Chapter 82 Escort

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the gusts of north wind are blowing, although it is not very violent, but it has faintly revealed some anger on the body and face, which makes people very uncomfortable.

The sky had gradually become gloomy a few days ago, and the dark clouds that had drifted from nowhere had pressed heavily on everyone's heads and never dispersed. The porcelain doll was in the withered yellow grass, looking up at the haze in the air, and smiled at Song Yang: "The dark clouds are chasing us, so that we can't see the sun for a few days." ”

Song Yangfu smiled at this statement: "Chasing us? You and I don't hate God so much, do we? It's just that the area covered by clouds is too big, and we haven't been able to get out. ”

The porcelain doll was very stubborn, shaking her head and insisting on her own statement: "It's not Yunda, but Yundong, chasing you." ”

Song Yang was curious: "How can you see it?" ”

The porcelain doll smiled: "When the demon star returns, and then re-enters the world, of course he must have a heavy haze on his head, otherwise what is the momentum?" It's your style. ”

Although he knew that she would be joking, Song Yang didn't expect it to be such a reason, so he coughed and laughed: "Don't believe it!" As he spoke, he turned back to Sha Min, who was escorting him away, and said, "How far is it from the border?" ”

The escort team came from Baiyin, and the Baiyin Wang, who was proficient in Chinese, couldn't leave, and the Han translation class also stayed in the camp, fortunately, although no one in Baiyin could understand Chinese anymore, but the Shamin clan has been resident with Han people in the past few decades, and many people are proficient in Chinese, and Baiyin Wang specially invited a person with the highest level to follow Song Yang as an interpreter.

The interpreter had already completed the journey, and replied without thinking: "It has been almost twenty days in a straight line, but it is estimated that it will have to be slower to avoid the wolf guard." ”

Song Yang nodded, stretched out his hand and pointed to the sky: "Now that we have reached the grassland, the sky is not good, I don't know when it will rain, let the brothers in the back go back." ”

There were only twenty or thirty sand people who followed Song Yang, and after leaving the wasteland, they disguised themselves as ordinary herdsmen, and they didn't look the slightest peculiar and would not attract attention.

But thirty miles behind them, they always followed the three thousand Baiyin elites.

If the brigade followed Song Yang's side, the target was too big, and it was inevitable that he would not be atrocity, and if he really provoked the wolf pawn Song Yang left, but let him and his group of more than 20 people rush to the border, and the king of Baiyin was really not at ease, so he came up with the current method, the elite troops were thirty miles away from the main owner and slowly followed, once the front was in distress, the back could be picked up in time.

In the thirty miles between the two teams, the Baiyin people built six mobile guards, one person per post, only five miles away from each other, whether it is a wasteland or a grassland, they are all within the visual range and the special wooden whistle of the sandmen, when there is something, you can wave the small flag hidden in your arms or blow the whistle in your mouth, and you can immediately notify the team.

This arrangement is not very elaborate in the eyes of the Han people, but it also shows the intention of King Baiyin.

In fact, according to Song Yang's thoughts, there is no need to be so 'extravagant', as long as he has an interpreter and a guide, it is enough, but Baiyin Wang has a grand fist, and he is not allowed to refuse at all, so Song Yang did not refuse at that time, and now he left the wasteland and entered the grassland, only to mention it to the sand people around him, please go back to the army behind.

The interpreter didn't translate this sentence to the head of the guard at all, and directly shook his head and replied to Song Yang: "It's not rain, this season, such a cold, what is hidden in the sky is not the last rain of the year, but the first snow." As he spoke, he also raised his head, squinted his eyes and looked at the clouds in the sky carefully: "It will rain for a long time but it is not too big, it will not affect the march, and it will not have much impact on the warriors." ”

At this time, the porcelain doll next to him suddenly asked for no reason: "What about Kusa?" ”

At the beginning on the grassland, Song Yang and his entourage had enough of the hardships of the wolf falcon, and really knew how powerful it was, and now they are walking on the grassland, and the sand guide will be careful to avoid the dogs and horses, but the falcons in the sky are flying at will, and their movements are completely unpredictable, and the two sides may encounter at any time, Song Yang's team is now dressed as herdsmen, and there is nothing suspicious in the eyes of the eagle, but the three thousand white voices in the back, how can they avoid the detection of the eagle?

