The solitary moon hung under the lead gray sky, basking in a cold moonlight. It was covered with snow. There were only sparse shrubs and Populus euphratica trees, trying to poke their heads out from the thick snow.
Songyang lake has long been frozen as solid as iron, covered with ice and snow, and integrated with the vast sand sea.
At this time, as the leader of the horse thief, Chen Hai can also enjoy an independent tent, cover the cold wind outside the felt cloth, spread dry grass mattresses, lay on the dry grass mattresses without armour, through a gap on the tent top, and look at the charming moonlight outside.
Chen Hai sometimes couldn''t help thinking how wonderful it would be if he could curl up in this tent with a pleasant person and watch the moonlight blur without endless war!
Chen Hai doesn''t know what kind of mood Dong Ning will feel when she stops at Yueya Lake oasis five or six hundred miles away. At this moment, she feels lucky that she doesn''t have to be a victim of the clan to marry into the Western Qiang country, or she is carrying the difficult responsibility entrusted to her by the Dong family and wants to sacrifice herself to promote the alliance between Hexi and the Western Qiang country?
At this time, Ning chaner, wrapped in a tawny robe, opened the thick felt curtain and came in.
Although the horse thief leaders in the camp dare not be too presumptuous, Chen haiminrui''s ears still hear the laughter mixed with envy and ridicule outside the tent. No one thinks that Ning chaner is his clever wife and concubine. Along the way, Ning chaner always drills into his tent, while others believe that he is just the face played by Ning chaner, The eyes looked both ridicule and envy.
"What are you looking at?" Ning chaner saw Chen Haiqiao''s legs lying on the hay mattress motionless, and lay down next to him. Through the gap, she saw a cold moonlight outside, and she couldn''t see anything.
"Look at the moon!" Chen Hai said. Sometimes he wondered why this continent, like the earth, has sun, moon, stars and four seasons. Is this caused by the law of heaven and earth?
Ning chaner didn''t think the moon looked good. Her eyes were particularly clear and deep under the dim light. She stared at Chen Hai curiously and asked, "why do you think nothing has happened? I thought you ran away at night and went to inform Dong Nizi."
"Ran Hu looks rough, but he has the potential to become a famous general. Now that they are alert, they don''t need me to report again." Chen Hai said calmly.
He managed the army in fujiaoling. Ran Hu had been a former Huben lieutenant in his account for more than a year. Although he was a son of Zong valve and his temperament seemed rough and informal, he was two kinds of people with Du Yong, Chai Yu and other Zong valve children. It was also considered that ran Hu, the general''s military, escorted Dong Ning westward.
"Even if you have the potential to become a famous general, you have to have your life to go back alive before you have the chance to stand out," Ning chaner said. Although she was still habitually sarcastic in her words, she sat up with interest when she saw that Chen Hai had to talk seriously with her, "At present, there are only more than 400 elite cavalry escorting Dong Ning in Hexi, and only more than 100 people and horses in Western Qiang. It''s unknown whether someone has ulterior motives or secretly sends messages here. Neither ran Hu nor you want to fight against tens of thousands of fierce thieves with four or five hundred elite cavalry. If Dong Nizi can''t retreat from difficulties, I can''t guess how you will solve the current crisis 。”
"Then go step by step!" Chen Haitan said.
How could he have considered everything thoroughly from the beginning when the situation was so confused?
Chen Hai thought to himself that even though Dong Liang, the God of Wuwei, and his son Dong Chou thought that Dong Ning would encounter resistance in this trip, they probably didn''t expect that tens of thousands of horse thieves would gather at this moment, which was bound to destroy the marriage between Hexi and Western Qiang.
He hoped that Dong Ning and ran Hu could withdraw to tieliuling directly after they noticed that a large number of horsemen gathered in the front line of Songyang lake, but he didn''t know what choice Dong Ning would make. How could everything be calculated in her heart?
"Even if I don''t show up, you go straight to Yequ mountain?" Ning chaner didn''t think it would be so easy to let Chen Hai go and said, "Yueya Lake oasis has no danger to defend. If they don''t withdraw eastward, they can stay and wait for help when they enter Yequ mountain, but it also happens to give the horse thieves a chance to surround and help. If you change you, you probably won''t passively go to Yequ mountain?"
"Night watch Qushan is also a good choice. Even if the horse thieves want to surround and support, they should also have the heart to fight with the reinforcements of the Western Qiang country in the depths of the desert, but the real variables may be in the Western Qiang country." Chen Hai said that there were strange and dangerous opportunities hidden in every step next, and he didn''t have any idea to fight with Ning chaner. At this time, he calmly said some of his thoughts.
"Well, I''ll help you transfer all the horse thieves from Yequ mountain. You owe me a favor?" Ning chaner asked.
Ning chaner is not wrong. If fan Dachun leads two hundred horsemen to stay at Yequ mountain, and ran Hu has so few hands, they will not have the opportunity to attack the small stone city of Yequ mountain in a short time; and if they don''t want to return to Hexi in the depths of the vast desert, ran Hu and Dong Ning have only four or five hundred elite cavalry guards around them, and they won''t have the opportunity to support them under the siege of tens of thousands of elite horsemen Reinforcements arrived.
Chen Hai smiled helplessly and said, "at this time, the black Yan army can also obtain a large number of excellent military armor from Juquan mountain. Yunmengze can also build mechanism crossbows, mechanism chariots and military soldier level puppet armor. The black Yan army despises it. You must do everything you can to make me owe you. What do you want to do?"
"In the camp of the guards at the north foot of Shenling mountain, the bloody sky you dragged my soul into is not a fantasy?" Ning chaner asked, staring at Chen Hai''s eyes.
