Chapter 883: Quicksand

Regarding Tang Dashao's idea, Ah Hu and Ah Bao said that they didn't understand, but they didn't object, it was just roast snake meat, and it was not difficult for the two of them at all.

The sad rattlesnake was originally the overlord of this area, and it didn't provoke anyone, but unfortunately the disaster fell from the sky, and it was directly cut off with a knife, buried in the sand dunes, and its body was taken away, becoming a delicious meal for humans.

"Tang Shao, the tent is almost ready, you better go into the tent and rest, the wind and sand outside are not small." Ah Hu said.

"Well, okay, how's the food ready?" Tang Dashao asked.

"Most of the things we brought were canned food, easy to store, and it might not taste good, but the preparation was pretty quick, oh yes, there was a small dead poplar forest not far to the left, and the tiger got some dry wood from there, and the rattlesnake you want to eat has been hung up and roasted." Ah Hu laughed.

"Haha, roasted snake meat, go and have a look." Tang Dashao laughed.

Not far from the tent, a fire was erected, on which four snakes were circling......

"Wait, how can there be so many?" Tang Dashao was surprised.

"Hehe, the rest of them were caught by Huzi in the poplar forest, and Huzi said that there seem to be a lot of rattlesnakes there." Ah Hu said.

"Quite a few rattlesnakes? When did the rattlesnake also play social living? Tang Dashao was surprised.

"According to the habits of rattlesnakes, they have a strong sense of territory, and they should not appear in a group, otherwise they will fight among themselves, and it is not uncommon for rattlesnakes to devour their own kind."

"The main reason is that they eat too little food in the environment they live in, so they have a strong sense of territory, and there should be only one situation that can cause them to get together, that is, they are not short of food...... Ah Hu slowly analyzed.

"Not short of food? How is this possible, this is a desert area. Tang Dashao frowned.

There is a lack of water in the desert, and when there is little water, the natural vegetation is scarce, and therefore the animals are also scarce, and the rations of the rattlesnake naturally become less.

"It's not clear for the time being, so let's go over and see how it is after we finish eating. There is a poplar forest there, which means that there must be a water source under the poplar forest, and maybe that place is a vanishing oasis. Tang Da Shaodao.

"Well, eat first, replenish your body, and then go and have a look." Tang Dashao nodded.

What I eat now should be lunch, and while the vegetables I brought are still fresh, Ah Xing will make a vegetable soup and a steamed bun.

The taste of roast snake meat made Tang Dashao frown, every time he saw Bell eat with relish, he said it looked like chicken for a while, and said it was not delicious for a while, this time Tang Dashao tried it himself, and found that the meat quality of this rattlesnake was obviously several grades worse than that of chicken......

It's firewood, it's hard, and canned food, it's not comparable to it at all......

For this situation, Ah Hu has long expected that Tang Dashao is fresh, the taste of snake meat is good, in the south of China, it will be made into snake soup and the like, but this snake is also divided into types.

Not every snake is delicious, for example, this rattlesnake doesn't taste very good.

The rattlesnake is in an extremely dry environment, with less water in its body, and when it is cooked by barbecue, the only little water in the snake's meat has evaporated......

Tang Dashao was not interested, but Ye Qun ate with relish, which made Tang Dashao look a little depressed.

Ye Qun's food is delicious, and it is delicious that he has never eaten, which is a little different from Tang Dashao's exquisite taste......

Although there are four snakes, there is not much meat on the snakes, and there are many of them, you have a bite, I cut it, and soon only one bone remains......

Tang Dashao and others were eating, Huhe and Ulan also arrived one after another, Huhe walked to the right, nothing was found, and Ulan walked to the left, but after crossing the direction of the poplar forest, there was nothing to find.

After eating, Tang Dashao and his party walked towards the poplar forest.

There is a huge desert, and there is not even a shadow of a person except them.

Beyond a small sand dune, a short distance ahead is where the poplar forest is located.

This poplar forest is not very big, and from a distance, I thought that all of them had died, but when I walked in, there were still many dead trees exuding vitality inside, but it could only be regarded as a remnant of life, and it was estimated that it would not take long for them to die.

Major General Tang spread out the aura and found that there were indeed a lot of rattlesnakes here, in addition to rattlesnakes, there were more gerbils, scorpions, ants and other animals underneath.

Tang Dashao slowly probed his aura towards the poplar forest, and suddenly made a discovery.

At the point of poplar forest, a few meters deep in the sand, there are actually relics left......

