As the weather continues to get cooler, the originally lush and verdant grasslands of Saibei have become much more yellow, and the world here looks a little more desolate under the gloomy sky.

After putting away the felt for camping and tying it on the back of a pack horse, Bai Wuyi walked to the stream not far from the campsite. He picked up a handful of cold water from the stream with both hands, and after taking a sip of water, he picked up another handful of water and washed his face.

The cold stream slapped on his face and made him feel refreshed, and at the same time, Bai Wuyi saw that the water in the stream was swimming quickly at this moment, a large black fish that was not very common. After seeing this fat big black fish, Bai Wuyi quickly pressed his hand to the handle of the horizontal knife on his waist without hesitation. He planned to wait for the fish to swim closer, and then stab the fish in the water with his knife to be used for today's supplies.

At first the fish swam slowly, but as soon as it was near, it seemed to sense the danger of the stream, and suddenly its tail flicked hard, and after a splash, the big black fish quickly fled and swam away from the side of the stream.

Seeing the fish fleeing, Bai Wuyi knew that he could step into the stream and stab the fish, but he did not do so, because he felt that it would inevitably soak his shoes and robe. With no other shoes to change, he felt that if he got his robe and boots wet during the season, it would make the rest of the road very uncomfortable. Moreover, if he continued to go to the Northland in the same water-soaked clothes all the time, it would even increase the chance of contracting the wind cold, and considering this, Bai Wuyi had to secretly give up this small fish hunting plan.

Just when Bai Wuyi saw that the fish had swam away, he was about to get up and walk back. "Bang!" A string rattled from behind him, followed by an arrow that burst through the wind and into the stream. Looking for the traces of the arrow, Bai Wuyi saw that the arrow that had grazed his side pierced the water and hit the big fish just now. The big fish writhed painfully in the stream as it was hit by the arrow, and then stopped moving with a faint stream of blood. Bai Wuyi turned his head to look back, and he found that the person who sent this arrow was none other than Wu'er Lucobalt, and at this moment, he was also holding the short bow in his hand and walking towards the stream.

"You, go and fetch the fish for me." Wu'er Lu Cobalt Chong Bai said without opening his mouth.

Wu'er Luco's sudden remark made Bai Wuyi feel a little surprised.

"Go, don't be stunned. Otherwise, the fish will be swept away by the water. Wu'er Lu Cobalt Chong Bai Wuyi continued.

Bai Wuyi hesitated for a moment, then nodded, and immediately began to take off his boots and robe, he pulled up his trouser legs, and turned back to walk towards the stream.

"Wait a minute." It's Bian Lai's voice.

Bai Wuyi looked back again, but saw that Bian Lai was walking towards this side at this moment. When Bian Lai walked to Wu'er Luco's side, he opened his mouth and said to him, "Wu'er Lucobalt, you let Bai Wuyi pick up this fish, I don't know if it will return to Bai Wuyi or you after picking it up?" ”

"Of course it's mine." "That's what I shot." ”

"If it's yours, you'll pick it up yourself." Bian Lai turned around and said to Bai Wuyi, "Bai Wuyi, I order you, put on your boots, and go with me to pack up the cooking utensils." ”

"Yes." Bai Wuyi answered, and turned to put on the boots he had just taken off.

Seeing this, Wu'er Lucobalt snorted angrily, and then said to Bian Lai, "Captain Bian, are you looking for my fault? ”

"You think I'm looking for fault with you?" Bian asked rhetorically.

"Yes, you're looking for fault with me." Wu'er Lu Cobalt said to Bian.

"I didn't find fault, and I won't find anyone's fault, let alone the stubble of brothers who live and die together." Bian looked at Wu'er Lucobalt and said, "I just hope you can respect my soldiers. Don't think that he was a criminal before, and he didn't like to talk, so you can bully him wantonly. ”

"Ridiculous, how could I bully someone who doesn't even know how to use a bow and arrow." "I just think he can do this way, which is to go to the river and pick up fish that others have shot." ”

"Most of us Ilo people are not like you Yandi, who have lived on the prairie since childhood, and were born to be good at riding and shooting. In the Shuoding Army, there are many people like Bai Wuyi who can't use bows and arrows, don't you think they are useless? Bian Lai said to Wu'er Luco.

