When a certain country in a region is strong, neighboring countries will inevitably be forced to submit to various pressures. Once that powerful country weakens, the originally subjugated countries will inevitably recur, and the situation will arise that the second-tier countries will take advantage of the trend and compete for the status of the new regional power.

Although Wusun is a nomadic form, there is no doubt that Wusun was once the most powerful country in the Western Regions. At that time, it was Wusun who led the countries of the Western Regions to fight against foreign interference forces, and repeatedly fought against nomadic tribes such as the Xiongnu, Ding Ling, and Hujie, ensuring the relative social stability of the Western Regions.

In fact, Wusun not only took the lead in preventing the Xiongnu and other nomadic tribes from invading the Western Regions, but also took the lead in preventing some Central Asian countries from opening up eastward, and the first front was to maintain the line of Lake Balkhash, that is, the border between the Western Regions and the Kangju State. Later, Wusun even advanced the battle line to the line of Dulaishui (Talas River) in the territory of Kangju State, forcing Kangju State to establish Zhizhi City to stabilize the front.

Of course, that happened when Wusun was the most powerful, and it had been decades since now, when the Yueshi people who were close to the Western Regions were still very powerful, and it was precisely because the Yueshi people and the Xiongnu were fighting that the Xiongnu had no way to invade the Western Regions with all their might.

Perhaps it is a mistake to say that the Xiongnu were unable to invade the Western Regions with all their strength because of the Yue, at least the Xiongnu were not only at war with the Yue, but also engaged in military confrontation with the Warring States of the Central Plains and the Eastern Hu.

The Yueshi were first defeated by the Qin army in the Hetao area, and then by the Zhao army in the grasslands outside Yanmen. The Yueshi people, who had been defeated by Qin and Zhao, retreated to the depths of the steppe and began a hundred years war with the Xiongnu.

The Hetao was recovered by the Qin army, but the Qin State at that time was committed to eastward expansion, only a small number of garrisons were stationed, and later because of the tight Hangu Pass, the garrison was transferred to the east, and the Huns encroached on the Hetao by the Huns.

The Zhao army, which once occupied the grassland outside Yanmen, had no garrison, and the Zhao State handed over the grassland to the Di people. This tribe of Di people can't get along in the depths of the grassland. Their ancestors had a marriage with the royal family of Zhao State, and they couldn't go any further and went to join Zhao State. The king of Zhao did not pay much attention to this tribe of Di people, and handed them over to Li Mu, who later became one of the main forces of cavalry under Li Mu's command. The final fate of this Di cavalry was destroyed in the Battle of Qin and Zhao, and even the old and weak were also killed by the Qin army.

The battle between the Yueshi and the Xiongnu was another starting point with the death of the Yueshi king. The king of the Yue clan who died in the battle, his head was made into a wine vessel by the head man, which stimulated the newly defeated Yueshi people to fight wildly, but the newly defeated Yueshi recognized that it was the opponent of the Huns with high morale, and the battle between the two sides was that the Huns repeatedly defeated the Yue, and finally forced the Yueshi people to continue to move west.

The Yueshi people who migrated westward were thus divided into the Great and Small Yueclans. The big moon clan is a large number of Yue people who have crossed the north of the desert and have been going west, and the small Yue clan is some of the Yue people who have stayed in their homeland. Some of the Xiaoyue clan stayed in Hetao and succumbed to the Huns, and some of them entered the Western Regions to take refuge in some countries in the Western Regions, and most of the people who entered the Western Regions took refuge in the Wusun people.

"Because our situation has not been very good recently, the Yueshi people have also had a recurrence." The face of the embarrassed man was very ugly, and he said: "There are some Yueshi people who have taken refuge in the Huns early, and they frequently lobby the Yueshi people who have taken refuge in us, trying to persuade them to join the Huns, and some of the Yueshi people in Zhao County who have taken refuge in us have been persuaded. ”

If you are familiar with the history of the Western Regions, you should know a little. Wusun took in some of the Yue's people, and the Yue's people did continue to rebel within Wusun, becoming Wusun Kunmo's embarrassment and even being killed by the rebellious Yue's people, resulting in the death of Wusun's country. The son of Hunting Jiao was later adopted by Maudun. It was with the help of Mao Dun that Wusun was able to successfully restore the country.

Wusun, who successfully restored the country, once became a vassal state of the Xiongnu, and Hunt Jiaomi was also the number one dog leg of Maodun's invasion of the Western Regions, and the Wusun cavalry became the vanguard of the Xiongnu's invasion of the Western Regions, and finally let the Western Regions fall into the hands of the Huns.

