At night, it looks very strange in the desert, and the yellow sand is full of yellow sand under the exposure of the sun during the day, there is still a trace of heat.

In the night sky, dark clouds obscured the moon, the vast desert, the five fingers could not be seen, and occasionally some insects burrowed out of the sand to forage for food and made a "rustling" sound.

Behind the dunes, dozens of people were lying on the sand, all of them exhausted, and they could be seen that they were all tired.

These people don't have any strength anymore, and the soft sand is like a warm bed at the moment, and they just want to get a good night's sleep.

Blood Wolf Guard, between two days and two nights, started from Guzang all the way to the north and ran for hundreds of miles, and the pursuers of the Huns along the way were even more relentless, and Li Yan couldn't remember how many Huns died under his sword.

Li Yan's face and body were covered with blood, and now that he was dry, he could even smell a fishy smell on his body when he breathed.

Looking at the blood wolf guard lying on the sand, Li Yan felt a heartache in his heart, along the way from Guzang to here, the blood wolf guard was killed by the Huns, and the blood wolf guard suffered the heaviest loss so far when he went to the Jin Kingdom.

Although the Blood Wolf Guards killed at least hundreds of Huns, the sacrifices of these Blood Wolf Guards made Li Yan feel uncomfortable, and they could be regarded as the most elite warriors in Xiliang.

"General, it doesn't matter if you're injured, right?" Wei Liang helped several blood wolf guards bandage their wounds, and came to Li Yan's side and asked in a low voice.

"Oh, I'm fine, it's just a little bit of skin, don't worry." Li Yan gently touched his elbow, raised his head and said to Wei Liang.

"It's all to blame on the subordinates for failing to protect the general, please punish the general."

"It's not your fault, there are too many Huns. You ordered to go down, and set off after the third watch, the Huns knew our whereabouts, and it is estimated that they will catch up soon. ”

"General, the brothers are tired like this, it's better to ......" Wei Liang looked at the blood wolf guard who was lying asleep on the sand, and felt a little unbearable in his heart.

"No, I can't. Here I estimate that there is still a day and a night away from the West Sea, the Huns are chasing in a hurry during the day, and the Huns in Xijun and Xi'an County are probably looking for us at this moment, if it drags on any longer, the catastrophe will not be far away. ”

"Yes. General, you can sleep for a while. The subordinates arranged for the brothers to take turns to be on duty at night. Wei Liang understood what Li Yan meant, although he didn't know how many Huns there were, but he definitely had the upper hand in the face of the blood wolf guard.

Before the third watch, Li Yan woke up. It was bitterly cold, and in the middle of the night in the desert, it became very cold.

"Let's go."

Li Yan led the Jueying in front, and the blood wolf guard behind him followed.

The sand was soft and deep, and the horse's hooves were nearly a foot deep when the horses stepped on them, and people could not ride on the horse's back at all, so they could only lead the war horses and slowly move forward step by step.

Fortunately, the dark clouds dispersed in the middle of the night, and the direction could be determined by the stars, otherwise it was very easy to get lost in the desert.

Early morning.

Outside Guzang City, Han Qian and Liang Xing and their entourage had already left the west gate of Guzang and headed west.

After the Huns discovered Li Yan and his party two days ago, a large number of Huns chased after them, and now Guzang City is no longer as strict as before, just a symbolic inspection and Han Qian and his party were released.

"General Han, you said that General Li would not encounter any danger, right? The old man was uneasy. There is a desert in the northwest of Guzang, and it is extremely dangerous in the desert, and if you are not careful, you will have to worry about your life, not to mention that the Huns behind are in hot pursuit, and it is the old man who dragged General Li down. Liang Xing walked side by side with Han Qian, shook his head and sighed.

"Lord Liang, my son-in-law will definitely be able to arrive in Xihai safely, for today's plan, we need to go back to Jiuquan to resume my life, and please forgive me Lord Liang, I'm afraid there won't be too much rest time on this way." Han Qian reined in his war horse and glanced at Liang Xing, also very worried about Li Yan in his heart, after all, the Huns north of Guzang and Xijun were familiar with the terrain.

"General Han, it's okay. Let's hurry. Liang Xing clenched his fists slightly towards Han Qian, and rode his horse to the west.

"Let's go." Han Qian waved his horsewhip and said in a deep voice to several blood wolf guards behind him.

Li Yan and his entourage had been walking in the desert for a long time, and at this moment, the scorching sun hung overhead, and Li Yan and the blood wolf guard behind him were soaked with sweat.

"General, this place is estimated to be more than 300 miles away from Xi'an County, and now the Huns have been left behind by us, and they will enter the Black Stone Cliff and reach the West Sea by walking two hundred miles west along this road. By the time it gets dark tomorrow, we should be able to get back to Westsea City. Wei Liang looked at a fork in the road ahead and pointed to the path to the west.

"On this way, there are only the Huns in the rear to pursue, Gu Zang is not far from Xijun, where there are five thousand soldiers and horses stationed in Zang Mozi, the Huns in Xijun should have known that we have gone north, I am worried that going west will directly crash into the ambush of the Huns, where does this road lead to the north?" Li Yan pondered for a moment and asked, pointing in the direction of the north.

"General Qiyu, this road goes north into the territory of Rouran, this is not the direction to the West Sea." Wei Liang stepped forward and looked at Beifang and replied with a puzzled expression.

"Pass my order, go north to bypass the territory of Rouran, and then turn back to the West Sea."

"General, no. This place has increased the journey of two hundred miles back to the West Sea through Rouran, and now the brothers' dry food and water are insufficient, and the war horses have not eaten for almost a day, and the subordinates are worried that there will be an accident at that time. When Wei Liang heard that Li Yan was going north through Rouran and then returned to the West Sea, his face changed greatly.

"There is only one road to the west of this place, and it is also a shortcut to enter the West Sea, if Zang Mozi of Xijun knows that we are fleeing north, he will definitely send troops to intercept it, but so far no Huns have been found, isn't it strange?"

"General, are you saying that the Huns ambushed us on the way to the Western Sea?"

"Do you think it is easier for the Huns to find us in the vast desert or ambush us on our way into the West Sea?" Li Yan turned around and asked.

"Of course, it's easy to ambush on the way back." Wei Liang said without thinking.

"That's right, looking for dozens of people in the desert is like looking for a needle in a haystack, Zang Mo'er can become a pseudo-cool auxiliary general with some ability, and he will not be stupid to find our whereabouts in the desert."

"But~" Wei Liang was speechless for a while, food and water were almost gone, which was very deadly in the desert.

"It's nothing, it's really not good~" Li Yan said and glanced at the war horse behind the blood wolf guard, killing the horse and eating it was desperate to have to do this.

"In that case, General, let's go." Wei Liang saw that Li Yan had made up his mind, and ordered the blood wolf guard behind him to get on his horse and prepare to set off north.

"Let's go!"

Li Yan and his entourage rode their horses north, and bursts of sand and dust rose behind them.