When Yanzhou was in a mess, there was good news from the West. Duan Xuan and Koji Yi led their troops west out of Yumen Pass and officially set foot in the Western Regions. After leaving the Yumen Pass, the two troops were divided into two, and after each looking for a guide, Duan Xuan went north to Yiwu City in Yihe Duwei City; Koji Yi took the southern route and went to Shanshan.

The scenery of the Western Regions is naturally different from that of the Central Plains. In addition to a little green mountains and green waters, there is an endless desert Gobi sand. After passing through the Gobi, you will arrive at Puchanghai, which is the Lop Nur in later generations. Now this place is not like the later generations, it is a dry salt save, and there is nothing but gravel. At this time, the Puchang Sea is misty, the shore is full of trees, and the reeds are everywhere. There are fishing boats in the sea, and waterfowl fly low. It's a picturesque view.

The arrival of the Han army alarmed the people in the vicinity. However, after seeing the banner of the Han army clearly, they changed their previous vigilance and panic, but threw down the farm tools around them, shouted excitedly, and rushed to the Han army.

Koji had known about the situation here for a long time, so he didn't think it was strange. It also made the soldiers under his command not nervous. The vast majority of these people who came, were Han Chinese, their compatriots.

Sure enough, those people ran to the Han army and slowly stopped, and they also knew that no matter how much their own people could not rush into the army. So one by one, they began to shout greetings. After the Han army came out of the fortress, they were lonely all the way, and suddenly heard the sound of Heluo, and there was a little more smile on Bumian's face.

At this time, a leader-like person separated the crowd, stepped forward, and saluted the Han army: "Ding Yi, the captain of the Great Han Tuntian, has seen Wang Shi, I don't know which general is in person, please see it." ”

The history books record that "Shanshanguo, whose real name is Loulan, Wang ruled the mud city, went to Yangguan for 1,600 miles, and went to Chang'an for 6,100 miles." The households were five hundred and seventy, the mouths were fourteen thousand, and the victories were two thousand nine hundred and twelve. Fuguo Hou, Qihu Hou, Shanshan Duwei, Commander of the Fighting Division, one Commander of the Left and Right and Qu, and one Commander of the Fighting Division, and two translators. Northwest to the capital of the protection of the office of 1,785 miles, to the mountain country of 1,365 miles, northwest to the Cheshi 1,890 miles. Disha halo, Shaotian, Jitian Yanggu next to the country. The country produces jade, and there are many reeds, tamarix, tung and white grass. The people chase water and grass with the herdsmen, have donkeys and horses, and have many camels, and can be soldiers, and are the same as the Qiang. ”

During the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian first passed through the Western Regions, because the Loulan Kingdom was located in the easternmost part of the Western Regions and adjacent to the Han Territory, so he repeatedly acted as the eyes and ears of the Huns, and robbed and killed the Han envoys. So Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was furious, and sent troops to attack Loulan in the third year of Yuanfeng, but Loulan couldn't, so he had to surrender to Han. As a result, after the surrender of the Han Dynasty, it was attacked by the Xiongnu. The small country of Loulan, sandwiched between the two major forces, in order to survive, had to be a two-faced, and at the same time to the Han Dynasty and the Huns as vassals, the King of Loulan each sent a son to the Han and Xiongnu as protons. Later, the old king died, and the Xiongnu proton returned to China and became the king, so he became close to the Xiongnu. As soon as the prince who was a proton in Han saw that the situation was not right, he immediately surrendered to Han. So Fu Jiezi went to Loulan, killed the king, and set up the prince of Han as the proton as the king. And Loulan was renamed Shanshan, and the capital was moved from Loulan City to the west of Lumud City.

As for Loulan City, it was handed over to the Han army, and the Han Dynasty sent soldiers and horses to Tuntian here, until now. This is also the reason why there are a large number of Han Chinese here in Puchanghai. When the national strength of the Han family was strong, from Loulan City to Dunhuang, there were beacon pavilion barriers along the way. It's a pity that it's almost abandoned now.

Lu Yi came out and met Ding Yi: "This general is the general of the Han Dynasty Dingyuan, Lu Yi, and now on the order of the general, he will raise troops to the west and want to pass the Western Regions again." ”

When Ding Yi heard this, he was overjoyed, and said: "I haven't heard the news of the Han family for a long time, and I don't want to see Wang Shi again today." He also asked the general to enter the city with his humble duties. ”

Koji Yi is indispensable. So along the way, everyone surrounded the Han army and arrived at the foot of Loulan City. Koji Yoshiki had most of them camp outside the city, and he only led his own guards into the city.

When the people in the city learned that the king was coming, they all came out to watch. Among them, there were people of all races, whites with high noses and deep eyes, chestnut and yellow-skinned Middle Easterners, and even blacks. The soldiers of the Han army led by Koji Yi came to the Western Regions for the first time, and when they saw these all kinds of people, they couldn't help but be secretly surprised in their hearts.

And those Hu people saw the honor guard of the Han army, and they were also deeply afraid of the majesty of the Han army. It has long been heard that there are big countries in the East, and their strength is incomparable. If you see it today, you will know that it is true. Most of these people came through trade routes, but when they arrived in Loulan, they were not allowed to enter because of the isolation of Hexi. I had to stay here. Now that I have seen the Han army, in addition to envy and sigh that the Han army is strong, they all have thoughts, the appearance of the Han army here, does it mean that the trade route has been opened, and I can go to the Han country, which is rumored to be extremely rich and rich to trade? The Hu people who can appear here are all human spirits. After figuring out this section, they were as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. They all stretched their necks, waiting for His Excellency the General who wanted to visit the Han family.

Ding Yi entered the city and entertained Liyi in his own house, and he said to Liyi: "The wilderness is really difficult to compare with the Central Plains. It's just that fortunately, the wine and orchid dance are still commendable, and please taste and watch it. ”

Naturally, I have heard of the name of wine, Koji. At that time, Zhang Qian was ordered by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to envoy to the Western Regions, and saw that "Wan used grapes as wine, and the rich people hid more than 10,000 stones of wine, and those who were decades old were undefeated". Subsequently, the Eurasian grape was introduced to the Central Plains and began to be planted. At the same time as Zhang Qian introduced grapes, he also recruited winemakers, and since the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, China has had Western wine makers. Cao Pi in history once said: "Let's talk about grapes, drunk and sober." Cover and eat; Willing but not donated, crisp but not relenting, cold but not cold, long and juicy, in addition to annoyance and thirst. It is also brewed as wine, willing to be millet in koji, good at drunk and easy to wake up......". However, wine was only consumed among the nobility, and was not available to the common people. In the past few decades, due to the chaos in the world and the severance of trade routes, wine has become even rarer in the Central Plains. It was recorded in the "Sanfu Decision" that Meng Tuo bribed Zhang Rang with a bucket of wine, and then got the position of Liangzhou Assassin. According to the unit of measurement of later generations, that is to say, with almost three bottles of wine, Zhang Rang was bought and won the position of the governor of a state. This shows the preciousness of wine at this time.

Lu Yi used to only drink some wine at the banquet of Han Fu and Yuan Shao. Now in the Western Regions, Ding Yi, a small school captain, is a wine that is now available but unavailable in the Central Plains. Immediately, Koji Yoshi's interest increased.

Suddenly, this incomparably precious wine was presented to the orchid. Ding Yi persuaded him to drink again and again, and Koji Yi also drank happily, and after a while, the wine was half-drunk, Ding Yi slapped his hands, and a group of orchids dressed in light veils, fair skin, and looming grace appeared. Dance to the accompaniment of musicians.