Chapter 1391 White Sparrow
??Finally passed through the **** land of Tohuluo, and ahead of us was the land in the far west that Zhang Zuokong mentioned back then, Lanshi City...
??Bai Que took a long breath and smiled.
Lan''s City.
In the deserts of Central Asia, whoever controls the oasis is the winner. Lanshi City is just on the west side of the Tochar Basin, at the northern foot of the Hindu Kush Mountains, and at the dividing point between the middle and lower reaches of the Amu Darya River Basin. If a straight line is connected between Lanshi City and Tiemenguan, the passage from the Tochar Basin to Persia and Central Asia can be blocked.
Of course, no regime that has occupied Lanshi City has the intention to build spears on this key channel like China did, because it is enough to only occupy the dotted oases in the desert.
?Zhang Qian once arrived here when he was on an envoy to the Western Regions. Originally this was the capital of the Daxia Kingdom, but now it belongs to the Kushan Empire.
Kushan was originally one of the branches of the Dayue clan. The rest of the Dayue clan were divided into four Xihous: Xiumi, Shuangmi, Zhidun and Gaofu. At first, they also drank the same as Kushan and maintained a certain However, in the 1st century AD, the Kushan Jihou conquered the other four Xihous and established the huge Kushan Kingdom.
After the Kushan Empire ruled the Western Regions such as Sogdiana, Bactria, Kabul, Jishashiluo, Gandhara, Jibin and so on, the Kushan Empire naturally became bolder and continued to expand to Hekhtar. Late controlled the entire Hezhong area and controlled Kangju and Dawan, and then came into contact with the Han Dynasty in the east.
At first, the Kushan Empire tried to make peace with the Han Dynasty, but was rejected by the Han Dynasty. It immediately sent 70,000 troops to attack the Han Dynasty. However, it was defeated by the Han army in the Western Regions led by Ban Chao. Seeing that the situation was not good, he immediately knelt down and hugged his thigh. . At that time, Ban Chao didn''t know what the Kushan Empire was like. He just knew that it was originally a branch of the Dayue clan, so he was a little wary, so he agreed to the Kushan Empire''s request for peace.
Today, the Kushan Empire is ruled by Hubisaka II, but what is very interesting is that when the Han Dynasty was in civil strife, the Kushan Empire, which had been staring at the Han Dynasty with eager eyes, also fell into chaos and decline. …
Bai Que sat under a tree, licked the brush in his mouth, moistened the dry tip, and then wrote a few words on the wooden tablet he carried with him.
Bai Que was originally a Black Mountain bandit, but the Bai family name comes from the surname Ying. When Qin Wu Gong died, Gongzi Bai failed to succeed him. Wu Gong''s half-brother De Gong took the throne from Gongzi Bai and Pingyang. The title was given to Young Master Bai. After the death of Prince Bai, his descendants took Bai as their surname.
?Hence, Bai Que is also a person who fell into Heishan due to fate, and became a close guard of the commander-in-chief Zhang Yan. After Zhang Yan''s death, Baique followed the instructions of General Zhengxi, followed the vague marks left by Zhang Qian and Ban Chao, and carried a map with a random scale, and followed the Qiang people to the west with several Montenegrins. , all the way to the west...
After arriving in Dawan, the Qiang people were not prepared to move forward because the Qiang people also knew that the Kushan Empire was to the west, and the Kushan Empire was not very friendly towards the Han Dynasty, so the Qiang people would rather store their goods in Dawan. Wanguo sold it and then turned around.
??But Baique felt that he still had to go west, because Baique had not found anything like what General Zhengxi said...
??So Bai Que persuaded everyone and told them that if they go back empty-handed now, they are still guilty, so they might as well give it a try. If they really find those things, it will be very different immediately.
After all, Fei Qian, the general who conquered the West, almost said with certainty that as long as they find what they need and bring it back, they will not only be exempted from guilt, but they will also be given an official title immediately!
?Under interests, although everyone had some differences, they finally agreed to follow Baique to continue westward.
To the west of Dawan is the area of ??the Tohulu people. In the Tohulu area, Baique transformed from a Black Mountain commander to an envoy of the Han Dynasty.
Ordinary businessmen will only make these poor and crazy guys shine green in the eyes. Only through the reputation of the big man can these foreigners be somewhat fearful.
In front of the Tohulu people who call themselves "akni", although people like Bai Que look dusty and embarrassed, the prestige of the Han Dynasty is still very important. It was better not to worry about it, and did not delve into the identities of Bai Que and others.
