Xia Xun nodded and dropped the knife in his hand on the sand with a clang. He walked with difficulty to the top of the sand slope and looked up into the distance.
This area was even more desolate, with no snow at all. As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but yellow sand. The undulating yellow sand stretched for thousands of miles. Xia Xun knew that they had now reached the heart of the desert, and his heart couldn't help but become heavier.
There was no need to judge the direction based on the setting sun in Xixuan. He knew a few days ago that he had deviated from the direction he should go. Now he was escaping all the way down the southwest direction. The pursuers were too tight, and his head
After a few days of detouring in the northwest direction towards Hami, they even encountered Tamerlane's cavalry in the front. Later, they were pursued more and more closely, and they could no longer care about anything else. They just wanted to get rid of the pursuers first.
“The enemy is always after me!”
Xia Xun murmured to himself. His eyes fell on the sand where the two of them passed. There were two lines of shallow camel footprints. The footprints were originally relatively deep, but with the howling wind, they were now becoming shallower.
, I believe that it will disappear completely if it only takes a while.
It is getting dark now. By night time, after a night of wind blowing, not to mention the traces of two people passing by, the traces of hundreds of people passing by will also disappear. What exactly does the pursuer rely on? It has always been accurate.
Tracing his traces?
Xia Xun has always had doubts about this. He didn't want to understand this. Baidu Jinyi Night Post Bar Huangmen Neipin provided error-free text to make countermeasures. He believed that sooner or later the enemy would catch up. By then, the two of them might have already
He ran away so hard that he didn't even have the strength to struggle, so he could only obey and tie his hands.
He had never thought about hounds before, because there were too few people using hounds at that time, especially since he was crossing the vast sea, and a cavalry troop was going to come from afar and intercept directly into the vast sea to find him.
It is too difficult to track people's whereabouts and carry out robbery and killing. It is really unimaginable to have hounds with them during a long-distance attack.
In fact, not only did the Ming army not use hounds, but when he fought against the nomadic tribes on the grasslands in the north, he had never seen them using hounds on the battlefield. Therefore, Xia Xun was inevitably guilty of empiricism, but he was pursued again and again.
The soldiers found it accurately, but he couldn't get rid of it despite all his efforts. He was puzzled and had already thought of this possibility, because otherwise he could not explain the shrewdness of the enemy soldiers.
He was not unaware of the unpleasant smell of those two camels. It was better when the camels were running forward, but when they stopped, or when they were moving against the wind, the smell was really unbearable. He and Liu Yujue
Everyone must cover their faces with a towel, which not only blocks the cold wind and sand, but also filters out the smell. Although it is difficult for human noses to smell such a strong smell when passing by, it is not difficult for dogs to smell it.
Xia Xun had already thought of this possibility, but it was useless. How could he abandon these two camels? In this boundless desert, when would the two of them be able to walk out with their legs? Lost the camels here,
It would be better to commit suicide immediately.
Xia Xun sighed helplessly.
Under the sandy slope, Liu Yujue let the two camels lie down snuggled together, and first took out some food and water for the camels from the unwrapped large package. Fortunately, Feng Suiyan chose these male camels that were in estrus. Not only did they run fast, but they also
During this period, the appetite is very small, otherwise the food I carry would not be enough to see.
Then he took out two frozen food boxes and touched the frozen simple food. Liu Yujue hesitated for a moment, then took out a bag of drinking water and poured the water into the special food box. The water in the food box immediately rolled
It got up and white smoke came out.
This is an easy-to-carry food that Xia Xun came up with before leaving Dunhuang, considering that eating horse feed for three thousand people would be too much. With the help of the current severe cold, where water turns into ice, cooked meat and
Rice and other foods are made into food boxes. The inner layer of food is wrapped in tin foil, and the outer layer is put with some lime. As long as you pour some water in, the quicklime will quickly heat the water, thus achieving the effect of heating the rice.
If the temperature of this lime water acts for a long enough time, even eggs can be cooked, and it will be easy to heat rice.
Liu Yujue only heated up a box of rice and stuffed the water bag with care. They didn't know how long they would have to run. They had already entered a real desert, and he didn't dare to waste too much.
Liu Yujue held a steaming lunch box and greeted Xia Xun, who was walking down the hillside: "Brother, eat something and have a rest!"
"good!"
Xia Xun took the lunch box and felt it was warm in his hands. He frowned and said to Liu Yujue: "Next time, we don't have to heat the food anymore. Let's eat it cold. This is a big desert. It's hard to predict when we can go out. Drinking water
We must save! Right now we just want to survive, but we can’t be too squeamish!”
"Yes! I know!"
Liu Yujue promised, and Xia Xun sat down on the sand, sighed and said: "You should also eat something, rest more, there is still a long way to go!"
"Um!"
Liu Yujue responded again, walked back and picked up a box of lunch, walked to the other side of the two camels, turned his back to him and began to eat.
