Li Mu wore a dark cloak on his shoulders, and the sword of Shang Fang, which represented the authority of the Son of Heaven, hung around his waist, with a calm expression and a firm gaze.

"You're all full, aren't you?"

"Hehe, I'm full...... the soldiers said embarrassedly.

"I don't think I'm full." Li Mu smiled.

"Master Hou," the soldiers were stunned, "we're really full......

"When you're full, fuck it louder!"

"I'm full!" At this time, everyone shouted with all their might, and their voices went straight to Xiao Han.

"That's pretty much it." Li Mu's gaze swept over the soldiers, and he smiled slightly: "It's good to eat enough." After a pause, he said in a deep voice: "This is probably our last full meal......

"What? What the? With a bang, the soldiers who were originally solemn couldn't help but panic when they heard the sound, and some veterans guessed it, and their faces turned pale: "Is the grain ......?"

More people looked at Li Mu nervously, hoping that Master Hou was joking with them.

As for Su Dingfang and other generals, they were even more shocked, I don't know why Li Mu wanted to tell the truth? Let the soldiers know the real situation, what morale is there to speak of? Now there is no need for any Turks, let alone Xue Yantuo to attack, the army itself will collapse!

Everyone's eyes were staring at Li Mu, and there was strong shock, strong incomprehension, strong questioning, and strong panic in those eyes...... If ordinary people are stared at by these eyes, I am afraid that they will collapse directly, but Li Mu seems to be unaware, and still looks at himself without changing his face: "Yesterday, I learned that Xue Yantuo's 100,000 army besieged Dingxiang, and our nest was ended!" ”

All the soldiers gasped one after another, if it weren't for the fact that Li Mu loved the soldiers like a son and commanded like a certain commander on weekdays, he would still have a high prestige, and the soldiers would scold lightly, and it would be possible to tear this guy apart directly.

Knowing that you are running out of food, don't you save some? Don't you know what you haven't eaten? Do you turn into if you eat too much?!

"So, Ben Hou is here to announce that we have run out of food." Li Mu said to himself like no one else: "We have two choices now, one is to withdraw the troops, and the withdrawal of troops will face 100,000 Xue Yantuo people, and the old bastard of Tong'e probably won't let go of this opportunity to pick up cheap, we don't have food, how can we persevere?" ”

The soldiers looked at each other one by one, speechless, they never imagined that the situation had taken a sharp turn for the worse, and the changes were so rapid that the heroic army that had won consecutive battles and fought fiercely was about to flee for their lives in the blink of an eye.

What is more tragic than running for your life in the blink of an eye is that you can't escape at all...... As Hou Ye said, there is no food in the army, and there are pursuers in the rear, and the plan of retreat seems to be completely unworkable.

Li Mu looked at the expressions of the soldiers and knew that the fire was almost over, so he said loudly: "Fortunately, on the road of endless heaven, our scouts have discovered Tong'e's hiding place!" "Ahh In the exclamation of the soldiers, Li Muzhong's angry voice resounded in the sky above the camp: "There is an oasis in the desert for a hundred miles, called the typhoon shelter!" It is the hiding place prepared by Tong'e, and he has stored a large amount of grain and grass in it......"

"The other way is that we will go into the desert, rob the Turkic people's grain and war horses, go around to Xue Yantuo's lair, and let's give him a siege to save Zhao!"

When the soldiers heard that Tong'e had been discovered, their reaction was not very strong, and when they heard Li Mu say that a large amount of grain and grass materials were stored in the oasis, they couldn't bear it anymore! One by one, they were eager to fly over with their wings, shouting one after another, and asked Li Mu for battle: "Master Hou! Please give the order, we are willing to smash the enemy's nest and destroy this dynasty! ”

"Yes, Master Hou, please give an order! We're already hungry! The soldiers were so excited that they were talking nonsense.

The originally low morale and scattered military morale made Li Mu's news turn around all of a sudden!

The soldiers were full of blood, beating their chests and feet, and screaming, eager to set off immediately to kill Tong'e and his gang, and save them from wasting their own food.

The Tang army has already regarded Tong'e's food as their own.

It can be seen that compared with making meritorious contributions, being promoted and making a fortune, the pressure of survival is the first driving force!

Li Mu and Su Dingfang looked at each other and smiled, and sighed again: "However, the sandstorm is coming, and entering the desert at this time is probably a life of nine deaths!" ”

"So what, it's better than staying here and dying!" The soldiers didn't care, and shouted loudly: "Even if it's a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, we can break through!" ”

"If we get lost in the sandstorm and can't find Tong'e on time, we will all starve to death in the desert......

