The decision to go into the desert at the beginning of August was really crazy, and everyone - whether handsome or not, old or young, male or female, was like being brushed with oil.

In the entire team, only Princess Xingping, who was wrapped in a light veil, a cloak, and smeared with ointment from the Beiliang court, still maintained her original complexion, but this complexion was already darker than when she left Beiliang, and it was difficult for He Mulan to guarantee that she would still have that good skin when she arrived in Pingcheng.

As far as she knows, fair-skinned girls are prone to spots and sunburns.

'Your Majesty, if the princess Xingping I brought back becomes ugly, it's really not my fault,......' He Mulan thought with tears in his eyes.

'In this world of no sunscreen and no air-conditioned cars, it was amazing that I could bring her back to Pingcheng! ’

He Mulan's skin is now tanned, and she has not very white teeth with a smile, not to mention that she herself says that she is a woman, even if it is a respected old man who says that she is a woman, I am afraid that no one believes it.

Later, He Mulan was half forced by Zheng Zong, half really had to replenish water, and kept drinking water on the road to reduce the consumption caused by her heavy sweating, and there was no urine at all, if she didn't take water and wipe it off casually when she went to bed at night, she could even wipe salt grains off her body.

Yuan Fang, Chen Jie and the others would show complicated expressions every time they saw He Mulan's current dress and appearance, which probably meant "Your Majesty is too much, how can you let a woman go to such a hot place" or something like that, I'm afraid that in their hearts, Tuoba Tao has become an unscrupulous boss who squeezes every drop of He Mulan's sweat and tears.

After entering the desert, He Mullan realized the insignificance of human beings, and the scenery between heaven and earth was exactly the same, no matter which angle it looked at, it was sand, sand, sand......

Even a person with a strong sense of direction like He Mullan has two yards of black eyes in the desert. She couldn't understand how the guides could tell the right path from the identical dunes.

The guide named Lao Sangtou that Gai Wu knew was indeed a very useful person. He taught everyone to tuck a cloth towel under a white hood so that it would prevent the scalp from getting sunburned. He told everyone that they should not drink water when the sun is at its height and hottest, because not only will it not quench their thirst, but it will immediately turn into sweat, and they should be replenished with water in the evening and early morning, so that they will not faint due to lack of water during the day.

He led the mission through the shade of the dunes, he knew every big oasis and small oasis in this desert well, and the guides recruited by Bei Liang in Qingtongxia were like ignorant children in front of him, and everyone respectfully called him "Master Sang" in the end, because he brought even more help to the whole mission than those hard-working camels.

The people of Lu Shuihu are all proud, and at the same time, the stories about the old mulberry head from the people of Lu Shuihu also spread.

In his early years, he traveled east and west with Gaitiantai, went to the Devil's Gorge, went down to the deep sea of Beiyan, went up to the snow-capped mountains, and crossed the swamps that no one had walked on, and he almost wanted to say that he was an expert in wild adventures.

Although He Mullan knew that there was an element of deliberate exaggeration and bragging, there were such rumors in the team that helped the confidence of the whole team grow, so He Mullan did not pay attention to these rumors, and the rumors became more and more strange, and in the end, He Mullan even heard such rumors that "when the old mulberry knew that a certain desert treasure was to be retrieved, he was tracked down by horse thieves and his finger was cut off before he escaped".

Many people are very curious about the legendary "treasures", and some of them are even arrogant to ask the old mulberry if those treasures are real, and the angry old mulberry head is directly driven away.

Fortunately, he was among the Lu Shuihu people all day and night, so he was not dragged directly into a corner by someone with a sack to force a confession.

It's just that the sinister mind of the man with the treasure is really pointed.

"Have you found out who passed it on?"

He Mullan didn't want to stop the previous rumors, but when the rumors could endanger people's lives, especially when Gai Wu personally came to ask He Mullan to investigate the matter thoroughly, she of course had to make the decision that this team leader should have.

The matter of investigating the rumors was handed over to Zheng Zong and Yuan Fang, one of them was familiar with the situation of the whole group, and the other was fluent in the languages of several tribes.

