Western Regions, somewhere in the desert.

"His grandma, this place is too cold!" Zhao Kuo shrank and couldn't help but complain.

The sun had already come out, but the cold in the air did not dissipate, which made Zhao Kuo even feel like he was returning to Handan in winter.

However, Zhao Kuo could feel that the temperature was rising very significantly. Judging from the march in the previous month, by noon, the damn temperature would start to slowly rise.

As the days pass, the weather is getting better day by day.

To be honest, Zhao Kuo never thought that he would face such a harsh environment one day.

"There are sand except sand!" Zhao Kuo complained dissatisfiedly, took out a wine pot from his waist, and wanted to take a sip to warm up his body.

But after weighing the weight of the wine pot, Zhao Kuo thought about it and held back, reluctantly hung the wine pot back.

There is not much inventory.

Zhao Kuo was very melancholy.

It has been more than a month since I accepted Li Mu's mission and entered the desert.

During the past month, Zhao Kuo led 10,000 warriors under his command to move westwards, meeting many oasis of all sizes along the way, destroying several small countries, and even destroying a thousand Huns whom he met by chance.

But more often, Zhao Kuo is trekking in the sand all over the sky like today.

No one, no bird, and even plants are extremely rare. By midnight, not only are the weather quite cold, but some strange sounds will appear around the military camp, and ghost fires will even appear. Some night patrol soldiers claimed that evil ghosts were peeping in the dark.

Of course, Zhao Kuo cut off their heads without hesitation for such soldiers.

However, as the days passed, Zhao Kuo's patience gradually reached its limit.

In fact, if it weren't for the oasis and fighting that would appear every few days, Zhao Kuo felt that the morale and supply of the cavalry army under his command would have become a big problem.

Marching in such a ghost place is a serious physical and mental torture. In just this month, thousands of Zhao cavalrymen have stayed on this land forever due to various non-combat factors such as illness, discomfort and other non-combat factors.

"Call the guide to this general!!"

A moment later, a man with a high nose and deep eyes and a strange dress appeared in front of Zhao Kuo, nodded and bowed to Zhao Kuo, and said in the language of Zhao who was not very skilled: "General, what are the instructions?"

In fact, Perseus's entourage was not completely killed.

After all, these guys can be regarded as a living map after walking through the Western Regions. If they were wasted it would be too a pity.

In the face of a choice between life and death or loyalty, not everyone will definitely choose to be loyal, just like the man named Cretas in front of Zhao Kuo at this moment.

After passing the various tests and training of Hu Yiwei, Kretas was able to join the Zhao army and became one of the six guides.

Zhao Kuo narrowed his eyes and said to Kreitas impatiently: "How long will it take to reach the mountain pass you mentioned?"

"It's so soon?" Kreitas smiled and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, you should be able to reach the mountain pass in a few hours and then enter the plateau."

"Oh?" As soon as he heard this, Zhao Kuo finally raised some spirits and asked again: "How far is that place from the city of Baktra that you mentioned?"

Kretas thought for a while and said uncertainly: "The speed of the carriage is about forty days."

When Kretas was traveling, he followed the delegation. Of course, the delegation had carriages. In terms of marching speed, it was obviously not comparable to Zhao Kuo's pure cavalry.

Zhao Kuo licked his lips and suddenly laughed: "In other words, if this general attacked with the fastest speed, he might be able to reach Bactra City in more than twenty days?"

Kretas nodded and said, "That's right, General. But to be honest, that's more difficult. Because there are still many cities along the way."

"City?" Zhao Kuo laughed and patted Cretas' shoulder hard. He was about to say something, but suddenly exclaimed and stopped talking.

In front of the team, a cavalry scout came over like a sharp arrow and reported to Zhao Kuo a piece of news that he really wanted to hear.

"General Zhao Kuo, a mountain pass appeared in front of him, and there was a small pass at the mountain pass! There were hundreds of defenders in the city, and I don't know what country it was."

Zhao Kuo's body was shocked, and he immediately raised his energy and asked, "How far is it?"

"It's about twenty miles away to go back to the general!"

Zhao Kuo grabbed Kretas: "Say, is it this pass?"

Kreitas was stunned for a moment, nodded quickly and said, "Yes, it should be here. If nothing unexpected happens, the centurion stationed here should know me, I can..."

Before Cretas finished speaking, he was pushed away by Zhao Kuo with a grin.

The next moment, Zhao Kuo's loud voice began to sound: "Zhao Meng, Zhao Mengru, this killer, why don't you get out of this general quickly!"

Zhao Kuo's personal guard captain quickly appeared: "Zhao Meng is here, what are the general's instructions?"

"Come on, click a thousand warriors and go kill with me!"

...

At sunset.

In a small burning pass, Zhao Kuo walked around the platform with his head held high, watching one Zhao cavalry after another slowly passing through the place on horseback.

In the pass, hundreds of corpses of Seleucid soldiers were upside down, including a Seleucid general.

Kretas stood behind Zhao Kuo, lowering his head in a very humble manner, and his body kept trembling, fearing that any of his posture would arouse Zhao Kuo's dissatisfaction.

Just now, Cretas witnessed a miracle he had never witnessed.

The General Zhao Kuo in front of him was able to kill the Seleucid warriors in a completely incredible way with his every move!

As a Seleucid who had never seen a thunderclap, Cretas felt that General Zhao Kuo must have controlled the power from the legendary hell demon!

No, this Zhao Kingdom may be the legendary demon country!

"Zeus is here, please bless your devout Cretas!" Cretas stood tremblingly while begging for the mercy of his own god.

Suddenly, Cretas was slapped heavily, and this action scared him and almost peeed his crotch.

He looked up in fear and saw Zhao Kuo standing in front of him with a smile: "By the way, Ru's earlier said that from here, will it continue to cross this mountain pass south, which is the eastern boundary of Rubactria?"

At this moment, Cretas was about to be scared by the thunder. He didn't dare to hide anything from Zhao Kuo. He hurriedly said, "That's right. From here, we traveled through this mountain to the south, and we were from Bactricia..."
Chapter completed!