The search and rescue team continued on their way, and when the sun was about to set in the afternoon, they finally approached the mud hut blocked by the dead poplar forest. There was a sheepfold outside the mud house, and a dozen goats watched in silent horror. The mud house was dead silent. What's going on inside? Whether or not there is anyone in there is still unknown.

But there is one thing that Hou Xiucai and Tian Daqing have reached a consensus, that is, they cannot blindly attack. After they made a detailed division of labor among the people under them, they gave an order: "Rush!" ”

The commandos of the anti-terrorist special detachment are all well-trained and equipped with elves, so they rush to the front, and behind them are the criminal police under Tian Daqing, but unfortunately, the nest under the cover of the mud house has long been empty.

didn't see Li Xiaoning and Tian Saifei, and everyone sighed in their hearts: Could it be that they were killed? Were they taken away by terrorists? Tian Daqing also specially asked people to take a look in the sheepfold, including the surroundings of the mud house, he was afraid that the terrorists would bury Li Xiaoning and the two people underground after killing them, but there was no trace of burying people in the sand.

Although I didn't find anyone to save, this trip was not in vain. Because in the mud house, they found a national flag of the "Muslim Kingdom of the East", several sacks of reactionary propaganda outlines, meeting minutes, anti-Han and anti-Han anti-Han notes, and other physical evidence of separatism and sabotage, as well as hundreds of detonators, dozens of kilograms of explosives, as well as wires, batteries, electricity meters, pliers, files, and so on.

Seeing this scene, even a fool knows what Hassan is going to do next, he will definitely create a large-scale bomb attack in Western Xinjiang.

"Quickly return to Tianshan City." Hou Xiucai and Tian Daqing reacted in unison.

I don't know how long it took, a gust of night wind blew, and Li Xiaoning couldn't help but shiver. Only then did he feel a cold sensation permeate his body. This place in Western Xinjiang is a typical terrain of "wearing a leather jacket in the morning and wearing a yarn in the afternoon". Especially in the desert hinterland, the temperature can reach as high as 30 to 40 degrees Celsius at noon, and can drop below zero in the middle of the night.

Li Xiaoning's cold equipment was all on the camel, and now he couldn't stand it, so he stood up and ran towards the east, using the heat generated by Guò himself to resist the attack of the severe cold.

A round of red sun jumped out, the sun bathed Li Xiaoning, he suddenly felt a trace of warmth melt through his body, and involuntarily quickened his pace. The sun is getting higher and higher, and the cold is getting lighter and lighter, but Li Xiaoning's legs are getting heavier and heavier.

The sun was turning west again, and suddenly, a poplar forest appeared in front of me, and I searched and searched, and finally found a poplar tree that was still completely dead. Li Xiaoning hurriedly took out the saber on his tactical boots, peeled off the outer skin of the poplar tree, and carefully peeled off the thin paper-like inner skin inside, put it in his mouth and chewed vigorously. The poplar bark is bitter, astringent and spicy, and the taste is absolutely difficult to swallow, but at this moment, Li Xiaoning feels that this poplar peel is sweeter than the sweetness that has been brewed for thousands of years.

When the sun rose again, Li Xiaoning's two feet were so painful that he could no longer walk, he was sleepy and tired, he sat on the ground weakly, took off his boots, and found that all ten toes were worn out of the skin and oozing blood.

Looking to the east, the vast desert still has no end. Li Xiaoning lay weakly in the desert, really wanting to close his eyes and fall asleep. No, I can't sleep, there are still too many things to do, my ideals and ambitions have not been realized, and I haven't given him his son's first birthday, how can I just fall down and die? Even if you want to die, you must not die in the desert silently like this, without even a person by your side.

Li Xiaoning forced himself to stand up again and continued to move towards what he thought was the east. Escaping the torment of the bitter cold, a burst of hunger came at him again. From noon on the first day, it has been forty-eight hours now, Li Xiaoning has only eaten a few pieces of poplar bark, and his unbearable thirst has begun to torment him again, and his lips have cracked one bloody mouth after another.

When another poplar forest appeared in front of Li Xiaoning's eyes, he leaned on a dead poplar tree, his lips were cracked with blood, and Tang Wei's empathetic gaze appeared in front of his eyes, and he shouted: "Sister Wei, I'm thirsty, I'm really thirsty." "But there was silence all around.

Li Xiaoning shook his head, only to know that it was a hallucination, but in the next second, Cheng Xiaoxi appeared in front of him again, and he shouted again: "Xiaoxi, bring water, quickly, I'm going to die of thirst." ”

There was still no silence around. Suddenly, Li Xiaoning's tears welled up: "I can't hold on anymore, I can't hold on......"

Li Xiaoning whimpered sadly, did he have to die so lonely? There was neither Tang Wei, nor Cheng Xiaoxi, nor Lin Xi or Dai Yimin, who disappeared into the desert silently.

"Unwilling, unwilling, unwilling!" Li Xiaoning suddenly opened his eyes and stood up suddenly, he eagerly searched in the poplar forest, searched and searched, and finally found a poplar tree that was still completely dead. He hurriedly drew his saber again, peeled off the outer skin of the poplar tree, carefully peeled off the thin paper-like inner skin inside, and put it in his mouth and chewed vigorously.

