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After all, the road still has to be walked. Because of the imminent sandstorm, the mission is still pushing forward. No one knows how long it will take to get out of the eye of the wind. If you continue to drive in the desert, people are exhausted, and even the horses are finally exhausted. Something went wrong, and more than a dozen horses died one after another with their lung leaves ruptured, leaving them in the desert forever.

Another day passed, and before noon the next day, the camel passengers finally stopped, and Qiu Yinghao came over exhausted, and said to Chu Huan, "Master Chu, we have finally walked out of the eye of the storm, and we can let everyone I'm resting here." Seeing that the missionary was exhausted, many of them were squatting on the sand and retching, and some were lying on the ground, motionless, as if dead. run out.

Chu Huan also showed tiredness, and said with a wry smile: "Master Qiu, if we continue on this journey, I'm afraid that even I will fall in the desert."

Qiu Yinghao wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said: "Uncle Chu, today the sun has been exposed to the sun, and he walked out of the eye of the storm. If we continue walking, people can't stand it. I guess many horses will die. In this way, we will camp here today. , take a good rest for half a day, and we will continue our journey at night, what do you think?"

Chu Huan thought for a while and asked, "Master Qiu, how far have we traveled? How long will it take to get out of the desert?"

Qiu Yinghao smiled and said, "Uncle Chu, do you know what I am most worried about on this trip? It's not sand bandits, there are hundreds of us. Although sand bandits are cruel, they don't dare to act rashly. What I'm most worried about is Sandstorm, we have been on the road for the past two days. Although it was difficult, we finally walked out of the eye of the storm before the sandstorm appeared. As long as we avoid the eye of the storm, the road ahead will be much easier." Looking up to the north, he said: " Don't worry, Uncle Chu, in another seven or eight days, we will be able to walk out of the desert!"

Chu Huan looked at the embassy, ​​which looked like a defeated general, and sighed. It was only half of the distance, and the entire mission could hardly hold on. I am afraid that the next half of the journey will not be easy.

Exposed to the scorching sun, the heat in the sand erupted outwards. Chu Huan finally passed on the order to set up camp on the spot. The whole delegation was relieved when they heard that they were going to camp to rest.

The camp of the Qiu Family Camel Passengers was quite a distance away from the mission, and they had already set up tents in the desert.

The people dragged their exhausted bodies and finally set up the tent, and gathered the goods and the carriage guarded by Chu Baihu in the middle, surrounded by horses and camels outside, and surrounded by tents outside. It's not small, a tent can accommodate three or four people. Although everyone lacks physical strength, hundreds of tents are still orderly and well-organized.

After eating dry food and drinking water, the soldiers got into the tent to rest.

In fact, the tent was as hot as a stove, extremely hot and stuffy, but compared to walking under the scorching sun, it was already very comfortable.

Xue Huai'an was alone in a tent. Although he had used food and water, his eyes were still blurry and his head was dizzy. After taking off his official robe, he still felt hot and couldn't sleep well. In the end, he simply took off all his clothes , shirtless, with only a pair of thin trousers on. After lying down, he felt a lot more comfortable, but the heat in the tent evaporated, and there was no wind today. Although he was extremely sleepy, he tossed and turned, but couldn't fall asleep.

The camp was already silent, Xue Huai'an was distracted, put on a coat, poked his head out of the tent to see if there was wind outside, but what he saw was yellow sand, and the entire mission seemed to be asleep , only a few soldiers were placed on duty in a few corners.

Xue Huai'an had no choice but to return to the tent and lay down again, but he was thinking about the comfortable days of the mansion in the middle of the capital. No matter how hot the city of Luo'an was, his mansion had an icehouse. He took out the stored ice, and the mansion It was extremely cold inside, his eyes were closed, his throat was squirming, if he could have a bowl of iced longan and lotus seed porridge at this time, Xue Huai'an felt that he would be willing to live ten years less.

There was no sound in the camp, but behind a sand dune, a head was quietly poked out, with a belt tied on it, lying on the sand dune, looking at the mission camp from a distance.

Although you can't see the whole picture of the camp here, you can get a rough idea.

Although there were soldiers guarding the camp, those soldiers were obviously exhausted, sitting lazily on the sand, and some people were already lying on the ground to rest.

The spy scanned for a long time, but there was no sound in the camp. Then the spy quietly retreated from the sand dune, turned around and ran to the west. After running a short distance, he turned over a sand dune. Under the sand dune, dense crowds of people and horses suddenly appeared. Come.

This is really a huge team, there are no less than 200 people, each of them is full of energy, and they look extremely excited. These people all have belts on their heads, but the colors are different, but all the horses are His mouth was tied and he couldn't hiss.

Seeing the spies come back, a few people came forward immediately, and a big black man like an iron tower asked in a deep voice: "How is the situation?"

