The Beidi Commandery returned from the Great Wall, and the news he brought back surprised everyone.
Zhao Tuo's two counselors frowned.
Chen Ping said: "General, there are two possibilities now. One is that Wu Shiluo did not reveal to the Yuezhi people that our Qin State was going to attack Henan. The Yuezhi people really wanted to form an alliance with us to attack the Huns."
"Dan Ping thought this was unlikely. The Yueshi were already powerful, but now they took advantage of the Huns' civil strife to occupy Henan, and drove the Huns there to the north of Deshui and near Yinshan Mountain. They clearly had a strong position. Shangfeng, there is no need to come to me, Daqin, to form an alliance."
Deshui was the name given to the Yellow River by the Qin Dynasty. After Qin Shihuang became emperor, he named the river Deshui after Qin praised the virtues of water.
Zhao Tuo nodded slightly and motioned for Chen Ping to continue.
Chen Ping said: "Another possibility is that the Wu clan has leaked our Qin's military plan to the Yuezhi people, so the Yuezhi sent people to investigate along the Great Wall. They said they wanted to send envoys into the fortress. , perhaps in the name of forming an alliance, they want to check the strength of our Qin army and test whether our Great Qin really intends to conquer Henan."
"What Chen Sheng said is that the Yuezhi people are probably here to test. Our Great Qin is a powerful country in the East, and we have never had any grudges with the Yuezhi. Even if someone really leaks that our Great Qin wants to attack Henan, they are not sure whether they know it. If so, I’m afraid I won’t dare to make a decision easily, and it’s normal to come here to test the truth.”
Li Shiqi agreed with a smile, looking at Chen Ping with a wary look.
This little fellow's brain works very fast. It has been more than a month since he defected to the general, and he has already shown enough wisdom and planning.
Perhaps because of his youth, Chen Ping was slightly inferior to Li Shiqi in terms of experience and eloquence, but after all, he was a man with his brains and posed far greater threats to Li Shiqi than Shejian, Heihipu and others.
In the past, the general had only one adviser: Li Shiqi. He opened his mouth to speak to Mr. Li and shut his mouth to speak to Mr. Li. He was the only one who asked for advice.
Now there is an extra Chen Sheng in the mouth, how can it not make people feel delicious.
Thinking of this, Li Shiqi added: "But there is another possibility, that is, Wushi Luo did not leak the news to Yuezhi, but because our Qin State mobilized cavalry from several counties, and at the same time, in addition to Beidi, in Longxi County There were actions in Heshang County, or someone in other counties leaked the news, which aroused the Yuezhi people's vigilance, and it is possible that they sent people to investigate because of this."
Chen Ping glanced at Li Shiqi, who smiled at him.
Zhao Tuo nodded. It would be better to have more staff. He analyzed all the possibilities of the matter in a blink of an eye, just waiting for him, the leader, to make the final decision.
After thinking for a while, Zhao Tuo said: "What you said makes sense, but we have to wait until we meet the Yuezhi envoys to see more details. Maybe we can get more information from them."
The Qin State mobilized tens of thousands of cavalry to gather at the border, and the movement was quite large. The Yuezhi probably got the news and knew about the existence of their troops, so Zhao Tuo did not intend to hide it and prepared to meet the envoy.
Just how to meet, he has some plans.
Zhao Tuo looked at Chen Ping, who was tall, fair and handsome, and then looked at his own wheat-colored skin, and his heart moved.
Virtual and real, real and virtual.
…
Two days later, a Great Wall fortress built during the reign of King Qin Zhaoxiang opened its gates. The Yuezhi envoys entered the territory of Qin. Under the guidance of the northern cavalry, they rushed to Yiqu City.
"There is actually a woman among the Yuezhi's envoys."
When the Yuezhi envoy entered the general's tent outside Yiqu City, many Qin people were surprised.
In addition to the dozens of Yuezhi cavalry who were escorting them, there were two Yuezhi envoys, one male and one female.
"Xiumi Xihou's envoy has strong teeth."
"Sugasha, the envoy of Kushan Jihou."
Zhao Tuo sat in the tent and looked at the two-month envoy who entered the tent.
Yaguda was an old man in his fifties. When he came up, he saluted the general of Qin and said his greetings in stumbling Qin language.
Compared with the Yuezhi old man, the one who attracted the attention of the people of Qin the most was another envoy from the Yuezhi Guishang Jihou.
