At noon, as the last soldier stepped into this strange land, Huo Qubing looked at the portal made of light in the distance.

Although I am in a green place, I can still see the snow of Kunlun Mountain through the light gate.

On the other side of the door is the hometown, on the other side of the door is the Han Dynasty, and on the other side of the door there are dead but not stiff Huns.

Just thinking of His Majesty's entrustment, Huo Quzhi resolutely withdrew his gaze, and then said to the Eagle Strike Sima beside him: "Order the whole army to camp on the spot and bury the pot to cook, and place the family members and baggage of the army properly." ”

Then Huo Qubing urged his horse forward, pointed to the mountain range in the north and said to Li Kang: "General Li, you see, there is a valley in the distance, from where it is said that you can directly cross this mountain and reach the plains. Take two hundred of your soldiers and see what is going on, and you must return before dark. ”

Li Dang took the order and left, while Huo Qubing led fifty of his own soldiers to fight forward and go straight to the nearest hillside.

Although the place where the army is located is a meadow, there are all kinds of strange-shaped trees growing around, but fortunately, the grassland area is large enough, and it is not a problem for 70,000 soldiers and civilians to camp.

Arriving at the foot of the mountain, a lieutenant said, "Look, general, this mountain is strange, and the whole is too steep, as if it grew out of the ground. ”

Huo Quzhi said: "This place is different from the Central Plains, don't pay attention to these!" Then he urged the horse to the top of the hillside.

Standing on a high place and holding a pergola and looking into the distance, Huo Qu gasped.

As far as the eye can see, except for the place where the army is encamped, all that meets your eyes are trees, as if there is no end to the sky.

Huo Quzhi, who was standing on a high place, not only saw the terrain in the distance, but also saw Li Kang, who was struggling to move forward in the forest.

Because the farther away from the grass and the denser the trees, the speed of Li Kang and the others was not very fast.

Fortunately, the trees began to thin out as they approached the valley, and as soon as they could get through the trees to the vicinity of the valley mouth, they would move much faster.

Sima Zhao Yi, who came with the team, said: "General, our army's food and grass are only enough for twenty days, although this place is full of woods, there is no wild things. Do you think you will leave tomorrow and go to Shanbei to make plans? ”

Huo Quzhi said: "It's not too late to wait for the Hou of Guan Nei to find out the news before making plans." ”

Huo Quzhi and the others went down the mountain and returned along the same road, but before they got out of the woods, a scout knelt in front of the horse: "General Qiyu, the big thing is not good!" The fairy gate is gone! ”

Huo Quzhi's face changed when he heard this, and then he urged his horse to run forward, and when he came to the place where the army was encamped, he saw that all the soldiers and civilians were looking at the place where the original Xianmen was located.

As far as everyone looked, the portal made of light was gone, and there was nothing but grass where it had been.

Huo Quzhi lifted the reins of the horse and said to everyone: "Don't panic, the book of immortals records that the immortal gate has existed in Kunlun Mountain since ancient times. It's just that in this world, the location will sometimes change, at least three or five days, and at most three or five months, and the immortal gate will definitely reappear. ”

Huo Quzhi's words calmed everyone's hearts, and then the army began to camp with the help of his family, and Huo Qubing instructed Zhao Yi to count the casualties on the way, because many soldiers died on the way when crossing Kunlun Mountain.

When the sun was setting in the west, the army set up camp, and then Huo Qubing came to the largest tent in the barracks.

There was a king-size carriage parked in the tent, and it was to ensure its safety that many soldiers died accidentally.

After opening the locked car door, Huo Quzhi said inside: "Come out!" ”

Then I saw a strange animal with a dragon's head, an elk body, an ox's tail, a horse's hooves, and scales in armor emerging from the carriage.

Huo Quzhi sat down and said to the beast: "The entrance you told Your Majesty about is this place?" ”

Seeing that the strange beast nodded, he then asked: "Why did the Immortal Gate disappear, since it has been standing in Kunlun since ancient times, why did it suddenly disappear now?" ”

The beast first lowered its head and thought for a while, and finally shook its head helplessly.

Huo Quzhi said: "Although the immortal gate has disappeared, will it reappear after a while?" ”

After the beast replied with a very obvious look that I didn't know, Huo Quzhi weakly hugged his head with both hands.

At this moment, the alien beast suddenly walked up to Huo Quzhi and gently touched him with its front hooves, and then drew a few times in the air with its raised hooves.

Seeing this, Huo Quzhi took out a brush from a special iron box that happened to be on the calf of the alien beast, and then put a piece of paper on the ground.

Soon, the beast wrote six big words with its hooves: "If you come, you will be safe!"

