Chapter 20 Bad News
The stars and moon sink in the west, the east is whitening, and a new day descends on the grassland, but the surroundings are still quiet, only the bonfire that is about to be extinguished is still beeping softly, accompanied by bursts of snoring.
After many days of traveling, coupled with a hard battle with the wolves last night, both Yang Chen and several Mongolian people were already sleepy, and after eating wolf meat and drinking mare's milk wine, they each fell asleep, and slept until this time.
Suddenly, a Mongolian man who was sleeping on the grass sat up suddenly, a hint of vigilance flashed in his eyes, and he shouted softly: "If there is movement, get up!" ”
Everyone was already on guard, and as soon as they heard this greeting, they each turned over and got up, and two of them even reached out and grabbed the scimitar on the side, ready to meet the enemy. And although Yang Chen and the others couldn't understand their language, when they saw this posture, they also understood, and they were on guard.
Tana's face was solemn, and while drawing her knife in her hand, she had come to the horse: "Everyone get on the horse, if someone really chases me, you don't care about me anymore......"
The Mongolian people didn't make a sound, just looked back at her resolutely, and then walked to their respective horses, only the warning man still put his ear to the ground and listened to the movement with bated breath, and then showed a hint of strangeness: "Why is there only the voice of one horse?" It didn't come too quickly...... Is it a pathfinder? ”
As soon as he said this, the expressions of the few people who were already waiting for the battle relaxed a little, if it was really as he said, the enemy only had one person, then as long as they could get rid of the comers, they would naturally be safe. Yang Chen and the others hurriedly inquired about Tana, and after knowing the answer, they breathed a sigh of relief.
As he was talking, a horse came over slowly in the direction of the north, and from a distance, there was no one riding on it, which made several people relax even more, it seemed that it was a false alarm, just a detached horse passing by.
But then, the sharp-eyed Yang Chen saw something wrong: "No, there are still things on the horse's back, it looks like a personal ......" After his reminder, Tana also saw it clearly, and immediately said to the people around him: "Which of you go over and take a look, don't anyone be injured by the evil wolf attack last night......" As Mongolian people who live as nomads on the grassland, they are always hospitable and willing to help people.
Immediately, two people agreed, turned over and rode straight forward, but the knives in their hands did not let go, and they were still careful. But after running to the horse and taking a closer look, the two men quickly put the knife back into its sheath, and then hurriedly pulled the horse back, and when they were near, they spoke loudly to Tana.
When Tana heard this, her face also changed, and she hurriedly stepped forward, and sure enough, there was a person on the horse's back, and after she saw the appearance of this person, she let out a soft cry and whispered: "...... Qingele" At the same time as she said this, she also put her hand to the end of his nose, and only after finding that he was still breathing, she was slightly relieved.
At this time, Yang Chen had also followed, and seeing her reaction like this, he also guessed something, and asked, "Is this someone from your clan?" ”
"Well, he's Chingele. Along the way, thanks to him leading his people and the men of Bohur to fight, we were able to get here. It's just that in a battle two days ago, in order to allow me to escape, he intercepted the enemy with a few fighters, and never caught up again. I thought he was already ...... Thankfully, he's still alive. Tana said, clasping his hands together again and saying in Mongolian, "Thank you for the protection of the Immortal Heaven." ”
"But his injuries don't look like they're serious." Yang Chen stared at this person's body and said. This is true, not only is there blood on his body, but there is also an arrow stuck in his left chest.
"Yes, we have to heal him quickly, but it's a pity that we lost all the medicine on our bodies after escaping all the way." Tana was also worried.
"Anyway, take the arrows off his body first, or the wound will worsen." After seeing that several Mongolians had lifted the men off their horses, he quickly leaned forward, carefully examined the wounds on the other party's body, and made a quick judgment.
"Will you help him dig out the arrows?" As Yang Chen spoke, he had already slashed down with a knife, cutting the long arrow shaft from the arrow, leaving only a short section exposed outside his body.
Several Mongolians, including Tana, shook their heads a little dazedly, obviously not proficient in this. At this time, Yang Chen had already touched Geler's forehead, and found that he was burning badly, which should be caused by the deterioration of the wound, and he couldn't take care of it too much in line with the principle of saving people like fighting fires, so he said: "Then I'll help him deal with it." Do you have water, give him two sips of it. ”
"Yes......" Tana hurriedly said to her companion, who quickly handed over a leather bag she had with her. As soon as Yang Chen took it and unplugged it, he smelled a strong smell of wine, which made him smile bitterly: "I'm talking about water, not wine......"
