Turbulent Times Chapter 68: Little lynx and a borrowed horse

Wang Junlin knows that lynxes are more active in the north. When it is cold in winter, such claws move in the thick snow, which is equivalent to providing the effect of snow boots.

"A lynx is three or four times the size of a hunting cat. It's about the same size as a leopard, and its combat power is comparable to that of a cheetah. Judging by the size of this little guy and his unsteady walk, it's obvious that he was born less than three days ago. When drinking milk."

Wang Junlin knew that lynx was very rare in later generations and was a national first-class protected animal, but in this era, there should be many places like this in Northwest China.

Looking carefully at the remains of the animal he killed, it was clearly an adult lynx, and it looked like a female lynx.

Wang Junlin faintly understood that the female lynx was probably feeding the cubs last night, and coincidentally, he just rushed towards the pair of "mother and child". He hesitated to attack him, and the result was tragic. Wang Junlin was in a superhuman state at that time.

After that, the four wolves were attracted by the **** smell from the female lynx, which almost made him and the little lynx the wolf's breakfast.

That's right, it was early morning at this time, the red sun had just risen in the east, and the temperature difference in the western regions in spring was huge. The temperature at this time was comparable to winter in the south, but Wang Junlin didn't feel cold at all.

Wang Junlin squatted down, carefully picked up the little lynx and put it in his hands. When the cats were small, each cat was cuter than the other. The same is true for this little lynx. He found that this little guy did not kill others because of himself. After being hostile to his mother, Wang Junlin hesitated a little and decided to take this little guy with him, otherwise the little lynx that lost its mother's protection would starve to death or be eaten by other carnivores. Although Wang Junlin has his own persistence and bottom line, he has never been a kind person, but at this moment, I don't know why he made such a decision that only a little girl would have.

It's just that this little guy will keep finding thin calls, obviously hungry, if the little guy reaches the time when he can eat meat, it's easy to handle, it's not easy to get a rabbit, gazelle or something with Wang Junlin's skill It's not difficult, not to mention there are two wolf corpses next to it. But this little guy needs to nurse, which made Wang Junlin a little worried, where to find a "nanny" for this little guy.

On the Gobi Desert in the early morning, there was not even a cloud, and the sky was as blue as Haizi in Jiuzhaigou. It was very beautiful and pure, but there was no flock of sheep that Wang Junlin wanted. Wang Junlin wanted to find a ewe that gave birth to lambs to feed the baby lynx, but it was obviously not easy to accomplish.

Carried the little lynx to the east for a while, Wang Junlin was far away on the flat gravel ground, and saw several beacon towers standing there abruptly.

A few days ago when he was on a diplomatic mission to the Western Turks, Wang Junlin heard from Changsun Wuji that the history of these beacon towers can even be traced back to the Han Dynasty. Already mottled, only the muscles and bones remain.

When Wang Junlin passed under the beacon tower with his little lynx in his arms, every time he passed a pillar of the beacon tower, it was as if he had crossed a vicissitudes of history.

He believed that Huo Qubing, who rode on Yanzhi Mountain on horseback, had come here, and that one day he led an army to conquer the Turkic army also passed here.

However, there is only one person who passed by him on horseback now.

Wang Junlin did not stop in front of any of the beacon towers, but still ran forward at a constant speed, because the little lynx looked very hungry.

…

…

There is a hint of whiteness in the sky, and the sun is about to rise.

Yesterday evening, Wang Junlin finally found a ewe that had just calved among a group of yellow sheep. Grab it by the moving ewe, then hold down the ewe, and put the little lynx's mouth on the ewe's teat. The little lynx instinctively started to suck. The ewe struggled violently at first, but when she realized that it was difficult to break free from Wang Junlin's hand, and Wang Junlin seemed to have no intention of killing it for a while, she stopped struggling and simply crawled there for a while. Not moving at all, letting his own milk and water be sucked by the little lynx.

It’s just that both the little lynx and the ewe were too tired. When the little lynx was half full, both the little lynx and the ewe fell asleep, and Wang Junlin sat cross-legged next to them to practice. one night. The little lynx occasionally wakes up in its sleep and will instinctively take a few more mouthfuls, but soon falls asleep again.

In the morning, Wang Junlin fed the little lynx again. After the ewes were looking for grass nearby to eat, he tore a piece of clothes, twisted it into a rope, tied it around the sheep's neck, and hugged the little lynx. The lynx walked east along the road the merchant had taken.

He roughly calculated the distance he ran before, and it should not be far from Shazhou (later Dunhuang), but this is not far, and it is only compared to the vast and boundless area of ​​​​the Western Regions. Four to five hundred miles in the Western Regions are considered close.

The strange combination of one person, one sheep, and one lynx walked eastward for more than twenty miles. The little lynx and the female gazelle were hungry again. The female gazelle fell to the ground and let the young lynx eat the goat's milk.

