In the big tent, Xiangzhuang met the envoy of King Lin Hu.

The Linhu tribe has been nomadic in the Yunzhong area since the Spring and Autumn Period. In the late Warring States Period, the Linhu tribe was conquered by Yan, Zhao and Qin, so many people in the tribe had contact with the Central Plains. This time, the envoys of the Linhu King Sect knew the Central Plains and so there was no difficulty in communicating with Xiangzhuang.

The envoy Lin Hu had no intention of complaining, but just made a request, hoping to trade a batch of iron weapons from the Chu army with horses to resist the annoying intrusion of the Lou.

Xiang Zhuang said helplessly: "I'm so sorry, I'm afraid I can't help this."

When the envoy Lin Hu heard this, his face turned ashamed and said tragically: "General, you can't wait for death to save me."

Wei Liao, who was sitting at the head of Xiangzhuang, came out and sang blushed, "General, don't we still have five hundred crossbows? Anyway, it's useless to stay in the army. If you want to take it away, it's a burden. Why don't you give it to the Linhu tribe?"

"Bed crossbow?" Lin Hu's envoy was overjoyed when he heard this and said repeatedly, "We want a bed crossbow!"

Of course, the Hu people are familiar with the crossbow. When Meng Tian attacked the Huns in the north and fought against the Huns on the Hetao grassland, he was able to win thrillingly with the sharp crossbow. Now nearly twenty years have passed since the Hetao war. The Hu people on the grassland will still be frightened when talking about the Zhongyuan crossbow. This is a real killing weapon.

"Bed crossbow?" Xiang Zhuang continued to sing a silly face and said coldly, "No, absolutely not!"

Wei Liao hugged the envoy Lin Hu with helpless eyes: I have tried my best, let’s see you next.

The envoy of Lin Hu said anxiously: "General, our Lin Hu tribe is willing to take out the best war horses to trade with you!"

"War Horse?" Xiang Zhuang shook his head repeatedly, looking unmoved at all. "We have less than 20,000 people, but we already have 30,000 to 40,000 war horses. We are not short of war horses now."

The envoy Lin Hu hurriedly said, "The General is not aware that what you have grabbed from the Aries tribe are inferior horses. The Loufan tribe traded to you is not the best war horses, and our Lin Hu tribe is willing to trade the best war horses. As long as the General is willing to trade the bed crossbow to us, the horses are definitely not a problem."

Wei Liao took the opportunity to persuade, "General, King Lin Hu is very sincere."

Xiang Zhuang seemed a little moved and said, "What level of war horses can you come up with, and how many?"

The envoy of Lin Hu hurriedly said, "I won't talk about the three major tribes in Jiuyuan. The Loufan tribe has the largest population, but the one with the largest herd of horses is our Lin Hu tribe. Our Lin Hu tribe has more than 150,000 war horses, five thousand good horses with shoulder heights of more than seven feet, and two hundred BMWs with shoulder heights of more than eight feet!"

After saying this, Lin Hu's envoy said: "What if we are willing to take out twenty BMWs and one thousand good horses to follow the general to trade five hundred crossbows?"

Xiang Zhuang said: "Fifty BMWs, two thousand good horses!"

The messenger Lin Hu gritted his teeth and said, "It's OK!"

"Trade!" Xiang Zhuang suddenly slapped his thigh and said loudly, "When will you send the horses to you? You can take five hundred crossbows from this general at any time."

The envoy Lin Hu thought for a while and said, "General, are there any more crossbows?"

Xiang Zhuang said: "There are only five hundred crossbows, but no matter how many there are, there are no more. However, I still have fifty catapults in my hand, which can throw a huge rock weighing hundreds of pounds hundreds of steps away. The lethality is far greater than that of the crossbow. Do you want it?"

The envoy Lin Hu originally wanted to test it out to see if there were more crossbows in the hands of the people in the Central Plains. But when he heard that the other party had no more crossbows in his hands, he was delighted. Then he heard that there were more lethal catapults, and he was shocked again. If this group of catapults fell into the annoying hands of the building, wouldn’t it be bad?

At that moment, the envoy Lin Hu asked a little nervously: "What is the price of a catapult?"

Xiang Zhuang thought about it and said with some pain: "If you sell it cheaply, just give it two hundred BMWs."

"This..." Envoy Lin Hu said hesitantly, "I have to go back and discuss with the king."

If you give another 200 BMWs, it will be all the BMWs of the Linhu tribe. He can't make the decision.

"Then please come back." Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said, "But don't forget to tell you the king. If there is no news tomorrow, the general of this fifty catapults will be traded to Lou for annoying."

The face of the envoy Lin Hu changed drastically. He immediately stood up and said goodbye to Xiangzhuang, Wei Liao, and left in a hurry.

Watching the figure of the envoy Lin Hu left, Wei Liao couldn't help but sigh: "There are so many Hu people."

Wei Liao couldn't help but sigh that even when the Qin Empire was at its peak, there seemed to be no such many horses for recruitment, and there were even fewer good horses that could be used to form cavalry.

Xiang Zhuang nodded and said with emotion: "Hetao is a good place. Such a good piece of land has made Lou annoying. People from Linhu and Aries are really useless."