If they are found and the wolf pawns come to encircle and suppress, should Song Yang go back to rescue them? Saving each other is to send him to death, and if he doesn't save him, he feels that he can't bear it, this kind of thing is very annoying, and if he can avoid it, he will avoid it.

Updated to the present, Sanqian Baiyin is no longer a bodyguard, it is simply a burden.

Bai Yin sent it off kindly, but she didn't appreciate it and didn't say it, but she still felt that they were troublesome, so Song Yang had always been embarrassed to say it, but the porcelain doll didn't care about that, her face was only shown to Song Yang, and she was calm and cold to others, and she didn't have to be taboo when she said it.

The interpreter didn't dare to make his own decisions this time, so he turned his head and relayed all the meaning of the porcelain doll to the leader of the Baiyin Guard, but the latter didn't take it seriously when he heard it, and said a barbaric word: "What is Kusa? There's no need to worry about it. ”

The sand people and the herdsmen have been enemies for generations, and all the sand people know the power of falcons, and the interpreter saw that the leader of the guard said a lot of things, so he didn't translate to Song Yang, but frowned first: "You must not be guarded, otherwise you will lose three thousand Bai Yin Erlang in vain, and I will be distressed if you don't take it seriously!" ”

The leader of the guard glared at the interpreter: "All of them are my siblings, I care more than you!" After saying that, he laughed again: "You don't know, we Baiyin have already found a way to crack Kusa. ”

The interpreter was taken aback: "Really? ”

"Can the lives of three thousand brothers be used for jokes?" The leader of the guard looked proud: "Bai Yin has lived on the edge of the grassland for twenty years, living under the nose of the wolf, if he hadn't found a way to deal with Kusa, he would have been wiped out a long time ago, and how could he go back to reunite with you." ”

The interpreter was interested, and his eyes were full of curiosity: "What the hell is going on?" Tell me about it? ”

The leader of the guard did not answer, but asked: "Let me ask you first, when is Cusa's eyesight the worst, and when is the eyesight the most fierce?" ”

The sandmen knew a lot about falcons, and the interpreter replied without hesitation: "Their tracking power will be greatly reduced during and after heavy rains; Eyesight is best at night and sees more clearly than during the day...... Also, when chasing people, winter is not as good as summer. ”

The leader of the guard nodded: "Then do you know why this is happening?" ”

The interpreter was full of impatience: "If there is a fart, say it quickly!" "To put it mildly, Sha Min's simple and simple evil words are more ferocious than the Han family's swearing, and 'say it quickly if you have a fart' is obviously a level higher than 'let it go quickly if you have a fart'. People have been talking like this for generations, and the leader of the guard is not impressed, and continues: "If you don't use your brain, you will never be able to solve the threat of the falcon......"

The leader of the guard gave the interpreter a good explanation of the truth of 'thinking has a future', of course, he inevitably received a few more sentences of 'there is a fart to say', and then he was satisfied and gave a direct answer: "Eagle eyes are sharp, but they fly in the sky, and when they track, they see not only prey, but more ...... Oil! ”

The interpreter has a bad disease, and he blinks his eyes vigorously when he encounters them, and his eyes are almost blinking at the moment: "What oil?" ”

"The oil of your body, the oil of your man, the oil of your prey...... Everyone has oil on their skin, we can't see it ourselves, but the eagle eye is special, when we touch the grass blades when we walk on the grassland, the oil will hang on the grass, and it will fall in the eagle's eye in the sky, which is the trace of flash. If you think about it, it's the same as having a shiny 'line' behind everyone, and how easy it will be to catch up. ”

The interpreter's mouth was wide open: "Really? ”

"Where can there be a fake... You think for yourself, it's understandable that eagles can't catch up with people when it's raining, why do their tracking skills drop sharply when the heavy rain first breaks and the sight is clear? Because the rain washed away the oil stains on the blades of grass; Besides, why is it that the dark sky is more fierce than the day? Because the oil marks that we can't see are shining in the eyes of the eagles, and the dark sky is more eye-catching than the day; Also, Kusa tracks down fugitives in winter is not as good as summer, the simplest reason, in winter people wear a lot of clothes, they want to wrap their whole body up, the skin is rarely exposed, and the oil rubbed on the dry grass is little and little...... "The leader of the guard was patient and meticulous, and carefully explained the truth to the interpreter.

