Since the death of the last cruel and mediocre king, and leaving no heirs, the people of the land of incense have abandoned all contact with the outside world, and for more than a hundred years, they have thought that their country has long since disappeared from the mouth of the world.

The country is a secluded paradise where the inhabitants choose the best places to live, but the royal palace is left to be left to the desolation, and the former splendor has now become overgrown with weeds, a paradise for wild animals and children.

Instead of electing a king, they were divided into ten tribes and exercised self-government, each with a chieftain who rotated among the members of the clan.

An army of nearly 2,000 men suddenly broke into the flower-filled plain from the forest, and immediately shook the country of incense, and the ten chiefs, who had always been idle, were suddenly pushed to the forefront, and after deliberating all night, the ten decided to go out of the city together to negotiate with this seemingly savage and hungry army on behalf of the people of the whole country.

Ten miles from the capital, Gu Shenwei ordered the army to camp against a small river, and then received the envoy in the main tent.

This is the most suave group of people in the world, all dressed in light-colored robes, loose fit, except for the exquisite belt, there are no other ornaments on the body, but they exude bursts of fragrance, their demeanor is generous, their voices are soft and clear, and although the language is not understood, the listener will immediately feel the kindness in it.

The ten leaders were very different in age, the youngest was only in his twenties, he was not yet sophisticated, and his expression was a little nervous, and the older had white hair and carried a cane of almost the same color in his hand.

Ten people are of equal status, and the elder speaks under normal circumstances.

Gu Shenwei listened to a few words, only understood one word, the old man's name was Sri Mora, so he summoned a swordsman who knew many Chinese to come in as a translator, even guessing, coupled with all kinds of complicated gestures, finally roughly understood the other party's intentions.

Sri Mora claimed that his people were scarce, less than 6,000, and that for hundreds of years, he had little contact with outsiders, especially that he had never seen soldiers and weapons, and was easily frightened, so he begged the dragon king to restrain his soldiers from entering the capital, and as for the outside of the city, they could camp anywhere and stay as long as they wanted.

In return, the inhabitants of the city are willing to provide enough food every day.

Gu Shenwei agreed, this is an agreement that benefits both sides, the local residents need to be safe, and the fighters need to have enough rest.

Gu Shen asked Sri Mora for the way to the Xiaoyao Sea, but the old man did not know anything, but he said that there was an old map handed down from the imperial era in the city, and when he returned, he would send someone to deliver it.

And so the negotiations ended.

At that time, many people were looking at these alien men who were full of fragrance inside and outside the main tent, and after the envoy left, Shangguan Fei, who was standing on the side, pouted and laughed, "Pretending to be." ”

Gu Shen understood what he meant, among the ten envoys, including Sri Mora, at least three people could actually understand the Central Plains dialect, but they pretended to know nothing, but they pretended to be a little too much, and naturally they couldn't deceive people like the Dragon King and Shangguan Fei who had been in the middle of intrigues and tricks all year round.

Shangguan Hong, who was also standing in the tent, didn't see anything abnormal, and asked blankly: "What are you pretending? Do you mean that they have a fragrance like women?"

Both of them ignored him, although Gu Shenwei saw that the people of the country of incense were not as simple as they seemed, he didn't want to expose them on the spot, these people may just have a deep fear of the army, and used the language barrier as an excuse to avoid revealing too many details.

However, the fact that some people can speak the Central Plains dialect shows that the place is not completely isolated from the rest of the world.

Later that day, Sri Mora sent for an old map, with many moth-eaten holes in the cloth, which was still roughly intact, except that the text was so strange that even the translator could not understand it.

There is a large lake on it, and it is likely to be the Xiaoyao Sea when you look at the direction, but there is no road leading to the country of incense, and as for the rest of the Western Regions, the drawing is extremely inaccurate and basically has no reference value.

Gu Shenwei was a little strange, the residents of any place would be eager to send away the army of unknown origin, but Sri Moro and the others didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.

He put the matter aside for the time being, Jinpeng Fort was on an expedition in the Western Regions, and it was appropriate for the Daxue Mountain army to hide here, but he ordered to set up more checkpoints inside and outside the camp to guard against surprise attacks.

For the next half month, the two sides were at peace, and the residents of the city would send a large amount of fruit and pasta every day according to the agreement, but there was no meat, but it was enough for more than 1,600 people to eat and drink.

Gu Shenwei strictly restrained his subordinates, did not allow anyone to approach the capital, and then sent dozens of scouts to the northeast, hoping to find a way to the sea of leisure.

In his free time, he spent most of his time training the more than 300 savage soldiers.

Leaving the forest and their loved ones was very uncomfortable for these wild people, the food here was not to their liking, and the rules of the barracks were unacceptable to them.

But few escaped, they were so caught up in the sharp weapons that they would rather die than give up.

Most of the wildlings had never seen steel, and when they discovered that the most common steel knives could cut through wooden javelins without difficulty, they immediately fell in love with the newly acquired weapon, and even had to sleep with it at night.

