sparse rain chrysanthemum

The army led by Zhao Jun has already reached the Western Regions.

It was early summer in Daheng at this time, and the weather was quite warm.However, the climate in the Western Regions is extremely strange, sometimes it is as cold as winter, and sometimes it is as hot as summer.This made the [-] soldiers from Daheng, which has four distinct seasons, extremely uncomfortable, so some people in the army continued to fall ill.

It's just unbearable cold and heat.The food and grass escorted by the army became less and less.The subsequent delivery of grain and grass has not yet arrived.If things go on like this, there will always be a day of "sit on the mountain and eat nothing" with a hundred thousand troops.

On the one hand, Zhao Jun issued a strict order not to disclose the real situation of grain and grass to the public, and on the other hand, he urgently ordered his confidants to return to the east to urge them.I thought to myself, "There must be no mistake in such a major event as transporting grain and grass." I could only calm down and move on.

The food and grass carried by the army could not last until the day they reached Yuezi Kingdom.

Passing through a village, there are not many people, but there are about a hundred people.With one order, Zhao Jun robbed the village of grain, jerky and other food.The army strictly ordered not to hurt the lives of the villagers, and gave a lot of silver taels.It's just that in this almost primitive village, where do you know what money is?All the men, women and children in the village were weeping loudly, cursing collectively that this mighty army is full of devils that came out of the ground...

After all, he robbed others by himself, so Zhao Jun just laughed it off, kept the money, and kept a small part of the robbed food, and continued westward.

The whole village watched and yelled at the countless "devils...", but no one dared to chase after them and make a move.After all, with one hundred thousand cavalry, the momentum alone is amazing enough.

In this small village called Ligu Village, there are quite a few dozen strong and strong young people, facing these [-] cavalry, there is really nothing they can do.

In the next few days, the men gave most of the food to the women, children and the elderly as much as possible, but the small amount of food left by Zhao Jun was almost eaten.

Many young and middle-aged people in the village are excellent hunters, but this is not the hunting season.Some of the hares and rats that were beaten were not enough for the entire village to grit their teeth.There is no one inhabited in a radius of one hundred miles.There is only an oasis deep in the desert a hundred miles to the east, and another small tribe.

Dozens of young people from the same village had discussed it, took their weapons, and went to the depths of the desert together.

He decided to borrow food from the tribe, knowing that it was extremely difficult, so he had to go to do it.There are so many people in this village, old and young, waiting with their mouths open, it is impossible for the whole village to starve to death.

It was also a coincidence that these villagers came.It happened that the day before, in the small oasis deep in the desert, the young and middle-aged men of the tribe went out to hunt together.So dozens of strong outsiders arrived with weapons in hand, and they met only the old, weak, sick and disabled, and the old chief of the tribe who was nearly [-] years old.

From the old chief down, these old, weak, sick and disabled, of course, could not resist the robbery of these dozens of men.The food stored in the tribe was almost robbed.

Facing these robbers from outside, the old chief was furious, and stabbed the young man in charge with a shotgun.Tuguo, who was also the leader, didn't pay attention to the old man at this age at all, facing the stabbing shotgun without dodging or dodging, he just stretched out his hand lightly to block it.How could he have expected that the old chieftain was the best hunter in the tribe back then, but now he is still strong and strong despite his age.

Fortunately, Tuguo was able to dodge quickly enough when he saw the situation was not good. Even so, his right hand was still bloody from being stabbed.

Tuguo was originally the most irritable young man in the village, but now he suffered a loss, and when he got angry, he put down the grain on his shoulder and took out his waist knife to chop off at the old man.

The old chief was already old, so he really used his full strength for that shot just now, standing where he was, was already at the end of his strength.Tuguo slashed over and hit him in the chest, and in front of everyone's eyes, he severely injured the old chief of the tribe, and his life was hanging by a thread.

Tuguo accidentally injured someone's life, and knew that he had caused a catastrophe.Looking at each other with his companions, they all panicked, turned around and ran away with the food on their backs.

The chief's granddaughter Marta, who was only 16 years old, witnessed all this, but she didn't care to check on her grandfather's injuries, took out her brother's steel knife from Daheng from the house, and chased after her desperately.

But it is said that from Ligu Village to Yuezi Country, on the nearest road, there is a huge desert.With no side to see at a glance, and outsiders trespassing, basically no one can get out of the desert alive.Fortunately, the Daheng Dynasty had figured out the route before.Knowing that in addition to this large desert that even the locals will not easily set foot in, there is another winding road to bypass such a "dead zone".

There are capable people in the army to lead the way, leading a hundred thousand troops, avoiding this shortest road of death, passing through a deserted canyon, and then turning over a few mountains, the road in front of us is smooth open.

But when the army crossed the canyon, a small incident happened, a hundred thousand cavalry, quite a movement, shook the entire canyon.At the only entrance, a hilltop, there was a landslide.

All of a sudden, the entrance that only allowed one or two people to enter was tightly blocked.The entire canyon is closed.

However, this problem is not a problem at all for Zhao Jun, who commands an army of [-].Zhao Jun didn't doubt at all that he would return home triumphantly.At that time, leading an army of [-] to triumph, as long as there are enough explosives, it is easy to turn a dead end into a living end.

As for the grain and grass truck dealers escorted later, it is also not a problem.As I said before, to solve such a dead end, you only need enough explosives.

Su Yu rode a snowflake horse and ran for several days, and finally came to the Western Regions.

