Between the vast desert and grassland, there are clumps and patches of gray-green grass! Standing proudly in the dust and gravel in the sky, some of the grass tips are like red buds like match heads, and some have already bloomed.
, a white flower. It’s called wolfsbane flower.
Amidst the harsh sound of the wind, it shines with a dazzling luster tenaciously under the afterglow of the setting sun. It is said that it is the last scenic spot when the grassland transforms into a desert. Some people say that it is more poisonous than wolves, bringing fear and the threat of death to people.
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However, people also know that when people come from the desert, when they see it, they see hope and know that behind it is life and victory. Only it can survive tenaciously in the worst environment and miraculously survive.
Bloom and bear fruit.
Yun Ye doesn't like wolfsbane flowers very much. He prefers golden plum blossoms. They are also flowers that grow on the edge of the desert. The bright yellow golden plum blossoms make people happy. That day, Ri Mu was riding a horse on the meadow. As long as he saw golden plum blossoms, he would be happy.
She would bend down to pick it up, but at this time, the horse under her crotch was still galloping, winning thunderous cheers from the soldiers.
Yun Ye didn't like Wolfsbane flowers, and Wangcai didn't like them either. His mouth was swollen badly, and his saliva kept flowing down. He kept trampling a bunch of Wolfsbane flowers under him with his hoof before giving up. Just now, he was out of curiosity.
Huggies took a bite of the leaves of the Wolfsbane Flower, but Yun Ye quickly took them out of his mouth and washed his mouth with water. Then his mouth swelled up. This was already the best result. Wolfsbane Flower
Very poisonous.
After walking in the desert for half a month, the soldiers were exhausted and it was rare to see an oasis. Yun Ye ordered to rest here for three days. Some caravans who stayed here to rest saw the army and prepared to offer gifts as usual, but
But they couldn't even enter the main camp. Yun Ye had no intention of turning his soldiers into soldiers.
This meadow is not big, with a radius of only three miles. In ancient times, this may have been a large lake, but it has dried up now. However, the abundant groundwater still nourishes this oasis, tenaciously maintaining the greenery here.
Marching in the desert is extremely difficult. Horses in the Central Plains are not very familiar with this place. The ground that is burned by the sun often makes the horses neigh and fall to the ground. They would rather be burned than touch the hot ground with their shoed feet.
Sand.
It was only the end of April. Yun Ye couldn't imagine what the desert would be like in midsummer. The merchants brought camels. Although they were slow, they were safer. If you want to cross the desert, horses are not the most suitable.
of.
"General, half of our horses have been damaged. We have just traveled a thousand miles. If we reach Loulan, we will lose 10% of the animals." Fan Hong was very surprised when he saw the soldiers slaughtering the fallen horses.
concern.
"Now you understand why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had to mobilize the whole country to conquer the Western Regions during the former Han Dynasty. Fortunately, the national power of the Tang Dynasty is a thousand times better than that of the former Han Dynasty. Otherwise, we would never be so relaxed. I don't want to see this
A war can determine the fate of a country. In that case, the country will be too fragile.
Wei Qing walked this road, and Li Guangli also walked it, but the two people achieved two different results. Wei Qing won a great victory and the entire army returned, but Li Guangli led 30,000 of the most elite soldiers of the former Han Dynasty to fight here. In the end
After spending all his last soldiers, he surrendered to the Huns. The reason was that his conspiracy was exposed and the emperor killed his whole family.
So, Lao Fan, this land is full of heroic souls of our clan. We dare not lose face and can only move forward. We cannot turn back because of a little difficulty. To be honest, there is no way back."
"Your Majesty understands that this place is only four hundred miles away from Loulan, so why doesn't the commander go all the way to complete it? Once the morale is relaxed, the soldiers will never dare to walk through this sea of death again."
Fan Hong held a piece of grass in his mouth. He was always worried. One moment he was worried about livestock, another moment he was worried about supplies, and now he was worried about morale.
"Just a fight will be enough." Yun Ye answered Fan Hongyi with a smile, but there was no smile in his eyes, they were full of murderous intent.
Fan Hong stood up as soon as he turned over and asked Yun Ye word for word: "This is a desert with no people, but I don't know who the commander wants to fight and how to fight."
Yun Ye took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Fan Hongyi, and then walked towards Na Rimu. At this time, Na Rimu was wearing a garland and was more charming than Hua Hua. He was chasing Wang who was unwilling to move much.
As Cai ran, Yun Ye grabbed Na Rimu's hand and walked to the green hill, where they rested back to back for a while.
"Brothers, we finally got a chance to fight." Fan Hongyi was going crazy. As a soldier, he had not fought in a war for nearly ten years, which made him feel so embarrassed. Now that he finally had a chance, he felt that he was going to fight with all his strength.
My forehead is swelling.
