Jinyi Night Walk

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For me, there is never a festival, but the days have to be lived; there are holidays, I never rest, but my relatives and elders have to watch, I am [-], and my parents are old, so I have to go to see it on May [-]st, these two chapters Yesterday, I closed Q and stayed up all night, boiled into rabbit eyes, and finally coded it out in time. When I come back today, I will continue to create non-stop.

Life is in a hurry, gatherings are short, and it is rare for friends to relax during the festival. While entertaining and relaxing, don’t forget to see your parents and relatives. Of course, don’t forget to take advantage of the monthly pass you have not yet cast 16 hours, cast down!From Dunhuang to Hami, with a distance of more than 1000 miles, there are almost no human-inhabited villages and towns on the road. The world will always give people that desolate and vast taste. No matter where you go, what you see is similar. Yibi, similar deserts, similar plants, after a long time, will make people feel tired from the bottom of their hearts. If there are not so many people walking together, but only three or five people, they will even doubt whether they can get out of this world .

Fortunately, there are a lot of people, joking and singing is an excellent distraction. Occasionally, on the road, you can meet small animals looking for food, and each of you uses superb archery skills to shoot and kill the small animals. A happy game.

On such a desolate ancient road, they have also encountered some human beings. It should be a happy thing to see the same kind in this desolate place, but these same kind are more terrifying than the desolate world and the ferocious beasts, because they are Horse thief.

Horse thieves should be regarded as the most resilient creature in the desert, stronger than the vitality of Populus euphratica and camel thorn, especially the small group of horse thieves, they have no fixed place, and the vast desert is their best hiding place where no one can discover all their secret lairs, no one can trace their tracks.

In terms of force, even if all the forces of the most powerful group of horse thieves in the desert were assembled, it would be difficult to compete with Xia Xun's three thousand elite cavalry. However, Barcelona, ​​whose strength has dropped by half, Xia Xun still has nothing to do with him. The only way to drive him into the desert is to wipe him out or behead him, that would be wishful thinking.

These small groups of horse thieves encountered on the road are not a swarm of people, they may not even know that the swarm has suffered heavy losses. When these small groups of horse thieves want to rob a certain target, they will also send out spies to follow and find out the other party's details so that they can act.They didn't know the origin of this team supported by the army, but they knew very well that they couldn't chew this bone, but they still came.

They traverse the desert grassland with the sole purpose of plundering, plundering everything, horses, livestock, weapons, property, strong men, women, they do not produce, do not create, everything comes from plundering, it is rare to see such a piece of fat, Naturally, I want to take a bite.

As for the strength of the opponent's army, they don't care, no one is more vital than them in such a difficult environment, they come and go like the wind, their whereabouts are uncertain, like a group of wolves and wild dogs wandering in the desert grassland, they are not afraid of revenge at all, Although this Ming army is not very easy to provoke, but it can take a bite. Therefore, such "wild dogs" always follow along the way, sneaking at night, intending to take advantage of it.

At this time, when Xia Xun came all the way west, the camp raid training for the army played a big role. Every time the Ming army encountered horse thieves attacking the camp, they were calm and calm. On the contrary, the invading enemy is often robbed by officers and soldiers.The march of the Ming army was tedious and tedious. They could close their eyes and rest their minds, rest and sleep while riding a horse during the day. They had nowhere to vent their energy. They just regarded them as a pastime, and regarded the horse bandits raiding the camp as a game, and they never got tired of it!

Tonight is another wonderful game of cat and mouse. The torches are brightly lit in the camp, and the soldiers are happily cleaning the battlefield.The horse thieves did not expect these officers and soldiers to set up many traps in this uninhabited desert, and some unlucky men and horses were trapped in the pits.

The loot was very rich, and these horse thieves carried all their belongings with them. When they came out to plunder, how could it be possible for them to hand over their belongings to others for safekeeping?The so-called lairs are nothing more than sand valley caves. If you really want to hide your property there, you will definitely disappear after you go back. None of the old thieves who stayed behind will stand up and admit that they are thieves.

Therefore, the gold, silver, jewelry, silk tea, and even some farm land deeds they stole were all carried on their bodies. Every horse thief was a cash cow.The Duke of the state said that whoever seized everything belongs to him personally, except for the war horses that must be suppressed, playing games to make a fortune, happy!

The horse thieves who were lucky enough to survive squatted on the ground with their heads in their arms. Their bodies had been looted, and even the silk wrapped around their bodies was ordered to be untied. They all wanted to cry like beggars: Officers and soldiers are more ruthless than thieves !

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"These horse thieves are wasting food! Search them out, kill them!"

The caravan going from Dunhuang to Bieshabali also just experienced a brutal fight. After inspecting the battlefield, Ying Zhan ruthlessly issued an order. This is the desert, where there is no law or morality. The strong will win. For respect.

The cavalry guards of the various merchants obviously understood this rule very well. Without a word, they drew out their knives and began to kill. The corpses of their dead partners were dug and buried, and the corpses of the horse thieves were directly thrown there, waiting for the wild wolf and Vultures share their food.Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, life comes from the earth and returns to it in the end.

