Chapter 74
On the side of Ruoqiang River, the sun had not yet risen, and a hazy moon hung in the sky. On this morning, a team of sixty or seventy people was ready to set off.
Fan Running Ning, the envoy of Guiyi Army who came slowly behind, had already arrived. The black man who had temporarily taken the position of Zhang Zhao's team as a clerk was writing one urn after another and putting it down.
Among these urns, except for Zhang Zhao, the Huosheng son who died in the ancient city of Loulan, the remaining seven people died in the bloody battle in the Ni City.
In addition to the seven people who died in battle, more than a dozen people were injured and had to rest.
In the battle of the Ni City, Zhang Zhao suffered a great loss. He killed seven people and seriously injured more than a dozen people. As for those with minor injuries, it was not counted because almost everyone was injured.
However, the spoils were quite rich. Zhang Zhao took away a total of more than 55,000 guan of gold and silver treasures worth more than 55,000 guan from the treasure house of King Zhongyun Sanpoba.
He could not take away the remaining grain and cloth, so he could only sell half of it to the merchant, and left the rest to Li Ruolu.
"Erlangjun, wait for a certain horse and kite!" A sound of horse hooves sounded, and the kite rode a green horse and ran over from the direction of the Zhongyun Palace tent built halfway up the mountain.
Since more than a dozen people had to stay in Guini City for cultivation, Zhang Zhao simply asked Yan Jin to lead twenty people to stay behind.
First, support Li Ruoliu, and second, they can protect the wounded. Only after the warriors of Khotan arrived would they go to Khotan to chase Zhang Zhao.
Considering that Ma Yaozi had just got a beauty, Zhang Zhao decided to let him enjoy a gentle place in Guini City for a while, but unexpectedly, the kid came in the end.
"What's wrong? Ma Yaozi, you can't bear to leave me? Are you afraid that Yeah, will you steal your mother?"
The barbarian bear, who was loading the car, said in a muffled voice. This guy still remembered what Ma Yaozi scolded him that night.
"Go on the side! Who can't bear to let you go, the thief bear? You want to follow Erlangjun to make great contributions again!"
Ma Yaozi gave the bear a blank look in anger, ran to Zhang Zhao automatically and began to put the armor on the horse's back on the car.
Zhang Zhao didn't say anything, but looked at Ma Yaozi with a smile.
After a minute or two, Ma Yaozi couldn't bear it anymore. He scratched his cheeks awkwardly and said embarrassedly.
"It's boring. That little girl Hu Ji kept crying. If you say a few words to her, she would hide and cry without any meaning!
I gave her to Xiaozi Luo. Xiaozi lost a hand and needed personal care in the future! I'd better save more money and go back to Yuniang! Only Yuniang knows how to love me, the thief head!"
Luo Xiaozi is one of the soldiers of Zhang Zhaoheng Shandu and was born in the Shouchang Town Army. During the final decisive battle, he was cut off his left hand by his wrist and was left by Zhang Zhao to Li Ruolu as a personal guard. Even if he was injured quickly in the future, he was unlikely to continue to follow Zhang Zhao.
"You did the right thing! Blind Luo lost his hands for all of us. It would be much better to have a woman take care of her.
Your idea is also right. When you have no money, Yu Niang not only doesn’t dislike you, but also makes up for it. When you become rich in the future, you should marry Yu Niang.
I did something wrong last time, so I will give you money from now on, and I won’t give you women anymore!” Zhang Zhao said in a deep voice.
Ma Yaozi nodded habitually, but seemed to think something was wrong. He looked at Zhang Zhao's cramped expression and decided to go aside.
Zhang Zhao looked up at the Zhongyun Kingdom palace tent halfway up the mountain and took a look, but Li Ruolu didn't come out to see him off.
Because after all, Zhang Zhao and the others killed San Po, Li Ruolu was forced to do so a few days ago. If he dared to come out and see him off, he would not be regarded as Zhang Zhao and the others as their accomplice?
Before the arrival of the Warriors of the Khotan, the situation here was not entirely under the control of Li Ruolu, and one must be more cautious.
I don’t know if Li Ruolu and Mei Niang are pregnant, and I don’t know what this place will become when he comes back several years later?
He also doesn't know how much a child can affect his relationship with Li Ruoluo?
"Erlangjun, let's go! We will come back!" Old Zhang Zhong looked at Zhang Zhao worriedly. The loyal old servant was afraid that Zhang Zhao would fall in love with Li Ruolu's gentle hometown and was unwilling to leave.
"Yes! We will be back!" Zhang Zhao nodded, then waved his hand with his big yellow horse. With the sound of bells, the team slowly headed to the west and continued to move forward.
The sky is full of yellow sand, uninhabited for thousands of miles, wind and sand cover the sun, and black storms wrapped in dust swept everywhere.
A camel suddenly knelt down on one knee and shouted loudly. The Guiyi military and civilians who were following the army quickly ran over. This was a leeward-looking sand dune shade and it didn't look any different.
However, everyone began to dig in a hurry. After a while, after digging about two or three meters deep, the dry yellow in the sand turned into a wet brown color. Ma Jiazi wrapped a large ball of wet sand in a sackcloth and handed it to Zhang Zhao.
Zhang Zhao quickly took it over and applied the cold wet sand to his chest.
They are still short of water and have a lot of water on the camel's back, but drinking water alone cannot make up for the rapid loss of water throughout the body.
The only way is to use a camel to find a place where wet sand can be dug out, and then apply the wet sand to your chest.
And it’s not enough to do it once. After walking about eight to ten kilometers, you must do this, otherwise you will just wait to be dried up by this terrifying desert and become a mummy!
In fact, November of the lunar calendar is not a good time to go to Khotan. According to Fanrunning, generally speaking, going to Khotan should be from May to August, because you can walk directly along the Daqiemo River to Yochang (Qianmo) city.
Zhang Zhao guessed that this Daqimo River, which did not exist in winter in Fanrunning, should be the Cheerchen River in later generations.
Because both Cheerchen and Charkhang are pronunciations in Qiemo, and the Cheerchen River is a seasonal river that sometimes exists and sometimes does not exist in history.
I don’t know how long I have been away, and how many times I have changed the wet sand. Even people like Zhang Zhao, the barbarian bear, and Dunzhu feel extremely tired, a bright green color appears in everyone’s eyes.
Zhang Zhao rubbed his dry eyes, with no expression on his face, and he didn't hurry up because he had been fooled once!
A day ago, he also saw such an oasis, but he yelled and pounced on it only to find out that it was a mirage!
My uncle! I, Zhang Da Time Traveler, have been so long that I have set up a character with the courage, wit, and far-sightedness for my subordinates. I almost failed because of this embarrassment.
"Ah hahaha!"
Zhang Zhao was still complaining hard in his heart! Fan Running beside him ran over with a scream.
"Erlangjun, we are here. The oasis ahead is Luye Township in Changcheng!"
Wu Yuan'er came to Zhang Zhao excitedly. This guy was lucky and lost blood. As a result, Zhang Zhao rescued him after only a while of CPR.
When Wu Yuaner, who was familiar with the road, confirmed it, the entire team became completely wild, and the people and camels were screaming and running towards the oasis opposite!
Khotan, finally arrived.
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