Xixia dead book

Chapter 170 The KGB and the CIA (7)
"Tang Feng, have you ever thought that if we can reach Qianhu Town tonight, wouldn't it be too fast? You know, the scientific expedition team also had trucks back then. Although the speed was not as fast as our off-road vehicles, but according to the meter According to Sha's records, they walked this distance for four or five days!" Han Jiang found that the terrain here was getting higher and higher.

Han Jiang's reminder calmed down Tang Feng's mind, "Yes! At our current speed, maybe..."

"Maybe what?"

"Maybe there are difficulties that we haven't seen!"

As soon as Tang Feng finished speaking, he felt that the whole car flew up, and then landed heavily on the ground. Tang Feng felt that his internal organs had been turned over.

"Damn, what's going on?" Han Jiang cursed and had to slow down.

Tang Feng found that they had crossed a slope just now, and the car was now driving down. What shocked Tang Feng even more was that right in front of the car, he saw the real desert, the endless yellow sand dunes, and the speed of the car was getting slower and slower. Tang Feng murmured: "I now know why the scientific expedition team walked for several days."

"Because there are moving sand dunes in front!" Han Jiang also understood.

"Well, it may be difficult for ordinary off-road vehicles to cross these continuous shifting sand dunes, let alone the trucks of the scientific expedition team back then."

"Then what should we do? Are we going to ride a camel? I'm most afraid of riding a camel!" Liang Yuan panicked.

"Are you dreaming, where are we going to get camels now?" Tang Feng said.

"It would be even better if there are tanks now, at least they are tracked vehicles!" Han Jiang shouted.

"Your dream is farther away. Don't talk about tanks, you don't even have tractors!" Tang Feng said again, "However, fortunately, my buddy's car has been modified, and the tires are wider than ordinary off-road vehicles. It is suitable for walking on sand. Because of this, I borrowed this fierce donkey."

Han Jiang smiled, "Don't tell me, I drove down this road just now, and I can see that your buddy's car looks broken, but it drives well."

"That's it! You finally figured it out." Tang Feng was quite proud.

"It's just...it's a pity, I can never go back."

"I don't like to hear your words. Why do you keep saying that this fierce donkey can't go back? It can't go back, can we go back? Say something auspicious!" Tang Feng shouted dissatisfied.

"I know I want to say something auspicious, but do you think our trip will be auspicious?" Han Jiang stopped the car as he said.

"Why did you stop the car?" Tang Feng asked puzzled.

"Don't you think we've come to Langwa?" Han Jiang looked around nervously.

Only then did Tang Feng realize that they seemed to have come to a depression, and Tang Feng and Liang Yuan also became nervous, "Why did we drive into the wolf depression?" Tang Feng took out the binoculars he was carrying and stared at the depression around.

"We... we won't be surrounded by wolves, right?" Liang Yuan's words were full of fear.

Han Jiang didn't understand why he was driving, so he drove the car into this huge depression. Now their car is in the middle of the entire depression.

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Han Jiang pulled out his dagger and jumped out of the car, surrounded by tall sand dunes, only the southeast side where they came over just now was like a hard rock.

It was so quiet here that one could hear one's own heartbeat. Tang Feng and Liang Yuan also stepped out of the car. The three carefully looked around, "I drove in following that rut just now." Han Jiang whispered.

"But that rut is gone now!" Tang Feng walked to the back of the car, and he found that there was only a clear rut left behind the car, which was left by their fierce donkey.

"Yeah, why did that rut suddenly disappear?" Han Jiang was suspicious, and walked forward. After they walked thirty steps, another rut appeared on the ground, but... just this rut ​​is a bit strange .

"This rut ​​is not from the car just now!" Han Jiang judged decisively.

"How...how is this possible?" Tang Feng couldn't believe it.

"I'm sure that the new rut in front of us belongs to another car!" Han Jiang said with certainty.

"It's terrible, is there still a group of people?" Liang Yuan asked in surprise.

