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Chapter 474 Attack on the Desert
Governor Yu Shannan, the Gobi Desert, this is already the fourth day that Tizhen Daguan and his party have passed through the Gobi Desert.

The Gobi is arid and difficult to live in, not a single blade of grass grows, and sandstorms are common. Every day you stay in such a desert, there will be more dangers, no matter whether it is humans or animals.

This truth is well understood by Tizhen Daguan, but he has nothing to do, because the worse the environment in the Gobi, the more difficult and slow the road will be.

This Gobi divides the south of the desert and the north of the desert. It is nearly a thousand miles wide, and the longest point is more than two thousand miles. The footsteps of Tizhen Daguan and his party are no more than a hundred miles a day. If we travel fifty or sixty miles, if we go on like this, it will take at least ten days to get out of the Gobi completely.

This kind of speed is really too slow, but the high officials of Tizhen dare not go fast. If they forcibly speed up their pace, even if the people and camels can bear it, the accompanying cattle and sheep will not be able to bear it. I am afraid that before Lingzhou, more than half of them will be dead. up.

There were more than 15 people in Tizhen's entourage, and they brought [-] livestock. They didn't dare to be too slow, for fear of delaying the time for welcoming the bride, and they didn't dare to go too fast, for fear that the cattle and sheep they brought would be too much to bear, so they left in such a slow manner. Four days, and only half of the journey has passed.

But at this moment, when Xue Yantuo and the others were exhausted, they didn't know that there were several pairs of eyes staring at them not far from them, behind a short slope.

"General, the Xue Yantuo people have arrived." Behind Ai Po, a guard from the Prince Chu's Marriage Office pointed to a mighty group of people not far away, and said to Xue Rengui.

Xue Rengui nodded and said: "The order will go on, and the troops will prepare for battle."

"No." Wang Fuwei responded and went down to make arrangements.

In the desert, not a single blade of grass can grow, so it is not a place to live, but because this is the main road from Shuofang to Mobei, there are many business travelers coming and going, and these business travelers also support a group of people - sand bandits.

Most of these sand bandits are in a group of ten or a hundred people. They are divided into forces. They are bandits in the Gobi. They ride fast horses and hold light knives. They specialize in looting merchants. sand bandits.

These sand bandits make a living by plundering merchants. Anyone who comes and goes, as long as they see them, those who are small in number and can be defeated, most of them will look for opportunities to attack, but this time Xue Yantuo is different. Many of them were the elite of the Khan court, and they raised the banner again. The sand bandits in the Gobi, who dared to offend, hid aside. A few days passed, and the chief officials of Tizhen gradually relaxed their vigilance.

At noon of the day, when they were most tired, and when their vigilance was the most lax, with a burst of "huh", a strong wind blew in the desert, raising a burst of yellow sand, and the yellow sand spread over the surface. Time also fascinated the eyes of Ti Zhen and his party, who dragged their gradually heavy steps, driving the cattle, sheep and livestock forward.

But at this moment, a muffled sound of horseshoes sounded in front of the right, and a group of more than [-] light cavalry suddenly appeared in front of their eyes, harassing the sideways, heading towards the cattle and sheep being driven.

"Sand bandit, Pasha, this is a sand bandit." Kun Gu, who was traveling with Ti Zhen's official, saw Xue Rengui and his group pretending to be a sand bandit in front of him, and said to Ti Zhen.

The senior official Tizhen nodded, but when he looked at the twenty or so people in front of him, he always felt that something was wrong. The crowd in front of him looked like bandits, but although they were small in number, they also showed a sense of humor while walking. The formation has a certain amount of advance and retreat, which is completely different from those sand bandits who are in a mess, and they are only more than twenty people. If they are just ordinary sand bandits, how can they have such courage.

However, it is not impossible to have such sand bandits here. Because of the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was fighting, and then there were several years of North-South Wars between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks. How many soldiers were defeated and fled, wandering here, landing As bandits, these desperadoes are extremely hungry, and it is possible that they may try to die.

The senior official Tizhen watched these sand bandits heading straight for the cattle and sheep, without thinking about it, he hurriedly ordered the Khan Court soldiers who accompanied him to ride up and stand in front of the sand bandits, trying to protect the soldiers in the army. Those cattle, sheep and livestock.

The "sand bandits" in the eyes of these Tizhen dignitaries are naturally the Wangfu guards led by Xue Rengui. Xue Rengui is good at fighting, and the Wangfu guards led by Xue Rengui are even more elite, with superb riding skills, and they can advance and retreat freely in this desert.

Although Xue Rengui was excellent in martial arts, he knew that he had limited manpower, so he didn't rush to Xue Yantuo's army. He didn't want to rush directly into the herd of cattle and sheep to slaughter, but only harassed from the outside, keeping a safe distance, and from time to time directed at Xue Yantuo's army. The soldier shot a cold arrow.

Xue Yantuo's soldiers came forward, of course, to protect the cattle and sheep, but the "sand bandits" led by Xue Rengui came and went like the wind with light knives and fast horses.

Xue Yantuo's soldiers guarded the cattle and sheep behind them, and did not dare to chase lightly. They just looked at the direction of the "sand bandits" and blocked them.

Xue Yantuo's soldiers guarded carefully, and these "sand bandits" were unable to attack for a while. Seeing that time passed, more and more Xue Yantuo's soldiers surrounded them, and these "sand bandits" were even more unable to attack.

"Pasha, these sand bandits are outnumbered after all, I'm afraid they're going to retreat." Xue Rengui led a group of "sand bandits" just to harass the outer circle, and had no intention of joining the battle. It seemed that there was no other way, Kun Gu Looking at the situation in front of him, he said to Ti Zhen.

"That's right." Ti Zhen Daguan looked at these sand bandits wandering in the outer circle, still unable to find a good opportunity, and felt that they would retreat soon, so he nodded in response.

Official Tizhen was originally a chief of the Xueyantuo tribe, and he was not good at commanding the army. Looking at the "sand bandits" in front of him, he didn't realize that this was a trap. The army suddenly sent news.

"Pasha, a group of sand bandits suddenly appeared at the rear of the army, and went straight to the rear army escorting the water tanker and fodder." The rear army suddenly came, and reported to Tizhen.

"Not good!" The senior official Ti Zhen let out a soft cry, and then he realized that the twenty or so people in front of him were just distracting their attention and dragging their troops. The real target of these "sand bandits" was the rear army. The waterwheel and fodder, and they are naturally a group of more than [-] bandits in front of them.

Ti Zhen asked, "How is the rear army?"

Xue Yantuo's soldiers replied: "The defense of the rear army is empty, and the group of sand bandits took advantage of the vacancy to enter. They have already overturned many water tankers and burned a lot of fodder."

Hearing this, Ti Zhen Daguan hurriedly ordered to Kun Gu: "Hurry up, take people to the rear army to help."

At this moment, the senior official Tizhen finally confirmed that these people in front of him are definitely not sand bandits, they are not here to plunder cattle and sheep at all, they are here for the supplies of the rear army, and they want to destroy this Drinking water and fodder for more than [-] cattle and sheep, let them dry out and starve to death in this desert.

They are not asking for money, but to prevent them from going to Lingzhou.

The official Ti Zhen pointed at the group of "sand bandits" and said urgently: "The dispatched troops will step forward and capture them alive."

(End of this chapter)