What do Wusun and Qiuci call gifts?

Lu Jia will see you soon!

Lu Jia liked this gift very much.

The entire Han Dynasty envoy also liked it very much. In addition, the envoys from the cities in the Western Regions who had been following the envoy also liked it very much.

Wusun and Qiuci each sent five thousand troops, one from the south and one from the north, to directly attack Dawan's three thousand cavalry.

Under the planning of Wusun and Qiuci, these three thousand Dawan cavalry had no place to escape.

After a large number of people died in the battle, they quickly surrendered.

It's not that they don't want to escape, but that the two countries have set up obstacles and they can't escape at all.

After finishing these three thousand people, Wusun and Qiuci gave Lu Jia the war horses ridden by the Dawan cavalry as a second gift.

Why did the King of Dawan kill the Han envoys?

They also heard some of the reasons. It was simply that the Han envoys had their thoughts on the Dawan war horses, which made them feel the danger.

In addition, Wusun and Qiuci also prepared a lot of war horses and planned to donate them to the Han Dynasty.

The war initiated by the King of Dawan ended in a way that no one expected.

It's also a bit funny to say.

Although the ending is perfect, there are also deep doubts for Lu Jia.

The eldest prince of Wusun is very young, nodding around in his twenties. He is pretty good-looking. He may not have a handsome face, but he is at least better looking than other people from the Western Regions.

The name is Quintu.

After entering the territory of Kucha, everything was calm and there were no problems. Kucha even prepared a lot of supplies for the mission.

When leaving Kucha territory, the mission was extremely well-oiled. In order to prepare for crossing Bailongdui, Wusun and Kucha even bought a camel.

Of course, not long after leaving Kucha, the environment changed more and more.

Seeing that they were about to enter the desert area, many people also felt a little uneasy.

This desert also blocked the communication between the Central Plains Dynasty and the Western Regions.

On this day, Kuntu, the great prince of Wusun, found Lu Jia, hoping that Lu Jia could provide him with some help.

"What???" Lu Jia looked at Kuntu with wide eyes. He felt a little unbelievable about what Kuntu just said: "You said there is Princess Wusun in your mission?"

"Yes! My father hopes to marry a big man..." Kuntu nodded.

I want to correct Lu Jia's statement. In fact, in Wusun, people are not called princesses.

But after thinking about it, there is no need. If your biological sister, your father's biological daughter, is placed in a wealthy family, wouldn't she be a princess?

"Oh, it turns out it's an intermarriage. There shouldn't be any problem with this..." Lu Jia thought for a moment and felt that the emperor would accept it.

Even if the emperor is not willing, those ministers will make the emperor willing.

Wusun's power in the Western Region is not small. If he can intermarry with Wusun, what does that mean?

This means that when the Han Dynasty enters the Western Regions in the future, he will have a very good ally.

Although this ally may take away some of Dahan's interests, this is no problem both in the immediate and in the long run.

"That... Han envoy..." Kuntu looked at Lu Jia with some embarrassment.

"Um?"

"What my father means is that he hopes Wusun can intermarry with the Han Dynasty..." Kuntu said again.

"Yes, you all took the princess with you. Don't worry, His Majesty won't refuse...well..." Lu Jia said, suddenly realizing the problem.

Intermarriage, in layman's terms, means the marriage of two families, which is called intermarriage.

But from another level, what is Tong?

It’s easy to communicate with each other!

Wusun has gone with his princess, why don't you, a big man, marry a princess?

In this way, both sides have their own princesses, which makes them feel more at ease.

Lu Jia suddenly felt that this matter might not be possible...

As if he saw Lu Jia's expression indicating rejection, Kuntu also became a little depressed.

However, he patiently explained: "Han envoy, in fact, we Wusun also know some rules. A hundred years ago, we were neighbors with the Qin State, but later we lost the war with the Yueshi, so we were forced to migrate to

Western Region.”

Lu Jia suddenly realized that the co-author was still an old neighbor.

Perhaps Wusun had contact with the Qin State hundreds of years ago, so he also knew some of the relationships between the Central Plains Dynasty.