The two sand people pointed to the sky and the haystack for a while, chatting happily, and completely threw their Han friends aside, the porcelain doll was fine, and waited quietly without any expression, but Song Yang was more anxious, and he couldn't help it, and tugged on the translator's sleeve: "What are you talking about?" ”

The interpreter then remembered his duties, and translated the words of the leader of the guard word for word, and the porcelain doll was also dumbfounded, and said with a cool breath: "This... It's a little too weird, isn't it? ”

Song Yang was thoughtful, and replied to the porcelain doll: "Some meanings, I have heard similar sayings before...... "He seems to have heard it in the animal world in his previous life, and biologists have a hypothesis about the excellent eyesight of the eagle eye, thinking that the eagle eye will have a special insight into the spectrum produced by the sprinkling of grass leaves of prey such as rabbits and mice, so the good eyesight of the eagle is only one aspect, and the other is that they are used to tracking this trace, which greatly reduces the scope of hunting and greatly improves the success rate of tracking.

There is a lot of similarity between the two statements.

The porcelain doll was interested: "Oh? What did Doctor You tell you? ”

Song Yang shook his head: "It's not uncle, it's Zhao Zhongxiang." ”

Of course, the porcelain doll doesn't know where Zhao Zhongxiang is sacred, but there is no need to ask, he must also be a great character, and said with a smile to Song Yang: "You know a lot of capable people." ”

In the past 20 years, there have often been Baiyin sandmen wandering on the edge of the wasteland and grassland, and they have encountered falcons countless times, but as long as they can ensure that their body skin does not come into contact with the surrounding grass and trees, and they can drill into the grass in time when they encounter an eagle, most of them can avoid detection.

The leader of the guard was still afraid that Song Yang would not be at ease, so he explained a few words in brute language, and the three thousand white voices in the back, as early as a few days before entering the grassland, began to wrap the whole body with the characteristics of artemisia grass roots, except for the eyes, there was almost no gap, to ensure that there would be no 'oil stains' when walking. After entering the grassland, they were more careful, and the route they traveled was deliberately chosen in a non-pastoral area where wild grass grew wildly, and the grass was long enough to bury people along the way, and the team behind them was walking all day long, hiding their bodies under the grass......

In fact, no matter how sharp the eagle's eye is, it is impossible to obstruct its vision, and there are no more than two reasons why the small beast or prey hides in the grass and throws it back to be discovered by them: one is that the 'oil stains' flash eye-catching, the blades of grass sway in the wind, and the 'traces' flash into the eagle's eyes from the gaps in the long grass;

Bai Yin used twenty years to verify the truth, most of them will not be wrong, and more importantly, after the explanation, Song Yang is only moved, the three thousand elite soldiers behind in order to follow and protect themselves, after entering the grassland, the march is completely bowed and half-squatted in the long grass, slowly moving forward, after all, throwing away the oil stains and reflection, the eagle falcon's regular vision is also abnormal, an army of three thousand people stands there densely, even if there is no oil left, the beasts in the sky can see it at a glance, so the team has to hide in the long grass、Be careful to move forward。

The hard work of 3,000 Baiyin can be imagined.

Song Yang shook his head and didn't say anything more, only the porcelain doll understood what he meant, and said softly: "It's all mutual." It's true that the sandfolk are simple and kind, but if you hadn't done so much for them, they wouldn't have been so attentive to you. ”

All the friendship in the world is nothing more than a coming, a go, the more you do for each other, the deeper the friendship will naturally become, in all fairness, Song Yang has done things for Baiyin and the Sha Clan, which is enough to be worth the hard escort of these three thousand Baiyin.

"You don't have to feel sorry for anything...... porcelain doll didn't finish speaking, but when she said this, a hesitation suddenly appeared in her expression, and after a while, she finally sighed and stopped talking.

She riskily told Song Yang about the burial of Luo Guan and others in the Huahai Rift, but this matter was really annoying, so after thinking about it, it was better to hide it first, and wait for everything to go home happily.

In the following days, Song Yang and the others' journey was smooth sailing, as Sha Min said, it was not rain clouds but snow haze that pressed on their heads, and I don't know when snowflakes began to fall in the sky. The snowflakes are too small, they are simply ice slags, and there are no spectacular or beautiful sporadic stars, but they give this early winter a bit of gloom, which makes people feel cold from the heart.

