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Chapter 97 Traveling Abroad

Three people went out together.

Cao Shen’s journey is closest. The Great Yuezhi was originally a neighbor of Qin.

Cao Shen left Xianyang and went west along the main road, went out of Qinchuan to Longxi, Didao, continued west along the Longyou Ranch, and rushed to the Dayuezhi within four days. {About the later Hexi Corridor, Zhangye, and Jiuquan Generation}

In order to get rid of the enslavement of the Huns, King Ezerbaiga of the Great Yuezhi wanted to form an alliance with the Qin Dynasty. After Cao Shen entered the plump Longyou Ranch, he received unprecedented treatment. However, the Great Yuezhi Kingdom was generally a semi-animal husbandry and farming society. There were not too many pastures. After Cao Shen's envoys left Longyou, they were facing loess hills and dried gravel land. When the wind blew, yellow dust swept, charming eyes, and opening their mouths was a mouthful of sand. Despite this, the greedy Huns were still coveting this land. Touman and his fathers had launched an air state expedition to this place at least six times.

After Cao Shen was released by the Great Yuezhi people, he finally arrived at the royal court of the Great Yuezhi on the edge of the desert. Ezerbaiga personally went out to the royal court twenty miles to welcome him. The welcoming ceremony was very grand and formal, and the songs and music of the foreign race made more than 300 people from the envoy feel at home.

The Dayuezhi Wangting is the largest material distribution center east of the grassland south of the Hanhai Desert Group. It is next to Lop Nur in the south, to the Qinling Mountains in the north, surrounded by water on three sides, and close to the Yellow River. It is built on an open impact plain with fertile land, mainly agriculture and animal husbandry as the supplement. It is the largest land available for settlement in the Hexi Corridor.

Ezerbaiga may be because of hating the Huns and was particularly obsessed with the culture of the Central Plains. The entire royal court abandoned the tents of the previous "travel country" and lived in water and plants, built cities and settled for a long time. Of course, the scale of the city cannot be compared with large cities like Xianyang and Suiyang in the Central Plains. The construction level and craftsmanship of the Dayue people did not reach that level. The entire city was built with rammed earth layers, and the city wall was only less than two meters high.

Yellow gray appears in the color, and a rustic atmosphere approaches the nostrils. The royal court is only one-quarter of the size of Xianyang, and is also divided into three inner and outer cities, inner cities and palace cities, with ten gates on all sides, three north and south, and two east and west. The central street cuts the city into two left and right halves along the central axis, leading directly to the south gate and the north gate. In addition, there are four main streets, intersecting vertically and other secondary roads, and divide the houses in the city into squares of varying sizes, like Xianyang.

The inner city is located in the middle of the north, surrounded by nine miles, and the palace is located in the inner city. The east of the city is the palace, with ponds, small bridges, rockery, pavilions and terraces inside, and the scenery is also pleasant.

The city defense here is more than 100,000 miles lower than Xianyang. The rammed earth city wall, which is two feet tall, is definitely not as good as the city wall built by bluestone from a solid point of view. However, Ezerbaijaga is also very creative. Perhaps inspired by the offensive and defensive battle in the Central Plains, he creatively built an arrow tower every twenty feet along the city wall with a total length of thousands of meters. The arrow tower is two feet taller than the city wall, and it is very magnificent and sturdy. Such a building may not be called a strong city in the Central Plains. However, it effectively defends the long journey of the Huns' cavalry, forcing the enemy to give up the cavalry and shoot, and instead switch to a dismounted stairs battle, which also has a certain defense.

There are five levels of palaces in the palace city, the main palace is called the "Sun Hall", and there are corridors connected between the halls. Outside the south gate, there are two beacon towers, probably imitating King You of Zhou. If the Huns attacked at night and the beacon fired, the nearby tribes of subordinates would send troops to help. The civilians of the Dayuezhi all had completely different clothes, customs, writing, culture, and systems from Xianyang. Cao Shen and others, who had gone abroad for the first time, were in it, and felt that everything was fresh, dazzled, and their minds were not.

Ezerbaija has been leading the way by Cao Shen, pointing fingers and introducing the civilization and traditions of the Great Yuezhi to the envoys. He is a very talkative person and his behavior is also very pleasant. The whole conversation has always been accompanied by his cheerful and heroic laughter. He is about sixty years old, with dark eyes, yellow skin, not tall, and strong, but his beard and hair slightly curly and light yellow background. He is probably a mixed race of ethnic minority people. He is wearing a golden Hu suit, with many gold leaves sewn on it, shining brightly in the sun.

There are two generals on both sides of Ezerbaiga. One of them is the old man rescued by Wang Ao from the Huns, the chief strategist of the Great Yuezhi, "Hanachu", who is also a smart tax collector. On the other side is the most respected Great Yuezhi, "Mengliu", the No. 1 strong general of the Great Yuezhi, who is the most respected by Ezerbaiga. Mengliu has long black hair, a dark face, a chaotic beard, wearing leather armor, with a chest and a back exposed, and a three-foot-long, wide-length sabre around her waist. This outfit can scare people without fighting in the Central Plains, but here it will definitely be worshipped by many ignorant girls. The men, women, and young people who welcome the roadside are cheering. Mengliu clenched his fists from time to time, raising his arms and shouting, triggering waves of sounds in the city.

The welcome party in Ezerbaica also opened Cao Shen's eyes. Before Cao Shen came, he could never imagine that any royal family in the world would use such a party to entertain guests.

The entire Sun Hall was full of seats, with fifty tables on the sheepskin floor all covered with guests. It was noisy and shocking, and the heroes and the nobles and beauties, maids and family members were full of exotic style. These people sang on the table and sang, and played rock-scissors and wine, which was very different from the wind of Middle Earth. At first glance, the whole hall looked very messy, with men and women teasing, boxing sounds, and clapping sounds mixed together. Cao Shen and others frowned, but Ezerbaijaya didn't agree.

"Silent, quiet, quiet, everyone, I hold this banquet here today to welcome our most honorable guest of the Great Yuezhi, the special envoy from the Qin State of the Central Plains, Lord Cao Shen. Lord Cao Shen, I would like to greet you." Ezerbaiga placed Cao Shen and others in his own hands, and presented more than a dozen charming Hu girls with him. Cao Shen was so scared that he didn't dare to move his eyes. He was an envoy, so he could not do anything that would insult the country's body.

Cao Shen hurriedly picked up the wine glass: "Thank you, please, king." He drank it all.

Ezerbaijaya drank the wine glass and put down his glass and smiled, "Mr. Cao is a very honorable guest. Today everyone must have a few more drinks with him so that he can come back with his pleasure."

Several warriors from the Great Yuezhi immediately raised their arms and shouted, "Dayou's style of fighting for life and death with Cao Shen." Cao Shen was sweating coldly on his forehead. He hadn't done the serious matter yet.

Ezerbaijaca sat down and announced, "Please have fun." There was another noisy below.

Cao Shen breathed a sigh of relief and took the opportunity to ask, "King, is the Hun Prince Maodun in your country?" Ezerbaika had long read the handwritten letter from his daughter Toya. He knew Cao Shen's purpose and also read Cao Shen's sincerity. The so-called sincerity is gold and jewelry.

"That's right, this kid Maodun is indeed in the Great Yuezhi. The Huns want to form an alliance with the Great Yuezhi."

Cao Shen nodded and said, "King, the emperor came for this matter this time. According to the information of our Great Qin--" Cao Shen suddenly stopped talking when he said this. He suddenly remembered that there were ears in the wall. Since the Great Qin could send a detailed work to the Huns, the Huns must have penetrated the Great Yuezhi.

Seeing that Cao Shen wanted to speak but stopped, Ezerbaijaya said in embarrassment; "I already understand the meaning of the King of Qin, but the Huns are not easy to mess with. The civil strife in the Qin Dynasty has not yet subsided. If Maodun is killed and Touman comes to attack the city in a big way, I am afraid that our Dayuezhi will not be able to deal with it."

Hanachu sat on Cao Shen's lower head, with a pair of yellow hawk eyes on his face shining, and said with a twinkling sneer: "King, although Daqin is our son-in-law, we must also be careful not to be used by others." Cao Shen was shocked and turned to Hana to look at him; "What does Lord Ha mean?"

Hana made his debut; "I understand what I meant very well. You King Qin clearly wanted our Great Yuezhi to fight against the Huns, and both sides were injured. You can make a profit." Ezerbaiga stroked his yellow beard and said angrily, "Hana, don't talk nonsense, why would the King of Qin do this?"

Meng Liewu slapped the table and said, "Hanna is too timid. Are you obviously afraid of the Huns? Don't worry, as long as I, Meng Liewu, are you here, our Dayuezhi will never have to be afraid of the Huns."

Hana said sternly, "Maodun is the great prince of the Huns, and he must inherit the position of Shanyu in the future. When we listened to the Qin people rashly, it would be equivalent to forming a deadly enemy with the Huns. The Great Yuezhi will not have a peaceful life in the future. The light of the sun god will no longer shine on our royal court."

Meng Liewu pulled out the scimitar from his waist and shouted with murderous aura, "That's just right, let the Qin Dynasty bring the food, I will lead people to attack the Xiongnu royal court, and let the king do it to live in Longcheng, where the Heaven of Changsheng will protect us!" Hana came out and stood up and said, "King, I am loyal. Meng Liewu's courage will definitely ruin a big deal."

In this way, in the Central Plains, the two ministers cursed and even used a knife in front of the king, which was like rebelling. However, Ezerbaiga seemed to have no reaction, but frowned, stretched out his hands, and signaled the two of them to sit down. The banquet in the audience continued, without any impact.

