readx;?readx; Chapter 282: The road is long, and Shen Qing finally returns, tragic and heroic, and the journey is taboo

After walking like this for another two days, Qin Ji felt that he had traveled one hundred and fifty or sixty miles, but there was still no trace of the Jingshan camp, and he knew that the instructors had made a move on the marching route, and he was afraid that he would lead everyone around Jingshan in a circle. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

But he didn't say anything about it, because it wouldn't help. These days, if you really can't walk and fall to the ground, you will be picked up by the accompanying cavalry and transported to the place of departure. After resting and recovering, walk through again. Obviously, this is not a deliberate rectification of the instructors, but a tempering of the will of the people. In that case, let's go around it.

His number is '9527', and he belongs to the 2nd squad of the 5th Squadron of the 9th Brigade, a total of 10 people, three of whom left Beijing a few years ago to serve as soldiers in other places, and seven of them are newcomers. The three veterans became the captains of the first and second lieutenants, and led them to camp on seven marches, teaching them how to distribute their physical strength and overcome fatigue. Without these three people, they would not have been able to hold out for a day.

Each squad was like this, and under the leadership of three veterans, seven recruits stumbled forward, and although they were tired to death, they actually persevered.

Among them, Qin Li's role should not be overlooked, whenever everyone sees the Roshan moving forward slowly and firmly, they will think that their fatigue is an illusion: even that guy hasn't stopped, how can we be embarrassed to stop.

Among them, there are occasional guys who want to take advantage of the night, but without exception they are caught by the rangers hiding in the dark, and after a violent meal, they put on shackles and continue to follow the march.

The worst incident occurred on the first night,...... The main culprit's called Qin Qishui, codenamed '2525', let the whole team slip away at night, and even left the camp for 2 miles by night, only to be caught by the rangers on the periphery and sent back.

This kind of collective escape made Shi Yong very angry, and he was going to interrogate these seven people in person, but when he saw that Qin Qishui was also among them, he immediately understood what was going on. Throw the other six violently beaten flails back into the camp, and Qin Qishui has disappeared since then.

The most direct consequence of this incident was that the next day, 3,000 veterans joined the team and served as the captain and vice captain of each squad.

In these matters, Da Zongzheng did not show up, and all of them were handled by the stone devil. On the one hand, it is to establish Shi Yong's authority in the army, and on the other hand, Qin Lei has more important things to do......

News came from the Longyou Espionage Bureau that Shen Qing Gouji and others, who had traveled west for a year, were about to return with their troops in a few days, accompanied by several huge caravans in the Western Regions, and it seemed that Qin Lei's proposal to restore the Silk Road had received a positive response.

After getting this news, Qin Lei quietly left the team with Xu Tian and Huangfu, and traveled all the way to the northwest, and finally met the scouts sent by the westward march two days later. The ragged scout was almost attacked by the Rangers, and if it hadn't been for the scout who shouted the word 'refrigerator' in a hurry, he was afraid that he would have been accidentally injured by his comrades.

The rangers stopped suspiciously, interrogated a few words, and then put away their weapons and sent him to Qin Lei.

As soon as the scout saw Qin Lei, he flipped off his horse, knelt in the dust, and said with red eyes and trembling eyes: "Hou Bing, the lowly scout spy team, knock on the prince's ......" After speaking, he kowtowed.

Qin Lei 'oops', jumped off the horse, helped the ragged Hou Bing up with his own hands, and said excitedly: "I can bring you back." Clenching Hou Bing's hands tightly, Qin Lei asked strangely, "Have you met robbers?" How can you be so depressed? ”

Seeing Hou Bing's old face flushed, Qin Lei said warmly, "As long as you come back, it's better than anything else when you come back." He shook his head and whispered, "We haven't met robbers," he said with some pride: "Which blind person dares to beat our minds, we have always been the only one who bullies others." ”

Qin Lei smiled and patted him on the shoulder and asked, "Then why are you dressed like this?" Those big caravans in the Western Regions are too picky, why don't they give you new clothes. ”

Hou Bing said with a smile: "They treat us as ancestors, and I don't know how many times they have said that they will give us clothes." Respectfully forgetting Qin Lei's glance, he said: "But our robes are given by the prince, how can we let other robes replace them." ”

This was said sincerely, Qin Lei was also comfortable listening to it, patted him on the shoulder again, and asked gently, "Where is the big army?" ”

"Twenty miles away!"

