The group of people kept moving, and camels stopped, from night to day, and stopped on a small oasis until dusk.

"After passing this oasis, you will be in the Shanshan realm." Walking west, standing by the river, took off Mili, looked up at the rolling sand dunes on the other side, frowned and filled with worry.

Ashina He Bao lifted Mili and threw him to the brother behind him. He was caught in an arrow on his left shoulder and bandaged it tightly with his left arm, which made him feel a little inconvenient to move.

"Brother Vulture, are you crossing the river here?"

Hesitated and said nothing.

"Are you worried that another army of Achaelu was heading north along the Silk Road?" He Bao asked.

Nearly 800 miles to Shanshan, the Silk Road goes up the southeastern edge of Tulunchuan and reaches the ancient city of Loulan. Now Fu Yun leads his army into the Tulunchuan desert and takes a detour along the Qiemo River. The journey increases by nearly 200 miles. Is he going to hunt down the remaining soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty, or has another purpose? If he has another purpose and intends to sneak attack the capital of Shanshan, then he is very likely to send a side army along the Silk Road to attract the Great Sui army in the direction of Shan. If this guess is accurate, then cross the river eastward and go from the Silk Road to Loulan, maybe he will run into Tuyuhun's side army.

"A Chailu is coming quickly. We are tired and we must rest for a night. But if A Chailu wants to attack Shanshan, they will not rest. They will definitely come day and night, and we will not escape the disaster of destruction." He pointed to the west and said, "Fu Yun led his army to detour the Tulun River to the north. Then there may be a side army on the Silk Road that is also heading north to cover his traces. If we cross the river and enter the Silk Road in this way, it may be difficult to ensure safety."

Asina Hebao nodded and agreed to the view of traveling west, "Since that's the case, we turn to the northwest, enter Tulunchuan, and then pass north road to Loulan."

After a little consideration of the journey west, he nodded slightly.

Hundreds of miles northwest are the edge of the northern side of the desert, and the north road of the Silk Road is there. This Silk Road comes from Kucha and Yanqi and goes straight to Loulan.

The two Silk Roads of the Western Regions, the north and south, meet in Loulan, and travel more than 1,500 miles northeast to Dunhuang. Dunhuang is the confluence point of the three Silk Roads. From northwest of Dunhuang, go over Luoman Mountain (Tianshan) through Yiwu Road, and go westward. It is also a Silk Road. Therefore, the Great Sui people divided the Silk Road into three different paths, north and south, while the Western Regions people collectively called the two Silk Roads of the North and Central Roads of the North and Central Roads of the North and Central Roads.

"Call Hujia tomorrow morning and tell them the route north."

Asuna He Bao looked at him strangely, and his expression suddenly became cold, "What's wrong with it?"

"The caravan from Khotan is suspicious." He said calmly.

"The Khotanite?" He Bao sneered, "Do you suspect the Khotanite secretly colluded with Achaelu?"

"Don't make random guesses." Xixing said, "What they did in Shanshan has nothing to do with us. We just need to arrive in Loulan safely, but being cautious is not a bad thing."

"What the people of Khotan went to Shanshan for has nothing to do with me, but it has something to do with you," He Bao asked with interest, "Do you want to test it?"

"Don't be too troublesome." He warned him, and then walked towards the river beach.

"Don't be too troublesome?" He Bao looked at his back and spat in dissatisfaction, "Your heart is even darker than a ghost, it's obvious that you're looking for trouble if you have nothing to do."

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Galan carefully checked each wounded person and changed medicine to several of them, and then dragged his tired body back to his tent.

Liehuo and Scar were leisurely enjoying beans and bran grass outside the tent. Blizzard was lying on the curtain waiting for Galan, while Zhaowu Xueer stood beside Blizzard wrapped in a thick white cloak, gently stroking its long neck hair. Seeing Galan's figure appearing in the hazy night, Blizzard roared happily and flew to meet her.

Galan touched Blizzard's big head, then leaned over and opened his hands, and took Xueer, who was following Blizzard, into his arms, "What are your elder brother busy with? Why did you lose you again? Is it because you have Blizzard and a powerful bodyguard that he will leave you alone?"

