Martha's eyes shone brightly when she heard it. She had never heard of this poem, and thought it was Luo Lie's original work, and said full of admiration: "You Han people are talented."

Luo Lie laughed and said, "I didn't write this poem." He told Martha about Petofi's identity and background.

At dusk that day, they arrived at the Molong Ancient City as planned, which was also a long-abandoned city. Although it was not small in scale, there was no complete building left in the entire ancient city. Standing in the ancient city, a feeling of desolation and solemnity naturally surged into their hearts.

The caravans in Desiri have traveled back and forth between the Tengger Desert more than once. Almost every time they traveled back and forth, they would choose to rest in the ancient city of Molong. This place is not far from the Yabulai Mountain where Luo Lie is going. They will be able to walk out of this desert tomorrow afternoon at the latest.

The Tajiks are so polite and hospitable. It can be proved that they did not hesitate to help Luo Lie, a passerby who met by chance. The sunset was setting, and a bonfire rose in the ruins of the ancient city. The caravan specially slaughtered the six sheep they brought with them to celebrate their coming out of the sand sea tomorrow, and at the same time, it was also to welcome Luo Lie, the new friend.

Luo Lie slowly walked up the beacon tower, and large clouds appeared in the western sky. From a distance, the sky seemed to be burning, and the rolling sand dunes were dyed with blood. A melodious sound of flute came from his ears. Looking along the sound, Desiri blew Nai in a corner of the ancient city. This piccolo was made of the wing bones of an eagle and was one of the most popular instruments of the Tajiks.

The sound of the flute has a unique desolate smell, making this ancient city that has been through vicissitudes even more bleak. Luo Lie looked into the wind, and the night was swallowing the entire world at an astonishing speed. During this period, he seemed to have entered another world.

After meeting this Tajik caravan, he returned to reality.

Martha's silver bell-like voice sounded from below: "Brother Luo, it's time to eat."

Luo Lie smiled and walked towards the people who were already sitting around the bonfire in the ancient city. He ate roasted lamb and drank horse milk wine. The enthusiastic Tajiks sang and danced around the bonfire. Luo Lie couldn't help but be infected by their joy.

The night became darker and darkness enveloped the ruins of the Molong ancient city. People who had been trekking for a day began to fall asleep. Luo Lie walked towards his tent. When he passed the bonfire, he saw the old man Desiri still sitting by the bonfire smoking a dry cigarette. He came to the old man and sat down, took out a cigarette box from his shirt pocket, took out one and handed it over.

Desiri didn't be polite to him either. He took it and lit it on the fire. He took a sip and his gray eyebrows frowned. The smell of tobacco was too light for him.

Luo Lie also lit a cigarette, raised his head and looked at the night sky. The stars were shining in the quiet night sky. Here you can easily find the location of the Milky Way. When people arrive in such an environment, even their minds become open unconsciously.

Desiri suddenly said something, pointing his dry fingers towards the night sky. Luo Lie looked in the direction he pointed, but saw a meteor passing by in the northwest direction. Desiri's expression became terrified and trepidated. He threw away the cigarette in his hand, crawled on the ground, and bowed to the place where the meteor appeared with great devout reverence.

Luo Lie has extensive knowledge and has traveled to many places in the world. He knows that every nation has the totem they worship and their fear. Judging from Desiri's expression, this meteor is obviously not a good sign.

Fortunately, most of the Tajiks have fallen asleep and have not seen the strange phenomena in the night sky. Otherwise, it will inevitably cause panic.

As for meteors alone, some people think that broom stars usually bring bad luck, while others say that when a meteor appears in the night sky, wishes for it will often come true, but Luo Lie knows that this is just an ordinary heavenly phenomenon, and neither theory can be said to be scientific.

The weather in the desert changes as soon as possible, and sandstorms blew up again in the middle of the night. Because I found a proper place to stay in advance, there is naturally no need to worry about being swept away from the tent tonight. This wind and sand are much smaller than last night. Even so, the tent is also constantly swaying in the tent.

Luo Lie woke up from his sleep and checked the four corners of the tent to prevent the tent from being lifted up by wind and sand. The screams of animals came from outside, and the wind and sand caused panic among the animals. Luo Lie lifted a corner of the tent and looked out, but saw the old man Desiri and more than a dozen strong Tajik men moving the animals into the inner city with a tall wall.

Luo Lie decided to get up and help, and walked towards them with the wind and sand. But after walking a few steps, he stopped because he heard the sound of horses neighing from afar. This sound was definitely not from the inside of the ancient city.

