The heavy snow in the Western Regions can indeed stop anyone from trying to travel in the wilderness, the endless Gobi Desert. There are also mountains that are so high that you can't find a way to them. In winter, it's easy for even familiar people to get lost in the boundless Western Regions.

What Han Dewang said was actually not wrong, but the mistake was that he forgot one. Just because it's snowing in Almaty doesn't mean it's snowing in the entire Western Regions. Now there is a team that has crossed Shattered Leaf City.

Their forwards are struggling through the snowy fields, braving the wind and snow. If Yun Hao was here, he would definitely be shocked and speechless. Because these people are wearing cotton clothes and trousers, and even the horses are wrapped in quilts. Cotton's good warmth allows them to travel on the wasteland at more than minus 20 degrees.

People and horses are spewing hot air from their mouths, and the snowflakes in the sky seem to be sifting cotton wool from God. There was chaos in the heavens and the earth, but the team was still moving forward tenaciously. If you look at it from the sky, it looks like a black river flowing in the vast snowfield.

Yusuf sits on a tall Great Food War Horse, and as the Eastern Governor of the Great Food Empire, he is obliged to expand the territory of the Great Food Empire. Fighting the Romans to the west was not your thing. His mission was to head east, towards the land of gold, which was said to be full of gold.

Fighting in the Western Regions in winter is very dangerous, but Yusuf believes that danger and opportunity always coexist. A Tang man who came from afar once said that wealth is sought in danger!

In his mouth, Yusuf heard the most beautiful stories. In order to prove that he was true, Yusuf was willing to risk his own net worth and life.

Exhaling a thick breath of white gas, Yusuf pulled out a compass and a blood-stained map. These are all trophies in Shattered Leaf City, and there are very few Tang people in Broken Leaf City, only a few hundred people. The 150,000 troops under his command were only in battle under the city. The servants of the Western Regions with long beards immediately tied up their masters, and then gave them to their new masters with bruised noses and swollen faces.

Because of the heavy snowfall, Yusuf got an intact Shattered Leaf City. Now, the heavy snow has not stopped. That is, his adventure can go on. Until the entire Western Regions, it became the new territory of the Great Food Empire.

Only heavy snow can make the Tang people's flying in the sky useless. As long as you rely on this heavy snowfall, annihilate the main force of the Tang people. Even if the weather improves, the Tang people are powerless. The Western Regions are far away from the Tang Dynasty itself, and it is much farther than the Great Food. When the new expeditionary force of the Tang people drove over, he had already returned to Dashi with a large amount of loot. If the Tang people dare to catch up with thousands of miles, hehe! Even if they had that kind of flying thing, they couldn't change the fate of failure.

"Lee! You say that if you go in this direction, we will be able to see Almaty? Yusuf paused and asked a guy next to him who was wrapped like a mummy.

The man looked at the map carefully, took the compass and made a gesture on the map, and said affirmatively: "Yes! Go in this direction and it's Almaty! We had to speed up the march, and it looked like the snow was coming to a halt. We must get to Almaty before the snow stops. As soon as the snow stops, those airships take off. Our whereabouts will be revealed!

The army that has experienced a long journey is definitely not an opponent of the Tang cavalry. Only by blocking them in the city will we have a chance to win. "The guy named Lee doesn't speak Persian fluently. The frozen mouth made his words even more difficult to understand. Fortunately, Yusuf and he have been together for two years, and they are already familiar with each other. Just listen to the beginning and know what he's going to say.

"Throw away the baggage and get on the horse. Be sure to rush to Almaty when the snow stops. Yusuf ordered.

"Nope! You can't do that, it's already hard to march in the cold wind. When we get to Almaty, we still have to fight. The caravan said that there were more than 10,000 Tang troops stationed there, which was not a small force. As far as I know, the Tang army had only more than 50,000 people in Beiting, and there were only 30,000 people in Anxi. Being able to concentrate 10,000 people in a city is already heavily armed.

Their armor is better than ours, and their swords are sharper than ours. They have gunpowder, and they have ...... oil! ”

"We've got those, too!"

"But the soldier's physical strength is gone, and now he should send someone out. Along the way, boil ginger soup, and it is best to put chili peppers in it. Put some dried milk too, and the soldiers can drink some hot food before they can hurry. You can also replenish your stamina! ”

"Alright! Plum! Naw! ”

"I'd better go, I'm busy enough." Li stopped Yusuf and personally led a group of people to pull a dozen camels and rushed forward.

