"Big brother, let's rest here for a while" A leeward slope, Liu Yujue said to Xia Xun.
Xia Xun nodded, the knife in his hand was thrown on the sand with a clatter, and he walked to the high place of the sand slope with difficulty, raising his eyes and looking into the distance.
This area is even more desolate, there is not even snow, at a glance, there is a piece of yellow sand, undulating yellow sand stretches for thousands of miles, Xia Xun knows that they have now arrived in the heart of the desert, and their mood can't help but be heavier.
There was no need to judge the direction based on the fall of the West Hang, he knew from a few days ago that he had deviated from the direction he was supposed to go.
Now he was fleeing all the way down the southwest direction, and the pursuers were too tight, and when he rushed to Hami in the first few days, he even met Timur's cavalry in front, and then he was chased more and more tightly, and he could no longer care about anything else, but he wanted to get rid of the pursuers first.
"The enemy is always chasing" Xia Xun muttered to himself, his eyes fell on the sand where the two passed, where there were two lines of shallow camel footprints, the footprints were originally relatively deep, but with the howling wind, it is now becoming lighter little by little, I believe that it only takes a while to make it disappear completely.
Now that the sky is about to get dark, when the night comes, after a night of wind blowing, not to mention the traces of two people walking, the traces of a hundred and ten people passing by will also disappear without a trace, and what is the pursuer relying on, has been accurately capturing his traces Xia Xun has always been suspicious of this, and he doesn't want to understand this, so he can take countermeasures, he believes that sooner or later he will be chased by the enemy, and at that time, maybe the two of them have escaped and don't even have the strength to struggle, so they can only obediently tie their hands.
He had never thought of hunting dogs before, because there were too few people who used hunting dogs at that time, especially when he was crossing the Hanhai, a cavalry team wanted to kill from afar, directly intercept the Hanhai, find his whereabouts, and then start the robbery, this is too difficult, and there will be hunting dogs in the long-distance run, this kind of thing is really unimaginable.
In fact, not only did the Ming army not use hunting dogs, but even when he fought with the steppe nomadic tribes in the north, he never saw them use hunting dogs on the battlefield.
Therefore, Xia Xun inevitably made empirical mistakes, but he was accurately found by the pursuers again and again, and it was difficult to get rid of it even if he tried his best.
He didn't know the unpleasant smell of the two camels, it was better when the camels ran forward, and when they stopped, or when they were leeward, the smell was really unbearable, and he and Liu Yujue had to cover their faces with a face towel, which not only blocked the cold wind and sand, but also filtered the smell.
Although it is difficult to sniff out such a strong smell by a human nose wherever it passes, it is not difficult for a dog's nose to sniff out.
Xia Xun had already thought of this possibility, but it was useless to think of it, could it be possible to abandon these two camels In this endless desert, when can the two of them go out and lose the camel here, it is better to commit suicide immediately, Xia Xun sighed helplessly.
Under the sand slope, Liu Yujue let the two camels snuggle down, and first took out some camel food and drinking water from the untied large package.
Then he took out two frozen food boxes and touched the frozen simple food, Liu Yujue hesitated, or took out a bag of drinking water, and poured the water into the special food box, and the water in the food box immediately churned, and white smoke came out.
This is an easy-to-carry food created by Xia Xun before leaving Dunhuang, considering that 3,000 people eat horses and feed them and consume too much.
With the help of the current cold of dripping into ice, various foods such as cooked meat and rice are made into food boxes, and the inner layer of food is wrapped in tin foil, and some lime is placed on the outer layer, and if you pour some water into it, the quicklime will quickly heat the water, thus having the effect of heating the rice.
If the temperature of this lime water works for a long time, it can even cook eggs, so it is easy to heat up a meal.
Liu Yujue only warmed a box of lunch, and then cherished the water bag and stuffed it, they didn't know how long they had to run, and now they had entered the real desert, he didn't dare to waste it too much.
Liu Yujue greeted Xia Xun who was walking down the hill with a steaming boxed lunch: "Big brother, eat something, let's rest again."
"Good" Xia Xun took the lunch box, his tentacles were warm, his brows couldn't help frowning, and he said to Liu Yujue: "Next time, we can't heat the rice anymore, let's eat it cold, this is a big desert, it's hard to predict when you can go out, you must save drinking water and just want to be able to survive now, but you can't be squeamish."
"Yes, I got it" Liu Yujue agreed, Xia Xun sat down on the sand, sighed and said, "You can eat too, rest more, the road is still long."
"Hmm" Liu Yujue answered again, walked back and picked up a box of lunch, walked to the other side of the two camels, and ate with his back to him.
