After Ziad and his men escaped from the lake, they ran for dozens of miles in one breath and temporarily escaped the pursuit of the Western Qin Army.
Then he ordered the soldiers to rest.
At the same time, they counted the number of people and found that there were more than 3,700 people.
Yes, now there are less than 3,000 people left, and nearly 1,000 people have been lost, and the nearly 1,000 people lost this time are basically infantry.
After resting for a while, Ziad continued on the road with his soldiers.
He was running in a hurry just now, and he was a little panicked.
Now he can no longer figure out the direction and route.
The terrain in this area is similar.
They are all ravines running east-west.
Some ravines The eyes are dozens of miles away.
When we walked out of this ravine and entered the desert, we didn't encounter a source of drinking water on the way.
When we were attacked by the lake in the morning, we ran away too fast.
Many people were just full and didn't have time to drink in the water.
The bags were filled with water, but now they were running out of water again.
After half a day, many people were already dizzy with thirst.
"General, there is a situation," a follower reminded Ziad.
Ziad looked in the direction pointed by his entourage's finger, and saw a group of men and horses appearing in the northeast, holding a large number of flags.
After seeing the flags clearly, the expressions of him and all the soldiers under his command changed, and a general said in horror : "Western Qin Army, why did they appear from the northeast?"
Another general asked doubtfully: "Did we walk and then turn back?"
Ziad shook his head and said: "No, judging from the direction of the sun's movement and current location, we have not turned back.
Our current location has slightly deviated from the route to Scorpion Ridge.
We cannot waste any more time.
While the Western Qin Army is not there, Rush over, we must retreat immediately.
If we are run over by them, it will be all over, retreat quickly."
In fact, Zhao Hu's sentinel had already discovered them.
After receiving the news, Zhao Hu immediately ordered the entire army to speed up the pursuit and drive Ziad and his men to the correct route.
"General, no, the Western Qin army has two horses, and we only have one horse.
We can't outrun them.
If we keep going like this, we will be overtaken sooner or later."
A general shouted to Ziad next to him while beating his horse and running wildly.
Ziad said loudly: "It seems that if we want to escape, we must have someone to stay to stop them.
Hram, you bring a thousand people to stay to stop the pursuers."
Hram agreed: "Yes, General" Helam was about to lead his men to stop and turn around to stop the pursuit of Zhao Hu's army.
At this time, a nearby soldier shouted in horror: "General, hurry up, a sandstorm is coming.
A sandstorm is coming from the north.
It's a black sandstorm, it's a desert devil." ah" Ziad turned around and saw that the sky in the north was completely black.
Countless black sands on the horizon were swept up into the sky by a huge storm.
Wherever the storm passed, every inch of sand on the ground was swept up into the sky.
Dark waves in the sky The clouds are strange, sometimes showing a scene of thousands of horses galloping, sometimes turning into faces of devils, a dark devil's mouth devouring everything in its path.
Ziad yelled in fear: "Go at full speed, go at full speed, we must get out of the black sand storm before it sweeps over, otherwise we will be completely ruined."
There are big and small sandstorms, and some small sandstorms will not cause much harm to humans and animals.
However, if a sandstorm like this is extremely large and contains huge energy, as long as it is swept into it, it will definitely lead to death.
Ziyad would rather face it.
The Western Qin Army was not willing to face such a terrifying existence in nature.
In the face of a large sandstorm of this level, the manpower was too small.
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"Run, run."
All the food soldiers were frightened and used all their strength to beat the horses, making them run desperately, hoping to run out of this area before the big sandstorm.
Before the sandstorm came, a strong wind blew over.
This cold wind was extremely cold.
The soldiers of the Food Army, who had been feeling too hot just now, were blown by the strong wind.
Goosebumps suddenly appeared on their bodies, and they soon felt the biting cold wind.
The cold made them even more frightened.
Even if they were not swept away by the big sandstorm, if they were blown down by this cold wind, they would soon be frozen into popsicles.
Their bravery, courage, and vigor all disappeared in the face of such a terrifying sandstorm.
Ziad and the food soldiers desperately rode their horses to the west.
They were so frightened that they peed their pants and were completely frightened.
Zhao Hu and the officers and soldiers of the Western Qin Army who were pursuing were also very frightened.
He immediately made an immediate decision, pulled the reins with his left hand, controlled the horse to run to the side, and turned around in time with the army.
He no longer cared about chasing Ziyad and Dashi.
If we continue to pursue the army at this time, we will undoubtedly be caught in the center of a huge sandstorm.
This is a death-seeking rhythm.
Turning around and retreating became the only choice for Zhao Hu and the Western Qin cavalry.
They galloped at the highest speed of their war horses.
This had never happened before.
Letting the war horses carry out such an overloaded run was very harmful to the war horses.
Big, but he no longer cares about so much at this time, and war horses are obviously extremely smart animals.
In the face of danger, they will instinctively choose to avoid.
In fact, they don't need the knights to beat them desperately, they will try their best strength.
The sandstorm moved very fast.
