Ke Li nodded: "This is indeed more dangerous, but I am still sure. When we saw the head of the vampire blanket just now, the surface was covered with a layer of mucus. I think this thing should be a variant of some leech, exposed to the The air will lose moisture, so in order to prevent their bodies from losing too much moisture, they secrete body fluids in places that their fur cannot cover to keep their bodies hydrated."
He paused and spoke firmly: "In this case, it means that the skin near their heads is relatively sensitive. If this sensitive skin is stabbed, the pain will be greater than other skin on the body."
Keli gave an example: "This is like a copper ring in a cow's nose. What this copper ring penetrates is the cartilage of the cow's nose. After penetrating, it will stay on the cartilage of the cow's nose. If the cow is obedient, it will not happen. Once the cow is disobedient, the owner can pull the rope and pull up the copper ring. Under the stimulation of the copper ring, the cow's nose will be in excruciating pain, causing it to move forward unconsciously, thus achieving the purpose of moving the cattle away. .”
Yue Guanchao nodded: "I think Keli's idea is okay. Since the vampire blanket is not easy to die, we can just use the method he mentioned to catch the vampire blanket first. Even if it cannot be used to cross the river, it can be temporarily Trap them so they don't cause trouble for us."
Everyone nodded silently, agreeing with Keli's method. Afterwards, they divided into three groups, one went to hunt sand sheep in the desert, one went to blow up the sheepskin raft, and the other followed Keli to restore the trapping mechanism.
Among them, hunting sand sheep and blowing up a sheepskin raft are relatively easy, but restoring the mechanism is difficult. When Yue Guanchao followed Keli to prepare materials, he also learned from Keli what an animal trap was.
This is an animal trap modified by Gunizi based on the animal trap. It mainly consists of fixed stakes, animal trapping nets and triggering mechanisms.
Fixed piles are something like wooden piles, distributed on the ground in a triangular pattern. There are hemp ropes between the fixed piles, tightening each other to form a stable structure. The triangular structure is the most stable. After the piles are wedged into the salt crust, they can be Use mutual pulling force to fix the piles.
Under this mechanical structure, unless a few elephants pull in the opposite direction, it is absolutely impossible to shake the fixed pile even half an inch.
At this time, this thing can play a role as the frame of the animal trap.
As for the animal trap, it is a more special and exquisite device.
In order to be lightweight, ordinary animal traps are mostly made of hemp rope. However, the animal trap created by Gunizi takes a different approach, using lines made of cowhide and hemp rope.
First use hemp thread as a base, twist it into a finger-thick hemp rope, and then weave the twisted cowhide thread into the hemp rope. In addition to being strong and durable, such a rope can also shrink according to the opening and closing of the mechanism, directly pulling out the trapped objects. The prey is firmly secured in the trap, rendering it completely immobile.
Most of the trapping mechanisms are elastic ropes like rubber bands. After being tightened, they will be fixed on the fixed stakes. As long as the bait is passed, these traps will release their force, causing the trapping net under them to shrink instantly, completely trapping the prey. Tie up.
These mechanisms originally came from ancient mechanism techniques. Some techniques have changed with the climate and are no longer used. As the best hunter in the sand, Gunizi has always been interested in hunting and mechanisms. In the process of hunting and capturing In the process, he accumulated a lot of experience about the habits of prey, and then transformed the original ancient mechanism technique into the current animal trapping pile adapted to the sand.
It can be said that Gunizi's animal trapping stakes can be used on dry sandy land, in swamps or lakes, and can be used to their maximum effect regardless of waterway. They can completely catch aquatic sand boas and big fish. You can also capture many terrestrial birds and animals.
When Keli introduced these mechanisms, his men did not stop. He and Yue Guanchao unpacked the luggage on the camel's back, took out the poles used to set up the tent, and under Keli's command, restored Gunizi's Trap stakes.
Then, they dug irregular ditches along the trap and directly introduced the swamp water into the ditch. At the same time, they threw the cowhide net bag on the bottom of the water and twisted the mechanism. By the time they finished all this, the others had come back, and they put Hu The sheep was placed in the trap. After everything was prepared, the sheep's neck was cut open and it sank into the dug ditch and hid behind the nearby sand dunes.
Everything is ready, all it takes is action.
They hid behind the dunes and stared at the direction of the machine carefully. About half an hour later, a large number of whirlpools appeared in the swamp in front of them again, and a procession arc continued to swim towards the shore, and finally surfaced.
Everyone observed carefully that the blood-sucking blanket had completely spread out, forming a square blanket and floating around. It was obviously swimming towards the blood-soaked ditch. It probably smelled the blood of Hu Yang and was attracted by the smell of blood. .
In less than a moment, the blood-sucking blanket followed the excavated irregular trench and came directly to the argali. With just a few pulls, the blood-sucking blanket had already rolled the argali into its body.
