At the end of May, a gust of hot wind blew from time to time on the desolate Gobi Desert in the Western Regions, blowing up yellow sand and dust on the ground, and blowing people's faces hurt.

The weather was dry and hot, and the faces of the soldiers were red from the sun because of the harsh climate.

The spring breeze does not pass the jade gate. Yumen Pass, out of this level, you will officially set foot on the boundary of the Western Regions, facing dangers and challenges at any time!

Cheng Yanjin ordered a slight adjustment here to collect the materials needed by the army. From here to Xizhou, it is necessary to cross a thousand kilometers of desolate land, and an army of so many people cannot be done without adequate supplies.

After the last war, Yumen Pass was not deserted, but has become more and more prosperous in recent years, and people from various feudal countries in the Western Regions have stopped here or bought goods.

Chen Fei walked around here, and wanted to buy some souvenirs, but he didn't expect to find that most of the goods here were actually his Chen Ji!

And many of the merchants who carried the goods, wagons or camels carried goods that he had memorized. In other words, he Chen Ji Chamber of Commerce has truly become an international chamber of commerce, and even the remote Yumen Pass is his commodity, not to mention other places.

And the things in Yumen Pass are really not cheap! Chen Fei glanced at the price and left stupidly.

The price of things here is one or two times more expensive than in Guanzhong, and only fools will buy them...... Well, there are still many merchants in the Western Regions who are even more stupid, Chen Fei watched them being slaughtered by the Tang people, and he showed a happy smile, as if he had picked up a big bargain.

"I can't say that the business in the Western Regions is easy to do, there is a lot of money, and people are stupid." Chen Fei shook his head with a smile, and returned to the army after a walk.

The army stayed here for five days, because the amount of 30,000 troops needed was not a small number, and the supply of such a large demand could not be met in the period of time at Yumen Pass, so Cheng Yanjin sent people to the nearest cities to collect and talk for a little more time, but fortunately, the collection of things went smoothly, and he went on the road in the early morning of the sixth day and set off for Xizhou.

If you have studied the map of the Western Regions, you will find that this place in Xizhou is really wonderful. I have to say that Li Shimin is still very discerning, he occupied this place early, and took a big advantage when he sent troops to the Western Regions - through the thousands of miles of desolate Gobi Desert, just enough to enter Xizhou to reassemble and replenish, and Xizhou is very close to Gaochang, from here to Gaochang, it can be reached in three days as fast as possible, and five days in five days when it is slow! It's just cool and crooked!

It is said that this place used to be Gaochang, which was "borrowed" by Li Shimin, and after the First World War of the Thirty-six Kingdoms of the Western Regions, Xizhou was ceded to the Tang Dynasty as compensation, and now it is the official territory of the Tang Dynasty.

It is estimated that the fateful geographical location of Xizhou has given King Gaochang a headache, and he wants to give himself a solid slap: there is nothing to borrow any city, and there is really no borrowing or repayment!

"It's about half a month's journey to Xizhou." Cheng Yanjin counted with his fingers, and sneered: "If King Gaochang is not stupid, this half a month is his last chance!" “

Chen Fei and Xue Wanjun nodded in agreement, but Cheng Chumo and Hu Di were simple-minded and did not react.

"Last chance? What does it mean? ”

"You...... I'm really angry, how did you give birth to such a stupid thing as you! If you can't figure it out, figure it out for yourself! I can't figure this out, so don't come to the battlefield, go home and farm! ”

Cheng Chumo smiled, in the moment of being scolded, he had already figured it out, only Hu Di was stupid, and he kept pestering Chen Fei to ask.

"Ah Fei, what do you mean? What other chances did King Gaochang have? Our army crushes over, can he stop it? Hu Di gave full play to his studious spirit and looked at Chen Fei with a cute expression.

Chen Fei was angry when he looked at him, a stout big man with his feet, actually selling cuteness in front of him?

"Smack!" Raising his hand is a slap on the back of Hu Di's head. "I can't figure this out, don't lead the soldiers, go home and farm!"

Hudi ......

In the desolate desert, on the sixth day of the march, at night, the Tang army, as usual, found a leeward barren rock, camped and rested, and ended the formation of the day.

There is an advantage to being stationed under a leeward barren rock - in the desert it is possible to avoid the windswept sand at night. If the wind is a little stronger, even the tent can be blown away. So camping the camp leeward can save you a lot of trouble.

Similarly, there are big drawbacks to being stationed behind a barren rock, such as...... The field of vision is blocked, and it is impossible to accurately detect the enemy!

When the Tang army entered the tent to rest, hundreds of meters away in the night, a group of people dressed like bandits were silently staring at them.

After most of the Tang troops had entered the camp to rest, the bandit-like people whistled lightly, and one of the people in the team got on their horses and left the team and ran back.

After a few more moments, a cavalry contingent of about 10,000 men joined the bandits. , take a closer look, the two groups of people are dressed similarly, and they are actually bandits!

"How is the movement of the Tang Army?" The people who came next whispered to the people waiting in front of them.

"It's quiet, nothing unusual, they don't seem to be vigilant, you see, my lord, they are so sparsely armed, once we launch a sneak attack, they will be vulnerable!"

The leader of the group of people who came behind looked at the person who spoke before, and said meaningfully: "Don't underestimate the Tang army, they are the most cunning army, and if you are not careful, you will be easily deceived." Let me ask you, can you make sure that the main forces of the Tang Army are here? ”

"Adult, small to ensure that the main force of the Tang army is concentrated here, there are about twenty or thirty thousand people in the camp, you can't be wrong!"

"They went back to the tent to rest after eating?"

"Not really, I think they seem to have set up some tripwires on the periphery of the camp, nothing else."

"Tripping?" The speaker was moved: "Where is the tripwire?" ”

"There's all around the camp, my lord, are we... Got their stumbling block first? ”

The man thought for a moment and smiled, "No! It is better to disperse the troops and rush up from three places, so as to avoid the soldiers being accidentally injured by their own people after being put down by the tripping rope. Someone came, the order went down, and after half an hour, besieged the Tang army camp in three directions, there must be no mistake! ”

"Yes!"

After the order was issued, the leader kept sneering at the camp of the Tang army: "Tang Jun, Tang Jun, you also have times when you are careless?" Hehe, wait, this battle will make you obediently go back to the gate! Western regions... You are not welcome! ”

(End of chapter)