Chapter 14: Cows and Horses

Tang Ming's mood at the moment was depressed, and there was no other reason, that is, he had only left this island for a few days, and now he had rushed back. However, Xiaobai beside him was very active, as if he knew that he was going back to the wolf's den, he had a good appetite in the past two days, and he always liked to lie on the bow of the boat with a small pot of wine in his mouth and watch the sea.

Its performance made Tang Ming wonder if it had cultivated into refinement, but fortunately, Xiaobai was only a little more humane than other animals, and the others were no different from other wolves. This made Tang Ming feel a little relieved, so he didn't care about it, just gave it a pot of wine every day, and let it go aside to fend for itself.

Tang Ming, who was lying on the bed, was sighing for his bumpy fate, and Li Ba's broken voice suddenly sounded at the door: "Hahaha, brother, we have arrived, we have arrived!" ”

With the sound of footsteps shaking the mountains for a while, Li Ba rushed into Tang Ming's room like a bison, grabbed Tang Ming's shoulders with a pair of big hands like a fan, and immediately shook it as if he was dead.

The moment Tang Ming's shoulder was grabbed by Li Ba, his face immediately turned pale, but before he could react, Li Ba had already shook it fiercely. Pain, in addition to pain or pain, Tang Ming, who almost vomited blood and died, took a sharp breath and roared wildly: "Stop!" ”

Li Ba, who was immersed in joy, was startled by this sudden roar, Tang Ming took the opportunity to break free from it, moved his painful shoulders, and found that he had not yet dislocated, so he was relieved.

"Uncle Li Ba, my brother's small body really can't withstand your toss like this, it's good to talk about something, don't move your hands and feet!" Glancing at Li Ba angrily, Tang Ming had a feeling of the rest of his life.

Knowing that he was at a loss, Li Ba didn't want to quarrel with Tang Ming, but he just couldn't get used to Tang Ming's appearance of fine skin and tender meat, even if you were a civilian official in the army, you had to be able to hold a big knife, and even if you opened a three-stone bow, you had to be able to open a soft bow. But with a small body like Tang Ming, he doesn't know how to exercise every day, and when he has time, he either lies on the bed or lies on the chair, which makes Li Ba very worried about his body.

"Brother! If you have time, you should exercise more, otherwise it will be difficult to survive in the army with a small body like yours! Forget it, we'll talk about it later, and you come out and see if we're on the island you talked about? Li Ba despised Tang Ming's small body and was very helpless about his laziness.

"That's so fast, I've already calculated it, it should be tomorrow!" Tang Ming was very confused when he heard this, and followed Li Ba towards the bow of the ship as he spoke.

"Woo......"

Before the two arrived, they first heard Xiaobai standing on the bow of the ship and letting out a wolf howl, which made people's blood swell and the excitement was overflowing!

Seeing Xiaobai's excitement, Tang Ming didn't need to look to know that it had really arrived, but how could the itinerary be a day faster for no reason? I pulled the captain in charge of this voyage and asked, only to know that the last time I went back, I encountered foggy weather and delayed the day's trip.

Tang Ming suddenly realized, unloaded the doubts in his heart, and immediately arranged for the ship to dock with Li Ba, because the draft of the treasure ship was too deep to get too close, everyone had to change to a small boat to land.

As soon as the boat landed, Xiaobai was the first to jump onto the beach, and disappeared on the steep wall in front of him in a moment. This time, Li Ba brought a total of more than 100 soldiers, all of whom were good at the guard, but unfortunately they had never been to the sea, and they were not suitable for taking a boat.

This made Li Ba, who was going to start arresting cattle and horses immediately, frowned, Tang Ming patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Let the soldiers rest for a while, and when they are used to the order to set up camp on the steep wall, we can go to the top to check it first, and when we find out the situation and discuss the method of arrest, we will start the operation tomorrow." ”

Li Ba glanced at the staggering soldiers again, shook his head helplessly in favor of Tang Ming's proposal, and followed him to the top of the cliff.

Still under the big tree, Xiaobai's incessant wolf howl attracted the two big bad wolves, and gradually more and more wolves moved closer here, and in less than half an hour, Xiaobai's side was full of more than 100 wolves of all sizes.

Li Ba's face immediately turned green, and after getting along with Xiaobai during this time, I saw that it was all docile, and he either ate or slept every day. There was an idea that Xiaobai could be so majestic, and looking at the way he patrolled among the wolves, he was no different from a general.

If more than a hundred wolves pounced at the same time, Li Ba had no doubt that in just a moment, he and Tang Ming would be gnawed to the point that there were no bones left.

Tang Ming saw that the wolves' performance was much calmer than Li Ba's, and he leaned forward with a smile on his face, and he didn't even have time for Li Ba to try to hold him.

"Big Ash, does Little Ash remember me?" Tang Mingdu walked up to the two gray wolves and reached out to touch their heads.

Li Ba's face was already more than green, his hand had already pressed to the handle of the big knife on his waist, as long as the situation was not right, he immediately rushed forward to save Tang Ming. Although he knew in his heart that he was alone was definitely no match for these hundred wolves, it was absolutely impossible to be a soldier and a brother in danger, even if the price was to pay for his own life, he had no regrets.