The spy said excitedly: "Boss, they are dying, they are all sleeping like dead pigs, without any movement."

"Where's the patrol?"

"It's also listless and not in a good mood." The spy smiled and said: "A few of them are already lying on the ground and falling asleep."

The big black man laughed triumphantly, and someone beside him said excitedly: "Boss, let's rush over now. The Qin mission must not have time to react. When we rush to their camp, they may not wake up."

The big black man thought for a while, and said: "We want to succeed in one blow, but we can't damage our own troops. These are not ordinary people, they are the strongest warriors in Qin, even at this time, we must be careful cautious!"

"No matter how strong a warrior is, he has become a sick cat at this time." A one-eyed sand bandit beside him said, "Brother, I don't want you to go out in person, you just wait here, and give the little brother a hundred troops, and you will be able to defeat the Qin State." The missions were wiped out."

The big black man shook his head and said: "Don't worry, the people from the Qin State Mission have just rested and haven't died of sleep, let's wait a little longer!" Looking up at the sky, he said: "It's still a while before noon. , Lie sun is the most poisonous, then we will do it again." After beckoning, the spy approached, and the big black man softly ordered: "Go around now, find the white wolf, and tell him that the sand in the hourglass is clean, and then he will go to the white wolf. Can be dispatched!"

Someone has already come over with an exquisitely crafted hourglass and handed it to the spies.

The one-eyed sand bandit couldn't help but said: "Brother, I don't understand why the white wolf should be involved. That guy has no profit, he is a black-hearted bastard, this time he has a big appetite Yes, they will definitely distribute a lot of this batch of goods."

The big black man glanced at him and said: "Although we are sand bandits, we must also be learned sand bandits. We must not be single-minded and reckless. We must read more books and be knowledgeable."

The one-eyed Sand Bandit scratched his head, "Brother, we live with knives, what do we need to learn?"

Angrily, the big black man slapped the one-eyed sand bandit on the head a few times with his hand, and cursed in a low voice: "You know how to use the knife, move the knife, use the knife!" The sand bandit slapped his head, and then he said earnestly: "I, Heifeng, have grown from being a small scumbag to the number one person in the desert today. Do you think it's just because of knives? In the end, it's because I read more books." It is said in the book that if you know yourself and your enemy, you will be victorious in all battles. I sent people to investigate the situation, just to know yourself and your enemy. The book also said that if you kill [-] enemies, you will lose [-]. The Qin State Mission has several hundred numbers Humans are not ordinary caravans, if only our team kills them, we will naturally not be defeated, but we will definitely lose a lot of brothers, and that is not worth the loss...!" He solemnly said: "What is the best thing to do in the desert?" What matters is not gold, silver, or women, but brothers!"

The eyes of all the Sand Bandits next to him were moved.

"Back then, the white wolf bullied us a lot in the desert." Heifeng clenched his fist and said, "Now we are stronger than him, although he dare not touch us anymore, but as long as he finds an opportunity, the white wolf will bully us." One bite. This time, I told Bai Lang about the news of the Qin State Mission. There is no reason for Bai Lang to be indifferent. This guy is greedy, and his favorite thing is property. Seeing so many valuable goods in the mission , no matter how hard this bone is, the white wolf will definitely chew it down...!" A smug smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Wait for them to make a move first, let them charge first, let's see if it goes well , let's rush down again!"

A sand bandit next to him said: "Boss, is this the one you often talk about...the one sitting on the sand and watching... oh, what kind of fights are you watching?"

"Sit on the mountain and watch the tiger!" Heifeng said angrily, "How many times have I said this, but you still can't remember it. It's scary to be ignorant." He said to the spy, "Hurry up and inform White Wolf!"

The spy agreed and left quickly.

After the spies left, the big black man took off the water bag around his waist, raised his head and took a big gulp, and ordered: "Send down the order, and if you start to fight later, I will kill them all and reward them with their heads. But as I said before, whoever dares to embezzle the goods, even if he hides a copper coin, be careful that I will steal his skin. Also, remember that carriage, whoever can snatch that carriage will be honored , 100 taels of gold!"

The bandits all had splendor in their eyes, eager to fight.

The sand bandits were extremely excited, but there was silence on the side of the mission. On the side of the camel camp, Ma Xiulian did not enter the tent, but sat alone on a sand dune, staring blankly at the yellow sofa at her feet.

The two closest people to her in the world, Ma Zhengyi, are dead, and the whereabouts of Langwazi are unknown. What makes her more painful is that his father was killed by Langwazi.

Qiu Mingdao stood on the edge of the tent, looking at Ma Xiulian who was sitting blankly, also in a daze. He wanted to go up, but he was afraid of facing Ma Xiulian's cold response. On the sand dunes, Ma Xiulian's back was extremely lonely.