Eleventh Dilemma
As I rode forward, I looked in the direction indicated by the fat man, and through the sparse trees, I saw that there were about thirty or so people and more than fifty horses bustling on the lake below, and it was a large horse team.
The men were pitching tents by the lake and seemed to want to spend the night on the lake. One of the women was opening a radar-like thing to debug, and I looked through the binoculars and saw that the woman was none other than A-Ning in Hainan.
I scolded, this woman is here too, that means our inference is correct. The people who the third uncle wants to delay are probably these people, who don't know what the company of the mud boat is doing inland.
Monk Hua also saw the horse team below, his face changed, and he asked softly what to do with Chen Pi Ah Si.
Chen Pi Ah Si looked at it, smiled contemptuously, and said, "It's good to come, it means that we are not on the wrong path, continue to walk, leave them alone."
I took the binoculars and looked over one by one, and I didn't see the third uncle, but since the third uncle may have fallen into their hands, it is unlikely that there are too many zìyóu, and it is possible that he will be locked up in the tent.
What made me uncomfortable was that almost half of the people below were carrying five or six rifles, and I also saw satellite phones and a lot of advanced equipment. The fat man looked at the gun and said to Chen Pi'a: "Old man, you said that you don't buy a gun or a gun, you see that people are loaded with guns and ammunition, how to deal with it?" Is it possible to use the basin as a shield and use sanitary napkins to smoke them? ”
Chen Pia Si glanced at him, shook his hand and said with a smile: "We never rely on many people in our business, and you will know that you are right to follow me when you cross the snow line."
Our conversations are all in dialects, and Junko, who speaks Chinese very well, doesn't understand well, but he has been a guide for many years, and he knows that don't listen to what the guests say, if you listen too much, people may kill you.
We continued to walk up until we saw some dilapidated wooden houses and wire doors in front of us, with signs on them that read "The Territory of the Motherland is Sanctary".
Junko tells us that this is the supply depot for the outpost battle in the Snow Mountain. After the multilateral talks, several outposts here have changed places, this place is also deserted, and several outposts on the snow line are also empty, if we want to go up, we will have the opportunity to go and see it at that time.
There was nothing to say that night, so we made do with it all night, and got up early the next morning to continue on our way. Junko thinks it's strange, few tourists are so desperate, but it's up to us to collect people's money.
By the time we got up, it had already started to snow and the temperature had dropped sharply. Southerners rarely get used to such weather. Except for the fat man and Ye Cheng, the other people were all stiff.
Further up the snow line, we finally saw the snow. At first, it was sparse, but the higher it went, the thicker it became, the fewer and fewer trees, and the variety of stones increased, which Chen Pi Ah Si said was a sign of the work carried out here.
By noon, we were surrounded by white sè, and the snow on the ground was so thick that there was no way to go, so we relied on Junko to lead the horse in front of us. At this time, a strong wind suddenly blew, and Shunzi looked at the clouds and asked us, why don't we get here today, see that there may be strong winds on this day, and enjoy watching the snowy mountains, and then there will be danger.
Chen Pi Ah Si sighed and waved his hand, asking him to wait. We stopped to rest, ate some dry food, and a few people went around to see the scenery.
We are now on the ridge of a low mountain, we can see the primitive forest we walked through when we came, he looked at it, and then pointed to a large depression, and said to us: "In ancient times, the mausoleum was generally made of local materials, you see that this large forest is obviously more than the ridicule next to it, it must have been cut down a hundred years ago, and although we walked hard along the way, there was no particularly sad obstacle, there must have been a large ancient project near here, and the mountains in this area have been repaired, our general direction is right, and we have to go up."
Ye Cheng asked: "Old man, there are more than a dozen peaks in this mountain range, all from here, how can we find them?"
Chen Pia said: "Take a look around, there must be a vision where the dragon head is." The place where the leylines pause is the dragon's lair. There are many mountains here, but there is only one leyline, and we are now walking along the leyline, not afraid that I will not be able to do it, at most it will take a little time. ”
I followed his gaze and saw only one tree after another, and I couldn't see any difference, so I couldn't help but be ashamed of myself.
