Tang Xuan

Seven days have passed since stepping into the Dead Sea.If it is said that the desert before was boundless and could still make people yearn for it, this place is barren and lifeless, making people want to escape.

Lin Xian's soldiers did not break up the establishment, and he was still in command.Lin Xian also understood Lang Huai's difficulties, intentionally or unintentionally let these veterans mix with those of Lang Huai's men, such precepts and deeds, and a few more tough battles, you can see the effect.

Licking his chapped lips, Lang Huai's eyes were still clear.She took the water bag from Mr. Zhu, looked at the strange sky in the distance, and felt a little uneasy.

"Looking at the situation, I'm afraid there will be a sandstorm at night." An Mu leaned on his saber, and was a little afraid that these Han people would not understand. Just as he was about to explain, Lin Xian, who had been in the Western Regions for a long time, changed his expression, and said: "Princess, I am sure that there will be a sandstorm." A sandstorm?"

"I'm sure. Look at the sky, there are dark clouds, and the wind is strong. If it is outside, it may not be there, but in the Dead Sea, there is no escape. I have walked twice, but I have never encountered it. We are really, really Unlucky." An Mu's official speech became smoother and smoother, which changed the color of the generals present.

Lang Huai had also heard the notoriety of sandstorms, and his eyebrows were a little wrinkled. He said: "Go and order the camp, and the heavy camp is in the middle so as to protect the water."

"Yes." After several generals took orders, seeing that Lang Huai hadn't spoken again, they hurried to deploy.

After neighing a few times, Lang Huai stood up, looked at the thick black color of the sky, suddenly felt something, stared at the direction they came from in a daze.

She must regain Khotan before Cong Canglanhu is caught off guard, in order to regain the initiative in the entire Western Regions war.Then use Khotan and Kucha as horns to send envoys to negotiate with Princess Gucheng; or start from elsewhere, and gradually erode Cong Canglanhu's business for several years, and then kill this genius who has only appeared in Tibet for more than a hundred years. In the chaotic battle situation, it is good for Datang to win peace in the Northwest for decades to come.

And after all this is over, she will eventually retire to old age hand in hand with Mingda, ignoring the mundane world.

Hand in hand, grow together.

Those undercurrents in Chang'an were surging, which she expected.As for how Mingda Li Yu would solve it, she was powerless, so she put all her body and mind in the Western Regions and didn't think about it.

If you don't think about it, you will have less lovesickness.

However, in this foreign land, there is lovesickness, and it is overwhelming and irresistible.

Feeling sore in his chest and lungs, Lang Huai looked lonely, and said to Tao Jun beside him, "Why do I feel that Sizi is so close to me?"

"I'm joking, Chang'an is thousands of miles away from here." Tao Jun knew that she was sad, so he deliberately said witty words, trying to relieve her.

"No, I'm so stupid." Lang Huai shook his head, took Tao Jun's pill, threw it into his mouth, chewed it, and didn't drink any water, letting the bitterness spread in his lips After raging, he swallowed slowly.

Not long after, the sky changed drastically.The dark clouds hang low and seem to be within reach.Fortunately, they were well-prepared, except for a few soldiers, most of them tied up their horses, built sand walls, and hid in tents.

Mr. Zhu held three pieces of naan, and shouted to Lang Huai who was still watching from a small sand dune: "Master, let's get it."

"Wait." Lang Huai put his hands together and looked to the north, only to see two riders, three of them, galloping towards her central army tent.Look at the clothes, both are scouts.

Why is there still hostility at this time?Not daring to be careless, Lang Huai jumped off the sand dune and said, "Tao Jun, go get a team of nails to prepare."

"Yes." Tao Jun just took a bite of the naan, answered vaguely, and ran away without riding the horse.

After two minutes, the three men and two riders finally arrived.Two of them were Lang's nails who were disguised as scouts, and the other was not the uniform of the various armies who sent troops this time.

"Mu Gong! The last general has a strong horsepower. The girl has chased out from Qiuci City and has entered the Dead Sea! We are not prepared enough, I am afraid that the water source has been cut off! Please send troops to rescue Mu Gong!" With the support of two nails, Ma Li Zhong got off his horse and knelt down, and when he raised his head, it was indeed a familiar face, a member of the Huben army she left in Chang'an.

