Chapter 12: The Prairie Warriors
"I found a cave by the East China Sea with sea caterpillars with spines on their backs. ”
"I entered Jianye City, and at the end of the day, the people of Jianye talked about the matter of the strong son catching demons. ”
"I solved a big case in Jianye City to help Zhao Zhutou in the city, and Zhao Zhutou gave me a messenger from the Yamen Gang, and I can take the moon stipend!"
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Since Wang Jinlong saw Li Qiang last time, he really didn't send a mission to the other people in his team as he promised. But every night, Qi Xu would still gather everyone together and hold a regular meeting to summarize and report the progress of the day.
In the past few days, except for Li Qiang and Zhou Fa, the rest of the people have made their own achievements in "Dream", and they are full of interest when they come to the regular meeting every day.
Only Zhou Fa's report is not the same every day: "Qiangzi and I went around the grassland for another day today, except for rabbits, there was no one." The little wolf cub has eaten a lot of meat again today, and it feels a little bigger than yesterday. ”
Li Qiang and Luo Daoren fought, flew into the sky, and were struck by the thunder, everyone already knows. Now trapped in the grassland, no one knows where Li Qiang is in the grassland, even if he wants to help, he can't help, or he can only rely on Li Qiang and Zhou Fa themselves.
As long as you can find someone!
This is the conclusion that everyone in the team has come to after discussing it together.
Yes, as long as you can see people, it doesn't matter if they are in a tent, in a house, or on the grassland, as long as you find someone, you can know where you are, and you can know how to get out of this grassland that seems to be out of sight!
After breakfast the next day, Li Qiang and Zhou Fa got into "Dream" again.
In the past few days, they have been walking in the direction of due south, and according to Li Qiang's idea, such a large area of grassland will only appear in the north of the Central Plains. If you keep heading south, you can't see anyone all the time. Sooner or later, you will be able to get out of the prairie and find the town.
As for their southward direction, whether it is the Western Regions, the Tang Dynasty, or Goguryeo, Li Qiang does not know.
"Nine-tails, you run slowly! If you don't obey again, today's lunch will only give you rabbit skins!"
In "Dream" these days, my eyes are full of grass, except for grass, it is still grass. Zhou Fa's greatest pleasure, in addition to blocking the rabbit nest and catching rabbits with Li Qiang, is to scare the little wolf cubs.
Under the careful feeding of the two, the little wolf cub has grown up a lot and is much stronger. Every day, it seems that he has inexhaustible strength, constantly running on the grassland, and sometimes he can't even catch up with Zhou Fa.
Li Qiang gave the wolf cub a name, called Nine-Tails.
Legend has it that animals with nine tails have nine lives. He felt that the little wolf cub was blessed with a great life, and hoped that using this name would bring it a little more protection.
"Brother Zhou, look, someone is here over there!"
"Where, where?"
Zhou Fa followed the direction of Li Qiang's finger, at the limit of his eyesight, on the distant horizon, there were really many black dots moving, and the direction was towards the two of them.
"Hey, we're here!" Zhou Fa danced vigorously with his hands, his excitement overflowing.
Those black dots are really people! How many days have I finally seen a living person in "Dream"!
The black dots gradually became clearer from far to near. There seemed to be two groups of people coming, less in the front and more in the back, each riding a horse and galloping with a whip. Although they were all running towards Li Qiang in the right direction, they did not respond to Zhou Fa, who was waving, and they did not even slow down the speed of the horse.
"That's not right. Li Qiang and Zhou Fa exchanged a look at the same time.
At the regular meeting of the team, they also specifically checked the communication methods of the grassland herdsmen. If they see a stranger, the shepherds usually hold their horses from a distance and only talk to them if they keep a safe distance. After confirming the identity and intention of the other party, it is possible to get closer.
The two groups of people who are coming now don't seem to have any intention of reining in the horse. At this speed, the impact of the horse is amazing.
In ancient medieval Europe, when knights rushed into battle with all their might, a spear of five or six meters could easily penetrate the armor and human body, and even three or four of them could be strung like a string of sugar gourds!
