The sky is gloomy, the sun has been blocked by dark clouds since it rises, the plateau in August, there has been a lot of cold, the autumn wind blows from all directions, wreaking havoc on the entire plateau, the endless chill is mixed with this autumn wind, when it passes by the plateau land, it makes a 'rustling' sound, leaving scratches on the ground. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

It was noon, the sky was still gloomy, as if at any time, there would be a sky full of snow drifting down, a goshawk soaring under the gloomy sky, a pair of sharp eyes constantly scanning below, hoping to find a little prey from this barren plain.

Sadly, however, the plain below it was a grayish-brown colour, and it was a desolate sight as far as the eye could see, and this desolation spread throughout the plain, as if it were a forgotten corner of the world.

The sky was still gloomy, and the autumn wind was still blowing from all directions, and when the goshawk finally lost patience and left, a cavalry of about a few hundred people suddenly appeared on the originally barren plain.

A watery earthy yellow cotton jacket, wearing a black iron helmet, one person and one horse, marching towards the depths of the wasteland!

The first person was a young general, about twenty years old, with a cheek under the iron helmet, looking clear and beautiful, not at all like a rough man from the army.

But I don't know if it's because of the wind, or something else, at this time, my face looks blue, and I am obviously riding forward on the horse, but I seem to use a lot of strength, and I keep panting on the horse.

In fact, not only the leader of the general, when he looked at the team behind the general at this time, he would be surprised to find that in the team behind him, everyone's faces were all iron-blue, and they were panting for breath.

At this time, a cold wind blew from the depths of the wasteland, and it happened that this team was going against the wind, and when the wind hit, it was like a knife, so that everyone tried to shrink their necks on horseback and bury their heads in their arms.

However, even so, this team still faced the cold wind and slowly moved forward on the wasteland!

However, after going forward like this for half an hour, at a certain moment, at the very back of the line, there was a sudden 'plop' sound, as if someone had fallen from a horse.

Hearing this voice, the general who was originally walking in the front frowned slightly and looked back, and sure enough, he saw that at the back of the team, a soldier fell off his horse, and at this time, he was lying there on his back facing the sky, obviously, he had fainted.

"Captain?" Seeing that someone fainted, in the team that was originally moving slowly, there were immediately a few soldiers, quickly turned down, and quickly came to the fainting soldier, and when the general led by the colonel came, several soldiers suddenly raised their heads, looked at the general with an ugly face, and spoke.

"Bring some water!" The young general seemed to have long been surprised by such an unexpected situation, and after hearing this, his eyebrows only frowned slightly, and then he commanded without looking back.

Hearing the words of the young general, someone in the team immediately turned around quickly, and after a short time, he came back with a water bag of water, squatted in front of the fainting soldier, and carefully fed a little in.

"Yes... Sorry Captain! After feeding a little water in, the fainting soldier finally woke up, and when the soldier woke up and opened his eyes to see his companions around him, especially the young general, a look of guilt suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said to the general.

"It's God's fault, and if you want to blame it, you can only blame God!" Hearing the weak words of the soldier, the young general's original frowning brows finally stretched a little, looked at the soldier lying on the ground, and said with a slight sigh.

When this sentence fell, the general sighed again, looked into the depths of the wasteland, squinted slightly, and said without looking back: "There is still a long way to go, and a certain family will arrange someone to send you back!" ”

"Thank you, Captain!" Hearing the general's words, the soldiers lying on the ground, including the surrounding soldiers, seemed to have expected it, and after hearing this, they just sighed slightly, and said to the general with an ugly face.

"How much water do we have?" Hearing the sad thanks of the soldier, the colonel just nodded slightly, and then, his eyes turned to the side, and the person who was also dressed as a colonel asked with a slight frown.

"Not much!" Hearing the words of the young general, the burly man, who was also a general, suddenly raised the corners of his mouth slightly, smiled slightly at the young general, and said.

"Give them a bag!" There was not much water left in the team, and the young general naturally knew it, but at this time, when he heard the burly man's words, the young general still commanded simply.

After saying this, the young general turned around, nodded slightly at the soldier on the ground, and then, without waiting for the soldier to speak, he slammed the reins, turned and walked forward.

"Return along the same road, and in three or five days, you will probably be able to meet the army!" Seeing the young general leaving, the burly general also turned on his horse, nodded at the three soldiers who were left, and when the words fell, he suddenly pulled the reins and chased the young general.

And with the departure of the two generals, one after the other, the team that was originally stranded also advanced to the depths of the wasteland again, leaving only three soldiers, standing alone on the wasteland, watching the team gradually move away.

"Holy shit, it's pretty fast!" It is still an endless wasteland, it is still a cold wind, and when he has been on the road for three days in a row, there is still a barren scene in front of him, Dugumou finally looked at the front with some irritability, gritted his teeth and said.

"Do you know what a certain family wants to do most right now?" In front of it is a barren mountain, bare, and there are no traces of birds, beasts, and people, Dugumou and Xue Rengui stood in a leeward place, listening to Dugumou's gritted teeth, Xue Rengui couldn't help but smile and asked.

"Remove Murong Lao'er into eight pieces!" Hearing Xue Rengui's words, Dugu Mou almost didn't think about it, lowered his head and took out a hard stone-like dough cake from his arms, brought it to his mouth and chewed it carefully, and said without raising his head.

"It's been almost half a month, damn, this guy is like a rabbit!" Learning from Dugumou's appearance, he found a leeward place, sat down casually, took out the dough cake from his arms, took a bite hard, chewed slowly, looked up at the gloomy sky overhead, and couldn't help but say melancholy.

