Sekuten Oasis.

This is the last oasis away from Salander, and a short walk further on is the fort of Gamied, the important town of Salander, and once you cross it, the situation is much more secure than it is now.

Now in the hands of the Grand Prince, a large area around the Sekuten Oasis is in a vague area where the two factions compete with each other. There were often unidentified caravans of horses passing by, but the men didn't seem to pay much attention to the small carriage. Occasionally, a lone rider would stop at the sand dunes from afar, but none of them would come close.

On the way, there were occasional fleeing Salanders fleeing in the way.

At one time, the Salanders regarded the Kugit Khanate as a barren land, where only merchants and poor porters would make a living. However, after the beginning of civil strife among the Salanders and the establishment of a new government in the Kugit Khanate by the Grand Prince of Salander, many Salanders began to flock to the border in droves. In Gamiedborg, thousands of refugees cross the border every day. These people were settled by the eldest prince in the villages and towns on the border.

The once small border town of Mazgen was now overwhelmed by an influx of soldiers and civilians, all of whom decided to follow the Elder Prince. In their hearts, the Salanders still considered the Grand Prince to be a legitimate sultan. At this time, it was believed that the rebellion would soon be quelled, and it was difficult to say what punishment would be given if loyalty was not shown to the eldest prince at this time. Every day, the eldest prince would send envoys to the towns that remained neutral and autonomous to persuade the local soldiers and civilians to join his camp, and of course the second prince was doing the same. The eldest prince is actively preparing his military forces, hoping to regain the capital capital Kuba in a war.

Taking advantage of this chaos, a few people may be able to blend across the border.

But after crossing the border, the situation of the few people will not get better: then they will have to be careful to watch out for the Kugit in the savannah.

It's come this far, and a few people don't plan to think about it anymore. Let's cross the border first.

After walking more than forty miles east from Sekuten, in the afternoon, the carriage of the group met a group of refugees.

There was a homeless man in the procession, and all their possessions were blankets on their backs and some tattered utensils; There are also wealthy people from well-to-do families, who have their own guards, herds of cattle and sheep, and smoke and dust everywhere they pass; Among the refugees were dejected soldiers, still dressed in the old sultan's uniforms, with thick armor on their shoulders and wielding spears feebly. These soldiers had come from all over the country to join the Great Prince, and it was evident that they had not been able to make it all the way.

At present, Salander has nominally withdrawn from the war with Middle-earth, but when his father appears, the Salanders still watch the group warily.

At this time, the Oriental man sat out and sat next to his father.

The father could feel the weakness of the man: the oriental's shoulders trembled from time to time, and his hands were a little uncontrollable, but he still insisted on sitting in front of the car door.

When the Salanders saw this oriental, the doubts in their eyes were alleviated a lot, and people took this person for Kujit as a matter of course. The people who can mingle with the Kugit are certainly not the enemies of the Salanders for now.

It became known that at the front there were a lot of Nords and Vycians who were helping the Kugit soldiers.

The two countries in the North Sea are happy to see that the war continues. In both years, both countries have made a fortune from the war. The furs and armor of the Vecchians, the wheat and weapons of the Nords were the favorite things of the warring sides.

After entering the refugee ranks, in the crowd, it seems that everyone's mood is a little better, and they are no longer so nervous. Indeed, there is always a sense of safety when there is a large group of people who are in a similar situation to themselves.

The father carefully steered the camel horse in front of him, and from time to time looked back at the other two horses that were strung together by ropes.

At this time, the Oriental man nodded to my father, "Thank you".

"It's okay", the father shook his head, he remembered what Cesar said, he lost so many people, and in the end it was only this Oriental who fled with him, "It's just a coincidence" "What's your name?" ”。

"Yu".

"Yu?"

"Yes, is it strange?"

"Yes, this syllable is too simple, and there is only one syllable."

"Well", it doesn't matter. You "don''t seem to be a big cannibal"

"The Great Cannibal?"

"Sa''Rand, Salander is one of the Great Cannibals."

"Well, I'm not from Salander. There are other tribes of the Salanders, I know, who seem to be south of the desert. ”、

"Well, south of the desert, nice place, better than here."

After a moment of silence, my father asked again, "Are you the one who can make silk?" ”

"Oh'''Listen to your tone, it''s as if my people are just some craftsmen who spin yarn and mud'

"I have no ill will," said my father.

"It's okay, if the big cannibal is still like this, you guys don't know it even more."

At this time, the southern sky seemed to be hazy and something was wrong. The Oriental reminded his father of this.

"Well, I noticed that the stars were strange last night, the stars were bright, but the moon was not dim at all."

