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Chapter 178 Shanshan (add 22 for Fengrui red envelope)

well!Hu Biao, who suddenly fell from his horse, was not dead as the commander who had rushed to the street.

It's just that the guy who rushed into the enemy's line first, suffered a lot from the attacks of the dismounted bandits in a short time; thanks to the protection of his high-quality armor, he didn't have any fatal wounds.

The problem is, it really hurts!

In the middle of the battle, he was able to persevere reluctantly, but once he found out that the victory was decided, he couldn't bear it completely.

As soon as he felt relieved, he fell to the ground and passed out immediately.

When Ah Li and Feng Rui saw this, they beat their horses desperately and rushed to the front and back of Hu Biao, without even getting off their horses to take a good look.

Just looking at the piece of armor on this guy's body is not damaged, and the chest rises and falls quite regularly, you can judge a little more:
Don't panic, this death rush is nothing serious.

The fact is indeed the same, after being carried under a Populus euphratica tree by four rookies including Wu Zu, Er Fatty, Lecturer, and Zhan Xiang.

But after taking off his armor and feeding him a little Huoxiangzhengqi water, Hu Biao woke up leisurely after a minute or two.

According to the patient's statement: Except for the tightness in the chest, all other problems disappeared...

It's night, considering that after many days of traveling, all the horses in the team are already in a state of exhaustion.

The most important thing is that Xu Feng and the others got a lot of good news after interrogating several horse bandit captives.

For example: Among the many horse bandits, only the 'A Piece of Sky' group of horse bandits is more clever, or they are courting their own death and stuck in the canyon waiting for them to come.

Even Zahar was able to monopolize this great credit from the Huns.

They all deliberately avoided other horse bandits and sand bandits, and came to this area secretly, declaring to the outside world that they had no chance to go to other places to make a fortune.

So don't look at the horse thieves who participated in "A Piece of Sky", they have been scattered and fled around.

However, it will be at least three days before they are met by other horse bandits and sand bandits, and they learn the news that the Han envoys have detoured.

So, in the past three days, this small messenger team was actually very safe.

Even in the later time, when the other horse bandits caught up, they were just eating ashes behind Hu Biao and others, and they couldn't catch up at all.

Therefore, when Hu Biao and Hu Yitong reported the latest news to Ban Chao and Guo Xun.

The two discussed for a while, and then made a decision that made everyone happy: according to the original plan, they will continue to camp near the spring in the canyon tonight.

Take a good night's rest here, wait until tomorrow morning to recover, and then hurry up.

After such a decision was made, everyone cheered; because tonight, Hu Biao and others could finally take a good bath.

That spring, which doesn't even have a name, is actually a small pond of about ten square meters.

Although the depth and water storage capacity are very good, it is absolutely impossible to go in for a bath or something; fortunately, it is enough for everyone to use, and it is completely possible to fetch water for bathing.

Good guy!Anyway, after Hu Biao washed eleven buckets of water that night, he then rinsed the spring water on his body, so that it would not be black water.

Of course, the same goes for everyone else.

One or the other is extremely dirty, so don't laugh at the eldest.

That night, in order to celebrate such a victory that was almost like turning a corner today, Hu Biao asked Huang Yizhi to buy some food so that everyone could have a good meal.

To be honest, Huang Yizhi's craftsmanship is really mediocre, and he doesn't have any good ingredients at hand, only some horse meat that died in battle is still fresh.

However, Huang Yizhi added some big ingredients successfully brought over from the modern plane.

A total of several large pots of horse meat, boiled in thick oil and red sauce, made everyone who gnawed on pancakes for a few days eat it with a smile on their faces...

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Early the next morning, the envoys set off again.

Because in yesterday's battle, they seized another 56 war horses. In this way, all the people in the messenger group had at least one person with three horses, or even four horses.

In this way, they only need to use one of them to carry various supplies and equipment, and the remaining two or three horses can be used for riding in rotation.

Immediately, the speed at which everyone moved forward became even faster.

And just as Ma San, an old soldier who used to be the guardian of Anxi, said the same thing in his mouth; after arriving here, he is not far from Shanshan.

As their horseshoes kept leaving the Gobi Desert behind, the green vegetation in front of them became denser and denser.

Relying on the speed of the horse, after only one and a half days, a vast lake appeared in front of their eyes, and this is the famous Lop Nur in later generations.

Because the Kongque River has not been diverted, it can still get a lot of water replenishment.

Therefore, the water in the lake is very clear, and you can see several catties, or even tens of catties, of big fish jumping out of the water from time to time; they are not afraid of people, and they can easily stab them with a long spear standing on the shore.

Seeing this, the group of goods didn't care if they couldn't finish eating, so they made a bunch of them ashore at once.

To tell the truth, if Hu Biao and others hadn't checked the information in the modern plane, they couldn't believe that the big lake with lush water and grass in front of them would actually represent the death-like Lop Nur in later generations.

In the next few days, everyone who was a little nauseated from eating horse meat ate enough of grilled fish, boiled fish, and braised fish in different ways.

The main reason is that these fish without any pollution are of excellent quality in terms of fish meat. Even if they are boiled in clear water and added with a little salt, they taste very good.

The only regret is that Hu Biao eats fish without chili, and it has no soul at all.

Fortunately, this kind of regret did not linger in Hu Biao's heart for long; it was not because they found peppers in the Western Regions in the Han dynasty, which are currently only available in the American continent.

It is the Shanshan Kingdom, which has finally arrived...

Shanshan Kingdom, if such a name is put in later generations, many people may feel it is very strange; but if you mention his other name 'Loulan', you will immediately express it like a thunder.

In fact, it was only called Loulan in BC, and it became the Shanshan Kingdom in AD.

To be more specific, it is that Ban Chao's predecessor, the famous Fu Jiezi of the Western Han Dynasty, beheaded King Loulan who was planning to join the Huns at that time, and by the way changed his name to Shanshan Kingdom.

Shanshan is located on the main road of the Silk Road, and its geographical location is quite important.

But in terms of strength, it is not so good.

During a certain break, Hu Biao heard Guo Xun and Ban Chao talk about it, which can be regarded as Dahan's official understanding of this place:

"Shanshan Kingdom, whose real name is Loulan, Wang Zhinicheng, went to Yangguan for 570 miles, and went to Chang'an 12 miles. There were [-] households, [-] mouths, and [-] victorious soldiers."

The purpose of Ban Chao's visit this time is to reunite the Western Regions.

Because since Wang Mang's rebellion, the troops of the great Han had to shrink from the Western Regions. As a result, this place has become the sphere of influence of the Huns.

In order to defeat the Huns, they must not be able to borrow the manpower and material resources of the Western Regions.

Therefore, although a small country like Shanshan in the Western Regions is not big, but the number is extremely large, it belongs to some forces that need to be united...

(End of this chapter)