Tang Dynasty Never Night

Gao Kan understood in an instant that Li Xian wanted to make a time difference again. This was the case when he fought against Tubo last time. However, Gao Kan was still a little uneasy. They had just arrived at Yumen Pass, and they hadn't arrived at Puchanghai, even if there was a time lag, they couldn't rush to the Dudu's Mansion of Kunxu Prefecture in a short time.

And Puchanghai is the Lop Nur of later generations.

Thinking of this, Gao Kan said cautiously: "Now that the marshal is famous, why not report it to the court for follow-up?"

The last time I fought against Tibet was because the distance was very close, okay?This time, it is a bit difficult to replicate the previous situation, not to mention that Gao Kan does not believe that the emperor will not take precautions against such things.

Li Xian looked at Gao Kan and smiled slightly: "General Gao, where will we pass by next?"

Gao Kan looked at him inexplicably, and then they went straight to Yumen to close.

Li Xian saw that he was still not enlightened, and suddenly felt that Gao Kan was still very honest, at least he would not be as bold as him to deceive the court.Thinking of this, Li Xian cleared his throat and said, "As far as I know, between Puchanghai and Yumen Pass, we have to pass Moyanshiqi."

No matter how stupid Gao Kan was, he knew that Li Xian was after Mo Yanshiqi's idea, so he couldn't help labeling Li Xian as audacious in his heart.

Mohe Yanqi, also known as the Eight Hundred Li Hanhai, is known by everyone as Shahe, yes, it is the real location of the Shahe in Journey to the West, but this Shahe has no water, and there is no Sand Monk.What's more important is that the strong winds of the fourth level here are howling, and the atmosphere of Kumtagshalong and Yadan is widely distributed and changeable. If you want to go out from here, you must have a guide.

Li Xian just wanted to make such an idea, delaying the time of receiving the news until after they passed through Moyan Shiqi. At that time, even if they sent someone to deliver the letter, the person who sent the letter would have to pass by Moyan Shiqi. It took a long time. Of course, this kind of intentional delay may be exposed. Li Xian even thought of an excuse. He said that he was afraid that Persia would flee fraudulently, so he insisted on going to see it. This kind of thing is really strange.

Seeing that Gao Kan was still full of worry, Li Xian waved his hand and said directly: "General Gao, don't worry too much, just do what you ask me to do, if there are consequences, I will bear it myself."

What Gao Kan was worried about was that he would be punished, but he underestimated Li Xian. Li Xian had long been out of the bear order. The last time he fought Tubo was on his whim, but this time he was carefully prepared. He has already figured out how to deal with the follow-up censure, and he has never done anything to let the people below take the blame.

As a prince, as long as he does not rebel, he is equivalent to having a gold medal for avoiding death. What else is there to be afraid of Li Xian?Anyway, he just didn't like Master Ni Nie, so he wanted to beat this white-eyed wolf, or he would be locked up at that time.

Li Xian thought about it, Gao Kan got Li Xian's promise and sighed: "In this case, I will give up my life to accompany the gentleman."

The corner of Li Xian's mouth twitched and he thought: How do you know that I am a gentleman?

However, it is indeed good for him to appease Gao Kan, at least it is prohibited.

It's just that although Li Xian's plan was very good, he couldn't handle the rapid changes. He confidently led a large army into Moyanshi Moraine, but he encountered a strong wind and sand just after he left. The moraine is very windy, and when it blows up, the sand is overwhelming and scattered like rain, and it is impossible to move forward.

Li Xian had no choice but to order to temporarily avoid the sandstorm. After the sandstorm passed, he counted the personnel and supplies. There were some losses. Such non-combat losses made Li Xian feel a little distressed, but there was nothing he could do.

What's even worse is that the guide took them the wrong way next!After a big sandstorm, the topography will change. Even if there are people who are not familiar with Sinan, they may not be able to go out smoothly. At this time, guides are very necessary. Unexpectedly, the guides all went the wrong way.

Gao Kan was about to attack the guide when he knew it, but Li Xian stopped him. It is true that the guide went the wrong way, but the only thing they can rely on now is the guide. Now that the guide is killed, they don't even think about it alive.

The next four or five days will probably be the most desperate days for Li Xian after he came here. Everywhere he can see are high platforms, loess cliffs like towers. There are no plants or animals in this place. From time to time, you can see the bones of mules, horses and humans, all of which have caused great psychological pressure.

