Chapter 214 Arriving at Xingluo!
Although it is March, Xingluo Kingdom is located in the inland area, surrounded by mountains, and the weather is still cold.
Liu Mo led three thousand light cavalry to travel day and night, rushed forward, lying on the saddle, and only took a short rest while drinking horses, and then continued to move forward.
They stepped through bare rocks, through gloomy pine forests and aged snow, crossed ice ridges, and crossed the nameless shallow river.
Although Tang Die was ordered from time to time to lead a team to explore the way, danger was always everywhere.
Once, as they walked across the low ridge between the snow peaks, a plateau snow leopard came out of the nest and roared less than twenty steps away from the people. Although the beast was haggard and hungry, the war horse of a certain Daxia cavalry was still panicked, knocked down his horse and fled quickly.
When I found it, it had tripped on the steep slope and broke its leg.
Because he was light and had only brought food for ten days, the seriously injured horses could not be wasted.
That day, everyone finally ate fresh meat, while Tang Die insisted that everyone mix horse blood into the rice, saying that it could enhance their physical strength. The pungent horse blood porridge made Liu Mo feel uncomfortable, but he tried his best.
Before they set off, they cut off horse meat from the corpse, and horse bones can also be used to make soup, and they were taken away for this.
Since that day, every night has become more colder.
Tang Die is not always around, but she has never been far away. Even if she is separated, Liu Mo can feel her existence and is deeply pleased with it.
I don’t know what kind of cheat Tang Qingfeng has turned on, but he can tame her so obediently in a period of time.
The Bai Chengzong sect gave him an "old acquaintance", whose name was Sun Kan (that is, Zhu Min mentioned that Liu Mo had once sponsored the person), and he was a fifth-rank appeasement envoy at that time.
According to Bai Chengzong's words, although Zhu Min and Lu Sheng were both Liu Mo's elder brothers in name, they had already admired Liu Mo and obeyed everything and could not do the "supervision" work.
But unlike Zhu Min and Lu Sheng, Sun Kan is a serious person. He usually only saw him riding a horse silently, his messy hair slowly shaking. He didn't communicate for two hours. The only voice was the light stepping on the horse's hooves on the stone and the crying of the cold wind.
So much so that Liu Mo still can't figure out the other party.
The wind never calms down above the mountains. Now Liu Mo can often fall asleep without dreams: dreaming of Lin Shiqi, dreaming of several wives, dreaming of Xiao Siyu, dreaming of his youngest son, dreaming of He Ruda, and the dead Wei Guang.
So much so that after that, Liu Mo would pray in his heart every night before going to bed.
"Shiqi, Xiaowan, Xin'er... I wish you all the best. Old Man Wei, if you are really harmed by others, I will avenge you!"
The further you go, the harder the road will be. The further you ride, the tighter the cliffs on both sides will be.
After walking all day, they came to a frozen river.
Under the dusk sunset, the streams were like ribbons, guiding them straight to the source. The stone shore was full of ice, but under the thin hard shell, Liu Mo could hear the gurgling water.
A mountain collapse occurred on this road, and a huge rock fell across the middle, but their war horses still squeezed over.
The mountain wall behind it became tighter and steeper, and the stream extended directly to a winding and towering waterfall. The mist was shrouded in, like the breath of a huge ice beast, and the surging flowing water shone brightly under the setting sun.
Liu Mo looked at the waterfall in frustration, and there was a dead end.
"Tang Die, are you sure this is a shortcut?" he turned his head and asked.
It turned out that Tang Die told Liu Mo that she had been to Xingluo three times and knew that there was a shortcut to the Xingluo capital Yierle.
The so-called shortcut road is rugged and difficult to move forward. The soldiers under his command have begun to complain, why should we believe a "soldier" of unknown origin instead of walking on the avenue.
But at this time it was Liu Mo's enemy, not his comrades, so he had no choice!
"Mr. Liu, just keep up!" Tang Die replied in an orderly tone, "Hurry up!"
