Chapter 27: Marching
In order to remember each small country in a convenient way, he regarded all fourteen small countries as stations and used numbers to record them. It is impossible to let him remember the names of each small country clearly. Remembering is definitely possible, but it is too messy and easy to remember. He composed these fourteen small countries from east to west into Station 1, Station 2, Station 3... and all the way to Station 14. Now he has been waiting at Station 14 for more than ten days, but the people sent to the Ukrainian country have not yet come back.
The guide told him that it only took eight days to travel from Wuguo to Station 14, but if this person was sent out for more than ten days, he should have come back long ago. If he hasn't come back yet, something might have happened.
He told Yang Chengyu that he was waiting for a day, but he couldn't wait, so he went in directly. No matter whether he was a sandstorm or a quicksand river, there was still no news the next day.
"Chengyu, ask Chen Qiu to find a guide and find a few more. Let's go in directly. I'm going to see how awesome Wu Country is." He said angrily
"I've said that I'll go in directly. You insist on waiting. My wife doesn't know how it's going in Wu. Our 200,000 army is still afraid of his 300,000 army in Wu? Are you kidding? If you weren't you, I would have brought people to kill him." Yang Chengyu said this and he was breathing heavily. He was afraid of Wu? What he was afraid of is the quicksand river and sandstorm in the center of the desert...
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The guide took them straight to the depths of the desert. The guide told him that the most terrifying thing in the center of the desert was not a sandstorm, but a quicksand group. The sandstorm was not scraped every day, but this quicksand group would never disappear.
The quicksand group does not exist in a single place, but a group of quicksand rivers gather together. This quicksand group is the most dangerous. However, it is easy to recognize. Those who are familiar with the desert can tell whether it is quicksand and whether it is dangerous.
You have to bring enough water to cross the central area. The central area is too short of water. If you want to replenish water sources, you can only go to the safety line to replenish the supply. There are only safety lines with underground river wells in the four countries.
The reason why the safety line is called a safety line is that there is a hidden river below it, and the terrain above is like a very wide dam. The Siguo is built on this dam so that it will not be flooded by sand and dust. The safety line itself is at its highest point.
Thousands of miles north and south in the center of the desert, there is only the 800-mile security line. Where the 800-mile security line can establish a country, there are only the locations of the Four Kingdoms, and the locations of the Four Kingdoms are the largest and closest to the underworld.
From south to north, from east to west, this safety line is a must-pass road. If all caravans in the southeast, southwest and northwest cross the desert, they will rest and replenish supplies on this safety line.
I didn’t encounter sandstorms along the way, but I saw a lot of Liusha Rivers. But it’s easy to recognize. If you are not familiar with the desert, it’s dangerous. Some Liusha Rivers are very inconspicuous. You can clearly see that it is only a big depression of the basin, but as long as you step in, you will definitely die. Ropes are necessary to enter the desert. Walking together, you can’t save them at all without ropes. The adsorption of quicksand is very strong, and you have to save people quickly, otherwise you will be dragged in by quicksand after less than ten breaths. Therefore, when you march in the desert, you will always go high and not low, and you will go flat and not concave. There is no high or flat, and you can’t run around even if you take a detour.
The guide led him to give instructions on where the quicksand is and where there is no danger. He was dizzy when he heard it. Fortunately, if he had led the guide directly with 200,000 expeditionary troops, he would not know how much he could go back, so he would probably have to fall in.
He thought for a while, "It makes sense. Without the army, there will be no money. If there is no money, take it out for a fight. There is nothing wrong with this."
"Want tomorrow or the day after tomorrow?" Chang Xiong asked again
"Let's fight the day after tomorrow! The brothers will run for a day to fart! Let's go to bed, you have to hurry tomorrow, and you have to make an appointment the day after tomorrow." After that, he fell asleep.
Chang Xiong and Yang Chengyu also closed their eyes and went to bed.
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The next morning, I went to see the soldiers who had dehydration. Fortunately, they were all fine. As long as you have good rest and replenish more water, you won’t die, but it will be dangerous for a long time.
