"Welcome back." Meng Yi personally greeted Shang Wen's arrival at Xianyang Railway Station.

"En. Thank you." Shang Wen said politely.

"There are still many things to trouble you to solve. I have encountered too many tricky things." Meng Yi said mercilessly.

"I saw it. I came directly from the Korean factory. The factory is under-operating. The situation on our side is not very optimistic." Shang Wen said.

"It's not just these, there are many things you don't know yet. We have too many troubles on the border issue." Meng Yi said.

"Oh. What's the matter?" Shang Wen asked.

"The Western Regions said that our merchants ambushed and killed the Western Regions merchants. They organized to besiege our border fortresses. What else Anxi, or the mission of the Parthian nation was detained by us. We don't know how to solve this matter. , The main reason is the language barrier." Meng Yi said.

"The situation in the north is a bit more complicated. Our Huns only know that they are called the Huns, but we don’t even know that there are other tribes among them. The conditions are very favorable for us, but we are currently unable to take advantage of such a favorable condition, mainly because Financial difficulties and some other issues." Meng Yi said as he walked.

"En." Shang Wen nodded.

"You guys are talking, I'll go back first." Yingyu walked over and said to Shangwen.

"Oh. Okay." Shang Wen said restrainedly.

"How is the princess?" Meng Yi asked from the side.

"I. I don't know." Shang Wen said, waving his hands.

"I don't understand, I don't know what to do." Shang Wen said.

"En." Meng Yi nodded and said.

"I think it's best to go to Xianyang Palace now. Some problems still need to be solved by the king." Meng Yi said.

"En. The problem is that Qin has encountered far more than these. There are also six eastern countries, the situation in all countries is not very good. The situation has changed a lot. This is very different from the changes we expected. "Shang Wen said.

"Is the prime minister not sure to deal with these things?" Meng Yi asked.

"En." Shang Wen nodded.

"History is formed by a lot of people working together. You can't control others, so history has a lot of uncertainty." Shang Wen said.

"Let's go back and talk about these things." Shang Wen felt a huge pressure suddenly oppressing him just after he came back. Although Shangwen had made preparations, but helplessly, these things surpassed Shangwen's imagination. A Sabbath country. It exceeded Shangwen's expectation. This Parthian nation is the product of Alexander the Great’s Eastern Expeditions. In addition, there are many unknown small countries in the Western Regions and Central Asia. What conditions have been given by these countries? The original historical situation has undergone great changes. Shang Wen needs to sort through it a bit to understand what happened.

On the vast plain north of eastern Liaoning. An expedition team sent by the Qin army is slowly advancing northward.

"Sir, we have been walking for several days. No one showed up, is it because we went wrong." A second-class soldier said, leading his horse.

"I don't know." A captain unbuttoned his collar. His horse was panting. Many horses followed. Various supplies were carried on horseback.

"Let's go a little further, and we'll take a break," the captain said.

"Call Lao Zhangtou over." The captain waved his arm to let the privates call someone over.

"Old Zhangtou. The commander called you." The second class yelled out. The captain looked at everything in front of him. It's so weird here, there is no way at all. All this way, they are the path that they have pioneered in the front. There are only twelve people in the entire expedition. More than fifty horses. But continuous expeditions have caused them to lose more than 30 horses. A lot of materials were lost. The captain felt that he should not go any further. The further you go, the more there is no way. There are not even aboriginal people nearby.

"Sir." Old Zhangtou ran over quickly and shouted.

"Count it, how far we have gone," the captain asked.

"We have walked more than 800 miles. Twenty-seven days." Lao Zhangtou reported.

"En." The captain said with a gratitude.

"We have to keep going," the captain said.

"Sir. It's not easy to go forward." Old Zhangtou said at this time.

"Why?" the captain asked.

"Materials, our supplies are running out. We have lost a lot of horses. There are more supplies. In this way, it will be difficult for us to return." Old Zhangtou said at this time.

"We can't leave without supplies," the captain said.

"Go on. No matter what happens, we have to walk a thousand miles. Only this can complete the task." The captain said firmly.

"Sir, the sir is not good." At this moment, a private soldier ran over quickly and said.

"What's the matter?" the captain asked.

