The vast Gobi Desert is submerged in boundless darkness, and the undead cry in the late autumn night wind. The cold cold slowly penetrates all living things and erodes their fragile souls.

The river water of Qiemo is like the rushing blood of the earth, transmitting this coldness that penetrates deep into the bone marrow to the vast desert. The wind and sand of Tulun River lowered its proud head, put away its unruly wildness, and accumulated strength in silence to fight against the approaching cold. It can only wait, wait for the arrival of spring, and wait for the explosion at that moment.

The Great Sui people stood in the darkness, listening to the whistling of the wind, looking at the undead who were leaving with the wind, crying silently.

General Ying Yanglang of Qiemo Yingyang Mansion died on the battlefield as he wished. Now, he was lying on the cold Gobi Desert. The shame, guilt, injustice, pain, etc. behind him no longer had anything to do with him. His only regret was that he could not see the battle flag of the Great Sui Dynasty floating again at the head of Qiemo City, and the beacon of the Great Sui Dynasty burning again on the banks of the Tianma River.

When I headed west, I looked up at the night sky. The crescent moon was gone, and the stars hid in the thick clouds. Wherever I could see my eyes, there was darkness, cold, terrifying, and desperate darkness.

The Yingyang Mansion, the farthest from Chang'an, was destroyed. General Yingyanglang was killed in battle, the guards fell, Qiemo City was lost, and the Great Sui people suffered heavy damage on the battlefield of the Western Tu. This was the most painful failure that the Great Sui people encountered on the battlefield of the Western Tu since the emperor's Western Expedition.

Three years ago, the Sui people destroyed Tuyuhun, expanded their territory, and built the four counties of Xihai. They were once glorious, but in a blink of an eye, the scenery was no longer there. The Sui people lost Qiemo and struggled on the battlefield of the Western Land. The Sui people had to lower their arrogant heads, faced the severe situation in the Western Land, and had to accumulate strength, waiting for the moment of counterattack.

When he walked west slowly, he saw two vague figures standing in the distance. They were Buyi and Jiangduhou. They were waiting for Jialan and waiting for the brother who had stopped the pursuers and had not returned yet.

Walking west, staggering, and feeling tired.

Jiang Duhou looked at him coldly and said, "That's the matter, we should go to Chang'an."

"Go to Shanshan first and make a long-term plan."

"What else can I do?" Jiang Duhou said angrily, "Qi Mo is lost, from the prefect, General Ying Yanglang, to our garrisons, and Fengzi, who can escape the crime of defeat in the defeat? We are already dead, and with Qie Mo City, we will die together. From then on, we will be lonely souls in the desert, ghosts in the darkness, and evil spirits in hell. We are free, we can leave the Western Land, and we will also go to Middle Land, and we will go to the sword and fight the warriors, and enjoy the revenge."

"Silly!" Xixing scolded him and said contemptuously, "It's a miracle that you can live until now."

Jiang Duhou glared at him fiercely, and was about to curse him back, but he was stopped by the Buyi.

"Brother Jiu, what's going on? What about the prefect of Qiemo? What about the county magistrates of Suning and Furong counties? What about the garrison troops of each town, garrison, and beijing? Why is the military strength of Qiemo Yangfu so weak?"

He sighed, "Those who can run away have already run away. I heard that the prefect went to Hexi to treat his illness. The county magistrate went to Chang'an as a minister of ministers. The county magistrate of the two counties stayed in Qiemo City for several months, and then went to Dunhuang for an excuse, but never took office from beginning to end. As for the officials of the county and county governments, of course, they followed the officials."

"More than a month ago, the Eagle Fighter General, Yueqi Captain and the Infantry Captain of the Yingyang Mansion, led a group of people to suppress the rebellious Achae Lu. On the way, the entire army was wiped out. Now it seems that the two hundred squadrons and cavalry were betrayed by the rebels of the Yingyang Mansion and fed Fu Yun in vain."