"It's not from the Lu Shuihu people, it's a soldier of the Beiliang Iron Guard Battalion. He is a native of Dunhuang and has heard of the 'night owl treasure hunt' in the local area. This old mulberry head used to live in Dunhuang when his fingers were not broken before, and he had some reputation. He once recruited men into the desert once, saying that it was a treasure hunt, but the whole army was wiped out, and only he came back with a broken finger......"

Zheng Zong's expression was stern: "After his hand was abolished, he was always asked about the treasure in Dunhuang, and then disappeared one day, and there was no trace in Dunhuang. Originally, this Beiliang man didn't know that this old mulberry head was the night owl, but Lu Shuihu people said that his previous name was 'night owl', and the characteristics of the broken finger were in line with it, so it came out."

"So, he really knows that a treasure is in Dunhuang?" Gai Wu blinked, "Then why didn't he sue us?" If he wants to take out the treasure, he doesn't need to run at that time, he just needs to gather the brothers of the Tiantai Army to go to Dunhuang together, isn't it better than recruiting miscellaneous cards in Dunhuang to go into the desert together?"

"No wonder he is so familiar with the desert, he knows how to protect himself, how to find water in the desert, how to get through the guò sand dunes quickly......" Yuan Fang thought of other questions, "This person has traveled through the depths of the desert before, or has made a lot of preparations to enter the desert, and now he can live by being a 'guide' for the caravan. In this regard, he is a treasure in every sense [,!] ]"

"I don't want to hear about it in the mission anymore." He Mulan frowned and said to Na Luohun beside him, "You pass on my order, and the whole army is not allowed to harass Lao Sangtou again. Even if he knows the news of any treasure, it is his own business, there is no need to make a fuss about it, and the military spirit is fluctuating. We are here to pick up relatives, Princess Xingping's dowry is already a headache, and there is a 'treasure mystery', we don't even have to rush! "

"Yes!"

Na Luo Hun nodded.

Gai Wu still frowned, probably not knowing why Lao Sangtou went to Beiliang four years ago to "hunt for treasure", and he didn't go back for so many years.

His experience over the past few years was a mystery, and he didn't want to tell them about it.

"If only my grandfather were still alive." After a long time, Gai Wu sighed, "I still can't convince the public, precisely because I am not trustworthy, and Uncle Sang does not dare to let us share his past."

"Don't blame yourself, everyone has secrets." He Mullan patted his apprentice on the shoulder and winked at him.

If she doesn't say for herself that she's a woman, who can know she's a woman?

Gai Wu obviously thought of this as well, smiled gratefully, and continued: "No matter what, Uncle Sang's character is definitely ......"

"General, Master Sang asks to see you!"

Outside the door, the barbarian suddenly reported to the tent.

A group of people in the tent were discussing the matter of Lao Sangtou, but at this time, it was Cao Cao Cao who arrived, several people looked at each other, He Mulan straightened his clothes and let him in.

When Lao Sang Tou entered the account, he didn't expect that there were so many people inside, and after greeting everyone, Lao Sang Tou said to He Mulan with a sad face:

"The stars are shining brightly tonight, and the red moon has appeared, and from tomorrow onwards, I won't be able to rush during the day."

"Why?"

When He Mullan heard that he couldn't hurry, he couldn't help but be in a hurry.

"This oasis is very small, there is not enough water, and if we linger here for a few more days, our horses will die of thirst first!"

Horses drink much more water than people, and for so many days, horses' consumption of water accounts for the largest part of water loss, and even Hemulan's Yue Ying and Da Hong are wilting these days, and they can't lift their spirits at all.

"The red moon and the stars appear together, indicating that the next few days will be very hot weather, this heat will be even worse than now, extremely hot weather will make miasma appear, and the desert will also 'gossamer', the gossamer will distort the appearance of the whole desert, and it is easiest to get lost, so from tomorrow, we can't rush during the day."

The old mulberry head is obviously also very troubled by the appearance of this ghost weather now.

