After Guo Youming left, Zhou Wenyu was calm on the surface, but in fact he was so nervous that he couldn't do it, in this complex situation, danger could happen anytime and anywhere.

In order to complete the task assigned by the prime minister, he can be regarded as fighting, but fortunately, Guo Youming is not completely stunned, he knows some of the severity, he did not look for trouble at the critical moment, and he is very cooperative, so it is easier to control those prisoners.

After the defeat of the captives, most of them lost their fighting spirit, and it was not difficult to control them, but the most difficult thing was how to deal with external dangers.

Compared to those horse thieves who are rampant like this, it seems that they all give the Shenwu Army a little face, but as long as there is no fanfare, which one doesn't want to take a bite of these thousands of humanoid fat sheep?

In the barren strip between the river and Tocharo, the slave trade was always the fastest business.

Moreover, robbing people passing by as slaves along the way is a free trade without capital, and there are absolutely not many opportunities to meet thousands of unarmed people at one time like this.

If you want to survive in troubled times, you must calculate all possible problems.

In addition, Zhou Wenyu's more headache at the beginning was the food that Guo Youming was looking for.

If it is confirmed that there is no grain in the cellars where the grain is secretly stored, then the morale of the army will inevitably be unmaintainable, and it will not be much easier to get something to eat in this almost barren Gobi than to ascend to the sky.

Once this happens, all he can do is resign himself to his fate.

Previously, Zhou Wenyu was quite confident in front of Guo Youming, saying that there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, but in fact, it is also a means to temporarily calm people's hearts. But no matter how confident you are, the role you can play is temporary, and only food is what can really stabilize people's hearts.

If there is no food, you can only plan for the worst, give up the thousands of prisoners, and only protect Guo Youming to find the main force of the rebels.

In the second half of the night, there was not even a sound outside the humble camp, which meant that there were no foreign attackers, but more potentially, it was a sign that there was no grass and not even a living thing.

It is not an easy task to survive in such a deathly place.

The heavens were covered with the earth, and there were no tents to shield from the wind, nor candles to illuminate. Everything can only be done in the darkness where you can't see your fingers, and some people are simply incapacitated because they suffer from night blindness.

Anxiety and anxiety tormented Zhou Wenyu, he was waiting for Guo Youming to bring back the good news, but at the same time, he was prepared for the worst.

Suddenly, an unusual vibration woke him up from the scorching, and he listened closely, and there seemed to be a faint sound of footsteps in the darkness in the distance.

And the sound of footsteps is not the sound of one person, but thousands of people advancing at the same time.

This means that danger may be coming.

The sound of marching footsteps could be heard, proving that the other party was very close to them, and the patrol team did not warn.

Zhou Wenyu sighed secretly, it seems that he still overestimated these rebels, not because they became sluggish and timid after the defeat, but because they couldn't do it in the first place.

It is in itself a fool's errand for such a well-established army to dare to go against the invincible Shenwu army in the Western Regions.

"Enemy attack, blow the horn to warn!"

As a rabble, there were no war drums and no gold and iron to warn, and the only blowing horn that could be carried with them was naturally agreed to be the best thing to warn of an attack.

Woohoo!

The sound of blowing horns suddenly pierced the night sky, and the camp, which had been quiet and even breathed very weakly, suddenly became chaotic. The newly appointed commanders also tried to stabilize the dozens of men under them, but only half of them were able to follow orders.

The first reaction of most people after being awakened is to flee for their lives.

This is a flock of frightened sheep, and even a few wolf howls will be frightened and lose their minds and run in all directions.

"Run for your life......"

"The horse bandits are coming......"

Many people are in a hurry not to desperately protect themselves as a team, but to flee for their lives in shame.

Zhou Wenyu knew that he could not save the overall situation, so he could only sigh that he was unlucky, and the horse bandits finally couldn't resist the temptation, and planned to wipe out this group of humanoid two-legged sheep.

He quickly arranged the tasks of his cronies, and a third of them had to escape back under the cover of night, informing the Shenwu army of the situation here, as long as the army leveled the horse bandits in this area and killed not a single one, it could be regarded as revenge for them.

At this time, Zhou Wenyu did not plan to escape, the task assigned by the prime minister had not yet been completed, Guo Youming did not know whether he was alive or dead, and he could not die in front of this person.

Just as he had arranged all the corresponding matters, several army commanders suddenly rushed over with their soldiers who were still restrained.

"General, we are here to obey orders, how can we kill the thief?"

Zhou Wenyu was somewhat shocked, and when he was stunned, Wu Chang rushed over with a few of his subordinates.

After a rough count, there were as many as 35400.

Although more than sixty percent of the people scattered, there were still brave people who remained.

In this case, Zhou Wenyu changed his previous plan to escape by night to find Guo Youming.

"Pick up all the guys who have them, whether they are sticks or stones, as long as they can fight!

At this time, the array was not so particular, it was just a simple one-line formation, the opponent had no cavalry, the impact was not high, and the only purpose of the array was to drag and neutralize the enemy's offensive and pull it into the melee.

Once the battle enters the melee stage, it is a chaotic style of play, and if the number of people is equal, it depends on the luck of the game.

If the enemy is outnumbered, at least I can kill back to the original, even if I die in battle, it is worth it!

It's not that Zhou Wenyu doesn't care about his life, it's really that most of the fighting men on the battlefield understand that they are pinning their heads to their belts, and as long as they are still on the battlefield for a day, their lives will never be their own.

Most of this "bravery" comes from the numbness of seeing life and death.

"Kill the thief!"

"Kill ......"

After the formation, Zhou Wenyu routinely took the lead in mentioning a few words, and the rest of the people also shouted in the same way, and the front and back of the shouting were not neat, and it was barely counted as a white buckle after several times, but hundreds of people shouted in unison, which was quite shocking.

The attackers in the darkness did not know the truth and most of them did not dare to attack rashly.

Someone lit the few torches they had, intending to boost morale, but Zhou Wenyu shouted at them and ordered them to extinguish the torches immediately.

If you light too many torches, you can naturally bluff, but if there are only a few fires, it is no different from exposing your shortcomings in front of the enemy.

Hearing the sound of footsteps stepping on the ground getting closer and closer, Zhou Wenyu's right hand clenched the handle of the horizontal knife.