Half an hour later, Shen Qing, Gou Ji, and Yu Qian, who got the news, came on horseback and met Qin Lei's team head-on in the vast wilderness.

"Lord Wang! See the king!! The three of them jumped off their horses and ran towards Qin Lei's mount.

Qin Lei grabbed the reins of the horse, looked at the three of them with a smile, and said loudly: "I can hope you back." After saying that, he jumped off the horse and lifted up the three people kneeling in the dust one by one.

The first one to be lifted up was Shen Qing, who was Qin Lei's second chief of guards, but given that the first Iron Eagle had always been a bare-bones commander, he was the original commander of Qin Lei's personal guard forces, and he was also the general that Qin Lei relied on the most, and when he was in Beishan Ranch, he commanded all the guards.

After more than a year of tempering the wind and frost outside, Shen Qing at this moment, his eyes are resolute and his bearing is calm, and he feels like a mountain when he stands there. His relationship with Qin Lei is the deepest, and when he reunites after a long absence, he is naturally excited, only to see him with red eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "Lord Wang, I can be regarded as seeing you, and my subordinates miss you all the time." ”

Qin Lei's eyes were also slightly wet, he hugged him, hugged his arm tightly, and said in a deep voice: "I miss you too, brother!" After speaking, he patted him on the shoulder vigorously, and said with a smile: "I often say to Guantao: 'You are my left arm, Shen Qing is my right arm, this guy goes, and he becomes a one-armed man." As he spoke, he pushed him out slightly, looked at it carefully, and said with a smile: "Now it's okay, the right arm of the lonely king is back!" ”

Shen Qing said with a slight excitement: "Shen Qing started from the end of Wei, and he was loved by the prince, and there was no way to repay him, but he could only break his bones for the prince. ”

Qin Lei smiled and said: "You are my general, if you are also crushed, won't the lonely king become a lonely man and not far from death?" So you have to live hard, let's live together for a hundred and eighty years to be enough. Shen Qing nodded excitedly and stood aside.

Qin Lei picked up Gou Ji on the left again, this handsome and upright young general was originally an ordinary horseman in the prince's guard, full of talent and unappreciated ability. It was Qin Lei's wisdom that promoted him to the end of Qingping, and before the Western Expedition, he was already the most powerful armored cavalry captain in Qin Lei's Guard, and he was grateful to Qin Lei and loyal.

Qin Lei laughed and said, "The lonely champion Hou is back. "patted Gou Ji's shoulder hard, and also gave him a bear hug, and then pushed him away to look at it carefully for a long time, and suddenly his face was scolded, which scared Gou Ji's heartbeat, and said secretly: 'Why did you provoke the prince before you spoke?' But I heard Qin Lei laugh and scolded: "Stinky boy, you are getting more and more handsome, it seems that the Lone King is right to give your cavalry a protective face, so you don't have to steal my limelight." ”

Gou Ji was relieved at this time, and the thief smiled: "Being too handsome is the only shortcoming of my subordinates, and I believe that as I get older, this shortcoming will expand infinitely." After speaking, he kowtowed to Qin Lei again and said, "My subordinates miss the prince less than Lord Shen once." ”

Qin Lei laughed and said, "Sycophant, just shoot your own war horse." Said in a clear voice: "Seeing that winter training is coming, Shi Yong can't be busy alone, it's good for you to come back, and the lonely king can also free up his hands to do something else." ”

Gou Ji arched his hand and said solemnly: "I will live up to the trust of the prince." After saying that, he also stood aside.

