Chapter 62: Straight Walk and Roundabout
Decon has only a vague idea of the world beyond the Altyn Mountains. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The impression of human ferocity, cunning, and power basically comes from the intentional or unintentional words of Ah Da, Ah Ma, and Demu, as well as the strong shock given to him by the dark space.
He knew that he had to unite all the forces of the wolf clan and the jackal clan in order to fight tenaciously with the human race, but how to do it, Dekang really hadn't considered it, after all, the first priority in the whole cold winter was how to survive with Baoyue, and he didn't expect to recruit four subordinates in the river valley.
Now that he was inadvertently talking about this topic with the jackals, Dekang certainly had to act confident.
He waved his forelimbs: "The first consideration is to protect the existing territory from being invaded by humans, and the second is to expand the areas that are insignificant to humans to me, and try to create some areas that humans feel a little threatened and troublesome as our wandering area, isolating the wolves, jackals and humans from direct confrontation; Fighting with humanity is never about engaging in face-to-face fighting, it is about looking for death, in a word, looking for opportunities to use our strengths to attack human weaknesses. ”
Baoyue looked at the second brother with adoring eyes, and with Dekang's swaying movements, a dazzling brilliance flowed from his eyes.
The jackals looked at Dekang with suspicious eyes. The samples felt that what Dekang said seemed to be quite reasonable, but when they thought of confronting humans, they couldn't help but feel empty in their hearts.
The scene fell cold for a while.
Dekang was about to say a few words to boost morale, but he couldn't help but ask: "Lord." The wolf clan and the jackal clan can't compete with humans in their housekeeping skills. The little ones can run, but the humans will chase after them on horseback, and they will drive terrible cars to overcome; The little ones can see clearly in the dark night, but human beings have the night sun, and when that thing shines, the little ones have nowhere to hide; As for our fangs, they can't be compared to human swords and guns... How to fight it? ”
Dekang nodded as he listened, which made the jackals even more puzzled.
The fugitive and the big tail secretly glanced at each other out of the corner of their eyes, and quickly withdrew their gaze, still lowering their heads and posing with a look of sincere fear, but their ears were straight, not letting go of Dekang's next word.
If Dekang's answer doesn't satisfy everyone, let's find a chance to slip away, compared to the ethereal position of the big leader, after all, it is still important to save a small life.
Dekang stared at the stinging head and cleared his throat: "Have you ever thought about why we have been losing step by step to the current situation for thousands of winters and summers, we have used our strengths to fight unyieldingly with human beings?" ”
The fugitives looked at each other, and no one was at a loss, so they had to shake their heads stupidly together, hoping in their hearts that Dekang would quickly give them an answer.
Baoyue's demeanor also changed, and it was obvious that she was also curious about this question.
Of course, Dekang will not answer, if you want to sit on the throne of the wolf king, it is very important to leave an unfathomable impression on your subordinates.
Dekang smiled at Baoyue and said, "Your previous thinking is wrong, you can start your mind again and think about it, otherwise, I can only wait until the right time to tell you." ”
The jackals clearly showed a look of disappointment, but the fox on their faces was gone.
Faced with the problem that the great leaders of the jackal clan and the wolf clan are helpless, since the lord is so sure, there must be some other good way.
Dekang stepped forward and kicked his head and pointed to the north and said, "Don't rub it off, keep going." ”
The small group marched along the valley towards Lake Aqi, and as the sun began to rise, the howling cold wind was noticeably lesser, and the valley was no longer a confused scene of snowflakes flying, but ran to the top of the mound, and could see far away.
The snow peaks in the distance glowed with dazzling and mysterious brilliance under the sunlight, seeing that Dekang forgot where he was, he couldn't help but raise his head and shout, and the Baoyue and the fugitives behind him were also excited, and they couldn't help but shout in unison with Dekang: "Whoa... Oh... Oh... ”
Soon, the thorn in front of him screamed in response.
The screams of the colonies alarmed the birds and animals near and far in the valley.
Not far from the opposite bank, a little fat rabbit who was searching around in the snow heard the wolf clan and the jackal clan howling in unison, brushed the ground and changed his face, quickly turned around and spread his limbs and ran towards the cave.
A few little mice that were stretching and yawning at the mouth of the cave rushed back to the cave with lightning speed, waited for a while, and then ran back to the hole, pricking up their ears to listen to the movement outside, and the bold characters walked out of the hole, straightened up and stretched out their heads to probe around.
A few unknown birds foraging in the distant valley also quickly flapped their wings and flew into the air, hovering to check and encourage.
The small group turned a blind eye to all this, and Decon laughed and ran down the dunes, controlling his speed and heading north.
After running all the way for a while, Dekang gave the order to rest when the sun was shining, and Baoyue followed the rhythm of the fugitives, fully adapted to such a long journey, and her impression of the destination had long been blurred, but this did not prevent her from becoming more and more excited.
The jackals secretly watched Baoyue's movements, and they found that a rookie wolf cub born last summer had such a strong physique and was able to adapt to long journeys so quickly, that they had to smack their tongues.
