The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and the pine waves are bursting.

Although it was already late April and it was already summer in the Central Plains, it was still very cool at the foot of the Nanshan Mountain, and even more so at night. The mountain wind seemed to carry the snow on the top of the mountain, making people feel cold all over.

Xu Le buried in front of the case, and together with Ma Rong and others, he followed the map to identify the prisoners according to their clans. Ma Rong once followed Mei Gao to the Qiang, traveling far to the Western Regions, and personally drew pictures. The map of the silk book on the table was drawn by him. Even so, he was still not sure about the locations of the countries west of Loulan.

"Military Supervisor, are these prisoners lying?" Ma Rong straightened his waist and said while twisting his neck.

On the map, it is indicated that the small flags from Wusun and Gumo area account for one-third of the total. Xu Le held the desk with both hands, stared at the small flags, and shook his head. "This is the result of cross-examination, which should be true. It seems that Wusun played a lot of role here. No wonder Dongfang Shuo and Li Danghuo dared not act rashly."

Ma Rong was surprised. "What the military supervisor means is that the King Wusun behind Tianlang is supporting him?"

Xu Le nodded and showed a contemptuous smile. "If it weren't for this, how could Tianlang develop so quickly? Queen Wusun is Tianlang's sister, and it is reasonable for her to support Tianlang. King Wusun just pretends to be deaf and dumb and pretends not to know. If the incident happens, Dongfang Shuo cannot turn against him, so he has to accept his explanation."

Ma Rong took a deep breath. He looked at Xu Le and praised: "The military supervisor really has a unique vision. No wonder Liang Junhou wanted to invite you to be the military supervisor."

Xu Le smiled. It is not advisable for too many people to know about the matter between Liang Xiao and the emperor. Ma Rong had such an idea, and he was happy to see it. He looked around. "Where is the Marquis of Liang?"

"I am meeting the leaders of various tribes." Ma Rong was filled with emotion and pride. "When seeing the respectful look of those tribe leaders, it is worth it no matter how hard they suffer."

Xu Le's eyes flashed, thinking.

Liang Xiaogao sat in the big tent, holding a wine glass, and sipped a sip from time to time. He drank very little. For the tribe leader who liked to drink, he was not happy enough and a little rude. But no one dared to care about him, and even dared to look up at him. No matter how much Liang Xiao drank, even if he just picked up the wine glass to signal, they felt very proud and retreated with satisfaction.

Batu sat on Liang Xiao's left hand and also received the respect of the tribe leaders. His waist was straight and he was serious. He treated these people as much as Liang Xiao treated these people, and he spoke Chinese from beginning to end, as if he regarded himself as a Han person.

March felt that it was inappropriate, but he was in a very good mood now. The prince returned and regained Aliusu's head and bow in one battle. The Yuezhi people won back their dignity and had a new core. Now people are stable and morale are strong, so they are waiting to make new achievements. Although he has some opinions on the arrogance of Liang Xiao and Batu, he cannot object to the arrogance of Liang Xiao and Batu, so he has to liven up the atmosphere as soon as possible and drink with others.

March quickly drank too much and was carried down. Without March as lubricant, the atmosphere in the tent immediately became unnatural. The tribal leaders looked at each other and didn't know how to deal with it.

Liang Xiao put down his wine glass and coughed lightly. The tribal leaders turned their faces and bowed to obey.

"Everyone, I have been in the Western Regions for a while and know that the conditions here are difficult and survival is not easy. Your strength is limited. Facing an opponent like Tianlang, if you don't bow your head, you will have to perish."

The tribal leaders breathed a sigh of relief and said in unison: "Thank you for your tolerance, sir."

"Before, my great man was devoted to dealing with the Huns, focusing on Mobei, and not protecting you well, which made Tianlang take advantage of the loophole. Now I am here, from now on, your safety will be guaranteed and you can give birth with peace of mind."

"Thank you, sir, for we are willing to serve the Han Dynasty as the sect leader, send our sons to the court, and pay tribute every year."

"It's great. But don't worry, my great man is rich and rich. What I care about is your intentions and will not covet your tribute. For specific matters, someone will discuss with you. You can also ask Prince Batu first, ask him how old he is in Chang'an and how strong his great man is."

"Here."

"Okay, I still have military affairs to deal with, so I won't accompany you. Prince, please drink more with them."

Batu rose up and bowed to accept the order. "Don't worry, lord, I will tell them the great virtue of the great man."

