Watching the Qianshan Army go all the way and do business all the way, the military leaders of these other states also moved their minds at this time.

A few days later, the caravan of the Thousand Mountains Army had grown a little stronger.

There are also more and more strongman tribes following behind their large army, and every day it is night. 、

Both sides will have a tacit choice to stop and start trading.

The eastern eight states provided a large number of handicrafts such as iron pots, iron spoons, tents, fabrics, leather boots, and even saddles.

The strongman tribes brought a large number of cattle and sheep, leather, herbs, dairy products and so on.

Everyone started trading, and it can be said that everyone was happy, of course, the caravan in Thousand Mountain City made the most money.

The army stopped and stopped all the way, and at this time it seemed that it had completely forgotten the statement that it was going to arrive at Xiguan before a certain date.

This trip took more than 20 days, five days later than the previously agreed September 15, and then arrived at Xiguan.

Before coming to Xiguan, Yang Yinuan also stood on a high slope outside the city pass and began to look at this Xiongguan.

According to what he heard before, this Xiongguan is a border city controlled by Liangchi Prefecture in the western continent.

It is also an important strategic node, and the terrain and landform are completely different from this Xiongguan.

First it was a desolate Gobi desert, and then all the way to the west, it took several days and thousands of kilometers to walk.

will come to the foot of Baiyun Mountain, and at the foot of Baiyun Mountain, there will be a large area of very strange terrain.

That terrain is called Wasteland Beach, and Yang Yinuan is also very curious about the terrain in that area.

Unfortunately, no one has been able to explain to him exactly what the barren beach is like to the terrain.

But this West Pass, he saw it clearly, it was the same as the first pass in the west of the Great Wall on the Blue Star.

Inside the pass is the Handa grassland with abundant water and grass, but out of this Xiongguan, there is the desolate Gobi Desert outside.

Nature has magically drawn a line here, and outside this line, there is a lack of water, drought, and a desolate no-man's land.

And inside this line, there is a prairie with abundant water and grass.

Standing on this small dirt slope, he could even see the desolation outside Naxiong Pass.

The arrival of the coalition army of the Eastern Eight States caused a commotion in Xiguan, and soon two fast horses came out of the city wall.

Then the nominal supreme commander of the Eastern Eight States Coalition Army, Zhao Gongtang, had the two messengers brought to his Chinese army camp.

A moment later, Yang Yinuan received a notice to go to Zhao Gongtang for a meeting.

Ten minutes later, he came to the Chinese army camp of the Qingshan Army.

Zhao Gongtang's face was very serious, and he told everyone about the situation.

It turned out that he had also reported to the coalition forces in the western eight states before, saying that they might be a few days late due to some unexpected circumstances.

But no one expected that the West Eight Prefectures would not wait for them.

It turned out that two days ago, another caravan sent out from Nuanzhou was attacked in Huluohai outside Baiyun Mountain.

The caravan of more than a thousand people finally returned with only a dozen people.

At this time, the people of the Western Eight Prefectures couldn't sit still, after all, they had been waiting for the people of the Eastern Eight Prefectures for almost a month.

Therefore, the coalition forces of the eight western states took the lead in pulling out the camp out of Xiguan.

And they also left messengers for the people of the Eastern Eight Prefectures, and once they arrived at the West Pass, they asked them to leave the customs as soon as possible to meet the coalition forces of the Western Eight States.

"That's the case, I don't know what you think?"

Zhao Gongtang explained the situation, and then asked everyone tentatively.

This time, everyone was silent, Yang Yinuan was a guest army, so he would naturally not be stupid enough to take the initiative to stand up and speak at this time.

"Okay, since everyone has no opinions, then I've decided, let's rest outside Xiguan City for a day today, and let's get out of the city tomorrow!"

"Good!"

"Obey the instructions of the Zhao official family!"

"That's it!"

Anyway, I'm here, and I have to get down to business before I can go back.

Everyone agreed with Zhao Gongtang's decision, and everyone went back to the camp.

Yang Yinuan also gradually felt excited, he was finally going out of Xiguan, he wanted to take a good look at the style of the Western Regions outside the Xiguan.

I don't know where Conderoga's hometown is?

Is the Red Plum Valley overgrown with red plum trees as he said......

Early the next morning, the whole army was woken up early by the sound of military trumpets.

Huotou Jun also prepared breakfast early, probably considering the outbreak, so today's breakfast was extraordinarily rich.

No one got not only a piece of wheat bread, but also milk and jerky.

After eating, as soon as the sky was polished, the army began to march.

It was still the same as before, the coalition forces of the Eastern Eight Prefectures opened the way in front, and Yang Yinuan led the Qianshan Army to the rear.

The group marched through Xiguan and entered the desolate next door.

I have to say that as soon as I entered this area, I immediately felt that the air was a little drier.

Moreover, the temperature difference between morning and evening is very large, and when you set off in the morning, it was still very cold.

But by noon, it was too hot.

And in such an environment, everyone is very prone to water shortage.

Fortunately, they also brought several guides who were familiar with the environment before they set off.

Ten people were also assigned to the Qianshan Army, and these ten people are said to be members of caravans who often go out of the Western Regions to do business.

But in the past year or so, the caravans they followed have been attacked by sand bandits or the Wanzi Army, and they are all dead and crippled.

So these people can only stay here and join the army.

And Yang Yinuan was on the road, calling several people into his carriage in turn.

In the car, he carefully inquired about the topography of the place and then based on the description of these people.

In combination with the fact that they have gone along the way, see the actual situation.

He asked people to make a process map of the terrain and landforms, and draw them.

At the same time, while walking and stopping, he will also stop from time to time and send out drones to observe the surrounding terrain from the air.

Photographs were taken to record it, and the reason for this was to find a source of water on the ground in the vicinity.

You know, walking in such a desert, this water source is so important.

The guides they bring with them are the most very good at finding water in the desert.

And walking in such a desert, this water source is so important.

This time, the number of their allied troops in the eastern eight states exceeded 50,000.

Among them, the Zhao family in Qingshan City, the Chu family in Yanzhou, the Tian family in Songzhou, and the Liu family in Dongzhou, each of these four major states sent 10,000 troops.

The other four small city-states also sent 3 to 5,000 troops, so that the number of regular troops reached 60,000.

With the addition of the baggage teams transporting supplies, the number of this army has exceeded 100,000.

This is not counting the Qianshan Army and the men and horses of the Iron City, if you count the regular army of the two families and the baggage team.

The number of this vote has exceeded 150,000......