Whether in ancient times or in modern times, the conduct of soldiers has always been particularly important, and the personal charm of a general will inevitably affect the morale of the entire army, which is an example that must be done as a qualified commander.

Li Ba was worried about him behind him, Tang Ming obviously didn't know, when his hand was about to touch the two gray wolves, Big Gray and Little Gray seemed to remember Tang Ming, no, it should be said that he still remembered his roast rabbit. I didn't see that these two wolves actually ignored Tang Ming's outstretched hand, turned around and let out a wolf howl, and then ran away with a few little wolves in the distance, drooling all over the ground as they ran.

The embarrassed Tang Ming had no choice but to retract his hand in a daze, and when he was about to beckon Li Ba to go to a small beard to take a look, Da Ash and Xiao Ash ran back from a distance, still holding a fat hare in their mouths, and when they threw it in front of Tang Ming, they squatted there drooling, and the wolf's eyes were full of excitement.

At this moment, Tang Ming had already understood, daring to love these two beasts regarded themselves as cooks, although he was dissatisfied with being used by Big Ash and Little Ash as a human being, he was still very happy that these two guys still remembered him. Needless to say, I haven't eaten roast rabbit for a while, so I'll show my hand again today to satisfy the appetite of these guys.

There are many people to do things, Tang Ming beckoned Li Ba to bring more than a dozen brothers, get a large amount of firewood, build a few large fires, and deal with all the hares brought by the wolves, wrap them in mud and throw them all into the fire to roast. An hour later, Tang Ming threw dozens of them to the wolves, and the rest were all distributed to the sergeants.

Li Ba ate the meat in a big gulp, his head kept nodding, he had always admired Tang Ming's cooking skills, swallowed the food in his hand, Li Ba stared at the remaining half of the roast rabbit beside Tang Ming. In the end, I couldn't stand the temptation of the food, so I snatched it and took a bite hard.

"Hmm...... Hmm, brother...... You don't have to say anything about your craft! But I walked around here and there and didn't see any herds of cattle or horses, you can't have been mistaken, right? Li Ba whined and said while eating.

Tang Ming was also a little puzzled, but he was sure that he was not mistaken, the bison and wild horses here were all herds. A lone animal in this primitive wasteland means death, just now Tang Ming saw the skeleton of a cow not far away, if his reasoning was correct, then the cow and the horse must be somewhere on this island.

Opening a jar of wine again, Tang Ming poured a few sips hard, then put the jar of wine in front of Xiao Bai, stood up and patted his buttocks, beckoned Li Ba and walked towards the small lake in his memory.

Going up the stream in one day, we arrived at the small lake at the foot of the mountain, the fat and tender grass was gone, the water of the small lake was almost dry, and the small lake was no longer lively as usual, only some small animals were still active here. But there was not a single ox or horse.

After careful observation, Tang Ming found a strange phenomenon, the place where there should be a large area of grass was gnawed clean, and only a lot of feces were left on the ground, and most of them had dried up. Tang Ming immediately understood that this should be the herd of cattle and horses that had eaten the grass and migrated to other places.

didn't bother to explain to Li Ba, so he took everyone and Xiaobai to track down the gnawed grass all the way. Sure enough, in a basin surrounded by mountains on three sides, herds of bison and wild horses mingled together, leisurely eating the abundant tender grass. Some ponies frolicked and chased each other, and the sounds of horses and cows wafted throughout the Great Basin.

When Li Ba and his sergeants saw such a scene, everyone was already stunned, and the team of more than 100 people became silent. The scene in front of them was so shocking that they couldn't see the cows and horses at a glance, let alone counting, they couldn't see them.

The sergeant who has been living in the territory of Daming has seen so many cattle and horses, including Li Ba, who was also deeply shocked, and he was the first to come back to his senses, and suddenly roared and rushed to the horses. As a soldier, Li Ba's first choice in the case of instinct is still a horse.

With Mata, he can organize a cavalry battalion, and its mobility and combat power will be greatly improved. But he didn't expect that a cavalry battalion not only needs horses, but also needs a lot of money, no equipment and no strong financial support, and it is tantamount to fantasy to form a cavalry battalion.

Driven by Li Ba, all the sergeants also followed up one after another, all of them rushed forward with tools such as ropes as if they were going to the battlefield to kill the enemy.

In an instant, chickens and dogs jumped in the entire basin, and the screams of the sergeants, the shouts and shouts mixed with the neighing of horses, floated in the air above the basin, and a battle between men and horses kicked off here!

Tang Ming was stunned with his mouth wide open, Li Ba's performance of being too excited was unbelievable. It had already been discussed, and it was only after finding the horses and cattle that they would see the opportunity to act again, and after planning how to arrest them, the scene in front of them was not like this at all.

A group of undisciplined and unorganized people, like a plate of loose sand, rushed into the herd of cattle and horses, and the consequences were ...... worrying.