I didn't rush to rush, and asked the soldiers to rest for a while before slowly getting on the road. Anyway, I didn't rush today. If I were tired, I would go on a horse and walk off the horse if I wasn't tired. These 200,000 cavalrymen were the same as him. It would be better to be more relaxed when I entered the depths of the desert for the first time.
It was because the sun was so strong that their mouths were dry and cracked. He even specially used an umbrella to cover it. Yang Chengyu also put a bamboo mat on his head, and the soldiers were all wearing helmets and masks. When it was almost sunset, the guide turned around and told him that he was about to go to the safety line. Then he put away the umbrella and looked forward. After seeing the so-called safety line, he really knew why it was called a safety line, like a super dam.
No wonder sand cannot cover it, and it has no end to grow. The 800-mile safety line in the north and south is really worthy of its name. If you walk south along the embankment, it should be Jester. If you walk north, it should be Nawu Kingdom. If you go north, it should be Nayu Kingdom. If you go north, it should be Nayu Kingdom. If you continue to go north, it should be Nazi Kingdom.
So, the old emperor Simon should have fought with Seroy when attacking Jester. Then Persia and Beisha should have fought near Naz. I couldn't help but think that he wouldn't be so unlucky to fight with Carter, right? Then he was so unlucky. Simon, Seroy, Carter, Persia, and Beisha seemed to be the most flirtatious. If he was fighting with Ukraine, Carter suddenly intervened, he would definitely suffer a loss. He hurriedly walked to ask the guide how strong the Carter Empire was and how far it was from Ukraine.
The guide said that the Carter Empire is strong, but it is still relatively far from Ukraine. It takes at least ten days to get from Carter to Ukraine. There is no danger in their fixed route from Station 14 to the safety line. There is also a fixed route from Carter to the safety line. After all, there are very few dangers that the business travelers have explored for hundreds of years. Carter is not a fool who will take shortcuts regardless of safety.
The ten-day journey is not short. After thinking about it, this turtle bastard country can still fight him. As for the battle of Ukraine, it would probably be too late for Ukraine to go to Carter to ask for help. At that time, he had already run away after the battle, and his troops became stronger in the future. He came back to seek revenge on Carter.
There is no danger in the safety line, you can go anywhere and jump around. On the safety line, you can indeed see many caravans, including camels and horses, and they bring a lot of goods.
There are rules for deserts. No matter which country or any force, it is not allowed to make things difficult for business travelers. Even if both countries fight and destroy the country, it is not allowed to pay attention to business travelers. You should collect as much tax as you should pass through your country, but you can't be careful. If you dare to intercept business travelers' goods, then all countries will destroy you as a sand bandit.
He led 200,000 cavalry and advanced directly north along the safety line. It was not until it was completely dark that he walked ten miles away from Wu Kingdom, and stopped the entire team to rest, eat and drink and sleep.
He didn't dare to move forward. If the Ukrainian country noticed it was ready in advance, it would be annoying. He didn't want the army to suffer too much casualties.
Have a good rest tonight, nourish your spirits, and go directly to Wuguo tomorrow.
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For tomorrow's battle, Yang Chengyu, who was lying on the horse's belly, was kicked by him to "study and study tomorrow's combat plan."
"What's there to study?" Yang Chengyu asked
"Why are they also a 300,000 army? Are you so confident?"
"Ah? When did I say I have confidence?"
"Then you can't get up and study it."
"I don't want to study, I want to sleep."
"Can you win tomorrow?"
"cannot"
"⊙?⊙! That's a bear, I won't study it anymore, I'll sleep."
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At this time, I was in the prison of Ukraine
"Little Wu Kingdom, it's too much to deceive people. If I can escape, I will report to the general... Miss Halena, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, I just don't know how my caravan is. This time I'm implicating Lord He, I'm really embarrassed."
"What a shame to say! My general wants me to save you, but now even I am imprisoned myself. All the people I brought are detained, and no one goes back to send letters to my general. Alas!" After saying that, He Chengfeng sighed.
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This person is He Chengfeng, but what he didn't know was that Liu Yi didn't need him to send a letter because his general had already come from the desert.
Chapter completed!