Chapter 231: Life and Death in the Snowy Land
Originally, as long as they turned back and moved eastward, they could return to Dahan in about ten days, and appeared in the north of Shu County, but because Huo Guang had a clear order, they were not allowed to return along this road, and they could only move forward in the direction of the snowy region three or four times as far as the distance and the terrain was more dangerous.
When Li Ling walked south with the remaining 2,000 people for two days, the original grassland had disappeared, snow began to appear on the ground, and there were no roads here, so everyone could only walk south.
Gradually, the snow cover on the ground became thicker and thicker, and the snow in the sky began to fall all the time. As far as the eye can see, there is only a white snow, and there is no other color.
"General, there is such a big snowy mountain in front of us, our horses can't go." A snow-capped mountain towering in front of the Han army for many miles across the sky and the earth, as if the whole world was cut off by this snow-capped mountain, and what made the Han army even more troubled was that the mountain peaks stretched infinitely to both sides, even if they had to make a detour.
"There's no way, abandon the horse," Li Ling said helplessly as he looked at the snow-capped mountains across the ground.
Originally, the terrain here was no longer able to be ridden two days ago, and all the war horses had been led by the soldiers over the mountains and mountains, because the war horses were the most loyal and reliable partners for the cavalry, and they were part of their own lives, and they would not give up the war horses until they had to.
The warriors reluctantly unsaddled their horses, took off the reins, hugged the horses that had accompanied them in countless battles, patted the horses' heads gently, and then drove them in the direction of the grassland.
"Pick up your weapon and go" Li Ling didn't have much to say, put the futon on his back, used his sword as a walking stick, inserted it into the snow and began to climb towards the snowy mountain.
The further up the mountain, the heavier the snow becomes, and in some places there are steep cliffs, which are particularly slippery with the snow cover. The wind and snow are howling on his side, and the cliffs are thousands of feet under his feet, and the manpower in this desperate domain seems extremely small, and from time to time there are soldiers who fall off the cliffs. However, in such a place, everyone is in danger, it is difficult to protect themselves, and they are even more powerless to help their comrades, and the soldiers can only watch their comrades fall and their bones are gone
At this time, even Li Ling didn't know how bad the situation would be, and who could get out of here, as if there was no hope anymore, everyone just instinctively and mechanically flipped through the snow-capped mountains and marched towards the south.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer soldiers beside him, Li Ling's heart was already a little numb, but out of the responsibility of being a general, he still shouted and encouraged: "Brothers, hold on, maybe you can cross this mountain, and the front will not be far from the Dian Kingdom." ”
"General, look," just as Li Ling had just spoken of encouragement, a soldier's frightened and helpless voice came from the front of him.
Li Ling held his breath and quickly ran forward a few steps, the air here was extremely thin, making it difficult for them to move, and each step required great physical strength. When Li Ling walked to the front, he looked at it and showed deep despair in his eyes.
I saw that at this moment, the troops led by Li Ling had appeared close to the peak of the Great Snow Mountain, and in this position, the other side of the Great Snow Mountain could already be seen. But on the other side is a straight cliff, and from where Li Ling is, you can't see it at a glance
"Push this stone down," Li Ling said, pointing to a half-man tall stone not far away, and then several soldiers with good physical strength worked together to push the stone down the cliff.
The rocks tumbled down the cliff, leaving a deep groove in the snow, but the rocks continued to roll down and disappear from view, making it impossible to guess how high the steep cliff was.
"What about the general? Are we going to die here? A soldier looked at Li Ling in despair and asked, such a steep cliff is simply impossible to walk down.
"Let me think about it" Li Ling waved his hand and sat down on the snow decadently. There were less than two thousand people left who had persisted until now, and the dry food they carried was not much left, and the harsh environment on the snowy mountains could not allow them to survive for long.
After a long time, Li Ling stood up, and said with an indomitable determination on his face: "There is no way back, even if there is hell below, you must go down." ”
Li Ling said as he untied the futon on his back, and then wrapped his body with the futon, which looked like a big zongzi from a distance.
"Learn from me, let's gamble on death or life. Brothers, I'll go first," Li Ling finished speaking, and rolled his body down, and rolled down the cliff along the groove where the boulder had just fallen.
Seeing that their commanders and generals had done this, the soldiers naturally had no choice but to follow suit. And there may be a glimmer of life in this way, if not, there is only a dead end in this snowy mountain.
Nine deaths and ten deaths, everyone chose the former.
Li Ling felt that his whole body was thrown up, and his body was constantly bearing the impact, the only thing to be thankful for was that he was wrapped in thick winter clothes and bedding, and the snow also had a certain cushioning effect, at least it didn't make his body fall apart immediately. However, under the continuous rolling, the dizzy feeling soon made Li Ling faint, he only felt that he kept falling down, and in the end, he didn't know how long it was, he didn't know anything.
