Chapter 499: Not even as good as King Han
Gan Luo's original idea was to only take a dozen good men to the Yuezhi, because it was more convenient for a small number of people to hide his traces, and it would be very convenient for him to escape. However, the First Emperor did not allow him. The First Emperor believed that too few messengers would make the enemy look down on him. As the First Emperor who unified China, how could the Yuezhi people be looked down on? Of course, the more people the messenger group, the better.
Gan Luo knew in his heart that the First Emperor had other plans. He sent so many people to accompany him, not just to show the style of the Great Qin. If he really wanted to show the power of the Great Qin, he would not have to send Gan Luo to bring more than a thousand people, but to ask Zhao Kang to bring 100,000 people, or to ask Wang Jian to lead the Northern Army to show the power of the Great Qin. The main purpose of the First Emperor was probably to plan for the Yuezhi.
The Yuezhi occupied the Hexi Corridor, which was the only way to the Western Regions, and it was also an important barrier to the fight against the nomadic regime in the north... The First Emperor was simply an unstoppable person. After Zhao Kang pacified the Baiyue region, the First Emperor had already set his sights on the Yuezhi. Perhaps the emperor would not take action this year, but the Yuezhi would move sooner or later. These people accompanied Ganluo to go, but everyone had different purposes.
The general Wang Jian guarded the northwest border. General Wang Jian, the most trusted deputy general of Wuchenghou, was also the second Chehou in Qin State. He had a very high status. He left the northwest, but he was different from Li Mu. Li Mu was in Liaodong and went out to fight the autumn wind from time to time. The Donghu could not bear it anymore and directly exchanged the status of both sides. Originally, Liaodong was often plundered by Donghu, but now Donghu was often plundered by Liaodong, especially when Li Mu formed an elite cavalry through the Liaodong Hu people, Donghu's life was even more difficult.
The Donghu King of this generation was as cunning as a fox. He was not the direct line of the Donghu King. He was just the leader of a small tribe. He forced himself to take the position of Donghu King through his own strategy. He also learned advanced knowledge from the two countries in North Korea and carried out some reforms and reforms, which made Donghu gradually become stronger. However, he was not lucky and happened to meet Li Mu. Li Mu was unwilling to give Donghu King a chance to become stronger.
Li Mu only thought about killing the enemy when he was the weakest. This made it extremely difficult for the rise of the Donghu King. The cunning Donghu King did not find a way to deal with Li Mu. He could only retreat step by step and arrange those tribes that did not belong to his direct line outside the Great Wall. He retreated to the original Sushen area, occupied the place, distanced the distance from Qin, and started a series of developments there.
He invited many scholars, generals, craftsmen and others from North Korea to help him complete the reforms of the Donghu. He even led the tribes to learn about reclamation, farming, smelting, etc.... But for Wang Jian, the situation was different. Although this place was a border, it was not far from Xianyang. The emperor could watch here. The threatening forces here were basically eliminated in hundreds of years.
Wang Jian only faced Yuezhi and the Qiang people. Yuezhi people liked trade and did not like war too much, so their friction with Qin was not as frequent as Donghu, and they would not be unable to think about raiding Qin's land. On the other hand, the Qiang people were still very weak at this moment. It was a matter of hundreds of years later that the Qiang people really began to become strong. The Qiang people could threaten the Central Plains during the Eastern Han Dynasty. Before that, the Qiang people were not considered a threat.
Wang Jian was not under much pressure here, but he had no chance to make contributions. This shows the wisdom of the First Emperor. Wang Jian was promoted step by step because he followed Wu Chenghou very early, and his status was a little higher than that of the generals outside Zhao Kuo. If Zhao Kang's special status was not considered, almost no one could compare to him. Li Mu would be inferior to him because he was a surrendered general.
The emperor arranged Wang Jian here, on the one hand, to show Wang Jian his trust in him, and let you guard outside Xianyang. What a great trust. On the other hand, it is also a disguised reduction of Wang Jian's chances of making meritorious contributions. At any time, the general's power and title cannot be too high. Wang Jian could only start construction work here, including building roads, beacon towers, post stations, etc.
