Xie Tong was embarrassed and said, "There is a place here, why do you have to go outside to suffer!"

Shang Caiwei shook her head and said, "Please forgive Caiwei for not being in this mood!"

Xie Tong was bored, and hurriedly called out to her, saying, "It's better for you to stay! General Ben is going to play with your brothers!"

As soon as the words fell, he ignored Hong Shan's dissuasion and strode out.

Suddenly walked out of the tent, a gust of cold wind hit him, Xie Tong shivered, he couldn't help muttering, "The night in this desert is too cold, and the temperature has dropped so fast!"

He looked at the resting brothers, most of them were lying together, so that they could still be warmer, the only thing that could make Xie Tong feel relieved was that the yellow sand still had some residual heat, but how long this residual heat could last was still unknown.

Xie Tong saw a small fire in the distance, and Guan Yong and a few others were in a mess around the fire, not knowing what they were talking about!

Xie Tong walked towards the fire with a gesture.

When Guan Yong and the others saw Xie Tong coming, they hurriedly greeted each other in unison.

Xie Tong asked, "What is this fire burning?"

Guan Yong smiled awkwardly and said, "It's some dead wood branches picked up around, and I threw a few people's saddles into it to deal with it for warmth, ha, this desert night is too cold!"

Xie Tong motioned for everyone to sit down, and he also sat on the side of the fire and asked, "Commander Guan, didn't you prepare cotton clothes when you went to Mobei this time?"

Guan Yong said, "There are cotton clothes, but they are all where the prince is, and some of them were used a lot when the camp was bombed for the first time, at present, the brothers are wearing single clothes, the day is fine, this night is really difficult!"

Xie Tong nodded, this is his negligence, it seems that he can't catch up with the prince, they can only be frozen, I don't know how many brothers will not survive that moment, he smiled bitterly and said, "Tell the brothers to be more patient, just catch up with the prince."

The other brothers said in unison, "Thank you General for your concern, I can still bear this hardship!"

Xie Tong said, "Tonight, I am with all my brothers"

Guan Yongmu got up and said, "General, how can this work? You are different from us, you can't bear this hardship, the brothers know that you are a good general who loves sergeants, and the two ladies are waiting for you in the camp tent, if you do this, the ladies will blame the last general, and ask the general to return quickly."

Seeing Guan Yong's righteous words, Xie Tong wanted to laugh in his heart, he really wanted to warm the fragrant and crispy jade, but Cai Wei didn't give him this opportunity.

He ignored Guan Yong and walked towards the place where his brothers lived.

The brothers wandered in the desert for two days, and never saw the shadow of King Wu's army, in fact, it is no wonder that in this place full of yellow sand, it is already a miracle not to go in the wrong direction, and the wind and sand here are very large, no matter the traces of people and animals, they will be wiped out in an extreme time, and no one can explore it.

What made Xie Tong even more worried was that the stored water consumption was very large, because everyone had never been to the desert and did not know the preciousness of water, coupled with the extreme heat of the sun, the consumption in the first two days was extremely large.

Xie Tong didn't want to limit how much water his brothers could drink, but the difficulties were at hand, and if he wanted to live, everything had to be simple.

After continuing to walk for two days, there was still no shadow of King Wu's army, not even a trace was found, Xie Tong had to suspect that they were chasing in the wrong direction, and difficulties followed, many brothers were already sick because they couldn't stand the huge temperature difference, which seemed to be a symptom of cold and heat, and what was even worse was that the water was already seriously insufficient, and it could last for two days at most.

The horses have eaten up the last remaining forage today, and it seems that they can only last for a day before losing the motivation to run.

All kinds of problems were placed in front of Xie Tong's eyes.

In desperation, he had no choice but to set up camp, which was also the first time to set up camp under the scorching sun, and after the camp tent was set up, Xie Tong called Guan Yong and others to the camp.

Xie Tong licked his thirsty chapped lips, popped out a few words from his mouth, and said, "Everyone, everyone must know the current situation, the ammunition is exhausted, especially the water, I suggest that the army be stationed here to rest, maintain physical strength, send three small teams, each team of ten people, to the other three directions to find water sources, whether they find it or not, they must return within a day!"

Everyone nodded, this is also a way to do it.

Xie Tong saw that everyone had no opinions, and after consideration, he decided to send three teams and set off in person. The other two teams were led by Guan Yong and a commander.

