Jiang Shuo landed on the serow that Li Zhu'er was riding before. Although the weight increased, he didn't use any force. The serow was free of shackles and indeed ran much faster than when it was carrying Li Zhu'er.
Li Zhuer rode on another serow and immediately grabbed its back mane. The serow had carried Jiang Shuo on its back before and ran wildly to catch up. It was already a little weak, and now its back mane was even more painful when Li Zhuer grabbed it. Unable to run at full speed, I couldn't help but moan in dissatisfaction.
Jiang Shuo said to Li Zhuer, "Sister Zhuer, don't pull its mane, just hug it."
Li Zhuer imitated Jiang Shuo and let go of his mane, hugging the serow's neck. Once the serow was freed, it immediately screamed for joy and sped up to catch up. Jiang Shuo pointed upwards with his hand and said, "Let's compete, let's see who can win." Let’s get to the top of the mountain first.”
Serows love to chase. Seeing how much fun these two serows had chasing each other, they even mooed and asked Jiang Shuo and Li Zhuer to get on their backs. For a time, the two of them became popular. After staying on the back of each serow for a moment, another serow would use its horns on its head to let them move.
The constant replacement of gazelles in this way is naturally much faster than riding a single serow. These serows are really amazing. At this moment, the cliff is almost vertical. They are zigzag jumping back and forth on the rocks that can only stand on. Even if they are the best in the world Even a master of Qinggong would be hard-pressed to match him.
As they reached the top of the mountain, the vegetation became sparser, and the snow gradually appeared. The snow became thicker and thicker. The two of them went up as if from spring to summer, and from autumn to winter. When they reached the top of the mountain, they felt that the air was thin and cold. , looking back at the foot of the mountain shrouded in white mist, this group of serows actually climbed up the 10,000-meter-high mountain in only half a day!
Jiang Shuo said: "Sergeant Divine Horse, climbing mountains like this is indeed much faster than riding a horse!"
After climbing over the peak, the climate changes from winter to summer again. The mountains are like a barrier blocking the heat of the Tulum Moraine. Although the grass and trees on the plateau are lush and a summer scene, it is much cooler. The road ahead is getting smoother and smoother. The meadow stretches to the horizon. The serows live on the mountains and are unwilling to move forward. Jiang Shuo and Li Zhuer bid farewell to the serows and use Qinggong to fly forward. Their speed is no less than that of a galloping horse.
However, he felt tired after not running very far. Jiang Shuo knew that this was because the terrain in Tubo was much higher than the Anxi Moraine and the air was thin. With his and Li Zhuer's internal strength, they could run hundreds of miles a day on the plain. It's no problem, but it will be greatly compromised on the plateau. It seems that we still need to find a mount that can adapt to the plateau environment.
While thinking about it, Li Zhuer pointed forward and said, "Look back, let's see what you are capable of."
Jiang Shuo took a closer look and couldn't help but laugh. It turned out to be a group of about twenty or thirty wild horses gathering at a small lake to drink water. Li Zhuer already knew Jiang Shuo's ability in animal language, so she no longer used brute force and instead let Jiang Shuo went to "communicate" with the other party.
This group of wild horses looked much shorter and stockier than ordinary horses. Jiang Shuo had also seen the mounts of the Tubo knights, which seemed not to be so short. He wondered how strong these horses were. He said hello to the group of wild horses in horse language. Unexpectedly, The horses didn't respond, but turned to look at them curiously.
Jiang Shuo was surprised. He was the most familiar with horses. He had dealt with not only horses from the Central Plains, but also good horses from all over the Western Regions. He had never ignored him, so he couldn't help but look at Li Zhuer in confusion.
Li Zhuer couldn't help but laugh and said: "Looking back, you can see clearly, what is this?"
At this moment, the two of them were approaching. When Jiang Shuo took a closer look, he started to laugh, but he saw that the fur on the backs of these "wild horses" were reddish-brown, with short black manes on their spines, but their bellies and four legs were white. Looking at their heads, It is short and wide, but its ears are long and pointed. It turns out that it is a donkey, not a horse.
He changed it to the sound of a donkey, and the wild donkeys responded, making a lively noise for a while.
Jiang Shuo suddenly remembered that he seemed to have seen this wild donkey before. By the way, the Nestorian Dharma King Yis was riding a wild donkey back then, but it was a brown-backed Tocharian wild donkey, but it looked quite similar in appearance. for similarity.