Just when the little lynx was about to eat, and Wang Junlin was worried about when he would be able to reach Gaotai City, he saw a convoy coming from behind, heading towards the sandbank.

There are more than 20 knights escorting a carriage in this convoy. The knights are all Han Chinese. They all look stern and have a strong breath. They are dressed in black with a red belt around their waists. They seem to belong to rich families Looks like a guard or private soldier.

The carriage was also quite gorgeous, pulled by two horses, it was very imposing, and the rider on the front horse held a flag in his hand. The word "Su". What made Wang Junlin a little happy was that there were knights behind the convoy pulling ten empty horses. Although there were no saddles and stirrups on the horses, Wang Junlin didn't have to worry about being unable to ride them.

This reminded Wang Junlin of the wealthy Su family in Shazhou.

There are demands from others, so Wang Junlin keeps his attitude very low. He is a pragmatic person, and he knows that there is no harm in doing this. people.

With a gentle and harmless smile on his face, Wang Junlin stood with folded hands on the side of the road, waiting for the motorcade to pass by, especially the arrival of the person in charge in the carriage.

Soon, the owner's carriage arrived, and Wang Junlin immediately saluted and said, "I want to go to Shazhou, but the journey is long and I'm weak. I wonder if I can borrow a horse from your master..."

"Stinky beggar, get out of here." Before Wang Junlin could finish speaking, a knight beside the carriage shouted fiercely.

Besides speaking, the knight swung his whip towards Wang Junlin.

Wang Junlin's expression turned cold, he stretched out his hand to grab the whip, and pulled it violently, the cavalryman was startled, feeling a huge force, he quickly grabbed the reins with his other hand, and clamped the horse between his legs belly. But in this way, the force acted on the horse, and Wang Junlin pulled the man and the horse over with one hand. The knight immediately became anxious, let go of his whip, and drew his waist knife, preparing to kill Wang Junlin with one blow.

But before he could pull out the knife, a figure flashed by, and he was kicked to the ground by Wang Junlin, who was already riding on the horse with the lynx in his arms.

All the knights were shocked, half of them protected the carriage, and half of them drew their knives and rushed towards Wang Junlin.

At this moment, a young woman's sweet and gentle voice came from the carriage: "Stop!"

As soon as the voice came out, the ten knights rushing towards Wang Junlin stopped immediately and looked at Wang Junlin warily.

Then Wang Junlin saw a delicate-looking little maid sticking her head out of the car window, and said crisply: "Miss said, lend him an empty horse, if he can ride it , I borrowed him to ride to Shazhou.”

Wang Junlin was overjoyed when he heard the words, cupped his fists and said, "Thank you, Miss Su."

The little maid stared curiously at the little lynx who was clutching Wang Junlin's clothes tightly, and then turned her head back. Wang Junlin's hearing is now far beyond ordinary people, and she faintly heard the maid in the carriage say to the young lady: "Miss , that man is really strange, holding a small animal in his arms, it looks like a cat, but it doesn't look like it. However, his body is really dirty, his face and hair are messy and dirty, if it doesn't look terrible , will definitely be considered a beggar.”

Wang Junlin heard the lady say: "On the road from the Hexi Corridor to the Western Regions, no one has ever walked down alone. This person is probably not easy."

The little maid said: "The lady also lent him a war horse."

Miss sighed sadly, and said: "I will live with those savages soon, and this is something that is worse than death for me. It would be nice to be able to help a Han before that."

The little maid said with some surprise: "I thought Miss saw that he easily pulled Li Sanwa off the horse. She knew that the force was not weak, and she was worried that if we fought, we would be injured, and the empty horses behind were all untamed. The wild horse is just being led by us with a rope, and there is no rein and saddle on it, so how can he ride it, the young lady just wants him to retreat."

Wang Junlin listened to the conversation, and at the same time, led by a black-clothed guard, he came down to the ten wild horses behind.

"You choose a horse, if you can ride it, you can ride it." The guard obviously thought the same as the maid.

Wang Junlin didn't take it seriously, his eyes swept over, and he walked towards the most handsome black horse.

Strange to say, as soon as these guards approached, the ten wild horses would kick the guards or their mounts with their legs under the leadership of the black horse. But when Wang Junlin walked over, these horses were slightly afraid, as if they had encountered a natural enemy, and they were extremely obedient.

As early as half a year ago, when he joined the army in Tianshui County, Wang Junlin found that ordinary animals and beasts seemed to be afraid of him. He thought it was because of the blood jade pendant, but after trying it with the blood jade pendant, it was still the same. Wang Junlin later carefully studied and thought about the reasons, but he couldn't make any sense.

PS: new book, ask for support, ask for monthly pass, ask for collection and recommendation————