The group of people rushed northward at lightning speed. Most of the relevant clues compiled earlier and others had seen it, and they knew that the places they were going to were extremely remote, and most of them were not within the territory of the Tang Dynasty. This time they were heading north, let alone within a thousand miles.
There is no place that anyone wants to go within two thousand miles.
Everyone set off at chenshi and entered Hedong Road at noon. Datou's ancestral home was Hedong Road and he was very familiar with this area, so he drove Miss Bai to fly forward to lead the way and led everyone all the way north from Guan Road.
What we saw along the way was that people were starving and devastated. Fortunately, the prefectures in various places had sent people to receive the relief rice grains allocated by the court. From time to time, we could see convoys full of rice grains and officers and soldiers guarding the grains as if they were facing a formidable enemy. The reason why they were like this
They faced a formidable enemy because behind each grain transport team were a large number of ragged hungry people, ranging from a few hundred to thousands. Once the looting got out of control, the few officers and soldiers guarding the grain would not be able to control the situation.
He has seen too many similar tragic scenes. Although he is not accustomed to it, he is cold-blooded and numb, but he is also helpless and helpless. He has tried his best and done everything he can. However, when the manpower is limited, he has to do his best.
Even if we try our best, we can't save everyone.
Before setting off, Batulu was in high spirits. He preferred to stay with Chen Liqiu and Li Zhongyong because they would never criticize him as harshly as Chen Liqiu and Li Zhongyong. In addition, in his opinion, everything he did was good.
It's very interesting. Traveling around is much more interesting than staying in Qingyang doing nothing.
However, Batulu soon discovered that things were not as he imagined. Everyone set off at any hour and headed north under the scorching sun. Not to mention stopping for a moment along the way, they didn't even urinate once.
He stopped and ran northward, with no sign of stopping to rest until sunset.
Batulu was bored and wanted to get close to Da Tou to talk to him. However, the golden eagle driven by Da Tou was quite hostile to the fire unicorn and flew away from the side before the fire unicorn could fly close. If the fire unicorn continued to approach, the golden eagle would
It will bark loudly and use its paws to demonstrate.
There were fifteen roads in the Tang Dynasty, and the entire territory resembled a bull's head. The Longyou Road in the northwest and the Hebei Road in the northeast were two horns. This time, everyone took the Hedong Road. After crossing the Hedong Road, they reached the border of the Xiongnu.
Although there are checkpoints and sentry posts on the border between the two countries, military discipline has been weakened and is ineffective. The reason for this is that the Tang Dynasty is currently experiencing constant civil strife, and the court has no time to recover the grasslands and lands that were occupied by the Xiongnu. The same is true for the Xiongnu.
, divided by internal strife in the past few years, the huge Huns have now been divided into dozens of tribes, large and small, and no longer pose any threat to the Tang Dynasty.
Batulu's ancestral home is Mobei. He was very excited after entering the grassland. He ran back when several of his brothers were separated.
Mobei, later he was worried about waiting for others, so he walked from Mobei to the Middle Earth alone. He had been gone for several months back then, but now he flew back in less than half a day.
If it were a hypocritical person, he would inevitably feel sad and emotional when he touches the scene, but Batulu is simple-minded and can't even feel sad. He just feels that he has come to his own territory. When the second watch comes, everyone stops to rest. Batulu
Lu immediately looked for firewood to make a fire, and then went around digging for groundhogs, greeting the others like a host.
The groundhog roasted by Batulu was bigger than a rabbit, and it also smelled like meat after being roasted. However, he thought it was a mouse, so he refused to eat it. Yang Kai and Yu Yi didn't eat it either. Only Datou and Shi Xuanming didn't care.
Grabbing a big roasted black mouse and having a drink with Batulu.
Everyone brought a lot of drinks when they came out this time. This was the result of Datou and Shi Xuanming's secret manipulation. Earlier, while waiting for Yang Kai to come back, the two of them secretly went to the Yanbin Building and bought more than a dozen jars of liquor.
They are all carried by the fire unicorn.
"Hey, little dwarf, where are we going?" Batulu asked, "Why have we been traveling all day?"
"We have to go north, to a place where there are no people." Datou said casually.
"You've been running for six or seven hours at a stretch, aren't you tired?" Batulu asked.
Datou smiled and said, "Haha, uncle, do you think we are pampered civil servants? We are generals who fight in wars. We often do similar things."
"How far do we have to go?" Batulu asked.
Datou didn't look at the sketch carefully last night, so he pursed his lips when Batulu asked.
Batulu then turned his head to look. At this time, he was concentrating on sensing the location of other spiritual talismans. He didn't realize that Batulu was looking at him. When Yang Kai saw this, he said, "The nearest one is still a thousand miles away from here."
remote."
Batulu frowned when he heard the sound, "Ah? It's so far, so we'll have to run for most of the day tomorrow."
Datou said, "Uncle, what are you thinking about? We have to leave after a while. Do you still want to sleep here?"
Batulu was afraid that everyone would dislike him, so he waved his hands hurriedly and said, "No, no, I'm not tired, I can leave anytime."
