At night, when the pursuers behind Ji Qingchen fell asleep, he gave an order, and the remaining more than 400 people rode into the wasteland three hundred miles away silently.

The wasteland, as the name suggests, is a desolate and lifeless place, but it is still very vast. When an army enters a place like this, it can only wait for death, no wonder Empress Dowager Xiao's poisonous plan is to force Ji Qingchen into the wasteland? However, being forced into the wasteland and automatically entering the wasteland are two different ways, and naturally have different results. It's like being forced into a wasteland, you can be very embarrassed, you have nothing on you, and you can only die. But taking the initiative to enter the wasteland is different, just like this, Ji Qingchen has prepared a lot of things, the water bag is enough, it will not cause panic and death due to lack of water, and as long as it lasts for a month, there is no need to worry about food.

Therefore, this time Ji Qingchen took the initiative to enter the wasteland, which can be described as a kind of gambling and adventure. However, even so, when Ji Qingchen's horse team entered the wasteland, facing the endless Gobi, no trees, no birds and beasts, the tiger and leopard cavalry and the Xiao cavalry battalion soldiers were also a little uncomfortable. However, it took time for them to gradually adapt to this environment. After all, since Ji Qingchen entered the wasteland, there were no pursuers behind him, so he found a water source in the wasteland, and set up camp nearby, quietly waiting for the opportunity, not going deep into the depths of the wasteland, so that once something went wrong, they could exit the wasteland in two days, and there would not be too many problems.

And after camping at the water source, because there were no pursuers, the army was bored all day except for training. Therefore, in addition to letting Li Changzheng, Li Ke, Zuo Zongquan and Huang Taiji take turns to look for food and prey nearby, Ji Qingchen opened up a place near the water source, temporarily renovated a polo field, and played polo with the soldiers when he was free, which was very happy.

Horse hammer is a sport of riding on a horse and hitting a stick with a stick, so it is also called "beating", "beating", "bowing", etc.

The sport of riding a horse and striking a bow was introduced to Dayan from time to time. Therefore, compared with Ji Qingchen and Xiao Riding Camp, Haw Par Riding and Li Ke are more exquisite in polo. However, because Ji Qingchen likes polo, people like Li Changzheng and Zuo Zongquan around him, as well as the soldiers of the Xiaocai battalion, also liked polo when they were gentlemen, so their skills are not weak.

Therefore, when Ji Qingchen's Xiao Cavalry Camp and Li Ke's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry played polo every day, the result of the game was not one-sided, and the strength of the two sides can be said to be partly equal.

The ball used in the horse is as small as a fist, made of light and tough wood, hollowed out in the middle, painted with various colors on the outside, and a little also carved ornaments, known as "color blanket", "Qibao hammer", etc., and the horse hammer's cane is several feet long, the end is like a glaive, the shape is a bit like today's ice hockey stick, the body of the stick is often carved with exquisite patterns, known as "painting stick", "moon stick", etc., it is not difficult to make these things, and because Ji Qingchen likes polo, Li Changzheng and others have brought a lot of balls with them.

Therefore, not only Ji Qingchen and Li Ke and others can play polo every day, but also the entire tiger and leopard riding and Xiao riding camp can also play polo every day.

Therefore, even if you go deep into the wasteland, there are no birds and animals in the wasteland, and it is a lifeless Gobi desert, but because of the abundance of food and water, coupled with the ability to play polo, this makes Ji Qingchen and the rest of the people's lives not boring.

Of course, Ji Qingchen's life is more comfortable than everyone else, because he is accompanied by Shu'er, which makes him have both beauty and fun for a day, and this day is very comfortable!

Because Ji Qingchen's life in the wasteland was very comfortable, but the army that surrounded and suppressed him outside was miserable! Especially the commander of this army, the dignified Prime Minister Xiao Wangsun of the Southern Courtyard of the Kingdom and the confidant Xiao Qianyuan of the Empress Dowager Xiao, the two of them are very depressed, and they can even be said to be very bitter.

The two of them had been in the capital before, but because Ji Qingchen suddenly changed his itinerary, the Empress Dowager Xiao's plan went bankrupt, and the Empress Dowager Xiao let them go to the front line to personally command the army to encircle and suppress Ji Qingchen for the sake of prudence.

In fact, Empress Dowager Xiao originally only sent Xiao Qianyuan to the front line, in order to let Xiao Qianyuan, a henchman, be responsible for exterminating Ji Qingchen and Princess Anle.

However, because Xiao Qianyuan arrived at the front line, in the face of Ji Qingchen's long-distance attack strategy and the policy of going north to the northern grassland, Xiao Qianyuan did not take decisive action, and he did not make any progress in the process of exterminating Ji Qingchen, and because of Ji Qingchen's boldness and the carelessness of the spear, the Empress Dowager Xiao arranged for Li Honglie in the army of the lance exposed his identity and was arrested by Mu Feng. Not only did he not hand over Li Honglie to Xiao Qianyuan because Xiao Qianyuan asked for him, but he scolded Xiao Qianyuan for a dog blood spray, and even almost killed Xiao Qianyuan in a rage.

This made Empress Dowager Xiao lose the elite cavalry of Li Changlan and Li Honglie, a confidant and important minister.

