Natural disasters**, natural disasters are often unavoidable, and ** is also like a horse bandit's unstable temperament to attract the disaster of killing, but it is worse than the horse bandits, and it is the Hu people in this desert who do not leave behind the murderous goods. This is not included in the three categories, because these Hu people are not called human beings in the mouth of the caravan. Most horse bandits will leave the owner alive after robbing the goods, this is the rule, as long as the caravan does not resist, everything is easy to say. However, the Hu people are different, as the army of the country, they will sometimes break away from military discipline and law, and plunder the passing caravans around them.

In order to relieve the worries and prevent the caravan from coming to the door and causing trouble and scolding the superiors, usually after the robbery, these Hu people do not leave a living mouth. Therefore, when encountering the robbery of a small army of the Hu people, the caravan usually resists to the death and has to fight to the last man, which intensifies the struggle between the two sides, and there is an endless posture of death.

After all, the remnants of the Hu people and the Youyong were regular troops, living on horses all the year round, grazing and hunting for a living, even the ordinary army of the Han people was difficult to resist, let alone caravans, so it was often the caravans that died miserably, even if they were superior in numbers. Even if someone escaped the slaughter of the Hu people, it was difficult to get back those goods, and many caravans went to the superiors of the Hu people with the idea of trying it out, and even went to their capital to complain, but they were all executed as spies. Destroy corpses to cover up their heinous crimes.

Of course, they are not afraid that the authorities of the Han nation will be angry because of this, and lead the troops to kill the city and slaughter the city to destroy the country in order to avenge the blood and the sea, because first of all, the Han nation, whether it is the Song or the Ming Dynasty, does not have the strength of this kind of expedition, the most important thing is that they regard the people as mustard, and they will not fight for the life and death of the people at all. In the opinion of the Hu people. The Han nation only has interests, not dignity and glory. Is this really the case? Of course not, it's just that the dignity of the Han nation often needs to be awakened at a huge cost, such as the loss of the country

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Caravans that travel far away no longer have to zigzag their paths. Because the sand dunes are gradually disappearing, the terrain is gradually flattening. After walking for about a stick of incense, I went around a huge sand peak, and a city came into view. There is nothing Western in the ancient city. Run-down, dirty, perhaps, is the only adjective for it.

It is said that it is a city, but in fact it is just a circle of earthen walls, and its role is self-evident, preventing wind and sand from foreign enemies. The foreign enemy here refers only to infantry and cavalry, because such a city cannot withstand artillery attacks at all, not even the return artillery trebuchets. I think that if you want to attack the city, even the infantry will not use a ladder, but only a sword to slash the city wall. You can smash down the walls and enter the city.

Look inside the city again. That's even more rundown. Most of the wooden houses are decayed and barely sheltered from the wind and rain, and some of them are brick houses that were built in an unknown age. At this time, even the roof is gone, and it can only be used as a place for livestock in captivity. Most of the people in the city lived in tents. It is no different from those who live in the desert, and the city does not become a city.

The caravan stayed here for only one day before heading towards the hinterland of the Yarkand Khanate, like the border of the Ming Dynasty, where most of the villages and cities were located. The further you go in, the more distinct the architectural style of the city becomes, and it becomes more and more characteristic of the Western Regions, and the city gradually becomes prosperous and tidy. Just like the Ming Dynasty, there are also corresponding towns in the Yarkand Khanate, which are worse than the capital, but they are not inferior to the ordinary Ming towns.

Passing through one of these cities, some people stopped to trade in the local bazaar, while others continued to the belly of the Yarkand Khanate, because the farther they went, the more profitable they were. And when you enter the country, there is much less danger, and you don't have to go together in fear.

In addition to the official trade groups and missions, most of the private businessmen as long as the formalities are complete, they can go wherever they want to fight, and the Ming Dynasty is probably the same policy for the Hu people, and the Hu people are not strict in law and discipline.

This caravan of hundreds of people experienced the dispersal of the storm horse bandits and the major cities, and more than 50 people came to Yarkand, the capital of the Yarkand Khanate. Yarkand is not so luxurious and prosperous, although the style of the Western Regions is obviously bustling with people, but compared to the original Yili Li Khanate's first and second largest cities in the northwest, Turpan and Yili Li, it is much inferior, but due to historical and political reasons, the two cities cannot become the capital of the Yarkand Khanate.

The Yarkand Khanate was a state established after the division of Yili Rangli, which was originally the name of a capital city, to be precise, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate. Later, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate moved west to the Ili River Valley, and since then it has been renamed Yili Rangli. Later, Yili put Li Khan to death, and Yili divided Li, and gradually formed the three kingdoms of Yili Li, Turpan and Yarkand. Although Yarkand did not recognize the existence of the other two parties, and wanted to see Yili and Turpan as their lost territories, the two countries did not abandon Yarkand's wishful thinking at all.

