As soon as the wind blew, a fierce dust came to his face, and Minister Yang beside him snorted, tilted the red hat on his head downward, covering the blowing wind and sand, and held up the back basket behind him, scolding and scolding in his mouth. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yang He also frowned, this road is too difficult to walk.

He looked back and saw that everyone around him was wearing hats, and the clothes they had changed not long ago were gray and dusty.

In order to prevent the wind and sand from blowing into their eyes, everyone wore this kind of hat with a scarf, and Yang He was no exception.

The hat is very practical in sheltering the wind and sand, and it is widely used in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty, especially in Beijing.

Matteo Ricci, a European missionary at the time, wrote: "It rarely rains in this part of the capital, and in order to overcome the nasty dust, people of all classes here who want to go out, whether on foot or by transport, must wear a long veil that hangs down from the front of their hats to cover their faces." ”

Yang He also has a hat, which was placed in Minister Yang's package earlier, but now that the wind and sand are strong, it is natural to wear the hat.

In order to prevent the wind and sand from blowing into his eyes, he put on hats for his younger siblings.

The same is true for those refugees, but Minister Yang doesn't like to wear it, after all, it affects the sight to some extent.

Still on the edge of the Sui River, dead and silent, desolate, withered and yellow, and the same road he walked a few days ago, the more he went to the lower reaches of the Sui River, the more sandy loam land, and then all kinds of saline-alkali land, depression and pond land, so that the group of people in a hurry can not be said to be difficult.

It is not far from Du Wei to Suining, if you take a straight line, the distance is only one hundred and sixty miles.

But in this era, rushing can't be counted like this, there is no official road, you can only take the small road, and then you have to go around and around.

There are many plains in Huaibei, but it is not necessarily easy to rush in the plains.

Not to mention all kinds of sandy loam, saline-alkali land, and depression ponds, from Suzhou to Suining, it is still an important discharge area and flood distribution area of the Yellow River, so from the Yellow River to the Sui River, there are countless rivers and ditches criss-crossed.

Some of these rivers have dried up, some still have water, and if there are no bridges, they have to take a detour or find a bridge.

It is impossible to go straight along the river bank, the north bank of Suishui is not a closed riverbank, there are large and small rivers flowing into the river along the way, small ditches and small water can also be directly crossed, if the river is wider, you have to look for a bridge.

Because the river is silted up, the channel of the Sui River is still very high, and many tributaries cannot be discharged into the water, or because of the backfilling, many depressions and lakes have been formed at the mouth of the river, large and small swamps, often stretching for several miles.

When encountering such terrain, it is often necessary to take a detour and walk a long distance.

Yang He frowned, there is actually an official road from Suzhou to Suining, but it is on the south bank of Suishui, and it has to pass through Lingbi first, and then turn north, which is 108,000 miles away from here.

There is also an official road from Xuzhou to Suining, but it is on the edge of the Yellow River, which is also far away from this side.

Yang He considered whether to turn north and take the official road from Xuzhou to Suining.

Although the situation of the official road in this era is very bad, it is much better than this ordinary folk road, at least there is no need to go around, and there are basic bridges across the ditch and river.

On the other hand, although they walked a lot from morning to afternoon, they walked all the wrong roads, and the actual distance did not advance much.

Yang He estimated that the effective distance today was only more than 20 miles, at this speed, when would it take to get to Suining?

"Xianggong, can you rest? Look ahead and see that there is a cut, you can stop to wash your face and drink water. ”

Qi Youxin, who was beside him, panted, the stick in his hand was used as a cane, and then there was a back basket behind him, in which were his two little daughters, Qi Wanjun and Qi Wande.

As for the older sons and daughters, Qi Zhixiang and Qi Wanrong, they can only walk.

It was also inspired by him that Yang He also made a basket for his younger brothers and sisters, which was carried by the scholar Minister Yang.

At this time, Qi Youxin was unkempt, disgraced, and had no image, and it could be seen that he was very tired, mainly because he only had some rice porridge per meal, and he was very quick to exhaust his physical strength.

Yan Dezheng behind him also gritted his teeth, like his Hun family's grandson Zhaodi, he was carrying one on his back, one under his feet, and a bunch of refugees, everyone was tired and haggard.

As always, Yang He also planned his itinerary, taking a break and drinking some water every hour.

Before leaving, he asked Zhao Zhongju to boil a lot of clean water, and each refugee's water bladder was full.

It's almost time to rest, Yang He raised his eyes and looked out, the four fields were silent, but there was indeed a river not far ahead, and an unknown small river flowed into the Sui River from there, and the water and grass were very dense.

At the river, there seem to be several abandoned houses.

At that moment, Yang He said: "Okay, let's go to the mouth in front to rest, and then find a way to cross the river." ”

Everyone was in high spirits, and they all answered loudly, quickened their pace, and walked that way.

Yang He looked at Minister Yang and lifted the back basket behind him, and asked with concern: "Minister, are you tired?" ”

This honest young man opened his mouth and smiled: "Don't worry, young master, with the weight of the two little masters, it will be no problem to carry another hundred miles." ”

Yang He looked at his younger brothers and sisters and was indeed much more energetic than when he walked, which was the credit of carrying the basket and the benefit of having more people.

