Late at night.

When the mountain wind blew, Yang Congyi felt a little cold, and when he woke up to find that the fire was almost extinguished, he got up and added some firewood to re-ignite the bonfire.

The people fell asleep, and the cold shrank into a ball, and the fire was kindled, and they slept more soundly.

Yang Congyi sat by the fire, no longer sleepy. Listening to the other people whispering to themselves in their dreams, he remembered the old days.

The fire crackled and burned, looking up at the bright moon in mid-air, and then at the fire, I felt even more lonely for a while.

Suddenly, a low beast cry came into his ears, interrupting his thoughts.

The night was quiet, and after carefully recalling the scream, Yang Congyi instantly became nervous. For he found that the cry did not come from an ordinary beast, but from the wolf's throat.

The howl of the wolf was nearby, and the fire was dazzling, and it must have found its prey, so he called his companions.

There are many hungry wolves in the mountains, and there is a lack of food in the early spring, once they are targeted, they must be more than lucky, and it is not a simple matter to get rid of them.

Yang Congyi leaned over and quietly came to the edge of the cliff, looked at the cliff by the moonlight, and was taken aback when he looked at it.

I saw the shadows of the trees under the cliff, and a group of wolves squatting quietly in the forest, if they hadn't stared at them with green eyes, they wouldn't have been found at all. Yang Congyi was shocked in his heart, if they hadn't found this high platform, they would have become the stomach of hungry wolves now.

Encountering wolves in the wild, especially at night, if it weren't for their luck, there was almost no chance of escaping, they could only say that they were very lucky, Yang Congyi secretly sweated for everyone.

Yang Congyi quietly observed the wolves, although they were not far away, he could not count how many of them were in the shade of the trees, there were about twenty or so horses in the light, and it was impossible to estimate them hidden in the dark. And the wolf howl just now was not from the wolves quietly ambushed under the cliff, it may be that other wolves who rushed to the scene after hearing the news were paging and contacting, and I don't know how many will follow.

After carefully observing the wolves, he did not find their leader, did not know where it was hiding, and quietly commanded this ambush and encirclement. Each of these wolves sat still like a clay sculpture, which shows the degree of discipline they have, and the leadership of the leader of the pack is anything but extraordinary.

The mountain breeze came suddenly, and the firelight flashed, illuminating Yang Congyi's face hidden in the darkness clearly. There was a sudden commotion among the wolves under the cliff, and the three wolves sitting in the front row stood up almost at the same time, looking at the high platform and eager to try. A low roar came from the darkness, the leader spoke, and the wolves instantly regained their composure, and the three wolves who stood up sat down again.

Yang Congyi hurriedly checked the perimeter of the high platform and was a little relieved after making sure that the wolves could not jump up with their strength. He sat by the fire, not sleepy, and the others were still asleep, and it would be useless to wake them up at this time, so let them continue to rest, and wait for the dawn to find a way, and he hoped that the wolves would disperse after dawn.

The wolf was fierce and cunning, and he knew it before he had seen a real wolf. Those who are besieged by wolves have little chance of survival, and as long as the leader is alive, they will not die until the leader dies, the wolves are scattered, or the prey is killed by them, and the two cannot coexist.

Yang Congyi looked at the bows and arrows put aside, maybe their glimmer of life was in these arrows, if they were lucky, they could kill the leader of the wolf pack and let the wolves disperse automatically, and they would be able to escape the siege. Otherwise, if you don't eat or drink on this high platform, you will die of thirst and starvation in a few days. Although the team that went back to deliver supplies would enter the mountains in the next two days, even if they sent rations and the wolves did not disperse, they would be the first to be eaten by the wolves, and in the end, everyone would still not be able to escape a dead word.

The crux of the matter lies in these bows and arrows, and may God bless them to kill the leader of the wolves, and everyone will escape together. He hadn't touched a bow and arrow for more than a year, and Yang Congyi didn't know if his archery was still accurate, so he could only wait for dawn.

There was silence all around, I don't know how long I sat there, Yang Congyi didn't drowse at all, and actually closed his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, it was already dawn, and the sky was white.

