The bleak moonlight sprinkled on the yellow sand, and three figures lay between the sand dunes with their heads facing each other, posing in a strange three-pronged shape.

After a long journey, Li Si's lips were like paper, and he was about to die, while Hua Junchen and Xu Tianying next to him were better, but their lips were also chapped, and even their skin had lost their luster, and they were obviously on the verge of dying of dehydration and thirst.

Hua Junchen was lying on the yellow sand, his mind had already recalled the rivers and lakes in this life, thinking that he would never be able to see his daughter worship and grandson born again, with deep unwillingness in his eyes, he said hoarsely:

"I said that I should go back to the Xihai Capital Protectorate, now it's okay, I didn't die at the hands of the Night Devil, but I died in this desert......"

Li Si was confused, but he actually regretted it in his heart.

After the three of them shook off the pursuit of Xuanji Zhenren and ran out of the west side of Huangming Mountain, Hua Junchen suggested returning to the Xihai Capital Protectorate to resume his life.

But Li Si understands the current situation, if he can't make trouble in the rear of the Southern Dynasty and delay time, the Xihai Protectorate is likely to not last for three months, once the Southern Dynasty gnaws down the three bridgeheads along Tianlang Lake, the battle line will shrink directly to the gate of the east of the lake, as long as Tianlang Lake freezes to connect the two banks, the Northern Liang will have the danger of destroying the country!

For this reason, even if Li Si was pitted by Huang Liansheng once, he did not give up the mission of this trip, and did not go back after coming out, but prepared to go to the Shatuo Department to persuade the people of the Shatuo Department to avenge the leader.

The population of Shatuo is nearly 100,000, although there are no 8,000 elite soldiers, but there are more than 10,000 old and weak miscellaneous soldiers, and there is no chance of winning to attack Shazhou, but the Southern Dynasty must send troops to quell the rebellion; As long as the Southern Dynasties draw troops, the pressure on the Xihai Protectorate will always be less.

Li Si knew that it was unlikely that he would lobby Shatuo to be cannon fodder, but he never expected that he would die before he could get out of the army.

When Li Si came over, although he was a little bitter, he could find water sources along the way, and he didn't feel how sinister the desert was.

And the three of them walked to Shatuobu together, without Huang Liansheng, a native, to lead the way, only to find that the name 'No Return to the Original' was not taken blindly.

Following the same path into the desert, the three felt that they had made a mistake, but they failed to find a water source halfway, and they thought they had been buried by a sandstorm.

The three of them dug together for a whole day and repeatedly, but they didn't find anything, and they realized that they had gone in the wrong direction, and it was too late to turn back, so they could only go around in the desert to find water.

Now the three of them have been walking in the desert for half a month, and although they have found some water sources, they no longer know where they have gone; The little dry food he brought with him had already been eaten, and his physical strength was not enough to support him to find the next water source, and there was only a dead end in front of him.

Seeing that he was about to die in the desert, the most unwilling of the three was Xu Tianying, who died young.

Xu Tianying was only thirty years old, and a great future was in front of him, but he died here inexplicably, with boundless indignation in his heart, and even began to whisper:

"What is the Night Terror Hall, let me see, I will kill him with one finger......"

As he spoke, he looked back to see if the Night Yama would appear behind him.

But it's a pity that Xu Tianying is not Cao Aning, he doesn't have the magic power to follow the law, and he only sees endless yellow sand after muttering for a long time.

Li Si heard Xu Tianying's unwillingness, and he didn't want to die here, so he thought about it and pondered:

"It is said in the history books that a general led his troops to march, but did not find a water source, and finally survived by drinking urine......"

Hua Junchen's lips moved, and he thought about it and said resolutely:

"I'd rather die of thirst here."

Xu Tianying also spoke: "The rivers and lakes are impermanent, if you take this road, you have to be prepared to die one day, and if you can leave a whole corpse, I will be satisfied, why should I lose my integrity before I die." Besides, I can't pee now. ”

"Alas, everything should be done with the overall situation first, what if we hold on for an extra hour and wait for reinforcements? I am the Great Liang Imperial Family, and your status is not low, and if you suddenly disappear for so long, the imperial court will never turn a blind eye......"

Li Si gritted his teeth and sat up as he spoke, took out the water bladder that he had quietly prepared yesterday, shook it slightly, made a rattling sound, and handed it to Hua Junchen:

"Drink."

“……”

Hua Junchen heard the sound of splashing, his sloppy eyes were a little clearer, and he sat up and wanted to catch it, but he knew what was inside, and he really couldn't give up, so he finally gave in humbly:

"Master Li, please first."

Xu Tianying still wants to live when he says it, and he sighs lightly at the moment:

"Master Li, let's drink first."

Li Si was resolute with a little grief and indignation in his eyes, and said in a deep voice:

"Why am I afraid of death? This move is also for the sake of Liang Qianqiu Sheji! ”

After saying that, I opened the stopper, closed my eyes and pinched my nose, and began to replenish water.

"Gollum~Gollum ......"

Hua Junchen frowned, couldn't stand it, and turned his gaze into the distance.

