Chapter 32: Fighting the Wolves at Night
Xiao Yi and Zhao Yun and others were lucky, in the evening finally found a sunny and sheltered hillside, there is a mountain spring gushing out under the hillside, the spring water is sweet and delicious, after setting up the tent, everyone lit a bonfire, the wild goose shot during the day was disemboweled and plucked, cleaned, put on the fire to barbecue, everyone's horses also took off the saddle, fed the horse feed, the 'cabbage' was prepared by Xiao Yi himself, and also gave it some extra horse feed. Say that this little guy has fallen in love with this bite since he licked the wine once, and even if he didn't mix some liquor in his feed, the little guy would go on a hunger strike.
A horse would like to drink, and the people in the small Taoist temple were not only amazed by the applause, but also praised: "The horse is like its master!" A couple of drunkards! ”
The strong aroma of wine wafting in the mountain breeze immediately attracted Zhao Yun's attention, after all, he had never seen a horse fed wine, and from the smell of the strong fragrance, he knew that it was a rare good wine, as a general, there were a few who didn't like fine wine!
Looking at Zhao Yun's demeanor, Xiao Yi laughed and took out a wine gourd from his bag, poured a large sip of wine himself, and then handed it to Zhao Yun, saying, "Brother Zilong, please taste it, our hometown's specialty wine." The reason why I took a sip first was to dispel Zhao Yun's vigilance, after all, in this troubled journey, not everyone dared to drink a toast from a stranger who met on the first day.
took the wine gourd and poured a big sip of it! Zhao Yun's handsome and fair face quickly turned red, both the fierceness of the wine and his own embarrassment, as the so-called: You can't have the heart of harming people, and you can't have the heart of preventing people! Although he had a pleasant conversation with everyone along the way, the bright silver gun in Zhao Yun's hand did not dare to put it down for a moment, obviously Xiao Yi had seen his caution and showed his sincerity by drinking!
People treat me sincerely, and I will return them with sincerity! At this point, Zhao Yun completely let down his vigilance and recognized Xiao Yi's friend.
"Good wine, clear and dry, into the throat like a knife, into the belly like fire; Zhao has never drunk such a strong wine"...... After thinking about it, Zhao Yun continued: "I heard from a friend that a kind of liquor has appeared in Yuyang County recently, called Wushou Wine, could it be this wine? He pointed to the gourd.
"Hah! …… Ha ha! Everyone laughed loudly, and the big bull said: "Brother Zhao has good eyesight, this is exactly the Wusao wine, and it is also the best of the Wusao wine, and other idlers can't drink it at all." ”
With Zhao Yun's wisdom, he quickly understood something from among the words of everyone, and said: "Brother Xiao, the word is not worried, this wine is also called no worry, it is ......"
"Haha! Brother Zilong is really wise, yes, this wine is made by Xiao, and his favorite thing in the next life is to drink, so after practicing martial arts and archery, he developed this worry-free wine by himself, Brother Zilong likes it, come, everyone drinks! ……”
Between pushing the cup and changing the lamp, everyone feels much closer to each other, and wine is the best bridge for men to make friends. At this time, the wild geese have been roasted to a golden brown, and the thick fat falls from time to time, emitting bursts of meat fragrance, and everyone who has been running around for a day begins to gobble it up.
The moon hangs on the treetops, the night is coming, the mountain breeze blows the Buddha's ears, like the tips of the beauty's hair gently sweeping, making people very comfortable, when everyone is drinking wine, gradually, the cry of the beasts in the surrounding mountains is slowly disappearing, and a wild breath is slowly forcing over......
The first thing to feel that something was wrong was the 'cabbage', which was eating the horse's feed hard, suddenly stopped eating, and with the keen intuition of the king of horses, it slowly raised its head, its nose sniffed wildly in the mountain wind, and its small ears turned again and again, and then it began to be restless and kept plowing the ground with its hooves, and made a low neighing sound......
Xiao Yi, who has always been inseparable from the 'cabbage' and has the same heart, quickly felt its uneasiness, got up and came to its side, while calming its emotions with his hands, while carefully observing the surrounding situation, he knew that the usually bold 'cabbage' was deeply disturbed, and there must be a huge danger around.
Zhao Yun also stopped drinking at this time, and with the intuition of a martial artist, he also felt a trace of unease......
The smell of wild beasts began to come from the mountain wind, and when all the men and horses felt uneasy, a loud wolf howl rang out among the mountains...... Woo...... Woo......!
"No, it's a pack of wolves!"
Everyone quickly gathered around the fire and stood facing outward, Xiao Yi and Zhao Yun held bows and arrows in their hands, Da Niu and Ma Liu also drew their blades, and even Liang Xiaoyu held the Dajin abacus in his hand......
The wolf's howl became more and more intense, and then dozens of pairs of green eyes appeared in the black night, slowly surrounding everyone......
We should not have such a large wolf pack on the outskirts of the mountains, because it should be early spring, and there is a lack of food in the mountains, so these wolves escaped from the deep mountains. is worthy of being the future Five Tiger Generals, Zhao Yun can still calmly analyze the reasons now.