Back then, the wild donkeys of Yisi were very competitive. Jiang Shuo followed suit and challenged a wild donkey. As expected, the wild donkey was quite disdainful of the two-legged beast. Compared with Jiang Shuo's leg strength, he lost easily. You have to carry the other person to the top of the opposite hill.
In a comparison, the wild donkey was defeated of course. In fact, it didn't know that in a short distance, Qinggong was naturally faster. If the competition ran to the opposite hill, Jiang Shuo would not be its opponent.
Jiang Shuo's group of donkeys became excited for a moment and challenged each other. Jiang Shuo asked Li Zhuer to act according to the law and defeated another wild donkey. The two donkeys could only carry them and ran towards the south mountain, with the group of donkeys following behind. As soon as the two got off the donkey, they immediately issued a challenge. In this way, the two of them competed with the wild donkey and changed rides along the way.
This wild donkey from the Tubo Plateau was not as fast as an ordinary horse, but its endurance was even better. It only took half a day to run 500 miles. Jiang Shuo couldn't stop praising him. Li Zhuer said that it was thanks to Jiang Shuo that he came up with this method. If it were ordinary I caught the donkey and went on the road, fearing that it would not be able to cover five hundred miles in one day.
This wasteland is called Qiangtang. The vast grassland is dotted with lakes. When dusk falls, the two people and a group of donkeys rest by a lake. The wild donkeys go to eat grass and drink water. Li Zhuer builds a lake with stones. In the fire pond, I picked up some dead grass and branches and lit a bonfire.
Jiang Shuo was very happy that the first day went so smoothly, but then he discovered a big problem. He came out in a hurry and didn't bring any luggage. Li Zhuer seemed to be dressed lightly, without a single baggage, and her clothes were okay. If we don’t change, there will be nowhere to make money on the plateau, but what will we do about food?
When asked about Li Zhuer, Li Zhuer actually pointed at the wild donkey and said: "Is this dissatisfaction for food?"
Although Jiang Shuo was not a religious man who was a vegetarian, these wild donkeys carried them on their way during the day and killed them for meat at night. He could not do this kind of thing anyway. Hearing Li Zhuer's words, he couldn't help but frown.
Li Zhuer smiled lightly and said, "I was joking."
When did iceberg beauty Li Zhuer make a joke? It showed that she was indeed in a good mood today. Jiang Shuo was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to respond. .
At this time, the herd of wild donkeys suddenly became restless. The wild donkeys that had been scattered to eat grass and drink water crowded together, and their ears pricked up alertly. Jiang Shuo was wondering when Li Zhuer said: "Food is delivered to your door!"
At this time, the sky had completely darkened, and there was darkness three to five feet away from the fire pond. Suddenly, he saw pairs of green lights flashing in the darkness. Listening carefully, there was the sound of heavy breathing. Jiang Shuo suddenly understood. Coming over, they were surrounded by wolves in the wilderness.
The wolves were afraid of the fire and wandered around in the darkness beyond the fire without daring to come forward. However, the smell of food attracted their primitive impulses, and finally one wolf couldn't hold back and rushed into the fire.
Li Zhuer had already held a stone in her hand. When she saw the wolf rushing towards her, she flicked her index finger and made a "chi" sound. The stone hit the wolf between its eyebrows and penetrated into its head. The wolf fell to the ground and died without even making a sound. .
The wolves could not understand what Li Zhuer was doing, but wolves were suspicious by nature. When they saw the wolf suddenly lying down, they were suspicious and did not dare to move forward. After waiting for a while, hunger finally defeated their fear, and this time several wolves came charging at the same time. , Li Zhuer fired with both hands, hitting the target in succession, killing several more horses in an instant. Jiang Shuo saw that Dugu Xiang had also used this trick. It was the secret skill taught by Kong Konger, and he must have also taught it to Li Zhuer.
Li Zhuer was playing happily when Jiang Shuo suddenly stood up and slapped Li Zhuer behind her twice. He heard two crisp sounds of "click" and "click", and two gray-haired wolves suddenly fell to the ground. It turned out that the wasteland Wolves are cunning by nature. They used a frontal attack from the pack to attract Li Zhuer's attention, but two old wolves attacked from behind. How could such a tactic be concealed from Jiang Shuo?
