Straight man of steel

Chapter 392 Encounter Aries King

Luo Xiahong had just taught a few of the envoys under Daxing, and the order from Chang'an City to let them go back was passed to Zhang's residence.

Zhang Yuan was quite speechless, His Majesty the Emperor really didn't bother to cover up anything.

It is estimated that the embroidered clothes envoys in the envoys engraved the map in their hearts, and then Liu Che didn't think about other people.

As soon as the people here left, Chang'an City began to prepare for the mission.

The reason why Liu Che sent Chu Da as an envoy was to let the Western Region countries contain the Huns in Hexi. In fact, it was not much different from the last time he sent Zhang Qian as an envoy to the Dayue clan.

Such a reason can convince the Huns as well as the Han people.

The people and officials of the Han Dynasty are more confident about the upcoming war next year, and the Huns will not care too much.

The fact that Weiqing was appointed as a former general was announced to the whole world, and the Xiongnu must not be able to hide it.

Fortunately, Zhang Yuan and Wei Qing's idea was to let Wei Qing lead the cavalry out of Yanmen.

In this way, King Loufan and King Aries will be more inclined to the Han army's goal, just like the Battle of Mayi, the Xiongnu Great Chanyu.

At that time, even if the Xiongnu Da Shanyu leads the troops southward, they will not be able to run into the cavalry led by Wei Qing, and will only face the defense army of tens of thousands of Han in Yuyang County, Dai County, Yanmen.

Almost half a month passed, and the mighty team of envoys finally set off from Chang'an City and started heading north.

There are more than 300 people in this team, seven to 80 officials, more than 100 soldiers accompanying them for protection, and more than 100 civilian husbands.

The gifts and treasures they carried almost filled ten ox carts. Of course, they only brought dry food that was only enough for everyone on the road.

For this point, Zhang Yuan still admires the mind and wisdom of Liu Che and the Han people.

Gold and silver treasures are given to the Huns, and money is something outside the body, especially now that each region is relatively closed to the geographical and political environment.

If the Huns want to use these gold and silver treasures to buy food or weapons and equipment, that's four words.

Difficult to climb to the sky!

There are only two kinds of people who can do business with the Huns.

People from the Western Regions and Han people.

The Han people must be sneaky when doing business with the Huns, and the management of weapons and food is very strict.

In Dahan, you can't see any merchants who can do business in weapons and food. The only group with food at home is the nobles, but it is difficult for this class to do business with the Huns.

The part of their desire for profit mixed with money and wealth is very small, and the main thing is their desire for power.

Tian Fu was greedy enough, and it was completely impossible for him to exchange interests with the Huns.

When he was sitting in the position of prime minister, what treasure could he not get?

So basically everyone has such a consensus, unless it is really a time of life and death, otherwise few people will deal with alien races.

Liu Che also cut off the titles of an unknown number of people. Some committed suicide, but those who surrendered to the Huns were really rare.

In this way, the gold and silver treasures brought by Chu Da, as long as Wei Qing and Zhang Yuan can wipe out the Huns, they will eventually return to Liu Che's hands.

Even if they did not return to Liu Che's hands, Liu Che would not feel sorry for these utensils that could not be eaten.

Chu Da marched northward with a large army. This was not the first time he had gone northward.

Chu Da, who held Liu Che's edict earlier, also went to Yanmen County once.

The Xihe County he was going to go to this time was only next to Yanmen County, so Chu Da still felt a little familiar.

It took less than half a month for the group to arrive at Pingding City, Xihe County, which had been agreed upon earlier.

This is almost one of the front lines against the Huns, but the fighting is not as intense as Yanmen Yuyang, so there are many Huns active in the city.

Of course, on the surface, these Huns were all Huns who took refuge in the great Han, otherwise the Han army would not have allowed them to enter and leave the city alive.

Anyone who understands understands that these Huns are a group of people who wandered on the border of the Han Dynasty for their own interests.

They traded with the Han and Qiang people as well as the people of the Western Regions. They obtained exquisite silk from the Han people, sweet spices from the Western Regions, gold from the Huns, and cattle and sheep from the Qiang people.

In fact, silk and silk and spices from the Western Regions are all powerful to plunder foreign wealth, so the big man's control over silk and silk is not so strong.

