King Yuli immediately promised Jiang Hao to lend 2,000 cavalry, and at the same time prepare a month's grain and grass, and the king of the mountain country saw that he could not be left behind, so he gritted his teeth and promised to borrow 2,000 soldiers to prepare a month's grain and grass.

Windfall, Jiang Hao originally only wanted to borrow a thousand troops from the mountain country to be satisfied, but he didn't expect the mountain country to give an extra thousand.

Jiang Hao smiled at the two kings and said, "Don't worry, the two lords, you borrowed troops this time, and I will let you get double the benefits in the future." ”

In this way, in less than a month, Jiang Hao had 6,500 soldiers in his hands, which had exceeded his expectations.

After waiting for seven days, the lords of the two countries each sent their armies, and they were all led by the princes of various countries, which is good, Jiang Hao's men and horses have their own people, all of them are princes of various countries, Jiang Hao said before that there are as many princes as dogs is really not wrong at all.

Jiang Hao set off again with the coalition army, interrupting the road along the Silk Road, and heading all the way to the most famous Loulan country in the Western Regions by the Peacock River.

"Miss Loulan, where are you going, the road ahead is too far, the wind is too wild, you are the bride of my dreams......"

The west wind whistled through the desert, and the setting sun hung over the Tianshan Mountains.

The wind rose, the wind and sand rose, which could cover people's eyes, and the army was struggling to move forward, and after a while, a scout rode over, came to Jiang Hao's side and reported loudly: "General, fifty miles ahead is the Loulan Kingdom, we have already made contact with the patrol of the Loulan Kingdom, and the other party said, let us move forward slowly, they are going to inform the king." ”

Jiang Hao nodded, they didn't hide their bodies in the first place, it was good to know, it was up to King Loulan to choose.

The team continued to move forward slowly, there were more than ten miles of advance, and a team of about thirty or forty people suddenly appeared in front, including those in Loulan official uniforms, the team came over quickly, the officials dismounted, and came to Jiang Hao to stroke his chest and salute, "I have seen Dadu Hu, and the king asked me to greet Dadu Hu's team." ”

"Oh, what does King Loulan have to say?" Jiang Hao asked.

"My king has invited his army into the city to rest, and has invited most of his men into the king's palace for a feast, and the king has prepared wine and lambs." The official said.

Hehe, this King of Loulan is really on the road, "Okay, I'm just about to meet King Loulan, let's lead the way." ”

After entering Loulan City, a team of nearly 7,000 people was led to a square to rest, and someone sent water and dry food, while Jiang Hao took a few of his subordinates and a few princes to the Loulan Palace for a banquet.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the palace, he saw a group of people standing at the door to greet him, Jiang Hao looked at the middle-aged man standing in the middle, and recognized it as the current King of Loulan at a glance.

"Jiang Hao has seen King Loulan." Since the other party was so polite, Jiang Hao also saluted respectfully.

King Loulan's face was full of smiles, "I heard that most of the soldiers are coming, this king is not very happy, and he specially set up a banquet in the palace. ”

Everyone came to the palace hall and sat on the carpet, which was already full of all kinds of Western Regions delicacies, and there were Loulan beauties around with wine jugs to serve, and Jiang Hao introduced the people brought by King Loulan one by one.

Princess Qiuzi, Prince Yanqi, Yu Li and Prince Shan, several military candidates under him, etc., King Loulan all smiled at him, "I don't know what happened to Du Hu this time?" King Loulan asked.

Jiang Hao said bluntly: "Borrow troops, defeat the Huns, and return stability to the Western Regions." ”

When the king of Loulan heard this, he slapped his palms suddenly, "Okay, I Loulan strongly supports this move, the Han court manages the Western Regions, and my Loulan lives a happy life, but the Huns sent people to let us pay heavy taxes and stir up relations between countries, which is obviously to squeeze us to death. ”

"Loulan is a small country, with a population of only 13,000 and 3,000 soldiers, I am willing to lend 1,000 soldiers to Duhu, and at the same time support Duhu to protect all soldiers and horses for a month. King Loulan said.