As a result, it was okay not to look at it, but at a glance, it was found that there seemed to be a black spot in the endless yellow sand in the distance.

"Huh? Eh!! ”

Hua Junchen suddenly became excited, afraid of hallucinations, and hurriedly slapped Xu Tianying:

"Is there anyone over there?"

"Poof—"

Li Si squirted out on the spot and turned back in disbelief.

Xu Tianying also turned over and looked in the direction he was pointing, but he did see someone walking in the desert a few miles away.

Someone had water and food, and a green light appeared directly from Xu Tianying's eyes, and he got up and ran over:

"Hey——! Brothers over there, wait......"

Hua Junchen also followed, and then ran and waved his hand and shouted:

"Stay strong!"

Li Si sat alone in place, his eyes were mixed, and he even wanted to spitt in his throat.

However, seeing that the two of them ran away, they were afraid of being left here, so they wiped their mouths, got up and staggered and followed:

"Wait for me ......"

……

As the yellow sand called, the black dot in the distance immediately stopped, and then ran towards it.

Xu Tianying, who was walking in the front, found that the other party was walking alone in the desert, and he was still a little wary in his heart, but before he got closer, he heard the other party shouting:

"Xu Daxia, how is Lord Li?"

Listening to the voice, it was one of the four Beiliang masters who came with them.

Xu Tianying was stunned for a moment, and then ran to him quickly:

"Lord Li, everything is okay, is there water? Why is Liu Lao also here? ”

The old man, known as Liu Lao, turned over in front of him, took off the water bladder from the side of the horse and handed it to Xu Tianying, responding:

"After the separation in Duolan Valley, we were going to go to Shatuobu to wait for Lord Li, but we didn't think that we had gone far, but we met the Shenchen monk, and the clear space was unfortunately captured, and we could only retreat in pain, and when we walked halfway, we met the father-in-law Ziliang who came to help......"

"Tons of tons~"

After Xu Tianying took two sips, he handed the hard-won water to Hua Junchen:

"Father-in-law Ziliang is also here?"

Liu Lao nodded and sighed: "Originally, Father-in-law Ziliang received the news that he was going to encircle and suppress the Night Terror Hall with Huang Liansheng, but before he arrived, Huang Liansheng's head was already hung outside the Wuma Department for public display.

"The spies found that there were no heads of Master Li and the two next to him, and secretly inquired, only to learn that the three were not captured, so Ziliang's father-in-law led people to look for the whereabouts of the west of Huangming Mountain, and they have been looking for several days......

"I'll just say that the court won't forget Li......"

Li Si staggered over, and when he heard that the court did not leave him as an envoy, the emotion in his heart was self-evident, but at this time, he didn't have time to be grateful, so he took the kettle and began:

"Drink Boom ~ Bah - Drink Boom ~ Bah - "

Seeing that Li Shilang was almost dehydrated with thirst, Liu Lao actually took the incomparably precious water to rinse his mouth, and couldn't help but be a little surprised:

"Master Li, ...... you are?"

Li Si raised his hand to tell the two guards not to talk nonsense, and after rinsing his mouth a few times, his face turned red and explained:

"The book says that excessive lack of water, direct pouring is easy to burst the stomach, you have to moisten your throat first."

"Really?"

"Hmm. Tons and tons of tons~"

……

Hua Junchen naturally didn't bother with Fang Cai, and instead asked:

"How's the situation in the West Sea?"

"Alas, all the 7,000 people of the Shatuo Department have been surrendered, and each department has gathered 20,000 young people, and as the Night Terror Hall moves south, I am afraid that it has already joined the Great Wei army. The Sima family of the Gou Chen Department, in the name of discussing countermeasures, invited the garrison of Black Cluster City to the mansion and directly detained the people, and gave them to the Night Terror Hall as a vote......"

Li Si was also listening when he drank water, and he really didn't expect that he had been lost for only ten days, and even the Sima family, who had a grudge against each other for killing his father, had defected.

Now that the four major departments have been integrated at the speed of light, the Machang mine fortresses in various parts of the West Sea of the Northern Liang will definitely not be able to be saved, as long as the interior is cleared, the next thing is to attack the three military fortresses of the Xihai Protectorate on the shore of Tianlang Lake, in preparation for the invasion of the east of the lake in winter.

Even if Li Si was a civil official, he felt the precariousness of the situation at this time, and asked:

"Does the imperial court have a countermeasure?"

Liu Lao shook his head: "If the night terror hall does not die, it will not be able to break this situation, Ziliang's father-in-law has already arrived here, so he is ready to meet with Shenchen Monk to see what conditions are required for him to return to obedience......"

"Monk Shenchen is much more powerful than Huang Liansheng, he is like a god, take me to see Grandpa Ziliang. By the way, do you bring enough water? ”

"It's okay, there's an oasis ten miles to the south, and I'll decorate it later."

"There's a water source in front of you?"

"Yes, in fact, you can see it if you walk a few steps further south and stand on a high point, why is Master Li hiding here?"

“……”

Li Si opened his mouth, and began to rinse his mouth again with a water bladder that he was reluctant to drink:

"Drink Boom ~ Bah ......"

