What appeared in front of Yang Hao was a dense phalanx of heavy infantry, the soldiers wore all kinds of peculiar helmets, wore peculiar plate armor, carried two javelins behind their backs, held short swords and large standing shields in their hands, and the bronze skin on their arms and thighs were exposed.

The team numbered about 1,200 people, and there were more than a dozen people in the procession who wore fish-scale iron armor, red sè feathers with horizontal decorations, and red sè cloaks, who looked like the leaders of a strange team.

They gradually approached, and Yang Hao suddenly discovered from the twisting of the armor on their bodies in the middle of their actions that their distinctive plate armor was actually made of fur, probably coated with a layer of paint, and it looked like a real white iron plate armor from a distance, and its original form was revealed as soon as it got close.

Rao is like this, Yang Hao is still stunned, maybe others don't recognize this team, but he recognizes it at a glance. It's clearly a Roman legion! Judging by the fact that their plate armor was made of leather, it was still a copycat version of the Roman legions.

In this place, Yang Hao was naturally a little dazed when he suddenly found such an unexpected team.

The Roman legion stopped outside an arrow, the distance of this arrow was calculated according to the traditional bow and crossbow in the Western Regions, Yang Hao's soldiers were equipped with the latest style of Yipin bow, and at this time they could fire arrows at all, but because Yang Hao was stunned, he did not give the order to release the arrows, so the soldiers just unsheathed their knives and wound their arrows, and waited for the battle.

After a pause, a Roman centurion with a big red cloak and a horizontal red-maned cockscomb, like a proud rooster sword and a shield in one hand, strode forward, Yang Hao saw this and hurriedly ordered: "Don't let go of the arrow, let him come close and answer." "Damn, who knows Roman on my side......

When the order was issued, Yang Hao thought of the difficulty in communication, but what surprised him even more was that the Roman centurion walked to the city and shouted loudly to the city: "We are the people of Huanquanyu, I heard that Captain Yang Hao is recruiting soldiers and horses, and our whole village has come to reinforce the army, I don't know which general can introduce us." Yang Hao was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses, and hurriedly ordered: "Open the city gate and let him in to talk."

Among the soldiers and generals under Yang Hao, someone suddenly exclaimed: "Ah! I recognize him, isn't this Uncle Lunders who sells vegetables? Oh my God, how did he act like a rooster? What a dress up! ”

During his time in Shazhou, Yang Hao had already reorganized his complex army, and the Yanqi, Tubo, Hui, Dangxiangqiang, Tuyuyang, and Han Chinese were all dispersed to form a new legion, and all the strong soldiers of the Guiyi army were also incorporated into his main force, and the old and weak became the garrison of Shagua and Erzhou.

In this way, not all the defenders of Yangguan and Yumen Pass are the original soldiers, the original defenders of Yumen Pass and Yangguan are limited, Yang Hao reorganized the army, and sent heavy troops to guard the two passes, the defenders of Yangguan had very few local soldiers, so at this time a local soldier recognized the identity of the person outside the city.

Yang Hao had no time to ask more, asked someone to open the city gate, let the big come in, that Lundes heard that Yang Hao was in Yangguan, he couldn't help but be surprised and happy, and hurriedly stepped forward to see, Yang Hao looked at this person, sure enough, blond hair and blue eyes, rhinoplasty and concave eyes, is an authentic European, Yang Hao was surprised, listening to his own identity, it was actually the people of Nuanfeiyu Town under the Shagua regime, because he saw the notice posted by the government, he actually raised his clan to join the army.

Yang Hao couldn't hold back and asked, "Your appearance is very different from the various ethnic groups here, your dress is like the army of a country in the extreme west, what's going on?" ”

The hundred-year-old vegetable seller Uncle Lundus was amazed and said admiringly: "Lord Taiwei is really well-informed, and he actually recognizes our costumes, yes, our ancestors are from a country in the far west......"

