When the envoys of the Central Alliance arrived at the Imperial army camp, they were greeted not with a welcome drink, but with a wave of sharp arrows that pierced the air, and most of them were so frightened by the arrows that they wanted to turn their horses' heads, and then the Imperial camp shouted, and only those who understood could stop a group of people who wanted to escape.

"We have no ill intentions, we have come to see the commander of your army."

"Don't go near the camp, or you won't be killed!"

"I am General Sinksu's man, General Sinksu is friends with Prince Wusun, Qiuzi is also Wusun's most loyal ally, the Empire is Wusun's ally, we are not enemies. I beg the general to inform your army commander, and Sinksu will send someone to welcome your army. ”

"Wait!"

The imperial army does not have the rank of "marshal" at all, and the supreme commander of a force of 10,000 people can only be a partial general. This 10,000-strong cavalry is currently under the Western Regions Dispatch Army, which is actually the establishment of the Fifth Cavalry Corps, and the person leading this cavalry is Zhong Liyi, who is at the level of a partial general, and his deputy is Shen Tujia at the level of a general.

Zhong Liyi has always been Han Xin's old boss, after Han Xin was transferred from the National Defense Army to the envoy corps, Zhong Liyi was also promoted to the position of partial general because of the accumulation of military merits, and the First Cavalry Corps and the Fifth Cavalry Corps were selected to form the Western Regions Dispatch Army, and after the sequence was reorganized, the two were also selected into the Western Regions Dispatch Army and became partners.

"The last general will say, as long as we pull it out, we don't need to do anything, those natives will send people to contact us." Shen Tujia looked playful and said: "In the final analysis, it is a group of small countries and widows, and strength determines mentality. Now we just need to be gentle, they will be honored, and with a little more manipulation, they will be our precursors. ”

He Yi did not send his troops south to start a war with the Central Alliance of the Western Regions, but mainly to deter and not let the Central Alliance know the situation in Loulan in the southern part of the Western Regions and interfere.

After the southward army set out, it was difficult to chase after it with a thousand Wusun knights. Caught up with Zhong Liyi's team and showed the military order given by He Yi, saying that He Yi ordered him to go south with the army, looking for an opportunity to take the coalition forces that the Central Alliance had gathered in Jimi for his own use.

Zhong Liyi looked at Shen Tujia and said with a smile: "Then it is up to you and Nan to receive those envoys." ”

"That's how it should be." Shen Tujia stood up and saluted, and added a sentence before turning around to leave the account: "Whether we can let the 60,000 indigenous coalition troops of Jimi be used by us, partly because of the difficult means, and on the other hand, it is also to see whether Mao Dun accompanies him or not." ”

Zhong Liyi looked at the back of Shen Tujia leaving with a smile on his face, and he was fully satisfied with this deputy. Shen Tujia has some opinions on military strategy, and the most important thing is that he also has an understanding of political strategy. Clear-headed and smart, with such a deputy Zhong Liyi, many things can be much easier.

The group of people from the Central Alliance were led into the camp, and they looked at everything in the camp all the way, and saw the neat and orderly camp tents, one after another majestic and mighty soldiers.

"That's tall!"

"Yes, all of them are much taller than us, which is enough to prove the wealth of the empire."

"In addition, their uniforms are also uniform, which looks very good."

"The good looks of the military are secondary, I heard that the weapons and equipment of the Imperial Army are the best in the world. It has been fully equipped with fine iron, not the brittle and fragile mutilation. ”

"Yes, yes, listen to the news from Wusun's side. The Empire's iron weapons are no worse than those produced in the Far South (India). The most important thing is that the iron soldiers of the empire are mass-produced, but the treasures produced in the Far South are scarce. ”

"Not just weapons, look at the soldiers in armor. That kind of armor protects all the vital points of the upper body, and the sword is difficult to open. The arrow is not broken. Even if the arrow hits the joint, it can only cause minor injuries, because the Imperial soldiers are still wearing chain mail that can jam the piercing force of the arrowhead. ”

Compared to the average height of 1.6 meters compared to the Western Regions. Most of the imperial soldiers are 1.75 meters, or even more than 1.8 meters, and the soldiers of the empire are indeed half a head or more than a head taller than the people of the Western Regions.