These are military measures. Wang Jian seemed to have known for a long time that the emperor would not be idle. Wars would break out here sooner or later. Therefore, over the years he has been preparing to train local border troops, build military buildings, and even train spies, draw maps outside the border, etc. Wang Jian did not wait for the emperor to attack Yuezhi, but received a letter from Zhao Kuo's death. Therefore, when Gan Luo came to Wang Jian's military camp, he did not see him. Wang Jian had already left here and headed for Xianyang.
All Gan Luo heard here was the news of Wu Chenghou’s death.
Ganluo didn't know how to describe that feeling. When Wang Jian's deputy general told him the news, Ganluo didn't say a word for two days, with only confusion in his eyes. He was obviously fine when I was traveling, and he came out to send me off. Ganluo took out the stone and could not digest the news. However, he did not tell his entourage the news. At this time, such news would hurt morale.
The mission is a different kind of war, and there may not be a huge battle, but bloody conflicts are not inferior to frontal fighting. He cannot let the entourages fall into grief at this time, and Ganluo can only temporarily conceal this news. After leaving the Qin land, Ganluo did not rush to the territory of the Yuezhi people. First, he wanted to send someone to tell the Yuezhi King that he would go there and see the other party's reaction, which is very helpful for the next plan.
Ganluo selected a few messengers who he trusted the most and mastered the Yuezhi language, and asked them to rush to the Yuezhi first and tell each other about their trip. These people quickly left here and rushed towards the Yuezhi tent. The Yuezhi people did not have a city. They lived on tribe basis and wanted to migrate according to the climate. Only the Yuezhi tent would not migrate, perhaps because he did not need to grazing himself, or perhaps because the place he occupied was the most abundant pasture.
After entering the territory of the Yuezhi people, the envoys did not encounter interrogation, nor even intercepted them. Sometimes they passed by some tribes and saw the people inside, and those people were also doing their own things calmly and ignored these envoys at all. This surprised the Qin envoys. This was absolutely impossible in Qin. Because they were worried that they were considered an invader by the Yuezhi people, they could only dismount, find a tribe, and ask the leader of the tribe to take them to pay homage to the King of Yuezhi.
When the messenger who had advanced gave some small gifts to the leader, the indifference on the leader's face disappeared. He began to become enthusiastic and introduced some basic systems of his tribe and Yuezhi. Although the messengers had known this for a long time, they still looked careless. After listening to him, the leader even invited them to sit in a guest and killed a sheep for them. This man was pretty good.
But when they said that they wanted to take him to pay homage to the King of Yuezhi, the chief's face suddenly became very ugly. He frowned and pondered for a long time. He said, "Friends from afar, please forgive me. I cannot take you to pay homage. I... may be able to send someone to..." The leader saw the surprised faces of several messengers in front of him, lowered his voice and said helplessly: "I am very afraid of our king. He is a cruel madman..."
Next, the leader vividly described the Yuezhi King in his heart to everyone. This king was a king who had full of skills such as stupidity, cruelty, incompetence, etc. Before he ascended the throne, the Yuezhi people completely controlled the road to the Western Regions, and could force the Huns to attack in the direction of Zhao and were unwilling to fight with the Yuezhi. Since this king ascended the throne, the power of the Yuezhi began to undergo tremendous changes.
How to say, this king relied on his own power and only took less than five years to collapse the originally wealthy Yuezhi belt. If such a thing happened in the Central Plains dynasty, it is understandable that the kings of the Central Plains have absolute control over the country. A foolish king has too much influence on the country. However, in the grassland regime, the king is only responsible for fighting or not, whether to hunt or not, and collect personal income tax and protect the people. He doesn't need anything else.
Under such circumstances, the Yuezhi King can do so well. It can be said that this is a far superior to the King of Han... Well, or a king who is almost the same. Although the King of Han is stupid, it is not bad. The tyrant and the tyrant are different. It is even more difficult to have both the tyrant and the tyrant. The tribal leader said that their king is useless and also said the reason why he is unwilling to go to his territory.
This man often covers his face with his cavalry and plays hunting games in his territory. The targets of hunting are the people in his territory... These words that are difficult to distinguish between true and false scare the messengers into a cold sweat. Can the messengers really play a role in the face of such a lawless king?
