Alia turned her back to Xiao Ming and showed her white and smooth back, and motioned to Alima, Alima brought her a glass of spirits, Alia took a sip, and immediately choked and coughed, and the remaining half of the glass of wine Alima drank in one gulp, and then sprayed at Alia's jade back, so a scene that made Xiao Ming stunned and shocked appeared......

Under the snow-white skin on Arya's back, some red lines slowly appeared, and finally they were connected, and finally formed a simple map, and a dotted line formed a route map that clearly appeared, this is the route map that entered the Golden City!

It turned out that the map that Arya's brother gave her at the end, she actually found someone to tattoo it on her back with pigeon blood, the original had already been burned, she knew that the stakes were very high at this time, and she could only carry this huge secret to survive with humiliation before she met Alima, and now she can finally let go of this burden!

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Three days later, Xiao Ming changed his strategy again and rearranged the arrangement of sending troops, Yang Qizhong directly commanded 38,000 men and horses to continue the westward expedition, targeting Yizhou of the Uighurs, while he himself led 3,000 men and horses to follow, but the target was Yueshi Golden City! The two sides are scheduled to meet in Illinois on the 10th day of next month.

After the army set off, Xiao Ming made arrangements for 3,000 men and horses, with 200 guards in front and the rest of the men and horses in the rear, a distance of less than 15 miles before and after, responding and contacting at any time, and after leaving Shazhou, they went all the way to the northwest, and they needed to bypass the Lop Nur wasteland.

At that time, Lop Nur had not yet become a desert for later generations, but because the water source dried up, the oasis in the past had become a large wasteland, and the terrain was complex, and it was easy to get lost, so all the caravans and soldiers and horses to the west needed to detour.

The sound of the horse's hooves "got it" and went away, startling a flock of miscellaneous birds in the dead woods, the wasteland was gradually invaded by the wind and sand, and the eyes were full of desolation, and the camel grass swept up by the wind on the original dry riverbed rolled everywhere, and the wasteland was as silent as death. Across the river is a stretch of slope where the horses make a great circle before reaching the edge of the heath.

The desert march is destined not to be too fast, and the march of the brigade also needs sufficient water, Xiao Ming has already sent scouts to look for water everywhere, Yang Qizhong will leave him a mark at every water source, so as to facilitate the water use of the follow-up people, fortunately, he is about to get out of this wasteland, Xiao Ming called the scout and asked him to re-mark the water source of the camp for the people and horses behind.

After two days of marching, the troops entered an oasis, found the current shepherd and inquired, and learned that there was a market town not far ahead, called: Shawopu, which is the center of the road to the west here, with Shawopu as the boundary, to the northwest is the Uighur Yizhou, and to the south is the Dead Sea Desert, Xiao Ming knows that this so-called Dead Sea Desert is the Taklamakan Desert in the future!

Alimar tells Xiao Ming that the Sea of Death is in their language: a place where you can't get in or out! And this time, the destination of the Yueshi Golden City, is within the Sea of Death, and if it weren't for Arya's map, it is estimated that no one would dare to go to that place!

Shawopu is located on a slope, under the slope is a large red willow forest, Xiao Ming ordered the army to be stationed in the red willow forest, but his subordinates reported that no water source was found in the red willow forest, in desperation, Xiao Ming had to send someone into the sand nest shop to inquire about the water source, everyone has been marching for two days, the dryness and heat have made everyone all dirty, Xiao Ming took Alima and Arya and others also entered the sand nest, planning to find some water to clean.

There are only dozens of households in the sand nest shop, the only inn is called "Dao 18 Inn", it is said that the boss is the most familiar person with the nearby road, Xiao Ming saw that the boss was a Han man, in his fifties, with a face of vicissitudes, I wanted to ask him about the road, but after thinking about it, I just asked him for two upper rooms, and sent some water, the man just washed his face, but Alia is a woman, and she really needs to wash it well.

Everyone waited in the room for the boss to deliver water, and there were two wells and a water cellar in the sand wopu, which should be able to meet the kettle of 3,000 people. After a while, the guy came in to deliver water, but Gu Xiaoliu flashed in from outside the door, and came over and said in Xiao Ming's ear: "The people from Duobaoguan have appeared!" I just saw a man in black in Baotou and the boss in the joint, there is a problem with this inn! ”

Xiao Ming was startled, and immediately ordered Wu Song and Alima to protect Arya quickly, Gu Xiaoliu quickly went back to the barracks to call Huwei, and he and Guo Shouxin stayed to observe the movement, both of them loaded their guns, Xiao Ming is now two weapons, a short gun, a bullet crossbow, one is standing by the window to observe, and the other is standing guard at the door.

The whole inn was originally very noisy, but at this time, it suddenly quieted down, it looked extremely weird, Xiao Ming knew that the other party might attack suddenly, so he decisively ordered Guo Shouxin, and the two rushed out to join Alima and Wu Song Aliya. If they are divided into two rooms, it is easy to break them all, but they just want to act, and suddenly the window "opens"! And a bow and arrow came in.

Immediately afterwards, another rain of arrows was shot out, nailed to the wall and table, and Xiao Ming shouted, "Go!" The two of them opened the door and ran, but this was the second floor of the inn, and there was already a group of people downstairs, all of them were black-clad Baotou, obviously the killers of Duobaoguan, they were rushing up the stairs, and they were about to climb up, and the killers below found that the two were also shooting arrows with bows.

