The next morning, Zhang Xiaowu summoned all the soldiers and said: "This place is a grassland desert, and the terrain of the Central Plains is very different, and the escape team is free, but I promise you that within two days, they will be eaten by grass wolves." Not only are there grass wolves, but also clouded leopards, poisonous snakes, poisonous insects, hyenas, eagle vultures, and even blood-sucking leeches hiding in the grass will kill you. If you want to go now, you can, but you will surely die. Do you know how many people spent on this official road, how much time it took and how much effort it took to die, and how many predecessors built it? The official road is to keep us away from danger! Only by following the team and following the official road is the safest. ”

Sure enough, the three post guards who had no food and water fled the next day, and they were attacked by hyenas and died tragically on the side of the official road, and there were no bones left to be eaten by the hyenas.

On the fifth day of the march of the dead soldiers' battalion, the whole army marched to the barren land next door, Zhang Xiaowu told everyone to cherish the water, there is no water supply in this section of the Gobi Desert, each person uses a pot of water for one day, and only after three days can they meet the oasis with water again. After walking for less than half a day, everyone arrived at the ruins of the ancient city between Mucheng and Yashan, and the army garrisoned the ruins of the ancient city that night.

Woodson introduced this ancient city as the ruins of Roland, which was originally the holy city of the Roland people. Zhang Xiaowu was very interested in the history of this land, so he asked Wu Song, who was carrying a bamboo book all day long, to talk about this history.

Scholars like to show off their knowledge the most, so Wu Song looked at the desolate ancient city wall and said: "The history of my Shenghan is only three hundred years, before the Shenghan was the Tiantang, before the Tiantang was Huaxia, before Huaxia was the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Central Plains, and before the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Central Plains, it was twenty years of slavery in the world. According to historical records, about 600 years ago, the Roland Empire unified the world, occupying the Central Plains in the south, the extreme north in the north, the countries in the Western Regions in the west, the Black Forest and the sea in the east, and the rivers that covered the eyes of the world were all Roland slaves, so they became slaves in the world for the past 20 years. King Gassi of Roland called himself the Khan of Heaven, enjoyed everything in the world, and took all the tribes, tribes and countries of the world as Roland's slaves. ”

"Slave to the world?" Zhang Xiaowu snorted, "Isn't it the enemy of the world?" ”

Wu Song said: "Yes, at that time, the Roland people relied on the forging technology that led the world, and the Roland iron sword was invincible in the world, and the countries used nothing more than bronze blades, so naturally they could not be enemies." Relying on the courage and blade of soldiers, the Roland people dominated the Huanyu in just twenty years, but they were overthrown and almost wiped out after less than twenty years of rule, and the first to overthrow the Roland Empire was our Central Plains people. ”

Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile: "It should be that their forging skills have been passed down, 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 Rolanders had enslaved the world, there were frequent revolts in various places, and the edifice was already crumbling. At this time, there was a great earthquake in the holy city of the Roland people, and the holy city was destroyed overnight, and the course of the Jialan River was also born due to the earthquake. The holy city was destroyed, and the Roland people forcibly requisitioned millions of people from all over the country to rebuild the holy city. Because of the wealth of our Central Plains, the Roland people collected boulders, beautiful jade, and even countless women accompanying the army in the Central Plains, and hundreds of thousands of people in the Central Plains were displaced. The people of the Central Plains could no longer endure the enslavement, and they rose up one after another, killing the Roland officials and exterminating the Roland people, and the Roland army had to enter the Central Plains from all over the country to quell the rebellion. This Northern Wasteland was originally called the Roland Grassland, which was the birthplace of the Roland people, and they left only a few thousand defenders in order to destroy the rebels in the Central Plains. The slaves took the opportunity to revolt, they burned the holy city, slaughtered almost all the Roland men, and occupied the Two Wolf Pass, blocking the Roland army in the Central Plains. The pronunciation of slaves in the Roland language is Tatar, so the Tatar language spoken by the Tatars is actually the Roland language, and the Tatars are the descendants of slaves and plundered Roland women. ”

Zhang Xiaowu looked at the ruins and sighed infinitely, the Roland Empire is not as good as the Mongol Empire, the Mongol Empire has at least lasted for 80 years, and the Manchu Empire has insisted on it for more than 260 years.

