From the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Gaochang was an important stronghold for the Han soldiers to carry out tuntian.

When the Northern Wei Dynasty destroyed Beiliang 100 years ago, a large number of Han people living in the Hexi area were unwilling to become serfs, so they chose to migrate west out of Yangguan to Gaochang.

Coupled with the Han people who migrated here to escape the war during the previous Wuhu period, it soon became the largest gathering place of Han people in the Western Regions.

According to information Wang Xiao received from caravans on the Silk Road, it is said that there were nearly 200,000 Han Chinese in Gaochang.

Gaochang is the throat of the Western Regions. If you want to recover the Western Regions, this is the place that must be taken.

If you want to go to Gaochang, you must first arrive in Dunhuang.

Starting from Dunhuang, it is divided into two roads, north and south. Separate out of Yumen Pass and Yangguan, take different routes along the northern foot of Kunlun Mountain and the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain.

The southern route is to cross Loulan, cross the green ridge, go to Anxi, and go to Rome.

The northern route is to Gaochang and Qiuzi, and it is also to cross the green ridge to Dawan country.

After the summer grain came down, Wang Xiao personally led 20,000 cavalry from Jincheng County, all the way through Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, Guazhou to Dunhuang.

After Dunhuang, it is the famous Yumen Pass.

He brought in a large number of horses from the steppe tribes with plenty of salt, iron, and wine. Thousands of herders were even hired as cannon fodder mercenaries.

20,000 cavalry is already a very powerful force in this era.

Different from the Hetao with abundant water and grass, the wind and sand outside Yumen Pass and Yangguan are very large, and the environment is harsh.

It's hard to imagine how generations of Han family sons and daughters have stuck here all year round for hundreds of years.

"Weicheng is light and dusty in the rain, and the guest house is green and willow-colored. Persuade you to have a glass of wine, and there is no reason to go out of Yangguan in the west. ”

Wang Xiao on horseback silently praised himself.

This time, in the name of his apprentice Wen Zhaogong, he definitely showed his face well.

A cold voice came from the side, "Poetry is good poetry, but this is Yumen Pass, and Yangguan is in the south." And the gift was sent in Chang'an City. Your poem is not appropriate. It sounds like it was made a long time ago, and now it's being used for it. ”

Following Wang Xiao was Xiao Yu.

She said that Nanliang was orthodox in the Han family, but she had not seen the beauty of the Western Regions for hundreds of years. Now that I have the opportunity to go to the Western Regions, I have to keep up with everything.

Originally, Princess Yuanchun was also coming. But she doesn't have martial arts protection like Xiao Yu, and she has life experience walking outside all year round.

Wang Xiao persuaded her for three days and three nights before she was out of breath to dispel this idea.

Wang Xiao, who had a black face, glared at him.

Xiao Yu, who was wearing a veil, covered her mouth and smiled, very proud, so that Wang Xiao, who seemed to have everything under control, was deflated.

Wang Xiao's face was not good, "Do you want to bet, I can come to a poem that responds to the Yumen Pass?" ”

Hearing the word bet, Xiao Yu couldn't help but blush.

During this time, Wang Xiao would always tease her by betting on her, but he could win every time.

Although Xiao Yu has always breached the contract, he refused all kinds of embarrassing conditions put forward by Wang Xiao. But after a long time, I always feel an inexplicable strange mood.

Although Xiao Yu is a secret spy, there is no Jiangnan woman who doesn't like beautiful poetry.

She also wanted to listen to Wang Xiao's poems with Yumen Pass as the background. nodded quietly and said, "You read the poem first, and I'll listen to it." ”

Wang Xiao looked at her sideways, his eyes full of distrust, "You don't want to repay the debt again, do you?" To be a man of his word, he must be trustworthy. ”

Xiao Yu snorted and didn't speak, looking at him with big beautiful eyes.

"Forget it, I don't have confidence in your credibility anymore."

Wang Xiao made a helpless look, looking at the majestic and magnificent, majestic Chengguan that made people feel like blood boiling under the sunset.

"The yellow sand is far above the white clouds, a lonely city and ten thousand mountains. Why should Qiang Di complain about the willows, the spring breeze does not pass the jade gate. ”

Smug looked sideways at the woman, "How?" ”

Xiao Yu bit her red lip lightly, and after a while, she nodded slowly, "Good poetry." ”

It is indeed a good poem, there is no denying that.

Wang Xiao, who looked expectant, leaned over and whispered a few words in her ear.

Xiao Yu, who was blushing, shook his head resolutely, "No." ”

Sighing, Wang Xiao said a few more words.

Xiao Yu glared at him hatefully, "You are so talented, why do you only think about these messy things all day long?" ”

Wang Xiao's face sank, and he shook the reins with a tense face and was about to leave, but he was stopped by Xiao Yu.

The helpless woman lifted her veil and leaned over to kiss him on the cheek.

"At most, don't force me."

"Forget it, just charge some interest."

Wang Xiao rode his horse towards the Yumen Pass, "The long journey is too boring, you always have to have some fun to pass the time." It would be nice to have a mobile phone now. ”

Although they are all cavalry, Wang Xiao is not rich enough to allocate three horses for everyone.

Without the rotation of mounted horses and pack horses, the long-distance march of a large cavalry is not necessarily much faster than that of elite infantry.

Short sprints, it is definitely the cavalry that has the advantage.

