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Loulan is located at the extreme edge of the Western Regions, a small oasis in the east of the boundless desert. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Here, there is abundant fresh water that is difficult to see in other parts of the Western Regions, and countless caravans have contributed to the rise and prosperity of this small country.

The westbound caravans used this as a last supply stop, and beyond that the desert stretched out.

On the other side of the desert is the Great Food, where some ordinary goods that can be found everywhere in Daliang can be exchanged for a lot of wealth.

After the caravan returning from Dashi crosses the desert, it will also regard this place as the best place to rest, and most of the ivory, spices and other goods brought back by the caravan from Dashi will be distributed to large merchants in various places in Loulan, and then transported to various places.

This is the starting point of all caravans westward, gathering countless merchants from Daliang, grassland and Yingzhou, you can see a huge number of billions here, you can also see the armed escort team that is not much worse than the army, there are also very famous super masters, as well as treasures from all over the world, every day, countless wealth is exchanged and circulated here.

Loulan is the richest place in the Western Regions.

.................................... It is precisely because of the geographical location of the envoy of Loulan that the forces here are also quite complicated.

Of course, the grassland, Daliang and Yingzhou all want to control here, even if it is just to set up a card in Loulan to collect taxes, it is not a small amount every year.

However, with the covert support of Wasai and other countries in the Western Regions, the local natives of Loulan still basically grasped the situation in Loulan.

After a long period of temptation and the struggle behind the scenes, Daliang, the grassland and Yingzhou finally reached a tacit understanding, and they all had a certain influence in Loulan but could not gain the upper hand, so they acquiesced to the rule of the Loulan royal family here.

Now that the weather in the northwest has warmed, the caravans that have been cultivating for a winter are gearing up to make a big fight, and even the turbulent situation in the northwest cannot stop the determination of the giant merchants to make money.

There are almost half of the caravans in the world here, and the influence of the huge rich and wealthy families hidden behind these caravans is very terrifying, even Emperor Liang and the Golden Wolf King dare not provoke head-on.

Therefore, even if the grassland and Daliang fight, even at the most critical moment of civil strife in Daliang twenty years ago, there are still cars and horses here, and prosperity is still the same.

Some caravans are hundreds of years old, and although they may not be famous, they are secretly influential in the Great Liang, on the grasslands, and even on the other side of the desert.

Now that the food is invading the east, although many small and medium-sized merchant groups hesitate to wait and see, those big caravans with great confidence have seen an excellent opportunity to grab wealth, and they are eager to try and prepare to make a big profit.

.................................... It's another early morning.

Chu Nan led a cavalry of 5,000 people to approach Loulan from the east.

Of course, the leaders of the caravan were already aware of the current situation in the northwest, and although they were concerned about the appearance of such a large army, they did not have much fear.

Even, there were a few familiar faces representing the Daliang Jingcheng clan who came up to greet Chu Nan and the others.

The army entered Loulan and did not cause a huge wave.

Loulan is close to the desert, on the edge of the Western Regions, away from the dangerous area of the confrontation between the Great Liang, the grassland and the Hu people, it is relatively safe, Chu Nan and the others come here more to go through the motions, it is best to extort some military funds from the huge rich Loulan.

At this moment, suddenly there was a loud noise from the west of Loulan, which was still inaudible from a long distance at first, but soon spread to this side, and the panicked crowd quickly ran towards the east, quickly driving the entire Loulan into a panic.

Someone shouted:

"The Great Cannibal has come from the desert!"

.................................... Chu Nan and his entourage have changed color!

Now there are only 7,000 elite cavalry led by Cardiff in the Northwest Eclipse, who are carefully protecting themselves under Yang Shouye's radical oppressive methods, of course, it is impossible to appear in Loulan!

In this way, it is the large force of troops following the Great Eclipse that passed through the desert in advance!

Chu Nan watched the panicked crowd hurrying to flee from Loulan, and ordered the army to go around to the west of Loulan, and the whole army was on alert.

Knowing oneself and knowing that the other side has won all battles, but at the moment, Chu Nan and the others are really black-eyed.

I don't know the number of the Great Eclipse army, I don't know when I will meet it head-on, and I don't know how to deal with it, whether to fight to the death or retreat early?!

Chu Nan gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "We are all cavalry, and we have a good mobile surname, even if we can't beat it, we can escape! Don't mention any preservation forces, all go to the west of Loulan to fortify!"

Li Zhen and Dugu Qiu didn't expect that the itinerary that was originally similar to tourism would suddenly become so dangerous, and they were also inexperienced, so they were a little at a loss, and they didn't hesitate to hear Chu Nan's orders, and soon went down to prepare.

Chu Nan summoned a soldier and said angrily: "Go find someone from the Loulan royal family! When such a big thing happens, Loulan hasn't reacted yet, and it's all dead?"

.................................... The wealth of the Loulan royal family naturally does not need to be said, and the king of Loulan has no ambition to compete for hegemony, and has always enjoyed endless wealth and beauties with peace of mind.

