Although the Han Dynasty has no emperor now, when Cao, Sun and Liu do not support the emperor, the Liu royal regime, which was regent in the Empress Dowager, is definitely the orthodox Han Dynasty.
The orthodox Han Dynasty must of course maintain the dignity of the Han Dynasty.
Qu Lingchen lowered his head, a little uneasy. She knew that her younger brother Qu Xi was young, but very powerful and wise. This shopkeeper could come to meet Liu Zhang and have such a high status, so he must be a talented person.
But Qu Lingchen was afraid that Liu Zhang would not like the shopkeeper's way of speaking, and he felt a little nervous.
Liu Zhang was nothing in his heart. The shopkeeper's purpose was so clear that he wanted the Sichuan Army to send troops to the Western Regions. After all, the Qu family also participated in the fundraising this time. The money was not lent to Fatty Jin, but was directly involved. If the business was completed, it would be strong.
Bright dividends.
So if the money is cheated, it means being cheated. Of course, the Qu family wants to make up for the losses and also defend the rights and interests of the great merchants.
Liu Zhang thought more about the actual situation. Of course, Liu Zhang wanted to send troops. You, a great Han businessman, was cheated outside. As an empire, you, you, don't even give up any farts. Is it true? Then, if you, the Western Regions don't want to cheat anyone else in the future?
This business cannot be done.
But can the Sichuan Army still fight for the Western Regions?
It seemed that Liu Zhang's hesitation was seen. The female envoy of Loulan took a step forward and performed a polite manner to Liu Zhang, and said in a brief and clear voice: "Your Highness, I think the rise of Shache Kingdom is not only harmful to me.
Loulan and the Western Regions also endangered the Han Dynasty.
As far as I know from Loulan, the Yuezhi Empire (Kushan) west of Shache was raising troops to prepare to attack Shache. At this time, Shache was still expeditioning to our Loulan, obviously to border with the Han Dynasty, and what should Shache do if it borders with the Han Dynasty?
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I believe that the crazy devil kings such as Latia could not have done business with His Highness? Can I say that once I, Loulan, will His Highness Xiliang face the powerful military front of Shache Kingdom?
I know there is a saying in the Han Dynasty that those who violate the powerful Han Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away. Now, Shache Kingdom has not only destroyed many countries that depend on the Han Dynasty, but will also endanger the Han Dynasty. On behalf of Loulan, I asked Your Highness to send troops to rescue him. The Han Dynasty will not send troops. I will not send troops.
It doesn’t matter if Loulan is heartbroken, maybe I, Loulan, will perish in no time.
But the influence of the great man may plummet, right?
Your Highness is a descendant of the royal family. Although the Han Dynasty now divides the world into three parts, his highness has the strongest military strength and the great Han Dynasty maintains its prestige. In the eyes of the wild people, His Highness has no choice but to have the right to maintain its national prestige."
Liu Zhang looked at the Loulan envoy in surprise, so powerful. Such a person could become an official in the Han Dynasty. At this time, Liu Zhang couldn't help but think of the Loulan ruins excavated in later generations and the female corpses of Loulan that had not been destroyed for thousands of years.
Is Loulan’s civilization really that high?
You can tell that this woman has received a high level of education. This is definitely something that other Western countries cannot compare with. Perhaps if it weren’t for desertification, Loulan would be really strong.
Liu Zhang frowned and thought, to be honest, without the instigation of Qu Hai and the envoy of Loulan, Liu Zhang also wanted to send troops very much. Even if the Sichuan Army was in a slightly better condition, even if Liu Zhang was given the reputation of a foolish monarch, he would send troops to the Western Regions.
The consumption of troops to the Western Regions is too great. After the food and grass are exhausted, the people's hearts will definitely deviate from it. The reputation of his tyrant and his foolish monarch will definitely be decisive. Later generations will also say that he is in a state of military power.
Just like Emperor Wu of Han conquered Dayuan, if the conquest failed, he would become Yang Guang, who conquered Goryeo.
But Liu Zhang didn't care. What people would like to comment later generations said that he couldn't control it. The people also regard food as the most important thing, and it is normal for those who don't eat to hate him.
However, in order to maintain the hearts of the people and not to lose national strength, they ignore the prestige of the country. What is the difference between it and the Southern Song Dynasty? The people of the Southern Song Dynasty were much richer than the people of other dynasties, but is the Southern Song Dynasty's approach preferred?
Little did they know that the ones who truly supported the backbone of the Han people were those who were militant and empty their livelihood, the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, and even the failure of Yang Guang.
But can the Sichuan Army really send troops now? It has just entered the rest and recuperation, and the recovery of Guanzhong is still in a critical period. There are hundreds of thousands of migrant people who need to be taken care of, and there are still so many troops to rest. The food and grass in Jingyi Prefectures have long been exhausted.
At this time, I went to learn from Emperor Wu of Han to conquer Dayuan?
Don’t say that Dayuan is much weaker than Shache now, and its own treasury is far inferior to that of Emperor Wu of Han. Emperor Wu of Han has unified the country with a population of 50 million. What about himself? Three parts of the world, and the entire world has only two people.
More than 10 million, their population is estimated to be 10 million, including the Western Qiang in Dianzhou.
If he could win the battle, Liu Zhang would send troops without hesitation, but if he couldn't win, Liu Zhang could imagine that the Sichuan Army would collapse and be retaliated by Cao Cao and Sun Quan to no end.
But now it seems that the probability of not winning is too high.
Seeing Liu Zhang thinking, the Loulan envoy realized that Liu Zhang wanted to fight, but seemed to have difficulties, which made her very happy. To be honest, when the King of Loulan sent her, the most worried thing was not whether the big man could beat Sha's car, but
Is it a big man who dares to fight?
