It's a monotonous world. All that catches the eye is the vast, undulating sand dunes, silently emitting a scorching yellow under the sunlight, a dead silence, lifeless.

The sand and gravel that has been scorched by the scorching daily years, exudes the smell of dry heat, and the air close to the ground also feels disgusted, and they want to escape, swaying their graceful bodies, slowly moving up, the distant landscape is blurry and hazy, as if it is a projection of the other world in the world, and the fragments that have appeared in trance dreams, so ethereal and illusory, unpredictable, but all this is real.

Anyone who is in it will feel their own insignificance, like countless inconspicuous gravel, trapped in this endless sand dune with no end in sight, and will never be able to escape.

An avenue runs through this vast desert, and the two ends of the avenue stretch north and south respectively. From Mulu in Khorasan in the south to Bukhara in the north.

In the depths of the desert, starry emerald green dots are distributed around this avenue, showing tenacious vitality in the thick aura of death. Last night, thousands of uninvited guests came here, making it a long-lost liveliness here.

The precious water source in the desert made those uninvited guests quickly return to silence after a short period of noise, and they quietly led their horses and crouched on the sand dunes, releasing their fatigue.

Compared to the vast desert, the thousands of people and horses are so small. But Da Mo didn't mind at all, just silently accompanied its guests, in the night, feeling the slow passage of time until another day came......

"This bird place, except for the sand, is still sand. Speaking of hunting, I think it's almost the same as being hunted by the scorching sun. ”

The Black Tower stood in front of a sand dune and used his knife to fight with the sand on the dune.

The guardian sat near him, drinking water. Heita's complaint penetrated into his ears word for word, as if it resonated with what he thought in his heart, but he couldn't help but agree, looked sideways at Li Huaitang, who was sipping with his bones in the distance, and said: "The general has his own general's arrangement, follow the general, when have we ever suffered a loss?" ”

"But, you say, why don't we go to the east and the west, where the oases are dense, but to the south, where there is nothing but desert and desert. There is not one more bird shadow to be seen. ”

Heita couldn't hold back the depression in her heart and complained.

"The oasis near here has long been frequented by the Turgish. What do you think they'll leave for you besides the corpses? ”

The protection of the capital began and the black tower topped the bar. Although the time for the protector to return to Li Huaitang was later than that of the Black Tower, the loyalty of the protector was no less than that of the Black Tower.

Hudu will always be grateful to Li Huaitang, if it weren't for Li Huaitang, he would still be a nobody, and he would not have his current wife Wusi, not to mention the goal of life that he couldn't even think of before: to follow Li Huaitang to do an earth-shattering career.

Heita's face was flushed, and since his face had always been black, it looked as ugly as a pig's liver. Heita also knew that Hudu was right, but he was a little unhappy in his heart, which previous expedition was not a full load, but this time he felt a little wretched.

"That bone slurp, the more you look at him, the more unpleasant it becomes. He must have encouraged the general to come here. ”

With nowhere to set fire, the Black Tower diverted his anger to Bone Sip.

"Don't talk about it. The general is here, let the general hear your nonsense, maybe he will confiscate your white and tender Persian lady, and then reward me with the protection of the capital, hehe......"

Goto wiped his mouth and smiled very slutfully.

Heita quickly closed his mouth and threw a fist at Goto in a demonstrative manner.

"Hudu, look at your smile, tsk, I want to kick you."

Li Huaitang Pegasus came over, lightly dropped off the horse's back, and stood in front of them.

"General!" Goto and Blacktower called out at the same time.

"The Eagle Rider scouts haven't heard from you yet?"

Li Huaitang has always insisted on pulling the army to the south of Bukhara to stay, as soon as he comes, it can be beyond everyone's expectations, and when the people with ulterior motives begin to think about themselves, there is no way to find it, he just needs to wait for the scouts to bring back the news to confirm that there is no war in Bukhara, and then rush back leisurely. Second, once the city of Bukhara is broken, the fish that have slipped through the net will definitely escape back to Mulu, and he will wait for the rabbit on this half of the road, and wait for him to be ambushed.

However, when they came out, Bukhara had not yet been breached, and there was no sign of it being breached, let alone the inner fortress of Bukhara. So, the Black Tower could not understand. Not only the Black Tower, but also the bone slurred felt the same way as him.

"It hasn't paid off today. It's a bit far from Bukhara, so I guess it's not that fast to come back. ”

Goto looked at the direction of the back.

"How? Soldiers are used to being here, aren't they? Li Huaitang looked around at his subordinates.

"Fortunately, there is a water source nearby, so it is not a big problem to stay for a few more days. If a rout comes, we will be able to catch him by surprise. ”

Goto pointed to the back of the dunes.

Li Huaitang ambushed his men and his men behind the undulating sand dunes in a row, and if the defeated army wanted to return to Mulu, they had to pass in front of the dunes.

"Really?"

Li Huaitang raised his face solemnly, looking at the soldiers around him, except for the protection of the capital, the rest of them all had a look of resentment written on their faces. "Godu, don't try to divert my attention. Are these wolf cubs all dissatisfied? I don't care if you're satisfied or not, I'm going to have to stay here and rest. Anyone who violates the order shall be subject to military law. ”

At least half of the people couldn't understand what Li Huaitang said, but this did not prevent them from understanding their general's anger from Li Huaitang's face and tone.

Heita was even more ashamed, he was the oldest in terms of qualifications, and he was the most uncomposed. He was really afraid that Li Huaitang would get angry, so he would take back the beautiful Persian dancer who was rewarded to him, then he was reluctant.

Contrary to his previous attitude, Heita took the lead in responding in Tang Yan: "Yes, follow the general's order!" ”

The soldiers of the Ministry of Light are all actively learning Tang Yan, and the Black Tower is the first to bear it. It is said that those who can speak Tang Yan will be given priority to reward women according to their military exploits. This legendary incentive policy works better than any other claim.

"General, there is a situation!"

Li Feiying, who had been lying on the ground, warned Li Huaitang directly in Tang dialect.

Li Feiying has a trick, as long as he lies down and puts his ears to the ground to listen, the sound of hundreds of cavalry riding horses dozens of miles away cannot escape his feelings.

Hu Du hurriedly leaned over, he knew that the flying eagle was just two brushes, and he couldn't express the complicated Tang Yan.

"Thirty miles away, about five hundred horses, medium speed."

The Eagle listened carefully and spoke word by word.

Li Huaitang frowned, strange, why is there no news from the scout of the Eagle Rider?

"Prepare for battle! The guardian goes to inform the bone sip to act as planned. Li Huaitang decisively ordered.

"Huh? There's a ranger coming towards us fast! The eagle issued a timely warning.

"It's a scout of the Eagle Rider!" On the sand dunes, Li Huaitang saw the two horses rolling in. Soon, a knight came running, climbed the dune, and panted: "General, general." Yes, there is hostility! ”

It turned out that yesterday, the hundreds of food troops who fled from the west gate of Bukhara, after leaving the city, made a detour through Biguo, avoided all the rangers outside the city, and then went south. Originally, there were not many scouts of the Eagle Riders, and most of them concentrated in the vicinity of the city of Bukhara to listen for news. For this detour, the deserting army was negligent. When the deserters detoured back to the southern road, they were discovered by the wandering scouts, so they hurried to report to Li Huaitang.

"About five hundred horsemen, three hundred horses, two hundred camels, all of which carry goods."

The scouts report back to the enemy in detail.

Sheep, sure enough, are here.