Section 4: Alone
Walking on the Aries Plain, the most naughty Wangcai didn't want to snort more, and that day twilight put a wet towel on Wangcai's head, but after a moment of cooling, the wet towel was completely steamed dry.
Seeing Wangcai's uncomfortable appearance, Yun Ye took out his copper kettle from behind, wrapped the towel on the kettle after wetting it, and shook it vigorously, before the water vapor on the towel was evaporated, the warm water in the copper kettle became cold, and there were still a lot of water droplets hanging outside the kettle. When the sun was over, Yun Ye took a sip of it himself, and then stuffed the copper spout into Wangcai's big mouth, Wangcai felt the coolness, but he wouldn't use the copper kettle to drink water, Yun Ye turned around and found a plate, poured water into the plate and fed Wangcai, until it was all drunk.
In such weather, you can't ride a horse, you can only lead the horse on foot, if it is June or July, Yun Ye will definitely not allow the army to march under the big sun, that is purely looking for death.
Lai Chuanfeng kicked away an antelope skull, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and drank a sip of water again, this time the water carried by the army was very sufficient, the best equipment for holding water in the desert was the sheepskin bag, the reason why copper and iron utensils were not used was that he was worried that these utensils would wear out the skin and flesh of the livestock, as a result, Yun Ye deliberately improved the kettle, these kettles have thick cotton on the inside, and they will not wear out their skin when they walk long distances on the bodies of mules and horses, and a sergeant carries the water consumption of him and the war horse for five days, This is to cross the Aries Plains deliberately bring an extra day of water, if on weekdays, only bring four days of water at most, you can't bring more, more than this time. The water will spoil.
Saying a word more in the desert will also deplete one's body and water, which Yun Ye had explained before setting off, so on this colorful Gobi Desert, a black stream of people is quietly moving, one following the other.
Every half an hour. Yun Ye would order a simple tent to be erected and a pillar of incense to rest, so that the sergeants could take a breath in the shade and replenish their water.
A large cloud floated over and quickly turned into a black cloud, lightning began to flicker overhead, and the thunder sounded overhead, and it was raining at the right time, taking advantage of the good time when the sun was covered, Yun Ye ordered a quick march.
"Great. Seeing that it is about to rain, do we immediately move to a higher place, fearing that there will be flooding? Lai Chuanfeng was an old man with troops, and when he saw that the sky was wrong, he hurriedly admonished Yun Ye.
"No rain will fall to the ground." After Yun Ye said softly to Lai Chuanfeng, he continued to speed up his pace.
Lai Chuanfeng looked at the dark clouds above his head, and then looked at Yun Ye, who was unmoved, and helped the leather helmet on his head. As Yun Ye continued to hurry, now without the sun was indeed the best time to hurry.
Another thunderclap sounded overhead. Lai Chuanfeng saw the white and bright raindrops falling, and was about to take a little bit in his hand to the handsome as evidence, who knew that the palm of his hand was spread out, and the rain also fell from the sky, but there was not a drop of rain on his palm.
"Don't be busy, in Aries Plain. Before the rain could land, it was dried up by steaming, and there are many strange things in the desert, and you will slowly see it in the future. Yun Ye's words came slowly from the front.
Seeing the large dark clouds drift away, see that the war horse has recovered a little spirit. Yun Ye ordered everyone to get on the horse, and take advantage of the afterglow before sunset to hurry up for a while.
As soon as the sun set, no one shouted that it was hot anymore, but kept adding clothes to himself, in this damn place, he could freeze to death sooner or later, and at noon it was so hot that he couldn't stand it, Lai Chuanfeng hurriedly put on a tweed cloak on himself, and kept cursing the damn desert climate, this is really not a ghost place for people to stay.
It was completely dark, and the army finally began to set up camp, ate dry food, drank water, and under the supervision of the officers, everyone washed their feet and shook off the sand from their boots, otherwise the sand stuck to their feet would enter the flesh and mortar an eight-foot man to death.
When the entire camp was already shrouded in the earth-shattering snoring, Yun Ye, Lai Chuanfeng, and Fan Hongyi began to patrol the camp with more than 200 generals and colonels, and every tent had to be inspected, which was Yun Ye's request.
The white breath exhaled from his mouth was more than a foot long, and he returned to the camp tent, and he was unwilling to move when he fell on the marching bed, and that day twilight helped Yun Ye take off his clothes and armor, and when he washed his feet, he heard Yun Ye's snoring sound, he didn't snore before, but this time he was tired, and that day twilight learned to pinch her husband's feet carefully like a bell, which was relieved. He took out the soft cushion in his shoes again, changed a new pair, and then lay down beside his husband and fell asleep sweetly, very happy.
"One, pump, smack! Two, pump, smack! Three, pump, smack! β¦β¦ Yun Ye was awakened by the sound of neat orders, and glanced at Na Sunset with disgust and said, "No matter how tired I am next time, you must wake me up before dawn." β
That day, she nodded repeatedly, she actually wanted to scream, but when she saw her husband sleeping soundly, she couldn't help but scream.
