From Dunhuang to Hami, there is a distance of more than a thousand miles. There are almost no villages or towns where humans have settled on the road. The world between heaven and earth always gives people a desolate and vast atmosphere. No matter where you go, everything you see is similar.
The Yibi, the similar desert, the similar plants, after a long time, will make people feel tired from the bottom of their hearts. If there are not so many people walking together, but only three or five groups of people, they will even doubt whether they can get out of this world.
Fortunately, there are many people, and joking and singing is an excellent distraction. Occasionally, you can encounter small animals looking for food on the road. Each of them uses their superb archery skills to kill the small animals. Not only is it a meal, but it is also a person.
Happy game.
On such a desolate ancient road, they have also encountered some human beings. It should be a happy thing to see similar people in this desolate place, but these similar people are more terrifying than the desolate world and ferocious beasts, because they are
Horse thief.
Horse thieves should be regarded as the most resilient creatures in the desert. They are more resilient than poplar trees and camel thorns. Especially the small groups of horse thieves. They live in no fixed place, and the vast desert is their best hiding place.
No one can discover all their secret nests, and no one can follow their footsteps.
If we really talk about force, even if all the most powerful group of horse thieves in the desert are assembled, it will be difficult to compete with Xia Xun's three thousand elite cavalry. But Barcelona, whose strength has been reduced by half, Xia Xun still can't do anything to him.
The only option is to drive him into the desert and try to annihilate him or behead his thieves, which is wishful thinking.
These small groups of horse thieves encountered on the road are not a swarm of people. They may even have suffered heavy losses. When these small groups of horse thieves want to rob a certain target, they will also send spies to follow them to find out the details of the other party so that they can make decisions.
Action. They didn't know the origin of this team supported by the army, but they knew very well that this was a bone they couldn't chew, but they came anyway.
Their only purpose in the desert steppe is to plunder and plunder everything, including horses, livestock, weapons, property, and young men. They do not produce or create. Everything comes from plundering. It is rare to see such a piece of féirou, so naturally they want to
Take a bite.
As for the strength of the opponent's troops, they don't care. No one is more vital than them in such a difficult environment. They come and go like the wind and their whereabouts are unpredictable, like a group of jackals and wild dogs wandering in the desert grasslands. They are not afraid of revenge at all.
, although this Ming army is not easy to mess with, but it can take one bite at a time. Therefore, such "wild dog packs" always follow them erratically along the way, making sneak attacks at night in order to take advantage.
At this time, when Xia Xun came all the way west, the training for the army to attack the camp played a big role. Every time the Ming army encountered horse thieves attacking the camp, they did not panic and responded calmly. The horse thieves could not take advantage, and each share
On the contrary, the invading enemies were often robbed by the officers and soldiers. The march of the Ming army was boring. During the day, they could close their eyes and rest while riding on the horse. They had nowhere to vent their high energy, so they just used them as a pastime.
, treating the horse thieves' attack on the camp as a game and enjoying it endlessly
Tonight is another exciting cat and mouse game. The camp is lit with torches and the soldiers are happily cleaning the battlefield. The horse thieves did not expect that these officers and soldiers would actually care enough to lay many traps in this uninhabited desert.
Some unlucky people got stuck in the pit with their horses and people, and no one is paying attention to them yet.
The loot is very rich. These horse thieves carry all their belongings with them. How can they hand over their belongings to others for safekeeping when they come out to rob? The so-called nests are just some sand valley caves. They really want to hide their belongings.
There, Hou Tie is definitely gone, and none of the old thieves left behind will come forward and admit that they are the thieves.
Therefore, they all carried the gold, silver, jewelry, silk, tea, and even some farm land deeds with them. Every horse thief was a money tree. The officers and soldiers who captured the horse thief were very happy, while the officers and soldiers who had not caught anyone were envious. The country
The Duke said, whoever captures the capture will be his personal property, except for the war horses, which must be captured, and you can make a fortune by playing games, so be happy.
The horse thieves who were lucky enough to survive were squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands. Their bodies had long been plundered, and even the silk they were wrapped in was ordered to be untied. Each one of them was crying like a huāzi: Officers and soldiers are better than thieves.
Cruel
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"These horse thieves have been searched and killed with a lot of food."
The caravan heading from Dunhuang to Beslosbali had also just experienced a brutal fight. After inspecting the battlefield, Ying Zhan coldly issued an order. This is a desert. There is no law or morality here. The weak will eat the strong.
, the winner is respected.
The cavalry guards of major merchants obviously understood this rule. Without saying a word, Chou took out his knife and started killing people. The corpses of his comrades who died in the battle were dug into a hole and buried, while the corpses of the horse thieves were simply thrown there, waiting for wild wolves.
Divide food with vultures. Dust to ashes, soil to soil, life comes from the earth and eventually returns to it.
The tents were set up. They were going to spend the night here tonight. Each caravan took turns to be responsible for guarding. The caravan responsible for guarding the outside tonight put up the tent on the outermost side, and their horses relied on the caravan to form a line.
