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"It's really empty enough, I haven't seen half a figure in half a day."

"Because it was the original route of the Han army, and after Yiwu was abandoned, except for a few exceptions, ordinary merchants didn't seem to like to go here. In fact, personally, I think this route is actually quite good. ”

"Yes, if it weren't for the big wind and sand and too much Gobi, this route would not be bad, although there is no big water system, but you can still find a lot of places where you can replenish it. Perhaps in the future, it will replace the route from Dunhuang to Yanqi via Loulan and become a necessary place for business travel, and then the role of Yiwu may not only be a military fortress or a Tuntian point. ”

"Really? Although I also felt that Yiwu was very important to Dahan, I never thought it would be so important. Merely...... What is the reason for such a judgment? Ban is very interested in this. ”

"Haha, I'm ashamed to say that I just heard that the quicksand in the Western Desert is very powerful, and sometimes it can move a long distance overnight. So I thought that the course of the Yellow River could be changed several times, and that the sand dunes in the Western Regions should also be able to divert the river. At that time, Pu Changhai may become a source of water, and this line will become precarious. ”

"There is some truth in what adults say, but I'm afraid it won't be too short in this world."

"Yes, maybe when the river is diverted, you and I don't know where we are, and who sits on the throne in the original land."

"Adults should be cautious."

"It doesn't matter, as long as the people of the Western Regions are still willing to turn their hearts to their homeland, the happiness of the people is fundamental."

"It seems that the adults admire Meng Ke's remarks very much, so what the adults do is like this...... Is it different? ”

"Hehe......" Regarding Ban Fu's problem, Li Shushi can only smile and avoid it, after all, his soul has a big generation gap with the ideology of this era, although it has been bridged a lot, but it has never been completely healed.

As for Ban Fu's appearance when he saw Li Shushi, he didn't continue to delve into this issue, although Li Shushi's thoughts were a little disrespectful to the imperial power, but at least he was still a good person who wanted to do something for the people.

In this way, the group basically hurried on the road, and finally reached the city of Iwulu after more than eight days of trekking.

I have to say that the Han still has a certain influence in the Western Regions, after all, it has only been 20 years since the Han expedition to Shule returned and evacuated the Western Regions, which is not short, but it is only a generation.

Although the northern part of Yiwu is the Pu country, and Yiwu is only more than 200 households with a population of 1,000 people, it is still under the control of the Han people, but it is similar to the situation that Li Shushi saw in Xihe at the beginning, although it is controlled by the Han people, it can almost be called an "undefended city".

Although the city with few people can basically be said to be unfortified, these people are after all the descendants of the Great Han Tuntian Army, they have received enough training from their parents since they were young, and even the supreme commander of this stronghold has served in the Han army.

Therefore, when Li Shushi's troops appeared nearly twenty miles outside the city, rapid copper bells rang everywhere in Yiwu City, and everyone retreated into the city in an orderly manner according to the movements they had long been accustomed to, and it was not long before there was no one left outside the city.

Even if they are quite strange and curious about the army that has never appeared in the south.

Of course, there is still some food and a small amount of property left outside the city, basically the small countries in the nearby Western Regions will be more satisfied with these things, if they are insatiable and want to continue to do something, the resistance of the city will also make the greedy robbers feel pain, so before the emergence of a larger country in this land, Iwu City may still stand like this on the land of the Western Regions.

Li Shushi quietly looked at the dark city in front of him.

The scale of the city is actually not small, after all, this was once a very important stronghold of the Han Dynasty in the Western Regions, looking at the scale, even if there are 3,000 soldiers stationed in the tun and the families of the soldiers and some of the attached personnel, there is still a little surplus, it should be the result of gradual increase in the past hundred years, but it is precisely because of this that it is really difficult to rely on a thousand people to defend this fortress that can accommodate 10,000 people.

To be able to maintain the virulence of this place under such an unfavorable situation, it is not easy for the castle lord of Igo.

In fact, for the sudden appearance of the Han army, the people in Yiwu City were also very curious.

A huge part of them are the descendants of the Tuntian troops left here by the Han Dynasty, and they have heard about how huge the Han army is and how majestic the military appearance is, but their memories cannot find any memories related to it, but they are the Cheshi people, the Pu people, the Xianbei people, and the Ding Ling people...... Instead, these alien races pervade their lives.

The only memories that may be related to the Han Dynasty are the few unbroken Han weapons and armor left here, and only the goods from the Han Dynasty brought by the occasional caravans traveling to and from the Western Regions.

It's just that for these people, the goods are basically high-end gadgets, at least not something that the struggling people of their ruined military fortress can afford.

So, at least the big men added a "rich" label to their minds, because they could afford to use the goods that were quite expensive for the people here. As for the value of those goods, they really don't know at all.

Therefore, when they saw the group of people outside the city wearing their familiar armor and holding their enviable weapons in their hands, although the gray appearance of their bodies seemed to be damaged by the long journey, the momentum seemed to be more formidable than any army they had ever seen, and even many of them began to tremble a little with their legs.

