The territory of Tuyuhun controlled by Murong Fuyun contains this desert, so although he knows that this desert is known as the sea of dead sand, he also knows some ways to pass through here, as long as he can pass through this vast desert and reach Khotan, he will be able to completely get rid of the pursuit of ** and buy time for himself to survive and develop.

The harsh environment in the desert made Li Daozong and Hou Junji stop their preparations to continue the pursuit, and it was true that the soldiers who had just been captured managed to hold their army back, but the fear of the desert had to be said to be another reason why they stopped.

There are all kinds of natural disasters in the desert, the most unbearable of which is the blazing sun during the day, the cold temperature at night, water is the most important thing, if there is not enough water source, I believe that before they catch up with Murong Fuyun, their entire army will die of thirst in the desert.

Don't dare to rush into the desert, but don't want to be too guts in front of people, so Li Daozong and Hou Junji began to focus their attention on the 30,000 captives on the ground, the previous battle can be said to be the easiest war that their two generals have fought in so many years, there is no too much resistance, and there are no large casualties on both sides, and even this war can be called a war of peace.

If the prisoners are placed after the end of the war, they can definitely come in handy, regardless of whether they are building roads or paving bridges, or herding horses and sheep, even if they are farming, they are definitely very good labor, but in the course of the war, they have directly become a drag on the army, and it is said that Li Daozong has 30,000 prisoners here to make the army unable to move forward, even if Li Jing has an army of 100,000 here, in the case of guarding many prisoners, there is no way to increase the speed of the march by many pieces.

The two armies are now experiencing the same embarrassing and helpless thing, two days passed quickly, when Li Jing led the army and countless prisoners to Wuhai, and Li Daozong and Hou Junji were connected, all the prisoners were merged together, but Li Daozong and Hou Junji were called by Li Jing to be handsome.

"Where is Murong Fuyun?"

Li Jing opened his mouth to question, because he was too confident in his plan, and if there was no accident, he would definitely be able to capture Murong Fuyun if there was no accident, so after the two armies converged, the first thing he did was to ask Murong Fuyun's whereabouts.

Li Daozong and Hou Junji glanced at each other, knowing that this matter could not be concealed at all, so they simply said it directly.

"Murong Fuyun directly left a large number of Tuyuhun soldiers behind when the enemy and us were fighting, and led 8,000 soldiers deep into the desert."

The 40,000 army directly left 32,000, which can no longer be regarded as a strong man's broken wrist, it is simply a strong man's halving, not to mention that Li Daozong and Hou Junji are here, even if Li Jing is here, he does not dare to let the 30,000 captives behind him, and lead the army into the desert where he knows nothing, so Li Jing did not hold Li Daozong and Hou Junji responsible, but frowned tightly.

They went to Tuyuhun this time not so much to annihilate the entire Tuyuhun army, but to come to kill Murong Fuyun, and now as the most important person, he actually slipped away from them, which directly led to the failure of the entire marching plan, but the Tang people's understanding of the desert is really limited, even if they desperately hope that someone can stand up and enter the desert to capture Murong Fuyun, they can't forcefully assign people to do this thing that is very likely to die.

Just when Li Jing was about to give up the arrest of Murong Fuyun after careful consideration, a person stood up at this time.

"General, why don't you let the last general go deep into the desert and give it a try?" The person who stood up, Jia Yi, saw it, it seemed to be a general named Qi Bi He Li, not to mention that he saw it, just by listening to the name Jia Yi, he knew that this person must be a person living in the vast prairie.

"The desert is not as good as the grassland, how sure are you?" Even if Qi Bi He Li is not a Han Chinese, but after all, he is now a general of the Tang Dynasty, since he is already a Tang Dynasty, then Li Jing has no reason to let him sacrifice in vain, so before giving him an affirmative answer, he must ask clearly, if he is not sure, it is better not to send him to death.

"The last general once strayed into the desert, and it took half a month to rush out of the desert, although the desert is called the sea of death sand, as long as we are careful, I believe we will be able to come back alive."

