Chapter 237 Search
Seeing Xilai being shot, Li Ming did not hesitate at all. Xilai and Yanzi in front of him had higher martial arts skills than him. If they were to recover, he would not be able to take it. Therefore, the moment he was shot, Li Ming jumped up on the top of the sand dune. Although the soft sand pile under his feet greatly reduced the height of his jump, he still successfully avoided the enemy troops surrounding him and escaped from the enemy's encirclement. Then, he jumped down the sand dune, and his body went down on the sand dune like a slide, and soon reached the bottom of the sand dune.
Li Ming, who was down-to-earth, immediately stood up and ran straight in the direction he came. With his light skills, the guards chasing behind him could not catch up at all. In a short while, Li Ming disappeared into the yellow sand in the sky.
The strong wind in the sky was getting stronger and stronger, and more and more sand was rolling up. Judging from this situation, it seemed that a sandstorm was coming again.
With the compass and his own records, Li Ming was not worried that he would get lost in the sandstorm. The only thing he was worried about was the convoy led by Lin Long. Now that Xilai has started to deal with him, Lin Long and the others are in danger. Although it is impossible to cause too much damage to Lin Long and the others with the troops from Xilai, in such sandstorms, local soldiers with rich survival experience will undoubtedly have greater advantages.
Therefore, Li Ming accelerated his pace and tried his best to rush towards Yunsha City. He wanted to send the soldiers in training to reinforce Lin Long and the others as soon as possible. Although these soldiers have not undergone good training, their long-term experience in the desert is still very useful.
After struggling and walking in the sandstorm for nearly two hours, the trace of Yunsha City appeared in front of Li Ming. After returning to the city lord's mansion smoothly, Li Ming hurriedly found A fifteen and asked him to select 3,000 new recruits to meet Lin Long under Chen Tu's leadership. The defensive affairs in the city were handed over to Yi Yi, who had been following Li Ming. At this point, Li Ming's team B began to replace Team A, which had suffered serious loss of personnel, and became the most important force in Li Ming's hands.
The sandstorm lasted for three days before gradually calming down. During these three days, Li Ming was really restless. According to Lin Long's itinerary, they should have returned two days ago. However, until now, Li Ming still cannot find any information about them, and the three thousand new recruits led by A 15th also had no news. This made Li Ming's heartache even heavier. It has been more than two years since he came to this world, the feeling of restlessness was really not very common.
On the fifth day after Li Ming returned, the sandstorm disappeared completely, and the blue sky and the vicious sun were revealed again in the sky. People who were trapped at home for several days took to the streets to experience this rare good weather. Many middle-aged men with a large family began to go out of the city to find food. Under the pressure of survival, they did not care about hostility and defense against Li Ming. After all, no matter who ruled the city, they would still have to survive.
Li Ming now has only 500 guards and 2,000 new recruits left. Chen Tu, whom he relied on to communicate with the residents, also led his disciples out of the city to reinforce Lin Long. Therefore, in Yunsha City, Li Ming and others were in trouble. The troops in front of him were not enough, so how could he have the spare time to send troops to continue searching? Moreover, under such circumstances, it was too late to continue recruiting troops, and Chen Tu, the main contact person of the recruitment, was not here, so it was hard to say whether Li Ming could recruit soldiers.
In this case, Li Ming had to take risks himself again. Although he knew that if Lin Long encountered a danger that she could not overcome, then Li Ming would have no choice but to go there, but Li Ming was really helpless. If he lost Lin Long and the personal guards, relying on himself to lead the five hundred personal guards, it would be a dream to return to the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, even if he had to take risks again, Li Ming had to set off. He would never lose Lin Long and the personal guards.
So, on the second day after the rising sun was rising, Li Ming set off with sixty guards. This time, Li Ming brought the twelve Type 95 rifles seized and brought all the bullets on his body. Then he repeatedly taught the players holding the guns to learn how to use them. Here, bullets are extremely precious, so Li Ming could only ask them to do it, and no one else would practice live ammunition. In fact, Li Ming had no choice but to do so. At present, his troops were in short supply. In order to maintain his combat effectiveness, he had to take out this life-saving thing.
Li Ming and his party were 61, carrying two hundred camels, filled with water and food, and walked in the vast desert for two days. During this period, they did not dare to walk at night and lie down in the day like normal, but chose to rush in the scorching sun, so that they could avoid being surrounded by enemies while resting during the day. Fortunately, they brought enough water bags this time, so there was no danger in walking like this.
