Ten years ago, in the northwest desert, west of the Gobi Desert, a group of horses were frantically chased and killed by the Qu Xianwei garrison, and the general who led the team was a young man in his early twenties.

The wind and sand of the desert are the most devastating, and no matter how handsome and tender the face is, it will be unrecognizable in less than half a year when they arrive here, and this is the case with young people now.

When he first arrived, he was only in his early fifteens, and the soldiers in the guard saw that he was white, and joked that if his fine skin and tender meat entered the kiln, he might not know who would prostitute whom, and in the end he was naturally beaten by the young man.

Later, as time passed, the boy gradually became rough under the wind and sand, and his complexion changed from the original "pink peach" to the same dark brown as everyone else, and there were fewer and fewer people telling such meat jokes.

The baptism of wind and sand has made the boy less fat, and living in the territory for a long time has added a lot of sharpness to it, and the blessing of the two has made the already handsome young man more and more heroic.

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Dozens of people chased after him all afternoon, and a soldier couldn't help but speak:

"My lord, further west is the Ghost Crying Kiln, it is rumored that there are man-eating ghosts there, and none of the people who stepped in came back alive, should we still chase them?"

The young general glanced at him and said lightly:

"A rumor scared you like this? Don't forget that these bastards hurt General Sha, if they are let go like this, where will we put Qu Xianwei's face? ”

The young man was the youngest in the scene, but there was no doubt about the words he spoke, and even if there were the dozens of people behind him, even if they were timid, they were honest and silent when they heard this.

The few people who were chased and killed in front were the famous five ghosts of the Rotten Cave Mountain on the desert, although they were not the largest ringing horses here, but they were the most skilled and cruel.

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A few days ago, Qu Xianwei's chief general Sha Liyang inspected the border defense, and encountered an ambush halfway to the road, and the other party shot and killed several guards, and more than a dozen Dynasty soldiers were caught off guard, and they were cut down one after another under the horse in a hurry.

Shariyang's command of the battle is first-class, but the argument of fighting alone is a little meaningless, when all his men are dead, he alone faces the five ghosts who are good at "wolves besieging and killing evil tigers", and within a few rounds he was dragged off the horse by the neck with a rope.

The five ghosts galloped wildly, and Shaliyang was forcibly dragged for nearly a hundred feet, but fortunately, the ground was soft and gravelly, so he was not dragged into a bloody man.

Even this was not much better, the rope was around the neck from beginning to end, and it was not long before the person was strangled so that his face turned red and he rolled his eyes.

On the line of life and death, Ah Xiu happened to lead the team to pass by, and he wanted to stop to see which guy was so unlucky, but he didn't want to watch the play and saw that it was Sha Liyang who was dragged on the ground on his head.

Ah Xiu hurriedly led people to the rescue, and the five ghosts saw that the situation was not good, threw down the rope and quickly disappeared into the desert.

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Sha Li Yang is nearly sixty years old, where can he stand this toss, returned to the guard and fell into a coma for several days without waking up, the guard sent someone to investigate, only to know that the reason why the five ghosts who have always been with Qu Xianwei and do not violate the river water is because of the commission of the salt gang.

The feud between Sha Li Yang and the Salt Gang has lasted for more than 20 years, and recently the young head of the Salt Gang has just taken over the gang, and he urgently needs to find a name to establish his authority, and he has become the target.

There must be brave men under the heavy reward, and Sha Liyang's head is worth three thousand taels of gold on the black market, so it is no wonder that characters like the five ghosts of the rotten cave mountain are willing to take risks to assassinate the court generals.

Wang Qianshan, who was in his early twenties, was young and vigorous, and after hearing the news, he immediately selected more than 100 subordinates to go to the rotten cave mountain to find revenge on the five ghosts.

The people selected by Wang Qianshan were all good players in the army, and there were several experienced scouts among them, and the group quickly found the hiding place of the five ghosts.

Wang Qianshan is not brainless, he will not deliberately pursue fairness, and to deal with sinister villains, he must use more insidious methods.

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The group slowly approached the five men, and when they were about to arrive, one of the soldiers suddenly fell into the depths of the pit.

The five ghosts acted extremely vigilantly, and had already planted a trap in advance on the periphery, and at this moment, when they heard the sound, they immediately rushed out of their residences and fled on their horses, while the dynasty army followed closely behind, and the two sides started to chase one after the other.

During this period, the five ghosts took the initiative to turn back many times, but they all fled with one touch, relying on many years of experience in fighting the enemy together, relying on only five people to kill twenty or thirty well-trained soldiers.

Wang Qianshan held back the fire in his stomach but forcibly held back, and after seizing the opportunity, he greeted the other party fiercely with a fire bow and arrow, and the five ghosts died and were seriously injured on the spot.

The five ghosts are ruthless to the outside, but they are very righteous to their own people, and they have never let go of their injured companions, so their pace has been slowed down a lot, and they have not been able to get rid of the chasing soldiers behind them.

If this continues, I am afraid that several people will not be able to escape death, and the leader finally gritted his teeth, turned around and headed towards the Ghost Crying Kiln to the west.

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The Devil's Cry Kiln is not a natural cave, but a real porcelain kiln.

As early as the pre-Han Dynasty, the environment here is not only not barren, but can be described as "fertile land and thousands of acres of abundant water and grass", at that time there was a small country named Shanshan, that is, the mouth of later generations "Loulan".

Shanshan has a civilization that does not lose the hinterland of the Central Plains, with 1,570 households, 14,100 mouths, tuntian, taxation, business, and handicrafts are all refined, and the only porcelain kiln in China produces utensils that are also equivalent to the Central Plains kiln.

To the Western Jin Dynasty, a huge storm suddenly blew in the local area, which was not encountered in a thousand years, the storm was tornadoed, the black sand covered the sky and the sun, and Shanshan disappeared overnight.

There are different opinions about the mystery of Loulan's disappearance, some people say that the Loulan royal family did not sacrifice their princess as agreed, which provoked the anger of the gods, and some people say that it was a demon who caused trouble and drew the life of a country to practice demon law.

Regardless of the facts, since then, there have been no birds and no beasts on this place, and later generations have found many porcelain fragments near the Ghost Cry Kiln, which makes it surmised that this was the center of Loulan back then.

The Devil's Cry Kiln is located in a low-lying area, the surrounding terrain is flat, and the gravel is rougher than elsewhere, and if you look closely, you can find many fine pieces of porcelain from it, but there is nothing unusual about it, and the environment alone is not as terrifying as it is rumored.

The entrance of the ghost crying cave has been baptized by thousands of years of wind and sand, etched out a ravine, and the remnant area is like a root "fang", with the dark and dim cave entrance and the sound of whimpering wind, it is indeed like a ghost crying wolf.

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The five ghosts are smarter than ordinary horses in the desert, and they have long known that Xu Erniang's inn is connected with the officers and soldiers, so they didn't think about it at all.

After entering the vicinity of the Ghost Crying Kiln, the bandit leader led by him plunged into the dark cave without thinking about it, and a group of dynastic troops behind him held the reins at the entrance of the cave, and Wang Qianshan said in a deep voice:

"These bastards are so determined that we don't dare to go in, thinking that we will escape this way."

At this point, the young man paused, turned to look at the group, "They guessed right, let's just wait outside." ”

After saying that, he turned over and dismounted under the stunned gaze of his subordinates, took out the dry food from the package and nibbled on it.

Wang Qianshan likes to be willful, but he is not stupid, how can he drill it knowing that it is a trap.

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(End of chapter)