Chapter 1 The Return of the East of the Tianshan Mountain

After the body landed, he turned around and turned up directly, close to the largest stone, Ouyang Xuan observed the surrounding situation as quickly as possible, it is now night, and the moon is very bright, but the strange thing is why the moon is due north, this is a valley, the vegetation on the sunny side is sparse, some places are bare rocks, the grass and trees on the sunny side are abundant, and occasionally dotted with a few pine trees, his position is located under a cliff with a cracked back side, and the rocks under his feet are full of rocks, if it is not for the protection of a backpack, it is estimated that his spine will definitely be injured by the rocks. After carefully observing it again, after confirming that there was no danger, I relaxed my vigilance, checked the equipment, and everything was still there, but a set of safety ropes was missing, and I took out the camera to give myself a close-up, and saw myself in the camera, as if I was just in high school. After sorting out the equipment and looking at the air pressure, it was only more than 800, and I didn't know where it was located, and the time was geometric, this time I didn't take out the trekking poles, but directly * knife in hand. Judging by the vegetation, this is also an alpine meadow in a semi-arid area, and judging by the air pressure, the altitude should be around 3,000 meters. Looking up at the chaotic sky, the North Star was actually next to the round moon, and the positions of the other stars seemed to be different from before, there were actually a few more stars opposite the Big Dipper, maybe it was like this in ancient times, Ouyang Xuan didn't think much about it. Since I am not sleepy, I plan to take a look around.

Following the shadow of the shady side, I walked to the valley mouth, walked for more than three hours, and finally climbed onto the ridge of the valley mouth, and my body was attached to the ridge stone, observing the situation outside the mountain. Outside, there is a grassland as far as the eye can see, and in the green of the moonlight are dotted with white sheep, gray and yellow cattle, and as far as the eye can see, there are several gray and white yurts. Where the hell is this? What age, according to the crowd wearing black and red with Hanfu in the image I saw when I went out of that time and space, it should be in the Qin and Han dynasties, and the current weather can be judged to be the end of summer season without more clues, because I feel a little cool, the only thing I can't be sure of is the location, where is this? The location information of the map on the tablet is still the location before entering the five-dimensional space-time door. From the ridge, I retreated half a meter down, and lay down with my body leaning on my backpack, looking at the dark blue starry sky, and feeling the cool breeze in the valley at the end of summer, which was really refreshing.

Just when Ouyang Xuan was contentedly experiencing the refreshment of the outdoors, a rumbling sound sounded in the distance, he quickly climbed up the ridge, looked in the direction from which the sound came from, and watched from a distance a team of cavalry in gray and white clothes shouting trumpets galloping from left to right, startling the cattle and sheep scurrying around, and there was no leisurely appearance. Seeing this group of cavalry, Ouyang Xuan could basically judge that this was a nomadic tribe from Central Asia, with sheep's tail balls hanging from sheepskin cones, sheepskin clothes, and meniscus knives, which were typical characteristics of the nomadic tribes of Central Asia before the Middle Ages. I don't have to think about it too much. After half an hour, the pair of cavalrymen disappeared under the horizon on the right, judged the approximate location, and thought in their hearts that they would return to the crowd they could communicate with, and walk all the way east to the place where the Han people lived, which was the place suitable for their own survival, according to what the old man said, he could actually live for more than 2,000 years, but he had to live well.

I took a look at my watch, repositioned my bearing and air pressure, judged the altitude, opened the global topographic map of the tablet, and according to the observed terrain features, the vast alpine grasslands, surrounded by mountains, and the snow-capped mountains looming in the distance, with an altitude of about 3,000 meters, according to which I searched in the Central Asian region and the Western Regions on the map, and locked several targets. There was no sun at night, and the position of the moon was not right, so I couldn't judge the time, so I packed up my equipment, and since I decided to go east and return to the area where the Han people lived, I still took advantage of the night to set off early and arrive early, and I didn't know when I would be able to walk to the place where there were Han people.

