Two days have passed, and the three thousand Great Qin Empire iron cavalry led by Balhan have been hiding in the oasis for two days, and they still haven't waited for the dowry team of the princess of Odosis, and the officers and soldiers can't help but feel a little impetuous, these officers and soldiers have been living in the vast steppes of central and northern Europe, and have long been accustomed to the cold climate and ice and snow all day long, but now they are hiding in Israel, a place full of deserts, for two days, although staying in the oasis, they are still very uncomfortable.

Hans touched a bead of sweat on his face, walked into the tent and said to Balhan: "General, it's been two days, why hasn't the princess of bullshit yet?" Is there a mistake in our message? ”

Balhan shook his head and said: "Impossible, we have people in the wedding team, as long as there is a change in their itinerary, we will definitely get the news, there is no news yet, it means that it is normal, we have to be patient and wait, in addition, you go and ask the guide, threaten to test it, to see if he has taken us to the wrong place, this is very important!" ”

Hans nodded, "Understood, I'll go!" ”

"Wait!"

Hans turned around and said, "What else does the general command?" ”

"Order the Scout Cavalry to all change into the armor of the Eastern Roman Empire! Expand the scope of investigation to a radius of fifty miles, once you find the situation, don't act rashly, investigate carefully, and send someone to report quickly! ”

"Okay!"

At this time, in the depths of the oasis, in the woods to the west of a large lake, there were hundreds of tents, which were the camp of the three thousand iron horsemen led by Balhan, and they hid here. Everyone was dressed in Saracen costume, with a white cloth on his head and a face scarf. This was done so that no identity would be revealed and the misfortune would be passed on to the Saracens.

The Saracens were all the desert herders of this era, from Syria to the House of Saudi Arabia, and in a broad sense all the Arabs at this time, not the Saxons on the island of Britain, the Saracens were Arabs, and the Saxons were a branch of the Germanic peoples, and there was no connection between the two.

The Saracens at this time had not yet risen. They are only herding cattle in the desert between Syria and Saudi Arabia, living in extremely difficult conditions by grazing cattle in desert oases. Grazing in the desert, one can imagine how harsh this living condition is.

The Saracens who lived here had always lived in peace with the Jews, because they were of the same ancestry, the Semitic people of the Arabian Peninsula. In the Arab world. The Jews have always been regarded as the descendants of King David and have rarely been discriminated against, but where there is Christianity, for more than a thousand years, the Jews have been discriminated against and segregated by the Christian society as heretics and heretics, and there have been waves of anti-Semitism and Holocaust after massacre. Jews were treated as untouchables, "moral lepers," not allowed to mix with Christians, and were forcibly confined to Jewish ghettos in "ghettos."

In the vast expanse of the desert. A large contingent of more than 4,000 people is slowly moving forward. Of these, 3,000 were cavalrymen, and the other 1,000 were courtiers, and this was the dowry party of the princess of Eudosia.

The journey to the kingdom of Vandal was too far away, and it had only been a little more than a month, and when it set out from Ankara, there were more than 1,100 maids and eunuchs in the bridal procession, and before they had reached half the distance, more than 100 died of illness and fatigue. Many in the team were even worried about how many people would be left in the team when they arrived in the Vandal Kingdom? Not only the dowry procession, but even the 3,000 Praetorian Guards who guarded dozens of people died due to illness and not being able to adapt to such a long journey.

The situation in the ranks has been very low these days, and if it weren't for Anastasiasius's strict order, if anyone flees, they will be killed on the spot as soon as they are discovered, I am afraid that there would have been deserters in the ranks long ago.

Princess Eudocia, who was sitting in the float, was so hot that she was constantly sweating, and the two maids fanned her incessantly to no avail, so she had to say to one of the maids: "Go and invite General Anastasiaus!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness Princess!"

Hearing that the princess had invited him, Anastasiaus quickly rushed over, rode on his horse and saluted through the window of the float: "Your Royal Highness, I don't know what to tell you in the future?" ”

Odosia wiped the beads of sweat on his neck with a handkerchief and said, "General, this princess is very hot, please find a place to rest!" ”

Hearing this, Anastasia frowned, and after a deep sigh, he took out a parchment scroll from his cuirass and opened it to look at it, it turned out to be a map drawn on a parchment, and the map was very fine and level.