Luckily, I didn't go more than 30 miles. He saw a pine forest and ordered his soldiers to cut down the trees. The severed branches were piled together and the oil was poured on them. Lee, pick up a match and light it.

The blue flames soon ignited the dry pine branches, and large drops of pine oil dripped into the fire, wafting with bursts of rosin.

The cauldron was placed on the fire, and the shovel shoveled the snow and threw it into the pot. Although the wind was biting, the flames still made people feel warm. More often than not, this warmth is a psychological sensation rather than a physical one.

The snow quickly melted into water, and the soldiers warmed their hands. He began to unload things from the camel's back, chopping the prepared ginger and throwing it in. The dried milk was also thrown in, followed by large chunks of cane sugar, and red peppers.

These things are cooked together, and soon a strange smell permeates. The water was boiling, and the stuff was tumbling inside the cauldron. Li took a spoon and scooped it, and the taste was indescribably strange. It's definitely not delicious, but it's really fucking warm to drink. In this cold day, warmth is enough. There are already soldiers passing by, and as long as the soldiers pass by, they can take their own rice bowls and receive a big spoon.

There was the sound of sucking and drinking soup everywhere, and the cauldron was constantly boiling. Strive for every soldier to be able to take a sip of this weird taste on the way!

Feeling the milky heat, Lee took off his mask. His face was covered with scars, densely covered with red flesh worms. If you look closely, it seems that one of his hands is also disabled. No one can recognize it, this is Li Deyu, the turbid son of the Chang'an family.

The Li family is finished, and so is his uncle Zhang Zhongjian, who finally escaped from the sea. Li Deyu, who died for nine days, escaped from the shark's mouth and drifted lonely at sea. Until a big food merchant ship rescued him!

Everything that happened made him just want revenge. Revenge Yun Hao, revenge on the emperor, revenge on the entire Tang Empire. Today, he's here to take revenge. He wants to take the Western Regions from the Tang Empire and seize the most important commercial passage of the Tang Empire.

If this idea was known to Yun Hao, Yun Hao would almost laugh out loud.

What age is it, and I still think about the Silk Road for hundreds of years. Sea ships are obviously more loaded than camel teams, and they are also more labor-saving and fast than camel teams. And the cost of transportation is even more meager compared to the camel caravan. If such a low-cost transportation line is not taken, the ghost is willing to fight for his life in the desert Gobi.

After running for three days in a row, the team was exhausted to the extreme. In the wind and snow, a huge black shadow suddenly appeared. Everyone cheered in their hearts, and the team didn't need to agitate anymore, and rushed forward like crazy.

Today is the first day, and the soldiers who are far away in the Western Regions are eating dumplings. After living in the Western Regions for a long time, I have even forgotten what Chang'an looks like. The food in my hometown makes people miss my hometown even more. Today is the first day, the annual New Year.

Not only did the soldiers have dumplings, but those who were not on duty could also receive alcohol. Of course, if the official family doesn't have enough wine to drink, you can also buy some yourself. The Hu drunkard in Almaty is very coquettish, as long as she buys a barrel of wine, she will shake her belly like a wave. The pair of round breasts are even more turbulent.

The soldiers who watched the drought for a long time salivated one by one.

There are really people who are bleeding!

There was a lot of flow, and I felt thirst in my mouth. A pot of wine is not enough, so naturally you have to add a pot. So the wine lady jumped harder and harder, and the wine sold more and more.

On this night, Almaty consumed a large amount of alcohol. The hotel owner was as tired as a dog's tongue sticking out the old man, but still laughing! Tonight, I earned more than I usually did in a month.

Although it was snowing on the streets, there were many drunks. The patrol with a whip on weekdays is now gone. For the New Year, it is rare to indulge once. At this time, if you can't get along with people, you will have a mortal enemy. Besides, they are all away from their families. During the New Year's holiday, I miss my hometown very much. It makes sense to do something out of the ordinary.

The Hu auxiliaries pushed the carts, picked up those who were drunk and fell in the snow, and put them on the carts. There is a signing room next to the yamen, and it is warm inside. Let them stay overnight first, in such weather, if you drink too much and fall asleep outside, you will freeze to death.

Almaty is immersed in emotions of joy and homesickness, real pain and happiness.

