"What do you mean, sir, are we going to make friends with the King of Kushan?" the subordinate asked.
"No!" Zhang Beichen denied this idea and said: "King Guishang is indeed the most powerful, but his thoughts are not with the Huns at all. His base camp is too far away from the Huns. If he becomes the king of the Dayue clan,
He will not agree to join Wei in attacking the Huns."
"The same is true for the other four princes of Xi. They only want to be the king of the Dayue clan, which is different from our aspirations."
"What do you mean, sir, to help Mrs. Lanxiang?" the subordinate asked.
Zhang Beichen pondered: "Mrs. Lanxiang is the weakest. If we can help her rise to power, we are qualified to negotiate terms with her. But whether to help, we still need to contact her to see if she is worth helping?"
…
[You let Vika act as the intermediary, secretly went to the palace, and met Mrs. Lanxiang.]
In the main hall of the palace, Zhang Beichen only saw a plump woman slowly walking towards him. She was wearing the costume of the royal family of the Western Regions. The clothes were brightly colored, revealing smooth and white arms and calves.
Her face was covered with a layer of gauze, revealing only a pair of sapphire-like eyes with deep eye sockets, a high nose bridge, and three-dimensional facial features.
You don’t need to lift the veil to know that this is a top-notch exotic beauty!
Mrs. Lanxiang still carries a wisp of fragrance, like an orchid in a deep valley.
"Zhang Beichen, the envoy of the Wei Dynasty, has met the queen." Zhang Beichen cupped his hands and said.
"I have heard of Prime Minister Zhang's name." Mrs. Lanxiang spoke in a very gentle voice, which made people's hearts calm down involuntarily.
"Madam, do you know me?" Zhang Beichen asked tentatively.
Mrs. Lanxiang covered her mouth and chuckled, and said: "Doesn't Prime Minister Zhang know that the Great Chanyu of the Xiongnu is placing a reward on your head? He also sent an envoy to my Yuezhi, claiming that as long as you are handed over, the Great Chanyu is willing to give us a gift.
A large piece of land with tens of thousands of cattle and sheep!”
"So I'm so valuable, what does the queen want to do?" Zhang Beichen asked. He wanted to know how Mrs. Lanxiang wanted to treat him and the Huns envoy.
Mrs. Lanxiang said: "I am just a woman, and it is easy to be blinded by interests. However, I, the Yuezhi, cannot afford to offend the Xiongnu, nor can I offend the Wei Dynasty. I have to pretend that I have not seen him."
Mrs. Lanxiang did not want to offend both sides, indicating that she did not want to attack the Huns together with the Wei Dynasty.
Zhang Beichen had long expected that she would say this. After all, there was no unity within the Great Yuezhi. Thinking from his perspective, he would not blindly intervene in the disputes between external forces at this time.
Zhang Beichen continued: "The Queen is joking, I, the Great Wei, do not want to be enemies with the Yuezhi. I, the Emperor of Wei, want to form an ally with the Yueshi to jointly resist our enemy, the Huns!"
Mrs. Lanxiang said: "I'm afraid what Prime Minister Zhang said is inappropriate. Now the Xiongnu are your enemies, not our Yueshi's enemies."
Zhang Beichen said: "The Huns drove you out of Hexi and made the heads of your late kings into wine vessels. Has the queen forgotten such a bloody feud?"
Hearing his words, Mrs. Lanxiang was unmoved, "Prime Minister Zhang, there is no need to use words to provoke me. Gu has lived here since he was a child and has never had any enemies with the Huns. As for the late king you are talking about, that is the late king of his deceased husband, not
Even the five tribes of Xihou may not recognize this lonely late king."
With the death of the previous King of the Dayue clan, no one within the Dayue clan paid much attention to the blood feud between their ancestors.
For them, they have long forgotten the hatred of being plundered and expelled by the Huns. Now they just want to live in the Western Regions.
Seeing that this road was blocked, Zhang Beichen had no choice but to show his cards and said: "Queen, I also know a thing or two about the current situation of the Dayue clan. If you are willing to form an alliance with me, the Wei Dynasty, to jointly attack the Huns, the Wei Dynasty is willing to help you ascend the throne and become king!"
"
Mrs. Lanxiang's eyelids moved slightly, and Zhang Beichen knew that her heart was moved.
In front of the Wubu Xihou, she, a widow, was not qualified to ascend the throne. At the same time, she also knew very well that if she could not ascend the throne, no matter who among the Five Xihous ascended the throne, she would become their plaything, and even be killed.
Kill the opponent!
