Chapter 10050: Crossing the Sand River

Keli nodded: "This is indeed more dangerous, but I am still sure, when we saw the head of the bloodsucking blanket just now, the surface was covered with a layer of mucus, I think this thing should be a variant of some leeches, exposed to the air will lack moisture, in order to prevent the body from losing too much water, they have to secrete body fluids in places that the fur cannot cover, in order to ensure the moisture of the body." ”

He paused, and his tone became firm: "In this case, it means that the skin near their skull is more sensitive, and if this sensitive skin is punctured, the pain will be greater than that of other skin on the body. ”

Keli gave an example: "This is like the copper ring in the nose of the cow, the copper ring penetrates the cartilage of the nose of the cow, and will remain on the cartilage of the nose after penetration, if it is not attacked in the case of the cow is obedient, once the cow is disobedient, the owner can pull the rope to pull up the copper ring, under the stimulation of the copper ring, the nose of the cow will be in severe pain, so that it unconsciously goes forward, so as to achieve the purpose of moving away the cattle." ”

Yue Guanchao nodded: "I think, it's okay for Keli's idea, since the blood-sucking blanket is not easy to die, we can just use the method he said to catch the blood-sucking blanket first, even if it can't be used to cross the river, we can temporarily trap them, so as not to make trouble for us." ”

Everyone nodded silently, agreeing with Keli's method, and then, they divided into three ways, one way to hunt sand sheep in the desert, one way to blow up the sheepskin raft, and the other way to follow Keli to restore the trap.

Among them, hunting sand sheep and blowing up sheepskin rafts are quite simple, but it is difficult to restore the mechanism, when Yue Guanchao followed Keli to prepare materials, he also learned from Keli's mouth what the beast trap was.

This is a beast trap improved by Guniz according to the trap, which is mainly composed of a fixed pile, a trap net, and a trigger mechanism.

The fixed pile is similar to the wooden pile, distributed on the ground in a triangular pattern, there is a hemp rope between the fixed piles to pull each other, tighten each other to form a stable structure, the triangular structure is the most stable, after the pile is wedged into the salt shell, it can be used to pull each other to fix the pile.

Under this mechanical structure, unless several elephants are pulled in the opposite direction, it is absolutely impossible to shake the fixed pile for half a minute.

At this point, this thing can come into play as a frame for the trapping pile.

As for the trap net, it is a more special and delicate device.

In order to be lightweight, ordinary animal trapping nets are mostly made of hemp rope, but the animal trapping nets created by Guniz have a different way, using cowhide and hemp rope to make lines.

First use twine as the base, twist it into a finger-thick hemp rope, and then weave the thread twisted from cowhide into the hemp rope, such a rope is not only tough and durable, but also can shrink according to the opening and closing of the mechanism, directly fixing the trapped prey firmly in the trapping net, so that the prey is completely immobile.

Traps are mostly elastic ropes like rubber bands, which are tightened and fixed to the stake, and as soon as the bait passes, these traps will release their force, causing the trap net under them to shrink instantly, completely binding the prey.

As the best hunter in the sand, Gunizi has always been very interested in hunting and trapping, and in the process of hunting and catching, he has accumulated a lot of experience in the habits of prey, which has transformed the original ancient mechanism to form a trap pile that is now suitable for the sand.

It can be said that the animal trapping pile of Gunizi can be used not only on dry sandy land, but also in the mud or lake, and the waterway is not restricted, and can play the greatest role, which can completely catch aquatic sand worms, big fish, and many birds and animals living on land.

When Keli introduced these mechanisms, his subordinates' movements did not stop, he and Yue Guanchao untied the bags on the camel's back, took out the support wood used to build the tent, and under the command of Keli, restored the beast trapping stake of Gunizi.

Then they dug irregular ditches along the traps, and directly led the swamp water into the ditches, and at the same time threw the cowhide nets to the bottom of the water, twisted the mechanism, and when they had done all this, the others had already returned, and they put the sheep in the trap, and when they had prepared everything, they cut the neck of the sheep and sank into the dug ditch, hiding behind the nearby sand dunes.

Everything is ready, only action.

They hid behind the sand dunes, staring carefully in the direction of the mechanism, and after about half an hour, a large number of whirlpools appeared in the swamp in front of them, and a parade arc continued to swim towards the shore, and finally surfaced.

Everyone looked closely, and the blood-sucking blanket had completely spread out its body, forming a square blanket floating around, obviously swimming towards the blood-soaked canal, probably because it smelled the blood of the sheep and had been attracted by the blood-sucking smell.

In less than a moment, the blood-sucking blanket had already followed the irregular trench dug and came directly to the vicinity of the argali, and with a little pulling, it had already swept the sheep into its body.