"It's not useless." "As I said, theirs can catch fish. ”

Bian Lai was disgusted by the contemptuous and stubborn attitude of the Wu'er Lu Cobalt, as well as the trace of contempt for the Ilo people that was always revealed in his words, and he spoke, "Wu Er Lu Cobalt, you think you are quite capable, don't you? Don't you just know how to ride a horse and shoot an arrow? ”

"Will this be fine?" Wu'er Lucobalt still said in a contemptuous tone, "Many people don't even know this. I'm not very capable, but I'm still better than you. ”

"Better than us? Then you shouldn't be driven around like rats by the Hudas. Bian Lai said to Wu'er Luco.

"You!" Wu'er Lucobalt immediately blushed and looked at Bian Lai viciously.

"What's wrong?" Bian Lai looked at Wu'er Lucobalt defiantly and asked, "Speaking of your sore spots?" If you have the ability, you will take back your steppe from the Huda people. ”

Without waiting for Wu'er Lucobalt to speak angrily and retort to Bian, he suddenly heard a powerful sound of splashing from the stream beside him.

Bian Lai and Wu'er Lu Cobalt turned their heads to look at the stream at the same time, but saw that it was Bai Wuyi standing in the shallow stream with a horizontal knife in his hand. He slashed across the stream, making the crack as he made a splash. Bian Lai wanted to open his mouth to question Bai Wuyi why he ran into the stream, but before he could speak, he immediately saw that as the ripples of the creek recovered, wisps of blood were spilling under Bai Wuyi's knife. The blood was quickly diluted by the stream, but after that, the three small fish, which had been halved in half, floated up to the surface of the water in vain.

Wu Erlu Cobalt was immediately stunned by Bai Wuyi's blow of the three fishes, he could imagine that the small fish in the river were very likely to line up in a straight line in an instant, but he couldn't imagine that someone could cut them in half at the same time in such an instant.

At the same time that Wu'er Lucobalt was stunned, Bai Wuyi took the opportunity to pick up the big fish with the arrow from the water and walked towards him.

While handing over the big fish to Wu'er Lu Cobalt, Bai Wuyi looked at his stunned expression and said, "Wu Er Lu Cobalt, I admire your archery skills. It's your fish. ”

Wu'er Lucobalt looked at Bai Wu in a daze for a moment, and he wanted to open his mouth but closed his mouth. Seeing that Wu'er Lucobalt didn't reach out to catch the fish for a while, Bai Wuyi pulled out the arrow from the fish, and then handed the arrow and the fish to Wu'er Lucobalt.

"Forget it, I'll leave the fish to you." Wu'er Lucobalt looked at Bai Wuyi and said, and after leaving this sentence, he turned around and left without looking back.

Watching Wu'er Lucobalt walk away, Bian Lai smiled at Bai Wuyi and said, "Brother Bai, you showed your hand very well just now, but you shouldn't pick up the fish back and give it to him." ”

"It's been a long and arduous journey to the Netherlands, and we can't do without the guidance and help of their Yandi people." Bai Wuyi said, "Brother Lai, if you fall out with him because of such a trivial matter, it's not worth it." ”

"I understand. But this is not a trivial matter, he looks down on people and dares to look down on us, which I can't bear. Bian said.

Bai Wuyi nodded lightly and did not speak.

"Forget it, let's go. From the foot of the Honored Wolf Blood Mountain in the distance, we are about to enter the pastoral area of the Huda Wind Tribe's sweat tent. Bian said.

The team continued all the way north, and when they approached the Wolf Blood Mountain, a strong wind from the north suddenly blew on the grassland. In the face of strong winds, the team had to continue against the wind. The howling wind slowed down the entire team and made everyone in the group feel the chill from the north.

"Lord Yi!" Riding his horse at the end of the team, the captain of the Flying Dome Battalion suddenly shouted to Yi Kong, who was walking in front of the team, "Master Yi, the cavalry of the Huda people has been found in the southeast behind you. They're coming after us! ”

When Yi Kong heard this, he immediately drove his horse back to look, but the undulating grassy slopes blocked his view. "How far are they from us? How many centaurs are there? Yi Kong immediately turned to Shan Zhao and asked.