The tents are set up, they will spend the night here tonight, each caravan takes turns to be in charge of guarding, the caravans who are in charge of guarding the periphery tonight put up the tents on the outermost side, and their horses rely on their own caravans to clothe them. A more peripheral encirclement, and then sent out light cavalry, riding horses to watch the night in the wilderness several miles away.

Smoke rose from the kitchen, and dinner was started.

These caravans did not go the same way as Xia Xun, they followed the edge of the desert and went deep into the Tarim Basin.Traveling through the Tarim Basin in winter is much more comfortable than in summer. It is not a big problem to take more measures to protect against the cold in winter, but it is really hot to death in summer. When summer is the hottest, the temperature there can reach as high as 70 degrees. Don't dare to cross the sky above it.

Tuoba Mingde's caravan is not in charge of vigil tonight, and their tents are set up inside the circular camp.After the tents were set up, Tuoba Mingde took Yu Jian, whose alias was "Hu Qiqi", to inspect his home and unload the piled goods, and then he started to walk on the sandy ground. When he saw other caravan leaders, he would be friendly. Say hello, or stop for a chat.

He now attaches great importance to the relationship with these merchants, and dealing with them well will help him in his next move. In the future, he will follow these Shazhou dignitaries to retreat to Jiayuguan, so as to play an internal role.And Yu Jian is the one he intends to win over, so now he is often brought by his side.

"How about it, can you still adapt to such a day?"

Tuoba Mingde asked Yu Jian with a smile, and Yu Jian puffed up his chest and said, "Don't worry, master, I can still bear this bit of bitterness."

Tuoba Mingde smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, in two days, we will arrive at Rob Nur, where there will be no yellow sand everywhere, you can take a good rest, the women there are all beautiful, haha... ..."

Yu Jian asked, "Rob Chaor?"

Tuoba Mingde said with a smile: "Well, that is a huge lake on the commercial roads of the Western Regions. The people there don't grow grains, don't herd livestock, and only live by fishing in small boats. Probably people in this world only live on fish. They are the only ones, but the people there are very long-lived, ten-year-old is still a good worker, and there are people who are still a bridegroom at the age of one hundred..."

The Lop Nur mentioned by Tuoba Mingde is Lop Nur, which was an important resting place on the ancient Silk Road at that time. Lop Nur was once the second largest saline lake in China, and its water area was 20 square kilometers at its largest. Some of them have an area of ​​tens of thousands of square kilometers. The area of ​​Fanyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in my country, is now about [-] square kilometers. From this, we can imagine the vastness of the waters of Lop Nur.

Yu Jian listened, and Wei Wei wrote it down.

These merchants are accustomed to taking the desert business road, even so, each caravan is still equipped with guides who have trekked on the ancient silk road all year round. Yu Jian followed them along the way, and also paid attention to the knowledge of observing the road, water source, and rest.

He intentionally revealed Xia Xun's itinerary to the spies of Tie Mu'er Kingdom. He wanted to use their swords to kill people and use their hands to get rid of Jin Yiwei's big enemy, but of course he also regarded Tie Mu'er's Eastern Expedition as a enemy , Tuoba Mingde wants to use him, he also wants to use Tuoba Mingde, if he can use their knives to kill Xia Xun, and then report some false information to them, induce Tie Muerjun to make a wrong judgment, let the Ming army fight A big victory, even deciding the success or failure of the battle in one fell swoop, isn't this killing two birds with one stone?

Therefore, he followed his plan boldly into the desert, and three of his subordinates also took the opportunity to sneak into other caravans and cooperate with him.It is more difficult to get more people in, because these caravans are worried about getting insiders from horse thieves, so they usually only recruit hired workers who know the basics. many.

There was a fire in the felt bag, and it was very warm.

Cooked food was also served, delicious hand-grilled meat, roast leg of lamb, milk skin, and some rice and pasta, very rich.

After setting up his subordinates and inspecting the goods, Ying Zhan returned to the yurt. Miao Yi was sitting at the table with a table full of dishes, wine and food, waiting for him to come back to have a meal together.Ying Zhan smiled, sat down next to the table, and asked Miao Yi, "How is it? It's the first time you've traveled far away, are you still used to it?"

"Is there anything you're not used to?"

Miao Yi raised her eyes and smiled sweetly at him: "Officials, don't underestimate him. Back then, he and his mother traveled thousands of miles across Hexi..."

She is very relaxed now, "escaping" from Dunhuang and avoiding Yang Xu, it seems that she no longer has the feeling of suffocation when she breathes, even though the long journey is more difficult, what's the matter, when she comes back from Bieshabali, Yang Xu Xu should have returned to Jiayuguan from Hami. I believe this is Yang Xu's only trip to the Western Regions. He will never come again, and she can still live a peaceful life.

Peace, now is her greatest happiness.

As long as... never meet him again, that's fine.

Now, she has fled to Rob Nur, she is going west, he is going north, there should be... There will never be any intersection again, never!

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