Chapter 370: The Future of the Clan
"There is a situation!" Gnarda said warily.
Not only Ganada, but also Hig and Blue Fairy noticed that the ground shook slightly, and those who were accustomed to living in the grassland knew that it was the running of the horses. Wild horses are ubiquitous in the grassland, but they are difficult to catch, one is that they run too fast, and the other is that if the wild horses are frightened, they will run desperately and trample all the obstacles in front of them into powder, so the average herdsman is reluctant to provoke the herds of wild horses unless they are alone.
"Nomad cavalry!" Ganada exclaimed in surprise.
Subsequently, everyone saw that one person and one rider in front were fleeing, and the brigade of men and horses behind was chasing, and there were five or six hundred people riding on it! Five or six hundred people, forming a pincer formation, outflanking while chasing, the one in the rear did not dare to pursue too tightly, but the outflanking of the two wings was very fast, and the whole team of men and horses was charging towards Higg and others!
"Be careful!" Gnarda was taken aback, if these people rushed over, wouldn't they be trampled into pulp?
"Don't panic! Don't move, don't move! Higg said angrily, and after speaking, he let the horses take a step forward, and then stood a few Hercules shields in front of the three horses, and protected Butterfly Caiyun's carriage behind him, forming an arrow formation!
"Sinkma, you whole bastard, if you let our leader go, I'll keep you a whole corpse, otherwise, you will be torn to pieces!" A man in the rear, who was in hot pursuit, shouted loudly.
Only then did Higg notice that the one in front of him was already approaching the nomadic cavalry, and there was a man behind him, and the two of them were riding a horse, and it was only a matter of time before they were overtaken.
"Sinkma?" Ganada was taken aback, "The first warrior of the Harandor tribe, you have seen it!" ”
"Is that him?" Only then did Higg remember that the first time he went to the steppe desert, the first nomadic cavalry captain he met was named Sinkma.
When the Sinkhorse passed in front of him, Higg flew up, jumped onto the Sinkhorse's horse, and sat firmly behind the Sinkhorse.
Everyone was taken aback, whether it was Lan Xian'er and Ganada, or the pursuers in the rear, they were all dumbfounded, such a fast speed, so accurate.
But then what was even more surprising was that Higg was gone, and Sinkma continued to run forward with the Nalan patriarch Riggs on his back, and he ran much faster than before, but Higg disappeared without a trace, and no one knew what happened to him!
"Chase! Fast! Although the cavalry behind was stunned for a moment, they did not stop the pace of their horses, hurriedly passed by the side of the carriage, and with a puff of smoke and dust, they quickly disappeared into the depths of the distant steppe.
When the army of nomadic cavalry walked away, Lan Xian'er quickly dismounted, ran to the carriage and lifted the curtain, only to see that there were four adults and a baby crowded on the carriage, namely Higg, Butterfly Caiyun, Xinkema, the leader of the nomadic cavalry who had fainted, and Butterfly Caiyun's child!
"Come down quickly, and don't be afraid to scare their mother and son!" Lan Xian'er said angrily.
Higg and Sinkma hurriedly got out of the carriage and dragged the half-dead Riggs from the cart as well.
"Sinkma, what's going on?" Higg asked.
"You are?" Sinkma asked suspiciously, not sure who the person in front of him was.
"Sinkma, you don't know me anymore?" Gnarda, who was still on horseback, asked with a smile.
"You're the mercenary leader Gnarda, so he's ...... Higg Child? Sinkma exclaimed in surprise.
"Get on the horse first, let's talk as we go, that mirror image won't confuse them for long!" Higg said, "Lan Xian'er, you and Die Caiyun are in the car!" ”
"I didn't have time to tell you!" Sinkma hurriedly said, "The Harandor tribe is very dangerous now, the leader and I killed the leaders of two tribes, and captured one, they are definitely going to join forces to attack our tribe now, I have to go back and reinforce quickly!" ”
"Nervous about what?" Higg said angrily, "Speak clearly! ”
New Mark immediately briefly told Higg what had happened in the camp of the Nalan clan leader, and then said, "There is no time, I want to go back to the clan immediately!" ”
"Don't panic!" Higg said, "If you dare to kill, don't you have any defense? ”
Sinkma replied: "Yes, we have been prepared for a long time, if the negotiation fails, I will kidnap the leader of the Nalan tribe to the west and attract the soldiers and horses of the Nalan tribe to chase me!" Then the leader of Zartai had already assembled his army, planning to preemptively defeat the weakest Dong'an tribe first and prevent them from forming an alliance, but now the strength of the Harandor tribe is only a few hundred old and weak, migrating westward and preparing to go into the mountains to hide, if the leader can't quickly destroy the Dong'an tribe and return to the division for reinforcements, our tribe is likely to be eaten by the Kodor tribe! There is no way, we can only do this risky trick! ”
"How far are we from the Horde?" Higg asked.