Two days later, Li Ming's team of troops had reached the periphery of Beijiang City. From a distance, the broken walls of Beijiang City were clearly visible, but they did not even see Lin Long and the others. Moreover, the camp outside their city was empty at this time, and all the vehicles and supplies were gone, and all the remaining sand walls were left, which made Li Ming extremely anxious. He did not meet his own people along the way, and there were still no figures of their figures outside Beijiang City. Could it be that Xilai really had such great strength to swallow more than a thousand personal guards in one bite? Or was Xilai just hiding his strength in the past?
Realizing this, Li Ming was really anxious and wanted to rush into the city to conduct a thorough search now. However, the remaining rationality suppressed Li Ming's impulse. He knew that if Xilai really had such strong strength to capture Lin Long and the others in one go, it would be useless even if he rushed in. Although he had a gun in his hand, how many people could he kill? Once the bullets were used up, wouldn't he be trapped in a lot of siege? Fighting with the enemy is definitely not the way of combat of his troops. His troops are good at long-distance combat. At the same time, the ability of raids in the evening cannot be ignored. Therefore, Li Ming forced himself to calm down and ordered the troops to hide on the back of a sand dune, and at the same time, he also replenished some food and water for the attack activities at night.
The night gradually came, and the weather was extremely clear that night. A crescent moon hung in the sky, covering the endless desert with a layer of bright silver. The broken northern border city looked extremely tall under the moonlight.
As the crescent moon gradually rose, the lights in the northern border city gradually disappeared, the noisy voices gradually disappeared, and the entire desert began to fall into a terrible silence.
Li Ming looked up at the sky and couldn't help but frown. Although the moonlight was not very bright at this time, it still caused some trouble to his actions. In this case, it was difficult for his troops to completely hide, but the situation in front of him could not hesitate.
Therefore, after ordering the troops to check their equipment, Li Ming resolutely ordered to set off. The team quietly approached the city wall along the tilted sand dunes, and then stuck it up far from the city gate. The city wall of Beijiang City was not comparable to Yunsha City at all. Therefore, the twenty-one guards who were fighting the forwards lined up in seven three-team formations and easily jumped onto the city, and then sent Li Ming all the normal signals. It seemed that the troops coming from the west were still not sufficient, otherwise his defense would not be so relaxed.
However, after the last time he failed to revenge Li Jiao, Li Ming was still extremely careful. This time he did not let all the personnel follow him, but divided the sixty guards into three teams, leaving fifteen members behind the hall, and then followed the squadron to sneak towards the city lord's mansion to the west.
However, until Li Ming came to the street where the city lord's mansion was located, Li Ming did not notice any soldiers guarding and patrolling, which made Li Ming feel a little uneasy. This situation was really abnormal. According to Xilai's performance in the previous two days, it should not have happened unless it was another trap set by Xilai for him. Although Xilai was shot last time, Li Ming believed that it would be difficult for him to die unless his martial arts from Xilai directly hit the vital point. Therefore, Li Ming, who realized that the situation was abnormal, immediately ordered the troops in front to suspend their operations.
Li Ming's mind was churning violently in his mind. After his nervous thinking, he could basically conclude that this must be a trap set by Xilai, with the purpose of preventing himself from attacking. As for whether this is a chain plan, Li Ming had no time to consider. Now he was thinking about whether people like him should retreat immediately.
However, Lin Long and the others had to ignore the safety of their own. That was where they hoped. They had to try their best to rescue them with a glimmer of vitality. Therefore, after a brief ideological struggle, Li Ming ordered the twenty-one guards in front to enter the city lord's mansion, while his squadron and the cover troops behind quickly dispersed around and watched the surroundings nervously.
Less than half an hour after the vanguard team entered, the leading team immediately came back to report to Li Ming. According to their search, the luxurious city lord's mansion was now empty, all the useful materials were moved, and even the servants inside disappeared. Obviously, Xilai, who was seriously injured, had already escaped in time. In this city with tens of thousands of people, it would be not easy to find him with his more than 60 people, let alone, who knows that Xilai still has conspiracy waiting for Li Ming.
Li Ming leaned outside the wall and thought for a while, then looked at the City Lord's Mansion unwillingly. He trusted his team members very much. Since they had searched, there was no need to go in again. Moreover, the City Lord's Mansion came to the west and always made Li Ming feel a little uncomfortable. The house outside was so low, and most of the City Lord's Mansion was under the ground. Although it was spacious and profound inside, it still gave Li Ming a feeling like a dungeon. In such a semi-underground building, once it was besieged, it would be very troublesome. Therefore, Li Ming felt that there was no need to go in and take risks.
Therefore, he immediately ordered the team member to search the city lord's mansion to see if there were any authentic things. Although he knew that it was difficult for twenty people to find authentic and other mechanisms in such a large city lord's mansion to rely on such twenty people to find authentic and other mechanisms, Li Ming always felt lucky.