Xia Xun was waiting for him to come over to eat together, but when he saw his actions, he was stunned at first, and then shook his head with a smile: "This Yujue, don't you just say two words about you, why are you still angry like a big girl, I haven't had good intentions, alas, after all, he is a young master, how do you know the hardships of hunger and cold, our brothers' next road is getting more and more difficult to walk."
The sky was slightly dark, and the east was already white.
Next to the dune, there seems to be a crouching humanoid stone, quietly placed there.
Suddenly, the "stone" moved, he raised his eyes to see the white light slightly shining in the sky, relaxed the old sheepskin jacket that he was holding tightly, stood up and moved his body a few times, this "stone" was Liu Yujue.
In the past few days in the escape, they have lost a set of bedding, plus the pursuers are getting more and more anxious, and they are getting more and more tired, once they fall asleep, they often like dead pigs, and they can't wake up with any trouble, which is very dangerous, because sometimes the pursuers will chase them overnight, and the two people will change to one person to keep vigil and one person to sleep, and then change people when the time comes.
Liu Yujue turned his head to look at the tightly covered wolfskin sleeping bag under the slope, and sighed softly.
The few days of running away in the desert were indeed a sin that he had never suffered in his life.
He was originally a son of a family, with fine clothes and food, even if his family fell later, he never suffered anything, if the hardships over the years were just the experience of the state of mind, and the material and physical encounters in such a sinister environment, this is the first time.
But because of Brother Yang who accompanied him, Liu Yujue didn't feel his suffering.
When Xia Xun looked around and saw the vastness and boundlessness of the four fields, with the strength of his mind, he couldn't help but feel a feeling of discouragement and frustration, but in this regard, Liu Yujue was much stronger than him.
Liu Yujue doesn't have this kind of cognition, there is only one Xia Xun in his eyes, no matter how big the world is, no matter how vast the desert is, he doesn't see it in his eyes, he only sees Xia Xun alone, and Xia Xun is by his side.
Although the fugitive is bitter, but his heart is very quiet, this kind of peace of mind and satisfaction, not because of the harsh environment and affected, on the contrary, can watch over the most important person in his mind, and luckily, only the two of them, in his opinion, the ups and downs and fatigue all the way are sweet, all the way to the sword and sword shadow have become wind and snow He really wanted Xia Xun to sleep a little longer, he knew that Xia Xun was not easier than him, and last night Xia Xun deliberately kept watch for more than half an hour before waking him up to take over, but the sky was already dark, and the crisis could come again at any time, according to the time ordered by Xia Xun, he had to be called up at this time, otherwise it would inevitably make the eldest 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 had seen something.
Liu Yujue narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance vigilantly, sure enough, it was a living creature, looking 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 little strange, different from the dogs seen in the Central Plains, but it really looked like a dog.
It is an Afghan hound, elegant body, long limbs, so that it can run in the desert, originally as a desert wild dog breed, it is the sand fox, gerbil and other alert and flexible, agile desert creatures for food, its speed can be imagined, when it runs with all its strength, much faster than a horse, even after being successfully trained, it often leaves the owner of the horse far behind when catching the prey, and catches up to fight the prey alone.
It can run like flying in deserts, hills, rocky and other harsh environments, and its ability to withstand cold and heat is extremely strong, and its extraordinary survivability is a hundred times better than its beautiful appearance.
It sniffed the smell and ran all the way, and when Liu Yujue saw it, it obviously saw Liu Yujue as well.
It held its head high, and a pair of golden eyes stared at Liu Yujue, who looked at its unique facial expression and felt like a person who was falling into thought.
The pricked up ear shook a few times in alarm, and it suddenly turned around and ran away like an arrow.
There is danger A chill hit Liu Yujue's whole body, and he suddenly felt the danger, he didn't have a bow, because although his martial arts were high, his archery skills were not good, and the same was true for Xia Xun, so they didn't carry a bow at all, even if they did, looking at the speed of the strange dog's wind, Liu Yujue was also very worried about whether he could shoot it.
"Big brother, hurry up, it's dangerous" Liu Yujue staggered down the sand slope, screaming loudly, Xia Xun's head suddenly popped out of his sleeping bag, and he just woke up, only blinking twice, and then regained his clarity and alertness.
"Big brother, the enemy is about to catch up" Liu Yujue shouted in panic, Xia Xun jumped out of the sleeping bag as soon as he jumped up, and just with the knife in his hand, a team of cavalry seemed to break out of the netherworld, appearing on a sandy slope like a water wave line in front of him, and the horse's hooves with a big bowl mouth kicked the golden sand To be continued: