Chapter 167 Goodbye Hulun Prairie(1/2)
The Hulun Prairie occupies a vast area, and the traceless grass swings with the breeze, rising and falling like waves.
"It's so cold." Sisi shouted in a coquettish voice, then got into Maria's arms and shivered.
So did Tifa, and as soon as he walked out of Anmathel, he fell into the arms of Thunder.
The cool breeze blew gently, and it turned out that it had already entered the end of autumn.
The girls all picked up their arms, crowded into a bunch like little rabbits that had passed the winter.
"Come on, put on all the clothes." Thunder took out everyone's clothes from the space bag and stuffed them into the girls' hands.
When I went out for a risk, I never thought I could leave for so long, so all the clothes I brought were summer shirts and the like. But now I can wear them better than nothing.
In the entire adventure group, the only ones who didn't feel the cold were Carlos and Aijier.
Lao Ka is strong and naturally does not fear the cold. Although Ai Jier is not as strong as her teacher, the guardian knight is wearing armor, enough to resist the blowing of the cold wind.
"This is a strong body." Lei Ting also trembled a little, walked to Lao Ka and pounded his chest, and said jealously.
Only after everyone put on all their clothes will it feel better.
"Go away quickly. This place should be not far from North City. And it will be hot after a walk." Lei Ting looked up at the sky. It was already afternoon.
"It would be better that we can find the shepherds before the night comes. I heard that the shepherds on the grassland are generous. Maybe we can get some goat milk to drink."
"Is it delicious?" Ruowa asked curiously.
"I haven't drunk it yet. How do I know?" Lei Ting rolled his eyes.
It is a relatively difficult thing to find the exact direction on the huge grassland. So Thunder didn't plan to go the right direction at once. As long as one or two indigenous residents can be found on this grassland, you will naturally know the location of North City.
About an hour later, Thunder suddenly discovered that there were traces of crushed grass in front of him.
The leader of the group was immediately happy: "Look, there should be shepherds here, and the grassland has been stepped on like this."
Everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they followed this footprint, they could find the crowd.
Carlos frowned and said, "Something is wrong."
"What's wrong?" Thunder turned his head and looked at Lao Ka.
"Young Master, look." Carlos squatted down and pointed to the road in front of him with obvious marks. "This is not very much like the effect of the sheep walking through."
"The residents on the grassland are not just stocking, maybe horses." Thunder said, "Look. There are obvious horse hoof prints here."
"But how should this trace be explained?" Lao Ka reached out and pointed a mark about three fingers wide on the ground.
It should have rained a few days ago, so these marks seem very obvious.
"The carriage marks." Lei Ting replied, "It is obvious that the car wheels are pressing over the ground."
"Well, this is indeed a carriage mark." Carlos nodded, "But as far as I know, even if the shepherds on the grassland use carriages, they will not use so many."
The huge area ahead of everyone was full of messy traces, with horse-drawn carriage marks and horse-hoof marks, which stretched northward.
"Even if a shepherd uses a carriage," Carlos took a step back, "The ordinary carriage was pressed on the land. Even if this land was wet with rain, it would not leave more than an inch of traces. Because the land on the grassland is very strong, but look at it, these traces... have exceeded three inches!"
"What can this mean?" Lei Ting was puzzled.
"It means that the load weight of the carriage is very large, and there are more than one horse pulling the carriage, and it is very likely that there are two or more horses. Otherwise, it would be impossible to pull things so heavily."
Will shepherds use such a luxurious carriage to pull things? It may not be very good.
"What do you want to say?" After Lao Ka said this, looking at Carlos' expression, Thunder's heart couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
"According to my guess, what is passing here may be a caravan, a luxurious and huge caravan! You can see it by looking at the traces left by looking at them."
All the girls looked at Carlos in admiration, and even the beauties of the Angel tribe were no exception.
Based on such a little trace, you can infer so many things, and Lao Ka has the potential to be a scout.
"But the facts are probably not as simple as you said, right?" Lei Ting glared at the crazy girls fiercely.
"Young Master saw it." Carlos laughed.
"If it were a caravan, your expression would not be so serious."
"Yes, this can't be a caravan!" Carlos stood up and patted the dirt on his hands.
"Why?" asked Sisi in confusion, "Didn't what you just inferred makes sense?"
"Because Hulun Prairie is at the junction of the Principality of Momor and the Principality of Ceylon, and the relationship between the two countries is not very friendly, although large caravans are willing to transport from them, they earn the difference between various materials. However, as long as caravans with a little mind, they will never take the route of the Principality of Momor and Ceylon. Because the taxes collected across the boundaries are extremely large, those greedy and unorganized soldiers are more likely to lose a caravan." Carlos explained, "Only countries that have opened trade with each other and promulgated laws to protect the interests of each caravan will be willing to go and go."