"I don't know for sure, I don't know exactly where they migrated, but on horseback, about three hours or more, and the carriage won't be able to catch up until at least dark!" Sinkma said anxiously.
"Abandon the cart and use the horse that pulls the cart for riding!" Die Caiyun lifted the curtain of the carriage, walked down with the child in her arms, and said.
"What are you going to do?" Lan Xian'er asked in surprise.
Die Caiyun said: "This is far from me being able to fly with my child, there is no time, hurry!" ”
Both Sinkma and Ganada looked at Hig, who hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Sinkma, you ride that horse without a saddle and hand over the Nalan Patriarch to me!" ”
"Yes, Childe!"
"Blue Fairy, call Thunder immediately!" Higg lifted Riggs on the ground, turned on his horse, and shouted, "Get on your horse, go!" ”
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In the steppe of midsummer, the weather is changing, and the sky was still clear before, however, dark clouds gradually rose in the sky in the northeast, chasing Higg and his party, galloping all the way to the west.
The climate of the barbarian country is generally drier, on the contrary, there is more rain in winter, because the south of the barbarian country is the Glan Mountains, and the edge of the grassland to the west is the Saladin Mountains, the Saladin Mountains are actually an extension of the Andes Mountains, but they are called differently in the barbarian countries, these two mountain ranges block most of the rain that can reach the barbarian country, and the rain and snow that can enter the barbarian country are mostly drifting from the northeast to the sea, but these water vapors cannot cross the Saladin Mountains, Therefore, to the west of the Saladin Mountains, there is a great death place in Middle-earth - the Great Gori Desert, although the Gori Desert is close to the sea in the west, but the perennial monsoon blows from east to west, and the moisture in the sea does not give any moisture to that land.
The dark clouds gradually caught up, and the wind began to blow, and on this empty and boundless grassland, it added to the nervousness of everyone who was hurrying, as if the wind and clouds would bring not only rain, but also blood.
Fortunately, the Saladin Mountains have come into view, and although Wangshan is running a dead horse, at least he sees the goal and sees hope. The distance on the grassland is never measured by how many kilometers, it is measured by the length of time the horse runs, and the distance that the horse can run in a day will feel very close to the nomadic cavalry!
The storm came as scheduled, making the already cool grassland become cold, dark clouds covered the sky, and the whole grassland was like a dark night, with occasional lightning and thunder, cutting through the sky, so that people could see clearly where the mountain in front of them was. The rain soaked everyone's body, and everyone, every horse, was steaming hot.
"We're late!" Higg sighed as he looked at the sparse corpses of the nomadic cavalry on the ground.
"It's the corpses of our people!" With a loud shout, Sinkma rolled over and jumped off his horse, and checked the ground to see if there were any survivors, however, the heavy rain extinguished his hopes, and quickly made the corpses on the ground cold, and washed away the traces of his own tribe's migration routes......
"It shouldn't be too late, these are just the nomadic cavalry patrolling by our clansmen, who came out to reconnoitre!" "But we can't tell when this happened, so we can only head into the mountains, hoping that the tribe won't be overtaken!" ”
Although he said that, Sinkma's heart was already half cold, such a heavy rain, and the people who migrated from the tribe were all old people, children and women, how could it be possible to go fast and be caught up, it was a matter of time.
"Come with me!" Die Caiyun looked at Sinkma with a sad and helpless face, and said decisively, "I can follow the smell of blood, and I will definitely be able to catch up!" ”
"Give it to me, child!" Lan Xian'er said, "I can't bump like this anymore, how can I stand such a heavy rain, I will get sick and catch a cold!" ”
"To you?" Butterfly Caiyun asked in surprise, "Aren't you riding a horse more bumpy?" ”
"Don't worry, I put it in the storage ring, maintain it with spiritual power, and I won't suffocate!" Lan Xian'er said with a smile.