Her family will also fall into the abyss!
The family originally wanted to elect an heir, but the five princes did not agree. Whoever was elected would not be able to secure the throne.
The arrival of envoys from the Wei Dynasty and the Huns gave Mrs. Lanxiang more choices.
If she can get help from Wei or the Huns, she will have a chance to ascend the throne!
Mrs. Lanxiang probed: "Prime Minister Zhang still doesn't know the situation of my Da Yuezhi. Each of the five Xihous has tens of thousands of troops. The King of Kushan has an army of more than 100,000!"
"And the Wei Dynasty is thousands of miles away. Even if you want to support us, you may still be out of reach!"
Zhang Beichen saw that her heart was moved, so he was not in a hurry.
He smiled and said: "How does the queen know that we are beyond our reach? Didn't I come from the Wei Dynasty?"
Mrs. Lanxiang retorted: "Xiang Zhang's envoy only has dozens of people, who can cross the grassland. If it is a large army, how can it cross the Huns' defense line?"
Zhang Beichen looked confident and said: "Hundreds of thousands of troops are marching to the Yueshi. We, the Wei Dynasty, can't do it now. But if we send one or two strong troops to cross the grassland, we can still do it easily!"
"Our powerful army in the Wei Dynasty can fight one against ten! We don't need ten thousand people, but only a few thousand people to defeat the soldiers of Jihou!"
Zhang Beichen is not bragging. Where is the Central Plains? It is the Shura Field. Hundreds of princes have fought for hundreds of years, and those who win in the end are the strongest among the strong!
And what about Da Yueshi?
They were unable to defeat the Huns earlier and were driven to the Western Regions. There are currently no powerful countries in the Western Regions.
The army here is pitifully weak!
Zhang Beichen has not been idle in the past few months. He visited the capital of the Da Yueshi. The garrison here was not even well-trained, it was worse than stragglers.
Dayuezhi retained the habits of the nomadic people, and there was no such thing as military training or military formation. When fighting, they directly recruited young men, just like bandits.
They are not like the Xiongnu, where tribes conquer each other and also fight against the Central Plains dynasty. The Xiongnu's fierce cavalry can easily crush the Yuezhi's army!
Zhang Beichen believes that he only needs two to three thousand Wei cavalry to carve out a world in the Yueshi!
However, Mrs. Lanxiang didn't believe it at all. She smiled and said: "The elites of the Wei Dynasty are so brave, so why can't they defeat the Huns and still want to ally with us, the Yueshi?"
"The Xiongnu are not our opponents in the Wei Dynasty!" Zhang Beichen emphasized, "It's just that they took advantage of the vastness of the grassland and ran away if they couldn't win. They hid when they lost, and they repeatedly committed crimes."
Mrs. Lanxiang said: "That's it."
But she really didn't believe it at all.
The first conversation between the two ended on bad terms. Mrs. Lanxiang wanted to test the benefits that Wei could bring to her, but it was obvious that Zhang Beichen's answer could not satisfy her.
…
Zhang Beichen returned to his residence and immediately sent someone out of the city. He wanted to report a message to the Ying Yin people, and asked the Ying Yin people to find a way to mobilize an elite force to cross the Huns' defense lines and reach Dayuezhi.
Zhang Beichen knew very well that even if his tongue blossomed into a lotus flower, Mrs. Lanxiang would not believe him. In the end, he had to rely on his strength to speak for himself.
[You learned that Mrs. Lanxiang met with the Huns envoys soon after, and the two parties had a pleasant conversation. Soon after, you found that there were many Da Yueshi soldiers around the residence, and they seemed to be supervising you.]
"Sir, I'm afraid that Mrs. Lanxiang already wants to defect to the Huns!" The subordinate was worried, "Once she reaches an agreement with the Huns, she will definitely take action on us!"
Zhang Beichen was convinced and said: "If Mrs. Lanxiang seeks help from the Huns, she will definitely hand us over to the Great Chanyu."
"We must take action in advance!"
"Sir, please give instructions!" Everyone looked at him.
Zhang Beichen first used his spiritual power to isolate the surroundings to prevent anyone from snooping, and then said: "It's very simple, kill the Huns envoy and put the blame on Mrs. Lanxiang!"
"This will eliminate her possibility of cooperating with the Huns, and she will have no choice but to look for us!"
"Sir, what if Mrs. Lanxiang becomes angry and insists on killing us?" the subordinate asked.
"She doesn't dare! She won't do this!" Zhang Beichen was very sure. He saw something called "ambition" in Mrs. Lanxiang's eyes.
