Lord of the Desert

Chapter 47 Scapegoat
You Shizheng (six o'clock in the evening), it was already half dark.

The broken walls and mountains on all sides of the Gobi Desert are like giants in black robes, silently watching the silent march of the survivors.

Not long after, the team led by Hong Ming arrived at the nearest supply point.

Beside the spring, everyone got their own drinking water and seldom spoke.

After everyone washed their faces and drank their horses in turn, the wounded knights began to wash and bandage their wounds.

Hong Fan tied Bentley to a broken Populus euphratica log, first fed the bean cake mixed with eggs, and then massaged for a while along the trembling muscle fibers of the horse's legs.

When the horse snorted and relaxed, he took dry food from Kong Hai who was waiting at the side, and sat down by the campfire to eat.

In today's battle, the loss can be described as heavy; including Hong Ming, there are 18 people left in the team.

Among them, there are nine from the Hong family, five from the Li family, and four from the Chi family. Relatively speaking, Zhu Yiqi suffered the least loss.

One is that Hong Ming takes care of more, and the other is that Zhu Yiqi's formation is more backward during the middle ambush.

In Hong Fan's view, there is no absolute fairness in the world, and there is nothing to criticize too much.

He took a bite of the dry biscuit, chewed it shut, and waited for the saliva to moisten it, while entering the inner perspective.

The golden dragon soul tree appeared in front of him, swaying without wind.

Under the tree, a semi-illusory mist formed into a ball, turning into a golden streamer little by little, being sucked into the tree by the roots.

This is probably the legacy of the deceased.

In Hong Fan's mind, he reviewed the situation of the battle - the three Jinhai families lost 15 people in the battle, and Haifeifei lost 13 people.

Of course, this does not count the Chi family caravan that must have been captured by all members.

Looking back on the whole process, Hong Fan has a clear conscience and thinks he has done his best.

But Pao Ze's life is like a mountain, and many people have long been overwhelmed.

When everyone in Zhu Yiqi began to eat one after another, the Li family and the Chi family were still fidgeting, even feeding the horses in a hurry.

After Hong Fan ate half of the pancake, these people finally couldn't hold back their anger, and came over in a group after removing their knives.

"Brother Hong Fan, we have something to say."

A man from the Chi family who was the leader stood still by the campfire and said.

"You used Sand World for your previous charge."

He asked in a declarative tone.

This is a topic that everyone cares about.

"Yes."

Hong Fan admitted it naturally.

"Shortly after seeing King Jingsha off, I gradually discovered that I was able to control the sand, and then speculated that I inherited the star of life."

Chi's man nodded slowly, but his face became more tense.

The title of Star King given by the dragon, although the high-ranking family who is also the "blood heir of the ancestor dragon" does not take it seriously, it is still somewhat sacred among the people.

As for the elites present, everyone has seen Ma Jingsha before his death, and knows the dominance of the sand world in the vast sea of ​​sands hundreds of miles away.

But precisely because of this, they became more hesitant and angry.

"Xingjun's inheritance should be cautious, and today's incident happened suddenly, it's okay if you didn't say it earlier."

The man from the Chi family continued.

"But since you have the power to control the sand, why don't you hide behind the crowd and take action early in the morning to save the lives of more brothers and sisters?"

He whispered, although he deliberately suppressed the volume of his voice, but he still couldn't help asking questions.

As soon as these words came out, not only Chi and the nine members of the Li family, but Zhu Yiqi also had many eyes watching.

But Hong Fan looked as usual.

"Because I can't save it."

he replied, just shaking his head slowly.

"After charging alone, I was actually exhausted."

Hong Fan said as he took off his leather armor and opened his cloth robe.

His exposed lower abdomen was actually a large piece of frightening bruises.

"Two."

Hong Fan sighed and said.

"I was hit by the sword of the four-armed Yasha. Even though I had defended with all my strength, I still broke two ribs."

He bowed his head and laughed, and there was a sound of gnashing of teeth in his laughter.

"I endured it for a long time, until their true qi was exhausted, I used ease to attack them, but I killed [-]% of the people, and I still frightened them away with the power of King Sha Xing."

Hong Fan shook his head and said, looking up at the Chi family's questioner.

"If I make a move while I'm in the ambush, I might try my best to kill two or three people, but it won't help the overall situation!"

"How come there are only two or three people?"

A man from the Li family took half a step forward and interrupted hastily.

"Didn't you use Shawu's trick? If we do it when we have spare power..."

"My shawu recognizes me, but not everyone!"

Hong Fan interrupted coldly.

The other party was immediately speechless.

"I've done everything I can."

Hong Fan covered his shirt back and spoke indifferently.

"If you are still angry, why don't you think about why the news of our actions was leaked, and we were ambushed in turn!"

This was a very reasonable remark, but it accidentally aroused the anger of the other party.

"What do you mean brother?"

Chi's man said angrily.

"Could it be that you think my Chi family has leaked the news?"

Hong Fan just ate the cake.

Naturally, he would not answer such nonsensical and meaningless words.

However, seeing that he was silent, the other party still stiffened his neck and refused to leave.

After a few breaths of silence, harsh creaking sounds sounded from one side.

But Hong Ming, who didn't say a word, suddenly took out the whetstone and sharpened the horizontal knife lavishly.

There was a lot of noise, Hong Lie, Kong Hai, and Shen Hong stood up one after another, untied their swords and surrounded them, hiding Hong Fan behind them.

"After listening for a long time, I don't understand what you are making noise about."

Kong Hai smiled and crossed his arms.

He had already taken off his armor at this time, and his strong shoulders were bound with bandages, which were still stained with blood.

"TNND, I fell from the horse with an arrow, who turned around? Who risked their lives to save me?"

"Where were you then?"

Kong Hai took another half step forward as he spoke.

"At that time, you didn't want to save me, so what face do you have to make irresponsible remarks about whether Brother Hong Fan will make a move and when?"

This question was blurted out, and the chests of the Chi and Li families suddenly heaved.

They wanted to pay back, but the word stuck on their lips, but they couldn't get it out.

If you are ridiculed, you will be angry if you are angry, but it is true that you are ashamed of the dead.

During the stalemate, Hong Fan slowly stood up.

"15 people, we lost 15 people in this battle."

Holding his teammate's shoulders, he stood in front of Chi's man.

"When the arrows fell from the horses in the robes, and died of swordsmen, why didn't you turn around and fight to the death?"

No one answered his words.

"You don't need to say it—it's just that you can't save it at first, and then you become powerless."

Hong Fan asked and answered by himself.

Then he sneered.

"At that time, the enemy cavalry drove them away, but they were powerless and all were destroyed."

"Now the sea flies away..."

"Do you have the strength to play tricks on me?"

The three sentences circled around the camp, and quickly passed the bonfire, and each went on a long journey into the darkness.

No one spoke, and even the sound of sharpening knives stopped.

Only the crackling of the bonfire and the heavy breathing of a few people.

"That's it, that's it..."

Hong Fan glanced at everyone in front of him one by one.

"If you take Hong Fan as a scapegoat, it will make you feel better, but please feel free."

He chuckled softly, turned around and sat down by the campfire.

The knights of Chi and Li's family were finally discouraged at this point, and after they dispersed, they hid their faces in the shadows that the fire could not reach.

PS: New readers are welcome to read my old book "The Last Apostle".

There is a big gap between my level when the old book was first opened and when it was finished. There are many problems in reading the first two volumes now, and my level has improved significantly since the middle and latter part of the third volume.

(End of this chapter)