Zhao Tong, the general of the Han auxiliary state, led the Han wedding team and was already waiting ten miles outside Guishan City.
Watching the large group of people coming from a distance, Zhao Tong's anxious mood became slightly calmer.
This task is not easy to complete today.
Although Dawan has now surrendered to the Han Dynasty, after all, it is still within the territory of Dawan, and all accidents may happen.
So Zhao Tong had been very nervous until he saw Nuo Qi's motorcade arriving.
"It's coming, it's coming!" A primary school student said excitedly.
Zhao Tong said seriously: "Get ready to marry!"
"No!"
After the generals agreed, Zhao led a group of soldiers to greet them.
After a short while, Zhao Tong arrived in front of Nuoqi's car. After a simple courtesy, Nuoqi's motorcade was handed over to Zhao Tong for escort. Except for some Dawan people who were accompanying the bride and dowry, the rest of the escorting team
Return the way you came.
"General Zhao!" Nuoqi, who was sitting on the carriage, looked around and asked puzzledly: "Where is your majesty? Why hasn't your majesty come?"
Nuoqi seemed a little dissatisfied. She originally thought that Liu Chan would come to pick her up in person, but she looked left and right and didn't see Liu Chan.
Zhao Tong saluted and said: "Your Majesty is waiting for the princess in front. First, send the last general to greet the princess."
After Zhao Tong finished speaking, Nuoqi said "oh" and stopped talking.
"Get up the sedan!" Zhao Tongyi shouted, and Nuoqi's motorcade started again, slowly heading east.
After climbing over a low hill, in the wilderness ahead, a cavalry of more than 20,000 people was ready to go. Nuoqi looked up and knew that this was Liu Chan's cavalry.
Liu Chan looked at the motorcade coming down the hillside and smiled knowingly. From now on, this princess of Dawan Kingdom will be considered his sixth imperial concubine.
SNSD——
When the convoy arrived in front of the cavalry formation, Liu Chan suddenly raised his hand, and more than 20,000 knights immediately let out an ear-splitting roar.
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
This was not originally a characteristic of the Han Dynasty. It was the so-called Viking war cry that Liu Chan heard when he was a football fan in his previous life, and he always found it very powerful.
Now that his soul traveled through the Three Kingdoms and became the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Chan brought this Viking war cry to the Three Kingdoms and became a characteristic of the Han Dynasty.
Today, it is actually not the first time that the Viking war cry has been used, because as early as more than ten years ago when the Prime Minister returned to Beijing from the southern expedition, Liu Chan asked the people around Chengdu at that time to use it with the imperial guards of the Chengdu Imperial Palace.
Greet the people he cares about most.
"Hoo, ho, ho!"
Twenty thousand people roared in unison, and the momentum was truly extraordinary. Nuo Qi, who was sitting on the carriage, was immediately startled.
"Princess, don't be alarmed!" Zhao Tong, who was guarding at the side, whispered: "These are my knights of the Han Dynasty, welcoming the princess to the Han Dynasty."
"Oh!" Nuo Qi nodded upon hearing this, and just then Liu Chan raised his hand, and the roar of the 20,000 Han knights suddenly stopped.
Liu Chan is the emperor and Nuoqi is the princess of Dawan. Originally, such a scene should be held in Chang'an. At least Nuoqi should go to Weiyang Palace to meet Liu Chan.
It's just that this time is special. Emperor Liu Chan is in Dawan, so this court ceremony is placed here.
"Niao Qi pays homage to Your Majesty!" Nuo Qi came to Liu Chan's war horse. She protected her chest with one hand and saluted Liu Chan and said, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live."
This is a necessary etiquette for newlyweds. Although the ceremony of marrying Nuoqi will have to be held again when they arrive in Chang'an, she has to perform this greeting ceremony first. Otherwise, what would be the point of traveling eastward?<
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"Princess, please wake up quickly!"
Liu Chan stepped forward to help Nuo Qi up, and then said with a smile: "I am lucky to be able to marry the princess."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Nuoqi said thanks.
"This trip to Chang'an is a long way," Liu Chan added, "The princess may have a hard time along the way."
"It doesn't matter!" Nuoqi said with a smile: "Niaoqi is not that delicate, your Majesty does not need to worry too much."
"Okay!" Liu Chan said, "Princess, please get on the sedan chair!"
Liu Chan originally wanted Nuo Qi to continue riding in the sedan to avoid the fatigue of riding, but Nuo Qi waved his hand and said: "Your Majesty, I'd better ride a horse with you. The carriage is moving too slowly. If I take the sedan back to Chang'an, I don't know.
How long will it take to arrive?"
"This——"
Liu Chan was speechless for a moment, then he remembered that they are a people on horseback.
Before Liu Chan agreed, Nuo Qi got on her mount, which was a maroon horse with blood sweat.
Nuo Qi has already mounted the horse, and Liu Chan can't say much. After all, he also hopes to rush back to Chang'an as soon as possible. Soon, the 20,000 cavalrymen, Princess Da Wan and his party headed east towards Chang'an.
After leaving Dawan and marching for more than ten days, the large group of troops entered the Wusun Kingdom.
Wusun was one of the first countries in the Western Regions willing to surrender to the Han Dynasty, so when Liu Chan's large group of troops entered the border of Wusun, King Wusun had already sent a team of hundreds of people to greet the emperor.
However, Liu Chan did not intend to go to the capital of Wusun, but continued eastward.
On August 19, the 16th year of the Jianxing reign of the Han Dynasty (AD 238), a large army led by Liu Chan arrived fifty miles outside Qiuci City.
"Your Majesty!"
