Ban Wu left the kingdom of Satongshan, passed through the territory of the Turks, entered the countries of the Western Regions, and crossed the Gobi Desert.

The steppes of Central Asia are the largest barbarian settlements in the world, and the barbarians here have invaded and seized from agrarian societies such as the Persian Empire, the Indian Dynasty, and the Chinese Empire in history, and have also encountered the resistance of heroes from generation to generation of these great powers.

The peoples here occupy the most fertile grasslands, and when they are strong, they will squeeze the other peoples into the great forests of the north, but when the more violent peoples in the northland come south by the ice and snow, they have to be driven south to plunder several major agricultural civilizations.

Therefore, the route that Banwu traveled along the way was the place with the heaviest casualties and the most blood irrigated in history, especially in the area south of the Gobi, many small countries were established and destroyed, and then perished and re-established, even with Banwu's mastery of the Western Regions, he often felt that he knew nothing.

The gates of a small country are in sight.

Deputy Envoy Chen Li: "Master Ban, are we stationed in Loulan today?" There we can buy a bunch of fast horses. ”

Ban Wu nodded and said, "The horse dealers have become nomads in order to avoid us, and it may take some time to find them, so you can send scouts to search for them first!" ”

Their envoys to the Great Jin Dynasty, with more than 3,000 horsemen, set out with treasures as gifts, and returned with tribute, and they chose this route to be the closer Silk Road, in these small countries, 3,000 cavalry was enough to deter force, and they acted according to diplomatic etiquette and obeyed the laws of each country, so they naturally did not get into any trouble.

Chen Li was about to obey the order, but Ban Wu said again: "Wait, let the scout also inquire if there are any Huns wearing animal skins and small noses and eyes appearing in this area?" ”

"Skins? It's hot in this area! Chen Li, who was in his twenties, laughed.

"Don't laugh, they should have come from the north of the Gobi to the west, I just want to make sure you kid won't give them food."

Chen Li's face froze: "The Huns you are talking about are ghosts?" ”

Ban Wu nodded solemnly: "Those are all fierce beasts from the Great Forest of the Extreme Arctic, Shapur II told me that the barbarians in northern Persia will only plunder them when driven by ghosts, if I were you, I wouldn't want to meet them in my dreams, they should be the most terrible among the Huns." These ** shoulders are bigger than their heads, and they look like they have three heads from a distance! “

Chen Li shuddered: "I also heard the third uncle say it, but he has never seen it himself, and I thought he was scaring me." ”

Ban Wu laughed: "Shapur, once captured a gladiator alive, do you want to know what he said?" ”

Chen Li hurriedly shook his head: "Forget it, I'll send someone to reconnoitre!"

What Ban Wu wanted to say was that Shapur starved the Huns for three days, and on the day of the gladiatorial fight, this man who was not tall, but when his hands drooped, he killed more than ten gladiators, including two hearts, and it is said that the Huns believed that they could live forever, and then this man who belonged to the Hun ghost clan killed a male lion with a short knife, and the other male lion cut off his right paw when he fell down.

Ban Wu didn't say it, but he planned to bring this story to Emperor Jin Guang, asking him to imagine what the emperor would do if thousands of ghosts flocked to Chang'an.

There is still a month before Ban Wu will be able to go to the court to see the emperor. His heart also warmed up, after all, Da Jin needed all his information, because the current world was not like before.

Since the emperor met with a monk from the Western Regions, he believed in the prophecy that "the heavens are destined to change and the stars are moving, and the saint is from the east". ”

But he didn't expect to see Emperor Jin decades later.

******

Xiao Min was really angry: "Are you crazy? Personally lead troops to hunt? What if those cannibalistic Huns come? ”

Sima Dan showed his big teeth: "Are you talking about the Xianbei clan with beautiful women, or are you looking like a ghost party with black steamed buns and a pair of small eyes?" ”

Xiao Min was even more angry: "Who sued you for being a beautiful woman of the Xianbei tribe?" Is it the orchid of Chinatown? ”

Sima Dan was taken aback: "Yes... Who sued you? ”

Xiao Min ignored him and rushed outside the house, Sima Dan hurriedly followed, but he couldn't speak.

Xiao Min turned his back to Sima Dan, and his shoulders seemed to be shaking.

"Xiao Min...... Xiao Min ......"

Xiao Min turned around and grimaced, with tears on his face: "I hate my old man, why should I protect you?" You don't care about your own life! ”

Sima Dan said softly: "Hunting will not be very dangerous, besides, if those soldiers disobey me, I will definitely not live long, this risk is worth taking, and I must take it." ”

"Humph! Hum! It's worth a fart! …… To give! Xiao Min handed over a wooden box, Sima Dan took it, opened it, and screamed: "Flying knife? ”

About a palm long and two fingers wide, the thickest part is like a finger, the front and back are pointed, weighing about five taels, it is a flying knife taught by Mu Sheng.

Within twenty steps, it is easy to pick people's eyes.

The most powerful thing is that it can break a qiē iron armor.

Mu Sheng appeared behind him: "Remember what I said when I taught you the flying knife?" ”

"If you can't be a tyrant, then become an assassin?"

