Chapter 18: Arrival in the Western Regions
Du He commanded the sharpshooters in the army to act, and also took out the flying knife he was carrying, tied a rope to the tail, and shot at Liu Ren's rail.
After running away from the Gaochang man, Du He also realized that he was not good at bows and arrows, and his long-range attack methods were insufficient, so he specially ordered Ouyang Fei, a god craftsman in the Science and Technology Academy, to personally create a hidden weapon for him. He has been a fan of martial arts since he was a child, and his favorite author is Gu Long, the grandmaster, for many of the characters in his pen, whether it is the heroic Tie Zhongtang or Lu Xiaofeng, who is afraid of causing trouble, but is constantly in trouble, or the cute bad guy Wang Lianhua and other characters are all very fond of it.
His master Chu Liuxiang, and Li Xunhuan, who has no false hair, are not to mention.
Therefore, what came to Du He's mind was Li Xunhuan's invisible flying knife, so he also made hundreds of them to hang on horseback and wear nine with him for emergencies. It's just that I didn't expect that this first time I used it was not to kill the enemy, but to save people.
His flying knife may not be as invisible, as killing people as Li Xunhuan, but the flying knife infused with internal force is not much better than the arrow feathers that are off the string, and the crosshairs are needless to say, shooting right in front of Liu Renliang. Liu Renliang was overjoyed and held the rope tightly.
Du He wanted to drag him up, but found that he was not moving, and remembered that he opened a column called "Wonders of the World" on TV, which introduced the quicksand in the Sahara Desert, and remembered that the TV said that if you want to pull a person out of the quicksand, you need to lift the strength of a car and call for help.
Twenty people rushed up. Their strength was enough to lift a large truck and successfully pull Liu Renliang up.
According to Du He's method, more than ten people who fell into the quicksand were rescued by them one after another.
There was another exception, who was unlucky, and it was not his feet but his hands that fell into the sand first, and he did not have the hands to catch the arrows of the past.
"What can I do about this?" Seeing that the soldier thought more and more, and his fate was on the verge of death, all the soldiers on the sand slope were secretly anxious.
Du He saw the soldiers slowly sinking down, and he didn't dare to hesitate. In the exclamation of the soldiers, he "flew" towards the quicksand with an arrow that had been thrown off the bow. The reason why this person fell into quicksand is because his body is heavy, and the quicksand can't withstand the strength, so he will let people fall in.
But Du He has light skills, and when he runs, he only needs a light toe to be able to soar, and he can run freely on the quicksand.
When he came to the side of the soldier, he drank violently, and he didn't know where the strength came from, he pulled him out of the quicksand and threw him to the sand, but he himself was completely buried in the quicksand because of the excessive force.
The soldier on the hillside let out another exclamation, and Du He smiled to signal that he was okay, and then spread his limbs as far apart as possible. He knew that the greater the surface area of the sand, the greater the buoyancy gained, and the less likely it was for people to sink into the sand.
Luo Tong shot the arrow in front of Du He, and Du He dragged the rope and pulled him up with the concerted efforts of Fang Yiai and a group of soldiers.
Du He patted off the fine sand on his body, looked at the rescued soldiers, licked his shriveled lips, and said with a smile: "Are you all right?" Bear with it, there are still two days, and we will be at Mustang Springs. When the time comes, you can drink the water as you want, drink a bowl, pour a bowl and no one will stop you! ”
Hearing what he said, all the soldiers laughed too.
Those frightened soldiers also showed happy smiles one by one, and some of their eyes were full of emotion. In ancient times, the noble soldiers were light, and the surname of a general was sometimes exchanged for the lives of thousands of soldiers. Now that Du He, as a general, is willing to take the risk to save someone, it is really a very rare thing.
"That's it!" Du He shouted, "This matter ends here, the whole army is on the way!" ”
His shouting order stirred up a thousand waves. The whole army shouted loudly.
After this adventure, the eyes of these 8,000 soldiers in the army looking at Du He were obviously different.
Something called cohesion, spreads between them.
Two days later, the vanguard army commanded by Du He, supporting each other, arrived at the only oasis in Moheyan without losing a single person...... Mustang Springs!
For ten days, Duhe and the others saw nothing but white bones and yellow sand in these ten days, and finally saw green grass on the tenth day!
Chemili waved her arm and cheered: "There is the Wild Horse Spring in front, as long as you reach the Wild Horse Spring, it is equivalent to breaking through the Moheyan Moraine." We succeeded......"
Along with her cheers, the seven thousand soldiers and horses also broke out into bitter laughter one by one, and joy spread among the army.
Du He also laughed, and his heart was also ecstatic, but he did not lose the vigilance of the general's reason because of this, and shouted: "Luo Tong and Wang Dezheng are listening to the order, you lead the soldiers and horses to search the Wild Horse Spring to see if there is anything suspicious." Fang Yiai, you lead the infantry to be ready for battle, ready to face the enemy who may attack at any time. ”
"Order!" The Flying Cavalry Army was strictly disciplined, and as soon as this military order was given, six thousand soldiers and horses immediately took action. Divided into three batches, Luo Tong and Wang Dezheng are scattered to search, and Fang Yiai is preparing before the station. Although they were also thirsty and wanted to drink water, the military order was like a mountain, that is, they were dying of thirst and starvation, and they were not allowed to drink water without receiving an order!