April every year is the best time for camel caravans from the Western Regions to travel between Dashi and Chang'an. At this time, countless bandits will appear, and there are many bandits who can speak Tubo. They range from hundreds to four or five.
Thousands of people, no grass will grow wherever they pass, leaving only corpses everywhere, and it will be the same this year! ±Jie specially asked the camel team to send Master the location and time of the bandit's attack.
Heifeng has completely lost his last love and respect for his tribe and ancestors. He just wants to finish these ten years quickly. As long as he makes enough achievements, he can move to the pass. He plans to
I opened a small wine shop in Chang'an, specializing in grape wine, and lived my life peacefully.
So he told Di Renjie the time of arrival and the gathering place of the Tubo bandits every year. In previous years, the Loulan people provided the bandits with food and grass.
This year, the bandits came again. Di Renjie asked Hei Feng to continue to provide information and food to the bandits. Cheng Chumo, who was overjoyed, originally wanted to swallow up the bandits, but found that this year's bandits were very abnormal. They actually
As they were gathering, both large groups and small groups of bandits were ready to form a group. My three thousand men were really not enough, so I could only send a message to Yun Ye, hoping that Yun Ye could arrive at Ruoergai when Bandit I appeared.
The news came from more than one source. Di Renjie knew it, and Yun Ye also knew it. They all unanimously put the credit on Heifeng. The man who sold mutton soup in Shanshan City not far from Loulan was both their master and apprentice.
Erased from this credit, it is not yet time for that person to appear.
The Shanshan Kingdom was destroyed by General Wan Dugui as early as the Northern Wei Dynasty. Today, only one Shanshan City remains. The city on the wasteland was originally an ownerless thing. Only when it was inhabited was it called a city, and only then was it called a country.
When people live there, it becomes a ghost. Due to the re-opening of the Silk Road, this big city began to be inhabited again after being deserted for a hundred years, and the population is increasing.
When there are more people, something called a hero will appear. This kind of thing is always born with the crowd. He who defeats ten people is a hero, whoever defeats a hundred people is a hero, whoever defeats a thousand people is proud, and whoever defeats ten thousand people is considered a hero.
Wejie, so after these heroes fought for a while, this city naturally had an owner and a city lord. Everything was exactly the same as before Wandu returned.
There is a mutton shop at the north gate of Shanshan City. The owner of the shop is a Han family. It is said that his business failed and he was too embarrassed to return to Han Dynasty. He could only open a mutton soup shop in Shanshan City to make a living.
The owner of the shop is a good-tempered person, and he is a good person and good at making friends. I don’t know which year he got lucky and married a wild woman from Nanzhao as his wife. Now he has two
baby.
The mutton soup he makes is excellent. If the Lord of the City does not eat a bowl of mutton soup every day, he will be scratching his head and unable to fall asleep. Under the protection of the Lord of the City, the business of this shop has always been the best.
"Ms. Cocoon, we don't have much worry-free grass. Just make sure that the city owner adds this stuff to his broth and don't add it to other people's broth. This is an unscrupulous method. It's better to use it sparingly. You go
Take out the pine sticks from the broth, and the soup will be ready. Don't bake so many pancakes. No businessmen have come over these days, and the ones who come to eat are all bastards who want credit."
A comely young woman agreed and took out the pine stick from the pot and carefully put it away. This was the secret of her business. The mutton soup was better than other people's because it was on the stick.
Qu Zhuo, who had a short beard, quickly scooped out a large spoonful of mutton soup from the pot and stewed some shredded mutton into the mutton soup. When the green green onions floated on the mutton soup, Qu Zhuo jumped out of his arms.
He took out a black ball the size of a mung bean, threw it into the mutton soup, rubbed his face, put on a smile, and carried the food box in his hand to the hands of a charming Hu Ji outside.
A silver pancake was patted on Qu Zhuo's hand. Hu Jijiao smiled and scratched Qu Zhuo's palm with her fingers and left the shop while twisting her plump buttocks. Madam Cocoon stood in the back room, seeing clearly, and couldn't help but snort.
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Returning to the inner room, Qu Zhuo threw the silver pancakes into the rattan basket hanging above his head and began to knead the dough on the chopping board. His technique was very skillful. He had been doing this for so long that he almost forgot that he was still a Tang Dynasty worker.
The seventh rank official of the empire.
Qu Zhuo often wondered whether Chang'an had forgotten his existence. The original order was to collect the trends of various countries in the Western Regions. Now the materials he collected have filled three large boxes, but no one has come to pick them up.
Until six months ago, a handsome nobleman came to Shanshan City and sat down in his small shop to drink a bowl of mutton soup. When he paid the bill, it was a wooden sign. At that moment, Qu Zhuo almost shouted with joy, and someone
Remember yourself.
That night, he was very drunk and hugged Cocoon Mother and said countless times: They have not forgotten me, they need me. "Cocoon Mother knew the pain in his heart. She held him and listened to him mumbling to himself and listening to him cry.