Chapter 310 Ancient Country Loulan

Now Willis is free to run. Naturally, the speed is super fast. It only takes half an hour to get there. The envoy lingered all the way, and Willis could travel back and forth in a day for more than ten days. Of course, this is not as good as Patiguli's flying carpet.

The ancient city of Babylon is located at the intersection of the Euphrates River and the Tigris River, which has long been the ruins of the ancient city, but the remains of the Babel Tower still stand on the banks of the Euphrates River!

Aken originally thought that there must be some magical experiences in such a place, but the three stayed in the Babel Tower for two days and two nights and visited the ruins of the ancient city and the remains of the Sky Tower, and did not find anything, so they had to leave.

This is naturally a valuable experience for Zhang Fan and the other three of them, and it is not mentioned much in the book.

After the visit, the craftsmen naturally stayed in Anbar and began to teach the skills of the Tang Dynasty. The scholars communicated with the Arab scholars. The merchants made a lot of money and bought a large number of Arab goods and prepared to sell them back to the Tang Dynasty.

There is one thing I have to say. Not surprisingly, Du Huan, a civil official, really asked to stay in the Abbasi Empire and prepare to travel around to see the exotic customs. Of course, this is not beyond the expectations of Zhang Fan and Aken.

However, when Du Huan left, he drank with Zhang Fan all night, and Zhang Fan chatted with him happily. Du Huan knew that Zhang Fan knew Buddhism and knew some Buddhism, so he asked Zhang Fan to demonstrate and support him to wish him a safe journey.

Zhang Fan is naturally willing to take out the 'holy thought' to help the Dharma and add the Dharma to Du Huan. Du Huan saw this walking stick, which was very exquisite and beautiful. He borrowed it to watch and couldn't put it down.

Zhang Fan's heart moved and looked at Akan. After thinking for a moment, he actually gave this 'Saint's Thought' stick to Du Huan.

"Brother Du, if you like it, you might as well take it. In the future, there will be a help and more defensive things on the road." Zhang Fan's mouth is generous, but there is real blood in his heart. Green Wing couldn't help talking, but held Zhang Fan down.

Du Huan was overjoyed, but said, "Zhang joined the army. I understand that such a valuable thing, how can Huan dare to win love? Even if you don't accept it, it also has the face of Zhang Sanjun's army. You think it's so good. Even if Zhang joins the army to borrow my feet, he will travel around and return to Anxi or Chang'an, and he will definitely return the original thing.

Akan muttered in his heart that at that time, we didn't know where it was for a long time. You still don't know anything!

"Brother Du, take it by yourself. Let's talk about it later if you don't return it." Zhang Fan said generously.

Du Huan thanked him again and again and put away the walking stick. Several people are still happy.

More than ten days later, Zhang Fan and the three escorted the envoy business trip all the way back to Talos City. This time, it took several months. Looking at this place where we once fought together, Zhang Fan couldn't help sighing that this chaos is divided and combined, which can be seen from this.

Zhang Fan and the three of them took the Tang army, continued to protect the envoy officials and business travelers, and went to Guizi, the location of the Metropolitan Protectorate.

There are no words all the way, but it is just the customs and magnificent scenery of the Western Regions. When I arrived at Anxi Guzi, I handed in the general order. Gao Xianzhi seemed to see through the wishes of the three people and ordered them to continue to escort the officials to Chang'an.

The time period of this task is long enough, and it is more than 20,000 miles from Anbar to Chang'an! Come and go over the years! Fortunately, Zhang Fan and the other two always go to Japan. Anyway, they are on the way. Along the way, there is Willis as a means of transportation, which saves a lot of hard work. But Willis can't run forward, but can only follow the army step by step.

Before leaving, he met Patiguli, who was also escorting the envoy of the Great Food Kingdom back and rested here. They also have empty flying carpets and can't fly at will, which is a little distressing. This time, they really met an old friend in his hometown. Several precepters were very happy. They got together and talked to each other about some anecdotes of each other's country before saying goodbye.

During this period, Zhang Fan deliberately visited the major monasteries and Buddhist grottoes in Guizi! At this time, it was spring, and some ascetic monks were completing the meditation winter and coming out of the meditation in the grottoes. Others began to practice in the Tianzhu Holy Land, and the Buddhist atmosphere of Guizi was very strong. In his communication, Zhang Fan learned some ancient Western languages and Buddhist knowledge.

Aken and Patiguli like turtle music and dance very much. According to their calculations, these ancient cultures may be the source of prop skills or ringers' skills, but they need to have a related trigger mechanism.

Before leaving, Patiguli asked a rather annoying question: "Your strange car props are really good. It's better than our flying carpet, but why hang a pair of briefs around?" ......”

Akan rolled his eyes and said, "It's none of your business..."

Zhang Fan blushed and his ears, and the green wing pulled out a horizontal knife and looked at Willis fiercely...

