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"Alright, alright, Ganluo, let's stop making trouble." Li Xu was afraid that the mount would be frightened and kick the wolf cub, so he hurriedly begged for mercy. Gan Luo glanced at it triumphantly, shook his head, and turned to find Tao Kuo to eat.

Li Xu shook his head, a wry smile appeared on his face. Since coming to the Susi Ministry, he and Ganluo's master-slave positions have been completely reversed. In the eyes of the people, the silver wolf was a holy relic sent by the Immortal Heaven, and he was just a guard secretly arranged by the Immortal Heaven to the Silver Wolf, and his status was much lower than that of Ganluo. As for in the eyes of the barbarian girl Tao Kuodesi, his status and Ganluo's status cannot be mentioned together.

Eight people beat four wild donkeys, and today's harvest has been unexpected, so everyone is not greedy, first found a few large rocks by the lake that can shelter from the wind and camp temporarily, and then cut a piece of meat from the young donkey to satisfy Ganluo's hunger. And people can't eat raw meat, and they can't find dry firewood, so they have to deceive their stomachs by nibbling on a few bites of cold and hard milk tofu on the snow.

After everyone had eased up a bit, Aslan and Dur immediately began to divide their prey. It's so far from the tribe that the idea of pulling the whole wild ass back to show off won't work. While the prey was not frozen by the cold wind, cutting off the donkey skin and meat and putting it on the horseback was the only choice for everyone. And the endless heads, bones, and internal organs can only be cheapened by those nearby beasts.

"Come and drink in my felt bag tonight, no one is allowed to refuse!" Durr wiped a handful of sweat from his forehead with his bloody hand and announced loudly.

"Dirty Dur, have you washed your hands before you go and cut the meat?" Tao Kuo asked with a frown.

"Surely—I didn't wash it, the first piece of meat I grabbed with my hand today made a mark, and let my wife cook it and put it directly in your bowl!" Durr stretched out his red fingers, deliberately making Tao Kuo angry.

The girl made a disgusted expression and turned away. Dur finally defeated the little devil once, and his heart was happy. While cutting the flesh with his hands and feet, he hummed a pastoral song.

"I struck a wild donkey, a wild donkey, and used his entrails to honor the wolf. I beat a leopard, a leopard, and used its fur to sew a suit. I didn't have the fawn next to the felt bag, which cooked for me when I was out hunting. I didn't shoot the eagle in the sky, it directed the direction of my prey......."

After a while, Ah Silan, Li Xu and others also joined the chorus. Xu is a smart person, and he has been communicating with the elders every day for the past half a month, and the Turkic language has improved rapidly, and he soon hummed along with the tune.

"I beat a wild donkey, a wild donkey, and use his internal organs to salute the blue wolf......." Everyone was singing happily, and suddenly, the little wolf Ganluo, who was curled up on Li Xu's lap for warmth, pricked up his ears and jumped lightly onto the snow.

"Someone!" Ah Silan put away the short knife as quickly as he could, and grabbed the bow and arrow beside him. Everyone followed Ganluo's gaze and looked into the distance, and saw two black shadows appear more than four hundred steps away. They were two sturdy shepherds, without mounts, approaching the lake with their hands held high.

"Kind brother, is this the Crescent Lake?" The black shadow walking in front saw that everyone was very vigilant, stopped and shouted loudly.

The other man behind him also stopped, his body slightly staggered from his companion, and his palms were spread wide forward, indicating that he was not carrying a weapon, let alone being hostile.

"It's Crescent Lake, who are you, and why did you come to our Hazard Clan's grassland?" Seeing that the person was speaking Turkic, Aslan took a few steps forward to block Ganluo and replied in Turkic.

"We are Xi people who live by the Suotou River, your good friends. We went out hunting after losing our homeland, but we didn't expect to get lost! The dark shadow replied with a smile, his words full of bitterness. The sunlight was very dark behind the clouds, so Li Xu couldn't tell what he looked like. It was only observed that he and another companion were wearing black leather jackets and black boots, which pierced the eyes like two pieces of charcoal in the snow.

"This is Crescent Lake, and a quarter of an hour north on horseback is our camp. If you get lost, you can go to my felt bag and drink a bowl of milk tea! Ah Silan drooped the tip of the arrow downward, no longer pointing at the other party, but the words of the answer were full of vigilance.

In fact, running north from this place for two hours may not be able to reach the tribe, and he said this just to prevent the ridicule from doing anything wrong. And the other party listened to his words, but he seemed to be very moved, and said with a long sigh: "Xi people who have lost their homes can still drink their friends' milk tea, little brother, I thank you." But I have to hurry back to the tribe, or the old people in the family will worry about their son! ”

After saying that, he slowly turned around, stepped on the snow, and walked in the direction he came.

"Walk steady, the road is slippery in snow!" Xu Dayan shouted enthusiastically at Xi Ren's back in Turkic. Without waiting for the other party's figure to disappear, he hurriedly turned around and whispered an order to everyone: "Throw away the rest of the donkey meat, let's hurry up and go home!" ”

"Throw it away, why? There were just two of them, and they hadn't ridden yet! Durr raised a surprised face and asked in a low voice.

"They never came within range of our bows and arrows. Walking here from the Xibu camp on such a cold day, I haven't ridden a horse yet, and the wild donkey doesn't have the stamina. Aslan explained eagerly as she checked the warhorse's belly belt.

