The merciless killing of soldiers who violated discipline shocked the whole army, and the commanders and generals set an example, which gradually fading the atmosphere of dissatisfaction and resentment in the army, and the new military discipline of drinking water and light control was strictly enforced.

Wang Yuan learned about the soldiers' panic about the desert, so he organized hundreds of guides to carry out dozens of activities to popularize knowledge about the desert. With the explanations of these local guides, the soldiers learned more about the desert. Panic comes from the unknown, and when you really learn about some of the characteristics of the desert and the skills of survival, this panic slowly subsides.

The soldiers also learned some tricks in the desert. For example, in the desert, drinking water in small sips is much better than drinking in large sips. Drinking water in large gulps only quenches your thirst for a while, and a large amount of water will be excreted into urine, which is not effective. After drinking, the cow consumes a large amount of ration water, which will put itself in a dilemma of water shortage. Drinking water in small sips can ensure the absorption of water to the greatest extent. Another example is the method of keeping out the cold at night, although the desert is cold at night, digging a sand pit and sleeping in the warm sand can ensure that at least half of the night is warm and comfortable. Because the sand exposed to the sun will slowly release heat at night, which is enough to resist the cold of the night.

After a few days, the soldiers' panic about the desert had disappeared, and many of them were able to quickly adapt to the desert climate and enjoy it. There were quite a few tricks in the army to get on the sand. For example, sandboarding can quickly slide down high sand dunes with a shield, which not only saves physical strength, but also speeds up the march. The rope method can ensure that exhausted soldiers can keep up with the team when climbing over the dunes, so that they will not be injured or slow down the march by rolling down the dunes. In short, soldiers have their own ways of adapting to their environment, and there are endless clever ways to do so. Wang Yuan encouraged this and commended many soldiers who came up with good ideas, which made the boring march a lot more fun.

Five days later, after eight days of arduous marching, the army arrived at the land of the Oasis of Bison City, ten miles to the east. This has entered the area where Tibetan soldiers and horses frequently patrol. The scouts patrolling ahead had sent back information in the early afternoon, and had seen several groups of Tibetan camel cavalry roaming in the desert.

Wang Yuan ordered the army to stop advancing, and camped ten miles away to rest and wait for night. Wang Yuan did not intend to alarm the defenders of Bison City, nor did he want the defenders of Bison City to flee when they learned that the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses were coming. He wants to annihilate all the soldiers and horses of the entire Bison City, so that the news of the fall of the Bison City will be kept secret to the greatest extent, and he does not want the Tubo Dynasty to get the news as soon as possible. Of course, sooner or later this news will be known by the Tubo people, but Wang Yuan hopes that the sooner the better.

Wang Yuan didn't want to become the target of public criticism immediately after he took Bison City. Bison City was by no means a matter of capture, Wang Yuan's purpose was to occupy it and make it a base for his own control of the salt lake and a transit point for salt trafficking. In this case, it will take time to build some solidification and defense facilities. Prior to this, if Bison City could not be stabilized, even if the city was taken, once the Tubo State mobilized a large army to attack, Bison City would still have to be surrendered, and it would cause very serious consequences.

In the evening, the desert is full of wind and clouds. Originally, it was scorching and difficult to be in the sky, but suddenly the wind in the desert suddenly rose, and the dark clouds rolled in the air, and the wind carried a coldness that pierced the bone marrow. The guides' faces changed drastically, and they hurriedly informed Wang Yuan that this was a sign of a big sandstorm. They advised Wang Yuan to prepare immediately to defend against the sandstorm, gather the men and horses, and use cattle carts and tents to form an outer circle to resist the sandstorm. All people need to be covered with a mouth and nose and lean on each other to prevent separation. In this way, they may be able to survive the sandstorm when it arrives.

Wang Yuan was both worried and happy about this sandstorm, worried that the sandstorm was infinitely powerful and might bring huge losses to the army. Happily, the sandstorm is coming, and all the camel cavalry patrolling the desert will be withdrawn, which gives the army a chance to march to the oasis unknown to the Tibetans.

But it's an adventure, and it's extremely dangerous to march when a sandstorm is approaching. Even the most experienced veteran guides are not sure to see the way. But Wang Yuan still gave the order, and the whole army immediately marched and advanced to the oasis before the sandstorm struck. Because even these guides only said that even if they stopped marching and avoided the sandstorm, they could not guarantee that the whole army would be safe and sound. In that case, why not take the adventure to the end.

This order frightened the guides, but they dared to be angry but did not dare to speak after witnessing Wang Yuan's slaughter of his soldiers who violated discipline without mercy. I only sighed secretly in my heart, this time I am afraid that I will be killed in the desert by this madman-like handsome.

The army moved quickly, and according to the guides' estimates, the sandstorm struck from north to south, sweeping around Bison City about an hour later. It was sunset, and the sandstorm and darkness were coming, and it would be a terrible situation. Therefore, Wang Yuan gave a death order, and in an hour's time, he must cross the ten-mile desert land to reach the oasis. At the speed at which a large army marches into the desert, it will take about two hours for ten miles of desert land. This request obviously exceeded the speed of the march in previous days, and everyone had no bottom in their hearts, but the military order had been issued, and no one dared to disobey it.

