Chapter 49: Meeting in the Mountains
It's not that Yue Qingrou doesn't know the situation, but it is precisely because she knows it too well that she is in a hurry.
Originally, she attacked Xiaoling Cottage because she wanted to catch Leng Ling'er off guard and cut off her supplies, so victory was naturally in her hands.
But she didn't expect Leng Ling'er to react quickly, and she made a quick decision, leaving behind the infantry team and directly leading the cavalry to rush overnight, rushing to Xiaoling Cottage before Yueqingrou's army.
In this way, Yue Qingrou's sneak attack was completely useless.
If it is a strong attack, not to mention whether it can be captured or not, the losses will definitely be huge.
If they didn't attack, Yun Qing and she would really be dragged down by Leng Ling'er, and once the situation on the side of the Hua Empire changed that day, it would be difficult for the two of them to take care of it at all.
That's why Yue Qingrou wanted to rely on her own strong skills and rush halfway up the mountain to destroy the defensive measures prepared by Leng Ling'er's troops.
"You're going? What if I find out? Yue Qingrou flatly refused: "You must not go." ”
"Don't worry, I'll put on a civilian costume and pretend to be a hunter from a nearby village, and they won't be able to do anything to me if they find out." Yun Qing laughed and said confidently: "What's more, in the mountains, as long as I want to hide, they will definitely not find out." ”
Yue Qingrou suddenly remembered Yun Qing's ability in the mountains and forests as if she was in her own backyard, and then put her mind at ease: "That's okay." Don't be reckless. If you can't find the way, forget it. It wouldn't be a big deal for me to rush up and destroy the boulders. As long as I don't want to fight, Leng Ling'er has no good way to take me. ”
"Absolutely." Yun Qing nodded, if there really was no path to bypass the defenders halfway up the mountain, that was the only way.
Although Jia Lin wanted to go together, she was rejected by Yun Qing.
The reason is simple, have you ever seen a hunter go up to the mountains to hunt and come with a guard?
Yun Qing changed into a hunter's clothes and brought his iron bow and quiver again, although these two things are rarely used, but Yun Qing still carries them with him. After all, it was a relic left to him by his grandfather.
The twelve arrows **** quiver, Yun Qing sorted out some of the gadgets in the leather bag he carried with him.
"Lord Viscount, why don't you use a quiver?" Jia Lin was a little curious, isn't it better that the army's quiver is loaded with more arrows?
"That thing is inconvenient in the mountains." Yun Qing replied while sorting out his tools: "Although the quiver contains few arrows, it is easy to carry and does not hinder movement in the mountains and forests. What's more, generally speaking, once in the mountain, twelve arrows are enough. Twelve arrows can't kill the prey, so this hunter is too unqualified. And to catch prey, it is more about setting traps than with bows and arrows. ”
"I really didn't expect you to know so much about hunters, Lord Viscount." Jia Lin listened with admiration.
"Uh......" Yun Qing suddenly woke up, the more the secret path really said, the more wrong it was, and quickly explained: "This ...... You also know that my territory has many mountains and many hunters in my villages, how can I not understand it? ”
"That's right." Jia Lin didn't think much of it.
Seeing that Jia Lin did not doubt it, Yun Qing suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
When he was ready, Yunqing took advantage of the night to enter the mountain.
Xiaoling Mountain is not a small mountain like its name, on the contrary, it is a mountain range that stretches for hundreds of miles, and it is covered with snow halfway up the mountain. It was also for this reason that Yun Qing planned to go up the mountain to see if he could find the path.
The mountains are lush with forests, and Yunqing caught a few hares along the way and put them in the bag behind him to prevent the prey from starving when the prey is scarce above the snow line.
After all, looking at this situation, it is not a matter of one or two days to go around carefully in Xiaoling Mountain.
"No wonder there are not many traces left by hunters in such a good mountain forest." Yun Qing carefully identified the feces in front of him: "There is actually a lizard dragon." ”
Even the lightning falcon, which usually stayed on Yun Qing's shoulders all day except when eating, widened its eyes and let out a vigilant chirp.
The dragon is said to have the blood of the dragon clan, and some low-level spirit beasts are not its opponents.
With rough skin and thick flesh and infinite strength, a lizard dragon can deal with several black bears. Ordinary hunters, on the other hand, need dozens of people to work together and use huge traps to deal with them.
As for Yunqing, one was once removed from the villages of the Qinglan Mountains.
That time was a very miserable experience for Yun Qing.
First, the arrows shot by Yun Qing at that time could not penetrate its scale armor, and secondly, Yun Qing also underestimated the power of the lizard dragon.
So at that time, Yunqing was chased by the lizard dragon for several days, and finally found an opportunity to sneak attack and shoot it in the eyes, and the lizard dragon went crazy, bumping into the guide zhì all over his body, and he was tired and had no strength before he succeeded in killing him.
"If there is such a big guy here, it will be a bit troublesome, I hope I don't meet it, otherwise, it will inevitably alarm the defenders." Yun Qing was secretly worried, even if he was not afraid of the dragon now, but the roar of that thing spread for miles, and Yun Qing was worried that it would attract the attention of the defenders.
Carefully touched the mountain, and at the speed of Yunqing, it soon reached above the snow line.
