Everyone, including Cheng Xuedong, changed their faces: "Huh? Where's the wolf? ”

Everyone looked around at the same time, but found nothing.

The old guide's expression was very solemn: "The wolves are less than four or five miles away from here, and they are rushing here." ”

Cheng Xuedong nervously looked around: "Where are they?" Why can't we see it? ”

"Because of the undulating mountains here, it's not as endless as the plains, but they'll be there soon."

Cheng Xuedong was puzzled: "Since you can't see it, why can you conclude that the wolves are approaching us?" ”

"I'm not judging, I'm hearing it with my own ears."

Cheng Xuedong and the others listened attentively, but they couldn't hear anything.

The old guide explained: "You may not have listened to it just now, but now you want to listen but you can't. ”

"Oh, why is that?"

"For I had just heard the howl of the wolf, and the purpose was to gather the wolves in this direction. Now that they have run here in perfect harmony, it is not easy to hear their footsteps. ”

"Are you sure?"

"I've lived for such a dozen years, and I haven't dealt with wolves once or twice, can I still hear me wrong?"

Cheng Xuedong hurriedly dispelled the doubts of his subordinates: "Don't question it, we must take action!" ”

Everyone looked at each other in panic -

"What should we do?"

"Do you rely on those firecrackers?"

"Let's run while the wolves are still far away, shall we?"

Cheng Xuedong calmly observed the surroundings, and then said: "We can't outrun a four-legged wolf on two legs." Besides, we are still carrying these things, and sooner or later we will be caught up by the wolves. So, we need to prepare for a confrontation with the wolves, but the terrain here is not in our favor, and the priority is to occupy a favorable terrain. ”

Cheng Gong has a point. Where do we go? ”

Cheng Xuedong had already chosen the direction, so he stretched out his hand and pointed to the northwest direction: "Let's hurry up and retreat there!" ”

Everyone followed the direction of his finger and saw a row of cliffs standing deep in the mountain forest.

Everyone was deflated: "Huh? Isn't that a dead end? ”

"What dead end? Instead of running away, we used the cliff as a barrier to prevent the wolves from being attacked from all sides. ”

The old guide nodded in approval: "Cheng Gong's words make sense, let's quickly withdraw to that place." Wolves are very cunning animals, and even if they don't dare to attack us rashly, they may start a long confrontation with us and take advantage of the situation. ”

The other members of the survey team also suddenly understood this truth, so they no longer needed any mobilization, immediately put on their backs the package and equipment, and under the leadership of Cheng Xuedong, quickly climbed a hillside in the northwest direction and moved towards the direction of the abrupt cliff.

Among these people, except for the old guide, most of them were young people, and the old guide was also hard and strong, and was no worse than them in climbing the mountain, so they moved quickly, and in less than a quarter of an hour, they were already close to the cliff.

However, as their vision widened, the ruins of a building appeared before their eyes, which made them all stop in their hurry.

Cheng Xuedong didn't care about the wolves following behind him, and looked at the scene in front of him in surprise. It was the ruins of a house with only a few remnants of walls, and there were traces of a fence around it, like a wooden fence, which had rotted like foam due to the years, and the main thing was to grab a piece of wreckage and turn it into a handful of powder.

Cheng Xuedong's eyes lit up: "Everything here has been experienced for thousands of years, and it is really an ancient ruin." ”

Everyone else forgot about the fear that the wolves had brought to them for a while, and they all stared at curious eyes: "Could it be that this is Longcang Ancient Town?" ”

The old guide spoke: "How is that possible? It's clearly a separate house. ”

"Huh? Who would build a house in this place? ”

The old guide shook his head: "I don't know about this. However, it is impossible to have a separate mansion here, and it must not be far from the ruins of that ancient town. ”

Cheng Xuedong carefully examined the front and back of this ruin, and then said loudly: "Yes, if my expectations are good, the ruins of Longcang Ancient Town we are looking for will not be more than a few miles away from here. And this so-called mansion should be the frontier outpost of that ancient town. ”

Everyone looked at each other in amazement: "Why? ”

Cheng Xuedong explained: "According to records, the ancient town of Longcang was built in a basin surrounded by mountains, almost isolated from the outside world, and it is located on a trade route, which is the so-called transportation hub of the ancient Silk Road, so the geographical location is very important, so all dynasties have attached great importance to here, so a small barracks were set up on the trade road outside Longcang, one is to protect Longcang, and the other is to be regarded as a post station of this trade route." ”

Xiao Li inspected it curiously, and then raised an objection: "Since this was once a barracks, why didn't it leave a trace?" ”

Cheng Xuedong smiled indifferently: "With the relocation of that ancient town, this ancient Silk Road has also been abandoned for hundreds of years, after hundreds of years of vicissitudes, can there still be any relics left here?" Even if there were, it was excavated by an archaeological team decades ago. Don't you see that there is any trace of exploration here? ”

After further examination, everyone was really like what Cheng Xuedong said.

At this moment, there was a howl outside.

They looked back in amazement and found that dozens of meters away, there was a row of wolves squatting in unison. Facing the team in the ruins, they naturally did not dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool.

Cheng Xuedong immediately commanded everyone to immediately set up a position and use this ruin as a barrier to prepare for a long-term confrontation with the wolves.