Qin Lei picked up the last kneeling general, this guy stood up and saw that he was half a head taller than Qin Lei, so he quickly bowed down slightly, and said respectfully: "Subordinate Yu Qian see the prince." "This young man from Orion was also from the original Prince Guard, and he was also picked up by Qin Lei. Before going west, he was the captain of Qin Lei's archery team, and his loyalty to Qin Lei can be seen in the sun and the moon.

Qin Lei patted him on the shoulder, hugged him as well, and said affectionately: "You guy, why did you grow up again?" It doesn't affect archery, does it? ”

Yu Qianhan scratched his head with a smile and said seriously: "If you are tall and see far, your archery skills are better." ”

At this time, a flock of geese flew in the sky, and the sound of geese chirped Qin Lei, and he laughed and said, "Then I want to test and test," he pointed to the sky, and said with a smile: "Do you see that group of geese?" Lone wants to eat roasted geese tonight. ”

Yu Qian looked at the sky and said loudly: "Add a roasted eagle to the prince!" Before he finished speaking, he took off the iron-tired bow from his back and drew a wolf's tooth arrow with his backhand. A staggered, bent bow and arrow pointed to the sky, and took a slight aim. I heard him whisper, and with the only force of his right hand, the bow and arrow were drawn like a full moon, and in an instant, the right hand that pulled the string was quietly released, and the arrow flew out like a meteor.

With a terrible sound of breaking the air, the long arrow passed through the body of the head goose in the blink of an eye, and shot down an eagle hovering above the wild goose without stopping.

The goose and the eagle fluttered and fell from the sky, and the two hounds rushed out excitedly and took their prey back.

Qin Lei gave a thumbs up and exclaimed, "Divine skill! ”

Yu Qian didn't have a proud expression on his face, but just said respectfully: "The prince has won the award." ”

Qin Lei knew that the archer was the most taboo about mood swings, so he didn't care, he patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and asked gently, "Now let you compete with Xu You, what are the chances of winning?" ”

Yu Qian frowned and thought for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Tie within 100 steps, and if you exceed 100 steps, your subordinates will definitely lose." After speaking, he explained softly: "If you can't pull the strong bow of the four stones, you can't guarantee the accuracy beyond a hundred steps." ”

Qin Lei was slightly disappointed in his heart, but he still smiled on his face: "It is estimated that Xu You will be able to shoot an arrow." ”

Seeing that Yu Qian was silent, Qin Lei smiled and said, "The lonely General Fei can't be discouraged, our shooters still have to be taught by you." Yu Qian arched his hand and said: "My subordinates will do their best." ”

After Qin Lei finished the meeting, Gou Ji and Yu Qian saluted Huangfu Zhanwen, who had been smiling silently on the side, and said respectfully: "Meet the general." "As out

After talking about goodbye here, the black-clothed guards over there also set up camp. At this time, it was nearly dusk, and the cold wind of early winter was blowing, so Qin Lei took the three of them to the campfire in the center of the camp.

The black-clothed guard served the four people hot mare's milk wine, Qin Lei held the wine bowl in both hands, saluted the three of them, and said solemnly: "The three of them have traveled thousands of miles, and they have to return to Beijing today. As he spoke, he raised his head and drank it, and felt a warm current flowing through his internal organs, and his spirit was suddenly lifted.

The three of them also drank it all, and the four of them buckled the wine bowl together, and sure enough, there was not a drop left, so they laughed and threw the bowl on the ground and sat around the campfire.