When he arrived here, Yun Qing began to feel the location of Xiaoling's cottage.
Find the location of Xiaoling Cottage first, and then you can find some easy mountain roads from all around, which is much better than looking aimlessly.
"That's ...... Snow Mountain Spirit Fox? Little guy, you help me catch that spirit fox, and I'll give you more food when I get back." Yun Qing just put the arrow on the bow, and suddenly remembered something, and said to the lightning falcon on his shoulder.
The fur of the snow mountain spirit fox is extremely precious, this little guy has the blood of a spirit beast, and its fur is an excellent treasure in the aristocratic circle.
Making a collar out of its fur will have the power to gather fire elements, so you don't have to worry about the cold of winter. Moreover, the fur of the snow mountain spirit fox is also extremely beautiful, and the roots are soft and silver.
Yun Qing thought about giving the little guy's fur to Yue Qingrou as a gift, but then he thought that if he shot it with an arrow, it would destroy the fur, and it was difficult to say what the result would be.
So he put his mind on the lightning falcon that was lying on his shoulder all day.
Yue Qingrou can be said to be a spirit animal, since it is a spirit animal, it should be very powerful, and this little guy seems to be very human.
Sure enough, after listening to Yun Qing's words, the lightning falcon's slightly closed eyes suddenly broke away, staring at the snow mountain spirit fox in the distance, shaking its feathers, and then turned into a purple light and rushed into the sky, letting out a clear chirp, and then rushed towards the snow mountain spirit fox in the distance.
I saw that it shot away at a very fast speed, and the snow mountain spirit fox heard the chirping, and just nervously accelerated its speed, it was caught by a purple light.
At the same time, a strong arrow **** passed, hitting the hind paws of the snow-capped spirit fox.
"Good archery." Yun Qing secretly praised in his heart, if it weren't for the lightning falcon that caught the snow mountain spirit fox, that arrow would definitely shoot through the snow mountain spirit fox that was running fast.
The speed of the Snow Mountain Spirit Fox is extremely fast, except for hunters with extremely superb archery skills who can shoot it with bows and arrows, the vast majority of hunters use a large number of traps to catch, while the cunning Snow Mountain Spirit Fox is rarely caught by traps. This is one of the reasons why their fur is extremely valuable.
The lightning falcon grabbed the snow mountain spirit fox and flew back, and Yun Qing realized that the lightning falcon's size had actually become bigger, like the size of a kitten.
Yun Qing grabbed the snow mountain spirit fox, and the lightning falcon flashed with purple light, changed back to the size of a fist again, stood on Yun Qing's shoulder and continued to doze off, not knowing how long it would take to sleep enough.
"It's small again...... The spirit beast is really magical. Yun Qing looked at the lightning falcon that had become smaller in surprise, and was amazed in his heart.
The snow mountain spirit fox in his hand let out a cry of fear, and he couldn't stop struggling, but Yun Qing's strength was so great, where was it able to break free.
"Who are you? I shot that snowy mountain spirit fox, right? In the distance, a young girl in a white leather jacket came galloping with a bow and arrow, apparently she had shot the arrow.
Yun Qing looked up when she heard this, her face changed slightly, this girl was actually Leng Ling'er.
"It's a good thing, she doesn't know me." Yun Qing immediately remembered that Leng Ling'er didn't know herself at all, but she was relieved.
"Miss, I haven't settled accounts with you yet." Yun Qing's mind turned, and he said angrily: "How can the Snow Mountain Spirit Fox shoot with arrows casually? Wouldn't such a good fur be damaged by shooting it with an arrow? If my falcon hadn't caught it, your arrow would have passed through its belly, and the whole skin would have been ruined. ”
was angrily reprimanded by Yun Qing, and Leng Ling'er's little face was a little blushing.
Indeed, she also wanted the fur of this snow-capped spirit fox, but she didn't know whether the fur was bad or not. After all, although she often hunts, firstly, the snowy mountain spirit fox is extremely rare, and secondly, she will not pay attention to the problem of prey fur.
Leng Ling'er, who was a little embarrassed, was about to speak, but her eyes were attracted by the lightning falcon on Yun Qing's shoulder: "You say...... This is a falcon? ”
Yun Qing nodded: "Of course." This little guy hatched from an egg I found in a beast's den. Don't look at it small, but it helped me catch a lot of prey. ”
To say that this is a spirit beast lightning falcon, Yun Qing doesn't dare, after all, how can a hunter in the world catch a spirit beast? Still domesticated? What's more, there aren't many hunters who will know several spirit beasts.
So Yun Qing simply pretended not to know that this was a lightning falcon, but said that it was a falcon.
"I see, no wonder it follows you. You're lucky, but it's not a falcon, it's a spirit animal, the Lightning Falcon. I'm afraid that the beast's nest you mentioned must also be the nest of a spirit beast, right? When you go, it won't be in the nest, and you've earned such a lightning falcon. Leng Ling'er looked at the lightning falcon enviously: "Your luck is too good." ”
"What? You say it's a spirit animal? Yun Qing pretended to be surprised: "Really? How come I don't see how powerful it is? ”
"It's still in its infancy, so of course it doesn't have much strength. But it's more than enough to help you catch your prey. Leng Ling'er laughed: "I said, this snow mountain spirit fox, can you sell it to me?" ”xh118