If you go through a period of day and night training, you will be a powerful character who will surprise you.
The awe in the hearts of the fugitives was even heavier.
Finally, before sunset, the small group arrived on the shores of Lake Achi.
Most of the lake has long been covered with snow, and the mysterious sapphire blue is almost completely closed by the cold as far as the eye can see, a vast flat snowfield.
After a short rest, Dekang ordered the jackals to pull two improvised snow caves, prepared to rest for a while, and then hurried north to the hiding place above the mountainside in one go.
Bao Yue came behind him at some point: "Second brother, Bao Yue also has to go up and have a look." ”
It's a bit of a headache.
Dekang scratched his scalp: "Baoyue." It takes a lot of effort to go back and forth, and the snow on the mountain is very thick, and it is very difficult for the second brother to climb up, you look halfway up the mountain, some places are still quite steep, even if you climb there, you can't get through, you and the fugitives are waiting for the second brother below. ”
"But Baoyue really wants to go and see it." Baoyue shook Dekang's forelimbs vigorously with her mouth cocked.
Dekang shook his head: "The snow is so thick, and when Scuds climb up, they also take one step and two steps back." The second brother went up to inspect and came down immediately, you wait for me. ”
Baoyue Tiger turned her face and mouthed, looking at the mountains to the north unwillingly, there was really nothing she could do.
Dekang lay on the snow to check his forefeet and paws to see if there were any broken places, cleaned up the dirt and debris between the crevices, then lay on his side on the ground and carefully checked his hind feet, got up and gnawed a few mouthfuls of snow when he was done, stretched his forelimbs, kicked his hind legs and twisted his waist to prepare to go up the mountain.
At this time, the jackals also stopped their work and ran forward to wait.
The fugitive waited for Dekang to finish his activities, and respectfully stepped forward to persuade: "Lord." It's getting dark, the slopes are covered with snow, and there are traps everywhere, do you want to wait a day and night before you go up? ”
Dekang disagreed: "I know this road well, I can go up with my eyes closed, you just wait here for me to come down." After speaking, he rubbed Baoyue's scalp and ran towards the hillside.
"Second brother. You have to come back quickly, Baoyue is waiting for you... Looking at Dekang's distant back, Baoyue couldn't help but shout.
"Wait for me..." Dekang's shouts echoed through the mountains.
Dekang was not at all worried about leaving Baoyue alone in the group of jackals, as the experience and situation of the fugitive determined that as long as he had a way to live, he would never leave Dekang's protection.
If Thorn Head and Scud eat the bear's heart and the leopard dares to rebel, two against two, they are not sure of winning.
The mighty Dekang has gone up the mountain, how can the fugitives with rich experience in the rivers and lakes sleep peacefully next to the thorns and scuds!
At this moment, he is more vigilant than anyone else, Dekang does not go down the mountain, and the fugitives will not close their eyelids.
Except for taking Baoyue up the mountain when the first snow fell, Dekang never climbed a mountain covered with thick snow again, and the difficulty of this mountaineering was completely beyond his imagination.
Dekang easily ran over the foot of the mountain, glanced back at the Baoyue and jackals who were standing in the distance looking at him, took a deep breath and prepared to start climbing the mountain.
All but a few very steep cliffs are covered in snow, and it is impossible to distinguish the road conditions under the thick snow.
Dekang judged the general path up and down the mountain based on the exposed cliffs, but he really can't remember the specific road conditions under the snow.
At the foot of the mountain, Dekang first found a big rock and buried the sword under the snow next to the rock and left some smell, and then ran upwards with strength, at first he was lucky, because there was a momentum and speed, so the footpad did not sink into the snow, Dekang was able to maintain his body balance, and the upward speed was quite fast.
When he ran two or three hundred steps, the inclination angle of the mountain began to increase, Dekang felt that something was wrong, and when his jumping limbs landed, he began to slide down, and after running a few steps, he almost slipped back more than half, and it took a lot of effort to see that he didn't run much distance.
Dekang is a little anxious, this has to run until the Year of the Monkey.
He had an idea.
Dekang looked for those protruding places, jumped up and jumped hard at the relatively gentle place above, which can catch up with crawling more than ten steps, but there are not many such obvious protruding places, most of the distance Dekang can only honestly work hard to move his limbs.
The sky was completely dark, and Baoyue and them were no longer visible, Dekang came to a relatively steep place in the mountain, and there was no way to run, so he could only climb up step by step.
He opened his footpads as far as he could and began to climb cautiously, most of the mountain surface was relatively flat, and he couldn't tell the road conditions under the snow with his eyes, so he had to step up carefully step by step, for fear of stepping on traps and holes.
When Dekang's foreleg stepped out, the footpad landed below the initial point of contact, that is, the step he took did not reach the desired distance, and when the other forelimb stepped forward, the footpad that he had stepped on before would slide down a little.
Therefore, it takes almost twice as much effort to climb up a position as hard work on flat ground.
In an inconspicuous place, when Dekang took a step and the other two limbs followed, the hind limbs that stayed in place to support slid away, and the forelimbs in the front support instinctively stepped on the snow hard, who knew that it also slid down, and the other two feet that stepped out of the step pulled the ground indiscriminately, except for setting off a snowflake, the whole body lost balance in an instant, and saw Dekang rolling down.