After arriving in the Yarkand Khanate, the caravan was invited into the palace without resting. The palace is naturally not bad, although it is not a little different from the palace of the Ming Dynasty, but it has a unique style. The caravan was waiting in a room, the merchants were extremely frightened, there was more than one person who had come to Yarkand to trade, but it was the first time to be invited into the palace, especially if they didn't know the reason, how could they not panic, lest they be slaughtered or taken hostage, I heard that the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the Yarkand Khanate has been a little tense recently.

A tall man walked in, sat down with a big grin, took off his hat and said, "You are merchants from Daming, right?" "The Ming officials of the Hu people speak very well, even more standard than what some Ming people say.

"That's right, my lord, who are you?" One of the leading elders of the caravan said with his fists clenched.

Hu Ren didn't take this stubble, nodded and said, "On the way here, can you see the border of the Ming army?" ”

"Your Excellency, is this the case?" When the leader heard this, he said tremblingly.

Hu Ren smiled: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'll just ask casually." What are the recent internal developments in Daming, let me give you a hint, such as whether riots such as Gutian have any impact on you. Do you people know about this? ”

The leader frowned slightly, he didn't have the courage to be a loyal minister who would rather die than give in, but if he wanted to spy on the military from his mouth, he would become a traitor who betrayed people. He also refused, so he asked again: "Dare to ask this adult, who are you?" ”

"Hahahaha, he is the monarch of Yarkand. Saeed the Great Khan. One of the young men in the caravan stepped forward, took off his hat, put his right hand on his chest and bowed. Everyone was shocked, and the body of the elder who led the caravan couldn't help but tremble, and after being shocked, he looked the young man up and down suspiciously.

This young man was introduced by Chang Luqi, the leader of the Shaanxi-Gansu Wulin League, the leader of the Shaanxi-Gansu Wulin League, with a total of ten horses and five camels, and some silk cloth and pottery were transported, which were not expensive things. All the horses are not very numerous. Compared with small doors, although it is not bad. But it's nothing in the eyes of big dealers. Chang Luqi said that this is an old friend's young master, who went out for the first time, not to make money. It's just to exercise, so that I can temper it in this northwest desert. It's good to learn some real skills, and in the future, you will have the courage and brains to inherit the family business.

The leading elder had never heard of the big family that Chang Luqi was talking about, and when he asked, it turned out to be a family far away in Shandong, and it seemed that it was normal that he had not heard of it. According to the young master himself, his family is a silk and satin village and a porcelain shop, and they are bought and sold in many places in Shandong, and now they eat with the famous Dengzhou Mansion Lu Bing.

The leader couldn't help but sigh at the wisdom and big heart of this adult. Wise because following the caravan, you can learn a lot, hard-working, tenacious, men's blood or something, not to men's blood, because there is a long-term collective life, so the way to behave in the world is also particularly important. As for saying that they have big hearts, it is because they died nine times on the way west, and I heard that this young master is still an only son, if something happens, what should it be.

Chang Luqi's face is very good, and the leading elder patted his chest and promised that as long as he is still here, he will definitely protect the young master and let him come back with all his beards and tails.

On the way to the west, everyone found that this is not a squeamish young master, although he lives very meticulously, but he is not pretentious at all, he does not drink dirty water or eat dry bags, but he can endure hardships and work hard, and many things are done by himself, and he can't help but let people pick a thumbs up. The most important thing is that this young master is very generous, everyone eats meat together, and there is no shelf at all, and he is happy to help others and be kind to others, everyone says that this is everyone's children.

But there are also some things that others don't notice, but they make the leader who is as careful as silk strange. This young master's health is too good, the children of large families are not necessarily weak, poor and rich in martial arts, many children of rich families have practiced martial arts since childhood, and children from poor families have to rely on hard study to gain fame, so that the carp leaps into the dragon gate and soars. But this young master's body is like iron, not good, but too good, the body of those who practice martial arts is good, but not necessarily all those who practice martial arts can take the road to the west, which requires endurance and perseverance.

And this young master has it, and it is not in line with his age at this point, how can the young master who seems to be dissatisfied with the years old have such a temperament, just like a man in the perennial horse gang or an old executioner in his forties and fifties.

Not to mention the tactfulness of dealing with people, the men under this young master are also very strange, they are all silent, but they are also enthusiastic on weekdays, they like to help people help a livestock or something, but they are pitiful with few words, and their work and rest are very regular, and the amount of food is amazing and they are also very obedient. These men are tall and have long arms, and they are all iron-clad men, and their eyes are bright and breathtaking.

No matter how big the family is, the family is not like this, which makes the leader not see clearly, this group of men has the taste of military service, but there is an unusual bloody and brute strength. And if the people in the rivers and lakes come to protect the safety of this little young master, then with the knowledge of the leader, he really can't find such a tall and short man. There is a new industry called Daxing, which specializes in providing protection for people, escorting goods and protecting the personal safety of employers, but even if you do it, you can't find such a guy.

The leader only felt that either he was uneducated and knowledgeless, or there was something strange in it, but this was a person introduced by Chang Luqi Changye, and it was naturally safe and could be relied on, so he didn't ask anything, and they came all the way to their destination, the Yeltin Khanate. Finally, in the city of Yelchin, this young man uttered these words without being shocked, which raised his mystery to a higher level.