Chapter 10 one

In the middle of the night, Shanai knocked on the door of the house, and appeared in front of Aya in a hurry.He slipped back from the temporary camp to bid farewell to Aya. Tomorrow, they will have a major event. He misses Aya and wants to make love with Aya before the action. Timur's plundering of Sistan's caravan has recently developed into a large-scale plunder of Sistan's herds, and after repeated successes, he infiltrated inward regardless of the consequences.These days, he was planning another bold move. When Shanai went home and told Aya the news, he had a rare complacency on his face.

Aya suddenly had a bad feeling.Even though she knew, she couldn't stop Shana. That night, Aya was extremely gentle to Shana.Later, Shanai was exhausted, put her head on Aya's arm, and fell into a deep sleep. After a short time, Shana woke up with a start.It was still dark outside, but Shana was full of energy, and got up to pack the saddle outside.When he was about to get on the horse, Aya stopped him.Aya handed Shanai a bowl of kumiss, saying that drinking a bowl of kumiss before leaving would bring him good luck.No matter before or after marriage, Shanai has always been obedient to Aya, not to mention that Aya just gave him a bowl of kumiss, even if Aya gave him a bowl of poison, he would still drink it.He took the bowl, and "Gu Gu Lu Lu" drank the bowl of kumiss down to the last drop.

Shanai returned the empty bowl to Aya, turned over and jumped on the horse.Aya looked at him silently, and Shanai was waving goodbye to Aya on the horse. Just as he waved his hand halfway, he became dizzy and fell straight under the horse. Aya walked up to Shanai, bent over and picked him up, and sent him back to the tent.She covered him with a blanket and watched him for a while.She knew that Shanai would not wake up in a short time, so she took off his bow and arrow and carried it on her back, and took off his inseparable Persian knife and slung it on her waist. Then, she went outside the tent and jumped onto his war horse.Only then did she remember that she forgot to ask Shana where they camped.

She thought about it, and galloped towards a camp that Shanai had occasionally revealed to her.She didn't know if she could meet Timur's team. Timur's camp was changing all the time, so she just wanted to try her luck. As luck would have it for her, the bivouac was deserted.She was wandering aimlessly in Sistan. The hostility of Sistan people towards Chagatai people made her afraid to ask anyone about the situation directly. Later, she met an old man who was picking cow dung on the grass. She looked tired and thirsty and asked what she was doing.Seeing the old man's benevolent look, she told the old man that she was looking for her brother, who was the only boy in her family, but he didn't live up to expectations. He didn't like grazing, didn't like working, and only liked to rob houses with a bandit leader. Let parents worry about him.It is said that he followed the bandit leader to Xistan recently, and his parents were worried about him, so they all fell ill, so she had to sneak out to look for him. She searched for several days, but she didn't even hear any news about her brother.

As she spoke, she began to cry, to be honest, she was indeed a little desperate, so she cried decently, with tears flowing continuously. The old man looked at her sympathetically and brought her yogurt to drink.When she calmed down a bit, the old man told her regretfully that her brother might really be in danger. She was taken aback and stopped crying. The old man asked her, "Is the bandit leader you mentioned a Chagatai man named Timur?" she said yes. "That's right. Well, your brother really shouldn't be a robber. Poor man, he's doomed this time." She asked, "Really? Why?"

The old man sighed, and explained that his son told him that in order to deal with the elusive Timurid robbers, the leader of the Sistan tribe deliberately let the wind out, saying that in order to prevent the Chagatai people from plundering livestock, they would go everywhere in places with abundant water and grass. The locals take turns to graze and send people to protect them.The leader said so, and he has indeed done so in recent days.Sure enough, the herds and herdsmen were safe and sound for almost half a month. Gradually, the Sistan people relaxed their vigilance and decided to drive the herds to the canyon to graze. The pastures in the canyon are very good. If there is nothing special, They will be here for a while.

