Chapter 206: Followers of the White Horse
Lin Ji loosened the chain and rolled off the horse's back, only to find that he and the white horse were all worn out by the iron chain, and they were all flesh and blood.
And my whole body hurts, and even my bones seem to have a creaking sound.
"Have you taken it?" Lin Ji laughed miserably and forced Bai Ma to ask.
Hakuba was just panting, and his eyes seemed to be out of focus. I guess I can't say whether I'm convinced or not.
Lin Ji knew that this kind of crazy high-speed rush would not cause much damage to the horse, and the horse might die of detachment, so it was best to give some treatment.
He wanted to enter the town at the moment, but in a flash of thought, he pressed one end of the chain under a stone by the lake, and then entered the town again.
The horse was so brave that even if he had ridden it all afternoon, he might not have tamed it. Forest traces can't help but be guarded against.
When he entered, he took an iron stake and ran out quickly, and sure enough, he saw the white horse standing up tremblingly, dragging the iron chain out of the stone.
Lin Ji laughed loudly, snatched the iron chain, and immediately pulled it back.
Now Bai Ma didn't even have the strength to argue with Lin Ji, so he could only fall to the ground again.
Lin Ji locked the iron chain to the iron stake, and then drove the iron stake deep into the ground. I crawled to the side, rested for a while, and wounded myself.
Lin Ji wrapped himself in a lot of gauze and changed his clothes. Then put a bridle on the horse, put a chew on it, and loosen some of the chains to clean the wound and sprinkle it with powder. After that, he took a bottle of glucose solution, pried open the white horse's mouth with a stick, and poured it down. The treatment is over.
The horse ran for a day, and the consumption was not small. Lin Ji also took out half a pot of bean bran, put salt, beat eggs, soaked them in lake water, and left them alone in front of the white horse.
The sky was dark, and only the still cold evening breeze was howling.
Lin Ji didn't have the heart to light a fire to cook, but just drove the bus, turned on the lights, took out the food and drinks from the small town, and sat at the door of the car to eat slowly, while thinking about his current situation.
The white horse carried him for several hours, and at the speed of the white horse, he might have run two or three hundred kilometers. Dunmu can drive, and if he can catch up in time, he may be able to get here in a while.
But because there was not enough gasoline for Dunmu to practice driving, his driving skills were estimated to not be able to drive much faster on the grassland.
And the white horse didn't go completely straight all the way, and Lin Ji couldn't throw anything to show the way on the way. It may be more difficult for the pier to catch up.
If there is any accident on the way, it is possible that Dunmu will not be able to get here for a few days.
As for the others, after being scattered by the horses, they may not know that the forest trail was carried away by the horses. They have ghost eagle guidance, telescopes in their hands, and they are all well-trained. Gathering after being washed away by horses should not be a problem.
But if they find out that the forest is scattered and come to them, it will probably take longer.
Lin Ji has injuries on his body, and it takes some time to tame the white horse. He decided to stay here for a few days, to recuperate from his wounds, and wait for them to find him. If they don't find it, they will find a way to go back.
Fierce beasts are rampant on the grassland. To stay overnight, a fragile minibus may not be very reliable.
After Lin Ji finished eating, his strength regained a little, and he took advantage of the last glimmer of daylight and the light of the headlights, moved out of the iron fence, and nailed around the white horse and the minibus. Thinking about it, he pulled two barbed wire fences outside the fence. That way, you should be able to get a good night's sleep.
After finishing this, Lin Ji also turned the head of the minibus, pointed the front of the car in the direction it came, and turned on the high beams at the same time. There are clouds in the sky, no stars and no moon, only the high beams pierce deep into the depths of the grassland. This may be able to show the way to the chasing Dunmu.
As for when they will arrive, it doesn't matter.
After that, they should be able to find Xiaobai too, with the guidance of the ghost eagle and the telescope, maybe they can find this place too.
After all this, it was already eight o'clock in the evening. Hakuba finally stopped breathing, but his spirit did not recover. And the horse material that Lin Rui put in the basin, it obviously didn't even look at it.
Fearing that it would die, Lin Ji went back to the town and made rice porridge with sugar and salt. The mouth of the large plastic bottle was cut open, the rice porridge was filled, and then the horse's mouth was pried open with a stick and poured it down.
After pouring most of the porridge like this, the white horse shook his head and almost bit the forest traces, and the forest traces stopped.
However, after pouring the porridge, Lin Ji found that the horse's limbs were severely edema. Apparently overworked.