Tang Feng also saw the clue at this time, the new ruts in front of them were indeed different from the ones that had been with them all the time, but where did the new ruts come from?Tang Feng followed the ruts in front of him and looked towards the sand dunes to the south. The ruts stretched all the way to the sand dunes in the south...Suddenly, when the midday sun made Tang Feng unable to open his eyes, Tang Feng found There is a wolf standing on the sand dunes to the south. It is a thin wolf. Tang Feng has seen wolves in Animaqing Snow Mountain and different kinds of wolves, but he has never seen wolves in the desert. Because of the lack of food, he appeared malnourished, or he was exhausted by the scorching sun in the desert. However, Tang Feng still felt the chill under the scorching sun at noon. Several wolves appeared, two, three, four, five, six...

Tang Feng's neck could still turn normally. When he looked around the sand dunes, he found that wolves had appeared on the east, north, and west sides of the sand dunes, and they were surrounded by hungry wolves.

Han Jiang and Liang Yuan also found the pack of wolves. Tang Feng protected Liang Yuan, and the three of them began to retreat slowly to the car. Tang Feng was extremely careful every step of the way back, for fear of disturbing the pack of wolves. This pack of wild wolves Come to them together.

"This is really a wolf valley. There is no food in the desert, and there are such a pack of wolves!" Han Jiang murmured softly.

"Didn't we bring food to them?" Tang Feng pretended to be calm.

Five minutes later, the three of them finally retreated to the side of the car. The wolf did not attack them, but Han Jiang still held the dagger firmly in his hand, while Tang Feng used his body to protect Liang Yuan. Dazzling... At this critical moment, a strange sound came from above the dune, like a whistle, but it was not. After the sound, the wolves that had surrounded the dune disappeared in an instant .

Tang Feng looked around, and all the wolves were gone. At this moment, Han Jiang suddenly realized, and shouted: "There must be someone up there, get in the car, and chase!"

The three jumped into the car, and Han Jiang drove towards the sand dunes in the south, but the car slipped on the soft sand dunes. Seeing that the rear wheels were about to sink into the sand dunes, Han Jiang shouted at Tang Feng: "Go down and push !"

Tang Feng and Liang Yuan exhausted their strength and finally pushed the car out of the soft sand dunes, but when they rushed up the sand dunes to the south, they didn't see anyone, only the pack of wolves, which had already gathered together.

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The group of thin wolves was 30 meters away from Tang Feng and the others, watching them motionless. The sun on the desert was getting hotter and hotter. Tang Feng was a little at a loss. He asked Han Jiang, "What should we do?"

"Strange! The sound just now was definitely not made by a wolf!" Han Jiang said with certainty.

"Do you suspect that someone is controlling this group of wolves?" Tang Feng suddenly thought of the legend that someone had domesticated wolves, but he still couldn't believe that someone could control such a group of hungry wolves.

"Rush over and have a look!" Han Jiang couldn't believe it either.

Han Jiang accelerated sharply and rushed straight towards the pack of wolves 30 meters away. However, Tang Feng and Han Jiang were surprised to find that at the same time as they accelerated, the pack of wolves also accelerated to retreat to the south. The wolves all kept the same speed, and even the pace was highly consistent. When Han Jiang's speed slowed down, the wolves also slowly stopped and stood in front of the car, still maintaining a distance of about 30 meters.

After doing this three times, the wolves kept a distance of 30 meters from Tang Feng and the others, neither dispersed nor rushed towards Tang Feng and the others. Tang Feng was puzzled, "What do these wolves want to do?"

"They are well-trained fighters." Han Jiang suddenly said this without thinking.

"What do you mean?" Tang Feng didn't understand what Han Jiang meant.

"When the enemy rushed towards them, they remained calm and did not flee in all directions, but retreated in formation. Aren't these well-trained fighters?"

"But why didn't they attack us?" Tang Feng was puzzled.