After the arrangements were made, Xie Tong went to see Hong Shan's two daughters, informed them of the situation, and instructed them not to leave without permission, and Hong Shan and Cai Wei, as the supreme commanders of the whole army, had absolute rights before Xie Tong returned.

After everything was ready, Xie Tong took the hope of nine people and two thousand people in the army, slowly hit the road, and rode straight to the west.

After walking for two hours, Xie Tong's eyes were still full of wind and sand, and there was no trace of any water source or oasis.

He had expected this situation, but the reality was too cruel, and the taste of dying of thirst was really uncomfortable.

It seems that there are only two ways to hope for the other two.

The horses were also tired, so Xie Tong had no choice but to let the brothers rest in place.

He rolled over and dismounted, and before he could sit down, he heard a soldier say in a loud voice, "General, here's a discovery." ”

Xie Tong thought that he had found a water source, so he got up from the ground excitedly, rushed straight towards the cold place of the soldiers, and ran to him, he took a closer look, only to realize that a knife tip emerged from the yellow sand, only four or five inches, if you look carefully, it is difficult to find it in the desert of yellow sand all over the place.

Xie Tong said, "Dig out this knife and take a look!"

The two soldiers pinched the tip of the knife hard, but the exposed part was too short to exert enough strength, so that after pulling it out for a long time, the knife was still sold in the yellow sand.

Xie Tong stepped back left and right, he lifted his true qi, suddenly pinched the tip of the knife, secretly sighed, and directly pulled the tip of the knife out of the yellow sand, to his surprise, this is a horse chopping knife, the other end of the handle, there is also half an arm, the broken arm is still holding the knife handle fiercely, no wonder the soldiers can't pull it.

Xie Tong looked at this horse chopping knife carefully, it was the style that Xue Yantuo horse thieves were used to, and he suddenly thought that Chongli had boasted that horse thieves would wait for them in the desert, which was very coincidental with Chongli's words, could it be that King Wu and they fought with horse thieves? I don't know what the result was, but the horse thieves were brave and good at fighting, coming and going without a trace, and he really sweated for King Wu.

He instructed the soldiers to keep digging and see what other clues they could come up with.

Several people began to dig up, but Xie Tong fell into deep thought.

He began to doubt the relationship between the Xue Yantuo horse thieves and the Turks, and Lao Lai once told him that the Xue Yantuo horse thieves and the Turks had a common enmity, and that the hatred that had risen to the level of race from the individual could not be easily resolved, and the Xue Yantuo people would always hate the Turks.

Although they are not good people, but they will never join the stream, Chongli swore that the horse thieves would wait for them in the desert, he initially thought it was a kind of boasting, but now he knows that this is a fact, but why would the Xue Yantuo horse thieves reveal their whereabouts and purpose to the Turks! This is unreasonable.

Suddenly, an extremely bold idea was formed in Xie Tong's mind, with the strength of the Turks, combined with other peoples on the grassland, it was easy to exterminate the horse thief, and it was impossible to let the horse thief go unpunished, no matter how good the horse thief was at escaping, it was inseparable from the sight of the various tribes in the grassland, and the only explanation was that they ran to a place where no one dared to chase or no one could chase, leaving the group of enemies helpless.

And there is only one place outside the Cyprus that meets the above conditions, and that is this terrible desert. The horse thieves fled to the desert, and with the thrill of the desert, the powerful Turks were helpless and could only stare dryly.

However, if the Xue Yantuo horse thief can live here for a long time, he must rely on the water source, there is no doubt that there must be an oasis in this desert, and Xie Tong is sure that the oasis must not be far from this place.

Thinking of the existence of an oasis here, Xie Tong's mood became very happy, and the excavation would become meaningless.

He hurriedly ordered his soldiers to stop what they were doing and continue to search for them, but they still had to be very careful to avoid being discovered by the enemy, considering that there were horse thieves in this area.

The soldiers reported to Xie Tong that there was a large-scale battle here not long ago, killing and wounding dozens of horse thieves and Tang soldiers.

Xie Tong continued to walk westward, and after a while, his spiritual sense sensed that hundreds of horses were rushing towards him in front of him.

Xie Tong hurriedly ordered the soldiers to hide.

The soldiers did not know what was happening, but they also followed his orders, turned over and dismounted, gagged the horses, and made the horses kneel on the ground, hiding behind a sand dune.

In a short time, a series of figures should appear in the sand dune mountain, and there were more than 500 people.