Qin Lei first smiled and asked about the physical condition of several people, and the three of them said respectfully: "Thanks to the prince's Hongfu, his subordinates are all very healthy. Nodding, Qin Lei raised the team again, and Shen Qing said solemnly: "There were a total of 2,400 soldiers when we set off, and later more than 810 people died in battle, epidemics, and even hunger and thirst during the journey. ”

Qin Lei's smile froze suddenly, and he said astringently: "So many people? ”

The three of them all nodded with a sad face, Qin Lei slapped his thigh, and sighed loudly: "It's not shallow to be lonely." ”

The three of them shook their heads together, and Shen Qinglang said: "The prince doesn't need to blame himself, your move is beneficial for a thousand years, although the brothers are gone, they are also proud of the history books forever!" ”

Qin Lei smiled miserably: "Having said that, it is really difficult to give up the brothers." The three of them quickly knelt down, so that they could comfort him, Qin Lei lifted his spirits and said to Gou Ji: "You are eloquent, tell Gu about this silk journey." ”

Gou Ji gave up his hand, cleared his throat, and recalled intently, and the scenes of the past year rushed to his heart. After pondering for a moment, he recounted this pioneering journey for Qin Lei by the crackling bonfire......

"The subordinates set out from Zhongdu, according to the requirements of the prince, passed through Longyou Province, passed through the Hexi Corridor, passed under the Rouge Mountain and Qilian Mountain, arrived at the ancient city of Dunhuang, and finally arrived at Yumen Pass in mid-March, rested for a while, and joined the team of Commander Shen and Yu Team Zheng there."

"In late March, the Commander took us west out of Yumen, and at first half a month, we could still see scattered herdsmen's tents, but after entering a reckless Gobi Desert, there was no trace of people......

"Fortunately, the prince told us that the road ahead was difficult, and we brought enough water and dry food to survive for a full month, and just when the water was about to run out, we found a huge city wall. Everyone was ecstatic, but when they got closer, they found that there was no movement in the huge city. And our hearts tugged up......"

Shen Qing nodded, and continued: "When I arrived at the city, I saw that the huge city had long been weathered, and it looked like it had been abandoned for a long time, and there were two seal characters on the city gate, according to the accompanying merchants, those two words were ......."

"Loulan." Qin Lei said in a deep voice.

Shen Qing nodded in surprise and said softly: "Those merchants said the same thing, we found a large number of ancient money, silk, grain, pottery, bamboo slips, and even brushes in the city. ”

As he spoke, he took out a copper coin from his arms, handed it to Qin Lei, and said softly: "This is what I picked up in the ancient city of Loulan." ”

Qin Lei looked at the ancient coin, and saw that one of the sides was engraved with the words 'five baht Daji', and he couldn't help but feel excited, and said to Qin Wei on the side: "Record the discovery of Loulan in our documents, and in the future, I will have to write it into the history books, and I can't leave this discovery to the Swedes." ”

A few people said to themselves, what 'Swedes'? But he didn't dare to ask, Shen Qing sighed and said, "There are so many things, but there is no water source that we lacked the most at that time. After a short period of excitement, the team fell into a crisis again, and we did not dare to stay and could not turn back, so we could only move forward, hoping to get out of the Great Gobi as soon as possible. ”

Gou Ji said softly: "On the seventh day after leaving Loulan, the team was completely cut off. At this time, the sun on the Gobi is already old and poisonous, but at night it can freeze people into ice lumps. Those of us who have no experience in the Gobi and know how to escape the scorching sun and heat will start to cause people to fall ill and often die not long after. At that time, we threw away all the goods, and killed the surplus horses, and ate meat and blood, and in the end, except for the hundred and ten camels that were wounded by the hunchback, there was only one horse left in the whole team. ”

"I don't know how to survive, anyway, I walked numbly for more than half a month, and finally saw the birds in the sky, and the green on the ground gradually increased, so we breathed a sigh of relief. At last we arrived at the edge of a large lake, drank a full meal, and were about to leave, but were attacked by the local nomads, and after subduing them, the interpreter explained to them what we were coming from, and only then did the men remove their hostility, and tell us that we were now in the territory of the country of Qiuzi. ”