Turning attention from a beautiful vision back to reality, now is not the time to defend the city in Qiuzi, there are walls and robes!

It is not easy to be alone in the hinterland of the Tibetans, dragging the injured body and single-handedly killing 16 Tibetans armed to the teeth!

Thinking of the turtles......

In the Anshi Rebellion, the most elite Anxi army was evacuated.

That year, recruits had just been recruited,

That year, there were still young men in Qiuzi City,

More than forty years have passed......

Guo Rong's history is not good, but the Tang Army in Guo Rong's impression is extremely strong, and the Anxi Army is one of the best!

However, Guo Rong, who had just been rescued in the past, only learned after following Guo Xin into Qiuzi that the situation of the Anxi Army led by Guo Xin at this time was far from being described as bad.

First, Tingzhou fell, and the Beiting Protectorate was breached, completely cutting off all ties between Anxi and Datang. Fell in the same year.

Next, Khotan, Xizhou, and fell, and with the fall of Shule, the only thing that the Anxi army could control was Qiuci and Yanqi.

Qiuzi and Yanqi have a total of 5,000 Tang troops, of which more than ninety percent are white-headed veterans, and the Eighth Regiment has almost evacuated all the young men of the Anxi Army, and has also drained the hope of Anxi in the next few years.

Relying on the Tang Army's standard equipment that Guo Rong exchanged for the military funds given by Guo Xin when he went on the expedition, as well as the fighting will of the Eighth Regiment, from Qiuzi to the east, more than 1,000 miles, the Eighth Regiment experienced more than 30 large and small battles, and beheaded more than 2,000.

Rao is like this, after entering Xizhou, there are only more than 30 people left, in fact, if there is no equipment that has been exchanged, I am afraid that ......

Guo Rong originally planned to rely on the supplies provided by the store system to take the last thirty Anxi Army brothers along the southern part of Xizhou, across the Great Sand Sea, through Lop Nur, and into the Hexi Corridor.

As a result, on the edge of the Great Sand Sea, he encountered a Tibetan army of nearly 200 people!

Although he killed six times the number of Tubo people on his side, except for Guo Rong, the other more than 30 Tang troops were all killed!

In fact, if it weren't for twice the physique of ordinary people, Guo Rong would probably have died in the encounter just now!

Guo Rong's current location is the south-central location of Xizhou, to be precise, south of Gaochang in Xizhou, the northern edge of the Great Desert, even if he can cross the Great Sand Sea, but what can he do?

There is also Yumen Pass in front, as well as Shazhou, Guazhou, Suzhou, Ganzhou, Liangzhou, Shanzhou...... In the past, the important towns of the Tang Dynasty in Longyou Road were all in the hands of the Tubo people.

Can he really get to Chang'an by riding alone?

Guo Rong suddenly stopped, looked at the vast Gobi in the distance, and looked around at the vast land where he couldn't see his fingers, and suddenly a thought flashed in his heart.

"Why don't you find a place to live nearby, anyway, ......"

As soon as this thought came to mind, Guo Rong's heart began to stir, and the war horse began to pace restlessly.

However, I think of the white-haired veterans who have been with me for three years, who are very violent, and who are also very awesome when they talk about meat jokes......

I think of the experience of getting along day and night for three years......

"! Even if I owe them all my life! Hey......"

However, just as he was about to start, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves behind him, and Guo Rong's newly relieved mood quickly tensed!

Who is here?

On the endless Gobi Desert in Xizhou, the sound of hurried horses' hooves seems so abrupt!

"Smack~! Syllable~! ”

The sound of whips waving, the sound of war horses galloping, constantly resounded in the Gobi, and just as the war horse flew past a dead poplar tree, a tall voice flashed from behind the tree like lightning, knocking the knight on horseback to the ground.

Familiar scenes, familiar movements, familiar postures, Lu Shishi found himself pressed under him again, but this time he seemed to be closer to death, and the blade of a short knife was already across his neck.

"Master Jun, it's me!"

Before the short knife could cut his throat, Lu XIV shouted out this sentence!

"Didn't I let you go to Qiuzi, why did you come back?"

Looking at Lu Shishi, who was pressed under him and almost died in his hands, Guo Rong frowned and said.

"I~I~ also want to go to Chang'an......"

"Hey,......"

After a long sigh, Guo Rong, who had a wry smile on his face, let go of Lu Shishi and withdrew the knife.