There is only one way to enter the canyon. The army guarding the herds feels safe and no longer pays so much attention. They often gather in groups of three or four to drink. Sometimes they don’t care about the cattle and sheep going out of the canyon. They just send herdsmen to chase them back. It's over.However, all of this is just an illusion created by the Sistan people. The real purpose of the leader is to lead the robbers into the canyon, gather and annihilate them. It may also be God's will. The robbers were deceived by the illusion and fell for it.This morning, they rushed into the canyon, and the Sistans in the canyon were unprepared and fled in all directions.Just as the robbers were about to leave the canyon with the easily obtained booty, the army sent by the leader of the Sistan tribe surrounded them.After a fierce battle, more than 500 Chagatai people, including their bandit leader, were killed in the valley.

Aya looked at the old man, her lips were as white as paper. "How do you know?" After a long time, she asked in a daze. The old man replied that his son had participated in cleaning up the battlefield.They piled up all the bodies for processing tomorrow. Aya asked again: "How to get to the canyon?" The old man looked at her in surprise: "Could it be that you are going into the canyon?" "yes." "Girl, I advise you not to go. Such a tragic scene, you are a girl..." "No, I must go!" Aya interrupted the old man.She clasped the old man's shoulders, her eyes were so bright that it made one's heart palpitate.

The old man watched her.After a while, he sighed helplessly: "Okay, I'll guide you for a while and show you the way." Aya walked into the canyon alone.The sun slanted to the west, and the entire canyon sank into a shadow. The cliffs on both sides squeezed the mountain wind, making a gloomy whistle, and the vultures chirped one after another, exaggerating death and horror.Some vultures landed on the carcass, picking and enjoying their food. Even though Aya briefly frightened them into the air, they still lingered and circled over Aya's head. Aya didn't feel afraid, the great grief had made her forget her fear.She wanted to find Timur's body, which was more important to her than anything else.

Shanai saved a life because of her trick, she didn't feel guilty about it, on the contrary, she secretly rejoiced.But if Timur's body can't be found, Shanai must blame himself for the rest of his life. The seemingly gentle Shanai has the same obsession with friendship as he does with love. With bloody corpses, severed heads and arms, and pale faces that were once fresh, the brutal fighting that took place here far exceeded Aya's imagination.What made Aya especially painful was that almost every one of these dead people was like her own brother. The Sistans piled up the corpses of the Chagatai people, and loaded their own wounded and dead bodies into trucks and transported them away.Aya didn't find Timur, so she could only look at them one by one. How she hoped in her heart that someone among them was still alive.

The light in the canyon was getting dimmer and dim, and it was almost impossible to see anything clearly.Aya rolled over until his arms were sore and numb, and when he could no longer move, Timur's body was still missing.Finally, the great despair and grief overwhelmed Aya. She fell and sat beside dozens of piled up corpses, covered her eyes with her hands, and buried her head heavily in the crook of her elbows.Her eyes hurt, but she just couldn't cry. After an unknown amount of time, she felt her clothes being ripped by something. She thought it was an illusion, and kept her original posture motionless. wrong!It was the same thing that pulled the hem of her clothes, pulled it, and pulled it again. She felt a chill in her heart, and looked down in astonishment. God!A hand stretched out from the pile of dead people, and this hand was pulling at the hem of her clothes.She couldn't see the person who pulled her, and the person who pulled her was buried in the corpse. Aya jumped up.She didn't know where she got the strength to remove more than a dozen corpses piled up on her arms at an astonishing speed. At this moment, she saw a "blood man", whose head slightly lifted. For a brief moment, she recognized the face by feel. It was the face she was most familiar with besides Shana. "Timur!" She knelt in front of the "blood man", hugging him and bursting into tears. Timur did not answer.His face was on the ground, as if dead. At this time, Aya's strong body played a role. She no longer hesitated, picked up the tall Timur, and ran towards the Dawan horse she had left at the entrance of the valley.She must save Timur, no matter what, she must save Timur, and this has become the only strength supporting her. It was dark in the valley. She was running and tripped over another corpse. She lost her balance and fell heavily to the ground.Timur rolled down from her back, she ignored the pain, leaned over to pick up Timur again, and ran towards the mouth of the valley.The mount she brought was pacing back and forth at Taniguchi, looking restless.Seeing the hostess, it greeted her empathetically. Aya struggled to put Timur on its back.