Two days after setting off from Guan Xiangtun, Baochai and his entourage arrived at Heishuitun.

From here, you will enter the grassland.

It's getting late now, and I'm camping outside Heishuitun Village tonight.

The yurt has been erected, and the team has begun to bury the pot and make rice.

The firewood was bought from the local people, and when the fire was lit, they began to burn the charcoal they had brought.

Now there is heavy snow everywhere, and you can often see people along the way, and you can also buy some dry firewood and straw. If you go any further, you will reach the pastoral area, where the fire will burn cow dung, and there will not even be firewood and straw.

Leng Ding got there, and the cow dung was nowhere to be found. Once you get to this point, you will get frostbite even if you don't freeze to death. It is necessary to march with some charcoal.

Wisteria and pothos brought in a pot of charcoal, and the yurt gradually became hot.

The yurts are all brought from the North Sea, although they are relatively thick, but in the wax moon day, they still can't withstand the severe cold. If you don't have a fire at night, you can't sleep.

As soon as the charcoal fire was put down, Miaoyu, Daiyu, Shi Xiangyun, Tanchun, and Yingchun gathered around to roast the fire.

"Oh, this ghost weather is even colder than Beihai."

Daiyu was so cold that she was shivering, her hands were constantly rubbing, and she came to her mouth from time to time to sigh.

"Where did Xichun go?"

Tanchun looked around, but didn't see Xichun.

"I'm going to set up a sentry with Tamara."

"Where's Sister Bao?"

"I'm inspecting the vehicle."

As he spoke, Baochai came in.

"Ouch, it's still warm in your room, and my room is like an ice cellar."

As soon as Baochai entered the house, he approached the brazier.

"I see, from now on, my sisters and I will all live in a yurt house, so that it is warmer and saves some charcoal. I don't know if I'll be able to go back someday. ”

"Sister Bao is reasonable, save more charcoal, so that you can bring it to Fourth Brother Min, I don't know if he has charcoal there now?"

Yingchun said, his tone was a little worried.

"Don't worry, Yingchun, there are so many people in Fourth Brother Min, they won't freeze him. They always have a way. ”

Someone knocked on the door and welcomed people in, it turned out to be Jiao Li and Liu Cheng.

"I just went to the village to inquire, and they did pass from here, Chief Min. There are still 400 miles to Hongshan here, and if you go closer, you may be there in seven or eight days. I just wonder if they're still there? ”

Jiao Li introduced to Baochai.

"If they had fought there, they wouldn't be there right now."

Baochai made a guess.

"It depends on what Chief Min plans to do, if he wants to withdraw his troops, he should come here at this time."

"It's about to be the New Year, doesn't Fourth Brother Min really want to come back for the New Year?"

Tanchun asked tentatively.

"I must not want to come back, besides, the Mogu people will not let them go easily. Liu Cheng, how is the guide's business? ”

"I've found it, it's two cobblers, they have been to the Mogu grassland before and are familiar with it. There was another thing, according to the two cobblers, that further on, there were horse thieves. ”

"Horse thief? How many people are there? ”

"There are several groups of horse thieves, and the largest group has one hundred and fifty or sixty men, and they are very fierce."

"Do horse thieves have firearms?"

"There are only a few firearms, mostly bows and sabers."

"Miaoyu, tomorrow's march, can you go a little further to reconnoitre?"

"Naturally, I can let go of ten miles tomorrow, and if I encounter horse thieves, I will attract them and destroy them on the spot."

"Yes, let them have a taste of the power of our firearms."

Shi Xiangyun clenched his little fists, looking eager to try.

"Staha, do you dare to kill?"

"If you don't dare, isn't it like killing a chicken? Even Xichun dares to kill people, will I still dare? Yingchun, haven't you ever killed anyone? ”

"Forget it, you don't have to argue at this time, when it comes to an emergency, you don't want to kill, you have to kill. If you don't kill him, he will kill you. You live or die, and you can't be polite. ”

"Miaoyu, you are leading the troops to fight, tell me, where will Fourth Brother Min be at this time?"

Hearing Baochai's question, everyone stopped talking and looked at Miaoyu.

"Fourth Brother Min is like a god with soldiers, where will I know? However, Fourth Brother Min did not withdraw his troops at this time, I think he just wanted to fight the Mogu people. Didn't you say that there were horse thieves, they should be more well-informed, if they meet horse thieves, when the time comes, catch two captives and interrogate them, maybe they can get the news. All that's left is to inquire as you go. But in front of it is the realm of the Mogu people, I'm afraid they won't tell us the truth. ”

"It's okay not to tell the truth, when the time comes, catch a few more people and ask each other, and confirm each other, and you will always find out the truth. Jiao Li, in the past few days, I have collected a lot of people's feelings. ”

While talking, Ying'er, Wisteria and other maids and soldiers brought food.

Jiao Li and Liu Cheng withdrew, and the girls began to eat.

The staple food is steamed buns, which are all brought after steaming in Shengjing, and when they are put in a large pot and heated thoroughly, they are similar to freshly steamed.

The non-staple food is just a dish, dried cabbage with vermicelli and a few slices of meat in it.