The world is impermanent. The Huns succeeded in turning the Western Regions into their own "pasture" not long after, after the death of Mao Dun, Luan Tiji Congee succeeded Shan Yu, known as the old Shangshan Yu in history.

The Xiongnu in the period of Luan Tiji porridge did not weaken. It is still the only overlord on the grassland, but when the Huns were still strong, Wusun under the leadership of Hunt Jiaomi successfully broke away from the control of the Huns, and no longer obeyed the orders of the old Shangshan Yu Luan Tiji Porridge, and the strange thing is that the old Shangshan Yu Luan Tiji Porridge did not seem to care so much about the Wusun under the leadership of Hunt Jiaomi, and even acquiesced in Wusun's wandering and continued to open up westward.

Hunting Jiaomi is not the skillful Wusun Kunmo now, he is just a toothy child. Such a young child has been sent to Nanling, the imperial capital of the empire, and he doesn't know when he will be able to return to Wusun, and he may never be able to go back.

The current Wusun Kunmo is Bo Ximi, and the prince of Wusun is difficult to follow. Under unimaginable pressure from all sides, the father and son were committed to hugging the thigh of the imperial emperor Lu Zhe, first begging to marry the imperial princess, and then wanting to marry a daughter, and desperately needed assistance from the empire.

"Here we are." Liu Bangcai didn't care whether there was a civil strife in Wusun or not, he said: "This time it is the first batch of 80,000 cavalry reinforcements. If you need it, we can spread out and help you put down the rebellion first. ”

Hunt Jiaomi said with some embarrassment: "It's the snow envoy in winter, and you're a newcomer, so I'll trouble you as soon as I come, isn't it?" ”

"There's nothing bad about it." Liu Bang had obviously been informed by the General Academy of the National Defense Forces, and said resolutely: "Your Majesty attaches great importance to our allies, since we are already in the same camp, we will help you stabilize the country as soon as possible, so that we can better cooperate and jointly fight against the Xiongnu and other grassland tribes." ”

"Thank you so much for Your Majesty's attention." Lie Jiaomi made a grateful look, sighed for a while, and finally said: "If you allow, I will transfer a part of the troops to coordinate and target the rebels in the northeast in advance." ”

Liu Bang did not express his position, how to fight that is a matter that the generals of the National Defense Forces and the Wusun people should negotiate. He changed the subject and asked, "Are there many countries to the west of yours?" ”

There are indeed quite a few countries to the west of Wusun, not counting those city-states in the Western Regions, there are several countries with the surname Zhaowu Nine thousands of miles away, and in addition to the Zhaowu Nine surnames are Central Asia.

The countries on the other side of Central Asia are Parthia, Bactria, and Kashmir, and in addition to the existence of these three state forms, there are also the Northern Sakya, Western Sakya (Scythian), and Alans who are relatively close, and there are also the Amcai people, the Xinli people, and the Sukun people who are farther away.

It's more than 200 years B.C. Many of the nations that would later be founded were still in the Stone Age, and many of the groups that should have shown a strong or murderous side were still tribal, such as the Gauls, whose ancestors in France were now backward barbarians, and the Germanic peoples, who did not exist as a people.

"Those people don't have a good relationship with Parthia, they often harass Parthia and Bactria, but we don't have contact with them." Hunting Jiaomi finally asked curiously, "Why did you talk about them?" ”

Liu Bang said with a smile: "After the establishment of the empire, I was the first nobleman to send an envoy, so naturally I wanted to know more about things outside the empire. ”

The fact is that the real purpose of the envoy group headed by Liu Bang this time is to record the mountains and rivers along the way. It is also to understand where and what kind of people live, to prepare for the further expansion of the empire in the future, and to go to various countries to meet the king is secondary.

Things that are too far away, no one except Lu Zhe will understand the necessity of some things, not only to hunt for arrogance, but in fact, even many people in the empire itself do not understand it, they just regard these things as some additional hobbies of the emperor himself.

Hunting Jiaomi briefly introduced some things he knew, and then talked about the possibility of marriage with the empire.

"This...... Liu Bang seemed to be a little unresponsive, and hesitated and said, "This is not my scope of responsibility." The prince should send someone to the imperial capital to make sure again. ”

It is purely absurd for Wusun to want to marry the princess of the empire, not to mention that Lu Zhe's eldest daughter is now seven years old, how can he marry an old man who is already sixty or seventy years old. The most important thing is that Lu Zhe never thought of letting his daughter become a victim of a political marriage, even if it was a marriage. It can only be a woman of different races.

