Not sad for the situation, not sad for life, the Han people in the Western Regions, with an indomitable spirit, incisively interpret the value and power of life!

"Report ...... There is a water source and poplar forest in front. ”

"Revisit."

"No...... Driving ......"

As soon as the sentry sentry clamped his legs around the war horse under his crotch, he rushed out like an arrow, and the horse's hooves raised a burst of yellow sand.

"Don't enter the forest, don't chase after the poor", Yun Mo still has this common sense, the vast desert seems to be not easy to ambush, but in fact, it is not, countless sand dunes and poplar forests are good places to hide.

"The crossbow is in the hand, the arrow is on the string, and the target is the poplar forest."

There were still five or six miles of land in that poplar forest, and Yun Mo didn't dare to be careless, and continued to lead the team to approach the poplar forest. Where there is a poplar forest, there must be a water source, and if there is no unforeseen circumstance, we will camp here tonight.

Judging from the map, this place is only half a day's journey away from Qingfeng Village, and the troops can come to Qingfeng Village before noon tomorrow.

The horse thieves are the masters of this land, they are too familiar with the terrain here, if it weren't for Yunmo's satellite map, they would definitely have to run countless unjust roads to find Qingfeng Village.

Until now, Yun Mo has not met a horse thief, which is obviously unscientific, but in the sky, there are always two or three golden eagles circling, these golden eagles fly very high and high, and they can only see small black dots on the ground, if it weren't for Yun Mo's 32x sight, he wouldn't have found these ghosts hovering in the air.

It is not strange to see soaring golden eagles in this part of the Western Regions, but if several golden eagles hover over their heads for several hours, then there is a problem.

Although Yun Mo had never played with the Golden Eagle, he had also seen a documentary about falconry training before crossing over, and an eagle like this could only be the result of being trained.

Why haven't the horse thieves in Qingfeng Village sent sentries until now, this shows that they already know Yun Mo's team well, and at the same time, they are also creating an illusion for Yun Mo and them - you haven't found out, let's camp and sleep in peace!

After a while, the horse exploration returned, there was no ambush in the poplar forest, there was a small river with a small amount of water that was not too large by the poplar forest, and it was certain to camp here, but it was important to set up the camp in what position.

It is best to camp in the poplar forest, because the poplar forest can shelter the wind and sand, the ground is a layer of dry leaves, and the poplar tree also has countless dry branches, and the poplar forest at this time is like a dry firewood pile.

If the horse thieves set fire to the upper wind in the middle of the night, Yun Mo and the others are afraid that they will not even have a chance to escape, and most of the thousand soldiers will become roast suckling pigs, and those carriages will shake the sky and thunder, which is even more deadly.

Yun Mo, who was riding a horse, immediately rejected the idea of camping in the poplar forest after a few laps in the poplar forest.

Set up camp on the tidal flats by the river! It is very convenient to get water here, and there is no fear of horse thieves cutting off the water source, as long as you dig a deep pit in the river, water will gush out.

But what if there is a flash flood? No one can say for sure! Or maybe the horse thieves built a barrage dam upstream! If the horse thieves suddenly dig up the barrage dam, Yun Mo, who is camped on the river beach, can only go to see the Dragon King, and few people in the Western Regions know water, all of them are landlubbers who have fallen to the bottom.

Yun Mo, who led dozens of guards, circled around the river a few times, and then combined the map and set up camp in a high and leeward place two miles from the river.

The place has a wide view, the river and the poplar forest are in full view, and behind the camp is a flowing sand dune, which can be walked up by people, but the sand will not reach people's knees, and the war horses will not be able to go up at all.

Horse thieves without horses want to climb over the sand dunes to attack Yun Mo's camp, but they are looking for death, and the Shenwei crossbow will turn them into a sieve, and the earth-shaking thunder will tear them to pieces.

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Qingfeng Village is in a valley at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, which is two or three times larger than the Qingxiang Valley, and there are three rivers where the snow and water of the Tianshan Mountains converge, so the water and grass in the whole valley are abundant, and the cattle and sheep are flocked.

More than ten years ago, this was originally the pasture of the Mongolian Keshi tribe, and when the Keshi tribe was at its peak, there were more than 3,000 people and more than 1,000 people who controlled the strings, which was definitely a medium tribe in the Western Regions.

But the rich tribe has no way to survive in the Western Regions, unless you are strong enough that no one dares to provoke you, and the wealth of the Keshi tribe naturally attracts countless horse thieves to come to fight the grass valley every now and then.

In the beginning, the horse thieves did not dare to go head-to-head with the Keshi tribe, and the horse thieves always resorted to raids, grabbing a few tents today and a few pastures tomorrow.

In order to protect the tribe, the warriors of the Keshi tribe could only keep fighting with horse thieves, and as a result, the population of the Keshi tribe began to decline sharply, and the weakening of their tribe was inevitable.

Three years ago, there were only more than 800 people left in the Keshi tribe, and there were less than 300 people in control, and at this time, a horse thief named Halim led more than 500 horse thieves to completely conquer the Mongolian Keshi tribe.

The Mongols of more than 800 Keshi tribes became slaves of Halim, and then the miserable life of those Mongols began, not only did they have enough food and clothing, but also had to mine copper mines, and after a little breath, the whip of the horse thief overseer was pulled off the head and face.

In less than three years, less than 500 people had died in the Keshi tribe, and this was despite their efforts to have children.

Because of the lack of manpower to mine the copper mines, Halim led horse thieves to plunder the population, and hundreds of slaves of various tribes were sent to the copper mines every month, and of course, the bodies of hundreds of slaves were carried out of the copper mines every month for burial.

As for how many slaves there were in the copper mines, the horse thieves didn't know, they only knew an approximate one, maybe two thousand slaves!

The horse thieves with copper mines live like honey pots, and although these horse thieves live a luxurious life, they never let go of their swords and guns, and the slaves and other horse thieves here are the main reasons for their constant vigilance.

Within ten miles of Qingfeng Village, there are patrols of horse thieves from time to time, and they are never interrupted, for cavalry, this patrol distance is of course very close, but Halim has a kind of patrol artifact - the golden eagle of training.

Eagle training is the Mongolian specialty, these trained eagles can also report information to the owner through the call and body language, and only the owner of the golden eagle can understand the call of the golden eagle and understand the body language of the golden eagle.

With this kind of golden eagle soaring in the sky, the situation within a radius of 100 miles can be seen at a glance. But these trained golden eagles are not in the hands of Halim, but in the hands of the leaders of the Keshi tribe.

In order to get the stunt of eagle training, Halim killed dozens of people of the Keshi tribe in a row, and the leader of the Keshi tribe was unwilling to hand over this stunt even if he died.

And Halim didn't dare to kill the head of the Keshi tribe, because only the head of the entire Keshi tribe knew how to train eagles, and in the end Halim had to use the condition of not killing the people of the Keshi tribe at will, in exchange for the head of the Keshi tribe to provide him with the patrol service of the golden eagle.