Now Willis let go and run, naturally the speed is super fast, and the fast horse can run for a day, and it only takes half an hour to arrive. This envoy group has been grinding all the way, and in more than ten days, Willis can go back and forth in one day. Of course, this is not as good as the flying carpet of Patigul.

The ancient city of Babylon is located at the confluence of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, which has long been in ruins, but the remains of the Babel Tower still stand on the banks of the Euphrates!

Akon thought that there would be some magical experience in such a place, but the three of them spent two days and two nights in the Tower of Babel, and visited the ruins of the ancient city and the Tower of Babel, but they found nothing, so they had to leave in a hurry.

This is naturally a rare experience for Zhang Fan and the three of them, and there is not much to say in the book.

After the visit, the craftsmen naturally stayed in Anbar and began to teach the Tang Dynasty skills, while the scholars exchanged ideas with the Arab scholars, and the merchants made a lot of money and bought a large number of Arab goods, ready to sell them back to the Tang Dynasty.

There is one thing that has to be said. Not surprisingly, the civil official Du Huan really asked to stay in the territory of the Abbasid Empire, ready to travel around and see the exotic customs. Of course, this did not surprise Zhang Fan and Akon.

However, Du Huan drank with Zhang Fan and the three of them all night when he left, and Zhang Fan chatted with him very happily. Du Huan knew that Zhang Fan knew Buddhism and knew some Buddhism, so he asked Zhang Fan to demonstrate and bless him to wish him a smooth journey.

Zhang Fan was naturally willing to take out the 'Thought of the Sage' to help the Dharma and bless the Dharma for Du Huan. Du Huan saw this cane, which was very delicate and beautiful, and he borrowed it to watch it, and he couldn't put it down.

Zhang Fan's heart moved, he glanced at Akon, and after thinking for a while, he actually gave this 'Sage's Thoughts' cane to Du Huan.

"If Brother Du likes it, you might as well take it, and in the future, in the difficult and dangerous places on the road, you can have a help, and you can also have more things for self-defense." Zhang Fan was generous in his mouth, but he was really dripping blood in his heart. Green Wing couldn't help but speak, but he held Zhang Fan down.

Du Huan was overjoyed, but said: "Zhang joined the army, brother, I understand it, how dare Huan win love with such a valuable thing." Even if you don't accept it, it also thins the face of Zhang Senjun, you think it's so good, even if Zhang Senjun borrows it for my feet, he will return from traveling around the world in the future, and return to Anxi or Chang'an, and he will definitely return the original. ”

Akon muttered in his heart, by that time, we won't know where it is, you're still a fart!

"Brother Du takes it by himself, and if you don't pay it back, let's talk about it later." Zhang Fan said generously.

Du Huan thanked him again and again and put away the cane. A few people are still happy.

More than ten days later, Zhang Fan and the three escorted the envoy all the way back to Talas City, and this time and again, it took several months. Looking at this place where they once fought together, Zhang Fan couldn't help but sigh with emotion, this chaotic world and disputes, divided and merged, can be seen here.

Zhang Fan and the three of them took the Tang army and continued to escort the envoys, officials and merchants, and went to Qiuzi, where the capital was located.

There are no words along the way, but the customs and magnificent scenery of the Western Regions. When I arrived at Anxi Qiuzi, I handed over the general order. Gao Xianzhi seemed to see through the wishes of the three people, so he ordered them to continue to escort the officials to Chang'an.

The time period of this mission is long enough, and it is more than 20,000 miles from Anbar to Chang'an! Come and go! Fortunately, Zhang Fan and the three of them always have to go to Japan, and they are also on the way anyway. This way, there is Willis as a means of transportation, which saves a lot of hard work. But Willis couldn't run away, and could only follow the large army step by step.

Before leaving, he met Patigul who was also escorting the envoy of the Great Food Country back and resting here. They also have empty flying carpets, and they can't fly at will, and they are a little distressed. This time it was really a foreign acquaintance, and several of the vow-holders were very happy, and they got together for a while, and told each other some strange things about each other's kingdoms before saying goodbye.

During this period, Zhang Fan deliberately visited the major monasteries and Buddhist grottoes in Qiuci! At this time, it was spring, and some ascetics were completing the winter meditation and coming out of the meditation in the grotto. There are also some who have begun to practice in the holy land of Tianzhu, and the Buddhist atmosphere in Qiuzi is very strong. When Zhang Fan communicated with him, he learned some ancient Western languages and Buddhist knowledge.

Akon and Patigul are very fond of turtle music and dance, and according to their calculations, these ancient cultures may be the source of prop skills or ring bearer skills, but they need to have a relevant trigger mechanism.

Before leaving, Patigul asked a rather nasty sentence: "You strange car props are really good, and they are better than our flying carpets, but Weishenme is going to hang a pair of briefs and walk around?" ……”

Akon rolled his eyes, "It's none of your business......"

Zhang Fan's face was red, and Green Wing drew his horizontal knife and looked at Willis viciously......

