[This guy is pretending too much. I'm afraid we don't know, but is this just playing hard to get?] Zhang Ren hesitated in his heart, [Forget it, whether it's this trick or not, can we encounter that thing or not?
What’s a question?]
"Forget it, let's not talk about our side. Our supervisor is watching me. Tell me about your side. Tell me about your side. Oh, by the way, do you still have this wine? This wine is good." Carano saw it.
Lebrali stared at himself and changed the topic with some guilt.
"We don't have much of this wine. It was researched by Chen Hou in our country. We don't have much stock." Zhang Ren smiled and said, "But if you have demand, we can set up at the place where the war stopped before."
A small market."
"Marquis Chen?" Carano repeated, as if he was remembering, "But I heard you say before that you went south while there was nothing going on at home. Does this mean something happened in your country?"
"The Northern Huns have returned." Zhang Ren said calmly to Carano. Carano couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, "The Northern Huns, who are located to the north and west of the Western Region, have been entangled with the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, and finally retreated westward.
The Huns?”
"Yes." Zhang Ren nodded and said.
At this time during the banquet, the voices of the Kushan people suddenly disappeared. They all stopped their glasses and looked at Zhang Ren, "Huns, this is a painful memory that the descendants of the Yuezhi will never forget."
After all, it is a great shame and humiliation for any country's king to be beheaded by another country and his head to be made into a drinking vessel. However, after three hundred years, Kushan has not been able to take revenge.
However, Kushan still has a general idea of the current situation of the Northern Huns. After all, the Kushans also held an empire in Central Asia before, and the original Northern Huns were actually wandering in that area.
It's not that the Kushans have never fought against the Northern Xiongnu, but the Kushan Empire at that time was in decline, and the Northern Xiongnu's strength was just a wave if you say it was strong; if you say it was weak, it was an empire.
Standard configuration to start the war.
This level was just stuck in the throat of the declining Kushan Empire at that time. You can say it was eaten by force. There were a lot of internal problems in the Kushan Empire at that time, so it may not be possible to eat it by force. Call it consumption, because Central Asia was in trouble again at that time.
The division has been delayed for a long time. Maybe even before we finish defeating the Northern Huns, those places in Central Asia will collapse.
As a last resort, Kushan could only send more or less troops to deal with the Xiongnu. Unfortunately, this kind of war letter was meaningless to the Xiongnu. On the contrary, it took too long. In the previous generation of Kushan emperor Hubisaka
On my hand, the Khwarezm mold split directly.
This was completely over. The emperor of Kushan realized that they seemed to be beyond their reach to the Huns. Their north was divided. How could they send troops to continue harassing the Huns? In the end, the matter was settled.
Similarly, the northern issue has become a problem left over from history. When Vesudeva I came up, he naturally had to muddle along. Anyway, it is a problem left over from history. If it cannot be solved, it can be left to future generations. So by the time of Vesudeva I, the Kushans and the Xiongnu
There is actually no friction anymore.
However, some time ago, after Vesudeva I took Central Asia into his hands again, the first thing he did was to ask the camel cavalry of Khwarezm about the Huns in the north.
At that time, Vesudeva I, who was secretly waiting to kill someone to establish his power, found the most suitable target to establish his power was the Huns.
He had a blood feud with himself. From the beginning, it was more humiliating than the Baideng siege on the Han Dynasty. The country was destroyed, and the head of his boss was chopped off and made into a drinking vessel. It can be said that if it were not for the Han Dynasty,
The number of people killed by both the Shi and the Huns exceeded one million, so the hatred between the Kushans and the Huns can be called a blood feud.
At that time, Vesutiva I was already prepared to lose 100,000 troops to kill the Northern Huns. After all, Vesutiva I knew the fighting power of the Huns better than those below, and just that army of souls was enough to cause a headache.
However, after Vesudeva I secretly sent people to investigate, they found that the Huns were gone. Vesudeva I was still a little puzzled. Later, after a lot of exploration, it was determined that the Huns entrenched in the north and west of the Western Region were really gone.
