An argali, looking around vigilantly, the instinct of the animal made it feel a hint of danger, and its sturdy limbs tensed, ready to flee the area at any moment. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This is on the Mongolian plateau in the northern part of Rehe Province, not far from the Alu Korqin Banner.

Alu Korqin is Mongolian, Aru means north of the mountain, and Korqin means archer, and the full name is translated as "archer of the north".

Historically, it was an important breeding ground for northern nomads, and was inhabited as early as the Neolithic period.

In the twenty-fifth year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty (1546), the fifteenth grandson of Genghis Khan's middle brother Habtu Hasar, Kundu Lun Daiqing, led the Alu Korqin tribe to move to the land of Alu Korqin, which was originally named Alu Korqin.

In the fourth year of Chongde (1639), it belonged to the Zhaowuda League and was controlled by the Rehe capital. In the period of the Republic of China, it was directly assigned to the jurisdiction of Rehe Province.

In the 22nd year of the Republic of China, that is, in July 1933, the Alukorqin Banner fell and was assigned to the puppet Manchurian Xing'an West Province by the Japanese. Until its liberation on August 16, 1945, this steppe pearl was ruled by the invaders for a full twelve years.

Qin Yuan and others set off from Qiqihar, which lasted more than a month, and finally walked out of the northeast and came to the edge of Rehe.

On this way, it can be said that I have crossed mountains and mountains, trekked through mountains and rivers, and even if I have a map in my hand, I still took a lot of detours and wrong roads.

Fortunately, there is a brother in the team whose ancestors are ginseng pickers in Changbai Mountain, and they have known some skills for surviving and walking in the deep mountains and old forests since they were children, so the big guys did not fold in the old forests in the northeast.

And I encountered a few devils and puppet soldiers on the way, but fortunately the big guys escaped.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Qin Yuan's number is too small to be taken seriously, and when several groups of devils found Qin Yuan and others in a row, they all thought that they were bandit beards hidden in the mountains and forests, and they had no desire to be eliminated, so they gave up after catching up for a while, which was the main reason why Qin Yuan was able to lead people out of the Northeast.

When they came out of the northeast to the Horqin grassland, everyone's life was relatively better.

But it's a pity that the sky is not beautiful, just after a few days of stable life in the prairie, a blizzard suddenly came, which made everyone extremely embarrassed.

The blizzard fell for a day and a night, and it didn't stop until this morning.

In the distance, the entire Mongolian plateau is covered in endless snow, and the sun shines on it, making people dizzy.

Winter here is one of the cold sources of the Asian continent, and further north, there are still Siberian cold winds blowing from time to time, and the lowest temperature can even reach more than minus 40 degrees.

It is very difficult for any creature to survive in this temperature, and it has to desperately conserve the heat of its body and desperately find food to ensure that it can survive the cold winter for up to five months.

That argali, was no exception.

Argali, the largest mountain goat in the world, was listed as an endangered species in later generations.

It has relatively long legs and can weigh up to two hundred kilograms. Moreover, the horns of the argali, which can reach up to one meter long, twist downward in a spiral shape.

This sheep can run and jump on cliffs, come and go freely, and are extremely thirsty, can go days without water, and eat snow without water in winter.

Argali's sense of sight, hearing, and smell is keen, and its temperament is alert, and it flees quickly at the slightest movement. It is often used in small groups, with a small number of each group, and it is more common to have a few to more than a dozen animals, and it does not seem to be integrated into a large group activity.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as the one who is acting alone.

I saw that the argali, with great difficulty, arched the snow in front of him with his horns, gnawed on the few grass roots under the snow, and looked up from time to time.

Perhaps because of its solitary travel, the argali, seemed alert.

Suddenly, there was a "bang" of gunfire in the distance, and if there were other soldiers here at this time, they would definitely hear that this was the unique firing sound of the 38 rifle.

But the argali, apparently uninformed, was listening with its head tilted when a bullet pierced its neck from far and near.

Blood spurted out quickly, imprinting a bright red on the white snow.

The argali, slumping limply to the ground, shook its head in a vain attempt to get back to its feet, but the blood that spurted out of its neck quickly drained its strength with heat.

Death often comes in an instant.

About a few hundred meters away, on a snowdrift, lay a young man in ragged clothes and a white cloth.

He was almost buried in a snowdrift, and the icy snow made his cheeks blue from the cold.

But his hands holding the gun were still steady, as if they were not under his physical control.

The 38 rifle was firmly aimed at the direction where the argali's fall, and it was obvious that he was the one who shot and poached the "nationally protected animal" just now.

This person is Qin Yuan.

At this time, Qin Yuan was unkempt, his face was full circle, and his cheeks were sunken. He wears a tattered big-eared cotton hat on his head, which is the legendary Lei Feng hat!

But it was this tattered hat that cost Qin Yuan a full five rounds of ammunition to get from a herdsman.

He was wearing a coat sewn from an unknown animal's hair, which would have to be sold for tens of thousands of dollars in the mall in the future.

He had a cowhide armed belt tied around his waist, a cotton bullet pouch on his body, and a 38 rifle and a burning stick in his hand, and he didn't know how long he hadn't cleaned it properly.

On the feet, it is still the rubber-soled cotton shoes of the puppet army, which are also made strong, and they have not been worn out from Qiqihar to Rehe.

If you look at the clothes alone, Qin Yuan at this time even said that Hanako was promoting him.

But his eyes were bright, as if with a striking light!

As for why Qin Yuan appeared here, the reason is also very simple, the troops have run out of food.

The team of dozens of people can't even get a meal of dry food now, let alone marching to the Guannai like this, and lying there can't last a few days.

In this vast Mongolian plateau, and there was a heavy snowfall yesterday, it is estimated that it is difficult to meet a herdsman for ten days and half a month, and it is really impossible to find food.

So as soon as the snow stopped, Qin Yuan immediately organized a few groups of people and horses, scattered in all directions to go hunting, try their luck, and hunt whatever they could, as long as they could eat.

Qin Yuan was lucky, as soon as he walked out of the camp for two miles, he found this sheep from a distance.

The brown fur stands out in the snow.

Before crossing the crossing, Qin Yuan had traveled to Inner Mongolia and had seen this kind of sheep with strange horns on its head in a wildlife reserve.

He knew that this was the argali, and in later generations it had even become a nationally protected animal.

But at this time, the brothers were already hungry with their chests against their backs, and their eyes were full of Venus, so Qin Yuan didn't care about any concept of protecting animals.

People are going to die, and who cares if animals live or die.