If a person walks in such a place alone, his heart will collapse within seven days. However, there is not much benefit if there are too many people. There are a large number of people and horses, limited food and water. Every day, people die due to the high temperature, and there are also horses. Unable to hold on and collapsed, Li Xian's life was of course the best within a limited scope, but... the confusion of not seeing the way ahead made him a little unable to hold on.

What makes people even more desperate is that under such circumstances, thinking of actually dying!Coupled with the psychological breakdown and the harsh environment, the death of the guide does not seem to be too unexpected. However, in this case, the thought of death will make more people despair.

At least Li Xian was like this. Standing in front of the slightly withered corpse, he had a feeling that he might never get out of Moyanshimoraine in his life.

After returning to the camp, Li Xian sat behind the table and his mind went blank. At this time, no matter how clever he is, he can't save the overall situation, not to mention that he doesn't have any supernatural talents.

Just when Li Xian's heart was ashamed, Gao Kan, who looked haggard, came in and knelt down and said, "Marshal, let's sacrifice to heaven."

Li Xian twitched his eyebrows. To be honest, he had thought about this from the very beginning when he realized the lack of water, but he didn't dare. Before, the priests didn't wait for the rain to save their lives, but now they are.

Gao Kan couldn't help feeling anxious when he saw Li Xian's silence: "Marshal, Your Majesty!"

Li Xian smiled wryly: "What if it doesn't work? If it's useless to sacrifice, wouldn't everyone be even more desperate?"

Gao Kan also thought about this possibility, he could only say: "This is the only hope, we must give everyone a little hope."

Li Xian sighed and said, "Go and prepare."

After hearing this, Gao Kan said: "Everything is almost ready, except for the sacrificial oration."

Li Xian shook his head: "No need, what is there to write at this time?"

Of course, the actual situation is that Li Xian actually doesn't have much emotion in his heart every time he recites the sacrificial oration. It's too awkward. He only cares about nervousness so that he can't read it wrong. What kind of emotion can he have in this situation?

Gao Kan didn't say anything, and it took half an hour to get ready.When Li Xian walked out of the camp, he clearly felt that many soldiers were quietly looking at him with hopeful eyes, and Li Xian was under a lot of psychological pressure for a moment.

Master Tiandi, the incident happened in a hurry and Li Xian didn't follow the formal large-scale sacrificial process. When he saw the relatively rough sacrificial supplies on the table, Li Xian held a high incense and went to kneel directly.

He closed his eyes and looked quite inscrutable, but in fact he felt all sorts of apprehensions in his heart. He couldn't express himself without the sacrificial oration. If he goes out, he will definitely think of a way to hold a grand sacrifice to repay God. Anyway, Li Xian has read all the gods he wanted, and he didn't even miss the land. The one-acre three-point land above the head had a meeting.

Li Xian took a deep breath, inserted the incense into the incense burner, and when he closed his hands and looked up at the sky, he froze for a moment. The smoke produced by the high incense above the altar table gradually turned into a picture. Li Xian looked at it with his mouth half open. Looking at the picture, which showed an oasis, a word popped out of Li Xian's mind - mirage.

Li Xian knows a little bit about the formation principle of mirages, but strictly speaking, the current situation here should not be able to form a mirage. Of course, there is no need to analyze the reason. Li Xian is only worried now—he just gave such an oasis. How can I tell everyone that even if you see the oasis, you may not be able to find it?

The phenomenon of mirage is likely to reflect the scene thousands of miles away. Li Xian is not sure if he can find it, but he turned his head and looked around, and found that even Gao Kan was excited and breathing heavily when he saw the mirage scene in mid-air , He... He suddenly didn't know what to say.

And just when a thunderstorm sounded from above, Li Xian looked up at the sky that was obviously gloomy, he was relieved but still a little stunned - the gods are so efficient, he will never say that he is a materialist in the future .

The mirage disappeared, and Li Xian didn't feel any pity. Even if he couldn't find the oasis, this rain should make everyone relax, right?

Seeing that Gao Kan was still in a daze, Li Xian said helplessly, "General Gao, let someone find a container to catch the rain."

Because of the large amount of sand and gravel in Moyanshi Moraine, the water storage capacity after rain should not be too much, so a container must be used to catch the rainwater first. At this time, the problem of whether the rainwater is clean or not may not be considered.

Only then did Gao Kan come to his senses, and hurried to make arrangements, while Li Xian returned to the camp, ready to take a good rest—he had been suffering from insomnia for several days, and now he felt a little sleepy when he relaxed.

