Qinghai Lake is surrounded by mountains on all sides. The one in the north is called Datong Mountain, the one in the south is called Nanshan, the one in the east is Sun and Moon Mountain, and the one in the west is called Rubber Mountain.

As the saying goes, the cunning rabbit has three holes. Yibula is a man who is three more cunning than the cunning rabbit. Naturally, there will be no one candidate location for resident tents. In fact, there are many, such as one at the foot of the Rubber Mountain. Before winter comes every year, Yibula will order people to fill the forage warehouses at each tent to ensure that the tribe's cattle, sheep and horses can have enough forage to survive the cold season.

Because of this, Yibula was very confident. Even in the cold season when water turned into ice, he would move the tent at any time if he wanted to move the tent. He was not afraid of the Ming army coming to encircle and suppress the tent. As long as cattle and sheep had food, everyone would have milk, meat, and sweaters to wear it. They would not starve to death to death. The Ming army would not do it. Before they could finish the military rations they brought, they would have to withdraw their troops, otherwise they would have to starve to death and freeze to death on this plateau pasture.

Let’s talk about the 30th day of the first lunar month, Yibula decided to move the tent. All the tribes under him had a total of more than 10,000 people, and drove more than 100,000 cattle and sheep to leave Datong Mountain in a mighty manner and migrate westward. It took almost five days to finally arrive at the Rubber Mountain tent site west of Qinghai Lake. Liu Xian, Li Guangqi and others also followed quietly, leaving secret notes along the way.

In fact, during the relocation process, Yibla was already very cautious and sent a large number of racist behind the temple to keep watch. There were only tens of thousands of people, plus tens of thousands of livestock. The migration was too loud. Just follow the remains of the livestock manure from a distance, as long as it was not snowing heavily, otherwise the traces left would soon be covered by heavy snow.

Fortunately, it has not snowed these days. However, it snowed the next day after Yibla's tribe arrived at Rubber Mountain. It was still very heavy. It was covered with snow overnight, which made Liu Xian and others froze. If they hadn't found a cave nearby to hide, they might have frozen to death there.

It was late at night, and the cold wind was still howling outside. Although there was a bonfire in the cave, I still felt very cold. The key was that the dry food I brought had almost eaten. In order to save some dry food, everyone only ate one-third of the full, but once this person got hungry, it was particularly cold.

"This ghost place is so damn cold." Shen Ji said tremblingly, while squeezing towards Liu Xian, the others also leaned against each other, so that the heat would not be lost as much as possible.

Liu Xian wiped the snot that was about to come out and whispered: "The Tartars rebuilt yurts at the foot of the mountain and built fences, so this should be their destination. A Ji, when the snow stops, you and Sun Jizong will return to report to the deputy general as soon as possible. We will stay and continue to monitor the Tartars."

Shen Ji nodded happily and said, "Okay, but you have to be careful. If you are discovered, you should escape quickly. Life is important. Hey, by the way, where are A Qi and Xiaopang?"

At this time, there were only six people in the cave, and indeed Li Guangqi and He Zong disappeared.

"I just saw them leaving the cave, and I thought they were convenient for them to go out." A person next to me interrupted. It was Sun Jizong and Shen Ji's partner.

Liu Xian asked quickly: "How long have they been out?"

"It's a stick of incense!" said Sun Jizong.

Liu Xian couldn't help but frowned. Even if a stick of incense is enough to pull the hard shit, it won't be a problem for these two guys.

"You stay here, Qian Buer, go out with me to find it." Liu Xian stood up and wanted to get out of the cave. At this moment, two figures quickly entered the mountain with the wind and snow, and their movements looked a little obscene.

Everyone calmed down by the fire and saw that it was Li Guangqi and He Zong. The two guys were covered with snowflakes, like two snowmen. The key was that two little lambs were hung on each of their necks!

Damn, it turns out that these two guys are sheep thieves, no wonder they look a little naughty!

"A Qi, Xiaopang, where did you stolen the lamb from? It's not the Tartars, right?" Chen Ji shouted strangely.

"Besides the Tartars, who else raises sheep in this ghost place? Sneeze, mah, I'm so cold!" Li Guangqi threw down two lambs whose neck had been twisted and immediately squatted beside the fire to burn the fire.

He Zhi was more particular. He threw down the dead lamb, patted the snow on his body clean before squatting down to roast the fire, while reminding him harshly: "The snow will melt and you will be so cold that you will be so cold."

Li Guangqi hurriedly jumped up and patted the snowflakes on his body!

"You two really have a habit, but why don't you call me for such an exciting thing?" Chen Ji raised his thumbs up and complained.

Liu Xian's face tensed up and said in a deep voice: "I promise to listen to me. You two actually took the initiative to steal sheep. If the Tartars discovered it, not only will we be unable to save our lives, but we may even miss the great affairs of the Grand Marshal."

Li Guangqi froze on his face and said dryly: "Axian, we are seeing everyone starving, so we... we won't do it as an example. Anyway, we will steal it if we don't steal it anyway. There are only four lambs missing. I guess the Tartars won't notice it. Even if they find out, they will only think it was taken away by the wolf."

He Jue said embarrassedly: "Brother Xian, this is my idea. I don't blame Guangqi for him. If you want to punish me, just punish me!"

Liu Xian shook his head helplessly. Although he was a little prestigious among the crowd, he was not yet at the point of banning orders. After all, everyone is just classmates who have just graduated and embarked on the battlefield, and no one is above anyone.

"Well, let's forget it this time, but I'm ugly. If there is another time, I will deal with it according to military law." Liu Xian said at the end, his tone showed a sharp voice.

Everyone felt a little anxious and quickly agreed!

It has to be said that although Li Guangqi and He Zong steal sheep were reckless, they undoubtedly helped a lot. At least temporarily solved the problem of everyone's food. They cut a lamb, shaved the hair and roasted it. The hungry people finally had a delicious meal, filled their stomachs, warmed their bodies, and had the strength.

The next day, as soon as the sky was lit, Chen Ji and Sun Jizong sneaked out of the cave, came to the place where the horses hid, and rode on their horses, and quickly returned along the same route.

On the ninth day of the second month, it was sunny, and a crescent moon hung diagonally in the sky to the west. Liu Xian and six others were resting in the cave. Suddenly, they heard the sound of messy footsteps and the barking of dogs outside.

Everyone woke up in an instant, immediately extinguished the bonfire, then quietly crawled out of the cave and saw it, and couldn't help but scream in secret.

I saw the shadows of people under the firelight in the distance, the barking of people and dogs, and the sound of war horses were clearly audible, and it was broken, because there was the place where they hid their mounts, and it was obvious that their mounts had been discovered.

At this time, the dog barking became even more urgent, and the flames were clearly approaching the cave. Liu Xian waved his hand silently, and the six people immediately looked for cover according to the state of fighting, then raised the flintlock rifle and pulled the hammer up!

It was cold and cold this day. If they lost their mounts again, they would definitely not be able to escape, so they had to grab the mounts back!
Chapter completed!