Everyone was trapped on the high platform, and the spring sun was not so gentle, and before noon, everyone was sweating on their foreheads, trying to find shade. However, the high platform is only so small, sitting north to south, there is no shelter at all.

They had little water left with them, and if they didn't go down to find it, they would die of thirst if they didn't last a day. After noon, when the resolute catchers drank the last bit of water they had brought with them, they were waiting for them in addition to anxiety and fear.

"Brother Yang, Brother Biao, what should we do? I'm going to die of thirst. Someone asked weakly.

"Let's go down the mountain, our throats are going to break." "yes, the foam is dry, and if you don't look for water, you're going to die." "If you don't dare to go down, I'll go down." So saying, he got up from the ground and went looking for ropes.

Yang Congyi opened his eyes and looked at this group of hot people who were lying on the stones and couldn't move, and said softly, "Don't move, the wolves are still in the forest, don't think about coming back if you go down." ”

The man took the rope and said, "Who's going with me?" "Don't pay attention to Yang Congyi's advice, who cares so much if you starve to death.

When the man saw that no one was paying attention, he asked again, "Who is going with me?" If you go down and find water, you will live, and sooner or later you will die of sunburn if you hide on it. ”

There is a humanitarian, "It is better to starve to death than to be bitten to death by a wolf, I am afraid of pain, I will not go." ”

Seeing that there was no one to follow, no one to help, and the rope could not be fixed, the man was annoyed and said, "Okay, you are all dying of thirst." As he spoke, he climbed down with his bare hands.

Seeing that the man was coming, Yang Congyi hurriedly said, "Pull him up." ”

Zhang Biao moved when he heard the sound, got up and grabbed the man, pushed him under the rock wall, and said angrily, "You fucking looking for death, stay for Lao Tzu!" Then he said to everyone, "Who the hell dares to move again, don't blame Lao Tzu for being polite." ”

Yang Congyi said, "Everyone calm down, although we have no water, but we have food, we can't die in three or five days." Think about those wolves, they didn't eat or drink, they could survive for a few days? If any of you go down and feed these wolves, none of us will be able to run away when they have the strength. ”

"Are we going to fight the wolf? Stay up until they leave? ”

Yang Congyi said, "They won't leave easily, we can't survive." ”

After hearing this, everyone was deflated, "If we can't get through, what else can we survive?" It's not dead yet. ”

Yang Congyi didn't answer, and ordered, "Zhang Zhutou, you throw a piece of roasted meat into the woods." ”

Zhang Biao was puzzled and asked, "Why did you give those beasts food?" Aren't they more energetic after eating meat? ”

Yang Congyi said, "Don't ask yet, just do it, and you'll know when the time comes." ”

The weather was hot, my throat was dry, and I couldn't say a few words, and my throat felt like it was going to crack. Yang Congyi didn't want to say more, so Zhang Biao closed his mouth, picked up a piece of wolf meat and threw it into the woods.

A short time there was a commotion in the woods, and with a howl, it was quiet again.

Judging by the commotion in the forest, the wolves did not leave, and they were still standing in the dense forest, waiting for them to go out. Those who wanted to find water no longer dared to talk about going down the mountain.

The heat under the sun makes people dizzy, groggy, lying on the rocks and not wanting to move, and unable to move.

Yang Congyi sat quietly with his back against the rock wall, practicing the function to keep him awake, and he has been practicing since the sun came out, without stopping.

Everyone suffered until the sun went down, the mountain wind blew, and there was a chill, and at last they were much better, but they were still hungry and thirsty, and their lips were cracked, and their throats were about to be cracked.

Under Yang Congyi's orders, Zhang Biao threw another piece of wolf meat into the woods, causing chaos among the wolves.

Yang Congyi listened to the movement in the forest, this time the chaos was louder and lasted longer, whether the wolves could disperse and lift the siege depends on tonight.

When the sun completely set, the coolness of the mountain breeze made everyone feel much more comfortable, although they were still very thirsty, they were no longer as uncomfortable as under the sun.

The moon soon appeared in mid-sky, illuminating the platform brightly. There was no bonfire on the stage, firewood was limited, and they relied on them to barbecue wolf meat for the next few days. In addition, they are also afraid of heat during the day, and would rather be cold than burn any more fire.

"Brother Yang, are we just going to wait?" After they got better, they became worried about their current situation.