Carrying a backpack, holding trekking poles in both hands, walking all the way to the east along the shady line of the ridge where there are few trees, through the observation of the terrain at a high place, and the topographic map is constantly compared, and gradually the geographical location is gradually clear, so I walked for three days in a row, due to the limited food, I can only reduce the food intake every day, the soybeans are less than half a catty, there are 5 potatoes, and there are more corns left, there must be more than 1 catty. There are basically more than half of beef jerky and instant noodles, and they can still maintain the amount of more than ten days, because they have not eaten meat for several days, and the muscle tension has also decreased significantly, so it is necessary to find a supply point to replenish meat and pasta. Meat is easy to make, you can go to the herdsman at night to get a sheep or two or hunt in this mountain, pasta is more troublesome, I don't know if there is here. The necessary starch still needs to be supplemented. Let's take a look after observing for two days, if the location is determined, and then go to contact the locals, at least when he was in the special forces, he had learned Uyghur and Kazakh, and he might be able to use it here, how will he go in the future, there are still more than 2,000 years to pass by himself, Ouyang Xuan has not thought about it along the way, and maybe he doesn't want to think about this problem in his heart. With mixed feelings, I walked quickly on the mountain beam, although I walked on the shade of the mountain, never walked where there were trees, this is still a wild era, the denser the forest, the greater the risk, and I did not dare to walk across the grassland, without understanding the hostility of the crowd here, it was very dangerous to be exposed to the grassland. After two more days of walking, I walked to the east end of the grassland, turned over the mountain beam for two days, saw and saw a grassland, the altitude here should be more than 2000 meters according to the air pressure, lying behind the stones of a peak, holding a flat map, comparing it before and after, left and right, on the north side of the mountain beam, there is a lake, which is completely consistent with the map, and now Ouyang Xuan can determine his location with great certainty, the place where he came out of the gate of time and space is the valley on the north side of the Nalati grassland, Now in the Bayinbrook grassland in the later generations, the lake on the north side is the famous Swan Lake in the later generations, and now he is moving east along the shallow mountainous area at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and the location is determined, and the rest is easy to do, Ouyang Xuan is now very excited, re-planning the route on the topographic map, and going to Loulan first to talk about the next step. Thinking of this, I felt much more relaxed, and I had the idea of hunting and fishing, and the forest here is abundant, there is a lake on the north side, and the Bayinbrook grassland surrounded by mountains on the south side, and the product should be very good. Just do it, take out two short knives, insert them into the gaiter sheath, place the backpack under a stone, cover the opening with a bag, take out a red pepper, carefully open it, take out the seeds, wrap them and put them in the plastic bag you carry. Lighting the stove that had been connected to the gas tank and putting the peppers on the stoppers to bake, as the pepper skin was roasted dry, burnt, and the spicy smell spread, Ouyang Xuan took the stove and turned around twice in the place where he placed the backpack, until the pepper skin was roasted to ashes. Only then did he put down the stove, picked up the pickaxe and rushed into the woods on the shady side. The purpose of this is to prevent wild animals from destroying the bag because of the smell of salt and food, so that they will be completely destroyed.