"Do you still want to go to Chang'an? Do you know how far it is from Chang'an? ”

Guo Rong withdrew the short knife, but Lu Shishi said excitedly.

"I know! I've seen the maps of Hexi and Hebei, as long as ...... Can't touch ......! ”

Before Lu Shishi's words were finished, Guo Rong grabbed him:

"Have you seen the map of Hexi and Hebei?!"

Hexi refers to the Hexi Corridor, while Hebei refers to the grasslands north of the Yellow River.

When he left Anxi, Guo Rong wanted to go to Hebei!

Guo Xin can provide Guo Rong with maps of Anxi and Hexi, but Hebei is under the jurisdiction of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, and the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate has long fallen.

Therefore, Guo Rong has maps of Anxi and Hexi, but there is no Hebei, to be precise, it is not nothing, but it is a map from 50 years ago......

He had no choice but to take the Hexi Road, if Lu Shishi was right, he really remembered the terrain of Hebei, then he could go to Chang'an.

If he could have a map of Hebei, maybe he could really reach Chang'an.

At this time, it is true that the Uighurs in the steppe were at odds with the Tang Dynasty, but the steppe was vast, and there were only a few Uighurs, so I am afraid that they would not necessarily touch a tribe even if they traveled thousands of miles.

Compared to the dangerous Hexi Corridor, Hebei is obviously the best way to go east.

"I... I remember, but if you want to go to Hebei, you have to pass through Yizhou, where there are 1,000 Tibetan soldiers, I'm afraid you won't be able to get through......"

"Don't be afraid!"

Hearing Lu Shishi's worry, Guo Rong was so happy that he wanted to yell.

Anthy is saved!

If he can return to Chang'an, even if Chang'an does not send troops, he has a way to save Anxi's death!

As the saying goes, people are in good spirits on happy occasions, and the excited Guo Rong pulled Lu Shishi up, patted the dust on his body by the way, and waved his hand.

"Let's go!"

"Aren't we going to spend the night here?"

Lu Shishi pointed to a natural tree hole next to him and asked, seeing the tree hole, Guo Rong shook his head,

"After all, this place is too close to the battlefield, and we have to go farther."

At this time, Guo Rong looked at Lu Shishi seriously for the first time, and then looked at Guo Rong directly.

Lu Shishi is not tall, only about five feet three or four inches, only less than one meter six or five.

The slender limbs made him as thin as a bamboo pole.

Guo Rong pinched his arm, and sure enough, there was no strong flesh.

With this kind of body type, I am afraid that I can't even wear the lightest chain mail, thinking about it, Guo Rong walked to a small slope not far away, and after leading the war horse, he took out a crossbow and gave it to him.

"Do you know how to shoot a crossbow?"

"A little ......"

Lu Shishi took the crossbow tremblingly, and then Guo Rong pushed all the arrows he had just picked up to him, almost crushing him down.

Looking at his unbearable appearance like a chicken cub, Guo Rong felt a headache again, if this kid hadn't remembered the terrain of Hebei, he would never have brought such an oil bottle......

"You guy ......, too thin, can't bear the armor, practice riding skills, and then use more crossbows, don't be chased and killed, just know how to bury your head and run blindly."

Guo Rong's words were ugly, but Lu Shishi also knew that he was right, compared to Guo Rong, who was nearly one meter eight and strong, and had a tiger's back, wasn't he too thin.

To put it mildly, it is no more difficult for Guo Rong to pinch himself to death than it is to pinch a chicken to death, and even if the chicken flutters twice, it may live longer than himself......

After saying that, Guo Rong reacted that his words seemed to be a bit heavy, but there was no way to do this, he stayed with those veterans for three years, and he would be more or less affected, but he wouldn't mind looking at Lu Shishi's appearance, so he said.

"Alright, let's go!"

At this time, they did not take advantage of the night to hurry, and when it was daytime, they were afraid that they would be chased and killed......

In the night, the two and three horses began to hurry, and the light of the moon and stars from 1,200 years ago was enough to illuminate their path.

Lu Shishi had some night blindness, which was probably caused by malnutrition, so Guo Rong could only hold the reins of his horse with one hand and his reins with the other.

The horseshoe prints of the war horse walking across the Gobi Desert were blown by the wind and sand in Xizhou, and suddenly disappeared without a trace, and the figures of the two gradually drifted apart, and then slowly disappeared into the Gobi Desert......