——

It's dark at night.

Inside the splendid tent, the lights are still on, listen carefully, and you can hear some words from the sleeping tent behind the tent:

"Do you know what's wrong?"

"I know it's wrong~"

"It's louder, I don't hear it clearly."

“……”

On the bed covered with bright yellow mattresses, Night Terror grabbed Yuhu's wrist, pressed it on both sides of the pillow, and looked down at the reddened face, his eyes were quite arrogant.

The empress, who was not angry and self-assured, was already a little stunned at this time, with fine sweat on her forehead, the inverted sea bowl was slightly spread out, undulating in front of her, and the white jade tiger had been beaten and foamed at the mouth, and she wanted to muster up the courage to be fierce, but in the end she still tilted her head slightly:

"Xianggong, the concubine knows that she is wrong~"

"Reluctantly, isn't it?"

Night Terror lowered his head and leaned into his neck.

"Huh?! No~"

The empress hurriedly turned around and coaxed the night terror with a pleasant face:

"Okay, in the army, how can you indulge in sensual dogs and horses, go back and rest. I also have to deal with government affairs, and you can't afford to get up late and delay military planes. ”

Seeing Yuhu's appearance of daring to be angry and not daring to speak, Night Terror Hall was quite satisfied, and turned his cheeks:

"Huh?"

The empress barely propped up her upper body, kissed her face in the night terror, and fell back on the pillow, gasping softly.

Night Terror Tang let go of his wrist, got up and hugged Yuhu, and put it in the bathtub behind the screen to freshen up, and Yuhu was afraid that he would bully the king if he didn't agree with him, and he wanted to drive him away openly and secretly.

Night Terror Hall knew that Yuhu had to deal with military affairs every day, so he didn't bother too much, and after tidying up, he left the big tent.

Although the night was already dark, the soldiers from the various departments of the West Sea had just come over, and the two sides had a friendship, and the outside of the barracks was still very lively.

The Night Terror Hall followed the sound and looked over, and it could be seen that people were gathered near the baggage camp on the side of the camp, and there were horse-drawn carriages loaded with baggage parked inside.

The leaders of each department will register their names in cooperation with the quartermaster, and then send the high-quality armor, horse armor, bows and arrows to the children of the clan, and there is also a martial arts arena next to it, so that the personnel of each department can test the performance.

The industrial capacity of the Xihai tribes has always been weak, even in the heyday of the royal court, there were very few metallurgical workshops, and after twenty years of control by the Northern Liang, many contemporary young people have not even touched the armor.

Now that they have got a full set of 'Wei machinery', all the young and strong people are like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, their eyes are shining, and they are afraid of soiling their armor, and they even take off their clothes and spread them on the ground as cushions.

And it was not only ordinary young people who had this reaction, Yao Cishan and other patriarch elders, in fact, they had only seen this kind of equipment armed to the teeth under the command of King Zuoxian, and after the banquet was over, they all ran over and looked around.

Night Terror Hall looked at the periphery a few times, and it could be seen that among the armaments, there were not only weapons such as horse pistols, bows and crossbows, but also new war knives that he had accepted in Jiangzhou.

Although these ordnances may not be as durable as famous soldiers such as dragon knives, their metallurgical processes and shapes have been optimized to the highest level of contemporary times, and they are also the top mass-produced blades on the rivers and lakes.

Night Terror Hall looked at the side for a moment, because of his special identity, he didn't run over to condole, and returned to the central area of the camp.

The empress and the palace people around her all live in the center of the camp, and there are special guards and forbidden troops to patrol the surrounding area.

Night Terror came to the vicinity of the Golden Horde, inquired about the residence of the female official, and came to the rear of the Golden Horde, and before he could get closer, he heard a whisper from a tent:

"Why did you boil the medicine again?"

"How can Miss Miss's leg be good if you don't drink medicine? Bear with me, and after two months, I will get better completely, and I won't have to drink it......"

"Alas......"

Night Terror Tang followed the sound and came to look outside the tent, and it could be seen that Hua Qingzhi was sitting on the ground on the blanket, her eyes full of palpitations.

Lu Zhu held the medicine bowl in his hand and coaxed beside him.

And the bird, who didn't know where to go, was lying on the blanket at this time, with his paws facing the sky and tilting his head straight away.

Seeing this, the Night Terror Hall entered the tent and asked:

"What's wrong with it?"

When Luzhu saw the night terror hall come in, he explained:

"I came in with a bowl just now, and it came up to help taste it, and that's it."

Seeing this, the bird quickly flipped it up, made the appearance of a bird that was fine, and shook his head to signal the medicine bowl:

"Tsk~"

The meaning is obviously to trick the night terror hall into taking a bite.

But the Night Terror Hall had tasted it before, and he sat down on the blanket, and then took the medicine bowl:

"I'll come, take it out for a walk, the winter underworld is making roast sheep."

"Huh?"

When the bird heard this, he ran out with his green beaded skirt in his mouth.

Seeing this, Hua Qingzhi originally wanted to stop Luzhu, but Luzhu was quite eye-catching, so she hurriedly ran out and closed the door curtains......

(End of chapter)