On the grasslands of Hezhou, an army is galloping towards the Western Regions.

This army, it seems, is extremely elite.

There were nearly 3,000 men, but there were more than 4,000 horses, and they galloped like a torrent, and they were unstoppable, and in this endless grassland, they were like fish in water, and the whole army was scattered, and under the leadership of the leader, it seemed to come from the sky.

Of course, they can't run so wildly all the time, even if they ride a good BMW, they can't stand such a long-distance run, what war horses are good at is charging, not such a long-distance gallop.

"Captain Gongsun!!"

Someone shouted from behind.

Gongsun Zhan, who was galloping on his horse, did not hear this shout, he felt the cold wind in front of him, and couldn't help shouting, he had not been able to gallop so freely for a long time, this feeling was really addictive, he really didn't notice, his subordinates were shouting his name loudly in the rear, he waved his right hand, chanted, and the distance between him and his subordinates was stretched a little bit.

After a long time, Gongsun Chan felt that the horses were a little unbearable, so he waved his right hand, signaled the soldiers to stop, and quickly reined in the horses, the horses raised their front hooves high, neighing, Gongsun Chan leaned back, indescribable joy, he laughed, turned around, looked at his subordinates, his smile suddenly froze, behind him, there was no one, only a grassland connected to the sky.

Didn't all these fools run away? Don't want to go to war???

Gongsun Chan hurried back, ran wildly again, when he crossed a high slope, he was relieved, those stupid things did not run, they were already sitting on the ground at the moment, some went to feed the horses, some were preparing to eat, I don't know what to talk about, Gongsun Chan rode his horse, walked to them unhurriedly, turned over and got off the horse, and some soldiers stepped forward to take the horse rope.

"Captain Gongsun, where did you just go?"

"Me?"

"Yes, our horses are a little unbearable, so I called you, you waved your right hand, let us stop, we just stopped, you galloped away, we thought you were going to give up on us and go to war by yourself...."Gongsun Zhan's military marquis Si Tali said a little sadly, and the soldiers behind him couldn't help but nod.

"Ahem, I'll go to the front and check the enemy's situation..."Gongsun Zhan said a little solemnly, everyone suddenly realized, and their hearts were grateful, the captain is really good, knowing our combat strength, and specially going to check the enemy's situation, what a good captain, they nodded, but in the tower, asked with some doubts: "But, captain, we haven't left Hezhou yet, how can there be enemies here?" ”

"Bastard! Could it be that because we are still in the territory of the Han Dynasty, can we relax our vigilance? From the moment we set out, we have to be cautious, so that we can be invincible, you know?! ”

"Got it, thank you for the Captain's teachings," said Sitari with a nod.

There was a kid on the side, strange to say, his appearance, it turned out to be exactly the same as the Tali, he called the Tamu, is the twin brother of the Tali, the two of them, look exactly the same, he and the Tari are the same military marquis, however, Gongsun Chan can recognize them at a glance, Sitamu looked at Gongsun Chan, and said: "Captain, I just checked, no one is left behind, no one is bad." ”

"Well, that's good..."Gongsun Chan nodded.

Si Ta Li is a younger brother, hot temperament, love to talk and laugh, and the relationship with the rest of the soldiers is very kind, Gongsun Chan often treats him as a junior, and Si Tamu is the elder brother, cold temperament, diametrically opposed to his younger brother, to Gongsun Chan's surprise, among the Donghao people, there is actually such a person who is not cowardly, his talent in military is very good, on weekdays, everything in the army, Gongsun Chan is to let him take care of it.

It is said that these two brothers, because of the twins, were not killed by the Goguryeo people, after being caught, they were sent to the nobles of the country, as playthings, for people to enjoy and visit, later, everyone was used to seeing them, so they were thrown out, and then they were rescued by the Han army at a young age and became soldiers of the Xiaoyong battalion, as for today.

Gongsun Chan also sat down, and the two brothers sat on either side.

"Captain Gongsun, how are you investigating? Are there enemy troops around? Sitari asked hurriedly, with a hint of fear in his eyes.

"Alas, there are no enemies..."

"When will we be able to reach the Western Regions?"

"Probably the day after tomorrow..."

"Aren't we going to Liangzhou?"

"No, no."

"I heard that we may fight with the Guishan people this time, I think, we might as well go to Liangzhou, find General Sun, and ask them to give us thousands of scouts to lead the way for us, so that we can find the enemy..."

"Get out!" Gongsun Chan scolded, Si Ta Li lowered his head, and hurriedly walked away, Si Tamu looked at his younger brother helplessly, shook his head, looked at Gongsun Zhan, and asked: "Captain, although he is stubborn, what he can say is reasonable, we first rushed to the Western Regions, even the terrain of the Western Regions is not clear, we want to go out of the Western Regions to search for business travelers, so how can we find it?" ”

"What do you mean?"

"It's better to send someone to Liangzhou, contact the county government, and find a guide who is familiar with the Western Regions and the outside of the Saiwai, not too much, one or two are enough, if it is a Guishan person, it is better!" As he spoke, Gongsun Chan listened, nodded, and said, "That... It's up to you... I'll be waiting for you at the Red Willow River... Don't delay too long..."

"Good!"

