Chapter Ninety-Five: Mounted as a Thief
saw the grassland, which was very different from the grassland imagined by Li Wenshuo, even he was wrapped in a thick leather jacket, on the other hand, Liu Cripple, who was leading the horse, was not very cold.
Although he knew that the grassland could not grow food and was a desolate mess, he always had no intuitive impression, but this time when he came to the grassland, he relied on his own eyes to have the most direct understanding.
In winter, there is not a trace of green on the grassland, most of the grass is dead, and the eyes are a vast white, and the earth is covered with snow, in the boundless wilderness, under the cold sky, it is lonely snow, it is dead rain, it is the spirit of rain.
Li Wenshuo's interest in the grassland, under the blowing of the cold wind, disappeared in only half a day, and the eyes were full of a white world, and there was no sign of a living person.
"Lao Liu, where are we going. ”
"Childe. Although the weather was very cold, Liu Cripple, who had been leading the horse forward, still had hot air above his head, coughed twice, and said, "There is a hot lake not far ahead, but there are horse thieves there, and the small ones really don't plan to go, so they generally bypass the rocky hill thirty miles away, which is full of rocks and can shelter the wind and snow......"
After hearing the word Rehu, Li Wenshuo didn't seem to be able to hear what Liu Cripple was saying behind him, his eyes were already green light, and he said loudly: "Then let's go to Rehu!"
It seems that he has long known that Li Wenshuo will say this, and Liu Cripple also showed a smile on his face, Ranshigang is indeed a good place to rest, but where can it compare to the steaming hot lake, the son surnamed Li who is sitting right away, has such a great ability, where can he go?
The two of them soon arrived at the edge of the hot lake, the lake was lying quietly on the grassland like a piece of turquoise jewel, and there was a little green around it, but the scene they saw was not the same as Liu Cripple thought, without those messy horse thieves, it seemed that there were a lot fewer horse thieves these years.
The two sat down by the edge of the hot lake, and Liu lame filled a clay pot with snow, dug a pit on the edge of the hot lake, fixed the jar there, and continued to get busy.
Li Wenshuo looked at this fat man with great interest, and after some inquiry, he knew that the hot water in this hot lake could not be drunk, the water here was poisonous, and there were no living creatures in it, but the grassland in winter has always been short of thirst-quenching things.
"Childe, we still have to be careful, the horse thieves on the grassland are especially good at riding and shooting, Rehu is a good place, no one is here now, and someone will always come in the future. ”
Li Wenshuo nodded symbolically, but he didn't think so in his heart, he didn't come to this grassland to see the snow, but to practice, but if he couldn't even meet people all the time, he would experience it.
Soon the snow in the crockpot slowly melted, followed by the heat, Li Wenshuo happily took out the cold and hard cake from the package and put it on the crockpot, watched the cake slowly become soft, and then tore the cake open, threw a handful of pickles into it and began to chew it heavily.
Liu Cripple has led many people into the wasteland before, but none of them will enjoy it like Li Wenshuo.
Generally, he will not touch this place of Hot Lake, he will take people to the Ranshigang, and most of the people who come to the grassland to live will not care about eating, looking at the pickles in Li Wenshuo's bag, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and secretly swore that if he comes to the grassland in the future, he must also bring a little.
After eating and drinking, Li Wenshuo closed his eyes, and so did Liu Cripple, the temperature around the hot lake is not low, which can be seen from the surrounding green grass, which is a good place to sleep.
Li Wenshuo opened his eyes slightly, the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile, his body moved ten zhang away in an instant like a phantom, and his right hand clenched his fist and smashed it into the ground, that is, a huge marmot was pulled out of the soft soil, more than a foot long, five or six catties in weight, this thing is also called a groundhog, if it is usually hibernated.
Liu Cripple was also happy to see this thing, this thing is a rare delicacy on the grassland, this is mutton venison can not be compared to anything, there is a delicate fat aroma when roasted, and the mouth is full of oil in one bite.
stepped forward to take the marmot in Li Wenshuo's hand, he is a good hand at peeling otter meat, a silver dagger flew up and down, and soon a marmot was peeled and cleaned, turned into several large pieces of meat, under Li Wenshuo's admiration, picked out two pieces and roasted them on the fire, and threw the rest into the clay pot.
The golden grease slowly dripped down, and the stomach that had just eaten and drunk seemed to start screaming again.
I don't know if it's because the otter meat is too fragrant or what, just after eating two bites, I heard the noisy sound of horses' hooves and strange screams.
Liu Cripple's face changed slightly, although Li Wenshuo was in front of him, he still couldn't help but tremble a little, the horse thieves on the grassland were much more fierce than the thieves in other places, not only because they were good at riding and shooting, but also because they were well-equipped.
