Chapter 564: Mirage (Page 1/1)

The hot horse blood was very fishy, and it was difficult to swallow, but at this moment, none of the Tang soldiers disliked it, and drank the steaming horse blood, and even some of them were still unfinished.

In the desert, anything that can replenish water is the most precious, and even the military Sima who was mourning before killing the horse unceremoniously drank two large bowls.

Day 2.

As soon as the sky was bright, the army immediately set off, taking advantage of the fact that the temperature had not yet risen, immediately marched on horseback, otherwise once it was noon, the scorching sun would be scorching, and even if it moved, it would be sweaty, let alone march in a hurry, and even walking would be a difficult thing.

For three days in a row, the army marched lonely in this vast desert, with no plants, no life, and no goal, only the yellow sand in the sky, the scorching sun, and even the birds were extinct.

If it weren't for the compass in Merton's hand to guide the right direction, and the abundant water and dry food on horseback, which gave the army enough confidence, I am afraid that the army would have been panicked and the army's heart was shaken.

Cheng Yanjin looked at Merton with a happy face, he still estimated the situation too optimistically, if it was according to his previous arrangement, I am afraid that the army has fallen into a predicament now, where will there be the confidence to fight steadily now.

However, Rao is like this, there is still an atmosphere of anxiety spreading in the army, but everyone is gritting their teeth and insisting, because this is a pursuit with no way out, and if they don't defeat Fu Yun's last strength, then all the hard work and price they have paid will be in vain.

"Keep going!" Cheng Yanjin shouted, constantly cheering up the army.

Morton rubbed his eyes that were irritated by sweat, drank two sips of water to replenish his water, which slightly relieved the hunger and thirst in his heart, looked at the eyes of the shadow under his crotch, and reluctantly poured the little water in the water bag to it.

Watching the Shadow impatiently lick the water dry, Morton exhaled a breath of heat, but he couldn't spit out the irritability in his heart.

Suddenly, there was an uproar among the soldiers in front, and there were bursts of cries of surprise.

"What happened?" Merton urged him forward and came to Cheng Yanjin's side and asked.

"Ink festival wine is a great joy! Not far to the north, an oasis emerges. Jun Sima came to report with a look of surprise.

"It's Tulun River!" Cheng Yanjin said with joy in his heart.

"This oasis is too small to be likely!" Jun Sima shook his head and said.

Jun Sima did not have any loss, even if it was not the Tulun River, no matter how bad it was, it would be able to replenish the water source, and a large number of war horses could survive.

Cheng Biting Jin and Morton were shocked in their hearts, couldn't help but breathe, and hurriedly looked to the north.

I saw that in the northwest direction of the army, an oasis was clearly visible, and the distance was very close, and it felt like I could reach it after climbing a few sand dunes.

Cheng Yanjin was immediately overjoyed: "God really helps me, with this oasis, there is no hidden danger in our army." ”

"Summons the order to go down and go to the ...... immediately"

Just as Cheng Yanjin was about to give the order to let the army march in the direction of the oasis, Merton stopped Cheng Yanjin.

"Uncle Cheng, slow down!"

"Why is that?" Cheng Yanjin asked in surprise.

The water source is ahead, with sufficient water supply, Tang Jun no longer has to kill horses, don't look at how resolute Cheng Bites Jin when he kills horses, but if there is a slight possibility not to kill horses, then he will never give up.

Jun Sima also looked at Merton with an angry face, wanting Morton to give an explanation.

Merton looked at the clearly visible oasis in front of him, and said with a solemn face: "The boy once said that there was once another dragon named Mirage on the sea, which could spit out clouds and mist, and turn into a high pavilion to confuse the world. ”

Jun Sima sneered and said: "You said it is a mirage, this mostly happens on the sea surface of Penglai Immortal Island, and we are in the boundless desert, the ink sacrifice wine should not think that Jiaolong can still spit clouds and fog in the desert!" ”

Merton didn't care about Jun Sima's ridicule at all, but nodded solemnly and said: "This kind of illusory scene is not only on the sea, snowfields, deserts, and lakes will appear, it is not an uncommon thing for a mirage to appear in the desert, Hu merchants who come and go to the Western Regions have seen it everywhere, in the eyes of those Hu merchants in the Western Regions, this is not a good thing, the oasis seems to be close at hand, but it is far away in the sky, many hungry and thirsty Hu merchants in a desperate situation in order to gamble, towards the direction of the oasis, As a result, they were unknowingly lost in the desert. ”

"What seems to be the hope of survival is the trap of death." Cheng bit Jin said awe-inspiringly.

Merton nodded and said, "Now that our army's water supply is not in short supply, it is enough to support it for several days, so why deviate from the direction and do useless work." ”

Cheng Yanjin was silent for a moment, if the left leading guard was really in a desperate situation, he didn't mind taking a gamble, but as Morton said, the left leading guard was not exhausted, but was at ease, if this oasis was fake, it would be too much to lose. ”

"Can you be sure that this is a mirage?" Jun Sima asked unwillingly.

Merton said proudly: "There is light is shadow, the way of light and shadow, the Mo family is unique in the world, in the eyes of the Mo family, the mirage is just the way of light and shadow." According to the records of the Mo family, the mirage is only a quarter of an hour at most, and if Lord Sima doesn't believe it, we can wait for another quarter of an hour to argue whether it is true or false. ”

"Okay, it can't be fake, it can't be fake. The whole army rested for a moment. ”

Cheng Yanjin nodded, and immediately ordered to repair on the spot, at this moment, the sun is scorching, the army has been marching for a long time, and it is already exhausted, so it is just right to rest.

Soon there was a cheer from the Tang army, and the stopped army immediately fed the war horse water, hid in the shadow behind the war horse, took out the compressed dry food, and drank water directly and ate it, there was not even a single dead grass on the grassland, so naturally he couldn't eat hot food.

And Cheng Yanjin didn't even have the heart to drink water, but watched the oasis in the distance, pacing anxiously back and forth, and time passed minute by minute.

Soon, a quarter of an hour had passed, and the oasis in the distance was still impressive.

Just when Cheng Yanjin and Jun Sima's eyes were getting brighter and brighter, suddenly the oasis shook for a while, and it gradually faded in front of everyone's eyes, and quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

"The oasis is gone?"

"Sure enough, it's a mirage!"

………………

The whole army was in an uproar, and when everyone was resting, the statement that Merton proposed that the oasis in front of him was a mirage had already spread throughout the army, and the eyes that looked at Merton couldn't help but have a little more admiration.

Cheng Yanjin regretted at the same time, but he was immediately very happy, if there was no Merton's dissuasion this time, they would definitely not be able to withstand the temptation and plunge headlong into the vast Hanhai, which would definitely make the whole army fall into a place of no return.

Jun Sima was also full of disappointment, but when he looked at Merton's eyes, there was no longer the previous contempt, and along the way, Merton's magic completely conquered him.

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