The scenery in the Western Regions is charming in autumn. There are four distinct seasons here all year round. The flowers in spring, fruits in summer, fallen leaves in autumn, and white snow in winter are so beautiful.
My fourth brother and I sat on the train and admired the scenery. It’s really beautiful and huge here. We have passed through three or four provinces south of the Yangtze River, and it is still more than an hour's drive from the next city.
"Oh, look, the mountains over there are really dangerous. Do you think there will be ancient tombs in them?" The fourth brother said to me, looking at the rolling mountains in the distance.
"It's probably too much. If an ancient tomb is built in a mountain, how could it have a very high level of national power in ancient times, such as population, handicraft industry, etc. There were not many countries with such strength in the ancient Western Regions, so we can roughly estimate it through historical records. It may be in those general directions and what the scale is. The ancient tombs will never exceed the overall strength of the country at that time. You think about it, there were no loans and mortgages to build ancient tombs in ancient times, right?"
The fourth brother looked at the mountains and said, "Look, those mountains are so beautiful. I really want to go there and have a good look."
"It's hard to survive here in the middle of nowhere. In this vast Gobi desert, if you want to survive here, you have to bring a lot of food, drink, utensils, and things to survive wherever you go in the mountains. .Don’t even think about it without an extremely professional team.”
We looked at the mountains outside the window and fell into deep thought. I don’t know what the fourth brother is thinking.
I feel very bad about the current situation. Hua Jianguo is too mysterious. My fourth brother and I have been led by him all the time. We basically didn't learn anything we wanted to learn. It was all the experience accumulated by my fourth brother and me in actual combat.
I even feel that my fourth brother and I together don’t know as much as Liu Xin, let alone an experienced expert like Lao Li. Now we are really riding a tiger.
This time, my fourth brother and I were led away by Hua Jianguo again. We had not stopped for a while after finishing the work last time, and we started working again.
This feeling of being manipulated is simply terrible. Don’t the tomb robbers need a holiday? Don’t the civilian archaeological teams need to adjust?
But this time, we took a long vacation at public expense to inspect several ruins, look for clues, and report our findings at any time. It was almost like real archeology.
This matter also starts with a magical history told to us by Hua Jianguo.
That day in Huajianguo, the old man was watching the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and it happened to be the part where Ma Chao captured Cao Cao. He looked at him and asked me and my fourth brother, why do you think Cao Cao couldn't beat Ma Chao?
"I don't know." The fourth brother was too lazy to talk nonsense. He had been fooled by this trick more than once. Every time, Hua Jianguo and I treated him as a popular science subject, so he was naturally very angry.
Hua Jianguo said, "Ma Chao has a magic weapon in his hand, he has a foreign legion." This sentence still whetted the appetite of Fourth Brother and me.
"Jin Ma Chao has a foreign army in his hands. This is the important reason why he was able to defeat Cao Cao by surprise in the early stage."
"The original text of the Three Kingdoms records: "There are many people with tall noses and deep eyes in the super army." They are tall and powerful, use cavalry as mounts and javelins as weapons. They fight bravely, one against ten. According to the book, these people are not from the Central Plains at all. .The dust and sand are rolling, and the vast Gobi desert is filled with chills. A great battle is about to begin. This is the last war of the Roman legions, and their commander is not a Roman, but Ma Chao. Are you not curious why there was Rome during the Three Kingdoms? Any sign of the army?”
The fourth brother clasped his feet and said, "How can I know this? I want to know more about how to prevent hair loss. These operations are all done at night. My hair started to fall out when I stayed up late."
Hua Jianguo adjusted his glasses and said, "You have kidney deficiency and need to be treated. Where are you talking about that? Yes. In fact, there are two folk legends. One is like this. In Rome's "Pre-Three Heroes Era", Crassus, Governor of Sicily, Abandoning the fight for the emperor, he marched eastward to conquer the Second Persian Empire. The Roman army fought deep into the Parthian grassland. Faced with completely different tactics and different styles of fighting, Crassus was defeated and killed. The first legion of Rome fought Later, they disappeared. According to rumors, this army later served for the Xiongnu and was defeated and captured by the Han army.
The second theory comes from Chen Tang, a general of the Western Han Dynasty. Chen Tang led the cavalry in a battle with the Roman expeditionary force stationed in the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Western Regions. The Han Dynasty's cavalry penetrated Rome's famous tortoise shell chain shield like spikes. Nearly 5,000 Roman soldiers were captured in the hoplite phalanx. Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty received the report of this battle. In order to show the majesty of the Celestial Empire, he placed them in the western border, allowed them to thrive here, and also asked them to serve as pastoralists for the Han Dynasty. First party. To this day, there are still many descendants of ancient Romans in Gansu Province. "
"Then what? What does this have to do with us?" Fourth Brother Soul asked.
"Look at this." Hua Jianguo took out a photo, which showed an exquisite European helmet. "This was unearthed from an ancient tomb in Gansu. Isn't it amazing?"
We looked at the photos and found that helmets of this shape were more or less the ones unearthed in Europe, but they were a bit more interesting in Gansu.
“This was a discovery made by an industry insider a few years ago that shocked the industry at the time.”
I was shocked when I looked at the photos. After all, my dynasty at that time did not collide with Western civilization. Many speculations in later generations have the meaning of Guan Gong fighting Qin Qiong. If this were true, wouldn't the debate about which one is stronger come to an end? But what kind of medicine is this old thing selling in his gourd? Is this a trap? The routine is so deep that I am too lazy to do Tai Chi with him. Say it directly.
"I guess this time, what do you need us to do? The old gentleman might as well just say it."