Almost everyone is drinking, and Zhang Liang and Han Dewang are no exception. In previous years, in Chang'an's mansion, the emperor's banquet should have arrived at this time. Everyone in the family should kneel under the ten-zhang high grain tree at the door and thank God!

Thinking of the scene where the slave bent down to him to congratulate the New Year, Zhang Liang would scold Li Tai in his heart. It's all this bastard, and I will come to the Western Regions, a place where birds don't shit. Even the snow is fucking different from other places, and it hasn't stopped for three days in a row. The fluttering snowflakes still have some artistic conception at first glance, but now they are how to look at it and hate it.

Before dinner, come down from the city walls. The snow was so heavy that the city walls could not be seen for two miles. Staying there is not much different from staying in the Togofu.

"Handsome! Does Your Majesty really want to withdraw your troops? ”

After two months of stammering, Han Dewang has become Zhang Liang's confidant. Zhang Liang likes this capable and official general. With the qualifications of the Western Regions in the past few years, it may be my right-hand man to cultivate it well in the future.

Drinking with subordinates is the best opportunity to win over. Zhang Liang has led the army for many years, so he is naturally very familiar with this one. Tonight, I pulled Han Dewang to drink wine and eat dumplings. In order to say something private, there were just two of them at the wine table. This time, Han Dewang was even more flattered.

"Can't make ends meet! It is a matter of time before the troops are withdrawn, and the trade route in the Western Regions is not as good as a year. The Duke of Chu opened up the sea route, and a shipload of goods was much more than a camel caravan. Now Quanzhou and Guangzhou have become the busiest seaports. His grandmother's, those guys are all very good. Lao Tzu ate sand here, and after two years in the Western Regions, he must have told His Majesty that he would go to Lingnan for two years to earn some money for his family.

In the future, even if there is a loser in the family, he will be able to defeat him for two more years. Zhang Liang sighed helplessly, none of the children in the family were angry. The second and third children were fortunate enough to be admitted to Lishan Academy, but they did not graduate. This is also the reason why Zhang Liang did not refuse Li Er, but he didn't dare to slack off. The family still needs to be supported by meritorious deeds, and this trip to the Western Regions will be for a few years. Anyway, Li Er will give an explanation, and the monarchs and ministers who have been in the past have long understood. This emperor has never been in vain.

"Really? If the grandfather of the country doesn't think that the last general is ignorant, can he let the last general be attached to the tail of the handsome? As soon as Han Dewang heard that he was rich, his eyes were almost green. In the past few years in the Western Regions, I have collected some family backgrounds. can be compared to those officials of the same level in Chang'an, it is simply a super poor household. Han Dewang has a heart that is obsessed with making a fortune, which cannot be contained!

"Well said! Say! His Majesty will definitely give the old man a fat shortage, so as to compensate for the hard work that the old man has endured in the past two years. You have been in the Western Regions for many years, the court will not forget you, and Your Majesty will not forget you. If this thing is done well, the old man will naturally not watch his colleagues live a bad life. Don't you know, Chang'an rice is expensive! It's a cave of gold, and no matter how much money you have, you can't fill it.

You have only made a few children in the Western Regions over the years, and if you want to live a good life in Chang'an, it is difficult! Difficult! Difficult! Zhang Liang said three difficult words in a row, which frightened Han Dewang.

Thinking that it was better if the imperial court didn't transfer himself back at this time, otherwise he wouldn't be able to live in Chang'an.

The two chatted, and the steaming dumplings were served. It's a pity that there is no pork filling, so you can only use lamb instead. Dumplings, in fact, are not delicious when they are wrapped with lean meat. You have to have three layers of pork belly and chop up the dumplings to be called delicious.

Since it is in the Western Regions, everything can only be done. The two of them touched a cup and began to eat dumplings while talking about some interesting things about Chang'an or the Western Regions. Han Dewang is a talkative, talkative and funny. It was only the two of them talking, but they were very warm.

When the wine was hot, Han Dewang smiled strangely. slapped his face, and immediately walked in a few dancing girls who were dressed as if they weren't wearing them. Although Zhang Liang doesn't like the Western Regions Dancing Queen, he can't help it now. In my heart, I praised Han Dewang for being able to do things, and drank the grapes of the Western Regions, and his thoughts in that regard were particularly vigorous.

As soon as the melody of the turtle sounded, an earth-shattering roar was heard!