The lake itself is living water, and the two of them, who have been thirsty for a long time, feel that the entrance of the lake is cold and sweet, as if they have been drinking nectar after a long drought, and then fill the water bladder they carry, and then set up a tent to make tea here, drink hot tea and eat jerky.

After replenishing water and food, the two of them lay down in the tent to cool off, relieving the bone-chilling heat for several days. Little Tilch asked Old Tilchi, "Where is this?" You know what? ”

Old Tirch hiccuped and said, "I don't know, I've been lost since the sandstorm, and I'd definitely be impressed if I had seen such a big oasis here, but now I don't feel familiar with this place, some are just strangers, we definitely haven't been here before." ”

"So what do we do now? There is water and food here, but it is not a problem to be here all the time. Little Tilqi tried hard to open his sleepy eyes and said, the tense nerves of the days were only a little relaxed at this time, but it was this relaxation that made little Tilqi no longer able to control his eyes, and before the old Tilqi could speak, he slurred the second half of the sentence and fell asleep.

At night, little Tilqi was awakened by the sound of a crackling bonfire outside the tent, and when he opened his eyes, he found that the old Tilqi was not on the opposite couch and quickly turned over and sat up, picked up the waist knife under the pillow and tiptoed to the tent door, carefully opened the tent door and peeked out.

What I saw was a bloodshot eyeball, and the frightened little Tilqi cried out without the slightest psychological preparation, and his hand loosened slightly, and when he arrived, he fell directly to the ground, making a crisp sound, and little Tilqi was also so frightened that he sat on the ground, and his heart was beating wildly.

At this time, the owner of the eyeball opened the door curtain outside the tent with a smile, pulled little Tirqi up from the ground and said: "The reaction is good, and the handling is not bad, but the concentration is not enough, you still need more exercise." ”

Little Tilqi saw that the eyeballs that scared him so much that he sat on the ground were old Tilqi's, he was relieved, and when he wanted to stand up again, he was shocked that his legs were already scared and weak, but little Tilqi didn't want to lose face in front of Old Tilqi, so he sat on the ground and pretended to be old and said: "Ahem, why are you running out without sleeping at this time?" ”

Old Tilqi smiled secretly in his heart, but made a sincere expression on his face and said: "I heard the sound of wolves howling at dusk, they should have come to this oasis to drink water, in order to scare off these beasts, I went out to gather the fire, and made dinner by the way, do you want to come out and eat something?" ”

"Wolves? Doesn't that mean we're almost out of the desert now? Little Tilqi understood the meaning of old Tilqi's words.

"Yes, I think so too, come, I just went to tie a few lake fish, and now the grilling is just right, come out and eat some, let's take advantage of the night to hurry, we can save some water." Old Tirch said.

Little Tirch nodded, and was pulled up from the ground by Old Tirch, and went outside the tent, where he sat by the fire and ate tender grilled fish, listening to Old Tirch tell him about desert survival and old Tirch's own personal experience.

After dinner, the two packed their bags, climbed on the camel's back again, and began to hurry, this time the old Tilqi relied on his exquisite desert survival skills and rich experience, and finally walked out of the Tulun moraine, at that time the little Tilqi only vaguely remembered that when he walked out of the Tulun moraine, a bright moon hung on the mountain in front of him, and the two snow-covered peaks were like two slender jade hands holding the white moon, when the old Tilqi said to him:

"Our name for the peaks, lakes and oases in Tilqi has always been based on easy memorization, so from today onwards you must remember that the oasis that saved our lives is called the Wolf Cry Oasis, and these two mountains are called Zhuyue Mountain."

When jumping out of the dusty memories for a long time, Tirqi suddenly looked back at the mountains behind him, and finally found the two mountains in his childhood memories among the mountains and mountains, and the Zhuangyue Mountain at that time became the Touri Mountain in the daytime. Count the days, now is not the dry period in the desert, many oases in memory should still be able to supply water to the army, but it is necessary to use less, just keep alive, use too much will dry up the water veins, and then the travelers who strayed into the desert will have less chance of surviving.

Although the Tulun moraine is a mobile desert, and the terrain changes every day with the blowing wind, these oases distributed in the Tulun moraine are firmly nailed to the ground like anchor points, and have not been touched for thousands of years.

Chai Huaixing also agrees with this view, since ancient times, the Chinese have been trying to find a harmonious realm between man and nature, so they have never collected a certain resource, so at this time, Chai Huaixing also very much agrees with Tirqi's words.

"I once went to Khotanese with a caravan, and their army has always focused on deploying on the steppe facing south to guard against the enemy, but Khotan has its back to the Tulun moraine, but there is no defense against the direction of the Tulun moraine, from this point of view, I support General Chai's decision to let the army cross the Tulun moraine and directly attack the rear of the Khotanese country." Tirchi nodded and said.

"However, the march of the army cannot be separated from the water source, and I know that some oases on the southern edge of the Tulun moraine can barely be supplied to the army, but at least half of the time the army can only get a minimum amount of water, which can only ensure that everyone is thirsty and does not die, and this is the time to test whether General Chai's army can still maintain strict discipline. If the strict discipline of the army can be maintained, then I am confident that I will bring you to the rear of the Khotanese and let you complete the feat of surprise attack on the city of Khotan; But if someone is selfish and wants to occupy more water resources by himself at a critical time, then the final result of the army will probably be similar to the result of those merchants. ”

Tirqi told Chai Huaixing in detail about the killing of caravans that were commonplace in the desert, and let him weigh the pros and cons to decide the next move of the army.

(End of chapter)