Chapter 201

Along the edge of the Taklimakan Desert, continue to the west, is the famous Silk Road.

There is a road at the north and south ends of the desert, both of which are along the edge of the desert. When the two roads converge eastward, it is Loulan city.

To the west, a road passes through Shule city and then reaches Shatuo city.

The other way is to pass through Khotan, then pass through Pishan, a small city, and continue to meander westward along the Kunlun Mountains, which is also to reach Shatuo city.

The city of Shatuo has already entered the high altitude area of Pamir Plateau, and further ahead is the Persian governor's office which is still firmly controlled by the Tang Dynasty.

From Shatuo City, you can enter the Tibetan region along the punchihe River, and Shatuo city is naturally the next place for Tubo.

The Pamir Plateau, that is, the Congling area, is not a flat plateau in the true sense, but a wide area between several groups of mountains and mountains, forming a seemingly flat valley and basin with abundant water and grass.

The plateau can be roughly divided into eight parts, which are called "pa" by the local people. Each PA has its own nomadic control.

Because of the uneven water and grass, nomads often fight small-scale wars here, mainly to fight for fertile land to support their people.

The scale of tribal groups is not very large, ranging from 10000 to 1000.

Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty is thousands of miles away from here. Stone city and loess rammed town can be seen everywhere.

Naturally, the control over this area is extremely weak. Because of the powerful and intervention of Tubo, it is very difficult for the Tang Dynasty to form effective control here.

What shocked Li Hong even more was that it still belonged to China in the 1870s of his last life.

Further to the west, tuhuoluo, occupied by the white clothes food, has become a strategic buffer zone between the white clothes food and the Tang Dynasty after Li Hong took over the western regions.

It seems that it is still attached to the white food, but in its domestic, some people have begun to gradually favor the Tang Dynasty.

The 2000 men led by Li Hong have long been used to the life on the plateau, so among all the people, only Banmei and xunlan have slight discomfort.

At the moment, Li hongla doesn't have the longest tongue.

But then again, it can't be blamed. The wolf was tired of the desert from the next day. After passing through the Kunlun Mountains, deserts on both sides turned into Gobi and then into oases.

The wolf went mad. Seeing the green water grass, he began to jump off his horse and run wild on the grassland. So it was hard to feel uncomfortable at the moment.

Choose a north wind, flat place, far away from the nomads, near the foot of the Kunlun Mountains, a small lake will appear in front of you.

After careful investigation, we will find that there are traces of many people who once stayed and camped around.

The ashes of the fire, the rocks needed for the tent, and the dung of cattle and sheep proved that it was indeed a suitable place to camp.

"Sir, did we run too far? Should lawlessness be allowed to help? " The mountain eagle was flying in the air, and the hare was secretly looking at these visitors in the grass, but he fell into the mouth of the wolf.

"It's too late. When soldiers are sent from Khotan, the Tubo caravan will soon arrive." Li Hong looked up at the blue sky. It was so beautiful. Everything was so pure.

"No matter how fast the caravan is, it will be four or five days slower than us. In this way, should there be enough time?" After checking whether Li Hong's tent is firm, Hua Meng agrees with Quan Yi and agrees.

Here the space is open, the emptiness makes people feel empty, as if they have entered an empty world.

The prince of the Tang Dynasty came here alone. If there is any accident, this is not the responsibility of all the people here.

"Shatuo city is the only big city. As long as you cross the desert, there are only caravans marching, and there are few people. If there is no law and order to send people here, only careful Tubo people will find clues from the footprints on the road. Therefore, instead of looking for reinforcements, we should make use of these days to familiarize ourselves with the terrain here, which is more reliable than reinforcements."

Li Hong took over the water from xunlan's complaint. He heard Xun Lan's mouth murmuring: "it's been burning for a long time. Looking at the water's boiling, why does it feel like it hasn't opened? It's not hot."

A sad face, bright eyes flashing tears flowers, because the water did not boil, at this time even feel that they are too useless, even to burn a water.

Li Hong chuckled. He took Xulan's hand and sat beside him. He patted Xun Lan's cheek and said, "it's not your fault. It's a regional problem here..."

"Ah Your highness, is there a ghost here? " LAN Xun looked around.

Li Hong's words, not only looking for orchid magic Zheng, others are also a little flustered looking at the quiet wilderness.