In winter, the weather is cold, and I can't even bring cabbage and potatoes, and after a day in the car, I will freeze to death. However, dried cabbage and vermicelli are not afraid of freezing, do not take up much space, and are light in weight, which is more suitable for field marching.

Miaoyu and Daiyu have long been accustomed to this kind of food.

Although others had also endured hardships on the way from the imperial capital to Beihai back then, they were not so difficult in the end. However, it is already good to be able to eat such a meal at this time.

I was so hungry that I ate everything I ate.

In the past, everyone was the daughter of the house, and the meals and tea were all exquisite. Especially Daiyu, who used to eat only a little bit of each meal and didn't eat it. After following Jia Min from Beihai to here, no one cared about her except Zijuan and Snow Goose, and finally she got used to eating a big pot of rice.

Now that I eat and gobble up, where is there still the appearance of the delicate and weak sick Shih Tzu before?

A cool breeze blows, and Tamara and Xichun return.

Xichun's personal soldiers entered the painting and the color screen to serve meals to the two, and there were no tables and chairs or anything, so the two followed the others, squatting on the ground and eating.

The girls are in a bunch here, and the maids and soldiers are in a bunch over there, and the meals are all the same, and they are all used to it, and no one thinks it is strange.

After eating, they talked together for a while, and then they laid out their blankets and went to sleep. Even though they have futons, they all sleep in kimono.

The men huddled together, one by one, and moved the braziers aside, and the soldiers took turns keeping vigil, adding some charcoal from time to time.

When she arrived, Miaoyu went out to inspect the sentry and inspect the sentry. When he arrived, Tamara went out to check again.

In the second half of the night, Liu Cheng and Jiao Li were in charge, going out to check the sentry from time to time.

The next day, we had dinner and continued our journey. At this time, the field is covered with heavy snow, and there are only a few ruts on the road.

However, in the past two days, I have become accustomed to such roads, and the vehicles are on the road as usual.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and some villagers of Heishuitun stood outside the village, watching this strange team leave with curious eyes.

They've seen teams sometimes before, but they're very different from this one.

When the teams arrived in the village, they drove the villagers out and occupied their houses, and this team did not enter the village, but camped outside the village, which was the first thing to see.

Miaoyu took a dozen scouts to explore the way in front, and Mi Tianci among the two guides followed him. Another guide, Mi Tianbao, followed the large group.

In order to hurry, I don't stop cooking at noon, in the morning, one person sends a steamed bun, each in his arms, so as not to freeze, and at noon I nibble on the steamed bun, even if it is lunch.

I walked for most of the day, but I didn't see a single figure. At three o'clock in the afternoon, Miaoyu spotted two horsemen coming from the opposite side, and immediately loaded some skins, which seemed to be dealers of furs.

walked to the other side, didn't speak, nodded and passed.

"Mi Tianci, have you seen these two people?"

Miaoyu asked.

"I haven't seen it, it doesn't seem to be people from this area, and I recognize most of the leather dealers here."

"Do you think they look like horse thieves?"

"Miss Miaoyu, her small eyes are clumsy, and she can't see it."

"I've seen a lot of leather dealers, and their bodies are usually full of greasy, but these two people's clothes seem to be too clean, and there is no fishy smell on their bodies, isn't it a little strange?"

"Oh, Miss Miaoyu, if you say that, it's true, they really don't look like leather dealers."

"Wisteria, pothos, you two turn around, go past them, and tell Miss Bao to keep an eye on these two people."

"Miss, why bother, just shoot them with one shot."

Wisteria and pothos have been following Miaoyu for a long time, and they are used to killing people.

"They may be spies for horse thieves, or maybe not, don't startle the snake just yet. Go ahead. ”

Wisteria and pothos left, and Miaoyu led the people to continue to search forward slowly.

At half past three in the afternoon, Miaoyu arrived at Woniugang.

There were no people around here, and when the team arrived, it was going to be dark, so Miaoyu decided to camp here tonight.

According to Mi Tianci, he has walked more than 80 miles today, and this speed is not slow for the baggage team.

After half an hour, the baggage convoy arrived, and the camp began.

There were no tall trees, there wasn't much wood to pull from the cars, and the winter was freezing and there was no fence, so the camp was fenced off by vehicles as usual.

As usual, the girls gathered in a yurt and chatted together.

Miaoyu and Tamara were outside, directing the construction of the yurt and the making of rice. It wasn't until dinner was served here that the two returned to the yurt.

While eating, Jiao Li and Mi Tianci came in.

"The two people I saw during the day just passed through here."

"Oh, it's getting dark, and you're still in a hurry?"

Baochai immediately became suspicious.

"We pretended to stay here for one night, and they said that home was not far away, and it wouldn't be long before they got home."

"Mi Tianci, how far is the nearest house here?"

Miaoyu asked.

"At least fifty or sixty miles. It is a little unusual for them to travel like this at night, and if they encounter wolves, it will be troublesome. People on the grassland generally don't rush at night like this. ”

"Sister Bao, it seems that we are going to have a fight tonight."

Miaoyu said with a grin.

"Fight, fight, what should come will come."

Baochai said lightly, and then ate.