Chapter 700: Going North
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Shangguan Xiu's speculation was not wrong, the Besa army did lay a net of heaven and earth in the south of Gabul, setting up layers of cards, while in the north, the Besa army did not set many checkpoints. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Not to mention that Herakgus is seriously injured now, even if he is not injured, he can still sit in the army and command the overall situation, with his unreasonable thinking, he may not be able to calculate that Shangguan Xiu will take Tang Ling to the north.
To make a long story short, Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling went all the way north, without much trouble along the way, and smoothly walked out of Gabur and into the Kudham area.
Kudham is bounded to the north by the Mikun region and to the south by the Bugar region, sandwiched between two war-torn regions. Thankfully, the fighting did not spill over into the Kudham area, where the towns are intact and the people are living in peace.
After entering Kudham, Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling both changed into Besa costumes for the convenience of their movements.
They didn't make much stop at Kudham, and walked straight through into the Mikun area.
Going from Kudham to Mikun is like going from heaven to hell. The Mikun region was the hardest hit area of the war, in other words, all the places that were swept by the Zhenjun army were devastated and scarred.
After the Battle of Vasa, the people of the Mikun area were massacred by the Zhenjun army, with heavy casualties, and the city of Vasa and other towns in the area were also destroyed, which was a heavy blow to Mikun. Hey, he
At present, the main force of the Zhenjun army has been withdrawn from Mikun, crossed the KΓΆping Mountains, and entered the Tallinn region, where it is fighting against the army of the city-state of Jinsk.
The Zhenjun Army remaining in Mikun was only left with the Third Army led by Hu Chong, and the Third Army was stationed at the junction of Mikun and Xiolun, and did not deploy troops in the major towns in the hinterland of Mikun.
In the hinterland of Mikun, there is almost no trace of the Zhenjun army, and most of the fleeing people have returned to their respective homes, but after the baptism of war, the population of the sparsely populated Mikun region has become more sparse, and there are large areas of no-man's land and empty dead cities in the territory.
Along the way, Tang Ling saw too many villages, towns and towns destroyed by the Feng Army, the damage was so serious that it was shocking, and it was not uncommon for people to starve to death on the roads.
On this day, Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling finally walked to the vicinity of Pingxue Mountain.
At the foot of Pingxue Mountain, there is a town called Duolan City, which wants to climb over Pingxue Mountain, and it is an important supply town.
However, Dolan City was not spared, and when the Wind Army passed by here, they ransacked Dolan City, and many buildings in the city were burned down.
Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling hadn't entered the city yet, but they were just walking on the way to Dolan City, and they saw a lot of corpses of Besa soldiers and civilians on the side of the road.
Now that we have entered December, the temperature in the northern part of the Mikun region has dropped rapidly, from below zero during the day to more than 10 or 20 degrees below zero at night.
The corpses were discarded on the side of the road, no one collected them, and they did not decompose, they were frozen blue and black, and their faces were hideous, which made people look horrible.
Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling had already changed into cotton clothes, and their faces were covered with thick scarves, but the north wind was blowing in their faces, and they could still feel the cold through their bones.
Tang Ling, who was sitting on the horse, subconsciously gathered the cloak on his body and shivered. Shangguan Xiu turned his head to look at her and asked, "Xiang'er, is it cold?"
"It's okay, it's ......," she said, her eyes swept over the frozen corpses on both sides of the road, her brows furrowed, and she muttered, "I only hope that the war will never reach the territory of the Wind Country." β
Now this miserable scene, she never wants to see it in the country of wind.
The flames of war are ignited, and life is like an ant. No matter which country the war burns, it will bring incalculable losses to the local area, and at present, the entire Mikun region will not be able to recover without a few decades of recuperation.
Shangguan Xiu said quietly: "As long as I am here, I will do my best to keep the war out of the country." β
Tang Ling looked at him deeply, nodded, and didn't say anything more.
Inside the city of Dolan, the situation is not much better than outside the city, the buildings destroyed into ruins, the corpses abandoned on the roadside, can be seen everywhere, the only difference is that the city has a little popularity, in the streets and alleys, you can occasionally see the people of Besa rummaging through the ruins.
"Ah Xiu, are we going to spend the night here tonight?"
"Xiang'er doesn't like it here?"
"The feeling given here is ...... It's like a dead city. β
"It's okay if you don't stay, let's go directly into the mountain!" Shangguan Xiu said, "But there are some supplies, we have to prepare in advance." β
"We have enough food in stock. "Along the way, they bought a lot of bread and fruit puree, and it was no problem to eat for ten days and half a month.
Shangguan Xiu shook his head slowly and explained, "It's okay to eat, but our current clothes are not good." As he spoke, he raised his head, looked at the silhouette of the white snow-capped mountains in the distance, and said, "With only this cotton suit now, I am afraid that we will not be able to walk out of the snow-capped mountains at all." He retracted his gaze and saw a fur shop in front of him, his eyes suddenly lit up, he raised his head, and said, "Xiang'er, let's go over and have a look!"