Jiang Haoxin said, this King of Loulan is really a big man.

"Loulan King Gaoyi, I, Jiang Hao, am endlessly grateful." Jiang Hao raised his glass and said.

"Okay, let's raise a glass together."

I didn't expect it to be so smooth, King Loulan took the initiative to send troops and food, you know, now Jiang Hao has 8,000 soldiers and horses, and a month's food is not a small number.

However, Loulan is indeed rich, Loulan is located in the west of Lop Nur, in the hub of the Western Regions, occupies an extremely important position on the ancient Silk Road, only 150 miles away from Yumen Pass, the silk and tea of the Han Dynasty, the horses, grapes, jewelry, etc., are traded through Loulan, as a trade route, naturally rich.

Jiang Hao ordered to rest for a few days and hurry, and also gave Loulan time to prepare soldiers and horses, grain and grass, and had nothing to do, Jiang Hao took the little secretary to the head of Loulan City, looked at the rolling yellow sand outside the city, and suddenly heard a piano sound,

Jiang Hao sighed: "In the song, I heard the willows, and I thought about the old garden, in this vast desert, the lonely city in the Western Regions, I can hear the song "The Willows in the Old Garden", which makes people feel a little nostalgic!" ”

Di Linaza looked at Jiang Hao and asked, "Does the general have any relatives in Dahan?" ”

"It's gone." Jiang Hao shook his head.

In the memory of Jiang Hao's body, he was originally a homeless person, later joined the army, and then was sent to the Western Regions, and was slowly promoted to the position of military waiter, and there were no relatives in the Han Dynasty.

"Hehe, don't talk about that,"

Jiang Hao pointed to the distance and said: "Loulan is the hub of the Silk Road, go to the middle section, pass through Yuli, Shanguo, and you Qiuzi, Wensu, Shule and out of the Western Regions, this is the golden road of the Silk Road, all the way at the foot of the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and the distance is the shortest. ”

"From Loulan to the north, through Gaochang, Cheshi and other countries, through the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains out of the Western Regions."

"From here to the south, take the Altun Mountain, the northern foot of the Kunlun Mountain, pass through the Ruoqiang Kingdom, the Xiaowan Kingdom, the Late Kingdom, the Jingjue Kingdom, the Khotanese Kingdom to the Shache Kingdom, and then the Shule Kingdom out of the Western Regions."

"Next, I considered two plans, one is to go directly to Qiuci in the middle lane, and the inside and outside should join forces to attack Qiuci, and the other is to take the south road, continue to collect troops all the way and then attack Shache directly, which plan do you think is better?" Jiang Hao looked at Princess Di Linaza and asked.

Di Linaza thought about it for a moment and looked up at Jiang Hao, "Which one is beneficial to you, I know that your goal is definitely not just to defeat Shache, I always feel that Shache is nothing in your eyes." ”

Jiang Hao shook his head with a smile and said, "Princess Dina, you really look up to me, there are thousands of soldiers and horses in Shacha, how can it be nothing in my eyes." ”

"No, that's the feeling you gave me, in fact, you haven't paid too much attention to Shache, and you don't take defeating him as your goal, I now feel that your goal is the entire Western Regions, not just Qiuzi and Shache." Dina said with certainty.

Jiang Hao's eyes suddenly became sharp, and he reached out to hook the woman's chin, Jiang Hao's action made Princess Dina stunned, and she was so frightened that she didn't dare to move, and as Jiang Hao's hand was retracted, she didn't follow by herself.

The faces of the two men drew closer and closer, and Princess Dina's big eyes flickered in fright, and her long eyelashes fluttered like two butterflies.

Just when the two of them could breathe each other's breath, Jiang Hao finally stopped, Jiang Hao stared at Princess Dina's eyes, and said in a fierce tone: "Woman, my biggest secret has finally been discovered by you, so you must be prepared to be imprisoned by me for the rest of your life." ”

Di Linaza was indeed frightened by Jiang Hao just now, but after listening to his words, she knew that this man was teasing herself, the two were so close that they were almost stuck together, and the distance between her lips had reached the point where she could touch them as long as she pouted, Princess Dina's face immediately turned red, and she immediately avoided it in fright.

