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Green Ridge, before the Han Dynasty, was called Buzhou Mountain.

The Classic of Mountains and Seas. There is such a record in the Great Wilderness West: Beyond the Northwest Sea, in the corner of the Great Wilderness, there are mountains that do not match, and the name is not good.

Qu Yuan, the great poet of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, in his "Lisao", has "The road is not thoughtful to turn to the left, and the West Sea is for a period." ".

Huainanzi? The "Astronomical Training" made a more magical description of the "Buzhou" of Buzhou Mountain: "In the past, Gonggong and Zhuan fought for the emperor, and they were angry and touched the mountain of Zhou, the heavenly pillar was broken, and the earth was destroyed. The sky tilts to the northwest, so the sun, moon and stars shift; The land is not in the southeast, so the water and dust return. ”

From these descriptions of the ancients, it can be known that before the Han Dynasty, most of the Central Plains people believed that the Green Ridge was the end of the earth, and beyond the Green Ridge was a piece of nothingness, or that the Green Ridge was simply insurmountable.

It is no wonder that the ancients thought so, after Yang Yi and their south Pearl River, they walked the Tulu Atidaban Pass, which is roughly the junction of the Green Mountains and the Tianshan Mountains, and the passing place is still undulating mountains, continuous, and the snow peaks stand in groups, towering into the clouds;

The mountain roads are rugged and narrow, sometimes one side is a cliff, and the other side is in the abyss, which can only accommodate two horses in parallel, and the road surface is uneven, but the stones on the road are smoothed by the thousands of years of passing merchants, and the slightest carelessness may slide into the deep valley, and there will be no recovery.

The mountains are full of strange mountains and strange rocks, strange flowers and plants, and there are many wild onions, which is probably the origin of the name of the green ridge.

There is a local folk song: 123 snow covers the mountain, 456 rain showers, 789 just go, 10 winter wax moon begins.

It can be seen from this ballad. Yang Yi and they have caught up with the good times, and it is now late July. After two days of wind and rain on the banks of the Pearl River, the weather became clearer. It's a crisp autumn.

5,000 men and horses trekked on the winding mountain road, walking very hard, but the soldiers knew that now it was equivalent to the return journey, and the time for the journey of thousands of miles finally came to go home, with high morale, quite a bit of thousands of rivers and mountains just waiting for leisure.

This is one of the main passages on the Silk Road over the Green Mountains, and if you want to go to Broken Leaves on the Southern Silk Road, you will go through the Tulu Atidaban Pass. For thousands of years, there have been countless business travelers passing through a mountain road, and there is a small post every dozens of miles on the mountain road for passing business travelers to rest;

The post house buildings are mostly made of stone, and there are only a few small stone houses in the narrow places, and if the terrain is more open, some small villages or markets are usually formed;

The herders of the mountains would come to these small markets with their souvenirs to exchange with passing traders for their daily necessities.

Of course, these small posts also became a pass to guard this important passage in wartime.

Yang Yi sent Miao to lead a thousand men and horses as the vanguard to attack these small post stations. How many troops can these little stations have? In addition, the capital of the Black Khanate, the Eight Thorns Shagon, was changed back to Yang Yi to be called Broken Leaf. The two jujubes in the Yu Xiaoyi House can and how strong the will to resist is.

But Miao Zhi's son of a bitch seems to be too heavy to go back with a grenade, and he can't throw it away sooner;

Yang Yi found that forty percent of the post stations he passed by had been blown up by him, and he couldn't help but be angry, was it necessary to throw so many grenades? Back to Shule, it has to be used to siege the city.

He hurriedly sent someone to scold Miao Zhu. That's how things change.

It took Yang Yi and his team nearly four days to walk from the Pearl River to the Tulu Atidaban Pass (the 'Turgaat Port' of China and Kyrgyzstan), but it took Yang Yi and them nearly four days to complete, which is equivalent to walking about 50 miles in one day;

If it is in the plains. The infantry can walk more than fifty miles in a day, and Yang Yi's five thousand men and horses are all cavalry. The speed was not faster than that of the infantry on the plains, which shows how rugged and difficult this mountain road is.

I finally arrived at the Tulu Atidaban Pass. There are still about three hundred miles from here to Shule, but the road is better, Yang Yi ordered the army to rest in the mountain pass for half a day;

What is the situation on Shule's side, there is still no knowing, there is a need to send scouts to investigate first, these days over the mountains and streams, after the Tulu Atida Pass and may have to enter the battle at any time, it is necessary to rest for half a day.

The tired Princess Adella leaned against a birch tree, the gauze on her head was blown by the mountain breeze on her face, and the beautiful outline was fully outlined, Yang Yi reached out and gently scraped it on the bridge of her nose, and said with a smile: "Don't cover it, come, drink saliva." ”

Adele lifted the scarf, glanced at him, took the water bladder he handed over, and took a small sip of water.

The mountains and white clouds behind her were blown by the mountain wind, surging and changing.

The altitude here should be more than 3,000 meters, and the sky is very blue, like a blue canvas, dotted with white clouds, which looks particularly clear.

The wind was always strong, blowing through the mountain pass, and Adele's dress was blown away, and it looked like her light body might be blown away by the mountain wind at any time.

"After defeating Shule, do you still want to attack Khotan?" Adella asked softly.

"Now the situation of Shule and Khotan is unknown, and it is difficult to say." Yang Yi replied casually, "What are you asking for?" ”

Adella sighed lightly: "If you still want to attack Khotan, you won't pass through Xizhou again." ”

Yang Yi quietly thought in his heart, it turned out that this was the case, although the homeland no longer exists, but Adele's desire to pass through Xizhou is not difficult to understand, and her mother and younger brother are still detained in Xizhou, so they are naturally worried in their hearts.

