Chapter 327: The Leader
It took more than a day for Li Xiang to overcome the lack of oxygen on the plateau, the strength of these people is very strong, if it is replaced by ordinary people, it will take at least three or five days, and now the time is urgent, even if Li Xiang's body is still a little uncomfortable, then he has to cheer up and move on.
The official village of Maiqi Tusi is more than 400 miles away from here, if it is in the plain area, there is no rush at all for more than 400 miles, it is very likely that it will be in one day, and even there is a surplus of time, but this is a plateau with an altitude of more than 4,000 meters, if you also think that you can run over in a day, even if you can stand it, the livestock will not be able to stand it.
In the 21st century, there were all kinds of roads into Tibet, but now there are no roads, you can only take the sun path, some places can still let you run wild, but in some places you may have to put away all the horses, and then you people slowly climb over, a little careless people and horses may fall off the cliff.
Thanks to the strength of these people, this can be regarded as no loss, if the ordinary army comes in, then I don't know how many people will die, no wonder it is so difficult for Tubo to enter the Central Plains, this place is that it is more difficult for us to come in, and it is more difficult for them to go out.
At night, the temperature is nearly 20 degrees lower than during the day, they can only rely on soju to maintain their heat, there is no way to light a fire, if you light a fire at night, people nearby will soon be able to find you, before seeing Mai Qi Toast, Li Xiang can not let anyone see himself, to prevent exposure of his whereabouts.
On the first day, Li Xiang and they walked more than 170 miles, which is already considered to be the limit, even if they are businessmen who often come and go, they can only walk about a third in this environment, Li Xiang and they don't have any guides, just rely on a vague map to get to this extent, this is already quite not easy, if you want to ask for faster, then you can only fly over.
"Who?"
In his sleep, Li Xiang suddenly heard Long Qi's greeting, and the others immediately took the chain crossbow in their hands, if they were sure that the other party was not ours, then they would immediately shoot the other party, which was also an important way to keep us from being leaked.
"Dare to ask if it's Li Gongzi from the capital?"
Most of the people here speak Tibetan, and the number of people who speak Chinese can be said to be extremely rare, and they have half believed it when they hear this, and Li Xiang also told all the people on the plateau that he will be called Li Gongzi after he arrives on the plateau.
Li Xiang gave a look, Hu Yi and Hu Er had already rushed out, and then brought this kid over, and then the rest of the people searched the neighborhood to prevent him from being followed.
"Uncle spare your life, uncle spare your life, the younger one is Cui Fu's people, he sent me a letter before, asking me to wait for you here, I have been waiting for six or seven days."
This guy hurriedly took out a letter, Li Xiang took it and looked at it, it was indeed Cui Fu's handwriting, and there was an agreement with Li Xiang on it.
"We haven't revealed any of our whereabouts, even if you wait for us here, I'm afraid you won't be able to find us, how did you find us on this big night?"
Li San said with some skepticism, I also hope to say something useful from this kid's mouth, we can also improve it in the future, it doesn't matter if your own people find it today, if the enemy finds out tomorrow, then I'm afraid we will fall into a bitter battle, we people are not afraid of fighting, but we are afraid of affecting Li Xiang.
"Back to this uncle, in fact, I didn't know that you were here, and I was afraid that you would go over at night, so I often walked on these nearby roads, usually every two hours, and I came out to walk around every two hours, who knew that I just stretched out my legs from above, and you found me, saying that I found you rather than saying that you found me is more accurate."
This guy is right, there are usually no people on this road, mainly because this road is too steep, there is indeed a big road next to it, but Li Xiang They can't take the big road, this guy received Cui Fu's letter, and guarded this road day and night, the word that the other party said, it was also said in Chinese, so he guessed that it should be Li Gongzi from the capital, if not, he also had a chance to escape from the side, such a person on the plateau, this little thing is not difficult for him.
Li Xiang followed him to the hillside to take a look, sure enough, there are several ropes tied here, next to the rope is the abyss, if he called the wrong person, he immediately climbed down the rope, the rope was also soaked in oil, once someone else wanted to climb down the rope, he only needed to ignite the rope below, it can be said that he was fully prepared, and no one would follow him.
"You kid is quite clever, Cui Fu told you what you were doing?"
Li Xiang threw this kid a piece of jerky, it seems that this kid is also hungry.
"Uncle Fu said, just let me wait for you here, saying that you can give me fifty yuan a day, but I didn't say what I should do, just say that you let me do the work, and I will find a way to do it."
This guy is also real, he lives on the plateau, and works as a small attendant in the Cui family's trading house, but he often goes back and forth to various tribes to deliver letters, so he knows more about the surrounding situation, and he also knows the shortcut, so Cui Fu asked people to push him out.
"I'll give you a hundred dollars a day, as long as you do things for me, how far is it from here to the official village of Maiqi Tusi?"
Hearing that Li Xiang could give double the salary, this kid was obviously very happy, but when he heard that he was going to the official village of Maiqi Tusi, this guy's head immediately shook.
"Young master, we can't go, there's a war going on over there, don't say it's us Han people, even if it's their own people, they kill people casually, as long as you appear near the battlefield, both sides will see you as each other's spies, and you will kill people without asking about thirty-seven twenty-one."
This kid said while eating jerky, although the Cui family is rich, he belongs to the lowest level of the Cui family, and it is good to have a mouthful of brown rice in ordinary times, let alone such jerky.
"Don't be so long-winded, hurry up and answer my question, otherwise the money will be gone today."
As soon as he heard Li Xiang say that he had no money, this guy hurriedly snapped his fingers and began to calculate, this is far from the official village of Maiqi Tusi......