............

A group of messengers, merchants and escorted troops went on the road again. This place is thousands of miles away from Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty, and there is a long way to go. In Guizi, many caravans saw the Tang army going to Chang'an. Therefore, they all followed the Tang army, took advantage of the power of the Tang army, shocked the bandits from the Western Regions along the way, and went east together. Instead, it saves the cost of recruiting guards.

These thousands of teams stretched for more than ten miles on the vast Western Gobi and Silk Road. It was really safe along the way and did not encounter the harassment of bandits.

On this day, I walked to a place where the wind and sand were wild, and there were rock platforms left after being eroded by the wind and sand. The Silk Road parted from here, one way to the north road, and the other way to Yutan.

"Do you know where this is?" Aken looked at Zhang Fan with a smile.

Zhang Fan lifted the wind-proof cloak, stared at the magnificent Yadan terrain in front of him, and said halfway, "Millennium ancient country, dream of Loulan!"

"Your Excellency, there is a sea of sand in front of you. Two hundred miles ahead, the Jade Gate is closed. After passing the Yumen Pass, it is the real territory of the Tang Dynasty. A Tang soldier familiar with the path said, "It is said that there was an ancient city of Loulan a hundred years ago, and then somehow it suddenly disappeared!" Legend has it that there are countless ghosts wandering in the sand sea, and the non-large army is too powerful to pass!"

Zhang Fan Aken listened to this and smiled at each other. There are many unsolved mysteries of this mysterious Lop Nur even in modern times. Why the ancient kingdom of Loulan disappeared has not been revealed so far, let alone this time.

The sergeant said again, "Your Excellency, let's station here and wait until tomorrow to cross the Louland in one breath and don't stay."

"It's still early. Let's station in front." Zhang Fan ordered.

"Your Excellency, by all!" The experienced sergeant said urgently, "That's where the ghost city is in front of it. It is said that there are lonely ghosts wandering around at night! Although our army is prosperous, it is better to avoid it. Besides, there are many caravans to follow, in case something messy..."

Zhang Fan smiled, "My army passed by, and the ghosts and gods were easy. What kind of ghosts dare to come and collide?! But it doesn't matter."

Aken frowned slightly. He felt that this might be the arrangement of the world of the precepters. After all, there is no scene yet, and this scene is 80% supernatural, that is, it is likely to be a supernatural event.

So far, there has only been a visible formation momentum on the battlefield, as well as the flesh and blood wall, which is a little supernatural. The envoy to the Great Food Country has not encountered any strange events so far.

This mysterious Lop Nur, even in modern times, has some supernatural legends, not to mention this ancient scene. If your own calculation is not bad, 120% of supernatural events will occur here.

But now, it's good to experience it and see what's going on with Lop Nur. Anyway, there are military guards, and the scene does not give much task rewards, and the danger should not be too great.

After made up his mind, Aken also encouraged him to say, "It's not strange, it's self-defeat! Even if it's a little strange, can't we solve it as soon as my army arrives? If there are those harmful ghosts, just remove them and give the merchants a peaceful road.

Zhang Fan nodded, "Let's go!" In fact, he also wants to see this magical Loulan. What's strange about the mysterious place that the whole world will be confused by it thousands of years later.

Of course, if there are only three of them in the team, he may bypass it. Now 1500 Tang elites in hand, even if it is really a ghost city, will flatten it! What else is there to be afraid of?

This ancient country's Loulan is just a country of city, with several ancient city ruins, with a population of only 40,000 to 50,000 at the peak of the Han Dynasty. For Zhang Fan, who loves collecting, Pompeii in the east is well known for this major discovery in the archaeological world.

The real ancient city of Loulan covers an area of 120,000 square meters, and the commercial street in Zhang Fan's hometown is bigger than this city! In such a big place, even if the residents in it have become ghosts, there are only a few.

1500 Tang army, it is enough to destroy several such large countries! What are you afraid of!

At this time, the Western Regions caravan that followed the Tang army was in a dilemma. Follow the Tang army. The Loulan land boundary in front of it is a famous and dangerous place on this ancient road in the Western Regions! If you don't keep up, it's far away from the Tang army. This is also a place where robbers gather on the ancient road. It's safe to enter the Yumen Pass.

The Tang army did not march like this before. Why is it so hasty today?

Such as not to mention the caravan, the Tang army was ordered to go to the sea of knives and fire, not to mention this sand sea. The troops did not hesitate to drive into this place of death, where merchants on the Silk Road were deterred!

After the Tang army entered the territory of Loulan, no ancient city ruins were found. When it was late, he rested in a Yadan terrain near a platform eroded by wind and sand.

The businessman finally followed and stationed with Tang Jun. They bury their own pots to make rice and sort out their own accounts.

"How do you think this Langu Kingdom suddenly disappeared?" Aken asked.