As usual, Lai Dan was in his official residence, dealing with official documents.

As the captain of Yumen, he has a lot to do.

Not only the Yumen Plug itself, but also the task of contacting Luntai and sending Luntai's official documents and intelligence to Juyan in a timely manner.

Recently, with the main force of the Xiongnu chasing the king, they have returned to the line of Pu Sea and Qiuzi from the northern province of the Western Regions.

The pressure on the wheel has increased dramatically!

The Han army had to send additional troops to Luntai to prevent this nail from being pulled out by the Huns.

The pressure of Yumen Pass naturally also rises.

As the captain of Yumen, Lai Dan had to always maintain combat readiness at Yumen Pass, ordering his army to always be by his side, so that he could support Luntai at any time!

"Captain!" The door was pushed open, and a blond-haired and blue-eyed man wearing Han army armor and a crown walked in and said, "The jade gate is stuffed with people who claim to be envoys from afar......

"Far and Wide?" Hearing this, Lai Dan immediately got up and asked cautiously, "Where and where is it?" ”

Since Zhang Qian, the Marquis of Bowang, hollowed out the Western Regions, the contact between the Han Dynasty and distant foreign countries has continued to occur.

Chang'an's Great Honglu also attaches great importance to its ties with these countries.

For more than 30 years, Yumen Pass has received numerous missions.

The farthest envoys were envoys from Poppy tens of thousands of miles away.

What's even more interesting is that after the Pop envoy went to Chang'an and worshiped the Son of Heaven, the Han family also sent an envoy to pay a return visit, and successfully arrived at Popbin, and then brought back a lot of local information and intelligence.

Therefore, Lai Dan did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

"But I don't know ......," replied the blond-haired and blue-eyed officer, "The last general just listened to his guide, he is from the west of Great Xia and Kangju, and according to Yunqi, the country also has a relationship with Dawan......

"But the words spoken by the people are not understood by the generals, and even the guide is difficult to describe......"

"Dawan has a relationship?" Lai Dan listened, and immediately became interested.

He had participated in the Dawan War, and he knew something about Dawan.

Wanren is rich, and its customs are very different from the Western Regions, and they are even more incompatible with China.

At that time, the Dawan nobles captured by the Han army also had confessions, and it is said that their ancestors came to Dawan hundreds of years ago from the side of the mountains and the sea, the place where the sun set, and climbed over countless mountains.

However, hundreds of years ago, the kingdom fell apart with the mysterious death of the king who had led them to Dawan.

The Wan people don't know where their ancestors came from.

All they know is that their ancestors are very awesome, and the gods they worship are also very awesome.

Therefore, they feel that with such awesome ancestors and gods, it is naturally worthy of a powerful country thousands of miles away.

This made the Han army at that time cry and laugh.

It was not the time when Wanren knelt later, and the conditions agreed to after the defeat also satisfied the Han army.

At that time, General Ershi had already thought about slaughtering Dawan and bringing his population and wealth back to China.

Now, there is an envoy from the home country of the Dawan people?

What are they coming to do?

Lai Dan thought for a moment and said, "I'll go and see this messenger in person!" ”

A moment later, Lai Dan led his people to meet the mission that was said to be a 'foreign and distant country' under the Yumen Fortress.

He squinted his eyes and looked at the men.

The costumes of these people are very peculiar.

It is somewhat similar to the Dawan people, but more complicated.

In addition, it is the appearance of these people, which is very peculiar, neither blonde and blue-eyed, nor black-haired and brown-eyed traditional Western Regions Yidi appearance.

On the contrary, it is a bit similar to the husband of the Han family.

The complexion is slightly white, with black hair and black eyes, and his expression is calm, neither humble nor arrogant, and he has an aura that only a big country and a strong country can have.

What's more—almost all of the members of the entire mission were over seven feet tall.

Moreover, the body is very strong and muscular!

This is a rare occurrence!

In the past, Yumen Pass received countless Yidi missions.

Among them, there are many envoys from powerful countries such as Wusun and Kangju.

But how to say it?

These Yidi, either their height was turned into slag by the Han family, or their height was barely qualified, but as long as they stood with the husband of the Han family, they were like a little victim, and they immediately stood out.

The only one in front of this mission, those men dressed in strange costumes, whether in height, physical fitness, or temperament, are not inferior to the husband of the Han family.

