Chapter 361: The Battle for Survival (Part I)
After careful cleaning, we probably cleaned up a few places, the bones stacked near the entrance of the cave are more dense, judging from the broken armor of the bones, the scattered traces of weapons, they are a group of warriors, at the last moment of their lives they formed a human wall, trying to block the entrance of the cave, against the merciless fire, some of the back are some old and weak women and children, in the innermost layer, Xia Ruobing saw a corpse sitting on the edge of the cave wall, after thousands of years she still has not scattered, she lowered her head, her hands still maintain the posture of embrace, And her arms were already empty, Xia Ruobing carefully checked under her skeleton and found a small skull.
This is a mother, at the end of her life, she is still trying to protect the young child in her arms, her child has long since turned into mud, but her maternal love has passed through thousands of years. Xia Ruobing carefully picked up the skull, the small skull fragment could only cover Xia Ruobing's palm, this was a newborn child, Xia Ruobing looked at it carefully, as if he was holding this child.
Wang Xingguo was cleaning the part near the entrance of the cave, where the layers of bones were more troublesome to clean up, it could be seen that these soldiers still maintained discipline at the last moment of their lives, most of the weapons they held in their hands had turned to dust, and the leather armor on their bodies was also tattered and scattered, Wang Xingguo separated the bones little by little, and put the bones of the same person together as much as possible.
"Ring-headed knife?" After cleaning up two layers of bones, Wang Xingguo saw a piece of iron pressed under the bones, and the distinctive ring on the handle caught his attention.
The ring-head knife can be regarded as a symbol of the era of cold weapons, the long and straight blade is made of iron repeatedly folded and calcined, the integrated knife body is a counterweight ring, the handle is made of wood and leather rope, it is the most advanced and lethal close-quarters weapon before 2000, the ring-head knife can cut any weapon that dares to confront it head-on, and many swords in later generations have been profoundly influenced by the ring-head knife, and there are hardly too many changes in the thousands of years of war, The Tang Dadao, which represents the Chinese weapon culture, was developed from the Huanshou knife, and its more famous direct descendant is the Japanese sword on the island!
This piece of iron is a remnant of the blade, about 60 centimeters long, most of it has been corroded away by thousands of years, only a thin piece remains, and the ring on the handle as a counterweight is also rotten, Wang Xingguo gently touched it with his hand, it was scattered into a pile of rust, Wang Xingguo carefully cleaned up the bones, and finally saw the traces left by this ring knife in history.
More than one meter long blade left traces on the ground, the oblique flat head is the ancestor of the modern popular geometric head head, although only a puddle of rust remains, but Wang Xingguo can still feel its sharpness, the spine is the most preserved part, from the residual part, the thickness of the back of the knife is one centimeter, such a ring head knife can be described as expensive at the time, so the ring head knife is usually equipped to the most brave soldiers!
The High Priest had said that the undead warriors were armed with long, straight knives that could easily cut people in two, and from now on, he was undoubtedly talking about the Ring-headed Sword.
Mr. Min was also a little surprised when he saw the ring head knife, but then he felt a little uneasy, the ring head knife began to equip a large number of Han Dynasty warriors in the Western Han Dynasty, and it can even be said that it was because of the ring head knife that the Han Dynasty won the victory against the Xiongnu! The Huanshou Sword has been recognized as the representative of the weapons of the Han Dynasty, but there has never been any documentary record that the warriors of the Han Dynasty once crossed this mountain range to reach here, is this also directly related to the secret of Loulan?
"Hook-setting?" Not far from the wreckage of this ring-headed knife, Wang Xingguo carefully cleaned up another place, and it was to the left of the fallen soldier that a small circular rust caught Mr. Min's attention, and in the light of the flashlight, he saw that there were two less noticeable marks at both ends of this circular rust.
"Yes, crochet." Wang Xingguo glanced up at Mr. Min.
Hook inlay is a weapon used in conjunction with the ring-headed knife, in front of the small round shield is a long thorn, used to stab when close to the body, and an iron hook is extended at both ends of the upper and lower ends, which is used to hook the opponent's long pole weapon, equipped with the ring-headed knife and the hook-inlaid warriors dare to face the long halberd of the forest, they will use the hook to block the halberd and then hook it with the iron hook, and then step forward and use the ring-headed knife to mercilessly slash at the opponent's neck! It is precisely because of the hook inlay that the halberd, which once represented the military strength of the princes, slowly withdrew from the weapon family, and eventually became a symbol of honor, and with the later development of spears and spears, the hook-inlaid small and round shield was also powerless for the spear thrust, and it slowly disappeared in the long river of history at the end of the Western Han Dynasty.
"However, the army of the Han Dynasty has never been so far away." Mr. Min was a little strange.