If you encounter a sandstorm, it is not impossible for thousands of people to be swallowed together, not to mention that it is difficult to find a water source in the desert, and the water sources in the desert are not all oases that can be directly drunk, if they encounter poisonous water, it will be a disaster for the whole army, in the case of severe water shortage, after being thirsty for a long time, I believe that no one will be able to hold back a dry mouth to test whether the water can be drunk.

However, when everyone is full of fear in the face of the desert, being able to stand up for someone can already show the courage of this person, although many people are not optimistic about Qibi He Li, but it does not prevent them from expressing deep respect for Qi He Li.

Jia Yi is also very admiring of Qi Qi He Li, although he brought something that can make water out of the desert, but if he can, he hopes that this thing will never be used, but now if he wants to pursue Murong Fuyun, he must enter the desert, which has become a dead knot, in order not to make the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty sacrifice in vain, Jia Yi also stood up at this time and shared the knowledge about the desert in his mind.

"General, I have something to write and precautions here, which can ensure that General Qibi He Li survives in the desert to a certain extent."

Jia Yi can always have a lot of strange things in his mind, everyone is no longer surprised by this, everyone knows that Jia Yi has a lot of knowledge in his mind, but the actual hands-on ability is a little worse, therefore, no one wants to stuff him into the team to enter the desert.

After Jia Yi gave all the tools for drawing water in the desert to Qibi He Li, he told Qibi He Li about some phenomena in the desert, how to distinguish what mirage, how to detect what desert oasis, how to avoid sandstorms, and so on.

Jia Yi's every word was firmly remembered by Qi Qi He Li, what Jia Yi said was all a means to save his life in the desert, although Qi Qi He Li was in a hurry to show himself, but if he could complete the task on the premise of ensuring his own life, who would want to die in the desert.

After a lot of preparations, Qi Qi He Li led thousands of soldiers into the vast sea of sand, Jia Yi did not say much about discerning the direction in the desert, as a general for many years, discerning the direction is a basic ability, Qi Qi He Li will definitely know, or don't treat people as waste.

No one knows what happened in the desert, and no one knows if Qi He Li can come back from the desert, when Qi He Li left, Li Jing had already stated that if he did not return within half a month, they would decide that Qi He Li had died, and led the army back to Chang'an, and never made any stops.

Xu Jingzong finally waited for his rest time, more than ten days of rest made his fatigue disappear without a trace, he was in good spirits after the baptism of this battle, the original obese body has become a lot more streamlined, and the skin has become darker under the sun's exposure, although he is still white compared to others, but he can be regarded as a member of the soldiers.

Time is lost little by little, fifteen days is not a long time, just a blink of an eye, it feels like the last appointed time has come, but there is still no shadow of Qi Qi He Li in the desert, looking at the desert of a barren person, everyone's face is full of disappointment, no one will believe that Qi Qi He Li can still come out of the desert under such a situation.

Even Li Jing is absolutely in line with He Li, who is more than lucky, they have wasted enough time here, and when the time comes, Li Jing directly ordered people to return to Chang'an.

Miracles often appear at the most critical moments, just when everyone is busy packing up their things, a team of cavalry appears in people's sight.

After the first person saw the dense crowd on the desert, he immediately screamed loudly, and Li Jing, who was calm, also rushed out of the tent, took the telescope handed over by the lieutenant casually, and looked carefully at the desert boy in the distance.

When Li Jing saw the embarrassed figure of Qibi He Li, his face couldn't help but be full of happy smiles, and without saying a word, he directly asked the army to put down the work at hand and go to the desert to greet Qibi He Li.

When Jia Yi came to the front of Qibi He Li, he found that the man who was originally rough but absolutely neat had now become extremely embarrassed, the exposed skin was full of white bursting skin, and the neat hair that was originally combed had now become messy, and there were countless sand in it, and as he gently shook his head, the sand would fall from his head.

"Welcome General Chibi Holi back to the camp."

He didn't ask Qi Bi if he Li brought Murong Fuyun's head back, and he could still bring people back alive after entering the desert for half a month, which was a great honor, so Jia Yi took the lead in expressing his highest respect to them.