Xue'er seemed to have not heard of it, struggling to get off, her little hands opened to Blizzard, and her mouth was yelling softly, "Xue'er, Xue'er..."

Blizzard ignored her and jumped around Galan. Suddenly, it twisted its body suddenly and let out a heart-pounding roar in the depths of the darkness. Then its majestic body suddenly tensed and was about to rush out.

Galan hugged Xue'er and focused on looking into the darkness. Several figures from the distance were walking carefully. A red hood was extremely eye-catching. He immediately called Blizzard, "Brother, don't be impatient."

Fang Xiaoer appeared more than ten steps away in fear, and then Gao Tai, Xie Qing and Qiao Er followed. Several people bowed from afar to pay a gift. Jia Lan returned the gift and greeted with a smile, "Get in the tent, the wind is strong, Yehan, come to the tent to warm up your body."

Fang Xiaoer was still waiting to hesitate, and Gao Tai had already walked towards the tent first. Blizzard's pupils tightened and he let out another loud shout. Fang Xiaoer was shocked and rushed into the tent with Xie Qing and Qiao Er.

Galan squatted down, hugged Xue'er with one hand, and gently stroked Blizzard's neck hair with the other. After a few words of gentle words, Blizzard calmed down, but his eyes were still staring at the people in the tent.

Galan walked into the tent, and Blizzard followed him fiercely, squatting beside the curtain, with an extremely alert expression.

Galan put down the curtain and placed Xueer next to Blizzard. Then he greeted everyone one by one. Then he took out some dried fruits, sesame cakes, and some pickled mutton and horse meat from the rattan basket. He put them on the ground with three scammers (cooking utensils). Finally, he took out two skins containing wine and several wooden cups.

Gao Tai and others watched silently, their eyes showing gratitude. Fang Xiaoer originally wanted to dissuade him, but when he spoke, his stomach was really not good, and he was rumbling. He couldn't say the polite words of dissuasion.

The prisoners were eventually prisoners. Although Zhong Buyi, the garrison leader of the Tianma garrison, told them confidently that they were now soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty, they were still prisoners before Yingyang Mansion approved it. Zhong Buyi spoke beautifully and was all brothers, but he still despised the prisoners in his bones and did not treat them as his own brothers at all.

It takes time for people to get along. The distance between a seventh-rank general of the Great Sui Dynasty and a group of Great Sui Dynasty prisoners is very far away, and there is no possibility of building trust in the short term. As for Jiangdu Hou, he hated them from beginning to end, and even Ximen Chen and others who had already become beheaded and insulted by them.

The two garrison masters only wanted to use them and only wanted to squeeze their flesh and blood dry, while these Hebei prisoners were all fierce and rebellious, with a strong temperament. They would rather die standing than live on their knees. In fact, even if they bowed and flattered, they would not get any benefits from Zhongbuyi and Jiang Duhou, and would not change a meal of two sesame cakes to two fragrant mutton.

The Great Sui guards did not like Hebei prisoners, and the Hu people in the Western Regions were certainly not willing to be self-indulgent. Although some people were grateful for their guards and wanted to give them some wine, meat and clothes to express their gratitude, in this team, Zhong Buyi and Jiang Duhou dominated their life and death, and they did not dare to offend them no matter what.

Only Jialan is an exception. Along the way, Jialan's eyes were always gentle when he looked at them, and there was no contempt or hatred in his eyes. It was thanks to his advice that Zhongbuyi gave them the cloak for keeping cold at night and the black leather boots they wore to travel through the desert. In Ziyuntian, Jialan saved two dying prisoners. The grace of life will never be repaid.

"This is the wine from Kucha." Jalan poured a few wooden cups and raised her hand to invite her. "Maybe you have drunk it in Hebei, but it may not be authentic. You should know that all businessmen are not evil, and Hu merchants are also merchants, and they are even more treacherous than merchants in Middle-earth. The wine may be filled with water, and the mellow taste of the grape wine has long lost."

Gao Tai and others laughed, took the cups one after another, and sipped them in small sips. Fang Xiaoer smacked her lips, looked at everyone, and asked in confusion, "Is this wine? Why does it taste weird?"

"Have you ever drunk?" Xie Qing glared at him disdainfully, "I haven't grown all the hair, how much wine do I drink? If you don't drink it, give it to me!"

