Chapter 5: Sacrifice to the Wolf
The north is vast and sparsely populated, since the Warring States Zhao Wuling King placed Yanmen County, and then to the Han Dynasty, the jurisdiction: Shanwu, Woyang, Zhongling, Yinguan, Loufu, Wuzhou, Juyang, Lao, Pingcheng, Li, Mayi, Jiangyin and other fifteen counties, the population is about 2560,000 or so, since the Southern Xiongnu annexed, the business route from the south to the north has become much more prosperous.
It was also one of the frontlines of the Han people's resistance or expedition against the northern nomads.
The sky rose in the east, the clear light poured out from the clouds, the dew on the grass reflected the crystal light, and the horses' hooves trampled past, climbed the grassy slope, and galloped towards the faint castle.
Looking beyond the running lone horse, located in front of the Yin Pavilion City, the banner hunting is rolling in the wind, the soldiers are patrolling the city, the carriages, ox carts, and traders at the gate of the city come and go, and the cries of animals and people are noisy, which is quite lively. In such a sunny weather, a tall northerner in a long shirt with black stripes and white backgrounds led several people to patrol the streets, occasionally giving a few words of encouragement to the street vendors, and then walked to the city.
He was only half covered in armor, not gorgeous and sturdy, but this burly man, with a good appearance, a steady gaze, and a short beard under his chin showed that he was still quite young, and his gestures were very calm.
Looking outside the city wall, the white clouds, the blue sky and the yellowing earth were connected, he looked at his half of the armor, sighed, and walked back on the city wall.
"It's not hot...... he looked at the listless soldiers around him, and patted his hand on the back of one of the soldiers, "Straighten your back, there are Hu people in the past, let people see, isn't it a joke that my Han soldiers are incompetent?" β
He reminded these soldiers all the way, and many of them laughed out loud instead of being afraid, after all, the other party was just a county official, and he couldn't control them, and there was a noise on the city wall.
"Zhang Wenyuan, you don't go to patrol the streets, and you go to the city to serve as a soldier again?"
"Yes, it's just to see if you soldiers are lazy!" The short-bearded young man smiled generously, "Don't let the Hu people laugh at you. β
The laughter was heroic and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
The flag swept across his face, and the horse's hooves came from afar in the wind, and the young man's eyes turned to him, and he galloped on his horse, rushing towards this side in a hurry, and the pedestrians and vehicles hurriedly avoided the moment and rushed into the city gate, and the soldier on horseback staggered and planted his horse.
Several soldiers at the door hurriedly went up to support him, and at this time, the short-bearded young man also went down the city wall, walked over quickly, looked at the pale and groggy knight, and pulled him up with one arm: "I am Zhang Liao, the official of Yanmen County, what happened?" β
"Quick... Fast... Inform the county guardβ" The knight opened his lips slightly, and said weakly. A trembling hand reached for a piece of information in his armor, "I must give it to... Handed over to the county guard... Huns.. Huns... Raid the edge. β
"Take him down and take care of him."
Zhang Liao gave an order to the guards, grabbed the information, turned over and got on the horse, and rushed towards the county guard's mansion.
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The light is gone, and it is about to set.
In a touch of red glow, Gongsun Zhi was alone in the forest on the hills wearing wolf hair, the knife slashed into the body of the tree, the sawdust splashed, and the next second, he pulled it out again, his fingers touched the blade, and he gasped.
Since last night, he has begun to wield weapons to familiarize himself with the instinct of this body as soon as possible, martial arts are not exquisite, may not be as good as those fierce generals and famous generals who have heard of it, and there should be no problem with self-preservation. After all, fighting alone with others is not what he thinks, and life is the most important thing.
On the one hand, there are now a hundred horse thieves in his hands to send, although some of them still have bad intentions, but since he stabbed that woman last night, it can be regarded as making some people with bad intentions who want to kill him in the dark at night give up this plan. Gao Sheng, who seems to be close to his ears, is from a yellow scarf after all, and he has not known each other for a long time, so he is also an object to watch out for.
After all, there is only one life, and there is no chance to start over, so he can't be careless, unless there is an infighting among the horse thieves and provokes the people who are secretly suspicious, he can completely take these people under his command.
The residual red shone through the gaps in the leaves, shining on the resting figure, and the sweat ran down his cheeks and fell on the thick accumulated leaves. In the rear, the footsteps of the fallen leaves quietly approached, and he said in a low voice: "Chief, that Wang Kui really contacted some unconvinced horse thieves and wanted to do it, Gao Sheng is checking whether there is any leakage." β
The person who came quietly was Dongfang Sheng.
