Xiao Gan was woken up by one of the four soldiers he had assigned to guard the remaining sled dogs, and he shouted in horror at the door of the tent, "General, no, that monster has killed all our sled dogs!"

Xiao Gan's heart sank to the bottom. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 As soon as he grabbed his saber and rushed out of the tent, he saw blood and stumps of sled dogs all over the snow, none of them were still alive, they were all blood and stumps on the ground.

Xiao Gan's whole body was shrouded in terror, he drew his long sword, and shouted angrily, "What about people, what about the people who take care of the sled dogs?"

The soldier who followed behind him trembled and said, "General, the two of them are dead, and their heads have been bitten off by the monster, and only half of their bodies are left over there." ”

Xiao Gan couldn't help but shudder. After taking a few steps in the direction pointed by the soldier, he saw the mutilated corpses of the two soldiers in a pile of sled dogs, eaten from the waist up, and four incomplete human arms clearly scattered on the ground. Judging from their pants, it was the Liao soldiers.

Xiao Gan stared at the corpse on the ground in amazement, his gaze slowly swept over the remains of the sled dog in the field, and then turned around, through the reflection of the snow, he could see that the faces of the soldiers who came with him were full of horror.

Kang Mo whispered to Xiao Gan, "General, we ...... Let's get out of this place. ”

Xiao Gan was about to say, "We have escaped from that place before, but we still haven't escaped from this monster, where can we escape in the snowstorm?" but now the same desire in his heart is to escape from this place as soon as possible, and escape as far away as possible. So, he just nodded and said, "Pack your bags and go!"

However, without dogs, their supplies had to be dragged by humans on sleigh carts. They immediately dismantled the tents, loaded them onto the sleighs, and dragged several sleds forward.

It's cold when you're on a sled, and it's even colder when you're dragging a sled, because they don't have the futon on the sleigh to keep warm. In the cold wind, the cuffs, neckline, and cuffs were all filled with a biting cold wind. After only one hour, the soldiers were out of breath and staggered, unable to walk at all. Because the stuff on their sleigh was too heavy, especially a few thick tents.

Xiao Gan pulled two heavy sleds alone, he was strong in martial arts and had infinite strength, so he pulled two sleds alone. At first, it was very relaxing, but the further back you go, the heavier it becomes. When I got there, I felt panting like a cow, and my steps staggered, so I ordered to stop.

He gasped for a long time, and then said, "We don't need to bring so many tents, it's okay to bring three, everyone lives together and throws away the other tents." In addition, weapons that are too heavy, such as copper hammers, maces, cooked copper maces, and solid iron rods, are thrown away, and only a light single knife to protect the body is sufficient. ”

Xiao Gan threw a pair of his copper hammers off the sled as well. It weighed sixty pounds, and I didn't think it was anything when I wielded it, but now it was a heavy burden.

These Liao soldiers threw away their extra tents and heavy blades, and then continued to pull the sleigh cart forward.

After a few more hours, they were all freezing. Several of the soldiers froze to the ground, unable to get up, and the others had no strength to support him.

Xiao Gan could only order to set up a tent to keep warm, eat to replenish his strength, and then move forward. He had made up his mind to keep going, to camp and sleep when he couldn't, and to go back when he woke up. It is necessary to escape from the terrifying area in the shortest possible time, and escape from the pursuit of the ghosts that have disappeared without a trace.

In fact, his thoughts were also the thoughts of other Liao soldiers. If these people are really unable to walk and are unwilling to stop, they want to flee far away.

So when it was time to cook and eat, they were all in a bit of a hurry, wanting to eat as soon as possible, fill their stomachs, have the strength, and warm their bodies, so they continued to hurry.

Hurriedly cooked and swallowed something in his stomach, his body felt warmer, and Xiao Gan ordered to go. Before he gave the order, the soldiers had already consciously begun to pack their things and prepare to go.

Xiao Gan still dragged two sleds in front, he looked into the depths of the blizzard with his eyes, but at most he could see more than ten steps away, the blizzard was raging at the same time on the ice field of the polar night, and he couldn't see it from a distance.

In this way, they walked out for several hours in one breath, and walked forward on the snow-covered ice field, one foot deep and one shallow. Finally, a few more soldiers collapsed and couldn't get up because they were freezing, so Xiao Gan ordered to camp and rest.

That night, he did not arrange for other soldiers to be on duty, but sat himself behind the curtain of the tent, peering out through the crack in the door to check the situation, with his sword lying horizontally on his knees.

He was on duty for the night, but the night was uneventful, no monsters appeared, and nothing strange happened.

After a few hours of sleep, the soldiers had somewhat regained some strength. Xiao Gan looked at the small bag of dry food in the corner of the tent, these grains were all they could eat, although it was reduced to one meal a day, it was only enough to eat half full, but Xiao Gan still decided to cut it down and split it in two, so that they could hold on for at least another day.

