Chapter 403: Cultivating the Heavenly Technique and Serving the Great Master (1)
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Recently, Su Dongshan's mood is very annoyed, very annoyed, seeing that the cold winter is coming, hundreds of people and horses in the entire cottage have not been able to find food for the winter.
Now the mountains are unstable, and people's minds have changed.
Just last night, more than a dozen people quietly escaped from Menghuling, not knowing where to make a living.
Coupled with the dozen or so people last night, more than 200 people have walked one after another during this time, and all of them are young and strong men.
This annoyed Su Dongshan to the extreme.
There were less than 500 people in the entire cottage in total, and nearly half of them were gone at once, so that the foundation that Su Dongshan had just established immediately began to waver.
Most of the people who stayed behind were some confidants and brothers who had followed him for many years, as well as some old and weak women and children who had little ability.
Judging from the current situation, the situation of Menghuling is a little bad, if there is no food and grass for the winter before the heavy snow closes the mountain, then at that time, even if the people under his hands are not starved to death, they will find their own way to survive.
After all, in this chaotic world, people invest in the green forest as mountain bandits, in the final analysis, it is still for a bite of food, if their big boss can't even satisfy everyone, it is estimated that no one will obey themselves, and no one is willing to follow them and work for themselves.
Every time he thought of this, Su Dongshan felt anxious and sighed secretly.
Suddenly, he regretted a little, regretting why he had fallen out with Nie Zheng and came to this chaotic and messy Dragon and Tiger Mountain Range.
If he was still in Annan now, he might have become one of the highest-ranking generals in the Dragon and Tiger Army, asking for money and status, thousands of times stronger than in this mountain nest.
Since he left Nie Zheng and returned to Longhu Mountain last year because of his willfulness, he directly led a group of henchmen back to Menghu Village.
Su Dongshan has nowhere to go, except for returning to Longhu Mountain to continue to be a bandit, nothing else can be done.
Because their group of people have too heavy habits in the green forest, they can't be restrained and controlled, so they like to drink and eat meat freely in a big bowl, and when they have nothing to do, they go down the mountain to loot a few large households, or set up road cards and mountain cards, and ask the passing merchant groups for money to buy roads and worship the mountain.
Originally, according to Su Dongshan's idea, if he led the people back to Longhu Mountain, his life would definitely be very nourishing, eating and drinking spicy food, whatever he wanted, and his life would definitely be at ease.
After Nie Zheng led tens of thousands of green forest heroes from Longhu Mountain to leave, if he Su Dongshan came back, he would definitely be the head of the green forest in the entire Longhu Mountain Range, because the people who were stronger than him were all gone.
But he never expected that after arriving at Longhu Mountain, Su Dongshan sadly found that everything was not as beautiful as he imagined.
Since the southern invasion of the Xiongnu, the steppe wolf army swept across the Central Plains, and every time the Xiongnu wolf army captured a place, it burned and plundered, and did not give the Han people any way to live.
Millions of steppe wolves swept from north to south, and everywhere they passed, corpses were strewn across the wilderness and empty cities everywhere.
In these turbulent years of war, most people were busy migrating and fleeing, where would anyone stay and hold on, coupled with the cruelty and killing of the Huns, the people of the Han people were afraid of being killed and robbed by these steppe wolves, and they would rather leave their homes and flee as refugees than stay in place and wait for death.
Especially in several states and counties near the Longhu Mountains, the common people in it evacuated the fastest, when the Xiongnu army just crossed the south bank of the Yellow River, almost all the Han people around the Longhu Mountains migrated to the south and evacuated, in just a few months, they ran cleanly, even if there were left, they were some old, weak, sick and lonely people.
There are no people in the counties, towns, prefectures and counties near Longhu Mountain, and Su Dongshan and their gang of green forest mountain bandits have no way to rob them.
In the first half of the year, the situation was quite okay, at that time, there were still people in the towns near Longhu Mountain, Su Dongshan led a group of green forests, and they were often able to grab some cattle and sheep money and grain back to the mountain, and everyone was able to eat together.
But in the second half of the year, the people in the nearby towns were basically gone, and every time Su Dongshan went down the mountain, eight out of ten times basically returned empty-handed, just to grab some rough grain and yellow noodles.
As for the convoy of vendors passing by, it is becoming more and more scarce, and in the end, in the territory of Longhu Mountain, basically you can't see it, even if there is, it is a team of dart masters to escort the car, people don't sell Su Dongshan's face at all, if you want to rob it, Su Dongshan can't do it, so you have to stare angrily.
Today's Dragon and Tiger Mountains are not as good as before.
As long as the people on the road know very well, the leader of the Dragon and Tiger Alliance led the heroes of the green forest to leave the mountain as early as a year ago, and the remaining mountain bandits who stayed in the mountain range were all small grasshoppers who fought a little bit, and people didn't pay attention to it at all.
Together, agriculture is abandoned.
The people are busy fleeing and are not engaged in farming, where will there be a grain harvest? The people have no harvest, and Su Dongshan and their gang of green forest mountain bandits who rely on plundering the people for a living still cannot survive.
In the dilapidated Juyi Hall, Su Dongshan sat on a tiger skin chair, his face gloomy to the extreme.
Under the lobby, several henchmen stood in front of them weakly, looking a little decadent.
"How much grain and grass is there in the cottage?" Su Dongshan asked in a deep voice.