In a place of snow and ice, there is nothing like fur to keep you warm.
If Shangguan Xiu was alone, he didn't need any fur at all, even if he was only wearing single clothes, he would dare to cross the snow mountain, but Tang Ling couldn't, Shangjing was like spring all year round, there was no extremely cold weather, Tang Ling, who had been living in Shangjing, would definitely not be able to stand the cold of the snow mountain.
Walking into the fur shop, Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling raised their eyes to look around, the shop was empty, the counters of all sizes were empty, and not a single fur could be seen.
Seeing this, Shangguan Xiu was disappointed, and was about to pull Tang Ling away, when two Besa men with big shoulders and round waists walked out of the inner room of the store, followed by a wealthy middle-aged man in a leather jacket.
The three of them walked out of the inner room and looked at Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling. Both of them had scarves over their faces, and they couldn't see their faces clearly. The middle-aged man asked with a smile on his face, "Do you want to buy fur?"
Shangguan Xiu pulled down the scarf on his face, revealing an ordinary Besa face, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "It seems that your leather goods here have been robbed by the wind people." β
"Are you two planning to cross the snowy mountain?"
"Yes. β
"Those two are in the right place! The leather goods in the small shop have been robbed by the wind army, but what they have robbed is the inferior goods on the surface, and the real good goods, we have long hid them!" As he spoke, the middle-aged man nodded to a big man. The latter answered, and turned back to the inner chamber, which clanged for a long time, and the big man of Besa came out of the inner chamber again, still holding in his hands two thick and long fur coats.
These two furs are silvery-white, and the fluff is dense and shiny, and there is no stitching gap in the middle, and it is clear at a glance that they are made of a whole piece of skin.
The middle-aged man proudly introduced: "Two, these two pieces of leather are made of whole snow bear fur, wearing this over the snowy mountain, I can guarantee that the two of you will not even get a single hair from frost!"
Shangguan Xiu chuckled, he and Tang Ling reached out and touched it, feeling that the two large furs were indeed of the highest quality, Tang Ling turned his head to look at Shangguan Xiu, and motioned to him with his eyes that he could buy both.
Shangguan Xiu said: "I want these two pieces, the boss will make a price." β
The middle-aged man raised his hand with a smile and shook it in front of Shangguan Xiu. Shangguan Xiu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Fifty silver coins?"
Hearing his words, the middle-aged man and the two big men laughed out loud, and he said, "Little brother, you are really joking, such a good fur, such a good workmanship, how can it be fifty silver coins? β
The price of two furs was 100 gold coins, which was an unbelievable price.
Shangguan Xiu narrowed his eyes and asked with a smile, "Boss isn't joking, right?"
The middle-aged man shook his head seriously and said, "It's no joke, these two pieces are definitely worth the price!"
Shangguan Xiu was almost amused, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "It seems that I can't afford to buy things from your store." As he spoke, he pulled Tang Ling up and turned around to walk out.
The middle-aged man said with a smile: "Little brother, don't be in a hurry to leave, don't hide it, now in the entire Dolan City, there is only one store left to buy leather goods, if the little brother thinks these two are too expensive, you can also buy some cheap ones!"
As he spoke, he waved his hand to the two big men, who turned around and walked into the inner room, and together they carried out a large box, put it on the ground, made a muffled sound, and opened the lid of the box, which was full of leather goods, leather clothes, leather pants, leather hats, leather boots, leather gloves, leather coats, everything.
The middle-aged man smiled and said, "How about it, little brother, let's pick a few!"
Shangguan Xiu lowered his eyes, only glanced at them casually, and stood still without moving, while Tang Ling bent down and looked through a few things in it curiously, and then frowned and muttered, "Why are they all old?!"
Her voice was not loud, and with a scarf covering her mouth, the middle-aged man didn't hear her very clearly.
He looked at Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling with a smile, and said, "You don't have to worry, you don't have to worry, you can pick slowly while drinking tea, you can always find a satisfactory and suitable price!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a tall and sturdy man came out of the back room, he was still holding two silver plates in his hands, holding two sterling silver teacups, walked up to Shangguan Xiu and Tang Ling, and handed the two teacups to the two of them respectively.
Seeing such an exquisite and exquisite teacup, Tang Ling couldn't help but be stunned, feeling that such a gorgeous tea set and this leather shop really didn't match. In the teacup, the aroma of hot tea was fragrant, Tang Ling lifted a little facial scarf, picked up the teacup, and was just about to drink it, Shangguan Xiu walked to her side, raised his hand to support her waist, and asked with a smile in Bassa language: "Is there anything you like here?" As he spoke, his index finger tapped Tang Ling's back twice.
Tang Ling is so smart, it is impossible for Shangguan Xiu to talk to him in Besa for no reason, and he also quietly taps his back, there must be something. She put down the teacup that had been brought to her lips, smiled at him and shook her head, muttering to herself, "The devil knows what you're talking about!"
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