Zhang Biao also asked, "Brother Yang, what are we going to do?" ”

Yang Congyi replied lightly, "Don't worry, maybe there will be results tonight." ”

Zhang Biao said, "Do you have a way?" ”

Yang Congyi said, "We are already proceeding according to the strategy, if it is not as expected, the wolves will be chaotic tonight." Don't worry, everyone, hold on for one more night, and we'll be down early tomorrow morning. ”

Zhang Biao said, "What strategy?" How did I not know? ”

Yang Congyi said with a smile, "I didn't tell you early in the morning, this big wolf pack is a temporary formation, as long as the wolf pack does not obey the wolf king's command and besieges the wolf king, the wolves will naturally disperse." We killed so many wolves, and they didn't eat, they were all hungry, and the meat thrown into the forest, the wolf king would definitely not give it to other wolves, and threw in two pieces of meat, and twenty or thirty wolves watched the wolf king eat, you think, they can stand it? If there is water now, and I only drink it alone, and I don't give it to you, will you rob it? The wolves are hungry, how can they take care of the wolf king. Later, if we throw a piece of meat into it, the crazy wolves may take advantage of the darkness to scramble, and no matter how much the wolf king howls, no wolf will obey, as long as the wolf king exerts his authority to attack the hungry wolves who are fighting, the wolf king will definitely die, and we will throw some wolf meat to them, and the wolves will rob them, and they will leave when they get food. ”

Zhang Biao said suspiciously, "Brother Yang, are you sure?" ”

Yang Congyi said, "I can't say sure, as the old saying goes, things are man-made, after all, they are wolves, not people, and whether they succeed or not depends on the will of God." ”

Hearing the sighs of the crowd, they still have to be trapped to death.

"Li Erniu, you peel two more wolves." Yang Congyi commanded.

Li Erniu lazily got up to find a knife, and the others were sitting or lying, with no intention of getting up to help. Zhang Biao said angrily, "I'm fucking waiting to die, why don't you go to make a fire and barbecue?" ”

Li Erniu's knife skills are skillful and skilled, and it didn't take long to peel off a complete wolf skin, with his tail attached from head to toe, without breaking any pieces. When the wolf has been dead for a long time, the blood has already coagulated, the internal organs are picked out and thrown aside, the wolf's head is also cut off, the wolf meat is divided into many pieces, which are taken by other catchers to bake, and the bones are piled together for emergencies.

The oil and water roasted on the wolf meat rack on the fire flowed, and the fire sounded. The mountain wind blew, and the smell of meat wafted everywhere, which aroused everyone's appetite again. Even the wolves hiding in the woods were constantly howling from the smell of meat.

Although everyone didn't feel hungry, they couldn't stand the attraction of the meat, and in an instant, they divided up a wolf weighing dozens of catties.

The other wolf was also half roasted under Yang Congyi's order, placed on the side of the stage, and let the mountain wind blow away the fragrance and drift into the dark woods, wantonly provoking the sensitive nerves of the hungry wolves.

After eating wolf meat, everyone was dry, and they also wanted to talk more, wasting their saliva, and quietly waiting for the night to come. Yang Congyi said that in a few hours, when the wolf king was fed for the third time, they would be able to see the difference, and the wolves would not come out, so they could only wait for success or failure.

The bonfire of the barbecue was extinguished, and the people with all their hearts seemed more and more peaceful in the moonlight, as if they had all fallen asleep.

When Yang Congyi woke up, he felt a trace of cold, looked up and saw the bright moon hanging high, the sky full of stars twinkling, and suddenly remembered the old Taoist he met in prison, helped him heal, passed on his exercises, and rescued him, so that he changed from a person waiting to die to a person who was deeply trusted by Chen Zhixian, and did not worry about food and clothing.

He didn't know where Lao Dao had gone, and whether he would be able to see him again in this life, looking at the starry sky, thinking of Lao Dao's kindness, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Brother Yang, what did you hear?" Zhang Biao didn't know when he woke up, or he didn't fall asleep all the time.

Yang Congyi got up and said, "I didn't hear anything, it's very quiet in the forest." The wolf king should be damned. After speaking, he stepped forward and picked up a small piece of roast wolf meat and threw it out, and he clearly heard it falling into the woods and falling to the ground.

After being blown by the wind for several hours, Yang Congyi could no longer smell the aroma of cold meat, but he believed that with the wolf's keen sense of smell, he would be able to smell it and accurately find the piece of meat in the dark deep forest.

Yang Congyi and the others held their breath and listened attentively to the movement in the woods. Whether the siege can be lifted depends on the next movement of the wolves, if the wolves dare to resist, their chances of victory will be great, they are too timid to fight, then all strategies in the face of the animals are in vain, can only risk a head-on confrontation, then it is difficult to say what the result will be, casualties are inevitable.

There was no sound in the forest, so quiet that he could hear the wind, Yang Congyi stood on the edge of the stage, how he wished he could hear a wolf howl at this time, but he couldn't wait for the sound that made people panic and long.

After a long time, Yang Congyi sighed, animals are always animals, and if the inducement is not successful, he can only wait for the dawn to confront head-on and fight a bloody way.