Seeing that the team member went in again, Li Ming immediately sent an order, and set a distance between himself and the troops behind him and began to carefully search every corner of the city on the low roof. Although there were many rooms in the city and although the city was not small, Li Ming and the others completed the search within three hours. But what surprised Li Ming was that not only did they not find any trace of Xilai, but even the only two thousand soldiers left in the city had disappeared without a trace. Now the entire Beijiang City seemed to have become an unprepared city, which made Li Ming feel that he could not find a partner to vent. Obviously, Xilai left him a city, but what is the ability of these sixty people to accept? Moreover, what is the use of him accepting such a poor city? It seems that Xilai had figured out Li Ming's thoughts and temporarily avoided it. Anyway, the city was here, and Li Ming could not take it away.
When Li Ming returned to the outside of the City Lord's Mansion, the twenty-one vanguards were already waiting anxiously outside. When he saw Li Ming, the team members led hurriedly stepped forward to report: "Master, we found a cellar in the City Lord's Mansion. In the cellar, we found a person." After that, he waved to let the deep team members carry someone over.
Under the bright moonlight, the man's face looked extremely pale, and there was even a long blood mark on the corner of his mouth. The big eyes full of spiritual energy were closed at this time, as if they had fallen into a coma. This man was the swallow who assassinated Li Ming in Yunsha City.
Li Ming couldn't help but be stunned, but then a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. He looked at the swallow on the ground and ordered: "Send someone to carry this person on his back, be careful, and click on her acupoint first. This woman is very scary. Now it's almost dawn, so there is no need for us to stay here. Now I order to keep the original formation and all of us retreat to the place where we are hiding."
Under the moonlight, Li Ming and his party successfully withdrew from the Northern Xinjiang City and returned to their temporary camp on the sand dunes. At this time, Li Ming's heart was extremely heavy. Although no trace of Lin Long and the others were found in the city, nor did he find his own large amount of supplies, the bizarre disappearance of Lin Long and the others still made Li Ming very uneasy. This mysterious desert was filled with too many dangerous factors, especially in their north, there was a more mysterious formation, which made Li Ming feel even more terrified. Will Lin Long's disappearance be related to that mysterious formation? Thinking of this, Li Ming's cold sweat broke out again.
After the troops had a brief rest, Li Ming divided the personnel into two parts, searched around the Northern Xinjiang City, and then met opposite the city. During this search, there was still no discovery.
Looking at the crescent moon that had already tilted to the horizon, Li Ming couldn't help but sigh and sat heavily on the sand.
Xilai escaped, with all his belongings and troops, but Li Ming believed that they would never escape too far. The water source in the desert was limited, so many of them could not last long, so as long as they patiently searched around, they would definitely find something. There was no clue about Lin Long's disappearance in front of him, so Li Ming had to pin his hopes on Xilai. He would rather his own people be captured by Xilai than Lin Long and the others fell into that mysterious formation again.
After deciding the direction of the action, Li Ming ordered the troops to take a short break during the dawn so that they could continue to search after dawn.
It was finally dawn. Li Ming, who had no idea of getting along, hurriedly got up and called the guards to start a new search. This time they were heading to the other side of the city, because Xilai once said that there was a sand date forest here and there, and perhaps Xilai would hide there.
After walking in the scorching sun for a long time, a low forest finally appeared in the low-lying place ahead. In this yellow desert, this sand date forest brought them a rare green color, making their fatigue disappear without a trace.
This sand date forest is not too big. It takes more than twenty minutes to walk along the forest. The sparse trees obviously cannot hide anyone. Looking at the situation in front of him, Li Ming was immediately very disappointed.
However, at this time, the team members who were investigating in front rushed over and ran and shouted: "Master, I found traces of someone moving ahead. There is a very small city, and there seems to be someone inside."
Li Ming suddenly became excited and hurriedly ordered the team member to lead the way. Everyone ran towards that direction. After climbing a sand dune, a wall of earth appeared in front of them.
The team member was right. Although the earth wall in front of him was relatively low, it was indeed a city. Standing on the sand dunes, he looked inside, but found that there were only more than fifty low earth houses there. Obviously, it was impossible to hide many people there.
While Li Ming was disappointed and wanted to order search in other directions, a commotion arose in the small city. With a shout, a large group of people ran out of more than fifty earthen houses. The camels stepped onto the outside and ran out of the city and rushed towards Li Ming and the others. It was obvious that they had discovered Li Ming.
Seeing the opponent coming in full force, Li Ming did not dare to neglect it and hurriedly ordered all the team members to line up and wait for the battle on the top of the sand dunes.
Chapter completed!