The four got off the horses, Chu Lian brought the two horses together, and asked Wu Lihan to support Na Risong to stand out of the wind, and then she took out the food she had brought out from the cloth pouch on the horse.
The four leaned against the horse, trying to absorb the heat from the horse's body, divided the food, and forced to eat to preserve their strength.
Chu Lian drank a mouthful of goat's milk, and while they were eating, he told them the method he wanted to use.
Originally, Muren was eating well, but after hearing Chu Lian's method, his eyes widened in surprise.
He hurriedly said: "Sister Chu, no, these two horses are our last support. Without them, we can't get out of this snowy field with our legs!"
Of course Chu Lian knew that what Muren said was true, she took a deep breath of the icy cold air, reached out to touch the horse leaning behind her, and sighed, "Muren, take a good look at this horse, even if we don't use it I am afraid that these two horses will not survive tomorrow morning."
Besides, the horses also need to eat food, they left in a hurry, and because of Ulihan's miscalculation, they didn't bring the horses' food.
Without food and grass, the horses can't last long, not to mention that the situation of the two horses is not good at all.
Muren turned his head to look at the horse behind them. He reached out and touched it lightly. The horse was trembling and looked sleepy, which was obviously not a long-term sign. He is a man who lives on the prairie and lives as a nomad. He loves horses and sheep the most, and he will never hurt a horse unless it is absolutely necessary.
Muren closed his eyes in pain and nodded. At this moment, he also understood that killing the two horses might be their best choice at this time. Only in this way can they survive tonight when the temperature cools down. .
Seeing that Muren was persuaded, Chu Lian breathed a sigh of relief, horses understand human nature, so why would Chu Lian want to do this unless it was absolutely necessary.
Looking up to see the white snow beyond the edge, the sky was getting darker and darker, Chu Lian stuffed the last bite of jerky into his mouth, and said, "Let's start after eating."
Muren nodded while clenching his fists. During the meal, Muren had already explained Chu Lian's method with his mother and younger brother.
Wu Lihan is much calmer than her son. Although Chu Lian's method can only relieve the urgent need, the situation they will face tomorrow morning will definitely not be much better than it is now, but if they don't use this method, they will be frozen to death tonight .
After everyone agreed, they began to prepare things. Fortunately, the horse had two long knives in the pouch, otherwise Chu Lian only had a dagger for self-defense. When he thought of killing the horse with a dagger, Chu Lian's entire face would turn black.
The matter of killing horses should still be left to Wu Lihan and Muren. They have been with cattle and horses all year round and are skilled in their techniques. They even know how to kill a horse so that the horse can bear the least pain.
When the two horses fell in the snow, even Chu Lian couldn't hold back the tears in his eyes.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and the temperature was dropping rapidly, so Chu Lian had to speed up his movements.
Together with Ulihan, she forcefully pulled out the horse's internal organs from the horse's belly, and then piled them up on the nearby snow field. The two horses that had lost their breath lay horizontally in the snow field. After digging it out, Chu Lian and Wu Lihan helped the youngest, Na Risong, into the horse's belly, and then let Muren lie outside holding Na Risong.
Chu Lian piled the excavated horse viscera next to the gap in the horse's belly.
The belly of the remaining horse belonged to her and Ulihan. Fortunately, she and Ulihan were both slender and petite, not tall, otherwise they would not be able to get under it.
Chu Lian and Wu Lihan made gestures for a long time before convincing Wu Lihan to lie outside by herself.
After Wu Lihan got into the horse's belly, Chu Lian squatted down and got in. Fortunately, she was still wearing a fox fur, so it wasn't that cold with the fox fur wrapped outside.
The horse's belly smelled bad, and even blood and tissue fluid dripped onto her face, but in order to survive, she had to endure it.
The more He Changdi chased after the traces, the more his heart sank.
It was already dark at this time, and everyone who followed He Changdi hid in the warm shed on Lu Zhou.
With a dark face, He Changdi slightly opened a slit and looked outside into the darkness.
Damn, it's getting dark!
On the grassland in winter, if there is nothing to keep warm, darkness means the coming of death.
There are special guides in their team, and the old man is also a barbarian who has lived in the northern grasslands for decades.
Next to him, Xiao Hongyu asked the old guide with a serious face, "Is there a place to rest recently?"
The old guide pouted and said bluntly: "From here, there is no camp where you can rest in a radius of more than ten miles. If you want to spend this snowfield, it will take at least two days."
The old guide's words made He Sanlang's face almost turn into ice.
A guard outside reported, "Master, there are still traces ahead."
He Changdi's voice was a little rough, "Follow the trace!"
After the guard answered "Yes", he quickly gave instructions.
If it weren't for Lu Zhou and the warm shed, even a group of strong men like them wouldn't be able to walk normally in the grassland in such a dark night.
