The day after the Dead Soldiers' Camp escorted the soldiers to the north, some soldiers took advantage of the soldiers' unpreparedness to escape overnight and left. Early the next morning, Zhang Xiaowu summoned all the soldiers and said: "This place is a grassland desert, and the terrain is very different from that of the Central Plains. The escape team
Although they are free, I guarantee you that within two days, they will be eaten by wolves. There are not only grass wolves in the Saibei wilderness, but also clouded leopards, poisonous snakes, poisonous insects, hyenas, eagles, and even animals hiding in the grass.
Vampire leeches will kill you too. If you want to leave now, you can, but you will definitely die. Do you know how many people spent so much time, effort and effort and how many seniors died to build this official road? The official road is for us to build.
Stay away from danger! It is safest to just follow the team and follow the official road."
Sure enough, the three postmen who had no water or food were attacked by hyenas on the second day of their escape, and died tragically on the side of the official road. Not even the bones left by the hyenas were left.
On the fifth day of the March of the Death Soldier Battalion, the whole army marched to the deserted land next door. Zhang Xiaowu also told everyone to cherish water. There is no water supply in this section of the Gobi Desert. Each person needs a pot of water for one day, and it will take three days to find another place with water.
Oasis. After walking for less than half a day, everyone arrived at the ruins of the ancient city between Mucheng and Yashan. The army garrisoned the ruins of the ancient city that night.
Wu Song introduced that this ancient city was called Luolan Ruins, which was originally the holy city of the Luolan people. Zhang Xiaowu was very interested in the history of this land, so he asked Wu Song, who had been carrying a Zhulou book on his back all day long, to talk about this history.
Scholars love to show off their knowledge. Wusong looked at the desolate ancient city wall and said: "The history of our Holy Han Dynasty is only three hundred years. Before the Holy Han Dynasty, there was the Tiantang, before the Tiantang, there was the Huaxia, and before the Huaxia, there were the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Central Plains.
Before the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Central Plains, there were twenty years of slavery in the world. Historical records show that about six hundred years ago, the Roland Empire unified the world, occupying the Central Plains in the south, the Far North in the north, and the countries in the Western Region in the west.
The black forest and the sea in the east, and the river that covers the whole world, are all Roland's slave lands, so for these twenty years he became the slave of the world. Roland's king Jasi called himself the Khan of Heaven, enjoyed everything in the world, and made all the tribes, tribes and peoples of the world slaves of Roland.
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"Making the world a slave?" Zhang Xiaowu clicked his tongue, "Doesn't it mean that he is an enemy of the world?"
Wu Song said: "Yes, at that time the Roland people relied on the world's leading forging technology. The Roland Iron Sword was invincible in the world, and all countries used nothing more than bronze swords, so naturally they could not be enemies. Relying on the bravery of the soldiers and sharp blades, the Roland people used short swords.
It dominated the world in just twenty years, but was overthrown and almost exterminated in less than twenty years of rule, and we Central Plains people were the first to overthrow the Roland Empire."
Zhang Xiaowu smiled and said: "It should be because their forging technology has spread, and the Roland people have nothing to rely on, right?"
Wu Song shook his head and said: "Yes and no. During the twenty years that the Roland people enslaved the world, there were frequent resistances in various places, and the building was already on the verge of collapse. At this time, a big earthquake occurred in the holy city of the Roland people, and the holy city was destroyed overnight.
The Najialan River was also formed due to the great earthquake. The holy city was destroyed, and the Roland people forcibly recruited millions of people from all over the country to rebuild the holy city. Because our Central Plains are rich, the Roland people even collected huge stones, jade, and even countless women to accompany the army in the Central Plains.
Hundreds of thousands of Central Plains people were displaced. The Central Plains people could no longer endure slavery and revolted one after another, killing Roland officials and exterminating Roland people. Roland's army had no choice but to enter the Central Plains from various countries to put down the rebellion. This northern wasteland was originally called Roland Grassland, and was the birthplace of the Roland people.
In order to destroy the rebels in the Central Plains, they left only thousands of defenders behind. The slaves took the opportunity to revolt. They burned the Holy City, slaughtered almost all the Roland men, and occupied the two wolf passes, blocking Roland's army in the Central Plains. In Roland language
The pronunciation of slave is Tartar, so the Tartar language spoken by the Tartar people is actually Rolandic, and the Tartar people are the descendants of slaves and plundered Roland women."