According to Tang Dashao's detection, this should have been a small village before, with human bones under the sand, similar to stoves, houses and other things, and not far from the village, there are traces of water storage, but there is very little water here and is about to dry up.

Found it, this should be the oasis of life described in the message, but now there are no people here, even the living place is buried in sand, the water source is gradually drying up, and even the vigorous poplar forest is about to die because it can't absorb water.

Here, gerbils, scorpions, etc. depend on poplar forests to survive, and rattlesnakes rely on gerbils and scorpions for their livelihood, forming a small food chain here.

If all the poplar forests are dead and the gerbils run out of food, the rattlesnakes will scatter in search of territory or starve to death.

Everyone came to the poplar forest, walked around the surroundings, and said: "Tang Shao, the place where this poplar forest is located should be the oasis of life you are looking for, but it is obvious that this oasis has been swallowed by the desert. ”

"The poplar forest here is also dying, which means that the water source below has dried up, and even if we don't come, it is estimated that it will not take a few years to disappear completely."

Or the poplar forest, which is called the guardian god of the desert, is nothing when it dies, and the desert is like a giant monster that will devour everything that survives in it......

"Well, it should be here, which means that the location we found is correct, and Genghis Khan's mausoleum should be near here. Back then, this small oasis was where the descendants of Genghis Khan's tomb keepers lived, and later it may have been because the water in the oasis was getting less and less, so they moved here," Tang Dashao nodded.

"Tang Shao, I'm afraid this is not easy to find, this area is not big, it is not small, if you mobilize large excavation equipment to come, it should be very simple to find the location, but with manpower alone, it will be troublesome, there are sand dunes everywhere." Huhe said.

"It is absolutely impossible to mobilize large-scale excavation equipment, this is the border between China and Outer Mongolia, we have more than a dozen people and a few cars to come in, and it will not attract people's attention, and the mobilization of excavation equipment is too exaggerated, it will definitely attract their attention, and then it will be troublesome." Tang Dashao shook his head and said.

"Outer Mongolia? Hmph, that group of people does not have the blood of the Golden Family, Genghis Khan is the ancestor of the Golden Family, Mongolia is Chinese, the Yuan Dynasty is also the history of China, Genghis Khan's mausoleum should also be Chinese, why should they interfere! Huhe said.

Tang Dashao smiled bitterly when he heard this, this Huhe, it really deserves to be from the army, he speaks so uprightly, if everything in this world can be explained clearly with reason, then what else do you need to do by force? What else does the state want the army to do?

Moreover, this place does belong to the dividing line between the two countries, but it is vague, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a line of China, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is from Outer Mongolia.

If it is from Mongolia, why do they do this, it is no different from stealing, if it is from China, their behavior of digging up graves privately is also illegal......

Therefore, it is better to occupy both ends, it is better to dig it secretly, and it will also save disputes.

When the time comes, take out the cultural relics inside and put them in your own museum for such an exhibition, who knows where this comes from?

It's a big deal when the time comes, donate a part to the country, and you can always get some benefits......

"This problem, it's hard to say, the matter on the political zhì is left to the politicians to solve, you are a soldier, what is the duty of a soldier to sue me?" Tang Dashao asked.

"Absolute obedience!" Huhe said in a deep voice, and at the same time gave a military salute.

"Well, that's fine." Tang Dashao nodded, turned around and left, leaving a depressed look on his face......

found the small oasis, and then it was only up to Tang Dashao alone.

This place used to be a grassland, and later turned into a desert, and Tang Dashao often found some bones at a depth of five or six meters in the process of exploration, including humans, cattle and sheep.

In addition to Tang Dashao, the two brothers Ye Qun and Ye Hua were not idle, driving the car and wandering around, and the nearby rattlesnake was suffering, anyway, Tang Dashao had snake meat in every meal......

Two days later, Tang Dashao's footprints were almost all the terrain in the vicinity, but there was still no news of Genghis Khan's mausoleum, which made Tang Dashao very depressed.

At this time, an even more depressing news came......

The two brothers Ye Qun and Ye Hua drove the car and accidentally broke into a place with quicksand......

Ye Qun and Ye Hua came out, but the only Land Rover off-road vehicle they drove over got stuck in it......

The quicksand devoured things very quickly, anyway, after Tang Dashao got there, the car was long gone, and the quicksand was still the same as before, as if nothing had ever happened, and it was restored to its original appearance again......

"Third brother, fifth brother, are you all right?" Tang Dashao asked.

"It's okay, it's just that the car is gone, and a lot of our supplies are still inside......" Ye Qun smiled bitterly......