On one side of the snow-capped mountain is still covered with snow, and under a steep and towering cliff, on a slightly open area, there are high snowdrifts, like graves scattered on the snow.
"Hmm" Suddenly a faint moan came from the snowdrift, and then the snowdrift scattered sparsely, as if something was squirming inside.
"Huh, cough, cough, cough" The snowdrift exploded, and Li Ling shook his dizzy head and sat down in the snow. There was some confusion in his eyes, and he soon looked around with a little sobriety.
When he saw the snowdrifts like graves, Li Ling hurriedly got up with difficulty. He tried to stand up, but as soon as his body exerted himself, he couldn't help but fall down again. He felt the stiffness of his lower limbs, and hurriedly supported the snow with both hands, and crawled to the nearest snowdrift with difficulty.
Climbing to the side of the snowdrift, Li Ling didn't care about his frozen stiff hands, and kept shaving the snow. Soon the face of a soldier wrapped in a quilt was revealed.
"Pap" Li Ling slapped the soldier's face hard, and his originally pale face turned a little red after being slapped a few times by Li Ling. "Wake up, wake up, wake up Lao Tzu," Li Ling roared loudly
"Ahem, ahem, I'm not dead" The soldier woke up in a trance, not yet aware of the pain in his cheeks, and when he saw Li Ling in front of him, his eyes couldn't help but show a kind of joy in his eyes.
"If you don't die, get up for Lao Tzu quickly, save people quickly, and if you don't wake them up, they will all die" Li Ling couldn't be happy, and hurriedly yelled at the soldiers who had just woken up, and then continued to climb towards another snowdrift despite the pain in his body.
"Hahahaha, we're not dead, we're not dead, haha," Soon there was a burst of laughter on the snow for the rest of their lives. With the soldiers who were woken up one by one, soon all the snowdrifts were cut open, but this time not everyone was so lucky, this way of going down the mountain to death, in the end only about 500 people survived, and the rest slept in the snowdrifts
"General, look, there's no snow there, what's the green one? It can't be a meadow, right? "A soldier with less injuries and better physical fitness, after waking up, quickly went around and surveyed the terrain. Soon, he ran to Li Lingsheng's side in surprise and pointed to the south and said.
Li Ling looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, he vaguely saw a touch of green in the snow. Originally, they didn't see any plants in Li Ling for a few days, as if the sky and the earth were covered with snow, and now a touch of green appeared, which not only represented the presence of plants, but also a wisp of vitality for Li Ling, because this showed that the climate under the cliff was not so cold, and it was likely that this place had reached the junction of the snow region and the Yunnan grassland.
"Quick, everyone support each other, let's move on. The front is the Dian grassland, we don't have to die" Li Ling couldn't be sure if this was close to the Dian grassland, but at this time, even if there was only a little hope, he had to amplify his hope infinitely, and only under the combined effect of the instinct of survival and hope, it was possible for his only remaining five hundred or so to return to Dahan alive.
The heavens did not seem to have completely cut off Li Lingbu's way of life, just when the sky was getting dark, Li Ling and they finally saw a green grassland, in this grassland there were only scattered snowdrifts that had not yet melted, and some antelopes that looked down to feed, so that Li Ling and they felt for the first time that there were other creatures in this world besides them.
This was the most difficult night of Li Ling's life, and it was also the most precious night of his life, and the pain brought by that kind of body made him truly realize that he was still alive. The night was difficult and long, and it was finally dawn, and when Li Ling was about to continue with the rest of his brothers, a rapid sound of horses' hooves galloped towards them.
"Prepare for battle" Li Ling didn't care about the pain and weakness in his body, stood up with difficulty and shouted, and then looked in the direction where the horse's hooves came from.
I saw a group of cavalry rushing towards Li Ling's department like a tide from the horizon, and judging from the sound, Li Ling knew that this was at least a cavalry team of 1,000 people. And when Li Ling's subordinates finally rolled down the cliff, they had already discarded all their weapons, and now the only remaining 500 or so people, all staggering, supporting each other, but with great difficulty, formed a defensive formation, even if they did not have weapons in their hands, they were also prepared for battle, and they could not even see the slightest fear in their eyes.
A thousand cavalry soon appeared in front of Li Lingbu, and then the cavalry team quickly spread out from both flanks, and surrounded Li Lingbu in a few breaths.
This is a group of alien cavalry dressed in black, wearing a black cloak and a black turban around their heads, they are flying the banner as if they are the regular army of a certain regime, but the totem on the flag Li Ling is not recognizable.
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