The yellow desert stretches as far as the eye can see, except for the rolling sandbags, and the scorching sun. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoOccasionally, a hint of wind blows mixed with yellow sand.

Liu Xiangdong and his entourage of more than 50 people walked with difficulty on the yellow sand under their feet. The scorching yellow sand caused many people to blister on the soles of their feet and limp when they walked.

One by one, the masters did not know the road, and they were already walking in the desert under the scorching sun due to a serious lack of water, and they had long lost the posture of a master. It's just that he doesn't pull away, walks one step and three times, and uses the weapon in his hand as a crutch to walk hard.

Some of them had already taken off their shirts and walked bare-chested, and the fine grains of yellow sand had already covered the hair and beards of the people. Everyone's lips were chapped and covered with blood.

As the sun set and the sky gradually darkened, Liu Xiangdong and his party walked to a sandbag, and some people "plopped" and sat on the ground, shaking their hands back and forth, and said breathlessly: "Don't go...... Not leaving...... I can't walk anymore......"

Before she finished speaking, the girl pointed to the sandbag and jumped up and shouted: "Water...... Water ...... in front"

Everyone looked weakly in the direction pointed by the girl, and saw a small river flowing in the green grassland. A few herdsmen drove their cattle, sheep and horses to the river to drink, and about five or six yurts were bustling along the river.

After watching for a long time, everyone was sure that this was not a mirage, and then got up and ran towards the river. A slippery cloud of yellow sand rolled up behind him.

"Ah...... There's water...... I don't have to die of thirst here......"

Everyone ran down the small sand slope like this, and no one paid attention to the girl standing on the sand slope and watching.

Yu Tangchun walked to the girl's side, held the girl's hand tightly, smiled with a smile, and said with excitement: "Girl, aren't you thirsty?" Drink as much as you want this time! ”

"Hmm!"

A few Mongolian women who were giving water to horses, cattle and sheep by the river looked at the dozens of people on the sand slope, all of them looked angry, and their weapons were like hungry wolves on the steppe running towards their flocks.

Looking at the scene in front of them, one by one the Mongolian women stood on the spot in a daze.

Seeing that dozens of wolf-like men were about to rush to him. A dark-skinned middle-aged Mongolian woman muttered in Mongolian, "The bandits are coming...... Run, everybody! ”

With this shout, several Mongolian women ran in all directions, each running towards their yurt. Throw away all the cattle, sheep, and horses by the river.

To the surprise of several Mongolian women, a group of wolf-like men did not chase them, nor did they rob their cattle, sheep and horses. Just crawling his head by the river and drinking the river water in a gulp. Some even jumped into the river to play.

Everyone climbed by the river to drink freely, alleviating the lack of water, looking at the cattle, sheep and horses by the river and the Mongolian women standing not far away, they all gathered around Liu Xiangdong.

"What to do? Are these Mongols going to be killed? ”

"If we don't kill them, I'm afraid our whereabouts will be exposed......"

Without waiting for Liu Xiangdong to speak, the girl stepped forward and said with an unbearable expression: "They are just women, isn't it a ...... to kill them?"

Liu Xiangdong raised his hand to interrupt the girl's words, turned to Yutangchun and said: "You can speak Mongolian, you go up and ask them, if there is no threat to us, let them go over there!" ”

"Hmm!"

Yu Tangchun nodded in agreement, and waded across the river to the yurts.

The girl hurried a few steps to catch up, stepping on the river and chasing after her mother.

The river is not very deep, it can only reach your knees, and you can clearly see the bottom of the river when you look down.

Under the girl's running, there was a splash, and the strong suit she was wearing was also wet by the splashing river. However, in the case of a few days of lack of water, not only is there no discomfort, but I feel extremely comfortable.

"Mother...... I'm going to ...... too Wait......"

The Mongolian women who watched looked at Yutangchun and the girl who came over, looked at each other, and some even ran to the yurt and took the breastfeeding baby out to run.

At this moment, I only heard Yutangchun say in Mongolian: "Don't be afraid, we are not bad people, we are just passing, and we want to ask you for directions......"

Although Yutangchun said this, these Mongolian women were still afraid.

I heard an elderly Mongolian woman say in Mongolian: "Aren't you horse bandits?" ”

"No, we're just passing by, we've been walking in the desert for days, you don't have to be afraid, we won't hurt you......"

Seeing that the other party was speaking kindly, these Mongolian women gradually relaxed their vigilance and slowly surrounded them.

"Han people, the Great Khan Emperor Taiji is about to go to war with the Ming army, what are you doing here? Aren't you afraid of danger? ”

Hearing the words of these Mongolian women, Yutangchun's brows furrowed tightly, and he muttered to himself in his heart: "Wild boar skin is going to attack Daming?" Yuan Chonghuan guarded Liaodong, if only he died in battle......"

The girl standing on the side saw the change in her mother's face, although she couldn't understand Mongolian? But I also knew that there must be something going on here.

"Mother, what are they talking about?"

