Most piteously of all, the waterless Gobi desert almost finished them off and they were reduced to drinking their horses's blood and urine to survive!
最慘的是，當他們被驅迫到滴水不出的戈壁沙漠時，嚴重的乾渴幾乎使他們死亡殆盡，最後只有靠生飲牛馬的血、尿來勉強維生。