After the Wusun army was defeated, it was crushed for thousands of miles, there was no trace of the enemy in the Jiuquan area, the middle route army and the right route army had begun to attack, under such pressure, it was difficult for the Jin army to send troops to aid Wusun, and now, the task of the left route army was to go deep into the desert and clear the Wusun army, but they were not only facing the Wusun army, but also the terrible desert, in fact, the Wusun army was easy to fight, and the desert was the biggest enemy.

Soon after leaving Jiuquan, there was no longer hard ground on the ground, there was a long yellow sand everywhere, one foot stepped on it and sunk to the ankle, and then raised the foot, the shoes were already full of sand, the camel was very adapted to this situation, but the horse was not good, there were horses constantly slipping in the desert, and even some fell and broke bones, and the broken horses could only be killed.

Wei Qing watched the men and horses move forward worriedly, thinking in his heart how long it would take for all the horses to die if they continued like this. Although they got up very early, as soon as the sun came out, the desert immediately became unbearably hot, and the men and horses were panting and sweating, and in the endless desert, there was not a single plant to be seen, and it was impossible to get shade, so everyone put the headscarf they had prepared in advance over their heads.

Bai Buxin rode a camel to Wei Qing's side with difficulty, he was used to riding a horse, and suddenly rode on a camel, how uncomfortable it was to ride, so he had to hold the hump with both hands, just like riding a horse on the first day, and smiled at Wei Qing: "Where is this march, it's just crawling!" ”

Wei Qing also sighed.

This is just out of Jiuquan! The road ahead was a thousand miles, and how long would it take to get there, he beckoned to Abri.

Abri came to Wei Qing's eyes, saluted, and waited for Wei Qing to speak.

"How many walks we walk each day is appropriate!" Wei Qing asked.

"Fifty miles, this is the limit!" Abri replied.

Wei Qing's mind turned, fifty miles a day, a thousand miles away, it takes twenty days, if it is in the Central Plains, twenty days of travel is really nothing? What's more, he only walked fifty miles a day, but in this great desert, twenty days, it was really fatal, and he didn't say anything anymore? Keep walking with your head down.

There was still an hour before noon, the army stopped, they couldn't walk, the people, the horses, all tired to death, the soldiers desperately tried to set up the tent on the soft sand, the sand could not fix the pillars of the tent at all, finally stood up, lightly touched, the whole tent fell down, helplessly, people had to hold it with their hands, take turns into the tent to rest, but the tent was not comfortable at all, the ground was steaming, people were in the tent. Although they could avoid the sun, they could not avoid the heat of the ground, and the people who entered the tent rushed out after a while, panting for breath, but after a while in the sun, they were so sad that they had to enter the tent again.

Shi Qian walked over with a steaming flatbread, the cake was too hot, his left hand was turned into his right hand, and his right hand was poured into his left hand, Wei Qing smiled and asked: "On such a hot day, whoever makes a fire makes a cake, it's really dead!" ”

Shi Qian also smiled and replied: "Where is this used to make a fire, they people from the Western Regions reconciled the noodles and put them directly on a big stone, and after a while, this cake will become like this!" ,,,,,Ahh But he forgot to turn his hand when he was talking, and the bread burned him, and he shook his hand and the bread fell to the ground.

Wei Qing didn't laugh at him, and was secretly shocked in his heart.

As long as he put the noodles on the stones, the sun can bake the noodles into cakes, how hot it is, he can't help but feel his mouth dry, untie the water bladder and take a sip of water, as soon as the water enters his mouth, he sprays the water on the ground.

The water is also piping hot.

There was a quarrel not far away, Wei Qing followed the sound and saw a Western Regions soldier arguing with a Han soldier, the Western Regions soldier was not fluent in Chinese, and the two sides were blushing and thick-necked, but they didn't quite understand what the other party was saying?

Wei Qing strode over and asked, "What's going on!" ”

When the Han sergeant saw Wei Qing coming, he hurriedly said, "General, this person must ask me to pack up the horse manure and take it with me, it's simply insulting!" ”

The soldier of the Western Regions stammered and said, "Horse ,,,,,, dung, useful, some!" ”

Wei Qing thought for a while, and said to the Han soldiers: "Pack up the horse manure and take it with you, and do as he says!" ”

The Han sergeant was very dissatisfied, but since General Wei had spoken, he dared not listen, so he had to snort angrily to clean it up.

Shi Qian stood aside and watched, puzzled in his heart, and quietly asked Wei Qing: "General Wei, what can the horse manure do?" ”

"I don't know!" Wei Qing replied: "But they are from the Western Regions, familiar with the desert, since they say it is useful, we should listen to them, enter the mountains to ask the wood, enter the water to ask about fishing, into the desert, we have to listen to the people of the Western Regions!" ”

Shi Qian nodded in disbelief.

The sun was setting in the west, and the Han army finally set off again, no one knew how they survived this noon, everyone's faces were flushed, and no one slept for even a while at noon. Although the men had reduced their portions while cooking, there was still a lot left, and no one could eat in the terrible heat.

