Volume 1 ● The Recalcitrant People Chapter 34 Driving the Wolf and Devouring the Tiger
The second round of attacks by the outcasts had not yet appeared, and the wolves had already approached the Grand Canyon.
This made Guo Yang, Anu and Wang Huzi and others a little confused. Because as a rule of thumb, it usually takes three to five days after a town has been completely conquered by the homeless before the wolves follow.
Looking at the wolves all over the mountains, everyone's hearts were tightened again.
"I think something is wrong, these wolf cubs seem to have been driven away." Wang Huzi stood on the tall stone wall, frowning, a little puzzled.
"Hmm. I also think something is wrong. The displaced people also seemed to be driven away and flocked to other places. Looking at the general direction, it should be going to Tangshan City. Guo Yang casually chopped a wolf that couldn't be held back off the wall and said in a deep voice.
"No matter, let's find a way to withstand the attacks of these beasts first." Guo Yang turned his head and said to Anu.
"Yes. Don't worry about a frontal attack, the problem is that there are already quite a few wolves entering the Grand Canyon from the cliffs behind. Do you want to divert half of the staff and go somewhere else? Anu said.
"No, hold on to the front. If not, let the old men and women slowly retreat to the inner line of defense. I'm worried about ......" Guo Yang was talking, when suddenly, there was a commotion among the wolves, like a scoop of cold water being poured into an oil pot, and the whole rolled up.
Everyone turned their heads in surprise and looked at the tens of thousands, densely packed wolves outside the stone wall.
The wolf's head turned to the sky, but it didn't let out that kind of mournful wail. They seem to be afraid of something, and at the same time, they are longing for it.
The wolves fell silent in an instant, lying on the ground restlessly, their stiff and dirty tails slapping the earth.
Outside the stone wall, a radius of more than ten miles, suddenly the dust is flying, covering the sky and the sun, and it is very powerful.
Looking at this strange scene, Guo Yang and the others looked at each other, and they really couldn't figure out how these wolves became like this.
A hint of gloom came to everyone's hearts.
Just when everyone was in shock, several trumpets were heard in the distance, but they were not the kind of marching and fighting.
The horn is hoarse, piercing people's hearts, but it is the sound of the trumpet when the merchant ancestors held a grand sacrifice and prayed to the gods of heaven and earth.
Guo Yang was stunned, and those merchants were also stunned.
Even if someone has never heard that unique voice of pathos, they still hear it all at once, like a kind of talent sense.
The wolves boiled and howled, echoing the sound of the trumpet.
Guo Yang's heart was shocked, and an irrepressible evil thought burst out, and he couldn't help but look up to the sky and cry out like those wolves, draw out his knife, and slash at the crowd.
"Young Master!" Anu stood aside, and suddenly found that Guo Yang's face was hideous, his eyes were prominent, and he was covered with bloodshots, which looked very terrifying.
When Guo Yang heard this, he suddenly returned to his clarity.
Finding that he almost fell asleep unconsciously, Guo Yang was suspicious in his heart, and hurriedly exercised his breath to dissolve the evil thoughts and disturbances in his chest, and then he looked up into the distance again, and his heart was already murderous.
A group of Zhou soldiers came slowly, about four or five hundred people, riding sturdy bantam horses.
In the queue, a scarlet flag was waving in the wind, embroidered with black and white bears and tigers, and a huge "Zhou" character was clustered. There are also several smaller tooth flags, which are surrounded by blue, red, yellow, white and black moire, and the word "Yan" is embroidered in the middle.
In the midst of the cavalry, there was a bullock cart, on which a man was dressed in a gray linen coat and holding a wooden sword, and was reciting words to himself.
Tens of thousands of wolves seemed to be in awe of these people, not only obediently giving them a passage, but also constantly making a "whine" hiss, quite flattering.
Those Zhou people rode on their horses and walked slowly, not caring about the grinning wolves, all the way to the direction of the Grand Canyon.
Guo Yang knew a little in his heart.
Presumably, these wolves were controlled by the strange people in the ox cart, and became their servants and pets, and then acted as their pioneers.
"Young Master, you have to be careful. That person should be a Southern Xinjiang wizard! Anu stood beside Guo Yang, his face was pale, his teeth were fighting involuntarily, and he seemed to see the most terrifying existence in the world.
"Wizard?" Guo Yang was stunned for a moment, and from a distance, the people on the ox cart didn't seem to be dressed as Zhou people, but a bit like a merchant sacrifice.
