The northern foot of Kunlun Mountain, from more than 4,000 meters above sea level to 1,000 to 1,500 meters at an all-time drop, the climate has also changed from high cold to subtropical, the Tarim Basin in November, there is still abundant precipitation, it is not the kind of difficult dry and cold, but the increase of the temperature difference between day and night will make people extremely uncomfortable.

As an important place to connect the passage between the two places, the soldiers and horses of Qiuci and Khotan and the Beiting garrison gathered here have been ordered to retreat, and the traces of the garrison under the military town are also being eliminated little by little.

"The hands and feet are neat, the demolition should be completed earlier, and the city should be returned early, who is patient to drink the cold wind here."

Wang Tao hugged his arms and kept kicking the ground back and forth with his feet to get some heat, and his men dismantled the piles and sundries left behind after the garrison of the army within a radius of several miles, and transported them back if they could be used.

Now it's different from the past, this expedition, the Tang Dynasty took the stubborn neighbor of Tubo in one fell swoop, which means that the Hu Crossbow Town, which was a border fortress in the past, no longer needs to be on strict guard like a great enemy, and has become a traffic hub between inland state capitals, because the mountain passage in front of them was a trade route connecting the two places before the Tubo people became a threat to the Tang Dynasty.

Since it is a business road, it means benefits, and the passing gold naturally belongs to the government, and the merchants who can come and go are indispensable for a local snake like him, otherwise he can find a thousand reasons to make it difficult for these bold merchants.

Thinking of the upcoming good days, Wang Tao had irrepressible excitement in his heart, and he was already thinking in his heart that after a year and a half, he would have a lot of money, which he would use to deal with Shangguan and strive to be promoted to the next level and a half, but after thinking about it, now this Hu Crossbow Town, from a military town where birds don't to a border city where gold is being made every day, isn't it a fragrant dumpling that everyone is jealous of, just afraid that these treasures will burn high incense if they can keep their current position.

In such a mood of gaining and losing, he suddenly heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves, and the source of the sound was the direction of Kunlun Mountain.

"Enemy attack!"

When the words came to his mouth, he suddenly reacted, and the Tubo people on the other side of the mountain ran out early in the morning.

Even so, after so many years of guarding, at least the vigilance has been deeply rooted in the bones, and the sergeants who were busy in the camp all threw down their things and ran around him, naturally forming a defensive formation.

However, they soon relaxed, for from the end of the road appeared a group of knights in red armor, who came to ride and saw them, and rushed over without stopping, which made Wang Tao a little nervous.

"Phew"

The man at the head made a beautiful emergency stop, just in front of them, and the man exhaled a long breath of white vapor on the horse, which seemed to carry the coldness of Kunlun Mountain.

"Where is Wang Tao?" His words were also cold.

"So-and-so, but I don't know how to drive?" Wang Tao could see from the shape of his clothes and armor that he was not a high-ranking officer, but he was still very cautious in his words.

"Find a place to stay with so-and-so, and spend the night here tonight."

Immediately, the man threw a bundle of books to him, and Wang Tao received it in his hand, slightly stunned: "So many people? ”

"Not much, a hundred or ten."

The man jumped off the horse, shook the fallen leaves and dust on his body, and looked at everything here with a frosty face, and the murderous aura that was inadvertently revealed made the surrounding sergeants avoid his gaze.

"General Guide Lang, Captain Guo Yi, are you Lord Liu Shu?"

"What kind of eyes do you have, does a certain family look so young?" The man pursed his lips disdainfully.

"What is that?"

"The bottom one."

Wang Tao pulled out the piece of paper, on which was written the man's confession, the paper was very new, the handwriting on it was very clear, and it looked like it had been promulgated not long ago.

"Huaihua Lang will ......"

"Those who have just been promoted, at the level of mere ones, are better than nothing." The man seemed disgruntled and waved his hand indifferently.

Wang Tao's gaze swept over the long string of official titles, stopped at the last name, and stayed there for a moment.

"You're a pre-Lang-kun?"

Yang pre-glanced at him: "Yang Huzi's name is very good, is it worth passing on to others?" ”

"I don't know if Lang Jun has arrived, and I hope to forgive my sins."

Of course, Wang Tao did not respect him as a mere general of the fifth grade, but his old son, Yang He, the envoy of Khotan, was Wang Tao's direct boss.

Growing up so big, I don't know how many times similar things have happened, and he didn't bother to care about the other party, and said impatiently: "Go and arrange the house, Lao Tzu wants hot water, hot kang, it would be better if there was a woman." ”

"I'll arrange it here, and I'm sure I'll make sure you're satisfied."

Wang Tao hurriedly commanded his subordinates to return to the city, and he himself stayed to accompany Yang Pre, because there were only six people in the other party's line, and it was Yang Pre's department that survived last.

However, the team of 100 people has more than 300 horses, each of which is a carefully selected Qiangdi horse, with a shoulder height of about 1.8 meters, long and curled hair, a slender body, and powerful limbs, which is the best mount in the cold area of the plateau.

The sound of hooves rumbling was uniform, and under a small battle flag, a tall young man carried a large knife higher than his body, riding on a horse full of crimson.

The people he glanced at were all cold, as cold as looking at a dead corpse.

The sergeants behind him, everyone was full of indifference, the laughter spread far and wide, and it seemed that the military discipline was not in order, but Wang Tao was an old soldier, how could he not see that these people were all veterans of the rest of the battle, for them, everything was looked down upon, including their own lives.

"But Liu Guoyi?" Although the other party was just a commander, he still didn't dare to slack off, because the one who stood in front of this small team turned out to be the son-in-law of his old town guard.

"You don't know him?" Yang Zhen couldn't stop laughing.

Not only was he laughing, but the sergeant behind him also let out a snickering laugh, Wang Tao was a little at a loss, but when he looked left and right, the person who came was a strange face, and he didn't remember where he had seen it.

Fortunately, the visitor didn't care, and took the initiative to jump off the horse and arch his hand to him.

"A certain family is Liu Ji, and Lao Zhen will bother."

Hearing him sign up like this, Wang Tao suddenly realized that this Guo Yi is famous in the four towns of Anxi.

Liu Wulang.