That night, Qilin Palace.

Although it was late on New Year's Eve, the officials gathered in the Qilin Hall, waiting for the Wusun envoy to meet.

Wusun is a small tribal country.

The Wusun people "don't plant trees in fields, and follow the animals to chase water and plants", and they share the customs with the Huns, mainly nomadic.

Wusun is adjacent to the Yuezhi, nomadic between the Yili River Basin and Qilian, and is adjacent to the Xiongnu in the north. To use the place names of later generations, Wusun is east of the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang, and to the Dunhuang area of ​​Gansu. Yuezhi is located in Zhangye, Gansu, Huangzhong and Qinghai.

The Huns are now unified by the Great Qin, so for the Yuezhi, the north (Shaanxi) and the east (Inner Mongolia) are both the territory of the Great Qin, which gives the Yuezhi a great danger.

Because the Qin Dynasty was about to expand westward, the Yuezhi was the first to be affected.

For the sake of his own safety and greater depth, Yuezhi had to expand to the west and south directions, which is why he was eager to send troops to attack Wusun and Qiang.

The Yuezhi goes west to Wusun, and the Qiang goes south to Qiang.

Qiang is located south of the Hexi Corridor and north of Hequ. Hequ is the nine-curved place in the upper reaches of the Yellow River and north of the west, all of which are Qiang people. The land is thousands of miles apart, connecting to Sichuan and Shu in the south, Wusun, Yuezhi in the north, and Loulan in the west.

Judging from the regional place names of later generations, the territory of the Qiang people is mainly from Qinghai to Xixue.

Therefore, once the Yuezhi sent troops to Wusun and Qiang this time, it was successful. Then the entire Gansu, Qing and Tibet would be the territory of the Yuezhi, and then it could even continue to go west and unify the Western countries such as Loulan.

This is true in history.

At the beginning, in 200 BC, the Yuezhi people nomadled in the areas of Zhangye to Dunhuang in the western part of the Hexi Corridor, and were powerful and became a strong enemy of the Huns.

Around 176 BC, Yuezhi was defeated by the Xiongnu and moved westward. Along the way, Wusun, another small nomadic tribe near Dunhuang, killed his king, and seized his land. Around 160 BC, he was defeated again by the Xiongnu and Wusun, who were supported by the Xiongnu, so he had to continue moving westward.

Finally, the Yuezhi attacked Daxia in the west, occupied both sides of the Guishui River (Amu River), and established the Great Yuezhi Kingdom.

Since then, the Yuezhi has been the richest and prosperous, and all countries call it the Kushan King. The territory stretches from today's Tajikistan to the Caspian Sea, Afghanistan and the Indus River Basin.

The Kushan Empire established by the Yuezhi had a population of about 5 million and more than 200,000 soldiers. It was considered one of the four major powers in Eurasia at that time. It was side by side with the Han Dynasty, Rome and Anxue. In short, it was also very awesome.

Therefore, facing the strength of the Qin Dynasty, Yuezhi had to expand westward and attack Wusun.

Li Yang guessed that Wusun knew his destiny and had no chance of peace, so he could only come to ask for help from Daqin.

"Envoy Wusun's envoys to meet you!"

With a singing and shouting sound, it was obvious that the Wusun envoy had arrived outside the hall.

Everyone looked out of the hall. Sure enough, two messengers in strange clothes walked into the Qilin Hall under the leadership of the palace servants.

"The Wusun Envoy, with my king's sincerity, greet His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Qin and His Highness the eldest son of the Great Qin."

As soon as the Wusun envoy entered the hall, he bowed deeply to Fusu.

It is obvious that they had already learned that the Emperor of Qin was not there at this time, and the eldest son Fusu was supervised by the country.

"The Wusun envoy came to Qin this time, but he was eager to ask for a meeting late at night, but what's the point?" Fusu smiled, and without much politeness, he went straight to the point.

The Wusun envoy bowed deeply and said, "His Highness, the noble eldest son of the Great Qin, Wusun is now neighboring with the Great Qin (neighboring with the Great Qin and Mongolian provinces). The two countries have good trade and friendship, so they are friendly countries."

