Datang romantic little landlord

Niu Jinda heard what he said, and after thinking about it, it was indeed the same.

Whether it was Li Wangyou or Niu Jinda and Xue Wanjun, the expedition to the Western Regions was actually more like an armed march.With the fighting power of the Tang army, it is not difficult to flatten the Western Regions.

Li Wangyou would not foolishly think that he could return to Chang'an just by taking down Gaochang City.

Hitting Gaochang was just an excuse for Tang to conquer the Western Regions.

After Gaochang was conquered by the Tang army, the army would inevitably attack everywhere, conquering Khotan, Kucha, Wusun and other countries until the establishment of the Anxi Protectorate.

As for the excuse of conquering the countries in the Western Regions, it is not a troublesome matter.

Just like the story of the big bad wolf and the little white rabbit, "I told you not to wear a hat!" is also a good excuse.

In short, the weak preyed on the strong, but Li Wangyou didn't think there was anything wrong with using such an absurd excuse to destroy the countries of the Western Regions.

After all, from some aspects, bringing the Western Regions under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty may not be a bad thing for the people of the Western Regions.

What's more, Li Wangyou is not a "Holy Mother", let alone has any psychological burden to speak of.

Now he just wants the army to quickly pass through the Tengger Desert, conquer Gaochang, lay down a large enough land with Gaochang as the center, and establish a complete logistics supply line before returning to Chang'an.

After the three discussed it properly, Niu Jinda and Xue Wanjun went to prepare by themselves.

A few days later, the Western Expeditionary Army, which had been refreshed enough, began to break out of camp and march towards the vast desert...

1000 Desert Dust Straight

Fang Yiai shook the almost empty water bag in her hand, raised her head and poured the last bit of water from the water bag into her already thirsty mouth, then hung the water bag back on the camel's back cursing.

"Zhi Niang, the sun in this desert is too poisonous! Ziyou, how long does the guide say it will take to reach the next oasis?"

Li Wangyou was also lethargic from the sun, and replied weakly: "What's the rush, we can arrive this evening. Brother Yiai, please bear with it, there is a certain amount of clear water."

"That's right, you can't let this bastard get used to it. He's already drank two bags of water today. Ziyou, don't give this bastard any more water. He'll die of thirst, haha." Chai Lingwu immediately added insult to injury, jokingly said.

If it was the past, Fang Yiai must have rushed to Chai Lingwu and scuffled together.

But at this moment, even if he was as tough as Fang Yiai, he just raised his middle finger at Chai Lingwu in a bad mood to show his contempt.

Li Wangyou looked back at the army stretching for dozens of miles with some worry, and then raised his eyes to look at the scorching sun above his head.

The climate in this desert is really too hot.

In fact, he and a group of dandies are not bad. After entering the desert, everyone has changed their camels.But all the Tang soldiers could only get off their horses and walk, pulling their favorite horses, and trekking hard with one foot deep and one shallow foot.

This is also impossible.

The horse's feet are too small, although it can barely walk in the desert, but if it is carrying a sergeant on its back, it will consume too much energy and it is difficult to persist.

Therefore, in the desert, except for those flat places or the edge of the desert, the horses in the army cannot be ridden at all. Instead, the soldiers need to take care of them more carefully.

The hundreds of miles of desert journey almost required the soldiers to walk with both feet, and one can imagine the hard work involved.

The only thing that made Li Wangyou feel lucky was that he didn't encounter any bad weather along the way.Although it was hard work, it was not dangerous.

The [-] vanguard army led by Xue Wanjun had set off five days ahead of schedule.When the Chinese army led by Li Wangyou crossed the desert, it was estimated that Xue Wanjun and the long-distance raid would reach Gaochang State.

Now the army has been walking in the desert for five or six days. They are exhausted and need to rest urgently.

Fortunately, the dozens of guides who cooperated with the army were very familiar with the Tengger Desert. They were sure that around this evening, the army could reach a lake, where they could take a short rest and replenish fresh water.

As the fourth largest desert in China, the Tengger Desert is rich in water resources.

Moon Lake and Swan Lake are both famous lakes in the Tengger Desert.

But most of the lakes are grass lakes with ignorant water, and only a small number of lakes have accumulated water, which is enough to supply the army with drinking water.

Sure enough, those guides were very reliable. Before sunset, the army arrived at a desert oasis.There is a small lake with an area of ​​tens of mu in the oasis, but the soldiers were so excited that they were impatient, even took off their clothes and wanted to jump into the lake.

Fortunately, Li Wangyou and a group of dudes arrived in time and stopped the soldiers.

What a joke, let these sergeants who are so dirty that they are no different from mud monkeys go down to the lake to take a bath, do you want to drink the water?

Li Wangyou would rather die of thirst than drink the bath water of a bunch of rough men.

Although Li Wangyou was the commander of the [-] Chinese Army, Niu Jinda and Xue Wanjun had already arranged various matters.

Whether it was marching or setting up camp, those generals would handle it themselves, and Li Wangyou didn't need to worry about it.

After the army camped around the lake, Li Wangyou felt much better.

Around this lake, because of the existence of water sources, it is a rare desert meadow, with an area of ​​quite a few hundred acres.All the war horses in the army were released at this moment, allowing the horses to move around on the meadow for food.

Li Wangyou felt sorry for his horse "Sa Luzi", so he asked Niu Wu to bring him the horse, and he was going to go for a walk.

"Lang Jun, why don't you take a rest and leave Sa Luzi to me." Niu Wu persuaded.

"No, after riding a camel all day, I stretch my muscles and bones." Li Wangyou shook his head and rejected Niu Wu's kindness.

Although he had been tossing about riding a horse for a month before, it was only after riding a camel for a few days that Li Wangyou felt that riding a horse was actually much more comfortable.

People who have never ridden a camel can't feel the bumpiness of the camel. It's like a spring is installed under the buttocks, shaking up and down constantly.That kind of sourness, needless to say.

Seeing what his husband said, Niu Wu stopped persuading him and handed Sa Luzi the reins with a smile.

Although Li Wangyou "won" Sa Luzi from Li Er, he cherishes this BMW very much.

As one of the famous "Six Horses of Zhaoling" in later generations, Sa Luzi is quite human.For Li Wangyou, the successor master, he is also very obedient and well-behaved.

After seeing Li Wangyou, Sa Luzi snorted excitedly and rubbed her big head against Li Wangyou's body.It also seemed to know that Li Wangyou was going to ride it for a ride, and it kept kicking the sand under its feet lightly, looking a little impatient.

Obviously, walking in the soft sand continuously for the past few days has made Sa Luzi very uncomfortable.

Feeling Sa Luzi's mood, Li Wangyou laughed and got on his horse.

"Niu Wu, tell Fuzhong Buqu not to follow, I'll just run around on this meadow and come back."

Niu Wu nodded and did not object.

This meadow was already occupied by [-] Tang troops, and the surrounding sand dunes were also patrolled by Tang troops, so there was no threat at all.

After Li Wangyou trotted out of the camp on Sa Luzi, his legs lightly pinched Sa Luzi's abdomen, and the horse under his crotch immediately understood his thoughts.

Sa Luzi neighed for a while, and rushed out like lightning.

The huge meadow made Sa Luzi, who had been suffocated for several days, run quite happily. Li Wangyou felt the wind blowing by his ears, and the cool breeze hit his face, which made him feel very comfortable.

He couldn't help but also roared, and the horse under his crotch ran more and more happily...