Yang Congyi thought of the wolves under the high platform, got up and looked over, the group of hungry wolves was nowhere to be seen, and his heart was light. But then I thought that wolves are cunning and resourceful by nature, how can they give up easily when they encounter their prey? They can't get up to this high platform, they must have retreated and ambushed somewhere else, waiting for them to go down.

The sky gradually dawned, and everyone woke up one after another.

Standing on the side of the high platform, Yang Congyi heard Zhang Biao ask, "Brother Yang, what are you looking at, after crossing this mountain, go forward." ”

Yang Congyi said, "We won't leave today, go back to bring rations, brothers should come in the next two days, we will wait for them here." ”

Zhang Biao said, "It's really impossible to climb the mountain on an empty stomach, so wait for them to bring food." ”

"Brother Yang, do you want to drink water, if you don't drink it again, it will be gone." Someone asked.

Yang Congyi suddenly thought that the wolves left maybe because they knew that there was no water on the top of the mountain, and the people on the high platform would definitely go down the mountain to find water, they just had to wait where there was water, or they hid not far from the high platform, and once they got off the high platform, they would have no support.

"Leave some water, there's wolves down there." He turned around and said lightly.

"Wolves?" Everyone was shocked and went to the high platform to look, but there was nothing below.

"Where are the wolves? I didn't even see the wolf hair. Brother Yang, are you mistaken? ”

"Yes, there is no movement at all, you are kidding, Brother Yang."

The people could not see anything, so they did not believe it. Although there are many beasts in the deep mountains, it is impossible for them to be targeted as soon as they enter the mountain, if so, there are too many beasts in the mountains, as long as the people of Phoenix Village learn to hunt, why will anyone starve to death.

Yang Congyi picked up a bow to test his strength, and said, "Don't believe it, they are hidden not far away, there are thirty or forty, just waiting for us to go down and die." Then he told everyone what he had seen last night.

Although everyone still couldn't believe it, seeing that Yang Congyi was serious and didn't have the slightest meaning of joking, some people chose to believe it.

So someone asked, "If there is a wolf down there, we will die if we go down, and we will die if we hide on it, what should we do?" ”

"What are you afraid of, even if there are wolves that left last night, they can guard us for a few days, not to mention that we have knives in our hands, and we are afraid that a group of beasts will not succeed? There's nothing to be afraid of, if a wolf comes, I'll do it with them, kill them just to eat meat, I've eaten a lot of dog meat in my life, and I've never eaten wolf meat. ”

"You just blow it, you haven't seen wolves, you don't know how powerful they are, and you still want to eat their meat, it's very likely that you will eat them."

"Don't make any noise yet, listen to what Brother Yang has to say." Zhang Biao is a little older in this gang of fast catchers, and he can be regarded as well-informed, although he can't figure it out about the county magistrate letting Yang Congyi lead everyone, but by observing Yang Congyi's words and deeds all the way, he found that he doesn't understand anything, on the contrary, some things are handled better than him, an old catcher who has been doing it for eight years, so he is no longer so disgusted.

Yang Congyi said, "Don't hide it from everyone, I have hunted in the mountains before, everyone may know that as a hunter, you must first know how to hide yourself, wolves are also hunters, but there is still a gap between them and smart hunters, because smart hunters know how to hide the murderous aura on their bodies, but wolves will not." Do you hear the birds in the mountains? Don't you think it's strange that there are thousands of birds and birds in such a big mountain and such a big forest, and you can't hear a bird cry early in the morning? There is only one explanation, there are fierce beasts coming to scare away the birds and finches in the nearby mountains and forests, and the birds and finches in the sky can be scared away, except for the king of beasts, which is the hungry wolves. Tigers have always been above board, they pounce on their prey when they encounter it, they don't hide, and now we can't see anything, it's obvious that the wolves are still nearby. ”

There was a commotion among the people, as if there was some truth, but they could not be frightened by not hearing the birds' calls, which was not in line with their style of acting without fear of heaven and earth.

