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It's a long story, and Belus didn't keep his secrets anymore, and told Cheng Yaojin everything he knew about it.

It turned out that in the city of Ardashir, the big Persian businessman was forced to give up and finally revealed the truth.

Sa Luzi was indeed brought back from the Western Regions by his caravan.

But it was not purchased through any formal channels, but "stolen goods"!

Due to the huge profits from the trade between the East and the West, countless caravans were attracted to the Silk Road in the Western Regions, transporting all kinds of precious goods and belongings back and forth.

To some extent, the Silk Road can be called the Golden Road, and the flowing caravans are like flowing golden rivers.

Such a huge wealth, in addition to attracting many caravans, naturally also attracted more thieves.

In addition to the challenges of nature such as sandstorms, quicksand, and lack of water, the biggest enemy of the caravan is the various bandits and bandits in the Western Regions.

These thieves and sand robbers often choose to raid caravans that are resting at night, killing people and robbing goods, and they are very vicious.

But no matter how vicious the bandits and robbers are, the gold, silver and jewels they plunder cannot be eaten or drunk.Therefore, these thieves and sand robbers entrenched in the Western Regions have their own channels for selling their stolen goods.

The robbed gold, silver, jewelry, and precious porcelain were handed over to the caravans that colluded with them, and the caravans sold these thieves and exchanged them for weapons, equipment, food, wine, and even women that the thieves and sand robbers needed.

And the Persian businessman who sold Sa Luzi to Aluohan, his caravan, was engaged in such activities.

According to his account, Sa Luzi was collected by his caravan from a band of sand bandits called Heisha entrenched in the desert.

Because most of the Sand Pirates used camels as their mounts, even though Sa Luzi was a rare horse, it was of little use to the Sand Pirates gang, so he gave it to the caravan to sell the stolen goods on their behalf.

The owner of the caravan never expected that he would overturn his car because of a fine horse after colluding with sand bandits to sell stolen goods for more than ten years.He never imagined that, seven or eight thousand miles away from the Western Regions, Prince Belus would recognize the steed from the East...

Not to mention how regretful the caravan owner was, and how Yazdgeld III would punish him, Cheng Yaojin's mouth was already open enough to put a fist in after listening to Belus' words.

"Zhiniang thief, Sa Luzi actually fell into the hands of Sand Bandits? Is that Ziyou also in the hands of Sand Bandits?"

Belus shook his head: "I don't know about this, and the businessman doesn't know the whereabouts of the master. He just collected the stolen goods from the sand robbers. As for the origin of the stolen goods, they don't care at all. But I suspect that the master Because of the sandstorm, Zun lost his way and was accidentally captured by those sand thieves. Sa Luzi was handed over to the caravan to sell the stolen goods, and Master might still be imprisoned in the lair of sand robbers. Lord, I am in a hurry to get out of my homeland. Come here, I just want to ask the father-in-law to send troops immediately to attack the sand bandit's lair and rescue the master."

He rushed to Gaochang in such a hurry, because he was worried that things would change if he was late.

In fact, Belus also had no idea whether Li Wangyou was still alive or not.

With the style of sand robbers, he has no habit of keeping alive.

And now, fifteen or six months have passed since Li Wangyou disappeared. Even if Li Wangyou is still alive, he doesn't know how much he has suffered.Thinking of this, Bellus was secretly anxious.

Cheng Yaojin had a ferocious expression on his face, and roared furiously: "Then what kind of bullshit black sand sand robbers, where is the lair? Do you know Bellus?"

Belus nodded: "The businessman explained it. It is said that it is in the desert, an oasis called Swan Lake, and that is the lair of sand robbers."

He reached out and took out a roll of parchment from his pocket: "Grandpa, this is the map I asked the businessman to draw. This is Swan Lake!"

Cheng Yaojin snatched the parchment, and after examining it carefully, he couldn't help cursing: "Zhi Niang, the thief is hiding so far away. No wonder the 10,000+ army has searched for so long, but they haven't found it yet!"

As the fourth largest desert in China, the Tengger Desert is nearly [-] miles long from north to south and nearly [-] miles wide from east to west.

The Swan Lake drawn on the map is two to three hundred miles away from the place where Li Wangyou had an accident, and it is already located in the territory of the Xueyantuo Khanate in Mobei.