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A group of messengers, merchants and escort troops hit the road again, this place is thousands of miles away from Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty, and the road ahead is long. In the territory of Qiuzi, many caravans saw the Tang army going to Chang'an. Therefore, they all followed behind the Tang Army, took advantage of the power of the Tang Army, frightened back the bandits in the Western Regions along the way, and went east together. It saves a lot of money on recruiting guards.

These thousands of teams stretched for more than ten miles on the Gobi and Silk Road in the vast Western Regions. The route was very safe, and there was no harassment from bandits.

On this day, when I walked to a place, the wind and sand were reckless, and there were rock and soil platforms left behind after being eroded by the wind and sand. From here, the Silk Road diverged from here, one to the north to Qiuci and the other to Khotan.

"Do you know what this place is?" Akon looked at Zhang Fan with a smile.

Zhang Fan lifted the cloak that blocked the wind, stared at the magnificent Yadan terrain in front of him, and said in a loud voice: "A thousand-year-old country, Loulan in my dream!" ”

"My lord, there is a sea of sand in front of you, and two hundred miles ahead, there is the Yumen Pass. After the Yumen Pass, it is the real territory of Datang. A Tang soldier who was familiar with the path said, "It is said here that there was an ancient city of Loulan a hundred years ago, and then for some reason, it suddenly disappeared!" Legend has it that there are countless ghosts and evil spirits roaming in the sand sea, and the non-army is too powerful to pass through! ”

Zhang Fan Akon heard this and smiled at each other. This mysterious Lop Nur, even in modern times, there are many unsolved mysteries, why the ancient country of Loulan disappeared, has not been uncovered so far, let alone at this time.

The sergeant said, "My lord, let's camp here, and don't stay until tomorrow when we pass through Loulan in one breath." ”

"It's still early, let's go to the front and camp again." Zhang Fan ordered.

"My lord, never!" The experienced sergeant hurriedly said, "That's where the ghost town is located in front of you, and legend has it that at night, lonely ghosts and wild ghosts wander around!" Although our army is vigorous, it is better to avoid it. Besides, there are a lot of caravans following, in case you come across something messy......"

Zhang Fan smiled, "My army passed by, ghosts and gods were cleared, what ghosts dare to come and collide?!" But it doesn't hurt. ”

On the side, Akon frowned slightly, he felt that this might be arranged by the precept holder, after all, there is no scene yet, and this scene has 80% supernatural degree, that is, it is very likely that there will be supernatural events.

And so far, only the visible formation momentum has appeared on the battlefield, and there is also that flesh and blood retaining wall, which is a little supernatural. The envoy to the Great Food Country has not encountered any strange incidents until now.

This mysterious Lop Nur, even in modern times, has some supernatural legends, let alone in this ancient scene. If your own calculations are not bad, 120% of them will have supernatural events here.

But now, while the soldiers are strong, it's good to go through it and see what is going on in Lop Nur. Anyway, there is an army to escort it, and the task rewards given by the scene are not much, so the danger should not be too great.

Having made up his mind, Akon also instigated: "It's not strange, it's self-defeating!" Even if it's a little weird, when my army arrives, can't it be solved? If there are those harmful ghosts, just get rid of them all together, and give the merchants a peaceful journey. ”

Zhang Fan nodded, "Let's go!" In fact, he also wanted to see what was so strange about this magical Loulan, a mysterious place that would confuse all shijie thousands of years later.

Of course, if there were only three of them, he might have bypassed. Now there are 1500 Datang elites in his hands, even if it is really a ghost town, it will be flattened! What else is there to be afraid of!

This ancient country of Loulan is just a country of cities, several ancient city ruins, and the population was only forty or fifty thousand at the peak of the Han Dynasty. For Zhang Fan, who loves collecting, he knows a lot about this major discovery in the archaeological world, Pompeii in the East.

And the real Loulan Ancient City, covering an area of 120,000 square meters, the commercial street in Zhang Fan's hometown is bigger than this city! In such a big place, even if all the residents in it have become ghosts, there are only a few of them.

1500 Tang Army, it is enough to destroy several such big countries! What to fear!

At this time, the caravan of the Western Regions that was following the Tang Army to rub oil was in a dilemma, follow the Tang Army, the Loulan Territory in front of it, but on this ancient road in the Western Regions, it is a famous and dangerous place! If you don't keep up, it's far away from the Tang Army, but this is also a gathering place for robbers on the ancient road, and it is safe to enter the Yumen Pass.

In the past, the Tang army did not march like this, why is it so hasty today?

Not to mention the caravan, the Tang army was ordered by the military, so naturally it was necessary to go to the sea of swords and fires, not to mention this sea of sand. Without hesitation, the troops drove into this place of death, where merchants on the Silk Road were discouraged!

After the Tang army entered the territory of Loulan, no ruins of the ancient city were found. When it was getting late, they camped and rested near a piece of Yadan terrain and an earthen platform eroded by wind and sand.

The merchant eventually followed and was stationed with the Tang army. Each buried the pot to cook and tidy up the camp tent.

"How did you say that this Loulan Ancient Kingdom suddenly disappeared?" Akon asked.