"Now you are the crown prince, but this is also necessary as a weapon for self-defense, if necessary. Also, be sure to remember that you use leg strength on the ground and waist strength on horses, and this technique can also be used as a throwing gun. ”

Sima Dan took another holster, which could be hung around his waist, and five flying knives could be inserted inside, and he couldn't help sighing: "The old man also thought of it along with the end, it seems that tomorrow is really dangerous!" I didn't even know I would be here when you taught me these strange things! ”

******

Zuo Yong ignored the strange eyes of the officers and soldiers, and walked directly through the small doors where the officers and soldiers lived, and the sour smell of crowding came from his nose, and he strode away, and soon came to the end of the corridor.

Cao Lie, the deputy pacification envoy, actually lived here.

Zuo Yong opened the curtain, and Cao Lie was sharpening his knife in the candlelight.

Cao Lie was quite surprised and stood up: "Father-in-law Zuo, what are you doing in such a dirty place?" ”

Zuo Yong sneered: "So we only talk a few words, I can't stand it here!" ”

Cao Lie swept the people around him far away and asked Zuo Yong to sit down! "I don't know what my father-in-law has to say."

"What do you think about the matter of the former prince?"

"Wronged." Cao Lie didn't think much about it.

"Wronged?"

"The dignified prince, how could he do such a thing, many brothers are not convinced."

"There are also many who rejoice that they have been saved!"

Cao Lie was furious: "I regret it! ”

"Regrets? If you don't do it this time, I'm afraid you'll regret it even more, tenfold, hundredfold, thousandfold! ”

Cao Lie gritted his teeth: "You... If I'm not. ”

"Your brother! In a few days, Youyong will come back with military rations and supplies, and your brother will not starve to death, hum! I won't give him a chance to establish his prestige, and as for after the matter is completed, there will be no more here, and there will be no more princes, I will play the emperor, remove the military station, and you can return to the Great Wall. ”

"You are not doing things for the emperor at all! I don't believe the emperor would want to kill him so soon! ”

"Cao Lie, you said too much, anyway, I will look at your watch, as long as I receive an order from Chang'an, you will give me a good finish, otherwise...... There will be a river of blood here! I promise! ”

******

Sima Dan sneered and watched the soldiers who were late to enter the playground slowly, and were furious: "Today is the first day of this king's responsibility for Dianmao, and more than half of them are late, do you think that the law does not offend the public?" Good! The last ten people to enter the playground today were beheaded according to military orders! Tomorrow even if everyone is late, I'll cut them all! ”

Cao Lie, who was beside him, was shocked, and hurriedly knelt down and pleaded: "It's the last general who is incompetent and has failed to control it well, please use military law against the last general, today is the first day of the prince's army, if you kill someone, I'm afraid it will be unlucky." ”

"Bastard, the military camp is a place of slaughter, when you see the blood, it is good luck, as a general, you should sit together, people come, drag it to beat fifty military sticks!"

Cao Lie was willing to get up: "The prince is gracious, originally there was a shortage of materials in the Beida camp, and there was not enough to eat, the soldiers gave a little freedom and relaxation every day, but it was absolutely vague when fighting, the prince, I thought they were first-time offenders, please be extrajudicial and merciful!" ”

Sima Dan snorted coldly and nodded: "Since it is the general's intercession, each will fight a hundred military sticks, if there is another offense tomorrow, it will be the general's protection, and don't blame me Shang Fang's sword for being ruthless!" Hum! You must have received the news last night that you thought that the rations had been borrowed, so you don't have to hunt anymore? ”

The soldiers had just recovered from Sima Dan's murderous spirit, and most of them had not heard that the military rations had been borrowed, so they couldn't help but be at a loss for a while, and some of those who had heard about it this morning also somewhat agreed with what Sima Dan said.

Sima Dan sneered in his heart: "Here to Zhaozhou Daojiedu to make the military camp not use ten days but also five days, it must be Zuo Yong and them to spread this news to frustrate the spirit of our army, if people are not hungry, they will be lazy when they are desperate!" ”

He laughed loudly: "Borrow food!" Even if I didn't borrow it, I wouldn't think about it all day, and it wouldn't be profitable! I had a dream last night, and I ate a big pot of meat, a big bowl of broth, and that taste...... I can't catch up with ten stinky flatbreads, no, I can't catch up with a thousand, Lao Tzu hunted and ate meat this time, next time I won't borrow food, but borrow wine! ”

Ha ha! The sergeants were amused, and some of them had saliva in their mouths and swallowed only in their stomachs.

"Since you can eat meat, I won't just ask you to eat bean skin, hunting, and it is also a kind of cavalry training, but this prince doesn't want to force people to eat meat, anyway, you think about it, the people who want to follow me to train the army, and the people who follow me to eat meat will immediately go to the stable to pull the horse out and line up outside the village, this time it's too late to kill, but it can't keep up with us."

The battle horn sounded, and the soldiers all rushed to line up outside the village, leaving Cao Lie a little stunned.

Sima Dan patted Cao Lie on the shoulder with one hand: "They are all still very innocent children, just talking about having meat to eat, they can mobilize the army's heart, such pure children, how can I bear to bring them into the political struggle?" Let's protect them together! ”

Oh, yes! Even Sima Dan himself had just known his identity, but fortunately, what Mu Sheng had taught before seemed to be very useful.

According to Mu Sheng, the "eloquence technique" he taught was a sage from the West, and he also felt that it was very useful to use it, and Mu Sheng also taught a lot of the techniques of the Nine Streams and Ten Schools before the Spring and Autumn Period, making him seem to have been prepared for this situation, and now he is handy.

Who the hell is Mu Sheng? Why did the Emperor send him to take care of me?