Xiao Ming and the two of them bowed and ran violently, unable to let each other rush up the stairs, the arrow feathers flew overhead with a "whoosh", Guo Shouxin suddenly fired a shot at the stairs, with "Bang! A gunshot rang out, and the people on the stairs suddenly rolled down like a gourd, and just after this gunshot, the besieging killers were suddenly stunned, and before they could realize what was going on, suddenly a door opened, and one person quickly pulled Xiao Ming and the two in.

Xiao Ming fixed his eyes and saw that it was Wu Song, and the room was a panicked Arya and Alima, to say that Wu Song was more alert, and when he heard the sound of the surrounding environment, he judged the situation outside, this room has not been attacked because the window of this room is a cow and horse shed, and the people outside began to slam the door, seeing that everyone was looking at him, Xiao Ming gritted his teeth and said: "Jump out of the window"

Several people jumped out of the window before the door was smashed, Arya had Alima's protection, fell on the roof of the cow and horse shed, and jumped from the roof of the shed to the north of several horses, Xiao Ming pulled out the waist knife, cut the reins and led everyone to rush out, but before the horse rushed out of the gate, suddenly the horse stumbled and fell to the ground, and several people fell to the ground from the horse, and it turned out that the door was set up with a tripwire!

The other party was so well prepared, obviously prepared, Xiao Ming stood up and looked, the killers of the group had already discovered them and were rushing towards them, Xiao Ming raised his hand and let go of a sudden killer with a shot, the killers were stunned, ignored it, and continued to rush forward, Xiao Ming shot out the projectile of the marble crossbow again, and after knocking down another killer, he threw away the marble crossbow and handed the waist knife to his right hand.

It seems that a battle is inevitable for a few days, Xiao Ming is not afraid of Xingyun Body Method, but he is worried about Guo Shouxin and Aliya, because neither of them has martial arts, this kind of close fighting is obviously not good, they can only cover the two of them and slowly retreat to the door, the killer also has an ambush outside the door, but there are not so many people, Wu Song yelled and cut down the two of them, and then took the four out of the door of the inn!

Alima blocked the gate and said, "The king take Alya away, I'll stop them!" After saying that, she brushed two knives and knocked over one person, and Alya cried: "Big brother, don't leave me, you want to die and we die together!" After speaking, he was about to pounce on Alima, but was grabbed by Xiao Ming, pointed to an adobe alleyway in front of him and said: "Being done stupidly, where to run!" ”

Alima snorted, an arrow in the shoulder, it turned out that the other party had already released arrows to Alima who was blocking the door, Guo Shouxin had already finished loading at this time, and aimed at the person who shot the arrow and shot him to death, but there were more and more killers pouring up, Wu Song helped Alima kill a few killers who rushed forward, and he was also injured in the leg, Xiao Ming saw that it was not a way, and suddenly roared!

Everyone was stunned, only to see that Xiao Ming had already put his hands against the wall next to the door, and suddenly the muscles of his arms swelled up for a moment, "Boom!" With a bang, he knocked down all the walls on this side, and many killers were crushed under the wall, and in the chaos, Xiao Ming and Guo Shouxin pulled Alima and Wu Song and ran towards the adobe alleyway that Alia ran into.

Xiao Ming was very worried about Gu Xiaoliu's safety, and he didn't know if he had gotten out to report the news, but now he could only drag on for a moment, because the shouting and killing behind him was sounding again, and the killers continued to kill, and there were constantly feathered arrows shooting at them, except for Alia, the four of them were all covered in soil and blood, and this time they came to wash their faces, but their faces were washed in vain!

Hongliulin is on the east side of Shawopu, where his barracks are located, and he must go in that direction to ask for help, but the killer is holding on, is it really to kill these people who kill him? But why? Unless they've gotten what they want, or they have their own route map.

But judging from Alima's description, the other party asked them to hand over their things several times, which means that they have not yet obtained the route map, judging from this, maybe the other party has not been heavy-handed, but he still doesn't want to kill them all, otherwise as long as he shoots with a bow and arrow, wouldn't all five of his side become hedgehogs!

Arya stood at the entrance of the alley and looked nervously, the four of them ran over, and continued to run with her, the sand nest shop was not much, they had now run outside the village, but suddenly saw a black-clothed killer on the opposite side, obviously staying outside the village, and saw a few people coming out to know that the accomplices did not keep them, and surrounded them under a whistle.

"It's over!" Alima said: "There are pursuers in the back, and there are interceptions in front, this time someone must be left to intercept them, I am injured and can't run fast!" Let me stay, shall you? ”

"And me, I'll stay too, and the lord will take people to go first!" Wu Song also said.

As soon as Arya heard this, tears fell again, and she cried: "It's me who is a burden to you, big brother!" If you want to stay, I'll stay too, let's die together, I don't want to be alone anymore! ”

Alima said angrily, "When have you been saying such things? You're dead, who's going to find your brother's bones? ”

Wu Song said: "I'll stay, you all flee with the lord first, I can hold them back!" ”

Xiao Ming looked at the two of them, and suddenly smiled again, he shook his head and said, "What are you doing?" Want to move me? None of you have to sacrifice yourselves! He pointed ahead: "Because our reinforcements are coming!" ”