Lu Jia thought there might be something wrong with his ears.

I asked carefully three times and got three identical answers one after another.

Yes, I heard it right.

Wusun and Qiuci put together about two thousand troops in front.

"They look down on people too much, right?" Lu Jia shook his head in disappointment.

Although the situation is unfavorable to him, the other party does not give him the respect he deserves.

What kind of fighting capacity do I have over 800 people?

It’s you Wusun who doesn’t know?

Or do you, Qiuci, have no idea in your heart?

You want to stop more than 800 people like me with 2,000 people?

To put it bluntly, with their little fighting power, if more than 800 people charged at them, they would be completely defeated.

"Envoy Lu, it seems that this battle is unavoidable. Let's prepare early. It will also give these envoys who are following us home a look at the true strength of our big men!" Xue Tuo, the captain of the Forbidden Army, looked at Lu Jia and said.

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"Don't panic!" Lu Jia shook his head.

What he was showing now gave him a very strange feeling.

This intuition is often very accurate.

It's not a matter of metaphysics, but based on reality, everyone will have a subconscious understanding of something.

And when you happen to be in this environment at a certain moment, you will subconsciously notice that something is abnormal.

It's like if your sales volume is RMB 10,000 and you were supposed to receive a commission of RMB 500, you were suddenly given a commission of RMB 1,000.

Five hundred is normal, but after seeing one thousand, you will instantly feel that something is wrong.

Therefore, the sixth sense often comes from the subconscious mind, rather than some unreliable metaphysics.

"This is not normal!" Lu Jia said with a frown.

"It's abnormal, but now we have no choice, unless we take a detour, but in that case, the purpose of the Lu Envoy will be compromised." Of course Xue Tuo noticed the abnormality.

At this moment, anyone with any brains has noticed this problem.

Even if Wusun and Qiuci had never fought against the Han army, weren't their actions in the Western Regions enough for them to make a comparison?

There is already a problem with the tacit understanding between the two parties.

At this time, the only way to reduce the series of problems caused by tacit understanding is to increase the number of troops.

But Wusun and Qiuci did not do this, and instead only sent two thousand troops.

"Find a way to go around to the back and have a look, and send people to both sides to investigate!" Lu Jia then ordered.

"Envoy Lu is worried that they have ambushed people around?" Xue Tuo thought for a moment, and it seemed possible, but he felt that it didn't make much sense.

Lu Jia nodded and said: "It's not impossible. We are not just an envoy, but there are so many envoys from the Western Regions. They carry a lot of supplies, and their traveling speed is basically faster than ours. If we were alone, we would not be able to break through.

It is not a problem, but if you are not careful with them, it is very likely that they will be separated by Wusun and Qiuci. Then the head and tail will not be able to coordinate, and the formation will be disrupted. If you want to fully exert your combat power, you will be unable to do so.

It’s different from a fantasy.”

The expression on Xue Tuo's face gradually became serious.

That's right, he just ignored that.

He only needs to bring five hundred forbidden troops with him to easily break through the opponent's obstruction.

But what about the envoys behind?

What should they do?

No matter how fast I run in front, what's the use?

Is it possible that the mission can be left alone and ignored?

Lu Jia made the decision to take them back to Luoyang. From that moment on, it meant that the mission had no other choice.

Only by successfully bringing these people back to Luoyang can the prestige of the Han Dynasty fly over the Western Regions and make everyone fear the prestige of the Han Dynasty.

If the envoy had a problem on the way, it would be because the Han army ran away on their own.

Even though the big man is still strong, his reputation will plummet.

Instead of doing this, it would be better not to take them with them from the beginning, so that the mission can change the route at will and go wherever they want. No matter how they go, it will not affect the reputation of the Han Dynasty here. At most, the effect will be less.

But there will never be any side effects.

"Huh? Our people?" Just when Xue Tuo was about to send people to investigate, he saw a few war horses hurriedly running in front of them. The people on the horses were clearly dressed as Han soldiers.

"Why are there so many people?" Lu Jia looked at the situation in front of him and subconsciously felt that something was wrong. He looked again and counted the heads, and he found something wrong.