Turning his head to look at the stuffy oil bottle, he saw that his eyes were only looking at the snow-capped mountains in front of him. His brows furrowed slightly, as if he was worried about something. I knew that it must be in vain to ask him, so I turned around and went to talk to the fat man.
When Junko heard that we were going up, she sighed, shook her head, and said that the horse could not be ridden if she went up further, and that she would have to use a horse-drawn snow rake to plow. In the winter of Changbai Mountain, it is actually the most convenient place for transportation, except for the snowstorm weather, generally the horse-drawn snow rake plow can climb to any place where the horse can go, but once the wind rises, we have to listen to him for everything, he said that he will come back, and there must be no objection.
We all nodded in agreement, unloaded our luggage from our horses, put them on the harrowing plows, and got ready, Junko led the way with a whip in front, our horses followed automatically, and the group galloped through the snow.
When I first sat on the snow rake and plow, I thought it was quite interesting, just like a dog sled. After a while, I don't know if it was because of the strong wind or because it was difficult to move on the rake and plow, and the extremities of the body were so cold that the person seemed to be unconscious.
Because it was a mountain road, the horse ran unsteadily, and the fat man fell into the snow several times because he was too heavy, and we stopped several times to wait for him.
And so he ran until the sky was gray, the wind was getting stronger, and the horse was moving slower and slower. We had to put on goggles to look ahead, and there were white snowflakes everywhere, not knowing if they fell from the sky or blew down from the snowy mountains. The ears were full of the sound of the wind, and when he wanted to say something, his mouth opened, and the cold wind poured straight in, and in the words of the fat man, the words of scolding his mother were frozen in his throat.
Running and running, Junko's horse stopped in front, and I vaguely felt that something was wrong, and it was only two o'clock in the afternoon. Why is the sky gray? We rushed to Junko's side against the wind and saw him rubbing his neck and looking around, his brows furrowed into his nostrils.
We gathered around him and asked him what was going on, and he snorted and said, "It's too windy, it seems that there has been an avalanche here, the landscape is different, I don't know it anymore." Also, you see, the snow in front of me is pressed on the mountain above, and it is too deep and too loose, and when you step down, it will reach the belly of the horse, and the horse will not go over. There are bubbles underneath this kind of snow, which is easy to slip and very dangerous, so you can't walk in a pile when walking. ”
"Then what should I do" Pan Zi looked at the sky, "Look at the weather, it doesn't seem to be good, can you go back?" ”
Junko looked at the sky and then at us. said, "I can't say. But once the wind blows, it won't stop for two days and two nights, we must be a dead end here, the front is not far from the abandoned border post, and we can avoid the wind and snow when we get there, I see it's too late to go back, we can go on foot. ”
The fat man pressed his ear-covered felt hat and took a tentative step, but the person fell into the snow as soon as he spoke, all the way to his thighs. He took a step forward with difficulty and scolded, "He nǎinǎi, some of his sins have been suffered."
We put on snowshoes, braved the wind, and pulled the plough ourselves to travel difficult in the snow, this place is a wind outlet, that is, in the middle of the ridges on both sides, the wind is so strong that it is no wonder that there will be avalanches. We walked into the tuyere, and Junko said that the sentry post would be there in an hour, but I didn't know that we were walking too slowly. Or the straight took the wrong way at all, and when it came to six o'clock in the evening, I still didn't see the shadow of the sentry.
Junzi turned around and scratched his head, and after thinking about it again, he suddenly sighed: "It's over, I know where this sentry is!"
We surrounded him, his face was extremely ugly, and he said: "Why didn't I think of it, this means a small avalanche, the sentry must have buried the snow, right under our feet, no wonder we couldn't find it after turning around for a long time!"
Pan Zi sighed and said a word, looking at his mouth shape: "Mom pull a b!"