The distance between the people was closer, and the situation became clearer, and there were three people running in front of them, with braided hair, leather coats, riding boots, and scimitars, dressed as steppe warriors.
There were more than 20 horsemen chasing behind, half of them were dressed and armed with similar clothes and weapons to the three steppe warriors in front, while the other half, dressed in purple silk robes, wearing lacquered gauze crowns, and cross-cutting knives at the waist, the silk robes were on the right side, which was the costume of the Central Plains.
The three people in front of them got closer, Li Qiang could see their hideous expressions, and the three of them shouted loudly "Woo woo wow wow", and the horsewhip in his hand was raised high, as if he was just waiting for a moment when the people and horses were staggered, and he was heavily pumped on Li Qiang's body.
"Get out of the way, they'll trample you to death. ”
In the distance, in the crowd chasing behind, there was a concerned voice that made Li Qiang dodge, which was particularly kind and nice compared to the strange screams that he couldn't understand in the mouth of his predecessors.
"Who are they, and why are you chasing him?" Li Qiang shouted into the distance.
If Li Qiang could understand Turkic language, he probably wouldn't have asked like this. In Li Qiang's ears, it was just a whining prairie warrior, and the real meaning of the voice was: Boy in front, don't stop the strong Arislan from returning to the tribe, otherwise the galloping horse's hooves will trample you to pieces.
The people from the Central Plains in the distance shouted at Li Qiang: "They are spies, they are fleeing to report the news, and they must not be allowed to go back!"
Hearing this, Li Qiang made up his mind. Time was tight, and he had to make a decision quickly, and this time, he decided to help the Central Plains people who were chasing behind.
"Brother Zhou, you take the nine-tails and run to the side, hurry, don't let the horse on the opposite side step on you. ”
"Hey, okay, what about you?"
"I want to stop them. ”
"What? Stop them? You're crazy! They're on horseback, you're going to be trampled to death! They're still armed with weapons, and you don't even have a branch. ”
"Don't worry, Brother Zhou, I have a sense of proportion, you protect the Nine-Tails. ”
Saying this, Zhou Fa did not continue to dissuade him, so he had to say: "That's okay, you be careful." If that doesn't work...... Don't force it. ”
In addition to being able to tell stories, Zhou Fa is also a smart person. I heard Li Qiang say that he wanted to stop the horse empty-handed, and he was in a hurry for a while, so he blurted out that Li Qiang was crazy.
That's a war horse galloping with all its might, not to mention the leather whip in the hand of the barbarian on horseback, even if a person and a horse collide with him, he can trample people into meatloaf!
However, Hadron is not the kind of reckless person, although he does not like to talk like himself, but he has his own ideas in his heart. After so many days of getting along, Hadron never took the initiative to take risks. Since he wants to stop the horse, he should be very sure, right?
Zhou Fa picked up the nine-tails and ran to the side, comforting himself in his heart: Don't worry about the strong son, he is a person who can subdue monsters and resist the thunder!
The three people who ran in front of them had reached the front in a blink of an eye, one in front and two behind, and pressed over in a zigzag shape.
The samurai at the head was still whining in a language that Li Qiang didn't understand, and the leather whip in his hand slapped the horse's buttocks fiercely, and then it rose high again, and the war horse under the seat was in pain, and the speed was a little faster.
"Men dodge, you will be trampled to death!"
The shouts of the pursuit in the distance, Li Qiang didn't seem to hear it.
200 meters......
100 meters......
The samurai on the horse lowered the whip in his hand and drew his shiny scimitar from the side of the saddle.
It's close!
It's closer!
For a war horse galloping at full speed, the distance of hundreds of meters is only a dozen seconds. Even the bravest hoplites did not dare to fight.
But Li Qiang is now bare-handed, and there are three people opposite!
Everyone present knew that the victory or defeat would be divided at the moment when the grassland warrior and Li Qiang's men and horses were staggered, and everyone held their breath, but they couldn't help but ask in their hearts: Is there really still suspense?