In the past, Minister Yang was responsible for exploring the road and opening the way, and he had to be on guard at all times, but he couldn't carry it like this.

Soon everyone walked down the sandy loam, and as soon as the terrain was low, there was a large area of saline-alkali land in front of them, and there were large areas of weeds around it.

Everyone was careful to get around, the saline land in Huaibei is usually connected with swamps, be careful not to fall into it.

The farther you go to the river, the denser the weeds become, some of them even higher than a person's head, and one after another depression appears.

At this moment, Han Daxia, who was exploring the road ahead, suddenly found something, he told his son a few words, and the two came back quickly.

I saw Han Daxia walking in front of Yang He and said in a low voice: "Xianggong, there are wolves." ”

Yang He was taken aback: "Where is it?" ”

He lifted the scarf and looked in the direction pointed by Han Daxia, and sure enough, on the left side of the saline-alkali land, among the weeds, some evil wolves with dark eyes were quietly sneaking in.

Yang He counted roughly, and there were only thirty or forty vicious wolves he saw, plus some of them were tightly hidden, and he was afraid that there were fifty or sixty of them, which was a huge wolf pack.

They walked silently, and they also knew that under the cover of weeds, if it weren't for Han Daxia, who was a hunter and had rich experience, he would have discovered the traces of wolves at the first time, and his party would have suffered heavy losses under a sneak attack.

He took out his Kaiyuan bow from the bow pot, drew another heavy arrow, and whispered to Minister Yang beside him: "Pass it on, there are wolves, all lean on the pond over there." ”

Minister Yang had already heard Han Daxia speak, he nodded quietly, and whispered the words to Qi Youxin, Yan Dezheng and others behind him, and at the same time tightened the back basket behind him, and subconsciously clenched the copper stick in his hand.

Immediately, the news spread lowly, and the group became a little nervous, but fortunately, the refugees had experienced a lot of dangers, although they were not shocked, and Yang He was the backbone, so they obeyed the order and pretended not to know and leaned towards the pond.

Everyone moved step by step, and finally, the collective moved to the edge of the pond, Yang He's heart was loosened, this pond is quite large, and there is a lot of pond water, like a small lake, a group of people leaning here, at least the wolves can't attack from the right side of the pond.

At that moment, he quickly made arrangements, young and strong men outside, women and children, the old and weak, all holding clubs and weapons, forming a semi-circle of protective circles.

Minister Yang had already taken off his back basket, and Sun Zhaodi, who was in the rear, caught up to take it and put it in the safest place.

The stout scholar stood on the right side of Yang He, he stuck his copper stick on the ground, drew out a small bow from the bow pot, and said viciously: "I haven't eaten wolf meat for a long time." ”

On the right side of Minister Yang is Qi Youxin, this Ming Dynasty has learned from Minister Yang that he pulled out his waist knife and stuck it on the ground, clenched the stick in his hand a little nervously, and muttered: "There are a lot of wolves." ”

Han Daxia's father and son were on the left side of Yang He, probably accustomed to wolves, the father and son were not flustered, and when they saw Han Daxia unhurriedly pulled out the fire fold on his waist, he took off the bamboo cover, shook it hard, and the fire in the heart rekindled.

Then he took out a piece of fire rope that was tucked into his waist, put one end of the fire rope in the fire fold and lit it, and then did not hesitate to close the fire fold and stuff it back into his waist.

He changed the fire rope to his right hand, and took out his waist knife and stuck it on the ground, while saying to his son beside him: "Pay attention to aiming for a while, and see if you want to hit." ”

His son Han Guan'er nodded silently, and after Yang He gave them the three-eyed gun, the two not only installed a new wooden handle for the three-eyed gun, but also built a tripod, at this time, Han Guan'er put the three-eyed gun on the tripod, his body was half-down, and he silently aimed at the wolves.

Looking at the appearance of their father and son, they plan to cooperate with each other, one ignition, the other aiming, so that they can indeed hit more accurately.

Han Guan'er's three-eyed gun was also filled with sub-medicine before going out, and the fire door was equipped with a lead, and the loose medicine was poured into it and twisted it tightly, so that the fire door lead would not be scattered, which is a simple and unknown skill.

Yang He glanced at them a few times, this father and son did not look like simple hunters.

Yang He and the others were on strict alert, and on their left and right, there were the remaining twelve young men wrapped in black scarves and hanging their hats behind their necks.

They formed a semicircle, each with a stick in hand, ready to fight.

In the rear of the young people, Yan Dezheng, Zhao Zhongju and others clenched the sticks in their hands nervously, and women and children in the troubled times had to work hard at any time, even the children covered their mouths tightly, lest they make a noise and cause chaos to the adults.

At this point, the wolves stopped, apparently aware of their unsightly whereabouts.

They openly revealed their bodies, and immediately the wolf howls rang out one after another, penetrating people.

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