This woman named Sugasha, about twenty years old, took off her veil outside the tent, revealing a high nose and deep eyes. At first glance, she was very different from the people from the Central Plains. She even looked different from the old man named Yaguda next to her. A race of people.
The Qin officials, including the Beidi County Sheriff and the County Magistrate, all looked at her curiously, not admiring her beauty, but as curious as looking at a monkey.
"A beauty of the Western variety."
Zhao Tuo secretly thought that compared to the less experienced Qin people, he had never seen anything and could appreciate this exotic beauty normally.
The Yuezhi were nomadic in the Hexi Corridor, as far as Dunhuang. They controlled the access to the Western Regions, and naturally had contacts with other countries in the Western Regions.
This can be seen from the exotic gold jewelry worn by Sugatha.
Therefore, it is normal for the Yuezhi and other countries in the Western Regions to intermarry with each other and give birth to such mixed-race offspring.
As for Guishuang Xihou sending a woman as an envoy, Zhao Tuo was slightly surprised.
It is rare for a woman to be a messenger in this era.
However, he was relieved when he thought that he had watched a TV series about Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in which Zhang Qian went on an envoy to the Western Regions and met Queen Dayuezhi.
But when Sugatha spoke, he was still stunned.
Because she actually spoke fluent Qin dialect. Although her accent seemed a little weird, it was enough for everyone to understand.
"The Marquis of Guishuang asked me to ask Qin's general why your Qin State mobilized troops to gather at the border. Is there any purpose?"
Sugatha's eyes were bright, staring directly at General Qin who was sitting on the main seat.
The general was tall and fair-skinned, and his appearance was completely different from the prairie men who blew sand in the wind all day long on the prairie. He looked a little refined.
The general was well prepared and replied: "You, the Yue people, originally lived in Hexi, but you suddenly invaded Henan and drove away the Huns. You looked very aggressive. We, the Qin State, gathered our troops here, naturally to guard against you Yue people. Come and invade our land of Qin."
This answer obviously stunned the two-month messenger.
Sugatha and Yaguda looked at each other. This was the answer they had not expected.
Yaguda quickly shook his head and said: "I, the Yueshi, have no intention of invading your Qin State. Please don't misunderstand me, general."
Sujiasha chuckled and said: "General Qin is joking. We Yuezhi people make a living by herding, and our tribes move with the pastures. We are not interested in the land that you Qin people have enclosed with big cities. What we want is the north." That pasture flowing with honey and milk.”
"This time we came here on behalf of the two Lords of Xi just to join forces with you Qin people to deal with the Huns in the north."
"After defeating them, the land that can be cultivated will belong to you Qin people, and the pastures for grazing will belong to us Yuezhi. I wonder what the Qin generals think?"
Although the Qin officials and generals in the tent had long heard the Yuezhi people's request for an alliance from the county captain, they still felt a sense of absurdity when they actually heard the Yuezhi envoy speak about the alliance.
The State of Qin was preparing to attack the Yueshi, but the Yueshi did not know it and wanted to lure the Qin people to attack the Xiongnu. What a big deal.
The general said: "You, the Yueshi, are a big country on the grassland. You can drive away the Huns south of Deshui. You are fully capable of defeating them. You covet the fertile pastures of the Huns. You can conquer them yourself. Why do you want to come and fight with our Qin country?" Form an alliance?”
Sujatha's eyes shone brightly, staring closely at the Qin general sitting on the main seat, and said: "The Huns are a cruel pack of wolves. They occupy the pastures in the east. Although our Yueshi are powerful, we will not be able to fight with the Huns." It’s also very difficult to win, and it’s very difficult to capture this land south of the river.”
"Until you, the general of the Qin State, defeat the Xiongnu Chanyu in the north and make them kill each other and fall into chaos, we can send troops to defeat the Xiongnu and seize this land."
"You Qin people fought with the Huns, and we, the Yuezhi, also have grudges against the Huns. Shouldn't we all join forces to deal with the common enemy?"
"You are a man who defeated the Xiongnu Chanyu. Are you afraid of a wolf that you defeated?"
Hearing the Yuezhi woman's praise, the general became obviously uncomfortable.
There is too little information about Yuezhi, so the information about Da Yuezhi in "Hanshu·Biography of the Western Regions" is used here, and the five Jihou are written according to their names in the Western Han Dynasty.
(End of chapter)