"Hahahaha~~~" Jiang Hao smiled heartily.

"You haven't answered my question yet?" Jiang Hao continued to ask.

Princess Dilinaza hesitated for two seconds, struggled in her heart, and finally said, "Take the south road, I think it will be more beneficial to your plan to take the south road." ”

Jiang Hao was slightly surprised by Di Linaza's choice, she was always anxious to return to the country, if she took the southern road, I am afraid that this time would increase for a long time.

"Take the South Road and take a detour to Shache, this way, I'm afraid it will take about half a year more." Jiang Hao said.

"I know, but I feel that in this way, your strength will be stronger, and it will also let more countries in the Western Regions know about your existence, which will be more beneficial to your future plans." Di Linaza looked at Jiang Hao and said seriously.

Jiang Hao showed a smile on his face, leaned closer and said, "You are really a clever girl, can I kiss you." ”

Di Linaza hurriedly dodged and jumped away, and said angrily: "I know that you have been holding back bad thoughts, hum." ”

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A long procession was kicking in front of the long, and after a few days of short rest in Loulan, with seven thousand five hundred cavalry and sufficient supplies, the Hanyang coalition army set off again, and at this moment was rushing to the next country, Ruoqiang.

"Chirp~"

An eagle's chirp sounded in the sky, and a huge golden eagle swooped down from the sky, Jiang Hao raised his arm, and the golden eagle landed steadily on his arm.

Untied the leather bag on his paws and took out a letter from it, Jiang Hao read it and handed it to Di Linaza next to him, "The news from Su Mu, Samoyed sent him a message, they have successfully infiltrated Qiuci and started to investigate various situations, as I expected before, after Shache occupied Qiuci, those generals who surrendered were all weakened by their military power. ”

"The current king of Qiuci is the former prince of Shache, and the country of Shache left 6,000 Shache cavalry in Qiuci, and 12,000 Qiuci soldiers were surrendered, hehe, the situation is very complicated." Jiang Hao said with a smile.

Although Jiang Hao left Tashi, he let Su Mu stay there, as an intelligence transfer station, the desert is vast and thousands of miles away, such a distance may be a moat for people, but for the golden eagle, it is only a few hours of travel.

Because, the golden eagle is the most flightable of the known birds, and has no natural predators in the air, can fly at an altitude of several kilometers, and can climb almost all mountains.

Such a messenger is much stronger than a pigeon, and the only drawback is that it is not easy to domesticate, but this is not a problem for Jiang Hao at all.

The team moved forward and it took only one day to enter the boundary of "Ruoqiang", the first country on the South Silk Road.

Before entering the capital of Ruoqiang, Jiang Hao saw a river in front of him, the river water was clear and the sediment at the bottom of the river could be seen, the surrounding vegetation was luxuriant, the army camped on the river bank to rest, watching those soldiers drink horses and water, wash rice and cook, Jiang Hao thought in his heart, I don't know if they will get pregnant and give birth to babies one by one after drinking this water from the mother river.

If they all give birth to babies, then he will immediately change from 8,000 to 16,000, and it will expand rapidly.

Ha ha

That's right, this river is the mother river, that is, the Zimu River in Journey to the West, and the Ruoqiang country in front is the daughter country recorded in Journey to the West.

Ruoqiang has always been a matriarchal society, this situation continued until the Tang Dynasty still existed, and was later destroyed by the Tubo State, fled to the Gaochang State to re-establish the country, still called Nu Ruoqiang.

Interestingly, in modern times, the railway station in Ruoqiang County was directly named Daughter Country Station.

By the way, it is said that when Zhou Mu Tianzi traveled west, he came to Kunlun Mountain to see the Queen Mother of the West, and it seems that he should have seen Queen Ruoqiang, is this to understand that the king of the daughter country in Journey to the West has no ability, but he is such a powerful baby, the strongest monster pipa spirit in Journey to the West, dare to pierce it, Guanyin is afraid, Sun Wukong really can't beat her, but he can't hurt the daughter king, because ah, this is the hometown of the Queen Mother of the West, and that treasure is left by the Queen Mother of the West.

