On the sixth day of leaving Chang'an, Li Ke and the others had already arrived at the border between Tuyuhun and the Tang Dynasty, and after crossing a dirt slope in front, a dilapidated village appeared in front of Li Ke and them again.

There was a cemetery not far from the village, Li Ke and they slowed down, and when they passed by the cemetery, they could see that many of those graves were new, and the village not far away was a little dilapidated, and the scouts who went to investigate had returned.

"Your Highness, there is no one in the village anymore, it should be the same as the previous villages, it was invaded by Tuyuhun before, and the surviving villagers have all moved away, and this place is empty." The scout said in a deep voice.

Li Ke nodded silently, the environment here is not bad, there is a river flowing not far away, and the weeds in the fields in the distance are already very lush, but no one has cultivated them. Judging from the land here, although it is not fertile, it is no problem to support a family, and it is also a good land.

It's just a pity that there are no more people living here.

Zhenguan's Tang Dynasty is known as the prosperous era of Zhenguan in history, but at this border, there are still ten rooms and nine empty places.

Li Su, who was beside Li Ke, also watched all this silently, and the more he arrived in the Western Regions, the more different everything around him became.

He didn't know how he managed to persevere these days, the wounds on his legs had to be reworn almost every day, but as time went by, it seemed that his resistance to pain was getting stronger.

At least yesterday he secretly saw the third brother medicating himself, it turned out that the third brother's legs were also worn out, and after giving him the mat, the third brother's saddle was naturally harder.

But when he took the medicine, it was as if he was not medicating himself at all, and his hands did not even tremble at all.

Li Ke did have his leg worn out, after all, he had never ridden a horse with such high intensity, but this pain didn't matter to Li Ke, drizzle.

"Dying on the battlefield, the horse leather shroud, sounds like the romance of all soldiers, but no one has ever known that those soldiers who fought bloody battles just want their families behind them, not like this village, that's all."

"Li Yu, do you know?" Li Ke said.

Li was stunned for a moment, then paused and said, "Third brother, brother is stupid." ”

"This Tang Dynasty, this Zhenguan prosperous era, is supported by these thousands of people. Now that we are fighting a war with the Tang Dynasty, do you know what constitutes a war? Without waiting for Li Su to answer, Li Ke said in a calm tone: "War is that our royal family has produced swords, guns and armor, the gate valve family has produced officials and generals who command and control logistics, and the people have food and children. ”

"When the war is over, our royal family takes back the swords, guns and armor, and the family of the gate lords begins to eat big fish and meat to fight for power and profit, and seek more benefits for this war, while the people are hungry and looking for the relics or ashes of their children."

"What do you think they're for? To make you eat, drink and be merry? ”

Li Su sounded a little uncomfortable, but he ...... He didn't know how to refute, his mood was very uncomfortable, Li Su never thought that one day he would be uncomfortable because of these mud legs, but at this moment, he was just very uncomfortable.

Su Dingfang and Pei Xingjian's expressions were silent, they just rode on their horses silently and did not speak, as if they couldn't hear His Highness's words.

"Blow the trumpet and go!" Li Ke did not continue to preach, but directly gave the order.

"Woo ......" The low and melodious sound of the horn sounded near the village that had become dead and silent, and the dull sound of the horse's hooves began to move again, Li Ke, who was riding on the horse, had a silent expression, and the skin on his face had become a little rough because of the rush these days, but his eyes were getting brighter and brighter.

On the eighth day, Li Ke waited for more than 3,000 horses, crossed the high slope in front, and a blue lake in the distance came into view, Qinghai Lake officially appeared in front of Li Ke's eyes, and everything in the distance seemed to have not changed much from what Li Ke had seen in his previous life, as if something had appeared in front of him again across time and space.

It's just that Li Ke knows that this is different, there are more birds on this vast lake, and there are no houses here, no asphalt roads, only a large white tent in the distance is very obvious in the black-gray and green land.

Li Ke and the others have already come into contact with the rearguard logistics troops left by Li Jing, and the reason why the land is black and gray is because when Murong Fuyun learned that Li Shimin ordered Li Jing to attack Tuyuhun, he implemented the policy of clearing the wilderness with strong walls, burned all the grasslands and the reserved hay, and wanted to trap the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty.

And now, after the burning of the grassland, the grass has grown underground, and soon, the black and gray ground will be completely covered and green again.

The location of that piece of tent is the "royal city" of Tuyuhun, which is said to be the royal city, but in fact there is no city, just a large tent area, although the royal city of Tuyuhun does not move, but they are still composed of tents as a whole, only a small number of stone houses and wooden walls.

In the distance, a squad of sentinels had already arrived at the place on horseback.

"The last general, Wang Daliang, has seen His Highness." One of the lieutenants who arrived saluted directly on his horse and said loudly.

"Excuse me, what's going on now?" Li Ke asked.

"Dai Guogong has ordered people to continue to track Murong Fuyun, and the battle is going well. The royal city of Tuyuhun is under our control, and it is currently under the responsibility of the last general, and the acting prince is waiting for you in the Red Sea. Wang Daliang said quickly.

"Then today we will rush directly to Chihai, but the horses are already very tired, so let's change the war horses here." Li Ke said.

"Yes! Your Highness, rest assured, there are excellent war horses here, and the last thing we lack at present is war horses. Wang Daliang said with a smile.

After everyone in Tuyuhun Wangcheng, that is, near the south bank of Qinghai Lake, changed their horses, Li Ke and they ran directly in the direction of Chihai, the mountain area between Qinghai Lake and Chaka Salt Lake is not steep, although the mountain peak is not low, but on the whole, the terrain is flat, Wang Daliang and they have already found a suitable route.

Under the leadership of Wang Daliang's scouts, Li Ke and the others arrived at Chihai about two hours later! That is, the Chaka Salt Lake in later generations.

Seeing the surrounding environment, Li Ke sighed a little, this place is much more beautiful than in later generations, and the area of Chaka Salt Lake seems to be larger than that of later generations, and although there are grasslands around Chaka Salt Lake in later generations, it is very sparse, and it is not much different from the Gobi Desert farther away.

But now, the grasslands are so lush that you can see that large-scale grazing is still possible. From a long distance, Li Ke saw a large number of cattle, sheep and horses on the grassland, which should have been captured by Li Jing and them.

From the battle report alone, we know that they have captured more than 400,000 miscellaneous animals, and it is estimated that they can't put them here, and I have seen many of them on the side of Qinghai Lake before.

Li Jing was already waiting here, and after Li Ke came over, without waiting for Li Ke to get off the horse, Li Jing smiled and clasped his fists and saluted: "Minister Li Jing has seen His Royal Highness King Qin, His Royal Highness King Liang." ”

"I'm polite." Li Ke hurriedly turned over and dismounted, took two quick steps, and supported Li Jing with a smile.

"To be honest, I didn't expect to see His Royal Highness King Qin here." Li Jing was a little happy.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect that last time, the demeanor of the acting prince is still the same." Li Ke also smiled and said, "It seems that the current battle situation is going well?" ”

"Smooth, Murong Fuyun has already run away, the latest news from the scout, he may have run to the end of the country and other places." Li Jing said.

Li Ke nodded, and the end country is the location of the end of the county next to the Taklamakan Desert in the later generations, and now because the water volume in many basins of the Tarim River is still very large, the oasis there is also larger, like the end of the country is one of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions of the settlement country, not a nomadic people.