After passing the Yumen Pass, the yellow sand is everywhere, and behind it is a long dragon-like winding army, all the way to the west, mighty. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wei Xi rode his horse and raised his whip and said generously to everyone: "Che Gong Gong, Ma Xiao Xiao, since the Han Dynasty, how many people have traveled long distances here to the Peerless Domain, opening up today's territory, the foundation of the ancestors, should forever enter the territory of the Tang Dynasty!" ”

The generals said in unison: "I wish to kill with the great general to the Atlantic!" ”

Cui Qianxun, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, took a piece of colored paper and presented it, and said: "Hurry up and give it to Wei Hou!" ”

The color note is written with a poem entitled "Congratulations to Wei Hou on his journey to the west": "The general has not yet returned the border, the children of Guanzhong are full of the Western Regions, and the newly planted willows are 3,000 miles, leading the spring breeze to cross the Jade Pass!" ”

Such a surging and powerful way, the poems that have been famous for the ages, how can Cui Qianxun make it, Wei Xi remembered what Zuo Gongzongtang wrote when he went to Xinjiang to fight Lao Maozi, after he came out silently, but he was inconvenient to boast, so he gave Cui Qianxun, and Cui Qianxun put gold on his face.

Seeing that the hymn he wrote to himself was sent by Cui Qianxun, Wei Xi's face didn't blush and said: "Cui Gong wrote like this, Ben Hou is really going to plant willows all the way!" ”

Wei Sili complimented: "Three thousand miles of willows go straight into the Western Regions, and it will become a good story!" ”

Zhang Renyuan also said: "It should be used as a stone for a record!" ”

At this time, he has not yet made a meritorious service, but he is already ready to celebrate.

But no matter who it is, they are full of confidence in the success of the Western Expedition!

Later, the big project of planting willow was really completed, and the road had road maintenance workers, which were properly planned and well kept; Second, a small water collection device was made under each willow plant, and a slope was set to block the slight water vapor on the ground, and a conduit was introduced into the ground, which was not without a small supplement.

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Traveling all the way to the west, Princess Taiping sitting in the carriage profoundly saw the customs of the Western Regions:

The yellow sand is everywhere, and the wind blows all over the sky.

At first glance, it is very romantic, but then it feels monotonous, the vast Gobi Desert, as far as the eye can see, only a patch of earth yellow, without any plants.

How much water to drink, the skin of the mouth is always cracked, and the urine pulled out is yellow, and the terrible thing is that the drinking water for each person is rationed (except for Princess Taiping)!

The Yadan landform is everywhere, with various colors of red, yellow, white and green, and the shape is terrifying.

The formation of Yadan originates from the cracks in the dry earth, and the perennial strong winds blow through the cracks, blowing the cracks deeper and deeper, and finally cutting them into pieces, which becomes Yadan.

In addition to the wind cut and the water cut Yadan, it sounds terrifying, but when Wei Xi says this, Princess Taiping is not afraid.

They also saw a strange sight in the desert: a roaring river, green and full of life on both banks, in stark contrast to the silence of the yellow sand.

I have also seen that surrounded by the surrounding desert, on the edge of a small river, the hard-working Tang people have cultivated fields, planted crops, and fought against nature!

When they saw the Datang flag, they waved to the troops.

In the carriage, Princess Taiping also waved to them silently, she was moved!

In Dunhuang, a city in the long wind and sand, and a blue water pool, made Princess Taiping cheer, and that night and Wei Xi happily came to a mandarin duck bath.

Yangguan, Yumen Pass hangs the ancients, the Guancheng stands majestically, it is the most edge of the Tang Hexi Corridor, after leaving the two passes, it enters the vast Gobi Desert, since ancient times, how many soldiers are here to defend the battle, and how many businessmen, monks, envoys, tourists have verified the customs clearance here, and how many literati and face the two passes, sigh thousands, write immortal poems.

