The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 165 Chapter 150

In the morning of the next day, the caravan got up early from the kang, everyone ate something in a hurry, then calculated the shop money, everyone drank the animals, and then put on the carriage and went directly to the Great Wall pass. running.

This hotel is only seven or eight miles away from the pass of the Great Wall, and everyone can get there with a little effort.

Duan Wuji urged his horse to stand in front of the soldiers guarding the pass and said loudly: "Brothers, you're so sorry. Is the border still peaceful recently?"

The head of the soldier guarding the pass looked up.Ho!What a big caravan!The boss glanced at Duan Wuji and said with a smile: "Hey! Who am I to say? Isn't this the boss Duan?
Boss Duan, your caravan is getting more and more spectacular, it's really amazing! "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "What kind of boss am I? Ladies and gentlemen, you also know that this caravan belongs to Mr. Chai Shaochai, and we are just a small part of it.

How dare we call it the boss? "

The leader of the soldier guarding the pass laughed and said: "Then you are better than us. Those of us who have been trapped in this bitter cold place for many years can't eat or drink. It's not like you who have been running for many years. Eat delicious food and drink spicy food outside."

Duan Wuji smiled wryly after hearing this: "Brother, you don't know anything about our business.

It's dangerous what we do!Maybe we'll lose our heads at some point.

It's not like you don't know how many people who went to Turkic for business went out and never came back! "

The leader of the soldiers guarding the pass nodded with a smile.

"Well, that's what you said! There are indeed many caravans that never return.

Brothers, you should pay more attention!Who told our buddies to be destined! "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Brother, please check our goods. In the future, you will be able to do business well."

"Hey! Brother, there is no need to check? Isn't it just dozens of carts of goods? What is there to check?

Besides, this is Mr. Chai's goods, if we check too much, once Mr. Chai is unhappy, there will be no good fruit for us.

Who is Mr. Chai?That is Lord Liu Shoushi's future son-in-law.I think we'd better not provoke him.

Even the lord of the gatekeeper here is sneaking his beard, why should we touch this bad luck?
Boss Duan, when you come back, you just need to get us a cow. We will kill and eat the meat, and we will be grateful for it. "

Duan Wuji laughed out loud.

"This little thing is up to me. When we come back, I will definitely bring you back a fat and strong cow. I can still do this little thing. It's up to the Lord."

The leader of the guard waved at his soldiers and shouted loudly: "Get out of the way, let them pass."

Most of the soldiers guarding the border gate had received benefits from Duan Wuji, no one was unhappy when Duan Wuji and the others passed by this place.Everyone gave way to let them pass.

Duan Wuji bowed his hands to the soldiers guarding the border.

"Thank you, everyone. See you in a few days!

At that time, I will definitely bring you the gifts you want from that Turkic country. "

After speaking, Duan Wuji waved his hand behind him.

The caravan of the brigade rushed out from this pass immediately.

The caravan rushed out of the pass and immediately headed northeast.

The road was getting higher and higher, and the weather was getting colder and colder. When the caravan climbed up to the prairie this time and looked back, they saw the winding mountains in the south unfolding under their feet.

Everyone looked at it for a while before realizing how high the prairie was. Duan Wuji shouted loudly when he saw it: "Attention everyone, from now on we have officially left the country, everyone must pay attention to it. Especially the guards, you must always be ready for battle!

Alright, brother Tieniu, lead the caravan to the residents of Qingcaotan, brother Changqing, you have to remember something! "

The caravan immediately ran all the way to the northeast of Qingcaotan under the leadership of Tieniu and Duan Changqing.

Since most of the personnel have been here before, the road is relatively familiar, and the convoy moved forward slowly, and the road was relatively smooth.

I saw that on this vast prairie, there was a vast expanse of snow everywhere, and the withered grass that didn't grow too high was trembling in the cold wind.

The whole grassland presents a feeling of desolation and emptiness, the sky is full of white clouds, the sky is blue and blue, the panting of the horses and the white air from the breathing of the personnel are blown by the whistling north wind, as if the caravan is taking off. Like a puff of white smoke.

It was extremely cold. It can be said that the entire prairie was dripping into ice, and there was no vitality. Occasionally, one or two hares and pheasants came out of the grass, adding a glimmer of life to the prairie.

Duan Wuji saw it and shouted loudly: "Let's go quickly! It's so cold in this prairie, people will freeze to death at night, let's take it easy, there are still three hundred miles away from the residents of Qingcaotan , let’s try to get there as soon as possible.”

Facing the howling north wind, the caravan ran all the way to the northeast, and the white hair blown by the north wind slapped people's faces painfully.

All the staff knew that it would be impossible if they didn't drive fast today. The owner of the car whipped his whip and beat the horses desperately, and the caravan drove forward desperately.

At noon, this team had already traveled more than 100 miles, and now it was time for people to be exhausted.

Tie Niu ran over from the front.

"Brother, you see this man is exhausted, why don't we find a leeward mountain to rest for a while before we go."

Duan Wuji listened and nodded.

"Okay, this person can eat or not, but this horse should rest for a while to eat snow.

Tell all the staff, let's rest for a while and let the horses eat a few mouthfuls of snow first. "

The businessman walked forward for a few more miles, and the caravan finally stopped in front of the south slope of a small hill. The place was quite leeward. They unloaded the carriages and ate the grass while gnawing on the food they carried with them. dry food.

