Horse on the World

Chapter 814
Ripple-like sand waves extend from the front to the distance, and then are blocked by an endless hill. The golden sand fills the entire line of sight, and there is no trace of other colors. The sky is still so gloomy, full of lead clouds , it seems that it will collapse at any time.

Li Qing and the people around him are already yellow. The original bright armor has a layer of yellow sand, which condenses on it. I don't know how much sand has been drilled into the clothes. If you move it, it will rustle down. Come on, after a long journey, the sweat on my body dries out again, and after drying out again, the originally soft underwear has already been hardened into a hard piece, which is as uncomfortable as it needs to be.

There were big blisters on his lips. Since yesterday, Li Qing hasn't touched a drop of water. It's not that there is no water. As the supreme leader of this army, Li Qing's drinking water can still be guaranteed, but in order to show that he and the soldiers Sharing weal and woe, Li Qing stubbornly refused to touch a drop of water.

Stretching out his dry tongue and licking his cracked lips, Li Qing pointed to the sand dune in the distance, and said with a smile: "Did you see that, maybe when we cross that hill, there will be a river, a An oasis appeared before our eyes!"

Li Qing's words lifted the spirits of the people around, and involuntarily imagined a river like a silver belt flowing in front of them, and the sound of the gurgling water was more beautiful than any concert in front of them.

Li Wen's voice became a little hoarse, and he looked at Sun Zewu, "General Sun, let your flying eagle go to find out, if the lord says there is, then maybe it really is there!"

Sun Zewu nodded, "I'll go in person." Seeing the deep meaning in Li Wen's eyes, he was slightly taken aback, and he understood in an instant that the so-called looking at the mountains and running dead horses is actually at least half a day away from the sand dunes. What Li Wen means is that even if there is no such thing as a long journey, it is still possible to deceive everyone and let everyone have the courage to move forward.

Watching a group of flying eagles leave the brigade and run forward, Li Qing smiled and said: "If I say yes, then there will be, hahaha, I'm not a god. A few days ago, I said no to sandstorms, but sandstorms still come." Is it gone?"

Everyone laughed.Li Qing shook his head, "Manpower is sometimes poor, but the power of nature is truly earth-shattering. Li Wen, Feiying people are quite energetic, I think you are a little depressed."

Li Wen said with a smile: "These guys are really not good at martial arts, but I can't help myself with their ability to survive. In this vast sea, they can find food at any time, but I just saw it." I feel a little nauseous and can’t eat it.”

Li Qing also nodded with a wry smile. Over the years, what kind of suffering has he suffered? Watching Sun Zewu and the others take out some scorpions, hibernating snakes, and some gerbils from under the sand, and happily eat them raw like this. It almost made Li Qing spit it out, the first time Sun Zewu joyfully brought a gerbil to him, but Li Qing stared at it for a long time but didn't eat it.

"These people have received special training, and these things are delicious in their eyes." Iron Leopard also smiled wryly, "The special training of the Overwatch Council is really unbearable like a devil. I once saw Wang Yan holding an earthworm , Just picked it up and swallowed it, and told me that this thing has high nutritional value. One can cover a meal, but it made me vomit on the spot."

"Shut up, you!" Li Wen slammed Iron Leopard on the head, "Are you trying to make us vomit?"

Everyone was chatting and laughing, but their fatigue had weakened a little. They stepped on the sand and walked forward.The long line behind them wriggled forward with difficulty.

"We can't hold on to this state for a few days now. If we can't find a way out or find a water source, notify Wang Yan and kill the horse!" Li Qing said.

"Kill the horse?" Li Wen was startled. "My lord, the cavalrymen of Changsheng Battalion regard horses as their comrades-in-arms. They love horses like their own lives. If they kill horses, I'm afraid these soldiers will not be willing."

"If you don't want to, you have to be willing. Compared with people, horses are more precious. If the horses are gone, I can still provide them with a complete set. If the people are gone, there will be nothing." Li Qing said: "You take what I mean. Let Wang Yan know first, let him inform the officers at all levels, and be mentally prepared, I don't want unnecessary scenes to appear at that time."

Li Wen stood silent for a moment, "I see, my lord."

This remark caused everyone's mood to be shaken again. It seems that the commander-in-chief has already prepared for the worst.

With dozens of flying eagles, Sun Zewu rode his horse straight to the hill in the distance. Sun Zewu had no hope for what was behind the sand dune. As of now, he could only do everything possible to boost morale. Let the soldiers persevere for a longer time. If there are only people like Feiying, it is not impossible for Sun Zewu to be confident that he can lead these people to survive in the vast sea for a long time. But now, a large army of up to 2 people has become A huge problem, Sun Zewu knew that the troops were almost at their limit, if they persisted for another two or three days, if they couldn't find the water source, depending on what the lord meant, they would kill the horse.

Gently stroking the huge head of the beloved horse, Sun Zewu sighed, the war horse felt Sun Zewu's caress, raised his head, and neighed in enjoyment.

A group of people rushed up the sand dune, Sun Zewu's eyes widened instantly, his body became weak, and he almost fell off his horse.

Behind the sand dunes, a silver-white jade belt is inlaid in the yellow sand, so conspicuous, it is a river, a frozen river, although the vegetation on both sides of the river has withered and yellowed, but it is indeed Just some plants, the low shrubs in the east and west clusters have all lost their leaves, leaving only bare branches swaying in the wind.

The joy came so suddenly, all the soldiers who followed Sun Zewu stared blankly at the silver belt, their lips twitched, but they couldn't say a word.

After a while, Sun Zewu yelled, turned his horse's head around, and galloped back. He waved his arms vigorously from a distance, and shouted wildly: "My lord, water, I see water!"

Li Qing and the others are still struggling forward, no one speaks, so as not to waste the precious saliva now, seeing Sun Zewu galloping towards the horse in the distance, waving his arms, and shouting something in his mouth, Iron Leopard Asked strangely: "What is Sun Zewu talking about?"

"Isn't there really water on the other side of the hill?"

Li Qing's eyes lit up immediately.

When Sun Zewu was a dozen or so steps away, he had already got off his horse, scrambled and ran towards Li Qing, and knelt down straight, "My lord, God bless my lord, God bless Dingzhou, I see water, a river, a knot River of ice! Just beyond the hill."

As soon as Sun Zewu finished speaking, thunderous cheers erupted from all around, "God bless my lord, God bless Dingzhou!"

The cheers from the front spread to the team, and in an instant, the long team cheered together, without any rush, everyone ran forward with the wind blowing under their feet.

Stepping on the hill, looking at the winding jade belt not far away, Li Qing almost shed tears, and looking into the distance, he could vaguely see the undulating shadow of the mountains.

"Let's go, let's go drink water!" Li Qing pointed with his big hand, and the soldiers cheered and rushed down the hill to the glacier.

Li Qing laughed and ran forward surrounded by Li Wen Tiebao and Sun Zewu.

Wang Yan's cavalry unit was fast and arrived at the river first. Looking at the glacier, the meteor hammer in Wang Yan's hand flew out one after the other. With a squirt, he turned over and got off the horse. Wang Yan stretched out his mouth and swallowed the ice water greedily. The horse beside him also stretched its neck, rolling its tongue and rolling the water into its big mouth.

"Drink slowly, drink slowly, you won't be thirsty anymore." Wang Yan hugged the horse's neck and combed the horse's mane lovingly.

The cavalry of the brigade waved the ice tools in their hands, broke through the ice layer, lay down on the ice, gulped water, and when they were full, took off their helmets, scooped up a helmet full of heads, and fed the horses. On the other side, Wang Yan swung his meteor hammer and smashed the ice in front of him to pieces, revealing a puddle of more than ten meters square. He stripped off his armor in two or three times, and jumped into the water naked, "Happy, happy!" Wang Yan Flopping in the water, shivering and screaming loudly.

The iron leopard spread a blanket on the ground, then took out an iron pot from his bag, and galloped upstream to fetch water for Li Qing. In the section ahead, thousands of soldiers gathered by the water, they had no scruples Li Qing couldn't let Li Qing drink the water that these guys have been thrashing about.

Looking at the cheering soldiers, Li Qing smiled, took off his boots, poured out a pile of sand from them, and beat the shoes on the ground vigorously, causing some pain in his feet. Needless to say, the damned sand had already The feet are blistered.

"My lord!" Li Wen walked over with a smile, "God bless my lord, God bless Dingzhou. The guide has recognized the terrain here, and it's less than fifty miles away from our goal."

"It's a fluke!" Li Qing sighed. Although he considered the difficulties before dispatching troops, he didn't expect the difficulties to be so consistent. If he really walked in the vast sea for more than ten days, it would be terrible, but as Li Wen said God bless Dingzhou, as long as you walk out of the vast sea, the overall situation will be settled. The Southern Army would never have imagined that from the deserted forbidden land, there would be a large group of troops from Dingzhou.

"Immediately send a sentry to find out the surrounding terrain, the distance from Yingcheng, the situation of the enemy's garrison, the road conditions, etc., and contact the Overwatch Council's spies. They should meet us in this area."

"Yes!"

"The whole army is resting here for the time being, and when all the information is found out, they will immediately send troops to attack Yingcheng."

Li Wen turned around and went to handle some business. Iron Leopard had galloped back, and the kettle was full of water. "My lord, please drink!"

After taking the kettle, Li Qing drank half of it in one go, feeling the coolness from his throat to his stomach.

"Wahhaha, I caught a fish!" Wang Yan, who was flopping in the river, raised his hands high, and in his hands, a silver-white fish about a foot long was writhing desperately.

(End of this chapter)