Wu Song said: "According to the historical records, the Roland people invented an artifact that can take people into the air, and every time they attack the city, they will release this artifact, and they will first sprinkle the heavenly fire into the city, and the people in the city are even more frightened when they see the heavenly fire. Moreover, the Roland people are tall, strong, warlike and able to fight, they are natural warriors, and they are even more tall Titan warriors, with blades in their hands that are unstoppable in the world, and the world cannot be defeated. ”

Zhang Xiaowu touched his chin and smiled slightly, this legend is not credible, he is still one foot tall, there is actually a person taller than Yao Ming in this era?

Wu Song pointed to the ruins of the Roland 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, and fled all the way to the west, and finally about 100,000 people escaped from the thousands of miles of yellow sand in Yumen Pass, and disappeared since then. Everyone thought that the Roland people had disappeared or become extinct, and I read in a travelogue of the Yueshi people that thousands of Roland people escaped from the yellow sand and fled all the way west to the extreme west, where they conquered some local tribes, established a country and renamed it Rouran. The people of Rouran always wanted to return to the East, conquer the East, and rebuild the Holy City of Roland. However, even if they return to the East, they are afraid that they will be killed if they encounter Wuhuan and Shenghan, and this night is not the same as six hundred years ago. ”

Zhang Xiaowu laughed and said: "If they come back, the Han people in the Central Plains join forces with foreign races, won't they end the war with war?" ”

"Master Kosa said with a smile, as long as there are people in this world, there will be war, and unless everyone dies, the war will stop." Wu Song looked at the setting sun and said lightly.

After walking out of the Gobi Desert, the team finally encountered the water source. It was an oasis with a spring in the middle of it, which the Tatars called the Fountain of Life. Around the fountain of life, there are patches of trees growing around. A guide said that anyone who passes by the fountain of life must show respect to it, and that it is only allowed to be filled with water and not to be desecrated. Zhang Xiaowu asked people to refill the water, and after a night's rest, they continued to hurry.

Contrary to Zhang Xiaowu's expectations, this escort mission was unusually smooth, and there were only five people before and after the fugitives, and when asked the reason, it turned out to be because they were far away from the Central Plains, rather than fleeing alone and being eaten by wild beasts or starving to death, it was better to follow everyone to the Yashan camp, at least for the time being, no one would die.

Zhang Xiaowu felt that the reason was ridiculous, if it was him, he would definitely run away, but ordinary people did not have this "rebellious" and longed for freedom. When Zhang Xiaowu communicated with Xiao Kai, Xiao Kai also said: "It's better to die than to live, after passing through Mucheng, they all figured it out when they saw the thousands of miles of uninhabited desert in Saibei." ”

Zhao Suo snickered: "At least, you won't starve to death." ”

"Are you hungry?"

"Naturally, I have suffered, but I have been starving for a pound."

Wang Yijin smiled awkwardly, this hard-working child who was bought by his parents with a pound of grain has never eaten much since he was a child.

Zhang Xiaowu said: "One catty, your name is unlucky, I'll change your name for you." ”

Wang Yijin hurriedly said: "Lord Xiaozuo, please give me a name." ”

"How about your name Wang Yijin? Jinyu is flawless, I hope you will be innocent and clean in the future. ”

Wang Yijin said excitedly: "Thank you for your name, in the future, you will definitely be innocent and clean." ”

Zhang Xiaowu laughed, and asked Chen Guanxi: "Guanxi, I think your name ......"

Chen Guanxi hurriedly said: "Master Xiaozuo, you don't need to change your name, a pound of him has been sold since he was a child, there is no lowly, the lowly grandfather is alive, if he learns that the lowly has changed his name in the future, he will definitely beat me up, and I am not allowed to serve filial piety to him." ”

Zhang Xiaowu shook his head and said regretfully: "I thought I could help you change a domineering and prosperous name, but it's a pity that you don't have that life...... Guanxi! ”

"Inferior Chen Guanxi, not called Edison Chen." Chen Guanxi hurriedly corrected.

The army marched for another five days and finally reached the foot of Raven Mountain.