Xia Xun was originally waiting for him to come over to have dinner with him. When he saw his behavior, he was startled for a moment, then laughed and shook his head: "This Yujue, I just said a few words to you, why are you so angry like a big girl?"
, I don’t mean well? Alas! You are just a young man after all, how can you know the suffering of being hungry and cold! The road ahead for us brothers will become increasingly difficult!"
The sky is getting slightly brighter, and the fish belly white has already appeared in the east.
Next to the sand dune, there seems to be a squatting human-shaped stone, quietly placed there.
Suddenly, the "stone" moved. He raised his eyes and saw the white light appearing slightly on the horizon. He relaxed the tight old sheepskin jacket, stood up and moved his body a few times. This "stone" was none other than Liu Yujue.
In the past few days, they had lost a set of bedding while fleeing. In addition, the pursuers were becoming more and more urgent, and they were getting more and more tired. Once they fell asleep, they often felt like dead pigs, unable to wake up at the slightest disturbance.
It was very dangerous, because sometimes the pursuers would come overnight, so the two of them would change to one person keeping watch, the other sleeping, and then changing people when the time came.
Liu Yujue turned to look at the tightly covered wolfskin sleeping bag down the slope and sighed softly.
The past few days of fleeing in the desert were like a crime he had never suffered in his life. He was originally a rich man, well-clothed and well-fed. Even though his family fell into decline later, he never suffered much. If the hardships of these years,
It's just a mental experience, and it's the first time that I've encountered such a dangerous environment materially and physically.
But because Brother Yang accompanied him, Liu Yujue actually didn't feel the pain.
When Xia Xun looked around and saw the vast and boundless fields, he could not help but feel discouraged and depressed despite his strong will. However, Liu Yujue was much better than him in this aspect. Liu Yujue did not have this understanding.
He knew that there was only one Xia Xun in his eyes. No matter how big the world was, no matter how vast the desert was, it was as if he had never seen him before. He only saw Xia Xun alone, and Xia Xun was right beside him.
Although the days of fleeing were hard, he felt very peaceful in his heart. This kind of inner peace and contentment was not affected by the harsh environment. On the contrary, he was able to watch over the most important people in his mind, and by luck, they were the only ones.
In his opinion, the two of them were happy with the ups and downs and fatigue along the way, and the swords and swords and shadows along the way became romantic!
He really wanted to let Xia Xun sleep a little longer. He knew that Xia Xun was actually not as relaxed as him, and last night Xia Xun deliberately stayed for more than half an hour before waking him up to take over. However, the sky was already dark, and the crisis could come again at any time. According to
It was the time for Xia Xun's instructions, and he had to wake him up at this time, otherwise he would inevitably make his elder brother angry again.
Liu Yujue took a breath and was about to walk towards the bottom of the slope when his expression suddenly changed, as if he saw something.
Liu Yujue squinted his eyes and looked into the distance alertly. It was indeed a living creature. From a distance, it looked like a sand fox or some other desert animal?
However..., the animal ran closer and closer. Although the long, hair-like hair looked a bit strange and was not in line with the dogs seen in the Central Plains, but... it really looked like a
dog.
That is an Afghan hound. Its elegant figure and slender limbs allow it to run wildly in the desert. It was originally a desert wild dog breed. It was originally a desert fox, gerbil, and other alert and agile animals.
It feeds on living things, and its speed can be imagined. When it runs at full speed, it is much faster than a horse. Even after being successfully trained by people, it often keeps the owner of the horse far away when it captures prey.
Leave behind, catch up and fight the prey alone.
It can run like flying in harsh environments such as deserts, hills, and rocky areas. It is extremely resistant to cold and heat. Its extraordinary survivability is a hundred times better than its beautiful appearance.
It ran all the way smelling the smell. When Liu Yujue saw it, it obviously also saw Liu Yujue. It held its head high and stared at Liu Yujue with a pair of golden eyes. Liu Yujue looked at its weird facial expression and felt like a
The person who was lost in thought trembled a few times with his erect ears, then suddenly turned around and ran away like an arrow.
There is danger!
A chill ran through Liu Yujue's body, and he suddenly felt danger. He didn't have a bow, because although his martial arts was high, his shooting skills were actually poor. The same was true for Xia Xun, so they didn't carry a bow at all. Even if they did, look at the strange
With the speed of a dog, Liu Yujue was very concerned about whether he could hit it.
"Brother, get up quickly, it's dangerous!"
Liu Yujue staggered down the sandy slope, screaming loudly, and Xia Xun's head suddenly popped out of the sleeping bag. He had just woken up and only blinked twice before he regained his clarity and alertness.
"Brother, hurry up! The enemy is chasing us!"
Liu Yujue screamed in panic, and Xia Xun jumped out of the sleeping bag. Just as he held the knife in his hand, a group of cavalry appeared on the sandy slope in front of them like water waves, as if they had burst out of the netherworld.
The big horse's hooves kicked the golden sand flying!