The night is already very deep.

Ni Mi from Wusun tossed and turned on the collapse and couldn't fall asleep.

It has been almost fifty days since I came to Wuhan.

For fifty days and nights, what you see and hear linger in your mind and lingering.

"Han, I am a master!" I still remember that this was what a Loulan nobleman he had just walked out of Pulehai and met.

At that time, Ni Mi looked at him and felt that the Loulan nobleman had a broken mind.

Chinese?

What is it?

What are the Huns?

At that time, although I felt that the Huns and Han were not powerful countries that were comparable to those of the Wusun today.

However, when the two strong people compete, Wusun can make profits.

This idea became even stronger when he entered the Hexi territory of the Han Dynasty from Yumen Pass!

In the land of Hexi, the grass is lush and the green mountains are lush.

The clear glacial water flows down from the mountains and flows into the Black Water River.

The towering Qilian Mountains appear faintly in the sky.

There are fertile pastures everywhere!

It is more plump and rich than the Wusun ranch!

Even though it was late autumn at that time, the scenery of the grassland was still beautiful and magnificent.

The extremely fat cattle and sheep migrated along the rivers and mountains under the drive of herders.

Huiqu people, Kunxie people, Hunxie people, Qiang people, mixed together.

According to the regulations of the Han Dynasty, they lived peacefully and in an orderly manner in their respective pastures.

They are as docile and hardworking as the cattle, sheep and horses they grazed.

At that time, Ni Mi felt his heart surging and it was hard to suppress himself.

These people, these former people who were drawing bows, have now put away their rough and heroic character, turning their original sharp teeth and claws into smiles on their faces.

Even the Qiang people who were rebellious in the past have now become obedient people.

Under the protection of the Han Dynasty cavalry and city blocks, they had forgotten their former courage, put down their swords and bows and arrows, and turned to live a life of companionship with cattle and sheep and mountains and rivers as their neighbors.

Ni Mi even suspected that they had forgotten how to take the bow? They even forgot how to fight!

Such a weak person, one Wusun ten thousand cavalry, is enough to suppress 100,000 or 200,000!

Let them become slaves, let them obediently offer their tribal livestock, women and fur, and respectfully crawl at the feet of the great wolf god and the crow god.

Ni Mi remembered that he had visited several tribes accompanied by the Han Dynasty's welcome officials.

In my memory, those tribes no longer look like people who are drawing bows.

From tribal leaders to tribal herders.

They had forgotten the glory of their ancestors' hair, but instead tied their cloth and put on regular clothes from the Han Dynasty.

If it weren't for the tribe, there were still cattle and sheep, and the people would still live with water and grass.

Ni Mi even suspected that he was seeing a group of Han Dynasty farmers.

Nimi once asked a tribe leader of Huiqu people: "The people who draw bows have been feeding on milk since ancient times, and all things are spiritual. The gods reward the warriors and punish cowards! Huiqu was also a warrior clan on the grassland in the past, and even the Xiongnu Khan should respect it! Why did you surrender to the Han Dynasty and dare to be mediocre? Even the officials of the Han Dynasty were shocked and cautious?"

The subtext is actually why you don’t rebel?

As a result, the Huiqu leader looked at him like a fool.

It seemed like saying, "Are you kidding?"

Nimi remembered that at that time, it took a long time before the leader said to him meaningfully: "It is better to be a dog in Han than a king of Wei! The envoy did not know the greatness of the Han Dynasty, so he talked nonsense. When the envoy came back from Chang'an, he would know how glorious it was to be the emperor of Han in this world, for the minions and hawks and dogs?"

"What's more,..." The proud voice of the Huiqu leader seemed to penetrate time and roared in Nimi's ears again: "The glorious Huiqu is the brave tribe who signed a covenant with the General of the Han Cavalry and the Champion Hou. The great champion Hou once personally promised that the Huiqu people who were loyal to the Han Dynasty could raise horses for the Han emperor!"

"What a great reward that is!"

"My father has received such honors and raised horses for the Han emperor for more than ten years!"