If Maxima's statement is not a lie, it is that this white horse may have known that he had not run long distances in the herd.
Lin Ji had no choice but to take out the bone-setting medicine wine again, wipe it and massage its limbs, so as not to cripple it.
When he first started wiping the white horse, the white horse still wanted to pedal the forest tracks, but after wiping two of his legs, the white horse showed a very useful posture. The porridge may have regained some of its strength, and it also turned around to make it easier for Lin Ji to rub its other two legs.
After Lin Ji wiped the medicine and wine, he was tired and sweating again, so he couldn't help complaining: "Lao Tzu was going to catch an animal to travel, but now it seems that Lao Tzu has arrested the uncle." Uncle, are you comfortable? ”
As he spoke, Lin Ji slapped the white horse twice on the belly. The white horse let out a heavy breath and twisted his head away. Then I carefully adjusted my posture to make myself more comfortable.
Lin Ji didn't have the energy to bother with it, so he took a blanket and covered it, and went back to the car and fell asleep. He didn't notice that there was a faint roar of beasts in the night sky, and some figures were gathering along the headlights that pierced into the grassland.
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Lin Ji had a dream. I dreamed that Hu Yi'er gave birth to a lovely daughter for him, and he was about to see how this daughter looked, but Hu Yi'er, who had a happy face, suddenly turned into a horse face and whistled in his ear.
Lin Ji woke up with sweat. Seeing the inside of the middle bus in the dim light, he realized where he was.
The loud whistling of horses still rings in my ears, because the white horses outside the car are whistling.
Lin Ji rubbed his eyes and looked out of the car window, and the white horse outside the window didn't know when he stood up. In addition to raising his head and howling, he was also anxiously pulling at the chains.
Outside the barbed wire fence of the fence, there are many green eyes staring at the inside of the fence, and there are dozens of pairs.
Lin Ji walked to the driver's seat and honked the horn, and the loud noise made those eyes move wildly, and many figures ran in front of the headlights. Lin Ji could see clearly, it was a wolf.
The wolves were frightened by the sound of the car's horn and ran away. But it didn't take long for him to sneak back again. Obviously, in the minds of these wild wolves, there is no such thing as fear of the unknown. For the sake of a meal, even the risk is worth it.
"You're just bullying me, and I'm the only one who is bullying?" Lin Ji was already very sleepy, and his dreams were disturbed, and his anger was rising.
He took the rifle out, tied a flashlight to the barrel, got out of the car, and yelled at the white horse first: "Be quiet for Lao Tzu!" With Lao Tzu here, no wolf can touch you! ”
At this moment, the forest traces were murderous, and the anxious white horse felt a murderous aura heavier than outside the fence, and was suddenly too frightened to move again.
Lin Ji climbed onto the roof of the car and shook his flashlight to look outside. I saw dozens of wolves surrounding the barbed wire, staring coldly inside, whimpering and roaring from time to time. In one of the darkest corners, two wolves were digging under the barbed wire, and a large pit had been dug out.
"Look for death!" Lin Ji shone the flashlight and fired two shots at the wolf who was digging the soil. The two wolves fell into the pit.
As soon as the shots rang out, the other wolves fled again, but they didn't get far before they stopped again.
In the night sky, there was a terrible howl of wolves, and then the wolves roared in response, and the wolves slowly approached around the barbed wire.
"You're not afraid to fight, are you?" Lin Ji turned the barrel of the gun to shine the flashlight over. Everywhere the flashlight passed, the wolves dodged.
But where is the speed at which they move, and where is the speed of the forest trail moving the flashlight?
Lin Ji moved the flashlight in the wolf pack, and when the flashlight shone on the wolf, he immediately opened fire, and for a time the gunfire was loud, and the wolf's wailing and escape sound was everywhere.
Lin Ji held up his flashlight and did not stop until he ran out of magazines, and the corpse of the wolf lying in the farthest distance was a hundred meters away.
This time the wolf finally ran away, and Lin Ji changed the magazine and waited for more than ten minutes, but no wolf continued to come back. Instead, two wolves that had been shot wailed in the distance and died.
Lin Ji jumped off the roof of the car with a gun on his back, and his anger disappeared a lot.
The white horse drooped his head and stood motionless, daring to glance at the forest trails from the corner of his eye.
The gunshots scared it. At the same time, it also saw the images of the wolves being shot in the distance. Now it finally realized how terrible the two-legged beast was, lest the forest trail slam it too.