Loulan, who was co-opted by Daliang, Grassland, Yingzhou and Vasai, and whose status was particularly detached, was obviously extremely slack, and he didn't think that the current situation would happen, so he immediately panicked, and the royal nobles almost rolled up a huge amount of wealth and fled.

The other members of the Loulan royal family were still secretly preparing to flee, so they pushed out the rocket-like rise of the third prince Tang to deal with the current trouble.

Li Zhen saw Tang Qi's face very strange.

A long time ago, when Chu Nan was still eating in the Chu family and waiting to die, Li Zhen heard that Chu Nan had found a barbarian guard with superb martial arts, who was Tang Qi in front of him, and he had even seen it many times, except for being tall and burly, and a little silent, he was not too impressed.

Later, Li Zhen and Chu Nan slowly began to crack.

The final break between the two at Baoguo Temple was marked by the defeat of Li Zhen by the Tang faction of Southern Chu.

Now, when Li Zhen saw Tang Qi, the prince dressed as a noble man in the Western Regions and with the power of Loulan, the strangeness in his heart can be imagined.

On the other side, Dugu Qiu is secretly speechless, the strongest Queen Vasai in the Western Regions is Chu Nan's concubine, the second strongest King of Montenegro is Chu Nan's acquaintance, the richest and transcendent Prince Loulan used to be Chu Nan's guard, the largest military commander in the northwest is Chu Nan's father-in-law, plus the holy woman in the temple, such a background, Chu Nan's power in the northwest is simply incomparable!

Although Tang Chu was dressed in a luxurious prince's suit, and now he is also an absolute upstart real power figure in Loulan, Chu Nan was already very humble in front of him, and he almost didn't lead Chu Nan in person.

The group came to the west of Loulan, and in front of it was the place where they entered and exited the desert, and now it was just a messy place.

Chu Nan got off the horse, didn't care about Tang Shu's diligence and humility, and didn't reprimand him like before, frowned and whispered: "What the hell is going on, have you figured it out?"

Tang Shu stood beside Chu Nan and said softly: "It seems that the army of Great Food has passed through the desert early......

"It seems ......" Chu Nan looked ahead and muttered.

Tang Chu pursed his lips, lowered his head and explained softly: "Loulan has always been far away from the flames of war, even if the Great Food invades the east, it is estimated in advance that the army of the Great Food will not come out of the desert from here...... So let your guard down...... The news came from the caravan that had fled......"

Chu Nan chuckled, unable to tell whether he understood or mocked, and said lightly: "Tell me ...... carefully."

Tang Chu frowned, looked at the front worriedly, and said slowly: "It is estimated in advance that the Great Food Army will not reach it until a month at the earliest, and it will also appear in the north far away from Loulan to meet with the Vanguard Cavalry Army, this is the news from the Great Food Royal Family............ Therefore, many caravans in Loulan still set off into the desert as usual, but they didn't expect that the caravan that entered the desert happened to meet the Dashi army head-on...... You all know the rest of the story......"

Chu Nan sighed and asked softly, "What about the caravan in front?"

Tang Chu's melancholy was even stronger, and he said in a deep voice: "All of them were destroyed by the big cannibals......"

Li Zhen and Dugu Qiu's faces also sank, which means that the big cannibal has no care about who is standing behind the caravan, whether they have common interests with the nobles of the big eater, and they have already torn their faces!

Tang Shu looked at Chu Nan, who was expressionless, and added softly: "According to the people who fled back, the Great Food Army seems to be ...... It's embarrassing...... The men of the caravan threw down the goods, and the great cannibals went to loot, and did not pursue......"

Chu Nan was stunned, looked at Tang Chop, and pondered for a long time before saying, "Do you know, what does this mean?"

Li Zhen hesitated for a moment, and said tentatively: "Da Shi's strength is very strong, and his reputation is also very great, so it must be impossible for military discipline to corrupt ......."

Dugu Qiu was not so subtle, looked at Chu Nan and said: "I think, it may be that the big cannibal has encountered an accident in the desert and urgently needs to plunder the caravan to replenish supplies...... They can't hold it anymore......"

Chu Nan lowered his head in contemplation and did not speak.

Tang Shu knew Li Zhen's identity and also knew his current relationship with Chu Nan, he glanced at him a little strangely, and continued: "Crossing the desert is a life of nine deaths, and it is normal to encounter some accidents on the way...... Moreover, the crossing of the Great Food Army through the desert is an extreme adventure, and I think that the supply line of the Great Food Army must be out of supply, or simply broken......"

Chu Nan snorted coldly, glanced at the three of them, and said coldly: "Presumably, you have already guessed the current situation in your hearts, but you don't dare to break the ......"

Tang Shu, Li Zhen and Dugu Qiu's faces changed slightly, and they lowered their heads a little unnaturally.

The Great Food Army lacked supplies, so it could only change its route and march through the desert, and even the caravans had to plunder.

However, the plundering of the caravan is only a drop in the bucket, and the ultimate goal of the Great Food is to swallow Loulan, who has countless money and grain, in one bite!

(To be continued)