Under night.

Peacock Sea is quiet and peaceful.

Like a mirror, it reflects the entire bright starry sky.

From a distance, it looks like crystal clear lake water, studded with shining gems, looking beautiful and coquettish amid the vast miles of yellow sand.

The mist lingers.

It is also shrouded in a somewhat mysterious atmosphere.

The Peacock Sea is a famous lake and sea in the Western Regions. It is called the Peacock Sea because it looks very much like a peacock with its tail spread open.

Because the sea salt is too high, there is no life in the water, and there is no grass on the surface of the lake, it is also called the Sea of ​​Death. During the day, the sky and water are the same color, connecting with the blue sky like a mirror, so it is also called the Mirror of the Sky

…

To the east of Peacock Sea.

There is a river called Kongque River because it originates from Peacock Desert.

Although the Peacock Sea is bitter and astringent salt water, the water of the Peacock River is crystal clear fresh water. On both sides of the river, you can see Poplar euphratica towering, green grass, flowers in full bloom, and a pleasant scenery.

Therefore, a country was built on both sides of the river, named Xiaowan Kingdom.

Xiaowan State is among the thirty-six states in the Western Region. It cannot be said to be large or small. It has more than 300,000 civilians and 5,000 to 6,000 soldiers.

And the more than 300,000 people in Xiaowan State all depend on the Kongque River...

To the east of Xiaowan State.

It is the source of the Peacock River and the Peacock Desert, one of the three major deserts in the Western Regions.

The Peacock Desert is located between the Thirty-six Kingdoms of the Western Regions and the Loess Plateau. Almost everyone who wants to enter the Western Regions has to pass through the Peacock Desert.

Unless you take a long detour and climb snow-capped mountains and wander through the Gobi desert.

Therefore, the Peacock Desert is the only way to enter the Western Regions. That's why Feng Qingyan met a caravan in the desert...

Under the silent night.

There were scattered lights on the bank of the Kongque River, and the faint sound of silk and bamboo carried by the wind could be heard. Under the thousand-year-old Populus euphratica on the bank, there were more than ten young Zhou people having fun upstairs in a restaurant with only two floors built of stone.

Drink freely.

These young people appear to be in their early twenties and dressed like literati.

It can be seen at a glance that Zhou Tianxia is a scholar who has not been severely beaten by society and is somewhat arrogant.

Because only arrogant scholars will not change their attire even after they come to the Western Regions. They look down on the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions, the weird culture of the Western Regions, and even the unattractive costumes of the Western Regions...

Although Zhoufu is not suitable for blocking wind and sand, let alone the harsh climate of the Western Regions.

But they still don't change.

in their hearts.

Even if you are far away from home, you still have to wear the clothes of your hometown. The most you can do is cover your face with a scarf to block the wind and sand...

These young scholars all looked dusty, almost all of them had dark red spots on their faces due to the sun, and their lips were also a little chapped.

But all of them have an extraordinary atmosphere.

"Three years! We only need three years to recover the 30,000 miles of the Western Region."

A young man with a chapped face, but still unable to hide his heroic spirit, held a wine bottle in his hand and said while shaking his head with a strong drunkenness.

"Haha, three years!"

"Recovered thousands of miles of the Western Region in three years and civilized thirty-six countries..."

There are also young people laughing and saying, their drunken eyes full of hope for the future.

They came to the Western Regions as early as half a year ago.

at first.

They just wanted to travel to the Western Regions, see the beauty of the Western Regions, see the wonders of the Western Regions, and see the people in the Western Regions. But after seeing most of them, they decided to stay in the Western Regions temporarily, try to regain the Western Regions of thousands of miles, and educate the thirty-six countries...

This decision was supported by everyone.

When they made up their minds, they were extremely ambitious and heroic, and had the attitude of not returning to the Zhou Dynasty until they regained the Western Regions.

"The country of Xiaowan is mainly composed of people from the Zhou Dynasty, and the country of Xiaowan can be the starting point..."

A young man said while drinking.

But after a while.

They suddenly noticed a commotion outside the restaurant. Some young people couldn't help but look out the window and saw more and more commotion on both sides of the Kongque River.

Everyone seemed to be looking eastward in fear.

"Brother Chen, what happened?"

The heroic young man asked doubtfully, carrying the bottle of wine to the window. Hearing the extremely noisy outside, it was already a mess.

"No, it seems that there is a sandstorm hitting the Kongque River."

A young man said with a solemn expression.

"What?"

"How big is this sandstorm?"

"It looks like it shouldn't be too small, otherwise it wouldn't cause such a big commotion."

At this moment, the young people in the restaurant seemed to have suddenly sobered up, and they came downstairs one after another with worried faces.

Under that thousand-year-old poplar tree.

A handsome young man stood still, squinting his eyes and looking at the eastern night sky. He also looked like he was in his early twenties.

Eastern night sky.

Yellow sand is flying all over the sky, like a huge sand wall, blocking the bright starry sky.

When the young people who came down from the restaurant saw the eastern night sky, their faces changed drastically, and their eyes showed horror.

"This this……"

"How is this possible? How could there be such a terrifying sandstorm?"

Some young people said in shock, their voices trembling a little, because the sandstorm was far beyond their imagination.

They see.

That sandstorm reached thousands of miles...

From a distance, it looks like a huge sea of ​​sand crashing towards the Kongque River.

At this moment, they finally understood why there was an instant commotion on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and the people were extremely frightened. When the sandstorm came and hit them, there would be no Kongque River in the Western Regions, and Xiaowan Country would be buried under the Yellow Sea.

"Sir, what should we do?"

The heroic young man walked under the thousand-year-old Populus euphratica and said with an anxious look on his face.

Under such a terrifying sandstorm, even if they were literati, they might not be able to escape.

It can only be buried under the yellow sand along with the Kongque River and Xiaowan State.

How could this not shock them?

They have not yet recovered the 30,000-mile Western Region, and they have not yet civilized the thirty-six countries...

Unfulfilled ambitions.

How can this make them willing?

"If this sandstorm hits us, the Kongque River will become history from now on, and the Xiaowan Kingdom will also be destroyed..." The young man under the thousand-year-old Populus euphratica said, turning to look at the people behind him, "We can only crush the sandstorm.

Save the Kongque River, save the country of Xiaowan, and save the 330,000 people on both sides of the river."

"Second Senior Brother, this sandstorm is too terrifying. I'm afraid we can't break it with our strength." A young man said worriedly, "This sandstorm can reach at least thousands of miles. The yellow sand comes in walls and mountains, and it can cover the peacock in an instant.

river……"

While they were talking, both sides of the Kongque River were already in chaos.

Countless people packed up their belongings and ran away.

but.

Who can run through a sandstorm thousands of miles away?

Even at the level of scribes, they may not be able to outrun, let alone ordinary people? Although the people in the Western Regions are more ferocious and physically stronger than the people in the Zhou Dynasty, they are still just ordinary people. At most, they are used to two tricks.

Martial arts self-defense.

At this moment, from both sides of the Kongque River, sounds of beatings, cries, women's screams, etc. could be heard.

But more of them are voices of despair.

In the capital of Xiaowan, the king looked at the sandstorm in the eastern night sky with a look of despair in his eyes.
To be continued...