Die Caiyun hesitantly handed the swaddling clothes to Lan Xian'er, with a worried look, and then relented, turned around and said, "Let's go!" With that, he flew in a northwesterly direction.
Sinkma got on his horse again, and once again braved the wind and rain with the others, and galloped westward......
The corpses on the road, countless tents and items were scattered all over the place, so that everyone raised their hearts to their throats, no one spoke, let the wind and rain hit their bodies and faces, and followed the items that fell on the road, the corpses on the road, desperately hurrying.
After more than twenty minutes of advancement, there were a large number of corpses, but it did not seem that there was too much fierce fighting, but even more slaughter, and everyone immediately turned over and dismounted, looking for survivors.
Even if it rained so heavily, it still didn't wash away the blood stains here, it seems that the battle that took place here didn't last long, and what surprised Higg and the others even more was that there were only men, no women and children, could it be that they were robbed?
"There's a pant here!" Butterfly Caiyun shouted.
Sinkma and Blue Fairy immediately ran over, while Higg and Ganada were immediately on alert.
"Uncle Leyard!" Sinkma leaned down and picked up an old man on the ground, the old man was covered in wounds, blood was scattered along the grass with the rain, and he was dying, crying out loudly with tears, "What's wrong with you, the people of the tribe?" ”
"Sinkma, you whole bastard...... What are you doing here...... Ahem, ahem! The old man opened his eyes slightly, and saw that it was Sinkma, and seemed very angry and excited, "You ran wrong...... Place, cough cough cough ......! ”
"What?" Sinkma was taken aback, "Uncle Leyard, what's going on?" ”
"Elder Griffin...... An old man's death squad was formed...... cough cough cough ...... More than five hundred, to distract the enemy, the rest of the tribe...... I've gone to the mountain pass,...... The enemy has also chased after him...... We were meant to confuse the enemy, ahem...... I didn't expect you, you idiot...... He was fooled......" the old man said with difficulty, angrily spitting in Sinkma's face.
Sinkma was shocked, and the butterfly Caiyun next to him was also shocked, more than five hundred old people, in order to buy more time for the tribe, actually collectively made a death squad to lead away the enemy, what kind of feat is this? The Harlando, from now on, there is no old man, no background, Sinkma and Butterfly Caiyun, looking up at the dark clouds in the sky, seem to be trying their best to restrain their disordered minds, let the rain hit their faces, and they can't tell which is rain and which is tears......
"Don't you go after ...... cough cough cough ...... Leave me alone...... I'll stay and ...... with them," the old man shouted angrily, with the last of his strength, "don't let us old men...... cough cough cough ...... It's all dead in vain......" After speaking, he took out a dagger and was about to plunge it into his throat......
"Slow ......," Butterfly Caiyun suddenly shouted, "Wait a minute! ”
Lan Xian'er stepped forward, took out the swaddling clothes from the storage ring and handed them to Butterfly Caiyun, Butterfly Caiyun took it carefully, walked to the old man, leaned over, regardless of the rain, opened the swaddling clothes, and let the soybean raindrops fall on the child's face, the child cried and said: "This is Thomas and my child, the grandson of Zartai, the future of the Harando tribe!" Take a good look at it, old man! ”
Both Sinkma and Leyard were taken aback, and Sinkma immediately helped the old man to sit up, and the old man looked at the baby struggling and crying in the rain, and let the queen put the swaddling clothes on the child's face, looked up to the sky and laughed, "Hahaha...... cough cough cough ...... The future of the Harando, well, the Harando, there is no seed,...... cough cough cough ...... We, the people, did not die in vain! ”
After Leyard finished speaking, the dagger was plunged into his throat, and the blood sprayed onto the swaddling clothes, but it was quickly washed away by the rain, and the old man struggled twice, and with a kick of his legs, his body fell...... Both Sinkma and Butterfly Cloud stared quietly, neither of them trying to stop them......
Sinkma wiped his hand on the old man's face, closed the old man's eyes, and then stood up......
Butterfly Caiyun also handed the swaddling clothes to Blue Fairy, returned to Sinkma and stood side by side, bowing deeply three times to the old man......
"Sinkma, for the future of the Harando, get on the horse!" Die Caiyun said.
"Yes, young lady!"
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(Writing the latter paragraph, my eyes were moist, hehe, I wrote it myself, I was moved...... )