Zhang Biao stood up and said, "I think what Brother Yang said is reasonable, yesterday the birds chirped all the way, and the noise was so loud that my ears were deaf, but now it is clean, it is too abnormal, there are really dangerous things in this forest, don't move it yet." ”

They are all young people, and naturally there are people who do not believe in evil and say, "We have no food or drink, and when the sun comes out, we will be sunburned, and staying here is waiting for death, so it is better to go down, if there is a wolf, we will kill the wolf and eat meat, and if there is no wolf, we can find some water to drink." ”

Yang Congyi said, "I can understand everyone's feelings, Chen Zhixian asked me to bring everyone out, and I have to bring you back a lot." I don't know how many wolves are hiding in the woods below, but I know that no one can escape the wolves, especially the hungry wolves, and no one can get off this high platform, and once they go down, they can't come back. ”

Feng Lin asked, "Then what should we do, we can't wait here to die." ”

Yang Congyi said, "You're right, we can't wait for death, not to mention that the people who go back will come back soon, if we don't drive this wolf pack away, not only will they not be able to enter, but they will also have to be eaten by wolves first." ”

Feng Lin said, "Brother Yang must have thought of a good way, what should we do?" ”

Yang Congyi picked up the bow in his hand and said, "Lure out the head wolf of the wolf pack and kill it." Once the wolves lose their leader, no matter how many wolves there are, they will be scattered, and then we will no longer have to be afraid of them. Have any of you ever hunted and shot arrows accurately? ”

Everyone was silent, if there was really a wolf, it would be too late to hide, who would want to kill the leader of the wolf pack, wouldn't that be looking for death?

Zhang Biao picked up a bow and said, "I'll go and kill a wolf, don't bother." ”

Yang Congyi shook his head and said, "You guys are wrong, we can't go into the forest." Entering the woods is the territory of the wolf, and we can't fight. There's a clearing down here, and if you want to lure them here, you can't hide them anymore if they come out, and if you're so close, you can't shoot them without hunting. ”

Zhang Biao suddenly realized, "Brother Yang means to ask people to go down and lure the wolf out?" ”

Someone said, "Isn't it dangerous for people to go down?" If they all pounce at once, they'll be dead. ”

Yang Congyi nodded and said, "You need a person who is agile, and when you see the wolf coming out, you have to climb on the high platform immediately, otherwise it will be very dangerous when the wolf approaches." ”

Zhang Biao shouted, "Monkey, you go down." ”

A thin man stepped back and said, "Brother Biao, I don't have any meat on me, even if the wolf sees it, they won't come, isn't it in vain, let's let the others go down." ”

"Li Erniu, you go."

"Brother Biao, I'm so stupid, it's easy to go down and it's hard to come up, I was the last one to come up last night, wouldn't I be sent to death if I went down?"

"Huzi, aren't you called Tiger, yesterday you were still blowing about the king of beasts and demons to avoid, you go down and drive the wolf away."

"Brother Biao, I'm just talking, I can't take it seriously. My dad has to give it this name, and I didn't call it myself, so don't be embarrassed for me. ”

"It's all fucking cowards, they know how to push and hinder when something happens, and if they don't go down, they have to die here." Zhang Biao scolded angrily, he used to bring these people.

Yang Congyi said, "Don't get excited, you haven't hunted, you haven't seen wolves, and it's inevitable to be afraid, I'll go down, and you stay on it." ”

Zhang Biao hurriedly said, "Brother Yang, how can this work, you can't take risks and change someone else to go down." ”

Yang Congyi picked up the rope on the ground and said with a smile, "Don't worry about me, you can see far from above, and when you see a wolf coming out, immediately alert me, just pull me up." ”

Zhang Biao grabbed the rope and said, "I'll go, with my strength, a few little wolves can't do anything to me." ”

Yang Congyi stopped, "I'm going down to lure them out, not fighting them hand-to-hand." They had been squatting all night, and now was their weakest, and they had to seize their chances. I've hunted, and as long as you pull me up in time, there's no danger. As he spoke, he tied one end of the rope to his left wrist.

Zhang Biao looked at Yang Congyi's resolute expression on his face, grabbed the other end of the rope tightly, and said, "Brother Yang, be careful." ”