That huge mountain like a cliff, blocking the sun's shine, involuntarily, people still feel a little strange.Li Hong couldn't explain to them that because the pressure was too low, the water seemed to be boiling, but actually it was evaporated. However, the temperature is far from reaching, and the food can not be cooked at all.

"Just like when we first got here, we had difficulty breathing, so it's hard to boil the water like this," he explained

Huameng and mangzi, with their bright eyes, pondered for a long time, and then nono said, "Sir, is this the same as you used to do when you put a piece of white paper at the mouth of the cup and the water couldn't come out?"

Li Hong nodded with a smile and then said, "almost. Tell them that it will be better to boil water with our tightly sealed lids."

These places such as Khotan are not difficult, so Li Hong's army has not encountered this "strange" problem for more than a year.

Now I met it. Naturally, I used the lid of the pot that had been provided to the army for a long time. The edge of the pot can be squeezed into the edge of the pot.

In this way, the water and food in the pot can be placed in a relative vacuum, and the food can be cooked completely.

Night soon fell, in addition to the soldiers in charge of the alert, other soldiers began to fall asleep.

Li Hong's tent, of course, is in the center of the whole army.

The simple square stool, square table and other necessary items were transported along with the dozens of camels in the cavalry team when they were supplied in Khotan.

Li Hong was dressed in a big fur coat, Banmei and Xulan. His smiling face turned red and attractive under the fire.

Baiqi didn't know where to catch a hare. Now he was serious, waiting for Huameng to roast it.

After a while, Quan Yi runs over, followed by several soldiers. The excited look on his face has already exposed the achievements of his investigation.

"Sir, if you want to go out from here, just go around the highland ahead and go forward about thirty miles. It will be very suitable for our assault caravan." Quan Yi reaches out to bake the fire. He tries to grab Huameng's hand for the delicious rabbit.

Bai Qi stood up alert, a pair of wolf eyes full of warning, dare to touch my rabbit meat, with you.

"Have the scouts been sent out?" Li Hong asked with a smile.

"They have been sent out. As soon as we get close to the grassland, we can get the news." Quan Yi talks while watching Baiqi pick up the two rabbits tied by Huameng and roasted, and then disappear into the night without looking back.

"This What is it doing here, my lord Quan Yi is surprised to see the calf's strong white Qi. No matter who meets him at night, his scalp will be numb.

"I don't know. This guy disappeared for a long time in the afternoon. I think there are wolves around here." Li Hong guessed.

But what made Li Hong a little puzzled was that the wolf he picked up was too sociable!

At first, in Loulan, he colluded with the wolf to commit a crime. Now, judging from his virtue, he must have gone to bribe the wolves here with a roasted hare in his mouth.

"This guy wants to be a genius, isn't he In Chang'an, Quan Yi has seen powerful families keep wild animals such as leopards and tigers.

But raising wolves in Chang'an City, even in the whole Tang Dynasty, has not been heard.

Li Hong was also very puzzled. Wolves should be the most difficult animals to be tamed. Lions, tigers, bears and other wild animals can perform certain actions through strict human training.

But the wolf has never been tamed. The circus can be performed with wild animals such as lions, tigers and bears. But wolves are animals that never, and never will, appear there.

Li Hong didn't bother to pay attention to Baiqi. If he was willing to return to the grassland, he would not stop him. Therefore, in Li Hong's opinion, Baiqi was more like a wild animal.

After waving back a few people, Li Hong went into his huge tent. The tent was divided into different areas and even his study was prepared.

Huameng and mang grain had already cooked the hot water and prepared everything for Li Hong. They went back to their tent, not far from Li Hong, one left and one right.

Then outside, there was the tent of the pro Guard soldiers, but there was a lot of room for Li Hong's tent.

Under the service of Banmei and xunlan, Li Hong is naturally just like Loulan, and everything is still so easy to use.

He had already let the maids accompany him. He was used to everything, but he didn't plan to hand in his precious first time.

In Li Hong's opinion, he is still growing body time, or another two years.

Holding it every night in my arms, like a beautiful jade with attractive luster, is simply suffering for Li Hong today.

Every morning, a pillar of sky is enough to show how hungry and thirsty he is now physically.

Whether it's the summer solstice, Xiaoxue, or Banmei and Xulan, they've already been prepared, but they all know that their highness is waiting for Bai Chun.www.novelhold.com , the fastest update of the webnovel!