After coming out of the Great Wall from Miyun, it is a reckless and boundless prairie, when it comes to the grassland, most people first think of the grass is colorful, wild flowers are everywhere, and the wind blows the grass and the bottom of the cattle and sheep are the scene.

But what Yang Yi saw was a cold north wind, covered with ice and snow for thousands of miles, and there were no people for half a day. It is said that when the 'white plague' hits the grassland, the violent wind and snow blow people unsteadily, and the snow can reach three feet thick overnight, and the tent doors are sealed, and the water dripping from the outside turns into ice, and the cold wind blows to the face, as sharp as a blade.

Fortunately, the snow is not too thick this season, only there are no horseshoe, and the temperature is bearable, Yang Yi and his party also sped up, and camped under a mountain bag in the upper reaches of the Liuhe River this night, which is roughly equivalent to the vicinity of the Mulan paddock in later generations.

In the middle of the night, there were bursts of wolf howls from the mountain pack, and the horses in the camp began to become restless, and the accompanying Liao general Mo Sang was a little nervous, so he got up to check the situation, and lit piles of bonfires around the camp, hoping to scare off the wolves.

Yang Yi was also shocked, got up and asked Mo Sang, he hesitated for a moment and said truthfully: "It's a large group of wolves, very large, it's difficult to judge how many there are at the moment, but our horses are all good war horses, if it weren't for too many wolves, they wouldn't be so restless." ”

Mo Sang's voice didn't know whether it was cold or nervous, and he shivered a little, but Yang Yi was not only not nervous when he heard it, but he was very excited, wolves! Thousands of steppe wolves gathered together, what a rare sight!

Yang Yi had also seen wolves in his previous life, but it was only a few groups at most, thousands of wolves gathered together, not to mention that he had seen or heard of them.

"General Mosan, since there are so many wolves, it won't help us to stay here, why don't we rush out and have a look!"

When Mo Sang heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand to stop it, and said anxiously: "No, no, tonight is the night of the full moon, and it is the time when the wolf pack activities are the most rampant, it is too dangerous, Master Yang must not go!" ”

"Afraid of what? If you don't go, I'll go! ”

"No, I'm responsible for the safety of Master Yang, and in case of this kind of thing, you must listen to my arrangement."

"Brother Yang, I'm going too!" As soon as she heard this voice, Yang Yi's pride suddenly turned into a soft finger, and she saw Li Qingzhao standing in front of the tent door, her body wrapped tightly, and the clear moonlight shone on her face, and she couldn't see the slightest nervousness.

"Qing Niang, don't be naughty, this wolf is so terrible......"

"Brother Yang, with you, I'm not afraid of anything, you said you wouldn't leave me anyway, have you forgotten?"

Seeing that the little girl's face slowly darkened, Yang Yi couldn't help but blurt out: "Okay! No matter in the sky or on the earth, Brother Yang will take you with him! Ma Hanqing, Li Yizhong! ”

"Whoa!"

"Let's not sleep tonight, let's set out immediately, this official has to see the wolves in this grassland."

Yang Yi has an irrepressible curiosity about wolves, wolves are a terrible and respectable animal, when tigers and leopards and other large-scale ferocious animals have been eliminated by the grassland, but the wolf survived in this harsh environment of the cold wave, becoming the overlord of the grassland, and also becoming the totem of countless grassland peoples.

According to Yang Yi's knowledge, in the minds of the Mongols, the wolf is a messenger sent by Tengger (Immortal Heaven), so the Mongols will not bury them after death, but put the corpse in the wild infested by wolves, and let the wolves eat the flesh, only in this way can their souls ascend to Immortal Heaven and return to Tengger's arms.

In the eyes of the Han Chinese, wolves are a symbol of ferocity and evil, they are cunning and ferocious, they will disguise, they will ambush, they will besiege, they will raid, as long as they follow you, they will not die.

However, in the eyes of the steppe people, the wolf represents another meaning: tenacity, wit, unity, patience, ferocity, cunning, courage, insatiability, and continuous progress! …,

It is precisely because they possess these characteristics of wolves, and can vividly use these characteristics of wolves in military activities, so that the wolf flag they erected swept across the entire Eurasian continent.

Yang Yi and the others had just left the camp less than a mile away, and countless pairs of green eyes appeared around them, it seemed that the wolves had already surrounded the camp, and they were mobilizing troops, looking for an opportunity to attack. Yang Yi felt very fortunate in his heart, if he stayed in the camp, such a huge wolf pack, once he attacked, everyone was afraid that they would die or live, but at this moment, the galloping war horse would be much safer.

As the distance got closer and closer, the horses became more and more restless, and kept neighing, Yang Yi took Qing Niang in his arms and asked Mo Sang: "General Mo Sang, do you often encounter such wolves on the grassland." ”

"No, no, no, the average wolf pack is usually a hundred, as many as hundreds, and I have never seen such a large wolf pack, it should be formed by multiple wolf packs gathered together."

Yang Yi was even more curious: "As far as I know, each pack of wolves has its own head wolf, and the wolves are not subordinate to each other, and they often fight each other, how can they get together?" ”

Mo Sang looked around nervously and replied: "Not necessarily, if there is a particularly powerful wolf king, it will be able to make all the wolves obey its orders, Master Yang, we must have met the wolf king tonight, there are too many wolves, too many......"

