Lord of the Desert

Chapter 161 Thermal Vision

"What about the other cities?"

Ren Yuanlong asked again.

"I'm afraid it will be difficult."

Liao Zhenghao shook his head.

"First of all, the nearest Yuquan City is also a border crossing point, so there must be no shortage of people."

"Secondly, when the snake people go south, everyone is always at risk."

"Unless there is a military order from above, the border cities cannot and will not mobilize support on their own."

Ren Yuanlong still didn't give up: "At this critical moment, can't we act cheaply?"

"Master Ren, it's not cheap and we have the final say!"

Liao Zhenghao laughed.

"We can't blame them either. Everyone should be responsible for the safety of their own family first."

"The nearest Hexi camp is four hundred miles away from us, but the military situation needs to be spread to Xijing, and we will go there after the military plane makes a decision."

"Even if there is no delay at all, it will take more than ten days to wait for the reinforcements to start."

Ren Yuanlong fell silent.

The dispatch of a large army is no more than an individual, it is an extremely complicated matter.

The reaction speed mentioned by Liao Zhenghao just now is actually not slow no matter what angle you look at.

However, Hong Fan still felt strange.

It is rare for Dahua and Snake to fight in the world. He heard about it from his clan uncle Hong Wei.

However, considering the constant friction between the two ethnic groups, it is unreasonable for the garrison camp to be so far away from the border.

So he asked.

It was Hong Wu who answered.

"There are two reasons for this."

"One is that the farther west Liangzhou goes, the less arable land there is, and the grain production is insufficient."

"We only have [-] soldiers in Jinhai City not because it is enough, but because we can't maintain more."

"Daily garrisoning troops on the frontier, the loss of food supply is too great."

Having said that, he paused.

"On the other hand, instead of putting heavy troops on the border, it is also intentional to guide the snake people to attack."

Hearing this, Hong Fan was taken aback.

"Ever since Martial Saint Baili Corpse made Jinsha Vast Sea, Jinhai is no longer a must-defend city."

Hong Wu smiled wryly.

"We are two hundred miles away from the West Desolate Marsh, and these two hundred miles are a natural barrier."

"Compared to going out to the desert, it is better to use Jinhai City as the front line."

"This is equivalent to stretching the Snakeman's front line by two hundred miles, and there is much more room for deploying military strategies."

"As far as the above is concerned, Jinhai is just one of the more than [-] cities in Dahua Kyushu."

"That's all."

No one answered.

At this moment, Xu Si, the orderly who had just left not long ago, rushed over again.

"My lords, the first-class beacon fire in the Cold Spring Oasis has been extinguished."

He reported the report with a sad tone.

This time no one needs to explain, everyone understands the inner meaning.

The beacon fire went out, indicating that the oasis outpost had been captured.

"Understood, you go."

Liao Zhenghao waved his hands, and stood up suddenly, his robe trembling.

"We don't know anything about the enemy's approach, so guessing is meaningless."

"My officer is now going to arrange the city defense and dispatch scouts."

"Tomorrow, when there is a return, I will call you again."

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The next day, March [-]th.

The sky is full of dark clouds, and the rain will not fall.

It was clearly noon, but the sky and the earth were as dark as dusk.

In the northern sky, three beams of smoke rose indistinctly and merged into one, connecting the desert and Yuncheng like an umbilical cord.

The umbilical cord that gave birth to bloody battles.

The long wind blows from the south, blowing sand and rolling stones all the way, making endless howls.

In the end, it was crushed by an iron palm on the city wall.

"Guard, all the adults are here."

The voice of the orderly came from behind.

"understood."

Liao Zhenghao patted the city bricks, turned around and walked into the city tower.

The building is dark, and even in the daytime, torches are used for lighting.

"Master Liao, I heard that the investigation is not going well?"

When Zheng Zhun saw the Lord coming in, he got up to inquire.

"Master Zheng, it's not just going wrong?"

Liao Zhenghao replied, his voice was as hard as iron.

"There are two teams of 20 people in total. Each team is a master of the penetrating realm, and the rest are veterans."

"Everyone is equipped with a good horse and light armor. Even if they face a direct battle, they are enough to deal with six penetrating realm warriors."

"But none of the last ones came back."

He said, clenching his fists tightly.

"Can't any of the 20 people come back? Could it be too aggressive?"

Ren Yuanlong asked in surprise, but Liao Zhenghao gave him a cold glance and immediately stopped talking.

"There is no fool who can be chosen as a scout."

The latter suppressed his anger, but replied in a cold voice.

"They have all met the snake people before, and they know the importance of the task, and they understand that the preservation of information is the first priority in everything."

"It's just that Master Tongzhi may not know that getting close to the snakeman army in the Golden Sea Desert is a job with your head tied to your belt!"

At the end, Liao Zhenghao's voice became heavier.

Ren Yuanlong took a deep breath, but stood up and gave a deep salute.

"Lord Liao, please forgive me. Ren doesn't know about military affairs, so I hope you can give me your advice."

In this way, most of the dark fire in Liao Zhenghao's heart dissipated.

"Those who do not know are not guilty."

"Snake people are different from our race. Their eyes can't see far and their hearing is not sharp, but they have a different kind of special sense, and they can see the heat and cold of foreign objects."

He explained.

Hong Fan understood it as soon as he heard it—it was talking about thermal vision.

Snakes from previous lives had a special organ called the cheek fossa.

This is a triangular depression on the sides of the head between the outer nostrils and eyes that responds directly to infrared radiation.

This receptor is extremely sensitive to temperature, even a change of a few thousandths of a degree Celsius can be sensed immediately.

And the astonishing thing doesn't stop there - the perception of the cheek fossa is not flat, but three-dimensional.

As a result, snakes are able to orient and position their warm-blooded prey, even blindfolded, with a single bite of a sprinting rat.

The snake people in this world obviously also have such abilities.

"So once a human being enters the perception range of the snake man, it is almost impossible to hide."

Hong Fan said.

"It's really tricky."

"Second Young Master is right, but it's more than that."

Liao Zhenghao continued.

"Snakeman army operations will also spread scouts."

"These scouts are often slender and slender, and can hide under the sand or in the bushes, and they can't be detected without looking carefully."

"In addition, there are a small number of snake people who can change the color of their scales, and they look no different from grass, trees, earth and stones from a distance of one foot."

"Coupled with a keen sense of smell that is far superior to ours, it is undoubtedly a gamble for the scouts to get close to the snakeman army."

Hearing these words, Ren Yuanlong's face turned pale.

"What I just said was the larger snake man."

Liao Zhenghao said with a sigh.

"Snake people also store snakes, most of which are highly poisonous."

"These snakes are scattered outside the barracks and are extremely concealed, but if they are bitten, even with the physique of a war horse, they can't survive a cup of tea."

Hong Wu, Chi Zhuiyuan and others, as well as the soldiers standing around, felt sorry for each other when they heard the words.

"Snake people are as quiet as dead objects, and move like thunder. They are natural ambush masters."

Hong Wu said.

"At the beginning, when we marched northward with Shocking Shagong, it would be very dangerous even if a team with all the members penetrated the border to go out to investigate."

"And at that time we were only facing border tribes, not the private army of the Son of God."

Everyone was speechless for a while.

In the hall, there is only the sound of the wind blowing through the window.

At this time, Hong Sheng got up with his sword and refused to speak.

"If you can't get through, what about the Chaotic Realm?"

"I would like to lead the team!"

(End of this chapter)