Chapter 19: The Long Night in the Desert

When I returned to the camel bell slope, I had mixed feelings in my heart, and I seemed to be able to smell a faint smell of blood in the cold wind.

According to Fan Lao's orders, the camel team rested in a sheltered place, and Tiemo, Zhou Dingshan and others took turns to be on guard.

Although Fan Laowei repeatedly emphasized that nothing would go wrong, Tiemo did not dare to relax at all, he did not want to repeat the mistake of Ba Zhuozi and capsize in the gutter.

Half a day passed, and when night fell, Fan Laowei began to urge the team to get up and hurry.

The wind is much colder, and the wilderness under the night is boundless, bringing people inexplicable pressure.

After an hour of walking, I stepped into the edge of the desert.

There was only a crescent moon in the sky, and the stars were full but the light was faint.

Except for Fan Lao, almost all of the others entered the desert for the first time, and they couldn't help but feel a little nervous and uneasy in their hearts.

The wind in the desert was as cold as a knife, and the temperature plummeted, and the cold air was like ten thousand invisible blades, piercing the thick cotton jacket.

Raising his hands to cover his mouth, he gently took a breath of hot air, which turned into a layer of hoarfrost in the blink of an eye.

Tiemo finally understood why he was in a hurry at night, in this kind of cold environment, if he stopped at night, he could freeze people into popsicles in half an hour.

It's no wonder that few people venture north to barter in winter, it's a complete battle against the sky.

Being in the desert, mechanically rushing on the road, in the fierce cold wind, the concept of time has long been lost. I only knew that after walking for a long time, Fan Lao Crooked asked the camel team to stop and rest for a while.

It is said to be resting, and it is also feeding the camels, but people cannot stop and do not move.

Except for the camel feeder, everyone else walked and stood in the camel pen, following Fan Lao with crooked steps. Xie Kela took off the water bag on the camel and just wanted to take a sip, but was snatched away by Fan Lao.

Xie Qila couldn't help but stare and said, "What are you doing?" That's my hydration bladder! ”

"Your hydration bladder? Hey, as long as you pass Daqingshan, you have to listen to me when you eat and drink, and how much water you drink, have you forgotten? ”

"I ..... But I'm really thirsty....."

"Thirsty? No, you are not thirsty, even if you are thirsty, Lao Tzu does not speak, you cannot drink. ”

"You..... It's too much to deceive people....."

Xie Qila could only complain, and he also knew that as long as he entered the desert, even Tiemo would have to listen to Fan Lao's crooked orders.

After a few moments, the caravan continued on its way. Along the way, few people in the team spoke, and some only sounded camel bells.

Don't speak, just to save your stamina and save the temperature. In the desert at night in winter, every superfluous word is a waste of temperature.

The cold night seems to be incomparably long. Every time he walked, Fan Lao Wei would stop to look at the stars for a while, and whenever this time, Tiemo and the others would hide in the distance and take a closer look.

Gradually, Tiemo also saw a little way.

Fan Lao Crooked seems to have been walking towards the North Star.

In the desert, relying on the North Star to defend the position is a very basic astronomical knowledge. Tiemo thought it was simple, but in this day and age, it was definitely a kind of knowledge to make a living.

Fan Lao didn't know that his skill of identifying the direction had been learned by Tie Mo, and after looking at the stars for a while, he pretended to sigh profoundly.

"Hey, the stars are too bright today, it's a bit hard to identify."

Tiemo couldn't help but roll his eyes, this guy is quite capable of pretending. Wouldn't it be better to defend the position of the stars if they are brighter, and can they still brighten your eyes?

The caravan went all the way, and according to the position of the North Star, the direction it took was not due north, but to the northwest.

I walked for an unknown amount of time, stopped for a while, and continued on my way.

Looking at Fan Lao Crooked in front of the team, Tie Mo gradually frowned.

Zhou Dingshan saw that Tie Mo's expression was a little wrong, so he deliberately walked slower, and whispered: "Brother Tie, what's wrong?" ”

"Just now we were going in the northwest direction, but the direction we will go is due east!"