After studying it, Anastasiaus said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, there is no place to rest near here, there is only an oasis fifty miles ahead, please hold on to Your Royal Highness Princess, let's rest after we get to the oasis!" ”

"Fifty miles?" Odosia shouted, "General, what are you kidding, it's dark for another fifty miles, and you don't need to go to any oasis, so let's go in and find a place to rest!" ”

At this time, an officer beside Anastasias said: "Your Royal Highness Princess Qiyu, you will have the experience of living in the desert for a long time, under normal circumstances, you can't rest in the desert with direct sunlight during the day, it will be dried up, and you can only camp and rest after the temperature turns cool at night, and you can only rest during the day where there is an oasis, and you can hide from the scorching sun with the help of the trees in the oasis!" ”

Anastasias also said: "Yes, Your Highness Princess, the conditions are limited now, you better hold on, where will we rest for a day after we arrive at the oasis, what do you think?" ”

Walking in the desert must carry drinking water, but due to the carrying capacity, so each time the carrying water can not be enough, you must supplement drinking water in the desert oasis, and walking in the desert must follow a certain amount of water at certain intervals, can not drink more, can not drink less, drink too much water is not enough to rush to the next oasis will die of thirst, drink less body will be strict zhòng lack of water and die, this is the way of desert survival.

Odosia had no choice at this time, although she was terribly hot, but both of them were against camping nearby to rest, and she could only compromise, "Okay, okay, let's go, speed up, and rush to the next oasis as soon as possible!" ”

Anastasias was about to order the team to move on, when the officer next to him suddenly pointed to a sand dune two miles away and shouted: "General, look, something seems to be wrong!" ”

Anastasias looked in the direction of the officer's finger and saw several dark shadows on the sand dunes, they were several people on horseback, because the distance was a little far, and the sun's rays shone on his eyes, his vision was a little blurry, and he couldn't see clearly, but he knew that those people must have bad intentions, and he immediately became vigilant.

"Come on, send someone over to see, catch them, ask them who they are, what are their intentions!"

"Yes, General!" The officer next to him agreed, and shouted to a few people behind him: "You guys come with me!" ”

"Hah!" A few horsemen mounted and followed, galloping away in the direction of the dunes.

After more than ten minutes, one of the soldiers of the cavalry who had just followed the reconnaissance rushed back on horseback and reported to Anastasiaus: "General, those sneaky people have run away, and the centurion has already led the other people to chase down!" ”

Hearing this, the muscles on Anastasia's face trembled a few times, then he unfolded the parchment scroll and looked at it again, and after a few minutes, he put away the parchment and stuffed it into his arms and said loudly: "Order, change the route of the march, and advance to the southwest!" ”

Before his heralds could agree, the voice of Princess Odosia came from the float: "Wait, why did the general change the route of the march?" Isn't this route already set? Even though I had no experience of living in the desert, I knew that it was a hassle to change routes at will, and when would it take to get to the next oasis? Are we carrying enough water and food? What if you run out of food and drink in the middle of the road? Do we want so many of us to starve to death and die of thirst in the desert? ”

Anastasiaus bent down and said: "Princess, I feel very bad, those cavalry that appeared on the nearby sand dunes just now are likely to come at us, for the safety of Her Royal Highness the princess, for the safety of all of us, the last general thinks that it is better to be careful, I calculated just now, if we change the route to the southwest, we will have to walk forty miles more, according to the water and food we have stored now, if everyone reduces one-third of the water and eats less, it should be possible to hold on to the next oasis." ”

Eudosia was furious: "General, I don't agree with you doing this, you know? It's not safe for you to do this, you have to walk half the way to another oasis to resupply, do you know how dangerous it is? Half the way through is an extra day, do you know what a day is? General, I don't know what you're afraid of? You must know that you are the commander of the Praetorian Guard, and you have 3,000 iron horsemen under your hand, and besides, this is the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire, who else dares to risk the idea of attacking your 3,000 iron horsemen? Are these undesirable goods under your command? ”

Anastasia was so angry that he bit his cheeks, and the green tendons on his hand holding the hilt of the sword burst out, Eudocia's words completely shattered his calm and cautious temperament, this is an obvious agitation method, Anastasia knew this, but he still couldn't bear it, and said loudly: "Okay, since Her Royal Highness the princess insists on marching according to the original route, then so be it, come here, pass on the general's military order, the whole army will march according to the original route, and order Borda to bring people back to arrange reconnaissance cavalry to reconnoiter and guard within five miles around the army!" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!" (To be continued......)