As its body continued to shake, the rope on the mechanism had been touched, and with a bang, the cowhide rope net was instantly retracted, directly enclosing the blood-sucking blanket, and as the cowhide rope was tightened in water, the blood-sucking blanket was trapped in it and could not escape.

The blood-sucking blanket was trapped by the cowhide rope, and in surprise it wanted to stretch its body, but at this time it had already been fooled, its body had already rolled up the sand sheep, and it had formed a structure similar to a roll, under this structure, the blood-sucking blanket could not do anything else except suck blood.

If they were in a swamp in the water, it would indeed be much safer with the protection of the mud of the water body, but now it is trapped in the cowhide net, and no matter how much it agitates its body, it cannot stretch the tightening cowhide net and keep shaking in the net pocket.

Yue Guanchao and Keli were quick to come to the bloodsucking blanket, Keli took out the prepared copper ring, and directly buckled the copper ring around its two eyes while the bloodsucking blanket was stirring.

The intense pain caused the blood-sucking blanket to begin to secrete fluid continuously, and after some tossing, it finally understood that the copper ring had been embedded in its head, and there was no chance to break free.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, they have sent the raft into the canal they had dug, and then attached the raft to the net pocket, and at the same time, they also put hemp rope in the copper ring to form a traction rope, so that it is like a cow-drawn cart, and the blood-sucking blanket pulls the raft.

"Let's drive the camel behind the dunes, then get on the raft with what we need, and then as soon as I loosen the net, the blood-sucking blanket can move a little, and I can change the direction of its movement by pulling the reins."

When they had finished their work, they were ready to go, and when the camels were settled, they each got on a raft.

As Kelly released the net, the body of the bloodsucking blanket was instantly extended, but due to the limitations of the net, it was only a little looser than the curl just now, and it used these loose spaces to swim towards the depths of the swamp under the survival instinct, and under the pull of great force, the sheepskin raft was pulled along the canal into the quicksand river, like a snow sleigh sliding forward.

At this moment, this blood-sucking blanket is like a black horse in the water, under the restraint of the net pocket, pulling the sheepskin raft to wander forward, and at the same time, Keli tuggs on the reins next to the eyes of the blood-sucking blanket, constantly controlling its direction, moving in the direction of the largest sand mountain.

Along the way, because of the sheepskin raft entering the quicksand river, there are many whirlpools with strong suction, even if they have a blood-sucking blanket force, they can also feel the suction of the whirlpool, constantly pulling the sheepskin raft downward, this situation, can not help but make everyone worried, even if they sit on the sheepskin raft, they can not be completely assured.

Fortunately, the strength of the blood-sucking blanket is strong enough, and it knows how to take advantage and avoid disadvantage, and stay away from the whirlpool, although the sheepskin raft is pulled from side to side by the whirlpool, it still floats safely on the quicksand river.

Floating and bumpy all the way, waiting for the blood-sucking blanket to swim to the other side of the quicksand river, they could already see the sand mountain in front of them, after landing on the shore, Keli tightened the net, and the body of the blood-sucking blanket was tightened again, like a curly blanket rolled together.

Then, he jumped on the shore, and everyone pulled the sheepskin raft to the shore, fixed the sheepskin raft with the support tube on the sheepskin raft, and at the same time, found a few poplar trees near the sand mountain, and wrapped the rope several times to fix the raft, so that the net bag was restrained by the sheepskin raft, and it was impossible to escape and float away.

Everything was in order, and Yue Guanchao looked at the sand mountain in the center of Mirandze.

As early as when the waters of Mirlanze were vast, this was the largest oasis in the area, and now Mirlanze has indeed dried up, there is an old saying that the hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen, and there is still a very wet silt slurry under the quicksand river here, and the water contained in the 100-meter-wide river channel can not make Mirlanze rejuvenate, but the sand mountain in the nourishing center can still be.

Nourished by the water vapor of the silt of the quicksand river, there are many cold-tolerant and dry-tolerant desert plants near the sand mountain, such as poplar euphratica and small such as sea buckthorn.

If you go further to the sand mountain, you can already see the detailed scenery on the top of the sand mountain!

The top of the entire sand hill has been completely flattened, and along the flattened mountaintop, a long and regular lime loess-colored city wall has been built, and the four walls have arced corners, which looks like a slightly rounded square city, and the towers on the four sides are completely different from the castle towers of the Han Dynasty.

The city tower of the Han land, most of them are the palace-style buildings of the square city wall, the fan tile kiss, the city tower that still remains in front of you, has obvious characteristics of the Western Regions, the roof of the city tower can clearly see the semi-dome of the round helmet type, the window is deep and square, there are traces of glazed colored tiles outside, it looks, it seems like the pavilion built by some Hu people.