On the same day, Si Tamu led the three of them to leave here, changed the road, and rushed to Liangzhou.

Gongsun Chan rushed to the Hongliu River, there is no county seat, not even Hongliu, and no river, why is it called the Hongliu River? Gongsun Chan was also puzzled, the army arrived here, and rested for two days, just now waited for the return of Sitamu, he brought two people, these two people, one is from the Central Plains, you can see from the appearance, and the other person, the appearance is a little dark, the appearance is unique, the hair color is also strange, it seems that it is the Guishan people.

Sitamu took them to meet Gongsun Zhan.

The people from the Central Plains bowed their hands and said: "Chen Yao, a native of Anhan in Bajun, meet Captain Gongsun." ”

Gongsun Zan was stunned, this person was actually from Yizhou, not from Liangzhou? However, since this person dared to come, he must be familiar with the terrain, fortunately, there is still a Kushan man, Gongsun Zhan turned his head and looked at the Kushan man, and the man also bowed his hand and said: "Mi Reyi to meet the general!" ”

Gongsun Chan was stunned and asked, "You are very skilled in this elegant language..."

"Since I was a child, I have traveled back and forth between the Western Regions and Liangzhou... Thank you Captain for the compliment. ”

"Oh? Are you a businessman? ”

"My father is a businessman, I am a student, I came to Liangzhou to study... I heard that the general needed a guide who knew the Western Regions well, so he came..."

"Wait, you're not from Kushan?"

"I'm from Kangju..."

"It's good, it's good.." Gongsun Chan nodded, these two people can ride horses, Chen Yao from Yizhou, is indeed a businessman, he has been to Guishan many times before, this time, he was unable to participate due to illness, entrusted his goods to others, did not expect, still failed to wait, in desperation, he could only come to Liangzhou in person, to inquire about the news, and learned that Gongsun Chan was going to search for Shangjia, he naturally hurriedly recommended himself, and then followed.

A group of people walked into the Western Regions, here is still an endless grassland, and Hezhou seems to be no different, the curiosity in everyone's hearts, it gradually disappeared, the two guides, walking beside Gongsun Zhan, Gongsun Chan said: "Chen Jun, then take us, according to the specific route of the merchant Jia, all the way forward, along the way, we ask the local people, there will be a harvest." ”

Therefore, Chen Yao led the way, and Mi Reyi was responsible for communicating with the local people.

Although there was nothing to gain along the way, there were many things to be learned, such as the fact that the local people told them that they saw a huge caravan coming and going every year, and that they would also trade with them, but the caravan had left a few months ago and never returned.

After walking for a long time, he still couldn't get out of this grassland, at this time, Gongsun Zhan felt the difference between this place and Hezhou, this place is too big, he has walked for nearly half a month, this journey, if it is in the Central Plains, has already crossed several states and counties, and now, according to what Mireyi said, he has just walked into the gate of the Western Regions, lingering at the door!!

After another period of time, they walked out of the grassland, and before they had time to be happy, they were frightened by the scene in front of them, what is this, a large field, but there is no grass, the ground is full of stones, you can vaguely see a few traces of green, the horse walks here, you must always be careful, fortunately, there is Chen Yao to lead the way, he has also walked here several times, very experienced.

In some places, you can only lead horses to walk, according to Chen Yao said, this place is called the Gobi, thousands of miles of Gobi, spread on this land, no one lives, there are no livestock, cattle and sheep, it is completely barren land.

It was the first time for Gongsun Zhan and his Donghao soldiers to see such a scene, especially those Donghao soldiers, who were dumbfounded, they had never thought that there was such a strange place in the world!

Watching Gongsun Chan and the soldiers complain, Chen Yao and Mi Reyi laughed and said nothing, which was quite mysterious.

When they had wounded a lot of horses and were about to run out of food, they came to the county seat.

After replenishing supplies here, when Xingqing left the Gobi, Mi Reyi came up and said, "General Gongsun, next, we have to look for camels... For the rest of the road, the horses will not be able to walk...."

"Why?"

"Desert."

Gongsun Chan didn't know what to call the desert, but he still honestly obeyed Mireyi's words, and bought a lot of camels from the local area, these camels were full of supplies, and the horses could not be ridden, so they could only lead and walk through the road, gradually, the green became less and less, and the population became more and more sparse, and finally, Gongsun Chan found that the ground under his feet had turned golden yellow, and the golden sand grains were flickering.

The first time they saw this, the Donghao soldiers were very happy, and even threw themselves into the sand to feel the strange scenery outside the fortress, but soon, they were not happy, the climate was getting hotter and hotter, and the soldiers could not bear it, and there was not a single river, they had not eaten fish for a long time, and if it were not for Mireyi to lead, they would not have known where they were going.

All places look golden and exactly the same.

There is often a strong wind here, this wind does not make them feel cool, this wind is blazing, the rolled up golden sand makes this place more terrifying, Mi Reyi said, if you don't pay attention to it, you may be buried by this sand, and you can't sleep at night, you must move more, otherwise you will be buried alive, the soldiers of Donghao almost cried, what a terrible place is this, we have to go back to Donghao!!

Within a month, they had their harvest.

They found six or seven wheels, a dead camel, and a Han sword with a twisted blade.