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Before dawn the next day, the mission had already tidied up, packed up the tents and loaded cars, leaving only Xue Huai'an with a tent not packed yet. Chu Huan got up early and went to the hillside to stare at the town's exit, waiting for the camel riders to deliver the news. .Fast update without pop-up window[ ]

It was extremely cold in the early morning, and when the two weak officials got up early in the morning, they sneezed and complained repeatedly.

Qiu Yinghao promised to send a reply before [-]:[-], but the climate and environment outside the pass are different inside the pass, and the sun has not risen for a long time. Chu Huan is not sure what time his subordinates sent dry food. The four horses are all woolen clothes, so there is a high probability that Qiu Yinghao sent the news.

Chu Huan sent someone to inform Xue Huai'an that he could see the entrance of the town from the hillside, but there was still a distance between them and the road in the Gobi was not easy to walk. The horses slowly grew from the small black shadows at the beginning to the bottom of the hillside. Surrounded by famous officials, when they arrived at Huangtupo, they saw all the horses reining in. The one in the lead was Qiu Yinghao, who shouted to the hillside: "Is it Uncle Chu?"

Chu Huan clasped his hands on the hillside and said, "It's Mr. Chu who is the leader of Qiu's family to speak!"

Qiu Yinghao got off his horse and led a few people to the hillside. Chu Huan cupped his hands with a smile and said, "Master Qiu really keeps his promise!" Pointing to Xue Huai'an, he said, "This is Mr. Xue, the envoy of our mission!"

Qiu Yinghao is located outside the customs and is not under the control of the imperial court, nor does he care about Xue Huai'an's identity. He surrendered Xue Huai'an at will, and then he said anxiously: "I heard that you still have to think about it. I don't know how you are thinking now? Can you leave the customs?" Added a sentence: "The price is negotiable!"

Qiu Yinghao waved his hand and said: "Master Xue is wrong. We camel tourists can survive because of rules and fixed price. Of course, it will not be reduced or increased."

Xue Huai'an laughed awkwardly: "What you say is what you say!"

Chu Huan asked with a smile: "Master Qiu, I don't know what you are thinking, can you leave this trip?"

Qiu Yinghao thought for a while and finally said: "Uncle Chu, I have discussed the rules of the ancestors with several camel customers all night. There are customers so that no matter how difficult it is, we can't refuse customers, but let's go to Luoyan Town with businessmen and people but not troops. Keep guarding." Seeing Xue Huai'an raising his hand in a hurry, he said, "Master Xue, don't be in a hurry. We have also discussed in detail that you are soldiers. It doesn't matter that you are not soldiers. You are also officials. It is difficult for you. Now that you are looking for us Qiu The camels of the Qiu family have waited here for a whole day, and we will not miss your business. We, the camels of the Qiu family, have taken over the job."

Hearing what Qiu Yinghao said, the officials finally breathed a sigh of relief. Xue Huai'an nodded relaxedly and said, "A good camel guest is indeed righteous!" In his opinion, the trip to the desert with a camel guest leading the way is difficult, but it should not be harmful. Worry about life.

"But if you want to live, you have to promise us a few conditions." Qiu Yinghao said seriously.

Chu Huan and Xue Huai'an looked at each other, Chu Huan still smiled and said, "Master Qiu will tell you!"

"The road to walk in the desert must be completely decided by our camel passengers." Qiu Yinghao said solemnly: "We must not take another route in the middle of the way that violates our camel passengers' route, otherwise our camel passengers will not return the deposit and will withdraw it immediately."

Xue Huai'an said: "You were supposed to lead the way. The route is naturally up to you to decide."

"The second way is to walk or rest, we must follow the arrangement of our camel passengers." Qiu Yinghao said: "If we want to go, we must go even if it is a hot barbecue or freezing cold. If we want to stop, no matter how urgent you are You must stop and rest."

Xue Huai'an hesitated for a moment and said, "We still have more than a month left and we will walk out of the desert within half a month."

Qiu Yinghao said: "Master Xue's way of the desert is different. It depends on God's will. If everything goes well and follow our instructions, it will take you out of the desert in less than half a month, but if God is in trouble, it may not be able to walk out in half a month. But having said that, as long as we follow our method for up to 20 days, we can guarantee that you have crossed the desert."

Xue Huai'an thought for a while before nodding his head and said, "If it's really what you said, I can do as you say!"

Qiu Yinghao smiled and said: "Also, if we really encounter sand bandits in the desert by chance, we will fight together with you, but if you encounter Xiliang soldiers and you have conflicts with Xiliang people, then we camels can only help each other. You will understand that you will make a move!"

The mission has [-] brave cavalry cavalry guards Xue Huai'an really doesn't care about the fighting power of a dozen or twenty camel riders, just let them lead the way and said happily: "It's natural. But we won't clash with the Xiliang soldiers. If there is a conflict, how can the three hundred cavalry warriors under my command, the Xiliang people dare to move lightly?"

"Cavalry?" Qiu Yinghao glanced down the hillside and saw the hundreds of horses densely packed in the mission, shaking his head and said, "Are you horses going into the desert?"

"That's natural!" Xue Huai'an said.

"That's not possible." Qiu Yinghao shook his head and said, "I can see at a glance that half of your horses won't be able to enter the desert. See what you mean and plan to ride across the desert. Let me tell you bluntly that many of you horses will not be able to enter the desert within three months. God will be exhausted!"

Chu Huan frowned and said, "Master Qiu, do you mean that our horses are not good enough?"

Qiu Yinghao said: "It's not that they can't do it. Some of them can enter the desert, but they can't ride them all the time. If you keep riding horses across the desert, few of your horses can cross the desert alive."