He personally distributed the meagre amount of food and meat to the soldiers, and told them to divide half of it for the next day, and the soldiers were silent.

After eating, they continued to drag their heavy sleigh forward in the blizzard.

On this day, they traveled much slower than the day before. And on the way, two of them fell from freezing, so they never got up again. The others did not have the strength to drag the corpses away, so they had to abandon them on the ice field.

Along the way, some soldiers froze and died, Xiao Gan's heart became even heavier, and he kept talking to encourage the other soldiers, but he found that it was useless. Only he was talking, no one else responded. Except that his personal guard, Kang Mo, could occasionally make up a few sentences. Later, in order to save strength, he simply didn't say anything.

After resting on the road a few times, finally, he estimated that everyone had reached the limit of their physical strength, so he ordered to set up camp and rest.

This night, to his delight, the blizzard seemed to have decreased a little, and the visibility had increased by a step or two. But it was still a snowstorm and couldn't find a direction to mark.

After sleeping all night, and preparing to divide the food the next day, Xiao Gan once again ordered the rest of the grain to be divided into two parts, one of which was left for the next day. -- He had to give hope to the soldiers, otherwise there would be no hope when he ran out of food. That was the day they died on the ice sheet.

The food in his hands was only the size of an egg, and some of the hungry soldiers swallowed it in one bite, and they didn't even taste it. Some soldiers were more scheming, eating half of it, carrying the remaining half in their arms, and saving it for when they really didn't have the strength to move forward on the road. Because they all know that whoever does not have the strength to fall down at this time will not have the strength to help him go forward. Therefore, as long as it falls, it means death. At the last moment, if you still have a bite to eat, you may be able to get through it.

They walked for a few more hours on the snowy ice field, and when they couldn't walk, they camped and rested.

Xiao Gan felt sorry for his subordinates, they all wanted to see what kind of monster it was, so Xiao Gan insisted on being on duty for the first two nights, sitting behind the tent curtain to check the situation from the crack in the door, and he didn't sleep for two consecutive nights, he couldn't stay up anymore. This night, Kang Mo said that he and his own soldiers exchanged vigils to let Xiao Gan sleep well. So Xiao Gan agreed. I got into the quilt and soon fell asleep.

The soldiers discussed with Kang Mo again, he was also very tired and very sleepy, and if he did not get rest, he might collapse the next day, so he went to ask his fellow countrymen if they would like to help with the night. Commo agreed. Soon, his fellow countryman came and was willing to watch for him.

So after his fellow countryman discussed with Kang Mo and the two, they were each on duty for two hours. The fellow was on duty first for the night, and two hours later woke up Kang Mo for the night.

Commo fell asleep. He was also extremely tired along the way, and although he was cold and hungry, he quickly fell asleep.

He slept heavily this night, until he woke up naturally.

At this time, he heard that the wind outside seemed to be much quieter, and he couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised. ――Has the blizzard stopped?

He immediately opened his eyes, and saw the back of the fellow soldier sitting at the door of the tent, with only a vague outline in the dark night.

Kang Mo estimated that he had definitely slept for more than two hours, and it must have been that this soldier saw that he was too tired, so he didn't wake him up on time, but was on duty for him, and couldn't help but feel a little grateful and guilty in his heart. He muttered, "Why don't you call me?" - Okay, I'll take care of you, you can sleep. ”

Commo sat up, stretched, and touched his stomach. I fell asleep and didn't feel hungry, and when I woke up, my stomach began to growl. Indeed, eating only a piece of dry food the size of an egg all day long will not be able to resist it.

Every day, Xiao Gan sets the time for dividing things in the morning, and distributes them after getting up, because when he wakes up from sleep, he usually doesn't feel particularly hungry. Therefore, there will be less dissatisfaction with the distribution of very small amounts of food, and at the same time, it will give them the determination to leave some food for each other.

Kang Mo rubbed his rumbling stomach and cursed in a low voice. He glanced at the fellow soldier and said again, but the soldier still did not answer.

He stood up and walked over, reaching out to pat him on the shoulder. He thought he was sitting there asleep. Just as his arm was about to touch his shoulder, he stopped. Because he noticed that something was wrong.

It was dark in the tent, and although you could roughly see the silhouettes of people, the outlines were very blurry, especially when the distance was relatively long. And now, Kang Mo had walked behind his own soldier, so close that he could see the entire outline of the other party.

But this look only scared him so much that his hair stood on end. - This soldier has no head!

He staggered back in fright, tripped over the leg of the soldier who was sleeping next to him, and fell on the cover.

At this moment, Xiao Gan and his close guards woke up.

Xiao Gan grabbed the saber next to the pillow, and when he pulled it out, he couldn't tell if there was an enemy in the darkness for a while, and said sharply: "Who?

Kang Mo hurriedly called him: "General, it's me......! Something's wrong!"