Young Master Black took the lead and galloped ahead, followed by three horses racing abreast, followed by five thousand horses neighing and exerting their strength, scrambling for the lead.

After leaving the open area to the west of the city, the official road narrowed and could only accommodate five horses marching abreast. The team was immediately lengthened, with five thousand cavalry stretching several miles from head to tail.

At this time, in addition to being relatively calm, everyone else was in a very excited mood. Although Datou and others had experienced actual combat, this was the first time they fought side by side with so many cavalry. As rebels who had just returned, all the cavalry were also excited.

Surging and feeling very emotional, one moment they were still worried and frightened about the upcoming battle against the ever-victorious, and the next moment they turned into his subordinates, accompanying this young prince of a different surname on an expedition to the Western Regions. Such a huge change made them feel like they were dreaming.

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At this time, it only seemed calm, but in fact, there was a lot of fear in his heart. If the Qingyang defenders had not surrendered without a fight, but chose to resist stubbornly, then he could only bite the bullet and massacre the city, because people have no faith and will not stand.

You must do what you say, otherwise you will not be able to win the trust of the world in the future. However, if you really massacre the city with ruthless hands, then you will become a complete butcher, and you will definitely not be tolerated in the world and will be stinked in the history books.

Fortunately, my reputation is loud enough to be able to suppress these rebels who are licking their swords. This shows that you still need to cherish your reputation and cherish your reputation. When the critical moment comes, it can really come in handy.

Since Li Maozhen immediately moved eastward after occupying Qingyang, the prefectures and counties to the west of Qingyang were not affected by the war, and the post station was not damaged. Seeing a large number of cavalry rushing over, everyone at the post station was instantly frightened.

The ghosts of the dead appeared in large numbers, and their duty was to welcome them and send them away. Naturally they knew Hu horses, and they also knew that all the cavalry under Li Maozhen’s command were Hu horses.

Just when he led everyone to the post station, the postmaster and the postmen in the post station ran out in panic, holding a white linen cloth and shaking it at the others.

Raising the white flag represents surrender. This move began in the Qin Dynasty and has been practiced since ancient times. Seeing the ugly behavior of the postmen who were greedy for life and fearful of death, Datou was instantly angry. He jumped off the back of the sculpture and fell down sharply, facing the man waving linen cloth.

The people in Yi Cheng were punching and kicking each other, "What the hell do you want to do? Who are you going to surrender to? Why did the imperial court support you bunch of useless cowards?"

Everyone was beaten in a daze, and everyone was confused. Fortunately, Da Tou quickly revealed his identity, "Keep your eyes open and see clearly that this is the heroic prince of the imperial court, not a rebel who has committed rebellion."

Hearing Datou's words, Yi Cheng and others realized that it was one of their own who came. They were frightened and ashamed, and hurriedly knelt down on the ground, kowtow to apologize.

Naturally, he would not be acquainted with them, so he waved his hand and ordered him to

They carry water and drink horses. The same thing is done by different people, and the nature is different. For ordinary soldiers and common people, it is understandable to see that they are defeated and protect themselves. After all, they have not received any favors from the court, so they cannot do anything to them.

They have excessive demands. But if they are generals and officials who receive military pay and receive royal rations, it would be unforgivable to turn against them and surrender in the face of battle, because they have the obligation to contribute and sacrifice their lives for the court as they receive salary from the court.

Although he was not as experienced as the Yi Cheng, Datou was still angry. Seeing that Yi Cheng was still holding a white cloth in his hand, he raised his eyebrows angrily and kicked Yi Cheng who had just stood up. Despite his short stature, he was very powerful.

With his feet, he directly kicked the Yi Cheng down on the steps. He must have knocked out his front teeth. When the Yi Cheng stood up, his mouth was already full of blood.

Naturally, he ignored these trivial matters. The previous galloping exposed Huma's lack of leg strength. Huma was indeed a good horse, but it was not as good as a sweaty horse. After running two hundred miles, he became tired. Seeing that the cavalry could not keep up with him,

Then he shouted and asked if anyone among the cavalry knew the existence of Maka Mountain.

Soon, several middle-aged captains responded, only knowing that Maka Mountain is located on the western edge of the desert, on the east side of the Kingdom of Khotan.

"Yang Kai, Shi Xuanming, and Yu Yi, the three of you will lead the team to Maka Mountain and wait for orders from there." Shouted the order.

The three people heard the words and responded in unison.

Then he looked at the other postmen who were about to kick them, "Okay, stop fighting, let's go first."

"Okay, your lord, please wait a moment. I'll go and get some dry food and water first." The boss nodded and pushed the postman into the post station.

Not long after, Datou ran out carrying large and small bags. One of the bags was still dripping with blood. It must have been Miss Bai's food.

Without hesitation, he immediately got on his horse, shook the reins and went ahead. The big head whistled and called Miss Bai, jumped on it and flew low to follow.

The last time I went to Khotan, I started from Tingzhou. When I came back, I rushed to Tingzhou first and took the sweaty BMW before returning to Chang'an. The road I took this time was not the same as last time. The road condition was better. There were many roads along the way.

The Gobi does not require crossing the desert like last time.