"The traces here..." Lei Ting suddenly thought of something bad.
"Army! The only possible explanation is that a large number of troops are moving in this direction and carrying a large amount of local supplies!" Lao Ka turned his head and looked north, and the grass there stubbornly raised his trampled head.
The girls gasped.
A large number of troops appear here. What does it mean? Everyone understands.
But almost no one figured it out. Although the Principality of Ceylon and the Principality of Momoor have always had a bad relationship, they have not reached the level of war. What's more, the strength of the two countries is similar, and it may be possible that whoever loses and who wins in a war.
"It seems that a lot of things have happened during our adventure." Thunder sighed.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, after a brief consideration, the adventure group moved in another direction.
Fortunately, Thunder discovered a lot of feces before going far.
Following the traces of these feces, I finally arrived at a grassland village.
Although it is a village on the grassland, there are only a dozen families living here.
The lives of shepherds are mobile, and they must ensure that the livestock they have accumulated has sufficient abundant food. With the depletion of a piece of grass, they must move to another place.
This is similar to Mongolia in the past.
More similarly, the residents here live in tents of all sizes, which seem to be leathery and are fixed in place by various things, so that even if there is strong wind, the tent will not be blown away.
Sheep, large and small, galloped past Lei Ting and others. The grassland residents flexibly flipped and leap on the horse's backs, making the ground clatter.
"Good skills!" Carlos praised, in terms of force, he could fight against all the living creatures here alone, including those sheep and horses, but in terms of riding, no one in the adventure group could compare with the people here.
They just eat on horseback.
But it is embarrassing that I heard that the residents on the grassland are generous and generous, but unfortunately, everyone in the adventure group stood here for a long time but no one came to greet him.
Alas, it seems that I still have to say hello to someone with a shameless attitude and find some food from here.
The leopard Xixi's eyes kept following the butts of the animals, and the beast's eyes were fierce again.
"Get out of the way!" Just as Thunder glanced at Qianxi, a delicate shout came from there, and then a ticking came into everyone's ears with the horse's Herrian screams.
Thunder Ting looked at it and saw a tall horse running hard more than ten meters in front of him. On the horse's back, a girl wearing a tight shirt and tied up her hair tightly tied the reins.
The girl was bumped up and down, but there was still a smile on the corner of her mouth.
"What awesome woman!" Thunder praised.
"The other person's horse was frightened." Carlos scratched his nose and said softly.
Thunder suddenly became embarrassed. He thought others were practicing riding.
Sure enough, the horse rushed straight towards this side as if it was uncontrollable. No matter how the girl scolded her, it was useless. When the leopard Xixi appeared in the horse's eyes, it was even more crazy.
The tall horse was clattering loudly with a loud nose, and was extremely frightened.
"Drink!" Carlos suddenly shouted, and his two big hands immediately leaned forward, hugging the horse's head that rushed to the front. Then his huge body tilted, and his left foot kicked the horse's hooves at the same time. With a beautiful throw, he directly knocked the horse to the ground.
When the girl on the horse's back noticed something was wrong, she stepped on the horse's back vigorously, accompanied by a backflip and fell steadily.
With a "touch", the horse neighed. The fear of the leopard from the depths of his heart made it struggle uneasily, wanting to stand up and continue to run away.
But Carlos pressed his body tightly, and the horse could not move at all.
Lao Ka used this trick to knock down Xixi, but now a wild horse is naturally no problem.
"Are you injured?" The girl rushed to Carlos and asked immediately after she fell to the ground.
"No." Lao Ka responded.
"Didn't you ask if my horse is injured?" The girl put her face in front of the horse, observed it carefully for a moment before she felt relieved.
"Oh," Thunder muttered.
"The roaring leopard roared unwillingly beside him, then slowly walked to the horse, stuck out his tongue and licked the horse's face.
It can be clearly seen that the horse was trembling and the horse's eyes were full of fear.
The girl was even more startled and hurriedly shrank behind Thunder.
"This leopard..."
"My." Aijier said coldly, but did not stop Xixi from harassing the horses.
The Guardian Knight was obviously dissatisfied with the girl, otherwise he would not have let the leopard be so rampant.
"Okay." Lao Ka let go of the horse's head, patted it, and then stood up.
Although no one suppressed it, there was a ferocious leopard in front of him. The horse seemed to have lost its ability to move, and crawled foolishly on the spot without moving.
"Don't worry, I used cleverness and didn't hurt it." Carlos said to look at the girl.
"Thank you." The girl turned her head and looked at everyone, then said shyly: "I was really embarrassed just now, but it suddenly became out of control. But uncle, although I admit that you are very powerful, what if I don't react and fall off the horse and get injured?"
To be continued...