Just as Han Jiang was about to say something, suddenly, the car body tilted slightly. Immediately afterwards, everyone felt the car body leaning to one side. Tang Feng and Liang Yuan looked at Han Jiang in panic. Calculated."

Tang Feng saw that the wolves were still watching them from 30 meters away, and their car stopped tilting soon. Tang Feng understood that the tire must have burst.

The three were trapped in the car, unable to move forward, and did not dare to go out to change the tire.After a stalemate like this for more than ten minutes, Han Jiang reached the limit of his endurance in the sweltering car. He pulled out his dagger and jumped out of the car, but as soon as his feet hit the ground, the wolves that had been gathering together quickly dispersed. , pulled into an arc, and slowly surrounded Han Jiang and Che.

Sitting in the car, Tang Feng was sweating for Han Jiang. He saw Han Jiang holding a dagger and taking a few steps forward facing the wolves. Tang Feng thought that Han Jiang was ready to fight hand-to-hand with wild wolves. Unexpectedly, after Han Jiang gestured at the wolves twice with a dagger, he ran back into the car in a flash. The two hungry wolves rushed towards the car following Han Jiang at an incredible speed. When Han Jiang closed the door At that moment, two hungry wolves lay on the car window, howling terribly.

Tang Feng shuddered all over. He touched his whole body in panic. He didn't even have a weapon for self-defense. He couldn't help shouting, "Unexpectedly, when you, Han Jiang, were also cowardly, I thought you were going to fight with wild wolves just now!"

"I'm out of my mind! Fighting with so many hungry wolves by myself, I'm also a human, do you understand? Boy, since I'm a human, I have the right to be honest and fair when I admit it!" Han Jiang finished yelling , the foam fire extinguisher pouted after rushing into the car, "I'm going to do it right away, I don't care about you, you just rely on that fire extinguisher for self-defense."

"Damn, did you know you would run into a wolf?" Tang Feng shouted at Han Jiang.

"Fart! If I could pinch and count, I wouldn't be trapped in the car now."

Tang Feng was helpless, he found that Liang Yuan had already hugged the fire extinguisher in her arms from the back of the car, "You can just hold it like this, but do you know how to use this thing?"

Liang Yuan shook her head helplessly at Tang Feng, but Liang Yuan then said: "I don't know how to use it, but I can use this to beat wolves."

"Hmph, you still beat wolves?" Tang Feng looked disdainful.

"Why not..."

Liang Yuan wanted to say something else, but Han Jiang waved his hand to signal them to shut up. At this time, they vaguely heard that strange sound again, and the three of them listened quietly. The sound seemed far away, but they were surrounded by the car The hungry wolves around, after hearing this sound, quickly retreated and returned to the place 30 meters away from the car. After the assembly was completed, there was another strange sound from the depths of the desert. Immediately afterwards, Tang Feng was shocked. A surprising scene appeared, as the wolves quickly retreated southward in an organized manner, and soon disappeared on the horizon.

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Tang Feng, who was still in shock, calmed down a little after the wolves disappeared on the horizon, "What's going on? Why did the wolves withdraw?"

"Didn't you hear that sound coming from the depths of the desert just now?" Han Jiang still held the dagger tightly.

"I heard it, it sounded twice in total, like an order, the first time the wolves retreated, and the second time was an order to retreat." Tang Feng deduced.

"The sound from what can travel so far? And make the wolves completely obey him?" Han Jiang asked in a murmur.

Tang Feng also fell into deep thought, but Liang Yuan said, "But we didn't see anyone around?"

Liang Yuan's words awakened Tang Feng and Han Jiang. Han Jiang opened the car door, jumped out of the car, and looked around. At this moment, the sunlight was not as strong as before. Apart from the rolling yellow sand, where are the figures in the desert?
Tang Feng and Liang Yuan also jumped out of the car. Only then did the three of them realize that the right front wheel had been pierced by a worn-out barbed iron plate. Immediately afterwards, Tang Feng found that in the sand in front of the right front wheel, another Several such barbed iron plates, Tang Feng picked up one of the barbed iron plates and observed carefully, although the iron plates were not completely corroded, it can be seen that these barbed iron plates are old, "This is obviously not a new one. .”

