After all, the road still has to go, because the sandstorm is coming, the mission is still strong forward, no one knows how long it will take to get out of the eye of the storm, continuous in the desert, people prostration, even the horses have finally gone wrong, there are more than a dozen horses have broken lung lobes and died, forever left in the desert.

Another day passed, and before noon, the camel rider finally stopped, and Qiu Yinghao also came over tiredly, and said to Chu Huan: "Uncle Chu, we have finally stepped out of the eye of the storm, and we can let everyone rest here." "Seeing that the men and women of the mission were sleepy, many of them were still squatting in the sand retching, and some were lying on the ground, motionless, as if they were dead, this rapid march could be said to have almost exhausted the physical strength of the troops.

Chu Huan also looked tired, and said with a wry smile: "Master Qiu, if you have to go on this time, I'm afraid that even I will fall into the desert." ”

Qiu Yinghao wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Uncle Chu, today's head is exposed to the sun, and he has also walked out of the eye of the storm. Well, let's camp here today, rest for a while, and then we'll continue our journey in the evening, what do you think? ”

Chu Huan thought for a while and asked, "Master Qiu, how far have we gone?" How long will it take to get out of the desert? ”

Qiu Yinghao smiled: "Uncle Chu, do you know what I'm most worried about on this trip?" It's not a sand bandit, there are hundreds of us, and although the sand bandits are ferocious, they don't dare to act rashly. What I'm most worried about is the sandstorm, these two rì we rushed continuously, although it was hard, but we finally got out of the eye of the storm before the sandstorm appeared, as long as we avoided the eye of the storm, the road behind was much easier. He looked up to the north and said, "Uncle Chu, don't worry, if there are seven or eight more, we will be able to get out of the desert!" ”

Chu Huan looked at the mission like a defeated soldier, and sighed, this is only half the way, the mission can hardly hold up, and the next half of the journey is probably not easy to walk.

The scorching sun was exposed, and the heat in the sand erupted outward, Chu Huan finally gave the order to go down and camp on the spot, and the whole delegation was relieved when they heard that they were going to camp and rest.

The camp of the Qiu camel riders was quite far away from the mission, and their tents had been set up in the desert.

Everyone dragged their tired bodies and finally set up the tent, concentrated the goods and the carriage guarded by Chu Baihu in the middle, the outside was surrounded by horses and camels, and the outside was surrounded by a circle of tents, the tent of the mission was not small, a tent could accommodate three or four people, although everyone was physically lacking, but hundreds of tents were still orderly and distinct.

The soldiers ate their rations and drank water, and then went into their tents to rest.

In fact, the tent was as hot as a stove, extremely hot, but it was already very comfortable compared to walking in the scorching sun.

Xue Huai'an has a tent alone, although he has used food and water, but his eyes are still golden, his head is dizzy, he took off his official robe, he still feels hot, and he can't sleep well, and finally he simply took off all the clothes on his body, bare-chested, leaving only a pair of thin trousers, after lying down, he felt a lot more comfortable, but the heat in the tent evaporated, and there was no trace of wind today, although he was sleepy, but he tossed and turned, and he just couldn't sleep.

The camp was already silent, Xue Huai'an was upset, put on a coat, poked his head out of the tent, and wanted to see if there was wind outside, but what he saw was the yellow sand dazzling, and the whole mission seemed to be asleep, and only a few soldiers were arranged in a few corners to be on duty.

Xue Huai'an was helpless, returned to the tent, and lay down again, but his mind was thinking about the comfort of the mansion in Beijing, no matter how hot Luo'an was in the capital, there was an ice storage in his mansion, take out the stored ice, and it was extremely cold in the mansion, he closed his eyes, his throat squirmed, and at this time, if he could have a bowl of cold longan lotus seed porridge, Xue Huai'an felt that he was willing to live ten years less.

There was silence in the camp, behind a sand dune, but a head quietly poked out, tied a strap on his head, lying on the sand dune, looking at the mission camp from afar.

You can't get a full view of the camp here, but you can get a glimpse of it.

Although the camp was guarded by soldiers, the soldiers were apparently already in prostration, sitting lazily on the sand, and some of them were already lying on the ground to rest.

The spy scanned for a long time, and the camp was silent, so the spy quietly retreated from the sand dune, turned around and ran to the west, only ran a short way, and turned over a sand dune, and under the dune, suddenly a dense crowd of people and horses appeared.

This is really a huge team, no less than two hundred people, each with one horse, all of them are excited, all of them have belts on their heads, but the faces are different, but all the horses are tied with their mouths tied and cannot neigh.

Seeing the spies coming back, a few people immediately stepped forward, and a big black man like an iron tower had already asked in a deep voice, "How is the situation?" ”

The spy said excitedly: "Chief, they can't do it, they all sleep like dead pigs, and there is no movement. ”

"What about the patrolling?"

