Volume 1 Above the Temple Chapter 116 Feeding the Tiger on the Prairie (I)

There has always been a mysterious legend on the grassland: there is a big snow mountain in the extreme north of the vast grassland, and there is a clear water lake at the foot of the big snow mountain, and the grassland god who never withers lives on the top of the big snow mountain, and the clear water lake is the miracle of the grassland god left in the world, and it is the grace of the grassland god to the people of the grassland...... If someone can find the Great Snow Mountain, he can be blessed by the grassland god, become the messenger of the grassland god in the world, and can dominate the grassland, and after bathing in the clear water lake, the body will become stronger than iron, and from then on, it will be invulnerable.

This legend is known to everyone on the grassland, and the leaders of various tribes on the grassland have sent people to find this snow-capped mountain and this clear water lake, hoping that they can become the messenger of the grassland god in the world, and be able to dominate the grassland and become the biggest king of the grassland.

It's just that so far, no one has ever been able to find the Great Snow Mountain and the Bishui Lake. But even so, the grassland people still believe in this legend, and they revere the Great Snow Mountain as a "holy land" and the Bishui Lake as the "Heavenly Pool".

……

……

This year, the grass in the grassland is more fertile and lush than ever, and clusters of unknown small red flowers have grown in the grass...... When the afterglow of the setting sun warmly sprinkles on the endless grassland, the dark green grass looks secret and deep under the reflection of the sunset, and the clusters of small red flowers in the grass also exude bright colors, like blood.

At the edge of the grassland, hundreds of men wrapped in broken armor sat around the big iron pot, eating meat in silence.

They all looked yellow-skinned, tired, with greasy hair and dreadlocks, and chapped lips that rolled up dead skin...... But the strange thing is that when they face the meat in their hands, they do not show that they are gobbling up in the face of hunger, but instead exude a look that is difficult to swallow, almost forcing themselves to eat, mechanically putting the meat into their mouths, and then mechanically chewing twice, the whole process is rigid and wooden.

No one could have imagined that this group of people would be the most noble golden cavalry on the grassland, and even their Golden Horde King Shan Yu was among them.

After eating the meat in his hand, a wrinkled old man took out a bone flute from his bosom and put it to his mouth and blew it, and the sound of the flute was whimpering and desolate, as if telling the upheaval of his own group.

After the desolate bone flute sounded, the dull eyes of the rest of the people finally glowed with a trace of color, but this color was even more desolate than the sound of the bone flute, and the next moment, someone couldn't help but throw down the piece of meat in his hand and began to choke.

It's just that this sad atmosphere has just spread, and I saw a flash of knife, and the old man who had just played the bone flute fell to the side.

"Those who dare to shake the hearts of the army will be killed." There was a fierce look in Kuo Ke's eyes, looking around at everyone, and the few people who had just choked up also lowered their heads and forced themselves to suppress their choked voices.

The Golden Horde King Shan Yu glanced at the old man who was invincible and had a different head on his face, the generation of heroes who once dominated the grassland, and now his eyes were no longer shining, and he was left with tiredness that could not be concealed.

It's just that after seeing the eager and fiery gaze of the enemy, the Golden Horde King Shan Yu stood up after a moment of silence, looked around at everyone, and said, "I know the bitterness in your hearts, but we have retreated, haven't we?"

If I and the Mighty Heads can be exchanged for your peace, I believe you have already cut off the heads of both of us.

But you also know that this is impossible, the purpose of the executioner of Shentu this time is to kill us all, he wants to leave no grass, he wants to cut the grass and eradicate the roots.

Our people have been slaughtered by him, what can we do? Do you want to die with our people? No, we want to live, we have to avenge our people, and we want to break the body of this executioner, Shen Tu.

I believe that the grassland god has not abandoned us, hold on, hold on a little longer, the current predicament is just a test for us by the grassland god, you are all the most heroic warriors on the grassland, I believe that you can persevere, as long as we persist further, we can reach the holy land, we can bathe in the water of Tianchi...... We will be blessed by the god of the steppe, and we will be able to make a comeback. ”

Although Shan Yu spoke impassionedly, the group of people below were still depressed and in high spirits.

Actually, what Shan Yu said just now was very right, if Shan Yu and the enemy's head could be exchanged for the Beiyu army to stop killing, they would have done it a long time ago.

Seeing that his words could no longer arouse the interest of this group of people, Shan Yu also lowered his head helplessly.

At this moment, he suddenly heard Kuo Kedi pointing to the sky and shouting, "Look, the king, the holy mountain...... That's the holy mountain, and there is also the heavenly pool. ”

With the shout of the broad enemy, the golden cavalry also looked up at the sky, and the next moment, this group of golden cavalry suddenly became excited, and the death intent in their eyes disappeared, replaced by all hope.

Some people started dancing, others started crying.

At this time, Shan Yu's eyes became more and more fanatical, and he said loudly: "I said that the grassland god has never abandoned us......"

"Long live the steppe god."

"Long live the King."

