Turbulent Times Chapter 278: Get lost
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Qiming Khan pondered for a while, felt that what Chen Ping said was reasonable, and said with a smile: “Yes, you have considered it very carefully. This matter is settled like this. Ben Khan immediately sent someone to Tiele’s tribe Order. I think that old thief who came to Yi Shibo would be very willing to go south to Yongzhou to fight Caogu.”
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Su Changqing also woke up early at dawn, the horse was standing beside him, the iron spear was planted beside him, the crossbow. The bow was not wound, but the crossbow arrows were already ready, just turn over and step on the crossbow. When the bow is well stringed, it can be fired immediately.
After passing through the Qilian Mountains, they still need to continue to the southwest and pass through the vast West Sea to reach the territory of Tuyuhun.
This is a vast wilderness and the Gobi Desert. It takes great courage for an army of 3,000 people who are unfamiliar with the place to pass through this inaccessible place.
Jiang Mulang’s eyes were red. Just yesterday, he realized that he was lost. Now he only knows that if he wants to reach Tuyuhun’s lair, he has to go all the way to the southwest.
Yesterday evening, he had already told Su Changqing and Li Xiang that he was responsible for leading the way but had lost his way with great guilt.
The dry grass under their feet is very sparse, and they can feel that the terrain is gradually getting higher, but if this place goes the wrong way, it will be a devastating mistake.
“Did you find a local?”
Su Changqing asked lightly while drinking the porridge.
Jiang Mulang shook his head in despair and said, “No, this place seems to be a dead place with no human habitation.”
“What did the Tuyuhun merchant we robbed on the road say?”
“They said they have never been here before, and the place looks similar. People who don’t live here often can’t tell the way.”
Li Xiang, who had been silent all this time, suddenly shook his head and said, “Why don’t we turn around!”
Su Changqing chuckled lightly and said: “Xiangzi, this is not the time to be joking. We are under military orders, and we haven’t even seen the enemy’s face, so you want us to turn back!”
Li Xiang sighed, and said: “I have been feeling that the military order is a bit wrong these days. Moreover, the connection between us and the general seems to have been cut off in those few days.”
Su Changqing and Jiang Mulang looked at each other, then smiled wryly: “I also thought about it, someone wants to harm our general, but with the general’s means, we don’t have to worry about his safety at all, what I worry about is that we failed to complete the military order , being used to talk about us, it will cause trouble for the general.”
Li Xiang thought for a while, sighed, and said: “I understand, so even if we know that there is a problem with the military order, we must try our best to complete this mission.”
Jiang Mulang stood up and looked around and said: “If we knew about this mission in advance, we could have sent a small group of scouts to scout the way in advance and draw a map, but now we are in a hurry, and this ghost place is really It’s very strange, no matter where you look, it looks the same.”
Su Changqing smiled and said: “It can’t be the same, there are always differences. It stands to reason that as long as we go southwest, we should go to the territory of the Tuyuhun people!”
Jiang Mulang’s mouth moved a bit, but he didn’t say anything in the end.
Li Xiang frowned and said, “We know the direction to the southwest, but the problem is, if we go the wrong way and make a detour, God knows where we will end up.
Su Changqing regretfully took out a small wooden box from his bosom, opened it and looked at it, pointed to the southwest and said, “That’s the southwest… what a pity!”
Li Xiang and Jiang Mulang approached Su Changqing to look at the exquisite wooden box in his hand. This thing was made by their general Wang Junlin himself. There were only two of them in Gaotai City. This time they brought out one. The reason why they dared to cross the Qilian Mountains and head for the Tuyuhun people’s lair without finding out the route clearly.
However, there are some things that are one thing in theory, but another thing in practice. They thought that they should not get lost if they had a compass. As a result, Wang Junlin built this compass for them. When I was young, I never lost my way again at any time, thinking that it would be impossible to get lost in this life, but in fact…
“It suddenly occurred to me that the general once said that we will still get lost when we only have a compass, and that our understanding of the world is too superficial. In some special places, even a compass is useless Or the direction of the guide will be wrong. Because we don’t have what the general calls a standard map.”
Jiang Mulang played with the compass, thinking extravagantly that he could discover some secrets from it and guide them to a clear path.
Su Changqing finally sighed, and said: “Today, we sent a hundred people to each of the south, west, and southwest directions, and asked them to search within a range of fifty miles. The army will continue to repair here, let’s talk about going to the Tuyuhun people’s territory after we determine the route.”
Jiang Mulang and Li Xiang immediately agreed, and soon the three of them each sent a hundred scouts, each with three horses, to explore the way.
Seeing the three hundred scouts scattered in a team of ten and disappearing from sight, Jiang Mulang couldn’t help sighing: “If the general is here, he must have found a way.”
Su Changqing snorted coldly and said: “Nonsense, if the general is here, we will never get lost.”
Excluding the scouts, the 3,000 army continued to rest in place, and the wilderness of Nuo Da became quiet again.
Suddenly, a face popped up from behind the dry grass not far north of the 3000 cavalry camp. Seeing that the 300 scouts had disappeared, he quickly hid himself and moved away from the camp. He rode eastward for five miles, and then shouted: “Master, they still haven’t found the right road today… and sent scouts to explore the road, and the army is still resting in place.”
The place Wu San chose is very hidden. In front of it is a mound without grass, and next to it is a deep ditch washed out by the flood. Between the mound and the ditch is a low-lying open space. As long as there is no fire here, it will not be discovered by the three thousand cavalry in Gaotai City.
Two thousand stern-looking men each led two horses and scattered quietly in the open space. Although they were clearly horse thieves from their attire, their discipline was not much worse than the three thousand Gaotai City cavalry on the other side.
Wu San opened his eyes, watched the scouts come back, and laughed and cursed: “Little Shizi, you bastard, you are also a special scout trained by the general himself, and you have been a horse thief for a few months. Look like a soldier.”
PS: It may be due to long-term lack of sleep. After a long time of coding, I feel a headache. Sorry, there are only three shifts tonight———