Although Ziyad and the soldiers of the Great Food Army tried their best to escape, when the sandstorm swept over, a considerable number of their soldiers, including men and horses, were swept up into the sky and swallowed up.
In the bloody mouth of the sandstorm devil.
Ziad reined in his horse with lingering fear and stopped.
Looking back, he saw that the flags and figures of the Western Qin Army were no longer visible from behind.
He knew that the Western Qin Army would definitely not be able to catch up.
After this sandstorm, the distance between the two sides had been greatly shortened.
Far away, but he also found that he had suffered a great loss.
There were originally more than 2,700 people, but now there were only more than 2,000 people left, and another six to seven hundred people were lost.
"When we came, there were 20,000 people, but now there are only 2,000 people left.
How will I explain to the Caliph and General Boshilin when I go back?"
Ziyad looked as if his father and mother were dead, with no color on his face.
The general stepped forward and comforted him: "General, it is normal for you to win and lose in war.
You don't need to pay too much attention to it.
Our task now is to escape.
As long as we can escape, it is victory."
The words were kind, but Ziad could only respond with a wry smile.
General Helam said doubtfully: "General, have you noticed that the Western Qin Army seems to be waiting for us in front of us every time?
We seem to be led by them all the time.
In this process During the war, we continued to lose troops.
Originally there were more than 5,000 troops.
For those who had a baggage train, we first lost the baggage train, and then General Daoud and a thousand men.
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Then we were attacked by the Western Qin army near the lake, and lost another seven to eight hundred men.
Here we actually encountered the Western Qin Army again, they seem to have been driving us away."
When Hram said this, Ziad was confused.
He quickly woke up and carefully thought about his experiences in the past few days.
Sure enough, he found some problems.
Then the position of Scorpion Ridge appeared in his mind. , it seems that the Western Qin Army has been driving him and his troops towards Scorpion Ridge intentionally or unintentionally.
Could it be that they have set some trap in Scorpion Ridge?
Do they want to defeat him once and for all in Scorpion Ridge?
Scorpion Ridge is not just a scorpion-like mountain ridge.
There is a large lake in the middle of the mountain.
The terrain there is dangerous.
As long as you occupy the mountains on both sides of Scorpion Ridge, you can form a solid defense line.
But if you are surrounded by the lake in the middle of Scorpion Ridge, , that would definitely be the end of the entire army being annihilated.
After figuring out this joint, Ziad knew that he could no longer go to Scorpion Ridge.
Going there would definitely be courting death, but if he didn't go to Scorpion Ridge, where could he go?
Of course, there were many places to go, but there was water.
There is almost no room.
Suddenly, the lake he had been to before appeared in his mind again.
What would happen if he returned to that lake?
This thought made Ziad start to think about its possibility.
If he went to the lake he had been to before, this would undoubtedly jump out of the Western Qin Army's design.
Arrangement, they would never have thought of this, but this way they could easily run into the Western Qin army pursuing from the direction of the lake.
Ziad immediately told his thoughts to several of his subordinates.
Hram said: "This is a good idea.
They will not think that we will return to that lake again.
As long as we take away enough drinking water there, we will There is a way to return to Behedashir Castle, but this may lead to encountering the Western Qin Army chasing from the direction of the lake."
Ziad said: "I have already thought about this problem.
We are not going back the same way we came.
We came here to leave horse hoof prints and footmarks.
These are clues for the Western Qin Army to pursue us.
We will take another parallel route this time.
First send some scouts to explore the road more than ten miles ahead.
Once we find traces of the Western Qin Army, we will avoid them and go around them to the lake."
Now this is the only way to get rid of the water.
Even if the generals want to object, they can't find any other better way, so they all agree.
So Ziad took the remaining two thousand people back to the original lake.
Half a day later, Zhao Hu led the soldiers of the Western Qin Army through the area where the sandstorm had been ravaged, but found no trace of Ziad and his men.
Instead, he only found traces of the raging sandstorm everywhere, a large number of human and horse corpses, and many pieces of clothing. and other rags were strewn all over the ground, which had been swept up by the sandstorm and then fell from the sky.
Both men and horses fell to death, and there was not a single living thing on the ground.
"General, we have lost track of the Great Food Army.
Our brothers have explored a twenty-mile radius and found nothing."
A scout rode over to report to Zhao Hu.
Zhao Hu thought for a while, turned around and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Come on the eagle!"
A soldier has an iron wristband tied to his arm.
Standing on the iron wristband is a mighty gray eagle.
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This eagle was raised by Zhao Hu since he was a child.
He personally feeds the eagle twice a day to train it to detect the enemy's situation. ability.
Zhao Hu stretched out his hand, and the big eagle bent his knees and jumped onto Zhao Hu's arm and wristband.
Zhao Hu stretched his head over, and the big eagle stretched out his head and rubbed his cheek, and let out happy screams from time to time.
Zhao Hu whispered, and the big eagle seemed to understand his words.
When Zhao Hu raised his arm, the big eagle spread its wings and flew high to the northwest, and soon disappeared
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