At this time, the camel did not seem flustered at all, and was very calm.

He took the grooms and the camel riders to carefully count the losses in this battle.

In the attack of the bandits, a total of five horses were killed, but fortunately, all four camels survived, but they were also scarred all over their bodies, and most of the rest of the horses were also wounded.

The biggest loss was that all the tents were burned in the attack, and it seems that everyone will have to sleep in the open after that.

In terms of supplies, one-third of the dry food was also burned, but fortunately, the water bladder containing the water was still unharmed, which was really a blessing in misfortune.

The camel instructed the grooms to hurry up and load the rest of the supplies onto the four camels, and he walked slowly to the fire in the middle of the camp.

At this moment, around the fire, Ye Feng, Tang Da and the others were all sitting around the fire, all with solemn faces and worried.

They were all thinking about how to deal with the bandits' brigade when it was dark.

However, everyone was entering the desert for the first time, and they had no experience in dealing with the notorious horse bandits in the desert, and there was no feasible way to think about it.

The camel walked up to Ye Feng, sat down cross-legged, sighed and asked, "What should we do next, and ask Ye Gongzi to show me?"

Ye Feng listened to his tone, knowing that he was still doubting his judgment in the afternoon, and he was still angry in his heart, so he opened his mouth to comfort: "Mr. is beyond imagination, he is really a stranger, we are shallow, we have a lot of self-guessing, we have offended Mr., please don't be weird." ”

The camel snorted, bowed its head and said nothing.

At this time, Zhang Fatzi on the side said loudly: "It was my head pig brain before, I was suspicious, my words were indiscriminate, I offended Mr., I am here to compensate Mr. ”

After saying this, he stood up, bowed deeply to the camel, and said, "Please don't blame you, sir." ”

Xie Zhenliang also said: "Mr. has been walking in the desert all year round, has rich experience, and knows more about horse bandits than us, and please teach us what to do next." But there are orders, and there is no disobedience. ”

Everyone nodded yes.

Seeing that Ye Feng and the others were all soft, Zhang Fatzi also lowered his face and apologized, if the camel continued to pretend and refuse people thousands of miles away, it would inevitably seem too stingy.

He took a deep breath and thought for a moment before saying, "Now it seems that this group of horse bandits is obviously unusual, they do not follow the caravan, they follow us all the time, and they do not come to raid until night, they must not be for money, but have other intentions, and they are determined to win. ”

"When the day comes, they will attack again, and when the time comes, there will be no danger to defend in the vast desert, and we will be unable to resist it. At this point, I can't think of any good way for a while, and there is only one way to try it right now. ”

At this point, he suddenly stopped, and his expression seemed to be quite hesitant.

Ye Feng asked, "Sir, please give orders." ”

The camel sighed, and finally said: "Not far from here, there is a devil's city, also known as the ghost mountain or wind city by the locals, the terrain is dangerous, it can be guarded, and it is about two hours away from here. For now, we can only set off as soon as possible, get there before dawn, and rely on the terrain of Devil's City to hold on, maybe we can support it for a while. ”

Zhang Fatzi blinked and asked, "If you support it for a while, what will happen next?"

The camel turned his head and ignored Zhang Fatzi, but said to Ye Feng: "I heard that before leaving, the leader of the sleepy and imminent came once gave Ye Gongzi a carrier pigeon in the army, and agreed to be urgent

At that time, the flying pigeon reported that the Shazhou Guard Army would come to help, but is there such a thing?"

If the camel didn't mention it, Ye Feng almost forgot about it, and suddenly remembered it at this time, and nodded again and again.

The camel said: "The current situation is extremely critical, Ye Gongzi please release the carrier pigeon immediately, notify the Shazhou Wei in Dunhuang, and come to the Devil's City as soon as possible to help." ”

Ye Feng nodded, and Xie Zhenliang next to him immediately got up and went to release the carrier pigeon.

The camel sighed and said, "Do your best, and be safe." Now we set off quickly, hoping that with the help of the location of Devil City, we can support Shazhou Wei to come to the rescue. ”

Hearing "Devil City", Ye Feng's heart moved, and he remembered that when the camel told him about his life experience the night before, he had mentioned that his father had died in a devil city back then.

Could it be that this is the same place?

If this is the case, then the camel's hesitation just now is easy to understand, after all, my father also died in this devil's city, which is an ominous place.

And now the camel, which is a son, has to take everyone on the same path as his father back then, could it be such a reincarnation arranged by fate?

After discussing the stop, everyone hurriedly cleaned up and set off on the road at night.

Along the way, everyone beat their horses and followed closely behind the camels, trying their best to move forward, because they didn't believe his words before they were attacked by horse bandits at night, and at this moment everyone naturally had no suspicion of him.

However, listening to what the camel said, the future is really dangerous, the good luck and the bad are uncertain, everyone is preoccupied, and they are speechless all the way.

When a fiery red morning sun jumped out of the horizon at the end of the desert, a city appeared in the distance in front of everyone's eyes!

