The vast land was covered with a thick layer of snow. The north wind howled and blew a piece of dead grass that was still exposed into the snow. The weather was beautiful, the sun was very dazzling, and after the reflection on the snow, it was impossible to open your eyes. Herdsmen know that when walking in such weather, they need to paint their eyes black with carbon gray, otherwise it will not be long before their eyes will become red and tearful, and they may even become blind.

In the sky, two eagles draw circles and roam the ground back and forth. A rabbit had just emerged from under the snowdrift when it was spotted by an eagle with a flick of its wings poking straight down from the sky. With a single blow, the hook-like claws snapped the rabbit's neck, and with a flick of its huge wings, it soared into the air again. They don't want to let themselves stand in the snow where their heads have been buried.

A black dot suddenly appeared on the horizon and soon drew a line on the snow without any regularity. The horses' hooves creaked in the snow, stepping on the mirror-like snow into small pits. The knight on horseback wrapped himself as tightly as he could with all sorts of strange things, lest the north wind get into his clothes.

There were no horses in Tuntou, so he left the only old horse in the family to his mother and younger siblings. The next year's grazing will not be without horses, and the absence of horses will mean that they will not be able to go further and better pastures, and then the sheep will starve for another winter. Tuntou's clothes still belong to his father, who is the most powerful hero in the tribe, and every time he goes out, he can get a lot of loot. Tuntou still remembers the Han slave in the former family, who seems to be called Xiaohua.

Their miserable days began about three years ago. At that time, Tuntou remembered very well that his father came back from the war, and for the first time he did not bring a large amount of loot, and he was seriously injured. If it hadn't been for Grandma's vigorous prayer to the high priest, perhaps my father would have died that year. After lying on the couch for three months, my father's injuries were healed.

However, the family's situation did not get better because of their father's improvement, on the contrary, life became more stressful. When my father was called up again, there was no news from him. The leader took a bag of grain and handed it to his mother, and her tears could not be stopped. That was the father, who exchanged his life for a bag of grain.

Tuntou has some experience in walking on the snow road, and stepping on the place where the war horse has walked saves him the trouble of wading through the snow. Another benefit of walking is that it warms people. The torn sheepskin jacket on Tuntou's body couldn't keep out the cold, and if he hadn't walked this way, he would have frozen to death. The head man brought his two sons, the second of which was Chuck Qi and Tuntou were about the same age, but Chuck Qi, who was used to being pampered, hated walking on snowy roads.

Chuck Banner is not material for being a warrior, he is too fat, I don't know how many times he has fallen along the way, and his warm sheepskin jacket is already covered with snow. As he walked, he kept stuffing things into his mouth: "Tuntou, do you want to eat?" ”

Tuntou shook his head, Chuck Qi was a little helpless, and continued to shout: "If you help me carry these armor and weapons, I will give you all this food!" ”

The leader raised his hand and lined up on Chuck Qi's head, snatched the food in his hand, and glared at Chuck Qi fiercely. Just waiting for the leader to go away, Chuck Qi snatched his brother's rations again, and stuffed the armor and weapons on his back into Tuntou's arms. Tuntou could feel that the armor of Chuck Banner was very heavy, and only such armor could save a life at a critical time.

There is no armor in Tuntou, and the only helmet is still worn by my father when he used to fly eagles, which is made of wild boar skin, and the handiwork is made by my grandmother, and the stitches and styles are good. My father has been wearing it for so many years and it still hasn't broken, which shows how strong this leather helmet is.

Chuck Qi saw Tuntou caressing this armor, and said with a smile: "I don't like this, it's too heavy, and if you wear it, you will become a bear, my Abba said, Quark said that you must be flexible on the battlefield and not be bound by heavy armor, otherwise you will be slower than others even if you escape, and I don't know why Abba has to let me wear such heavy armor." ”

Quark's name is like thunder, it is a famous hero in the neighborhood, and I heard that he was praised by Shan Yu back then. It's just that no one has seen Quark for more than a year, and I don't know if it's the same as Tuntou's father, or if he went somewhere else.

Tuntou consciously put the armor of Chuck Banner on his back and carried the small bag of grain into his arms. Chuck Qi patted Tun Tou's shoulder: "That's right, follow me in the future, you will definitely be indispensable if you have food with me, and when we kill the Han people, as long as you can come back safely, you are my Chuck Qi's best friend, I guarantee that you can enter my tent at any time." ”

Tuntou didn't answer, just buried his head in the road. Chuck Qi walked slowly, even slower because of eating, walked two steps to keep up with Tuntou, looked left and right and lowered his voice: "Hey! Do you know where we're going? ”

Tun Tou shook his head, Chu Keqi smiled from the depths of his eyes, stretched out his hand to the shoulder of the landlord Tun Tou, and pressed almost the weight of his entire body on Tun Tou. Tuntou hit a stumble. Chuck Qi's voice was even quieter this time: "I heard that I am going to Mayi, the Han rebuilt Mayi, and built Mayi into a bazaar, as long as we capture Mayi, we will bring back a lot of things this time, maybe we can get one or two Han women back, and I will give you one when the time comes." ”

Tuntou's brows furrowed, he remembered that when his father was seriously injured, he went to Mayi, and the people on that occasion were much braver than the ones they came this time. The main thing was that the whole tribe had gone one hundred and thirty-seven last time, and this time there were only twelve people. It is estimated that the other tribes are similar, so it is not a good idea to go to Mayi this time.