Chen Hai didn''t expect Ning chaner to chase him into the vast desert all the way. His purpose was to find out this.
"So what, so what? What''s important to you?" Chen Hai asked speciously.
"Since you don''t want to say, I won''t ask. You remember that you owe me a favor." Ning chaner seemed to just confirm whether the bloody sky fell into that day''s spirit consciousness was an illusion or a real existence. She stood up, smiled, patted her skirt and ran out of Chen Hai''s tent.
If Dong Ning and ran Hu don''t want to withdraw to tieliuling, what Chen Hai can think of for them at this time is to rush to Yequ mountain. According to Xiaoshi City, they stick to waiting for help, but this is not the best policy. Some people in the Western Qiang have ulterior motives, and the Horsemen gathering in Songyang lake are really too strong.
Although Chen Hai hasn''t had a chance to meet other horse thief leaders directly, it''s not difficult for him to find out that among the horse thieves gathered together in Songyang lake this time, there are more than 20 strong men in Mingqiao; Kong Peng, the leader of the black mountain bandits, is also the commander of the black mountain coalition army. He calls himself Black Mountain wuzun, and has the cultivation in the early days of daodan territory.
It is said that in his early years, Kong Peng served as the lieutenant of the northern army in the Western Qiang state. At that time, he had the cultivation of banbu daodan. He was one of the few strong men in the Western Qiang state and one of the top ten figures in the military of the Western Qiang army. However, in his early years, he committed the crime of exterminating the family, which was not allowed to be committed by the Royal Ye family. He led his lineage to flee into the depths of the vast desert, but hundreds of people of his clan were brutally punished.
Kong Peng led his own retinue to disappear for a few years. When he returned to the West Qiang state to occupy Montenegro, he pulled out a team of horse thieves with nearly 2000 people.
In recent years, Kong Peng has successively recruited horse thieves near Montenegro, claiming to be black mountain bandits. The number of people and horses has grown to as many as four or five thousand, becoming the largest horse thief force near the Western Qiang state and the greatest threat to the Western Qiang state.
Although the Western Qiang army is known to support 100000 troops, there are too many aspects to take care of, but the Heishan bandits on the opposite side of the couch have no plan.
In addition to Kong Peng, his personal strength is never lower than that of Ning chaner and him. He also has six strong men in Mingqiao territory. This time, four people led 3000 elite horse thieves to enter the Xixia corridor with him. In fact, relying on one horse thief in Heishan alone, it is possible to eat the escort team in Hexi without bone and head residue.
Chen Hai has a secret headache. He and Ning chaner secretly control the gang of horse thieves in Yequ mountain. Even if fan Dachun and they cooperate honestly, they can''t do anything if they just follow the waves.
Chen Hai didn''t want to practice at this time. He collected the mysterious tire, iron bow, armor breaking arrow and other things into the storage ring. He was going to sneak out to inquire whether fan Dachun had any changes -- Ning chaner, a witch, was very casual and might leave the mess and fly away at any time. He could use only this hand in the depths of the vast desert and couldn''t bear too many accidents.
When Chen Hai came out of the tent, he vaguely heard a dozen fast horses, "ticking" rushing into his field of vision from the depths of the night.
It was the elite sentry sent by the horse thieves who rushed into Songyang lake at night. Several large green scale eagles soared in the night sky and returned to the camp with these ten sentries.
Both green scale eagle and black feather spirit Eagle are demon birds specially produced in Jinzhou desert. The green scale thunder Eagle beside Chen lie is a very special species of green scale eagle.
Although the ordinary green scale eagle is not as powerful as expected, it is also infinitely powerful and extremely fast. Its sharp iron like claws can easily catch an adult sand wolf and tear it in half in the air.
The qianghu people domesticate green scaly eagles, which are very convenient for guarding, reconnaissance and tracking fleeing enemies.
It''s a pity that although the green scale eagle is not uncommon in the depths of the desert, it''s not easy to domesticate it. Fan Dachun has been entrenched in Yequ mountain for many years, but he has not been able to domesticate a demon bird like the green scale eagle for his own use. Only a big force like Dong in Hexi can have enough patience and resources to domesticate the demon birds in batches for his own use.
Standing there, Chen Hai saw dozens of riding sentries with several green Eagles rush directly into the main camp of Heishan Kou. He soon saw the main camp of Heishan Kou. He sent people to the camps of horse thieves on the two roads of Guhuo mountain and magic Moon Lake, and asked the principal to discuss things.
Fan Dachun also noticed that the ten tour outposts sent out galloped back late at night and walked out of the camp. He hesitated whether to go directly to Heishan Kou camp to inquire about the news.
Soon, in the main camp where Heishan Kou was located, several people rushed out of the camp and sent a message to the camp where other horse thieves were stationed.
One of them came straight to them, stopped outside the camp, saw fan Dachun, took out a black iron card from his arms and said: "Hexi chariot and horse team, after returning to Yueya Lake, did not stop. Instead, they turned to the north and went directly to Yequ mountain, the hometown of fan''s family. It seems that they are aware of the emptiness of Yequ mountain''s defense and intend to seize Yequ mountain. Kong''s family wants the troops of Yequ mountain to be ready immediately. We want to rush to Yequ mountain all night. I hope boss fan can stay there Some troops and horses can last a day or two... "
The iron cards as like as two peas of the eagle''s first body, which were shown by the original bearbi lie at night, were carved with eagle''s head, and the letter sign of Kong Peng''s seal for the Black Hills. The legend of eagle''s head is the big monster that has been trained in the black mountains to form a state in ancient times.
Chen Hai frowned when he saw that someone had collected the eagle demon token into his arms and galloped to the next horse thief camp. Hu Bilie''s eagle demon token was in his arms and might play some role.