"Deputy Chief Jiang, you lead your Qubu forward to drink water!" Du He smiled and said to Jiang Xingben, whose mouth had been chapped several times.
Jiang Xingben looked at the trained flying cavalry and said in surprise: "This place still belongs to the territory of my Datang, so there should be no enemies!" Will General Du's move be a bit of a fuss? ”
"It's one thing to have an enemy or not, but it's another to be on guard or not. When marching and fighting, you must not be careless at any time, let alone take chances, because any luck will only be exchanged for a lesson in blood! "Du He is like a seasoned general, he will never put the army in danger for the sake of temporary convenience, even if there is no enemy army, he can't be careless, a real good fighter must develop a good habit of being on guard anytime and anywhere, being able to fight anytime and anywhere, and regard vigilance to fight as instinct, just like Zhou Yafu's soldiers!
Zhou Yafu was a famous general of the Han Dynasty and was famous all over the world for governing the army.
There was such an incident in his army, in the third year of Emperor Jing, Wu Chu and other seven countries rebelled, and Zhou Yafu led his troops to the east to attack Wu and Chu as a captain. One night, Wu soldiers launched a large-scale night attack on Zhou Yafu's military camp. After Zhou Yafu was woken up, he didn't get up, still closed his eyes and fell asleep. Why? It is because Zhou Yafu's soldiers have honed him into an iron army, and they have long been used to guarding and responding to the enemy, counterattacking and being able to hone tactics as well as eating and drinking. There is no need for the command of a general, as long as the enemy comes, they will instinctively defend and then counterattack.
Sure enough, when Zhou Yafu closed his eyes and fell asleep, the Han army made the sneak attack Wu soldiers pay a painful price.
This is almost the highest level of an army.
Whenever Du He thought of this, he couldn't help but be fascinated by it, and he also took this kind of army as his goal.
If they were to quench their thirst at this time, they would rush to drink water, and it would be enough for a thousand people to ambush them in the vicinity. Therefore, in order to practice the soldier's instinct to be vigilant, even if he knew that there was a small possibility of an enemy nearby, he still chose martial law.
Although Jiang Xingben is a general, he is not very proficient in military strategy, so he does not understand the mystery.
Liu Renliang had three tastes, and he was amazed again and again, where did Du He's performance look like a novice who had just experienced a battle, and he was clearly a veteran who had experienced a hundred battles! Even better and more mature than the average veteran.
Mustang Spring is actually a 100-meter-sized spring, legend has it that when the age is unknown for a long time, a large group of fat wild horses galloped and traveled here, because of the thirst unbearable, the horses struggled to raise their hooves here to dig a large and deep dry pit, there was a coincidence, the pit actually bubbled out of the warm spring water. After drinking, the wild horse suddenly became energetic and unusual, and then galloped away. So a leaf spring remained, and the wild horse spring got its name.
Moistened by the spring water, surrounded by green grass, a rare thriving scene, in this desert feel full of vitality.
After Jiang Xingben's soldiers drank enough water, Luo Tong and Wang Dezheng came back to resume their lives, and there was no trace of anyone in the vicinity.
Du He then asked them to drink the spring water, and when they drank enough, they changed the defense of the bereavement of the house, and so it was not to give outsiders a chance to take advantage of it.
Drinking water was replenished at Mustang Springs and a full day of rest was taken before the march continued.
There are more than 800 miles in Moheyanmoraine, of which the most dangerous 500 miles from Yumen Pass to Yema Spring has been crossed, and the remaining 300 miles are relatively gentle, and under the condition of sufficient drinking water, they can no longer pose any threat to Duhe.
It took four and a half days for Du He and the others to leave the death road of Mohe Yanmo, arrived at Yiwu, and officially entered the first stop of the Western Regions countries, Yiwu country!
But now this place can no longer be called Yiwu country, it should be called Yizhou.
Because in the fourth year of Zhenguan, after the Tang Dynasty broke the Turks and destroyed Jieli, the military power was covered in the world, the city lord of Yiwu led the seven cities to which he belonged to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and Li Shimin set up Yizhou in Yiwu, and had already mastered the gateway to the Western Regions, and made preliminary preparations for the conquest of the Western Regions.
The Yizhou Thorn Shi Ha Weizhi, who had already received the order, welcomed Duhe and them into the city of Yiwu at the border.
In the city, they were finally able to take a good bath, and at the banquet prepared for them by Ha Weizhi, they finally ate fresh fish, meat, and vegetables, and for the first time, they felt that the fresh meal was so delicious.
After eating and drinking, Du He asked about Ha Weizhi Gaochang's situation.
Ha Weizhi replied: "There is nothing abnormal at all, they didn't expect that my Datang would recruit them, let alone them, even if I got the news, I didn't expect you to come so quickly." ”
Du He didn't think it was strange, the danger of Mohe Yanqi was ten times more difficult than that of Shudi, and the news of Datang could spread so quickly?
Even if they knew in advance that An Longma had saved him, they didn't expect Datang to fight when he said it, and it came so quickly.
(To be continued)