Tang's dining table

When the water on the linen evaporates quickly, it takes away the heat from the silver kettle, causing the water in the kettle to become cold.

In such hot weather, even if there is a sunshade above Yunchu's head, the heat reflected from the ground will still make people miserable.

Naha held the cold water bottle and drank heavily. If Yun Chu remembered correctly, this was the third bottle of water that the child drank today.

After drinking three bottles of water, Naha didn't feel the slightest urge to urinate. After Yunchu drank two bottles of water, she also didn't feel any need to pee, but her mouth felt dry.

Yunchu had a lot of idle camels, so two camels were specially responsible for carrying water for him.

Only this could support the almost luxurious drinking of water by him and Naha.

In fact, the water on the camel's back had been baked by the sun for three days. Since the bag containing the water was a sheepskin bag, there was no question of taste.

Ever since the old monkey found out that Yun Chu put tea foam and honey into the water he and Naha drank, and didn't know what method he used to make the water cool and delicious, he basically had no good feelings towards Yun Chu.

Reverence for the sky and the earth is something that Old Monkey, a native of the Western Regions, has imprinted in his bones. He insists that since he travels to the Gobi Desert, suffering is also part of the journey.

Yun Chu doesn't think so and insists that as long as he has enough ability, he can live the life he wants even in hell.

When the old monkey still wanted to argue, Yun Chu put the old monkey's precious wine in a silver pot and made it cold for him. The old monkey stopped talking about Yun Chu. After drinking up the cold grape wine, he secretly He wrapped the silver pot in linen and shook it vigorously.

The result was not good, he used dry linen! Without water, there would be no reaction of evaporation taking away heat, and this would only make his wine hotter.

When the Gobi reaches the end, there is a rolling sea of ​​sand in front of us.

The Gobi is the predecessor of the desert, so the desert always creeps on the Gobi, and eventually eats away the Gobi little by little.

If the Gobi is hell, then the desert is the deepest part of hell.

After walking in the desert for two days, it was finally time to climb the tall sand dunes. Animals that died of exhaustion began to appear in Ding Dayou's team.

The big-wheeled oxcart carried by Yunchu also had its wheels removed at this moment, allowing the camels to drag the carts forward.

While everyone was struggling with the desert lifelessly, Ding Dayou issued the rule that from now on, the leader would start keeping vigil.

Yun Chu was the leader of Naha, Lao Houhou was the leader of the Hu merchants, Ding Dayou and the two captains, one of whom joined the army, was the leader of the soldiers. Therefore, after the second day after entering the desert, they became vigil people.

During the day, the sun shines brightly in the desert and the heat is unbearable, but at night, the desert wind is biting and chilly.

While Ding Dayou was cooking on the fire, he used a knife to cut a dried leg of lamb to eat. Old Monkey also took a dried leg of lamb and ate it hard while waiting for Ding Dayou to blackmail him.

Yunchu put a small pot on the fire and cooked her favorite beef soup with dried vegetables. Because the beef was dried, it was difficult to cook it into a paste. However, Yunchu wanted to hear what Ding Dayou said. When you blackmail Hu Shang, you don't care much about time.

Ding Dayou was silent for a long time, just eating the roasted and dried lamb legs. He seemed not to care much about leaving the desert.

So, the old monkey looked at the fire that was swaying wildly in the wind and said: "According to the rules, 20% of the goods belong to the protector."

Ding Dayou glanced at the old monkey with eyes as big as cowbells, and remained silent, but bit harder when chewing the leg of lamb.

This should be a very clever negotiation method. Of course, it is also possible that Ding Dayou is unwilling to negotiate and is ready to eat the pot without leaving any soup for others.

The old monkey remained calm. He seemed to understand that he was in a weak position now, and said: "Thirty percent, no more. If it exceeds this number, I would rather leave with the camel team now."

Ding Dayou looked at the tense Hu people and the government soldiers who were on full alert, and finally said: "Forty percent, that's because you provided the information about the Buddha's footprints."

The old monkey nodded, and the soldiers who had already drawn out their knives returned to their posts.

Seeing that the old monkey seemed to have negotiated with the Tang people, the Hu people relaxed their guard, and the camp became lively again.

Ding Dayou said again: "If those people behind us don't leave after we leave the desert, I will kill you and then those people."

The old monkey shook his head and said: "Those who are not my people, their purpose is you, to be precise, they are the footprints of the Buddha.

Desert warfare is not good for us Tang people. Here, the horses you rely on have no fighting power. Those sand bandits are familiar with every grain of sand here. The general must be careful. "

Ding Dayou sneered and said: "Get out of my camp immediately. Before dawn, if you are not dead, we will talk about returning to Yumen Pass."

The old monkey seemed to have expected this result. Without arguing, he led the barbarians to camp on the windward side of another sand dune.

