The endless grassland, infinitely stretched under the sky, although it is the early winter season, the grass has withered yellow, but it does not affect the vast and magnificent grassland at all. And at this time, there have been a few snowfalls on the grassland, and patches of thin white snow are dotted on the vast grassland, like a huge and soft wool carpet, which looks even more crystal white in the rising sun.

Only occasionally there would be one or two lonely bare trees standing in the cold wind, and from time to time a few withered yellow leaves would be rolled up, and if it were not for the faintly visible mountain shadow at the end of the sight, it would be impossible to imagine where this vast grassland would stretch. Only a few flying eagles flew by in the sky from time to time, making a sharp eagle cry, which broke the tranquility of the grassland.

"It's not easy to finally see the mountain, I thought this meadow would lead all the way to the end of the sky."

"Hehe, this is on the ground, how can it lead to the sky, and besides, we have walked more than 2,000 miles at most, which is nothing at all?"

"Did you only walk more than 2,000 miles? I thought it would be three or four thousand miles away, to say the least. ”

Gao Yuan said with a smile: "Since the departure from Yanmen Pass, it has been a total of fifty-two days to today, and with our travel speed, we have traveled about fifty or sixty miles every day, but excluding the number of days delayed, it is almost more than two thousand miles?" You think that you have walked for a long time because the grassland is too vast, and there are no people and road signs, so you will be wrong because you have not had a score in your heart about how many miles you have walked. ”

At this time, Feng Hao rode his horse on the side and said with a smile: "Wu Anjun, Ah Yao, it won't be too long, as long as you enter the big mountain in front, you will reach the boundary of the Bai Ling clan, it is estimated that if you are a qiē shun lì, there are still four or five days away, and you can enter the station of the Bai Ling clan." ”

Although the Bailing tribe is not a nomadic people, but hidden in this grassland, there is not much production, but also to raise some cattle and sheep to survive, so they have their own exclusive grazing territory, in addition to the periphery of their main station, to establish a buffer area, set up some strongholds, to protect their settlements, although will not gather a large number of people to settle, but will not allow foreigners to enter at will, this is also the grassland tribe, by which it is a common way of large tribes.

Yun Jing also said: "This road is quite smooth, it is not yet December, so the time is definitely in time, we want to send someone back to the clan first, and report to the Great Wisher, so that the Great Wisher can be prepared." ”

Gao Yuan also nodded and said, "This matter will be arranged by the two of you." ”

After defeating the Xiongnu army outside Yanmen Pass, Gao Yuan led the team out of Yanmen Pass all the way to the north, and after passing through the Yinshan Mountain, he dismantled and walked to the northwest.

Although the road was sparsely populated, the group was large and well prepared, not only did everyone have horses and donkeys to lead the way, but also carried a lot of food and drinking water, and the route was close to the water source, so it was not too difficult to get there.

Moreover, this group of people and horses are fully armed, and they are accompanied by more than 100 fierce beasts, so even the most terrible wolves on the grassland do not dare to attack them lightly, as for the lone beasts, they are not black bears or tigers, but they have become the objects of their hunting, and the staple food of open-air barbecues is held at night. Needless to say, the average small tribe, after seeing them, couldn't hide.

Although I met an eyeless horse thief on the way, I actually took advantage of the dark night to raid the camp on the plateau, and wanted to take advantage of the chaos to make a big profit, the military discipline of the Zhidai army was strict, not only the camp was tightly guarded, but also left enough night vigil soldiers every night, and many accompanying beasts were out of the night, even if they were asleep, they were also very alert, so the horse thieves did not wait to get close to the camp, they were discovered by the soldiers who were on the night watch, and as a result, they attacked the horse thieves head-on, killing the horse thieves with heavy casualties, More than 140 people were killed on the spot, and more than 30 others were caught.

Although the number of casualties is not large, it is a devastating blow to the horse thieves, because the scale of the horse thieves on the grassland is not large, and the large shares are generally only between two or three hundred, and the small ones are only more than a hundred. If it weren't for the fact that the plateau was now flawless to pursue them, this group of horse thieves would have been wiped out.

However, the captured horse thieves were not very lucky, because it was impossible for the plateau to march with the captives, so he ordered that all the captured horse thieves be killed early the next morning, buried on the spot, and then continued to set off. Of course, every horse thief has at least ten or more lives on his hands, and even killing them is not a grievance.

The only thing that could pose a threat to their group was the fickle climate on the grassland, because it was early winter, and on the way, the team encountered two snowstorms, although the team was very well prepared, tents, braziers and other equipment were very complete, but these two snowstorms still caused the loss of more than 30 livestock and more than a dozen soldiers. Of course, in this era, this is also a long-distance march, because it is an inevitable loss of a long-distance march in the wilderness, and sometimes, a long-distance march in the field with a distance of more than 1,000 miles, the loss of two or three percent of the number of people is a normal number. Therefore, the loss of this line of plateau is really nothing.

