If you go from Shuishui Jinguan to Qiuzi, it is about 4,300 miles. If you go around through the Hexi Corridor, it will be more than 5,000 miles. The military vehicles travel 200 miles a day, and after leaving the customs, the business road is not as smooth as the customs, and this long journey will last one month at the earliest.

It was the height of summer. The heat is unbearable. Fresh and good horses are cut and shaved to prevent summer heat and illness. It is also necessary to prepare more blankets to protect against the cold of the desert night.

"Wear a leather jacket in the morning, wear yarn in the afternoon, and eat watermelon around the stove." It is a true portrayal of the Western Regions in later generations.

When Liu Bei and his entourage entered the Hexi Corridor, they met the convoy led by Liyi. More than 1,000 military vehicles, mighty and mighty, went to Dunhuang. An Xuan, a merchant who rests in peace, is a wealthy merchant on the Silk Road, who is well-known and has a good reputation. Previously, he spent a huge amount of money to sell a large amount of silk from the rich merchants of Maoling in Chang'an, and wanted to transport it to Dawan through the North Silk Road. It's no secret for a long time. Dawan produces a good horse. It was exchanged for silk and then transported back to Dunhuang. The profit is more than 10 times.

It's just that it's a long way to go, and you have to pass through several countries. The beggar tribe Xianbei entered the Western Regions and plundered everywhere. In addition, the horse thieves entrenched in the trade road are also becoming more and more rampant. This trip is bound to be fraught with danger.

If you can arrive safely, you will benefit greatly. If you encounter robbers on the road, you will lose all your money. There are many people who admire and despise the merchants in the border market. As the saying goes, wealth is sought in danger. Seeing An Xuanguang recruiting guards, hiring a thousand convoys, preparing to go west, and the Hu merchants of the Western Regions who were stranded in the Guannei were all waiting to see.

On the day of the trip, the border market was unprecedented. Seeing that An Xuan's soldiers were strong and strong, there were still many small caravans stranded in the pass, and they wanted to accompany them all the way. An Xuan did not refuse, but there was only one request. Along the way, the orders were prohibited, and the Anxuan caravan was the leader. This is a matter of course, and Hu Shang, who accompanied him, promised with his mouth.

As a result, the mighty westbound caravan lined up to clear the customs. After leaving the Yumen Pass, go to Shanshan. Shanshan, known as Loulan in the former Han Dynasty. The two Silk Roads in the north and south branched off here.

Because it is to go to Dawan, it is natural to take the northern route. After exiting the customs, the caravans lined up in a long line and marched in turn. The speed is not fast, and the daily travel is only more than 100 miles, or even dozens of miles. At the current speed, it will only take two months to get to Qiuzi. There is no urgency in this matter. If you pretend to be a caravan, you must really look like a caravan. All the way, straight to the turtle, will be suspected by the nearby herdsmen. How can you know that there are no Western Regions countries or even Xianbei people among the herdsmen along the way?

At Shanshan Puchanghai Oasis (Lop Nur) to replenish the forage and drinking water, the caravan set off again, entered the northern route, took the Qiuci, and went to Dawan.

Shortly after the caravan left. Dunhuang has a rumor. Yan, General Fu Han, the chief historian of the Western Regions, and Liu Bei, the Marquis of Linxiang, have led tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians out of Jinguan and rushed to Gaochang to recover the Western Regions Changshi Mansion and Wuji Lieutenant City. If you want to be self-sufficient in Tuntian, you can run the Western Regions. Hu Shang in the Guannai, celebrating with the crown. Liu Bei's name of Qilin, no one in the universe knows, and no one knows. The reason why Xianbei is like a lost dog and fled in a hurry. It is given by this man.

A few months ago, he was under Juyansai again, and he rode a thousand. The two generations of leaders of the bald and the old and the new. Surrender thousands of Xianbei warriors, and shock the west. After several months of fierce soldiers, he led the army out of the customs. The recovery of the Western Regions is just around the corner.