"Brother Yang, what should I do next?" Hearing Yang Congyi sigh, Zhang Biao knew that the strategy to make the wolves unrest had failed.

Yang Congyi took a long breath and said, "Let's fight hard, it's better than dying here." Get a good night's sleep and have the energy to fight with them. Then he turned around and sat down.

Suddenly there was a sound in the forest, Yang Congyi jumped up excitedly, and when he heard it carefully, he found that it was the sound of animals fighting, and he was overjoyed. There must have been a wolf who took advantage of the wolf king's sleep and wanted to take the food that fell from the sky for himself, but was discovered by other wolves, causing a scramble.

With the dexterity of wolves, in such a quiet environment, no small sound will escape their ears, and with a sharp nose, they will definitely be able to detect that what they are fighting for is the food they desperately want to eat. The dark and cunning wolves in the forest will definitely not give up the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and give up life-saving food to other wolves.

As expected, a moment later, Yang Congyi heard a bigger movement, and more hungry wolves heard the news and joined the scramble.

Zhang Biao also heard the sound and was about to speak, but was stopped by Yang Congyi and motioned for him to listen quietly.

Yang Congyi was waiting for the wolf king to appear, the chaos was just the beginning, he wanted to see if this battle in the dark could be stopped by the wolf king in time, and whether the wolf king could continue to exert his authority among the wolves.

After a while, only a low wolf howl was heard, and the chaotic scramble in the woods disappeared in an instant, and fell into a deathly silence.

The wolf king woke up.

Except for the sound of eating meat in the forest, no other sound was heard, and it was obvious that the wolves stayed in place and did not dare to move after the wolf king appeared, and could only watch the wolf king eat the only piece of meat.

Yang Congyi knew that something was wrong, so he immediately got up, grabbed a few pieces of wolf meat and threw them in several directions.

The hungry wolf keenly sniffed out the smell of barbecue scattered in different directions, and suddenly there was a commotion. The wolf king howled again, trying to deter the restless wolves from taking advantage of the chaos to snatch food.

However, this time the wolves did not hear the howl of the wolf king as before, and they were too frightened to make a sound. Only a few louder howls were heard from the woods, and some hungry wolves began to be dissatisfied with the wolf king's behavior of eating alone.

When the wolf king howled a few times in order to suppress the dissatisfaction of the wolves, more hungry wolves howled and joined the ranks against the wolf king. The wolf king and the wolves formed a confrontation, and the two fists were invincible to the four hands, and soon the wolf king's angry howl was drowned out by the howl of the wolves.

Yang Congyi listened carefully to everything that happened in the forest, and after the hungry wolf expressed his dissatisfaction with his voice, the wolf king could not suppress the resistance of the wolves, and the wolf king's dominance would be lost. In the rules of the wolf pack, the failed wolf king is either driven away or killed, and now the end of this wolf king is already predictable, and the hungry wolves will never let it go easily, waiting for it only to die and become food in their stomachs.

The howls coming from the dark woods grew louder and more chaotic, and the wolves were out of the wolf king's control. Immediately afterwards, there was a fight, not a heads-up, but a group fight.

Awakened by the howls and fights of the wolves, the hunters in their sleep listened to the movement in the woods, and their brains turned to ask, "What's the matter?" It's a mess. ”

Yang Congyi said lightly, "The wolves are fighting among themselves." ”

Only then did everyone realize that Yang Congyi's method had worked, it seemed that he had won the trust of the county lord, and it was not unreasonable for him to become a celebrity around the county lord, and they had a little more admiration for Yang Congyi.

There was no suspense in the battle in the woods, and soon the winner was decided, and the low howl could not be heard in the howling of the wolves, and the wolf king was dead.

The wolf king, who stands at the top of the wolf pack, seems to have everything, but in fact there is nothing. When its companion is willing to give it everything, it has everything, and when its companion is unwilling, it loses everything, no different from a human, perhaps more cruel than a human, at least when a person dies, he will leave a whole corpse, and when a wolf dies, nothing will be left.

At the end of the battle, a reward should be given to the victor. Yang Congyi said in a loud voice, "Throw all the cut wolf meat to them." ”

The crowd was in high spirits and threw meat one after another.

Without the restraint of the wolf king, the hungry wolf who finds the piece of meat will run away, and the food is not easy to come by, how can it share it with other wolves? If you run, you can enjoy it exclusively, and if you can't run, you can only put on a posture to fight. Dozens of pieces of meat went down, and those who reacted quickly ran away, and those who reacted slowly continued to fight in the forest for survival.

Yang Congyi told everyone to have a good rest and prepare to continue their westward march starting tomorrow.

However, the crowd was so excited that they could still sleep.

They could not sleep, but Yang Congyi could not sleep, and between a few breaths, he fell asleep quietly.