Return of the Swallow

When Si Qin issued such an order, he had already guessed in his heart that the people of the Minuo tribe had already made preparations, and they would be defeated if they left. I just didn't expect that the place where the Mino tribe was stationed outside the city was already deserted. Not even a human figure was left.

The person who reported back to Siqin watched Khan's expression nervously, fearing that Siqin would kill him in anger. Anari Khan used to have a bad temper, and it was common to kill people in anger. Although the new Khan was benevolent and righteous, who could ensure that he did not change after he ascended to a high position?

But Si Qin dispelled his worries the next moment. He was indeed as rumored by the outside world. Although he was angry at the betrayal of the Minuo tribe, he did not implicate his subordinates. He even said gently: "Thank you all."

This really makes everyone who has been living under Anari's violence feel warm. It was really touching that a high-ranking Khan could speak to them in such an approachable manner.

Because of this emotion, the searchers became more careful. They dug out three feet of the ground for the Mino tribe's house in the city. Finally, a cellar was discovered under the broken vat.

Everyone was so embarrassed. They all smashed the big vat that day, but they didn't think of checking it carefully. If they could have been more careful that day, they might have been able to catch the two murderers!

Everyone in Minobu was gone.

After confirming the news, Si Qin ordered to withdraw the search team in the city, saying: "There is no need to search in the city. They must have escaped with the people of the Minuo tribe. Such a large team cannot be innocent." They disappeared for no reason. There were not many young and middle-aged people among them. The remaining group of old, weak, women and children were not easy to move. Moreover, in such cold weather, they had to move more than 4,000 people, which would definitely leave traces of their lives. Pay attention to tracing these traces and don’t let go of any clues!”

Because of Khan's lack of accountability, these passionate men became even more moved and guilty. They felt that the murderer of Anari Khan escaped because of their own fault, and Khan did not blame them. If they did not take it more seriously, they would all be sorry for themselves. conscience.

While Siqin's people were intensively tracing the whereabouts of the Minuo tribe, Qin Yining, Lu Hengzheng and the Halbala brothers led the Minuo tribe on the snow-covered wilderness.

Qin Yining worriedly told Lu Heng: "With such a huge team, it is impossible not to leave any traces. I just hope that they can chase more slowly."

Lu Heng stepped on the snow with one foot deep and one foot shallow, making a creaking sound under his feet. He panted tiredly and said: "Siqin will definitely straighten things out just after he ascends to the throne. We also took advantage of his loopholes. Once he gets angry and launches his troops to arrest people, I'm afraid none of us will survive. I will discuss it with them when we set up camp tonight. It's normal to want to move.

But it's too risky to go with us fugitives. "

"In the final analysis, it was us who brought them down." Qin Yining felt a little guilty.

Lu Heng said: "They were also oppressed by Anari to the point where they couldn't stand it anymore. Even without us, they would still have to migrate."

"Having said that, if they move with the two of us, their danger will increase. Now Siqin may send troops to pursue them, but if they go alone, the pursuers should not bother to chase a group of old and weak people. Women and children.”

"That's right." After Lu Heng heard this, he also felt that Qin Yining's analysis was reasonable, and immediately went to communicate with Halbala and Chaganbala.

After finishing Qin Yining's analysis just now, he said: "I am mainly worried that they will be dragged down by us. If we parted ways before entering the desert, as long as they told the pursuers, we would have abandoned them long ago. I believe Siqinxin Even if they ascend to a great position, they will not harm their lives for the sake of their reputation as wise masters.

"But if they stay with us and cross the desert all the way, at least half of them will be damaged. After all, they are already weak. How many of them can persist in walking out of the desert? Also, so many people are walking together, eating, living, and goals. It has also increased in size, and it is very likely that it will be overtaken, and then the entire Minuo tribe will be annihilated."

In fact, when Qin Yining and Lu Heng were talking about this matter, Halbala and Chaganbala were also discussing the matter in low voices.

At first, they were rushing to leave Dadu, and they used all their strength to take away all the clan members so that they would no longer be oppressed by the Tatar royal family. After they left, they could still recuperate outside. If they stayed in Dadu, they would probably gradually Being eaten away and destroyed.

However, among the more than 4,000 tribesmen, most are old, weak, women and children, with only a few men, and some of them have been disabled in the past.

Such a team, when the Minoan tribe lacks mounts and resources, can move at different speeds, and the physical fitness of individuals is also different. The fast ones have to wait for the slow ones, and even so, the old and the weak They are also gradually falling behind.

If you bring them all, it won't take long for Siqin's people to catch up.

But if they were not taken with them and placed outside the desert, they would have to face Siqin's investigation, and they were worried that Siqin would torture them.

At this time, the sky was dark, and the wind was blowing in the wilderness at night. The fine snow gradually turned into heavy snow, which was carried by the cold wind and blew onto people's faces, as if they were being scraped with a knife.