"Before I came, I communicated with several other guides that the next road will take two days to reach the next big oasis, but the journey is not bad, we will rest in this sandstone oasis during the day tomorrow, but from the evening onwards, we will 'stay at night', otherwise a large number of people will suffer from heat stroke, dehydration and even dry death."

He said it with caution, and everyone in the tent couldn't help but be stern.

"Out at night? Do you see the way?"

Yuan Fang's biggest concern is the problem of getting lost." It's already difficult to identify the direction during the day, but if you can't see the road at night, will you take the wrong road?"

"Walking at night is no different from walking during the day. For camels, there is little need to use the eyes to discern directions. I and a few other guides all pointed the way at night, and this road is not an obscure route, and the most worrying thing about encountering poisonous insects and snakes at night is the direction."

Old Mulberry didn't take his worries to heart.

"Master Sang thinks we have to travel at night to reach Chin Khan City? Can't take any risks during the day? We still have enough water."

He Mullin was also concerned about the safety of the more than 5,000 people marching at night.

When the desert is docile, the white sand is no different from the beach, although the horses do not like to walk in the desert, but the solid sand does not hurt the horses' hooves, and there is nothing bad about walking except for a little slower.

But the temperature difference between day and night in the desert is very large, and at night when it is the coldest time, you have to cover the mattress, if you wear thick clothes and hurry, the temperature difference between day and night is too large to toss back and forth several times, He Mullan is worried that most people will get sick.

"It's more dangerous to stay here, there's not enough water. I didn't see once or twice that the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army secretly drank water, they didn't strictly control the amount of water they drank at all, and the water in the skin bags they carried with them was probably empty. The water of this oasis can dry up our ...... in one day."

The water in the oasis is usually the water that slowly gathers from the rainy season and underground springs, and once it is used up, it often takes a long time to renew it, and several guides have shaken their heads at this oasis, but it is a pity that the later people have no water to use.

"That's all there is to it. We will send a messenger to all the people to prepare water and food for the desert during the day, and from tomorrow onwards, we will travel every night to store up their spirits during the day."

He Mulan immediately summoned the Bo Ya official in the mission to pass the order, and thanked the old mulberry head again: "Thank you Master Sang for your help this way, we have to take care of you a lot, and when I return to Pingcheng, I will tell Your Majesty Xià and ask for a reward for Master Sang."

Unexpectedly, when the old mulberry heard this, he didn't even raise his eyebrows, and only looked at Gai Wu: "Young master, can Lu Shuihu be an official in Wei now?"

Gai Wu was stunned and shook his head.

"It's just a gift, and no one has been an official in the court."

"Neither did the general?"

"Nope."

He Mulan stood there a little embarrassed, not knowing what the old mulberry man meant by this.

"Since the other Lu Shui. [,！ Hu people can't be officials, and the reward I can get as a waste person is just some gold and silver, and I'm like this now, and I don't care about money." Lao Sang Tou showed a sarcastic expression, "I'm not helping you, I'm afraid that the clansmen will bend in the desert for some reason, General Hua had better take care of his tiger army, don't drink water indiscriminately, otherwise you will ask us for water."

At this moment, even Gai Wu was a little embarrassed, so he could only say goodbye to He Mulan and drag the old mulberry head out of the camp, and after walking far away, he could still hear Gai Wu complaining to the old mulberry head.

"This Master Sang seems to have a lot of prejudice against the Wei people." Yuan Fang had a faint worried look in his eyes, "I don't know if he has suffered any losses from the Wei people in addition to building the rooftop, and he is so guarded."

"It's probably a loss on the way to escape, when Gai Wu wandered all the way to Pingcheng, I don't know how much suffering I suffered, Xianbei and Han people are very strict with Zahu, they are not like the Qiang people, Di people, the appearance is quite different from the Central Plains people, you can see at a glance that it is a miscellaneous hu."

He Mulan sympathized with his plight and said nothing.

Zheng Zong, who was on the side, opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't speak, but Yuan, who was thoughtful, showed that he was wrong, and asked him curiously: "What do you want to say?" Just put it bluntly, you don't have to be so secretive."

"I have some guesses, I don't know if I should mention ...... or not"

Zheng Zong is always sensitive to the dark side of others.