Since his father planted the seeds of wisdom, Luo Lie's feeling became extremely sharp. He immediately judged that a team of horses was coming towards the ancient city, turned around and walked towards the abandoned observation deck. Because he was walking in the wind, he had difficulty walking. He finally came to the observation deck, took out his goggles and put them on, and looked into the distance and saw a group of hazy black shadows coming towards this side directly west of the ancient city.

The old man Desiri commanded the tribe to pull the animals into the inner city and took Martha to the observation deck. At this time, the team outside had approached again. Their eyes could also see that the team was large in number, about 200 people, not just camel caravans, some riding camels, and some riding horses.

This team should be from west to east. Judging from their current location, they entered the Tengger Desert shortly after they encountered this sandstorm and had to come to the ancient city to hide from the wind and sand.

The old man Desiri's face suddenly became severe. He whispered, and Martha said to Luo Lie, "It seems that something is wrong!"

Desiri had already loudly reminded the tribesmen below to be on guard. The tribesmen quickly picked up their weapons. Most of their weapons were bows, arrows, swords and guns. In order to ensure the safety of the caravan, they would carry some self-defense weapons with them, but most of them were mainly cold weapons, and the entire caravan only had three long spears.

Luo Lie also felt something was wrong from the sudden tense atmosphere. These Tajiks traveled to and from the Tengger Desert many times and should be very clear about the surrounding situation. Judging from their reactions, they should have had a premonition of danger. Could this team coming were robbers?

Luo Lie quickly denied this idea again. Before entering the Tengger Desert, he specifically investigated the situation here. There were no bandits in this desert. After all, there were not many caravans who chose to pass here, and there were no one inhabited in the desert. If the bandits survived robbery in this area, they would probably starve to death sooner or later. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that they came prepared. This possibility was based on their previous news and locked in the caravans in Desiri.

But from the current situation Luo Lie saw, this is just an ordinary caravan.

Martha said on the side: "Often the caravans will camp at night, and there are few who are still on the road in the middle of the night."

Luo Lie nodded. At this time, the team was getting closer and closer. Desiri made a gesture and a subordinate lit a torch on the beacon tower on the right to warn the other party and told them that there were already people in the ancient city.

The team outside the ancient city stopped indeed. A knight left the team and came to the base of the wall of the ancient city. He said aloud: "We are the merchants passing by Shanxi. Because we were in a hurry to rush, we accidentally encountered a sandstorm. We hope to make it easier to let us enter the ancient city to hide from the wind and sand."

Martha translated the man's words to Desiri.

Desiri pondered for a while and asked Martha to convey his meaning that those people could go around the east wall of the ancient city to camp, and they could also hide from the wind and sand, but they were not allowed to enter the city. Although Desiri's decision was not friendly, it was a safe plan for safety.

After hearing this, the knight politely hugged them and then turned his horse's head back to the team.

Desiri secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the other party did not insist on entering the city. Luo Lie sensed his nervousness and couldn't help but feel a little surprised. Did Desiri's caravan really transport some treasures? Otherwise, how could he be so nervous?

Luo Lie raised his eyes to the caravan in the wind and sand outside the city. The team began to move slowly. The team divided it into two halves and circled the east side of the ancient city. Luo Lie felt something was wrong. After the opponent's team separated, several carriages were exposed from it. Because the distance was far away, it was impossible to see the specific situation clearly, but suddenly a shocking sound of artillery bombardment was heard.

Two small steel cannons were fired at the same time, and the shells roared at the whistle, and the target was the observation deck where Luo Lie and the others were.

Hearing the sound of cannons, Luo Lie knew something was wrong. He reacted immediately, roared and jumped down from the observation deck. Desiri and Martha reacted almost at the same time. Before Luo Lie landed, the shells fell on the observation deck, blowing the observation deck so much that the smoke filled the gunpowder. The sand and stones radiated everywhere shot down on them like rain. As soon as Luo Lie's feet landed on the ground, they were pressed down under a collapsed earth wall.

The sound of gunfire sounded one after another, and more than 200 uninvited guests started attacking the ancient city from different angles.

Desiri sprained his ankle when he landed on the ground. Martha was lucky enough to be uninjured. She shouted his father's name and helped him up from the ground. Another shell landed not far behind them. Three tribe members were bombed into the air by shells, and their bodies had become fragmented in the air, and their flesh and blood were flying everywhere.

Although the caravans in Desiri were also equipped with weapons, their power was simply not comparable to those of these bandits. They were already at a disadvantage under the opposing firepower.
Chapter completed!