"Oh! Is it still ancient?" Liang Yuan asked in amazement.

"This is very similar to the horse nails buried for the opponent's cavalry in ancient times to interfere with the cavalry's attack." Tang Feng judged.

"But how did this thing appear here?" Han Jiang asked.

"How would I know? Maybe it was left in ancient times, or maybe it was buried by the people who controlled the wolves. The purpose was to puncture our tires and trap us in the wolf valley." Tang Feng said.

"But these two points don't make sense. If it was left over from ancient times, this is not a military route. Who would bury horse nails here? Besides, if someone deliberately harmed us, why use these old things? Now that there are better things, why not just plant a landmine and blow us all to the sky!" Han Jiang was puzzled.

Tang Feng pondered for a while, and said: "I don't think these horse nails have rusted, but this is because of the drought and little rain in the desert. In fact, these horse nails may be very old."

"How far away?" Han Jiang asked.

"I think it is probably something from the Xixia or Yuan Dynasty. There was no war in this area between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. Although there were bandits here during the Republic of China, the style of the horse nails does not look like something from the Republic of China. So it is most likely something from Xixia or Yuan Dynasty, and the largest battle that happened here in history may be Genghis Khan’s battle to destroy Xixia.”

"The Great Lama seems to have mentioned it." Han Jiang said.

"Yes, Genghis Khan attacked Xixia six times, and the Mongols swept across Europe and Asia, but no country like Xixia allowed Genghis Khan to conquer Xixia six times. In the end, Genghis Khan died when he fell off his horse and was injured in Xixia when he attacked Xixia for the last time. The route that Genghis Khan used to attack Xixia several times was to cross the vast sandy sea and Gobi from the Mongolian plateau, go around to the back of Xixia, and sneak attack Xixia."

"So you suspect that the party members used these horse nails to stop Genghis Khan's cavalry here?" Han Jiang asked back.

Tang Feng nodded, "I saw it just now. Going forward, there are many such horse nails in the sand. To be able to use so many horse nails on a large scale must be a large-scale war, and it will never be a small stock. The bandits did it, and the only large-scale war that happened here in history was the Mongolian attack on Xixia.”

Han Jiang walked forward for a while, and sure enough, horse nails were faintly visible in the sand in front of him, "Tang Feng, have you noticed that these horse nails seem to be distributed regularly."

"Yes, I guess it wasn't as dry as it is now. There should be a Xixia military stronghold nearby, which is the name of the place near Langwa on the ancient map, but we couldn't find it. Langwa was a water source at that time. When the Mongols crossed the sea of ​​sand and fought over, the party members buried these horse nails around the water source, and perhaps poisoned the water." Tang Feng speculated further.

"However, it seems that the efforts of the party members here have not been rewarded as they should be. These things have not been able to stop the attack of Genghis Khan's cavalry." Han Jiang said.

"Well, it's like this. If these horse nails come in handy, it won't be like this now. There should be corpses of people and horses, as well as weapons and armor. In addition, the horse nails won't be the same as they are now. Such a regular distribution." Tang Feng said.

"Then Genghis Khan's army didn't leave here?" Liang Yuan asked curiously.

"I don't know about that. However, there is another phenomenon. You must know that there were relatively few ironware in Xixia at that time, so so many horse nails were considered an important war preparation material at that time. It is reasonable to ignore Mongolia People have never left here, and after the war, the party members should take back these horse nails for future use, but they didn't take them back, what does that mean?" Tang Feng asked Han Jiang.

"It means that all the Xixia troops stationed here either died in battle, or left here and never came back." Han Jiang replied.

"Well, I thought so too, the disappearing Xixia army never came back!" Tang Feng sighed.

(End of this chapter)