Chapter 39: Danger on the Way Home (3)
After a cup of tea, the team of 100 people was assembled and re-galloped onto the smooth official road. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The Wind Spirit still rode at the end of the line, following closely.
Most of the soldiers rode half-blooded Turkic horses bred in the military horse farm, while under the wind spirit seat were Dawan horses purchased with a lot of money, and their footsteps were much faster than the horses of the government soldiers. In order to follow the back of the team, she had to grieve her good horse, and with the reins, she did not allow it to gallop at will.
Fortunately, the government soldiers were also willing to follow her, and from time to time someone looked back at her, and asked through the gauze wrapped around her face, "Can you stand it?" The wind spirit smiled and replied, not showing any tiredness.
But after all, it is a girl's family, although she has been practicing for many years and is accustomed to business travel, but it is the first time she has been marched, and she is not as good as the iron-like body and bones of the soldiers.
Little by little, the daylight converged, turning from a hot and dazzling white light to a golden red soft light. The wind spirit pulled the veil down on his face and breathed a sigh.
There was a faint amount of moisture in the air, and she stared for a while, vaguely remembering that she had traveled with the caravan to an oasis three hundred miles away from Gaochang City, and according to the number of beacons passing by, the oasis should be nearby.
Feng Ling was excited, urged him to step forward and go to the team to find Ding Si'er.
"Team D, Team D." She approached Ding Si'er's side and asked loudly, "Where are you going to stay tonight?" ”
Ding Si'er replied while riding his horse with his head sideways: "What does the captain mean, find a flat and open place near the official road to support the tent." ”
"What are these horses going to do?" Feng Ling asked again: "A hundred horses, galloping for most of the day, may not be able to find a post station tomorrow to change horses, even if they can be found, which post station can take out a hundred or so military horses at once?" ”
Ding Si'er choked up, and it made sense to think about it, "Then what should I do if I look at the lady Gu?" ”
The Wind Spirit raised his hand and pointed to the side of the line with his horsewhip, "There's an oasis there." Although it is far away from the official road, there are water and grass and horses. Wherever there is water and grass on the Yiwu Road, there are many shepherds guarding it, and the bandits dare not go lightly. Team D might as well be the captain of Ming Yandu. ”
When Ding Si'er heard this, he hurriedly beat his horse and went to the front of the team to say goodbye. After a while, he returned to the team with the order to delay the delay, and ordered the whole team to deflect in the direction. Then he said to Feng Ling: "Du Wei has asked Gu Niangzi to lead a direction in front of the team." ”
Fu Yanyan was willing to listen, Feng Ling was extremely surprised, Su Ri only regarded him as a stubborn stone that could not be entered by oil and salt, but he inevitably still had to suffer a few cold words from him. Anyway, the wind spirit smiled secretly, it was better than eating smoke and dust at the end of the team, so he urged the horse twice and hurried forward.
She wanted to talk to him a few words, but from time to time she peeked at him, and saw that he was only concentrating on the road, and had no intention of talking, so she had to lead the way in a muffled voice, carefully identifying the water vapor condensed in the air.
The dryness seems to be gradually extinguished, and the moisturizing sensation of water vapor is getting heavier and heavier.
Under the tie of the wind spirit, he walked for more than an hour, getting farther and farther away from the official road, and the damp and sweet smell was already felt by everyone. The daylight had already completely subsided, and the sky seemed to pull up a soap veil, and the shadows in the distance showed jagged black shadows.
"It's over there." The wind spirit raised its whip and pointed at the black shadow.
Coming closer, there are really shadows of trees shaking, flowing according to the rare sound of water. The wind spirit breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately he didn't remember wrong.
The horses had already smelled the scent of aquatic plants and ran happily to the shadows of the trees. In a few moments, the horse's hooves splashed grass juice, and the smell of grass and earth rose from the ground.
Fu Tanyan looked around through the dark sky, a large meadow, next to several staggered streams, into the lake not far away, only to see from a distance is the lake bushes and a forest of sand dates and poplars, which is an excellent camping place. So he gave the order to be stationed.
