately sank.Han Yan didn't change her face, she explained Li Shuyun's reason again, and finally said: "This Liang Xiao has always been vulgar, presumptuous and rude, but this matter is thoughtful. It's just a pity, for these few good horses, he wants I lost my life in Dawan."

When the emperor heard this, his face turned pale, showing a bit of regret.

"Thinking about it, the Huns are really hateful." Han Yan slapped her thigh and scolded the Huns. "I now feel that they are cutting off the Western Regions because they don't want us to get good horses so that we can take advantage of them. The reason for driving away the Yuezhi people back then and intercepting our envoys now is for the same purpose. Zhang Qian was arrested by them. Stop it, Liang Xiao broke through, but how long he can live is hard to say."

The emperor nodded repeatedly. "Then tell me, shouldn't someone be sent to support Liang Xiao?"

"Of course it should. Liang Xiao managed to reach Dawan with great difficulty, how could he be driven away by the Huns."

"But, what if he can't lose his tail?"

"Haha, it's not that easy." Han Yan laughed loudly. "Your Majesty, if Liang Xiao can control Dawan so easily and rule the river, then there are tens of thousands of officials in Chang'an City, and they will run rampant all over the world. Why worry about the Huns? He is neither a famous nobleman nor a veteran hero. Honor and disgrace are all up to Your Majesty. The three-foot imperial edict, whether it is an important minister of a prince, or a rascal, is all up to His Majesty, so what is there to be afraid of?"

The emperor laughed. "Wang Sun, you still have the courage to see clearly. In your opinion, who can go west?"

"Thousands of miles in the Western Regions, it is natural to choose some capable people. Li Danghu is the son of General Li, he has both ability and political integrity, and he is deeply respected by Liang Xiao. I think he is a good candidate. With him around, Liang Xiao will not dare to act recklessly."

"That makes sense." The emperor nodded repeatedly.

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Liang Xiao traveled along a large river at the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain.This river does not have a name, it is called a river.Liang Xiao traveled to Xinjiang in his previous life, so it is probably the Tarim River in his later life.

The reason why he said it was an estimate was because this river was wider than the Tarim River he had seen, with a larger volume of water and more green states along its banks, and the river in the desert often changed its course, so no one could be sure.In fact, not only the Tarim River, but also many places he traveled.Many deserts in later generations may still be grasslands, and there are more lakes on the grasslands than in later generations.

The most famous one is of course Lop Nur, because the ancient country of Loulan is alive and well, shining brilliantly on the Silk Road.

Along the Dahe, passing through Gumo and Qiuci all the way to Yuli.In Yuli Kingdom, Liang Xiao left Dahe and headed north.He was going to bypass the Tianshan Mountains there and rush to the mountain pass.

Yuli is a small oasis country, the place is not big, but the water and soil are good.Like other small countries, they herd cattle and sheep, and they also have some agriculture, but the management is relatively extensive, which belongs to the stage of hopeful harvest.Even so, they are richer than those small countries that only have animal husbandry, and they even have a capital, just north of the oasis, with the same name as the country, also called Yuli.

There were more than 400 people in Liang Xiao's party, and he couldn't keep a low profile even if he wanted to, so he simply showed the Han Festival and appeared in front of everyone as the envoy of the Han Dynasty.At every step, I try my best to receive with the local government of the small country, understand some situations, and record them.He saw the geography of mountains and rivers along the way, and recorded them one by one. Oases like Yuli, which are suitable for farming, are of course more within his concern.

King Yuli learned that there was an envoy from the Han Dynasty, so he dared not ignore it, and sent his important minister An Shihou to meet him.Probably out of safety considerations, King Yuli did not dare to invite Liang Xiao into the city, so he hosted a banquet outside the city to entertain Liang Xiao, not only supplementing supplies for Liang Xiao and others, but also changing horses for them.Liang Xiao thanked them one by one, and had a joyous gathering with An Shihou outside the city, and they parted happily.

Leaving Yuli, Liang Xiao turned to the northwest.

At the end of July and the beginning of August, it was the hottest time. Liang Xiao was worried about heatstroke, so he avoided the hottest time at noon as much as possible, and hurried on the road when it was cool in the morning and evening.As soon as the sun got hot, he would find a shady place to rest, chat with the travelers he met, and broaden his knowledge.

On this day, during the lunch break, Liang Xiao met a person he could never have imagined: Wu Dan.

Wudan and Yiwuer went together and rushed to Chigu City.At noon, the weather was hot, and they were enjoying the shade in the shade of a tree by the side of the road, when they saw Liang Xiao and his party from a distance.Yiwuer's expression changed greatly in fright, and he wanted to run when he got up, but was held back by Wudan.

"Don't run away." Wu Dan said: "If you run, you will attract their attention instead. Why don't you take a risk and bet that they don't know us."

Eul felt that it was reasonable, so he lay down on his back, leaned against a big tree and took a nap, covered his face with a cloth, and snored.

Wu Dan folded his hands on his chest, closed his eyes and rested his mind, and looked at Liang Xiao from the corner of his eyes.He saw Liang Xiao at a glance, and couldn't help but take a second look.It was these two eyes that made Tu Niu'er beside Liang Xiao notice him.

Tu Niuer came over, looked at Wudan and Yiwuer, saw the bows and arrows, swords and shields in their luggage, and looked at their appearance.

"Huns?"

Wu Dan nodded, smiled, but said nothing.

"Mercenary or horse thief?"

Wu Dan glanced at Yiwuer, and Yiwuer understood, forced a smile and said, "Mercenary."

Tu Niuer stared at Wu Dan. "why do not you talk?"

"He is mute." Eul said.After Wu Dan was injured, his voice gradually became thinner and thinner, like a female voice, and he became quiet.Usually it was Eul who came forward and falsely claimed that he was dumb.They live in isolation and rarely get together with other people, but they don't show any flaws.

"Whose bow is this?" Tu Niu'er looked at the bow in the luggage.This bow is one size larger than normal bows and much thicker.

Wu Dan pointed to his nose, picked up the bow again, and pulled it hard a few times, showing a very proud look.Tu Niu'er looked at him, a little undecided.He felt that this person looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it before.At this moment, Liang Xiao walked over, just in time to see Wu Dan draw his bow.

"Not bad." Liang Xiao put his hands behind his back and said with a smile, "Where are you from? What do you do?"

"Huns, mercenaries." Tu Niu'er moved closer to Liang Xiao and said in a low voice, "Ah Xiao, I think these two people are a little strange, as if they have met somewhere, but I can't remember. Take a closer look, there are some no impression."

Liang Xiao nodded calmly, looked at Wu Dan and Yiwuer carefully, but had no impression of them at all, but became very interested in Wu Dan's bow.According to his visual inspection, this bow may have more than two stones, only weaker than the human bow in his hand, and its style is simple, unlike the common bow of the Huns, but somewhat like the bow of the Han Dynasty.Such bows are rare even among mercenaries with complicated weapon sources.

"Where did you get this bow?"
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(End of this chapter)