"You may not have noticed, the last time the horse thieves attacked the caravan, the caravan leader and leader of the old mulberry head were all dead, and everyone else was fleeing in a hurry, most of the wounds on his body, he was a waste, and he didn't do anything, but he was unharmed. Even if he has martial arts on his body, most of the horse thieves are persimmons picked up and pinched, he is not tall, and he has injuries on his hands, why didn't the horse thieves attack him as an adult man?"

He Mullan blinked.

"There is a big difference between those who practice martial arts and those who don't. Even if you tie my hands together, I can easily dodge an enemy like a horse thief."

"Not only that, the night the general annihilated the horse thief, everyone was discussing the horse thief, only he didn't say a word about it, it stands to reason that the horse thief attacked his caravan and killed so many people, even if he was a temporarily hired guide, at least he walked together for so many days, and the same enemy is not necessarily the same, and there is always a little bit of affection for things and injuries, right? But after he entered the camp of the Lushuihu people, he never mentioned the previous caravan, which is very strange."

Zheng Zong and Lu Shuihu often get together on weekdays, and they also know a little about this "Master Sang".

"You mean, the old mulberry probably knew that there were horse thieves on that road?" Yuan was thoughtful, and after thinking about it for a while, he gasped.

"Do you mean that the old mulberry head is probably a spy of the horse thieves who ambushed the caravan and specially led the caravan to the road where something would happen?"

"I'm just guessing. I have also been to Bei Liang and Xia Guo before, and I know that there is collusion between the guides in some places and the local horse thieves. In order to protect their relatives and friends, the local people will often cover them, or even simply form a group to design caravans and travelers in the past."

Zheng Zong said with some concern: "What is more convincing than a guide? Even if the caravan's guide pointed in the wrong direction, some people would follow, just as he told us today to travel at night to avoid the scorching sun. If it's really an internal response, it's normal to guide the caravan to a remote place."

Yuan Fang and Chen Jie's expressions were already very ugly.

"It's really just speculation. Even if the old mulberry head and those sand wind thieves are in the same group, we kill all the horse thieves, which is equivalent to taking a salary from the bottom of the kettle, and he has found his clan again, maybe he will get rid of this life and return to his hometown. Now we need his skills, just keep an eye on him, and don't need to startle the snake."

He Mulan is very sore about Zheng Zong's ability to always spare no effort to think of people in a bad way.

Just as he was determined that Xingping Gong would seduce him.

Or he thinks that the old mulberry head is not so simple.

"I don't think Zheng Zong's speculation is completely unfounded. Lao Sangtou is too familiar with this road, and he is not a native of Beiliang." Yuan Fang had some confidence in Zheng Zong, "General, it's better to be like this, every time you send out scouts to explore the road, send several times more, go a little farther, and make sure that there is no problem before coming back. Especially the direction of the old mulberry head......"

The horse thieves are not without a trace, and a team of more than 5,000 people, even if they want to ambush, they must at least have about the same number of people.

Experienced scouts can show clues from hundreds of miles away, even in the desert, it's a natural intuition, and it's almost impossible for so many people to hide completely.

"That's all there is to it."

He Mullan nodded, his heart heavy.

"Sure enough, you can't have the heart to harm others, and you can't have the heart to defend people...... Is it?"

The experience of the old mulberry is really very important.

The next morning, as soon as the sun was rising, everyone noticed the heat that they had never felt before.

At this time, it is the eighth month of the lunar calendar, and it is already the beginning of September in modern times, even in the desert, it will never be so hot as this.

Some people started to water it directly, while others hid under the shadow of the camel's crawling camels to cool off a little. The tent could not be lived, it was not much different from the sauna, and even Fuqu Bodhi and Princess Xingping left their tents and looked for them in thin clothes. [,！ ] A few camels lay down in the shadows to hide.

A few palace maids fanned them on the side, and the remaining melons and fruits were cut into beautiful shapes and placed on a plate, which served as a moisturizer for their breakfast, causing many soldiers to look at them longingly.