Yun Chu looked around and decisively chose to enter Ding Dayou's camp. Although he and the old monkey seemed better, at this critical moment, he would only choose to believe in Ding Dayou.

A whistle wind appeared in the sky. This kind of wind is a high-altitude wind. The wind on the ground is still not strong. However, such a whistle wind has a very bad characteristic, that is, it can bring a lot of sand and dust.

Yunchu wrapped Naha with two round shields and placed her in the middle of the three camels. He himself put on his leather armor, held his bow and arrows, and waited for Ding Dayou's instructions.

"Tingfeng, can you shoot accurately?" A grey-bearded brigade commander asked Yun Chu. It was obvious that Yun Chu was assigned to his command.

"Forty-five out of ten."

"It's not bad, you can make do. Your defense area tonight is the width of these two camels. No matter what method you use, even if you bite it with your teeth, you can't let the enemy rush in from the area of ​​these two camels."

Yun Chu tapped his breastplate and said, "Here!"

The brigade commander chuckled and said: "I heard that you were shot like a hedgehog by the barbarians' arrows, and you were still able to fight vigorously. You are considered a man. I also heard that you came to Beijing this time to study in the Four Schools.

Since you have a bright future, you should take care of your own life, and don't die in vain at the hands of the sand bandits, without even being able to achieve military honors. "

As he spoke, the brigade commander gave Yunchu a white cloth strip and asked him to tie it on his forehead so that he could distinguish between ourselves and the enemy in the dark.

After Yun Chu tied the belt, he sat cross-legged on the cold sand. When the dust filled the air, he took off the black sheepskin cloak wrapped around Naha and hugged Naha who was wrapped like a turtle. , yawned, and prepared to have a good sleep.

The brigade commander bullied Yun Chu for being young and ignorant, thinking that this would frighten Yun Chu, a man who enjoyed high status in the team, for a whole night.

He knew how Yunchu, who had been on the battlefield for a long time and was familiar with Ding Dayou's combat habits, could be teased by him.

If the person who just said this was a team leader, Yun Chu would definitely hold on all night with his eyes wide open, and just like what the team leader said, he would not let the enemy come in from within the range of the two camels no matter what.

Since an idle brigade commander came to make arrangements, it naturally meant that there was no need for him on the battlefield.

A dim yellow moon hung in the sky, and Yun Chu accidentally saw it. He untied Naha's shield and wrapped the unconscious child in a cloak.

When the moon comes out, it proves that the whistle wind in the desert is about to stop. Now that the wind has stopped, it is a good time for the dust to fall downwards. At this time, the desert will be illuminated by the moon, and there will be fine sand. As the dust settles, any moving object will be easily noticed. It can only serve as an arrow target.

Yunchu resumed the sleeping pattern of Aries, that is, a person is sleeping with two ears standing guard.

That night, he only heard the sound of arrows cutting through the air, and the sound did not last long. Since there was no wind in the air, he heard the snoring of the soldiers one after another.

At dawn, when Yun Chu and Naha got out of their black sheepskin cloaks in disgrace, they found that except for Ding Dayou and a group of people who looked like they had emerged from the earth, the others were in good spirits. .

Seeing Ding sitting on a wooden box with a big gold sword, his hair disheveled, and large patches of red mud on his armor, he felt unbearable and handed him the water he had soaked in tea foam and honey. Got him.

The honey green tea was indeed refreshing. After Ding Dayou took a sip, he paused for a moment and drank it all.

"Are there any injuries from last night's attack?"

"There are no injuries, but there are two dead people. One has a broken neck, and the other has a short spear shot through his heart. Can you save him?"

Yun Chu shook his head and said, "No."

"Since you can't, go do something you can do and tell that old Hu man that this time, I want half of his goods."

The situation here at Old Monkey was very bad, and barbarians were dead all over the place. After Yun Chu told Old Monkey, who was directing the collection of goods, Ding Dayou's request, Old Monkey readily agreed.

"Too many Hu merchants died last night, and most of the goods became ownerless. It is reasonable for Ding Dayou to ask for half, and it also saved those of us who survived a lot of money."

"Are you going with Ding Da today?"

"Let's go, if we don't follow him, how will we enter Yumen Pass? Don't think that Ding Dayou's expulsion of us from the camp last night was an act of betrayal. This is a choice, even the best choice. .

It is right that people only want to win. You should also remember in the future that tigers and wolves cannot fight together. "

Old Monkey has become a considerate and open-minded person again. Sometimes, Yun Chu really can't give an accurate character profile to Old Monkey.

He is like a combination of a jackal and a tiger. If we want to describe him more accurately, we should also add a little bit of the insidiousness of a crocodile and the rage of a shark.

This kind of person is more dangerous than anyone Yun Chu has ever seen before, but he rarely has a strong personality charm that makes people willing to trust him and rely on him without knowing it.