He Changdi followed the traces where Chu Lian and the others had left, and asked the owner of the tent. Of course, he also knew what kind of equipment Chu Lian was wearing when he fled.
How can four people and two horses survive such a night!
They took Lu Zhou all the way to chase, and encountered two frozen corpses on the road, or two men.
Looking at the direction, I am afraid it is Xiao Bojian's people who are also chasing Chu Lian.
Even they couldn't survive in such weather, let alone such a delicate woman as Chu Lian.
He Changdi didn't want to think about it any further.
Seeing that he was silent all the way, Xiao Hongyu couldn't help but comforted her: "Brother He, if you want to be more open, since my sister-in-law can escape so far, she must have a way to survive."
He Sanlang glanced at Xiao Hongyu, unable to speak in a difficult manner, at this moment, he couldn't remember what he had been worrying about in the past, his only wish now is to see Chu Lian who is still safe.
Don't they all say that the scourge has lasted for thousands of years, how could this poisonous woman have accidents so easily!
Lu Zhou walked silently in the snowstorm of the night, and He Sanlang lived like a year. He didn't know how long Lu Zhou had been walking, and suddenly the whole team stopped.
He Changdi was taken aback, opened the curtain and went out to inquire in person.
"What's going on, why did the team stop?" He Sanlang's voice was hoarse and deeply tired.
Li Xing hurried over, "Third young master, there are no traces..."
He Changdi was startled.
What is no trace! What a bunch of trash!
Regardless of the objections of his subordinates, He Changdi wanted to check it himself.
The soldiers who are good at reconnaissance can't help but lead him to the place where the traces disappeared.
The horse's footprints disappeared under the snow, no matter which direction it was in. He Changdi stood in the middle of the vast snowfield, feeling that his heart was colder than the night in the north, as if he had been frozen instantly.
He clenched his fists tightly, his phoenix eyes were deep, and he ordered all the subordinates around him, "Check! Even if I search all the land within a radius of a hundred miles, I still want to see the third grandma!"
Although he was usually taciturn and had a cold face, the soldiers following him had never seen him go berserk.
At present, everyone can only follow suit.
The people in the team each took their own Lu Zhou to look for clues around.
He Changdi stood at the place where the trace disappeared, as if he had turned into a statue, he clenched his fist, he didn't believe it, he didn't believe that Chu Lian would really disappear like this and die here!
His eyes fell on the surroundings blankly, not far away a fire was set up by the soldiers, he glanced over, and there was a strange bulge on the other side of the fire, ten to twenty meters away.
He Changdi's gaze was originally sweeping casually, but at this moment he stopped suddenly.
The next moment, he frantically ran towards the bulging place.
When he arrived at that spot, he thrust his slender fingers into the snow, but he didn't know what he touched. He Changdi was shocked, and immediately knelt down on the snow and started to scrape the snow with his hands.
Screaming and shouting.
Xiao Hongyu quickly noticed his side, and asked someone to run over with a snow-shoveling tool.
"Dig, dig for me, but be careful." Xiao Hongyu hurriedly ordered when she saw He Sanlang's crazy movements.
Soon, the top layer of snow several centimeters thick was scraped off, and everyone saw what was inside, two horses! And it was two dead horses.
Xiao Hongyu stopped what she was doing in disappointment, but He Changdi caught a glimpse of the cut open belly of the horse.
As soon as his deep eyes lit up, he rushed forward.
Xiao Hongyu thought that he saw a horse corpse, collapsed instantly, went up to hold his arm, and persuaded in a sad voice: "Brother He, don't do this, here are two horse corpses, sister-in-law... sister-in-law, she is not here at all, You want to open it!"
He Changdi pushed the kid away and roared angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about, your sister-in-law is in the belly of the horse! Hurry up and help me get her out!"
Xiao Hongyu was pushed suddenly by He Changdi, staggered and fell into the snowdrift, and then he was stunned, "What? Sister-in-law is in the horse's stomach? Fuck! What are you still doing, save people!"
He Changdi broke open the horse's belly with his bare hands, and saw Muren and Na Risong brothers curled up in a ball inside.
Even the belly of a horse could not completely resist the low temperature in such cold weather. The two brothers were already weak and passed out.
He Changdi was stunned for a second, and when he saw that it wasn't Chu Lian, he immediately turned his head to open the abdomen of another horse corpse.
Xiao Hongyu has already led people a step ahead.
When the horse's belly was opened, he saw Chu Lian lying outside hugging a barbarian woman.
Xiao Hongyu screamed, and shouted: "Brother He, sister-in-law... sister-in-law is here!"
When He Changdi turned his head around, he saw Chu Lian lying in the horse's belly with his eyes closed. He pushed away the crowd like crazy, rushed to Chu Lian's side in embarrassment, and hugged Chu Lian with trembling hands. When he felt the heat from her body, He Sanlang's heart that almost flew out of his throat really fell back to its original place.