"What did you say?!" Lang Huai was shocked, stepped forward and grabbed his collar and asked, "Sizi left Kucha?"

"Yes!" Ma Li replied firmly: "Mu Gong will lead the way at the end!"

Lang Huai didn't care about the rest, he untied Tayun, took only Chunjun with him, and said to Mr. Zhu, "Go and send a letter to the third brother. I'll take two teams to find Sizi. Before returning, all military affairs are at the discretion of the third brother." deal with!"

While talking, Tao Jun came back with twenty nails.Lang Huai made a gesture. These people were well-trained, and regardless of the imminent sandstorm, they threw the water and food they had just carried on the horse's back, got on the horse, and rushed out of the camp with Lang Huai.

The air is becoming more and more stale, and the wind is blowing loudly, and it is useless to rely on shouting.Lang Huailama thought for a moment, and then ordered everyone to form four teams and chase in four directions with gestures. If they found anyone, they would use fireworks to sound the alarm.The nails clapped their hands together and spread out according to the formation.Lang Huai took Tao Jun and two nails, and Ma Li led the way to chase after him.

After running like this for half a night, the sandstorm was so big that even Tayun was struggling, so Lang Huai had to order to find a place slightly leeward to stop and rest.

She didn't care to rest, and asked Ma Li, "What's going on?"

Mingda rushed all the way to Dunhuang, finished his confession in a hurry, and immediately took only a hundred of his own soldiers, took Yang Jisheng's belt badge and rushed to Kucha.However, when she arrived, Lang Huai had secretly dispatched troops for half a month and was no longer in Kucha.How could she wait in the city, she was about to leave immediately to catch up.

Li Jin and Gu Yang were entrusted by Lang Huai, so he refused to let Mingda go out of the city no matter what.What's more, the battle outside the city was turned upside down, if something happened to Mingda, the result of this battle would not matter to them.

"Mingda, this is a battlefield, not Chang'an, it's up to your temper! Besides, even if you go out, how can you catch up? The general left this time secretly, and the route he took didn't leak a word in advance. The Western Region is so big, how do you find it? It’s only half a year or so, are you afraid you won’t see it?” Li Jin tried to persuade him with good words, but Mingda only did one thing.

In a rage, she sacrificed Emperor Ming's Xingxie and ordered Li Jin and Gu Yang to open the city gate.

"You don't know how she got there, I can find it! It's useless for me to stay here, I must go out of the city to find her!" Mingda got on his horse, and the Firefox on the horse was as stable as Mount Tai, and he could still sleep in this situation. Get drunk.

"You don't open the door again! It's against the decree!" Mingda became angry and said, "Seventh brother's token is useless, don't you pay attention to father's jade seal!"

Gu Yang has already been helpless, if she continues to make trouble, I am afraid that the morale of the army will not be stable.He winked at Li Jin, Li Jin smiled wryly, and said: "The general ordered me to take care of you, because I was afraid that you would leave the city to find her. If you still insist, kill brother!"

"You!" Ming Da was on the verge of crying, but he also knew that if he continued to make trouble, he might leak the military plan, so he had to stop.

She was willing to compromise, which was beyond Li Jin's expectations.After he was busy getting Mingda settled, Mingda said, "It's boring to stay anyway, I'll go back to Dunhuang tomorrow."

Li Jin thought about Dunhuang's safety, and said, "It's all up to you. I'll send someone to escort you back tomorrow."

"Hmph, it's enough that I have these soldiers, and you can provide them with food and water. Let's leave early tomorrow, so as not to worry you, the county king!" Mingda said a few words, making Li Jin shake his head again and again, only admitting that he was unlucky, Hurry up and leave.

Who would have thought that Mingda's visit was nothing more than a plan to delay the attack?After they took enough water and food, they left early the next day, but instead of going back to Dunhuang, they followed Lang Huai's footsteps and chased them up.

