Li You opened his eyes, a few rays of light came out of the gap in the tent curtain, and with this light he looked at the layout in the tent, the Tang knife, the horse lance, the sky-shaking bow, and the quiver were not far away, Li You got up and hung the Tang knife on his waist, the sky-shaking bow was inserted on his back, and the quiver was placed on his waist, and then carefully adjusted, so that these sharp weapons related to his own life were kept in the position where he could be pulled out to meet the enemy in the shortest time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This is why he can take care of the other arrangements in the tent, only to see a rather old map placed on a few cases, the mountains and rivers drawn on it make Li You feel a little familiar, he walked to the side of a few cases, his fingers slowly moved on the map, Chang'an, Jiuquan, Qiuzi...... The names of the places that Li You had visited brought him back to the era when he and Chen Qingzhi, Pan Feng, Tangyi's father and others had gone through hardships and hollowed out the Western Regions, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, since he defeated the Xiongnu here last time, then this time he should also be able to defeat the big cannibal in the farther west, right?

"General." Just as he was carefully studying the map, there was a shout outside, Li You recalled in his mind, with the help of the implanted memory of the Tiger Talisman, he quickly determined the identity of the person who came, and the person who came was Du Huan, the guide who came to their team sent by the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate yesterday, "Mr. Du, come in." ”

Du Huan outside seemed to be very familiar with him, and after hearing the voice, he was not polite, he directly opened the curtain and walked in, and helped him hang the curtain well, the early morning sun suddenly sprinkled the entire tent, driving away the dimness of Fang Cai, and suddenly became brighter, squinting his eyes and waiting to adapt to the sun, Li You also saw the appearance of the person who came.

Du Huan is about thirty years old, his face is dark and red, the back of his hands and the skin on his face are full of rough feeling of wind and sand, and at first glance he looks like a character who often travels far away; In fact, this seemingly inconspicuous person in front of Li You at first glance has gone down in history because he became the first Han Chinese to reach Africa, and the distance he traveled even exceeded Gan Ying, the envoy who was ordered by Banchao, the capital of the Western Regions, to envoy Daqin during the Han Dynasty and finally arrived in the Persian Gulf.

"My subordinates have seen the general." Du Huan bowed respectfully, and it seemed a little strange Li You's eyes today, "General, it's time to set off, Gaodu is cautious in guarding the army, if it's late, we will all worry about our lives." ”

"I'm just Captain Guoyi, and I don't deserve the title of general." Li You is possessed this time by a captain in the Tang Army, responsible for transporting supplies for Gao Xianzhi, the capital of Anxi who is on the expedition to the Great Food, I don't know if it is the tiger charm lazy or a coincidence, his name is still Li You, but there is no need to change the name like the last time he sent to the Western Regions.

As for this kind of thing, since Du Huan said that Gao Xianzhi is strict in governing the army, he must be very concerned about these things, right? If you arrive in his army in the future, it will not be worth it to get into trouble because you are used to being called.

This Du Huan is not very good at flattery, and when he heard Li You say this, he immediately changed his words, "Yes, Lord Duwei, now that Gao Duhu has led the army from Anxi, I am afraid that we will have to follow closely and continue to catch up." ”

"You're here to show me the way, tell me how far we go? How long will I have to wait? Li You gave up the location on the side of the map to Du Huan, this time the journey is afraid that it will be more distant than the last time he arrived at the Dayue Clan, but at this time the country of the Dayue Clan has long ceased to exist, and the branch of the Dayue Clan that moved to Hexi was established by Fuqu Mengxun during the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, and was later destroyed by the Xianbei Tuoba Clan and the Northern Wei Dynasty; Another branch of the Dayue clan who migrated westward to the Amu Darya River valley established the Kushan Dynasty, which lasted longer than the Han Dynasty, until three hundred years ago, the nomadic people called the "White Huns" were destroyed and the territory of Daxia.

"Gao Duhu led an army of 100,000 to cross the Green Ridge to the west to attack Da Shi this time, and after crossing the Green Ridge, we have to cross the desert, if we can't catch up with Gao Du Hu all the way, I'm afraid it will take three months to rush to the territory of Da Shi to complete this important task." Du Huan's finger marked the route they were going to take on the map.

Li You compared this route with the maps of later generations, and they probably had to travel west to present-day Afghanistan and then north to southern Kazakhstan, but the distance was much farther than the last time he accompanied Zhang Qian to the Western Regions.

With a general understanding of the journey that was about to begin, Li You closed the map, "In this case, without further ado, let's set off, if we can catch up with Gao Duhu as soon as possible, we can relax one day earlier." ”

Coming out of the tent, he was greeted by the endless yellow sand, the steep and steep mountains, and the rivers that appeared and disappeared from time to time, all of which were so familiar, Li You took a deep breath of the air mixed with the sand wind, and couldn't help but say, "I've been to this place before." The terrain that greeted him at this time was quite similar to that when he first arrived at the Otsuki Clan.

Du Huan had almost touched Li You's resume before, knowing that he had been stationed in the Central Plains before and had never been to the Western Regions, so he couldn't help but ask curiously, "When will Du Wei come to the Western Regions?" Why didn't Du know before? ”

"Haha, I came here in a dream!" Li You laughed and replied, the last time he led the Han delegation through the encirclement of the Xiongnu to intercept and intercept the Dayue clan, wouldn't it be like a dream.

"When outsiders arrived in the Western Regions, they all frowned and thought of a way to transfer back to Chang'an as soon as possible, but Lord Duwei seemed to have returned home, which really made Du admire him tightly." As a result, Du Huan's good impression of Li You has increased a little, and presumably people who can show such an expression will not be afraid of the hardships west of the Green Ridge.

Li You commanded his army to pack up the items that had been delivered to Gao Xianzhi and put them back on the road, including large ordnance such as crossbows, as well as hundreds of craftsmen, who were responsible for the maintenance of these equipment and made other ordnance for Gao Xianzhi; This was all demanded by Gao Xianzhi from the imperial court in order to attack the Great Food City, and Li Longji ordered Li You to send these things to Gao Xianzhi, in addition to sending a thousand elite soldiers to escort crossbows and craftsmen.

From Chang'an to Anxi Protectorate, these soldiers and craftsmen have long adapted to the life of non-stop trekking, Li You gave an order, and it didn't take long for them to prepare to move forward and began to continue westward.

Riding the Zhulong horse from the front of the team to the end, and did not find any problems, Li You rushed to the front again and came to Du Huan's side, "Mr. Du, can you tell Captain Bendu what kind of country is the Great Food that Gao Duhu is going to attack this time?" "Only by understanding the opponent you are going to face can you better help Gao Xianzhi win and complete this mission. (To be continued.) )