"Cowardice!" Lin Ji scolded dissatisfied, feeling that the world was full of bullying and fearing the hard, even a horse was no exception.
Lin Ji got into the car, and said to the white horse before closing the door: "They are still coming, remember to remind me, just don't make too loud noises." As he spoke, he didn't care whether the white horse understood it or not, and closed the door and went to sleep.
Mustang only needs to sleep for two or three hours a day. And they are alert enough. There is no problem with using it for sentry. Suddenly, Ge dared to ride a horse and ran out, also because the horse could almost be used as a dog at night.
The white horse still stood motionless, and only when the snoring of the forest trails sounded in the car did it dare to move quietly, and came to the basin where the horse was kept, and then peeked and gnawed on it.
Its posture is its survival technique in the herd before becoming the king of horses. Now it's still handy when it comes back to use.
This allows it not to offend the more powerful person next to it, and to keep itself as unharmed as possible. In this mode, the food is not picky. Therefore, it had not looked down on the food put in the forest trail before, but now it began to eat it. It turned out that the food was delicious.
Lin Ji slept very peacefully this night, and slept until dawn before getting up.
The morning air of the grassland is fresh, and it is refreshing to take a breath. If only there was a little less horse urine smell.
The white horse seemed to be standing still, but the empty basin betrayed its whereabouts completely.
Outside the fence, the fallen wolves were still lying on the grassland. The blood was already congealed.
The forest trail pushed a corner of the fence and went to the lake to wash. Then he fetched a basin of water for the white horse and put some horse feed. The white horse was as well-behaved as a domestic horse, and he ate obediently without waiting for Lin Ji to say anything.
The wounds on its body have scabbed, and it looks like it has recovered a lot. Lin Ji felt that it was no longer in danger of life. As long as the edema on its legs is gone, it should be able to ride.
Lin Ji cleaned the wounds of himself and the horse again, ate a simple breakfast, and took out his binoculars to look at the situation on all sides. Didn't see anything useful.
Then he got out of the fence, lit a few tires downwind, and continued to guide Dunmu and the others. The wolves were dragged back and a barbed wire fence was added. Then he was busy in the enclosure to skin and roast the wolves to pass the time.
It's always hard to wait for the person in expectation. The tires burned and the smoke shot into the sky. The dun wood did not appear for a long time. In the afternoon, a group of strangers arrived.
These people also wore stone spears and animal skins. But they all look taller and stronger. Apparently much more nourishing than the people of the tribe that shepherded the sheep.
The visitors were cautious, and they stopped a few dozen meters away to take a closer look at the situation on the fence and the burning tires. Then they got together and pointed inside the fence.
When they were close to a range of several hundred meters, Lin Ji had already set up a few iron plates by his side for defense, and at the same time put on an iron armor and a helmet.
When he saw them, he didn't show malice at the first time, and Lin Ji didn't act rashly. In the case of not knowing how many people are behind the opponent, even if you have an advantage in your own weapons, it is better to maintain restraint. If you provoke a tribe of several thousand people, it is not conducive to the development of the grassland in the future.
Lin Rui followed them to the fence and was willing to let them visit as long as they didn't get too close. But what Lin Ji couldn't understand was that after these people finished instructing, they seemed to have finally unified their understanding, and a group of more than a dozen people all put down their spears and fell to the ground.
Lin Ji was a little confused. This gesture is absolutely surrendering. People in this era have different rituals and habits because of their different beliefs. However, some gestures convey the same content. This posture of prostration, in the words of later generations, is the five-body throwing to the ground. Definitely means surrender, no doubt.
Why should they surrender to themselves? The forest trail is completely puzzled.
Not long after I came to the grassland, the tribe I came into contact with was just the tribe that shepherded sheep. The legend has certainly not spread yet.
If it weren't for the legends, could it be that they recognized these steel, cars, here? This doesn't seem to make sense. Humans don't have any knowledge of things they haven't been exposed to. These people couldn't have recognized the car unless there was a traverser among them.
But if there are traversers among them, shouldn't they say something to say hello at this time?
Lin Ji thought about many possibilities, but he still couldn't think of the truth at all.
After the person on the other side fell down, he didn't wait for Lin Ji to shout to calm down, and got up by himself. Then they stooped down and tossed on the ground, pulled out many bundles of straw in one bundle, and let one of the thinnest men carry them to the side of the fence.
As the bundle of grass approached, Lin Ji saw the white horse beside him slowly raise his head. Sure enough, the thin man went outside the fence and threw the sheaf of grass over the fence and at the feet of the white horse.