Liang Xiao stood up and left. Xie Guanglong, Alexander and others stood up one after another and protected Liang Xiao away. Batu sat on the mat and coughed: "Everyone, you must have heard of the war last winter. Do you know what happened to the great man when he was carrying out this war? Do you know that the Right Xian King was defeated by many Han troops?"

Liang Xiao returned to the central army's tent, and Ma Rong immediately met him. Liang Xiao untied his cloak and sat in front of the table. "Mr. Xu, what are you getting?"

"It's similar to what you guessed before, there are Wusun people supporting Tianlang behind their backs."

Liang Xiao snorted and twisted his fingers. "Jun Xu, since that's the case, we don't have to worry. The most urgent task is to recruit soldiers. You go and talk to the tribes, let them hand over the most elite soldiers, and then provide enough war horses. Weapons and armors are exempted. These technologies cannot be leaked for the time being. Please ask Guo Wenbin to build them in Dunhuang. Now we will first use our spare equipment to equip them."

Xu Le nodded repeatedly and recorded them one by one.

"There is one more thing that I want to discuss with Xu Jun."

"you say."

"Most of these tribes have no text and different languages. They all rely on translation to pass on messages. I think this is inconvenient. Xu Jun, can you tell me if you can bring a few soldiers who know the words and write to build a mobile school to teach them to read and write. At least those soldiers who are in the army must be able to understand our words and understand our documents."

Xu Le's eyes lit up. "What does Junhou mean to be culture?"

"It's about the same. Now it's wartime, we can only be simpler. When we settle down, we will recruit some wanderers to go deep into the pastoral areas of various tribes and become cultural messengers, spreading the culture of our Han Dynasty to all directions. In this way, thirty years later, most of the people in these tribes speak Chinese language and write Chinese characters, and they will naturally agree with our Han Dynasty."

"Good idea." Xu Le slapped his thigh and looked happy. "I will report to the court immediately, and the emperor will definitely agree."

"I'm afraid this matter cannot be handled by the court." Liang Xiao held his cheek. "It's too hard here. It's not easy to recruit so many scholars who are both knowledgeable and willing to endure hardships. I think that maybe treat military experience as an assessment and inspire more people to join the border. As the saying goes, it's better to use both civil and military affairs. It's not enough for us military men to conquer with force. You learned people need to cooperate."

Xu Le smiled with a smile on his palm. "Your Majesty's words have won my heart."

"Then I will entrust this matter to Xu Jun. If you talk, you will do it. If you take action, I will do it."

"Okay, one word is certain."

Under the snow-capped mountains, Tianlang Valley.

Wu Dan's eyes were cold, touching the knife ring with one hand, gently tapping his thigh with the other hand, staring at the dusty soldiers, without saying a word. He knocked on one and then again, as if knocking on the head of the soldiers, scaring him so much that he crawled on the ground and didn't even dare to show his energy. Two half-dressed Qiang women knelt on the side, silent as if they were cold, and their appearance was lost.

Yiwuer died in battle, Aliusu's head and bow fell into Batu's hands, and all the plans to conquer the remnants of the Yuezhi were lost. These were not enough to make Wu Dan feel angry. He lived in seclusion in the deep mountains for several years, and he practiced hard not only strength and archery skills, but also mind.

However, hearing Liang Xiao's name caused a stir in his ancient well-like state of mind. Although it was just a few ripples, it broke the peace.

The decline of the Hunxie tribe from a powerful tribe has been caused by Liang Xiao. Now he is back, and he killed Yiwuer with one move, destroying the good situation.

Yiwuer, this idiot! Wu Dan cursed viciously.

Waving his hand to repel the defeated soldiers, Wu Dan got up and left the tent. He didn't even bring the guards and walked onto the mountain road behind the camp alone.

The mountain road was rugged, and the narrower it was getting higher and narrower. Gradually, there was no road left. Wu Dan could only use his hands and feet to climb upwards. He climbed alone for two hours, climbing up to the snow line, standing outside a hidden cave. Even though he had been practicing hard in the mountains for many years, he was a little panting at this moment. He stopped far outside the cave, adjusted his breathing evenly, and then came to the cave and fell to the ground.

"Great Wizard."

The voice of the great wizard came from the cave. "Climb in."

Wu Dan really crawled into the hole. The entrance of the hole was very small. Wu Dan took off the cloak outside and then barely squeezed in. After entering the hole, he leaned against the cold stone wall. It took him a long time to adapt to the black hole in the hole and vaguely saw the location of the wizard.

"You're fat."