In other words, Vesudeva I's goal of establishing prestige is gone, which is embarrassing. There is no place to establish prestige. Although Vesudeva I has proved his power before, now he needs to prove his merits and let himself
There is an unshakable foundation.
As a result, his target ran away, which is why Vesudeva I later shifted his target to the Han Dynasty.
If there were Huns, Vesutiva I would have stopped after using the Huns to establish his power. But now that there are no Huns who can prove their merits, the only country Kushan can choose is the Han Dynasty.
"Although we don't know how you came here for more than a hundred years, but with the hatred between you and the Huns, if you knew where the Northern Huns were, you would probably have killed them long ago. Why didn't you go?" Carano said in a very natural manner.
He asked, but his words and tone were a bit different from before. Zhang Ren probably asked someone else to ask Carano.
"Because it's too far. According to our estimation, by the time we get there, the Huns will have been defeated." Zhang Ren said helplessly, "Our country is relatively large, and our location is far away from the northern grasslands."
"So, you can't go to deal with the Huns, you can only go south to take care of these vassal states?" Carano said with a smile, "This is indeed the way of thinking of your Han Dynasty, but you are so sure that the Huns will be so
Are you about to be defeated?"
"If I'm not wrong, the Huns' bones should be cold by now." Zhang Ren said proudly, "Even when you and I were fighting, their bones should be cold."
"..." Carano looked at Zhang Ren and was slightly surprised, "You don't know the strength of the other party, so you are so sure?"
"That's because you don't know how many fierce generals and good ministers have gone since our Han Dynasty received the news." Zhang Ren said with a wry smile, "About a dozen of General Wu have gone, and someone with my legionary talent will go there."
There are dozens of them, and among them there are more generals like General Yan who are skilled in commanding troops in battle than can be counted in two hands."
This time Zhang Ren clearly heard the sound of the Kushan people sucking in the cold air. If it is true as Zhang Ren said, then the Huns may have failed again, but will the Huns be completely wiped out? The Kushan people
I had never thought about it. After all, this group of people had been hiding in Tibet for more than a hundred years and were proficient in escaping and fighting, so they would not be wiped out all at once.
"Lebrali, is what he said true?" Brahe didn't care about showing surprise at this time, and immediately sent a message to Lebrali. Unlike most generals, what Brahe saw was
The Buddha I think of does not have strong fighting power, but he can distinguish the truth from lies in his words.
"Really..." Lebrali smiled bitterly and sent the message to Brahe, "The Han Empire is still so powerful that it makes people despair. What is going on with this country? I have never seen this country decline in my memory. God
It’s really unfair.”
"Are there dozens of legion talents?" Carano really brought vibrato this time. These are the people who have gone north. There are at least three here who have not yet gone north. Thinking about it, there must be fish that have slipped through the net in other places.
, the Han Empire is indeed a powerful empire that stands proudly in this world.
"Well, maybe it shouldn't be said. Our country is quite chaotic." Zhang Ren couldn't help but sigh when he thought of the domestic situation. When will the domestic strife end?
"Ask them what's going on in the country?" Helilach immediately sent a message to Carano.
"Did something happen in your country?" Carano asked with curiosity.
"Tell them the truth, tell them the truth directly. There is no point in hiding it. The man named Lebrali among them can tell the truth from the lies." Before Zhang Ren could speak, Zhang Song and Zhang Su directly communicated.
The message was given to Zhang Ren.
The civil servants in the Han Dynasty were not economical either. They were always observing the words and expressions. Although they did not know what Brahe and Helilach said in the previous message transmission, they noticed the change in the other party's expression, and they basically understood it after some guessing.
.
"Our domestic situation is a bit complicated. The situation of the entire country is better than before, but there is a problem with the emperor of our country." Zhang Ren smiled bitterly twice, but still felt that he should not mention Liu, Cao, and Sun. As for the other party's ability to distinguish authenticity, this
Not a problem.
[Emperor, is it really a good title? Son of God, no wonder the fortune is so high and the situation is so good.] Lebrali complained in his heart, but he also remembered to tell Brahe that what the other party said was the truth.