It is said to be a city, but it is not actually a city.

This is a large area of steep tall stone mountains in the Gobi Desert, but it is split by the magic axe, these strange cliffs are strangely shaped, thousands of postures, all of them open their teeth and claws, hideous and inexplicable, but layer by layer like a city wall around each other, the whole hill looks like a natural carved castle in general, it really makes people have to sigh the beauty of nature's carving.

Under the blue sky, the entire city is reflected in the morning light, showing colorful colors, which is magnificent.

What a ghost mountain, what a devil city!

Before coming to the stone mountain, between the two towering cliffs, there is only one entrance to the valley, which is guarded here like a city gate.

Looking at such an easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain, everyone understood why the camels chose this place to resist the attack of the horse bandits, and they couldn't help but have a glimmer of hope in their hearts.

Entering the valley, the road is extremely narrow, only allowing one person to ride through, both sides are cliffs, and strange rocks are craggy, some are shaped like flying eagles and beasts, some are like armored warriors, people are amazed.

The road was winding and twisting, like a labyrinth, and after several surroundings, Ye Feng and his party came to a small clearing in the middle of the valley.

This clearing is full of sand and gravel grains, leaning against the edge of the stone wall on the side, under the sand and soil half-covered, a few white bones are faintly exposed, and the wind and sand have eroded, and it has long been vaguely recognizable.

The camel jumped off its horse, came to the bones, fell to its knees in silence, and knocked its head three times.

Everyone was stunned, only Ye Feng understood in his heart, it seemed that there must be a camel's father among these bones, and this was indeed the place where the camel's father died.

He couldn't help but see an eight-year-old boy in front of him, struggling to move forward alone in the vast yellow sand.

After bowing, the camel stood up and looked up at the surrounding terrain in silence.

Ye Feng stepped forward and said respectfully: "I don't know how we should defend it, and ask Mr. to assign it." ”

The camel sighed and said, "I haven't been here for decades, and I can't imagine that this place is exactly the same as it was back then." ”

Hearing this, Fat Zhang's face changed, and he shouted: "What? I haven't been here for decades?

Ye Feng turned his head and glared at him, and Xie Zhenliang on the side hurriedly reached out and grabbed Zhang Fatzi.

The camel didn't care, and then said: "Although I haven't been here for decades, but in the past few decades, the terrain here, every hill and cliff, every dangerous place, are all in my heart, and I don't know how many times I have practiced the offensive and defensive methods here. ”

After saying that, he squatted down, drew a picture with his fingers on the sand, and arranged: "Women, old people, and children stay here, it is safer." Everyone else, all with me. ”

Then he pointed out who was responsible for blocking the entrance to the valley with horses and camels, and who was responsible for where to pile up rocks, dig traps, and so on.

Seeing that his command was determined and he spoke the truth, everyone's hearts gradually settled down, and the flame of hope was rekindled in their eyes, perhaps, this time they could really rely on the terrain to resist the attack of the horse bandits.

The more dangerous times are, the more people often need someone like a camel who can bring them confidence, can bring a sense of trust, and sometimes, confidence is the real difference between success and failure.

They all went separately according to the camel's instructions, and went to prepare.

Ye Feng looked up and saw Cheng Nianzhen leading Xiao Sanji and the blindfolded old man Fu Shuangling to sit in the center of the clearing, her face was very calm, and her eyes seemed to be full of confidence when she looked up at Ye Feng, which was very different from the eyes in the Lanzhou City Inn at the beginning.

Ye Feng originally wanted to walk over and say a few words, but he finally held back.

He was not as optimistic about the situation as others, and his heart was full of worry.

He knew that Miss Cheng must be as worried as himself at this moment, but she didn't show it, her forced composure was completely to comfort herself, and she didn't want to increase her worries.

So he didn't walk over, he was afraid that as soon as he walked over, he would say goodbye.

And such a scene of life and death is what Ye Feng hates to face the most.

He just glanced at Miss Cheng deeply, nodded, and then turned around and followed the camel in the direction of the valley mouth.

At the mouth of the valley, several camel riders were struggling to pull their camels and horses to the mouth of the valley, blocking the only entrance to the valley like a portal.

The camel's face was calm at the moment, but in fact he was facing the coming battle, and his heart was pounding, as if he was beating a drum.

He could only silently look at the busy big guys, secretly thinking about where there were still omissions.

It wasn't until he was sure that there were no flaws and he was satisfied that his heart gradually settled down.

At this time, a thought suddenly popped into his mind, if his father could be as armed as he is now, fighting to the death, instead of just cowering and hiding in the valley, maybe there would be a chance to survive.

As soon as he thought of this, one of the camel riders in Taniguchi pointed out in panic, "Ah, ah" speechless.

The camel walked over and looked, and suddenly a cloud of sand and dust rose on the horizon where the pale yellow sand sea and the clear blue sky intersected in the distance.