……

The cries of the crowd began to be heard endlessly.

It turned out that at that moment, a mirage appeared on the horizon, reflecting the appearance of a snow-capped mountain and a blue water lake.

"Let's go, let's set off on our journey to the Holy Mountain." Shan Yu shouted.

When the others heard this, they also hurriedly put away the cooking utensils, but they didn't forget to break down the body of the old man who had just been killed by Kuan Kedi into small pieces and carry them with them. ——————————————————————————————

At this time, dozens of miles behind their ranks, there was also an army eating.

It's just that both the number and momentum are much stronger than a group of them alone.

There were about 5,000 people in this group, and whether it was an old man with a gray beard or a young man with a youthful expression, their expressions were calm and determined, as if they were not coming from the mountains and rivers, but really like they were in the back garden of their own home.

Hundreds of cauldrons were boiling fresh mutton, and the sergeants were sweating profusely with bread in one hand and mutton soup in the other.

This group of people is part of the Beiyu Army. Since Shentu led the army into the grassland last year, Sergeant Beiyu has pursued Shentu's iron-blooded order of "killing people when they encounter them, and destroying all clans".

The Beiyu army is already brave and good at fighting, after countless battles, their hearts have already been tempered like iron and stone, they are a large killing machine on the battlefield, the death of their companions will not make them move in the slightest, and the butcher's knife that cuts at the barbarians of the grassland will not hesitate for a moment...... It's just that no matter how hard-hearted the army is, it kills non-stop every day, and after more than a year, although it is not exhausting, it will inevitably be a little tired.

It has been more than a year since they entered the steppe in February last year, and the war with the steppe barbarians has been going on for more than a year. In fact, this is not very accurate, because in addition to the original Golden Horde when Shan Yu gathered an army of 100,000 was a hard-fought war, the next hundreds of wars, large and small, were more like one-sided massacres. In that battle, Shentu used 50,000 horses and horses of the Beiyu army against the 100,000 army of the grassland, but the final result was that the number of casualties of the Beiyu army was not more than 1,000, and the number of casualties was not more than 10,000, while the 100,000 army of the Golden Horde was defeated head-on, 30,000 were beheaded, 30,000 were captured, and the 30,000 people who were captured later were also killed. That time, it was to completely kill the courage of the steppe barbarians. So much so that later, the first thing the grassland barbarians encountered when they encountered the Beiyu army was not to resist and fight but to flee directly. If you calculate carefully, there are 1340,000 grassland barbarians who have died at the hands of the Beiyu army in more than a year.

And after seeing that his army was defeated, the Golden Horde directly abandoned the old, weak, women and children in the tribe, and fled with only the golden cavalry.

Mu Qingen's order to Shen Tu this time was that he didn't want to hear the words "Golden Cavalry" again.

As for Mu Qingen's orders, Shen Tu has always carried them out to the end and cannot tolerate the slightest perfunctory behavior...... Since he said that he didn't want to hear the words "Golden Cavalry", then he had to kill the Golden Cavalry cleanly, even if there was only one left, so he personally brought a cavalry to hunt down and kill the Golden Horde King Shan Yu.

In fact, according to normal circumstances, as early as three months ago, he had the opportunity to kill all these people, but he accidentally heard from the captives that Shan Yu was going to find the legendary "Holy Mountain" and "Tianchi", so he deliberately let this group of people go. He wanted this group of people to lead him to find the "Holy Land" and "Tianchi", although he scoffed at this legend, but he really wanted to see the holy land in the hearts of this group of grassland people, and his plan was to wait until this group of people was blessed by the grassland god as the legend said, and then kill them cleanly...... Directly breaking their faith is not only to break them physically, but also to deal a complete blow to them mentally.

……

Not far from the team, Shen Tu stood alone and looked into the distance, his eyes did not get tired of this kind of life emotion, but exuded an extremely fanatical essence.

In the past few decades, Mu Qingen sent him to lead the troops to fight only a handful, far less frequent than sending "eagle dogs", so his prestige on the battlefield is far less loud than that of several other people, the world thinks that he is because of his withdrawn personality and likes to be alone, and is not loved by Mu Qingen, but few people know that the reason why Mu Qingen did not send him to fight easily in the past few decades is because Mu Qingen knows him better than anyone else...... His name is Shen Tu, "Tu" is the butcher's slaughter, the slaughter of slaughter, he ranks second among the six giants of Beiyu, with the name of "Mad Tiger...... When Mu Qingen saw him for the first time, he recognized his character and evaluated him as a "peerless fierce tiger".

From the moment Mu Qingen accepted him as his adopted son, Mu Qingen recognized his bloodthirsty ferocity from the bones, so in the past, Mu Qingen locked him in the "fence" and never let him out easily. Because Mu Qingen knew that if the tiger could not be fed at one time, the dinosaur would hurt people. The wars of the past were too small to fill the belly of this "mad tiger".

Feed the deer with grass, feed the wolf with the deer...... So why feed tigers? The only way to feed is to take out the whole grassland.