This time, Tana was also stunned, and then shook her head: "We only brought mare's milk wine, no water." ”
"That's it, it's better than nothing." Yang Chen shook his head, he could only pour a sip of wine into Qinggel, who was in a coma, and then took a knife and roasted it on the fire that had not been extinguished for a while, and carefully approached the position of the opponent's arrow, and after gently cutting the broken armor, he saw the location of the arrow, quickly stroked, and then slashed hard, and dug out the arrow with a piece of skin and flesh.
Seeing this scene, Rao is people were not afraid of death, and they also frowned, and Tana was so shocked that she closed her eyes and didn't dare to look at it. Huang Feng glanced at Yang Chen with some admiration: "I didn't expect that adults would do this!" ”
Yang Chen didn't answer, but quickly tore off a piece of his underwear inside, and wrapped it around the wound that was bleeding from the loss of a piece of flesh in Qinggel, and his movements were still sharp.
And after this action, I don't know if it was because the mare's milk wine really had a miraculous effect on the Mongolian people, or because of the pain, Qinggele, who was originally unconscious, moved slightly, and his originally closed eyes opened a line.
Tana and the others, who were watching him with concern, hurriedly stepped up, bent down and asked, "Qingle, how are you?" ”
"Tana?" This Qingler is really a man, both physically and mentally, and he regained consciousness as soon as he woke up.
"It's me...... You escaped from the men of Beauhur, right? It's all my fault, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been so badly injured. Tana said again, tears rolling in her eyes.
"Don't beg, this is what our warriors from Tasu should do, even if you die, you must also protect your safety......" Although he looked weak, he still spoke comfortingly. Immediately, he remembered something again: "By the way, don't beg, I'm here to report to you...... The people of Bohur already knew that we were going to Datong, so they had divided their troops into two routes, chasing them all the way, and all the way around Datong to intercept and kill us, and we couldn't just go there like before......
"Huh?" Tana's face changed suddenly: "How is this good?" ”
It's a pity that this time, Qingler couldn't give an answer, because after saying this, he finally fell into a coma again. After hearing these words, several other Mongolians also changed color and were a little overwhelmed. Along the way, they were heading for Datong, and now they saw that they were close to the goal, but they learned such news, which was really a big blow to them.
Yang Chen couldn't understand what they were talking about, but he also saw the confusion in their hearts, so he hurriedly asked, "What did he say?" ”
"Qinggeler said that someone already knows our goal and is ready along the road in Datong, so that we don't run into it again." When she said this, Tana's mouth was bitter, and her heart was even more dazed.
And after Huang Feng heard this, his face also changed, and he subconsciously shouted: "What can I do about this?" ”
Yang Chen also frowned deeply. Since the news that Qingler was brought back at the risk of death, this matter should be quite reliable. But this area is only Datong this city can enter, if you don't go there, do you have to turn back?
Even if they did, it would still be dangerous. Presumably, it is impossible for those pursuing Mongols to give way to the back road. Now they are really facing a situation where there is interception in front and chasing soldiers in the back.
When everyone saw that he was deep in thought, they did not dare to speak, but just looked at him expectantly. Unconsciously, he became the backbone of these Mengren, and he had to make up his mind when something happened, and I don't know if it was because of the wolf killing last night, or because of the reason he saved people just now.
After thinking about it for a while, Yang Chen finally had an idea and looked at Tana: "In this situation, it is obviously impossible to continue to rush to Datong due north, we can only change direction and go northwest......"
"What's the point?" Tana asked, blinking.
"It is no longer possible for us to go directly to Datong, so there is only one way to seek help from the Ming border army outside Datong. If I remember correctly, there should be a few forts over there, and as long as we enter the forts, we will be safe for the time being. And as long as your identity is confirmed, you can naturally ask them to send a letter to Datong, and then let Lord Yang send soldiers and horses to respond. When the time comes, there is no need to worry about the Tatar pursuers. Yang Chen said his own idea.
When Tana heard this, she made up her mind, and translated this to the other Mongolian people, who also nodded frequently after hearing this, feeling that this was the most suitable choice at the moment.
But immediately, Tana's face changed again, and she looked at Yang Chen vigilantly: "Who are you?" Why do you know so clearly about the situation in Datong? As she said this, she quickly drew the scimitar she carried with her, and put on a posture that would attack at any moment.