Li Xian fell asleep until the next day. When he woke up, he found that everyone's spirits were different. The eyes that had been numb before gradually became brighter. He felt that it was worth it even if he pretended to be a ghost for a moment. .

When Gao Kan came over, Ai Ai asked anxiously: "Marshal, how to get to the oasis shown by the miracle before?"

Li Xian looked at him blankly. Miracle... Well, these days, I don't know how mirages are formed. It's normal to be said to be a miracle, but...how did he know where to look for it?

After thinking for a long time, Li Xian said: "Yesterday, it rained heavily, so let's follow the rain trails."

Gao Kan backed away without asking anything. For a moment, Li Xian had a feeling that he would go wherever he told Gao Kan to go. He shook his head to get rid of this sudden feeling. In fact, Li Xian wanted to It's very simple, it seems that it rained a lot yesterday, although it is not easy to store water on the Gobi, but there is always a little left, right?And he didn't know how big the area was covered by the rain, anyway... let's go and see, we can't stop here.

And even if there is water, nothing is useless without food, and people will starve to death.Just went to worry about it, and filled it in again. Li Xian wondered if his previous thinking was wrong, but even if he was wrong, he couldn't say anything. If even the coach admits that there is a problem with the offensive policy, it will be a blow to morale of.

In the absence of a guide, an experienced old man should have led the way, but in the end Gao Kan would ask Li Xian about everything, and if Li Xian didn’t speak, he would stop the large army, and Li Xian said where to go, No matter where you go, Li Xian will be very annoying.

In this way, after two days of Li Xian commanding indiscriminately, when he was in the carriage worrying about whether to continue the sacrifice, he suddenly heard the commotion outside. A soldier ran over excitedly all the way to report: "Report to Marshal, an oasis is found ahead!"

Li Xian:! ! ! ! !

When Li Xian jumped out of the carriage excitedly, he almost fell headfirst. Fortunately, Gao Kan came to support him. Li Xian got out of the carriage and looked into the distance. Sure enough, he saw some green indistinctly. : "Hurry up, let's go and see."

Gao Kan nodded again and again: "Please return to the car, the king, and we will leave in a hurry."

So Li Xian rolled back into the car in a hurry, and when he got in the car, he couldn't help rolling in the car, ahhhh, oasis, they are saved!Having an oasis means having animals, and having animals means having food!What's more, with supplies, they will be able to go out sooner or later!

The oasis seemed to be a stimulant that made everyone extremely excited, and the soldiers who were exhausted from the rush also started to move forward excitedly.

The oasis was very close to them, and it didn't take long for them to reach that oasis.That oasis seems to be a different world on the Gobi, with lush water and grass, and some small animals that are not afraid of people shuttle through it, and there is no human habitation.

Li Xian ordered the army to station there, and everyone's tense nerves finally relaxed. Li Xian looked at the huge lake in the oasis, and his face was full of pain—he hadn't bathed for four or five days, and he felt that his whole body was in pain. It's going to stink, okay? !

Next, they set up camp, sent people to explore the oasis, and sent people to hunt, all of which were left to Gao Kan to arrange.After Li Xian took a hot bath, he lazily lay on the couch and counted with his fingers. The Shangyuan Festival has passed. I don't know how Zheng Qi has been in Suzhou this year. Also, Zheng Jin was probably about to start enlightenment, Zheng Qi entrusted Zheng Jin to him, but Li Xian ran out by himself, but couldn't help, so let's see if there is a suitable enlightenment teacher when he goes back.

Thinking every day and dreaming at night, Li Xian had a dream that night, dreaming that Zheng Qi came to him, and then started all kinds of inappropriate things before saying a word, and even dreamed that the two of them ran to the oasis After enjoying the joy of fish and water in the lake, Li Xian couldn't help but blushed when he woke up—probably because the dream was a little more intense, and when he woke up, he felt the coolness between his crotch, well, this is another kind of fullness Think lust.

Li Xian changed his clothes carefully, and threw the dirty clothes aside. To be honest, since he had the first dream and wanted to avoid people, his face had evolved to the thickness of a city wall.

Wear your clothes well, and you won’t have to worry about seeing the sun when you come out. Many people died of high temperature exposure when walking in the Gobi before. In the end, they had to rest as much as possible during the day, and go after the sun is not so strong in the afternoon. There was no such worry anymore, on the contrary, Li Xian's mood became very good when he saw the lush green eyes.

Of course, he can't just be in a good mood, he wants to call Gao Kan over to discuss how to go next.