One hundred thousand troops, wherever they go, the momentum is very huge.It is also easy to follow the traces left by this army without losing your way.

However, an accident happened.

The landslide incident isolated Su Yu, who had traveled thousands of miles to arrive with difficulty.

The blocked entrance formed an extremely steep and high hillside, all of which were gravel and floating soil.

Su Yu looked up at this newly added high slope, and once wanted to abandon his horse and cross it.After trying it, I realized that with my own lightness, I couldn't jump to the highest point by stepping on these empty soils.

He had no choice but to mount his horse again, turn around and leave.

As early as on the road, Su Yu inquired and understood that the shortest way is to go through the big desert.

The endless desert has become the only road to Yuezi country at this moment.

Such a large desert in front of me is really daunting.

Yuezi Kingdom is in the due west of the desert.

In addition, there is Sinan (the predecessor of the compass in the 21st century) specially prepared by Du Ruo, who is as careful as hair, in his luggage. The magnetic needle never made any mistakes in pointing to the south along the way.

Of course, having a compass at hand is no guarantee for traversing the desert.

But Su Yu will never give up easily.

Without any further hesitation, he rode his horse into the desert.

In the huge desert, the scorching sun is in the sky, and the yellow sand occasionally flows slowly, otherwise it is lifeless.There are hardly any living beings to be seen.Only occasionally, numerous bones of the dead can be seen.The deeper you go, the more bones you get.Except for large animals such as horses and camels, there are human bones scattered everywhere.The skin bag that holds the water is still in the pile of bones, but it has already shriveled and lost a little moisture.

Obviously, these are travelers in the desert.

Even the Sinan in the bag, after going deep into the desert, the pointer started to shake.Completely lost its efficacy.

Su Yu suddenly regretted it very much, he actually only carried two big skins of water on the horse's back!The snowflake dog under the crotch no longer galloped, shook its head and snorted, and opened its mouth wide, as if telling its owner its unbearable thirst.

Su Yu had to get off the horse, took a skin bag from the horse's back, took a few sips carefully by himself, and then sent the skin bag to the horse's mouth.Xue Huacong smelled the breath of water, and was extremely excited. He rushed forward and exerted too much force.

Both the man and the horse were stunned.

Su Yu came back to his senses and couldn't help cursing himself for being clumsy. He was so talented in martial arts that he was knocked over by a horse in such a situation. The precious clear water.

Xue Huacong was very understanding of human nature, knowing that he had made a big mistake, he lowered his horse's head, as if bowing his head to confess his guilt, and did not dare to raise his head to look at his master.

Su Yu slapped the horse on the face bitterly, and stopped getting on the horse.Take the reins and move on.

Speaking of moving forward, there is no direction. Walking around in the huge desert, I am afraid that it will go deeper and deeper.What I see in my eyes is nothing but sand.

After walking like this for three days, even with all the precautions and restraints, there was only a little bit of water remaining in the skin.

This remnant is only enough for one person and one horse to drink again.

Both the man and the horse endured for a day, but they still lost their way.Finally, on the fourth day, unable to bear it any longer, Su Yu took off the skin bag, took a sip by himself, and poured the remaining sip carefully for Aima.

Xue Huacong swallowed the only sip of water, sticking out her tongue and still licking the mouth of the pouch.Su Yu took the skin bag, saw that there was still a drop of water in it, raised his neck, and swallowed the drop of water.

This time, there is really no drip.

Su Yu was a special police officer before his death. Although he also had special training in finding water sources, it was in the jungle.

In the vast desert, whether it is a special police officer or an ordinary person, after losing the last sip of water, whether they can find the water source, in the final analysis, depends on luck.

The skin bag, which has no water, is still hanging on the horse's back.Su Yu got on the horse, patted the horse's head, and said, "It is said that animals are more sensitive than humans in finding water sources. Xuehuacong, Xuehuacong, I hope you have enough spirituality to save you and your master from disaster."

Xue Huacong seemed to understand the master's words, and did not neigh as usual.Carrying the master on his back, he trotted forward.

Another two days ran in the desert.

The horse's hooves were trembling without a drop of water.Su Yu had already dismounted from his horse and walked with his beloved horse.

The scorching sun and scorching air in the sky almost evaporated the last bit of water on people's bodies.Su Yu lowered his head under the scorching sun, holding the horse rope, and walked with difficulty.

In the endless desert, it seems that there are only two creatures, one man and one horse.

As night fell, the weather turned cold.Xue Huacong fell to the ground suddenly, and Su Yu staggered and fell down.

Su Yu raised his head, looked at the dark night, licked his chapped lips, struggled to stand up, grabbed the rein, and pulled it up hard.

Xue Huacong opened his mouth, and finally stood up with difficulty.

One person and one horse stand opposite each other.Su Yu stroked the horse's head and looked into the horse's eyes as if looking into a human's eyes.He opened his mouth, as if he was back in the army, as if he was facing his comrades.

Su Yu roared hoarsely: "Are you still a man!"

Xue Huacong took two steps back, turning the horse's face away, as if afraid to face its master.

Su Yu gritted his teeth: "If you are a man, go forward! I don't believe that we two big men will be killed by this little sand!"

The horse trembled for a while, and with the strength it didn't know where it came from, it hurried forward.

Su Yu caught up immediately behind.

Su Yu led the horse.One man and one horse, like pale ghosts, wandering forward in the vast desert shrouded in night.