A more peripheral encirclement was formed, and then light cavalry were sent to ride to the wilderness several miles away to keep watch overnight.
The smoke from the kitchen was rising, and dinner began to be cooked.
These caravans did not go the same way as Xia Xun. They went along the edge of the desert and into the depths of the Tarim Basin. Traveling through the Tarim Basin in winter is much more comfortable than in summer. If you take more measures to keep out the cold in winter, there will be no big problem.
, but it can be really hot in summer. During the hottest period in summer, the temperature there can reach over 70 degrees, and even birds dare not fly over it.
Tuoba Mingde's caravan was not responsible for keeping vigil tonight, and their tents were set up inside the circular camp. After the tents were set up, Tuoba Mingde took Yu Jian, whose pseudonym was "Hu Qiqi", to inspect the unloading of his home.
After putting down the piled goods, they started walking on the sand. When they saw other caravan leaders, they would say hello in a friendly way or stop to chat for a while.
He now attaches great importance to the relationship with these merchants, and establishing good relations with them will help his next move. In the future, he will follow these sandbank dignitaries to retreat into Jiayuguan, thus playing an internal role. As for Yu Jian,
He has someone he wants to win over, so he often takes him with him now.
"Well, can you still adapt to such a life?" There are no mistakes or skipping words.
Tuoba Mingde smiled yinyinjian, Yu Jian lifted his breasts and said, "Don't worry, sir, I can still bear this little hardship."
Tuoba Mingde smiled and patted his shoulder. Don't worry. In two days, we will arrive at Luobu Nur. When we get there, it won't be covered with yellow sand. You can have a good rest. The ladies there are all beautiful, haha...
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Yu Jian asked Rob Chuoer?"
Tuoba Mingde smiled and said, "Well, that is a huge sea on the trade route of the Western Regions. The people there do not grow grains or herd livestock, but only fish in small boats for food. Probably the only people in the world who live only on fish are
They may have died, but the people there live long lives. They are still good laborers at the age of ten, and there are still people who are still grooms and waiters at the age of a hundred..."
The Lop Nur mentioned by Tuoba Mingde was Lop Nur. It was still an important resting place on the ancient Silk Road at that time. Lop Nur was once the second largest salt water lake in China. Its water area was 200,000 square kilometers at its largest. Although it was small at this time, It even covers an area of tens of thousands of square kilometers. Fanyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in my country, now covers an area of about 4,000 square kilometers. From this, one can imagine the vastness of the Lop Nur waters.
Yu Jian listened and Wei Wei took note of it.
These merchants are accustomed to taking desert trade routes. Even so, each caravan is still equipped with a guide who travels on the ancient Silk Road all year round. Yu Jian followed them along the way and also paid attention to the knowledge of the road, water sources, and resting places.
He deliberately revealed Xia Xun's itinerary to these elites of Timur's kingdom, hoping to use their hands to kill people and use their hands to get rid of Jin Yiwei's great enemy, but of course he also regarded Timur's Eastern Expedition as an enemy.
Kou's, Tuoba Mingde wanted to use him, and he also wanted to use Tuoba Mingde. If he could borrow their sword to kill Xia Xun, and then report some false information to them, leading Timur's army to make a wrong judgment, let them
The Ming army won a great victory, and even decided the success or failure of the battle in one fell swoop. Wasn't this killing two birds with one stone?
Therefore, he followed his plan and boldly followed into the desert. Three of his men also took the opportunity to infiltrate other caravans and cooperated with him. It would be more difficult to infiltrate more people because these caravans were worried
Internal agents who infiltrate horse thieves usually only recruit hired workers who know the basics. Occasionally when there is a shortage of manpower, they will recruit a few unfamiliar people, but never too many.
A fire has been lit in the felt bag, which is very warm.
The cooked food was also served, including delicious hand-chopped meat, roasted lamb tui, nǎi skin, and some rice and pasta, which was very rich.
After settling in his subordinates and checking the goods, Ying Zhan returned to the felt tent. Miao Yi was sitting in front of the table with a table full of dishes and wine, waiting for him to dine together. Ying Zhan smiled, sat down at the small table and said to Miao Yi
Yi asked, "It's your first time traveling far away. Are you still used to it?"
"Is there anything you're not used to?"
Miao Yi raised her eyes and gave him a sweet smile. Officials, don't underestimate me. Back then, she and her mother had traveled thousands of miles across Hexi..."
She is very relaxed now. She has "escaped" out of Dunhuang and avoided Yang Xu. It seems that she no longer has the suffocating feeling when breathing. It doesn't matter if the long journey is more difficult. When she never loses eight miles, Yang Xu will
She should have returned to Jiayuguan from Hami. This is Yang Xu's only trip to the Western Regions. He will never come again, and she can still live a peaceful life.
Peace is her greatest happiness now.
As long as... I never meet him again, that's fine.
Now, she has fled to Luobu Nur. She is going to the west and he is going to the north. It should be... there will never be any more exchanges, never
p: Looking for monthly tickets, the last monthly ticket of this month