"The Yingyang Mansion originally had only four regiments of troops, two regiments were in each town, garrison, beacon, and border guards, and two regiments were stationed in the capital. Fu Yun obviously knew this secret, and first used a plan to ambush a regiment, and then divided his troops to attack the scattered garrison troops returning to the rescue. Aren't your Tianma Shu also attacked? If the Black Turks had not appeared suddenly and delayed your trip, you would have been ambushed on the way back to the rescue."

When he went west, he sighed again, "There is only one regiment of defensive forces in Qiemo City, and the defense of the entire city mainly relies on the temporary recruitment of Tuyuhun people and border guard prisoners. In the case of serious deterrence, the Tuyuhun people and border guard prisoners obtained weapons, and the consequences must be a disaster. I was ordered to call the police, but I did not expect that the situation in Qiemo is more severe than we expected and there was no power to save it at all."

"Zhi Niang, those escaping beasts should be cut into pieces." Jiang Duhou cursed hatefully, "God is blind. We are bleeding, sweat and killing the enemy, but the final credit is theirs. The blame is ours. Is there any law in this world?"

"What should we do next?" asked Buyi, "After the Shanxi Dynasty, should we urgently report to Hexi while waiting for Hexi reinforcements, and then fight back with the army?"

When he walked west, he looked at the dark night sky, his face showed sadness and anger, and he remained silent for a long time.

Buyi and Jiang Duhou were quite surprised. Qiemo was lost and his territory was robbed by Achai. Could it be that Hexi reinforcements had not yet rushed? Once this matter reached Chang'an, the emperor Longyan was furious. From the generals of Honghua, who was in charge of Longyou's military, to the generals of the Twelve Guards of Hexi, and General Wu Benlang, were punished. Now the only way is to regain Qiemo and lose his merits. If Hexi still remains unchanged and ignores Qiemo, it will only make the situation in the Western Land worse and worse. This not only encourages the arrogance of the Western Land captains, but also opens a convenient door for the Tuyuhun people to restore the country.

"All the Mo is lost, why haven't the reinforcements from Hexi gone south?" Jiang Duhou asked angrily, "Do you have to wait until all the garrisons in the south are dead before Hexi can send reinforcements?"

"The situation in the south is bad, and the situation in the north is even worse." Xixing shook his head and said, "We are humble in position and have low power. We are not the turn of this kind of military and national affairs."

"What are you worried about?" Buyi looked at Jiangduhou and said, "The emperor orthodox army led a large army to expedition to Goryeo. On the day of triumph, the time of the army's western expedition. When our army's hundreds of thousands of troops entered the Western Land, will Ah Chai Lu still have the power to resist? With one knife, it will be destroyed."

When Jiang Duhou thought of the great army expedition to Tuyuhun that day, they were invincible and defeated all the attacks, and the person who blocked them was invincible, the anger in his heart subsided a little. No matter what, the strength of the Great Sui Dynasty was there, and in the face of absolute strength, Achai Lu was vulnerable at all. This small setback in front of him was nothing, so he thought he was accidentally bitten by a poisonous snake.

He sighed bitterly. He wanted to tell the two brothers that the emperor's Eastern Expedition failed and it was a crushing defeat. It was because of the crushing defeat that the Western Divinity strategy of the Great Sui changed. If the emperor's upcoming second Eastern Expedition still failed to achieve a decisive victory, then the Western Divinity strategy would inevitably undergo a subversive change when the Great Sui was unable to take into account the Western Divinity. The Great Sui may temporarily give up on the Western Divinity strategy, and the Western Divinity strategy will be changed from active attack to passive defense. Qiemo and Shanshan of the South Road had to give up when they had no choice.

This is a secret. Even in the Western Regions Duwei Mansion, there are very few people who know about it, and the Westward Journey is one of the insiders. The Western Regions Duwei Mansion was worried about the future of Qiemo, so he sent the Westward Journey to Qiemo to inquire about the news and tried his best to help Yingyang Mansion defend Qiemo, striving to take the initiative in the future changes in the situation in the Western Land and Turkish situation. However, this idea has now been declared a failure.

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"Dingding..." A faint camel ringing sound suddenly came from the wind.

