After thinking carefully, Qiu Ye waved his hand and said feebly: "Let it go, let the Huns envoy come in too."
Da Yueshi's current situation is that they can't afford to offend anyone, so they can only let everyone in.
The steppe border between Tatar and the Western Regions.
When Dayuezhi general Ye Hu received the news from the royal city, he immediately spread the news to the other side.
Let Ban Chao and others receive the news.
The next day, Ban Chao and his party of more than a hundred people walked out of the Tatar grassland and set foot on the borders of the Western Regions under the watchful eyes of hundreds of thousands of troops from both sides.
Ye Hu immediately arranged five hundred guards for them to prevent them from having any accidents, and led them to the royal city.
The same is true on the Xiongnu side.
On the way, Ban Chao smiled and asked Abuliz, "How was it? Have you ever thought about going to the royal city of Dayuezhi like this?"
Ablizi shook his head: "I never thought that I would never be able to return to the Western Regions in this life."
Ban Chao smiled, looked ahead and said, "I will come back. What can't happen in this life?"
"Maybe."
Abriz sighed and said nothing more.
At this moment, a homing pigeon flew from the sky with flapping wings and magically landed on Ban Chao's shoulder.
Ban Chao was stunned when he saw the homing pigeon, but he immediately realized that there must be some emergency, and news came from Yunzhou County.
He grabbed the carrier pigeon in his hand, took out a small bamboo tube from its ankle, opened it, took out the note inside and looked at it. Ban Chao's expression suddenly changed.
Abliz on the side saw it and asked in confusion: "What happened?"
Ban Chao said with a solemn expression: "The Huns have also sent a mission, and they are heading towards the Dayuezhi King's City just like us."
"What happened?"
Ablizi didn't understand, but Ban Chao understood what the Huns' actions meant at this critical moment.
Ban Chao murmured:
"This border incident is indeed related to the Xiongnu. Otherwise, why would they send a mission almost at the same time as us? It seems that they want to deliberately provoke a war between us and the Da Yuezhi!
They continue to drag our Yunzhou County into the quagmire of war, but they can stay out of it and wait for opportunities to sneak attacks from behind! "
Through the Xiongnu's actions, Ban Chao understood the Xiongnu's sinister intentions, and he also believed that Yunzhou County, who received the news, also understood what happened.
Because in addition to informing him about the Huns sending a mission, the note also contained a sentence, which should have been told to him by Yunzhou County.
"According to circumstances, Yunzhou County will always be behind you!"
Ban Chao understood what he should do.
Immediately he ordered to everyone: "Brothers, speed up!"
The team's pace was a little faster. At this time, Ban Chao secretly said something to Ablizi.
Abuliz looked at him in surprise.
Ban Chao shrugged his shoulders and said: "Be prepared for any trouble, just make more preparations.
how? Is it possible that you have no means of contacting them? "
"have!"
Abriz immediately said without hesitation:
"We secretly established an intelligence channel among the countries in the Western Region after the arrival of the Great Yueshi. I can spread the news when we reach the cities on the road.
But, I'm not sure whether they can trust you. "
Ban Chao smiled, patted Abliz on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will give them a reassurance, and they will believe me when the time comes."
"Reassurance?"
Ablizi was confused, but it was obvious that Ban Chao had no intention of explaining it to him. He shook his head and could only give up, and started to prepare at the same time.
On the way to Dayuezhi Royal City, we have to pass three Western Region cities along the way, namely Tulin, Juge, and Sufang.
The three cities were hundreds of miles apart, so the team had to stop in one of them to rest and replenish fresh water and various supplies before they could move on.
Starting from Tulin, Ban Chao deliberately went out to buy things while the envoys were staying in various cities. It looked like they were buying local specialties.
At first, the guards who were sent to protect them, but actually had the task of monitoring them, were still nervous, fearing that they were doing something, but soon they gradually relaxed their vigilance after discovering that they just bought some things.
It wasn't until the team arrived at Sufang City, the city closest to the royal city, that the guards didn't know about it. Abriz spread a piece of news while buying a bag.
And soon the news spread to the ears of the top leaders of the entire Western Region countries.
Finally, after six or seven days of traveling, the delegation finally arrived at the royal city of Dayuezhi, which is now Ankang, the royal city of the Kushan Empire.
On the day they entered the city, Ban Chao wanted to see Qiu Yeque, but was rejected. He also placed them in a certain neighborhood in the city, saying that they would wait patiently for His Majesty the Emperor's summons.
On the other side, just as they were moving forward and backward, the Huns' envoys also arrived in Ankang City, and were also placed in a street without meeting each other.
In order to prevent the meeting between the two parties from causing trouble, the Da Yuezhi specially placed the Xiongnu envoy and the Yunzhou County envoy two blocks apart to prevent them from meeting in private.
In the palace at this moment, Qiu Ye was walking back and forth with his hands behind his back, his brows furrowed tightly, thinking about something.
The minister on the side saw him wandering around for a long time and couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, what are you worried about?"
Qiu Ye stopped walking back and forth and sighed: "Cigu, now Yunzhou County and the Xiongnu envoys have arrived in Ankang. I am worried about this. I don't know what to do. Which one should I receive first?" That’s good.”
Cigu, the former prime minister of Daxia and now the chief administrative minister of the Kushan Empire, immediately understood the emperor's concerns after hearing these words.
Whether it is Yunzhou County or the Xiongnu, they are now targets that the Yuezhi does not want to provoke, and there are often huge wars involving hundreds of thousands of troops.
Now the Da Yueshi do not want to fight, so His Majesty the Emperor does not know how to avoid such a war.
Cigu thought for a while and then said:
"Your Majesty, we all know the purpose of Yunzhou County's envoy. It should be the annihilation of four tribes on the Tatar border not long ago.
They should be here to explore the truth and see if we did it. If not, they can resolve the misunderstanding and prevent a war. And we know very well that we did not do it in the first place, but there is no way to prove it.
As soon as the Xiongnu envoys arrived, we could be sure that they were responsible for this, and their purpose was also very obvious, which was to provoke a war between us and Yunzhou County. They just fought with Yunzhou County not long ago. A failure was a deliberate attempt to cause trouble for Yunzhou County.
The purpose of sending an envoy here this time is to avoid a truce between our two sides, so the Xiongnu envoy will definitely cause trouble. The misunderstanding between us and Yunzhou County may not be able to be explained clearly.
Therefore, my suggestion is that the two powers harm each other, whichever is the lesser! "
"Which is the lesser?"
Qiu Ye was stunned.
Cigu nodded and continued: "Let's receive the Yunzhou County envoy first, and then the Xiongnu envoy.
Look at what Yunzhou County said, and then look at what the Xiongnu said. If you must fight, then choose one of them who can win, and use the other side to win the other side! "
Qiu Ye thought for a moment, then nodded heavily and agreed.
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(End of chapter)