The leader still sent one of his own people to visit King Yuezhi. The young man sent was very bad and he was also afraid. Finally, under the leadership of this man, they approached the tent and finally met the army coming to intercept. The envoys who knew about the situation of King Yuezhi in advance were not stingy with the treasures in their hands. The effect of the gift was still huge. Through the gift strategy, they were not embarrassed, and the knights agreed to report to them.
Sitting in the king's tent, King Yuezhi was bored listening to the knights telling about the Qin envoys. He suddenly turned his head, looked at his ministers, and asked, "How is Qin compared with Yuezhi?" The minister was old and used to assist his father, but now he is assisting him. The old minister couldn't help but frowned and said tentatively: "Qin is powerful, but it is still worse than Yuezhi."
Seeing that the Yuezhi King did not order the killing of these envoys, the old minister breathed a sigh of relief. This minister was not an ignorant fool. He knew how powerful Qin was, but he knew better what his king was. He was afraid that after he said that Qin was stronger, the king thought he was humiliated and then killed these Qin envoys in revenge, which caused a war between the two countries. At the same time, he was also afraid that if Qin was far inferior to Yuezhi, the king would kill them disapprovingly and rob their gifts.
Therefore, he could only give such an answer, "Qin State is very powerful and difficult to deal with, not as good as Yuezhi, but he cannot move easily."
The King of Yuezhi suddenly became interested and asked to meet these envoys. This was the first time the envoys saw the King of Yuezhi. The King of Yuezhi was bloated and had no eyes. He looked like he was addicted to wine and sex, and was ignorant. When the King of Yuezhi looked at them, the envoys paid him a visit, he did not return the courtesy. He suddenly asked, "How is Qin compared to the Yuezhi?"
At that moment, the old minister almost jumped up. He opened his eyes and looked at the confused messengers in front of him, but could not speak. The Qin envoy looked at the arrogant Yuezhi King in front of him, just smiled and said calmly: "Of course it is not as good as the Yuezhi." After the envoy learned about this king these days, he probably understood the other party's character. This was a tyrant, a king who did not care about the country at all.
Facing him, unless Wang Jian and Zhao Kang came, they would not be able to oppress him in language. No matter how many envoys of Qin praised Qin's strength, no matter how tough they performed, the other party would not pay attention to it. Only General Zhao Kang's sword might make him understand, but now Zhao Kang is not here, so they can only bow their heads and bow their heads to the madman. This is not a shame.
Long before they came, Ganluo told them that they came this time to inquire about the news from the Yuezhi, open up the road to the Western Regions, make some small preparations, and bow their heads when it is time to bow their heads. It doesn't matter... After completing the mission, there are opportunities. After receiving such an answer, the Yuezhi King of course laughed and happily asked the messengers to sit down.
The messengers gave gifts, and King Yuezhi became even happier. Fortunately, he was not a simple tyrant, but he was also a foolish monarch, and could be moved by treasures. If he didn't care about anything and just wanted to kill people, there would be no way to communicate. When the messengers said that Gan Luo was carrying more gifts and preparing to give them to him, saying that Qin State intended to make friends with Yuezhi, King Yuezhi also happily agreed.
He even invited the Qin envoys to hunt with him... The leader said before, his hunting target was his own people. If he was hungry, he would let someone steal the cattle and sheep from the people's homes. When he was full, he would find a tribe to find a few women, regardless of whether the other person objected or not. As long as he opposed it, the tribe would be eliminated... The Qin envoy was stunned. He really didn't understand why the Yuezhi people did not overthrow such a king? Why did they endure these?
The young man who had led them had not yet returned. He saw the surprise in the eyes of the messengers. He whispered: "Because the knights who followed him could get a few bites when he was eating meat, and after he played..."
The Qin envoy did not speak. He sent someone to find Ganluo in place, and Ganluo soon learned about what happened here. When Ganlu heard this, he was not angry or angry. The Donghu King and the Xiongnu Khan were all difficult people to deal with. Compared to them, kings like Yuezhi were more easily solved enemies... Perhaps, General Wang Jian could not use him at all, and he could solve this incompetent tyrant himself.
Chapter completed!