Fang Xiaoer hurriedly carried the cup into his arms, "Who said I had never drunk wine? I have drunk rice wine, Shaochun, and Wuyunjiu. Do you know Wuyunjiu? I heard that it is tribute wine, only the emperor can drink it."

"You dare to bully me?" Xie Qing curled his lips and mocked, "Since only the emperor can drink wine, how can you drink it?"

"Don't talk nonsense." Gao Tai scolded, "Don't let the general laugh at him."

Galan smiled and shook her hand, indicating that it was okay, then took out a few sharp short swords and handed them to everyone, "Eat meat as you like, don't be restrained."

"I really didn't lie to you!" Fang Xiaoer blushed and said angrily, "Last year, the touching Yang Gong robbed a ship on Yongji Canal, and the Wuyunjiu was snatched from that ship. I was accomplicated on the shore. After returning to Gaojipo, I touched Yang Gong and gave me a cup of Wuyunjiu."

The tent suddenly became quiet. Gao Tai and Xie Qing's expression changed slightly, and they looked at Jialan at the same time. Qiao Er winked at Fang Xiaoer, indicating that he should not say anything again. Fang Xiaoer suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing, and was frightened and looked at Jialan timidly.

Jialan looked as usual, smiled slightly, and asked, "Who is Moyang Gong?"

The four of them didn't speak, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward.

Galan cut a piece of meat from the lamb leg and handed it to Fang Xiaoer, "Are you used to eating raw meat now?"

"I'm so hungry that I can eat anything." Fang Xiaoer took the meat, stuffed it into her mouth impatiently, and chewed it in big mouths.

"You rebel because there is no food to eat." Jialan cut off the meat pieces and handed them to Gao Tai and others in turn, and said slowly, "The Great Sui Yi Warehouse is everywhere. If it is affected, it will open the warehouse and release grain. Is Hebei affected the disaster? Did the government open the warehouse and release grain?"

"Last year, the river was flooded, and many counties and counties on both sides were affected." Gao Tai said, "There are charity warehouses in all counties, but the government refused to open warehouses and release grain."

"The grain in the Yichuang Cang is saved from our mouths by ordinary people. It is our food. When we were affected, the government refused to release food to save the disaster." Gao Tai said this and it was difficult for him to control his emotions. His voice became louder without realizing it, full of anger and resentment. "We cannot save our lives with our food. How can there be such a reason in the world? How can there be such a ruthless and unrighteous emperor? When we go to the government to beg, those beasts in the clothes not only dislike us, but also say that we are troublemakers and thieves, and we want to arrest us and kill us. Is there any place for us to reason in this world? Is there any place for us to survive? Apart from robbing and stealing, do we have any way to survive? Do you let us watch our relatives die one by one, and see us biting each other like wolves, and do we eat people?"

"If you wait for death, it is better to rise up." Xie Qing waved the short sword in his hand and shouted, "If the heaven does not let us live, we will fight with the sky. If the earth does not let us live, we will fight with the earth. If the man does not let us live, we will kill people. Whoever wants to kill us will kill him. Anyway, it is all death, so it is better to kill a river of blood and die happily."

Galan looked heavy and sighed sadly.

Seeing that Galan was not angry, but instead had great sympathy for them, Gao Tai and others burst into resentment.

"In addition to natural disasters, there are also man-made disasters." Gao Tai said, "In recent years, the emperor has built a large-scale construction, built the Eastern Capital, opened Yongji and opened the Daji Canal. Last year, he issued an order to expedition to Goryeo, and repeatedly conscripted the corvee service in Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Jianghuai and other places, making the people in the world suffer. What's more serious is that governments in various places take the opportunity to corruption and abuse the law, exhaust all means to exploit the common people and make full use of their own pockets, which has made the people worse, and they are in a difficult situation, and the people cannot survive at all."

"If you can't survive, you will have to rebel." Xie Qing said angrily, "The emperor was stupid and believed in the words of treacherous and slanderous people. Not only did he not release food to save disasters, punish corrupt officials, and appease the victims, he issued an order to suppress them. After this imperial edict, the officials in various places even massacred innocent victims in order to seek credit and reward. What's more, in order to seize money, they mistreat others' wives and daughters, they did not hesitate to abdicate others as thieves and destroy the clans. The serious sins are too numerous to be written."