However, Zhang Ren just mentioned one sentence and then changed the topic. It would be better not to mention Liu, Cao, and Sun. It would be better not to mention the domestic split. Even if they can resist Kushan with an army all the way, in the end,
It's better not to commit suicide.
"We are planning to reopen the Southern Silk Road. Are you interested in continuing the transportation as we did hundreds of years ago?" Zhang Ren said to Carano with a smile.
"Of course I do. This is a good thing. We help protect the trade routes, but you have to wait a moment. We need to prepare in the Western Region." Carano agreed without thinking.
When Kushan was still called Da Yuezhi, he could earn a lot of money by doing transshipment. Later, it was not because he lost Central Asia that he had no choice but to give up this great career. Now that he has the opportunity to return to his old business, Kushan is still willing to do it. The country has no
Necessity and money can't make ends meet.
"It's not the Western Region, it's this side." Zhang Ren shook his head and said.
"That's no problem. It's okay here. We can transfer it to other places." Carano said with a smile. This kind of business transaction does not harm the national interests and has many benefits. Only those with brain problems would not agree.
"Then we need to carefully calculate the tax and price directions." Zhang Ren said with a smile. This was the warm and hilarious atmosphere at the banquet once again restored.
"These are not our matters, they have to be handled by others." Carano pointed at Helilach who was currently squatting with Zhang Su and said with a smile.
"I discovered a problem. The soldiers of your country do not have special coordination, and besides the Yunqi Army Formation and the legion's talents, you don't seem to have any special blessing abilities." Seeing that Lebrali and others have been defeated by the civil servants of the Han Dynasty.
After being pulled away, Carano sent a message to Zhang Ren and said.
"Do you have any special blessing abilities?" Zhang Ren asked curiously.
"Well, I heard that your Han Dynasty has dozens of generals with legionary talents, which really frightened us. But when we calm down, we will find that just because you are strong now does not mean you will be strong in the future." Carano shook his head.
He shook his head and said.
"What do you mean by this?" Zhang Ren frowned and looked at Zhang Ren.
Carano shook his head, but slowly bloomed with a glow, and then bloomed with the blessing of faith, and then looked at Zhang Ren, "General Zhang, if we fight again, can you beat me?"
"Legion talent?" Zhang Ren was shocked.
"Yes, legion talent. As an opponent who was defeated by you before, I will not hide it from you. My legion talent is called conversion. It melts the complex beliefs into the image I believe in and exerts the blessing of this Buddha body. Before
What I manifested when I was fighting you was not my Buddha body, my Buddha body was the incarnation of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva." Carano said solemnly.
"General, do you think you can beat me in another fight?" Carano sighed.
Zhang Ren frowned and looked at Carano with a bit of confusion. Did this guy run up to him to show off? He didn't have a fever, right?
"General, you don't understand why I said that, do you?" Carano looked at Zhang Ren.
"I really don't understand." Zhang Ren nodded.
"I just understand that I, Kushan, am not inferior to the Han Dynasty." Carano said calmly.
"Oh." Zhang Ren said calmly.
"The Han Dynasty is indeed stronger than us now, but on the one hand, you lack the innate tacit understanding between your soldiers. On the other hand, you lack characteristics. You have the legion talents and we have them. You have the military formations and we also have them.
But you don't have the blessing of faith that we have, and you are two points behind us in terms of potential." Carano said with confidence, but Zhang Ren just nodded.
"Why do you seem indifferent after listening to this?" After Carano finished telling Zhang Ren, he looked at Zhang Ren with pride, hoping to see anger or other expressions on his face, but Zhang Ren's expression was completely indifferent.
"It's not like it seems, but in fact I am really indifferent. How do you think I can rank in our country?" Zhang Ren asked, sitting cross-legged in front of Carano.
Carano shook his head, and Zhang Ren said casually, "I'm not on the list, so I'm really indifferent if you say this in front of me. What's more, I really don't think you are very strong, and if you want to use this
I think it’s best for you not to define our strengths and weaknesses.”
"You're not on the list?" Carano couldn't believe it. A general with legionary talents was not on the list. How could this be possible? If he hadn't known that the other party didn't mean to lie to him, a dispute of words would have been inevitable at this moment.