However, when marching long distances, cavalry generally only trotted and slowed. In many cases, it can't even compare to an elite like Wei Wushu.

It was the Mongols who really took the long-distance strategic march to the extreme, with several horses alone.

Because of the large number of horses that could be rotated and carried with supplies, the Mongol cavalry was the only existence that could achieve strategic mobility in the Cold Weapon Age.

Starting from Jincheng County to here, the cities along the way are all falling from the wind.

Previously, they were nominally under the jurisdiction of Liangzhou, but in essence they were still autonomous to the degree.

Wang Xiao wants to restart the Silk Road and regain the Western Regions. These places must be in their own hands.

Fighting a war is not a random fight.

A hammer in the east and a mallet in the west, that is a rogue who doesn't understand anything.

Before you start the film, you have to understand the strategic situation and your own strategic direction.

Wang Xiao's purpose was to go south to rescue the Han people under the rule of Great Wei and Gao Huan. But the strength of both is very strong, and the road is long and rugged.

He didn't have Gatling Bodhisattva in hand, and he went south with the little cavalry under his command, and the biggest possibility was that the whole army would be annihilated.

Wang Xiao can't wait dryly for others to come over, so he needs to increase his strength as much as possible, and only when his strength is strong can he go south. That's his current strategic posture.

As for the strategic direction, Guanzhong in the south cannot go down. To the east and north are the spheres of influence of the Rouran, a steppe tribe.

The Rouran people are the overlords of the grassland, and their strength is very strong. Wang Xiao didn't want to fill the tens of thousands of recruits he had in his hands in this big hole.

So if he wants to expand, the west is the only strategic direction.

Once the strategic direction is set, the next thing is the tactical execution.

Wang Xiao only knew a little bit of these things dimly when he was a keyboard warrior on the Internet in the past.

Wait until you meet the wishing system later, and after the experience and experience accumulation of many worlds, this is the real understanding.

"The weather here is different from that in the south of the Yangtze River, the weather is dry and the wind and sand are very big. You have to protect your face and drink plenty of water. ”

Out of the Yumen Pass and moving towards Gaochang Kingdom, the desert Gobi gradually increased. The wind whistled up the sand and dust, and it hurt and hurt on the body.

It was the first time Xiao Yu had encountered this kind of environment. She had only read descriptions of the magnificence of the Western Regions in ancient books in the past, and she had never thought that reality and yearning were completely different.

Poetry and distance sound beautiful, but when you are really immersed in the scene, you know how cruel reality is.

By the end of the day, her beautiful white dress had turned earthy yellow.

When camping at night, Xiao Yu wanted to wash the dust on his body, but was told that there was no such thing as hot water.

"This is the Western Regions, not the Jiangnan Water Town."

Facing the woman who came to the door, Wang Xiao beckoned her to sit down and drink together, "You don't see that when I march, sometimes I can't walk far in a day." Sometimes they set off before dawn, and they did not hesitate to run until it was getting late before setting up camp. It's just to get a water source. Take a hot bath, you better overcome it first, and wait until you get to Gao Changguo. ”

Xiao Yu can be the head of the secret spy organization, so he is naturally not a lady of all people.

And she was able to follow Wang Xiao to the Western Regions, because she had already thought of the harsh environment. It's just that I didn't expect it to be so bad that even taking a hot bath has become a luxury.

"It's different." Xiao Yu would only lift the veil in front of Wang Xiao, sit down, pick up the wine jug, pour himself a glass of special wine from the Western Regions, and drink it all.

"I saw that your 20,000 horses drank all the spring and lake alive today. Are you going to go back? ”

Xiao Yu was an eye-opener this time.

It was the first time she had seen a small lake drained, and it was an exaggeration.

"There is a saying that it is better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles. By saying this, you expose your lack of knowledge. ”

Wang Xiao smiled and picked up a few ice cubes and threw them into the golden bottle, drinking cold wine, "There is a spring there, and it won't be long before it will be filled again." What do you see? ”

Xiao Yu looked directly at the ice cubes in the jar beside Wang Xiao, and felt that his eyes were already straight.

"Is it really ice?!"

Wang Xiao picked up a piece of ice and stuck it on her face, which immediately made her feel excited.

"Simple chemical reactions, just saltpeter. Would you like some? ”

Looking at the ice cubes in the wine bottle, Xiao Yu shook his head vigorously, feeling that what he saw was so unreal.

"How do you know so much?"

"Some people are the geniuses of the world." Wang Xiao had a touch of sadness in his eyes, and gently shook the wine glass, "I am this kind of person." ”

Accidentally, I took the routine in the bar and used it. Then I realized that the wine glass I was using didn't have that effect.

Fortunately, Xiao Yu has never heard of the glow-in-the-dark glass of grape wine, and things can be mixed up.

Wang Xiao's X is still a success.

It took several days to finally get out of this desert Gobi.

After going out, it will be a land of abundance and abundance of water and grass. And here, it is the territory of Gaochang Kingdom.

Gaochang is located in the Turpan Basin. The climate is warm, silkworms are suitable, and the grain and wheat are ripe again.

Specialties include salt, grapes, grain, cotton and silk fabrics, and so on.

Although the area is small, the population is nearly 200,000. Most of them are Han Chinese, mainly descendants of the Han and Wei Tunshu soldiers and civilians and immigrants from the interior who fled the war.

When Wang Xiao's army drove over, Gao Changguo, who was unaware of this, was still singing and dancing. chaptererror();

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