The capital of Great Xia, Mulu City.
Su Qin took one hundred and ten followers for more than two months, and finally arrived at the capital of the Great Xia Kingdom after suffering from wind and frost all the way.
"Master Su, this journey has been dusty, and after walking seven or eight thousand miles, I finally came to the capital of Great Xia, do you think it's worth it?"
Thinking of sleeping in the open on the way, fighting natural disasters and various beasts many times, Su Qin's guard captain was full of emotion, patted the dust on his shirt and asked.
Su Qin smiled: "It's worth it, as long as you can defeat Liu Wei, it's worth it" "If you want to defeat Liu Wei, do you have to come to Daxia" The captain of the guard looked skeptical, "When we left, Le Yi and Fan Li had already conquered Xiapi, and the Tang army led by Li Shimin also began to attack Xuzhou, and the combined forces of Tang and Wei amounted to as many as one million people, plus nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses in our Luoyang Imperial Court, we may not lose to Liu Wei, even if Liu Wei wants to unify the whole world, I am afraid that I will not want to do it without ten years or eight years."
Su Qin reined in the reins and slowed down, believing that it would not be long before he would meet the sentinels of Great Xia, "Brother Gao, you are still too young" This dusty captain of the guard, whose beard was overgrown like weeds because he was traveling day and night, was tall and burly, about thirty years old, with a maroon war horse in his crotch and a bronze spear in his hand, which looked quite imposing.
This person's surname is Gao Mingsi, and he is the younger brother of Gao Siji, the first gun of the fifth generation, and a bronze gun makes him superb, which is not much inferior to Gao Siji of the white horse and silver gun.
After Gao Si was born, Gao Sixiang came to this world with him, but because he was dissatisfied with Yang's flying and domineering, Gao Sixiang refused to work for Yang Su and left Luoyang for Chang'an Ranger.
After Liu Che's assassination, the power of Luoyang was gradually controlled by the Yang family, and Su Qin had to leave Luoyang to go to Chang'an to operate.
Gao Sixian was moved by Su Qin's Corporal Lixian, and decided to follow Su Qin's left and right, and gradually became Su Qin's personal guard.
Over the years, the reason why Su Qin was able to go back and forth between Bashu and Chang'an, lobbying Liu Bei, Liu Yu, Zhao Kuangyin and other forces to jointly fight against Liu Wei was because of Gao Sixiang's escort on the road, so that he was safe and sound.
After listening to Su Qin's words, Gao Si smiled quietly: "Next year will be the year of establishment, where can we talk about being young?"
Su Qin Zhengse said: "Actually, when I left, I received a very unfavorable news, and I made up my mind to come to the Western Regions to lobby various countries.
For fear of affecting your morale on the road, I have been hiding it from Brother Gao and all the soldiers. ” "What's the news," Gao Si asked with a look of surprise.
Su Qin said with a stern face: "I heard that Li Jing annihilated Cao Bin's 50,000 soldiers and horses in Nanpi, and is leading his troops to attack Yecheng. ” "Yecheng is the capital of Cao Wei, Li Jing is afraid that it will not be so easy to capture" Gao Sishen was relieved, "Besides, even if Li Jing captures Yecheng, the headache should be Cao Cao, what does it have to do with Lord Su coming to the Western Regions?"
Su Qin slowly rode his horse: "There is a saying that if Li Jing takes Yecheng, he is likely to cross the Yellow River and attack Luoyang."
Under the containment of the major armies of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Luoyang had no troops to defend at all, and it was broken with one blow" "It's better to break it," Gao Si Shen said in a gloating tone, "I have long been unaccustomed to the Yang family's high-flying and domineering style, and regard the little emperor as a puppet, what is the difference between their approach and Dong Zhuo's, if it weren't for the danger of Liu Wei's soldiers pressing the border, maybe they would have done a black hand to you, Master Su."
Su Qin smiled bitterly: "If Luoyang is broken, Chang'an will never be able to hold it, and when the Eastern Han Dynasty army attacks from both sides, the Luoyang Imperial Court is afraid that it will not be able to support it for even half a year." ” "So Lord Su came all the way to Great Xia," Gao Sixiang had an indifferent expression, "The Luoyang Imperial Court doesn't have one heart at all, the three major forces have their own ghosts, and their demise is also self-inflicted."
Master Su simply went incognito, why bother to go all the way to Great Xia with so much effort" Su Qin said categorically: "I not only want to come to Great Xia, but also plan to go to Babylon to meet Alexander, and then go to the Roman Empire to meet Liu Bang, and persuade all countries to unite against Liu Bian."
Gao Si smiled bitterly: "Master Su, why bother, with the wealth you have accumulated, it is enough to make yourself worry about food and clothing for the rest of your life." ” "People always have to do something meaningful in life" Su Qin raised his eyes to look at Mulu City, which was getting closer and closer, and could already vaguely see a sentry galloping towards him, "For me, defeating Liu Wei is not only to repay Liu Wei for his kindness, but also to realize the value of my life."
Gao Si sighed carefully: "Lord Su is sure that he can persuade the monarchs of these countries, the names of Yu, Alexander, Liu Bang and others are all strange, but I am afraid that they are not easy to talk to, I think it will be difficult to reach an alliance."
