Riding and chopping: Overlord of the Han and Hungarians

Chapter 17 17. The Yurt on the Snow Field
Before the story begins, let us review the simplest geography knowledge.

There is such a mountain range on the plateau that is not yet called the Mongolian plateau.

He is the sacred mountain in the minds of all the Huns, and also the sacred mountain in the minds of countless rising nomads in later generations.

Zhang Qi didn't know what this mountain range was called now, but he knew that one of the main peaks was called 'Langjuxu Mountain'!
Perhaps in the near future, there will be a young general bestowed by the heavens on a great man who will come here with an undefeated army to create a great achievement that every general in the future would like to achieve [Fenglangjuxu]!
This is the absolute center of Zhengzhi in the eyes of the Huns. They live on the flat land under this mountain range and graze cattle and sheep with the help of snow water flowing down from the mountain peak.

North of the mountains is the deepest inner lake in the world, with one-fifth of the world's fresh water reserves, Bei JR Lake

The easternmost part of the mountain range is still vaguely connected to the Great X'an Mountains.

Zhang Qi and the others chose to go in the east direction.

crunch.

The snow boots made of tough tree branches have greatly increased the contact area of ​​each person's feet, and will not let their legs sink into the snow that has piled up to an unknown height.

Walking on snow is much more difficult than on flat ground. From the time of departure to now, everyone is out of breath. Every time they take a breath of cold air, it is a major test for their noses and throats.

No one spoke, and now no one can speak. Zhang Qi is at the forefront. Even after two months of training in the world of riding and slashing, his endurance has been approached after walking such a distance. vertex.

Wrapped in a breathable scarf that covered half of his face, it would make his breathing easier.

They have been marching for more than six hours since they set off. There is no wind and snow, but the sun is shining brightly but it is bitterly cold.

Looking at the sun, it was already close to three o'clock in the afternoon. Zhang Qi looked back, everyone was walking numbly, and the joy of escaping from the ascension to heaven had almost been wiped out by hardships.

If they go any further, they will collapse.

Such a thought flashed through Zhang Qi's mind, and he stopped.

".Cough...uh." The dry throat slowed down for a long time before a few hoarse voices came out.

In this silent atmosphere, his voice was harsh.

Everyone stopped and looked up at Zhang Qi blankly.

"...stop for a while."

The voice surrounded by the scarf was a little muffled. As soon as he finished speaking, the people behind him lay straight down in the snow.

It was also difficult for them to keep up with Zhang Qi. Unlike Zhang Qi who had been training in the world of riding and hacking for two months, they were still a group of slaves who hadn't had enough to eat two days ago.

From this point, it is not difficult to see that these people have willpower beyond ordinary people.

Seeing them lying in the snow and Zhang Qi didn't stop them, he was so tired that even he lay down now.

The clothes were good, and Zhang Qi didn't feel too cold lying in the snow, except for the tingling sensation in every breath reminding him that it was winter, the rest of his body was still warm.

After lying down for a while, Zhang Qi got up and pulled them up, resting for a while would be enough, the snow would be melted into water by their body temperature and seep into the clothes after lying down, it would be fatal.

Spreading out a bundle of rolled up animal skins, Zhang Qi spread it on the ground for several people to sit down and rest.

"Hui, everything is here, get some food for everyone, and rest for a while.

I'll leave for a moment and come back in half an hour. "

Hui took out a water bag from under his armpit, took a sip and nodded, he really didn't have the strength to speak, his body and bones were inherently weaker than others, if it wasn't for the help of a few people on the road, he would have been unable to hold on. .

As soon as Zhang Qi spoke, he disappeared from everyone's sight. It took about 7 minutes for half an hour, but in the world of riding and hacking, these 7 minutes were almost equivalent to two and a half hours, which was enough for Zhang Qi to return to his best condition.

When Zhang Qi came out again, he was already refreshed, and Bo and the others ate half of the naan bread with the water in the water bag.

Seeing Zhang Qi coming out, they subconsciously wanted to get up, Zhang Qi reached out and held them down: "Let's rest first, Eagle, if you can still move, if you can move, come with me to find a suitable place to spend the night."

Among them, Ying had the best physique. After a short rest, he would eat something to replenish his strength. Ying swallowed the last bite of pancake without saying a word and stood up.

"No, poof, no problem!"

His mouth was stuffed a bit, Eagle was muttering, took a few sips from the water bag, and then he recovered.

"Let's go Kai."

With the bow and the knife across the back, the eagle's movements are done in one go.

Zhang Qi looked at him and smiled with satisfaction, then walked forward.

There is a flat river under the mountains, and Zhang Qi and the others can see far away except for those extended mountain feet that will block the line of sight.

After walking for about ten minutes, Zhang Qi stretched out his hand and threw Yinglian and himself into the snowdrift.

Turning around the foot of an extended mountain, Zhang Qi clearly saw the curling smoke rising from the vast snowfield.

The cooking smoke rose straight up and drifted into the distance. In the distance, Zhang Qi could vaguely see a few men on horseback carrying something on their backs.

"Two yurts, how many people do you think there will be?"

Zhang Qi asked Xiangying in a low voice, and Ying carefully poked his head out to look over there.

"They should come here to pick up people. Every year when there is not enough food in some small tribes, the old people and children will be thrown out. This tribe should have rich food, so they will send people to pick up people to enrich the population."

"For two yurts, the maximum number of people should not exceed twenty, and children will occupy more than half of them!"

Ying has a lot of experience, he has often gone out with the Huns nobles in the clan, and he has also done things like pick people up.

"How to do it? Kai."

Ying turned to look at Zhang Qi.

Zhang Qi looked at the yurts with deep eyes, and the men on horseback tied up their horses and returned to the yurts.

Patting Ying on the back, Zhang Qi pulled him to move backwards.

"Remember this place, we come at night!"

Zhang Qi said softly, the coldness in his words was frightening.

Ying hummed, and touched the bow and arrow on his back with a little excitement.

"Go, go back first, recharge your batteries!"

The two moved back far enough, stood up and returned to where they were before.

A few people were still resting on the animal skins, Zhang Qi went over and pulled them up and led them to the mountains.

"There are people nearby, let's go to a higher place, block the snow wall and come out to rest."

The few people didn't ask any more questions, they took their things and went up with Zhang Qi.

A snow wall was built to block the view, and Zhang Qi re-paved the animal skins.

After they sat down, they continued to rest, while Zhang Qi was thinking about the yurts he saw just now.

They blocked the way Zhang Qi and the others approached. If they made a detour, the vast grasslands and their direction would be easy to lose, not to mention the snow-covered land, and it would be impossible to even distinguish the landforms.

So Zhang Qi planned to get rid of them. First, they had horses, which could speed up Zhang Qi and others' progress. Second, they also had yurts, so that Zhang Qi and others could set up camp anytime and anywhere.

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(End of this chapter)