"Are you sure?"

Chuck Qi nodded: "That day, the messenger sent by the king said that he showed his mouth when he was drinking at my house, and I happened to hear it, and my father told me not to talk nonsense everywhere, seeing that you are my friend, I told you, you must not tell others!" ”

"Does the king want to send troops and horses, or does he want to send troops and horses? How many Han Chinese are there in Mayi? Are we going to take the lead? Tun Tou asked a lot of questions in one go.

Chuck Qi covered Tuntou's mouth and looked around: "You be quiet!" I don't know these questions you asked, but Laqim, the oily and slick merchant, said that he had come back from Mayi, and that the Han had been prepared, and that the Han people in Mayi had been withdrawn, and that the Yanmen Pass was also blocked, and that everything was not sold to us Huns, including Yanba. ”

"Oh, yes! Laqim also said that the Han people stationed in Yanmen are a very powerful general, the last time, that is, the time your father went was also this Han general stationed in Yanmen, I heard that this Han general is only in his twenties, only a little older than you and me, you said that Lao Danyu has fought for so many years, why can't he beat this young Han man? ”

When Rachim heard Abba, his mood suddenly became very bad. He didn't want to fight, he didn't want to watch his younger siblings and grandma starve to death, and he didn't want to fight for anything, he just wanted to live his own life. It's a pity that everything is not under his control, the king gave an order, and the men over the age of sixteen in the entire grassland have to pick up weapons and fight, otherwise there is only one way, and that is death!

Chuck Qi was also in a bad mood, and sighed: "Hey! The Han people have a saying that different people don't have different lives, but this time it can be better, I heard that Shan Yu sent his right-hand man Ashi Na commander, we including our king have to listen to Ashi Na, Ashi Na is brave and abnormal, and it is very famous in the entire grassland, maybe this time it can capture Mayi, and then it is better, take Yanmen Pass, and our Huns' good days will come again. ”

Tuntou glanced at Chuck Banner. Chuck Qi smiled: "What I said is just a possibility, no one knows before the fight starts." ”

The two of them talked while walking, and they were no longer so bored. It wasn't until dark that one of the team leaders ordered a break. There were no tents, and no dry firewood to light a fire. Everyone ate two mouthfuls of dry food in the snow, hugged their tattered clothes and huddled them in a pile, and lay down in the snow and fell asleep. After a day of traveling, I was so sleepy that I could still fall asleep even if I had frozen teeth.

The moon in the sky illuminates the ground as bright as day, and no stars can be seen. Tuntou and Chuck Qi huddled in the crowd, and it was a lot warmer. Since yesterday, after Tatuohe, Tuntou doesn't know what place it is, and he can't even tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest. He had never been to this place before, let alone with such a heavy snowfall, and it was normal for him to be unable to distinguish the direction. If it's true as Chuck said, now they should go south.

There are no guards left to guard, in such a situation, in such a snow, still in the hinterland of their Huns, there will be no enemy to sneak attack. Even if there were, there were only wolves, but there were so many of them, and they were armed with weapons, and even if the wolves came, they were not afraid. Chuck snored like thunder, he couldn't sleep, he missed his father very much, and he missed his grandmother and younger siblings who stayed at home. Can you come back after this trip, Tuntou has no bottom in his heart, if he dies, what will happen to the big family?

When it was almost dawn, Tuntou finally fell asleep. As soon as he fell asleep, he was whipped and told to get up. Tuntou found that there were a few people who were motionless no matter how heavy their hands were. He knew that the men were dead, and that they were dead before they could see the enemy. More than a dozen people rushed over and looked at the pawn with pleading eyes, hoping that the pawn would let him dispose of the dead bodies, if nothing else, but for the clothes on the dead bodies.

The elation of being chosen, the sad face of not being chosen. The head man was fortunate to be the lucky one, and when he came back, he had a thick hat in his hand and threw it to Tuntou: "Don't say that I didn't take care of you, they are all from a tribe, so we have to take care of each other, and strive to all be able to go back safely, understand?" Tuntou took the hat, and several people who came out with their tribe nodded again and again.