The vegetable seller was very talkative, and told them where they came from, and Yang Hao knew what it was. It turned out that hundreds of years ago, the Romans had already been to the East, and it was the early years of the Han Dynasty, when Crassus, one of the three giants of the Roman Empire, led the first Roman legion to the east to conquer the Parthian Kingdom, which was called the Western Regions Sabbath by the Han Dynasty.

Crassus's First Legion was ambushed by the rest cavalry, and Crassus, who was unwilling to sit still, was helpless, so he had to order his subordinates to flee for their lives. He himself died on the battlefield, and his son led his subordinates to fight a bloody road, and in order to avoid the blockade of the Parthian army, he had to continue to break through to the east, fled to the vicinity of Dunhuang, and became a mercenary of the local kingdom.

After that, the Han army marched westward to defeat Zhizhi Danyu, who was the enemy of the Han, and found that the Huns not only knew how to build a heavy wooden city outside the earthen city to defend the main city, but also their team would use several defensive and offensive formations such as the swim bladder formation, which was impossible for the Huns at that time to master the technology, so the Han army was greatly surprised.

However, despite the help of this mercenary army, the strength of the Northern Huns, who had been divided at that time, was too different from the Han army, and even if the Roman legions did not suffer heavy losses, they were no match for the same number of Northern Han rangers with their weapons and tactics, and were equipped with crossbows, so they became prisoners of the Han Dynasty.

These captives were housed in the Hexi Corridor, where they thrived for hundreds of years. Due to the lack of transportation and the natural estrangement between the tribes, these descendants of the Roman legions largely maintained the civilization of their ancestors and were not affected by other cultures, and their descendants still maintained the dúlì way of fighting and way of life.

At first, their life was quite stable, but after the Han Dynasty took care of itself, the Western Regions fell into war again, and the life of the Romans was greatly impacted.

All ethnic groups in Hexi are fighting endlessly, generally using their own soldiers, and the soldiers of their own tribes are soldiers in wartime, for the people in peacetime, there is no military salary to take, it is rare that this time Yang Hao is recruiting soldiers in the Western Regions, and regardless of race, without discrimination, there is a very high treatment for enlistment, so after seeing the notice of the local government of Shazhou, the Romans in Wuquanyu were moved.

They felt that this was a rare opportunity to change the fate of the tribe, if they wanted to change the difficult and difficult living environment of their people, the only way to join the army, if they could make military achievements, a few generals, then the situation of the entire tribe could be changed, so they took out the only savings, according to their ancestors' military appearance, as much as possible to dress themselves up as beautiful, in order to get the favor of Yang Taiwei, can entrust them with important tasks.

Although they have long been turned into a civilian army, but in this turbulent place to settle down, the skills of fighting and fighting will not be stacked, plus they often engage in some long-distance running, javelin throwing and other sports in their department, the physical fitness of the tribe is still very good, the people of their entire tribe have always followed the military training handed down by their ancestors, when it comes to the military discipline and military quality of retreating and advancing when they hear the gold, they are far stronger than the horse thief team of Ai Yiyu when they were just subdued.

As soon as he found out the origin of these people, Yang Hao readily agreed, agreeing that they would join his team, and would immediately distribute a part of the military salary and rice grain, so that their people would not have to worry about the future. Received by Captain Yang in person, Lunds was also very excited, and immediately went out of the city to explain the situation to their clansmen, and then lined up to enter the customs and accept Yang Hao's review.

Yang Hao only brought 300 light cavalry before leaving the city, and when he returned to the city, he was followed by a Roman legion of more than 1,000 people.

The local people of Shazhou are no strangers to the blonde and blue-eyed Westerners, but they have never seen the spectacular scene of their big rooster dressing up, and it is a thousand golden big roosters appearing together, the Roman legion entered the city, it aroused the curiosity of the residents in the city, and there were more and more people in Shacheng along the way, and those Roman soldiers saw so many people watching, all of them were tall and shy, and put on a majestic appearance, the tall figure, the neat march, but also won a cheer.