You nodded, "Yes, I heard it more than ten years ago. The year before last there was a comet coming to Earth, and this year it was the Moon. ”

"The moon?"

"Yes, there is a problem with the trajectory of the moon, my clan's calendar can't be calculated, I recalculated, something unusual will happen this year. Despite this, our calendar and astronomical theories are incomparable to those of the Great Cannibals. ”

"Well, more than ten years ago, when the moon went wrong, there was a mudslide in Paravon, and half of the city was forced to rebuild."

The Oriental smiled meaningfully: "Hehe, I've heard about the mudslide in Paravon, which has not happened for hundreds of years. But in recent decades, Swadiya has built large palaces, blindly repaired towns, and cut down a large number of trees on the mountains. The moon brought a slight change, and the Paraven Hill collapsed in half,''" said You, leaning against the door, weakly.

"Yes," my father was a little uncomfortable, "I'm embarrassed." When I was at Su Nuo's house, I heard from my elders about this situation, and my country has indeed been fond of building a lot lately."

"Hehe", You said with a smile, "there is nothing embarrassing, my people are from the East, and such stories are not uncommon there. ”

The two chatted with each other, and soon, Gamiedburg was in sight.

There was a wooden fence in front of the fort, where people were crowded, and dozens or hundreds of people arrived there every minute, and only a few people passed. This kind of congestion makes people feel a little upset, and it looks like it is a little difficult to get through the camp today.

In the evening, Yu climbed back into the car, and Cesar sat out.

"I have listened to your conversation," said Cesar in a whisper, "I have heard of the origin of this Oriental man, who is only a runaway craftsman. But listen to his tone, he is almost like an official. Although I have always believed that nobles and commoners should be treated the same, it seems to him that as a slave craftsman, he is still facing his own savior, but he seems to have no gratitude."

Father grabbed the reins and handed it to Cesar, stretching a little tiredly, "Forget it, we don't know what the Orientals are thinking." He just doesn't make a mess. ”

Cesar said no more.

Flames began to light up on the Saland's camp, and soldiers shouted loudly in front of the camp, directing order. My father saw that there were many hanged people on some of the wooden poles erected in the camp. According to the Salanders, those people were spies sent by the second prince. The crowd trembled past these people, their bodies swaying slightly in the wind, and when they turned, their expressions stiffened and terrible by the burning flames.

My father shuddered, as if he felt a rope around his neck.

Seeing that there was no hope of getting out of the border tonight, some refugees simply stopped and put their own people and livestock in the mix. These people set up small camps at the gates of the camp. Bonfires began to light up on the hillside and under the forest in front of Garmiyad, and at first glance they looked like a swarm of fireflies dormant at the edge of a pond.

My father suddenly remembered that when he was a child, he and Jill used to hunt down those fireflies. The Nord woman told her father that fireflies are transformed into human souls, and when people die, they turn into fireflies, and they must shine in front of their loved ones before leaving. Because of this, every time Jill was pestered by my father to catch fireflies, the Nord woman would beat Jill up. When Jill grew a little older, he lost his childlike innocence and stopped hunting fireflies, and at the same time convinced my father to respect these little bugs. I don't know why, when I look at these thousand bonfires, my father always thinks about when he was a child. At that time, when he jumped into the pond, hundreds of fireflies flew into the sky, and the light was all over the sky, and I don't know which ones were stars and which ones were fireflies.

The father smiled to himself and swept the thought away.

They formed a small camp with a few merchants from Dukuba, and spent a dozen copper plates to buy dry firewood from the local woodcutter for the night. The group sat together, exchanging food, quietly watching the flames in a daze, but everyone's interest in talking was not high, and it seemed that the shadow of the future was pressing on everyone's hearts, making people reluctant to talk more.

The night passed.

The next morning, it was switched on at three o'clock, and in the afternoon, it was lined up to my father.

The prosecutor of the Salander stared at his father in confusion.

"Wikibians", the father said in broken Wikibian dialect.

"Come on," said the Salander, with a friendly smile.

The father smiled happily, but right away, Cesar quietly grabbed his arm and twisted it. At this time, my father realized that the Salander had just said, "Let's go over," was Rhodok's words.

A little trick, and the father was exposed.

The Salander smiled slyly and gestured to his men, and several soldiers began to surround him.

At this moment, the earth suddenly trembled, and all the animals were frightened and uneasy.

The camp screamed, the southern sky became even darker, and the Salanders were stunned by the sudden change, and before they could react, Yu crawled out and flicked his whip violently.

The carriage rushed through the fence, all the way through the avenue in front of the fortress, and headed straight for the grassland.