A school captain came on horseback. As soon as he saw Liu Chan, he hurriedly said: "General Guan Suo has captured Kucha!"
"What???"
Liu Chan was stunned when he heard this.
Hasn’t Qiuci surrendered to the Han Dynasty?
Guan Suo and Tu Lianhu were ordered to return first with five thousand Dawan horses. How could he come here and directly occupy the city of Kucha?
"Your Majesty!" the captain said: "A few days ago, General Guan and General Tu arrived near Qiuci. They wanted to rest and continue eastward back to Chang'an." The captain paused for a moment before continuing: "
But that night, King Qiuci sent out his light cavalry to sneak attack our camp and captured all 5,000 Dawan horses."
???
Is this King Qiuci crazy?
Liu Chan couldn't believe his ears. He thought to himself that King Qiuci was too brave. He dared to attack the Han army's camp?
"Where is Guan Suo?" Liu Chan asked directly.
I thought that the King of Kucha attacked the Han army secretly, and Guan Suo attacked decisively and captured the city of Kucha. This makes sense. After all, Guan Suo also had 20,000 cavalry, so it would not be difficult to capture the city of Kucha.
But now that Kucha City has been captured, Guan Suo didn't come out to greet the emperor even though he knew he was coming. Instead, he sent a lieutenant to inform him.
The captain said: "General Guan is worried that the Kucha people will take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble..." Before the captain could finish speaking, Liu Chan waved his hand and said, "I understand!"
This thing really happened too suddenly, and Liu Chan always felt that something was wrong.
"Your Majesty!" Nuoqi was slightly confused.
"Don't be surprised, princess!" Liu Chan said, "Follow me to Kucha City!"
At noon.
Liu Chan finally entered Kucha City.
The captain did not lie before, Kucha City had been occupied by the Han army, and now Guan Suo has taken over the defense of Kucha City.
Kucha Palace.
Liu Chan sat high on the throne of King Qiuci and looked coldly at a middle-aged man in his forties kneeling in the main hall. This man was King Qiuci.
"Your Majesty atones!"
"Your Majesty atones!"
King Qiuci kept kowtowing, hoping that Liu Chan would forgive his sins.
"You dare to attack the Han army camp and ask for my forgiveness?" Liu Chan asked coldly.
"Your Majesty!" King Qiuci couldn't help but trembled, and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, spare your life, the guilty minister should not have listened to Cao Wei's instigation and betrayed the Han Dynasty."
"Humph!"
Liu Chan had a rough understanding of what happened before entering the palace.
King Kucha dared to attack Guan Suo not long ago because Cao Wei sent envoys to Kucha not long ago and told Cao Wei and Soochow that they had united and that they would soon send troops to Guanzhong. He hoped that King Kucha could try to attack Liu Chan when he returned.
Block.
Unexpectedly, a few days ago, Guan Suo and Tu Lianhu arrived at Kucha City first. King Kucha thought that Liu Chan's army had returned, so he attacked Guan Suo's camp at night and also robbed the 5,000 Dayuan horses that Guan Suo had brought back. However, he did not expect that the fighting power of the Han cavalry was so fierce. He led 5,000 Dawan horses. Before they entered Kucha City, Guan Suo and Tu Lianhu had already chased them from behind, and then captured Kucha City in one fell swoop.<
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"Push it out!"
"Cut!"
Liu Chan roared angrily. He did not intend to give King Qiuci a chance to live. He would only die if he betrayed the Han Dynasty.
King Qiuci regretted it very much. He wanted to prevent Liu Chan from entering the pass for Cao Wei. Unexpectedly, Liu Chan did not stop him, but ended up risking his own life, and the Kingdom of Qiuci disappeared from then on.
After dealing with King Qiuci, Liu Chan fell into silence.
Because things seemed to be more serious than he thought.
Wei and Wu are allied.
"Guo Huai!" After a moment of silence, Liu Chan said: "The Western Region is related to the security of the Han rear. I have decided to re-establish the Western Region Protectorate."
"I designate Aiqing as the Protector of the Western Regions, and she will be based in Qiuci."
In the past few years, all the countries in the Western Regions have surrendered to the Han Dynasty and established a Western Region Protectorate. In fact, there was a proposal two years ago, but there was no time to set it up.
With the Kucha rebellion, Liu Chan felt that the Western Region Protectorate must be established immediately.
"Wei Chen accepts the decree!"
Guo Huai responded immediately.
Guo Huai was actually very happy to be in charge of the Western Regions. He was originally a Wei minister, but later surrendered to the Han Dynasty. Sooner or later, the Han Dynasty would have to face a war with Cao Wei. He was really not willing to fight with his old master on the battlefield.<
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"I leave 10,000 cavalry for Aiqing," Liu Chan said, "Aiqing can take care of all matters in the Western Region." As he said this, Liu Chan took off his sword and gave it to Guo Huai.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Guo Huai took the emperor's sword and was immediately excited.
The emperor asked him to stay in the Western Regions, so that he would not have to worry about facing his old master, and he also knew very well how important the Western Regions were to the Han Dynasty.
Leaving such an important place in his hands shows Liu Chan's trust in him.
After making arrangements for the Western Regions, Liu Chan did not dare to stop any longer. He led the army early the next morning and marched towards Guanzhong day and night.
It has been four or five months since he left Chang'an, and he still had to cross a desert in order to get from Qiuci to Chang'an. It would take at least more than a month before he could rush back to Guanzhong.
Cao Wei sent envoys to Qiuci.
Wei and Wu have formed an alliance.
Liu Chan's mind was filled with these words.
He began to feel a little scared, and he had to rush back to Guanzhong as soon as possible.