Xie Tong fixed his eyes, all of them were Xue Yantuo's horse thieves, they didn't know what task they were performing, and they swept straight to the northeast. These horse thieves seem to be accustomed to this desert life, and looking at their relaxed appearance, they seem to be extremely familiar with it.

Xie Tong had a faint feeling that King Wu and the others seemed to be in the direction of the horse thief's attack.

But at the moment, he had no time to worry about this, and finding a water source was the right thing.

It took more than 500 horse thieves a stick of incense to cross the huge sand dunes, Xie Tong saw that the enemy had left, and hurriedly beckoned these brothers to return the same way, informing the second daughter to strengthen the defense, while he walked straight over in the direction where the horse thieves came.

Along the way, Xie Tong walked very carefully, he was afraid that he would be discovered by the horse thief, so that his previous efforts would be wasted.

As he crossed the two larger hills, Xie Tong felt the wetness coming from the wind, which was the smell of water. He was overjoyed, and hurriedly quickened his pace, crossing a sand dune again.

Sure enough, a little green vegetation began to appear on the ground, and he looked forward, in front of him was a huge oasis, with trees, and all kinds of houses, that touch of green, incompatible with the yellow sand around him, as if it was a flaw in amber, but Xie Tong loved this flaw too much, this is the taste of life.

Xie Tong knocked the horse down, gagged the horse's mouth, and tied the horse's limbs, so that it could not move, and then walked down the hill and leaned towards the oasis from the side.

This oasis is very large, bigger than Xie Tong imagined, stretching for at least ten miles, and houses have been built in the oasis, although they are simple, but they are more than enough to live in, as if they are a paradise.

Xie Tong couldn't help but sigh that Xue Yantuo's horse thief was able to find such a great place, the world was so big, and the desert was so vast

Although hundreds of steps away, it was a miracle that Xie Tong was still lurking.

In a simple wooden house, several women suddenly came out, holding their children, talking and laughing.

Leaning down, lest the women would find him.

The woman took the child in her arms and walked straight into the depths of the oasis.

Xie Tong didn't move on, he finally verified his guess, Xue Yantuo's horse thief really settled here.

Knowing this, there is no need for him to go into the depths, and now it is the right thing to lead his brothers here to solve the problem of water sources.

Thinking of this, he went straight back the way he came.

Xie Tong rode his horse and returned happily.

He galloped all the way east, and when he came to the hill where he had parted with the soldiers, he felt only a group of men and horses rushing towards him.

Xie Tong didn't dare to be careless, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, led the horse down the hill, and hid again.

The horse thieves seemed to have gone and returned, and the returning horse thieves seemed to be more numerous, more than three thousand, and it seemed that they had just retreated from the battlefield.

Xie Tong suddenly thought of an extremely important thing, Huo Zixin had been snatched away by horse thieves, was he also in that beautiful oasis!

He wanted to go back and find out, but when he saw a large number of horse thieves, he finally suppressed the urge in his heart and decided to return to the camp first.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that someone was looking towards him, it was a kind of heartfelt induction, he was busy using his spiritual sense to test, and sure enough, someone was peeking at his area.

Xie Tong was very surprised, he was busy holding his breath, there was a hill in between, more than two hundred steps apart, it was impossible to find that someone here existed, unless this person would also have this kind of spiritual exercise, he wanted to poke his head out to take a look, to see what this person looked like, but he didn't have the courage to ask himself, he hurriedly suppressed the thoughts in his heart, and didn't take the risk after all.

The team walked for nearly half an hour before crossing the sand dunes, and Xie Tong saw that the time was not early, so he hurriedly accelerated and hurried back.

When Xie Tong returned to the station, it was already dusk, and everyone was anxiously waiting for his return.

As soon as Xie Tong walked into the station, everyone immediately surrounded him and asked this and that.

From the questions of the brothers, Xie Tong already knew the approximately.

The brother who explored in the other two directions gained nothing, and his discoveries along the way have become a savior.

Looking at everyone's expectant eyes, Xie Tong cleared his throat and said, "There is an oasis, and a water source exists!"

As soon as the words fell, the crowd erupted in unprecedented cheers, which was a desire for life.

However, Xie Tong knew that the water source was controlled by Xue Yantuo's horse thieves, and with the hostile relationship between the two sides, they would not be allowed to move. And the hard robbery is unrealistic, they are certainly not the opponent of this group of horse thieves. Looking at the water source close at hand, but unable to taste it, Xie Tong was very unwilling, he had to have a way to get the best of both worlds. (To be continued.) )