The Western Regions, somewhere in the desert.

"His grandmother's, this place is too cold!" Zhao Kuo shrank back and couldn't help but let out a complaint.

The sun has come out, but the cold in the air has not dissipated because of this, so that Zhao Kuo even has a feeling of returning to Handan for winter.

However, Zhao Kuo could feel that the temperature was rising very significantly, and judging from the march of the previous month, by noon, the damn temperature would begin to rise slowly.

As the days passed, the weather improved day by day.

To be honest, Zhao Kuo never imagined that he would have to face such a harsh environment one day.

"Except for sand and sand!" Zhao Kuo complained dissatisfied, took out a wine jug from his waist, and wanted to take a sip to warm his body.

But after weighing the weight of the wine jug, Zhao Kuo thought about it and held back, and reluctantly hung the wine jug back.

I'm running out of stock.

Zhao Kuo was very melancholy.

It has been more than a month since accepting Li Mu's mission to enter the desert.

In the past month or so, Zhao Kuo led 10,000 warriors under his command to march westward, encountering many large and small oases along the way, destroying several small countries, and even eliminating a thousand Huns who met by chance.

But more often than not, Zhao Kuo is constantly wading through the sand like today.

No people, no birds, even plants are extremely rare, and by midnight it will be quite cold, and there will be some strange noises around the barracks, and even ghost fires, and some soldiers who patrol the night claim that evil spirits peep into the night.

For such soldiers, Zhao Kuo certainly cut off their heads without hesitation.

It's just that as the days go by, Zhao Kuo's patience has gradually reached the limit.

In fact, if it weren't for the oases and battles that would appear every few days, Zhao Kuo would have felt that the morale and supplies of the cavalry army under his command would have become a big problem.

Marching in this kind of ghost place is a serious torture both physically and mentally, and in this month alone, thousands of Zhao cavalry have stayed on this land forever due to various non-combat factors such as illness and water and soil adaptation.

"Call the guide to General Ben!!"

A moment later, a man with a high nose and deep eyes and a rather strange dress appeared in front of Zhao Kuo, nodded towards Zhao Kuo, and said in Zhao Chinese, which was not very proficient: "General, what are the orders?" ”

In fact, Perseus's retinue was not completely killed by Mao.

After all, these guys have traveled through the Western Regions, which can be regarded as an out-and-out living map, and it would be a pity to waste it.

In the face of the choice between life and death or loyalty, not everyone will necessarily choose loyalty, just like the man named Kretas in front of Zhao Kuo at this moment.

After passing Hu Yiwei's various tests and trainings, Chretas was able to join Zhao's army and become one of the six guides.

Zhao Kuo narrowed his eyes, and said to Kretas a little impatiently, "How long will it take to reach the mountain pass you said?" ”

"Soon?" "If nothing else," said Chretus, "we should be able to reach the pass in a few hours at most, and then we will be able to enter the plateau." ”

"Oh?" As soon as he heard this, Zhao Kuo finally raised his spirit a little, and asked, "How far is that place from the city of Bhaktra you mentioned?" ”

Kretas thought for a moment and said uncertainly, "The speed of the carriage is about forty days. ”

Kretas followed the mission when he traveled, and of course the mission had a carriage, which was obviously not comparable to Zhao Kuo's pure cavalry in terms of marching speed.

Zhao Kuo licked his lips and suddenly laughed: "In other words, if General Ben attacks with the fastest speed, maybe he will be able to reach Bactra City in more than twenty days?" ”

Kretas nodded, "That's right, General. But to be honest, it's more difficult. Because there are quite a few cities along the way. ”

"City?" Zhao Kuo laughed, patted Kretas on the shoulder hard, and was about to say something, when he suddenly sighed and stopped talking.

At the front of the group, a cavalry scout galloped like a sharp arrow, giving Zhao Kuo a message he had so badly wanted to hear.

"General Zhao Kuo, there is a mountain pass ahead, and there is a small pass at the mountain pass! There were hundreds of defenders in the city, and I don't know what country it was. ”

Zhao Kuo's body was shocked, and the whole person immediately lifted his spirits, and hurriedly asked, "How far is it?" ”

"Back to the general, there are still about twenty miles away!"

Zhao Kuo grabbed Kretas: "Say, is it this pass?" ”

Kretas paused for a moment, nodded busily and said, "Yes, yes, it should be here, if nothing else, the centurion stationed here should know me, and I can ......"

Before Kretas could finish speaking, he was pushed away by Zhao Kuo with a sinister smile.

The next moment, Zhao Kuo's big voice began to sound: "Zhao Meng, Zhao Mengru is a killer, don't hurry up and get out of here!" ”

Zhao Kuo's personal guard captain quickly appeared: "Zhao Meng is here, what does the general command!" ”

"Come, order a thousand warriors, and kill with General Ben!"

……

At sunset.

In a small burning pass, Zhao Kuo strode up and down the high platform, watching one after another Zhao cavalry ride through the place.

In the middle of the pass, hundreds of corpses of Seleucid soldiers, including a Seleucid general, lay on the sidelines.

Kretas stood behind Zhao Kuo, his head bowed in a very humble way, and his body kept trembling, lest any of his postures cause Zhao Kuo's dissatisfaction.

Just now, Chretas witnessed a miracle that he had never witnessed before.

The general Zhao Kuo in front of him, he was able to kill the Seleucid warriors in a completely incredible way with a single move!

As a Seleucid who had never seen earth-shattering thunder, Chretas felt that this General Zhao Kuo must have controlled the power of the legendary Hell Demon!

No, this Zhao Kingdom may be the legendary Demon Country!

"Zeus above, please bless your pious Cretaus!" Creitas stood trembling as he pleaded with his gods for mercy.

Suddenly, Kretas was slapped so hard that he almost peed his crotch.

Looking up in fright, he saw Zhao Kuo standing in front of him with a smile: "By the way, you said earlier that continuing south through this mountain pass from here is the eastern boundary of Rubactria?" ”

At this moment, Kretas was about to be frightened by the earth-shattering thunder, where did he dare to hide anything from Zhao Kuo, and hurriedly said: "That's right." From here through this mountain to the south, we are the ...... of Bactria."

"Needless to say! General Ben has decided. Zhao Kuo waved his hand, interrupted Kretas's words, thought for a while, and then suddenly took out a small notebook from his arms, flipped through it, and then smiled at Kretas: "General Ben is going to build a city south of this mountain, and the name of this city is called - Ili!" ”