Judging from these days, since entering the Moheyan moraine, this 800-mile-long desert can be described as having no birds, no animals, no water and grass, standing in this quicksand moraine and looking around, the natural environment is extremely harsh. Now there are phosphorus fires everywhere that glow blue, like a demon raising fire, as bright as stars!

At this moment, a soldier of the Tang Army finally discovered the burning of white phosphorus called "ghost fire" in the distance, and immediately shouted in horror: "Ghost fire, it's ghost fire!" ”

As soon as this voice was shouted, more people discovered the ghost fire, and the panic suddenly began to spread, and the soldiers saw these phosphorus fires as if they were ghosts!

The guide, who was still kneeling on the ground just now, saw that the soldiers made such a big movement due to panic, and he was so anxious on the spot that he jumped up and said eagerly to Zhao Ziliang: "General, quickly order the soldiers to stop, don't alarm the fire demon, once the fire demon is attracted, it will be bad!" ”

Zhao Ziliang saw that the guide was so anxious, although he knew that these were phosphorus fires, he didn't have to worry about what damage these phosphorus fires would cause, and the white phosphorus would naturally be extinguished after a while, but this nature itself was full of mysteries, and many phenomena could not be explained by science in the twenty-first century, so for the sake of prudence, he immediately ran over and shouted: "Shut up!" ”

The frightened soldiers were all quieted down in fear by Zhao Ziliang's roar, and Zhao Ziliang immediately said, "What are they called?" What if these are ghost fires? We are soldiers, and soldiers are not afraid of all the demons and monsters in the world, and if they dare to attack and disturb the army, they will be chopped into meat sauce with the steel knives in your hands! Okay, let's all go back to the tent to rest, and don't come out if it's okay! ”

Although Zhao Ziliang said this, it actually did not reduce the fear in the hearts of the soldiers, the sandstorm during the day made the soldiers physically and mentally exhausted and frightened, and now they have encountered a terrifying ghost fire, and their morale is even lower, which makes Zhao Ziliang worried.

After driving the soldiers into the tent to rest, Zhao Ziliang said to Brehan: "Tonight, you divide the Hu Cong team into three teams and take turns patrolling until the army sets out of camp tomorrow!" ”

"No!"

Late at night, a soldier in a tent at the edge of the camp suddenly opened his eyes, sat up slowly, turned his head to look at the other people sleeping in the tent, he quietly got up and took his horizontal knife from the position of the tent near the door curtain, hung it on his waist, lifted the curtain and was about to walk out, when he heard the voice of the gang leader: "Ruan Xiaoer, what are you doing?" ”

Ruan Xiaoer's body trembled, the cold light in his eyes flashed, and he hurriedly turned around and whispered a flattering smile: "Guy, my stomach hurts and I want to outside."

The guy said sharply: "What, why don't you report it if you want to?" If you sneak out, if you are found by a patrol and you are court-martialed, it doesn't matter if you are dealt with, you will kill all of us? ”

Ruan Xiaoer immediately cried and said with a sad face: "Captain, the big guys are too tired during the day, and they are scared a lot, and they have been sleepy for a long time, and the little brother is embarrassed to ask you for leave when he sees you sleeping so deeply, I am worried about waking you up and delaying your sleepiness, I really didn't mean it!" ”

The guy snorted coldly: "Hmph, forgive me for not daring!" You're going to, huh? Go and come back quickly! ”

"Yes, yes, I'll be back soon, hey, I can't hold it anymore!" After Ruan Xiaoer finished speaking, he lifted his pants and ran out in embarrassment.

Avoiding two patrols along the way, bypassing many tents, Ruan Xiaoer finally came to the vicinity of the camp of the baggage team, he lay behind a pile of sand and pinched his throat and learned two insect calls, and soon two responding insect cries were heard not far away, and he was sure that the code was right, so he immediately got up and bent over and trotted over.

Stopped under a small pile of sand, at this time there were already three people gathered here, also wearing Tang Army armor and holding horizontal swords, the first one was a short and strong man, and asked: "I'm waiting for you alone, why did you come so late?" ”

Ruan Xiaoer said: "The people around me are watching closely, and they can't find a chance to sneak out, and they almost got into a goof just now!" Hurry up, I don't have much time, and if I don't go back after a certain amount of time, they will definitely be suspicious."

The strong man at the head heard Ruan Xiaoer say this, and immediately said: "Since this is the case, then act immediately, after this operation, we will leave immediately, there will be a disturbance tonight, and the above will definitely be strictly investigated, once it is really investigated, none of us can run away, it is better to leave, a certain has prepared six horses and enough food and water, enough for us to return the same way!" ”

Ruan Xiaoer and the other two nodded when they heard this, everyone knows that once they do this, they can only run away, the farther they run, the better, if they still stay here, it is purely looking for death, they are all looking for excuses to sneak out, as long as they check, they can't get rid of suspicion, or the best strategy.