After coming back to his senses, he said, "We are going to many places this time. Time is tight. On the way
Don’t dare to delay too much.”
"Lao Wu, how many places should we go in total?" Batulu asked.
"Ninety-six places," he said casually, "there are eighteen places located in the Great Northern Wilderness. There are a total of eighty-seven places recorded in the Great Wilderness in the Great Wilderness. It would be 23,000 miles to visit them one by one."
Seeing Batulu's astonishment, he said again, "The eighteen places we are going to next were selected by me from the eighty-seven clues in the Northern Wilderness. The twenty-three thousand miles mentioned in the Strange News are one by one.
The distance covered is not a straight line distance, we only visited eighteen of them, so we don’t have to walk that far.”
Batulu didn't know what the strange news he was talking about was, and he was confused and couldn't understand the complicated expressions. However, he did listen to the words 'you don't have to go that far', "That's good,
That's good."
Everyone rested for an hour, fed their mounts, and then set off overnight. When they arrived in Mobei, Batulu led the way. In fact, he didn't know the road, but he knew what kind of grass had few rat holes under it, and he had been trapped by rat holes before.
The experience of breaking a horse's leg has taught him wisdom. He doesn't want the sweaty horse ridden by Yang Kai and others to make the same mistake as the black master. You must know that the sweaty horse does not have the powerful self-healing ability of the black master.
If a horse's leg is broken by a rat hole, it will definitely delay the trip.
Although there are few people in Mobei, you will occasionally encounter some herdsmen on the way. These herdsmen do not act alone, but bring their families and travel in groups, ranging from a dozen people to hundreds of people. Don’t think that
Nomadic herding must be better than farming. Nomadic herding also depends on the weather. Little rain in summer or wind and snow in winter will often cause disaster to livestock. The lives of these herdsmen seen along the way are also not easy. There are not many cattle and sheep grazing.
Long and thin.
Batulu's Fire Kirin can not only fly from the sky, but can also run on the ground. However, its running speed is not as fast as the Black Master and the Bloody Horse, and it also carries a lot of things, so it still flies in the air after setting off.
Batulu was so excited to see his tribesmen that he shouted hello to them from afar. However, the herdsmen in the distance were wary of outsiders, so they drew their swords and bows and shouted to drive them away before they could approach.
Being driven away by his tribe, Batulu didn't take it seriously, "Haha, they must have regarded me as a god when they saw me flying in the clouds."
"You can pull me down, they might think you are a monster." Datou joked.
"Don't tell me, there are real monsters in Mobei," Batulu suddenly thought of it and shouted to the people below, "Hey, Lao Wu, aren't you a Taoist priest? You finally came here and took care of me.
Have you caught the monster in Mobei?"
It's true that he is a Taoist priest, but he came out to do business this time, and he is from Tang Dynasty. He can't cry in his own grave. He has no time to go to other people's houses to catch ghosts and subjugate demons. However, it is not convenient for him to refuse directly, so he
He casually said, "Okay, we are heading to the monster's lair now."
At noon, everyone on our side rested again, this time for a longer rest, and slept until sunset before setting off.
This time I set out, I no longer encountered any herdsmen along the way, and the endless grasslands were gradually replaced by mountains and mountains.
At the second watch, a tall mountain peak appeared in the north. Most of the trees on the mountain were pines and cypresses, and there were also many hazel trees and ash trees used to make arrow shafts.
The ripening season of hazelnuts is in July every year. At this time, the ripe hazelnuts have fallen under the trees. Hazelnuts are a very delicious dry fruit that can be stored for a long time. Everyone picked up some while they were resting.
"This place must be inaccessible," Yu Yi said, "otherwise these fruits would have been picked up long ago."
He nodded and answered, "There are pines and cypresses, hazel trees, and eucalyptus trees that are rare elsewhere. This is very consistent with the Panhou Mountain recorded in the Great Wilderness Identity Record."
As soon as he finished speaking, Datou raised his hand and pointed to the west, "My lord, look, what kind of things are there in the distance?"
Before answering, Batulu said, "Yak, wild yak."
"The presence of yaks proves that this is indeed Panhou Mountain," he said, raising his hand and pointing north. "Climb over this mountain and continue 230 miles north. There should be a small hill without vegetation, named Xiaoxian.
Mountain, that’s our first stop.”
"Xiao Xianshan? Why does it sound so familiar?" Datou scratched his head.
"Further north of Xiaoxian Mountain is Daxian Mountain," he said. "These two mountains have similar names to Buxian Mountain in the northeast, and they are not related to each other."
"Oh," Datou nodded and said, "Two hundred miles is not a far distance. How about I go over and take a look first."
"I'll go with you." Batulu also stood up.
"The situation is unclear, so don't act rashly," Hearing this, he frowned and waved his hands, "According to the records of strange news, Xiaoxian Mountain has snow in the summer and rain in the winter. It is a place where yin and yang reverse. This kind of place not only breeds spiritual creatures, but also allows aliens to gather energy.
A perfect place for spiritual practice.”
"You mean there might be something hidden in that place?" Datou asked.