It wasn't until noon on the eighth day that they stepped into the grassland, that Song Yang, who had always paid a little more attention to the sky as he was advancing, suddenly stopped and said to his companions: "Kusa! ”

High in the distance, at the end of the line of sight, a falcon is slowly circling......

The leader of the guard immediately blew the whistle that only the sand people could hear, warning the brigade behind to be careful to cover their tracks, and the interpreter reminded Song Yang and the porcelain doll not to care, and not to stare at the flying eagle endlessly, they are now grassland herdsmen, and they will not arouse the suspicion of the beasts... But unexpectedly, before the interpreter's words were finished, the eagle in the distant sky shook its wings and quickly flew towards Song Yang and his party, and after reaching the high altitude above their heads, it let out three clear cries and began to circle.

The interpreter's face changed, and he first exchanged a few words with the leader of the guard in brute language, and then turned back and instructed Song Yang and the porcelain doll: "Things are not quite right, but don't worry too much, there will be wolf pawns coming to check later, you two remember not to speak, if someone really asks you anything, pretend to be a deaf and dumb couple, and we will take care of everything." ”

Before the trip, King Baiyin thought that he might encounter wolf guards and sentry checks, and the sand people who followed Song Yang were all specially selected, not to mention that they were strong and smart, and the most important thing was that they were proficient in the dog Rong language and short in stature... Shamin is generally tall, much stronger than the Han people, dog Rong, and Tubo, but Shamin is not a different species, and he is also black-haired, black-eyed and yellow-skinned, but he is born with a wider skeleton.

It didn't take long for the sound of horses' hooves to be heard in the distance, and a group of thirty wolf pawns galloped in, but there was not much guard on their faces, and it could be seen that they had come to check it was just a routine matter, not that they had found anything suspicious.

The leader of the Baiyin Guard was the first to greet him with a smile, and presented a statement that he had made up a long time ago, describing his party as wandering herdsmen, rushing into the edge of the wasteland in winter, risking some yellow sheep, and after the harvest, he was about to go to the big bazaar in Xiguan to sell his skins to earn a penny of food and clothing.

There are many herdsmen like this on the grassland, who have lost their herds for various reasons and become hunters and vagabonds, and the wolf pawn captain jumped off his horse and turned around in Bai Yin's team, so he looked through the layers of yellow sheepskin on the cart, saw that there was nothing abnormal, nodded, and looked at the leader of the guard again: "I see that you are in good health, do you want to join the army?" The front is preparing for a war, and at this time you can earn a few more taels by entering the team. ”

Even if there is no task in his body, it would be good if the leader of the guard team did not kill the wolf pawns, how could he still join their army, and he immediately faced it with difficulty, and he smiled, although he did not directly refuse, but the attitude of not wanting to go could not be clearer.

The wolf pawn is notorious abroad, but he is quite kind to his fellow clan, and Wu Chang is not reluctant to see this, and waved his hand and said: "If you don't want to come, forget it, you can turn around, the front is very good, I just said it, there is about to be a war, and the soldiers are not allowed to get close." After saying that, he turned over and got on his horse and prepared to take the people away. The leader of the guard thought for a moment, shouted 'please wait', turned around and unloaded a few sheepskins from the cart, hugged the wolf pawn captain's horse, and said with a smile: "We don't join the army because we are afraid of death, but because there are old people and children at home...... When the weather is cold, these pieces of leather make a cover for the brothers when they sleep at night, which is a part of our heart. ”

The internal military discipline of the wolf pawn is strict, and the dog cavalry will never dare to touch the needle and firewood of the civilians of their own tribe for no reason, otherwise the military law will severely punish them, but it is another matter if people take the initiative to send things to reward the soldiers. The yellow sheepskins sent by the sand people are all good goods, and this season, this gift is what the soldiers need the most, and the wolf pawn captain was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly dismounted and thanked him without a word.

Song Yang watched from the side, thinking in his heart that the three disciplines and eight points of attention of the dog Rong cavalry were really good, no wonder the name of the wolf pawn was powerful in the world......

Now that the wolf pawn has a smile and gratitude, it will be much easier to talk again, and after a few polite words and a few small talks, the leader of the guard asked 'casually': "There is a battle ahead... What the hell is going on? Sand Minkers or Uighurs? ”

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