Zhang Xiaowu looked at the ruins and sighed with emotion. The Roland Empire was not as good as the Mongol Empire. The Mongol Empire lasted for at least eighty years, and the Manchu Qing Empire lasted for more than 260 years. It seems that the Roland Empire has no idea of governing the country.
They are extremely xenophobic and do not know how to utilize talents from other countries.
Wusong added: "Historical records state that the Luolan people invented a magical weapon that could lift people into the air. Every time they attacked a city, they would release this magical weapon. They would first sprinkle heavenly fire into the city, and the people in the city would see it.
They were so frightened by the sky fire that they dared not resist. Moreover, the Roland people are tall, strong, aggressive, and capable of fighting. They are natural warriors. There are also Titan warriors who are ten feet tall. They have unstoppable sharp blades in their hands and are invincible to anyone in the world."
Zhang Xiaowu touched his chin and smiled. This legend is unbelievable. He is still ten feet tall. In this era, there is someone taller than Yao Ming?
Wu Song pointed to the ruins of Roland's Holy City and said: "When the 400,000 Roland army suppressed the Central Plains, they were intercepted and pursued by the people of the Central Plains. They fled all the way to the west. In the end, about 100,000 people escaped from the thousands of miles of yellow sand at Yumen Pass and disappeared. Everyone.
I thought that the Roland people had disappeared or become extinct. I read in a travelogue of the Yuezhi people that thousands of Roland people fled.
They left the Yellow Sands thousands of miles away and fled all the way to the far west. They conquered some local tribes, established a country and renamed it Rouran. The Rouran people always wanted to return to the east to conquer the east and rebuild the holy city of Roland.
But even if they return to the East, they will probably be killed without leaving a trace if they encounter Wuhuan and Shenghan. Today is different from six hundred years ago."
Zhang Xiaowu laughed and said: "If they come back and the Han people in the Central Plains join forces with the foreigners, won't they end the war with war?"
"Colonel Colonel, you are joking. As long as there are people in this world, there will be war. The war will not stop unless everyone is dead." Wu Song looked at the setting sun and said calmly.
After walking out of the Gobi Desert, the team finally encountered a water source. It was an oasis. In the center of the oasis was a spring, which the Tartars called the Spring of Life. Around the Spring of Life, patches of woods grew. A guide said that anyone
When passing the Fountain of Life, you must show respect to it and only allow water to be poured without desecrating it for washing. Zhang Xiaowu asked someone to fill the water again, rested overnight, and then continued on his way.
Contrary to Zhang Xiaowu's expectation, the escort mission went extremely smoothly. There were only five soldiers who escaped. When asked why, it turned out to be because they were far away from the Central Plains. Instead of escaping alone and being eaten by wild beasts or starving to death, it was better to follow the others.
Let’s go to Yashan Camp together, at least for the time being no one will die.
Zhang Xiaowu thought the reason was ridiculous. If it were him, he would definitely run away, but ordinary people did not have this "rebellious" idea and longed for freedom. When Zhang Xiaowu communicated with Xiao Kai, Xiao Kai also said: "It is better to die than live."
After Mucheng, when they saw the uninhabited Saibei Desert, they all figured it out."
Zhao Suo snickered and said: "At least, you won't starve to death."
"Have you ever been hungry?"
"Of course I've suffered, but I've been hungry all the time."
Wang Yijin smiled awkwardly. This poor child, whose parents bought him a pound of grain, had never had enough to eat since he was a child.
Zhang Xiaowu said: "Yi Jin, your name is unlucky, I will change your name."
Wang Yijin hurriedly said: "Master Colonel, please give me your name."
"How do you call me Wang Yijin? Jinyu is flawless. I hope you will be clean and honest in the future."
Wang Yijin was very excited and said: "Thank you, sir, for giving me this name. I will definitely do things with integrity and be a clean person when I humble myself in the future."
Zhang Xiaowu laughed and asked Chen Guanxi: "Guanxi, I think your name is..."
Chen Guanxi hurriedly said: "Master Colonel, I don't need to change my name. He was sold for a pound since he was a child. I don't have it. My grandpa is still alive. If he learns that I have changed his name in the future, he will definitely beat me up."
, I am not allowed to serve him as a filial piety."
Zhang Xiaowu shook his head and said regretfully: "I thought I could change your name to something more domineering and more lucky, but it's a pity that you don't have that fate... Guanxi!"
"My humble name is Chen Guanxi. My name is not Edison Chen." Chen Guanxi quickly corrected him.
The army marched for another five days and finally arrived at the foot of Yashan Mountain.
