The Silk Road is like a string of gold chains. String together precious oases along the way into a beautiful strand of pearls.

Qiuzi Oasis is a huge pearl on this string of pearls. Rivers are the lifeblood that nourishes the oasis. It is the Qiuzi River that nourishes the Qiuzi Oasis. Swimming upstream, you can enter the middle of the White Mountain, the grassland of Bayinbrook, and the open valley of the Ili River. Qiuzi Oasis is connected to Gumo and Wensu in the west, and Yanqi and Shanshan can be reached in the east through Luntai.

The prisoner cart followed the ruts left behind by the caravan and headed west.

The destination is its Qiancheng.

Stop at all the cities, towns, or herdsmen's tent markets along the way.

Let the crowd around spurn, abuse, cry, and curse.

Many of the Taiping thieves in the prison cars were so humiliated that they committed suicide by hitting the pillars. Whenever a traitor died with blood splashed on the prisoner's car, the surrounding people applauded. So they spit on and curse even more viciously, and curse them. Do whatever it takes. I just hope that there will be another bloody scene of the prisoner hitting the pillar in front of my eyes.

From beginning to end, only one person sat still. No matter how much they scolded, they were indifferent.

This person is the Auxiliary Marquis.

Three days later, Liu Bei ordered someone to remove the shackles and open the prisoner car. bathed and changed clothes, and sat opposite Liu Bei on the oasis that had gradually withered and yellowed.

"Changshi is not afraid that the subordinate will bite his tongue and commit suicide?" Fu Guohou asked with a smile.

"Don't be afraid." Liu Bei also smiled and poured a full ear cup for him.

The two raised their glasses and drank each other, like friends for many years.

"Good wine." The Auxiliary Marquis is also talented.

"This wine is a jade elixir made from ten years of Chen Songquan." Liu Bei said.

"I see." Fuguo Hou also heard of Lou Sang: "The long history is rarely called the unicorn." With this wine alone, Xia Guan can think about it from afar. ”

"Speaking of which, to be able to become who I am today, the sect leader and the commander are indispensable." Liu Bei sighed with a smile.

"Oh?" The Marquis of Fu put down the ear cup: "I want to hear it in detail." ”

"I remember when I was a teenager, at the end of the year, I ordered several followers to go to Lousang to preach. It's all fire that doesn't burn, water that can sell bones, and so on. At that time, when I was young, I couldn't help blurting out 'fire cloth'. Then he was ordered to teach the masters to remember. That night, there were Assassins with sleeves, leggings, and nightclothes. Climbed over the wall and was admitted to the hospital, wanting to end up as a mother and son. Liu Bei's eyes were full of nostalgia.

Fu Guohou nodded lightly: "Carving insect skills, fooling the people." ”

Liu Bei smiled lightly: "Although I escaped by luck." But from then on, there was no day of stability. Day and night are like a man's back, all the time in fear, often wake up in the long night. From then on, I didn't dare to neglect for a day, just to live in the world. Since then, I have been both foe and friend with the Master, and I have respected him. Desperately trying to strengthen himself, he just thought: if one day when he meets with the sect leader, he will no longer be so embarrassed. ”

"But I don't know that the long history and this religion have such a deep relationship." After drinking all the wine in the cup, Fu Guohou chuckled: "If it is replaced by me to go on a mission, I think that Changshi will teach me, so why not." ”

Liu Bei nodded: "I also thought about the assassins. If you had shot me to death that night, would I not have had so many troubles? ”

"Why am I so soft-handed when I teach the Assassins?" The Auxiliary Marquis asked.

Liu Bei looked into his eyes calmly: "The assassin said that auspiciousness fell from the sky, and the killing was ominous. ”

Fuguo Hou first nodded, and then shook his head: "The sky is dead, how can it be auspicious?" If there is a spirit in the yellow sky, how can it make the unicorn an enemy of my sect? If I were an Assassin, I would die! ”

Liu Bei was stunned. Then nodded happily: "Reasonable." ”

This added a cup to the auxiliary marquis.