The wind spirit took a deep breath of the sweet air, shook off the dust accumulated on the cloak for a whole day, and put aside the soldiers, and did not turn his horse and gallop into the woods.
Ding Si'er looked at her back when she ran into the forest, and asked Xiang Yanyan worriedly: "The sky is about to darken, why did Gu Niangzi run into the forest alone?" The little lady's family, what can I do? ”
Fu Yanyan glanced at Lin Zi, "Team Ding is worrying too much, judging from her behavior, I'm afraid that she is stronger than you." ”
This little lady has a very pleasant temperament and good looks, so it's a pity if something happens. Ding Si'er looked hesitantly at the side of the forest for a while, and saw that Fu Yan was indifferent, but he had no choice but to go and get busy.
The soldiers were divided into three groups, one group of people only took care of the horses and drank water, one group of people only set up tents to pay for the tents, and one group of people were busy making fires and boiling water to distribute dry food.
For about half an hour, the horses were tied to the outside of the forest, grazing the grass leisurely, and the tents had been erected, except for a separate tent for the opening of the flicker and delay, four people in each tent, and a pile of fire in every five tents, in an orderly manner. All the soldiers were given two dry cakes and a bag of freshly boiled water.
Someone suddenly asked Ding Si'er: "Why didn't you see the little lady who was a merchant?" ”
Ding Si'er shook his hand helplessly, looked into the forest a few times, and didn't see the wind spirit come out again, and he was strict in governing the army, although he was worried, he didn't dare to go into the forest to find someone.
While everyone was talking about the wind spirit, they suddenly heard the horses on the edge of the forest stirring, and in a moment, the sound of horses' hooves trampling came from the forest.
It seemed that it was just a blink of an eye, but I saw that the wind spirit was carrying a bow on his back, leading the horse out of the forest, and carrying a skinned and washed bearded sheep on the horse's back.
Ding Si'er woke up, she had gone hunting in the depths of the forest. Thinking of Fu Yanyan's cold and indifferent attitude, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, he really worried about himself.
The wind spirit led the horse to the side of the camp, removed the dried branches and other things from the horse's back, quickly set up the grill, drew a dagger from the saddle, and cut the whole sheep on the grill in three or two strokes.
The soldiers in the camp were all dumbfounded, and they forgot the dry food in their hands. It wasn't until she approached with a handful of hay and bent down to ask a soldier if she could borrow a fire, and the soldier came to his senses and staggered himself so that she could start the fire.
The fire in front of the wind spirit was burning fiercely, and the fat sheep was roasted, constantly dripping grease downward, and the fire burned more and more, and after a while, the peculiar smell of burning wood branches and the aroma of roasting fat sheep teased the whole camp to stir, and the dry Hu cakes in the hands of the soldiers suddenly became more and more difficult to swallow.
From time to time, she swung her dagger and slashed a few daggers on the sheep, and sprinkled a handful of powder on it between the intervals of tossing back and forth, and the fresh fragrance of the fat sheep added a wisp of cumin to attract people. For more than an hour, the sky was completely dark, and through the firelight, the alluring golden yellow of the roasted sheep was very bright.
The wind spirit cut off most of the sheep's hind legs, and greeted him while going to the camp: "You all the way, the wind spirit is grateful, and there is nothing to thank in the wilderness. ”
The greed of the crowd had already been aroused, but no one answered, and a few people turned their heads to look at the flicker in front of the tent sitting alone. Feng Ling's heart was clear, and he didn't have the approval to delay it, but he was afraid that no one in the government would dare to eat out.
She walked straight to Fu Yanyan with the leg of mutton, and smiled at his cold and tired face. "Du Wei is not strange, Feng Ling, as a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, has received the favor of the Tang Army, and he doesn't know how to repay it, and he is only afraid of insulting our Tang Dynasty soldiers, so Feng Ling shot and hunted a northern goat by himself, and he has no other intentions, and he has the right to be a sacrifice army."
Fu Yanyan slowly stood up, standing still, his face full of suspicion.