It snowed heavily for five days in a row, and it didn't end until the sixth day.

Sang Duoxi said: "Fortunately, the snow has stopped, if it is another ten days and a half months, I think even these mules and horses will have to be slaughtered." For in the past five days, there was not much food left with them, and even the two mules and an old horse that died that day had been eaten.

Hu Zhenbang asked Sando if he could walk. Sando said: "While the snow stops, you have to go on the road anyway, otherwise it will snow again in a few days, and it will really be a dead end!"

Everyone packed up, and the group followed Sando and walked slowly. At that time, it has arrived at the edge of Tibet, is in the continuous snow-capped mountain range, not only the terrain is high, but also full of ice and snow, the road is slippery, the cold wind is biting, needless to say, what is more uncomfortable is the altitude sickness of the heart and lungs, except for the local Sando and Hu Zhenbang and Mu Hanyi, who have extremely high internal strength, the rest of the people are tired all over, unable to move, and feel out of breath when they don't walk much.

The group walked and stopped, walked for several hours, but only walked a few miles.

Ayimu's young horse was physically exhausted and unfortunately died halfway through. Sando wanted to strip the dead horse and take it with him as food on the way, but Hu Zhenbang and Mu Hanyi knew that this horse was a mount that Ayimu's henchman Zina had found for her, and helped her escape from Western Xia along the way. Together, the two helped bury the horses. Hu Zhenbang asked Ayimu and Mu Hanyi to ride the white dragon together, and he rode the brown horse with him. Ayimu was grateful to the brothers and sisters in his heart.

At noon, someone in the team suddenly heard a loud howl: "I won't go, when will this walk come to an end, I have no strength, I'm dying!

Everyone looked to the place where the voice was made, but they saw that it was a Western Xia lama, who was rolling in the snow like crazy and shouting, refusing to get on his horse and move forward, and another lama who was older than him could not hold him down, and did not listen to his bitter advice. Many of his traveling companions also persuaded him, but the lama repeatedly argued that he would not get on his horse and go again, and the more he persuaded him, the more fierce the resistance became, and the louder the screams became.

Hu Zhenbang said: "What is the situation over there, wait for me to see." Na Sando grabbed him and said: "He is insane, he can't be persuaded, let him go, if you forcibly take him, he will go even more crazy, let's go!"

It turned out that this person had been trapped in a desperate situation for a long time, and his body was extremely uncomfortable on this plateau, and his brain would hallucinate, causing his thoughts to be confused and go crazy. Sandor has been a guide for many years and has seen many similar situations, so it's not strange.

Hu Zhenbang said: "When I go and point him out, let the horse camel him go, I can't teach him to stay here alone and freeze to death." ”

Just as he was about to step forward, he suddenly heard the shouts of the lama, and a large patch of snow slowly slid down on the peak on the north side of the mountain road.

The guide Sando shouted, "It's not good, it's going to be an avalanche, big guy get back!" Before the words fell, only the faint sound of rolling thunder could be heard, and the snow rolling down the peak was getting more and more, getting closer and closer, and the speed was getting faster and faster.

Hu Zhenbang hurriedly said: "Everyone get on the horse, stand back!, it's an avalanche!" Most of the people in the travel team didn't know what the avalanche was, and when they heard Sando and Hu Zhenbang shouting, they were at a loss for a while, and stayed in place in a daze, looking left and right. After only a few moments, the faint sound of rolling thunder turned into a loud rumbling sound.

Only then did the crowd react, and hurriedly mounted their mules and horses, turned around and ran backwards. The avalanche was not very terrifying at first, but it rolled down from the plateau all the way, it was like a snowball rolling bigger and bigger, and there were many rocks and snow along the way, and gradually the momentum was like a thousand horses galloping, getting bigger and bigger, and in a blink of an eye, a small snow-capped mountain rolled in front of everyone's eyes, which shocked everyone's hearts.

At this critical moment, Hu Zhenbang slapped the white dragon ridden by Mu Hanyi and Ayimu, the white dragon was extremely human, and when he saw the avalanche, he had already turned around and was ready to flee backwards.

Hu Zhenbang rode alone to meet the place where the avalanche came from, and it turned out that he saw that the delirious lama was still lying on the snow, and when he saw that the avalanche was approaching, the situation was extremely critical, so he wanted to rush forward and rescue him. But the avalanche came very fast, and if Hu Zhenbang came to that person, he would definitely be buried in the snow at the same time as that person. Sandor shouted several times from behind him to turn back, but he couldn't stop him.

Suddenly, he heard a sound of Ayimu behind him, "Oops!", Hu Zhenbang looked back suddenly, but saw Ayimu falling from Mu Hanyi's mount, the white horse was carrying the two of them at the same time, Ayimu suddenly fell off the horse, Mu Hanyi and the white horse had rushed out of dozens of zhang away, and it was too late to stop the bridle and turn back to save her.

Hu Zhenbang didn't have time to care, turned the horse's head and galloped close to Ayimu, reached out and grabbed Ayimu's arm, and brought her onto the horse.

Fortunately, the brown horse he was riding was a good horse given to him by Bao Zheng, and his feet were extremely fast, and he galloped with the two of them hoofed and chased after the white horse in front of him. Nasandor and Mu Hanyi were already twenty zhang away.

Mu Hanyi suddenly noticed that when Ayimu fell off the horse, her reaction was also very quick, and she hurriedly reined in the bridle, but her white dragon foot strength was too fast, and when she could turn around, it was more than ten zhang away from where she landed.