The inner bark of a poplar tree was all stripped and eaten by Li Xiaoning.

Li Xiaoning cheered up again and secretly encouraged himself: "I have to go out, I can't just die silently in the desert." ”

Li Xiaoning climbed over another sand hill, and suddenly, he noticed two black shadows riding camels in front of him. He instinctively beckoned: "Hey, hey-" But his voice was so weak that the black shadow couldn't hear his shout, so angry that Li Xiaoning scolded: "Damn, are you deaf?" ”

Li Xiaoning walked in the direction of the black shadow, the camel marks they left were very clear, walking, walking, a rubber ground belt appeared in front of him, he took a breath of damp earth air, "Damn, I finally smell the smell of water......

After the camel disappeared in front of him, Li Xiaoning's nose was furrowed one by one, and he greedily inhaled the earth's qi, and then simply lay on the ground and dug it up with his hands and saber. He dug and hoped at the same time: "Water, water, come out quickly." ”

After some hard work, Li Xiaoning dug a hole arm deep, but there was only moisture and no water in it.

Li Xiaoning couldn't care about it so much, he lifted his shirt, poked his face into the dug sand pit, let his chest cling to the ground, breathed the moisture inside, and smelled the water to his heart's content. Yes, the water really has a taste.

The bitter cold and night fell again. Li Xiaoning's hands were frozen, his ears were numb, and the blood in his whole body seemed to be no longer flowing. He was so hungry that he really wanted to eat sand as flour, but sand was not flour after all; He was so thirsty that he really wanted to lie down and sleep, but he knew that he couldn't sleep no matter what, and at this moment, once he lay down, it was impossible to get up again.

It was already the third night, the particles had not entered, the water had not been drunk, the hunger and cold were exhausted, and the feet were suppurated, but Li Xiaoning still stood up, he endured the pain in his feet and continued to walk forward. He knows that the road lies ahead and hope lies ahead. I don't know how far I go, but if I don't go, I'll never get there.

In the middle of the night, Li Xiaoning, who had collapsed, finally saw a light in front of him. So, he staggered and pounced. It was an old herdsman. Li Xiaoning knocked on the door of the old herdsman's house, and he only said "I am a policeman" and passed out.

The old herdsman and his wife had already fallen asleep, and suddenly, with his ears pricked up, he listened to a movement, and he said to his wife, "It seems that there is a knock on the door, let me go and see." ”

The old herdsman took a flashlight from his wife and walked to the gate. As soon as he opened the door, he saw a young man faint in his arms after saying "I am a policeman" in a weak voice.

The old herdsman was startled and hurriedly shouted: "Old woman, come and help, a policeman has fainted." ”

The wife hurriedly ran out and said with a flashlight: "Help him to the house." ”

The old herdsman glared at him and said, "Nonsense, he can't walk at all, put him on my back, hurry up." ”

The old herdsman carried Li Xiaoning to the kang and laid him flat. Li Xiaoning shouted weakly in his mouth: "Water, water, I want to drink water." ”

My wife ran from the kitchen to ask the old herdsman for his opinion, and she said, "Old man, there is no boiling water in our water bottle, so I'll boil the water now." ”

The old herdsman glared again, and said angrily: "When you boil the water, this doll will die of thirst." ”

"What then? You can't let him drink cold water, he's going to get sick if he drinks it like this. "My wife is in a hurry.

The old herdsman thought and said, "Yes, then think of a way." Is there anything thin at home that is soft for him to eat first? ”

My wife suddenly remembered something, and she said happily, "Old man, you wait." She ran to the kitchen for a while, and after a while, she came in carefully with a bowl of eggs. There are only these eggs at home, all of them are beaten, let the doll drink it first, this thing can't spoil the stomach, and quench the thirst. ”

The old herdsman said, "Old woman, take a spoon and feed, quickly take a spoon." The boy was dying of thirst. ”

Three days after Li Xiaoning and Tian Saifei disappeared, Hou Xiu felt that he could no longer hide the news, so he reported to Yanjing.

When Mr. Zhang Yunpeng heard that Li Xiaoning had disappeared for three days, he was immediately annoyed, and called directly to ask what was going on.

After Hou Xiucai's detailed report, Zhang Yunpeng was even more annoyed, "Nonsense, all fucking playing the piano." Li Xiaoning is a commander, not a combatant, who asked him to personally lead the team into the desert? Why don't you stop it? ”

Hou Xiucai was silent, in fact, he couldn't reply, he knew that the old man Zhang Yunpeng was just venting his feelings, and he didn't want to hold anyone responsible.

Sure enough, after Zhang Yunpeng scolded his mother, he calmed down and asked, "Were they taken away by terrorists?" Or did they run away on their own? ”

Hou Xiucai replied cautiously: "It's not clear yet. However, we have set up rescue and pursuit headquarters in all villages near the desert, and the police force in the western Xinjiang has also been dispersed. ”

Zhang Yunpeng said: "I just said hello to the relevant departments, activate the satellite, take the terrorist den as the axis, and radiate around to find people, this is my second plan to support you." ”

Hou Xiucai said: "I have other plans to find people. ”

Zhang Yunpeng said angrily: "I don't care how many sets of plans you use, anyway, if you want to get Li Xiaoning back for me at any price, I want to see people in life and corpses in death!" ”