Wenda arranged camping and digging wells. The wooden fence was not enough, so the ruins of the ancient city wall were used as the basis, and the ruined places were blocked with wooden fences or carriages, and a simple camp was made of grass, and the soldiers set up tents on the spot.

But the biggest problem is difficult to solve - water.

After digging a few places, there was not a drop of water, these people were desperate, so they had to use the fresh water they carried, which had been frozen into ice lumps, and Wenda ordered them to quickly melt away, cook and drink livestock, and each officer and soldier was only given half a bowl of drinking water. They were already so thirsty that they were smoking, half a bowl of water, and they dried it up in one gulp, and it was almost the same as moistening their throats.

Needless to say, this dinner, although the hunger was close to the back, and there was no water, the soldiers barely ate a little dry food, and they were so thirsty that they could not sleep at all.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, several envoys were deliberating, mainly on the issue of water. Ha San was also there, and he told everyone that this situation would not be less in the future, and more ice should be stocked. At this time, Xizi walked over, muttered a few words in Li Da's ear, and then bowed to the side.

Everyone saw that Li Da's face became ugly, he glanced around at everyone and said, "Follow me." ”

They didn't know what was going on, so they followed him to the makeshift stables outside the tent. It was a special stable for two horses and a lieutenant envoy to pull the cart and horses, and it was never mixed with other horses, which was the main reason why they were able to escape the plague.

As soon as they came, all six soldiers knelt down and kowtowed, trembling and afraid to look up. Chen Lu understood that it was the two BMWs that had an accident.

Under the light of the torches, everyone saw that Li Dan's two commonly used horses were well tied there, but the two horses were missing. The number of horses here is good, still four, if you don't look closely, it's really not the same thing, but in fact they have been dropped by others.

Everyone was taken aback, it was a little incredible.

Without waiting for Li Da to ask, one of the soldiers spoke: "The adult is superborn, the little one doesn't dare to lie, swear to God, the six of us have never left half a step, I don't know how to be replaced, the small feeling is like a dream." ”

Wenda walked over, walked back and forth, looked at it for a while, listened to what the soldier said, became angry in his heart, took the horsewhip, couldn't help but speak, and greeted the soldiers with his head and face. Li Da didn't stop it, and the soldiers who smoked cried and called their mothers.

Li first persuaded Wenda and asked the soldier, "When and where did you find out that this horse was different?"

The soldier cried and said, "Reply, my lord, I found it when I fed them after this." Wan'er and Thunderbolt like to eat soybean material, and when they eat it, they should smell it first, and if they smell black bean material, they won't eat a bite. The two horses, though they were both tall and short in the same color, tasted like they were made to die of hunger, and as soon as we put down the food, they devoured it. We don't feel right, take a torch and shine it closely, it's not Wan'er and Thunderbolt at all, I don't know which one of the thousands of knives hurt us, my lord. ”

After saying that, several people began to cry again.

Li Da was anxious, and stomped back to the big tent, and at this moment there was a commotion at the gate of the camp, and Chen Lu asked Ha San to take a look.

From a distance, Ha San saw that many torches had gathered at the gate of the camp. He looked into the sky, the stars were brilliant, there was nothing unusual, and he was relieved. When he saw some soldiers running back and forth, he asked one of them, "What are you doing? It's going to be three watches soon, and you haven't slept yet?"

"My lord, someone is exchanging dry food for water. ”

Ha San ignored him, walked over, and saw a few ragged villagers trading with the soldiers, among which Hu Chun Baihu was also there, and he said hello to Ha San. Ha San observed it, and there was nothing wrong with it, but he thought it was ridiculous. It seems that the lack of food can be bearable, and it is really not good to have no water.

The soldiers exchanged rice balls, which had been frozen so hard, for water. A few villagers carried a large bucket and gave a rice ball, and they gave a large bowl of water. When Ha San looked at it, the water in the bucket was almost gone, and the soldiers were still squeezing to change it.

He saw that one of the villagers had run out of water and had rice balls in his bucket. may be reluctant to make such a good rice ball, although there is no water, after picking out the torn clothes for a long time, and pulling out a few crumpled bills, you can also change a rice ball.

The soldier didn't want to sell it to him, seeing that they were pitiful, he only took these three or four. If you have water, you can change it, and if you don't have water, forget it.

Ha San said to his soldiers: "Ask them where to get the water, and there will be a heavy reward." ”

The soldiers came back after a while, saying, "They just laughed and didn't tell them, and they didn't tell them if they had a big reward." ”

Ha San laughed and said, "Diao Min!" and then shouted: "Okay, hold on, turn off the lights, there will be water tomorrow." ”

Ha San has no time to deal with these things, these two BMWs are the big deal. Hurriedly returned to the big tent and briefly reported. Several people in the big tent were worried about the BMW, and after listening to him, they all nodded politely.

Li Da said: "That's it, it's just two horses, it has nothing to do with the overall situation, the third watch, the old rule, the fifth watch set off, and then cook after finding the water source." ”

Wenda was about to go back, and when he left, he said again: "I lost the BMW of the lieutenant envoy, my subordinates are derelict in their duties, please punish them." ”

Li Da sighed and said, "This envoy does like famous horses, but this time is different. The famous horse of the Holy Emperor Qin gave Wan'er has a deep meaning. The countries of the Western Regions, because of their abundance of famous horses, despise the Celestial Empire. We took Wan'er with us all the way, and let the countries of the Western Regions see that we also have famous horses in the Celestial Empire. ”

Chen Lu suddenly realized. The emperor Shengming has long had the idea of opening a horse market. But losing the BMW given by the emperor is a capital crime, and it is difficult for the lieutenant envoy to calm down. Chen Lu couldn't help but be impressed by Li Da.

The cloud board that got up the next day rang, Chen Lu got up, and before he could wash up, Xizi came to report that the envoy was invited.

Chen Lu saw that he was panicked, his face was pale, and he couldn't help beating a drum in his heart, and said, "My father-in-law will go back first, and my old man will arrive later." ”

After hastily tidying up, I hurried to the conference hall, everyone arrived, and several people looked nervous. Li Da motioned to Xizi and handed a round piece of paper to Chen Lu. Chen Lu took it and took a look, this is the commonly used burning paper of the Chinese people, it is a dark coin, burned to the dead. He glanced at Li Da suspiciously.

At this time, Ha San also saw it, his face suddenly turned pale, and asked, "Lord Lieutenant Envoy, what about those ones, are you okay?"

Li Da said: "Xizi, you tell General Wen what he said." ”

Kiko said, "General Wen is arranging for patients, let me tell the two adults." "I told you about the night. The stomachs of those who had drunk water in the morning were swollen, and they were unconscious, and there were a few soldiers who had not changed to water, and when they saw that the treasures of the Celestial Empire had become this dark coin, they fainted at that time.

Chen Lu muttered in his heart, he didn't get any hints, he didn't have dreams, and he didn't know where he came from.