"It's also a non-jīng picking, not a climate." The spy smiled and said, "A few of them have fallen asleep on the ground. ”

The big black man laughed proudly, and someone next to him was already excited: "Leader, let's rush over now, the Qin country's envoys must not have time to react, and when we rush to their camp, I'm afraid they haven't woken up yet." ”

The big black man thought for a moment and said, "We must win a blow, but we can't damage our own people." These are not ordinary people, they are the strongest warriors in the Qin Kingdom, even at this time, we must be cautious! ”

"No matter how strong a samurai is, he will become a sick cat at this time." A one-eyed sand bandit beside him said: "Big brother, don't want you to go out in person, you just wait here, give the little brother a hundred men and horses, and you will be able to wipe out the Qin State Mission." ”

The big black man shook his head and said, "Don't worry, the people of the Qin State Mission have just rested and haven't slept yet, let's wait a little longer!" He looked up at Tian Sè and said, "There is still a while before noon, at noon, the fierce rì is the most poisonous, and we will do it again at that time." Beckoning, the spy approached, and the big black man commanded softly: "Go around now, find the white wolf, and tell him that the sand in the hourglass is clean, and you can go!" ”

Someone next to him was already carrying an hourglass that made jīng qiao and handed it to the spies.

The one-eyed sand bandit couldn't help but say, "Big brother, little brother can't figure out why the white wolf should be involved." That guy can't afford to be early, he is a black-hearted bastard, this time he mixed in, he has a big appetite, and they will definitely share a lot of this batch of goods. ”

The big black man glanced at him and said, "Although we are sand bandits, we must also be learned sand bandits, we can't do it with a single brain, we have to read more books, and we must be knowledgeable to become successful." ”

The one-eyed sand bandit scratched his head, "Big brother, let's eat with knives, what do we want to learn?" ”

The big black man was furious, waved his hand and slapped the one-eyed sand bandit on the head a few times, and scolded in a low voice: "Wine bag rice bag, you know how to move the knife, move the knife, move the knife!" He said "move the knife", and then slapped the one-eyed sand bandit on the head, and then said earnestly: "My black wind has gone from a small minion to the number one person in the desert today, do you think it's just a knife?" In the final analysis, it is because Lao Tzu reads more and understands knowledge. The book also said that if you kill 10,000 enemies and lose 8,000 yourself, there are hundreds of people in the Qin State Mission, but it is not an ordinary caravan, only one of our teams will kill the past, and naturally we will not lose, but we will definitely lose many brothers, which is more than worth ......the loss! He said solemnly: "What is most important in the desert, not gold and silver, not women, but brothers!" ”

The eyes of all the sand bandits next to him showed emotion.

"Back then, the white wolf was majestic in the desert, and he bullied us a lot." Hei Feng clenched his fists and said: "Now that our strength is stronger than him, although he doesn't dare to move us again, as long as he finds an opportunity, this guy will bewitch us." This time, I told the white wolf the news of the Qin State Mission, how can the white wolf be tempted, this guy is greedy and greedy, and his favorite thing is property, seeing that the mission has so many priceless goods, no matter how hard this bone is, the white wolf will definitely gnaw it down......! With a smug smile on his face, he said: "Later, wait for them to do it first, let them rush first, let's see first, if it goes well, let's rush down again!" ”

A sand bandit next to him said, "Chief, is this the one you often talk about...... That sits on the sand...... Oh, what's the fight? ”

"Sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger!" Hei Feng said angrily: "How many times have Lao Tzu said it, you still can't remember, you don't have knowledge, it's really terrible." He said to the spy, "Don't go and inform the white wolf yet!" ”

The spy said yes and left quickly.

When the spies left, the big black man took off the water bag on his waist, poured a big mouthful of his head, and ordered: "Pass the order, and when you start to do it later, you will kill me fiercely, and reward me with a human head." But in the front, who dares to steal the goods at that time, even if he hides a copper coin, be careful that Lao Tzu picks his skin. Also, remember the carriage, if anyone can grab the carriage, remember the first merit, a hundred taels of gold! ”

The sand bandits had a bright look in their eyes and were gearing up.

The sand bandits were very excited, but the mission was silent, and on the camel camp, Ma Xiulian did not enter the tent, but sat alone on a sand dune, looking at the yellow sofa at her feet.

Her two closest people in the world, Ma Zhengyi is dead, the whereabouts of the wolf baby are unknown, and what makes her even more painful is that his father was killed by the wolf baby.

Qiu Mingdao stood on the edge of the tent, looking at Ma Xiulian who was sitting in a daze, he wanted to go up, but he was afraid of facing Ma Xiulian's cold response, on the sand dune, Ma Xiulian's back was extremely lonely.