When plundering the wealth of other countries or other nations, just sell some luxury goods.

Cattle, sheep and gold are what everyone needs, and they are rigid necessities, while spices and silk are not.

This kind of trade for a long time will only make the Huns and Qiang people weaker and weaker.

This is probably the earliest consumerism.

After staying in Pingding City for three days, Chu Da set off from Pingding City and turned all the way west.

In fact, he had already found a guide on the first day, but in order to let the rest of the Huns spread the news, Chu Da had to stay in Pingding City for a few more days.

Three days was just enough for the eyes and ears of the Huns to pass the news to King Loufan and King Aries who were closest to here.

The team of envoys traveled westward all the way, and they still encountered two cities on the road, but these two cities were deserted and uninhabited.

Occasionally, nomadic Qiang tribes would come here, leaning against the dilapidated city to spend the desolate nights.

Ever since they left Pingding City, there was an atmosphere of uneasiness in the team.

The desert can be seen from a glance, and the desolation without seeing the edge tells everyone that the land under their feet is no longer a place where Han people can get used to living.

"The big order, we must enter the Hexi Corridor within seven days, otherwise we will be very dangerous."

The Xiongnu guide that Chu Da found was also very worried, so he said what he wanted to say in his heart.

In fact, from the point of view of the Huns, their quality is actually very good, which is why the big Han has repeatedly used the Huns as guides when he went to the Western Regions.

These people are very responsible, because they have to do business with the Han people, so they have given up their hatred long ago.

Think about Zhang Qian who has been in the Huns for many years, and he has no property for a long time, but his Huns guide can still help him escape.

This quality is actually commendable, but the hatred between nations will not be turned to a better side because of personal qualities.

"Atugu, we will speed up.

But this is also the first time for everyone to come to the desert, so there will definitely be some physical discomfort.

Let's go slowly a few days ago, and let's speed up in the next few days. "

The Xiongnu guide named A Tugu heard Chu Da's words, cursed a fool in his heart, and then stepped aside.

If you don't listen to your guide in the desert, you will die miserably.

The route the envoys are taking now is the best way. If we don’t speed up now, we will wait until we enter the desert in a few days before speeding up?
Atugu still couldn't figure out why the big man sent such a fool to lead such a large team of envoys.

I heard that this person is one of the people with the highest official positions in the Han Dynasty.

No matter how much Atugu had an opinion on Chu Da in his heart, everyone in the envoy team still had to listen to Chu Da.

So they start moving slowly forward at a very slow pace.

After four or five days like this, everyone in the team relaxed a lot.

During the period, they encountered more than one Qiang tribe, but when those Qiang people saw them, they immediately chose to avoid them.

There are more than 100 well-equipped armored soldiers, and everyone in the envoy team is armed, which can be regarded as a relatively powerful team here.

This is why Atugu chose Chu Da and the others. As long as they don't encounter a large group of Hun cavalry, such a team can reach the Western Regions through the Hexi Corridor.

But the reality taught Atugu a lesson with a fluke mentality.

"No, it's the King Banner of the Aries King!"

When Atugu led the team of envoys to find a water source, they found a dark army of Huns on the other side of the lake.

"You said it was the Aries King?"

At this time, Chu Da was not afraid, but there was a hint of excitement in his voice.

"Yes, it is the great Aries King, Da Xing ordered you who have horses to get on your horses and flee to Pingding City.

After the King of Aries grabs the treasure, he will not spend his troops chasing you. "

The entire team of envoys consisted of dozens of horses, and it was impossible for everyone to escape.

Following Atugu's first scream, the civilians in the team were already panicking. Although they knew that they might not be able to return to their hometown during this trip, they did not expect that they would encounter the Xiongnu army just a few days after leaving the territory of the Han Dynasty.

Chu Da was very calm. He looked at the Huns army on the other side of the lake and found that their numbers were not too many.

It is definitely not over ten thousand, and the formation is very loose. Even at this time, they are still setting up tents. It seems that they don't take their group of people seriously.

"Everyone gather the vehicles together and prepare for battle!"

Chu Da made a little judgment in his heart, and immediately gave the order loudly.

At this time, the faces of many people in the team changed.