In the desert, whether the identity is valuable or not is also a matter of how many people are serving, the sun does not matter whether you are a nobleman or not, you have to bask together.

Princess Xingping also appeared more and more in front of people, and later, because it was too stuffy, occasionally she would take off her veil and appear with her younger brother Bodhi.

Princess Xingping's beauty can still be resisted by the men who have been immersed in women's colors for a year, because her beauty is a complete wave of hormones, and the men have seen more women, and they still have a disadvantage for her.

But for the young soldiers who have never seen a woman in this school, who make a living from war, and even some of whom have never even touched a woman, Princess Xingping's appearance, figure, and even voice can lead them to infinite reverie.

The horror of the army being suppressed for a long time is indescribable, after more and more soldiers in Hemulan's current tiger army began to quietly follow Princess Xingping, He Mulan immediately and decisively asked Meng Yulong to send the Iron Guard Battalion to protect Princess Xingping closely, and the Bodhi Prince and his secret guards also tried to stay by Princess Xingping's side.

She knew that many of the young men of the Tiger Army might not really want to offend Princess Xingping, maybe they just wanted to talk to this beauty, maybe they just wanted to "confess", but as long as one person did this, countless people would follow suit, and maybe once one person got out of control, Princess Xingping would be torn to pieces by the young men who were about to explode.

Zheng Zong had already told her worriedly, he had seen many times that there were young men from the Tiger Army who got up in the morning to wash their pants, and during the day there were also people who looked at the back of Princess Xingping and saw them falling from their horses.

Not because of deep thought, but because of the loss of state on the horse, you will feel pain when riding, it is better to fall directly from the horse once, the pain will distract you and let the swelling go away.

Only at this time did He Mulan know how terrible a woman was in the barracks, in the past TV series, those "joking" Mulan were all beautiful in appearance and good figure, how could such a woman survive in the army?

Men who have lost control and only have bestial desires are likely to transform directly into beasts, and when a long march like this or the tension before a big war comes, a restlessness will lead to a change in the camp.

Even in order to remove the unrest in the army, the commanders will expel or kill the woman.

He Mulan said with certainty that if Princess Xingping was not the object of their protection, and this woman was very important to the Northern Wei Dynasty, if she was replaced by other women, no matter how ugly she was, she would be driven out when her current tiger army began to get a little out of control.

She is so glad that Mulan is a girl who is neither beautiful nor plump.

Who is the person the Tiger Army fears the most?

Among them must be Mullin.

It is precisely because of this, for the safety of Princess Xingping and to appease Princess Xingping's affection, as long as He Mulan is free, he must appear by her and Bodhi's side, sometimes he doesn't even say anything, just stays quietly, and can block the spying or burning eyes of many people.

For Princess Xingping, at the beginning, when many men showed her that kind of hot gaze, her heart was proud and satisfied.

She has known that she is extremely beautiful since she was a child, and she fully satisfies herself in the eyes of men, and thus finds her self-confidence and erects wrong values.

Think about it, countless men are obsessed with her, and can even watch her back fall off the back of a horse, what kind of beauty is this?

Men conquer the world, women conquer men, sometimes what men can't do, women even need a look that men will offer.

But when there are more such eyes, Princess Xingping feels not pride, but fear. No matter where she went, no matter what she did, there would be countless people staring at her, licking every inch of her skin with their eyes, and even the air was filled with the smell of men's bodies, which made her want to die.

She has more than a hundred palace maids by her side, some of these palace maids have found a "good match" in the Tiger Ben Army, and some have the right eyes in the Iron Guard Camp, but they don't dare to sneak out for the night or do anything excessive, not because they are reserved, but because there are so many pairs of eyes looking at it, who knows if someone will go crazy, from two Yan Hao to a group of demons dancing?

Women are naturally sensitive to this kind of thing, and they don't dare to risk it at all.

Fortunately, Princess Xingping's drowsiness and vomiting have disappeared as if they had suddenly disappeared from one day, otherwise the situation would have been even worse.