At first, they were very disgusted with all kinds of protective gear, not only did they not adapt to the cumbersome feeling after wearing them, but also felt that it was a coward's behavior, until the dragon king himself demonstrated and put on the chest armor, so that all the wooden and iron arrows shot were invalid, and everyone rushed to replace the thief armor.

Tuo Nengya's injuries were almost healed, and Gu Shen appointed the old swordsman and the little sword blade patriarch to teach these savages to use swords, and someone else taught them to speak Zhongyuan.

Savages have been bending their bows and shooting arrows since they were young, and after changing to strong bows and sharp arrows, their power has increased greatly, and few people can match them among swordsmen and swordsmen.

If Shangguan Fei hadn't discovered the anomaly, the Dragon King might have been hanging out with the savages for months.

Shangguan Fei has suffered a lot, and the hardships of following the Dragon King are far beyond his imagination, but whenever there is a way out, he will not hesitate to be the first to desert.

When he came to the country of incense, he was happier than anyone else, and the only thing that made him unhappy was his half-brother Shangguan Hong.

The relationship between the two had eased slightly, but as they got along for a long time, their dislike for each other grew faster than the weeds in spring, and Shangguan Fei would never be able to accept the filthy affairs of this servile brother and his mother, and he felt disgusting even thinking about it.

Therefore, he kept an eye on Shangguan Hong's whereabouts at all times as if he were monitoring the enemy.

"Shangguan Hong has rebelled. "That evening, Shangguan Fei pretended to mysteriously reveal information to the Dragon King.

"Really?" Gu Shenwei's tone was flat, and he didn't seem to care much.

"Really. Shangguan Fei was a little anxious, "I saw with my own eyes, he fooled around with the woman from the city, just by the river, that kid is now as beautiful as a fairy, not to mention the Dragon King, even if it is his own mother, he will also betray." ”

Gu Shenwei began to care about Shangguan Fei's information.

Sri Mora strongly opposed the entry of warriors into the city, so why would he allow his own women to leave the city?

"The next time he comes out of the camp, come and tell me. ”

The Dragon King's order made Shangguan Fei very happy, and he agreed repeatedly, and before leaving, he didn't forget to add, "It's time to take military discipline seriously, Dragon King, you can't be merciful anymore." ”

The camp of Daxue Mountain is located by the river, and it usually draws water upstream, but the place where Shangguan Hong and the women in the city have a tryst is downstream, closer to the capital.

Shangguan Hong was obviously familiar with the road, and even knew the ditches and bumps covered by weeds clearly, but he didn't realize that he was being followed at all.

There was indeed a strange woman waiting for him, dressed in a pale robe similar to that of the men of the country, but of a little poorer fabric, with only a cloth belt around her waist and no ornamentation.

The two moved intimately, and soon burrowed into a thick grass.

"It's time to catch the traitor. Shangguan Fei whispered excitedly, just about to get up, he was grabbed by the Dragon King.

"Let's go back to camp first. Gu Shenwei felt that the problem was not so simple.

Shangguan Fei was surprised at first, and then nodded tacitly, the longer the Dragon King waited, the more hated he became, which was exactly what he wanted.

Gu Shenwei was not thinking about Shangguan Fei, along the way, he found a lot of trampled weeds, indicating that there was probably more than one person who had an affair with a woman in the city.

Back at the camp, he walked around and chatted casually with the ordinary warriors, and to his surprise, the swordsman was homesick and the swordsman was depressed some time ago, but now he was content.

Gu Shenwei suddenly woke up, in the past half a month, he rarely heard complaints, and it was a little abnormal.

Suddenly, the most loyal swordsman could not fully believe it.

Gu Shen explained one task to Shangguan Fei, in the barracks, only he could not be tempted by a woman, "Tomorrow you will also go to the river, if there is a woman beckoning to you, you can have a good chat with her." ”

"Dragon King, you know I don't like ......"

"I know, that's why I trust you. ”

"But I don't understand the language. ”

"The question is simple, I just want to know how many people there are in the city. ”

Sri Mora's claim that the land of incense was less than 6,000 people, but that it was able to supply more than 1,600 warriors with sufficient food without difficulty, Gu Shenwei's suspicions grew.

Shangguan Fei frowned and reluctantly accepted the task.

The next evening, he replied to the Dragon King, "The woman's mouth is very strict, she understands what I mean, but she has been pretending to be confused, unless she is arrested and tortured, I have no other way." ”

In order to make up for this unsuccessful mission, Shangguan Fei asked some more questions, and asked a few good soldiers to verify the accuracy before coming to see the Dragon King, "This country of incense is simply a super large brothel, as long as it doesn't rain, there are at least dozens of women wandering around the camp every day, waiting for men, those who come do not refuse, and they don't charge money, it's really a loss-making deal." The men in the whole camp, except for those wild people, are estimated to have benefited from it, so they hide it from the Dragon King alone. ”

The harmless place full of flowers immediately became a sinister place full of traps, but Gu Shenwei still couldn't understand what good it would be to keep a strange army for the country of incense, "We need to enter the city once." ”

"We?" Shangguan Fei had never been interested in adventure, but he didn't dare to refuse the Dragon King's order, "Hehe, just go, let's see what the old bustard in the city looks like." ”