Saying. The Western Regions, which is not protected by the Han Dynasty, is really in chaos, and the people are struggling to make a living. Big countries want to swallow small countries. Small countries are in constant fear. Then there is Xianbei indiscriminately. The situation is like adding fuel to the fire. Out of control. The trade route is not passable, and the loss is not only the Hu merchants who are stranded in the Guannai. Along the way, small countries and city-states were born along the Silk Road. Prices are extremely high, and public resentment is boiling.

It's still a trivial matter, and you can get through it by gritting your teeth. The problem was that there were no caravans to and from the caravans, trafficking in local products, and paying large customs duties. The financially stretched budget is gradually unable to pay commissions. The mercenaries were already dissatisfied. Fear of change.

I heard that many small countries along the way have begun to use the gold reserves of the national treasury to pay for mercenaries. Even the money at the bottom of the box was taken out, which shows that there is indeed a shortage of money.

Well, this is the disadvantage of the city-state.

Relying too much on business, and not enough hematopoiesis. Both the people and the land are very limited. Unable to feed enough of the country's army. It can only be hired by employment. Of course, mercenaries also have considerable combat power. The problem is, for these professional soldiers who take money to be soldiers. Loyalty and combat power are often directly proportional to the money paid.

If you have money, you can do anything. If you don't have money, it's not easy to do anything.

From Liuzhong to the Gaochang line, although most of the Fengsui forts were burned by the beggar Xianbei. Most of the castles are intact. With just a little repair, you're ready to move in.

Due to the rebellion of Xianbei, since Dong Zhuo, the imperial court has never sent Wuji Lieutenant. Officials and civilians in the Tunbian area also moved into the customs in batches. The ditches were destroyed and the fertile fields were barren. As far as the eye can see, it is desolate. When the army arrived, it first repaired the city and houses. Then open the canal to drink water and reclaim the farmland. for long-term garrison.

The main book, Li Ru and Xu Rong, Cheng Pu led the generals Tun Liuzhong. Ling Xu Huang, Zang Ba and others will guard Gaochang. The two Fu Cao, each with more than 10,000 residents, lived in Fengwei and Barrier City, and tuntian along the two places.

The flag covers the sun, and the labor scene is in full swing, why do you need to get close, you can see it from afar. There are often rangers coming and going. From several times a day, to dozens of times a day. Go back several times a day. Once in the last few days, it has been rarely frequented recently.

Obviously, General Fu Han, the long history of the Western Regions, and Liu Bei, the Marquis of Linxiang, were preparing to protracted a protracted battle with Xianbei in the Western Regions. The prince is good at this. When he was a teenager, he built a tall building in Lousang. After the reinstatement, a piece of white Ze, a hometown with no other land, was built into a famous northern city on the rich side.

When it comes to farming. There is no other place in the world.

Now it is very reasonable to farm in the Western Regions, connecting the previous and the next, and the same lineage.

Wheat cropping in the Western Regions can be harvested twice a year. But if you want to achieve initial results, it will not be achieved in a day. At least two or three years, more than three or five years.

The countries of the Western Regions, which were nervous because of the army's departure from the customs, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Some laugh, others sad. The small countries that are really attached to the Han Dynasty have sighed and are secretly anxious. Those big countries with ulterior motives and want to take advantage of the chaos are secretly rejoicing, making contacts everywhere and stepping up their layout. I want to unite as soon as possible, secretly support the beggar Xianbei, and wrestle with the big man.

At all costs. All the countries in the Western Regions thought that Liu Bei had entered the Western Regions, and was in Liuzhongcheng and Gaochangbi, and they were wantonly tuntian.

Unexpectedly, Liu Bei, who set off early, had already followed the Anxuan caravan along the Peacock River to Quli City.

The Peacock River is also known as the Drinking Horse River, and it is said that Ban Dingyuan once drank horses here, so it is called.

From Puchanghai to Quli City, it is about 1,200 miles.

The caravan will take most of the month.

As soon as Puchanghai came out, this mighty westbound caravan was targeted.

Set up camp in the evening, and Koji Yi, disguised as a caravan guard, entered the camp to report.

"My lord, the thief attack is tonight."

Looking around at the fierce generals under his command who were all dressed in the Western Regions, Liu Bei nodded lightly: "The generals will act according to the order, and don't show flaws." ”

"Whoa!"