This woman is definitely not a simple thing. She has been married to King Dayuezhi for more than ten years, but King Dayuezhi has never touched her. There are also many vicious rumors about her among the people. For example, they say that she is a wife, and that she is vicious.
But Mrs. Lanxiang never paid attention to it. She deliberately received the Wei envoys and the Huns envoys without expressing her position, just to get more benefits from them.
If Mrs. Lanxiang doesn't want to ascend the throne, she doesn't have to go to such trouble. She can just go to a Jihou.
…
[After formulating the plan, you and your subordinates take action immediately. You visit Mrs. Lanxiang again, and Mrs. Lanxiang receives you and lets you stay overnight in the palace.]
[That night, you used the drug to confuse the guards and sneaked out of the palace. Your subordinates have been waiting for you for a long time. 】
"Sir, everything is ready!" The subordinate led a few people, all of whom were locals and wore the clothes of the palace guards.
"Action!" As soon as Zhang Beichen finished speaking, he disappeared into the night.
Where the Hun envoy was staying, the disguised palace guards came to deliver a message: "The Queen invites you to attack and discuss important matters!"
The Hun envoy asked doubtfully: "It's late at night, what else does the queen have to do?"
The messenger next to him smiled: "I guess the widow is lonely at night and misses you!"
"Hahahaha!" The Huns all laughed. As a victorious country, they did not take the Dayuezhi people seriously at all. Anyway, the Dayuezhi people did not dare to offend them.
"If you dare to be rude to the queen, kill me!" At this time, someone shouted, and then a group of men in black came in.
"There are assassins!" The Huns envoys also drew their swords to meet the enemy.
If they can serve as messengers, they are naturally experts.
But Zhang Beichen and others are masters among masters. Zhang Beichen has been promoted to the holy realm in the past few months!
[You attacked quickly and killed most of the Xiongnu envoys, and deliberately let two of them escape.]
After doing this, Zhang Beichen immediately returned to the palace, returned to his residence, and slept peacefully.
He hadn't slept long when the door to his room was broken open.
Mrs. Lanxiang burst in with a group of guards. Mrs. Lanxiang was so angry that she asked people to check Zhang Beichen's bed.
"Queen, what's going on?" Zhang Beichen got up sleepily and asked.
When Mrs. Lanxiang saw him, she suppressed her anger and asked, "Xiang Zhang, have you been here just now?"
"Of course." Zhang Beichen said matter-of-factly, "Has the Queen forgotten that it was you who arranged for me to live here?"
"You..." Mrs. Lanxiang wanted to go up and slap him twice. She gritted her teeth and said: "Just now, the Huns envoy was killed by a group of assassins, and those people were still claiming to be orphans! Does Mr. Zhang know about this?
?”
"Ah? Is there such a good thing?" Zhang Beichen looked surprised and said, "Thank you Queen for telling me the good news late at night."
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Seeing that he was still pretending, Mrs. Lanxiang said angrily: "Zhang Beichen, stop pretending here! That Huns envoy is a master of the Nine Realms! There are only a few people in the entire royal city who have the strength to kill him!"
"Since you are not alone, it must be you!"
Zhang Beichen heard this and said with a smile: "Queen, please don't talk nonsense. I have long heard that there are many hermit masters in the Western Regions. Maybe one of the hermit masters was dissatisfied with the Xiongnu and killed them?"
"But it doesn't matter!" Zhang Beichen pretended to be generous and said, "If the queen doesn't want to bear this crime, I can take it! The queen only needs to tell the Great Chanyu that we, the Wei people, killed his envoy and let him
Feel free to take revenge!"
"Zhang Beichen, you are so shameless!" This is the first time Mrs. Lanxiang has encountered such a scoundrel.
If she really said that, would Shanyu believe it?
Da Wei was certainly not afraid of the Huns, but she was!
If Da Shanyu attacks Da Yueshi in a rage, what can she do to resist?
After all, Mrs. Lanxiang was not an ordinary woman. After a brief moment of anger, she quickly calmed down. Now that it was impossible to cooperate with the Xiongnu, she could only seek help from Wei.
She then said to Zhang Beichen: "Prime Minister Zhang, Gu wants to form an alliance with Da Wei. How can Prime Minister Zhang ensure that Gu can control Da Yueshi?"
"The queen is so smart!" Zhang Beichen laughed and said, "Why don't we move over to talk in detail?"
…
[You and Mrs. Lanxiang enter the secret room to discuss the alliance plan in detail. 】
Zhang Beichen said: "If the queen wants to ascend the throne, she must control the five princes!"
