Chapter 7 Thrilling

Chang Hui and Zhao Gen'er rode horses to see off their grandparents and grandchildren, took the shortcut they passed, and it only took five days to catch up with Su Wu and his party. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThis shortcut is only more than ten miles into the mountain road at both ends, it is hidden, and it is a rugged and difficult path that appears from time to time, and it goes inward in the middle, and gradually becomes a road that can be driven quickly.

The further north you go, the more you enter the desert area, the weather is like a monkey's face, and it will change. For a while, the sun was shining, and everything was calm. The team marched along the sand ridge and stepped on the golden sand road, although it was tiring, but it was quite comfortable. The heavens were angry for a while, and the sand flew in the strong wind, covering the sky and the sun, so that pedestrians and livestock could not open their eyes, could not move their feet, could not walk, and were in danger of dying at any time. Thanks to the fact that the guide went through a lot, he was saved from the disaster.

One day, while the team was walking, suddenly, a strong wind blew and the flying sand roared towards them. Hu Tuli shouted, "Everyone, tighten your hands and lie down in front of the wind and sand!" After half an hour of wind and sand, people lay down and did not block the wind and sand. Not far behind them, the wind and sand were blocked by a half-man's high slope, a sand beam five or six feet high. The people who were lying down and the camels were covered with sand and quilts, and they all got up with a shaking. Horses with no experience in the desert were buried. After everyone got up, they immediately took action, dug away the sand, rescued the horses, did not dare to slack off, packed their luggage and immediately went on the road.

After the wind and sand, the sun became milder and the air was much cooler. Everyone was slowly wading through the sand. Chang Hui and Langar walked in front of the horse, and Su Wu and Hu Tuli followed behind with everyone. Langar was speechless and asked Chang Hui: "Brother Chang, you went back to the clouds to send people, why did you come back so soon?"

"Why, you don't want me back?" he asked with a smile.

Langar stabbed him: "People ask you well because they care about the old woman and the child!"

"I'm kidding you!" Chang Hui also elbowed him and hit him in the chest.

"Oh!" rangar crouched on the ground in pain.

He often tied the reins of the two horses together, patted the horse's buttocks, and the horse walked forward. He took Rangar to the side of the road and asked with concern:

"What's wrong with you?"

Langar got up and said, "It's nothing. Alright!" Hu Tuli passed by his daughter, dragged her daughter away. He could see it clearly, and he was afraid that they would find out that Langar was a daughter.

He often strides to follow: "I'm sorry brother!"

"I'm fine!" said Langal.

Hu Tuli said to his daughter, "Hurry up! You have a headache again, get on your horse and go!"

Hutuli pulled Langar to catch up with the horse, Langar turned on the horse's back, Hutuli led the other horse, and the two guides walked ahead.

Su Wula often walked between the team and the guide. I often look before and after, and I can't hear their conversation before and after looking at the distance. So he whispered to Su Wu: "My lord, the child sent back is a boy. ”

Su Wu smiled and said, "I know." ”

"How do you know?" often wonders.

"I touched his head that day!"

"You are truly a god!" he continued, "Actually, it was agreed between the daughter-in-law and the old man. In order to leave offspring for her husband, she concealed that her child was a girl since she was a child. In this way, it is easy for the mother-in-law to return to the Han Dynasty with the child. Their home is in Henan (south of the Yellow River). ”

"Is that a register made according to the situation?"

"Not only did I make a detailed record, but I also told the old mother that you saved them. And he left them silver. He also asked the battalion supervisor to give them preferential care. ”

"You're doing the right thing!" he admonished, "and you can't tell anyone else, let alone the guide!"

"I know!"

Under the guidance of the guide, the whole team finally walked out of the desert and saw some green trees and grass. In the evening, they rushed to a meadow where two families were grazing. Because several Hu envoys have lived in Han for many years, they have entered old age, and their health is not very good, and they are supported by the desire to go home at first, and there are soldiers to take care of them on the way, and most of them ride horses along the way, which is okay. After seven or eight days of desert torment, two of them were sick and unable to move. Besides, the soldiers were also tired. Su Wu and Hu Tuli discussed: "Mr. Hu, can we rest here for two days?"

"It's not going to work here! It's on the edge of the grassland, and there's a shortage of water, so many people can't do it anymore. Let's hold on for one more day and go to Yuwushui (now the Tula River in Mongolia), where there are people and shamans (Mongolian doctors). Hu Tuli looked at the sunset that was about to go home and suggested, "This place has entered the polar circle of the inverted polar day, and it is not too dark on summer nights, so let's rest here for an hour, eat something, drink water, and hurry while the night is cool." ”

"That-listen to you!" Su Wu wanted to send the patient away first, but he didn't worry, if something happened to the hostages on the road, it would be difficult for the two countries to explain to each other. He instructed the doctors accompanying the army to carefully diagnose the patient, give him medicine, give his horse to the patient to ride, and lead the team to hurry through the night. The road from here to the royal court, as long as there is no obstruction, is basically smooth.

After midnight, Su Wu and the guide led the team forward, and suddenly, in the haze, a group of horseback riders shouted from the opposite side. Hu Tuli immediately asked Su Wu to command the team to stop, and he got on his horse to meet him.

Su Wu felt bad, and rushed to the back and ordered Zhang Sheng: "General Zhang, prepare to fight!

He immediately rushed back to the front and said to everyone, "Help the old soldier's idea, protect the people you want to protect!"

Hu Tuli stopped the cavalry and shouted, "What are you doing?"

"You have to pass through here, and leave the money to buy the road!" shouted the leader.

"You're lawless! Do you know what this team does?"

"This is a team of Han envoys, what's wrong?" The other party was menacing.

Hu Tuli contemptuously: "These teams are related to the major affairs of the two countries, do you dare to try it?"

"Then why don't you dare, brothers?" ordered the leader. The rest of the men went up from the side of the road in two ways, trying to besiege the team. Who knew that they beat their horses over, Su Wuhe would often be on both sides of the road, clattering, clattering, the two horses in front fell to the ground, and the people behind did not have time to rein in the horses and fell to the ground in front, and the soldiers stepped forward and slashed the fallen man...... Some of them were lucky enough to get past the soldiers behind and then deal with the horse's legs...... In less than half an hour, more than 30 horsemen were wiped out.

Su Wurang Chang would light the torch and check the situation, and the other party was only a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old who was still alive, he was only trampled on by a horse, and one arm fell and was broken. Su Wu called the doctor, and after applying trauma medicine to fix and bandage him, after inquiry, he knew that they were from a nearby tribe. When their leaders found that the Han envoys were passing by in the royal court, they would surely bring with them a lot of gold and softness, so they organized them to come and plunder......

Su Wu looked at the hazy sky and thought, the robbers who came all died in Huangquan, and it must be safe here tonight. He said to Hu Tuli: "Mr. Hu, let's rest in peace now!"