Yang Hao was rushing to the palace with this rooster team, and suddenly another team came to the street in front, and the people of Shazhou were also bustling to watch the excitement in the back. Look at the group of people, among them there are many blonde and blue-eyed Europeans, and there are also; $ The black men were as dark as ink, but they were dressed in a variety of clothes and were not neat, and the people who were surrounded in the middle did not have weapons in their hands.

When the two teams met, the big eyes were a little stunned, Yang Hao was also in Nahan, and then he heard someone shouting: "Mrs. Yang, Mrs. Yang, hahaha, Mrs. Yang is so good, he actually laid down the ancient city of Shagua so quickly and unified the ancient road in Hexi, it is really gratifying." ”

When Yang Hao heard the sound, he saw that it was Ibn a merchant of the Great Food Country. Abby. Talib, Yang Hao immediately understood, and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Mr. Talib, what are you...... That's ......"

Talib laughed, "Yes, these are the serfs I brought from the country to Lord Taiwei. After he finished speaking, he glanced at the people behind Yang Hao, and asked in disbelief: "Lord Taiwei, ...... the team behind you?"

Yang Hao smiled: "They, hehe, they are the local people of Shazhou, hundreds of years ago, their ancestors went on an expedition to rest in peace, and after the defeat of the army, they lived here. ”

"I see" Talib saw that the appearance and equipment of these soldiers were somewhat similar to the soldiers of the Great Qin Empire, and he was extremely surprised, but when he heard that this was the reason, he didn't pay much attention to it, he turned to the people he brought, and boasted triumphantly: "Tai Lieutenant, you people are all healthy and strong, hard-working. I brought you a total of 1,500 people this time, hey, with so many people along the way, the cost of knocking through the city and dredging communication is really a lot, Tai Lieutenant, you can't let me lose this promise, hehehe, this time the time is in a hurry, but we have transferred prisoners of war who serve as slaves in various places on the Donglai Trade Road nearby, if you are satisfied, there will be more people to tease you next time. ”

Yang Hao smiled: "You can rest assured, down Helan Mountain, this Taiwei has opened up a large area of fertile soil on both sides of the Yellow River, after the ancient road in the Western Regions is calmed, the grassland will be quiet, farming, animal husbandry, all need a large number of manpower, the trade route is smooth, after the gradual prosperity, inns and restaurants and so on also need a large number of manpower, and to defend the territory, the establishment of zhèngfǔ, need a large number of local young people, in this way, the labor is very scarce, it is impossible to recruit from the Central Plains, they are originally difficult to leave their homeland, What's more, the Northwest is much poorer than the Central Plains after all, so I will collect as much as you get

He looked at the people Talib had brought, and said, "Next time you can bring some women with you, and the multiplication of the population cannot be dependent on men alone, but only men, but also cotton weaving, making furs, making wine, doing business, and animal husbandry, these things can be done by women, and some things can be done better than men."

Talib hesitated, "Is this...... The price of a female slave is lower than that of a male slave Xu Yanghao smiled: "What's so difficult about this? The Marshal's Mansion came to pay the difference and left, so you can't be at a loss.

Talib was overjoyed when he heard this, and the two of them walked while walking, Talib was overjoyed, he used to run a business, and every city he passed on the ancient road in the Western Regions would encounter a force, and each force would draw heavy taxes on them these Hu merchants, if they were unlucky and were catching up with the war of various forces, it was more likely that they would lose both people and goods, so Talib had a hard trip, and he didn't dare to carry too much property. Now Yang Hao has unified the Hexi Corridor, from Yumen Pass to the east, until the cost of taxes in the territory of Song Liao will be greatly reduced, how much profit can be increased in it, Talib

Along the way, many of the captives brought by Talib saw the Roman soldiers under Yang Hao's command, and their faces were strange, although the style of their military uniforms had changed considerably, but they were naturally no strangers to their country's ancient war uniforms, and during the march, they mustered up the courage to try to ask these soldiers, and some of these soldiers in the Ambiguous Springs Valley would say some simple female f6, and learned that these soldiers were actually the same clan they left in the East hundreds of years ago, those serfs were shocked, and at the same time had the idea of enlisting in the army, Being a soldier is much better than being a slave.

When he was about to arrive at the palace, Talib said goodbye to Yang Hao, and first went to the inn to settle his subordinates and sell the goods that were going to be transported to the East to continue to the Song and Liao kingdoms. Yang Hao stopped outside his mansion gate with his personal guards, and there were three people standing in front of the mansion, who were actually a general, a scribe, and a monk. Talib was taken aback, and quickly jumped off his horse again, and followed with a few scimitar warriors.

Monks, scribes, generals, such a combination is already very incredible, and what is even more bizarre is their costumes. The monk has a big red robe, a Pilu hat, and a Zen staff in his hand, just like the three monks of the Tang Dynasty who learned scriptures from the Tang Dynasty in the east and the west. And the scribe Xuan sè head, round-necked white robe, and a pair of horseskin ** boots under his feet, which are both elegant and brave. The mast sleeves are also embroidered with Shozuru Yoshiun.

As for the military attaché, it is a helmet and hanging armor, the helmet is erected with red tassels, the left and right ear guards are rolled outward, the body armor sticks out of the jaws, the shawl is like a dragon's head, there is a heart guard mirror in the front and back of the breastplate, the abdominal armor is like fish scales, the knee skirt is drooping, the lower leg is tied to the hanging leg, and a pair of combat boots under the feet, standing by the sword, motionless. The monk's dress has not changed much since ancient times, but this martial arts is all dressed up in the Tang Dynasty.

Yang Hao was also a little inexplicable when he saw the three strange people standing facing the palace, but today even the Roman legions hundreds of years ago have crossed over to him to fight, even if a few more Tang Futures pop up, it will be nothing. Yang Hao settled down, stepped forward, and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?" ”

The three people standing in front of the gate of the palace looked back and saw that although Yang Hao was young, his expression was extraordinary, and he was followed by many guards wearing armor and swords, so they knew that this person's official position in Shazhou must not be low, the monk lowered his eyebrows, and Gao Xuan Buddha said: "Amitabha, poor monks and others want to meet Yang Hao, the right soldier and horse marshal of Hexi Long, Yang Taiwei, I don't know what the official position of the little donor is in the army of Yang Taiwei, and he can be willing to introduce him." Yang Hao was just about to answer, when he shouted from inside the gate: "Lord Taiwei is back!" ”

Linghu Shangshan, who had a heavy face and a burly body, walked out quickly, Linghu Shangshan is now a don't drive in Shazhou, and his official position is not low, Yang Hao frowned, pointed at the monk and asked, "Lord Linghu, who are they?" ”

Linghu Shangshan laughed and said, "My lord, please go back to the house, let's take our time." At this time, the three of them heard that the weak-crowned man in the arrow sleeve green clothes in front of them was Yang Hao, and they couldn't help but shake up, and immediately turned around, and the finished glyph stopped Yang Hao in the middle. As soon as the guards behind Yang Hao saw Deng Shi stepping forward, they only heard the sound of "choking", and more than a dozen swords had forced the three of them to death. The three of them were fearless, and the scribe standing in the middle bowed to Yang Hao, and said solemnly: "The contemptible person is Li Conglin, the general of the Huangmen of the Yuchang State and the young eunuch of the country, who came to Shazhou on the order of the Emperor Zhongxing of the Great Dynasty of the Yuchang State. ”

Yang Hao didn't know that the Great Dynasty in the mouth of the Yellow Gate General Li Conglin was referring to Middle Earth, and placing the Great Dynasty in front of Yu Chang always indicated that Yu Chang was a vassal state of the Central Plains. Li Shengtian, the lord of Yuchang State, is a crazy Hatang clan, clothing, official system, architecture, culture, all follow the example of the Tang Dynasty, even the name, he is in addition to his real name Yu Chi Seng Wubo, and another Tang Dynasty surname Li Shengtian.

Yang Hao also thought that the dynasty in Li Conglin's mouth was calling himself Yu Yan, although Yu Chang State was indeed a big country in the Western Regions, and it had a long history, before Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries and called the first emperor, Yu Chang State had been established, but the self-proclaimed Dynasty was a little arrogant, he only smiled, but he was not angry, and only asked: "Are you the envoy of the lord of Yu Chang, what are you doing when you ask to see Ben Taiwei?" ”

Linghu Shangshan said angrily: "Where did they come to ask to see the Taiwei, what they wanted to see was Cao Yangong, but unfortunately they came one step late, Cao Yangong was not able to measure himself, and he was the enemy of the Taiwei in vain, and he was already in Guasha, hey!" These Yu Changren rushed to the doctor when they were ill, and they actually wanted to ask the captain for help again. Let's go, don't pay attention to them. ”

Linghu Shangshan pulled up Yang Hao, Yang Hao saw that Linghu Shangshan's behavior was very different, and he must have a reason, so he no longer refused, the three people were tightly forced by the sword to move, seeing that Yang Hao was about to enter the palace, in a hurry, Li Conglin shouted loudly: "I have always taken Middle Earth as the orthodoxy of Fengshuo, the governance system, the official office, the cultural relics and education, and the capital building. Taiwei embraced the army into Shazhou, and once said in public, to uphold the will of General Zhang Yi Cháo, to help the world, to protect the territory and the people, now I am in Chang, in danger, begging for Taiwei's door, but Taiwei turned us away, do you have to break your word and fat? ”

Ling Hu Shangshan was furious, looked back and said angrily: "How can this be reasonable, what does my family captain have to do with you in Khotan, help the world and protect the people, what does it have to do with you in Khotan?" If you dare to talk nonsense about F6, you will be crossed, beaten half to death, and expelled from the country! ”

Li Conglin said miserably: "Li is here, with three hundred guards, chased and killed along the way, three hundred warriors were martyred, and only the three of me were killed, and they rushed to Shazhou with stars and moons, if they can't complete the mission, why do they need to let Lord Fox do it, the three of us have no shame to go back, and we will die in Yun'er." ”

Li Conglin said, took out the dagger and held it against his heart, and the general and the monk also calmly took out the short blade with him against his own vital point, looking at it like that, as soon as Yang Hao stepped into the door, the three of them were about to commit suicide immediately.

Yang Hao's face changed, and he immediately stopped Ling Hu Shangshan's movements, turned around and walked in front of the three of them, and asked in a deep voice, "What do you want to ask for to see this official?" ”

When Li Conglin saw him coming back, he hurriedly said: "Some time ago, the Karakhanate fought without declaring a war and attacked Khotan, they advanced step by step, burned my Buddhist temple, killed my monks, robbed my people's property, burned my people's houses, bullied men and women, and did all kinds of evil. Li Conglin and Master Huisheng came to Shazhou under the protection of General Sula, just to beg the Taiwei to send troops to relieve me from the siege of Chang. ”

Yang Hao frowned when he heard this, he still had the problems of Ganzhou and Linfu unsolved, how could he have the leisure to solve the problem for Yu Chang, Yang Hao said: "I don't know the lord of Yu Yan, and I can't talk about any friendship, why do you want to send troops to Khotan for you and damage my soldiers?" ”

Master Huisheng pronounced a Buddha horn and said, "Amitabha, Taiwei Yang is wrong. The captain sent troops to help me, not only to help others, but also to help himself. Those who help others are for the sake of righteousness. Helping oneself is for the sake of thousands of people on the ancient road of the Western Regions, how can it be said that this matter has nothing to do with Taiwei? ”

Yang Hao said calmly: "To help you Yu Chang, how is it to help others and help yourself, righteousness first, and please ask the master to make it clear." ”

Master Huisheng said eloquently: "Taiwei, I have been fighting with the Karakhanate for more than ten years, at the beginning, at the beginning of the war, my three princes in Chang went to Shazhou and Kaifeng to ask for help, at that time Shazhou was eager to help the army, and the middle reason was far away, and there were many tribes such as Tubo, Huifu, Dangxiangqiang, etc., it was difficult to send troops, and His Majesty the Emperor of the Song State had to send 157 monks to the Western Regions to give moral support. Failure to send troops to help your majesty the emperor also regrets it.