Because there is no accurate map, a total of more than 50 days, the plateau can not count how much distance walked, it is estimated that it should be about 1,500 kilometers, but this is all the way to the northwest, the plateau is estimated to be in the northwest border area of the Republic of Mongolia in the future, of course, it may also cross Mongolia, into the territory of the Siberian region of Russia, but the northwest border of Mongolia and Russia is a series of mountain ranges, but after their trip crossed the Yin Mountain, they did not encounter a larger mountain system, Therefore, it may still be in Mongolia, or at the junction of Mongolia and Russia, and the mountain range in front of you does not know whether it is the Altai Mountains or the Tangnu Mountains.

After walking for more than 30 days, they finally saw the mountains again, and the whole army couldn't help but be refreshed, and their strength was greatly improved, and they rode forward in the direction of the mountains and mountains.

However, although the mountain range is in front of you, it seems that it can not reach the same, and after walking for a whole day, until the sun goes down, the mountain range seems to have not changed at all, and it is still so far away, so many soldiers are a little discouraged, but Gao Yuan smiled and said: "Look at the mountain and run a dead horse." That's not bad at all, let's get here today, everyone rest for the night, and then continue on the road tomorrow.

When the soldiers heard this, they all dismounted and prepared for camp. Because it is still on the march, it is impossible to station very neatly, and the camp is completely prepared, but the grassland is dangerous, the terrain is empty, horse thieves, wolves, are threats, so the camp must have a certain defensive force, but the plateau has long been prepared for this, this time with more than 200 various carriages, when the camp is stationed at night, the carriages are connected together, as the outer wall of the camp, it is also very strong, and then a group of vigil and patrol soldiers are stationed, and the safety of the camp can be basically guaranteed.

The few dangers encountered on the way did not cause any damage because of the protection of the camp, and these vehicles also played a lot of role when dodging the blizzard.

After walking for more than 50 days, the soldiers were very proficient in using horse-drawn carriages to station the camp, and the 200 carriages, with 50 carriages on one side, set aside three exits on each side, soon surrounded by a small square-shaped camp with a side length of about 60 zhang, covering an area of about 12,000 square meters, about the size of two standard football fields, accommodating more than 3,000 people and more than 7,000 horses and donkeys, which was completely sufficient.

After the camp was encircled, some soldiers opened tents, some went to the vicinity to look for water sources, some dug the ground for furnaces, some looked for dry firewood, and some guarded and guarded. The people of the Bailing led the accompanying herd to a corner of the camp, let them rest on the spot, and feed them some meat. There were also soldiers who let go of the horses and let them graze near the camp. The army also brought some of the war horses' feed, but the quantity was not much, and the food of the war horses could not be guaranteed, so every time they camped, they had to put the war horses first, let them call some wild grass, deal with them half full first, and then collect the dragons back and feed them special feed.

The whole process only took more than half an hour, a small camp has been built, and in a vacant land in front of the camp, more than dozens of cauldrons have been erected, a fire is lit below, poured into the river water from a small river nearby, and began to boil water and rice, and there are more than a dozen fires on the support of the prey shot along the way, and after a while, it will be roasted to grease, and the fragrance is overflowing.

Gao Yuan and other people also sat around a fire, eating roasted meat, chatting, and in order to ward off the cold, they also prepared some wine, because at this time they were almost at the station of the Bai Ling clan, so Feng Hao and Yun Jing were in a good mood, plus everyone had been together for almost a year, they were more familiar with each other, and they were a little less restrained, Gao Yuan and Yun Yao interrogated Feng Hao and Yun Jing a lot of things about the Bai Ling clan along the road, Feng Hao and Yun Jing also tried their best to tell them, everyone sat around the fire, talking and laughing, and they were quite happy.

When the meal was over, the sky was completely dark, and the climate on the grassland had dropped by more than ten degrees, so everyone went back to their tents to rest and prepare for tomorrow's journey.

Gao Cheng inspected the camp as usual, and when he saw that the guards of the camp were still there, he relieved himself and instructed the soldiers who stayed on duty at night before returning to his tent to rest.

The tent had been lit with a brazier, and the tent was covered with a sheepskin, so although the inside of the tent was not as warm as spring, it was completely different from the outside of the tent. And Yun Yao had already changed into single clothes, and made up the bed, and when she saw Gao Yuan coming back, she said, "Husband, after a day's journey, rest early." ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Is it arranged over there for Huan'er?" ”

Yun Yao smiled: "Don't worry, I just went to see it, he has already slept, and the brazier is also lit, and everything is very good." ”

Gao Yuan said: "Thank you for your hard work." ”

Yun Yao said: "It's not hard, it's the husband who put down the affairs of the county and accompany me to the Bailing clan so far, I really should be grateful to the husband." ”

Gao Yuan smiled slightly and said, "What do we have to say thank you for between us, let's rest early, we have to hurry tomorrow." ”