"So what! Rather than die in a nest, it is better to die vigorously and fight for that glimmer of life! "The soldiers are hot-blooded, how can they manage so much?!

"Well said!" Li Mu applauded: "This is my iron-blooded man in the Tang Dynasty!" The smile on his face swept away as he spoke, replaced by a solemn look on his face. Ben Hou will take you into the desert, annihilate Tong'e, and fight a way to survive! Li Mu's voice became higher and higher, and every word spewed out of his mouth with infinite determination, straight into the hearts of no soldiers!

"Even if we die, we must die on the way to kill the enemy, and we must not die on the way to escape!"

"Datang Wansheng! Hou Ye Wansheng! ”

"Let's go!" Li Mu drew his sword and pointed to the north, the endless desert of yellow sand!

The soldiers responded to the order with a bang, and under the leadership of the officers, they mounted their horses one after another and rushed out of the camp gate.

Tens of thousands of Tang soldiers went north for more than ten miles, and then entered the desert, and soon after entering the desert, the overwhelming sandstorm raged, although the men and horses covered their mouths and noses with cloth covers, they were still beaten to the point that they were in pain, dizzy, and could not even open their eyes and things.

But in fact, it doesn't matter if you open your eyes or not, because the heavens and the earth are covered by yellow sand, even if you widen your eyes, you can only see one or two feet away, and further away, the world is vast and yellow......

The officers and men of the Don Army were basically marching with their eyes closed. Before entering the desert, each of them was given a piece of strong hemp rope, and according to the order, the rope was passed through the saddle of the previous horse and tied to the reins of the latter horse, so that the war horses were connected end to end like a string of gourds, and the people and horses behind only had to follow the people and horses in front of them, and there was no need to worry about falling behind because they could not see the surroundings clearly.

In this way, the responsibility of leading the way at the forefront is extremely heavy. If you accidentally take the wrong path, the whole army will follow the wrong way. And in the middle of this desert, taking the wrong path means annihilating the whole army......

I believe that before the whole army is annihilated, the soldiers will definitely slaughter the guide who led the way in front of them...... Chase Yo Literature

But Li Mu was not worried about this problem, before the scout set off, Li Mu gave Wei Fu a 'road marker stone', which was originally used for punctuation in the flying pigeon handbook, and became a navigation at this time. As long as the road marker stone is there, Li Mu can see the light point in the system, and he will not be wrong if he walks towards the light point.

Li Mu took the lead and walked in the forefront, Su Dingfang blocked the wind on his left, and the two of them talked with difficulty against the strong wind.

"Master Hou, this time is adventurous enough." Although Su Dingfang is a fierce general, he still has reservations about Li Mudang's insistence on going his own way on such a sandstorm day.

"It's meant to kill the bold, starve the cowardly." Li Mu didn't care about it. After making a decision, he felt relaxed, and the rest of the things were just faced, and there was no need to be anxious.

"How far can you go in a day with such a march?" Li Mu asked loudly.

"It depends on the direction of the wind, if the west wind blows, let's march at full speed with the wind, and we can get there in one day." Su Dingfang frowned and said: "But if the wind direction changes to the northwest wind, I will be desperate for a day, and I won't even be able to walk seventy or eighty miles!" He sighed and said, "The direction of this wind is a west wind and a northwest wind, and the end will not be certain." ”

"Then take an average," Li Mu said very openly: "It can be there in a day and a half at most." ”

"There is no such calculation...... Su Dingfang said helplessly: "The horses are in such weather, and the physical strength is extremely attrition, whether they can go is still a problem?" ”

"You can definitely get there!" Li Mu said in a deep voice: "Even if you tire the horse to death, you can't care so much!" ”

"How can you fight without horses?" Mo Wen frowned.

"In this kind of weather, we only need to get to the oasis to win!" Li Mu said firmly.

Seeing that Li Mu had already considered all the causes and consequences, Su Dingyi did not ask any more questions, obviously agreeing with his statement. In such a ghost weather, no one would have thought that the enemy would come to the door, and I am afraid that even they would be negligent in their precautions and let the soldiers go to the tent to hide from the wind and sand.

If at this time, the enemy army comes to the door, there is no suspense about the outcome of the battle......

The army staggered forward in the sandstorm, the horses were pushed by the wind for a while and had to run with their hooves, and then they were blocked by the wind, no matter how they urged, they couldn't move forward, but fortunately, many horses were connected together, and the power of moving forward together was more or less superimposed, which could resist the power of heaven and earth, so that the team always kept moving forward.