Yun Ye got dressed and got out of the big tent, and saw that the sergeants were all tidying up under the leadership of their respective team officers, and the password just now was that the team officers were following Yun Ye's instructions to let the sergeants whip their bedding, and the boots should be pierced before going to bed, so as not to enter the scorpions and other poisonous insects, and the clothes should be hung up, and they must be whipped hard before wearing.
The sergeants watched in horror as the black scorpion fell out of their quilts, could it be that Lao Tzu shared the bed with this thing last night? No wonder the handsome man must everyone whip the bedding.
"Put the scorpion into this glass bottle with chopsticks, don't run away, a bunch of stupid people, this is the most delicious thing in the desert, the only thing that can compare with it is the big centipede in the shade of Huashan." In order to dispel the sergeants' fear of scorpions, Yun Ye deliberately threw a bottle in front of the sergeants and asked them to catch scorpions for themselves to eat.
"The best pipa scorpion, good things, don't dare to spoil it, the old man has eaten a few before, the real delicacy in the world, fried in oil, or roasted on the tiles are the best food in the world, don't dare to spoil it."
Yuan Shoucheng was also interested when he saw the scorpion, and he had to say that this old guy's appeal was indeed stronger than Yun Ye's, and the sergeant who was skeptical just now began to grab the scorpion on the ground in a swarm, and the sergeant deliberately ran to other camps to announce the matter.
"You're right, the old man's compass did go wrong yesterday, for three hours, the pointer was spinning, you are right, there is indeed an iron mountain here." Yuan Shoucheng is still a little embarrassed when he thinks about it now. If the person who led the way yesterday was himself, maybe he would have brought this army to the point of no return.
"In fact, there are many ways to recognize the road in the desert, I yesterday was according to the small sand pile under our feet to distinguish, you look at this sand pile, his windward side and leeward side are completely different, we just have to follow the direction of the wind blowing will never be wrong, I don't believe it, I tell you, this small sand dune under your feet, the shape is absolutely exactly the same as the big sand dunes in the distance, as long as there are two small sand dunes, you can determine your direction, it will not be wrong."
Yuan Shoucheng nodded, looked at four or five small sand dunes, and found that although they were different in size, their shapes were similar. It seems that what Yun Ye said makes sense.
Yuan Shoucheng was about to talk to Yun Ye about West Kunlun, when he saw Lai Chuanfeng and the rest of the military academies of all sizes coming over, knowing that Yun Ye was going to arrange military affairs, he arched his hand and left, he was going to find Tongueless, these days Tongueless seems to have disappeared, he always stays in the tent and doesn't go out for a single step, and the meals are sent to the tent by his female apprentice.
"According to the report of the exploration horse, we can get out of Baiyang Plain in another fifty miles, my opinion is to strive to go out this evening, Lai Chuanfeng, you take the people and horses of the headquarters, set off immediately, and set off to establish a stable camp for the army in Baiyang Mountain, we will rest in this camp for three days, and then go north along the Sihun River (Tarim River), and finally fight a decisive battle with the Tubo robbers on the bank of the Peacock River, these people say that they are robbers, in fact, they are all Tubo soldiers, they have always been arrogant in the Western Regions, and they even harassed Shazhou when they were most arrogant, This time, if God forbids the Tibetan people not to escape, it is best to behead them on the bank of the Peacock River. This is the best chance for us to clear our worries, and we must not let them escape into the Blackstone Pass. That's it. There will be endless troubles. β
Fan Hongyi knocked on the table and said: "Marshal, I think we are too conservative, the army is fighting like a raging fire, and it is unexpected, and it will only take half a day to complete the fifty-mile road, we will rest all night in the mountain pass, and the sons and daughters will be able to go north along the Sihun River tomorrow, and they will definitely arrive at the Peacock River battlefield within two days, and they will take those Tubo people by surprise." β
Not only the most stable Fan Hongyi sees it this way, but the other generals also see it this way, the soldiers in Guanzhong are all soldiers who have been on the battlefield, although they are not as strong as the Xuanjia Army, but they are also the strongest soldiers in the world, they have a deep understanding of themselves, they know where their abilities are, and they make such a decision after balancing their own strength.
Yun Ye knocked on the map on the table, pointed to the place in Almaty and said to Fan Hongyi: "Old Fan, until now, I won't hide it from you, we don't have a servant army this time, even if we do, we don't dare to use it, the people in this land have all evil intentions, and they are not friendly to Datang, once the war starts, the possibility of stabbing us in the back is much higher than the possibility of helping us." Almaty has gathered countless Hu people, Broken Leaf City, Hengros City may become our battlefield, from now on we must fight steadily, fight every battle, try to minimize our losses, we only have 34,000 people, the loss of one, one less, if the war is rotten, the North Court will be completely thrown away from our hands, we can't afford this risk. (To be continued......)
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