Yang Yi gently held one of her jade hands and said, "If possible, I promise you to go back to Beijing by Xizhou as much as possible, if you can't pass through Xizhou, I will have someone take your mother and brother to Guazhou in advance, and we will meet them there." ”

"Hmm." Adella answered, her eyes fell on the continuous peaks in the distance, the top of the mountain is covered with snow all the year round, reflecting colorful light in the sun, there is a fairyland of Ruoyaotai, but Adella's eyes are faintly melancholy.

After resting at the Tulu Atidaban Pass, the army continued its march south early the next morning.

After another day, there were still more than two hundred miles away from Shule City, and finally the news from Shule came:

Chong Jianzhong was leading an army to attack the city of Shule, and Hassan's eldest son, Amat, gathered all the forces around Shule, totaling more than 10,000 horses. The trapped beasts are still fighting, and they are defending the city of Shule.

Yang Yi, who got the news, was very happy. Finally, there is a kind of news that is being built, and it is good that this guy is not completely wiped out.

As for how he hit Shule. None of this is known yet. Yang Yi was happy, and ordered the army to march in a hurry and rush to Leshu to join Chongjianzhong as soon as possible.

Shule City was once the capital of the Eastern Black Khanate, the economic and cultural center of the Eastern Black Khanate, and the junction of the north and south of the Silk Road.

The Kizil River, which flows through Shule, nourishes a large area of oases, rich in water and grass, rich in rice, millet, hemp, wheat, melons and fruits, and is one of the most densely populated areas in the Western Regions. As long as Shule City is defended, Amat does have the capital to hold on.

It took another two days. Shule City finally appeared in front of you, the city wall of more than two zhang high makes this big city in the Western Regions look very majestic, the city leads the water of the Kizil River as a moat, and the defense system is complete.

When he learned that Yang Yi had returned with the army, he was overjoyed and came to greet him in person;

The two armies met, and the soldiers were very excited and cheered, whether they knew each other or not. rushed up and hugged each other and shouted and laughed, and many iron-clad strong men even shed tears, and the scene was very sensational.

When Yang Yi and Chong Jianzhong met, they were even more emotional, and everyone was full of dust. Yang Yi fought for thousands of miles, went north to Liaodong, and crossed Mobei. The western expedition to break the leaves, such a feat is unprecedented.

It's not easy to build. With little support from the imperial court and the defection of the Uighurs and other tribes in Xizhou, they fought hard in the Western Regions. Nine deaths and one life, and now with more than 10,000 tired soldiers, he has captured Khotan and Ya'er all the way, and the soldiers are under the city of Shule.

"Adult........." Chong Jianzhong called, there were a thousand words in his heart, and he didn't know where to start for a while.

Yang Yi also had a feeling of 'going to the countryside like a rotten Ke person', he took a long breath before saying: "Tell me about the situation in the Western Regions first, let's go, let's talk while we go." ”

While luring him back to his big tent, Chong Jianzhong said: "My lord, the lower officials have failed to live up to the expectations of the adults, and they are really shameless, and the 20,000 troops brought out from Guazhou have now lost nearly half, and they have also caused the Western Uighurs and other tribes to defect, and the two states of Gua and Sha have fallen, and the lower officials are really guilty.............

Yang Yi waved his hand and said: "Now is not the time to say this, the Xizhou Uighurs have defected, I can't blame you all, I am also responsible." ”

"My lord, the fall of the Uighurs in Xizhou, Gua and Sha has nothing to do with the adults, one person does things and one person bears the responsibility, this matter is only to blame the lower officials for being too eager for quick success, and not thinking about it thoroughly, the court will be held accountable in the future, and the final general will be led by one person."

"Let's not talk about this for a while, fortunately, the situation is improving now, and under the great victory of Liaodong and the Western Regions, there is always room for a turn in this matter, and I will go around when I return to Beijing;

However, you have to be mentally prepared, it is inevitable that the court will make some punishments, I mean, you take the initiative to petition for guilt first, and then I will help you seek the position of the general of Broken Leaf Town after returning to Beijing, you will go to Broken Leaf Town to guard for three or two years;

When things get lighter, I'll find another job for you, to be honest, the situation over there is complicated, and now Liu Wu is staying with 5,000 men and horses, I really can't rest assured, it's better for you to go.

"The kindness of the adults will be remembered in the end, and everything is up to the adults."

"Well, tell me how you got to Shule."

Chong Jianzhong sorted out his thoughts for a moment, and then said: "After Hassan led the army back to aid Shule, the last general returned from Ya'er to attack Khotan City, and defeated the army of more than 10,000 Black Khans who returned from Hexi;

After learning that the Lord had led his army to capture Beiting and Xizhou, the Yellow-headed Uighurs, Caotou Tatars, and Achaibu were greatly alarmed, and they successively sent their troops back to their own territories, and sent envoys to the Great Song Dynasty to make peace;

The last general was about to turn back to attack the Yellow Uighurs, but soon received a report that General Yang Zhi had led his army to Guazhou, and at the same time Yao Xiong's several thousand men and horses were also approaching Guazhou, so the last general did not return to attack the Yellow Uighurs, but came all the way west to attack the city of Ya'er and other cities;

Now the soldiers have besieged Shule for two days, but Amat in the city stubbornly resisted and did not surrender, and it was difficult to take it for a while. ”

Yang Yi was happy to hear this, and said happily: "That's inevitable, Hassan is in my hands now, wait for someone to escort him to the city and go around, I don't believe it, seeing Hassan, how tenacious the resistance of the defenders in the city can be." ”.

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