The fat man yelled and asked Junko, "So what now?" The horses are gone, could it be that we are going to die here? ”
Junko pointed to the front and said, "There is one last hope, I remember that there should be a hot spring nearby, it is in a mountain bag, and the temperature is very high." If we can get there, we can live for days with our food, but the hot springs are higher than here, and there should be no snow to bury them. If you really can't find it, then you only have the will to survive, and you will walk back step by step. ”
"Are you sure you're not sure?" The fat man doesn't trust Junko.
Junzi nodded: "This time it will definitely not be wrong, if you can't find it, you will deduct my salary."
I smiled bitterly in my heart, if your mother really deducts your salary, I'm afraid I will only have this opportunity in the next life.
Everyone wept and mourned, and continued to walk up with Junko. As it got darker and darker, Junko pulled up the rope and tied each of us to our bodies, because the visibility was so low that we couldn't see people at all, and we couldn't hear the screams, and only this rope could keep us together.
My eyes began to bloom as I walked, and I couldn't see clearly. The people in front of me walked farther and farther, and the people behind dragged more and more backwards, and as soon as I found that I couldn't see people on either side, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, and I wondered if I had made a mistake by entering the mountain at this time, and would I die here?
No, Junzi walked quite steadily, although I couldn't see him, but I felt that the direction of the rope was very firm, he must have been used to the compromise, and it would be fine to follow him.
I comforted myself as I continued to move forward, when suddenly I saw a dark shadow appear in the snow and fog in front of me, and I couldn't see who it was in a daze. After taking a few steps, the black shadow suddenly crooked and fell into the snow.
I hurriedly ran over to see that it was Junko who had fallen into the snow.
The stuffy oil bottle chased after him, and when he saw Junzi, he quickly helped him up. We carried him on our backs and tightened the rope so that the others could gather first.
As soon as the fat man saw Junko, he made a very strange expression and yelled, "What kind of guide is this?" I don't know the way, don't say it, we haven't fainted yet, he fainted first, what should we do? He wanted to scold again, but he didn't know where the rest of the words were blowing.
I looked around, my God, the situation around me was completely out of control. The strong wind with a large amount of snowflakes was hovering around us by the rocks, and nothing could be seen from a meter away, and the footprints of our arrival were almost immediately blown away by the wind. We can't tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest, and the strong wind has pressed it, and we can't even lift our heads, and if we stand up, we will be blown down.
Everyone's faces were all pale, and the old man had entered a semi-comatose state in such an extreme environment. Even if Junko doesn't fall, he definitely won't last long.
Pan Zi said: "We can't stop and wait for death, the hot spring may be nearby, we stretched the rope, scattered to look for it, and pulled the rope to make a signal when we found it."
We scattered around, and I didn't know which direction I chose, and as I walked away, I fainted, and I felt a numbness spread from my limbs to my whole body.
I have seen many movies in the past that on the snowy mountains, people will become more and more sleepy, and if they fall asleep, they will never wake up, and people will also have a lot of hallucinations, such as hot meals.
I tried to remind myself, but I couldn't hold on at all. With each step, the eyelids drooped down as if they had been filled with an extra piece of lead.
When he was at a loss, he suddenly heard a fat man screaming, and the wind was too strong to hear what he was calling. I looked back and saw that his shadow was gone in a flash, and the stuffy oil bottle immediately turned his head, and found that the rope on the ground was suddenly pulled, and his face changed, and he yelled, "Not good!" Untie the rope, someone collapsed into the snow pit! ”
Before he finished speaking, the snow under his feet suddenly collapsed, and the whole person pulled the rope into the snow at once, and then I was the closest to him.
Like a bunch of grapes, we were pulled into the snow by the fat man one by one, rolling around, I don't know how long it took to stop.
My eyes were full of snow, and I couldn't open them at all, I only heard Panzi telling us not to move, he was on the very tail, he climbed down first.
At this time, Ye Cheng was suddenly heard shouting: "Wait, wait!" Cāo guys! Don't go down, what's in the snow? ”