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December 18, Yueshi and Kushan Border Oasis......

In the cold winter, the rest of the country is cold and windy, but this oasis is unusually warm due to geographical factors, attracting countless passing merchants to do business here.

"Puff, puff~"

With a few soft sounds, several young girls from the Western Regions looked at the clear lake, couldn't help but take off their shirts, jumped into the lake naked and frolicked and played, washing away the fatigue along the way.

Not far from the shore, groups of Hu merchants are selling all kinds of goods, shouting one after another, so lively.

"Sheep, sheep just out of the cage, sell cheaply!"

A young man from the Western Regions led two sheep and shouted loudly to passers-by, glancing at the lake from time to time out of the corner of his eye, where his sister was playing happily.

Since the Yueshi Kingdom became a subject state of the Han Dynasty, because of the loyalty of Queen Anaidori and the active cooperation with the establishment of the Western Regions Protectorate, the Yueshi Kingdom has received economic and military assistance from the Han Dynasty, and the country has ushered in a new period of development.

Even if it is far from the border of the center of the Yue Clan, because of the friendly relationship between the Yue Clan and the Great Han, life has gradually changed.

It's just that this kind of change is only a short one or two years after all, and if you want to see results, you must see the confirmation of the years.

"Half a piece of silk in exchange for your two sheep, would you like it?"

Just when the boy lost his mind, a passing Hu merchant, holding half a piece of silk, made a trade request to the young man.

This is definitely a cost-effective deal, a horse of silk from the Central Plains can be sold for a sky-high price of ten taels of gold in the Western Regions, and this half horse is five taels, that is, a full hundred silver dollars, which can be sold for more than 20 sheep.

The young man checked the silk and made sure that the real thing was correct, and then he happily completed the business with Hu Shang.

Looking at the delicate silk in his hand, the young man grinned, as long as he brought this half of the silk back to Yueshi City and sold it to the silk buyer, not only could the money of the two sheep be returned, but he could also live a rich life for himself and his sister.

The surrounding merchants looked at the beautiful silk in the young man's hand, and couldn't help but show envy and jealousy.

Just as the boy was leaving, a big food merchant came to the stall where the boy was staying with a package on his back, and after scanning the crowd, he unwrapped the package and showed a bright cold knife.

"Come on, come on, take a look, sell knives, steel knives made of Damascus muddy iron, extremely sharp, come and see if you know the goods!"

His shouts quickly attracted everyone to watch, Damascus knife, that is a treasure knife, it is still made of muddy iron, and it is even more valuable.

"Phew~"

"Purr~"

Suddenly, the horses in the oasis became restless.

The next moment, a violent sound of horses' hooves sounded in the distance.

Several Hu merchants suddenly felt bad, and hurriedly came to the oasis to look out, only to see that as far as the eye could see, a piece of sand and dust was filled......

One of them, Hu Shang's pupils suddenly shrank: "Your ...... Guishan ...... It's the Kushan people who are coming! ”

This shout immediately made the oasis with a harmonious atmosphere make a mess.

Hu Shang's exclamation, the girl's cry, and the trampling of the horses were mixed together, and everyone scrambled to flee for their lives.

However, they were still a step late, and hundreds of Kushan cavalry arrived in an instant, and their copper-brown faces were like devils descending into the world, looking at the chaotic scene in front of them, revealing extremely hideous faces.

"Yo~"

With a strange roar from the leader of the Kushan cavalry, more than 300 cavalry rushed into the oasis in unison, raised their bright blades, and began to plunder and slaughter.

A Hu merchant dropped the goods on his horse's back and eagerly instigated the reins of his horse to escape from the pursuit of the Kushan army behind him.

However, as soon as he stepped onto his horse, a galloping Kushan cavalry slapped his horse forward, and in a split second, the scimitar sliced the back of his neck.

Hu Shang suddenly fell off his horse drenched in blood, and his expression was full of fear until he died.

There was also a Hu merchant who panicked and ran around in a panic without even riding a horse, but was directly smashed by the oncoming iron horseman and vomited blood and died.

Seeing that he couldn't escape, another Hu merchant immediately took out a self-defense arc knife from the package and rushed towards the galloping war horse on the opposite side.

"Puff ......"

As a result, before he could take two steps, he felt a cold on his neck, and the next moment blood splattered, but he was killed by the big food merchant who sold Damascus knives before.

The entire oasis was filled with the smell of blood, and the murderous Kushan cavalry took their bestiality out on this group of innocent merchants.

"Hey~"

"Hahaha~"

A group of Kushan soldiers spotted the woman hiding in the lake, and immediately showed a lewd smile, dismounted in unison, jumped into the lake and swam towards them, and the frightened girls were at a loss.

"Stop! Don't hurt my sister! ”

At this moment, the alien boy who sold sheep rushed towards the Kushan cavalry with a wooden stick.

However, before he could reach the lake, he was pressed to the ground by two rough Kushan soldiers, unable to move, and watched as the beasts carried his sister, who was struggling in the water, on his shoulders, and laughed as he walked towards the shore.

"Smack~"

"Ah~"

"Aha......"

A Guishan soldier slapped the plump buttocks of the girl Chiguo on his shoulder with a lewd smile, and listened to the girl's moving voice, and the surrounding companions burst into laughter.

"Ah~~"

When the boy saw this scene, he struggled desperately to get up and save his sister.

But the next moment......

"Puff~"

A sharp knife stabbed into the back of his heart, and as the Guishan soldier behind him twisted the blade with a hideous face, the young man spat out a mouthful of blood and stopped his heartbeat.

Blood stained the beach on the shore, and the originally white silk in the boy's arms was instantly dyed red......

"Brother~"

Watching her brother die a tragic death, the girl on the shoulder of one of the Kushan soldiers let out a painful roar.

But soon, she was thrown to the ground, and a group of wolf-like Guishan people suddenly surrounded her, making her cover her shoulders in horror, shaking her head and crying, as if begging them to let her go......

Immediately after, the woman's heart-rending cry echoed over the oasis......

In less than half an hour, the entire oasis was littered with corpses, and there was no life except for the Kushan army.

The Great Food Merchant looked at everything in front of him indifferently, and then used the Damascus knife to carve a string of Great Food words on the entrance to the oasis.

It is to the effect: This is the territory of the Kushan Empire, and the Central Plains people get out of the Western Regions!

"Let's go, go home!"

"Wow~~"

After leaving the provocative text, the Great Food Merchant tore off his disguise, stepped on a war horse, and led three hundred Kushan cavalry, loaded with plunder, to turn back in the direction from which he came, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

This is the status quo of the countries of the Western Regions, whether it is the Great Eclipse or the Kushan, or even Parthia, they can oppress the states of the Western Regions that are like scattered sands, year after year, even if the Monroe people still haven't changed much.

By the time the Yueshi patrol discovered the situation in the oasis, three days had passed.

This incident shocked the whole Yue family, and the queen Anaidoli wrote a book about the Oasis tragedy and sent it to the Western Regions Protectorate, and at the same time, she personally wrote a letter and sent it to Chang'an to hand it over to Liu Ce.