"It's a pity that I didn't encounter a good opportunity. If I could follow a powerful Han general and make contributions, I could go to Chang'an to pay homage to the great emperor and raise horses for the emperor... Maybe I could also marry a noble daughter from the Han Dynasty, give birth to a few real Han Dynasty figures, lead my tribe, integrate into the Han Dynasty, and become a Han Chinese!"

It’s not just Huiqu people.

Kunxie people, Hunxie people, and even Qiang people...

They all seem to have such an idea.

It is better to be a Han dog than a Wei king!

Forget Huiqu, Kunxie, Hunxie!

Those Qiang people!

Those thorns that once caused headaches for decades, even Wusun have been famous for a long time.

The Qiang, Qu Qiang, and Gu Qiang were once the Qiang people who loved to rebel the most and destroyed everything if they had the chance.

It was also tamed by the Han people and became a controlled tribe.

The Sanqiang, who had been ‘aaaaal’ on Hexi land for thousands of years, laid down his weapons and faith in the gods.

Some Qiang people even began to establish villages, reclaim land, and sow crops under the control of Han Dynasty officials.

Nimi visited a Qiang people named Lehuan.

I saw with my own eyes that the Qiang people and every household here worshipped the statue of Chiyou, the soldier leader of the Han Dynasty.

When he arrived, it happened to be the Christmas of the "soldier" considered by the local Qiang people. In order to celebrate the birthday of the god, the entire village and town were filled with a festive atmosphere.

The Qiang women, wearing gorgeous clothes, surrounded the bonfire, sang the songs they wrote for the god.

The men, led by the leader, slaughtered a cow and sacrificed it to the "soldier leader".

When the local Qiang leader heard that Ni Mi and his party were going to the great Chang'an City to pay homage to the Han emperor, he was extremely excited to hold his hand and ask him to bring them a handful of soil from the Weiyang Palace in Chang'an for them when he returned.

Because, the Qiang leader plans to worship this handful of "Divine Land" as the most sacred sacrifice to the statue of the Soldier Lord when celebrating the Christmas of the Soldier Lord next year.

He felt that in this case, the great soldier master would definitely bless the peace of the whole clan, and might even move the great emperor and issue an edict to allow them to establish a township in the local area.

In this way, they can break free from the shackles of the "Qiang people" and become a respected Han person.

At that time, Ni Mi felt inexplicably, and she also felt that these Qiang people seemed to have problems with their IQ.

Han people?

What are the best things for Han people?

But now...

Ni Mi remembered what he saw and heard along the way after passing through thousands of miles of grassland, from the towering Great Wall, entering the hinterland of the Han Dynasty.

The villages and towns with smoke rising from the cooking stove, and the men with narrow bows and swords on the roads.

It's just a small caravan, fully armed.

And those Han Dynasty cities were bigger and more prosperous.

He remembered his experiences in this Guanzhong again.

That terrible iron armored cavalry...

That terrifying iron smelting workshop...

That suffocating workshop manufacturing...

Also, the sharp shot that I just witnessed during the day...

"Yes..." Ni Mi sighed softly: "If I were Huiqu, Kunxie, Hunxie and Qiang people, I would probably have to bow down in front of such a great country, rush to kiss the toes of the Han Dynasty emperor, and show my loyalty to him regardless of everything..."

This country is too strong!

It is so strong that it exceeds the limit of all the people who draw bows to the world.

Whether it is population, wealth, national strength or combat power, it is not comparable to those of the people who attract bows.

Such a powerful country should conquer the people who attract bows.

Because the people who lead the bow follow and worship the strong.

It is strange not to worship!

Just like the Huns, is it a mortal enemy of the Donghu?

However, after the Huns defeated the Donghu, except for the Donghu royal family and some of the remaining dead people ran away, the other Donghu people respectfully knelt in front of the Huns' horse hooves and became slaves of the Huns.

Unfortunately, fortunately, Wusun and the Han Dynasty were far apart.

There were more than a dozen big and small kingdoms in the Western Regions across the Huns and the Western Regions.
To be continued...