Chapter Twenty-Eight: Poison Eye
He Yifei successfully captured a yak and indirectly announced the end of the hunt. All the squads, after gathering the yaks they had caught, returned to the foot of the high mountain where the mine was located.
The withdrawal of human beings has also brought the Artemisia Plain back to tranquility. At this time, those carnivorous beasts were also enjoying their spoils, and had no time to pursue those herbivore-type beasts that had fled away.
The feast of Artemisia Plain, of course, will not lack the participation of birds. However, it is only after the desolate beasts below have eaten that they have a chance to land before those stumps and severed limbs to clean up the mess.
When I returned to the barren mountain mine, it was already past noon, and the more than half a day of hunting also caused a lot of physical exertion on the team members.
However, all the members of the team did not have a chance to rest, they just ate some leftover meat from last night at random, and began to prepare for the work of transporting ore.
Each team, using their own woven wooden cages, took turns to enter the deep mine and carry the mined ore out. This work took half a day's work.
After nightfall, all the members of the team used the extra rattan rope to tie the wooden cages together in twos and twos, waiting for the next day to set up the thick back of the yak.
There was no word all night, and the entire 100-member regiment was left with only the pro-guard team responsible for the vigilance mission. The rest of the team members all took advantage of this rare opportunity to recover their spirits.
In the middle of a barren forest, you can face unknown dangers at any time. To be on the safe side, early the next morning, the centurion ordered the squads to prepare to return to the city.
The elite squad was also well prepared this time, and they captured a total of thirteen yaks. And the transportation task assigned by the hundred-man regiment only needs seven yaks.
The remaining six yaks were still set up in vacant wooden cages by the elite team. In addition to temporarily replacing their physically exhausted companions when needed, the most important thing is to seek some additional benefits for the elite team.
The delivery task is like this, as long as the number of deliveries arranged by the superior is guaranteed, the rest of the things are not interfered with. The barren forests are rich in all kinds of fruits, which are the most popular in the rich areas. As a result, all the squads will also choose to use their extra foot strength to earn an extra expense for themselves.
The rugged mountain road and the heavy ore on the cattle's back made the return journey more than twice as slow as it had been.
Moreover, the breath of those yaks is too strong, and when they gather in groups, it is easy to attract the attention of the wild beasts lurking in the barren forest. Therefore, this return journey is precisely the most difficult part of the entire transportation process.
At this moment, the hundred-member group walking in the barren forest is also arranged in a long snake shape in a small team. The centurion led his own guards, sitting in the center of the team, so that they could support the first and last two places as quickly as possible.
The elite squad is at the forefront of the entire team. The members of the team were also lined up on both sides of the yak, protecting He Yifei, who was the weakest, in the center. However, He Yifei was not idle, he temporarily took on the role of a cowherd, responsible for pulling the herd of cattle strung together by rattan ropes.
In the first few days of the return trip, there was no wind and grass, which was also due to the previous hunting operation, which attracted all the wild beasts from the nearby mountains and forests to the Artemisia Plain to hunt.
On the fifth day of the return trip, when the sun was about to set, a strong wind suddenly blew in the mountains and forests. With the help of the wind, black clouds drifted in from the northeast. Accompanied by the pressure of dark clouds, the air was also filled with an unpleasant sense of depression, and the members of the entire group of 100 were more or less irritable and uneasy in their hearts.
At this time, the first batch of "robbers" hiding in the barren forest could no longer suppress their greed, and tried to take advantage of the dim sky to launch a surprise attack on the marching hundred-man group.
With the night vision and early warning capabilities of the individual soldier system, the soldiers quickly spotted the fast-moving uninvited guests. However, they only gathered the yak in one place, and the wild beasts were already running in front of them.
"Wolves!
Ye Luoxian saw the rushing desolate beast clearly, and hurriedly informed the others in the team.
"Why are there so many wolves?"
Nie Jiuzhen glanced around, and couldn't help frowning. He found that there were more than a dozen wolves that besieged the elite squad alone.
"Yes! I've dealt with these beasts before, and I've met forty or fifty at most. Moreover, that is still the total number of people who attacked our entire hundred-man regiment. This time, it seems that there should be no less than 100 wolves faced by our group of 100!"
Yi Shuichuan thought back to the previous delivery task, and he was also very puzzled.
"I'm afraid, this time the wolves are not just coming for these yaks!"
Ye Luoxian confronted the wolf who rushed to him with a guarded face, but he was secretly calculating how to get out in his heart.
"This wolf is too ferocious, isn't it, with a length of more than two meters? Oh my God, where did the three of them go? Just a few of us, what should we do?"
Looking at the giant wolves around him, He Yifei couldn't help but exclaim, he couldn't understand why Mo Tianyi and the others would leave without saying goodbye. Moreover, none of the members of the entire elite squad questioned this matter.
"What are you afraid of? Just a few of us, just deal with it. It's just that if you start to do it for a while, you kid will have to restrain the yak well. If you accidentally lose a few, you can ask you!"
When Ye Luoxian heard He Yifei's frustrated words, he scolded him for his head and face, and he didn't care about He Yifei's feelings.
"Fourth brother, in my opinion, it should be as you expected, this wolf pack is prepared!"
Huo Yingqi found that the giant wolves surrounding him were not in a hurry to attack, and he had guessed something in his heart.
"Yes, it seems that they should be our old enemies! It's just that the centurion should be more dangerous than us, right?"
At this time, Luo Yuanhou's mind had already drifted to the centurion, as if he didn't take the more than ten giant wolves surrounding him seriously at all.
Everything is just as Luo Yuanhou thought, the centurion's situation at this time is also very dangerous. This pack of wolves, as if they had come specifically for the centurion, surrounded them by more than ten wolves, and there were as many as twenty. Moreover, these wolves are obviously more majestic than other wolves, and at first glance they are the backbone of the wolf pack.
"It's not that enemies don't get together! Unexpectedly, it's been three years, and it hasn't forgotten its shame!"
The centurion looked at the giant wolves around him, his face did not show a trace of fear, and he even had the heart to chat with the guards beside him.
"Your Excellency, you mean that these are its subordinates?"
When the guards heard the centurion's words, they instantly looked like they had a sudden realization.
"I can't think of anyone but it! You see, they're clearly not coming for the yak! You say, these beasts don't come for food, what else can they do for?"
The centurion's heart is like a mirror, and he can see through the wolf king's mind at a glance.
"If the wolf turns back, it will either repay the favor or take revenge! Between our group of 100 and the wolf in this barren forest, there is no kindness, only an unforgettable deep hatred!"
The guard tightened the dagger in his hand and muttered calmly.
"Poisonous Eye! I know it's you! Since you're here, why don't you dare to come out and meet you? It's been three years, three years ago I was able to blind you, and today, I still have the ability to kill you!"
The centurion stared at the giant wolf in front of him, and the battle intent in his heart suddenly rose, and then, regardless of whether the wolves could understand his own language, he wantonly shouted loudly at the surrounding mountains and forests.
Perhaps, the wolf king did understand the centurion's provocative words. At this moment, it could no longer suppress its hatred, and finally sent a signal to attack.
"Woohoo!woooo......oo
As the long wolf howl resounded through the mountains and forests, the giant wolves besieging the hundred-person group, without hesitation, launched a pounce on the humans in front of them.