"In the great fusion of the Western Regions and the Han Dynasty, the ring-headed knife and the hook inlay may also have reached Loulan." Wang Xingguo reminded.
Mr. Min thought about it, this was not impossible in that era of turbulent ethnic integration, and it was not impossible for Loulan to learn to use the world's most advanced weapons at the crossroads of the Silk Road, where many ethnic groups exchanged and traded with each other.
Weapons and equipment have never been unearthed in the ruins of Loulan, which has puzzled Mr. Min for a long time, but now that he sees all this, Mr. Min seems to understand a little - in order to survive, those warriors of Loulan have left their homeland and started their expedition......
But speculation alone still can't confirm that the bones here are the Loulan people far away from their homeland, Mr. Min has been infinitely close to the cave that is said to be the treasure house of Loulan, he believes that it is the limit of the Loulan expedition, but now it seems that Mr. Min is wrong, if the bones here are all Loulan warriors, then they really crossed this mountain range 2000 years ago!
What kind of courage and fearlessness made them cross this forbidden area of humanity?
Xia Ruobing gently put the baby's skull back into his mother's arms, and slowly lifted the head of the bone, which could no longer withstand any shock, and scattered to the ground with a "bang".
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry......" Xia Ruobing thought silently in her heart, holding her skull and looking at it carefully.
This skull has high cheekbones, deep and large eye sockets, and a pointed mandible, judging from the concave part of the nose, she has a straight and high nose bridge during her lifetime, which is very different from the skull characteristics of the Mongolian race, which reminds Xia Ruobing of the famous Loulan sleeping beauty.
The Loulan beauty, who was born 3,800 years ago, has yellow-brown hair, deep eyes, a high and narrow nose, a pointed chin, and a three-dimensional face.
The preservation conditions here are not as intact as in the desert, and Xia Ruobing can only restore the owner of the skull in front of her from the remaining bones, but she is 100% sure that this is a woman with Europa blood, in other words, she has a deep relationship with the beauty of Loulan.
Wang Xingguo also cleaned up several bones, and also cleaned up the remains of a batch of armor, judging from the materials of the armor, most of them are made of leather, some of the iron armor has long decayed into mud, leaving only a little trace, some of those armors are whole pieces of leather armor, some are small pieces of leather armor, the regulations are different, the weapons in the hands of the warriors almost did not leave the remains, only some traces remained, Xia Ruobing sorted out the bones of the mother, gently covered her with a cloth, and looked back at the bones sorted out by Wang Xingguo.
Judging by the characteristics of the skulls, these skulls bear the characteristics of Europa blood, but some also carry the characteristics of the race. It's hard to imagine how these people who survived managed to get here through this forbidden area of humanity.
While everyone was cleaning up, Chen Badai slowly approached the depths of the cave, and something on the cave wall aroused his interest, and he brushed the dust off the wall with his hand and saw some characters.
Xia Ruobing also found some fragments of clothes when she was cleaning up, those clothes woven with camel hair and wool have long since rotted because of age, and have no research value, she most wants to find some written records, she believes that only words can travel through thousands of years and provide her with more information.
"Xia Ruobing, look here." Chen Badai shouted stiffly, "There are some red marks on the wall. ”
"Luwen?!" Xia Ruobing saw the red mark on the cave wall and recognized what it was at a glance.
Mr. Min is in good spirits, Lu Wen? That proves that this is the remains of Loulan!
"Be careful, clear out this place......" Xia Ruobing's heart was beating wildly, and with words, he would know what happened two thousand years ago, how they came here through the forbidden area of human beings.
The red marks on the wall were already in tatters, and the symbol Xia Ruobing saw should be a heavenly character, and she carefully scraped off a little, this is a kind of cinnabar-like pigment, in those days, this was something that only the royal family could use!
Xia Ruobing opened the Lu Wen comparison table left by her parents and carefully checked the traces on the stone wall.
After a period of careful cleaning, Xia Ruobing saw many remnants of the text on the stone wall, those cinnabar pigments were crumbling under the invasion of the years, Xia Ruobing could only barely distinguish a part, but there were some crooked, the fine words carved on the stone wall with sharp weapons were relatively complete, Xia Ruobing took the Lu text comparison table, translated it little by little, Wang Xingguo and Sherpa helped record it on the side.
There are many words here that have been discovered for the first time, but in connection with the context, Xia Ruobing can still basically translate them.
Mr. Min wanted to get closer, but felt a little embarrassed, so he had to stand there not far away, anxiously waiting for Xia Ruobing's interpretation, Tchaikov and Pandey found a place to sit down and take out raspberry wine for a drink, while Dick and Chen Badai had nothing to do on the other end.