After several rains, the bamboo forests in the mountains became more lush.
Mr. Shen rode a donkey he picked up for free and walked through the vast sea of bamboo. People are in high spirits during happy events. He was in a very comfortable mood at this time. Looking at the green Hsinchu beside the official road, he couldn't help but recite a poem: "One road is so dense and the four seats are cool, How long will the afterglow of lingering shadows last? People are born thin because of pity for straight people, and they have promised to be tall and strong as they grow older. They once shared the rain and dew with the wormwood, and eventually followed the pines and cypresses to the frost. I am sorry to pick up the roots of the plant, but I want to beg Ling Lun to imitate the phoenix."
This bastard actually borrowed a bamboo poem from Bi Wang Anshi and boasted that although he had gone through many disasters, he would never be knocked down by adversity.
Unfortunately, Wang Yuan understood and was too lazy to speak, while the other three were completely confused.
"well!"
Master Shen sighed, but there was no one around him to praise him. It would be great if Mr. Song was here. He would definitely echo a few words and compliment each other, which would be interesting.
After walking for another distance, Master Shen became increasingly bored and said to Wang Yuan: "Brother Yuan, since you are endowed with wisdom, how about writing a poem with bamboo as the theme?"
"No." Wang Yuan replied.
Master Shen added: "Then you recite an ancient poem and see how much memory you have of your past life."
Wang Yuan was bored anyway, so he simply came up with a poem: "Stick to the green mountains and never let go. The roots are still in the broken rocks. After thousands of blows, they are still strong, no matter how strong the wind is from the southeast or northwest."
“What a poem!”
Master Shen shook his head and asked, "Is this poem about pine trees?"
"The one who sings bamboo." Wang Yuan said.
Master Shen thought about it carefully, nodded and said, "You can also chant bamboo. Was it something you did in your previous life?"
Wang Yuan said ambiguously: "If this poem already exists, then it was written by someone else. If it doesn't exist yet, then it was written by me."
Master Shen thought for a while: "Probably not, at least I haven't heard of it."
Wang Yuan thought to himself: It's strange that you have heard of it. Although I can't remember a few poems, I still know that they were written by Zheng Banqiao in the Qing Dynasty.
It is difficult for Wang Yuan not to remember this song "Bamboo and Stone".
In his previous life, Wang Yuan's father was a rough man. He made a lot of money by running a factory. He learned how to collect antiques and was deceived into buying an authentic painting by Zheng Banqiao. It was so scary that the poems in the paintings were all written in simplified Chinese characters. Dad still hung it on the wall of the living room, bragging about it and introducing it to everyone he met. It hung almost all over Wang Yuan's entire childhood. He would read this poem several times every day.
"Haha," Mr. Shen laughed twice, "When you go to the Song Clan Academy, you can take out this poem. I'm sure Mr. Song will be so shocked that he will worship you like an ancestor all day long."
Wang Yuan shook his head: "Forget it. He is an honest man. I am embarrassed to lie to him again."
Master Shen corrected him: "How can you say you're cheating? You're just following the person he wants!"
Wang Yuan was too lazy to pay attention to him.
Master Shen also talked about his life experience: "All living beings have desires and good things. If you become an official in the future, you must understand the thoughts of your superiors, understand the desires of your colleagues, and understand the thoughts of your subordinates. .If you can do these things, your official career will be prosperous and your success will be just around the corner!"
Wang Yuan said: "Isn't it just a fool?"
"Yes," Mr. Shen said with a smile, "the word 'humble' is wonderful. Officialdom is all about being mixed. But how to get along smoothly depends on each person's ability. As you said, 'Everything in the world is enlightened by knowledge. "The mastery of human feelings is the essence of writing," which can be said to be the best way to be an official."
"Haha." Wang Yuan smiled and said nothing.
Although Shen Fucong has outstanding talents in various fields, his level is only the same and he can only teach his students to become official officials.
If he were Wang Yangming, his pursuit of life would be different, and his level would instantly rise several levels.
As we get further and further away from Guizhou City, the terrain becomes more uneven, and the official road gradually turns into a narrow mountainous slope.
It rained for two consecutive nights and a day outside, making the mountain road even more muddy and difficult to walk.
Master Shen was afraid of slipping and did not dare to ride the donkey anymore. He could only hold on to the rope and walk forward, continuing to explain his philosophy of life.
Yuan Gang, who was walking in the front, suddenly stopped. His donkey even backed up, paced its hooves and let out a cry of fear.
"How to stop..." Shen Fucong looked forward suspiciously, stopped abruptly in the middle of his words, and then shouted in horror, "Wolf! There are so many wolves, run, run!"
"Shut up!" Yuan Gang scolded.
About twenty wolves came down the mountain along the official road and bumped head-on with Wang Yuan and others. The two sides were still thirty or fifty steps away.
Yuan Gang warned: "Don't turn around, don't run away. You can't outrun a wolf in this kind of terrain."
"Oh, oh." Master Shen froze, and could only subconsciously agree.
The mountain here is not too steep yet, and the wolves gradually began to disperse, intending to outflank the mountain walls on both sides of the official road.
Yuan Gang had already strung his earthen bow, and he pretended to be holding his bow and arrow, saying, "I will keep the official line in front of you."
