So, the three of them walked together and rode on their horses to the Loulan Kingdom.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they got on their horses, Bai Kaixin, who was hiding in the grass, slid up with very weird movements.
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Zhang Fei pointed his spear at Bai Xingxin and shouted angrily: "Who are you? Looking for death?"
Bai happily said with a playful smile: "Zhang Yide and Zhao Zilong are two young heroes in today's martial arts world. Bai has admired these two great names for a long time and admires them very much. Miss Shen is the most beautiful woman in the martial arts world today, and Bai has also admired their fame for a long time. Today, he has won It is such a blessing to see Miss Shen’s true appearance.”
Zhang Fei pointed his spear and shouted: "You are such a monster, what do you want to say? If you don't get to the point, I will kill you!"
His eyes were wide-eyed and his expression was very scary.
Bai Kaixin hurriedly took a few steps back, looking very afraid of Zhang Fei.
He said that there is Tianshan Snow Lotus Pill in the Valley of Evil. Why do you need to go so far to Loulan Kingdom? Moreover, to go to Loulan Kingdom, you have to walk through the desert, where the sky is full of wind and sand. Maybe one night when you fall asleep, a gust of wind and sand will blow in, and you will be buried in the desert.
Besides, the weather is getting hotter now and there is a lack of water in the desert. Even if there is no wind and sand, you may die of thirst.
If you don't have water to take a shower, you might stink to death.
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Shen Lianqing's heart was pounding.
Zhang Fei turned his head and looked at Shen Lianqing, as long as Shen Lianqing agreed.
He didn't have anything nice to say, he just wanted to accompany her.
However, Zhao Yun is a man of both wisdom and courage.
He was a steady man and shook his head and said: "No matter whether there is Tianshan Snow Lotus Pill in Brother Bai's Valley of Evil or not, Zhao must go to Brother Meng De. There are beautiful scenery along the way. Even if we die in the desert, we will have no complaints." No regrets. Please give way! Thank you Brother Bai for your guidance. In the future, if you have the opportunity, Zhao will go to the Valley of the Wicked to visit Brother Bai again."
After he said that, he raised his gun and pointed it.
Bai Kaixin had no choice but to step out of the way.
Although his martial arts skills are weird, he still thinks he is no match for Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei.
So Bai Kaixin ran away and rode back to the Valley of the Evil Ones, deciding to use Du Sha's death to exaggerate and convince the ten evil people to pursue Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei and Cao Cao.
If this dream can come true, it will definitely be a good show.
Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, and Shen Lianqing also rode on their horses and headed for the desert.
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Starting from Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, countless tribes were formed, which were mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. They all had city walls and cottages. They left Yumen and Yangguan and went south, along the northern foot of Kunlun Mountain, to the west, passing through Qiewei and Khotan, to Shache. For the South Road.
After leaving Yumen and Yangguan, it goes north, from Gushi along the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain to the west, passing through Yanqi, Luntai, Qiuci, to Shule, which is the North Road.
Between the North and South Roads, there is an endless desert, including Di, Qiang, Xiongnu, etc., with a total population of about hundreds of thousands.
The South Road of Tianshan Mountain was originally conquered by the Xiongnu, and a "Tong Servant Captain" was established, who was stationed in Yanqi and collected grain, sheep and horses from the tribes coming from there.
But now Xianbei often fights with the Xiongnu and often plunders the small subordinate countries of the Xiongnu.
The burden on the people is even heavier.
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To the southeast of Yanqi is Loulan.
Loulan is a famous city-walled country in the Western Regions and a powerful country among the thirty-six countries.
It leads to Dunhuang in the east, Yanqi and Yuli in the northwest, and Ruoqiang and Qiemo in the southwest.
The northern and southern routes of the Silk Road separated from Loulan.
The capital of Loulan is Shanni City, which is 1,600 miles away from Yangguan and 6,100 miles away from Chang'an.
At this time, it had 1,977 households and a population of 84,100.
The land is rugged and barren, and the clothes of the common people are the same as those in the Han area, but the carpets are brown.
The king followed the Dharma and there were more than four thousand monks who were familiar with Hinayana school.
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Loulan sometimes became the eyes and ears of the Xiongnu, and sometimes surrendered to the Han. He played both sides and was between the two major forces of the Han and the Xiongnu, cleverly maintaining his living space.
This is because Loulan is located at the transportation hub between the Han Dynasty and the countries in the Western Regions.
The Han could not cross this area to attack the Xiongnu.
The Xiongnu could not threaten the Han without using Loulan's power.
Therefore, both the Han and the Huns tried their best to be gentle to Loulan.
Loulan also obtained many benefits from the Han court and became extremely rich.
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There was an important reason why Cao Cao led his troops to the Loulan Kingdom.
First, his original intention was to accompany Shen Lianqing, protect Shen Lianqing from reaching Loulan safely, and heal Shen Lianqing's emotional injuries.
He hoped that Shen Lianqing could treat him wholeheartedly in the future.
He is eager to have a vigorous love affair with Shen Lianqing.
However, it was as if cold water had been thrown on him recently, and his enthusiasm was extinguished.
The second reason is that Cao Cao was a former imperial official and wanted to know more about the Loulan Kingdom.
