After counting the personnel, all five people on their horses were attacked.

Except for Wang Zezhi who blocked it with a shield, the rest of the personnel were not happy.

Two archers died, one was seriously wounded.

In addition, two people were seriously injured, plus the guards who were affected by Wang Zezhi's side, three were seriously injured.

One battle, two dead and three wounded.

Now there were only nineteen people, plus nineteen horses, three of whom were seriously wounded.

Not a single horse is missing.

There were only five wild wolves rushing into the ranks.

This is a purposeful culling.

They thought the man on the horse was the leader.

It was only at this moment that Wang Zezhi understood why the herald he sent out had not heard from him.

He thought of many situations, but forgot that there were not only people but also wild beasts on the grassland.

Wild wolves, the existence of the overlord of the steppe.

Originally, Wang Zezhi thought that the target of these wild wolves was just war horses, but he didn't expect that these wild wolves would even eat people.

"Everybody get on your horse, grab your weapons, and speed up."

The snow wasn't as thick as it was for this stretch of the road, just below the ankles.

Wang Zezhi guessed that it should be almost time to arrive at the town guard, and he immediately ordered the team to get on their horses and start accelerating the sprint.

Just as they were on their horses and sprinting, a strong wind suddenly blew on the grassland.

It was a little difficult for them to march against the wind, but the people did not pause in the slightest, waving their whips vigorously and spurring their horses forward.

Due to the excessive speed, one of the seriously injured guards was turned upside down.

"My lord, the fourth child has fallen off the horse."

"Huh~" Wang Zezhi tightened the reins, his brain was a little dazed.

He wondered how desperate he would have been if he had dropped his horse and been besieged by wild wolves.

"Damn it, go back and save him, quick."

The guards' eyes were red, and they obeyed Wang Zezhi's order and turned around to save the guard named Xiaosi.

Although they are guards, they are also human beings.

They thought that Wang Zezhi would give up Xiaosi and ignore it, but when they heard that Wang Zezhi wanted to save Xiaosi, they all had inexplicable emotions in their hearts.

This kind of emotion is called the death of a confidant.

Even Wang Zezhi didn't expect that it was such an ordinary act that gave him a loyal guard.

A few guards who could see at night arrived at the place where Xiao Si had fallen and sobbed in a low voice.

"Find a way to light a torch, I want to see." Wang Zezhi has night blindness, and he can't see.

His war horse was led by Luo Cong.

The guards integrated the torches in their hands, made three new torches, and lit them with fire folds.

Xiao Si died a miserable death, half of his face was bitten, his neck was broken, his trachea and esophagus were exposed, his stomach was also disemboweled, and his intestines fell to the ground.

He had three mutilated limbs.

Wang Zezhi cried, he didn't expect that in just such a moment, Xiao Si would be like this.

"Take the corpse of Xiao Si, hold the weapons in your hands, and rush with me!

Stay in Qingshan without fear of running out of firewood, and settle accounts with these beasts in the future. ”

Wang Zezhi had never hated an animal so much, and this was the first time.

The guards tied Xiao Si's mutilated body tightly to the war horse, and the other two seriously injured guards also reinforced it with a hadron.

While they were busy, the wolf king reappeared.

Once again, it crouched at the front of the team, like a general, watching its own results.

The archers were all wounded, and no one could attack it.

Wang Zezhi bowed his head slightly, staring at the front of the team.

He took the torch and rode to the front of the line.

"Come, brute! Drive! ”

Wang Zezhi ordered the troops to form an arrow array, and he launched a final charge for the vanguard.

If they can get through this stretch, they'll be safe.

He had to lead by example, give the guards courage, and rush out with all his might.

He didn't expect the wolves to use tactics as well, they took a two-wing outflanking formation and ran with the team.

They got closer and closer to the team, and then they dispersed and began to attack the horses on both flanks of the team in batches. Fat Cat Literature Network

From time to time, the horses were frightened and began to run away from the team, but fortunately, the guards all had one-handed riding skills.

They slashed with their weapons while controlling their horses, and soon followed the group.

Otherwise, once they are alone, there is only a dead end waiting for them.

The torch in Wang Zezhi's hand was suddenly extinguished, but he did not stop but continued to ride his horse and gallop, because at this time there was only a dead end.

After running for some time, they came to a river.

Wang Zezhi's horse ran to the ice, and he heard the sound of flowing water.

As a last resort, he stopped here.

Thankfully, the wolves didn't follow, and they seemed to know there was a river.

"Ghost Mao River, yes, a tributary of the Yellow River, Zhenyuwei is just to the west of it."

Wang Zezhi recalled the map and immediately ordered his guards to identify the direction and move west.

However, just as they were about to set off, a piece of ice broke.

The two who were seriously injured fell down with their horses.

"Save people."

Wang Zezhi himself is not from Shaanxi, but from Fulan, and he can swim.

So, without saying a word, he dived into the water and began to untie the ropes on their bodies.

Two of the guards who were good at water also joined in.

However, there was a dead tree at the bottom of the river, and the current washed them under the tree, and it held them down, so that even untying the rope could not drag them to the surface.

The three of them held their breath for too long, returned to the surface of the water to change their breath, and went down again to untie the rope.

They need to be ventilated, and so do the wounded underwater.

But they were held down and could not be replaced, and by the time they came down again, the two wounded were no longer breathing.

Wang Zezhi didn't plan to give up, he felt that dragging the two of them up could still be saved.

He's going to press on their ribcages, he's going to give artificial breaths, he's going to...

Before he could drag him a few times, the two guards dragged him out first.

"My lord, they're dead."

"Who said they were dead, who said they were dead, they could still be rescued, they could still be rescued."

Twenty-two riders came out, and now there are only seventeen riders, and the fourth is a mutilated corpse.

Wang Zezhi has lost his mind, and he blames him, if he didn't have to go to the town guard to take a look, the guard wouldn't have died.

It's all his fault.

"My lord, it's indeed dead." The other guard also whispered in agreement.

Wang Zezhi calmed down, he knew that he had lost his temper.

He couldn't afford to lose his temper, the danger was not over, and the wolves were still watching in the dark.

"Find a place to make a fire, wolves are afraid of fire."

"Yes."

The guards moved quickly, because they all knew that the wolves were all around them.

There is a ruin by the river, which is believed to have been lived by herders in the past.

There are a lot of dead trees around the ruins, just enough to make a fire.

The guards lit a few fires, and the wolves stopped approaching, but gathered together from a distance to observe.

The clothes on Wang Zezhi's body were soaked and needed to be dried before he could leave.

Luo Cong took off the cotton clothes he was wearing and put them on Wang Zezhi, and several people gathered around to roast the fire.

Just when Wang Zezhi thought that they were safe for the time being, seven or eight wolves rushed out of the darkness and pounced on the war horse tied to the corpse of Xiao Si.

Xiao Si's death was too tragic, and he was released to the periphery, which gave the wolves a chance to sneak attack.

"Hack them to death!" Wang Zezhi was furious, pulled out the sword he was wearing, and rushed over.

The guards were also furious, and they all rushed over angrily.

Because Xiao Si's binding was too tight, the wolves couldn't drag it away for a while, but they bit the war horse carrying Xiao Si to death.

The guards swarmed and slashed five wolves to death.

Wang Zezhi ordered them to drag the wolf corpse to the ruins and disembowel it.

"Eat wolf meat tonight!"

"Good!"

"Oh, oh!"

The guards had already itched the teeth of the wolf's hatred, and without saying a word, they killed the wolf, and roasted it on the fire.