Chapter Twenty-Five: I Bid High
If you can carry it until spring, the road out of the mountain will be much easier, and even if the jackals come, whether it is to organize the villagers to withdraw to the outside of the mountain, or to ask for help from outside the mountain, the possibility of reinforcements coming will be much greater.
"How many gnolls are there?" Yan Pengyu asked Canghu with a fixed mind. He was also a weather-beaten man, and although he was shocked when he first heard the news, he quickly calmed down.
"There were about 100 people, and I saw it with my own eyes in the mountains and forests over there ten days ago. Canghu pointed to the mountain road in the distance.
Yan Pengyu couldn't help but gasp, there are hundreds of people, this number is a lot, these people in Dongling Village are all able to go to the battlefield, and they have walls to rely on, and they may not be able to block the attacks of the jackals. Even if he brought people to stay, I'm afraid the final result won't change much.
"How did the gnolls come to this mountain?" Yan Pengyu asked with a frown, for many years, he had never heard of orcs in the mountain, and there were so many. Otherwise, there would not be so many villages around this Ashan, and there are not many garrisons.
"Only Heaven knows. Canghu spread his hands bitterly, and he himself had been pondering what could attract the gnolls to this dangerous and unproductive mountain.
"Did you see it more than ten days ago?How far is it from here?" Yan Pengyu pondered in his heart, and felt that it was wrong, with the greedy and murderous habits of the jackals, how could he give Dongling Village such a long time to prepare for war?
"It's almost two days away. Canghu said, "Now...... I don't know. ”
"Huh......" Yan Pengyu let out a sigh of heart, patted his chest and said, "You scared me a lot." "The tiger has to walk for two days, and for an adult gnoll, one day is enough. And after such a long time, the gnolls have not appeared outside Dongling Village, which means that they are just passing by there, and the target is not Dongling Village.
"Dude, it's not that simple. Canghu sighed, if it weren't for Cadigo's appearance, he would have thought the same, thinking that the jackals might have passed by here and hadn't found Dongling Village. But now he doesn't think so, what is the status of an adult Cadigo among the gnolls, he knows very well in his heart, how many Cadigo are accompanied by about 100 gnolls? A Cadigo disappeared inexplicably, and if it were him, he would definitely come to see what happened. If Dongling Village had to walk for ten days or eight days from the jackals over there, maybe the other party would not be able to find Dongling Village, but just one day's journey, as long as the jackals searched carefully, it would be easy to find Dongling Village. And at that time, whether or not they killed Cadigo, the gnolls will never let go of the opportunity to ransack the Terran village!
Yan Pengyu blinked, Canghu's worried appearance didn't look like he was cheating, could it be that there was anything in this that he hadn't thought of?
While talking, the two of them had already come to Cang's house and sat down in the hall. Yan Pengyu took out a small bag from his body, and took out two jade cups, Cang Xiyue had already brought a pot of hot water from next door, Yan Pengyu made two cups of tea by himself, Canghu casually handed his cup to Cang Xiyue, he was good at wine but not good tea, and he couldn't taste good tea, but Yan Pengyu would come to such a set solemnly every time he came to Cang's house. Yan Pengyu is also accustomed to this, and he has long been too lazy to talk about him. Cang Xiyue liked it very much, and took it with a smile.
"Brother, since these gnolls haven't appeared for more than ten days, why do you still think that they may invade your village?" Yan Pengyu asked.
Canghu pondered for a moment and said to Cang Xiyue: "Xiyue, you go and bring that skin." ”
Cang Xiyue hesitated for a moment, but still stood up and walked to the inner room.
"What skin?" Yan Pengyu asked curiously, now he was sensitive and ruthless to skin.
Canghu sighed, but didn't speak, fortunately, it didn't take long for Cang Xiyue to move in a large leather roll, Yan Pengyu hurriedly stood up, not to mention what kind of beast skin, just looking at this size, it is quite rare.
Canghu and Cang Xiyue opened the leather scroll, Yan Pengyu's eyes widened wider and wider, and when Cadigo's animal skin was fully opened, he was so excited that he was almost speechless. Although he hadn't recognized what kind of beast's fur it was, he was sure that it was definitely a beast! Although there was only fur left, as long as it wasn't a person with eyes and beads, he could see that this beast must have been a carnivorous beast before it was born!
"Brother, you still have such a superb fur!" Yan Pengyu pointed at Canghu in a trembling voice, "Just now you actually said that there is no good harvest in the village this year!"
"Brother Yan, take a closer look, this is not the fur of a beast, this is a Cadigo!" Canghu said helplessly.
"Cadigo, you actually killed a Cadigo?" Yan Pengyu jumped up from his chair and exclaimed in disbelief. Cadigo is a war beast of the jackals, and it is recognized that it no longer belongs to the beast, but to the fierce beast, although it is said to be ranked very low among the fierce beasts, but it is also a fierce beast, compared to the beast, the wisdom and lethality have doubled. An adult Cadigo is an elite soldier of a ten-person squad, and he doesn't dare to say that he will definitely be able to kill him. And he didn't see any scars on this fur!
"It wasn't us who killed a Cadiego, it was one of my brothers who killed Cadigo and he shot him in the eye with an arrow that almost pierced the back of his skull. Canghu said, "That's why there are no scars on this piece of fur." ”
"Hiss......" Yan Pengyu gasped, Canghu said simply, but he is also a person who has been running outside all the year round and has a broad vision, so he naturally understands the meaning of this. The shooter who can shoot Cadigo with one arrow is put in the army, and that is also the elite of the elite. Although Canghu's archery skills are already outstanding, they are far from this level. Even the elite archers in the army, who can reach this level, as far as he knows, I am afraid that there are very few.
"Where is this brother of yours now? Can you help me tell me that I am willing to buy this fur at a high price!" Yan Pengyu took a deep breath, let go of the matter of the jackal's attack on Dongling Village for a while, this piece of Cadigo's intact fur, he is determined to get it. With this piece of fur, it was worth the trip to Dongling Village this time. And with this piece of fur, his position in the family is as stable as Ashan.