Hua Jianguo laughed and said, "It's easier this time. It's equivalent to a public trip. I've covered all the expenses. This time you're going to the Western Regions to find the ruins of an ancient country called Xiye. We've found and brought out all the animals you can." Everything.”
"Why this country? We've never heard of it. It's really too difficult." The fourth brother didn't want to go. This doesn't even have a specific location, so it's like finding a needle in a haystack.
"According to the information I have in hand, there was a Roman legion that was entertained by the king in the Kingdom of Xiye when it was being chased by the Turks. The king of Xiye used his mysterious power to make tens of thousands of Huns' troops get lost in the desert. In the end, they ran out of food and water and were surrounded and annihilated by the Roman legions. In exchange, the Roman legions at that time left a small number of people behind and used their construction skills at the time to help King Xiye build Xiye, which he said would never be stolen. Royal Tomb.
Within a few years, the King of Western Night passed away unexpectedly, and the small country quickly declined due to internal struggles for power. The entire Xiye Kingdom has no more records in history. This time I went to look for traces of the Xiye Kingdom." After Hua Jianguo finished speaking, he took a sip of tea, took out a USB flash drive and continued.
"Here are some information I have. You can take Liu Xin with you this time. Lao Li won't go. Wherever the land is vast and sparsely populated, the distance between one point and another is too far. I'll give you a month, one There will be a big job in the next month. Lao Li has already gone to find personnel. When the time comes, brother Xiao Zhou, we must build a good team."
I'm not in the mood to deal with him in a month, so let's talk about it in a month! We went home and read the information in detail. I felt that I remembered it almost, so we bought train tickets and set off.
I actually wanted to fly. When I was buying the ticket, I heard another person say that flying to the northwest would take six or seven hours. People would feel like potted plants in their seats. It was so uncomfortable. But the train was still more comfortable, although it was slower. , but at least I can walk around and move around in the car.
So at the insistence of my fourth brother, we bought two sleeper tickets and started our trip to the northwest.
This is the only advantage of taking the train. It is not boring along the way and you can spend the long journey happily. After my fourth brother and I arrived at the destination, Liu Xin had already arrived by plane two or three days ago.
We didn’t stay long in the hotel. Under the leadership of the four of us, we couldn’t wait to eat the mutton skewers. The mutton skewers can only be eaten here. The meat was delicious and not smelly at all. The fourth brother ate it alone. After eating more than thirty skewers, my stomach became round.
The owner of the barbecue restaurant was shocked, "Hey, friend, you can't eat it like this. There's no beer, no flavor, and it's not moist enough."
Under the introduction of the boss, we started drinking beer. But this beer is a bit strong. According to our drinking capacity, we should be able to drink. But after a few bottles, it was already shaky.
I drank less and the heavy responsibility of sending the two of them back fell on me. I took care of my fourth brother and waited for me in the hall, and helped Liu Xin go back to the room. Liu Xin was leaning on me, looking at a very thin girl, why was she so heavy? But when she leaned against me inadvertently, smelled the fragrance of her body, and held him tightly with her hands, my heartbeat had already accelerated. I helped Liu Xin into the room and put her on the bed. Looking at her figure outlined by her jeans, I swallowed, closed my eyes and hurried out of the room.
When we got to the hall, we took the fourth brother back to his room. In the room, I opened my laptop and continued to look at the information given by Hua Jianguo.
Early the next morning, Liu Xin knocked on the door. I couldn't help but blush when I looked at her figure. Liu Xin shook her long hair, looked at me and said "I'm sick" and then said, "Hua Jianguo gave you the coordinates." ?"
I looked at the latitude and longitude coordinates on the map and said, "Yes, but how to get to this place? It's all in the desert."
Liu Xin rubbed his head and said, "How are we going? Let's walk. I'll buy some necessary equipment and you guys can pack it up too. We'll set off tomorrow. I've experienced survival in the desert before, so you just listen to me."
In the afternoon, we started to count the equipment. I asked why there is no food?
Liu Xin said without raising her head, "There is a local kind of pancake called naan. Each person brings 10 pancakes and eats one per day. We will only stay there for 15 days."
"What about the remaining five days?" Fourth brother asked curiously.
"Here, eat this." My fourth brother and I saw that it was a vacuum biscuit, and the fourth brother said, "Does this stuff help with hunger?"
Liu Xin said, "Don't worry about whether you are hungry, worry about whether you have water!"
Just as the fourth brother was about to ask a question, Liu Xin interrupted him impatiently and said, "I know you have a lot of questions, just listen to me when the time comes. Don't worry, you want me to die and I haven't lived enough!"
After saying that, he ignored the fourth brother. I snickered and said quietly, "You are not good at picking up girls either."
Fourth brother kicked me and ignored me.
When it was time to set off the next day, I realized how well prepared this little girl was.
Three modified Cherokees parked quietly in front of the hotel, and the young man who delivered them began to introduce, "They are all lightweight, and additional auxiliary fuel tanks are installed, and a 3.0 turbocharged diesel engine. The main and auxiliary fuel tanks combined can run on one tank of fuel." About 1,200 kilometers. Have you seen the tires? The eight specially-made front and rear tires will never get stuck, and there is no problem at all with a load of 1.2 tons." We looked at the three cars in surprise. This guy must be worth a lot of money.
The tow truck towed the three vehicles to the edge of the desert. After Liu Xin turned on the GPS and entered the coordinates, she said, "You follow my car. We will operate at night and rest during the day. If you have any questions, please contact me via the intercom." After that, he got in the car and started driving.
My fourth brother and I swallowed hard when we saw her perfect figure in her outfit.
