Chapter 3: Defending Against the Wolves

I could hear the voices of people outside the marshal's tent, and the wolf howls were getting closer and closer. Yelu Aoshuang said: "It's not good, I think it was the wolf king who hunted and killed them today, and now the wolves have come to seek revenge." ”

The Khitan people have lived on the grassland for a long time, and they know the habits of wild wolves, and once the wolf king died, the wolves were bound to flee in all directions, and they would never dare to attack again, even if they wanted to take revenge, they also needed to re-elect a new wolf king to entangle the wolves to seek revenge, not to mention that the Liaoying brigade was stationed here, and the wolves would never come to the door. Unexpectedly, the wolves were so bold this time, and in a moment they gathered in a group to take revenge and sneak attack, and when they thought that the wild wolf was fierce by nature, and if there was revenge, the soldiers were very frightened.

At that time, most of the soldiers gathered in the tent to drink wine and eat meat, and the bonfire outside the tent had been burned out, thinking that the smell of roast beef and mutton attracted the wolves to come to forage, and the wolf king was shot, and there must be a new wolf leader who wanted to establish a new power, so he led the wolves to storm the camp, one wanted to feast, and then wanted to establish the power of the new wolf king.

The guards who stayed outside the tent had no intention of guarding, and were thinking that someone would come to change shifts soon, so that they could enter the tent to drink wine and eat meat, who knew that quietly, the wolves did not know when they had rushed to the front, and the guards outside the tent door were bitten and torn by several hungry wolves, and the screams were endless, causing everyone to be shocked and frightened.

Yelu Kohan said: "My Daliao warriors are here, why not be afraid of wolves." Everyone prepare the equipment to fight to the death!" he said, drawing his knife in his hand. Encouraged by him, the people raised their swords and shouted.

Hu Zhenbang said to Yelu Kokand: "The marshal is a little calm, let me set up a formation to repel the wolves!" Yelu Hao rarely took the initiative to ask for battle, and was full of praise, and immediately said: "The generals and the audience General Hu ordered to act, and they must not mess up the formation." ”

Hu Zhenbang turned to Yelu Aoshuang and said, "Please bring the generals in the account to protect the marshal and the old general Ku." Before the words fell, his body moved, and he swept out of the tent.

Only heard the sound of several horns outside the tent, Hu Zhenbang said loudly outside the tent: "The soldiers of the five armies of the Green Dragon, White Tiger, Red Flame, Black Snake, and Yellow Bird listened to the order, and lined up in a circle with the big marshal camp as the center, and must not advance and retreat outside the number, the leading people will hold torches, the crossbowmen are second, the wolves enter the ten zhang and release the arrows, and the knife and axe hands will rush to kill the wolves within ten zhang, if the peripheral wolves are on again, the knife and axe hands will retreat, and the crossbowmen will step forward and release the arrows." His voice was not particularly loud, but it clearly reached the ears of every soldier. Yelu Kokand said secretly: "I didn't expect him to have the Han Shaolin Zen Sect's sound transmission and secret skills." ”

At this time, there was already a scene of chaos outside the tent, and the wolves had surrounded the tent of the Liao army camp, and hundreds of pairs of wolf eyes were shining green in the dark, and it was impossible to distinguish that there were hundreds of wild wolves. There are dozens of bold wolves in small groups rushed into the camp, surrounding the horses and guards, all the soldiers or swords, or crossbows to rescue, but feared that their own brothers were injured, for a moment I don't know what to do, just in this hesitation, dozens of horses and guards have been bitten to death by the wolves.

The generals listened to Hu Zhenbang's order, and the five teams in the army spread out on both wings and surrounded them, lined up in a circle with the Shuai Camp as the center, and the soldiers in the front row held torches, and from a distance, there seemed to be a fire ring surrounding the Shuai Camp. Except for a few hungry wolves, who were still biting their horses and guards at close range, except for a few hungry wolves, the rest of the wolves did not dare to rush forward and stood from a distance.

After a long time, one of the largest wolves in the pack suddenly raised its head to the sky and let out a long roar, and the wolves began to rush towards the ring of fire. Seeing that the wolves rushed nearly ten feet, Hu Zhenbang gave an order, "release the arrows", the arrows were fired in unison under the firelight, and the wolves in front of them screamed and fell to the ground, and the wolves saw this, most of them stopped their steps and hesitated, and there were dozens of daring horses, and after a slight pause, they stepped over the corpse of the former wolf and continued to rush, Hu Zhenbang shouted again, "The knife and axe are in hand, and the bow and crossbow are wound." ”

For a while, the wolves who rushed forward met with the axe hands, and were killed countless times before they could pounce and bite. The wolves behind him, who hesitated, retreated far away.