"Due East? Brother Tie, do you know how to read the direction? Zhou Dingshan frowned, Shuangquanhai is in the north, no matter how you go, the direction should be northern, go due east, isn't it going farther and farther?

"Well, I learned it when I was arguing crookedly."

"This ..... East? What does Fan Lao want to do? I'm going to ask him! ”

"No, he's a guide, maybe he has his own reasons for going this way, if we have no reason to be suspicious, it will make this old boy unhappy. If this old boy picks his son back, we'll be blind. ”

Zhou Dingshan rolled his eyes and sighed helplessly.

When the brothers successfully take a trip to Mobei, they will not have to eat Fan Lao's crooked bird gas in the future.

......

The first night finally ended with a cheer.

Shi Hu pointed to the sky, jumping and jumping, "Look, there's light there, it's going to be dawn, Niangdi, finally survived." ”

The edge of the sky reveals a hint of fish's belly white, and the sun slowly shines through the clouds, illuminating the world in front of you.

The golden hills are in the distance, and the mountains are undulating and endless.

A soldier cheered, unleashed the reins of the camel, and lay down straight, just as he wanted to close his eyes, the whip in Fan Lao's crooked hand was pumped up.

With a snap, there was an extra red scar on the soldier's cheek.

"Waste, quickly stand up, lie down and sleep at this time, do you want to die?"

Fan Lao was about to smoke again, and Tiemo reached out and grabbed the whip.

"Brother Fan, if you have anything to say to me in the future, these are Tie's brothers, and if you want to fight, Tie will fight."

Tie Mo's unquestionable tone made Fan Lao Crooked a little angry, but after seeing the ruthlessness in Tie Mo's eyes, he nodded unexpectedly.

"Tie Ye, we agreed before, when we get to the north of Daqing Mountain, everything will listen to me."

"Tie knows, but it doesn't include beating people at will, Tie's brother, it's up to me to kill or chop!"

"Okay!"

Fan Lao left crookedly, and at this time, the military household Li Mai had already gotten up from the ground, "Tie Ye, I'm sorry." ”

"It's okay, hold on a little longer. Dawn is the time when the body is the most tired, and it is also the coldest and most accident-prone time. ”

"Well, Tie Ye, don't worry, I can still hold it."

After a small episode, Fan Lao Crooked was obviously angry and deliberately quickened his pace, but he never expected that all the men behind him followed closely, and none of them were tired of falling behind.

After another hour, when the sun shone a little warmth, Fan Lao Crooked found a leeward sand dune for the camel caravan to stop and rest.

The first night in the desert was safe, but the road ahead was still long.

In this way, the caravan took advantage of the warmest time of the day to sleep, and the rest of the time either fed the camels or hurried.

Wearing the stars and the moon, braving the cold wind, he walked for four days in a row. Although some people contracted the wind chill during the period, because they had prepared medicine, there was no major problem.

For four days, it was peaceful.

On the fifth night, the crescent moon vanished, and only the stars still shone faintly.

The night was as heavy as water, and the cold wind was sluggish, and Fan Lao walked crookedly in front of the group, and when he crossed a sand dune, he stopped abruptly.

Shi Hu behind him kept walking with his head bored, and he didn't pay attention, and his tower-like body directly knocked Fan Lao crookedly. Fortunately, Fan Lao Crooked has been wrapping his mouth and nose with a thick cloth, otherwise he would have to eat a mouthful of yellow sand.

"Old Fan, what are you doing?"

"Stone Tiger, you are blind, look at what is on the sand dunes in front of you!"

Shi Hu hurriedly raised his head and looked ahead, only to see two faint green lights flashing from the sand dunes in front of him, the light was very small and moving slowly.

Shi Hu had seen this thing in his life, and when he remembered the legend in the desert, he shrank his neck, opened his legs and stepped back.

"Ghosts?"

"It's not a ghost!"

"What's that?"