After resting in the grove for a night, Xu Ran opened his eyes at dawn and prepared to look for the tribe on the Hanzhou grassland. However, at this moment, Xu Ran found that his war horse was missing.
"It seems that the spiritual power has been sealed, and even the hearing has been reduced a lot," Xu Ran said with a bitter smile.
Last night, he tied the war horse less than ten meters away from him, but now, the war horse disappeared.
Looking around, Xu Ran narrowed his eyes slightly and discovered no fewer than four or five people in the woods.
It is autumn now, the big trees are bare and the leaves are yellowing. Behind the dense withered trees, there are four or five people hiding. Their clothes are gray, and they seem to blend in with the surrounding environment.
If the war horse hadn't snorted, it would have been difficult for Xu Ran to spot them.
"Stealing my horse and trying to plot against me is a bit too much," Xu Ran said lightly.
Just after Xu Ran spoke, the people hiding in the woods finally came out. They were wearing gray coarse cloth coats, their faces were darkened, and there was a black mark on their faces.
From the left temple, across the eyes to the right temple.
This should be a mark unique to the tribe, because although there are only barbarians on the land of Hanzhou, they are divided into eight tribes, and each of the eight tribes has different abilities.
For example, the Longge tribe is an archer, the Shuofeng and Helan tribes are cavalry, Kusu is infantry, Suqin is an engineer, Danyao is a mystic, Heshu is a horse trainer, and the Suoda tribe is engaged in trade.
Each of these eight tribes will draw different marks on their faces. This is their belief and a mark that distinguishes the tribesmen.
And now, everyone hiding in the woods has a black mark on their face.
After Xu Ran spoke, the people hiding in the woods did not need to hide their figures and walked out quietly. Each of their bodies was slightly bent and they walked very slowly, just like the movements of hunters when hunting.
They regarded Xu Ran as prey.
Four of them were young and middle-aged men, with dark and strong bodies. The last one could not tell whether he was a man or a woman because he wore a mask on his face, which was made of animal skin.
The weapons in their hands were also very crude. Some held axes, some held sharp awls, and some held knives, such as axes, which were more like sharpened pieces of iron and tied to a piece of wood with a thick wrist.
At the beginning, the Daduan Dynasty defeated the eight tribes of Hanzhou and strictly controlled iron weapons, so that the Hanzhou barbarians did not have any source of iron cavalry and could not build well-equipped weapons.
This was also the reason why the Daduan Dynasty prevented the eight tribes of Hanzhou from rebelling.
We must know that the eight tribes of Hanzhou were unprecedentedly powerful and defeated the giant Kuafu clan who invaded Shangzhou. In that battle, almost all the elite forces of Hanzhou were wiped out.
Later, the Daduan Dynasty took advantage of the situation and entered the country.
Therefore, although the Daduan Dynasty defeated Hanzhou, they strictly controlled iron weapons in order to prevent the eight tribes of Hanzhou from growing stronger and posing a threat to them.
"Ho ho ho ho..."
These barbarians slowly gathered around Xu Ran, and kept roaring, like the roar of wild beasts. This was when they were fighting, they used wild beast-like voices to intimidate the enemy.
Not to mention, these people roared like wild beasts together, they really had the ferocity of wild beasts, and they felt like real wild beasts.
"Boy, you are from the Daduan Dynasty," the man with the mask on his face said. His voice was not rough, but rather delicate.
"You are a girl," Xu Ran narrowed his eyes and looked at the masked person and said.
Because the other party's voice is very thin, not as rough as a man's, people can tell the gender at a glance.
"Everyone from the Daduan Dynasty is our enemy, kill him." The woman under the mask spoke, her voice filled with a bit of murderous intent.
As the masked woman spoke, four barbarians around her charged towards Xu Ran. One of the barbarians holding a simple ax came closer, jumped up high, and struck Xu Ran's forehead with an axe.
Xu Ran's eyes were sharp. The moment the opponent struck, he tilted his head slightly to avoid the fatal blow. He reached out with one hand and pinched the opponent's axe-holding wrist, feeling a powerful brute force.
Xu Ran squeezed slightly, then pulled instantly, and the man rushed towards Xu Ran uncontrollably. At the same time, Xu Ran stretched out his foot and kicked the man in the abdomen.
The man groaned and flew backwards three to four meters away.
Xu Ran did not sit back and wait for death, but took the initiative to attack, clenched his fists, and hit the two people on the chest at lightning speed. The two people also followed in the footsteps of the first person.
There was only one man left, looking at Xu Ran blankly, with fear in his eyes.
His three companions were all lying on the ground in less than ten seconds, which left him without the courage to take action.
Even the masked woman's eyes froze slightly when she saw this scene. She saw that Xu Ran was thin and should be easy to deal with because he didn't know kung fu. However, Xu Ran easily defeated three of his men. This was something she could never do.
Unexpected.
The masked woman slowly put her hands on her waist, took out two short blades, held the short blades in her hands, and stared at Xu Ran fiercely like a wolf.
The next moment, the masked woman was like a female leopard, as fast and fierce as the wind, charging towards Xu Ran, raising her right hand, and slashed Xu Ran's forehead with the short blade.
However, Xu Ran pinched his wrist.
Xu Ran smiled and said: "As a girl, you should be softer so that you can be pursued by suitors. No one wants a tomboy like you."
"None of your business." An angry voice came from behind the mask.
He seemed to be offended by Xu Ran's words.
Although one hand was pinched, the masked woman was extremely fierce. There was a short blade in the other hand, and she quickly stabbed Xu Ran's chest, but was pinched by Xu Ran's other hand.
"This is the first time I have seen such a fierce girl like you. She is as fierce as a female leopard and has such a bad temper. Could it be that she has an aunt?" Xu Ran guessed maliciously.
"I'm going to kill you" came the sound of gnashing teeth under the mask.
When Xu Ran pinched her wrist, she felt Xu Ran's terror. No matter how hard she tried, she could not break free from Xu Ran's hands.
The opponent's hands were like iron pliers, tightly confining her hands.
However, Xu Ran's actions aroused the opponent's wildness, raised his foot, and kicked Xu Ran hard between the legs.
"Damn it, you're a female leopard, you have a bad temper." Seeing the other party's actions, Xu Ran felt that his legs were cold, he shook his head and said: "Even if the girl tortures me thousands of times, I treat the girl like my first love."
Then, Xu Ran tightened his legs and clamped the masked woman's feet, preventing her from moving.
"Sister, if you have any other dirty tricks, please show them out." Xu Ran looked at the masked woman with a smile and said.