The Tohura people seemed to be quite afraid of Dayue Kingdom to the west. When they got here, they pointed out the direction of Lanshi City, and then they were unwilling to be the guides of Bai Que and others, so they turned around and went back. They seemed a little afraid, but also It''s like he doesn''t want to cause trouble.
Bai Qiao can understand, because from what he saw when he passed the gathering place of the Tohuro people, these Tohuro people are even poorer than the Huns and Wuhuan people, and they don''t have much ability to defend themselves, weapons and so on. It is also extremely crude, so as a weak nomadic tribe, it is naturally unwilling to have any conflict with the powerful country around it...
?Although Baique believes that the Han Dynasty is still the strongest, the Guishan Dayue Kingdom may not be able to compare with the Han Dynasty...
The Kushan people had dealt with the big man before, but now the Kushans themselves were in a mess, like a house covered in mud, with cracks and air leaks everywhere, so when they learned that the big man actually sent When the messenger came, he showed great interest.
??Baiqiao actually met a person who claimed to be from the Qin royal family here in Lan City...
Marcus Julius.
?This guy with a tongue-in-cheek name claims to be a member of Caesar''s family. But of course this guy couldn''t tell Bai Qiao that ever since Caesar was killed by sixty strong men in an indescribable mass incident in the square, the Julius family has been in ruins.
Just like Liu Bei never forgets that he is the descendant of Prince Jing of Zhongshan, Marcus also misses the glory of Julius in those days, so he dug out a volume in his old house at home that is said to be the story of Caesar''s sojourn in the East. The parchments left over from that time say that there are countless treasures in the East...
Marcus handed over the scroll to the Presbyterian Council, but was scorned by the Presbyterian Council, saying that Marcus had bad intentions and created fake scrolls in an attempt to deceive the empire''s elders. Not only did they confiscate Marcus''s scrolls, but they also Marcus was sentenced to exile.
?However, Marcus was not a person willing to give in, so he found an opportunity to escape from Rome and followed the guidance of the parchment in his memory to the Lanshi City of the Kushan Empire.
?Here, Marcus met a real oriental person, Bai Que.
To Bai Que, this man with a difficult-to-pronounce name seems to be more interested in the big man than the Kushan people. He even said that he can speak multiple languages, has a very deep understanding of the country to the west, and is willing to provide some help to Bai Que. , in exchange for following Baique, you can visit the Han Dynasty in the future...
So Bai Que kept this man here. This yellow-haired monster seemed to be carefully observing every move of Bai Que and others, and whenever he had time, he worked hard to learn Chinese with several other Han people. Of course, this tall-nosed, white-skinned man Huang Mao, a terribly ugly guy, stubbornly believes that he should have a Chinese name that has connotations.
?Horse belly, this is the Chinese name Bai Que gave Marcus because he disliked his name as being too talkative. Marcus felt very happy, because horses are important partners of humans, and their stomachs are important organs, so they represent the importance White Bird attaches to him...
"The women here are pretty good..." Madu said to Baique in a low voice, licking his lips, with a light in his eyes that can only be experienced by men, "I know there is a place in the city..." followed Baique. The eyes of the Black Mountain people also began to glow with green light, and then they cast the green light on Bai Que.
?This journey along can be imagined to be difficult. In the face of the harshness of nature, sometimes people are really fragile, so it is necessary to relax appropriately...
Bai Que reached out and touched in his arms, then took out a few gold leaves, threw them to a Black Mountain man aside, and said: "You guys have agreed to go in two waves... If you want to buy something to eat and drink, just buy it." , If you are willing to find a woman, go find a woman..."
"Where are you, Commander?" The Black Mountain people took the golden leaves and asked happily, "Would you like to bring one back to the Commander?"
??Bai Que kicked the guard and said, "Get out."
The people in Montenegro laughed and laughed together, and then divided into two groups. After making an appointment, some people left first.
??The white bird is still sitting under the tree, holding a pen and thinking about something.
As long as he has free time, it seems that it has become a habit for Bai Que to do something. Perhaps only in this way, Bai Que will not inadvertently forget the Han Chinese characters he remembered from his childhood while running around...
"The seventh year of Chuping..." Bai Que wrote a few words and scratched his head in distress, "How many days are there in January? Who cares, go to Lanshi City and see the guard of Guishang City..."
??Bai Que wrote roughly, then read it again, put away the pen and ink, and looked up to the east.
??Now in Han Dynasty, spring should be warm and flowers are blooming, and we are ready for spring plowing, right?