Yutangchun came back to his senses at this time, smiled at the girl and said, "The wild boar skin is about to use troops against the Daming border pass!" ”

"What? Wild boar skin wants to attack the Ming Dynasty? Wouldn't that nasty ghost be the commander of the Flying Eagle Guard? The girl was a little emotional, and her face was full of worry.

Yu Tangchun raised his hand to comb the girl's somewhat messy hair, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly: "Worried about him like this, do you like him?" ”

When Yutangchun said this, the girl's pretty face was immediately like a red apple, and it suddenly turned red to the root of her ears. His expression was a little twisted: "That's something...... Person...... People just thought that if he went on the expedition, wouldn't we have nowhere to get the bounty! ”

Yutangchun smiled and patted the girl's shoulder and said, "My mother is from here, can't you see your little bit of caution?" Girl, she is already a third-grade official in the DPRK and China at a young age, and her future is limitless, not to mention the beautiful women around her. If you really like him, my mother advises you to forget about it earlier! As a son and daughter of the rivers and lakes, you can't stand the constraints of the deep mansion compound. Instead of being a slave and a concubine, it is better to wait until you go back and receive the reward, and the mother will find you a wishful husband......"

"Mother, what are you talking about!" The girl lowered her head and almost shoved her head into the trench on her chest.

Yu Tangchun shook his head, no longer paying attention to the girl with her head down, and turned around to ask these Mongolian women again: "Where have all the men in your family gone?" Why didn't you see a man? ”

A group of Mongolian women looked at each other for a moment, and said with some concern: "Huang Taiji Khan sent people to recruit warriors and let Mongolia send 150,000 troops, but all men who can open bows and ride horses have been transferred to Liaodong!" ”

"150,000, so I'm afraid there will be no less than 200,000 Jinmeng coalition forces this time, and Liaodong is in danger this time!"

Yu Tangchun thought for a while and continued to ask, "I don't know if you have heard of Bai Jianfei?" ”

"White Sword Flying ......"

These Mongolian women muttered in their mouths and began to retreat, watching Yutangchun begin to be afraid.

"You're steppe wolf people......"

"What is a steppenwolf?" Yu Tangchun asked with a puzzled expression, "Why did you hear that Bai Jianfei would be scared like this?" ”

Yutangchun's expression indicated that she was not a steppe wolf, which reassured these Mongolian women a lot, and the fear gradually disappeared.

"The steppe wolf is a group of horse bandits, the leader is Bai Jianfei, they are ruthless, as long as they rob the place, regardless of men, women and children, they are all killed, and the past merchants are terrified of them."

As soon as the conversation box opened, everyone began to gossip.

A slightly younger Mongolian woman said: "At first, the steppe wolves were looting near Shanghai Pass, and I heard that they robbed a batch of ordnance, knives and guns from Zhao Shujiao, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, and were chased and killed by a large number of officers and soldiers of Zhao Shujiao to Liaodong, but they encountered Dolgon's patrol army and robbed and killed again, and finally fled here and settled in the Broken Soul Ridge, two hundred miles away. ”

"Broken Soul Ridge? I wonder how far this place is from Broken Soul Ridge? Yutangchun asked in Mongolian.

asked on his lips, but Yu Tangchun was thinking in his heart: "This Shunfeng Ear really didn't lie to us, Bai Jianfei really left Shanhaiguan, otherwise we would have to take a lot of detours." ”

The Mongolian woman who spoke raised her hand and pointed due north and said: "Two hundred miles to the north, but the steppe wolves are often infested there, if there are not enough manpower, it is better not to go over, they are now surrounded by outlaws, there are already two or three thousand people......"

Yu Tangchun looked due north, took out a few gold ingots from his arms, handed them to the Mongolian women in front of him, and said, "Can you sell us some of your food?" ”

An older Mongolian woman reached out and took the gold ingots handed over by Yu Tangchun, put them to her mouth and took a bite, and asked with a smile on her face: "Is it okay to dry beef and mutton and mare's milk, we only have these here." ”

"Of course, there are more than fifty of us, I wonder if you can get enough food for three days?"

The Mongolian woman thought for a moment, nodded and said, "It's okay, there are many cattle and sheep this year, because the steppe wolves often come out to rob, and there are no merchants to come and go, cattle, sheep and horses can't be sold, and it's defenseless to sell some to you!" ”

Speaking of horses, Yu Tangchun pointed to the horses drinking water by the river and said, "Then can you sell us fifty horses, and we will give the money......"

These Mongolian women snapped their fingers, and after a long time, they said, "Fifty horses need five such gold ingots...... It's just that we don't have that many saddles......"

When Yutangchun heard this, he said happily: "Five gold ingots are fifty taels of gold." But these fifty horses may cost a thousand taels of gold in the pass, no wonder many people come here to sell horses at risk. ”

Yutangchun smiled slightly: "No, no, as long as there is a horse!" ”

With that, he turned to the river and learned to bark a few times at the night owl.

Hearing the message from Yutangchun, more than fifty people standing by the river got up and walked over.