Hey, thinking of this, Jiang Hao suddenly realized that the difficulty of the daughter country was not without a history, it was a checkpoint set by the queen mother, worthy of being the head of the fairy, so powerful that he almost broke Tang Seng's ninth boy body.

What is it so powerful to eat Tang Seng meat, if you suck the true essence of Tang Seng 9th Child, then it is called really awesome.

"Plop!"

The river in front of Jiang Hao was suddenly thrown a stone, splashing a splash, splashing Jiang Hao's face, pulling Jiang Hao back from his cranky thoughts, Jiang Hao turned around to look, and saw that his little secretary was looking up at the sky and pretending to be fine.

Jiang Hao suddenly wanted to tease her, and said: "I heard that Queen Ruoqiang is beautiful, gentle and affectionate, and loves heroes the most, you said that if I enter the palace at night, can I burrow her deeply." ”

The little secretary turned around and glared at Jiang Hao with a pair of big eyes, "I heard that the current queen is almost forty years old, with countless faces, and she likes the strong the most. ”

After speaking, Jiang Hao glanced at Jiang Hao with disdain, turned around and left.

Jiang Hao smiled in the back.

Speaking of Ruoqiang, it was very small, only about 3,000 people, and the available soldiers were only 500, and when they arrived in Ruoqiang, Jiang Hao saw the queen with red bird feathers, and accepted Ruoqiang's dedication of food and some dry food.

Jiang Hao met with the queen and told him his ideas, and in the end, the queen still supported a hundred soldiers.

There are not many people, and Jiang Hao wants this name.

Xiaowan Country, and the End Country, and the Exquisite Country, these are all small countries on the South Road, Jiang Hao walked all the way, and each country stayed for a day or two, whether it was because of voluntariness or compulsion, anyway, Jiang Hao got a hundred soldiers in these small countries, and when they arrived in Khotan, the Hanyang army officially reached 8,000 people.

Khotan is a strong country in the South Road of the Western Regions, with a population of about 20,000 and 4,000 soldiers.

When he walked to the territory of Khotan, only 20 kilometers away from the capital of Khotan, he stopped by a grassland river, ordered to camp on the spot to recuperate, and at the same time sent people to Khotan.

When the king of Khotan saw Jiang Hao's letter, his brows furrowed deeply, "The world has unforeseen blessings and unjustified disasters, hey, I am stable in Khotan, and now it seems that I will still be involved in it." ”

The eldest prince, who was named the general of the Khotanese chariot cavalry, took the letter handed by the king and read it, and said: "Father, can't we stay out of the matter? ”

"I'm afraid not, most of the capital guards united the soldiers of more than a dozen countries to attack Shache, we are near the Shache country, they are likely to use Khotan as a base to attack Shache, and then we will be behind the Hanyang army, in order to avoid the enemy on their backs, the first thing they have to clean up must be us, in order to stabilize the rear." The king of Khotan said.

"Then let's take root in Shache?" The eldest prince said.

"Defect to Shache, Shache is a domineering thing, and we also have many disagreements, often because of territorial disputes, how can we take refuge in Shache." The king of Khotan looked at his son unhappily and said.

At this time, the eldest prince smiled, "Father, then what else do you have to hesitate about, since their target is Shache, we are not in agreement with Shache, why don't you join the coalition to fight together." ”

The king of Khotan shook his head gently, "What I'm worried about is not Shache but the Huns, the Huns are powerful, how can our small country resist, one is not good, I have the disaster of overthrowing the country in Khotan." ”

"But father, the Huns also issued a tax notice to us before, so high tax burden, how can we afford it, since we have this opportunity now, we might as well fight against the Huns together with the Duhufu, it may not be impossible to win." The eldest prince said.

The king of Khotan thought for a moment and sighed,

"Well, my father is old, the king's position will be handed over to you sooner or later, and this matter will be handed over to you with full authority, and you will go to see that General Jiang Hao tomorrow."

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