In late autumn and early winter, after various news from the northwest confirmed the identity of that army, the original continuous war sank.

The southern road of the Western Regions was completely bulldozed, and the news of the Western Expeditionary Army entering Yumen Pass spread to various places, which made the atmosphere of the states and counties of the Han Dynasty flourish, and the proud literati gathered to talk about the Western Expeditionary Army could not help but be impassioned, praising the Western Expedition to raise the prestige of our Han people, and writing all kinds of poems, which caused a sensation in the place for a while.

The caravan of the family that was trapped in the chaos of Central Asia with the Western Expeditionary Army, since the Yumen Pass, have also returned to their homes one after another, writing down what they saw and heard in the war, they can survive the death, for the wolf king's senses, now it is different, after going back, the Mediterranean, Central Asia saw and heard in their mouths vividly recounted, the lightning attack in the early winter Anxi, all the way to the rest of the capital, frightened their emperor fled overnight, and his whereabouts are still unknown; The 200,000-strong army of the Great Qin Emperor Severus laid out the western expeditionary army, and was finally skillfully resolved by the governor of Gongsun, and in the battle array, one of the opponent's arms was cut off with a knife...... In word of mouth, it has evolved into all kinds of fascinating deeds, and even has a bit of mythology.

For a time, all kinds of rumors, swept away the hesitation and uneasiness caused by the civil war in the past four years, there was such a strong western expeditionary army to guard the northern gateway, many people finally breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, a little insight, or there was a generation of old people in the village who experienced the wolf king going south, occasionally the village mouth talked about the past, quite proud: "When the wolf king of the north was only a few hundred people, he dared to rush to Luoyang, do you know, at that time, Luoyang was hundreds of thousands of troops gathered, and the old man expected that this son would be terrible in the future...... I still remember, from the entrance of our village, I came in to ask for water to drink, the head and feet are seven or eight, and the arms are as thick as thighs, so I raised the stone mill at the entrance of the village to play, what kind of thing is the Western barbarians, how can I stop the majesty of the wolf king......"

It is equivalent to the talk in the countryside and the market, after all, there are not many people who know the core information, and the family is more concerned about the army, and whether the Southern Western Regions Road has really been bulldozed. But as time passed, from the mouths of the returning caravans, the fragmented information was finally pieced together into a complete piece of information, which was placed in front of the middle and upper classes of the world, which was an unimaginable amount of information for them.

The sea in the land has exceeded many people's cognition, and the Great Qin, which unifies the entire Mediterranean, is also a behemoth, and the area under its jurisdiction is not much different from the Han Dynasty, and even the rest in the middle, and the Kushan near the sea in the southeast is also a big country, and tens of millions of people live in that land, except for the difference in skin color, eyes, and hair, which is no different from the Han Dynasty, but all of this was destroyed in the war.

The wolf king dragged the whole of Central Asia and the West into the war with a single force, hundreds of thousands of people died on the battlefield alone, and tens of millions of civilians died in the war, and more than a million Persians in Central Asia alone were killed, not counting the casualties and dispersion caused by disappearance, hunger, and disease. In the past seven years of the Western Expedition, even the emperors of several countries died in the war, three died in peace, one died in Persia, and two emperors of Great Qin died in the hands of the Western Expeditionary Army, although they were thousands of miles away, but after reading the terrifying numbers in the message, they usually made people secrete a layer of cold sweat behind their backs, and their scalps were numb, if the wolf king went south with 170,000 elites of the hundred battles, everyone in this world would probably be difficult to make other choices, either to stand in line or to perish.

But ordinary people do not think as much as those above, the various wars on the way to the west, which general LinkedIn bravely fought the story slightly exaggerated has become a topic of conversation, people also mostly relish, plus the return of the wolf king, the war between the south and the Central Plains suddenly disappeared, which makes people have an illusion of dominating the world, and even some people ridicule and mock: "It seems that Sun Quan and Liu Bei still dare to fight?" angered the Northland Wolf King, and your home was confiscated. ”

In such an atmosphere, the wolf prince Gongsun Zhi that people often mention has arrived in the west of Daijun and northwest of Yanmen.

The grassland is withered and yellow, revealing the dry soil, the ignorant grassland children drive the cattle and sheep that are going to be sold back, a quaint leather felt tent in the distance forms a huge circle, the Hun woman is cooking outside the tent, the man of the family is bargaining with the Han traders, except for the tent, the others are no different from the Han people, after reaching a deal, the merchant happily beckons people to go to the pen to count the livestock.