Zhao Ziliang attached great importance to the baggage battalion, so that even in the middle of the night, there were still fixed sentry posts standing guard in the baggage camp, and a patrol team patrolled every quarter of an hour or so.

A few men avoided a patrol and a few fixed posts along the tents, and quietly interspersed into the baggage camp, and soon found several tents where grain, grass and drinking water were piled up, and under the command of the strong man at the head, they were afraid to kill four sentries standing guard in succession, and only then were they able to enter a tent.

After some inspection, Ruan Xiaoer first said to the strong man led by Ruan Xiaoer: "I have checked, it is all grain and grass, and the grain, grass and drinking water of the whole army are basically here!" ”

"Okay, don't rub it off, you two go pour water, pour the water clean, you and I burn grain and grass, move fast, the patrol will arrive soon, if we are blocked, we can't run if we want to!" The strong man at the head commanded a few words, and immediately took out two fire folds from his arms, threw one to Ruan Xiaoer, and the four of them began to act separately.

The fire was soon lit, and the grain and grass piled up in the tent began to burn, and the tents where the drinking water was piled up were all made of wooden barrels or cowhide water bags, and it took some work to empty them one by one.

In this dry desert, what was set on fire could easily burn, and smoke soon rose from the two tents where the grain and grass were piled up, and the light of the fire was reflected, which quickly alarmed the patrol.

"Who?" When the patrol saw that there was light, they ran over to take a look, and when they saw that someone was setting fire, the leader of the team immediately shouted.

The person behind him immediately shouted: "Go water, go water・・・・・・・"

In less than a few breaths, the entire baggage camp was boiling, and the soldiers ran out of the camp tent to put out the fire, Ruan Xiaoer and others saw that they were discovered, and immediately did not hesitate, and immediately used their troops to pierce the camp tent and fled for their lives.

In the end, it was found too late, and there was not enough water to fight the fire, and the grain and grass were particularly easy to burn, in the absence of water to fight the fire, the Tang soldiers could only use clothes, tent fabrics and leather to fight the fire, and it didn't take long for Zhao Ziliang and all the generals and officers to rush over.

When the fire was extinguished, ninety percent of the grain and grass had been burned, and Brehan's face was full of black soot and came over to report to Zhao Ziliang, and his tone was very depressed: "General, there is less than one percent of the grain and grass left, plus the dry food on the soldiers, it can only last the army for two days at most, and there is much more water left, which can last for three days."

Zhao Ziliang's face turned black when he heard the report, and he wanted to get angry, but he didn't know who to scold.

At this time, a subordinate team was walking quickly over and reported: "General, the patrol team found that there were several figures in the grain and grass camp tent at the time of the fire, a total of four people, and the people had already run away on horseback in the direction they came, and their subordinates had already sent people to chase them."

After hearing this, Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "I can't catch up, call the pursuers back, as long as the number of people in each battalion and department is counted, they will know who the arson is!" ”

"No!"

There are only two days of grain and grass and three days of drinking water, which makes the soldiers who are already extremely demoralized even more depressed, at this time the combat effectiveness is almost infinitely close to zero, Zhao Ziliang knows that he can't do anything at this time, otherwise the army is very easy to collapse, this time is also the first time he has encountered such a sinister and bad situation.

Although there is only two or three days of grain, grass and drinking water carried on the surface, Zhao Ziliang's finger space still has a large amount of food and drinking water, which he prepared just in case, enough to support the army out of this quicksand land, but the soldiers don't know this, and they must make the soldiers believe that he can get enough food and grass.

After thinking about it, Zhao Ziliang sent someone to find the guide, and after the guide came over, he saluted Zhao Ziliang and said, "General, are you looking for a villain?" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said, "Well, I want you to do you a favor?" ”

The guide wondered: "I don't know how the villain can help the general!" ”

"So, come here!" Zhao Ziliang said and muttered a few words in the guide's ear.

The guide's face changed, and he hesitated: "General, can this work?" I'll be in trouble then! ”

Zhao Ziliang soothed: "Don't worry about this, General Ben has his own plans, and he won't embarrass you!" ”

The guide hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Okay!" ”

After getting the guide, Zhao Ziliang immediately ordered everyone to assemble, and after a few drums, all the soldiers gathered in the open space with weapons to take a roll call.

After counting, the four people who set fire to the grain and grass were finally found out, they had already fled, Zhao Ziliang instructed Brehan to write down his name, and wait until he arrived in Yizhou and Anxi before issuing the pursuit documents, and spread the sea fishing documents all over the world, and the whole Tang Dynasty conducted a human flesh search.

At this time, the soldiers and some officers were talking about it, and they were depressed, and the burning of grain and grass was a big deal, which was related to whether they would be hungry and whether they could get out of this terrible 800-mile Mohe Yanmoi. (To be continued.) )