The army searched around in the desert, but they only searched the desert around a hundred miles away from the starting point, but they didn't expect that Sa Luzi would run so far away to the sand robber's lair.

Cheng Yaojin immediately ordered a few guides to be called, and asked them to identify the specific location of the Sand Bandit's lair on the map.

Those guides all expressed that they were not familiar with the location marked on the map, so they could only try to lead the army forward.

This is actually quite normal. In the era without satellite navigation, even the most experienced guides are only familiar with a few routes across the desert.

In the vast desert, there are restricted areas of life everywhere, and sand robbers are rampant. It is normal for these guides to not know the specific route.

Cheng Yaojin couldn't help being a little annoyed when he saw that the guides were not sure about the specific location of the Sha Pirate's lair.

"Straight mother thief, I can't control so many people! Come here, and immediately send someone eight hundred miles to send the news back to Chang'an City! I will take someone there personally, and I don't believe those **** sand robbers, and they can turn against you!" God can't do it!"

Cheng Yaojin was worried about Li Wangyou's safety, and after handing over the affairs of the Western Regions to Niu Jinda and Xue Wanjun, he personally led [-] cavalry and returned to the desert, preparing to attack the lair of the sand bandits and rescue Li Wangyou...

1009 Who is Du Fu?

Ever since Li Wangyou's accident, Niu Wu and a group of dudes from the Li family who followed Li Wangyou, Cheng Chumo and other dudes, as well as Mi Tuo and others who came from Chang'an, have led [-] Tang troops and stayed in the In that oasis.

Everyone's mood is different.

Niu Wu and Li Fu's trilogy refused to return to Chang'an, naturally because of guilt and remorse.As Li Wangyou's trilogy, they failed to protect the safety of their husband, which made Niu Wu and others feel ashamed to go back to Chang'an to meet Su Changqing.

Therefore, even though they were convinced that Li Wangyou had fallen into the desert, Niu Wu and Li Fu's trilogy still searched around the desert every day in vain.

Rather than saying that Niu Wu and others are searching for Li Wangyou, it is better to say that they are self-imposed exile.

But Cheng Chumo and other dudes were sad because of the brotherhood, and planned to pay tribute to Li Wangyou at the place where Li Wangyou died.They were not ready to leave until the army returned from victory in the Western Regions.

In comparison, the most depressing one is Mi Tuo.

Li Er said at the beginning that if he couldn't find Li Wangyou, he wouldn't have to go back to Chang'an.This means that if you live, you must see people, and if you die, you must see corpses.

But in this vast desert, where did he go to find Li Wangyou's "corpse"?

As a result, Mi Tuo, who was forced to work hard, could only lead a group of Baiqisi spies to eat sand in the desert in vain.

The camp where [-] Tang troops were stationed was lifeless every day, and there was no trace of cheerful atmosphere.Even if the Western Expeditionary Army is powerful in the Western Regions, it will not affect this place.

But when Cheng Yaojin led Belus and [-] Tang army cavalry back to this oasis, the whole camp was in a commotion.

Niu Wu, a big one-eyed man, put his arms around Sa Luzi's neck, crying uncontrollably.He never expected that his husband would still have a chance of survival.

After Niu Wu and the others had vented their emotions, he immediately knelt down in front of Cheng Yaojin with red eyes.

"Grandpa, please give the order immediately! A certain person is willing to be the vanguard of the army, and step down the lair of the bullshit sand robbers."

"Grandpa, please give me an order, let me wait for the shame!" All the members of Li's family gritted their teeth, knelt down on one knee, and challenged Cheng Yaojin.

Cheng Yaojin understood what Niu Wu and the others were thinking, so he naturally nodded in agreement.

The army stayed in the oasis for a day, and after replenishing fresh water, the [-] Tang troops merged into one place, and under the leadership of dozens of guides, they headed towards the north of the desert.

In fact, Cheng Yaojin's decision was quite risky.

After all, the guide was not familiar with the desert, so he might not lose his way, and it was difficult to guarantee that he could find water on the way.

A distance of two to three hundred miles, if it is not a desert, the army can arrive in a day or two.

But in the desert, since it is an unfamiliar desert area, a journey of two to three hundred miles can take more than ten days or even longer.

The safest way is to send out a large number of scouts and guides to find out the exact location of the Sand Pirates before moving out.