The two of them set off from the inn soon, entered the Gobi an hour later, and then rushed northwest from the Gobi. Along the way, they could see abandoned cities from time to time. These abandoned cities were all small cities, most of them were destroyed by wars, and some were

It was invaded and buried by wind and sand, and it has

Not suitable for people to live in.

Since the road they are currently taking is not on the Silk Road, there are almost no people along the way. They can only occasionally see a few native people grazing. The Gobi is different from the desert, and there are still vegetation in some areas.

Although this place is far away from the middle-earth, it is not peaceful. There are many bandits and horse bandits. The two of them did not encounter horse bandits, but they saw many pedestrians and herdsmen who died unexpectedly on the road. Since this area is dry and rainless, the corpses

It is not easy to rot, and turns into a ferocious mummy under the strong wind and the scorching sun.

On a dark night in the summer, when night fell and it was approaching the second watch, an abandoned city appeared in front of me again. I weighed the calculations in my mind and determined that I could arrive in Khotan at sunrise if I set out for the third watch, so I waved to Datou.

He signaled to stop temporarily at the abandoned city ahead.

Datou kept driving Miss Bai to a high place, where he could see the situation in the city, "Your Majesty, there is fire in the city."

nodded.

This abandoned city had no gate for a long time. After a while, the two of them entered the city from the south gate. The city was not big. After entering the city, they immediately saw a well in the center of the city. Several natives dressed as warriors were drawing water to drink.

There were more than a dozen horses tied near the well, and their saddles had been removed and put aside.

The moment I saw those warriors, I knew they were horse bandits, because the way they looked at people revealed the unique viciousness and suspicion of desperadoes. ??

Seeing the horse riding towards the well, the horse bandit who was collecting water immediately shouted and summoned his accomplices. Upon hearing this man's shout, a group of strong men armed with sharp knives rushed out of the room on the east side of the well. The leader was 30 years old.

He was tall and thin, holding a long sword with a wooden sheath in his hand. Unlike other horse bandits who were facing a powerful enemy, this man held the sword in his left hand without unsheathing it.

Ignoring everyone, he went straight to the well, got off his horse, bent down and stretched out his hand, took a sip of water from the barrel, and after confirming that the water in the well was non-toxic, he picked up the barrel and took a few sips, then placed the barrel in front of Young Master Hei.

Others were frightened when they met the horse bandits, but they did not take them seriously. The horse bandits didn't know why, and they all looked at the leader.

The man with the sword was looking up at this moment, and Da Tou floated to the ground as he looked up. Likewise, Da Tou ignored the horse bandits and went straight to the well to hang a bucket to draw water.

Seeing that He Datou regarded everyone on his side as nothing, the group of horse bandits couldn't help but get angry, but the leader didn't say anything, so they didn't take any action.

At this time, Miss Bai landed on the west side

Not far away, when they saw the huge golden eagle, the horse bandit's eyes instantly lit up. One of them approached the leader and whispered, "Boss, the short man's eagle is a rare thing, and so is the thin man's knife."

It’s a good thing, let’s do it?”

He and Datou both heard what the man was saying, but paid no attention to it. The two of them had experienced too many bloody storms in the past few years. They had never experienced any big storms, so naturally they would not take these dozen horse bandits seriously.

"Don't seek death," the emaciated man reprimanded in a low voice, "these two people have dragon-like eyes and tiger-like eyes and majestic weapons. They are not ordinary people at first glance. It is our destiny not to fight against us. Put away your weapons and follow me."

Go back to your house and don't seek death."

Hearing the man's words, the horse bandits quickly put away their weapons and followed the man quickly into the house.

After everyone left, Datou smiled and said, "Haha, this guy is quite discerning. He just said what he said to us on purpose. He used nice words to avoid us, lest we take action."

He poured water to wash his face and did not answer the call.

"They should not die," Datou said. "If they are blind and want to take advantage of us, today is the day they die."

"There are so many blind people in the world." He said casually.

There are also several relatively complete broken houses to the west of the well. Datou found a place to stay temporarily, and then he called Miss Bai to come down and drink water with a wooden bucket. The golden eagle also needed to drink water, and the golden eagle's drinking posture was very similar to that of a chicken.

resemblance.

Before Da Tou left, he took away a leg of lamb from the inn, and it was only then that he took the time to feed it to Miss Bai.

There was a lot of hay piled up in the broken house where the two rested, which should have been used by the bandits to feed the horses. However, because it was last year's hay, the black master didn't like to eat it. Fortunately, there was a lot of bread in Datou's baggage.

He also knew that Mr. Hei liked to eat fine grains, so he fed him flour cakes.

After taking good care of their horses, Da Tou lay down on the haystack and took a long breath. He was really tired these past few days and was injured. He was very sleepy at this time.

Although he was extremely sleepy, but when he saw that he was in a daze, Datou still said comforting words, "My lord, you don't have to worry too much. Duke Ji Guo is not an ordinary smart person. Even if he can't handle the difficult things he encounters, he can still delay them for a few days.

We will definitely make it in time."

After talking, he nodded. In fact, he was in a daze not because he was worried about not having enough time, but because he was worried about not knowing how to face Ni Chenyi. He would definitely meet Ni Chenyi when he went there, but he really didn't know what to say to Ni Chenyi after meeting.
Chapter completed!