It wasn't until Li Jin learned that Mingda hadn't returned to Dunhuang as expected, that he and Gu Yang whispered badly.However, it was too late, and I didn't know where to start chasing after him, and I was even more afraid of revealing Mingda's whereabouts.In desperation, they can only vent their anger on Tubo, while fighting the enemy bravely, they pray for Mingda to find Lang Huai smoothly.

However, the desert is vast, except Lang Huai himself, who can find them?

Mingda and his party are no more than a hundred people, they have horses and camels, they slowly catch up.At every stop, they were exactly the same as Lang Huai.There is no other reason, only because of Firefox's keen sense of smell, Lang Huai's whereabouts can be caught.

Looking for his wife all the way to the edge of the Dead Sea, seeing the traces of the army camping, Ming Da finally lost his mind.Before the water was filled, it advanced into the Dead Sea.

Lan Jun who followed knew that the Dead Sea was different from the outside world, so he assigned six people to chase after it in different directions.According to Lan Jun's estimate, they are only a few days away from Lang Huai's army, not to mention that the army's march is slow, and it can't compare with the speed of more than a hundred of them.Thanks to her carefulness, she was able to find Lang Huai's army before the water was cut off.

"Firefox? Captain Huai?" Lang Huai couldn't explain what he felt in his heart. Seeing the black clouds pressing down and the wind full of gravel, he became extremely anxious.

She said loudly, "Is this the direction you came from?"

"Yes!" Ma Li looked at it and replied without hesitation.

"Tao Jun, let's go find it!" She couldn't wait, and no longer cared about the intensifying wind, she jumped on Tayun and ran out.

Tao Jun only had time to call out "Master" before being half-fed with sand.He had no choice but to have the best horse among the few people, so he had to make a quick decision and chased him out.

I don't know how long he ran until Choushi even Tayun became tired and slowed down his pace.Lang Huai used the faintly shadowed moonlight to distinguish the direction, only to see that there seemed to be mottled light and shadow in front of him, which was not like the world.

"Master, it looks like a torch!" Tao Jun's voice sounded muffled through the mask.Lang Huai nodded and tipped his toes slightly. Tayun knew his master's intentions and ran out desperately.

When we got closer, it was really a camp surrounded by camels and horses. Only seven or eight torches were lit, and they were all shrouded in the lee. No wonder it looked like will-o'-the-wisp from a distance.

"Who is it!" a guard yelled.

Lang Huai rode forward and stopped, she pulled down the scarf and said, "It's me, where's your son?"

"Mugong?" The guard was overjoyed and said, "It's good that Mugong is here! The girl is in the tent, because of lack of water, she is a little sick! You are here!"

Lang Huai's expression froze, at this time Tao Jun also chased after him, his horse was already foaming at the mouth, and it seemed that he ran too fast and lost his strength.The master and servant followed the guards and walked in. When they reached the tent, Lang Huai lifted the curtain and got in first.

A bean lantern was lit inside, and only Lan Jun was with him.Mingda was leaning on the thatched couch, his face was pale, his eyebrows were furrowed, as if he was having a nightmare.

"Master!" Lan Jun called out the Buddha's name and said, "Finally found you."

"What's wrong with her?" Lang Huai didn't need to order, Tao Jun had already run to Mingda's side, listening carefully for his pulse.

"I don't know much about medical skills, but I guess it's too hot, and the water isn't enough." Lan Jun looked at Lang Huai, and said, "Just Master and Xiaotao?"

"Well, it's too late, so we came out to look for it first. Tomorrow, the sandstorm will stop, and we'll get together again." Lang Huai replied absent-mindedly, all his thoughts were on Mingda in front of him.

Tao Jun put down his right hand after examining it, and said, "Master, it's okay, it's just that I'm exhausted from the sun and lack of water." He took off the small water bag beside him, and said, "Master, feed the girl some."

He and Lan Jun retreated quietly, leaving the small tent to their two masters.

"Xiao Tao, how is your body?" Lang Huai was obviously thinner, and Lan Jun couldn't help but feel heartbroken looking at it.

"The roots are all there, but the left and right are much stronger than before." The two missed each other for a long time, found a place to talk for a long time, and then fell asleep in a daze.