The Wusun envoy flattered the so-called friendship and said, "But now, my Wusun was attacked by the Yuezhi, which brought war to Wusun and the surrounding areas of Daqin and interrupted regional peace. Therefore, my king sent me to discuss with Daqin and the peace and stability situation in our neighboring areas."

"I, Daqin, have also heard about the Yuezhi sending troops to Wusun. Peace and stability in the surrounding areas of Daqin are indeed the concern of Daqin." Fusu nodded slightly, looked at Li Yang, and then said, "Since the Wusun envoy is here to discuss the surrounding peace and stability, it is better to let my President of the State Council of Daqin discuss with you!"

Li Yang understood and stood out, bowed to the Wusun envoy, and smiled and said, "I am here to Qin this time to talk about peace and stability around the surrounding areas, but I think it is not an urgent matter. It is late tonight, and I am sure that it is still exhausted. It is better for me to arrange for the envoy to rest first. After the rest is ready, we will discuss it slowly. How about it?"

The joke is that he is here to ask for help, but he is still in circles, hoping that Daqin will take the initiative to send troops to maintain regional peace and stability, and have a good idea. What about dreaming?

Li Yang will not be so stupid as to talk to you. Since you don’t ask for help, I will leave you for a few days to see who is anxious.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the Wusun envoy was stunned.

How many days to rest and talk slowly? Then Wusun was destroyed by Yuezhi, so what's the point of talking about.

After a moment of confusion, the Wusun envoy quickly said, "Dear President of the State, you don't know anything. Yuezhi has sent troops to our Wusun and has also sent troops to the Qiang tribe. Now the surrounding situation is very critical, so you must not delay it."

Li Yang smiled and said, "I know, but Yuezhi attacked you. There is no threat to me, Daqin. Don't worry, hehe, don't worry. Now it's late at night, so let's talk about it another day."

"………………” The Wusun envoy was subconsciously stunned and felt distressed. Especially when he saw Li Yang's look of indifferent and unwilling to care about the surrounding situation, he wanted to beat his chest and stamp his feet.

The two envoys looked at each other, and their expressions seemed to have eaten a fly. They sighed in their hearts. They finally had to throw the "strategy" aside and quickly said: "To be honest, Yuezhi took advantage of my Wusun's unpreparedness and sent troops to attack. My Wusun originally had only 40,000 soldiers, but now it has been lost nearly half. Therefore, my king sent his envoy to Qin this time to ask for help from Daqin. He also hoped that Daqin could send troops to help for regional peace and stability!"

"Oh, it turns out that the Wusun envoy is here to ask for help from my Daqin!" Fusu was stunned, pretending to be enlightened.

"That's right, I hope that Your Highness can remember the friendship between the two countries and send troops to help." The Wusun envoy asked sincerely.

Fusu nodded slightly, thinking about something, as if it was quite difficult to make a decision, so he looked up and asked, "What do you mean by the Taifu?"

Li Yang said: "Report to Your Highness, it is said that Yuezhi has a total of 100,000 people who control strings, and their strength is also higher than the Huns at that time. If the Qin Dynasty sent troops to support Wusun, then there would be a big battle between the Qin Dynasty and the Yuezhi, and the price is very high!"

"I also think that there is no need for the Qin Dynasty to pay such a heavy price for others, it is not worth it!" Everyone agreed.

"What you said is reasonable!" Fusu nodded, and then said helplessly: "Emunited by Wusun, it seems that Gu cannot agree to your request. Yuezhi did not invade my Great Qin, and Gu cannot let the warriors of Great Qin sacrifice in vain."

The Wusun envoy came from his heart and quickly said, "The dear eldest son, Your Highness, doesn't know that this time, the Qin Dynasty's rush to help us Wusun is not unfavorable to the Qin Dynasty, but in fact it is a good opportunity for one day."

"Oh? What a God-given opportunity?" Fusu said in confusion.

"That's right, the Yuezhi now divided its troops to attack our Wusun and Qiang, which made the Yuezhi royal court empty. If the Qin Dynasty sent troops to attack the Yuezhi at this time, it would definitely destroy the country and unify the Yuezhi. This... isn't this a good opportunity given by the Qin Dynasty?" The Wusun envoy preached.

However……

However, when he was disgusted, Li Yang looked disgusted and said, "Yuezhi is a small place. I, Daqin, have no interest in sending troops to seize such a small place."
Chapter completed!