??Bai Que pursed her lips and was silent for a long time.
He misses his hometown and the hometown of Dahan. What he misses even more is the happy days in Bingbei when he was a child, the days when he spent time with his family at home, played with his brothers and sisters, and studied together. Although these days It was quickly destroyed as Xianbei went south, but this memory seemed to be engraved in the bones. The further away from the big man, the clearer it became.
When I was in Dahan, I didn''t seem to feel this at all. It seems that the farther away you are from your homeland, the more missed you become. The road to the west is endless, and my thoughts are increasing all the time.
This journey is not easy.
?At every moment, Baique not only encourages the Black Mountain people to travel together, but also pays attention to the changes in morale and takes care of all kinds of strange problems that arise due to the long journey...
Once when we were climbing over a mountain, the boy with the black dots suddenly burst into tears halfway up the mountain, and then jumped off the cliff like that. Bai Que didn''t even know what happened!
Also when camping in the middle of the night, I was still there when it got dark, but disappeared when it was dawn. I don’t know if I walked out in the middle of the night or escaped. Bai Que would even rather escape back, because in the desert, Wolves will never let go of a single prey.
??There are also those who were injured, who had a fever and talked nonsense, and finally died in the arms of Bai Que calling for their mother...
If it weren''t for Bai Que who has always been fair and just, treating every Black Mountain member like this, and always taking the trouble to comfort them again and again, telling them that after returning, they will have great achievements, and they can only move forward. With more information, even if we can''t find the items needed for General Zhengxi, as long as we can reach the far west where Zhang Zuokong arrived, it can be said to be a great achievement!
That’s why these Black Mountain people persisted, otherwise even if Bai Que read more books than them, they may not be able to withstand the knife that cuts down in the middle of the night...
With this kind of persistence that was almost obsessive, Bai Que barely controlled the situation and led the Black Mountain people here step by step, to this Lan City, which Zhang Zhuukong called the city of the extreme west.
Further west?
??Bai Que is not sure.
After all, during this period of time, what everyone insists on is getting here. So when I got here, I felt relieved. Even Baique himself, the wave of longing for his homeland surged in his heart, like a huge wave, until it was overwhelmed!
The white bird leaned against the tree trunk and smiled stupidly towards the sky, as if it was seeing a relative. But the stupid smile disappeared in the blink of an eye, and tears welled up from the corners of its eyes, flowing down the rough and dark face eroded by wind and frost. And down.
I don’t know how long it took, but familiar laughter and words came from outside the small courtyard.
??Bai Que sniffed, then wiped the corners of his eyes with his hand, and put on a smile again.
The loneliness of being far away from homeland is unimaginable sadness for people in hometown, but Baique can only hide this sadness by himself, because Baique knows that if he shows a trace of weakness and instability, then Baique will Soon the entire team will collapse and eventually turn into bones and yellow sand in the desert.
"Commander! Hahaha... What a pity you didn''t go..." A Montenegrin man came over with a wink and said, "The women of this place... Hahaha..."
The eyes of this Montenegro crowd were straightened, and they seemed to be still immersed in the previous scene. They stretched their hands, grabbed a few times in the air, and swallowed, "That big woman Noko... twist it... it''s so sexy... I will take charge of you." Really not going?”
“Get out!” Bai Que raised his foot and kicked. His current identity is that of an envoy of the Han Dynasty. Although it is fake, he still has to pretend to be more or less and cannot lose the face of the Han Dynasty. It''s okay for his subordinates to find women, everyone can understand it, but as an envoy of a big man, he still goes to the brothel for sex, which is too shameful, so even if Bai Que feels itchy, he can only hold it in and endure it.
??This Black Mountain man also knew it, so when he saw Bai Que pretending to be angry, he quickly turned around and jumped away with a smile...
"..." Bai Que''s face suddenly changed, pointing at the Black Mountain man and shouting, "Huang Ergouzi, come back here!"
??This Black Mountain man was startled.
"You...what kind of flowers are you holding in your ear?!" Bai Que pointed at Huang Ergou and said. Just then Huang Ergou turned around to avoid it, and then Bai Que saw what seemed to be a flower stuck in Huang Ergou''s ear, and his heart jumped suddenly!
Hairpin flowers, in the Han Dynasty, were not just a patent for women.
Huang Ergou hesitated, touched a yellow and fluffy dried flower from his ear, and said: "This is a gift from the woman... It is said that this kind of dried flower will not wither and rot in winter... I think this yellow flower is It was also novel, so I brought it back..."
(End of this chapter)