"There isn't much, it's estimated that it can last for two or three days." A minion hung his head and said, "Just now, Hu Datou and they went back to the mountain, but they didn't grab anything, and now it's hard to find food." ā
Su Dongshan rubbed his forehead irritably, "Did Xiaohezhuang send someone over?" ā
"Yes, there are not many families there, and after turning the Zhuangzi upside down, they have only obtained more than a dozen liters of rough grain, which is not enough for the rations that the brothers carried when they went down the mountain."
"What about Luo Tian Town? Didn't you say there was a big family in town? ā
"Big boss, we can't afford to provoke the big families in Luotian Town, the daughters of the people were accepted by the Hun generals to be concubines, and there are a battalion of Hun soldiers and horses stationed there, if our people and horses are in the past, we will only be sent to death in vain."
Hearing this, Su Dongshan was extremely bitter in his heart, and sighed secretly, "There is no food and grass in the mountains, it's really heroic shortness of breath." ā
Suddenly, a horse-faced minion hesitated for a long time, and said timidly: "Big boss, you see that Longhu Mountain is also in a recession now, let's ...... Shall we ...... Let's go back and take refuge in Dashuai. ā
As soon as these words came out, Su Dongshan was furious, "Good horses don't eat back grass, since I, Su Dongshan, have separated from Annan, I will never go back, otherwise, wouldn't it be shameful!" ā
The horse-faced minion lowered his head gloomily and muttered in a low voice: "I'm dying of hunger, what are you talking about?" ā
Su Dongshan's face turned cold, and he looked at him coldly, "Su Lezi, if I hadn't seen it for the sake of you being my cousin, believe it or not, I would have cut off your head now?" ā
Su Lezi's heart trembled, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense.
At this time, Su Dongshan pondered for a moment, and said to another long-shirted minion: "Aman, if you can't find food to return to the mountain in the past two days, you will kill two horses, and as for the food and grass for the winter, I will find a way." ā
The rofted man nodded, "Yes, big boss." ā
"By the way, Aman, how many Hun soldiers and horses are there in Luotian Town?"
"Three hundred lightly armored wolf troops, all of them are equipped with longbows and short crossbows, plus hundreds of Ding slaves under Cui Yuanwai of Luotian Town, there are at least five or six hundred people."
"Three Hundred Wolf Army ......"
Su Dongshan frowned, and suddenly felt that even if he came out of the nest, he would not have the slightest chance of winning.
Just when everyone was still discussing the matter of winter grain and grass in the Juyi Hall, suddenly, a minion wearing a tattered sheep jacket hurriedly broke into the Juyi Hall.
"Big boss, it's not good, it's not good!"
Su Dongshan's eyes widened, and he said unhappily: "What does it look like to shout, say, what's wrong?" ā
The rotten sheep jacket panted and said: "A very powerful young man came down the mountain, injured our mountain patrol horse, and is currently coming towards the cottage. ā
"Revenge kicking the mountain?"
Su Dongshan was stunned for a moment, "I don't have any enemies, how can someone seek revenge and kick the mountain......"
Before he finished speaking, suddenly, a black figure swept towards the door of the Juyi Hall like lightning.
At this time, Su Dongshan, who was sitting on the tiger skin chair, frowned suddenly, and secretly felt a chill rise from the bottom of his heart.
What a fast body, such a terrifying speed.
Seeing that Su Dongshan's face was wrong, all the minions hurriedly turned their heads to look, only to see a young man dressed in black appear outside the gate of the Juyi Hall.
The man in black was carrying a pitch-black long sword, about eighteen or nineteen years old, and his appearance was mediocre, but the light in his eyes flashed, but he was extremely resolute.
The man in black stood quietly outside the door, expressionless, and did not exude any aura on his body, but Su Dongshan, who was sitting on the tiger skin chair, felt palpitations.
For some reason, Su Dongshan looked at the young man in black in front of him, as if he was facing a mountain, and he couldn't help but tremble in his heart, a burst of fear, a fear from the depths of his soul.
He dared to swear that he had seen many martial arts masters in his life, but he had never met a person who could create such a huge psychological pressure on him as the man in black in front of him.
The man in black didn't do anything, nor did he use his invisible aura to deter everyone, but Su Dongshan felt that he was as small as a grain of sand in front of him.
Taking a deep breath, Su Dongshan said in a trembling voice: "No...... I don't know what your Excellency is doing to worship the mountain? ā
The man in black said lightly: "I'm looking for a big boss." ā
"Big boss?"
Su Dongshan was stunned for a moment, and said timidly: "I'...... I'm the big ...... here. Big boss. ā
The man in black shook his head, "The big boss I'm looking for is not you." ā
Su Dongshan's heart moved, and he hurriedly said: "Then who is Your Excellency looking for, can you report your name, maybe I know." ā
The man in black thought for a moment and said, "Nie Zheng, the leader of the Dragon and Tiger Alliance, he is the big boss I am looking for." ā
Hearing this, Su Dongshan suddenly realized that he was looking for Nie Zheng.
Thinking of this, he let out a long sigh of relief, "It turns out that Your Excellency wants to see the Nie Alliance Master. ā
The man in black nodded, his gaze softened a lot, "Where is the big boss now?" Didn't he become the leader of the Dragon and Tiger Mountain? Why not in Tiger Village? ā
Su Dongshan said with a smile: "The leader of the Nie League led the men and horses of Longhu Mountain to Annan County as early as last year, and now he has occupied the entire Annan and has become the commander of Nie. ā
Hearing this, the man in black muttered to himself: "It turns out that the big boss went to Annan ......"
(To be continued.) )