Su Qin said with a firm face: "Do your best, whether you can persuade these three major forces to reach an anti-Liu alliance with Li Tang, Cao Wei and our Western Han Dynasty is a challenge for me."
I am fortunate to succeed, but I am fortunate to lose my life, I can only do my best to obey the destiny of heaven" "Okay, I admire Lord Su's perseverance" Gao Si Shen shook his head again and sighed, "Even if Lord Su can persuade these forces to reach an anti-Liu alliance, can you save the stormy Western Han court?"
Su Qin's face was calm and said: "If these three major forces jointly encircle and suppress the Wu Qi Corps, they should be able to gain the upper hand and force Liu Wei to send a force from the Central Plains to the Western Regions for reinforcements, so that the goal of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao can be achieved."
After all, there are as many as 500,000 people in Wu Qi's army, and I don't think Liu Wei will see death without help."
"I remember Master Su said that the Roman Empire had nearly 1.5 million soldiers and horses," Gao Si carefully followed Su Qin and asked casually.
Su Qin frowned and recalled the intelligence that the scouts had spied on: "It is said that after Commodus succeeded to the throne, the Roman Empire also fell into a situation of division of princes in recent years, and after attacking each other, the total strength of the entire Roman Empire has dropped to about 1.2 million. ” "It is controlled by a few forces," Gao Siji asked again.
Su Qin recalled: "It seems that there are five or six princes, and Liu Bang, who represents the Roman emperor, has the greatest power and can mobilize about 700,000 soldiers and horses, Pope Napoleon can mobilize about 200,000, and the other three or four families have a total of 300,000 people." ” Gao Si nodded carefully: "It seems that Liu Bang's family is dominant, as long as he can be persuaded to unite with Xiang Yu and Alexander, it is enough to form an absolute advantage over Wu Qi's army, and even be able to counterattack Guishan and destroy Liu Biao's dream of dominating the world."
"However, this Yu has a stubborn character, Wu Qi has already been overwhelmed by a large army, but he is still fighting with Alexander, so I came all the way to be a peacemaker" Su Qin smiled bitterly, "Not only for them, but also for our Luoyang court" Gao Si sneered: "It seems to be the same as his ancestor Xiang Yi, a brave and unscrupulous, self-righteous martial artist."
When he and Alexander fight to lose, Wu Qi can reap the benefits of the fisherman. ” Su Qin said confidently: "But now that I'm here, I will definitely be able to turn their hostilities into jade silk and work together to fight against Liu Wei." ” After a pause, he showed a worried expression: "For us in the Western Han Dynasty, this is the last hope, what I am most worried about at the moment is that I have been away from the Central Plains for more than two months, and I don't know how far the situation has developed, whether Li Jing will take Yecheng and whether he will march to Luoyang after taking Yecheng, and whether his colleagues in Luoyang and Chang'an can persist when the anti-Liu alliance is reached."
Gao Si comforted: "Master Su doesn't have to worry too much, just like you said, do your best to obey the destiny of heaven, and plan things to achieve things in heaven."
As long as you can promote the anti-Liu alliance, it is enough to prove your worth, even if the Western Han Dynasty perishes, it is not your fault."
"It's coming" Just as Su Qin and Gao Si were walking and chatting, the guards behind him drew their swords and unsheathed them, reminding them as if they were facing a great enemy.
Su Qin hurriedly looked up, only to see a team of about three or four hundred people galloping towards him, shouting some babbling words, probably warnings and the like.
"We're here, everyone put away their weapons" Su Qin waved his hand calmly, signaling the guards to put away all their swords and bows and arrows, so as not to irritate the Great Xia soldiers on the opposite side.
After a while, this Great Xia team came to the front of Su Qin and his party, and when they saw that this group of people all had oriental faces, a leader who knew the Central Plains dialect immediately stood up and asked: "Who are you waiting for who looks like they are from Dongtu, could it be that they are here to defect to King Xiang?"
Su Qin hugged his wrist on the horse and saluted: "Hehe, reply to the words of this general, Su Bao, the prime minister of the Western Han Dynasty, came all the way to Daxia this time, and asked to see King Xiang for something important, and the trouble was passed through." ” The leader said: "I'm just a little centurion, not a general, you call yourself the prime minister of the Western Han Dynasty, what kind of evidence do you have?"
Su Qin waved his hand and ordered the soldiers behind him to give his own seal and the gift he had prepared: "This is my seal ribbon, and the gift of filial piety to King Xiang."
With Su Qin's order, the soldiers behind him showed the gifts prepared by Su Qin, most of which were gold, jade, agate and other valuable items, shining in the golden sun.
"King Xiang is currently fighting with the Babylonians in the south, and it is Jiang Shang, the prime minister, who is sitting in Mulu City, let me go and report it" The leader of the Great Xia army ordered Su Qin and his party to wait outside Mulu City for a while, and he took a few retinues to ride back to the city to report to Jiang Shang.
Under Jiang Shang's governance, Mulu City was unprecedentedly prosperous, the streets and alleys were full of people, the shops on both sides of the streets were lined up, and the hawkers were shouting one after another, so it was not lively.
Lu Pheasant was wandering on the street, and saw several sentry scouts hurrying towards the Prime Minister's Mansion, and hurriedly shouted and asked: "Hey, a few of you, stop, go to the Prime Minister's Mansion in such a hurry, what happened?"
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