After entering the woods, he used a pickaxe to gouge a few wrist-thick branches and make a simple mechanism, which are all methods that must be learned when serving in the special forces brigade. After placing a trap in a place that resembled a sheep's hoof print, he went out of the woods and looked for a cave along the ridge where he could make a fire, and along the way he looked for some plants with a strong smell. After searching for about three hours, I finally found a small cave on the edge of a river valley, climbed to the top of the mountain to check the surrounding situation, confirmed that there was no activity within a radius of five kilometers, and then came down from the mountain, looked at the position of the sun, and there were two hours before the sunset, I got some stones at the mouth of the cave, sealed the hole, and used a pickaxe to dig a ditch, and surrounded the hole, the ditch was two meters away from the hole, a finger deep, one step wide, and I picked some gray artemisia grass on the side of the stream, broke it with stones, and sprinkled it evenly in the ditch, The ditch was covered with a thin layer of twigs and dead leaves. Then he went and cut down some dead trees that had fallen to the ground as firewood, and put them at the mouth of the cave. Everything was ready to stop, and the sun was about to set, so he quickly grabbed a handful of gray artemisia grass, and ran to the place where the mechanism was placed, not bad, there was a small deer stuck in the branch of the mechanism, when Ouyang Xuan took the deer, there was a slight feeling of unease, as if there were other carnivorous animals watching near him. Quickly take out the short knife, remove a hind leg as quickly as possible, remove the skin, wrap it in gray artemisia grass and leave quickly, come to the mouth of the cave, remove the stone that sealed the entrance of the cave, throw the firewood into the cave and pile it up, make a barbecue rack with branches, and then find a branch to put the deer leg on the shelf, the sky is dark, the moon also appears in the east, seal the lower half of the cave with a stone again, light the firewood, and begin to concentrate on roasting the deer leg. When it was completely dark, the deer's legs were almost roasted, sprinkled with some salt, and roasted for a little more on the embers of the charcoal fire, and covered the ashes with artemisia grass to extinguish the fire, and by the moonlight the soil made by digging the trenches, and covered them with the earth, and spread them flat. Then, with the light of the stars and the moon, while eating the deer legs, he walked towards the place where the backpack was placed, and the bear's footprints were clearly visible not far from the backpack. Retrieve the backpack, take out the armor shovel, dig a pit under the stone and bury the eaten deer leg bones, and shoot them solidly. Then he returned to the small cave with his backpack, and by the moonlight he shoveled some soil and filled it with the ashes, and then paved the remaining gray artemisia grass at the entrance of the cave and smashed it with a shovel, scattered it around, transferred all his equipment to the cave, entered the cave and laid a moisture-proof mat, took out a sleeping bag and flattened it, and then turned on the headlamp, sealed the hole with a stone from the hole as fast as possible, checked it again, and saw that the hole was very tightly closed, and the heart was completely put down, and he got into the sleeping bag and put the short knife in a convenient position. took out the tablet and studied the journey, and then looked at the history of the Qin and Han dynasties. I turned off my headlights and fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, the fatigue of the past few days, after eating the deer legs, let Ouyang Xuan sleep very soundly, and it was also very heavy, just when he fell asleep, several snow leopards outside the cave passed by the entrance of the cave, because the smell of gray artemisia grass was too strong, covering up all other tastes, the leopard did not find that there was still a person here, because the leftover deer legs were not buried near the hole, the leopard ignored the difference between this place and the previous one, continued to look for prey, and went to the stream to drink. A pack of wolves also walked by, and a mother bear with her two young sons passed by, all of whom didn't seem to notice the change.

In the early morning, when the first rays of sunlight shone into the river valley, and the sunlight also penetrated into the cave along the cracks in the stones, Ouyang Xuan stretched his waist comfortably, this night was the most comfortable for him in so many days. I got out of the sleeping bag, packed up the sleeping utensils, took out the pot and boiled some noodles with a gas tank, leaned against the wall of the cave and watched the changes of the sunlight scattered in the cave. I wiped the pot clean with the leaves of the gray artemisia grass, wiped it with paper again, put it in my backpack, inserted the short knife on my leg, and there was a sound of caba and caba outside the cave, although the sound was not loud, but it was heard very clearly. Ouyang Xuan quickly drew his short knife, came to the stone wall at the entrance of the cave in a fighting posture, and looked out through the crack in the stone, it turned out that it was a passing brown bear stepping into the ditch, and the sudden change made the bear startled, and now it has gone into the distance. Waiting to see the bear disappear from sight, Ouyang Xuan relaxed, pushed down the stone blocking the entrance of the cave from the inside, pushed it very hard, and quickly, the sound was also very loud, many stones rolled down the slope, it is estimated that the bear had been frightened by the sound and ran farther, Ouyang Xuan came out of the cave and admired the mountains and valleys under the rising sun, it was a very magnificent image, the beauty was intoxicating, the air had a unique fragrance, and he quickly took out his SLR camera, took a few photos, and sat at the entrance of the cave and basked in the sun for a while, Watching the dew on the blades of grass dissipate, he continued his journey with his backpack on his back, first came to the place where the mechanism was placed, and now the fawn was only left with a set of scattered bones, and picked up the branch that was used as a string in the mechanism, so that there was not much wood with good toughness, and inserted it into the side of the backpack. I went to the stone where the bones were buried, and the bones were long gone, leaving only scattered soil and messy animal tracks.

