People in Datang have been expelled from school

Chapter 700 Capture the Western State

It was obviously daytime at this time, and the sun was covered by yellow sand outside, but now it was like night.

Stretching out his hand out of the hole, the strong wind blows the sand and smashes it on the skin, causing severe pain like needle pricks.

Wang Xuance, who was drinking hot water, said, "Didn't those Tibetans say that the wind and sand will not blow to the Gobi here?"

Li Ke leaned against the stone wall, closed his eyes and said in a low voice, "Ghost knows what's going on with the weather here."

After checking the drawn map, Wang Xuance carefully put it aside.

After eating something and drinking hot water, my body feels much better.

Drowsiness struck, and the eyelids became heavier and heavier while sitting by the fire, and fell asleep without knowing it.

I don't know how long I slept. When I woke up again, it was very hot outside.

In the Gobi desert, it becomes cold after losing the sun.

With the sun, it will make people feel unbearably hot.

Li Ke rode his horse back and said, "The surrounding landforms have changed a lot. Fortunately, there is this compass, otherwise I would really lose my way."

The Gobi has been submerged in sand, and many of the original landform features are gone.

Wang Xuance also took out his own compass, which is a compass made by the children of the academy in Jingyang.

The two confirmed the direction, and after checking that the direction was correct, they continued to go in the direction of Xizhou.

When you arrive in Xizhou, there is a water source, and the group can also get supplies.

Although it should be winter now, it is still very hot in the desert.

As he was walking, a pile of corpses appeared along the way.

Li Ke squatted down and looked at it and said, "It should be the bones from the war between Tubo and Western Turks a long time ago."

Wang Xuance also remembered that Tubo and Western Turks had fought several battles near Xizhou in order to compete for Xizhou.

It seemed that the wind and sand had blown these bones over.

The team needs to move on if there is a slight pause.

Wang Xuance looked at the map and then at the compass and said, "We should be two days away from Xizhou."

Looking at the vast desert, Li Ke said to the team behind him, "Everyone brace yourself, there are still two days before we can have supplies."

In response to Li Ke, the team moved forward quietly.

Everyone is already very tired.

Wang Xuance wiped the sweat from his forehead, opened the water bag and took a sip of water.

There is not enough water and food in the team.

I don't know how many days I haven't bathed.

At this moment, I really want to see a river in front of me, and jump into it to take a bath.

The team marched for another day, and found a low slope to rest at night.

After the wind and sand, even the beasts could not be found.

Everyone ate bread, drank a sip of water and rested.

Wang Xuance ate the cake, the cake was very dry and made his throat feel bad every time he swallowed it.

It's like swallowing tree bark.

Don't dare to drink too much water to help swallow.

In order to fill my stomach, I had to swallow it down, and I don't know if I swallowed it.

It's just that I haven't reached the stomach yet, and the position down the throat is very uncomfortable.

Almost everyone is so full.

Li Ke also noticed that the current atmosphere in the team is very bad.

Fortunately, no one was injured or lost.

I counted the number of people again, and I was relieved when I found that no one was lost.

Li Ke came over and said to Wang Xuance, "They have already rested."

Wang Xuance kept looking at the map and said, "If you understand, you should be able to go to Xizhou."

Li Ke also said: "I have arranged for someone to go out to investigate, and there should be news tomorrow morning."

And the wind is howling.

It's just not as loud as before.

The genius had just been a little bright, and the most comfortable period of time on the Gobi was the early morning.

Not too cold and not too hot.

The team that slept for an hour or two marched again.

The scout came on horseback, "His Royal Highness, Xizhou City is three miles ahead, but there are some conditions."

Hearing that Xizhou was just ahead, Li Ke felt relieved and asked, "What's wrong with Xizhou City?"

The scout replied: "Xizhou City seems to be under the control of a group of bandits. The defense of the other side is very strict, and many people have been arrested."

Li Ke nodded after listening, "As long as you find Xizhou."

The news spread to everyone in the team immediately.

Hearing that Xizhou had been found, everyone cheered up.

Why not fight a battle over water.

After walking for half a day, it was one mile away from Xizhou City.

From here you can see the city in the distance.

The city is a very small dwarf city.

Wang Xuance observed and said, "The city wall is only as high as one person, and their sentry posts seem very loose. It is not clear how many people are in the city."

Li Ke whispered, "How do you do it?"

Wang Xuance said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness Shu, I will take someone to test the depth first, and at night His Royal Highness will attack and seize the city."

"it is good."

Li Ke nodded vigorously.

After speaking, Li Ke organized 300 people, and everyone got on their horses and headed for Xizhou City.

Li Ke led people to hide behind a dirt slope to watch the situation of Xizhou City.

Wang Xuance and his men slowed down and approached Xizhou City.

By the time the other party discovered it, it was already 300 meters away.

Entered the range of the compound bow.

The sound of horns came from Xizhou City.

Immediately, many people came to the gate of the city, and many bandits came out of the city.

Wang Xuance shouted towards Xizhou City: "We came from Guanzhong! Let Xizhou City take a rest."

The shout spread to Xizhou City.

I don't know if these bandits can understand Guanzhong dialect.

I just saw that the other party was also discussing in whispers.

An arrow was shot from the opponent's city and landed in front of the horse's hoof.

The horse below snorted disdainfully at such a weak arrow.

During the period when I just entered Tubo, I studied it. The most sophisticated bow and arrow in Tubo can only kill 300 meters.

After 300 meters, there is no lethality.

Wang Xuance comforted the war horse under him, picked up the compound bow, set up an arrow, and shot it out.

The arrow pierced through the air, and with a whistling sound, it hit a person on the top of the city.

The opponent fell down after being hit by the arrow.

Wang Xuance smiled contemptuously.

As if being provoked, the horn sounded again in Xizhou City, and immediately a group of people rushed towards him.

Wang Xuance watched the opponent's team approaching immediately with swords in hand, and said calmly: "The front team has changed to the rear team, withdraw!"

The team began to retreat.

Looking from the city of Xizhou, the bandits are chasing the Guanzhong people not far away.

Seen from a distance, the bandits' troops appeared chaotic and out of order.

And the troops of the Guanzhong people, even if they retreated, they were very orderly.

The two sides have always maintained a distance of not too close or too far.

Wait until out of sight of Xizhou City.

Wang Xuance's troops passed a low slope, and the opponent's troops also chased them down.

Li Ke, who was lying in ambush, rushed out immediately.

When the bandits came back to their senses, they were already surrounded.

Li Ke rode his horse and asked the team to surround these bandits, "Don't do anything, ask them if they can speak Guanzhong dialect."

(End of this chapter)