Everyone was shivering from the cold. Qin Yining, Lu Heng and others are relatively good. Although they are not wearing silk and satin, they are all--\u003e\u003e

It's a cotton coat. In such weather where the water turns to ice, I can grit my teeth and resist.

But there are many women and children in the back who have worked hard for Anari for more than a year, and they are all wearing shabby single clothes. Some people even wore straw sandals on their feet, and their toes and skin were red, swollen and ulcerated by the cold.

How can one cross a desert with such a huge temperature difference between day and night under such conditions?

"You're right." Halbala gritted his teeth coldly, looked at the vast surroundings, and rubbed his cold and red fingers, "We can't continue like this. If we continue, I'm afraid no one can bear it. The test of living in the desert, originally we were running for our lives, if this continues, the entire tribe may be dragged down."

Chagan Bala nodded, his cold tongue almost tangled, "Either we set up camp today, let everyone warm up by the fire, and let's calm down and think about countermeasures first."

In fact, at this juncture, we really shouldn’t stop and should continue to move forward.

But with the current situation, if we continue further, I am afraid that the pursuers will not be able to reach them, and some of them, the old, weak, women and children will be lost first.

If the tribesmen died like this, they would feel heartbroken, which was a pity.

What's more important is that if something like this happens, it will be a heavy blow to everyone's hearts. Who will have the courage to resist those who face Siqin in the future?

What a dilemma.

In order to save the lives of most people, everyone had to stop, set up camp, and simply build tents with the materials they brought.

Four thousand people were busy working in full swing. Although they were still hungry despite the severe cold and heavy snow, everyone still got busy when they heard that they could rest.

Qin Yining, Lu Heng, Chagan Bala, Hal Bala, as well as several other senior elders with status in the clan and generals who had fought in the past but lost an arm, all gathered in Hal Bala's tent.

A bonfire was lit in the middle of the ground, and everyone gathered around the fire in silence.

Qin Yining did not understand Tatar and could only rely on Lu Heng for negotiations.

Lu Heng covered his mouth and coughed for a long time, his face turned red from coughing, and then he said: "What I mean is that we can't let all the people lose their lives in vain. Such a great migration can happen if there is sufficient preparation. Unexpected. Besides, there are still soldiers chasing us."

"That's what I mean," said the uncle with a broken arm named Arhan. "It's almost impossible for all the tribesmen to rush across the desert. My opinion is to leave some men behind to protect them from continuing to migrate. The elderly, weak, women and children, let them find a nearby uninhabited land and live temporarily. Waiting for good news for us people."

Halbala nodded and said: "I agree with what Uncle Alhan said. Most of the remaining people will go through the desert together to find a place to live on the border of Dazhou. After settling down and stabilizing, we can come to pick up the clan members. ."

"But if this happens, will the clan members feel that they have been abandoned?" Chagan Bala said worriedly, "We are all people who have managed to survive. If we are abandoned by our clan members like this, the people left behind will be sad. Bar?"

"But if you take them with you, they will definitely die. If you stay, the new Khan may be able to give you a way to survive because we are all poor women and children."

Lu Heng looked at Qin Yining, who was silent on the side, and translated their conversation to her.

Qin Yining thought for a while and said: "Actually, the short-term anger is not because we want to abandon everyone. Those of us who plan to cross the desert take such risks to find a better way out for everyone. The original Minuo tribe He was so powerful and lived a self-sufficient life, but now, he lived a slave life that was inferior to pigs and dogs. Even the horse raised by Anari was more valuable than a human being.

"If everyone stays, maybe we can survive, but do we really want just to survive? Do we really not care whether the Minoan tribe can be revitalized?"

The rest of the people in the tent couldn't understand Qin Yining's words, but Uncle Alhan, who had lost his arm, did.

He said in Dazhou dialect that was not fluent: "You are right. We cannot be the slaves of the Khan forever. The Minuo tribe is a big tribe. If it were to completely decline and disappear like this, then we would die without shame. Meet the ancestors.”

Qin Yining nodded with a smile: "Uncle is right, a person can live for a breath, and lingering is not alive. If we give in now, then our younger generations will have to live under the oppression of the Khan in the future. Slaves, every generation is a slave. If this happens, our descendants will be so pitiful.

“We are fighting now for a breath and for future generations to be able to live straight.

"Men, women, old people, children, a complete tribe, each of these people cannot be missing, each one is the hope of the tribe. Although I suggest that the part of the people who are not physically allowed to stay outside the desert, there will be a lot of people here. There are some elderly people, women and children, but this group of people will be the largest force that can rebuild their homes after the Minoan tribe stabilizes in the future.

"I believe that if you tell these words to the tribesmen, they will understand. And those of us who cross the desert in search of life are just warriors fighting for the majority of the tribesmen."