I was stunned when I heard Cao Yuan's statement, and the anger in my heart gradually subsided. I frowned and looked at her without saying anything, waiting for her next words.
"You don't want to follow it to find water, do you?"
At this time, Lin Qing asked thoughtfully, and seeing that I was still puzzled, he explained to me that this was the simplest and most direct way to survive in the wild. If you get lost in the wild and can't find water, then you might as well follow the hoof prints of animals. In the end, you will most likely find water!
Because animals are more talented than humans in finding water. People can't find water, but they can definitely find something drinkable. In fact, humans in ancient times also had this ability, but unfortunately, with the step-by-step evolution, this ability has degenerated and disappeared.
I suddenly realized and couldn't help but look at Cao Yuan for a second. I didn't know that this girl was quite thoughtful. The most important thing for us now is to find a water source, otherwise we can't survive for a few days. If we can't survive, everything is nonsense. I didn't expect that she could think so thoughtfully in such a tight situation just now. She actually knew to let the wolf live and then follow the wolf to find the water source we need.
Who knew that Cao Yuan actually shook her head and said, "Finding a water source is only one of the reasons. The most important reason for letting the wolf go is that the wolf reminded me of a historical legend, a historical legend about the specific location of the old river channel of the Peacock River!!"
When Cao Yuan said this, even Qingyi, who had been indifferent, was attracted, so she sat over and asked about the situation in detail.
As long as the ancient river channel of the Peacock River is found, the first step to finding the fat man is taken! !
Cao Yuan did not hide anything and slowly told us a very obscure historical event. This historical event was not recorded in history books, not even in official history. I, who think I am proficient in history, was stunned when I heard it.
Where should I start with this matter?
Probably it has to start from the Qin Dynasty.
As mentioned before, when Qin Shihuang unified the six countries in the Central Plains, there was a very powerful country in the Western Regions - Yuezhi!
However, the most powerful country in the Western Regions at that time was not only Yuezhi, but also another country that worshipped the wolf totem - Wusun!
These two countries fought one annexation war after another in the Western Regions...
Strictly speaking, Wusun at that time could not be called a complete country, but a large primitive nomadic tribe. In today's words, it was the prototype of a country. However, due to convention, people have called the 36 countries in the Western Regions, including Wusun, as countries for thousands of years, so Wusun is a country. At that time, Wusun was not far from us, and its main activities were in the Yili River Basin in Xinjiang today!
One was a backward primitive nomadic tribe, and the other had formed a country. Needless to say, the consequences of the war between Yuezhi and Wusun were that Wusun must have lost, and lost completely, even losing their pants.
This genocide war was first launched by Yuezhi in 177 AD. The specific scale of this war is not recorded in history books, and no one can say clearly how long this war will last, but we can be sure that after a fierce fight, Wusun was defeated by Yuezhi, and even the king of Wusun, Nan Doumi, was killed by Yuezhi, and the country was almost destroyed.
However, it was also God who did not kill Wusun. In such a catastrophe, Wusun escaped a very important person, who was later called the generation of Tianjiao of Wusun - Lie Jiaomi.
At that time, Liejiaomi was still in his infancy, and was brought out by an old man named Bujiulinghou.
In order to get rid of the Yuezhi pursuers, Bujiulinghou carried Liejiaomi on his horse and fled for a whole day and night. When he was basically safe, Liejiaomi stopped crying. Bujiulinghou knew that Liejiaomi was hungry, so he put Liejiaomi down and went to find food. Who knew that when he came back, he saw a scene that almost scared him to death - an extremely majestic female wolf was feeding Liejiaomi! !
Wusun was a tribe that worshipped the wolf totem. Liejiaomi was saved by a mouthful of milk from a female wolf in despair, which almost moved Bujiulinghou. He kept shouting that Liejiaomi was the "son of destiny" of Wusun. If he was not a person with destiny, how could a female wolf feed him milk and save his life?