After Gao Kan came over, he discussed with Li Xian. Both of them felt that it was necessary to rest in the oasis, but how to get there was still a problem. Finally, Gao Kan thought for a while and said, "Why don't we send scouts to investigate first."

This is what it should be, but... Li Xian hesitated for a moment and asked, "Which way to investigate?"

You can't walk out of this broken place if you know the direction. If so, they wouldn't have such a tragedy.

Gao Kan was very confident in Li Xian: "Marshal pointed in one direction."

Li Xian: ...

He looked at Gao Kan and said with difficulty: "But... what if something is wrong?"

Gao Kan was very reassuring: "Now we are trying to survive, no matter what direction we go." After hesitating for a while, he said: "If the marshal is not sure, how about... divination?"

The corner of Li Xian's mouth twitched, and he was about to start feudal superstition activities again, but he did not object, and the final result of divination was southeast.Li Xian was a little skeptical, but he didn't dare to say it out, because he always thought they were going west, after all, Persia was there, but why did they go southeast now?Or is their orientation already confused?

Gao Kan sent a small team of scouts to explore the way, but it was not easy to explore the way, because it is difficult to leave a very obvious mark on the Gobi, and Li Xian did not know how to operate it in the end.

It's just that he didn't expect that this direction was really right. When the scouts came back, they reported that there were traces of people's activities about two hundred miles away from the oasis, and they also saw abandoned villages on the way.

After hearing this, Li Xian quickly asked the scouts to tell the scene along the way, and compared the map in his hand, he finally found the location - they are not far from Puchanghai, and they can go all the way along the Chihe River when they find Puchanghai. Many things on the map are not very detailed. Li Xian compared them in his mind. The Chihe River is probably the Tarim River, and the Tarim River is very close to the Anxi Protectorate.

Li Xian looked at the map and pondered for a while, Gao Kan could see that Li Xian seemed to be worried, and couldn't help asking: "Does the Marshal have any other orders?"

Li Xian clicked on the map: "General Gao, we are not going to the Anxi Protectorate."

Gao Kan was stunned after hearing this: "Aren't you going to Duhu Mansion? Then we..."

"We went along the Tarim River to Shule Town for supplies, and then went straight to the Governor's Mansion of Kunxu Prefecture. After supplies, we first took Herat, and then went straight to Taixifeng!"

Gao Kan...Gao Kan has been so shocked by Li Xian's bold plan that he has no words to express his feelings at this time. After a while, he asked, "Do you really want to hit Taixifeng?"

Ctesiphon is the capital of Sassanid Persia. Of course, it was also destroyed by the Great Food, but after Tang took it back, he returned it to Master Ni Nirvana. The capital is a symbol of a country, even if it is already ruined Master Ni Nirvana still regards it as the city of Chengdu, so he probably has already returned to Taixifeng by this time?

Li Xian looked up at Gao Kan and said, "Otherwise? Let's come and circle Moyanshiqi, lose a lot of people, and then go back in despair? I can't afford to lose this person!" Silly Baitian also has self-respect okay?What's more, since Li Xian led the army, he has not lost a battle. This time the enemy fled, and they lost to the natural environment?How funny?

After Gao Kan heard this, he also felt a little reconciled. He needed military merits more urgently than Li Xian, so he finally gritted his teeth: It's done!

Li Xian, who was discussing how to beat the Nirvana master by surprise, had no idea that Luoyang hadn't had a good year at all!After Li Xian led an army of tens of thousands into Moyanshiqi, there was no news for six or seven days in a row. From Li Zhi down, who can celebrate the New Year happily? There are still a lot of connections in that group of troops—fighting Persia is different from fighting Turks, basically there is no danger, and you can get military merits. Naturally, many people sharpen their heads and go to the camp for such a good thing.

Unexpectedly, there was no news from this trip. At first, it was panic, and then it was despair. Once you get lost in the place next door, the chance of survival is too small, so during the Chinese New Year, the whole Luoyang is shrouded in a lingering wave. Sadness not to go.

Li Zhi was even unable to go to court because of his sadness. Li Xian once suggested sending people out to look for it, but was rejected by Empress Wu. Places like the Gobi have already swallowed so many people's lives. Who knows if they will send people out now? Will it be folded in too?

Empress Wu's argument is well-founded, even if someone is there at home, it is hard to say that he will send someone out to look for it regardless of other people's life and death. At this time, Li Zhi suddenly received a letter from Zheng Qi-Zheng Qi is going to resign, and he is going to find him. Li Xian!