The soldiers had to admire, if Li Mu hadn't tied the horses together, the team would have been blown apart many times, let alone keep moving forward.

In this way, after an unknown number of days, the sky gradually darkened, and the soldiers suddenly realized that they had been walking for nearly a day! The power of the spirit is so terrifying, no one thought that they would insist on marching for so long in this great sandstorm!

However, spiritual power is not omnipotent, and once they realize that they have been gone for so long, their bodies that have been numb by the storm finally begin to feel the fatigue and toiling that have been accumulated for a long time......

When the sandstorm is big, everyone can't even catch their breath, so naturally they can't talk and complain. At this time, the sandstorm was intermittently smaller, and some soldiers began to complain: "General, I really can't walk!" ”

"I'm tired and hungry, I can't move my whole body......"

Emotions are contagious, and more soldiers begin to complain and want to stop and rest.

"Can't stop!" The generals were also hungry and tired, but they still had to be loyal to their duties, and threatened their subordinates: "Once you stop, you will never be able to walk again!" ”

"Even if we can hold on, but the war horse can't hold on, and we have to die of exhaustion if we go on." The soldiers said again, this is not all about finding reasons, for the cavalry, the war horse is their best brother, watching their horses foaming at the mouth and constantly snorting, the soldiers are really distressed.

"Then give Lao Tzu a horse!" The officers waved their whips and whipped the soldiers on their horses: "I know that the horse is tired and I don't let it rest!" ”

The soldiers dismounted and walked on foot, holding the reins.

At this time, the quartermaster also seized the time and began to distribute food along the ranks, and each soldier was given a share, a total of two bags, one bag was soybeans and wheat, and the other bag was a special product of Dingxiang, called 'instant noodles'.

"Didn't you say that you ran out of food?" The soldiers were amazed and delighted.

"That's all there is left, you can eat as much as you want."

In fact, there is still military rations, enough to feed for half a month. After all, the first batch of military rations has just arrived, how can it be eaten so quickly. But if Li Mu didn't say that, how could the army have the morale to break the boat? Therefore, as a general, you still have to be a little scheming.

Sure enough, after saying this, the soldiers cherished the only food very much. But instead of rushing to eat themselves, they fed the horses first. The cavalry knew in their hearts that in the desert, if the horses were gone, the situation they faced would be even worse, the horses were their brothers, but also their lives, and the soldiers opened the bags one after another, and the horses that had been hungry for a long time could not wait to come up, and rolled up the beans and wheat in the bags with their red tongues, and ate very sweetly. Watching the horses enjoy the meal, the soldiers were relieved, but their stomachs were drumming, and they felt even more hungry. They broke a piece of bread and broke it again, and ate only a quarter, and though they were still hungry, they knew that they would not die of hunger.

If you don't die of hunger, who would dare to have enough to eat in this situation?

At this time, I don't know who shouted: "Master Hou is here." ”

The soldiers turned their heads to look, and sure enough, they saw Li Mu gradually moving from far to near, surrounded by a group of generals. It is actually wrong to say that he is coming, because Li Mu and the generals are standing on the side of the road, facing the slowly advancing team, talking to them one by one and cheering them up.

"Master Hou! Master Hou! When the soldiers arrived at Li Mu's side, they stopped what they were doing and paid their respects to the commander.

"Don't be polite, beware of sprinkling food." Li Mu smiled and nodded continuously, and said loudly to the soldiers: "There are still twenty miles to go, everyone hold on a little longer!" I've heard that the Turks are feasting in the oasis, and if we can catch up, we can still get them some wine! ”

Su Dingfang and the others behind Li Mu couldn't help but sigh secretly: 'It's really nonsense with your eyes open, the scout has found the mark, obviously there are still forty miles away, and it is not in the wrong way......

The soldiers were very encouraged, one was that there were only forty miles left, which was not too long, and they could get there by gritting their teeth. Both of them, when they heard that the Turks were holding banquets, they were resentful, it was all Lao Tzu's wine and meat!

"Brothers, work hard! Don't let them eat up all our wine and meat! ”。

"Whew!" The soldiers burst out with a warm echo, and the strength came from nowhere, and the speed of the march increased instead of decreasing!

In the raging sandstorm, the Tang army continued to hurry, and a group of men and horses drilled into the giant curtain formed by the yellow sand, and gradually their figures were covered by the giant curtain and disappeared into the depths of the desert.