Chapter 198: The Night of the Full Moon

A long procession walked silently through the desolate desert, enduring the scorching heat from the soles of their feet and the sun on the top of their heads.

Like everyone, Guo Xi and Yang Qing also held their own mounts, measuring the length of the desert with one foot deep and one foot low. Iguli had been riding his camel, but the situation forced him to give up and continue riding. A deathly silence hung over Ken Yuwei's surroundings.

All the water bladders are handed in, and all the water in the bags are poured into the water wheels, unifying the time and amount of drinking water for all people; Iguli's proposal to avoid the high temperature during the day and save drinking water and hurry at night was vetoed by Guo Xi, and now there is nothing to waste except water, there is still time; Yang Qing's proposal to ride a horse and gallop wildly, day and night, was vetoed by Guo Xi, Jian Yuwei came to fight, not to play, the horse was tired and thirsty to death, and Jian Yuwei finally died! Besides, in the desert, the horses can walk on their own, and you let him carry a man......

Guo Xi did everything he could, he could only take his brothers to the Punei Oasis. As for whether and when he can arrive, it is no longer a category that he dares to imagine. Resigned!

I don't know whether to praise God for having a good life, after such a violent black sandstorm frontal attack, a miracle actually happened - Jian Yuwei only lost one horse, and the rest of the people and horses are still alive! However, just like deliberately testing this young team, the black sandstorm left Guo Xi with wounded soldiers who were unconscious for more than a hundred degrees, and it was useless to irrigate him. According to Coulee's experience, life is okay for the time being, but if you don't rest well, you will be in trouble.

Guo Xi had to place them on the vacant waterwheel, although the water flowed into the sand, but the wheels could still turn, after all, the car could find a shelter, so that these wounded soldiers would not die of sunburn.

Originally, it was extremely unwise to push a cart in the desert, but Jian Yuwei had to travel for at least three months this time, and it was impossible to pull a few camels to send them from Chang'an to Talas. Vehicles and horses are necessary, not to mention that vehicles are of great use in the field, if you are unfortunate enough to encounter the enemy's cavalry in the open field, you can quickly use these hundreds of vehicles to form a chariot formation, which is extremely effective and reliable against the cavalry - this possibility is not impossible, and it will increase greatly after the army is broken.

No one asked why they were in a hurry, why drinking water had to be managed in a unified manner, and why the direction of travel had been adjusted. Soldiers, obey orders as their duty!

Guo Xi, who was walking in the front, suddenly stopped, squinted his eyes and looked ahead. Yang Qing stood in surprise: "What's wrong?" ”

"We've been hanging from us for a while." Guo Xi looked at Nunu in front of him, "I don't know who it is, it's too far away, I can't even see my clothes clearly." ”

Yang Qing was shocked, and hurriedly put his hand on the pergola to see. Could it be that the big cannibals are moving so fast that they have already hit Xizhou?

Iguli glanced at it twice, and took over the conversation nonchalantly: "It's a sand thief." But there are so many of us that they don't dare to come. ”

"Sand Pirates?" Yang Qing finally saw that there were several vague black shadows in the distance, writhing strangely in the hot air coming out of the sand, I don't know if it was a horse or a camel, he was carefully looking at his side, and he could see that those people were also moving, and he was very careful to keep a safe distance. "How can there be robbers in such a desolate place?"

"Whenever a sandstorm passes, there are always a lot of sand thieves coming out, and the caravan is so small that it is difficult to survive the big sandstorm, and even if you are alive, you don't have the strength to do anything. The sand pirates will always loot the hapless caravans. "It seems that Ikuli also hates these sand thieves very much." I just don't know how they dodge the sandstorm every time, especially today's black storm......"

Guo Xi and Yang Qing's faces sank at the same time, and Iguli realized that he had mentioned something that he shouldn't have mentioned again, and quickly changed the topic: "They don't dare to come over, even if we are not an army, but there are many more people than them." These lookouts should be running away soon! ”

Sure enough, as if hearing Igul's words, the sand thieves finally began to retreat.

The strings in Guo Xi's heart began to tighten, yes, the current realm is no longer a land directly under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty, and it is time to enter a state of combat readiness!

Quietly summoned Cao Lang, Sima Lin, Ye Guan and other generals, and Guo Xi whispered a few words.

Sima Lin hesitated after obeying the order, and finally asked: "General Zhonglang, the last general will almost be unable to hold on when he sees some soldiers, especially the horse, who has not drunk water for two hours......"

Guo Xi looked at Sima Lin's already chapped lips, and a trace of sourness passed through his heart: "Bear with it again, rest and drink water after half an hour!" ”

Sima Lin hugged his fists and hurriedly went, he was in charge of the convoy, and now in addition to taking care of firearms and drinking water, there are more than 100 wounded soldiers to take care of, he is really tired, and he does not dare to slack off.

Yang Qing walked behind Guo Xi: "Xilie, do you think that Cao Mengde's beckoning Mei to quench his thirst in the past is useless?" ”

Guo Xi's eyes lit up: "Try it!" It doesn't hurt anyway! ”

Yang Qing smiled bitterly and stopped a few generals, let's use a dead horse as a live horse doctor.

"A few people will tell you to go down later, let the brothers work hard for the past two days, and hurry up! Daddy Iguli said that if you go fast, you will be at the oasis the day after tomorrow. This oasis is a bit weird, planted a lot of plum trees, and now the green fruits are all over the tree, sour and sour, let the brothers arrive early and go eat plums! ”

"Goo." Ye Guan swallowed a big mouthful of saliva, "Really? ”

Yang Qing was finally happy: "Really! Hurry up and spread the word! ”

It seems that reading is a luxury in this era, even Ye Guan and they have never heard of this allusion, so the soldiers are even better fooled!

"Ziyin." Guo Xi walked over slowly, with a gloomy face.

"Heel! Useful! Ye Guan swallowed his saliva! Yang Qing was excited.

Guo Xi smiled reluctantly: "That's good." ”

Yang Qing was very strange: "What's wrong?" ”

Guo Xi took a long breath: "But this is an expedient measure after all." I think...... If we run out of water tomorrow or tomorrow, we have to think about it...... Kill the horse! Drink horse blood! ”

"Heel, you're crazy!" Yang Qing was furious, "Without the horse, how can we rush to the broken leaves?" Just two legs? What if you get there? The big cannibals are all cavalry! ”

"What's the use of keeping the horses if the people are gone! Do you want to rely on them to kill the enemy? Guo Xi also lost his temper, "As long as people live, there are other ways!" ”

Yang Qing was speechless for a while, and could only stare at Guo Xi angrily.

Guo Xi did not show weakness, and glared back at Yang Qing fiercely. The two are like fighting cocks, not backing down on each other.

Shang Han Zhang Nan was anxious in his eyes, but there was no way to persuade him about this matter, the military rank was there, and the quarrel between the two was not a private matter.

Guo Xi saw that the team had also stopped because of the quarrel between the two of them, thinking about Yang Qing's words, it was indeed reasonable, and he sighed: "I haven't reached that situation now, let's hurry first." After that, he patted Yang Qing and turned to leave.

Yang Qing realized that he was indeed a little too much just now, Guo Xi was the commander of the first army in the end, he yelled at him in front of so many people, and he had a bad temper and personality and went crazy early, Guo Xi really regarded himself as a brother, and he was really easy to cultivate.

Looking at Guo Xi's slightly lonely back, Yang Qing's heart was hot. No, if you know your mistakes, you have to change them, and apologize as soon as possible!