Taiwei is the envoy of the Song State, and now he is stationed in Shazhou, and he is close to me, but can't he send troops to help? Taiwei said that he wanted to avoid Fuyuan, I have always served the Central Plains as the Zhengshuo, regardless of the Tang, Liang, Jin and Song dynasties, but the main Central Plains, that is, I am orthodox in Khotan, a lonely minister in the Western Regions, a piece of Dan heart, and now the state is in danger, isn't it the time when Taiwei is enwei Fuyuan? Isn't this the time to conform to the will of the emperor and the will of the people, support justice, and show off military might?

Moreover, the Qarakhanid can defeat us, but it cannot destroy us, and even if the Taiwei refuses to send troops to help, I, Yuchang, will fight the enemy to the last soldier. I arrived in the southwest of the territory of Chang to meet the Brahmins in the Green Mountains, three thousand miles away. Tubo in the south, more than 2,000 miles in the west, the territory is vast, the territory is broad, once the war is ignited, the wolf smoke is everywhere outside the Yumen Pass, there is no pure land, it is difficult for Hu merchants to come, it is difficult for Han merchants to go, even if Taiwei unifies Hexi, how can he do Hu merchants and Han customers, rì money under the plug, and reproduce the prosperity of the ancient road? Isn't this a breach of trust in the world?

The enemies of the Karakhanate burned my temple, killed my monks, and burned my scriptures, and their shape was miserable, and I heard that Taiwei was the protector of my Buddhist family, respected the Buddha and revered the Buddha, translated and printed the scriptures, and had immeasurable merits, and was deeply trusted by the living Buddhas and monks in the Western Regions, and was deeply supported by millions of Buddhist believers in the Western Regions. "What a good call

Huisheng Master Lang Lang said, the tongue is lotus, the people on the scene heard a burst of sāo movement, and the whispering sound converged into a buzzing sound, Yang Hao's face was unhappy, and he couldn't see his mind at all, but his eyes were sharply sharp.

Talib on the side listened to the sè but his face became ugly, he is a great cannibal, and has the same faith as the Qarakhanids, the Qarakhanid kingdom was originally a country of worshipping Buddha, just converted to the faith for more than 30 years, this is the great food military conquest and economic penetration of the way to expand to the east. Now, in the face of this war between Chang and Qarakhan, his position is not known.

However, although Talib Zhuangzhong was very nervous, he also knew that as a businessman, it was not appropriate to say anything about this kind of thing, so he just stared at Yang Hao cautiously to see how he decided.

Yang Hao stared at Master Huisheng for a long time, then suddenly smiled faintly, and ordered: "Lord Linghu, settle down the three envoys in the pavilion for the time being." ”

Linghu Shangshan was stunned, and subconsciously glanced at the palace, and then responded: "Yes, the lower officials will arrange it immediately." Li Conglin saw Yang Hao turn around and leave, and shouted urgently: "Captain Yang! ”

Yang Hao stopped, looked back and said: "The military aircraft is a big event, how can it be rash? The three of you are invited to go to the pavilion to rest and wait for the official to see you. ”

Yang Hao said that he entered the gate of the palace, as soon as he stepped into the gate of the palace, his seemingly brisk steps suddenly became heavy, and in the eyes of Talib after finishing this scene, he frowned, his eyes shrunk like a needle, and suddenly turned around sharply, gestured to the guards, and quietly disappeared into the crowd......