There are less than ten wolves in this group, and they are not strong enough, it is estimated that they have not eaten a full meal for several days, although they want to have a good meal, but the prey in front of them is too strong to be hunted at all. So, as soon as they saw the posture in front of them, they didn't even have the energy to confront each other, looked at each other for a while, and then withdrew in disgrace.

Cheng Xuedong finally breathed a sigh of relief and told everyone to hurry up and relax.

Xiao Li smiled and teased at this time: "How deceitful are the beasts? Stop laughing! ”

Another member of the team smiled and said, "Don't drag us along." But wolves really don't do that. I'm afraid it's worse than the wolf in the story of "Liao Zhai". ”

Xiao Li snorted in his nostrils: "Look at what you said?" I think they're much smarter than the two wolves in the story, and they didn't give us a chance to sneak attack. ”

Cheng Xuedong glanced at him dissatisfiedly: "As long as the wolves can't threaten us, then we have no right to hunt them." I guessed just now that they are afraid of us on the one hand, and on the other hand, they really don't want to be our enemy. ”

The old guide nodded, "Yes, they look very hungry to try to beat our idea." Seeing that we were prepared, and worried about being hunted and killed by us, we retreated. ”

Another team glanced at Cheng Xuedong: "It seems that the firecrackers prepared by Cheng Gong are useless." ”

Cheng Xuedong said with relief: "I hope we don't need them." Like the fire extinguishers stored in our unit, who wants them to be useful one day? ”

"Cheng Gong is right, everything must be prevented."

They then quickly found the ruins of the ancient town a few miles away according to the coordinates of the ancient barracks, and after some investigation, they returned safely.

After Cheng Xuedong told Liu Yan about this experience, he said: "I didn't say anything to Professor Nan and my colleagues about the wolf pack encountered by our survey team. You're the first. ”

Liu Yan looked curious: "Why don't you tell them about it?" This is also a strange adventure for you. ”

Cheng Xuedong smiled bitterly: "It's because of the adventure that I can't tell Teacher Nan." He's old enough to work hard, do you want him to be scared about this? ”

Liu Yan came to his senses and said, "Yes, you didn't even mention it to me when we were on the phone, you must be afraid that Sister Shuzhen will be worried, right?" ”

When Liu Yan said this, she immediately realized that she had uncovered a scar, and quickly closed her lips.

Cheng Xuedong's psychology already has a strong ability to bear it, and he did not show sadness but sighed with emotion: "Shuzhen and you hide more from me in order not to distract me." Who says panic is a disservice? White lies, but shimmer with humanity. ”

Liu Yan's nose was sour, she barely suppressed her excitement, and after a while, she was curious: "How did you investigate that ancient town?" ”

Cheng Xuedong shook his head: "Although the geographical location there is very suitable for the placement of Tianyan, the geological conditions are too poor, and there are many uncertain factors, otherwise, that ancient town will not disappear on the map." ”

Liu Yan nodded: "Yes, Tianyan is a milestone project in the world today. Its resettlement site must minimize the potential for geological hazards. ”

"Well, yes."

Liu Yan pondered for a moment, and then asked curiously, "Which dynasty is the barracks you experienced?" ”

Cheng Xuedong pondered: "According to historical records, that ancient town lasted from the Sui Dynasty to the Song Dynasty. Therefore, that barracks should have undergone several dynasties of changes, and it is not easy to say which dynasty it is. ”

"Oh, there must be a battlefield there?"

Cheng Xuedong glanced at her curiously: "Yan'er, why do you think so?" ”

"Since it's a barracks, hasn't there been a battle?"

Cheng Xuedong shook his head: "I don't know about this." However, the main task of that barracks is to maintain law and order in the trade road and the ancient town, and it is not a strategic place, so how can there be an army to attack it? ”

Liu Yan blinked her eyelids: "What if we catch up with the change of dynasty?" ”

"Oh, you mean how the current army treated the troops stationed in the local area of the previous dynasty, right?"

"That's it, they should be indescribable."

"That's not necessarily, as long as it is not a foreign invasion, those soldiers of the previous dynasty should follow the trend of history."

"Do you mean that the soldiers of the previous dynasty will surrender to the soldiers of the current dynasty?"

"Haha, surrender? Please don't say it so badly, okay? ”

Liu Yanqiao blushed: "Then what should I say?" ”

Cheng Xuedong frowned slightly: "If it is described as 'surrendering', it is also disrespectful to those soldiers of the previous dynasty." They deserve the respect of their opponents if they lay down their arms to avoid bloodshed. ”

Liu Yan was a little incredulous: "Would they have such an awareness back then?" ”

Cheng Xuedong's eyes suddenly lit up: "Although I haven't studied the change of guard at the time of the change of ancient dynasties, I heard a real story of changing guard from my father. ”

"Oh, tell me about it!"

Cheng Xuedong pondered: "This happened not long after the founding of the People's Republic of China, but the army that changed the guard was the troops of the old national army and the PLA troops who had just seized the new regime. ”

Liu Yan's eyes became even more earnest, and he couldn't help but reach out and shake his arm: "Tell me quickly, didn't they fight?" ”

Cheng Xuedong closed his eyes gently, and the story told to him by his father Cheng Jue immediately appeared in his mind-