Ouyang Xuan, tightly packed his backpack and equipment, went down the mountain from here, headed towards Swan Lake, and crossed the Tianshan Mountains from here to the north, which is the Kuitun of the later generations, where it should be Wusun Country or Dayue Clan now, as long as he gets there, he can add something, after all, he has not forgotten the Kazakh language he learned before the mission, as a descendant of the Wusun people, there should not be much difference in language. Follow the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains to the east, to the vicinity of the Tianchi, along the valley into the later Osaka Castle, and then turn east over the Tianshan Mountains to reach Loulan. The alternate plan is to go east to Hutubi where to directly cross the Wolf Tower Ancient Road, or you can go directly to the shallow mountainous area at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and then turn eastward, which is the choice when you can't go to Loulan before winter due to unexpected reasons.

While walking, I hummed all the songs I could remember, and I was in a very happy mood, feeling that this was not an accident, but my original outdoor trip. This time I walked for four days, and I was on high alert every day before going to bed, and even used a rarely used warning copper bell, there are too many fierce beasts here, and I can see a brown bear during the day, and I met the brown bear unexpectedly, but fortunately I brought a sliding cannon to scare the bear when I came, otherwise I really had to fight with the brown bear, Ouyang Xuan thought that his strength was much smaller than that of the bear. There are more trees along the way, and I accidentally bumped into the cave where the snow leopard lives, and when I saw the snow leopard glaring angrily at the entrance of the cave, I was a little excited, threw away the trekking pole, pulled out a short knife in my right hand, and was holding it, the blade was facing the snow leopard upwards, the snow leopard still didn't have Ouyang Xuan's ability to calm down, one accelerated the longitudinal crossing, opened the blood basin mouth, stretched forward with the front paws, and slammed directly into Ouyang Xuan's face, Ouyang Xuan did not panic, but was extremely calm, when the leopard's limbs were in the air, one leaned sideways, and avoided the leopard's attack route, The knife in the right hand reaches the position of the maximum attack on the side, ready to kill it with one blow, just after the leopard's head and claws pass the body, the body quickly recovers its position, the right hand knife also stabs the leopard's neck in the travel line, when the knife has the feeling of stabbing into the object, the waist and abdomen use all their strength to pick up obliquely, the sharp blade and the leopard's forward force cut off the soft tissue on the leopard's neck, and when the knife comes with huge bone resistance, quickly draw the knife and take a step backwards to prevent the leopard's final counterattack. This series of actions was completed smoothly, in less than 3 seconds, it seems that he is still young and good, and the training of the special forces back then and the current physical conditions are perfectly combined. After the leopard landed, it struggled a few times, and there was no movement, it seemed that it was hung up, Ouyang Xuan picked up a stone, threw it the leopard's head, and the leopard did not react at all, so he walked to the snow leopard with confidence, kicked the leopard corpse, and after inspecting it, it turned out to be a lactating female leopard, came to the hole, and saw some weeds on the ground, and there were three little leopards on it that did not open their eyes, looking at the poor three little guys, Ouyang Xuan couldn't do anything, and now he didn't eat enough, Taking them down the mountain will not only provoke other predators, but it is even more uncomfortable to watch them starving, so he gritted his teeth, twisted the necks of three little leopards one by one, took out the shovel, dug a deep pit not far from the mouth of the cave, far from the water source, put the carcasses of the three little leopards in it, pulled the body of the female leopard over, removed the hind legs in the pit and removed the skin, tied the leopard's legs with straw rope and hung them on the tree, filled the pit with a shovel, covered it with several large stones, and found a flake stone, Smash a rectangle with a pickaxe, carve a few traditional Chinese characters on the stone with the tip of the pickaxe, "Xuandong returns to this cheetah, and is very guilty of ruining the rest of the blessing", after carving, three little leopards were carved below the word and the frolicking picture of the female leopard beside the leopard, although the lines are simple, but it is very vivid, this is related to the adoptive mother to her own straw weaving art. He found some red flowers in the surrounding area, broke them on the stele, got the juice into the nicks, crushed them with stones, wiped them clean, and stood in front of the stone grave of the snow leopard family. Ouyang Xuan didn't expect a joking move of his own, a hundred years later, the local herdsmen found this stone stele, which caused a lot of sensation, and was later regarded as a national treasure in this enclosure to pay respects, he also came several times, and rebuilt the leopard tomb, a thousand years later became the holy site of Swan Lake tourism.