As Xue Rengui said, at the beginning, they succeeded in their surprise attack on Tuyuhun, and Murong Lao'er saw that the opportunity was not good, so he immediately smeared oil on the soles of his feet, although they chased in time, they still let Murong Lao'er escape into this boundless wasteland.

Murong Lao'er couldn't escape, and if he escaped, he would return to the mountain, so in order to prevent Murong Lao'er from escaping to Tubo, Li Jing immediately ordered Dugu Mou and Xue Rengui to lead the new army and chase them all the way.

It's a pity that more than 1,000 of them, since they entered this wasteland, have been troublesome along the way, such as altitude sickness, cold, lack of water and food, and unpreventable quicksand.

In the eyes of the Tuyuhun people, this wasteland is the same as the forbidden land of death, and it is a miracle that ordinary people enter this wasteland and can come out alive.

Murong Fuyun was probably also frightened, so he made a desperate bet, took his personal entourage, and plunged into the wasteland, it is estimated that he has not considered whether he can cross the wasteland to reach Tubo, and he just wants to get rid of the Tang army behind him, which is the first consideration.

"Captain, water... There is the sound of water! Just as Dugu Mou and Xue Rengui were sitting in the leeward, silently nibbling on the dough, suddenly, a soldier stood happily on a high ground, rushing towards this side, and shouted excitedly.

"Where?" When I first came in, the water I was carrying was already in a hurry after half a month's trek, and at this time, when I heard the shouts of the soldiers, the soldiers who had been sitting in place to rest suddenly turned over and stood up, and asked the soldier with a roar.

"Let's go!" Not only the soldiers, but at this time, even Dugumou and Xue Rengui, hearing the shouts of the soldiers, also stood up excitedly, waved at the soldier, and then followed the soldier and walked not far away.

Sure enough, as the soldier said, the group followed behind the soldier and climbed over a small hill, when they heard a faint sound of water not far in front of them.

"It seems to be a river!" The sound of flowing water was very loud, and when he heard the sound of flowing water, Xue Rengui opened his mouth wide and told the soldiers to go back to get the water bags, but he was already a little excited and went straight to the direction where the sound of water came from.

This wasteland is endless, this is the first time they have encountered a water source since they entered the wasteland, at this moment, not only Xue Rengui, almost everyone shouted happily, and went straight to the direction where the sound of water came from.

And with their footsteps, the sound of the water, which was only faintly heard, became clearer and clearer in their ears, and listening to the roaring sound of the water, it was more than a river!

It's just that a moment later, when they climbed up a hill, listened to the sound of roaring water close at hand, and looked at the so-called 'river' in front of them, a group of people who were still excited just now, as if they had been immobilized, stood in place in a daze, staring at the 'river' that was still rushing below!

The 'river' in front of you is indeed a river, about two or three feet wide, winding down a hill along the wasteland, and when it passes through the bend of the hill, it will collide violently with a roaring sound, and when you hear it from a distance, it seems to splash countless waters.

However, at this time, Xue Rengui and the others really appeared, and the scene in front of them was that a 'river' flowing as brown as the wasteland, filthy, muddy flowing, and splashing with the water they imagined, it was simply two extremes.

No wonder, even with a telescope, they couldn't find such a river, and the whole river was full of muddy water, and when they looked at it from a distance, it was difficult to detect it if they didn't see the river rolling.

Without him, just because the whole river is integrated with the wasteland, it is strange to be able to find it!

"It's... What the fuck is this? In the entire river in front of him, all the mud waves flowed, and he stood in place for a long time, Xue Rengui came back to his senses from surprise, raised his hand slightly, and pointed to the muddy river that was still rolling below, and said in disbelief.

"Damn, this is not a place for people!" Disappointment, extreme disappointment, the excitement that had just risen, this moment was annihilated at once, hearing Xue Rengui's unbelievable words, Dugumou sighed silently, and when he spoke, he turned around and simply left.

On the twenty-third day of entering the wasteland, Murong Lao'er's figure was still missing, but it was a long-planned autumn snow, turning into countless snow particles, and began to fall in a boiling manner, and in an instant, the coldness of the wasteland was reduced to the extreme.

Food was starting to run short, water had been in short supply since three days ago, and now, combined with the boiling autumn snow, the cold wind was blowing at night, and it was really hungry and cold.

"Don't... Don't let someone catch Murong Lao's thief! In the wasteland, at night, in a temporary digging pit, Dugu Mou curled his body into a ball, feeling the biting cold outside, his upper and lower teeth trembled vigorously, and he said with great resentment.

"Hold on, and you'll be much better tomorrow!" At this time, Dugumou was obviously suffering from the wind and cold, Xue Rengui was huddled around Dugumou, and he could clearly feel the heat of Dugumou's body, which was obviously a high fever due to the wind cold.

"Old... Old Xue, can you get some water? Wuzi gritted his teeth, where did he scold Murong Fuyun for a while, Dugu Mou finally couldn't bear it, and trembled at Xue Rengui, pleading as if to say.

“…… Wait! Hearing Dugumou's pleading, Xue Rengui was only stunned for a moment, and then put the cotton robe on Dugumou's body, agreed, turned around and walked not far away.

After a while, Dugu Mou, who was sleeping in a daze, felt a pungent fishy smell coming from his mouth, and then, a hot stream, accompanied by the pungent fishy smell, flowed down his throat.

"Fuck, what the hell is this?"

“… Horse blood! ”