As its body continued to shake, the rope on the mechanism had been touched. With a rustling sound, the cowhide rope net instantly retracted, directly surrounding the blood-sucking blanket. As the cowhide rope soaked in water and tightened, the blood-sucking blanket was trapped in it. , cannot escape.
The blood-sucking blanket was trapped by the cowhide rope. It was surprised and wanted to open its body. At this time, it was already fooled. Its body had rolled up the sand sheep and formed a roll-like structure. Under this structure, the blood-sucking blanket Apart from sucking blood, there is nothing else that can be done.
If they were in a swamp, they would indeed be much safer protected by the mud of the water body. However, it is now trapped in the cowhide net. No matter how hard it incites its body, it cannot open the ever-tightening cowhide net. The net bag was constantly vibrating.
With quick eyesight and quick hands, Yue Guanchao and Keli came to the vicinity of the blood-sucking blanket. Keli took out the prepared copper rings, and while the blood-sucking blanket was shaking, he directly fastened the copper rings around its two eyes.
This severe pain caused the blood-sucking blanket to continuously secrete liquid. After some tossing, it finally understood that the copper ring had been embedded in its head and there was no chance to break free.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, they had sent the cowhide raft into the ditch they had dug, and then connected the cowhide raft to the net bag. At the same time, they also put hemp rope through the copper ring to form a traction rope, so that it looked like a cow-drawn horse. Like a car, let the blood-sucking blanket pull the cowhide raft.
"We first drove the camels behind the sand dunes, and then took the necessary things on the cowhide raft. Later, as long as I loosen the net bag, the blood-sucking blanket can move its body a little, and just pull the reins to change its swimming direction. Move direction."
After finishing the work, they had already started to take action. After the camels were settled, they each got on the cowhide raft.
As Keli let go of the mesh bag, the body of the blood-sucking blanket was instantly stretched out. However, due to the limitations of the mesh bag, it was only a little looser than the curled state just now. It used these loose spaces to move deeper into the swamp under the instinct of survival. Swimming around, pulled by the huge force, the sheepskin raft was pulled along the channel into the quicksand river, sliding forward like a sled on snow.
At this moment, the blood-sucking blanket was like a dark horse in the water, pulling the sheepskin raft forward under the constraints of the net. At the same time, Keli was pulling the reins next to the eyes of the blood-sucking blanket, constantly controlling its direction, towards the largest sand mountain. direction forward.
Along the way, there were many whirlpools with strong suction in the Liusha River due to the entry of sheepskin rafts. Even if they had a blood-sucking blanket to exert force, they could still feel the suction of the whirlpools, which kept pulling the sheepskin rafts downward. This situation inevitably made everyone I was so worried that even if I was sitting on a sheepskin raft, I couldn't completely rest assured.
Fortunately, the blood-sucking blanket was strong enough, and it knew how to seek advantages, avoid disadvantages, and stay away from the vortex. Although the sheepskin raft was pulled from side to side by the vortex, it still floated safely on the Liusha River.
Floating and bumping all the way, when the blood-sucking blanket took them to the other side of the Liusha River, they could already see the sand mountains in front of them. After reaching the shore, Keli tightened the net bag, and the body of the blood-sucking blanket was tightened again, like a curly blanket. rolled together.
Then, he jumped onto the shore, and everyone pulled the sheepskin raft to the shore. They used the support tubes on the sheepskin raft to fix the sheepskin raft. At the same time, they also found a few Populus euphratica that had not withered near the sand mountain. Tree, wrap the rope several times to fix the raft, so that the net bag is restrained by the sheepskin raft, and can no longer escape and float away.
After everything was taken care of, Yue Guanchao looked at the sand mountain in the center of Mi Lanze.
Back when the waters of Secret Lanze were vast, this was the largest oasis. Now, Secret Lanze has indeed dried up. There is an old saying that a hundred-footed insect is dead but not stiff. There is still very moist silt under the quicksand river here. Although the water contained in the slurry and the hundred-meter-wide river cannot bring vitality to Milanze, it can still nourish the sand mountains in the center.
Nourished by the water vapor from the silt of the Liusha River, there are many cold- and dry-resistant desert plants near the sand mountains. Large ones are like Populus euphratica and small ones are like sea buckthorn. The vegetation is densely woven along the foot of the sand mountain. It is not lush, but it is barren. The dry lake basin adds a touch of vivid green.
The view goes further up the sand mountain, and you can already see the detailed scenery at the top of the sand mountain!
The top of the entire sand mountain has been completely flattened. Along the flattened top of the mountain, a long and regular lime-yellow-colored city wall has been built. The four walls have curved corners. It looks like a slightly rounded square city, with towers and towers on all sides. The towers in Han Dynasty are completely different.
Most of the city towers in Han Dynasty are palace-style buildings with square walls and tiles and tiles. The remaining city towers in front of you have obvious characteristics of the Western Regions. The round helmet-shaped semi-dome can be clearly seen on the roof of the city tower, and the windows are deep and square. , there are traces of glazed tiles on the outside, and it looks like a pavilion built by some barbarians.