In the southeast, a cavalry of the Han people went out of the Yin Pavilion from their sight, along the road trampled out by the chariots and horses' hooves, all the way to the north, when resting halfway, a horse rushed up the soil slope, swept the picture of the foothills bordering the grassland, several spring and autumn past, green and withered yellow kept repeating in his sight, the once blank grassland, large and small tents have been gathered, and people began to multiply here.

Xu Rong took off his iron helmet, his hair was gray, it was a few years ago that he became the assassin of Bingzhou from Yanmen Taishou, and more importantly, he was appointed by Gongsun Zhi as the commander of the Xiliang Army, what a right, but in fact, only Xu Rong was unable to participate in the Western Expedition in his heart, and he was a long time with foreign armies, I am afraid that it is the biggest regret in his life.

In the west, as far as the eye can see, the vast smoke and dust spread, Xu Rong unscrewed the water bag on his waist, raised it above his head, and waited for the cavalry of the Western Expedition to pass by, his cloak was unfurled, he stood on the dirt slope and shouted loudly: "The soldiers of all armies have returned from a hundred battles, raise the majesty of our great Han, honor the water of my hometown, and honor the triumph of the king——"

More than a dozen knights who came on a flying horse stopped, took the water bag handed by the cavalry under Xu Rong's command, their dark and calloused faces were wet and red, and they bowed to Xu Rong and the others on horseback, "The hometown water is delicious!" Then he pulled the reins: "Continue to investigate—" and ran away from sight.

"These are my big men....."

The wind whimpered, and he stood there for a long time, watching the scout ride leave, before turning over and riding his horse and leading his own soldiers forward, facing him, the wolf flag with mottled blood marks came with the black dragon, like the banner of the forest swept across the wilderness, overwhelming the might, drowning everything in his field of vision. The marching army was in incomplete armor, mottled with traces of swords and spears, and the speed was not fast as soon as possible, and the legs were tense and strong when walking, as if they were bursting out of a charging posture at any time.

When Xu Rong approached the past, there was also a horse team galloping from the direction of Daijun on the side, on horseback, the bald man with a big beard was in his forties, and his body looked bloated.

"Gao Taishou is also here." He arched his hand and said a pleasant greeting.

Nearly fifty years old, but the spirit is still there, looking at the yellowing grass in the distance, raising the army of astonishing smoke and dust, laughing: "Then the leader of my old high has been a ...... all his life How not to come to greet. ”

Not long after, Hua Xiong, who had a wide mouth and a tiger beard, rode over from the team and stepped forward to hand over to the two: "The leader is in the Chinese army, I have sent someone to report it, yo, I haven't seen you for a few years, Lao Gao's fat body is getting more and more out of control." ”

The three of them were old acquaintances, and they didn't care too much about jokes, and after a while, Li Ke came over with a team of cavalry to take a look, "It turned out to be you, I thought someone had said the wrong thing." After saying that, he turned around and went back, leaving the three of them looking at each other with embarrassed faces, but finally laughed.

The marching front army has reached the vicinity of the three people, in the roaring footsteps, there is the sound of horses' hooves galloping in front, several columns of hundreds of guards wolves rode over, and then separated the two sides, the three of them turned around, dismounted one after another, in the field of vision, the majestic and sturdy black horse stepped out of the crowd.

"Ascension!"

"Hua Xiong!"

"Xu Rong!"

The three of them lifted their cloaks and knelt down on one knee, and arched their hands in unison: "Meet the lord (leader)"

"Get up." Gongsun Zhi also got off his horse and waved at them, "Come with me." ”

"Yes!"

I haven't seen each other for seven years, Xu Rong is okay, Gao Shengnai followed Gongsun when he was a horse thief, and more than ten years have passed, if you talk about it, if you didn't follow the night attack on the horse thief leader that night, I'm afraid that things here, and even in this world, are different, every time I suddenly think of this possibility, Gao Sheng feels that this heaven should be a certain number in the dark.

The three of them walked on the grass in front of the army, and talked about some wars and countries in the Western Regions, Xu Rong wanted to make a simple report on the situation of the state over the years, but was interrupted by Gongsun Zhi waving his hand: "I just came back, I don't want to listen to this, you are the history of the state assassin, as long as it doesn't affect this northern land, you make your own decisions, when the year is over, go back to Shanggu County, and I will give you a day." ”

Although it is a bit exaggerated to take out a day alone, on the other hand, it is Gongsun Zhi's greatest trust. Half an hour later, Xu Rong rode south with satisfaction, looking at the departing team, Gongsun Zhi turned over and got on his horse, looked at the outline of the four hills vaguely seen in front of him, and whispered to Gao Sheng next to him: "The front is the White Wolf Plain." ”

Gao Sheng nodded.

"..... I will conquer the west and return, I should tell the sour Confucian."