"Persuade you to have a glass of wine, there is no one in Yangguan in the west!" Wei Xi said the second half of the que, and the first half of the que couldn't be done because it wasn't right.

Later, he returned to Chang'an to make up for "Weicheng Dynasty rain and light dust, and the inn is green and willow-colored", which has become a famous sentence through the ages.

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The troops went west from Yumen Pass, crossed three hundred miles of no-man's land, and arrived at Lop Nur.

The Bailongdui between Dunhuang and Lop Nur is a piece of Yadan terrain that often disorients travelers, and sometimes even makes the compass they carry out of order!

However, the team did not panic, they knew that the general had said that it was because there was magnetite on the way that caused the compass to fail, and there was a guide to guide the way by looking at the direction of the sun.

This road is very difficult, and with the respect of Princess Taiping, it is just a little water for her to wash her face at night!

The heat was scorching, the water source was scarce, sometimes the road was flat, sometimes the road was rugged and difficult to navigate, the vehicle was stuck in the sand, and all she ate was military food, she actually stood down without saying a word, did not complain, and even covered her whole body to ride a camel with Wei Xi.

She participated in road mapping, erecting signs, setting up tents and making fires, and was full of interest, but she was much more helpful.

Due to the team's preparation, the waterwheel followed, and the camel tube was enough, and it still reached Lop Nur smoothly.

What appeared in front of them was a large sea, surrounded by reeds, poplars, and vast smoke waves, and this wonder in the desert was really rare.

Unfortunately, this water is undrinkable, salty and bitter.

Saline and alkali gathered, a vast white patch, only the red willow still grows tenaciously.

However, there is still water, and not far from the big lake, there are springs and small lakes, and patches of reeds, which can be drunk.

Where there is water, there is life, and the sergeants prepared dinner with caught fish, killed wild goats and rabbits, and even wolves!

Therefore, the dried reeds are used to burn the fire, there are fresh vegetables such as dried mushroom fish soup, hand-grabbed yellow mutton and fried rabbit meat, and people pinch the stamen of the fresh reeds to fry the rabbit meat, and the taste is not bad.

They also caught a few wild ducks, which Wei Xi ordered to be salted and prepared to be taken back to the Queen Mother.

Thousands of miles to send wild ducks, the gift is light.

The fat meat of the wild yellow sheep was taken out and squeezed for oil, and they also beat some oil naan, and added the mutton fat to the naan, which was sweet and crispy, and very delicious.

"It's incredible!" Eating this sumptuous meal, Princess Taiping said with emotion.

"Walk a thousand miles and read thousands of books! We can gain a lot of knowledge. Wei Xi said.

"I'm a thousand miles away now, and I've read thousands of books, what about you?" Princess Taiping joked that Wei Xi didn't learn and didn't know how to do it, he was not interested in ancient books, Wei Xi only laughed at himself: "I have developed limbs and a simple mind!" ”

He joked to himself, and the attendants listened to that sweat, can you say that he is simple-minded.

After the sunset, walking along the lake, Wei Xi is a pity that there is no camera!

It would be great if he could take pictures of his happy time with Princess Taiping!

"Why didn't Liu Shangshu (Jurible) follow?" Princess Taiping asked.

"He's building a road, so he didn't come along." Wei Xi replied.

"Build a road from Yumen to Lop Nur?" Princess Taiping asked in surprise.

"No, I can't get by!" Wei Xi shook his head and said: "The main road is Gaochang (Hami), where there are more water sources and denser populations, so there are talents and roads." "It's a circle north to Yanqi (Bosten Lake).

"Then why do we take this path, not the way you speak? It's so hard! Princess Taiping asked.

"Wouldn't it be nice to show you?" Wei Xi didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

"Wouldn't it be good for me to let you see the majesty of Princess Datang!" Princess Taiping immediately sent the lion roar in Hedong, and Wei Xi hugged his head and ran away!