Since ancient times, there has been a theory of blood, which is the so-called "natural nobleman". This kind of thinking began in the Youxia generation, believing that the royal family was born as a royal family, and the nobles were born as nobles. Shuren is born as a Shuren. By the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the royal lineage was still noble, but the nobles could be demoted to concubines because of their crimes. It is also possible for the Shu people to become nobles.

After the "great controversy" of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, especially after the Qin State changed the law, the Shu people wanted to change their fate through a variety of channels, impacting the bloodline argument, but there are still quite a few people who are deeply rooted in the belief that "natural nobles" cannot be broken.

Liu Bang, who has become a member of the aristocracy, is also a supporter of "natural nobles", which is the mentality that he will never have as a commoner, this is called "the ass determines the head", what kind of mentality will he have after becoming a person.

Hunting Jiaomi didn't know what Liu Bang was thinking, he first obtained Liu Bang's consent, and then beckoned someone in.

The visitor was held in a cloak from beginning to end, and his face only showed a pair of bright and aqua blue pupils, and he looked like a slender woman. After she came in, she saluted Liu Bang more humbly, and greeted in an inaccurate Mandarin pronunciation: "Ainani, I have seen the Imperial Baron." ”

Liu Bang didn't know what he meant, and even thought that this woman was a beautiful woman who was going to warm his bed, with a smile on his face, and said, "How embarrassing is this?" ”

The empire has expanded for more than ten consecutive years, the military boots of the army have stepped on the barren forests, walked through the meadows, waded on the islands, conquered quite a lot of ethnic groups, and the people who could not be caught looked stranger and stranger every time, including some women who looked aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Some of the interracial women who are considered to be beautiful women, they are transported back to the empire and then sold, and they are basically bought by some dignitaries and nobles, and it is impossible to be wives and concubines, but there are many bed warmers.

Hunting Jiaomi reacted a little, he was stunned for a moment, and first introduced: "This is my sister." Then seeing Liu Bang's face freeze, he said with a smile: "Ainani means cloud in our language, which has the meaning of purity and goodness of nature. ”

Can Liu Bang's face not freeze? The woman who came in was not for him to warm the bed at all, it was for the Wusun people to present to His Majesty the Emperor! He could only smile with a stiff face, but he was scolding in his heart: "Don't send the drooling of Lao Tzu back to China, it's best for these grandsons not to make a fuss about this, otherwise Lao Tzu is guilty, and these grandsons will not be much better." ”

Of course, Hunt Jiaomi saw Liu Bang's pig brother just now, but he wouldn't be bored. He looked at Ai Nani and said a few words that Liu Bang didn't understand, then turned to Liu Bang and said, "In our custom, it is very important to marry each other after becoming allies. The eldest princess of your country, His Majesty the Emperor, is only seven years old and is clearly unable to act as a bridge of friendship. Ainani is sixteen years old this year, and she is also extremely beautiful, presumably His Majesty the Emperor of your country can like it. ”

"These grandsons still want to marry a princess?!" Liu Bang was still smiling, but he was sneering in his heart: "A group of nobles of the empire, who is not staring at the princesses of His Majesty, thinking that the heirs can compete to marry one and go home, where will it be your turn to get these grandchildren." ”

Seeing that Liu Bang was just smiling and not speaking, he thought he was approving of it. He pleaded, "In order to confirm Ainani's identity, we will send someone of noble status to accompany us." In order to ensure the safety along the way, Ainani is on her way to the Empire, and please send someone to escort her along the way, even better if you have an army escort from your Wehrmacht. ”

Liu Bang didn't know if Princess Wusun was wishful thinking, or if he had already communicated with the empire. He thought about it for a while, no matter how you look at this matter, it is not a bad thing, and even Wusun's offering of the princess is a good thing for a foreign guest, so he immediately agreed.

"That's great." Hunter looked very happy, and he waved his hand excitedly: "The rich dowry we have prepared includes three thousand carefully selected heavenly horses, five hundred carts of furs and gold vessels, three hundred dowry girls, and three thousand tribesmen. Some of the dowry girls are the noble women of our clan, and many of them are women from the west, that is, the golden silk cat that the emperor of your country said. ”

Tianma is the sweat and blood of Huaxia, usually the mount of the peerless general, and the Wusun people pick up 3,000 horses, which is really a big deal.

As for the golden cat...... Liu Bang smiled evilly when he heard this, but there was a rumor in the country that the emperor liked women with special appearances, but he didn't expect it to spread to the distant Wusun. (To be continued.) )