Section XXXV

As the sun sets, a hot and dry wind blows from the Lille desert, as if carrying countless sparks that are too small to be seen.

When the wind blew, Wu Ming was leaning in a shaded place of the tent, holding a soft cloth, carefully wiping the red night. Five years have passed in the blink of an eye, and a former guard has become a governor. This sword also accompanied him from birth to death, spent five spring and autumn, and he also gradually became familiar with this artifact from the initial awe, and now cherishes it like a life and death partner. Wiping the sword body in the morning and evening has now become one of Wu Ming's compulsory lessons. Just as he was wiping, Ouyang Lin walked over under the scorching sun, saluted and said, "Governor." ”

Wu Ming put Chixiao into the scabbard, looked up at him and said, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"Knowing that Madame has a bad appetite, Master Oleba sent some hot snacks, you see......"

That Oleba was probably the leader of the monks, so much so that Ace did everything for him. Looking at Ouyang Linshan's hesitant appearance, he was probably afraid that there was a problem with the food he sent. Wu Ming asked, "You didn't tell him, is Madam sleeping now?" ”

Zhu Yuqing is in poor health, and he can't stand it in such a hot weather. The man was already very sleepy, but when he rested, he fell asleep in the tent. Wu Ming was afraid of disturbing her, so he stayed outside the tent to enjoy the coolness.

Ouyang Linshan said: "I said it, but Ou Lieba said that the desert climate is hot, and it is not good not to eat, this is a little bit of the saint's heart to the lady, and we must accept it." ”

That's a bit flattering, what does this Esther mean? Wu Ming stood up and said, "In that case, don't stop the people, bring the food that Oleba brought." ”

Ouyang Linshan saluted and said, "Yes." After a while, he came up with a melon in his hand. The melon is hollowed out in the middle, and the thick turquoise soup inside contains it, and even from a long distance, you can smell a tempting sweet aroma, which is light and refreshing just by smell. Now that there is no maid, Wu Ming was afraid that Ouyang Linshan would send him to surprise his wife rudely, so he said, "I'll bring it in." As he spoke, he took the melon from Ouyang Linshan's hand, opened the curtain and walked in.

When I entered the tent, I found that Zhu Yuqing had woken up, and was leaning on the edge of the tent a little lazily, bending his legs and thinking about his thoughts. Wu Ming walked in with melon soup and smiled, "Are you awake?" Lest I call you, come and get something to eat. ”

Zhu Yuqing put his little hand to his mouth, yawned and said, "I'm really sleepy, but I just can't sleep, it's too hot." ”

Wu Ming sighed: "Yes, if you really can't do it, don't sleep." He walked over with a melon: "Come, taste this." This is Esther's for you, so don't let them down. ”

Zhu Yuqing's eyes rolled, stared at the soup and smiled: "Yes, I'm afraid it's because of people's kindness to you, I'm just staining it." Having said that, she took the melon from Wu Ming's hand and ate it in small bites.

Wu Ming hurriedly suppressed the embarrassment in his heart and asked, "How is it, does it taste okay?" After taking a sip of the soup, Zhu Yuqing smacked his lips and smiled: "The taste is really good, this holy woman is not only sweet, but also the things she makes." ”

It seems that the thing is really delicious, Zhu Yuqing drank half a melon soup in a row. Wu Ming was very happy, and said repeatedly: "Eat quickly, you will have to hurry later." "The temperature difference between day and night here is too big, and if you want to travel, it's only one morning and one night. If you are in a hurry in broad daylight, you will be sunburned and peeled off your skin if you don't die. And at night, the temperature plummets, and it is naturally not a good day to rush.

As the two were talking, there was a sudden sound of scolding and scolding in the distance, mixed with the sound of weapons clashing. The sound was not close, it should have come from the periphery of the line.

Zhu Yuqing was taken aback, put down the melon and said, "What's the matter." Looks like something happened? ”

Listen to the sound far away, and the scale is not very large. Wu Ming wasn't very worried, stood up and said, "Didn't you say that the sand bandits in the Lille Desert are very much, it is estimated that they are poor and crazy without opening their eyes, so they made our idea." ”

Zhu Yuqing frowned and said, "There are more than 1,000 people in our team, and the scale is not small. In addition, there is a large group of monks in the temple, do the sand bandits dare to rob it? ”

"I can't say for sure." Wu Ming smiled and said: "Last year in the Kodel Desert, didn't the wolf head Qing know that they were invincible, but they still came to deliver silk, they were poor and crazy at that time......