At this moment, there was a sudden shrill howl of wolves not far away, and everyone present was shocked when they heard it. Everyone knew that the wolf pack on this grassland was very large, and there were only twenty or thirty of them. , there are hundreds of them, such a large pack of wolves attacking together is quite terrifying, usually ten or twenty people will be surrounded and eaten by wolves.

Everyone was nervous when they saw it, and they stood up in horror, for fear of being suddenly attacked by the prairie wolves.

The horse also raised its head and let out a long neigh.

The guards accompanying the vehicle pulled out their swords at their waists one after another. Duan Wuji smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, everyone. Why are there so many wolves in broad daylight to be afraid of? With so many of us, why are we afraid of these wolves?" wolf?

Let's eat some dry food and rest for a while, so we can continue on our way. "

One of the guards shouted loudly: "Mr. Duan, your martial arts are very good, can you kill some wolves for us today?

Look at this cold day, the dry food is too frozen to chew.How good it would be to have a meal of roast wolf meat! "

Duan Wuji laughed and said, "It's not too difficult to hunt a wolf, but why don't you get firewood?"

The guard laughed and said, "Boss Duan, don't worry about getting firewood. When I was on my way just now, I found many dry branches at the foot of the hillside. It would be impossible to get them to roast some wolves." questionable."

"Really? Then hurry up and get it. Bring a few more people and get more firewood. Let's roast a few wolves today."

When Duan Wuji was told by the guard, he also aroused the desire to kill a few wolves.

Duan Wuji yelled at Tieniu: "Brother Tieniu, Brother Changqing, let's go, let's kill some wolves, this cold dry food is quite difficult to eat.

Brother Changhong, you are in charge of leading people to get firewood.

Brother Changhao, you lead people to protect the safety of the goods and horses. "

Tieniu and Duan Changqing immediately ran over after hearing this.

"Brother, how do you think we should kill this pack of wolves?"

"Do you need to ask? Let's shoot with bows and arrows! You all put down the big sticks. We will only use bows and arrows this time. This time we will kill more wolves than anyone else!"
Hey, the sword on this body should be carried with you. "

After finishing speaking, Duan Wuji drew his bow and set his arrows, and walked slowly towards the place where the wolf howled just now. Tie Niu and Duan Changsheng also drew their bows and set their arrows when they saw each other, and took a few steps to level Duan Wuji. I was walking towards the place where the wolf was howling just now with a fan face.

After walking out about tens of feet, I saw more than 20 wolves crawling on the ground with their teeth bared.

Duan Wuji shot an arrow at the biggest wolf, and the wolf stopped moving with just one arrow. Tie Niu and Duan Changqing also shot arrows after seeing each other, "crack, clap", two more wolves were hit by arrows.

The wolves got up and fled to the distance after being hit by this sudden attack. Duan Wuji drew his sword from behind and chased the wolves quickly. He drew his bow and ran after the wolves with his sword.

Duan Wuji caught up with the wolves with a sword, and immediately one of the wolves drank the sword and died. When the wolves saw the speed of the three, they were so frightened that they fled to the depths of the grass with their tails between their legs.

Unexpectedly, Duan Wuji's running speed was very fast, and he ran to the front of the wolves in a short time. Duan Wuji's sword light flashed, and another wolf fell to the ground and died.

The wolves ran away in fright, Duan Wuji saw and said loudly: "Two brothers, forget it, let's pick up the dead wolves on the ground and go back quickly, we won't be able to take too many dead wolves."

The two people stopped chasing after hearing this, and they picked up the dead wolf on the ground and started to walk back. When they got to the position where they had just started shooting the wolf, the three picked up their bows again.

The three dragged the dead wolf back into the crowd, and everyone gathered around to have a look, ho!I saw a total of more than a dozen dead wolves thrown on the ground, most of them were stabbed to death by swords, only three wolves had arrows on their bodies.

Three people walked over and pulled out the arrows from the wolf and put them into the quiver. Finally, other guards rushed over and quickly peeled off the wolf's skin, took out the internal organs and threw them on the ground. A fire was made to roast the wolf meat.

Duan Wuji ordered: "Throw these wolf skins into the car, and throw the eight dead wolves that have not been skinned into the car. Let's roast and eat them later when we have time."

Not long after, the smell of roast wolf meat wafted from the grassland.When people saw it, they gathered around.Everyone gathered around the fire and ate the roast wolf meat.

One of them said: "Well, this roasted wolf meat is quite delicious, but it has a slight salty taste."

Duan Changhong asked while eating roasted wolf meat: "Brother Changqing, how many wolves did you kill this time?"

Duan Changqing laughed and said: "This time I killed two wolves, hey, brother, why are you asking this?"

Duan Changhong laughed and said, "I just want to ask about your battle records, nothing else.

Brother Tieniu, how many wolves have you killed this time? "

Tie Niu laughed and said, "I don't remember exactly how many I killed, maybe it was four or five."

Duan Changhong laughed and said, "We killed fourteen wolves this time, so our brother killed seven or eight wolves by himself! What a skill!"

After everyone was full, Duan Wuji said to Duan Changhao: "Brother Changhao, wrap up the unfinished wolf meat. If anyone is hungry, you can take it out and eat some."

Duan Wuji stood up and said to everyone: "Brothers, let's eat this wolf meat too, and the rest time is not short, let's get on the horse and go on the road."

After hearing this, everyone started to act immediately. The caravans were put on, and the horses were mounted. The caravan immediately went straight to the northeast.

At this time, the sun was just westward, and the rumbling chariots and horses ran straight towards the green grass beach.

(End of this chapter)