Buyi and Jiangdu Hou, traveling westward, opened their eyes wide and looked into the depths of the darkness.

Gradually, the monotonous and pleasant camel ringing became clearer and clearer. Suddenly, a low roar of thunder came from the darkness, full of solemn and murderous aura.

"Blizzard..." Jiang Duhou shouted excitedly, "Garan is back, he is back, Ah Chailu hates him to the core, but he just can't kill him, haha..."

Buyi and Xingxi looked calm. With Jialan's wisdom and force, coupled with the dark night where he could not see his fingers and the endless Gobi Desert, Achaelu could not kill Jialan, but it was not easy for Jialan to find them in the dark.

Buyi raised his horn bow and shot out a whistle.

The black panther jumped up from the ground and barked wildly.

The camel bell suddenly sounded, and then there was a sudden sound of war horse galloping, mixed with a few low roars of snow mastiffs.

Soon, the majestic white figure of Blizzard rushed out of the darkness and got closer, and then the bright silver armor gradually came into view.

One man, one horse, one mastiff and one camel, sweeping across like a wind and lightning.

Jiangduhou strode forward, flew over and grabbed the reins of the fire, and shouted at the blood-stained Galan, "Brother, are you injured? Are you Ah Chailu behind?"

Buyi and the west also walked over quickly.

Jialan flew off the horse, took off the golden wolf head protective gear, and said to Jiangduhou in a hoarse voice, "I have met Achaelu's Busaber Khan."

Jiang Duhou suddenly became nervous, pulled over Jialan and carefully checked it up and down. The Mingguang armor was covered with marks left by swords, guns and arrows, and there were even two obvious dents on his back, which looked shocking. "Brother, are you injured? Have you ever been injured in the inner organ?"

Buyi and the West were also very nervous, so they went forward to take off Galan's armor to check his body.

"Achaelu is behind." Jialan shook his hand to stop him, "They chased him tightly. I walked around the Gobi for several times but didn't get rid of them. Go immediately and go to Ziyuntian."

Seeing that Galan was sober, spoke very clearly, and his every move was normal, the three of them felt relieved.

"Fu Yun vowed to kill you. After a while, he will gain a foothold in Qiemo. He may report to the Western Land and offer you a reward. In my opinion, this place cannot be stayed." Jiang Duhou said with great enthusiasm, "It just so happens that my brothers are going to Chang'an. If we can't make it through the Western Land, we will go to Zhongdi to create a world."

Xixing glanced at him and sneered, "Shut up your mouth. I don't want to hear the same thing again before entering Chang'an."

Jiang Duhou smiled and didn't care.

"How many Achaeta are behind?" asked the common man.

Jialan looked bitter, "If nothing unexpected happens, Fu Yun is taking the main force to run to Loulan as fast as possible."

The three of them suddenly looked solemn.

"Why is Fu Yun in a hurry to go to Shanshan?" Bu Yi looked west and asked in confusion, "Did the Turks and Tielite people have already burned the war to the Puchanghai area, and he also wants to step in and wait for an opportunity to capture Shanshan?"

"What's the situation in Loulan before you come to Qiemo?" Jiang Duhou also asked anxiously.

Walking west frowned and pondered for a moment, he said, "Winter is coming soon. In order to gain an advantage before the heavy snow comes, the Western lands will inevitably have a series of big moves. Fu Yun just took down Qiemo City and rushed to Loulan without waiting for a rest. Obviously, the situation in Shanshan is tense. He can't get Loulan, but he will not let the Turks or Tiel people get Loulan."

"Where is our army?" Jiang Duhou asked angrily, "Since the situation in the north and south is tense, why did the Hexi army slow to enter Loulan? If there were tens of thousands of troops in Loulan now, would Achaelu dare to fight Qiemo? The Turks and Tiel people dare to burn the war to Loulan?"

"Go away!" Jialan urged, "Go to Ziyuntian first to rest and accumulate energy, so as not to be eaten alive by Achaelu before he even arrived in Loulan."

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Chapter completed!