Huo Gang's speed was very fast, a few hours later, Huo Gang and they appeared on the periphery of Loulan Kingdom, to be honest, Huo Gang was still a little curious about Loulan, after all, Loulan was full of mystery in some film and television works and literary works in later generations.

If Huo Gang is not mistaken, Loulan suddenly disappeared around 630 AD, speaking of this, Huo Gang couldn't help but think of what Mingyue told him before, Ashye has been trying to find a way to recruit Loulan.

This year is 627 AD, that is to say, Loulan will suddenly disappear in three years, according to this, this time is really about the same, if there is no Huo Gang's appearance, it is not difficult for Loulan to persist for three years, after all, Ashye did not directly knock down Loulan.

Instead, it surrendered, and after three years, Loulan disappeared in fact, it was nothing more than that there was no one in the entire Loulan country, so it naturally disappeared suddenly, and if they joined the Turks and became nomads, they must have migrated directly.

Speaking of Loulan Kingdom, although Loulan is a country, one of the 36 countries in the Western Regions, the 36 countries in the Western Regions are actually similar to those city-states in Europe, that is to say, a city claims to be a country.

There is only one city in Loulan, in the Han Dynasty, because of the abundance of water and grass here, coupled with the expansion of the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, Loulan was sandwiched between the Han Dynasty and the Huns, swaying on both sides, so Loulan gradually became prosperous and strong.

However, the current Loulan is completely different, the current Loulan has entered the end stage, to be precise, Lop Nur is gradually drying up and Loulan people are inseparable.

Because along the way, Huo Gang saw a large number of poplar forests, but at this moment, although these poplar forests are still there, they are sparse, and more are the wooden stakes of countless poplar forests left by felling on both sides of the surrounding side.

Judging from the number of these wooden piles, the poplar forest used to be so vast, I am afraid that at that time this area of poplar forest was at least thousands of square kilometers, but now, these have become wooden piles.

Thanks to the characteristics of Populus euphratica, it is immortal for thousands of years when it is born, immortal for thousands of years, and immortal for thousands of years, so these wooden stakes still exist on the ground.

Come to think of it, it is less than a thousand years since the Han Dynasty, and this large area of forest has gradually disappeared.

The ecological environment here in the Western Regions is very fragile, and it is obvious that the Loulan people have destroyed everything here, so it has gradually become the Gobi Desert in later generations.

The existence of the Peacock Sea affects the surrounding grassland and ecology, just like these Turkic tribes set up around the Peacock Sea, because of the existence of the Peacock Sea, the surrounding grassland is still rich in water and grass, but when Lop Nur disappears, the grassland here will naturally gradually become the Gobi.

As the Gobi Desert grows larger, there will be nothing left here in a thousand years.

This is the destruction of nature by human beings, Huo Gang suddenly felt that if he really chose this river at the end of the Qilian Snow Mountain, the river integrated with the spiritual spring water would inevitably allow the poplar forest or other forests to start growing and expanding here again, and the water and soil here would get better and better.

Maybe...... Is this the meaning of the spirit of the Jade Gate?

It wasn't until Huo Gang saw Loulan City that he retracted his thoughts, and when he saw Loulan City to tell the truth, Huo Gang was a little disappointed, the whole city was not big, not much bigger than Yumen Pass, and the surrounding city walls were not very high, and even many places of these city walls began to fall into dilapidation.

However, the city wall is still planted with the banner of Loulan at this moment, and the entire city gate of Loulan has been closed at this moment, obviously they saw Huo Gang and their army early, so they closed the city gate.

The general defending the city looked at the neat cavalry below and couldn't help but swallow his spit, because there were less than a thousand soldiers in the entire Loulan, and they were all soldiers who had not undergone much training.

Don't think that 2,000 cavalry is very few, in fact, 2,000 cavalry is already the sum of the strength of several countries in the Western Regions.

Especially when the general saw the flags on the opposite side and the word "Han" on the flags, he couldn't help but take a deep breath.

The news of Loulan is not congested, because it is located on the Silk Road, so they all know about Huo Gang's appearance, and the news that Huo Gang defeated the Western Turks located here has begun to spread throughout the grassland like wings.

Loulan had already received the news, but they never expected that Huo Gang would appear here at such a fast speed.

Unlike the Turks, although Loulan is a small country, Loulan has a history of more than 800 years, from the Han Dynasty to the present, Loulan has always existed, so Loulan is extremely familiar with that flag!

It was once an empire that was once immensely powerful! It's just that now, that empire has changed its name, but they didn't expect to see the banner of that empire here!

"Go and report to the king." The general spoke quickly.

"Yes!"

"Is it General Huo Ganghuo?" The general took a deep breath and then spoke directly and loudly.

Because the opponent was only a few dozen meters away from their city wall, and even within the range of their bows and arrows, but none of them dared to move, because he suspected that none of their bows and arrows could cause any damage to the opponent's armor.

"Yes, now invite your king to come, and have something important to discuss." Huo Gang didn't speak, and Huo Zheng, who was beside Huo Gang, raised his head and replied loudly.

"I've gone to ask the king to come, and the general waits." The general hurriedly said.

This is the status of the king of a small country, in fact, it is a king, but in fact, a country with a population of less than 30,000 people is just a city lord.

Huo Gang sat on the back of Hongyun and didn't speak, but he looked at these soldiers in Loulan, and he could see that the Loulan people were not very similar to the Han and Turkic people, to be precise, they were more like the Turks, but there were also differences, and they were very similar to the Europeans of later generations.

Huo Gang didn't wait too long, and in less than twenty minutes, a middle-aged man dressed a little more gorgeously appeared on the city wall, this middle-aged man obviously hurried over, his face was still a little red.

After getting on the city wall, he first arched his hand at Huo Gang, and then said directly and loudly: "I've seen General Huo, I am Bosa, the king of Loulan Kingdom, and I don't know what General Huo is doing this time." ”

Bosa's Chinese is good, probably because they have always been associated with the Central Plains, so although these Loulan people have European faces, they all speak Chinese, at least in this era, it can be said that the center of the world is in the East!