When a person of short height looks at a tall and strong person, there will always be a sense of admiration in his heart, which will give birth to a feeling of jealousy, and the combination of the two phases will become a sense of fear that he may not even be aware of.

The current standard weapons of several main battle legions of the empire are indeed iron weapons, but they are only updating the weapons of the main battle legions, and more legions are still mostly using bronze weapons.

In addition, it must be noted that the empire has begun to install the Ming Guang armor, but the armor is still the main armor, and it is purely a lie to say that the empire equips all soldiers with chain mail, and the military is equipped with chain mail for general-level officers, and the chain mail worn by the soldiers is purchased by themselves.

Imperial soldiers need to wear standard equipment, but in addition to standard equipment, chain mail can be worn inside the standard armor, some weapons other than swords, knives, and daggers can also be carried additionally, and some other miscellaneous items can also be carried with a limit.

Military pay is a major reform, the battlefield captured and handed over sixty percent to leave four percent but created a large number of wealthy soldiers, with enough wealth soldiers will be eager to obtain the title of nobility, save their lives in order to establish meritorious service, then anything that can save life should always be wrong to bring more.

Because of the quota of what they want to bring, and the relatively abundant supply of the military, those people from the Western Regions enter the Imperial camp, and when they pass by some tents, they can see that the soldiers of the Empire will make some strange things, and even see the soldiers eating some seemingly precious food.

"Am I right? They were just eating fruit. ”

"That's right, it's fruit!"

"Isn't it winter? Where did they get their fruit? ”

"Not only fruits, but even vegetables!"

The people of the Western Regions could not read the pottery cans, and what they saw was soldiers holding clay pots and using spoons to dig up fruits and vegetables that would not appear in winter.

Because of Lu Zhe's intervention, many things have changed, and the changes in history are one of them, and some things that should not appear in a thousand or two thousand years have also been advanced, such as canned food is one of the things that appeared in advance.

Now the smelting technology is mature, but metal is still a luxury, and it is not possible to use all metal materials when making cans, so the only way to retreat is to choose clay pots as the main body, and the lid to choose copper.

The principle of making cans is not complicated. One of the most important processes is vacuum. The territory of the empire is very vast, located in the Yangtze River valley and the south, there is no shortage of fruits, not to mention vegetables. After the advent of canned food, all kinds of canned food have become one of the munitions, not only the types of fruits and vegetables, but also the most popular canned meat.

In addition to canned food, one of the Empire's munitions was also a popular one, which was a deep-fried noodle, or instant noodles as it is called in modern terms, and could be eaten after a while soaked in hot water. With a variety of sauces, it is completely delicious for many people. However, the military attaches more importance to the convenience of quick delivery, even if it is not soaked, it can be eaten dry.

The Western Regions are not poor...... It should be said that there is no absolute poverty and wealth in the world, but the gap between the rich and the poor has never been fixed. There are a lot of wealthy people in the Western Regions, they can live an excellent life, and most of the people in the Western Regions who were selected to be sent to the imperial camp are groups with permanent property, and some people can even become rich, but they have come a circle. I kind of doubt that I am really rich.

"They are not officers, just ordinary soldiers. But a set of their armor and weapons required at least a pound of gold. ”

"Not only weapons and equipment, but also how much money we have, can we eat fruits and vegetables in winter?"

People are able to compare. They were led to a tent and walked in to see Nandou Mi, who saw Nan Dou Mi cutting a roast sheep with a dagger, and a table (table) full of fruits and vegetables. In some corners, there are various cabinets, some open stacked with stacks of silk or silk clothes, and even neatly arranged terracotta jars with words written on paper. One by one, they were stunned.

"Shansu?" Nan Du looked up as if he saw an acquaintance, and said in surprise: "Why are you here?" ”

Shansu is from Qiuci and is a nobleman of Qiuci, with a lot of properties in Luntai, Yancheng, and Wulei, and his family even has 3,000 private armies.

"Pupiqi? Alex? It was difficult to look at the past one by one, and saw a lot of acquaintances: "Why are you here?" ”

Pu Piqi is from Pu and is one of the generals of the Pu Kingdom, and he is also a nobleman of Pu himself, and has a long experience in dealing with Wusun.

