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Central Asia refers to the inland area in central Asia. This concept was first proposed by the German Alexander von Humboldt in 1843. There are many definitions of its scope, and in a narrow sense it is generally limited to the "five Central Asian countries".

From a geographical location perspective, Central Asia is located at the junction of the Eurasian continent and between major or regional powers such as Russia, China, India, Iran, and Pakistan.

It is a transportation hub that connects the Eurasian continent. It has always been the only place to go east to west and south to north. The ancient Silk Road passed through here. After the end of the Cold War, Central Asia has become an important strategic buffer zone, and its geopolitical significance has become more prominent.

Although this area has vast grasslands in the north, it lacks the foundation for large-scale agricultural development due to climate and water source problems.

Therefore, for a long time, what supported the development of this vast land was the animal husbandry of nomadic herders and the small-scale agriculture of settled residents. What is more important is the large-scale inland trade connecting east and west Asia that was born after Alexander the Great's Eastern Expedition.

This also means that this area can very conveniently absorb military technology from Persia, India, China and other regions. Therefore, the military equipment in this area can not only learn from each other's strengths and complement each other's weaknesses in different civilizations, but also often become a transit for technology dissemination. stand.

But another problem is that having good military technology does not mean that this region is really powerful in combat. In fact, it is precisely due to the geographical environment and economic development model of the region that the military development in this region often performs extremely awkwardly.

Due to the relatively arid environment, Central Asia is undoubtedly much more dependent on rivers than civilizations in other regions.

This undoubtedly also makes the countries in this region, except for those regimes that highly maintain the nomadic tradition, tend to have relatively small territories. It even existed in the form of city-states in some regions and times.

Even those nomadic regimes that maintain a high degree of tradition are often restricted by local development potential, and more often choose to develop in West Asia, India, or north into southern Russia.

Therefore, it is undoubtedly an unachievable task to maintain a large army in this area for a long time and thus become a military power that can deter the surrounding areas.

Therefore, in most of human history, Central Asia has often served as a springboard for other military powers or a battlefield for hegemony.

Although there are two outliers, the Kushan Dynasty and the Timurid Empire. But among the two, the Kushan Empire not only owned a large territory in India today, but the Pakistan area at that time was not as dry as it is today.

The subsequent development of the Timur Khanate was due to, on the one hand, the large amount of material and human resources accumulated during the "Peace of Mongolia" era, and on the other hand, Timur's continuous use of war to support war in the process of expansion, thus creating Build up your own huge and loose empire.

Therefore, after Timur's death, along with the setbacks in the Khanate's foreign wars, the Khanate declined rapidly and eventually disappeared in the long river of history.

As a result, the historical records of this area are extremely confusing. Because of the rapid changes in local political power and repeated wars, it is definitely difficult to find any clues in this place.

"Do you think we can find the secret hidden behind that cup this time?" Looking out the window at the bustling capital Bishkek, which is not yet a county in China, Fan Meng was not very optimistic about this search.

No wonder, everyone has too little information this time. Under such circumstances, it is not wise to travel thousands of kilometers to get here.

"It's hard to say, but I think we can first look for the remains of the earliest person with the cup. Maybe we can find some valuable clues." Liang En withdrew his gaze from both sides of the deserted road, and then looked at Fan Meng explained.

"But that cup is very unique, and everything on it seems to hide some kind of story. I have a hunch that if we pursue it all the way, we are likely to find some important discovery."

"If this is what you foresee, then we should indeed make a trip." After hearing what Liang En said, Fan Meng nodded very seriously.

This very metaphysical reason sounds more like a joke to others, but when applied to Liang En, it naturally becomes a reason that Fan Meng can recognize.

This is because Fan Meng followed Liang En on many expeditions before, and during these expeditions, he did feel Liang En's weird sixth sense in treasure hunting.

Therefore, for Fan Meng, when Liang En said that he secretly felt that there might be a big discovery later, he was more convinced than Liang En himself that he could find a big discovery this time.

Soon, they left this small and somewhat backward capital and drove into the suburbs. Here, at the far end of the road between poplar trees, you could see the snow-capped peaks in the distance when you raised your head.

The car left the city and went up the mountain. After about an hour, we entered the mountains. White yurts appeared on the roadside from time to time, and the vegetation in the mountains in the distance became increasingly dense.

It's just that there aren't many trees in the nearby hills, they're just covered with grass. Like pieces of "solidified waves", the ups and downs accompanied Liang En and the others up the mountain.

The place Liang En and the others went to was called Ala-Acha National Park. It is a high mountain park in the Tianshan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan. It was established in 1976 and is located 40 kilometers south of the capital Bishkek.

The park covers the surrounding mountains beyond the gorge near the Alaacha River, making it a great place for picnics, hiking, skiing and mountain climbing.

Therefore, although this journey looks like it requires uphill climbing on the map, the situation is actually much better than imagined. As one of the few world-class attractions in this country, the roads along this route are indeed well built.

This park is world-famous for its year-round snow, melting water and fresh air. The streams in the densely forested valleys are turbulent, and the combination of snow-capped mountains, dense forests, and streams is amazing.

It's just that it's winter now, and the snow falls very early in the mountains, so the famous local original ecological lawns are no longer visible. According to the brochure, the natural lawns here will be as soft and beautiful as golf course lawns.

Of course, Liang En and the others were not traveling, so they quickly parked their vehicle in the parking lot of a resort, then walked in one direction with their luggage bags and a full set of snow equipment.

"The place we went to is only two or three kilometers away from this resort. If there are no accidents, we can come back in two or three days. Moreover, this place is not considered a wilderness, and there has been no bad weather recently. I think we should be fine. "

While Liang En explained the recent situation to Fan Meng and Joan of Arc, he opened a cage and released three ravens. Considering that there must be a lot of field exploration this time, and Central Asia is not a safe place, he continued I took these three ravens with me.

But because of Fan Meng's presence, these three ravens were transported via airplane pet transport. Therefore, the ravens that had just jumped out of the cage first rested in the snow for a minute or two before fluttering their wings and flying towards in the air.