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The further north we went, the more desolate it became, and the vast expanses of primeval forest disappeared in favor of scattered trees and low shrubs, and in late autumn the half-man-tall weeds turned yellow and withered, and the earth became more and more desolate.

In this area, wild beasts are rarely infested, and the Shu soldiers who originally thought that they could hunt some tigers, leopards, wolves and insects as food were very disappointed, and if they were lucky, they could hunt some pheasants and hares, even if they had some gains. But the speed of the march of the army was extremely fast, except for a few short stops, the rest of the time was in a hurry, and there was not much time to stop hunting, not to mention that the daily expenditure of 30,000 troops was an astonishing amount, and a few pheasants and hares were not enough to even stuff their teeth.

In fact, the army marched north, has been sticking to the border of Shu to the north, over the snow mountain, and the Shu country of Wenshan County is also separated by only two or three hundred miles, at this moment the march north, from the two counties of Yinping Wudu, at most is only three or four hundred miles away, if the army turns to the northeast at this time, you can bypass the grassland, over the Minshan Mountain, to reach the Yinping County.

It's a pity that now Wenshan and Yinping have fallen, in their dangerous passes, the Wei army is stationed with men and horses, and it is not easy to pass, not to mention that bypassing Yinping is bound to startle the grass and snakes, which has a great impact on the plan of the surprise attack on Longxi, so Liu Yin can only lead the army to the north and pass through the vast grassland.

Although the road taken in the past few days was difficult and dangerous, it was also a solid road, and whether there was a battalion to open the road in front of it, the marching speed of the whole army was maintained well. Nine days. drove more than 700 miles. Slowly approaching the edge of the meadow.

Songpan grassland is located in the buffer zone of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Sichuan Basin, which is the mountain plain between the West Tilting Mountain, the Min Mountain and the Bayan Kala Mountain, with a vertical and horizontal length of more than 300 kilometers and an altitude of more than 3,500 meters. Even after 1,800 years, it was a real forbidden area for life.

The grassland that Liu Yin walked on in later generations has already been built on the road, although he walked on foot, but he walked along the road, and he did not feel the threat of life and death at all. What's more, the state of the grassland is very different from the current state of the grassland 1,800 years later. Liu Yin clearly felt that the current grassland area was wider than that of later generations, and it was a great challenge for the Shu army to get out of the grassland.

The army camped on the edge of the meadow in preparation for the final sprint.

All the food was distributed to the hands of individuals, and all the materials that should be discarded were discarded, and the current Shu army must travel lightly and set foot in this forbidden area of life.

Taking advantage of this time, Liu Yin and Zhang Le and Zhao Zhuo went to the grassland to check in person.

Looking from afar, but seeing the winding waterway ahead, the river network is dense, except for the gray-yellow low meadow that cannot be seen at a glance, there are no trees in sight, birds and beasts are extinct, deserted, the whole meadow is shrouded in the vast white mist, a dead silence.

"Wow," Zhang Le gasped and said, "Big brother, is there a road ahead of here?" I couldn't even find half a road in the swamp just by seeing the big swamp. ”

Liu Yin said solemnly: "The grassland is both a road and a road, and only by killing a bloody road from here can you reach Longxi." ”

Zhang Le was about to say something, and suddenly he noticed a burst of cooking smoke rising far away on the left - that's right, it's cooking smoke, although the fog around the grass is rising, but there is still a clear difference between cooking smoke and fog, the fog is white, and the cooking smoke is light black, which is particularly eye-catching, Zhang Le said in surprise: "Yo, there are people here, big brother, how about we go over and take a look?" ”

Liu Yin also saw the smoke, and couldn't help but be very curious, it stands to reason that after crossing the snow-capped mountain, he almost didn't see any people along the way, and he didn't expect to come to the edge of the grassland in the forbidden area of life, and actually saw someone living here, which was really much unexpected to Liu Yin.

In order to find out, Liu Yin and the others rode their horses to the west and rushed over in the direction where the cooking smoke rose.

Soon, several thatched huts came into view, although they were simple, but at a glance they could be seen to be man-made houses, there was no doubt that there must be people living in them, but Liu Yin was very curious, what kind of people had the courage to dare to live on the edge of the grassland.

The rapid sound of horses' hooves obviously also alarmed the people living in the grass hut, before Liu Yin and the others approached, they had already left the grass hut, stopped to watch, and looked at their clothes, it was the Qiang people Undoubtedly, suddenly there were so many people riding horses and swords, these Qiang people were very panicked.

Liu Yin jumped off the horse and said with a smile: "Don't be surprised, fellow countryman, we are the army of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty. ”

Those Qiang people didn't understand Liu Yin's words at all, and showed a strange look.

Fortunately, Ah Jian knew the Qiang language, stepped forward to communicate with those Qiang people, translated Liu Yin's words into Qiang language, and relayed them.

A Qiang general led by him was suspicious, and talked to Ah Jian for a long time, and Ah Jian reported to Liu Yinyu: "He is extremely suspicious of the young master's words, because no army has ever come here." ”

Liu Yin asked with interest: "Since there are no people here, where do you come from?" ”

The Qiang man explained that his ancestors had been living in the area of Longxi County in Yongzhou and Xiping County in Liangzhou, and that their tribe was forced to move south from Longxi to the south of the grassland due to the oppression of the government and the bullying of other tribes. In response to Liu Yin's question about why they lived on the edge of the grassland instead of choosing a place to the south, the Qiang people replied that although the conditions near the grassland were more difficult, there were few tigers and wolves and other fierce beasts here, and the further south they went, the higher the probability of the beasts appearing, so they still lived here with peace of mind.

The reason why these Qiang people live on the side of the grassland is obviously because they were bullied by the local officials in Longxi of Wei and forced to relocate, they would rather live near the deserted grassland than live in Longxi and Xiping, obviously the tyranny of Wei is more terrible than that of wolves and tigers.

However, knowing that they moved from Longxi County, Liu Yin couldn't help but show a face full of joy, since they were able to cross the grassland from Longxi to come here, it proves that they crossed the grassland, Liu Yin's army is short of guides, and it is really a lucky thing to meet people who have experience in crossing the grassland. (To be continued.) )