Maybe it's because she's young, maybe she's pretty good, maybe it's because God favors her, she can eat and sleep after her vomiting and drowsiness are gone, even if she rides a camel for a day under the scorching sun, she doesn't have any discomfort in her abdomen, but after going to bed at night, she always has all kinds of nightmares about losing her baby in the middle of the journey, or walking and being dragged to a no-man's land by a group of men......

At this time, Mulan seemed to hear the uneasiness in her heart, and approached her side more and more.

He was like a silent mountain, hiding from all eyes and soothing her restless heart.

He was different from every man she had ever come into contact with, he didn't even speak at all, he didn't have a handsome appearance, he didn't have a burly figure, but he just stood there so quietly, he could strangely calm people's hearts.

With him by her side, she simply didn't. [,！ Afraid of other people's eyes, because when other people see him, they will obediently lower their heads, as if they are afraid that he will show his unbearable mind.

Because of his existence, Bodhi began to get closer and closer to her, and she became closer, so that she also felt the warmth of her family in this isolated tiger army.

This qiē was brought by Mulan, and although he never said it, she gradually touched the soft fiery heat under his cold exterior.

She was sure that he must be watching her secretly, too, because every time she felt unwell, he would always be the first to show up and rush to her.

Last time her camel was suddenly frightened, everyone was panicking, only he rushed directly in front of it in the Dawan Divine Horse called Yue Ying, and took her directly from the camel's back.

At that time, his arms were so strong, and his riding skills were so masterful—at least she had never seen anyone who could move freely on horseback.

When Mulan was sure that she was safe, he even jumped off his horse and grabbed the reins of the camel and pulled it to a halt!

You know, it's a camel! Compared to people, it's a behemoth!

The camel, which was so fierce when it was angry, was like a poor egg who had unfortunately met a lion in front of him, and could only be dragged to a halt, with his head down and only gasping for breath.

It was at that moment that Princess Xingping knew that this man was indeed extraordinary.

At least the rumors about his natural powers, or his noble character, are not just rumors.

He must also love himself, but because she is a princess of kindness, and he is so loyal to that majesty, he can only suppress the turmoil in his heart and silently pay attention to himself behind his back.

He would patrol her tent several times a day, he would prepare fresh melons and fruits for her, and on several occasions when he arrived at the oasis, he even carried several large buckets of water to bathe her......

Before, she thought he stinks, but after being with the other Tiger Guards, Iron Guards, and even her brother Bodhi, she realized that the body odor on this general was probably the smallest.

He must have sensed her sensitivity to smells, so he wiped them all the time. He must have cared too much about her comfort, so he personally carried the water so that she could bathe.

It was because Mulan brought the water that no one in the mission reprimanded her for bathing with such precious water.

How much he sheltered her from the wind and rain.

His love was not completely hidden, at least the interpreter next to him, who was often startled, seemed to have some clues, always pretending to be unintentional between the two of them, or blocking the two of them from talking, or not letting them be alone, which was very hateful.

This interpreter looks so thief-eyed, and looks at them like a thief, if it is not a lackey specially sent by Tuoba Tao, or he has an unbearable mind for her or him.

Others are so careful like him? She looked at Mulan's personal guards, whether it was Chen Jie or the one named Na Luohun, they all showed that they didn't care.

Just as they fully believe in Mulan's character, there will never be anything reluctant.

Hey, thinking about it this way, she was a little annoyed that Mulan was too square in character, and even the people around him were so frank, how rigid should he be?

Thinking that her plan was far away, and the children might come out if she continued to consume it, Princess Xingping fell into anxiety again.

But because of Mulan's silent gentleness, Princess Xingping was a little ashamed of herself.

She even felt that she was selfishly pulling Mulan to be unlucky, not only for Bei Liang, who raised her, but also for Hua Mulan and these members of the mission who came all the way to greet her.

She had seen the soldiers who were still sleeping in the middle of the night, but there was no sound during the day, and the kind monk said that he had been bitten to death by a scorpion that haunted the night, and such things happened more and more frequently, and everyone had to smoke their tents with unpleasant branches before going to bed before they dared to sleep.

It was precisely because of so much hardship and danger on the road that Princess Xingping began to realize that perhaps for this peace, the people of Wei were not much less neglectful than the people of Beiliang.