But no matter what, Liejiaomi survived. Bu Jiulinghou took Liejiaomi to the Xiongnu and simply surrendered to the Xiongnu. He urged the Xiongnu Chanyu to help them restore the Wusun Kingdom. Unfortunately, due to the complicated historical environment at that time, the Xiongnu did not help them until Maodun Chanyu appeared!
As mentioned earlier, Maodun Chanyu had been a hostage in the Yuezhi and was almost killed by the Yuezhi. He had long hated the Yuezhi. When Liejiaomi grew up, he urged Maodun Chanyu. It was really like a turtle seeing a mung bean. They fell in love with each other. The two of them decided to launch a war of annihilation against the Yuezhi - crushing the Yuezhi under the banner of restoring the Wusun Kingdom.
I have already said that in this war, the Yuezhi Kingdom was destroyed, the king's skull was made into a wine glass, and the Yuezhi people were driven to the west. In the end, they simply ran to Kazakhstan to survive.
The commander who represented Maodun Chanyu to destroy the Yuezhi Kingdom at that time was Lie Jiaomi!
It is said that when Lie Jiaomi drove the Yuezhi away, he fought as far as the border of Loulan and the Peacock River!
At that time, in order to commemorate his glorious achievements in this battle, he released the mother wolf that had fed him to the Peacock River, so that the great wolf god who had saved him would remember his glory.
After this battle, Lie Jiaomi embarked on the road of rise and established the most powerful Wusun Kingdom among the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions! !
Cao Yuan suspected that the dire wolves we had just encountered might be the descendants of the wolf that saved Lie Jiaomi. Of course, it is impossible to know what species the wolf that saved Lie Jiaomi was. Anyway, the history of Wusun State has been describing the majesty of this wolf. So Cao Yuan has always believed that the wolf that saved Lie Jiaomi was a dire wolf, and its descendants have been living by the Peacock River until now...
If all these speculations are true, then following the dire wolf we can not only find the water source, but also the ancient battlefield where Lie Jiaomi fought the last battle against the Yuezhi. That war broke out on the Peacock River. As long as we find the ancient battlefield, it is equivalent to finding the ancient river channel of the Peacock River.
Even, the water source that allowed the dire wolves to survive may be the ancient river channel of the Peacock River! !
I have to say that Cao Yuan's speculation is very bold, but not far-fetched. History is more exciting than TV dramas. Nothing is surprising. Maybe the dire wolves we are facing now are the descendants of the wolf that saved Lie Jiaomi!
If this is true, then the release of the dire wolf is quite worthwhile!
In any case, we must follow the dire wolf for a walk.
We set off right away.
The dire wolf is too heavy, so it leaves a lot of footprints when running. We followed its footprints and ran for more than ten miles in the dense forest before finally arriving at a small hill that is not too big.
There happened to be a wolf cave at the foot of the mountain!
The footsteps of the dire wolf stopped here, and it was obviously fled back to the cave.
The wolf cave was built very large. After a brief discussion, we decided to go inside the wolf cave first, so we endured the fishy smell in the wolf cave and went in.
Unexpectedly, not long after walking in the wolf cave, I heard Yi Shiting, who was walking at the back, suddenly exclaimed: "Xiaotian, look at the wall on the left side of the wolf cave!"
I was stunned and couldn't help but stop and raised my hand to wipe the wall on the left side of the cave.
The wall was very wet and slippery, as if something was sticky...
Out of curiosity, I took out a flashlight and shone it. It didn't matter that I shone it, but I was stunned at the time - my hands were bright red, just like blood!!
It must not be soil, red soil doesn't have this color!
I thought of a possibility, turned my head and looked at Yi Shiting in disbelief: "This is... cinnabar!"
"Yes, cinnabar!"
Yi Shiting let out a long breath and smiled bitterly: "There seems to be an ancient tomb in front of us...!"