An official couldn't help but asked: "Will you look at the horses? These are the strongest horses in my Great Qin. Why can't they even enter the desert?" Pointing to the few horses Qiu Yinghao rode down the hillside, he said: "Our If a horse can’t make it, can your horses do it?”

Compared with the tall horses ridden by the mission, the horses ridden by Qiu Yinghao and others looked shabby and more skeleton than the horses of the mission, and their mane was very sparse.

Qiu Yinghao said: "If we have been riding horses across the desert, our horses will not be able to get out of the desert, but it is not a problem to run freely in the desert for more than ten or twenty miles."

The official said disdainfully: "According to what you say, our horses can run freely for fifty or sixty miles, so it's no problem."

"Our horses have to rest for at least half a day and have to drink two bags of water to slow down." Qiu Yinghao looked at the horses of the mission group down the hill and shook his head: "Your horses can't run ten miles. They can run ten miles during the day. The leaves of their lungs will burst."

All the officials didn't take it seriously, but Chu Huan felt that Qiu Yinghao was not alarmist and asked, "Is the Qiu family really as serious as you said?"

"Uncle Chu, don't look at our horses, we took them to the edge of the desert to practice when they were still young horses." Qiu Yinghao said solemnly: "It took years of training. Do you know why Xiliang horses are the best in the world? It's because of their horses Life is hard. You horses can gallop fast in the pass and can withstand the climate in the pass, but it is impossible to enter the desert." Pointing to the north, he said: "As far as I know, the Xiliang army crosses the desert on foot. And he took good care of the horses, even so I heard that thousands of horses died in the desert!"

Chu Huan nodded slightly to understand Qiu Yinghao's meaning.

When the officials saw Chu Huan nodding, they couldn't say much.

"Then what do you think?" Xue Huai'an frowned slightly: "Could it be possible to leave these horses behind?"

"You don't have to leave them all behind." Qiu Yinghao said: "The more than 300 horses here are also good horses, but I glanced at them. There should be hundreds of horses that cannot enter the desert. Others can barely enter but must not be ridden. They live in the desert and take good care of them, and many of them should be able to get out of the desert.”

Chu Huan thought for a while before saying, "In this case, Master Qiu might as well send someone to help us choose a path."

Qiu Yinghao nodded and said: "That's not a problem." He pointed to the carriages full of goods: "The carriages are not good either. Uncle Chu, I already said yesterday that the horses pulling these carriages into the desert will die within three days. Your cars can't go fast in the dust, and if you rely on these cars to cross the desert for two months, you can't get out of the desert."

Xue Huai'an originally thought that everything would be fine if he found the camel guest. Unexpectedly, he was going to go into the desert and there were so many other things that made him feel a little depressed, but he could also see from Qiu Yinghao that what he said was really depressed, and he secretly rejoiced if he did not find it Even if the camel passengers entered the desert in such a daze, even if they did not encounter sand bandits or sandstorms, they would probably be in big trouble.

"Master Qiu must bring these goods." Chu Huan pondered for a while and finally said, "You said yesterday that there are camels available!"

Qiu Yinghao smiled and said, "Uncle Chu, don't think that I'm going to do camel business. We want to share misfortunes and fortunes along the way, so I have to remind you of some things that must be reminded before departure."

"Understood!" Chu Huan said with a smile: "Master Qiu is joking. How many camels do you think it takes to transport these goods?"

Qiu Yinghao took a few glances and finally said: "You have a lot of goods, but 26 camels for my family may not be enough."

"In this way, Master Qiu will first send someone to help us pick out the horses and then see how many camels we need." Chu Huan cupped his hands and said, "The sooner these things, the better to leave as soon as possible!"

Qiu Yinghao turned around and said, "Wei Liu, bring Zhang Qiu here to help you take a look." Then he said to Chu Huan and the others: "Everyone, there is wind and sand blowing here, why don't you go to the humble house to rest first? There are not many others. There is still a cup of hot tea."

Xue Huai'an immediately said: "Go into the town and rest for a while."

Qiu Yinghao said again: "Too many people can't enter the town, so as not to frighten the town residents."

Chu Huan thought for a while before saying: "General Xuanyuan, I will let you transfer ten people to the town for me and Mr. Xue." He didn't want to go and rest. Who are the people in the small town? Chu Huan doesn't know that Xue Huai'an wants to enter the town to rest, and he can't stop him, but he can't be sloppy when going to guard.

Xuanyuan Sheng transferred ten people over, and Bai Xiazi and Sun Zikong followed Chu Huan to pull the horses. Seven or eight official horses, including Xue Huai'an, went down the hillside under the guard of Chu Huan and ten cavalrymen. The sound of horseshoes leading the way was rumbling and approaching the entrance of the town, but the sound of horseshoes was also heard in front, and more than a dozen horsemen galloped towards them like the wind and lightning.

Qiu Yinghao slowed down the speed of his horse, and the oncoming dozen or so riders were also dressed as camel riders. The first one was nearly fifty years old, and the horse galloped forward. The horse neighed, and the horse was reined in by the horse. The horse alone immediately stabilized the horse. This man had a thin, long face and a hooked nose. Small eyes, a beard on the chin, no smile on the face, it looks a bit sinister, Yu Qiu Yinghao also stopped, cupped his hands and smiled, "Senior brother, where are you taking people?"

The gaze in the small eyes of the hooked nose stared sharply at Qiu Yinghao's eyes and said lightly: "I'll wait for you!"

"Wait for me?" Qiu Yinghao asked curiously, "Brother, what do you do?"

Hooked Nose raised his finger and pointed at Chu Huan and the group and said calmly, "You can't do this job!"

ps: In the new year, I wish you all a happy new year, good health, and all wishes come true. I also hope that Guose will achieve good results in the new year under everyone's care!