A Tugu didn't understand what Chu Da was thinking if he didn't run away at this time.

The rest of the people thought that Chu Da wanted to fight the Huns to the death, and it was absolutely impossible for him to win. Their fate would be very clear next.

As for some people who knew that Chu Da's trip was to lurk into the top ranks of the Huns, they felt that it was best to give up resistance now and wait for the Huns to arrest them.

In this way, the task can be completed without bloodshed.

"Master Gao, send some cavalry back to Pingding City to ask for reinforcements."

Among the armored soldiers who accompanied him, the highest position was the Chief Gao.

Commander Gao, who was still arranging the formation to defend against the enemy, couldn't help asking Chu Da.

"Da Xingling, even if we rush all the way here, when the army of Pingding City arrives, it will be tomorrow.

Although the last general is ready to fight and die for the country at any time, he doesn't think we can carry it until the arrival of reinforcements tomorrow. "

Chu Da saw that Chief Gao had such a manly spirit, so he slapped him on the shoulder hard.

"I'm not here to ask for reinforcements, but to let the people of Dahan know our choice.

We chose to die standing up instead of living on our knees, understand?
Do you want to watch these soldiers under your command die in obscurity?Even their families don't get any compensation? "

Chu Da spoke very seriously, and many people around heard it.

Chief Gao Tuan bowed to Chu Da, and immediately sent someone to ask for help.

"Da Xingling, have you forgotten the mission of this trip?"

An official from a large bank walked up to Chu Da and said to Chu Da in a low voice.

Chu Da looked back at him, and firmly remembered the man's face in his mind.

If nothing else, the fact that this person can say these words proves his identity.

Chu Da glanced at the other people and didn't know how many embroidered messengers or other nobles' eyes and ears were in the team.

"I did it to reduce the Huns' suspicion of us. If we were to be captured without a fight, it would not attract their attention."

Chu Da's tone was so flat that even the embroidered envoy recognized the word cold-blooded.

Originally, no one had to die, at most they would be humiliated by the Huns, but if they chose to fight, many people would die on the spot.

No one can say at this time whether what Chu Da did was right or wrong.

After meeting the Huns, neither Zhang Yuan nor Liu Che gave clear instructions on what Chu Da needed to do.

Even if this group of embroidered messengers were worried, they could only listen to Chu Da's command at this time.

Anyway, there is only one result Liu Che wants, and that is to successfully break into the Xiongnu.

As for how many people can survive in the end?

Sorry I haven't thought about it.

"The Hun cavalry over there started to move."

Atugu shouted again.

The Xiongnu army on the other side of the lake chose to attack from both sides.

Two cavalrymen filed out of the huge Hun army formation, and rushed towards Chu Da's envoy team along the shore of the lake with a sense of momentum.

With a glance, Chu Da could see the scale of the opponent's battle.

Each cavalry is estimated to have about a thousand people, and two cavalry is 2000 people.

Using 2000 people to attack his team of more than 300 people, and more than half of them are people who have never been on the battlefield. The Aries King is still quite cautious.

On the battlefield, it is not shameless to hit more with less.

Any good general will not fight in a fair manner or anything.

War is never fair.

This kind of interaction method of burying with life is as shameless as possible.

1 people should attack 100 people with all their strength.

The legend of the three hundred warriors of Sparta created by the Persians attacking the Greek city-states is possible in the era of hot weapons, but in the era of cold weapons.
Are the Persians fools? Tens of thousands of people fought against 300 people, and [-] of them died in the end.

Tens of thousands of people went up together, not to mention weapons in their hands, even with their fists, the armor on the three hundred Spartan warriors was hammered to pieces.

At that time, it was definitely not just these 300 people who fought against the Persians, and what they said after the breakup was just like farting.

Can 300 people fight against an army of [-] for three days?
What kind of terrain is that?

There are high mountains on both sides, and the terrain in the middle can only allow one person to pass?
Moreover, there must be a huge boulder blocking the middle, so that the arrows of the Persians cannot be shot through.

Even so, it couldn't stop it for three days.

This shows how shameless Westerners are in order to portray heroes.

At least in the situation Chu Da is facing now, he never thought that the more than 300 people under him could defeat the two thousand Hun cavalry in front of him.

(End of this chapter)