Wei Qing was riding on a camel, his head was groggy, he felt that his body was full of heat, if there was an ice cellar now, he would jump into it immediately.

Wei Qi'a rode a camel past Wei Qing, he rode on the camel as if he was attached to it, seeing Wei Qi'a riding the camel so freely, Wei Qing was envious in his heart.

"Wei Qi'a!" Wei Qing shouted.

Wei Qi'a turned around the camel and came to Wei Qing's side: "General Wei, what is the order!" ”

"No orders!" Wei Qing replied, "Is this desert so hot at night?" If it continues to be hot like this, we won't be able to walk for three days before we all fall! ”

Wei Qi'a laughed happily: "General Wei, you will know at night, during the day you will want to be as cold as possible, but at night, you will rather bask in the sun!" ”

Wei Qing looked at Wei Qi'a suspiciously, and muttered in his heart, this desert can be so cold at night, but Wei Qi'a didn't say anything more? Keep walking.

It was getting dark, and the single father Duolan, Wei Qi'a and Abri came to Wei Qing together: "General Wei, we have to rest!" ”

Wei Qingyi frowned: "It's only been more than forty miles, and it's just dark, and the weather is cool, why don't you walk for a while!" ”

"Because we're going to get lost!" The single father Dolan replied: "Although we are from the Western Regions, we can't recognize the road in the dark, the desert is all the same, there is the sun during the day, according to the position of the sun and the characteristics of the ground, we can not go the wrong way, but at night, we can't see the sun, and we can't see the characteristics of the ground clearly, we are very likely to get lost, once we get lost, we may go around in the desert, and finally die of thirst!" ”

Wei Qing heard it so terrifyingly, and he didn't dare to forcibly ask for a march, so he nodded and said, "Since that's the case, give the order, go down to the village, and rest!" ”

In the night, the Han army began to encamp, and as the weather became cooler, the soldiers began to talk and laugh, and some soldiers even rolled on the sand to relieve the heat of the day.

Abri hurriedly walked over and saluted Wei Qing: "General Wei, can you please give an order to let all the sergeants pile up the horse manure and camel manure collected during the day and prepare to make a fire!" ”

Wei Qing nodded and ordered, giving the order, he asked Abri: "Why do you want to make a fire!" ”

"The desert is hot during the day, but very cold at night," replied Abri, "so when the horses and horses walked through the desert, they had to collect the horse and camel dung during the day, dry it at noon, and make a fire with them at night!" ”

Wei Qing let out an "oh", and then he understood why the soldiers of the Western Regions had to bring horse manure during the day.

As soon as the fire was lit, the weather changed, and the originally cool and pleasant climate became colder and colder, and it was extremely cold, and after a while, it was actually cold to the bone, and the soldiers gathered around the fire, and their bodies shrank together, and they leaned on each other to keep warm.

Wei Qing took the leather coat given by Abri, put it on his body, and said with a smile: "I was still strange when I set off? Since the desert is hot, what are you doing with leather clothes? Now I see that you people from the Western Regions have experience! ”

Abri replied: "Wear a leather jacket in the morning and a yarn in the afternoon, and eat watermelon around the fire, this is the peculiarity of our Western Regions!" ”

Wei Qing nodded, and secretly sighed that there were really ten miles of different winds, and a hundred miles of different customs.

He saw that everyone had gathered at the fire, and immediately turned around and walked towards his tent, and when he walked a short distance, there was a loud sneezing sound in front of him, but it was Mulan.

Wei Qing hurriedly walked over, seeing that Mulan was shivering from the cold, Wei Qing gently pulled Mulan and gestured with her eyes, Mulan smiled shyly and followed Wei Qing into the tent.

A stove in the tent has been raised, although the inside of the tent cannot be called warm, but it is much stronger than the outside, Wei Qing untied his leather coat and wrapped Mulan in his chest.

Hua Mulan gently snuggled in Wei Qing's arms, feeling comfortable all over.

Wei Qing smiled weirdly, his hand quietly moved in the leather coat, and stretched into Mulan's chest.

Hua Mulan shrank slightly, then straightened her chest, and her face was flushed.

For several days after that, the army was exposed to the sun during the day and frozen at night, and half of the people had experienced heat stroke and cold, and on this day, at noon, the army settled down.

In any case, after a few days, everyone had become somewhat accustomed to the strange climate of the desert, so as soon as the army set up camp, the men and horses of the various divisions went about their work to avoid the hot sun.

Wei Qing was sitting in the tent, drowsy, when the curtain was lifted, and Abri broke in, and the action was so great that he almost overturned the tent with a weak foundation.

"General Wei, quickly order the whole army to prepare!" Abri looked anxious and shouted.

Wei Qing jumped up: "The enemy is coming, how many are there!" ”

"It's not an enemy, it's more terrible than that!" Abri said as he pulled Wei Qing out of the tent.

Wei Qing followed Abri to the outside of the tent, saw that the sun was like fire, and there was no trace of defeat in all directions, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

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