But at that time, the wolf's head was green, and it was almost exhausted. Could it be that the same is true of the sand bandits here? Zhu Yuqing's face was full of worry, and he opened his mouth to say more. Wu Ming had already turned around and walked outside: "You stay at ease, remember to finish eating, I'll go out and have a look first." ”

A team of 1,000 people is not small. The monks of the temple obviously had a lot of research on the desert march, and at this time they had not yet fully entered the desert, and the procession was close to the foot of a sandy boulder, and the camp of Wu Ming and the others happened to be in the shade. The terrain is also elevated. When he walked out, he saw the camp facing west. There were more than 100 sand bandits, who were launching an unstoppable offensive against the camp. Wu Ming frowned, are these people really not afraid of death, and they really dare to attack with such a few people?

No one took it seriously, and the guards only treated these sand bandits as monkeys, and didn't really take them seriously, laughing while letting them rush to the camp. It's no wonder that most of the personal soldiers led by Wu Ming are former soldiers of the Guards Battalion, even if some soldiers are not warriors, they are considered to have experienced a hundred battles, so naturally they don't take this sand bandit seriously. He called Ouyang Linshan and said, "Go over and take a look, what's going on?" ”

Ouyang Linshan ran down, and after a while, he ran back again. smiled and said, "Don't worry about the governor, it's just a small group of thieves." General Lin Wu is directing everyone to exterminate them, telling us to protect our wife with peace of mind, and he will lead people to clear these bandits. ”

After the Western Expedition, the Guards Battalion was handed over to Yang Xiong. Lin Wu was also promoted because of his merits, and now Wu Ming has not had time to reform the military system. So for the time being, I will let him be a thousand-commander. This time, he led the team. Although Lin Wu is not good at strategy, he is also experienced in a hundred battles, and it will definitely be no problem to deal with these horse thieves. Wu Ming breathed a sigh of relief and went back to talk to Zhu Yuqing. But after a while, the noise outside is still unabated, and it seems that there is a tendency to get bigger and bigger.

Wu Ming was very dissatisfied, this is going down, and he won't be able to rush later, he turned his head and said: "Ouyang Linshan, you go down and tell General Lin to stop playing, solve it early, let's leave early." I can only travel for a few hours, and it's not good to delay for a long time. ”

Ouyang Linshan came out in response, and after a long while, he ran in and said, "Governor, there are more and more sand bandits, coming from all directions, and now I am afraid that there are thousands of people." ”

Wu Ming was a little angry, and raised his voice and said: "Thousands of sand bandits, just a rabble, your number is not much less than them, are you afraid?" ”

Ouyang Linshan smiled bitterly: "But they don't confront us head-on, they just fall from afar." General Lin didn't dare to chase after him, and was about to ask you. ”

It turns out that this is the case, whether it is a personal soldier or a monk of the temple, they will definitely not dare to chase too far. It's nothing, after all, there is still a Xiaoqing in the team to protect. Wu Ming frowned and ordered, "If they don't leave, we will go." Regardless of him, we go ours, as long as they dare to come, we will let these pesky flies go and never return. ”

The team cleaned up and slowly hit the road again. These sand bandits gathered more and more, and by this time there were nearly two thousand people, and they were very strange, and everyone did not say a word, but followed the group from a distance. There is such a group of sand bandits staring at the tiger, that can still rest assured and bold to hurry, the team walked for more than half an hour, and only walked less than two miles, at this speed, I am afraid that before the desert, the fresh water has long been exhausted, then it is doomed. Wu Ming was secretly thinking about countermeasures, and at this time, Lin Wu ran over with a sweat on his head, saluted him and said, "Governor, please allow me to attack, otherwise if it goes on like this, there will be no way to march at all." ”

Wu Ming thought for a while and said, "General Lin, you are now the commander of the first army, don't think about leading people to attack or something, you lead troops to attack, what about the stalls here?" ”

Isn't there still a seat for you in this stall? But Lin Wu didn't dare to say this, he wiped his sweat and said simply: "Then I'll listen to the governor's orders." ”

Although Lin Wu's loyalty is no problem, he is too wooden. It seems that he will have a long way to go. Wu Ming sighed secretly and said slowly: "You ask someone to lead a team of 100 people to rush and kill, and probe their bottom by the way." ”