He roasted the leopard's legs in the cave and ate them, and when he saw that the sun was still early, he buried his bones in the leopard's grave and continued on his journey. Although there are thrills and dangers along the way, it brings a little fun to the boring rush life. When he saw the endless Gobi Desert under the mountain, Ouyang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and saw a horse road extending eastward.

There is no going down the mountain, continue to walk along the ridge to the east at the mountain sun, without determining the safety of the premise, hiding yourself is the best choice, although it will take a lot of physical strength and time, but safety is nothing more than these, you have more time. Just walked like this for a few days, hunting when hungry, there are a lot of deer and sheep here, especially argali, in later generations to see one are the same as winning the jackpot, but here is a lot, this way has caught more than ten goats, tied with a rope, began to graze life, now there is goat milk every day to drink, every few days to slaughter a sheep, the days are also very lively, the horse road under the mountain from time to time has the army of the Western Regions passed, did not find Ouyang Xuan in the mountain, to the later generations of Hutubi this place, Ouyang Xuan has caught more than 30 goats, A dozen argali. When he walked here, he had to stop, because Ouyang Xuan saw a yurt house set up in the valley, which seemed to be very luxurious, with two wooden houses on each side, and countless flocks of sheep all over the valley, which seemed to be a wealthy family. Ouyang Xuan drove the sheep he was tethered to away from here, and walked along the ancient road of the Wolf Tower to the mountain, this road Ouyang Xuan walked many times, crossing the Wolf Tower is the dream of every outdoor adventurer, driving the sheep into a dripping cave, the rope was tied to a large stone, and the hole was closed with stones. I rushed back to the valley again, crawled on the mountain beam of the valley and looked down, at this time the sun was at noon, and Ouyang Xuan was on the mountain beam on the south side, so as to ensure that the people under the mountain looked up at themselves in a backlit position, and they could not see themselves without a telescope.

Ouyang Xuan took out his SLR camera, took out a 70-800 lens from his backpack and replaced it, and used the camera to observe the yurt, and he could clearly see the entry and exit of the personnel and their appearance. Typical of later Kazakhs, there is a guy who looks like a head man, with a scimitar at his waist, and he directs others with his fingers. Oh, Ouyang Xuan, I saw several Han people in the camera, from the color of their clothes and hair, it was certain that they were Han people, and they seemed to be very noble, and the head man was very respectful to them. Seeing this, Ouyang Xuan was very excited, he finally saw his relatives, he had been on the road for nearly a month, except for singing, he hadn't spoken much, he decided, go down and have a look, and make friends with these Han people.