Lai Dan even found some unique temperaments in some people that only Chinese scholars and doctors could only show in the past.

"It seems that the legend of the country of the extreme west is true......" Lai Dan thought in his heart, although he was not born in Han, but he was able to grow up to this point in the Han army, and was appointed as the captain of Yumen, which is enough to show that his cultural accomplishment and knowledge reserve are so strong that people can ignore his bloodline, skin color, and background!

Therefore, he quickly thought of the legend about the country of the extreme west that had been circulating in the Han dynasty for a long time.

Legend has it that the Queen Mother of the West lived in the area.

The human head is a leopard body, and there is the medicine of immortality.

Of course, these are the words of the alchemist, and no one knows whether they are true or false.

However, now, with the arrival of an embassy from the Far West Country, the void may not be windless.

Thinking like this, Lai Dan stepped forward, smiled and bowed his hand: "Captain Lai Dan of Hanyumen, I have seen all distinguished guests!" ”

Then he repeated the passage one by one in the language he knew.

When he used the Great Xia language, the other party finally reacted, the man at the head frowned slightly, listened carefully and carefully for a while, stepped forward, stroked his chest with his right hand, bowed his head slightly, and said awkwardly in the Great Xia language in a peculiar pronunciation: "By the order of the king of Saius, the protector of Amasia, the king favored by Mithra, the son of Dionysus, the lord of the sea, and the great king of Mithridates, Tigres of Ovials salutes you......"

Lai Dan listened, really confused.

It wasn't until the other party said it three times that he barely understood something.

So, Lai Dan asked people to bring pen and paper and record on it: On the third day of the sixth month of the sixth month of the second summer of Yanhe, an envoy from the country of the extreme west said: Diris, who said that he was entrusted by his king Mitra, the lord of Sai, to come to Wuyumen to pass and detain the pass.

Then, the height, physiognomy and clothing of the messenger were recorded.

Only then did he smile and said, "Messenger, please enter the city and talk about ...... in detail."

On the other side, he handed over the text he had just recorded to the adjutant and instructed: "Immediately transmit Juyan, and ask the general of the second division to forward it to Chang'an Dahonglu......"

China has been hospitable since ancient times.

Even if an emissary from an enemy country requests entry through official channels, he will be welcomed and courteous, as well as safeguarded and cared for.

But......

But it is not a cat or a dog, they all have the opportunity to be allowed to enter the core area of the Han Empire, and if they want to enter the pilgrimage to worship the Son of Heaven, it will be even more difficult.

Generally, only the mission that has passed the review of the Great Honglu and then obtained the consent of the Emperor of the Great Han Dynasty can enter Chang'an.

This time is no exception.

However, this mission will obviously be taken seriously.

It's not just because the place they come from will interest the court.

All the more because of the quality they show!

The stones of other mountains can attack jade!

If in the vision of the Han Dynasty, there is a national civilization that is close to or not inferior to the Han Empire.

Lai Dan knew that inside and outside the court, he would be very interested!

The sea is tolerant of all rivers!

……………………………………

The silhouette of Yu Ze gradually appeared in sight.

The figures of the crowd who came to welcome them from afar became clearer and clearer.

Riding on the horse, looking back at the north, Zhang Yue remembered the journey of more than two months in the past two months, and his heart was full of mixed feelings.

Then, he raised his hand and gave an order: "The whole army obeys my order: escort the martyrs home!" ”

"No!" The three generals of the Han army, who had been waiting beside him for a long time, immediately received the order, and then rode away and set off towards their respective troops.

So, the drum band of the Han army began to play their instruments.

In the low and mournful music, people began to sing Qu Zi's "Chasing the Soul": "I am young and honest and honest, and I am righteous and not ......foaming."

Then, under the gaze of the Wuheng people and the Huns, the Han army's Changshui heavy cavalry marched forward in armor.

At the forefront of the army, riding one after another, stretching forward.

These elite and powerful knights, at this moment, shed their iron girdles and placed the halberds in their hands on the grass, forming a passage hundreds of paces long.

Before the passage, the Han soldiers automatically separated and lined up on both sides, revealing the convoy behind them.

In front of the convoy, hundreds of elites of the Han army, who had already wiped their armor and weapons clean, and their solemn and solemn appearances were neatly lined up.