Jiang Shuo's Qi Observation Skill was more sensitive than the sense of smell of wild beasts, and he had already discovered the attacking wolf when it was still far away. Only when the evil wolf jumped up and pounced did he suddenly take action, shattering the second wolf's Tianling Cap.
The two of them killed dozens of wolves in an instant, and the wild donkeys burst into bursts of joyful neighing, but the wolves felt timid. They saw pairs of green eyes gradually retreating away, and finally disappeared into the darkness with the sound of heavy breathing. middle.
Jiang Shuo looked at the wolf corpses all over the ground and frowned, "Is this wolf meat edible?"
Li Zhuer smiled and said, "Why can't you eat it? It's almost like dog meat."
Jiang Shuo had never eaten dog meat, but he heard that many people in the Northeast had a tradition of eating dog meat. Li Zhuer took out a knife from her arms, chose a young and strong wolf, skinned it, cleaned it, and skewered it on a fire with a branch. Bake it, and in a short while, it will be golden brown and bursting with burnt aroma.
Li Zhuer cut off a wolf leg and threw it to Jiang Shuo. Jiang Shuo ate it. Apart from the less fishy smell, the meat was as delicious as a lamb leg. Li Zhuer saw that his mouth was full of oil after eating, and said with a smile: "Actually, the taste of wild donkey is more delicious..."
Li Zhuer herself only
I ate some wolf meat, cut the remaining meat into small strips, dried it with smoke, and took it with me to make dry food.
At dawn the next day, the wild donkeys had already worshiped the two as gods. The beast's thinking is very simple, it is natural selection - if the wolf eats the donkey, then the wolf is superior to the donkey. These two two-legged beasts actually eat the wolf. , which is naturally more noble than wolves. Kuang Hu and the two are also very friendly to the donkeys. As long as he followed these two two-legged beasts, he no longer had to worry about sneak attacks by wolves at night.
Jiang Shuo said to the donkeys: "We want to go all the way south, across thousands of miles of wilderness, but we can't accompany you around here."
Unexpectedly, the donkeys expressed their willingness to migrate with them. Wherever they went, the donkeys would go.
Li Zhuer covered her mouth and smiled: "Congratulations, Young Master Jiang, in addition to the Jianghu Alliance and the Cao Gang, there is another alliance leader title - the leader of the 'Long Ear Alliance'. "
Jiang Shuo said: "The donkeys are pitiful. They are willing to carry us south. It is mutually beneficial. Let's go together. Then we can find them a place with abundant water and grass and few wolves to live."
Li Zhuer suddenly looked sad and said: "There is no place in the world with more grass and fewer wolves. Even if there is, more donkeys will attract more wolves."
Jiang Shuo could only remain silent after hearing this. This was not the time to feel sad. The two of them and the donkeys headed south. The prairie seemed to have no end. As far as the eye could see, there were snow-capped mountains in the distance, but it seemed that they would never be able to go. At the foot of the snow-capped mountains, the plateau is extremely beautiful in summer. On the green grass, lakes and lakes are dotted like jade. Except for the occasional trace of wild animals, there is no human habitation. Its magnificence cannot be seen anywhere else.
Jiang Shuo and Li Zhuer didn't feel lonely walking in no man's land. They were enemies but not friends in the world. Only on this extraordinary prairie, where they could race wild donkeys during the day and hunt wolves at night, could they feel comfortable. .
However, after only three days, there were no more wolves to fight. It is estimated that all the wolves within hundreds of miles around got the news and did not dare to provoke the two of them.
On the seventh day, the two of them had crossed the plateau meadow from north to south. The vast mountains that they seemed to never be able to reach were already in front of them. Wild donkeys are only suitable for running in the wilderness, and mountain roads are not their specialty. , Li Zhuer said: "It took the giants fifteen days to cross the Qiangtang, but it only took us seven... There are already traces of Tibetan herdsmen here, and there will be fewer wolves. We will fight here." Donkeys, separate."
Jiang Shuo looked around and saw no human beings, and he didn't know whether what Li Zhuer said was true or not. However, he saw many wild donkeys that were timid and hesitated to move forward. He knew that they were not good at hiking in the mountains and could no longer go together with them.
After the two of them separated from the wild donkey, Jiang Shuo asked Li Zhuer: "How many miles of mountain road are there? Should we find a serow to go with us again?"
Li Zhuer shook her head and said, "No, we will take the waterway from now on."
