"Welcome to you, distinguished guests from afar. The gods must have guided us to meet each other."
Cheng Zhijie, Hou Junji and others arrived at Fuqi City under the escort of the Tubo people. Naturally, they both despised such a place.
Even Jishi Town on the north side of Jishi Mountain looks much better than here after the Tang army repaired it.
What they don't know is that this place was originally built by the Tuyuhun people to shelter their livestock from the winter wind and snow, and was later converted into the royal city of the Tuyuhun people. The sun, moon and star flags of the Sui Dynasty also fluttered on top of the city here for a period of time.
What they didn't expect was that they received a warm welcome from Nang Nie.
Was it the identity of the envoy that played a role, or was it the relationship with the caravan that came before?
But no matter what, the hearts of the two unlucky guys were finally put into their bellies. After more than ten days of buffering, most of them have slightly adapted to the plateau environment, but a dozen of them still lost their lives.
life.
They were all physically strong, but on the plateau, their once extraordinarily strong vitality seemed to have been slowly drained away and withered.
Seeing them dying gradually made everyone feel uncomfortable. At the same time, it also made them realize more deeply the horror of the highlands. These are the first batch of people to die, and they are definitely not the last batch. Altitude sickness will plague them for a long time.
With these outsiders.
In contrast, Cheng Dabeard would rather go to Hexi to face the overwhelming sandstorm or the freezing cold rain. The trip to the highlands was too painful for him.
Do you need permission from the gods here to breathe? He is really overbearing.
Zhang Lun and others were still thinking about how to send people to the high ground. Cheng Dabeard thought it was better to forget it. It was so difficult to breathe when fighting here, how could he have the strength to wield swords and guns?
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The Tubo general was so friendly that the suspicious Hou Junji was filled with suspicion.
Cheng Dabeard didn't care about this. He adapted to the highland environment very quickly, and the energy that was gradually disappearing seemed to come out of nowhere.
This made him feel better gradually. At least if something goes wrong, we can have the strength to escape, right?
His standard laughter sounded again, just like when he first met Zhai Rang and Li Mi. He first beat his chest hard, and then clasped his fists and said: "I am lucky to meet Ma Ben, and have Lao Ma."
When I came out to welcome him, I was terrified and terrified."
Hou Junji was also saluting, but he felt that it was more like a meeting between green men and women, rather than an envoy from a country on an envoy to a foreign country.
Then he remembered the scene where Cheng Dabeard got along with the Turks in Dunhuang...
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The Tubo people have no experience in dealing with the Central Plains people and cannot appreciate the treachery of the Central Plains people, especially the Henan bandit in front of them, who is one of the best.
During the war with the Tubo people, the Tang Dynasty won their respect with the blood of the Tubo people, unlike the Tang people who hated the barbaric behavior of the Tubo people.
Maybe this is the essential difference between us?
Many foreigners have this thinking pattern. There are too many people in China, the woods are big and there are all kinds of birds, and there are also some dogs, so there is no need to be surprised.
Nang Nie led his people to greet him outside Fuqi City. After listening to the translation, he was very happy to see that the envoy from the Tang Dynasty was also so kind. "Those who can talk with a smile are all friends.
You have come from afar and made us feel your kindness, and we will repay you with your kindness."
It was a very harmonious scene. They spoke a language that no one could understand, and with extraordinarily sincere smiles on their faces, they entered Fuqi City together.
The envoys of the Tang Dynasty and their entourage received extremely warm hospitality here. It is no exaggeration to describe them as feeling like guests at home.
Nang Nie's enthusiasm is actually easy to understand. Today, when Tubo is about to fall into civil strife, he does not want to establish another foreign enemy. The arrival of the Tang envoy has been long-awaited.
Because Nang Ni still wanted the support of the lowlanders.
Therefore, if it were not such a season, even if Nang Nie would not prevent the Tang envoys from going to Luoxue City, he would not be so friendly to them.
The caravans that came to the highlands from the Tang Dynasty also played a certain role. The word Tang Dynasty is no longer unfamiliar among the Tubo nobles.
Not only that, the caravan also brought a lot of goods worth trading, which also made the Tubo nobles headed by Nang Nie finally realize clearly that the lowlanders they talked about seemed...much richer than them.
Most of the Tubo people who are still in a primitive tribal state cannot realize that they are suffering from the dimensionality reduction attack of the Central Plains civilization. They only know that they will definitely get better returns in their transactions with the Central Plains caravans.
If it were later, everyone would know what it would mean...
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With the arrival of the envoys of the Tang Dynasty, Fuqi City became lively.
When the Tubo people were happy, they would definitely offer sacrifices, and Nang Ni was no exception. He asked the military priests to demonstrate the Tubo customs to the envoys of the Tang Dynasty, using the blood of slaves to please their gods.
This obviously did not scare the two guys who fought hard in the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty. While watching, the two people murmured and agreed that slaves are a good thing...
Well, as long as the knife doesn't fall on them, they won't have any empathy.
The blazing fire, the slaves thrown to the ground, and the priests dancing like ghosts beside the flames formed a grotesque and cruel scene.
Cheng Dabeard looked longingly for a while and felt very bored. The gods in the Tibetan people were the same as the gods and Buddhas in the Central Plains. They were all so indifferent and did not show their magic.
He muttered to himself, it seemed like he wasn't sincere enough, it would be interesting to kill someone of sufficient weight.
So he looked at Nang Nie and the Tibetan nobles around Nang Nie. They looked dark-skinned and strong, but they were a little shorter.
There's nothing wrong with what you're wearing. We're all equally dirty, so don't blame anyone else.
And Cheng Dabeard has never been a superficial person who judges people by their appearance. At this time, he was thinking in his heart about who he should associate with, who among these people is worthy of his smiling face, and which one should he be wary of.
The Tubo people showed such enthusiasm that after the bearded man felt at ease, his evil eyes naturally appeared.
The first thing to determine is that since the identity of Tang Envoy has been recognized by the Tubo people, will he be able to be tougher when he speaks in the future?
And is there anyone among the Tubo people who wants to join him? As for the side generals, it is normal for them to be superior to their masters. Is Maben Nangni satisfied with his position in the Tubo kingdom? Have you ever been wronged in any way? Do you think about it?
Let Datang give him some support?
Or who among his men would want to replace him?
Cheng Dashu felt that he should stay in Fuqi City for a while before setting off south...