He wants to conquer the world and conquer the world, including Loulan Kingdom.
On this trip to the Western Region, he passed through many countries. He could familiarize himself with the routes, prepare for future wars, and draw some maps along the way.
The third reason is that he wants to fulfill Zheng Lei's last wish and return the secret book of Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu to Master Dazhen, and at the same time compete with various martial arts factions in the world to accumulate more martial arts skills and military experience, so as to prepare for the future world war. Fully prepared.
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After leaving the area of the Xiongnu and Xianbei armies, Cao Cao paid for several Hu guides, and led the Beggar Clan disciples Zaozhi and Manchong as the vanguard to explore the road and find water sources.
Of course, the main thing is to ask Zaozhi and Manchong to keep an eye on those barbarian guides and not to be deceived by others.
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Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun, and Cao Hong led 300 tiger and leopard cavalry and marched in the center.
Xia Houyuan, Li Dian, Le Jin, Hua Tuo and Ding Kuai led 400 blood-clothed men and 300 tiger and leopard cavalry to escort the money, grain and baggage and then followed.
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Why bring along the Beggar Clan disciples?
That was because Cao Cao had great ambitions, so he had to let Zao Zhi and Man Chong lead some disciples of the Beggar Gang to develop the power of the Beggar Gang in the Loulan Kingdom and lay the groundwork for the future use to conquer the world.
After getting rid of the Xiongnu and Xianbei troops, Cao Cao's journey was not fast.
Anyway, the most beautiful scenery is on the road.
Although he no longer had the same enthusiasm for Shen Lianqing as before, Shen Lianqing was still the most beautiful woman in the Central Plains martial arts world.
Her shadow still appeared in Cao Cao's mind from time to time.
Therefore, Cao Cao slowed down from time to time, as if expecting Shen Lianqing to appear.
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Cao Cao led his troops to travel for several days and arrived at Shamo.
The weather suddenly changed and the yellow sand was endless.
The sand is steaming with steam.
Everyone was covered in sweat and wet.
The war horse also panted heavily.
Fortunately, they exchanged their lives for some camels from King Zuo Xian.
Because a little while ago, they supported the bloody battle between the Xiongnu and the Xianbei army, killing thousands of Xianbei soldiers.
However, Cao Cao's troops also suffered casualties of more than a hundred people in blood-clothed clothes.
His tiger and leopard cavalry also suffered more than thirty injuries.
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In early summer, morning and evening temperatures vary greatly in the desert.
It's cold in the morning and evening and very hot at noon.
Caravans also passed by them from time to time.
But they saw that Cao Cao's team was huge, carrying swords and spears. They were probably either robbers or soldiers, and no one dared to approach.
When camping at night, the caravans did not dare to camp within five miles of Cao Cao's headquarters, so they had to risk going further.
Through these caravans, coins, silk fabrics, grains, pottery, documents, bamboo slips, writing brushes and other materials from the Han Dynasty continuously flowed into Loulan, or flowed to other countries through Loulan, promoting the development of civilization in other countries.
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There are often strong winds in the desert, which roll the quicksand into the air into the shape of a dragon.
Many pedestrians got lost as a result.
On this day, Cao Cao led his troops out of the desert and came to a ruins that had been lifeless for a long time, with dead branches all as fragile as glass.
They lived in several ivory houses.
At this moment, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, and Shen Lianqing also caught up with them because they were rushing hard.
Everyone was very excited to see each other.
Cao Cao then ordered the best house to be given to Shen Lianqing to live in, and asked Zao Zhi to fetch water for Shen Lianqing to bathe and change clothes.
Shen Lianqing was moved to tears.
She choked and said, "Cao Cao, you are so kind to me."
Cao Cao stretched out his hand, stroked her hair, and said softly: "I am good to everyone. Men conquer the world, and women conquer men. But before being conquered by women, I want to conquer the world."
Then he turned and left.
Shen Lianqing stared at his majestic and heroic figure blankly, feeling that his tone had changed.
His eyes also changed.
He no longer showed affection to her.
Although his words to her were still very gentle.
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Zhang Fei looked at Shen Lianqing and Cao Cao's concentration and felt jealous.
He said sadly: "Miss Shen, go take a shower and change clothes first. I'll guard the door for you."
He held the zhangba snake spear and stepped aside.
With tears of emotion in her eyes, Shen Lianqing took her luggage and walked into the best weatherproof house, showered and changed her clothes.
There's no big bathtub here anymore.
But it's also nice to have an old house to shelter from the wind and rain.
It is considered a gift from God to them.
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When it gets dark, everyone lights a bonfire.
From time to time the wind picked up and the bonfire swayed.
There were more than ten people gathered around a bonfire, eating beef, sheep and horse meat jerky.
They were drinking wine and chatting about the scenery along the way, and they were very happy.
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Zhang Fei accompanied Shen Lianqing and mingled with some cavalrymen in front of a bonfire.
He drank water and ate meat with the cavalry soldiers.
However, Zhang Fei was originally a wine seller.
He was so greedy that he couldn't help but ask some cavalrymen for drinks.
Shen Lianqing got up and went to find Cao Cao.
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