"Less than four miles." Shan Zhao replied, "There are about 100 of them. One ride, one person. ”

"What banner do they raise?"

"No flags found, Lord Yi." Shan Zhao said, "There are no obvious markings on their bodies, and it is impossible to tell which cavalry they are under the tent of the sweater. ”

"You take the soldiers of the Flying Dome Battalion to keep an eye on them."

"Order."

After Shan Zhao's order returned, Yi Dian turned to the rest of the group and said, "Change horses, speed up and move on, we will try to get rid of the enemy who is chasing us before it gets dark." ”

After learning that there were Huda people following behind them, the entire team under the leadership of Yi Kong resisted the cold wind and accelerated the speed of their march. Forcing all the way until it was getting late, Shan Zhao reported to Yi Kong for the fifth time the situation of the enemy's pursuit, "Lord Yi, the cavalry of the Huda people has been dropped to a distance of about five and a half miles, but they still maintain a posture of close pursuit. ”

"Looks like we won't be able to rest tonight." Yi Kong turned to look at the dim sky in the east and said, "We can only use the cover of night to continue to move forward and see if we can get rid of them in the night." ”

"Lord Yi." Wu'er Lucobalt opened his mouth and said, "Further forward is the Wolf Blood Mountain, which is a hundred miles in radius. We're going to decide whether to bypass it, or cross it? You have to make a decision as soon as possible. ”

Yi Kong said without thinking, "Crossing." ”

"My lord, do you think it's faster to traverse than to detour?" Wu'er Lucobalt asked.

"No, but we don't have any other choice. At the moment, we have pursuers behind us, and if we choose to take a detour, we are likely to be intercepted by them. Yi Kong said.

"But if we cross it, we are not familiar with the terrain there, what if we are caught up by them there?" Urculo Cobalt continued to ask.

"If tomorrow they are still in pursuit, then we will ambush them in the mountains. Destroy them. "In that case, even if we are damaged, it will always be much better than if they intercept and ambush us." ”

"Hmm—" Vultures nodded.

"Wu'er Luco, you lead Yandi to leave the pack horse behind, and go to the side of the Wolf Blood Mountain first to explore the path and terrain, and it is best to find a narrow mountain pass suitable for ambush tonight or tomorrow morning. By noon tomorrow, we will meet in the mountains. Yi Kong commanded after a little thought.

"Well, it's a good order." Wu'er Lu Cobalt answered and went immediately.

As the strong winds in the north continue to invade, the temperature on the grassland also drops sharply. At night, Bai Wuyi, who has lived in the southern valley for a long time, really felt the so-called cold night in the north for the first time.

Riding his horse until midnight, it was not until the sky was full of stars and the full moon was high in the sky that Yi Kong gave the first order to temporarily stop his advance.

"Take out your thickest garments and put them on. Then eat something and drink some water as soon as possible. Yi Kong ordered everyone.

"Lord Yi, the horses are very tired, and if they don't get enough rest, they will soon be injured due to exhaustion. If the horse stumbles, even the soldiers will be injured. Xiao Wan, the captain of the Kuang Annihilation Battalion, said to Yi Kong when he was dressing.

Yi Kong looked at the horses of the Kuang Annihilation Camp, and then said, "I know, but we must keep going, at least until we reach the Wolf Blood Mountain to stop. ”

"Your Excellency. I think we can fight those Huda people here. They are just two or three times more people than us. "I'm sure we can beat them." ”

"My lord, Captain Xiao is right, let's fight them here. We are not afraid of them. A Kuang annihilation cavalryman beside Xiao Wan also echoed.

"No, even if you want to fight, you can't fight in this open field." Yi Kong said firmly, "You remember, fighting is not the purpose of our trip, but we want to reduce the occurrence of fighting as much as possible. I know that all of you are the elite of the army, and all of you have the ability to fight against ten, but now, it is not the time of last resort. We still have a long way to go, and if we lose our men from now on, we are afraid that this mission will fail sooner rather than later before we reach the Netherlands. ”

Xiao Wan thought for a while, clenched his fists and said, "Your Excellency is reasonable, and you must follow your orders." ”

"Alright, let's move on and try to get rid of them tonight." After changing the saddle, Yi Kong said, "If you really can't get rid of them, then you can only kill them." ”