"Master Lu, there's a river ahead. Am I seeing things? Look quickly!"
As the army traveled across the vast Gobi Desert, a river appeared before them. The river seemed to stretch endlessly, with no end in sight. Along the river, a large number of reeds could be seen, which were very lush.
And the place they were standing on was still the Gobi Desert, but ahead was an oasis that looked green and lush.
"Our eyes are not blurry, this is a river!"
"There are oases, rivers, and reeds..."
Lu Yun and his men were very excited. It was a temporary source of water for them. Although they didn't know where the river would extend to, at least it could bring them hope.
"It seems that our ancestors really didn't lie to me. This is indeed an oasis."
“It really is!”
Only then did Lu Yun realize that it was probably because the time was too long that this so-called oasis had turned into a Gobi Desert and then slowly formed a desert.
However, the oasis still survived where there was a river. However, he could speculate that in a few hundred years, if the environment here was not protected, the oasis in this area would gradually degenerate.
"Great! Let's go!"
The army was very excited. They quickly came to the river and filled their water bottles.
Lu Yun also believed that it was very likely that they were about to enter the Eastern Continent, and this was a sign.
I have to say, this is really exciting!
So they continued walking along the river. What they didn't expect was that they could see large tracts of farmland along the river basin, where wheat or rice were grown.
Lu Yun was completely shocked. He never expected that there were people growing crops in this oasis.
However, after crops appeared, they also encountered some people who grew crops.
They were dressed in similar clothing to the Han Empire, working in the fields. Their speech was not much different from theirs. Seeing the sudden appearance of the army, they were all shocked, their eyes filled with fear.
After all, with so many people showing up, and each of them having a fierce look in their eyes, it was obvious that they were not characters that were easy to mess with.
However, after asking, I found out that the place where their oasis was located was called Niya Kingdom!
There is a big country along this river with a very vast territory, and according to them, it has a population of 200,000 to 300,000!
This population makes them a large country in their area, but compared with the empire, it is a country that cannot be any smaller.
Or it can only be called the existence of a city-state!
But it is already very good to be able to encounter a small city-state in this oasis. At least, they will not be too lonely. They can also ask these people for some directions.
According to the information conveyed to them by the locals, in addition to the Niya Kingdom, there is also a Wu Kingdom in the oasis, which is also extremely powerful and has a population of more than 300,000.
Two great powers stand here, and there will be constant friction between them, but relatively speaking, they will be in a state of balance.
Lu Yun also made a brief analysis. Two big countries appeared in this oasis, but they had never come into contact with each other under the Han Empire because this oasis bordered the grassland.
However, the grassland was controlled by a barbarian country. The Han Empire had no idea of going west, so naturally it was unaware of the existence of two small countries here.
Of course, the people in the grassland don’t know either, because their activities in the grassland are generally in the north, and they rarely develop in the west.
In addition, they had no intention of migrating westward, so naturally they didn't know.
These two small countries seemed isolated from the world, but their writing and language were not much different from theirs. Lu Yun had a big idea at this moment, that is, the Qin Dynasty might have sent troops through this oasis!
Since coming into contact with the Qin Dynasty, they also had the idea of establishing a country, so the people living in this oasis began to unite.
That is why there are two great powers.
In a country of three or four hundred thousand people, this is just a relatively large city. All their people live in this city and move around around this oasis.
The river in one place is extremely long and even borders the grassland. It can be said that their lives were born because of this river.
Lu Yun was extremely shocked, but they also got a very useful piece of news, that is, by following this river, they can successfully reach the grassland.
Seeing this, I hope they will be very happy. Fortunately, they did not lose many soldiers and horses along the way, and they still have enough food.
Even if there is not enough food, you can still get food by passing through here.
In this way, they continued to move forward, and in less than half a day they arrived at a city that looked very large! This city had a strange shape, built with wood and rammed earth, and it was indeed quite abrupt in the oasis.
It is just like the barbarian country’s golden city, the Sun City, extremely majestic.
As their mighty army appeared, the Niya Kingdom began to panic. After all, they were all riding war horses, and each of them was wearing armor and holding weapons.
The appearance of such a large army in their city-state of Niya was simply a disaster that could destroy them in an instant.
When their army appeared, the king in Niya city quickly received the news. He was originally rejoicing in his palace, but then he heard the report from his subordinates.
"Your Majesty, something bad has happened!"
"A massive army has appeared outside our city. It looks like there are tens of thousands of people, a mighty and dense crowd. They all ride tall horses and wear armor, looking very impressive!"
"In addition to armor, the weapons in their hands are also very sophisticated and complete!"
"What?" The king was stunned. A large army suddenly appeared outside their city. All of them were brave warriors, holding weapons in their hands and wearing armor.
Although their Niya Kingdom was a big country, it was actually not much different from some cities of the Han Empire, and its population was also very dense.
They only had a few thousand soldiers in total, and they had relatively little armor and other things. Although everyone had weapons, they were not that sophisticated.
Even though they often fight with their neighboring country Ukraine, in reality it is not that good at all.
"Where did they come from? Could it be the legendary Great Qin?"
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