Wu Dan touched his mouth awkwardly. When he was in the mountains, he practiced hard and only ate for nutrition, and he didn't care about his taste at all. After a few years, he didn't even have a trace of fat on his body. After coming out of the mountain, he was invincible and conquered dozens of tribes of all sizes. He served good wine and meat every day, so how could he not be fat?

"Liang Xiao is back?"

Wu Dan was shocked, but inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief. Since the great wizard knew that Liang Xiao was back, she must have a way to deal with it. "Yes, Liang Xiao was back, killed Yiwuer, and took away Aliusu's head and bow."

"Are you scared?"

Wu Dan hesitated for a long time, but he still didn't dare to show off in front of the great wizard. "The great wizard's clarity, I really don't have any confidence in winning."

"In terms of archery, you just had some strengths. In terms of mood, you could compete with him when you were in the mountains. Now, I don't think it's true. But the most important thing is not here."

"Please give a clear guide to the great wizard."

"No matter how strong you are, you are just a person after all. Liang Xiaoqiang is not just him, there are countless people around him." The great wizard sighed. "Even if you can defeat him, you cannot defeat the Han Dynasty. Dongfang Shuo still holds troops, you can only dominate the Nanshan area and cannot control the Tianshan Mountains. Wusun Kunmo holds 50,000 powerful soldiers and does not dare to act rashly, so how can you have a chance?"

Wu Shan was silent for a long time. "What should I do according to the great wizard's wishes? Could it be that I will surrender to Liang Xiao?"

"If you could surrender, you would have surrendered long ago, so why wait until now?" The great wizard chuckled: "Although the Han people are powerful and have won consecutive battles in recent years, the Han people are not without flaws. Liang Xiao is too ambitious, and the Han emperor is very afraid of him. If you send him to the Western Regions, you may not have no intention of letting him die. If you negotiate with the Han people after killing Liang Xiao, you may have the opportunity to rebuild the Hunxie tribe."

"Then how can I defeat Liang Xiao?"

"It depends on yourself." The great wizard closed his eyes and did not make a sound for a long time.

Wu Dan knelt on the opposite side, waiting silently, and did not dare to move. Although his knees soon became unbearable and gradually became so cold that he lost consciousness. The coldness invaded his legs and his waist, he still gritted his teeth and endured it.

The cave was dark, and I didn't know the time. It was not until Wu Dan felt that his heart was almost frozen that the great wizard said quietly: "Okay, you can leave. If you can practice like this for two hours every day, you still have a chance to fight. The king, if you want to obtain amazing skills, you will suffer inhumane suffering. God is fair, and no one can get it without work."

Wu Dan woke up in her dream, and her cheeks were hot in the darkness. He bowed twice and turned around and came out of the hole.

"Also, don't come again in the future." said the great wizard: "My destiny is over and I will be back to Chishan soon."

Wu Dan was stunned for a moment, turned around and fell to the great wizard again, tears bursting out from his eyes.

Chigu City. Dongfang Shuo pulled the bear skin cloak, smiled, and walked towards Liejiaomi and Aruikan. Aruikan's eyes turned, and when he touched Dongfang Shuo, he lowered his eyelids again, and his hands were tugged together uneasily.

Lie Jiaomi smiled and bowed from afar. "Mr. Dongfang, you haven't been here for a long time."

"Yes, there are a lot of things happening in Nanshan recently, and I can't get rid of it."

Lie Jiaomi's eyes flashed slightly. "How was the matter in Nanshan? Mr. Dongfang must have surrendered the Tianlang at this point."

Dongfang Shuo laughed and shook his head. "I should not do such a rough thing as catching a wolf. What I care about is big things that are about survival and death, and the small things must naturally be left to the right people."

"I don't know who is the right person, Li Danghu, or Li Shuyun?"

Dongfang Shuo squeezed his eyes with a smile. "Please guess again."

Lie Jiaomi thought for a long time, but still shook her head. "I can't guess."

"Actually you should guess." Dongfang Shuo smiled even more mysteriously. "This person is your old opponent, and you have fought many times. Of course, he is not unfamiliar with Tianlang, and he can be regarded as a mortal enemy."

Lie Jiaomi was still thinking, but Aruikan's face had changed drastically. "Are you talking about... Liang Xiao?"

"It's still the smart man of Yan." Dongfang Shuo looked around with his lips. "Where is my exclusive chair? Where is it? Why don't you take it out for me?"

Liejiaomi's face changed drastically, but Arikan responded: "Sir, wait a moment, and I've sent someone to move when I hear that Mr. I'm here, and I'll arrive soon."—
Chapter completed!