"If it's a fight, a lot of people will die, right?" Gongsun Zhi picked up the sheepskin bag and drank a sip of water, got up and put the knife back into the sheath, reached out and took the wolf hair handed by the sour Ru, put it on and walked out a few steps, and thought for a while: "Then wait for them to launch, and stand up to see how many people disobey me." β
Dongfang Sheng frowned slightly, took two small steps to follow, and reminded in a soft voice: "Hanshu. The biography of Xiang Ji is the first to strike, and the second is to be made by others. β
"I thought of an idea...... Gongsun Zhi, who was walking in front, stopped, his loose hair swayed, he turned his face to look at the thin scholar behind him: "There are wolves here, right?" β
"Yes, and there are a lot of them, this place is called White Wolf Plain, and there is a wolf pack nearby." Dongfang Sheng nodded in response.
On the other side, Da Yu raised his hand, and the tall and mighty figure reached out and pressed on the scholar's shoulder, "You call a few people to hunt a wolf and come back, just say that you will make me a new leather jacket, remember, after the hunt comes back, let a person who can't trust go and peel off the wolf's skin, as well as a complete throat." β
Dongfang Sheng didn't know what he was going to do, so he nodded and agreed. The figures of the two walked through the woods, the sky flowing, and the residual red descended the last light.
The extinguished torches burned from inside the cave, and when the night wind hung up, a few horse thieves came back and threw a thin wolf on the ground to return to Gongsun Zhi.
Then a short time later, a bloody throat was taken out, and after washing it, he took it in his hand and weighed it for a long time, glanced at the wolf thief, nodded, and said softly, "Come in with me." β
He went to the back of the stone room, and the horse thief followed him in confusion, and the back of the knife handed out from the corner smashed on the back of his head, and the man fell with a bang.
Dongfang Sheng trembled and held the knife, "What to do next?" β
The general over there measured the wolf's throat, took a piece of it and put it in his mouth, and without saying a word, he carried the fainted body on the ground on his shoulders and walked out from the other end of the cave.
The wind blew through the hills, the leaves rattled, and at this time, Gongsun Zhi and the others had already walked to the top of the hills, and threw their bodies on their shoulders on a big rock, and the wolf howl could be faintly heard in the wind.
The next moment.
The fur collar stroked lightly, Gongsun Zhi kneaded his mouth, opened his mouth slightly, and let out a roaring trill, which made the sour man standing on the side tremble, he felt that this was... The cry of the wolf?
Soon after, there was a light rustling sound of the fallen leaves under the hills, and then more and more, Dongfang Sheng's hair stood up, and he looked around with urgent breathing, and a shuddering murderous aura seemed to be pressing over, he wanted to shout, but the voice couldn't come out of his throat, and he had vaguely seen something green shaking in the darkness in his eyes.
ββ¦ Wolf... The wolf is coming..."The sour stammered and wanted to pull the figure standing in front of him, but his hand was only halfway, his nervous face showed fear, and the huge figure in front of Gongsun Zhi was staring at him like an awl, and the faint black shadows around him flickered, and more beasts approached.
Call... Oh...
Gongsun Zhi yelled at the big wolves in front of him, exhaled the throat wrapped in his mouth, let out a slight roar, and stretched out his hand to push the person on the stone.
The beasts shook their ears, their heads shook between their bodies on the stone and the man who let out the wolf roar, and the wolf kiss with its fangs bared out let out a low sigh of doubt, and at this moment, the wolves, who had been in an attacking stance, squatted down on the grass, their tails clamped, and went to the side, making way for them.
In the woods behind him, more wolves came over, surrounding a snow-white figure in the middle, and a white wolf king walked over slowly, the wolf king was bigger than the surrounding wolves, and the mane on his neck and chest stroked in the wind, with a fierce and arrogant majesty.
Gongsun Zhi clenched his fists nervously, walked over slowly, and pushed the horse thief off the stone, the other party seemed to have fallen in pain, moved, gradually woke up, opened his eyes, and then saw such a terrifying scene.
Gongsun stopped the low roar in his mouth, and stepped back respectfully, and the white wolf king suddenly nodded the wolf's head as if he could understand, and a dozen or so big wolves squatting on the ground around jumped up from the ground and bit the frightened horse thief.
The terrible cry resounded in the sky in an instant, and the night birds were frightened and flew around.