Qin Yining's group discussed the route within a stick of incense. By this time, the clansmen were all ready to go.

Knowing that a pursuer was eyeing them, all the tribesmen were very quiet, and only followed the large army in an orderly manner, braving the wind and snow to march westward.

Sure enough, a team of 1,000 people rushed to the place where the people of the Mino tribe had set up camp.

The cavalrymen pulled the reins and drove their horses around the camp.

The general who led the team turned over and dismounted the moon, squatted down to inspect the place where the campfire had been lit in the once security tent, but was now covered by a layer of light snow, and then swung his fist angrily.

"What a bunch of cunning guys!"

They were only one step late, and if they had come a little earlier, wouldn't their 1,000 elite soldiers who had been in close contact with these people be able to get back the food? Now the Khan is furious, and their officials are also in a hurry, if they can't find the food back, once the Khan starts a fire, I'm afraid they will not have good fruit to eat!

"General, what should we do? It was not the right time for this snowfall, and now that the surroundings were white, they had fled for a while, and it was not so easy to follow the footprints. ”

"It's not easy to chase! I don't believe they're going to be quicker than we can with their baggage! Everyone is in spirit, and they must give Khan a perfect explanation, otherwise everyone will not want to see what the consequences will be! ”

Everyone who said this felt creepy.

Even if the Khan was an extremely wise and reasonable man, he could not accomplish any of the errands he was sent, and it was their incompetence, not to mention that this time they lost the grain and grass that was crucial to the war.

The group carefully examined the footprints left on the snow and moved closer to the Minobe.

At the same time, Qin Yining was in the team and also got the news that the scout had come back to pay a respect.

"You mean. There is already a cavalry contingent of almost a thousand people catching up? Lu Heng asked in Tatar with a solemn face.

The scout said, "Yes, I can't be mistaken, everyone on the other side is riding horses, and it looks different from the small groups we met before. Patriarch, what are we going to do now? "In the hearts of the Mino tribesmen, Qin Yining and Lu Heng are their patriarchs, and even because Lu Heng was in a coma in the desert, they all relied on Qin Yining's command to come out, because the clansmen trust and respect Qin Yining more than Lu Heng's.

When the scout asked this, he looked at Qin Yining expectantly.

However, Qin Yining couldn't understand what he said.

Lu Heng told Qin Yining everything he had just said, and finally said, "Now that the situation is so tense, what should we do?" Do you fight, or do you keep fleeing? ”

Qin Yining's brows were twisted into pimples, and her lips were bitten by her snow-white teeth because of anxiety.

"It's not good." Qin Yining said solemnly: "The other party has arranged a cavalry team, although we also have horses, but with so much baggage, and not everyone can have horses to ride, if you blindly just care about escaping like this, I'm afraid we will be caught up in a few days." ”

How could Lu Heng not know the seriousness of the matter? However, the tribesmen of the Mino tribe were already very united, and those of them who had crossed the desert together were not only related to each other, but many of them had strong feelings for each other, and it was impossible to decide who to leave behind at this time. So it's impossible to get some people to get on their horses and go first.

"You say, shouldn't we ...... this food?"

"Give up all this food?"

"Yes. If they didn't carry a baggage, the pursuers might not have clenched their clansmen. Lu Heng groaned, "I think the task of chasing the soldiers is not to kill us all, but only to find food and grass." ”

Qin Yining was also silent when he heard this, "I don't think so." ”

"Oh? How so? Lu Heng asked.

Qin Yining said slowly: "The loss of grain and grass is not that Siqin will not be held accountable if he finds the grain and grass. ”

Lu Heng suddenly felt like an initiation, and said in a deep voice: "I understand." ”

In their current situation, if they put down the grain and grass and fled by themselves, the other party would at most be regarded as recovering the lost property if they picked up the grain and grass, and Siqin still needed to catch them in the end.

And regardless of whether Siqin's purpose is food and grass or accountability, these soldiers below don't know what Khan thinks, they only want to do things without any loopholes for people to catch.

Therefore, even if they put down the grain and grass, they are likely to continue to be hunted down until they are caught, and once they are caught, they will have more reasons to start a war with Da Zhou in the hands of Siqin.

This matter is extremely scary to think about......

Qin Yining and Lu Heng's words were heard clearly by Uncle Arhan on the side. He whispered these words to the Halbara brothers and several other respected clansmen in the ranks, and all of them looked solemn.