There were five people who went out earlier. This is also a scouting and reconnaissance formation commonly used by the Han army.

For this kind of close-range intensive reconnaissance, the unit of troops is generally used. The scouts of this unit are generally only responsible for the area ten miles away and within thirty miles.

Within ten miles, there is a two- and three-level investigation, that is, one unit is divided into two teams, which basically means carpet-type investigation.

For those farther away, from thirty to fifty miles away, the units are in tens, and beyond fifty miles, most of them are in units of tens and hundreds.

In this way, even if they encounter a situation, they will have a certain ability to protect themselves.

The ones who went out just now were obviously three reconnaissance teams of two or three formations, and three three-person and one two-person formations have returned.

In other words, there are only two two-person investigation teams left outside that have not returned yet.

But there are actually nine people in this team in front of us?

"Envoy Lu! There are four people who are not ours!" Sharp-eyed Xue Tuo observed carefully for a while and quickly discovered something different.

As the distance shortened, Lu Jia also saw that there were indeed four people dressed completely differently from the Han people.

But there is nothing disharmonious between the two parties.

What are they doing?

Regarding the topic of what they were doing, Lu Jia quickly got confirmation.

Even though he was used to seeing strong winds and waves, it was difficult for Lu Jia to wake up from this reality for a while.

But the facts told him that this was indeed the case.

Not everyone has the courage, and not everyone is unable to see clearly the future trend.

Of course, there are some unexpected factors.

"You mean, those in front are the envoys from Wusun and Qiuci?" Lu Jia was a little surprised. He never thought that those two thousand people were envoys.

This scale is not small at all. Although there are a lot of people, considering that when the Han Dynasty mission came out, there were more than a thousand people, so this situation is understandable.

Maybe people saw the size of the Han Dynasty’s mission, so Bihuluhualaiao also formed such a mission?

"Dear Han envoy, this is the case. We received the notice from your subordinates a month ago, so we immediately selected some people to join the mission. Our Wusun mission was personally led by the eldest prince.

, more than 200 of them are nobles..."

"Our Kucha mission is led by the high priest..."

Those who came to report from both countries reported the size and composition of the missions.

Lu Jia was still surprised by this.

He didn't expect that Wusun and Qiuci would put in such great effort.

Especially Wusun, even if the eldest prince leads the team, there are more than 200 nobles.

If we compare it to the Han Dynasty, it would be equivalent to sending more than 200 officials of high status to one mission.

The fact is, how many officials did the mission led by Lu Jia have?

So far, there are basically five real officials, one for himself, one for the two deputy envoys, Xue Tuo, the lieutenant, and Wang Ting, the deputy envoy.

There are only these five officials out of a dozen, and the 'apprentices' under his command have not yet been officially appointed as officials.

They are just officials at best, but it is undeniable that as long as they can return to Luoyang this time, they will definitely be given official titles and titles.

"As far as I know, Dawan seems to have also sent envoys to visit Wusun and Qiuci, right?" Lu Jia was still a little uneasy.

There are still three thousand Dawan soldiers hanging behind him, which has proved that Atuoli's previous tip was true.

"That's right!" The two of them smiled slightly, not hiding anything about it.

Instead, he admitted it openly, but then said: "The King of Dawan sent an envoy to visit, claiming that the Han Dynasty is about to send troops to the west. By then, no one in the Western Regions can escape, so if you want to keep your pastures and

In order to obtain power, we must find a way to prevent the Han army from entering the Western Regions, and the best way is to stop the Han envoys and keep them in the Western Regions forever. In this way, the Han Dynasty does not know the depth of the Western Regions, so naturally it will not dare to send troops rashly, and then

Come down, every time the Han Dynasty sends an envoy, we will intercept it."

"Dawan's statement was recognized by some people, but was also rejected by more people. Everyone knows how powerful the Han Dynasty is. If the Han Dynasty really wants to enter the Western Regions, no one can stop him. Dawan can't do it.

Wusun can't do it, Kucha can't do it, and even a three-party alliance can't do it."
To be continued...