"We have a fire here, and the beasts are afraid of fire, so they won't pounce on it, right?" Liang Xiaoyu's frightened body was like a sieve of chaff, and his little yellow teeth kept trembling.
touched the scar left by the wolf's tooth on his left arm, "The wolf is so hungry that even his companions can eat, and what fire will he be afraid of", Xiao Yi, who has experience in life and death fighting, has the most say at this time.
"What should I do?" Human beings are group animals, especially when they encounter danger, they will naturally look for a leader to rely on, and among this group of people, the most convincing is Xiao Yi, whether it is intellectually or in martial arts, everyone regards him as the backbone.
"Don't panic, there is a fire, the wolves will not attack for the time being, don't take the initiative to recruit them, take care of the horses, they will be torn apart by the wolves when they rush out, and the wolves will be even more crazy once they see blood, and ...... Shoot a man first and shoot a horse first, and capture a thief first and capture the king first! Keep an eye out for finding the location of the Wolf King! "Xiao Yat's general demeanor is vividly displayed at this moment.
The wolves slowly approached, green eyes and a low roar roamed around everyone, Zhao Yun's fair face turned blue, and Xiao Yi's black and white eyes began to turn red......
The siege did not last long, driven by hunger, with a loud wolf howl in the distance, the attack began, Zhao Yun's arrow was the first to shoot, and with the sound of the bowstring, a vicious wolf that pounced was shot upside down and flew out, and the other wolf next to him was also shot through by Xiao Yi's arrow; Immediately, the two of them drew their blades at the same time and began to fight hand-to-hand with the wolves that pounced......
A gentian bright silver spear was like coming to life in Zhao Yun's hands, stabbing, picking, lifting, winding, turning, ringing, ringing...... It is like a silver dragon flashing, and it is like a pear blossom dancing all over the body; In an instant, he picked up several evil wolves, worthy of being a brave general!
On the other hand, Xiao Yi pulled out his 'greedy wolf' short knife, an inch short, an inch dangerous! The blade slash is often close at hand, without a single superfluous movement, without a trace of pause and hesitation, although it doesn't look as good as Zhao Yunwu's spear, but this is exactly the martial arts style that Xiao Yi advocates - simple, direct, fast, and kill with one sword!
Knives are for killing, not for looking!
The big bull wielded a mace, Ma Liu held a hook and sickle, and the two of them were also stained with wolf blood, and even Liang Xiaoyu, who didn't know martial arts, was desperately waving a torch to expel the evil wolf who was close to him......
At the same time that the crowd was attacked, the wolves also divided a part of their forces to pounce on the horses, fortunately, everyone's war horses are one in a hundred Hun horses, and they all have experience in fighting with evil wolves on the grassland, Zhao Yun's white dragon horse is a divine horse, even planing and kicking, neighing constantly, so that the wolves can not get close, and the fierce side of the 'cabbage' at this moment all broke out, and it is not a loss to claim to be ' Qianli Mo Smoke Pony', although this thing is still underage, but it is more powerful than other war horses, it dares to chase and bite the wolf in turn, and it is extremely fierce, like a black lightning rushing in the wolves, it is really difficult to tell who is the grass......
After a bloody battle, with a long wolf howl in the distance, the wolves with heavy casualties temporarily retreated, but they still lingered nearby and refused to leave, and even driven by hunger, the wolves began to devour the corpses of those dead fellows, and the smell of blood at the scene became stronger and stronger.
On everyone's side, Da Niu was slapped in the back by a wolf's claw when he was protecting Liang Xiaoyu, and he was covered in blood, Ma Liu was bandaging him, and the rest of the people were unharmed, but their physical exertion was great. In the herd of horses, a war horse was torn open by the wolf, and fell to the ground with a sad roar, seeing that it couldn't survive, and the rest also had claw wounds, only Zhao Yun's white dragon horse and ' Cabbage 'is safe and sound, looking at the injured horse, Xiao Yi gestured to Ma Liu, the latter came to his injured mount, looked, the horse's belly was completely opened, the stomach flowed out, gritted his teeth, Ma Liu covered the horse's eyes with one hand comfortingly, and with the other hand took out the short knife he used with his body, and stabbed it through the major artery of the horse's neck, ending its pain......
Everyone's faces were a little hideous, although the wolves retreated temporarily, no one dared to guarantee that they would be able to repel the next attack.
Xiao Yi, who was covered in wolf blood, slowly came to Zhao Yun, who was also covered in blood, and asked softly, "Have you found its location?" ”
"Wolf King! To the west, 400 steps away! Zhao Yun bit his lip and replied in the affirmative; In addition to their keen vision, marksmen also have an amazing sense of hearing, and it is their instinct to hear and distinguish objects.
This wolf king is very cunning, knowing that human bows and arrows are powerful, so he hides from a distance and directs the wolves behind, and once frightened, the wolf king will definitely quickly change his position and hide. The bows and arrows of the crowd can shoot up to 100 paces, and the accuracy will be greatly affected at night, and it is impossible to help it at all, unless it can rush out more than 300 steps surrounded by wolves, and before it can react, it is possible to shoot it with one arrow......