Wang Tongdeng sat on a huge rock on the bank of the river and looked at his cavalry. Many of the soldiers were older than him.

After the war in Liaodong was calm, he and dozens of Chengying soldiers returned to Xia Kingdom. The war in the river became more and more intense, and experienced officers were scarce. General Xu Wenhu of Anxi recommended Wang Tongdeng and summoned him to Hezhong. Wang Tongdeng did not disappoint. He first served as the marching squad under Zhou Li's command. As the Western Expedition Army won the victory all the way, he rushed straight into the territory of Russell Turks. After the camp lieutenant was promoted to general, Wang Tongdeng was elected as a lieutenant by the soldiers. He could only be appointed as a marquis and general after enough military achievements. However, General Zhou Li of Anxi went deep into the Resha Sea alone, and the 20,000 troops were almost wiped out. Only more than a hundred soldiers escaped by chance. Wang Tongdeng was one of them.

"These guys are a little more relaxed." Marshal Shi Yu Decheng smiled, "There are too many old fry."

"It's useless to say more." Wang Tong Deng said without expression, "Just fight a few battles with the Turks."

Yu Decheng had never seen Zhou Li before. If he had seen him, he would have found that Wang Tongdeng's expression looked very similar to Zhou Li.

After mobilizing sergeants in the river, the battalion expanded three times, and a large number of retired sergeants returned to the battlefield. Retired sergeants were not young boys, some of them were older than the lieutenant. Although their martial arts were good, their discipline was a little worse. A sergeant dragged a rock sheep from the hillside, and a smile appeared on the corner of Wang Tongdeng's mouth. "There are some good hunters." In his eyes, no matter how good these people were, they were just hunters. The soldiers did not pass the test of killing and blood, just as swords had not been tempered. Xinding seemed to be indifferent, but in fact, it was to hide his inner tension. He was General Wang who was the cavalry. After he survived the Resha Sea, he was about to expand the army rapidly. The officers died in the Resha Sea. There were very few talents. Wang Tongdeng directly skipped the lieutenant level and was appointed General Quan.

If Zhao Xingde was here, he would be so surprised that he would not recognize him. His smile touched the scars on Wang Tongdeng's face, which was particularly hideous and terrifying. His handsome face seemed to have been burned by fire, covered with burning marks, which were the scars left when he escaped from the sea of ​​hot sand. Tens of thousands of troops were ambushed by the Turkic people, and only a few soldiers fought to the death to kill them, and most of them were intercepted by the Turkic cavalry who were chasing them. Wang Tongdeng led a small team of troops to rush northward, bypassing the east side of the Turkic heavy troops. By familiarizing themselves with the terrain of the Black Sea in the 7th Battalion of Chengying, he returned to Haixi Fort with great difficulty.

"We are lucky. We will pass through the Shede Valley one by one, but I am afraid that we will not be able to eat live food within dozens of miles."

Yu Decheng said with a smile. The soldiers were very awe of Wang Tongdeng, while Yu Decheng was much more intimate. In the eyes of the soldiers nearby, officers from the Marine Division often felt that they were omniscient on the ground and half of the heavens. However, Yu Decheng felt that the more they knew, the less confident they were. The cavalry of the Xia Kingdom would go deep into the Turkic territory to fight. He was very glad to be assigned to Wang Tongdeng's army. He knew that the old horse knew the way and had more chances of surviving the war in the autumn to attack the Turkic Dashi tribe.

"It's good to eat." Wang Tongdeng said lightly, frowned slightly.

In order to survive, he had eaten almost everything, lizards, mole crickets, termites, and things like rock sheep were considered a great delicacy in the march. Under the valley, the soldiers saw rock sheep and cheered. If they were marching outside the mountain, they would rarely see large wild animals on both sides of the post road. In the Alan Mountain, wild animals were rarely harassed, so they could still hit such a big guy. There were one and two, and soldiers kept coming out of the mountain with their prey, looking like they returned victoriously. However, after this harassment, the smarter wild animals in the mountain should have escaped without a trace.

The soldiers peeled wild game with all their fingers and tried to clean it up. Not long after, the aroma of barbecue rose at the bottom of the valley.

This is the hinterland of Xia Kingdom, so there is no need to stop fireworks during the march. However, Wang Tongdeng's brows frowned even more fiercely. The roasted body and the smell of burnt meat evoked some of his memories. On the way to escape from the sea of ​​hot sand, he had encountered a Turkic pursuers. The sky was dark and the Turks did not notice Wang Tongdeng, but Wang Tongdeng heard the screams from the Dashi Camp. After this battle, neither the Roma Sultan army nor the Xia ** team had any mercy towards his opponents. If he could not escape, death in battle would be the best result.

After the rock sheep was roasted, Yu Decheng personally went over and asked for two pieces, picked one with a knife and handed it to Wang Tongdeng.

Wang Tongdeng frowned and said thank you, took the knife and ate it. As a soldier, if he refused to eat because of some personal feeling, it would be an unforgivable weakness. Yu Decheng chewed heavily while seeing his face unhappy, and smiled and said, "Although the taste is not very good, we have taken the lead to get the best wild game. When the army passed by here, I'm afraid General Zhang would not be able to eat fresh wild animals."

He joked about the general of the marching department, and the soldiers around him gave Zhang Shanfu a lot of face, and they all burst into laughter.

Zhang Shanfu led his army from Kangguo and marched south along the post road on the northwest foot of Alan Mountain. At this time, he had not arrived at Gushang City, which had five hundred soldiers stationed in Gushang City to replenish the supplies and fodders. The army would repair Gushang City for fifteen days, then cross the Alan Valley and march along the Shede River at the bottom of the valley to reach Tiemen Pass. The terrain of Tiemen Pass is dangerous, and it is the key to the natural dividing line of Alan Mountain. Going south through Tiemen Pass, there are more "natives" with yellow beards and blue eyes. Indigenous people are the name Zhang Qian of the Han Dynasty to this place, which refers to the people here settling in farming and loving the land, which is similar to the Han people, but very different from the horse-backed nations like the Huns and Turks.

To the north of Tiemen Pass, the people are all black-haired and their pupils are brown-black. Most of them are descendants of Han immigrants.
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