Dekang danced his limbs to stand up, but he couldn't, and his body and the snowflakes stirred up by the tumbling fell like a cloud of black and white smoke, until he slid over the entire steep mountain, and he was stopped by a large rock.
Dekang got up in a daze, and it took a turn to figure out where he was going.
He shook his body vigorously to shake off the snow all over his body, then licked his lips and looked helplessly at the place where he had just slipped down, somehow thinking of the escaped rock sheep that had fallen half to death when he was hunting with Baoyue in the first place.
Dekang wondered how that picture could pop up in his mind, it was really a lot of things that happened day and night ago, so many hunts throughout the winter, to say that Dekang was the most impressive, it had to be the snow leopard, and the rest, except for stealing white food, were almost forgotten.
He shook his head, trying to put aside these distractions, but somehow, the fragment of the rock sheep stumbling and falling as he fled for his life kept drifting through his mind like a marquee.
Dekang smiled bitterly, looked back at the place where Baoyue and them were resting, and then remembered the fugitive's words to persuade him, and suddenly realized that he was a little reckless this time.
With no experience in climbing steep snow-capped mountains, he acted without shame and without investigation, and his situation was not similar to that of an unlucky rock sheep fleeing for his life.
The only difference is that the rock sheep is forced to flee for his life, while he is asking for his own hardship.
What now?
As the leader of a new community, the bold words are still in everyone's ears, and Dekang has no face to slip back like this.
He stared at the place where he slipped and thought about it, trying to find the reason for the fall, but looking at the steep mountain, Dekang knew that he just didn't slide there, and if he went up a little more, he would slide down somewhere else.
How can I get through and not slip back in the dust?
Dekang racked his brains.
Thinking about it, Dekang's eyes suddenly lit up.
He remembered that the path that the family would normally take through this steep slope was to the left and right sides of the mountain, rather than going straight up as he had done before.
I'm in a bit of a hurry.
The snow covered the craggy rocks on the surface of the mountain, and it seemed like a smooth road, but steepness is steepness, it still exists, it cannot hide it.
Finding a solution, Dekang's hanging heart relaxed, he stretched his forelimbs again, kicked his hind legs, twisted his butt to expand his chest, stretched his muscles and bones on the gentle slope of the slap in front of the boulder, and then looked carefully at the steep mountain, Dekang was still ready to rush up in one breath.
Although the slope of the mountain is relatively large, there are also many fewer rocks, and there are naturally not many craters under the snow.
Since it is not feasible to pass in a straight line, there is no need to look at the middle part of the mountain, and Dekang focuses on the mountains on the left and right sides.
The slope of the mountains on both sides is about the same, and the shape of the surface is not much different, but on the left side, a little above the middle, there is a small platform formed by a large rock, and Dekang reckons that if he can't rush up in one breath, he may be able to take a breath there.
Dekang took two deep breaths, flicked his tail and rushed forward with all his might.
The cold wind whistled in his ears, the snowflakes flew behind him, and the blood surged in Dekang's chest.
Running up the slope of the mountain, the angle of inclination is greatly reduced, although the running distance is much longer, but due to the speed, the downward slide of the foot pad when stepping on the snow is greatly reduced, compared with the straight line step by step to climb up three steps and two turns, the effort is much less.
Snowflakes were flying around him, and out of the corner of his eye, he could see a long tumbling snow dragon behind him, and Dekang had a feeling of flying on the snow.
As if being held by the moon god, Dekang crossed the small platform that he had intended to rest for a while, he opened his nostrils and breathed hard, his feet continued to run upwards without pause, and with a fierce spirit, he finally crossed this most difficult mountain.
Despite his abundant physical strength, such a high-intensity and rapid run still greatly drained his physical strength, Dekang gasped for breath at the top of the steep slope, his chest rose and fell sharply with his breathing, and his heart fluttered in his chest, as if it would pop out at any moment.
After adjusting for a while, and coming to a relatively gentle place, Dekang let out a long breath and shouted in the direction of Baoyue's rest.
Immediately, Baoyue's response came from the bottom of the mountain, it seemed that the little cub had not yet entered the cave to rest, and the fugitive must be waiting by her side.
Dekang responded by taking a short break and hitting the road again, having some experience in climbing snowy mountains, and leaping over the most difficult steep mountains, Dekang was full of confidence in the next journey.
He trotted up unhurriedly with his footpads open, so that he could pass some sections, and Dekang would run straight up, and if there was an obvious foothold, he would jump and soar into the air.
For steep and steep sections, Dekang will no longer be stupid and rush straight up, oblique insertion and detour are good choices.
As the saying goes, it's better to see than to hear.
There are some things that you can truly comprehend when you actually experience them.
After the steep slope, Dekang went up very fast, and he was a little proud in his heart, and when he hummed a small tune and saw a small platform above that he could jump on, he jumped up without thinking about stepping on the snow under the solid foot cushion with his lower limbs.
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