And that period happened to be the Warring States Period, when countries often engaged in marriage alliances and so on.

Wusun may have also learned this trick.

But has Wusun really been a neighbor to Qin?

I really haven’t understood this Lu Jia before.

But the fact is that they were really neighbors, and the Wusun's habitat at that time was the Hexi Corridor. As Kuntu said, they were defeated by the Yueshi, so they were forced to migrate.

If the historical process is followed, the Wusun will be defeated by the Yuezhi and continue to migrate westward. However, a group of people remain in their current habitat, and these Wusun remnants live in Lop Nur.

That is, the generation of Yadan landforms in later generations. The purpose was of course to avoid attacks from other powerful tribes.

"Prince, your Majesty may agree to intermarriage, but if Wusun wants to marry a Han princess, there is no chance!" Lu Jia shook his head helplessly.

"Why?" Kuntu was stunned for a moment. Before he even saw the emperor, the Han envoy said directly that it was impossible?

how could be?

Have the rules in the Central Plains changed now?

"Your Majesty is only a few years older than the prince, and the oldest prince in the empire is less than three years old. Is it possible that the prince still wants your majesty to marry an infant princess to Wusun?" Lu Jia said with a smile.

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"..." Kuntu looked confused. How could he still play like this?

So he asked tentatively: "What about the emperor's sister?"

"Your Majesty has only one sister, who is already married..."

"Where are the people of the same race?" Kuntu continued to ask persistently.

"Okay, don't embarrass me about this matter again. After arriving in Luoyang, you can just discuss it with His Majesty. But even if His Majesty agrees, there is a high probability that...forget it, I can't say for sure..."

Lu Jia originally wanted to say a few more words, but after thinking about it he decided not to speculate.

Don’t you still know what your Majesty’s urine is?

That is a person born in the year of Pixiu. It is easy for women outside to come in. His Majesty is so broad-minded that he does not reject anyone who comes.

But if you want a burly woman to go out, sorry, your Majesty is really unlikely to agree.

Moreover, as a founding emperor, he had gone through such a long period of war, and his generation was not prosperous at all. Moreover, he had few kin, and he was basically a single man.

I don’t know how many princes and princesses Your Majesty has created in the past few years...

"By the way, you are on such a large-scale mission this time. Please tell me the reason for your visit. Anyway, you have nothing to do on the way. It just so happens that I can help you with reference, so as not to offend His Majesty.

!" Lu Jia started to talk again.

He always felt that things were not that simple.

What to say?

It is understandable that Wusun sent such a large number of people in order to intermarry.

But Qiuci had no intention of intermarriage, so why did he send such a large-scale mission?

Moreover, the two countries did not know each other's situation before, and there was no discussion. It was only after they met that they discovered what a coincidence this world is.

"We want to invite the Han army to enter the Western Regions..." Kuntu said directly. This was indeed the top priority of this mission. Although he knew that Lu Jia would definitely tell the emperor in advance, it would be better if he told it in advance.

Give the emperor more time to consider this matter.

"Huh? Invite the Han army to enter the Western Regions?" Lu Jia looked at Kuntu with some confusion. What kind of cool operation is this?

Can feelings still be played like this?

Is Dawan afraid that the Han army will enter the Western Regions, but you, Wusun, want to please the emperor through intermarriage, and then invite the Han army to come over?

What are you doing?

Aren't you afraid that the big man will take the opportunity to annex you?

"Yes, recently many tribes in the Western Region have been attacked further north. They are frantically plundering the tribe's population, especially women and livestock, and taking away as many as they can. We Wusun also fought with them in the north.

In this battle, the opponent's strength is quite strong. If we didn't have some advantages in personnel, we might not be able to defeat them this time."

"According to the accounts of the prisoners we captured, they were Huns from the East. They fought several battles with the Han Dynasty last year and suffered heavy losses. They wanted to seek revenge from the Han Dynasty, but could not find the opportunity. In order to make up for the losses of the tribe, they had no choice but to
To be continued...