After all, King Lumu is still a barbarian born and raised in the Nanzhong area. Although many people are afraid of him, there are also quite a few people who believe that he is the appointed king of Nanzhong - at least in this era, the respect of the barbarians for wizards is indelible.
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Yong Kai took a fancy to this aspect of King Lumu at that time. Before he started his career, he repeatedly lowered his profile to negotiate with the other party. If things go on like this, no matter how proud King Lumu is, he will not easily ignore such support.
He has been his ally for so long.
Therefore, the first stop Yong Kai sent his envoys to ask for help was Yunnan.
But... as I said before, Yong Kai never has only one trump card.
At the same time, he also sent a group of envoys in another direction.
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Zhu Bao and Yong Kai separated from the river. Yong Kai led his troops forward, intending to put more pressure on Meng Huo. At the same time, he sent two groups of envoys. One group went to Yunnan to seek support from King Mulu, while the other group went to Yunnan.
Head southeast.
At this moment, a medium-sized merchant ship was sailing down the river. There were dozens of fully armed Han officers and soldiers on both sides of the deck, waiting in full formation. Judging from their solemn expressions, it seemed that they were all aware of what they were about to encounter on the road ahead.
What kind of difficulties.
This is Zhu Bao's team. The reason why they separated from Yong Kai is very simple. If they want to negotiate with the next person, if they don't send someone of Zhu Bao's level, the other party will just feel that Yong Kai doesn't respect them enough.
This is both a helpless move and an inevitable thing.
Standing on the deck, Zhu Bao's expression was also very awkward. He had long heard that the extreme south of Nanzhong was now occupied by a guy named Wu Tu Gu. This man was not a barbarian from Nanzhong, but established a settlement south of Nanzhong.
The leader of the country named Ugo.
Of course, Wutu Bone is not unrelated to Nanzhong. For example, Meng Huo's army's invincible rattan armor soldiers on the Yuexun battlefield actually came from this Wutu Bone.
It is said that the ancestors of the Meng family had a conflict with the unruly Ugo army. At that time, the Meng family was still relatively strong, but they were completely suppressed by the opponent in land warfare, and finally had to withdraw to Yi in despair.
Prefectures and counties.
Not long after, a group of powerful barbarians wearing vine armor and invulnerable appeared on the Nanzhong battlefield. The man leading this army was naturally Meng Huo's grandfather, and Meng's vine armor soldiers were passed down in this way.
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In fact, the origin of these rattan armor soldiers is the Ugo Kingdom. To be precise, they are actually Wutu Bones.
Zhu Bao was very surprised when he heard this story.
Not only did I hear about the origin of the Vine Armor Soldiers, but I also realized a rather terrifying fact...
"This Wutu bone must be one hundred and eighty years old this year, right?
He was from the same period as Meng Huo's grandfather, so he can't still be alive and kicking now, right?"
I remember Zhu Bao asked this question, but Yong Kai shook his head and said:
"I have only met him once, but from my point of view, that man doesn't look like an octogenarian at all. Instead, he is very strong - he is two feet tall. I'm afraid even Barathum
Guys like that have to look up to their protruding bones, right?"
...two feet tall.
Apart from anything else, Zhu Bao had compared himself to his height more than once on the boat.
I'm afraid his head can only reach the opponent's waist?
Under such circumstances, he still had to negotiate with the other party. Just thinking about this pressure was a bit unbearable.
But so what? Zhu Bao sighed.
"Almost there?"
Zhu Bao shouted to the soldiers on the mast.
The soldier put his hand on his brow to block the sun, and tried his best to squint his eyes and look into the distance.
Between the thick fog, he could vaguely see a busy ferry, and he could vaguely see figures of people, so he quickly replied:
"Master Zhu! It seems we have arrived at the ferry!"
"All the officers on the ship obey the order and move forward slowly. Don't make the other party suspicious. So, so and so, find some people to come ashore with me in the small boat."
Under Zhu Bao's command, the soldiers on the ship became busy one after another.
Amid noisy shouts, the ship slowly sailed toward the shore.
At the same time, on the land not far from the shore, a magnificent palace gradually appeared in outline.
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"Report to your Majesty that a messenger claiming to be one of Yong Kai's subordinates has come to seek an audience."
Different from the palaces of the real Central Plains dynasty, the interior decoration of the palaces of the Ugo Kingdom is mostly based on turtles and beasts. The painted patterns and various sculptures are quite vivid... However, if these images are extremely densely combined,
, the effect produced is different.
Standing in front of a huge animal skull - it looked like a tiger but not a tiger, and it looked like a leopard but not a leopard - the Han people who reported to the people on the seat did not dare to take a breath.
Not only did he feel the pressure from the aura of the person sitting on the seat, but also the lifelike appearance of the vivid murals and carvings around him made people quite nervous.
"Yong Kai?"
"Oh, it's that guy...his messenger?
Haha, it seems this guy is in trouble."
Looking in the direction of the sound, a large and exaggerated man was sitting on a black marble throne with his legs spread.
He wore a leather armor with gold pearls and a pair of sun and moon wolf beard helmets on his head. He had a messy beard, but his eyes were as bright as torches.
The rare exposed body skin is either tattooed with patterns of gods and beasts that are similar to the decoration in the temple, or...
Or maybe he has some rough, scale-like skin...
If he didn't have sound limbs and spoke fluent barbarian language, most people might not think of him as a human being when they see him.
The man supported his head with his palms, leaned on the armrest, closed his eyes and thought about something, yawned again, and then greeted the trembling barbarian kneeling not far below him:
"How many people did they come?"
"There are only five people on the small boat, but they said there is a big boat behind them. Counting the crew and guards, there are less than a hundred people in total."
"Hmph, it's a good idea to go ashore in a small boat."
"but……"
Originally, the man seemed to have a high opinion of the messenger's behavior, and a rare smile appeared on his face.
But soon, he changed the topic, his eyes instantly turned cold, and he coldly questioned the audience in his rough voice:
"But these guys don't seem to understand what it means to do as the Romans do. How can a few of their so-called envoys get involved in such an important day for our country, Ugo?"
Just treat them as ignorant, but I still want to hear how they want to explain it."
Suddenly, the man stood up. After standing up, his huge body blocked the sky. He raised his big hands and shouted to all the officials and ministers in the palace:
"Come out of the palace with me. The 'distinguished guests' have come from afar. Is there any reason why we shouldn't welcome them?"