Everyone was overjoyed and said, "The wolves have retreated, and they don't dare to come again this time." Hu Zhenbang said: "The wolf is cunning, and he will not give up easily. ”

Nayelu Aoshuang heard Hu Zhenbang ordering all the sergeants in the account, ordering the team members to rescue the injured guards, and the rest of the brigade still remained vigilant, and all kinds of arrangements were in order, and he couldn't help but admire. At that moment, he said to Yelu Kokand: "Father, today's incident is caused by the child hunting the wolf king, and the child asks to kill the wolves with General Hu." Jelu Kohan praised, "My son is still better than Sumei, so go now!" and Jelu Aoshuang couldn't help but go out of the tent with joy.

Hu Zhenbang was slightly surprised when he saw Yelu Aoshuang walking out of the tent, Yelu Aoshuang glared at him and said, "What do you see? I was ordered by my father to help you defend against the wolves." Hu Zhenbang knew that she had a bit of a big lady's temper, and said with a smile: "I was about to see the demeanor of the wolf slaughtering hero." Yelu Aoshuang said: "Now you are the main general, I will listen to your orders, but you don't tell me to defend to the death, let me kill a few more wolves!" Hu Zhenbang laughed and said: "That's natural, there will be a county lord of Lao charging into battle later!"

While talking and laughing, he suddenly heard the roaring sound in the northwest corner again, and Hu Zhenbang said with a dignified expression: "The generals will listen to the order, set up a formation in a circle, and the crossbowmen and knife and axe hands will line up to meet the enemy." He knew in his heart that it was the new wolf king of the wolf pack, intending to attack again.

Yelu Aoshuang said: "Then what should I do?" Hu Zhenbang smiled: "How about being a crossbowman first, and then a knife and axe hand?" Yelu Aoshuang snorted and said, "I'll kill a new wolf king for you!"

Suddenly, I heard the wolves roaring in unison, rushing together, and in a blink of an eye, Hu Zhenbang waved his hand and ordered: "Release the arrow!" Yelu Aoshuang picked up three feather arrows in his right hand, pulled the bow like a full moon, and shot out sharply, running in the forehead of the three evil wolves in the front, and rolled to the ground and died before he could howl.

Hu Zhenbang saw that her archery skills were exquisite, cheered, all the crossbowmen fired thousands of arrows, and killed nearly a hundred hungry wolves when they landed, and the wolf corpses were piled up outside the array, and at this moment it was the most ferocious wolf, and he also slowed down, and kept howling and turning around the dead wolf, it turned out that the wolf was like a human, and there were brothers and sisters, and it was inevitable to have some sadness when he saw the wolf of his own clan die.

Hu Zhenbang knows the wolf nature very well, and knows that the wolves will still find someone to seek revenge after being sad for the same kind, and now said to Yelu Aoshuang: "Now is your chance to make new achievements, I order you to bring a knife and axe to rush forward to kill, repel the wolves, if the peripheral wolves attack again, don't fall in love, be sure to retreat into the circle!" It turned out that when he accepted the challenge of picking Yelu Aoshuang before, he knew that she was very strong by nature and refused to admit defeat, for fear that she would be able to kill and be besieged by more wolves, so he specially instructed her.

Yelu Aoshuang heard that his words seemed to be worried about her safety, and couldn't help but think: "This person is meticulous, not as rough as a Khitan man. When I think of this, I can't help but feel a little sorry for the situation that I am suitable to challenge him to compete and be aggressive everywhere.

At this time, another group of wolves jumped over the dead wolf corpses and rushed towards people, Yelu Aoshuang held his two knives, led the sword and axe hands to rush to the wolves, after a period of slashing, the wolves were killed or injured, and dozens of wolf corpses were left behind and retreated in a hurry.

That night, all the soldiers were both offensive and defensive under Hu Zhenbang's order, and they were in good order, and this was repeated several times, and the wolves were killed and wounded by hundreds, and the Liao army camp also had nearly 100 guards and more than a dozen war horses killed and wounded, and the wolves slowly retreated at dawn.

Hu Zhenbang and Yelu Aoshuang returned to the camp to resume their lives, and Yelu Kohan praised the two and ordered the army to recuperate for a day, and then return to the capital of Liao to go to Beijing.