Seeing this, Huo Quzhi frowned and said: "You never said this when you mentioned this matter to Your Majesty, and besides, you and Your Majesty promised that there are divine objects here, isn't it all a lie?" ”

When the animal heard this, he wrote on the paper: "Kill a piece of Lang Lang and repay Your Majesty for your kindness!" “

Huo Quzhi said: "Of course I know about this matter, but I still need to bring the artifact back to the Central Plains to protect the foundation of the Han Dynasty for ten thousand years." If this were not the case, General Li Dang would have commanded the troops, so why should I come in person? ”

When the strange beast heard this, he wrote: "General don't worry, according to the words of the ancestors, the immortal gate has existed in the Kunlun Mountains for more than 3,000 years. During this period, it will occasionally disappear without a trace, but it will reappear after a short time, otherwise how could so many rare birds and beasts descend on the Central Plains in ancient times. ”

Huo Quzhi pondered for a long time and said: "I just don't understand why those creatures don't go to the Central Plains now, the immortal gate has existed for such a long time, you can shuttle at will." ”

The beast wrote: "I have told Your Majesty that there were monsters in this world that almost slaughtered all living beings in this world. In order to keep the world peaceful, almost all living beings went to Longling to guard, so no strange beasts entered the Central Plains. ”

Huo Quzhi got up and said, "I have asked Li Dare to go to Gukou to explore the way to see if there is a rich place in the north as you said." It's autumn now, it's good to find this kind of place, if you can't find it, don't blame me for skinning and boneing you and distributing it to the soldiers. You also know that the army has only enough food and grass for twenty days, and if you can't find supplies, you should know what will happen. ”

Seeing Huo Qubing questioning himself, the strange beast wrote on the paper again: "It took me four years to learn your words, is it just to trick you into this place? ”

Huo Quzhi glanced at it, and then said as he walked: "You better have a good rest, and the rest will wait for Li Dare to come back, whether you deceive or not, since you have come here, I will definitely kill Longling to retrieve the artifact." ”

At this time, Li Kang had crossed a shallow stream and reached the front of the valley.

A soldier said: "General, the mountains here are so strange, I have seen many high mountains in the Central Plains, but none of them are like now." Not only is the mountain abrupt, but even the valley seems to have been split by a knife, smooth and steep, and if a pass is built here, it will be difficult for a million troops to cross. ”

Li dared to say: "Let's go and see what the north of this mountain looks like first!" ”

After saying that, he urged his horse to rush to the valley, and the rest of the soldiers also whipped their horses and followed closely behind him.

When the crowd passed through this valley four or five miles long and reached the north of the mountain, the sun was about to set, and the sight that greeted them amazed everyone.

The mountains were followed by endless plains, and a great river ran from west to east along the mountains, and when it was about to reach the valley, it made a ninety-degree bend and headed north.

On both sides of the river is waist-deep grass dotted with trees.

Ascending to the heights, Li Dang saw that there were not only all kinds of animals in the grass, but also many wild fruits, vegetables and vegetables distributed in the distance.

A soldier swallowed his spit and said, "General, this is a paradise, with these things, we don't need to farm the fields, we can keep food and clothing without worry." ”

Li Dang shook his head and said, "It's okay to go with the beasts, but if those melons, fruits, vegetables and vegetables are not harvested as soon as possible, I'm afraid there will be not much left in the near future." Now it's autumn harvest time, and when winter arrives and snow is everywhere, where will these crops be? I'd better hurry back and report to the hussar general, and move the army here as soon as possible to harvest supplies. ”

At this moment, another military colonel pointed to the distance and said, "General, what is that?" ”

Looking in the direction of the military academy's fingers, Li Dang and the others saw that at the foot of the mountain not far from the west side of the valley, I don't know when a group of strange creatures that they had never seen appeared before.

These creatures are somewhat similar in size to the Han Chinese, but they are much taller, not only have unusually long arms, but also have pale green skin.

There were about a hundred and ten creatures, wrapped in animal skins, and they held wooden sticks, some of which had improvised spearheads made of stone tied to them.

It's just that for some reason, they seem to be extremely resistant to the afterglow of the setting sun, and Li Dang clearly saw that one of them hid inside when the sun was about to shine.

Seeing this, Li Dang gave an order, and then everyone urged them to step forward and come to these creatures.

When they reined in their horses, a leader-like creature stepped out of the tribe and said in an unusually ancient Chinese, "Are you from the Holy Father's clan? ”

Li Dang didn't answer, but looked these strange creatures up and down, their skin was rough, not only their bodies were pale green, but even their hair was the same.

These creatures are clearly semi-civilized, with little shelter left on their bodies except for animal skins.

Their weapons are also extremely rudimentary, some of the wooden sticks are obviously broken branches, and some of them are tied with stone spear heads, which are estimated to be unable to cause real damage to the opponent.

Thinking that the other party had spoken just now, Li Dare asked cautiously, "Who are you?" ”

The first creature bowed down and said, "We are a tribe of the Holy Clan, are you members of the Holy Father's clan?" ”

Li Dang heard this and said: "Who is the Holy Father, who is also a Han Chinese? ”

"The Holy Father is the same as you, he came from the Xianmen and taught our ancestors how to speak, cultivate, read, dress, and all kinds of etiquette."

Li dared to say: "The camp of our army is in Shannan, you can choose a few to go back with me to meet the hussar general." ”