While they didn't mind dying with the invaders who were intent on destroying their last homeland, they hadn't experienced a bloody battle in the truest sense of the word for too long, and with the stories of the Great Han's mighty army that had been called up from memory, they apparently didn't think their own peasant defenders would be able to withstand each other for long.

"Is this Igo? It's so shabby, since we're not welcome here, let's be a little more interesting. ”

Since the other party is unwilling to have a relationship with himself, then Li Shushi has no intention of delaying time, although Ban Fu said that he is not familiar with the journey here, but from the current point of view, he is still a little modest, at least the nearly 3,000 troops have not been lost because of the Gobi along the way, such as lost or because of the lack of water sources to find non-combat attrition or horse reduction.

And from here to the west is the range of the Cheshi, although the relationship between several countries of the Cheshi is a bit complicated, but at least one thing is certain is that it is still easy to catch some natives as guides, and there is no need to worry very much.

However, just as Li Shushi was about to leave with his war horse, the gate of the black fortress in front of him suddenly opened.

Walking out of the city was an old man with a full head and wrinkled face, holding a wooden cane, and his steps were a little staggering, which made people feel as if a strong wind could blow the old man away.

Seeing the old man made Li Shushi suddenly find that he did not find the figure of the old man in Yiwu's city, although the distance was a little far away, and the sight was not very clear, but Li Shushi still saw some black heads moving back and forth from time to time.

"Is it my Han's army?" The old man's voice was a little hoarse, and his eyes seemed to be dodgy and at the same time resolute, thinking that as long as he got a negative answer, he would die here, at least the people in the back fortress would never put everyone in the fortress in danger for the sake of an old man, and the old man himself knew this very well.

"Yes, we are border soldiers from Dunhuang, and we came to the Western Regions on the orders of His Majesty, and I don't know what the old man has to teach us."

Under Li Shushi's signal, Ban Fu stepped out to respond to the other party's question, although Li Shushi is almost the same as Cheng Ren in terms of height, but after all, he is still not as imposing as Ban Fu, and it is more convincing.

"Really...... Really? The old man seemed to be in disbelief, but the deliberately suppressed excitement made him tremble at this time. But even so, the old man still stood there stubbornly, looking extremely cautious to the timid Cheng Dù.

"In the lower Dunhuang class."

"Yes...... Be...... Is it the Marquis of Dingyuan, a descendant of Lord Duhu? The old man seemed to be even more excited.

"Yes, I can swear to God without guilt at this point."

At this moment, even if Li Shushi couldn't see Ban Fu's expression, he could guess his proud expression, because Ban Fu's eldest son, Ban Hui, who came out of the front row with Ban Fu riding his horse, also raised his head at this moment, and the word "proud" was written all over his face.

"Sure enough, the Ban family has become a legend in the Western Regions."

Seeing the old man staggering back to Yiwu City after confirming Ban Fu's identity, completely ignoring his aged body, and the ecstatic look that could not be concealed when he turned around, Li Shushi looked at Ban Fu who returned on a horse with a smile.

"So as a descendant of the Ban family, I can't let the ancestors be ashamed, this time I just tried my best to let the descendants mention me when they mention me, 'This ancestor is not worthy of the glory of the Ban family'."

"Hey, hey, don't say that, I'm still pointing to you working in the Western Regions, don't die so early."

"That's nature, how can I die lightly before I am not satisfied."

While Ban Fu raised his head and proudly made such an oath, Li Shushi noticed that Zhang Gong, Wang Kai and others, who were also from Dunhuang County, showed envy and secretly clenched their fists with expressions and movements, obviously they also felt the breath of this legend, and they also hoped to carve their own legend on the land of the Western Regions.

That's a really great ambition.

Li Shushi looked sideways at Jia Xu beside him slightly, and he was greeted by Jia Xu with a mysterious and confident smile.

ps: Today is the day when the first Zhifeng War broke out, and because of this war, the original good shape of Outer Mongolia finally fell into vain.

Therefore, please always remember the greedy wildness of the old Maozi in the north, you can be a strategic partner, but you are definitely not a friend who can entrust your back. It is also important to remember that weakness is the original sin on the international stage, even in an era that claims to be the end of the colonial era.

PS2: Today is the day of Cai Tingkai's death. From what happened to this general, we can see how ridiculous those who tried to overturn the case for President Chiang Da during the War of Resistance -- it is true that there are many patriotic generals in the country/army, and they have also written songs and tears, and even the frontal battlefield is more difficult and more difficult than the battle behind the enemy. But President Jiang Da alone, losing power and humiliating the country can already be called Li Hongzhang. Well, he will be mentioned below.

PS3: San Francisco's peace treaty with Japan, if there was no President Chiang Da who was bent on fighting a civil war, the problem of Ryukyu would have been a domestic problem rather than an international one.