Mu Hanyi turned around and looked back, just when he saw Hu Zhenbang turn around to rescue Ayimu, and was breathing a sigh of relief, he suddenly saw a small mountain-like snow-capped mountain behind Hu Zhenbang and Ayimu coming quickly, and unconsciously exclaimed: "Don't look back, run forward!"

In addition to the whirring wind in Hu Zhenbang's ears, it was the sound of an amazing avalanche like rolling thunder, where could I hear her shouting, but I saw Mu Hanyi beckoning from afar, and knew that he wanted the two of them to run forward quickly, so he desperately rode forward.

But the avalanche is faster than the galloping horse, and it is about to catch up in an instant, Hu Zhenbang saw a hillside in front of him, and immediately ran straight to the hillside without thinking, but when he reached the head of the slope, he suddenly felt that the horse's hooves were empty, and people fell straight down like a cloud, and the brown horse fell more urgently, and the two of them fell into a deep valley together.

Mu Hanyi said that they could avoid the danger of an avalanche crushing the top of the hill next to them, but they saw the two of them suddenly disappear together with the horses, and they were so anxious that they shouted, and in a blink of an eye the avalanche was pressing towards her, Sang Duo hurriedly said: "Miss Mu go quickly!", the two of them galloped forward dozens of zhang, and they heard a loud sound like thunder behind them abruptly stopped, and when they looked back, a towering snow peak dozens of zhang high and nearly 100 zhang wide suddenly appeared in the rear, completely blocking the back road.

The Western Xia Lama, who refused to do any more, had already been buried under the snow peak. Most of the men and women in the procession, who were too late to run or frightened by the horses and mules, were also buried in the snow. The only ones who escaped were Sandor and Mu Hanyi.

Hu Zhenbang was in mid-air, his legs clamped the horse's body hard, and shouted in Ayimu's ear: "Hold the horse's neck", and then pulled out the Changhong sword in mid-air, and cut it the snow wall on the side.

Although the force of the fall has been buffered many times, but the cliff is dozens of zhang deep, when the brown horse ridden by Hu Zhenbang fell in the snow, he bent his four feet, knelt down in unison, and fell to the ground, the horse raised his head and neighed, showing that the leg bones had been broken, and the pain was unbearable.

The moment Hu Zhenbang landed on the ground, he first rolled over and rolled off the horse's back, and Ayimu, who was sitting in front of him, rolled off the horse's back, just overwhelming Hu Zhenbang. When her veil fell, it was blown away by the strong wind, and I don't know where it fell. When she fell, her eyes were always closed, and after she landed, she didn't dare to open her eyes for a long time.

When Hu Zhenbang saw Ayimu fall from the horse, he was afraid that she would be injured, so he didn't dare to turn around and get out of the way, so he hurriedly acted as a meat pad and opened his arms to catch her. When he opened his eyes, he saw that Ayimu's pretty face was only three inches away from him, and the sound of snorting could be heard, and his exhalation was like an orchid. A pretty face is as white as clotted cream, revealing some hibiscus redness, although the beautiful eyes are tightly closed, only two rows of long eyelashes are seen, and it is still difficult to hide the beauty. It was the first time he saw Ayimu's true face, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

After a moment of quiet passing, Ayimu opened his eyes and suddenly saw a handsome man's face in front of him, which was his eldest brother Hu Zhenbang. His face was hot, and he couldn't help blushing and said, "I, am I still alive?"

Hu Zhenbang also came back to his senses and said busily: "Second sister, we are all alive, fortunately, when we fell, we slowed down, and the snow at the bottom of the valley was extremely thick, so it's okay." ”

A red cloud suddenly flew on Ayimu's face, and he said shyly: "Big brother, you're not injured, are you? ”

Hu Zhenbang was stunned, and then he was embarrassed, it turned out that he had experienced a dangerous situation, and his heart was highly nervous, and he hugged Ayimu tightly in his arms with both arms. Seeing her say this, he quickly let go of his arms and let Ayimu get up first, and then stood up himself.

The two patted off the snow on their bodies and looked at each other, both feeling a little embarrassed, but quite glad that they were not injured.

Hu Zhenbang looked at the brown horse, and saw that the horse's four legs had been broken, and he couldn't get up, and he couldn't help but feel very sad. You must know that this horse is in a desperate situation, has no food and grass, and cannot stand and walk on all fours, and will definitely freeze to death.

Along the way, he also heard Sando tell many anecdotes and various dangerous experiences during his journey to Tibet, and said that when an animal was sick or injured, most of them were killed with a knife, so that it would not suffer alive and drag down its owner. In the current situation, it is absolutely impossible to get out of this predicament for a while, and if the two want to live, it is even more necessary to kill the horse, one to avoid their pain and suffering, and the other to save their lives.

Ayimu frowned slightly at him, and asked, "Big brother, how is it? Can this horse be cured?" Hu Zhenbang said: "No, this horse can't live." He sighed.

Ayimu couldn't help but feel gloomy in his heart, thinking that his green horse was also dying in the ice and snow, he couldn't help but have a sour nose, and tears in his eyes were shaking. Hu Zhenbang hurriedly comforted: "Second sister, don't be sad, I won't let it be too painful." ”

Mu Hanyi rushed to Hu Zhenbang and Ayimu fell off the cliff, the white dragon was a few feet away from the cliff and no longer moved forward, the original cliff was extremely steep, because of the heavy snow, blocking the view on the slope, Hu Zhenbang rushed to the horse, and when the brown horse came to find the cliff in front of him, it was too late to close his feet, and he rushed down the cliff and fell.