Qin Yi said: "As long as I take you back this time and let the cavalry from the Northern Territory step into Dongchen, I will be able to make you a prince and prime minister, and become a master."
"Really?"
Song Ziling asked with a smile.
"nature."
Qin Yi said with great certainty.
"Do you think they would trust someone who betrayed his country?
As the saying goes, anyone who is not of my race must have a different heart. What kind of king would give a foreigner the title of marquis and prime minister?"
The world looked down upon those who rebelled against their clan and country, and he did not think that the king of the Northern Territory would re-appoint a person who betrayed his country.
Because he can betray his own country, he can also betray the Northern Territory easily.
Qin Yi did not answer, but took the water bag and left.
A letter from the Northern Territory was delivered to the guard of the Western Territory's room overnight.
The next day, the guard hurriedly summoned his subordinates for a meeting.
It is said that the barbarians are probably disguised as Xiling people, entering and leaving the country from the west, and they are asked to carefully check when someone leaves the country. They cannot judge whether a person is a Xiling person based on their clothes alone, but also carefully observe their appearance and listen to their words.
Among the people doing the interrogation in each shift, there is also a person who can speak Xiling dialect and can talk to the person holding the Xiling customs clearance document.
Qiao Mu and the others stayed in the desert for a day, and then the people from the Northern Territory appeared.
But because the enemy was outnumbered and we were outnumbered, they did not act rashly.
They lay down behind a pile of sand and watched the barbarians riding camels pass by not far away.
"Captain Qiao, is the person on the camel the second young master?"
Zhou Quan pointed at a camel and asked towards the tree.
There were two people riding on the camel. The one sitting in front was a little smaller and did not look like an adult man.
Qiao Mu took a closer look and saw that the person on the camel was not Zi Ling, so who was it?
He said: "Yes."
"Then what should we do now?"
Zhou Quan asked again.
The general has said that if he is not sure, he will give up the rescue operation directly.
From the looks of it, there were at least 2,000 barbarians and only 500 of them, so they were clearly outnumbered.
Qiao Mu gritted his teeth. Although the general had said that he would give up the rescue if he was not sure of victory, but now that he had seen the people, he was not willing to give up like that.
"Follow first."
Qiao Mu decided to follow first and then look for opportunities to rescue.
Because it is not suitable to ride horses in the desert, Qiao Mu and the others put the horses in a forest after entering the desert.
War horses have been trained and will not run around if left alone.
When they left the desert, they could still find those horses when they returned to the forest.
Qiao Mu followed them until dark. After dark, the barbarians set up camp, while Qiao Mu kept watching them from a sandbag not far away.
When the moon reached its peak, the barbarians went into their tents to sleep, but they were very vigilant and kept more than ten people on duty at night.
Qiao Mu originally wanted to wait until they all fell asleep, sneak over and burn their tents, and take advantage of the chaos to rescue them.
However, Manzi became more vigilant and kept people on duty at night. As soon as their people passed by, they would be discovered by Manzi, so he could only give up this idea.
The next day, I followed him for another day.
Zhou Quan said to Qiao Mu: "Captain Qiao, we can't go on like this, we don't have much water and food anymore.
If we continue to follow, the barbarian will also leave the desert.
As long as you say something, we can risk our lives and give it a try."
Others also echoed: "It doesn't matter whether I do it or not. The general saved me on the battlefield. I am willing to risk my life for the general."
"Give me a word."
Qiao Mu looked at the camel team in front, then at the dark faces, chapped lips, and hot-blooded eyes of his brothers. He was silent for a long time, and finally said only one word: "Withdraw."
He was also willing to risk his life for the general, but he could not disobey the general's instructions and let the brothers he brought out make unnecessary sacrifices.