Therefore, when the news reached the ears of the Empress Dowager Xiao who was in Shangjing, this high-powered old woman thought about it again and again, and found that it was her mistake to send Xiao Qianyuan to the front line, with Xiao Qianyuan's qualifications and ability, it was not enough to lead the front-line army to deal with Ji Qingchen, so after thinking about it for a long time, she sent Xiao Wangsun, the king of the southern courtyard who left the country.

When Xiao Wangsun arrived at the front line, he denied the strategy advocated by Empress Dowager Xiao to force Ji Qingchen into the wasteland, but made the decision to annihilate Ji Qingchen in the northern grassland, so he sent an army of ideas with the aim of annihilating Ji Qingchen.

This is the scene that forced Ji Qingchen into the wasteland.

But now that Ji Qingchen has entered the wasteland, it makes Xiao Wangsun and Xiao Qianyuan a little uneasy.

Because from the analysis of various signs, Xiao Wangsun came to a conclusion that Ji Qingchen was not forced into the wasteland, but he took the initiative to enter the wasteland.

This surprised Xiao Wangsun.

Because he knows Ji Qingchen's ability very well, now that Ji Qingchen has taken the initiative to enter the wasteland, he knows that with Ji Qingchen's ability, this time he enters the wasteland, he will definitely not die in the wasteland like ordinary people, but will take the opportunity to escape. Therefore, after determining this, he sent a large army to guard the border between the northern grassland and the wasteland, and ordered the army to report to him as soon as they found Ji Qingchen's traces, and his purpose was to consume Ji Qingchen to death in the wasteland. However, now that half a month has passed, he still hasn't found any trace of Ji Qingchen on the edge of the wasteland, which makes him a little anxious. Because he is a dignified prime minister, he does not deal with the affairs of the court, but guards near the wasteland, and there are more than 100,000 troops by his side, what is this?

Besides, Empress Dowager Xiao, who was far away in Shangjing, was also very anxious, and kept forcing Xiao Wangsun to solve Ji Qingchen's problem immediately.

Because Empress Dowager Xiao can no longer bear the doubts of the ministers of the DPRK and China.

At the beginning, she transferred Xiao Wangsun to the front line, under the pretext of inspecting the government affairs of various places, but now more than a month has passed, and Xiao Wangsun is still in the northern grassland, what kind of inspection is this? No matter how much you inspect the government affairs of various places, your Prime Minister can't stay in one place all the time!

Therefore, the courtiers began to suspect the ill-intentioned intentions of the Empress Dowager Xiao, coupled with the secret instigation of the Emperor Li Changchuan, which made the voice of the Imperial History of the Leaving Country impeachment of Xiao Wangsun louder and louder, and there was a meaning of removing Xiao Wangsun from the post of prime minister. Therefore, Empress Dowager Xiao's orders to Xiao Wangsun and Xiao Qianyuan are more frequent!

But the fact is that Ji Qingchen is still in the wasteland, and Xiao Wangsun and Xiao Qianyuan don't have the courage to send a large army deep into the wasteland, so they can only wait outside.

In this way, they became passive, and they could only wait for the current result, that is, half a month has passed, but they haven't even seen Ji Qingchen's shadow.

"Prime Minister, what do you think we should do? If Ji Qingchen doesn't come out, do we have to wait like this forever? It's useless to wait any longer! Xiao Qianyuan said worriedly, "Now the ministers of the DPRK and China have begun to question the Queen Mother and her old man, saying that this is a conspiracy, saying that the Queen Mother sent me and the prime minister to inspect the states and counties is planning a conspiracy, and the imperial historians are also impeaching us, saying that you and I are dereliction of duty, saying that you and I are stranded in the northern grasslands, and are planning, which is not conducive to leaving the country, if we stay any longer, I am afraid that we will become rebellious ministers!" ”

Hearing Xiao Qianyuan's words, Xiao Wangsun was also very helpless.

He thought about sending a large army into the wasteland, but when he thought of the annihilation of five thousand elite horsemen in the first battle of Ji Qingchen before, he felt that the number of people sent was not enough to kill Ji Qingchen, but the number of people was too much, once he entered the wasteland and made any mistakes, he couldn't afford this responsibility, so he could only give up!

It's just that now that this situation has appeared, he didn't think of it himself, so he could only be silent.

After a long time, he spoke, "Hold on for another five days!" If we can't find any signs of Ji Qingchen within five days, we will go back to the capital immediately, and we can't waste any more time here!" ”

"So what about here? We've done so much, we can't let Ji Qingchen escape anymore! Xiao Qianyuan said unwillingly, the two of them mobilized more than 100,000 troops nearby, and forced Ji Qingchen into the wasteland at the cost of 5,000 people, and now let Ji Qingchen escape, it is indeed very unwilling.

"I can only send others to garrison again!" Xiao Wangsun sighed and said, "Originally, the king of the North Courtyard was the most suitable candidate, but unfortunately Mu Feng discovered his traces and arrested him back to Shangjing, and now he may have been imprisoned!" ”

"What a pity!" Xiao Qianyuan said, "As far as he is accused of privately transferring troops and leaving his post without permission, it is enough to convict him, plus His Majesty wants to deliberately suppress us and is ready to take Li Honglie under the knife, his future is very slim!" ”

"Yes!" Xiao Wangsun also nodded, but he didn't speak, because he also knew that this time Li Honglie rebelled against His Majesty's scales, even if Empress Dowager Xiao wanted to protect him, it was estimated that it would be difficult to do it.