If something goes wrong with her and she can't succeed in getting along, what will Bei Liang do?

What will happen to her brother Bodhi?

Mulan, who was falsely accused by herself, may be able to escape death, but she is estimated to hate her to the bone in this life.

Thinking of this, Princess Xingping had some urge to take five stones to relieve her worries.

Since the mission, she has endured it for a long time and has not used Wushi San. The scorching sun also made the chill that had been suppressed on her body never done.

'Wait until you're in a safe place......

Princess Xingping looked at Mulan silently.

At this moment he was leaning against a camel in front of him, and he had fallen asleep on his lap and had risen early in the morning, so sleepy-eyed Bodhi, who was lying there, docile like a kitten.

She really wished that she was lying in that position at the moment.

Even though there were still bursts of sour sweat on his body, because of the good feeling in his heart, the smell of sweat was like a special mark on Mulan's body, which made her not disgusted at all.

Princess Xingping leaned on the camel and looked down at her toes......

It's just slowly stupid.

After a day's rest, both horses and camels were adjusted. As the sky turned red and the temperature cooled, He Muller ordered all the men to let the horses and camels gnaw off the remaining turf and shrubs in the oasis and take them with them. [,！ Able to bring the water, the follower of the old mulberry head began to set foot into the desert.

At the beginning, everyone was still in good spirits, and the Tiger Ben Army had also marched at night or attacked at night, so they were no strangers to this kind of night rush, so they could still chat with each other and beat the time.

But as the night grew darker, and even with lanterns and torches, they couldn't see anything far away, and the weather began to get cold, so He Mullan had to order all the camels to go to the front of the procession, at least the camels were taller, and it was better to see the camels' backs than to see a gust of wind blowing and think it was ghostly.

The camel walked silently, and the camel bell rang out from afar, and in order to adjust the atmosphere, Yuan Fang also jokingly said: "If any caravan sees our group of troops hurrying at night, they must think that they have seen a ghost, or a large group of ghosts......"

"Hyakki nocturnal?"

Hermulan didn't feel funny at all and looked around.

There is no reference in the desert, so it is more terrifying than a night march. As far as the eye can see, except that sand is sand, and there is no wind tonight, the sand has not changed much, except for the occasional snake or something crawling out of some snakes or something, the strange crawling sound of salad salad, and the occasional startled horse neighing.

The people in the Tiger Ben army are all veteran generals who kill people without blinking, but in the face of this strange atmosphere, everyone is like a boulder pressed on their chests, and no one can have the idea of joking, so they can only purse their lips tightly and only look at the burning torches in front of them.

The burning torches are like their hope and beacon that allows them to relax for a while.

"Master Sang, can you make some noise? Like singing a song together or something?" He Mullan shouted to the guides leading the way.

"It's so stuffy now, I'm afraid someone will fall asleep on horseback later."

Several of the guides burst out laughing when they heard Hermulan's words.

"General Hua, you feel quiet now, but you will only feel noisy when you wait!" One of the guides smiled and said, "Wait a minute, we all call it 'noisy sand', you better prepare your subordinates to not fall off their horses and camels in fright!"

The old mulberry head also seemed to be smiling, and pointed to the direction in front of him, which he couldn't see at all.

"From here, we walked all the way through a loud sand, with a dune and sandstone, and during the day it was a natural shade and our destination was there. Although there is no oasis there, we brought enough water to walk another day to reach the next oasis."

"Huh? That sandstone, you say, is always windy? Shall we go there?"

A few guides asked him a little strangely, "Didn't you go all the way to the sand?"

The sand head is a huge bulging sand dune, some of which are immovable, and are natural indicators during the journey, and there is no danger in resting on the sand.

But if you sleep under the sand and there is a strong wind, you are likely to be buried alive.

"There's no wind at all tonight, Sandstone City is safe." Lao Sang Tou looked at the sand that had not changed at all, "We have to rest during the day, the sand head is too hot, it will make people dehydrated."

"That's what I mean."

The guides looked at the sky today and began to admire the old mulberry's decision.