Cao Shen said, "The king, two lords, I have a saying to you separately. There are too many people here. We have a saying in the Middle Ages, which is called "There are ears in the walls, and I wonder if the three of you have heard of it."

Ezerbaijan stood up solemnly and walked towards the back hall from the small semicircular door behind him. Monelwu, Hanayi, Cao Shen, and foreign language translator followed. The four of them walked along the corridor to the pond of the strange stone ridge.

Cao Shen bowed without waiting for the three of them to ask questions, "King, the Xiaguan actually has a huge secret to reveal to the King. According to the reliable information obtained by our Qin people, the Great Khan of the Huns had assembled 100,000 cavalry, crossed Yinshan, and concentrated on the border of the Great Yuezhi. He will soon launch a full-scale attack on the Great Yuezhi. Please prepare early."

Ezerbaija and Monreu looked at each other, and Hana sneered.

"Nonsense, you see how cunning the Qin people are. In order to make us enemies with the Huns, they actually told such a lie." Hana was filled with righteous indignation and glared at Cao Shen.

This time, even Meng Liewu didn't help!

Ezerbaijaga said in a deep voice, "Mr. Cao, what you said is impossible at all. Touman's biological son is still in our control. Even if he has the courage to attack us."

Cao Shen said seriously, "This is Touman's trick. He just lets Dayueshi relax his vigilance and take advantage of the situation!" Meng Liewu shouted, "Then will he ignore his son?"

Cao Shen smiled bitterly, "Touman is not a son, he has many sons. Although Maodun is the eldest son, Touman doesn't like him at all and has long wanted to kick him aside. This time, Touman just wants to get rid of Maodun with the hand of the Great Yuezhi."

After all, the people of the foreign country are simple and straightforward. Cao Shen’s words make some sense. Ezerbaiga and others immediately believed it and did not say anything nonsense.

"Mengliu, quickly end the banquet, quickly gather all the troops in your hands, go to Yinshan, and the Longyou generation will resist the enemy; Hana comes out and brings Maodun, and I will torture and interrogate him." Hanachu and Mengliudu feel that the matter is serious and dare not neglect, so they turn around. What they show are the Hu people's decisive and rough and heroic behavior.

Maodun was tied up and pushed into a torture room on the right side of the Sun Hall. The decorations in this room were very simple. Outside a stove with blue smoke and red fire, there were various torture instruments such as whips, soldering irons, bricks, cold water, bamboo sticks, iron chains, etc. hanging on the walls.

Maodun was originally in his temporary residence, hugging two Hu girls and drinking. Suddenly, he was beaten by the Dayue soldiers who broke into the house and brought him to this ghost place. Maodun almost died of depression on the way. He was sent to come here, which was already a disgusting thing, but he didn't expect that he would be abused by the Dayue people.

"Ezerbaiga, you are too brave. Do you dare to abuse the princes of the Huns? Are you not afraid of the cavalry that we Huns have passed? If something happens to me, the angry Huns will razend your doghouse to the ground within two days." He was pushed in staggeringly, and when he saw Ezerbaiga, he screamed.

Maodun was speechless and had no confidence. He had already seen Cao Shen standing behind Ezerbaiga and laughing silently. He did not recognize Cao Shen, but he recognized Cao Shen's clothing. This was a Qin man, and there was no doubt.

"It turned out that it was bought by the Qin people. Ezerbaija, you'd better think clearly. The Qin people are the most unfaithful country of tigers and wolves. If you cooperate with them, it's equivalent to handing over your soul to the devil to beg for immortality. As a result, you can imagine, your soul and bones will be swallowed by the devil."

"Stop!" Ezerbaiga whipped the robe full of smell of mutton; "You bastard, abandoned by Changshengtian, at this time, you still want to show off your identity as a prince of the Huns in front of me. Do you know that your father has already used troops to the Great Yuezhi. It is not me, Ezerbaiga, but Touman. You two fathers and sons are all devils who are more vicious than wolves. Only when you cooperate with you will die without a burial place."

"No—This is impossible—" Maodun stuttered in shock! "I am the eldest son of the Huns, and I am the future Great Shanyu, and my father will not use me as a bargaining chip." Ezerbaija said angrily; "This is the information of the Qin people, and there will be no mistakes." Cao Shen took a step forward and looked at Maodun; "Your Highness, the king is right, the Huns' Chanyu has indeed come to attack the Great Yuezhi."

Maodun felt cold in his heart. In fact, when Ezerbaija said it for the first time, he had already believed it. According to various signs, his father Touman did have such an idea. But he could not admit it if he wanted to survive!

"This is the trick of the Qin people. Ezerbaija, you are the king of the Great Yuezhi, and you still have tens of millions of people under your command. You don't want to cause the entire country to suffer because of your mistaken plot. You have to think clearly that the Great Khan will not ignore his son." Maodun endured it to the end.
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