One by one, they stepped forward, took the wooden boxes or crockpots from the chariot full of countless wooden boxes and clay pots, and solemnly held these utensils in the palms of their hands.

Then, they turned to look ahead.

Dozens of Han soldiers, holding thick cloths in their hands, walked up to them, and then solemnly covered the cloth in their hands with those wooden boxes and clay pots.

Countless people stretched out their heads to look, and then they saw that the cloth covered on the wooden box or clay pot was embroidered with a black dragon, symbolizing the black dragon of the Han Empire!

"The Great Han soldiers send their heroic comrades home!" The officers in the ranks, drawing their swords from their waists, put their swords on their shoulders, and shouted: "Walk in unison!" ”

So, under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes.

The elite of the Han army, in a row of five people, stepped on the drum in unison, and strode forward through the passage composed of thousands of elite Han army and Xuanjia cavalry.

They held their heads high, and the wooden boxes and crockpots in their hands.

The expression is solemn and solemn.

The music of "The Conjuring" came into the ears and made people's noses sore.

The soul of the chorus is even more moving, and I feel sad inexplicably.

Look at this solemn, sacred, grand scene again.

Even if it was a Hun captive, he could only open his mouth wide now and look at this scene in amazement.

And the nobles of the Huns all lowered their heads and looked stupidly.

"Those...... Those ......" Xuyan Yan looked at this scene and muttered in a low voice: "It's just Wuheng's slaves, it's just some cannon fodder, why are the Han people like this!" Why is that! ”

However, the reality in front of him told him that Han not only attaches great importance to it, but also cherishes it very much.

Even, at the expense of the whole army, with this unprecedented grand ceremony, those deceased, sent back to their homes.

And these people ......

Just ordinary herdsmen, humble slaves.

They are just a group of people who have not existed in this steppe since ancient times.

Whether life or death, there is no grass and trees to care about.

Whether it was the former Donghu, Yueshi, or the current Xiongnu, they never cared about the life and death of ants like them.

But the Han people regard them as comrades and siblings.

Not only the whole army escorted, but with such a grand ceremony, their ashes and souls were sent back to their hometowns.

And let them be covered by the military flag of the Han Empire!

This is tantamount to acknowledging them, and they are also a member of the Han army!

"If I can do this in the future, I'm afraid I will die blindly......" Around, the Hun soldiers around Xuyan Yan were talking one after another.

What's even worse is that even the generals who are vain are all fascinated.

What's even more terrifying is ......

He found that he himself seemed to have a similar impulse!

"It's horrible!" He lowered his head: "The Han people are devils!" ”

Only the devil can manipulate people's hearts so easily!

Xuan Yanyu turned his head to look at the Wuheng people in the crowd.

Swept over their faces.

Whether it is the Ministry of Water, the South Pond Department, or the Ministry of Huluxe......

Whether it was a herdsman, a soldier or a nobleman......

The void Yan found that these had burst into tears and could not cry silently.

"Such a Han people, such a Han Dynasty ......" Xuyan bowed his head helplessly: "Where can the Xiongnu win?" How can I win? What to win? ”

He knew that from today on, the Wuheng people and Huns in this army would die for the Han people, and they would become loyal hounds, and they would not be able to drive away the die-hard loyalists!

Xu Yanyu remembered that he had heard that there was a famous general named Wu Qi in the ancient Han Dynasty, who once gave the soldiers a pus, so he had to die with the three armies and was invincible.

Nowadays, this method of the Han people is countless times more advanced than Wu Qiyunpu.

This is a naked buying of people's hearts!

However......

Even if everyone knows it, they will willingly go to the Han people and be his dog!

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Zhang Yue rode his horse beside him, quietly watching everything, observing people's hearts and the situation.

Since ancient times, those who win the hearts of the people win the world!

This statement, although not necessarily true, is valid many times.

It's just that people's hearts are never unpredictable.

However, there is one thing in which the human heart is the decisive force!

This thing is identity.

And the state, the nation, and the faith are, in fact, concepts of the human imagination.

It's the standard you think is, that's the product.

And through today, Zhang Yue knows that at least in the hearts of Wuheng people in this southern desert, the formula of working for Han is better than serving anyone else must be true.

In this way, Wuheng and this Monan have a foundation that can be digested and assimilated.

Thus, the Monan grassland can be stable for at least a hundred years!

A hundred years later, even if the Wuheng people want to rebel, they won't be able to do it.