The "little man" Tang Die, riding on a tall horse, sped towards the waterfall, passed through the water curtain, and disappeared without a trace.
Liu Mo frowned, but still gave an order, clamped his mount and followed him.
His horse tried his best to escape, and the icy water was blowing with a frozen fist. The bitter cold tremor made him unable to breathe. Then it passed. He was soaked and trembled, but it was over.
The crevices of the rocks are extremely narrow and difficult to pass, but after they pass, the roads are wide open and the ground turns into soft sand.
"I didn't expect there was such a secret passage!" Sun Kan, who followed behind, sighed. "A soldier told me the story of tracking plateau wolf through the waterfall. I was younger than you at that time."
"This road runs through the mountains." Tang Die said, "Mr. Liu, if the color is getting late today, it is better to rest here and wait for tomorrow dawn to set out again. And tonight, I will keep watching."
After speaking, Tang Die sat on the sandy ground with his back against the rock wall, becoming a vague black shadow in the gloomy cave.
"Okay!" So Liu Mo ordered the entire army to camp on the spot after crossing the road.
Afterwards, Liu Mo took off his wet cloak, but the place was cold and tide, so he couldn't take it off again.
When the campfires rise, the sun has set and the moon climbs into the sky.
The moonlight once passed through the surging water curtain and scattered several pale and waning stripes on the sand.
Sleep finally hit...
When Sun Kan woke him up, it was dawn the second day.
After letting the soldiers finish breakfast, Liu Mo immediately ordered to set off.
The stone tunnels meandered, initially downwards, then upwards, while the roads became wider and wider.
After several hours of trekking, I finally saw the light of day again.
However, at this time, Tang Die stopped Liu Mo: "Mr. Liu, there are people in front of him, and there are still quite a few people!"
Someone? Liu Mo pursed his lips. "Send the order and line up to meet the enemy!"
"The terrain here is good," Sun Kan announced after observing the surroundings, "There is a cover above and a secret passage behind. Even if there are enemies, they cannot attack them."
"Yes," Liu Mo replied, "Feed the horses first. The cavalry's war horses cannot charge with their stomachs!"
As he said that, he grabbed a handful of fodder and fed it to his mount, and stroked its soft bristle.
A horn echoed in the mountains, and Liu Mo heard the horse's hooves.
"They will arrive in a moment." Sun Kan announced!
A cavalry unit of dozens of people appeared on the ridge less than half inside and outside. They moved closer carefully to prevent being attacked by arrows.
"Sir, there are only a few people, maybe we are too worried!" Tang Die said with a frown.
"No, be careful it is the bait of the Zhou Dynasty!" Sun Kan replied, at this time he had drawn out his long sword.
According to legend, after Sun Kan lost half of his right hand in a battle, he developed the martial arts of using a sword with his left hand, which was even more powerful than before. Liu Mo and the tall warrior stood side by side, "vowing" in hand. Although the air was cold, sweat blurred his vision.
The visitor stopped at 100 meters, and the leader stepped forward alone. His horse slowly climbed the rugged slopes, always guarding against Liu Mo and others to launch an attack.
"Stop!" Liu Mo shouted down.
The visitor stopped moving forward and then carefully observed.
Then, he suddenly reached out his hand and said a lot of words from his mouth.
Unfortunately, the other party was talking about Xingluo, which Liu Mo couldn't understand at all.
"Where is the official (ancient translation)?" he immediately called out.
"No need, Lord Liu, I can understand!" Tang Die stopped Liu Mo, then rushed forward and began to communicate with the person who came in Starluo.
At this time, Liu Mo noticed that the more you communicated, the more complicated Tang Die's expression became. At the end, she turned her head incredibly and asked: "Mr. Liu, are you the Prince Consort of Xingluo?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
Tang Die squeezed out a smile, "Come to find you!"
What a guy! Liu Mo couldn't help but take a deep breath, "Is the person coming Xingluo scout?"
Chapter completed!