"This will allow you to rest early, you made the right decision!"

They are all shrewd people, knowing that this old mulberry head has caught up with Mulan, and is an old friend of Mulan's apprentice, so they are happy to hand over the decision to him, so that the money is taken, and the black pot is carried by him, as long as he can point out the direction.

After walking for a while, maybe for a short time, maybe for a long time, because everyone was drowsy and didn't know how long they had been walking, suddenly they heard a strange sound.

The sound was sharp and loud, as if the index finger was flicking on a taut string, but it was a second, a third, a fourth......

Both men and horses showed uneasy expressions, and some even exclaimed loudly, "There are ghosts", and the camels were overwhelmed by the sound behind them, and suddenly stopped, and the whole team stopped.

Only the shrill sound continued, and the shrill sound kept ringing, and some of the Tiger Warriors were so nervous that they drew their weapons.

"Don't panic, it's Mingsha!"

"Everyone, don't use your weapons, this is the hill of sounding sand, only in the desert, this is the cry of sand!"

He Mulan and Meng Yulong immediately shouted one after the other, calming the nervous psychology of the soldiers.

Meng Yulong has also walked through a lot of deserts, and naturally knows that this is a strange phenomenon in the desert, although it is ugly and terrifying, but it is not dangerous at all.

He Mulan knew about "Mingsha" in the book before, so he quickly realized it.

Seeing that the two main generals knew what was going on, Lao Santou turned his head unexpectedly and smiled with satisfaction: "It's okay if you don't mess around, just follow the camel in front of you and go straight through."

At this time, it was completely dark, and the temperature was so cold that Princess Xingping had already wrapped herself in a blanket, and He Mulan sent a group of scouts to and fro in the sand pile in front of her several times, and there was no danger at all, so he ordered the army to continue to advance.

The sand is really screaming, like a silk bamboo orchestra, and it is played by a naughty boy without rules, there is no beauty at all, and goosebumps rise when people listen to it. When the army passed over the sand of Mingsha, the sound became louder, almost like an enlarged version of the fingernails scraping glass, and everyone heard the screams, and each of them sped up and desperately passed through.

Because this Mingsha road was so weird, everyone was exhausted, Princess Xingping was almost frightened and fainted, and Fuqu Bodhi even directly asked He Mulan to ride with him, because his legs were already weak and he couldn't ride a horse

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Tossed all the way like this, plus there were camels that ran away to find it, and the rocky sandy land that should have been there before dawn was stunned until the sky turned out to be white.

"Oh my God, how can you scream again!"

Zheng Zong was already on the verge of collapse and looked at a dark shadow in the distance.

Listening from a distance, it seems that there is a piercing wind passing by, and the sound is screaming and miserable, but because the sound is subtle, it is not very obvious to hear.

It's a pity that Zheng Zong was scared crazy by Mingsha just now, and now when he hears the sound again, he almost jumped off the horse and ran.

"The general doesn't have to worry, such a small voice means that there is no wind blowing." Old Sang Tou pointed to the distance, "It often blows there, so a natural plateau is formed. The sand accumulates there, forming a high ground like a sandstone wall, where the wind is gentle and there is no danger."

Several of the other guides were also tired and sleepy, nodding frequently.

He Mulan asked a few torches to be raised, looked at them carefully for a while, and nodded.

It is a sand dune of the Yadan landform, probably because the wind is not so strong, the age is not so far away, the scale is extremely small, and it is not as spectacular as the famous devil city in Xinjiang.

But what the old mulberry head said is right, there is a difference in height and there is a shadow, and there is a shadow during the day to rest.

It was precisely because He Mulan had the knowledge of the afterlife that her uneasiness was not as strict as that of the others, but once again she sent scouts from the Tiger Ben Army to the sandstone in front of her to investigate, leaving the others to wait in place.

About half an hour later, the scouts who had gone to inquire returned, and the situation was as the old mulberry said, not only was there no danger, but even the sand foxes and wolves that were common in the desert were not infested.

"Keep going! Arrive at the rocky sand before dawn."

He Mullan let out a long breath.

The long night walk is finally coming to an end.