"I'm afraid it will be very difficult!" Mrs. Lanxiang said: "Among the five Xihous, Guishanghou is the strongest. He also proclaimed himself king. This man is cautious in doing things and never comes to the royal city. Although he is still Da Yue in name,
clan, but the strength of his Kushan Kingdom is no longer weaker than that of Dayue clan, so Gu has no ability to control him."
Zhang Beichen then said: "Then give up this place and control the other four Jihou."
Since it is impossible to control the Kushan Kingdom, it is better to keep it.
Only by leaving a strong enemy for Da Yuezhi can Da Yuezhi be more obedient.
He also suggested: "The queen might as well use this incident of the killing of the Hun envoy to summon the other four princes to come to discuss the matter. Then take the opportunity to control them and seize their military power. In this way, it is natural for the queen to ascend the throne!"
Mrs. Lanxiang frowned slightly and said: "These princes all have evil intentions. Even if they agree to come to the royal city, they will not come alone. They will definitely bring their own elites! Once they attack them, their soldiers will definitely attack the city.
, there are only more than 10,000 soldiers available in the royal city, how can we deal with them?"
Zhang Beichen smiled slightly and said: "Leave these to me! I, the Great Wei, can mobilize an elite team to help. I will inform the queen when the news comes!"
Mrs. Lanxiang was doubtful.
She didn't believe that Wei's army could avoid the Xiongnu and come to Da Yueshi. Even if it did come, how many people would it bring?
Those four Xihous can bring at least 100,000 soldiers and horses!
…
At this time, King Zuo Xie was angry at his men in the Monan Royal Court.
"A bunch of trash, how did you let those Wei troops cross the grassland?"
The subordinates said in embarrassment: "The enemy's offensive is fierce and it is difficult for us to resist."
"Hey!" King Zuoxie sighed. In recent years, Wei's army has become more and more capable of dealing with them.
His strength has declined since the general Hu Yanxiao was killed.
Now the Ying Yin people are even more aggressive and directly let the army cross his territory, but he can't stop it!
Presumably, when Shanyu found out, he would definitely scold him.
…
[More than ten days later, you met Gongsun Yan, the general of the Wei army who came to support you.]
"Sir!" Gongsun Yan said, "General Ying asked me to bring three thousand elites this time, all of whom are elites in our Wei army! They are now a hundred miles away, at the mercy of the Prime Minister!"
"Okay!" Zhang Beichen was overjoyed and said, "Don't go into the city yet, hide outside. I will ask people to send food and grass, and follow my orders!"
"Yes!" Gongsun Yan immediately went to make arrangements.
…
[You enter the palace immediately and ask Mrs. Lanxiang to summon the four princes.]
"That woman wants us to go to the royal city?" The Sibu Jihou soon received the letter.
"Why did this stupid woman let the Huns envoy die in the royal city? If the Huns invade, how can I, the Yuezhi, protect myself?"
"To go or not to go?"
"Maybe it's a scam?"
"Is there a fraud? How can a widow turn her upside down? There are people from me in the royal city. I have already found out. There are only more than 10,000 people in the royal city."
"It just so happens that this time I will lead my troops directly to the royal city and take advantage of this opportunity to seize the throne!"
[The four princes of Xi all agreed to come to the royal city, and each of them brought an army. 】
…
"Sir, according to the ascertained intelligence, the four Jihous currently lead a total of more than 120,000 soldiers!" Gongsun Yan reported the situation.
Zhang Beichen asked: "How is the combat effectiveness?"
Mentioning this, Gongsun Yan shook his head repeatedly: "The military discipline is chaotic, the soldiers are thin, and their martial arts are not good, they are like stragglers! My three thousand iron cavalry are enough to defeat them!"
In his opinion, the armies of these four lords were no different from a group of villagers!
In front of the Wei army, which had undergone rigorous training and battlefield baptism, they were like chickens and ducks!
…
[The four princes of Xi placed their troops outside the four city gates and entered the palace in carriages and sedans.]
In the palace, Marquis Xiumi, Marquis Shuangmi, Marquis Zhidun, and Marquis Dumi sat down one by one, waiting for Mrs. Lanxiang to appear.
"Why doesn't this widow come out? Do you want me to wait for her?" Du Mihou cursed in a bad temper.
"Why should Marquis Dumi be impatient? With the four of us here, what does it matter whether she comes or not?" Marquis Xiumi said with a smile, "Anyway, we should decide the affairs of Da Yueshi! The queen is just a decoration!"
"What Hou Mihou said is absolutely true!" the other two agreed.