The Great General's Mansion of the Lotus Kingdom, in the room of the eldest lady.

In addition to the lord of Daizhen, there was also a man who looked like the leader of the guards who was respectfully reporting something.

"What? This wild species has been captured by vultures? Ha ha...... Ha ha...... It's really self-inflicted, and you can't live! Good! Now even if she hadn't frozen to death, she would have been eaten by the vultures, and she would have avenged my unborn child! Haha......"

At the moment when the guard had just finished speaking, Lord Daizhen asked in surprise, but then laughed out loud with extreme relief and excitement.

When he saw the county lord of Daizhen smiling obligently, the leader of the guards quietly wiped the sweat from his forehead, and it seemed that he had finally escaped.

"According to the order of the lord of this county, there is only one theory in the whole mansion about today's affairs, that is, the eldest lady lost her mind and went crazy because she missed the general too much, and slipped out of the general's mansion at midnight. After the county lord learned about it, he sent all the guards to look for it, but he had no choice but to return in vain, and announced that the eldest lady was missing. Step aside. ”

Lord Daizhen laughed for a long time before calming down, and then commanded with a serious face.

"The subordinates understand, and the subordinates retire." The leader of the guards said respectfully, and slowly retreated.

"Yuan Feng, Yuan Feng, if you really die in the desert, then you won't be lonely, you know? Your baby girl will be able to meet you in no time. Because, too, she died. If you don't die, then when you come back and learn that your daughter is missing, no matter how many people you send to find you, you won't be able to find your daughter, who has long been a vulture's belly. It's time to die now, right? As long as you continue to treat me well, understand my sincerity to you, and don't snub me again, I can never blame the past, and we can start all over again. Actually, for me, if I don't have a child, forget it, it's fate, I admit it, but as long as I have you with me to live this life, I will be satisfied. ”

Suddenly, a little lonely, the county lord of Daizhen stared at the portrait of the general hanging on the wall, and muttered to himself, in addition to unwillingness, there was also a trace of expectation in his tone.

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In the hinterland of the desert between the Lotus Kingdom and the Black-tailed Leafhopper Country, an unprecedented desert storm finally subsided after raging for a full year and a half.

When the sky returned to cloudless and sunny weather, the desert that had been obscured by the sky and the yellow sand flew in the sky returned to its former tranquility.

If it weren't for the shattered tents on the ground, the corpses of people and horses that disappear from time to time, the broken flesh of some lizards, vultures and desert pit vipers, and the swords and guns scattered on the ground, no one would believe that this area had trapped an army that had returned triumphantly.

And this army was almost two years ago, led by Yuan Feng, the general of the Lotus Kingdom, on the orders of the emperor without regrets, went to the Black-tailed Leafhopper Country to destroy the remnants of the enemy country, so that the vitality of the Black-tailed Leafhopper Kingdom was greatly damaged, and the elite division of the Lotus Kingdom was not capable of attacking the Lotus Kingdom for ten years.

The army, which had won the battle, was like an arrow, and had high morale, but on the way to the desert, it encountered a desert storm that had not been encountered in a century.

Although the well-trained army, under the command of the great general Yuan Feng, looked for every opportunity to break through the siege, trying to break through the center of the desert storm and escape to safety.

Unfortunately, the storm was more widespread than they had imagined, severe in nature, and much more violent in wind.

In addition to most of the soldiers who escaped relatively far from the center of the storm, tens of thousands of people were unfortunately swept into the center of the desert storm. This includes Yuan Feng and his personal iron-blooded guards.

In just a quarter of an hour, the entire army was shattered by the raging wind, and completely lost contact with each other, if it weren't for Yuan Feng's decisive order, let the soldiers who were still around him camp on the spot, everyone held hands, formed a big circle, and then connected all the tents as much as possible in the middle of the big circle, and surrounded the heavier chariots, grain trucks, etc., to block the storm, I don't know how many soldiers will be blown away by the hurricane.

In the previous half an hour, these soldiers were only buried by the wind and sand, and they were saved in time and their lives were saved. The most serious one is that it was swept up by a hurricane on the spot, thrown into the air, and then quickly fell down, and the body shattered into countless pieces and died.

Even the sturdy desert camels and horses were wiped out by the hurricane. The scene was chaotic, the wailing continued, the war horses roared in unison, and it was a mess.

Fortunately, Yuan Feng's method worked, and after about an hour, the death rate of the soldiers was finally reduced a lot, and everyone got into the tents that were connected together, and finally survived temporarily.

Listening to the cold wind whistling outside the tent, it was like a ghost crying wolf, making everyone feel palpitations, as if the tent would collapse or be torn apart at any time, and then everyone in the tent was instantly buried alive by tens of thousands of yellow sand.

Obviously, just hiding in tents is not a long-term solution, after all, in a short time, these tents can still withstand hurricanes, and if they are too long, they will still be torn apart by hurricanes.

At that time, there will be only one end for everyone, and that is death!

Because desert storms are usually easy and difficult to dissipate on their own, once formed, it is not impossible for as little as ten days and half a month, or as long as three years and five years.