Everyone discussed it for a while, and finally they disagreed: "We will never hand over the grain." We got this food for the future of the tribe, and there are still many old people and children waiting for us to bring the food back! Even if we die, we will never hand over food! ”

Uncle Arhan agrees.

"Yes, I don't agree with handing over the grain either, Utkin Khan is the husband of Anazh Khan, they are all the same tyrants, even if there is a temporary peace now, and we will live under his hands in the future, our Minobu will be tossed clean by him sooner or later. Rather than live without being a human or a ghost at that time, it is better to fight hard now. ”

When Lu Heng heard this, he couldn't help but laugh when he looked at Qin Yining, "It seems that you know everyone better." ”

Qin Yining smiled bitterly and waved his hand, "This is all a choice in desperation." If so, who wants to be in danger? ”

Lu Heng sighed, "Yes." ”

Uncle Arhan said, "Since it's decided, then we should continue in that direction?" ”

Lu Heng took out the map from his arms. This is a suggested map made these days based on the oral accounts of those of the Minoan tribe who are familiar with the terrain of the area, and the general topography and orientation are accurately marked.

"Here we are."

Lu Heng pointed to a position in Tatar near the western part of the Great Zhou border.

"The pursuers are all cavalry, and they are very fast, and they will have the power to pursue us not only for food and grass. If we continue to follow the original method and take advantage of the weather and terrain to evade, we will definitely be caught up soon. ”

Uncle Arhan said, "I didn't think that we had chosen such a barren place to the west, but they still caught up. ”

"If you fight each other in close combat, you will definitely not be able to get benefits, and many people will die for it. So we're going to pick a direction they can't catch up with. ”

"But which direction can't catch up with them? They were cavalry. ”

Qin Yining looked at the map and muttered, "It's impossible to escape now." Either stay where you are and wait to die, or be caught up and killed, or, choose a direction they dare not chase. ”

"You mean......" Lu Heng looked at the no-man's land on the map not far from them in horror, "You shouldn't be talking about this area, right?" ”

Qin Yining's slender white index finger nodded at the position Lu Heng said, and then nodded: "Yes, this is it." ”

It was a desert.

Unlike the desert they had traversed before, the desert they had crossed before, although it was full of dangers, they knew that as long as they went in the right direction, it was a shortcut to the Great Zhou and the Tatar capital. If you are well prepared, the time to walk through the desert is much faster than taking the official road.

But now the desert that Qin Yining is talking about is different.

It's a real no-man's land, because it's too big for anyone to walk out of, no one knows where the other side of the desert is, what's there, and no one knows if there's an oasis in the desert.

If they break into this area of death, they will really have no way to live.

Uncle Arhan told the clansmen about the conversation between Qin Yining and Lu Heng, and the clansmen were all silent.

Everyone was in a state of fear.

"I can't make decisions for everyone, so I'm just making a proposal. Whether you want to take this road or not depends on everyone's intentions. However, according to what I know about Utkin Khan, when he recovers the grain and grass, he also wants to arrest people to vent his anger, and if we are caught, the people may not end well.

"We're outside, it's easy to be caught, and the consequences are unimaginable, anyway, it's going to die outside, so it's better to break through and fight. Seeing that we have entered this desert, the pursuers will not dare to chase after us. They are ordered to run errands, for the sake of glory and wealth, where would they really go directly into the desert regardless of their lives? Maybe we can wait until they leave and come out. Or maybe we can get out of that desert. ”

Lu Heng said: "But it is more likely that we can't get out of that desert and die together." ”

Qin Yining nodded and said, "Yes." This one is the most likely. But staying and being caught is also a death. ”

The words of the two were silent to the people around them.

Arhan thought for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "You guys go." ”

Qin Yining and Lu Heng both raised their heads and looked at Al Khan.

Uncle Arkhan said: "You didn't have to follow us to the trap, our people decided not to hand over the grain, and fought to the end with Utkin Khan, it was because of our hatred of exterminating the clan, but you two were not Tatars in the first place. Your willingness to go all the way with us to this point is already grateful. Now that we are on the border of the Great Zhou, and the two of you are protected by the masters, it must not be difficult for the gods to bypass the pursuers unconsciously and enter the Great Zhou directly. Go back to your country, and don't follow us. ”

When Siqin and Qin Yining heard this, they couldn't help but sigh.

Uncle Arhan said this to the clansmen around him, and the clansmen were all reluctant, but even if they were reluctant, they nodded understandingly, urging them with words that Qin Yining didn't understand, obviously wanting them to leave.