The Gobi Desert is boundless, with exposed sheep bones and cow bones, half buried by the wind and sand, but it can't hide the unbearable stench!

Some dirty people, sweat and mud mixed on their faces, as if they had put on a mask, came on horseback, and finally found the same muddy and muddy water source on this boundless Gobi Desert!

"General Xiao, we have set off for two, since yesterday evening, there has been no one around, and there are many traces of man-made destruction on the official road, I have always heard people say that the desert is boundless like the ocean, originally a certain family did not believe it, but now I see it, it is really hard to imagine how to survive here for a long time!"

The lieutenant, who raised his head and couldn't see clearly, shook the kettle and poured out the muddy water mixed with sand inside, and inevitably said with a sigh.

And on the right side of it, he was lying in the puddle, carefully skimming off the mud and sand on it, as if caressing the girl's skin, and this person could no longer see the appearance, but everyone in the guard knew that this was Xiao Gongzi, who was suave and well-known in Daxing City!

Xiao Yun took the water, turned his head to look at the captain who spoke, and saw that his face had been mixed with muddy water like a mask, and he couldn't help but say with a little amusement.

"The captain was originally from Chang'an, how do you know what kind of bad shape there will be in the north of Bingzhou? In contrast, I, the son of a general who was born in Bingzhou, feel that the current environment is bearable, as long as there is no sandstorm, everything is still within the scope of bearing! ”

The lieutenant blinked, obviously not knowing what the word sandstorm was!

Xiao Yun also shook his head, too lazy to explain, and turned his head to look at the yellow Gobi Desert behind him.

"The place where Lord Li Jing is located is only three miles away from Bingzhou City, we should be able to arrive before tonight!"

Hearing this, a guard stood up: "General, we are already out of the range of 200 miles of Bingzhou City, and the further we go north, the closer we are to the Great Wall, if it is in previous years, there is nothing to worry about, but this year is very different, there have already been border troops sent a battle report, claiming that some Turkic cavalry have crossed the Great Wall, and the place of recent activity is around Jiuyuan County!" ”

Xiao Yun raised his eyebrows, Jiuyuan County, but it is famous!

That is the hometown of Lu Fengxian in the Han Dynasty, and there is nothing that the people of Bingzhou do not know!

It's just that these Turkic people are so bold that they dare to stay around Jiuyuan County after moving across the Great Wall, which makes Xiao Yun a little unexpected!

"It's okay, presumably these Turks, although they are in a hurry to move around, may not be willing to fight the officers and soldiers head-on, even if they come, we may not be afraid......

Ridiculous and ridiculous!

For the soldiers of the Great Sui, in their own territory, they would be afraid of the sneak attack of the Turks!

Thinking of this, although Xiao Yun is good at using tricks, he also feels quite aggrieved!

But this is also reasonable, after all, the length of the Great Wall is not something that tens of thousands of defenders can completely garrison!

And once the forces are dispersed, it will give the Turks a chance to take advantage of it, there are many places on the Great Wall that have fallen into disrepair, and there are places that can be easily climbed by the Turks, and there are not many places where horses have been transported, so the number of Turks who can enter the country is definitely not much!

As for the investigation and filling of these loopholes, it has been going on!

But this main task is in charge of the assassination of the state and some officials, and the king of the state is all poor and luxurious, how can the officials below take care of these idle things!

Therefore, this time these Turks were able to operate in the territory and do a lot of evil things, and Yang Liang, the king of Han, was absolutely responsible!

Of course, these things are all afterthought, Xiao Yun didn't dare to be distracted at this time, after pouring some water, everyone got on the horse again, all the way through the stall next door, and finally saw a post station from afar!

Xiao Yun stepped forward and knocked on the door!

Walking out of a coarse linen soldier who had lost one of his arms, although Xiao Yun and the others were filthy and couldn't make out their faces, their horses and clothes made the veteran's eyes light up!

"But you're from Kannai?"

Xiao Yun didn't dare to hesitate, "That's right, a certain is an envoy sent by Daxingcheng to Bingzhou, and he came here to ask Li Jing and Li Xiancheng for help!" ”

When the veteran heard this, he nodded suddenly!

"You're going to Mayi?"

Xiao Yun was welcomed into the house by the veteran, and told him in detail where he was going, and the veteran pointed out a road for him, so that the post station went north, and after crossing a dry river, he could find the official road again, and then he could find Ma Yi by walking along the way!

In this way, it will take at least 60 miles to go forward!

This made Xiao Yun couldn't help but be staggered, they weren't lazy along the way, and the people of Bingzhou had to walk for three days, they were at least two days away from each other, they understood this, I'm afraid they had gone the wrong way before, but they finally found someone who understood!

So Xiao Yun didn't dare to stay, and after thanking him again and again, he planned to arrive in Mayi today!

The veteran looked at the sky, frowned slightly, and said: "The wolves on the Gobi Desert are the most ferocious, and they often like to haunt at night, and there are only five or six people, so why don't you rest here for the night?" ”

Xiao Yun was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and several guards next to him laughed: "The veteran is too worried, we are so strong and strong, and we have good horses, how can we be afraid of mere earth dogs?" Don't say it's a pack of wolves, even if it's a tiger or a leopard? ”

The old soldier frowned when he heard this, and wanted to remind him, Xiao Yun also nodded: "Thank you old man for telling me a few times, but I'm afraid that if I stay here, I'm afraid it will cause trouble for you, so I have to take a risk, and please rest easy!" ”

The veteran shook his head: "That's it, but you must be careful, you must not rush into the desert when traveling at night!" ”

Hearing this, several people agreed, but they didn't think so!

Although Xiao Yun is from Bingzhou, he doesn't know much about Beimo, and he hasn't traveled with the army once, so he doesn't know anything about the words of the veteran, although he has precautions in his heart, he doesn't know what the way is here!

But since it's only a few dozen miles away from Mayi, there won't be any big mistakes!

Thinking of this, Xiao Yun took the guards under his command and headed straight north without stopping!

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Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty came to the harem by Luan, and had dinner in the pepper room, and after being full of wine and food, he sat on the chair on the side quite leisurely, while Empress Xiao was always by his side, gently relaxing his shoulders for him!

Emperor Yang Guang of Sui squinted slightly, and asked with a faint smile: "In recent days, has the crown prince come here to see you?" ”