"Mr. Changle was tragically accused, his clan was destroyed, and he was forced to fall into a throne." Qiao Er shook his head and sighed, unable to bear the slightest reverence.

"Kun Changle?" Jialan frowned slightly and asked thoughtfully, "Who is Mr. Changle?"

"Dou Jiande, Hebei." Xie Qing showed respectful expression on his face and pointed at Qiao Er, "Brother Qiao is the brother of Mr. Changle."

"Dou Jiande?" Jialan nodded repeatedly and continued to ask, "Who is Mr. Mo Yang?"

"Mr. Mo Yang is Sun Anzu. Brother Fang is the subordinate of Mo Yang Gong." Xie Qing pointed to Fang Xiaoer and said with pain. "Last year, Mo Yang Gong and Gao Tang Gong had a fire. Mo Yang Gong was not strong enough and was killed by Gao Tang Gong. The reason why we were caught by the official army was because of the fire that caused the heroes of Gao Jibo to split up and kill each other. As a result, the official army was defeated and countless casualties were injured."

"Who is Gao Tang Duke?" Jialan asked.

"Zhang Jincheng." Qiao Er said gritting his teeth, "One day, I will escape back to Hebei and kill that shameless thief."

Jia Lan was puzzled and didn't understand why Qiao Er hated Zhang Jincheng so much.

"Sun Anzu is Dou Jiande's sworn brother." Xie Qing approached Jialan and whispered, "Sun Anzu and Zhang Jin were both angry, and Dou Jiande naturally helped his sworn brother. Qiao Er helped him, but Zhang Jin said he was very treacherous and planned to kill Sun Anzu, so the two of them formed a deep hatred."

Jialan suddenly realized, "Brother Xie is also from Gao Jipo?"

"I am the subordinate of Donghai Gong." Xie Qing saw Jialan's eyes and said hurriedly, "Donghai Gong is named Gao Shida, and he is also one of the heroes in Hebei. He is from Xindu. Dou Jiande, Sun Anzu and Zhang Jin said that they are from Qinghe. Xindu and Qinghe counties are connected. Gaojipo is located between the two counties, very close to Yongji Canal, so everyone gathered in Gaoji Po and went to Yongji Canal to beg for food."

Jialan looked up at Gao Tai. Before he could ask, Xie Qing had already given him the answer, "Brother Gao is from Pingyuan County and is a powerful general of Pingyuan Gong Hao Xiaode. The northwest direction of Pingyuan County is Gaojipo, and the southeast direction is Douzigang."

"Douzigang?" Galan was slightly surprised, "Douzigang is in Pingyuan County?"

"Douzigang is in Bohai County." Gao Tai said, "There are three places where the Hebei Haoxiong gathers in Yi, one is Douzigang, the second is Gaojipo, and the third is Taihang Mountains. Among them, Douzigang gathers in Yi, Haoxiong is the most, and Douzigang is Liu Badao and Li Deyi's Aji's army is the largest, followed by Ge Qian, the Yan army led by Gao Kaidao and the Qi army led by Sun Xuanya."

"Where is Changbai Mountain?" Jialan suddenly asked.

"Changbai Mountain is in Qijun, Shandong, connected to the plains and Bohai Sea across the river, only more than 200 miles from Douzigang." Gao Tai said, "Changbai Mountain is a place where heroes in Henan gather. Wang Bo, Meng Rang, Guo Fangyu, Zuo Xiaoyou, Zuo Junxing and others are all in that area."

Jialan nodded, "Shandong heroes all rose up on both sides of the river, which is obviously directly related to the floods last year. The court should rescue disasters, not kill innocent people indiscriminately. Killing cannot solve the problem, and will only make the situation worse and worse."

Gao Tai and others remained silent.

Fang Xiaoer looked up at Jialan and asked with courage, "General, can you help us escape back to Hebei?"

Gao Tai, Xie Qing, and Qiao Er changed color in horror. Fang Xiaoer was so ignorant that he was seeking death.

The atmosphere in the tent suddenly became tense. Just when their minds were in chaos, Galan's calm voice came from his ears, "Maybe... there is hope."

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Chapter completed!