The more Mo Sang looked, the more frightened he became, as the howl of wolves echoed in the wilderness, and the green eyes around him became more and more, like strings of ghost fires flickering in the moonlight, and the snowfields as far as the eye could see, all the ghostly gray shadows were moving.

"Master Yang, let's stay away! There are too many, too many, Master Yang, you must remember, if there is an accident, you must remember to let the war horse run along the wind, so that the horse speed will be faster, and the wolves will not be easy to chase after the smell. ”

Mo Sang's anxious expression made everyone's nervousness even heavier, and the atmosphere became extremely solemn!

Oh!

I only heard a particularly long and majestic wolf howl coming from the mountain bag, and all the wolves that had been sneaking around roared 'bluffing', and the sound was forced out from the root of the throat, which sounded numb;

Then one by one the wild wolves raised their heads to the sky, howled a few times, and then silently pounced on Yang Yi and them, the figure was as fast as an arrow in the moonlight, and the Qing Niang in her arms finally couldn't stop trembling.

"Don't be afraid! There's Brother Yang here! ”

"Well, Qing Niang is not afraid of ......"

"Capture the thief and capture the king first, brothers, the wolf king must be on the mountain bag, let's rush!" Yang Yi roared loudly and hurriedly urged the war horse to rush towards the mountain bag!

Mo Sang shouted anxiously behind him: "Master Yang, you can't go, you can't go, attack the wolf king, all the wolves will rush up desperately, and they can jump down from above, they can jump directly on the back of the horse and bite people, you can't go!" ”

Sure enough, the farther you go to the mountain, the more wolves surround you, the moonlight is bright, the snow shines, even at night, the sight is still good, and the wolves run with their tails straight and rush towards the horses.

The buzzing bowstring kept ringing, and one after another powerful arrows came out, and the wild wolves that were shot fell to the ground, letting out a terrible howl, and more wolves rushed up without fear of death, flying towards the war horse, Yang Yi slashed two heads to death with a knife, and immediately more than a dozen rushed towards him, as if to avenge his companions.

Yang Yi wanted to protect Li Qingzhao, it was inconvenient to turn, and he was suddenly a little overwhelmed, Ma Hanqing and Li Yizhong rushed forward, and the spears swept straight forward, killing a bloody storm, and finally temporarily resolved the crisis he was facing. …,

Yang Yi saw that as Mo Sang said, as long as he rushed to the mountain, the wolves would rush up one after another, without fear of death, Yang Yi saw that it was not a way to go on like this, so he had to turn around.

Hundreds of heavily armed iron horsemen, under normal circumstances, the wolves would not dare to attack, but now they are brazenly besieging them, which shows how fierce they are, maybe the wolves are also relying on the 'strength of the people', or maybe the crowd inadvertently offended the territory of the wolf king, and there is such a result.

There are so many! Under the moonlight, there were running wolves everywhere, and Yang Yi looked at it, and the range as far as his eyes could see was definitely no less than three thousand;

They keep swimming, pounce on the horse at the first opportunity, the more the horse running behind, the more dangerous it is, in the dead corner where you are difficult to turn around and exert force, as long as the wolves catch up, they will pounce endlessly, there are already two Liao army war horses were bitten through the belly, and after falling to the ground, the two soldiers did not stand up, they were torn to pieces by the wolves who pounced.

The battlefields of the corpse mountain and the sea of blood rushed over, and they were chased all over the ground by these thousands of evil wolves, Yang Yi felt a lot in his heart, what the hell is this! The wolf king, if you don't fight the wolf king, you are really unwilling!

"To the north! Northward! ”

Yang Yi roared loudly and took the lead in galloping north against the wind, in fact, only when he rushed to the foot of the mountain just now, the wolves would be afraid to block it from the front. Now after turning, although the number of wolves is large, they will never stand in front of the war horses again, as soon as Yang Yi leads the team to rush over, they will avoid both sides, and then dot on both sides and behind them, and they will suddenly pounce when there is a gap.

The wolf's endurance is excellent, and it is often the time to chase the prey so tired that he can't run, so he can launch a fatal blow in time. And they're so clever and cunning that they won't fight you with their lives.

It is said that they also use 'refrigerators' to store their prey, and in winter, when the snow is heavy, deep snow nests will naturally form in some mountain cols, and wolves will make full use of them to drive prey such as yellow sheep into these snow nests.

As soon as the panicked yellow sheep fall into these snow nests, they can't bounce, sink deeper and deeper, and finally are frozen by the heavy snow, and the wolves can enjoy a delicious meal slowly, and some can even keep it until the spring after the ice and snow melt.

For such cunning animals as wolves, you must not underestimate their wisdom, otherwise you will die a miserable death, Yang Yi led the team to run against the wind for ten miles, and after luring most of the wolves out, he suddenly ordered the soldiers to divide into two ways and began to turn along the two huge arcs, not to turn sharply, otherwise the wolves chasing behind him immediately discovered their intentions.

Mo Sang refused at first, but he couldn't resist Yang Yi, so he had to let the deputy general Arturak lead two hundred men and horses to the other side, and he guarded Yang Yi to the death.

"Qingniang, are you okay?"

"I'm fine......" the little girl's voice trembled.

Yang Yi laughed and said, "Go!" Big brother will take you to see the Wolf King! ”