Because the desert storm is full of yellow sand all day long, and the wind is raging, it is impossible to discern the direction at all, so the intention to force out of the storm is a fantasy, only obediently stay in place, save physical strength, and have a better chance of surviving.

So you have to have the idea of living for a long time, and the only way to survive in the desert storm for a long time is to find a way to go underground.

Usually in desert areas, not all deserts, some areas are often underneath villages or valleys flooded by yellow sand, so it is not excluded that there will be underground karst caves, as well as underground water, and even underground rivers.

And only with water, everyone can survive for a long time, after considering this possibility, Yuan Feng decided to take everyone to gamble, that is, in this temporarily safe tent area, dig underground, if the tent is completely torn apart, the entrance to the underground cave can be found, and the remaining less than 10,000 soldiers can have a chance to live.

It stands to reason that the chance of digging an underground karst cave in the vast desert is very slim, and even if there is, it is not something that ordinary people can do in a short period of time.

First, there were not so many strong men, and second, there were no tools for digging.

But all this is not a problem for Yuan Feng's army. Although he was separated from the previous army of hundreds of thousands, there were still nearly 10,000 cronies and soldiers who remained by his side to protect him.

And there is also a most elite iron-blooded guard inside, about 3,000 people, which is a special soldier who swears to protect the marshal to the death. These warriors are not only physically strong, but also agile and nimble, in addition to fighting, assassination, but also very good at survival in the wild, have a strong ability to survive.

Coupled with the fact that this group of iron-blooded guards also has the most sophisticated equipment and special tools, it is not impossible to dig a cave in the hardest mountain in a short period of time.

Moreover, this group of Predators is very loyal to Yuan Feng, even if they fight to the last warrior, they must save Yuan Feng's life.

Therefore, he will not hesitate to carry out Yuan Feng's orders, even digging an underground cave in this vast desert, and resolutely carrying out the order, leading thousands of other ordinary soldiers to use the hardest tools at hand to work in full swing.

Maybe the heavens also felt that this army should not be extinct, or maybe the hard work paid off, after thousands of people took turns digging for almost a month, digging about hundreds of deep holes, almost half of the soldiers fell into a coma because of lack of food and water, and even killed thousands of soldiers, and finally dug a karst cave when it was more than 200 zhang deep under one of the deep caves.

Immediately, the surviving soldiers, including Yuan Feng, cried with joy and jumped for joy.

Subsequently, everyone used the rope ladder to enter the underground cave in turn, and also teleported the unconscious soldiers, and received fresh underground river water to rescue them in time, and finally survived.

As for those tents and chariots that were too heavy, they could only be temporarily discarded and thrown in the desert, Yuan Feng just asked everyone to bring the necessary swords for self-defense, and all of them were transferred to the underground cave.

In this huge underground cave, there is really an underground river, but the strange thing is that the stones around this cave are all black, and the shape is extremely permeable, a bit like the local body of some huge terrifying creature, some places are like legs, and some places are like eyes, and some places are even like a bloody mouth, which looks extremely eerie and terrifying.

Fortunately, these soldiers have survived the pile of dead people, and they have never seen any bloody scenes, so they ignore these horrible and strange stones.

If it were for ordinary people, it is estimated that they would not dare to live here, and even if they barely lived, they would only have nightmares all night.

Under Yuan Feng's command, everyone simply cleaned up the cave, and they all fell asleep exhausted. After all, those who have been fighting for almost a month, sleeping in the open air, and still lacking food and water, no matter how strong the soldiers are, they can't bear it, and they fall to sleep one after another.

As for the only deep hole to the surface of the desert that was dug before, people were also sent to take turns to guard there, and they also used three layers of tents to protect it, first, to observe the state of the storm outside, and secondly, to prevent this hole from being completely buried by yellow sand, after all, after the storm passed, it was still necessary to return to the ground from the same way here.

Considering that everyone worked too hard before, Yuan Feng let everyone rest early, and he himself had no intention of sleeping, after all, so many soldiers who followed him from birth to death were trapped under the desert storm, and it was unknown when he would be able to go home and reunite with his wife and children, so he also felt very sorry for these soldiers.

Especially in this month of digging the cave, although there is little hope, there is still not enough to eat, and the mouth is dry, in order to make him, the great general, and other soldiers survive as much as possible, everyone gritted their teeth and dug the hole, and even many sick soldiers would rather die of hunger and thirst, or even die of exhaustion in the cave that has not yet been dug out, and give up food and drink to other healthy soldiers.

This touching scene was always replayed in Yuan Feng's mind, and it also inspired him to protect these brotherly warriors as much as possible and not let them have any casualties.

So Yuan Feng took a torch and looked carefully along this gloomy black cave, he wanted to know what kind of cave it was, and whether there was any potential danger hidden in it, only when he knew it in his heart and confirmed that it would not bring danger to these soldiers, he could sleep in peace.

Just when he walked along the edge of the cave for a short time, he accidentally saw something in the underground river glowing slightly, so he came to the river curiously, held a torch and took a photo, only to see clearly that it was a stone tablet standing at the bottom of the river, when he saw the ancient words on the stone tablet clearly, his face suddenly changed!

Because there are six fluorescent characters engraved on it - the black-tailed leafhopper demon cave!