Thinking of this, the old shopkeeper stopped thinking and looked up at the exhausted caravan members who were slumped on the ground, and then ordered Shen Tucan:
"Let everyone get some food and rest for an hour before heading out again!"
"yes!"
Shen Tucan turned around and went to make arrangements, but he only took a few steps.
Sudden!
"Oh oh oh..."
A whirring sound came from not far away.
Everyone turned around and saw a group of more than 200 camel cavalry galloping towards them not far away.
"It's a bandit!"
The old shopkeeper and Shen Tucan yelled at the same time.
"Quick! All guards are ready to meet the enemy!"
Shen Tucan roared and rushed over to command the guards to meet the enemy.
"Puff! Puff..."
But the sand bandits were so fast that before the guards could assemble, they rushed into the caravan and started slashing at them.
When Zheng Xiaoliu saw this, without hesitation, he drew his snake-shaped sword and rushed over.
And Luo Chen, who already had a bow and arrow in his hand, quickly shot out an arrow.
"Whoosh whoosh..."
"Bang bang bang..."
The bandits were hit by arrows one by one and fell off their camels.
"withdraw!"
The bandit leader suddenly shouted and took the lead in leaving the caravan with his camel.
Seeing this, the remaining bandits immediately broke away from the caravan and ran towards the distance.
The sand bandits came and left just as quickly. In just a few minutes, they left behind more than a dozen corpses and then disappeared in the desert.
"It's from the shopkeeper!"
After a while, Shen Tucan calmly came to the old shopkeeper who had been by Luo Chen's side from beginning to end, and said solemnly:
"We have suffered another twenty-four casualties, eighteen of whom are dead. The two remaining guards may not be able to resist for much longer."
After saying that, Shen Tucan frowned and said in a deep voice: "But this is not the most important thing. The most terrible thing is that these bandits cut most of the water bags on our camels outside, and all the water inside was lost.
."
"What?"
The old shopkeeper looked at Shen Tucan with wide eyes, full of horror.
You know, in the desert, water is extremely difficult to obtain. There are only a handful of places with water sources, and you have to walk hundreds or thousands of miles to reach the water source.
But in this desert, people will die of thirst as long as they don't drink water for two days.
"well......"
When Luo Chen saw this, he sighed in his heart. As early as when the bandits rushed into the caravan, he discovered that the main target of these bandits was the water bag on the camel. However, he could not defeat the four hands with two fists, so he had to first
Shoot the bandits who are killing the caravan members.
"Hmph! These bandits are really vicious. They actually want us to die of thirst in this desert."
After the shock, the old shopkeeper cursed fiercely with his eyes, and then asked Shen Tucan in a deep voice: "How much water do we have left now?"
"And there are 32 water bags."
Shen Tucan's brows were still furrowed.
When Luo Chen heard this, his brows jumped and he quickly calculated in his mind, 42 water bags, each with ten kilograms of water, but besides him and Zheng Xiaoliu, there were 209 people here. Each person was calculated at two kilograms of water a day. These
There is only enough water for one day.
"42?"
The old shopkeeper also quickly figured it out, frowned and ordered: "Gather all the water bags, you are responsible for taking care of them. From now on, everyone will control the drinking water. We are still four days away from the next water source.
We must persevere until we reach the distance."
After that, the old shopkeeper looked at the dejected crowd and said quickly: "Hurry up and pack up and set off, we can't rest anymore."
"yes!"
Shen Tucan did not dare to delay and hurried to make arrangements.
The caravan members were about to set off immediately upon hearing the news. They had just experienced a sandstorm and fighting. Although they were physically and mentally exhausted, they also knew how terrifying it was to be without drinking water in the desert.
Therefore, regardless of physical and mental fatigue, they dragged their tired bodies and started to pack up.
Ten minutes later.
The two seriously injured guards could not hold on and breathed their last.
After the caravan hurriedly buried them and the dead people, they hurried on their way.
"Master Luo! This caravan is getting more and more troublesome. If this continues, it will only drag us down. I think we should leave them."
In a sliding carriage, Zheng Xiaoliu leaned on the carriage and looked at Luo Chen with a frown.
"Leave them? Where are we going? Can we escape their surveillance in this endless desert?"
Luo Chen said, pointing out the car window, and continued: "Just the two of us, we can be walked to death by them in this desert like a dog."
Seeing this, Zheng Xiaoliu looked out the car window and saw a few black spots following the caravan in the distance to the right.
"Wocao! Doesn't this really give you no way to survive?"
At a glance, those black spots were obvious to be sand bandits monitoring the caravan, and Zheng Xiaoliu immediately cursed.
"Haven't you been in the Western Regions? Have you ever seen someone who was targeted by bandits still able to walk out of the desert?"
Luo Chen glanced at Zheng Xiaoliu, then leaned against the carriage and closed his eyes to rest.
Hearing this, Zheng Xiaoliu felt discouraged. He looked at Luo Chen and said angrily: "Then what should we do now?"
"Follow the caravan. This caravan at least has some guards. When the fight breaks out, they will hold the bandits back, so that we can free our hands and feet to fight with the bandits."
Luo Chen said without opening his eyes.
"But they are going to run out of water. It's unclear whether they will be able to use weapons by then!" Zheng Xiaoliu frowned.
"Who knows until the last minute!"
After Luo Chen finished speaking, he pressed the hood and covered his face.
When Zheng Xiaoliu saw this, his lips moved, but in the end he didn't make any sound. After sighing, he also leaned against the carriage and closed his eyes to rest.
At the front of the caravan, Shen Tucan also saw those black spots. He originally wanted to send people to kill them, but he was afraid of being ambushed, and a lot of movement required a lot of water, so he gave up and let them go.
Follow.
In this way, the caravan traveled westward, followed by a few black spots from a distance like vicious dogs.
Until the next morning.
The sand bandits did not attack again, but everyone in the caravan couldn't hold on any longer. They walked staggeringly one by one, and some even began to collapse to the ground.
"Stop and take a break!"
In the carriage, the old shopkeeper who stretched out his head saw this. With chapped lips and a haggard expression, he made a hoarse voice.
"Stop and rest!"
Shen Tucan on the camel shouted loudly at the caravan dozens of meters long behind him.
"Plop, pop..."
When everyone heard this, they immediately collapsed on the ground like deflated rubber balls, motionless.
Seeing this, Shentu Can quickly arranged for his guards to carry water bags and distribute water to everyone.
"Give me water, give me water quickly!"
Seeing the water bag in the guard's hand, a waiter suddenly pounced on it like a hungry tiger. He grabbed the water bag from the guard's hand, pulled out the cork and started to drink it.