Alel was from Shule, one of the three nobles of Shule, and his family's private soldiers were far more than the king's, and he was a friend of the old man.

The rest of the people are more or less people who have been dealing with Wusun for a long time, but they are not too familiar with Nandou.

It is precisely because of this group of people that they have a friendship with Wusun that they will also be selected to come to the imperial camp as envoys, so that they can take the line of Wusun so that they can deal with the people on the other side of the empire as peacefully as possible?

Nandoumi didn't get up from his seat, looking at the group of people who were stunned in place with a smile on his face, and didn't even beckon them to sit down.

"Prince." Shan Su showed a surprised expression: "I didn't expect to meet you here." ”

Indeed, they expected that Wusun would be in the imperial army, but they didn't expect that it would be the prince who represented Wusun.

"Was it a surprise?" There was still a smile on his face, and he said, "We are allies with the Empire, and soon my sister will marry the Emperor." ”

Nandoumi has been promised by Liu Bang, and Liu Bang said that he would try his best to do things that are beneficial to everyone. He also knows that the current Wusun is inseparable from the empire, and Wusun may become a vassal of the empire, but without the help of the empire, Wusun will perish, so it will be a good thing to become a vassal state of the empire compared to it, at least with the help of the empire, Wusun can resist the invasion from the Xiongnu, Hujie, Ding Ling, Qu Shan and other tribes.

"How will the empire arrange Wusun?" Relying on his previous friendship, Aril said straight to the point: "If Wusun wants to completely surrender to the empire, will Wusun still be the overlord of the Western Regions after becoming a vassal of the empire?" ”

Nandou looked at Alil and said with a smile: "When Wusun is in trouble, only the distant empire can lend a hand, although the empire has a purpose, but the empire has sent troops and is willing to provide supplies to Wusun. ”

Alel was dumbfounded, everyone present was all Usun's allies before, but no one reached out to help when Usun was in trouble, not to mention that he did not send troops to participate in Usun's resistance to the invasion, and even Usun sent people to ask for material support to find various reasons to prevaricate.

At that time, not only the Xiongnu, Hujie, Qu She, Ding Ling and other tribes sent troops to Wusun, but also the allies who were originally Wusun opened their fangs and wanted to tear Wusun apart? Indeed, it was because of the imperial reinforcements that Wusun was able to avoid the fate of being torn apart and recover from a dying state to having enough time to integrate his forces. Although there are still signs of internal instability in Wusun, as long as the empire supports the royal family, the rest of the leaders will not be able to jump up at all.

"Which of your princesses does the Emperor want to marry?" Sansu had to ask.

He cut some mutton on the plate again, ate a few pieces, took a glass glass with wine, took a few sips, wiped the wine from the corners of his mouth, and then said, "It may be the stars, it may be the snow, it may be the stars and the snow together." ”

"Ahh The stars and snow are both famous beauties! Pu Piqi looked surprised: "I heard that Ding Ling's king once said that as long as Wusun can marry one of the stars or Bai Xue, Ding Ling will not only not be an enemy of Wusun, but will even stand on Wusun's side?" ”

It was difficult to smile contemptuously and said: "Don't say whether King Ding Ling will stand on our side, Ding Ling and the empire are ...... to the other", paused, and glanced at everyone: "Ding Ling is not even a starlight, the empire is the sun in the summer." ”

The sun in the summer? In addition to being a powerful metaphor, such words also point out the personality of the empire, and everyone can understand the meaning of the words, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is difficult to say.

Xiongnu's Shan Yu led the army to invade the south, and the land invaded was not the territory of the empire, but after the empire annexed Qin, Zhao and other countries, it directly sent troops under the pretext of Touman's invasion, not only eliminated most of the people, but also sent nearly a million troops to the grassland despite the fact that the empire had just been established, and most of the territories of the Xiongnu in the east and southeast became the territory of the empire, and there was more courage to directly capture the Junji Mountain.

"There's a new legion coming from the Empire." Nan Doumi finally beckoned everyone to find their seats and sit down, and then said: "The new legion will go to the south first, I think you also know that there are many countries in the south that stand on the side of Maudun and fight against the Empire, can you guess why the Imperial Legion is going to the south?" ”

When people heard this, they were all stunned. (To be continued.) )