The army marched rapidly westward. Half an hour later, sand and dust rolled in the northern sky, obscuring half of the sky. The wind grew stronger, and the sand and gravel struck the armor of the centaurs, and the world was dark, and the sound of the wind and the sand hitting the armor crackled and crackled. The Sandstorm's vanguards have arrived around Bison.

Song Jiangong anxiously found Wang Yuan and shouted: "Dashuai, I'm afraid it's difficult to reach Bison City, it's not even half the way, and the brothers are already desperate." ”

Wang Yuan gritted his teeth and shouted: "No, you must rush to the land of the oasis, this is definitely not a place to hide from the sandstorm." These dunes buried the horses alive. The order was given to go down, discard the waterwheel, and abandon some of the heavy supplies, so as not to delay them. ”

"What?" Song Jiangong was taken aback, the marshal killed the soldiers for the sake of water, and now he actually wants to throw away the car carrying water, which is unbelievable.

"Rubbing what? Go and give the order. If you can't reach the oasis within half an hour, the consequences will be unimaginable. Wang Yuan shouted.

Song Jiangong didn't say much, and hurriedly ordered the whole army to abandon the heavy baggage materials such as waterwheels that dragged down the march, and the whole army went into battle lightly.

30,000 soldiers and horses struggled to move forward in the whirring yellow sand, and soon the visibility was extremely poor, and more than ten steps away was already a white expanse, and the direction could not be seen clearly. All the soldiers and horses skewed one by one with ropes to follow the soldiers in front of them, staggering forward in the increasingly fierce winds.

Wang Yuan and more than a dozen guides walked in front, and more than a dozen experienced guides worked hard to discern the direction of progress to ensure that the direction of the whole army would not deviate. If you deviate from the direction of the oasis, then everything is over.

The wind and sand became more and more violent, and the wind and sand and dust had enveloped the heavens and the earth, and the wind was mixed with gravel, and the scattered hail the size of pigeon's eggs fell from the sky and smashed into the marching procession. The march of 30,000 troops was majestic and majestic, but between heaven and earth, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were as powerless as ants. It can be swallowed in the sand and dust at any time.

Wang Yuan's heart gradually chilled, the center of the sandstorm had obviously arrived here, and the scene in the sky was dark as if the end was coming, even he felt extremely terrifying, not to mention the soldiers and horses under his command. He didn't know how far he had walked or how far he had to get to the oasis. It can also be seen from the faces of the guides around them that the army has fallen into a desperate situation. Wang Yuan regretted his impulsiveness a little, maybe it was the best way to avoid the sandstorm on the spot, and his orders might lead to the destruction of the whole army and the tragic end of the unsuccessful army.

Wang Yuan wanted to open his mouth to encourage the people around him loudly, but with only one mouth, even if he was covered with a cloth towel, he was still filled with a mouth full of sand and dust, choking his whole person speechless. Wang Yuan coughed violently, his feet softened, and his whole body fell forward. The guards around him hurriedly stretched out their hands to help, but they felt empty in the vast wind and sand. Then, from the sand and dust in front of him, Wang Yuan's hoarse shout of surprise came faintly: "Oasis, Oasis, we have arrived." ”

Wang Yuan's stumbling was not because his body couldn't hold it, but because he rolled down the tall sand dunes with one foot in the air. As he got up from the sand, Wang Yuan felt the hardness of the ground beneath him, and then he saw a small green grass on the ground. Suddenly, Wang Yuan realized that there was no desert under the sand dunes, but the edge of the sand dunes and oases. Under the ecstasy, Wang Yuan shouted loudly, and his excitement was overwhelming.

The news quickly spread throughout the army one after another, and the already desperate soldiers and horses in the rear heard the good news and regained their enthusiasm to break through the shroud of the sandstorm. The former army had all reached the oasis by the Jinchuan River. Although the sky is still a terrifying scene of wild sand dancing. But in the oasis, visibility is much better and there are trees to obscure it.

The soldiers and horses of the former army immediately began to pile up on the ground and set up tents, forming a huge tent barracks, so that the follow-up soldiers and horses could quickly relieve the suffering of the sandstorm after arriving from the sand dunes.

The sound of crackling grit sweeping across the tent resounded in the ear drums like a New Year's firecracker. The soldiers who had survived the death were huddled in their tents, their heads covered in dust. They stared at each other in a daze, and they were shocked.

I don't know how long it took for everything to be calm. The soldiers walked out of their tents and found the sky full of stars, as if nothing had happened. If it weren't for the thick layer of fine sand on the tent and the grass on the ground, if it weren't for the sand in the mouth, if it weren't for the embarrassed appearance of the other party covered in sand and dust, it would be hard to believe that a huge sandstorm had just been experienced.

At the outer edge of the barracks, sharp-eyed soldiers spoke in surprise, and soon the news spread throughout the army: several hilly-like sand dunes on the edge of the desert had invaded the edge of the oasis a dozen paces away. Covering the dozen or so date trees, only the spiky treetops are exposed. The soldiers were amazed, and the power of the sandstorm was evident. I don't know how many sand dunes in the desert have shifted their positions. If you stay in the desert during a sandstorm, you are likely to be buried alive by the huge sand dunes. Some people began to realize that Dashuai's madman-like behavior may have saved his life.