"Squad leader, my squad leader went into the sludge." The private yelled anxiously.

"What?" the captain said.

"Where?" the captain hurriedly shouted.

"Just ahead," the soldier said.

"I'm leading the way. When talking about the privates, they rushed forward quickly.

"Keep up." The captain took the old Zhangtou and the others forward quickly.

"Hey, it's here." The soldier looked down and looked around at this time, but he didn't find anything for him to find.

"My squad leader is here." Private soldier said affirmatively.

"That's it. Sir. That's it." The private soldier said anxiously as if eager to prove something.

"My squad leader, who was here just now, half of his body went into the quagmire. What? How, in a blink of an eye. It's gone." The private soldiers searched very anxiously.

"Squad leader. Squad leader." The privates shouted. As he said, he walked a few steps forward.

"Stop." Just the whole time. The captain yelled to the privates.

"Back," the captain called out loudly.

"Sir." The soldier didn't know what happened. He stood still and didn't know what to do.

"Go back," the captain yelled.

"Hey." The private soldier retreated slowly.

"Go find a rock," the captain said, looking at the situation ahead.

"Sir. Here." Old Zhangtou handed the stone to the captain at this time.

"Boom." The captain threw into the quagmire ahead.

"Gudong." With a sound, the stone entered it all at once.

"Your squad leader may have been swallowed," the captain said.

"Ah." The private soldier called out knowingly.

"What, what to do, save my squad leader. He is a good man." The soldier pleaded.

The captain said nothing. Just shook his head.

"Sir." The soldier pleaded.

"Old Zhangtou. I beg you. Save my squad leader." The soldier pleaded.

"Oh." The captain mourned and left.

"This is also something that can't be helped." Old Zhangtou said.

"This is the quagmire of swallowing people. Those who go in. They are swallowed alive. There is no way to pass." Old Zhangtou said.

"This." The soldier was crying with grief. He didn't know what to do.

"Let's rest here." The captain turned around and said to the old Zhang who followed.

Something like this happened. The captain is very uncomfortable. The captain decided to be very upset, and decided to stop for a while.

As time passed, the captain's expedition went deep into the vast northeast plain. However, the plains at this time were not yet developed, and the snow melted in the spring, making it easy to form some swamps. Such terrain also exists in the Central Plains, but most people avoid it, and few people have seen it. The captain has also seen it once or twice. There is usually no way for the swamp. There is no good way to go around. Go through experienced people. But among the group of people, there are too few experienced people.

"Are we still going? Sir." Old Zhangtou asked by the campfire. The private was still sobbing, about the death of the squad leader. He is very sad. The monitor relied too much on him.

The captain glanced at the private soldier.

"How many such places are there?" the captain asked.

"I don't know. It looks very broad, our path is blocked." Old Zhangtou said at this time.

"We don't know anything around here. Our people are also very tired, and we are going forward under such conditions. It is very unfavorable for us." Old Zhangtou asked at this time.

"En." The captain nodded.

"Let's go back tomorrow," the captain said.

"The road ahead is very difficult to walk. Record the situation here in detail, and then we return. I don't think there will be any more to say about us." The captain said.

"En. Okay, sir." Old Zhangtou said.

the next day. The expedition team returned to the way they came. But soon they stopped.

"What to do? Sir." Old Zhangtou asked at this time. They looked for the way they came and went back. But what they saw was a large swamp area in front of them. These swamps have not appeared before. But now they are blocking their way back.

"Map." The captain called. Old Zhangtou handed the hand-drawn map to the captain.

This map is extremely crude, and the old chapter heads as far as possible to go all the way and draw all the things he can detect. This is his greatest possibility.

"There is a river near here. Let's take the upper reaches of the river. Maybe we can cross over there," the captain said.

"Yes, sir." Old Zhangtou nodded and agreed. In this way, they have to walk a road they have never walked before, and they have to go a long way. But there is no way, they are in front of the swamp area. They can't get past at all. Detour, this is their only way. So a group of people led their horses towards the upper reaches of the river, and the snow melted in spring and winter, forming a lot of water. This stagnant water formed a larger swamp area. The swamp has become the biggest difficulty for the expedition.