Zhang Qian decided to change his route and pass through the Qiang area in Qinghai to avoid being intercepted by the Huns.
They crossed the Pamirs again, along the northern foot of the Kunlun Mountains, through Shache and Khotan, which is today's Hotan. Go north and return to Chang'an.
Surprisingly, the Qiang people had become vassals of the Huns.
Zhang Qian was really unlucky, and once again became a captive of the Hun cavalry. This time. Zhang Qian thought that he would die. But, surprisingly, the Hun leader once again forgives the escaped Han envoy. In the camp of the Huns, Zhang Qian returned to his wife, the kind Hun woman, after many setbacks.