Of course, Loulan knew that the Han Dynasty now divided the world, and at such a split moment, which prince was not staring at the country and sending troops to expedition to the Western Regions, unless the prince was crazy.
King Loulan himself felt that the Han Dynasty would not send troops. Similarly, Shache and other Han vassal states did not expect the Han Dynasty to send troops.
It was just that Loulan had to send envoys because they did not want to destroy the country. They even planned to retreat to Yumen Pass to seek protection from the Sichuan Army if Loulan fell. This required the King of Loulan to believe that the Han Dynasty would still agree.
However, when she saw that Liu Zhang was trying to send troops and was still measuring the pros and cons, the Loulan envoy was overjoyed and admired Liu Zhang very much. Even if Liu Zhang heard that he was a joke after sending troops to the Western Regions, she would not be surprised.
Being able to think about this matter carefully proves that this newly rising strong man has an absolute heroic temperament.
"Your Highness." The envoy of Loulan touched his stomach and bowed: "My country understands the difficulties of the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty is now rebelling with two powerful forces. Your Highness is involved in domestic affairs and it is difficult to move troops to Shache on a large scale.
But in fact, Your Highness does not need to mobilize troops on a large scale. Your Highness can mobilize the grassland troops to attack Shache, which can save a lot of money."
"Prairie troops, do you think of the Western Qiang troops?" Liu Zhang said to the Loulan envoy, this suggestion is completely unfeasible. Loulan does border the Qiang people, but that is not a grassland where the Western Qiang people are concentrated in the Western Qiang affairs, but in fact,
The Qiang people are a widely distributed ethnic group.
The Qiang people bordering Loulan are not under the jurisdiction of Liu Zhang.
If you send troops from the Western Qiang, you will still have to cross the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau on the roof of the world, which is not as convenient as entering Liangzhou.
There is no difference between sending troops from the Western Qiang and sending troops from Yumen Pass. If the Western Qiang is mobilized, it means dispatching cavalry. Then going to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is even more annoying than going to the Yumen Pass.
"No." The envoy of Loulan denied Liu Zhang's speculation and said respectfully: "It is the Di soldiers on the grassland."
"Di soldiers?" Liu Zhang was stunned and obviously did not react.
The envoy of Loulan said: "That's right, the Di soldiers and horses now dominate the western grasslands. They are as strong as the Xiongnu in the past and can enter the Western Regions to fight. The Di people have 30,000 direct troops and horses, and the rest have 20,000 grassland cavalry, and many soldiers are
Horses are always fighting in the semi-desert, and there is also…”
"Wait, wait." Liu Zhang hurriedly interrupted the Loulan envoy's words: "Who did you hear that the Di soldiers were controlled by me?"
When talking about Di soldiers, Liu Zhang thought of Zhe Lanying, a woman with a very military mind, political idiot, and sunny courage to love and hate.
But the one she dared to love was Beigong Zhi killed by Zhao Yun, and the one she dared to hate was Liu Zhang.
Do you have to continue pretending to be Beigong Zhi and lie to her? Beigong Zhi is so dead. Will Zhe Lanying not know? Even if she admits that she is not Beigong Zhi, can she pretend to be someone else?
If it is normal, pretending to be another person to fulfill the lie, maybe Zhe Lanying forgives himself again.
But this time, if he sent troops to the Western Regions, he would ask the Di people to help him, and he could still fabricate who he was? It can be said that Liu Zhang's identity was fully exposed.
Liu Zhang still doesn't know why Zhe Lanying hates him. If she lets her know that she is Liu Zhang, let alone helping him, if she can beat him with red eyes, then she should burn the incense.
At this time, the envoy of Loulan said strangely: "The female leader of the Di people's soldiers and horses are all his concubines. Is the Di people's soldiers and horses not controlled by His Highness or who controls them?"
Seeing that Liu Zhang was even more confused, the envoy of Loulan frowned and said, "Your Highness doesn't know how to do this, but you have to hide it from us small countries. When I came in through the city gate, I saw that the leader of the Di people, Zhe Lanying, was wearing a wedding robe.
When I left the city, I seemed to have had some trouble with His Highness.
Although Loulan is a small country, he has been to the Han Dynasty for a hundred years. This time he has been unyielding to Shache Ning and came to ask the Han Dynasty for help again. Even if Your Highness does not agree to send troops, please do not deceive him."
"What? The person wearing a wedding robe at the city gate is Zhe Lanying. How is this possible? Isn't it Cao Xian?"
The rest of the people also looked at the Loulan envoy. Zhe Lanying's name was much more popular than Cao Xian. All the merchants in Shu knew about it, and all the Qu Lingchen, Xiao Furong, and Huang Yue knew about it, but, just like Liu Zhang thought, wasn't that Cao Xian.
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"I'm absolutely right. When Beigongzhi was controlling Yumen Pass, I was very close to Beigongzhi and often sent envoys to each other. I often went to Yumen Pass. I met the leader of Zhelan once at Yumen Pass.
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At that time, she cursed Beigong Zhi outside the pass. Beigong Zhi didn't go to see him for fear of causing trouble. I was curious about it. Zhe Lanying's appearance and voice, as well as the simple and sunny temperament, would never be mistaken.
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"What, Zhelan?" Liu Zhang stood up immediately.
Although Zhe Lanying likes her just wishful thinking, after all, there have been so many things happening between the two, and she has caused her to escape from the grassland and is forced to take all her gamble to attack Hetao.
But this woman was kind and righteous to herself.
It can be said that between the two, only they owe Zhelanying, but not what they owe to Zhelanying.
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