When the wine was full, Fu Guohou raised his glass and drank with Liu Bei.

After three cups, he was already drunk and couldn't wake up.

Liu Bei ordered someone to send it into the car account. Wake up the next day and re-enter the prison van. Continue west. Five days later, they arrived at Qiancheng.

"It is a small city, and it is thought that it cannot be fixed, but it is said that the king of Qiuzi Bai Ba wants to enter the city to protect it, and Bai Ba allows it." ”

"It's a small city that can't be consolidated." Looking at it alone, Liu Bei originally thought that its Qiancheng was not a city, but a barrier city.

As a result, I found out after I arrived. Like King Qiuzi, its Qiancheng is also a "triple city". It is composed of three city corridors: the outer city, the middle city, and the inner city. They are all built of rammed earth, and only one gate is opened outside each city wall. The southeast side of the outer city wall also sets up the urn city, the urn city gate road is more than six zhang wide, and the wall is more than eight zhang thick. In the middle and inner cities, there are ring streets, houses, and high-rise buildings. Its outer city wall is three and a half miles long from east to west, and about two miles wide from north to south.

This is clearly a fortified city, okay?

Think about it too. Ban Dingyuan has been stationed here for 12 years, and how can he not build it many times.

There are also old men and Han Chinese in the city. As mentioned earlier, although the Metropolitan Protectorate was removed, there were still Han troops and their descendants stationed there.

and this city shall not be forsaken.

But who is stationed there?

It's nerve-wracking......

The city has arsenals, granaries, stables, barracks, prison camps, official buildings, halls, shops, and residences. All are wide and heavy. The walls are five feet thick and extremely strong. The beams and pillars are all made of white mountain giant trees. It is also widely planted in the city. At this time, the giant tree was towering, and several people hugged each other. Liu Bei recognized the giant trees in the city, all of which were spruce from the Tianshan Mountains.

The so-called predecessors planted trees, and later generations enjoyed the shade. Ban Dingyuan planted the giant trees of Baishan in the city, not just to enjoy the shade.

The iron-clad suspension bridge fell with a bang. Xu Rong, Cheng Pu, and Li Ru, the main bookkeeper who took the first step, went out of the city to greet them.

"My lord has worked hard all the way."

"How are you?" Liu Bei dismounted with a smile.

The doorway is more than six zhang wide, not to mention the horse. Horse racing is enough.

When I entered the city, I found that the three city gates, inside, middle and outside, opened in completely different directions. You need to walk half a circle along the circular street to enter Midtown. Walk along the middle ring street for another half circle to enter the inner city. The inner city gate opens to the east.

Along the way, the houses and shops in the city are all lit up. Pedestrians on the road bowed to the ground one after another. Mouth Call: Long History.

Liu Bei returned the salute solemnly. Being able to see the descendants of the homeland thousands of miles away, the mood can be imagined.

Hike into town. Inside the city is the former Western Regions Protectorate, each of which belongs to the official residence and the family of the house.

Although it has fallen into disrepair for a long time, the wood paint and murals have fallen off, but the structure is intact. Everywhere reveals the simplicity and grandeur of the Han Dynasty, as well as the unique exoticism of the Western Regions. Even the stone steps at the bottom of your feet are a yellow-brown color that echoes the burning clouds overhead.

The more Liu Bei looked at it, the more he loved it.

The tiger sits on a high platform, dominating the original Western Regions Protectorate and lobby in the middle of the inner city.

Liu Bei sat on the main seat.

The retainers and generals sat down in turn, and they all saluted: "Meet the lord!" ”

"Excuse me." Liu Bei looked around and said loudly: "Half a year of expedition, thousands of miles." The battle is big and small, and the success is imminent. If this battle is won, the Western Regions will be decided, and the people will be at peace. There are rewards on both the left and right. I can also go to the court and reopen the capital! ”

"The lord sees it!" Hearing this, both civil and military enthusiasts rushed to the championship.

The lord wants to reopen the Western Regions Protectorate!