"Both of them were dressed in black, and they didn't even look bad. Could this be a coincidence? Li Xu added a sentence next to him, hugging Ganluo, with the most sharp movements? Got on the mount.

When the other shepherds heard Ah Silan say this, they didn't dare to slack off, threw down the donkey meat that had not been cut off and the donkey skin, tightened the horse's belly belt, and flew away? Get on horseback.

Dur and Ba Ximi were in front, and after Ah Silan and Cao fell Tai were broken, they sandwiched Li Xu, Xu Dayan and the two girls in the middle, and slowly began to accelerate. The group had just run five or six miles when there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves behind them.

"Little brother, wait, I'll go to your tent to ask for a bowl of tea!" The voice asking for directions shouted loudly in the distance.

This person is so strong, Li Xu thought in surprise. Knowing that the person who came was definitely not an ordinary herdsman, they didn't look back, flapping their mounts and galloping.

The mounts of the eight men were not good horses, and they were so tired from hunting that even if they threw away all the donkey meat, their speed soon began to slow down. The "guests" behind him were chasing closer and closer, and in the course of running, not only could they hear the hooves and shouts of the horses, but occasionally the wind was so strong that even their shouting and scolding could be heard clearly.

After the man broke off, the woman carried Ganluo back to the camp to report the news. Inform the patriarch that a large group of men is coming! Xu Da saw that the pursuers were getting closer and closer, and ordered with a calm face.

His words were prestigious among the people, and when the six men heard this, they took the heads of the horses together. Grab the bow in your hand, turn it sideways, and point the tip of the arrow behind you.

In the distance, a black cloud pressed overhead, the color of the pursuer's leather coat illuminated by the snow. There were only about two dozen people who came, but they brought nearly seventy horses. One? They can change mounts at any time, so it's no wonder they can chase them closer and closer.

"Everyone, it's all my fault for proposing to come to Crescent Lake!" Dürr's teeth chattered and he regretted it. Several of them are not only friends of Li Xu and Xu Dayan, but also take on the mission of protecting the two teenagers. Elder Etoh had secretly advised him many times not to put his guests in danger no matter what. Everyone was careful, very careful, but they didn't expect to meet the taunts of the brigade when hunting.

"If we don't come to Crescent Lake, they'll be stepping on our camp tonight!" Li Xu plucked up all his courage and tried his best to make his voice sound like he was shaking. "More than 20 people, more than 100 horses, this is clearly a scout sent by a large group of people!"

"Ahh Two exclamations rang out from the direction of the horse's head at the same time. Li Xu turned his head and saw Eru and Tao Kuo Tuosi holding bows and arrows in their hands, and they didn't listen to Xu Dayan's arrangement to take the lead in escaping.

"Why aren't you leaving?" Xu Dayan saw that the two girls had turned the direction of the horse's head to the front, and fire immediately erupted from their eyes.

"The Shadow Man will not leave his friends behind and run for his life alone!" Eru and Tao Kuo replied loudly. The hand holding the bow was trembling all the time, but the tone of his voice was extremely firm.

"Get out of here, don't get in our way here. Go back to the tribe, or all the men who fall will die because of the two of you!" Li Xu, who has always been mild-tempered, suddenly pricked up his eyes and shouted. Suddenly realizing that Gan Luo was still on his horse, he picked up the blanket and viciously whipped the little wolf and the blanket to Tao Kuodesi's chest, "Go back and inform the patriarch of Xi'er, there is a large group of men and horses coming to attack!" ”

Tao Kuotuosi and Gan Luo had never seen Li Xu so fierce, and they were so shocked that they could hardly make a sound when they were defenseless. E Ru's mind turned quickly, looking at the black clouds flying quickly in the distance, and immediately understood that Xu Dayan and Li Xu's words were not alarmist. Turning the horse's head, he took the reins of his sister's horse and fled as fast as he could.

"Six people, in three waves! Detachment and Durr shoot the first round. Pull the fine Mi, the calyx fell to the second round, and I and Ah Si shot the third round. After three shots, we quickly left, shooting back arrows as we ran! Xu Maogong had a straight face and calmly ordered like a general.

"Han family, you dare to tell me to get out, I won't finish with you when this battle is over!" Tao Kuo's crying and scolding went against the wind and spread far away to everyone's hearts.

"I wish I could live!" Li Xu smiled bitterly, slowly stretched out his bow, and aligned the tip of the arrow with the closest enemy to him.

Although the group of chasing soldiers was determined to win Li Xu and others, they did not lose their due calm. Seeing that the people in front of him suddenly stopped and bent their bows and arrows, they also took the heads of their horses one hundred and fifty paces away from the other party. The range of a riding bow is shorter than that of a foot bow, and one hundred and fifty paces is already a very safe distance. Although there were once good archers in the grasslands and the Central Plains who could kill people with arrows from 300 paces away, those people were heroes who happened once in a thousand years. In the eyes of Xi Ren, the four shepherds and two and a half hairy children on the opposite side are obviously not among them.

"Little brother, we have no ill will. Just go and drink tea in your felt bag as promised! Didn't you say the camp was near Crescent Lake, why did you run far away! "The leader of the Xi scout who led the team was the one who had greeted Li Xu and the others on the shore of Crescent Lake. At present, his identity is being seen through, but he still puts on a pleasant posture.