The horse thieves in the Central Plains are mostly homeless people who can't live on a hungry stomach, but the grassland is different, they may be the guards of the tribal leader, they may be the soldiers who guard their homes, in short, they are docile herdsmen on weekdays, once they step on horseback, they will become horse thieves with a scimitar in their hands and a strong bow on their backs.
Li Wenshuo and the two of them were on a relatively low-lying and flat terrain, so as soon as the horse thieves came, they saw them, and rushed over with a strange scream, and forty or fifty people circled around them, with excited and bloodthirsty smiles on their faces, because in their opinion, the Central Plains people who rushed to the grassland were all a group of fat sheep.
Liu lame listened to the sound of horses' hooves in his ears, his mind was chaotic, his legs couldn't stop swinging, he glanced at Li Wenshuo, and saw that Li Wenshuo was still burying his head in dealing with the marmot meat, and a piece of oil could be faintly seen at the corner of his mouth.
The leader-like figure seemed to have taken a fancy to the jacket on Li Wenshuo's body, leaned over and swept it, and the scimitar was handed over, his skills were good, and the scimitar was extremely sharp, so he was ready to cut off Li Wenshuo's head directly, just like he had done before.
With a bang, under the stunned gaze of everyone, Li Wenshuo, who was sitting on the ground, stretched out his hand that was still stained with oil, crossed the scimitar, and imprinted it on the man's chest.
Noah's ears were clearly cracked, and he lowered his head as the sheepskin on his chest exploded, and a delicate white hand was imprinted on his chest, which was the sound of his own bones shattering, and before he could be afraid, he flew backwards from his horse, until he knocked over two tall horses.
The horse thieves around them stopped in an instant, slapping people to death, and how much strength it took to kill two big horses, they didn't know very well, but this was usually a means that only the noble masters of the tribe could do.
So looking at Li Wenshuo, a trace of consternation flashed in his eyes, but there was no fear.
A person shouted something, Li Wenshuo didn't hear it clearly, and saw that the horse thief Hula suddenly ran in one direction and widened the distance.
It took about a hundred and ten paces to stop, bent the bow and threw it, and a large number of bows and arrows fell from the air like raindrops, if Li Wenshuo was just one person, it would be easy to deal with, the distance was not very far, and it only took a moment to rush into the group of horse thieves. Like the cavalry, the horse thieves who stopped were not as good as the infantry, and Li Wenshuo could kill them all in a very short time.
But now, once he rushes over, Liu Cripple and the horse behind him will probably turn into hedgehogs.
So he stood still, reaching out and pulling out the broken tooth from behind his back.
The wolf tooth arrow that broke through the air made a violent buzzing sound, and it was only in an instant that it came to Li Wenshuo, and the horse thieves who were a hundred steps away had a hideous smile on their faces, they were very confident in their archery skills, and the wolf tooth arrow projectile at this distance could easily tear through the armor of the Liyang border army, which was the method they used when dealing with the masters of the rival tribes.
Li Wenshuo took a deep breath, but he didn't dare to underestimate it, and with a slam swing of the iron sword in his hand, the already dim sky became even more dim, as if the entire heaven and earth had been robbed of his demeanor by this sword.
Before the wolf tooth arrows in the sky arrived here, they were cut into pieces by the cold sword qi, Li Wenshuo's face was also slightly pale, and his toes were on the ground lightly and he came to the horse thief's body and slashed out with a sword.
The Xianfeng realm is on the battlefield, and it is difficult to have any good way to face the rain of arrows in the sky, and it is easy to say that there is a wave, but there will never be only a wave of arrow rain on the battlefield.
In the general Xianfeng realm, if you face the continuous projectile of arrow rain, you can block up to three waves, and after three waves, you will be exhausted in one go, and the rest can only depend on luck.
If it was against the bed crossbow that required several manpower to pull apart, even the Xuanche realm would not dare to twist its edge.
Li Wenshuo didn't have the slightest mercy for these foreign bandits, and he didn't hesitate much when he took out the sword, and the powerful broken teeth went straight down, and no matter how good the scimitar was, it would be turned into pieces, and then even the people and horses were cut off by this sword.
Li Wenshuo rushed left and right in the crowd, only a little more than a quarter of an hour, more than 50 people all fell, when he returned to Liu Cripple's side, Li Wenshuo panted slightly, with sporadic blood spots on his face, and his body was so angry that Liu Cripple subconsciously took two steps back, and then hurriedly stepped forward and wiped Li Wenshuo seriously with a hot towel.
"These barbarians have so much strength, it seems that they are not only riding and shooting, but also physically stronger than our Central Plains soldiers. ”
Hearing this, Liu Lame smiled and said: "These are just a few, looking at the dress of these people, most of them are the personal soldiers of the tribal leader, if they really fight, those thin slaves who rushed to the front will not be able to withstand a charge from the Liyang army." ”