Southern Xinjiang is located in the south of the Thunder Swamp, it is said that there is shrouded in clouds and mist all the year round, poisonous miasma, fierce beasts, snakes and insects are everywhere, and there are some mysterious tribes living in the deep mountains and evil forests within a radius of millions of miles, and they are good at ghosts and witchcraft.
For tens of thousands of years, Southern Xinjiang has been a forbidden land for the human race, and very few people have penetrated into the land of Southern Xinjiang, and similarly, those mysterious tribes in the land of Southern Xinjiang have rarely come out of the Thunder Swamp.
Guo Yang turned his head and glanced at Anu, secretly surprised in his heart. This Anu seems to know something about southern Xinjiang, and it seems that he has to inquire in detail in retrospect.
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"General, this trick of the young master to drive away the wolf and devour the tiger is really wonderful, along the way, we have expanded the territory of Dayan by hundreds of miles without bloodshed." A guard in beast armor laughed.
"That's it. The young master has great ambitions and is determined to be thousands of miles away in the black soil of Liaodong, as for this drive to devour the tiger, it is just to take advantage of the situation, and by the way, he took a lonely bamboo weak country. A mighty-looking general laughed.
"Young master's clever plan! The only trouble is that those homeless people are too hungry, it is less than half a year, and the rest is less than one or two percent. Otherwise, even if we cross Yanshan, it is not impossible to take some ghost territory! The guard said with a smile.
"Ghost Fang? You're thinking too much. If people don't come to beat us, even if it's good luck, do you still want to beat people? If it weren't for the blocking of the Yanshan horizontal vein, their cavalry would have been able to drive straight in, which would be really difficult. The general shook his head slightly and sighed, and reprimanded the guard.
"Don't we still have a witch ......," the guard said, stopping abruptly, and peeking at the wizard on the ox cart, his face a little ugly.
"If you say too much, you will lose. This matter is a secret of our army, and no one is allowed to spread it to the outside world. Hopefully this is the first and last time! The general said lightly, not looking at the guard again.
"Huh? The cottage in front did not fall? Suddenly, those Zhou soldiers found the stone wall more than ten miles ahead, and they were a little stunned.
In the past few months, they have driven away the wolves, so that they have driven the displaced people in turn, and they have continued to conquer cities, and have taken dozens of cities that originally belonged to the Lonely Bamboo Country, and they have long been accustomed to bloodless soldiers.
Therefore, the sudden appearance of a small cottage in front of me that has not yet been captured will naturally seem a little abrupt.
"What's going on?" The general asked with a frown, reining in his horse's head.
"General Yu, there is a small cottage ahead that has not yet been captured by the homeless!" A soldier next to him said loudly.
The general grimaced, ignoring the soldier, half-squinting, looking in the direction of the cottage.
"General," said the wizard on the bullock cart suddenly, "this cottage is a little strange. ”
"Oh? Master Atumu, what do you mean by that? The general asked, turning his head.
"There was a demon who had been cursed, so he entered the river of reincarnation. At this moment, he is about to surface. Atumu slowly raised his head, revealing a miserable white face, and said with a smile.
"Demons?" The general frowned, as if he didn't quite believe the wizard's words.
"Yes, General." Ignoring the general's puzzled gaze, Atumu lowered his head again, and his long hair obscured most of his pale face.
"I don't care if it's a demon or not, Atumu, command your wolves and capture this small cottage!" The general said in a deep voice.
"General, it's best to get around here. They are descendants of merchants, and besides, there is a sleeping demon. General, I can smell them. Atumu didn't look up, and said lightly.
"Descendant of a merchant? Lao Tzu's favorite thing to slaughter is those offal! Haha, I haven't killed a few merchant remnants these days, and my sword is thirsty. The general laughed.
"General, our oath has been made clear, we will help you take 3,000 li of territory, but we are not your slaves. You must not force us to do what we do not want to do. Atumu reminded.
"Oath? That's a deal between your Great Elder and our Summons, and it has nothing to do with me. You are in my army, and you are my subordinates. Grand Wizard Atum, carry out the order! The general said coldly.
Atumu seemed to sigh and shook his head slightly. He stretched out his withered arm and picked up a black horn about three feet long.
"Whew-"
The wolves, who were a little drowsy, were startled, and their black and gray fur suddenly stood up, and their stiff tails slapped the ground vigorously, raising their heads to the sky, and letting out a terrible wail.
For a time, wolf dust rose everywhere, and the killing machine was hidden!