Speaking of which, Hetao is really a Feng Shui treasure land.

It is not unreasonable that Hetao is called Jiangnan on the Pass.

If the water plants in Hetao were not for the abundant enough water plants, how could they feed so many cattle, sheep and livestock?

Xiang Zhuang even had some doubts that it is not annoying to add up all the cattle, sheep and livestock of the entire Huns. There are many cattle, sheep and livestock of the Linhu people and the Aries people?

In history, the Huns became truly powerful after Maodun reoccupied Hetao.

When the Baideng siege was at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the Han Empire was indeed extremely weak, but the Huns actually seemed powerful, but Maodun, a rare hero, was very good at psychological warfare. Through the Baideng siege, he immediately destroyed the confidence of the Han army to go north to Jiuyuan to compete with the Huns for Hetao. From then on, the Huns truly occupied the Hetao grassland.

When the old Shang Shanyu succeeded to the throne, the Xiongnu, who had been recuperating in Hetao for nearly 50 years, had a population surged to more than one million, and the number of strong men exceeded 400,000. With his strong manpower and material resources, the Xiongnu defeated the Yuezhi people in one fell swoop. The old Shang Shanyu even cut off the skull of the Yuezhi king and inlaid with gold pieces to make a wine lord.

The military minister Shanyu succeeded to the throne, and the Huns even formed an overwhelming advantage over the Han Empire in terms of military terms.

Fortunately, Emperor Wu of Han emerged and with his extraordinary courage, he fought against the Huns at the peak of his power. He finally won the victory and regained the Hetao territory. After the Huns lost Hetao, the population of the Huns dropped sharply and he never recovered from then on, and was eventually forced to flee far away from Europe.

From this we can see how important the Hetao grassland is to the nomadic peoples in the north?

Xiangzhuang sometimes even wondered whether he should set a fire before leaving and burn all the forest and meadows in Hetao?

However, Xiangzhuang thought about it. In this era, whether it is the Central Plains or the desert, the population was not large, and the population load was far from saturated, and there was no overgrazing or overcultivation at all. Therefore, even if Hetao was burned, it would be restored to its original state in less than ten years, and the Hetao grassland would not have desertified at all.

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Ying Zhen won Wei Yue's favor without much effort.

Speaking of which, Ying Zhen and Wei Yue have similar identities and experiences. They are both princesses of the destruction of the country. They both sacrificed themselves for the sake of the people. In addition, Wei Yue is kind-hearted and Ying Zhen's mouth is sweet, so it can easily win Wei Yue's trust. After only half a day of time, the two of them almost became good sisters who could speak everything.

"Sister Princess, call me Wuyang from now on." Wei Yue held Ying Zhen's hand and said affectionately.

"Okay, sister, just ask to call you Wuyang sister." Ying Zhen agreed happily and said, "But sister, don't call me sister, princess. Sister, sister, is also the daughter of a devastated country. Why call me princess? If my sister doesn't dislike my sister, just call her sister Shiman. Shiman is the name of sister."

"Yes." Wei Yue nodded happily and said affectionately, "Sister Shiman."

"Oh, good sister." Ying Zhen responded, and tears suddenly shed from her beautiful eyes.

"Sister Shiman, why are you crying?" Wei Yue asked with concern while handing over the handkerchief.

"It's nothing, my sister is just happy. After so many years, I finally have relatives again." Ying Zhen smiled and shook her head, and said, "Sister, you don't know how lonely my sister has been in the past few years and how bitter she feels in her heart."

"Every sister knows it." Wei Yue said softly, "Although my sister is young, she has experienced a lot of things. For the sake of the old Qin people in Jiuyuan, my sister has committed herself to marrying the king. My sister also heard from Sister Yishui, "Sister, you are so stupid. How can you agree to marry a Hu person? This is a big event for you in your life."

Ying Zhen sighed and said sadly: "Good sister, not everyone can be as lucky as you."

After saying this, Ying Zhen said again: "In order to save the people of Wei, sister, you married the general, but in order to save the old Qin people, the sister can only marry the Hu people. This is life, this is the life of my sister. The general can save my sister once, but it is impossible to save her again. In the end, my sister is afraid that she will still marry King Lou Fan."

As he spoke, Ying Zhen felt sad from it and started to cry again.

Wei Yue patted Ying Zhen’s shoulder lightly and advised softly: “Sister, don’t worry. My younger sister turned around and told the general to ask him to send someone to warn Lou Fanwang, so that he would not be allowed to bother with his sister again, so, sister, please feel free to find Ruyi Langjun and marry yourself.”

Ying Zhen said: "Silly sister, the general and the Chu army are always leaving."

Wei Yue was silent, but his husband and Chu army would eventually return to Jiangdong.

After a while, Wei Yue said, "Why, sister, please go with us?"

Ying Zhen shook her head and said in a faint voice: "Sister is used to it in Jiuyuan. Moreover, her sister has caused disaster to the old Qin people in Jiuyuan. How can she leave them alone and run away?"

"Then..." Wei Yue couldn't help but worry, "What should I do?"
Chapter completed!