Huangsha Ancient Road, the northwest wind is strong! Just when Zuo Zongtang was dispatching troops and giving orders, a sudden gust of wind flew over, sending sand and rocks flying all over the sky.
Stones as big as fists are rolling on the ground. On the mountains on both sides of the road, you can't help but nod as you look at them and they are about to fall down.
"Protect the Marshal... Protect the Marshal quickly..." The loyal guards have all followed him since the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. These people have long been integrated with the Marshal, and their lives have been intertwined.
The commander-in-chief is their god and the blessing of his entire family for the rest of his generation!
This strange wind was estimated to have a level ten or above. There were roars like monsters and monsters from all directions, and the stone hit the soldier's head and blood burst out.
"Shield array!" The wooden shields were raised one by one, and the soldiers stood shoulder to shoulder against the northwest wind!
Crackling, the stone hit the wooden shield and made a strange image, as if there were underworld soldiers fighting in a sandstorm!
Facing the power of heaven and earth, Zuo Zongtang did not hide but walked out of the curtain. He put up a pergola with his hands and looked at the evil wind from all directions and sneered!
"I came here carrying a coffin, and I never thought about going back alive... No matter what monsters or monsters are blocking my way, there is no way I can succeed!"
"Don't worry about this evil wind...carry my coffin forward first!"
"I will obey the commander-in-chief's order!"
Thirty-two iron tower-like guards rushed to the carriage in the team. At this moment, the big animals were frightened by the evil wind and dared not move. After all, animals are animals and are very frightened by the power of heaven and earth.
At this time, only people come forward, and only strong men dare to move forward against the wind!
"Untie the reins of the animals...Brothers carry the coffin!"
The wooden poles were crossed together and tied with thick hemp ropes. The poles carried by thirty-two people were quickly tied!
Chi Jing's handsome bodyguard, who had stripped off his upper body, put wooden poles on his shoulders. "Get up! Carry the coffin forward!" The large red-painted nanmu coffin was slowly lifted from the carriage and moved forward against the wind with manpower!
The power of manpower and nature are so forged together, with Jiayuguan ahead, and no one in the tens of thousands of soldiers looks back!
Zuo Zongtang squinted his eyes and looked up at the sky, "That's all you have? Hahaha... You want to scare me with this evil spirit? I brought a hundred thousand soldiers with me, and I have never thought about going back alive since I left the Central Plains!"
"I want to see whether you, the monster of the Western Region, is more powerful! Or I, the hundred thousand disciples, have the higher fighting spirit!"
"Your damn virtues can destroy the blessings of my hundred thousand elite men, but you can suppress the virtues of my hundred thousand men from the Central Plains! So why should I die here!"
"Little old man, I'm nearly sixty...I've had enough!"
Zuo Zongtang suddenly jumped on his horse and yelled at the guards carrying the coffin and the surrounding soldiers, "Don't think, Marshal, that I am taking you to die! Don't think that I will forget your merits!"
"The Western Regions have been our homeland since the Han Dynasty, and we have never forgotten a single day in thousands of years... You want to take our home away from us? There is no door, so step on my bones first!"
"Brothers! Let me tell you the truth... after we conquer this homeland of the Western Region, this will be our new home in the future!"
"We will have a share of all the money we make from the reconstruction of the Western Region! We will create a lasting legacy for our descendants!"
"You are not afraid of death, are you afraid of this evil wind?"
Tens of thousands of tigers and tigers on the post road shouted in unison, "If you didn't cultivate in the past life, you will be a killer in this life! If you don't fight in this life, are our children and grandchildren going to trade their lives for food like us?"
"The commander-in-chief is willing to give up, so what should we be reluctant to do? We have conquered the west... we have conquered the west..."
The ancient Huangsha Road was full of Zhengxi's roars. The good man actually suppressed the power of heaven and earth at that moment with his passion!
The wind calmed down in surprise at these shouts. When the thief God really softened, the whole army suddenly burst into excited roars like a mountain roaring and a tsunami.
"Oh my god, if we are tough, he will be soft! Hahaha..."
Seeing that the morale of the army suddenly recovered, Zuo Zongtang smiled and said, "Double the dinner standard when setting up camp tonight! We must ensure that all brothers can eat broth... divide the canned beef imported from Ryukyu into a batch Get down!"
"Yes! Thank you, Master, for your consideration, brother..."
Zuo Zongtang rode his horse to a higher hillside by the roadside, raised his riding whip and pointed at the wilderness, saying loudly, "Pass my order to the rear to quickly purchase saplings, willows, poplars, Elaeagnus...as long as they can adapt to this place." We need all the saplings for the climate!”
"Look for old herdsmen and local people to find underground water veins... My army of 100,000 cannot just fight! Plant trees for me!"
"Ah? Plant a tree!" Liu Jintang was stunned.
"That's right, I just want to plant trees... If you don't come to the Western Regions, you don't know the suffering here. The first suffering here is the environment! We can't just destroy, we must also learn to build!"
"Plant trees for me along the water system, plant trees for me along the roads... Not only that, but you also have to set rules. Whoever plants the tree has to hang his or her business card, and he has to be responsible for the survival of the trees!"
"For troops in the field, apart from fighting, the rest of their time is spent on training and planting trees. Troops stationed in local areas have no reason to be lazy!"
"When planting trees, you have to be responsible for the planting! Red lanterns must be hung every ten steps on the trees on both sides of the official road to avoid vehicle collisions at night..."
"I hope... when I return to Beijing victoriously to report on my work, I can walk towards the capital facing the green shade along the way!"
"Brothers! Where are we from?"
Zuo Zongtang asked, and the people around him replied in unison, "Children of Huxiang!"
"Okay! Our hometown is not like this. Now that we have arrived at our new home, it must be built like our hometown... and it must be a land of plenty!"
"We have to put on a show! Let the people of the Western Regions compete...Whether it is better to live with their Aguba or to live with us Han people!"
Liu Jintang understood it all at once. He clapped his hands and cheered, "That's right! That's it! The commander-in-chief is smart... Pass the order, and the commander-in-chief ordered to plant Zuogong willow trees along the way!"
"From today on, all willow trees in the Western Region... must be renamed Zuogong willow!"
Zuo Zongtang was stunned when he heard this: "Ah... this is a bit too much..."
"How can this be counted? It should be deserved! That's how it should be called..."
Since then, Xinjiang has had a unique species, 'Zuogongliu', and its name has been passed down to the 21st century.
This demonic wind was suppressed by the blood of hundreds of thousands of Hunan disciples, and after the wind and sand fell, the true appearance of Jiayuguan in the distance gradually emerged.
"Jiayu Pass...the end point of the Ming Great Wall...behind it is Yumen Pass, the end point of the Han Great Wall...after passing here, there is no trace of the Central Plains. This is the real Western Region..."
That night when Zuo Zongtang entered Jiayuguan, the army set up camp on the edge of the Great Wall. The bonfires were so dense that they were as bright as a galaxy and could not be seen to the end!
At the same time, the carrier pigeons and fast horse messengers flying to Guazhou had already set off, bringing Zuo Zongtang's military orders!