"I'll guard the left side." Wang Yuan also made preparations.
Wang Meng said: "You are too young, I will guard the left side."
The left side is the upper side of the mountain wall. The wild wolves responsible for outflanking can use the mountain to rush down. The right side is much easier to defend, and the wild wolves must attack from bottom to top.
Wang Yuan said: "Listen to me. Brother, guard the right side. Brother Yuan will protect the rear. Leave the wolves on the left to me."
While Wang Meng was still waiting to argue, Yuan Gang shouted: "Listen to Wang Yuan!"
The formation of the wolf pack has gradually expanded, but they did not choose to attack immediately. They are confronting humans. Once the enemy is frightened into fleeing, they can easily hunt for food while chasing. And if the enemy is heavily guarded, the wolves will weigh the cost of casualties and directly It is possible to choose to retreat.
The confrontation lasted for a full quarter of an hour, with no movement from either side.
Yuan Gang cursed and said: "Damn it, how can there be groups of wild wolves at this time?"
Generally speaking, wolves only appear in winter. Because small animals have hidden for the winter, they can only hunt large animals such as deer, which requires cooperation in groups.
After the beginning of spring, wild wolves will give birth to pups, and small animals will come out to have fun. At this time, they will choose to live in small families, going out to hunt in groups of three or five at most, and it is unlikely that there will be a pack of more than ten wolves.
They encountered a small probability event and were extremely unlucky.
Wang Yuan pondered: "It may be that it rained two days ago, the temperature dropped sharply, and it was difficult to find prey in the mountains, so these wild wolves gathered together and came down the mountain."
Yuan Gang gritted his teeth and said, "What the hell. If these beasts dare to pounce on me, I will kill them all!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the wolves pounced on him.
The three donkeys were instantly frightened and fled for their lives. They spread their hooves and ran down the mountain at full speed, almost knocking down Yuan Zhi, who was in charge of the rear defense.
This is what the wolves want. When they hunt, they rarely engage in head-on combat. They scare whenever they can and specialize in killing the enemy in pursuit. It is somewhat similar to the tactics of the Mongolian cavalry. In other words, the Mongolian cavalry learned from the wolves. of.
Even though there were several wolves responsible for outflanking, they bypassed Wang Yuan and others and chased directly towards the three donkeys.
"Fire the arrow!"
Yuan Gang took advantage of the moment when a gap appeared in the wolf pack's surrounding formation, seized the opportunity and immediately ordered an attack.
"Whoosh!"
Wang Yuan shot an arrow and directly shot out the right eye of a wolf. The wolf did not die immediately, but rolled down the mountain wall with a howl. It struggled to get up halfway, fell several times and finally stopped moving.
Yuan Gang on the front and Wang Meng on the right were also shot to death and a wolf was injured.
Yuan Zhi, who was only defending the rear, had no wolves to shoot at, because the wolves closest to him had all run away to chase the donkey.
Shen Fucong was surrounded by four people, and his legs were trembling and he could no longer stand. As soon as the battle started, he was so frightened that he fell down on the ground, put his head in his hands and acted like an ostrich, stuck his butt out and looked up at the sky with his buttocks.
The wolves were already running, and even with Wang Yuan's magical archery skills, it was difficult to hit the eye. But the arrow still hit the vital point, killing two and wounding one in the blink of an eye - if he had not only had two iron arrows, All three wolves must die, the bone arrow's lethality is too destructive.
Yuan Gang also shot one to death and wounded two.
Wang Meng failed, and the second arrow missed. Moreover, the shooting speed was still slow. As soon as he set up the third arrow, a wolf rushed in front of him, so he could only abandon his bow and draw his sword to slash out.
As for Yuan Zhi, the wolves chasing the donkey turned around at the call of the first wolf. This guy missed two arrows in a row and rushed forward with his knife, completely forgetting to protect Master Shen, leaving a huge gap in the four-corner defensive formation.
Yuan Zhi is one of those reckless people who only knows how to kill people with a knife, and doesn't even practice archery, and it's very easy for his blood to get to his head.
"Bah!"
Yuan Zhi charged forward and cut off half of the wolf's head with a slash of his knife. Then he rolled to avoid it, picked up a knife and slashed the belly of another wolf. Then he raised his arm to cover his throat, allowing the third wolf to bite the baby. With his arm, he stabbed the wolf to death with a ferocious smile.
"What a fool!"
Wang Yuan fired three arrows, only to find that Yuan Zhi had run away, and a wolf was surrounding Shen Fucong.
He swung the bow spine and flew one away, breaking all the earthen bows. He turned around and threw the knife, hitting the back of the wolf that sneaked up on Shen Fucong. But while he was distracted, Wang Yuan was also bitten on the thigh by a wolf. He pulled out an arrow with his backhand, pierced the wolf's eye hard, and twisted it hard.
"Ouch!!!"
In the blink of an eye, the wolves suffered heavy losses, and the alpha wolf directly ordered a retreat. These beasts always ran away if they couldn't be beaten.
Yuan Gang also slashed two wolves to death, and his own wrist was bitten. When he saw the wolves retreating, he quickly shouted: "Don't chase, come back and defend the formation. These beasts are probably luring the enemy, and the formation is scattered." If you don't, you'll be killed and turned around."
Wang Meng immediately responded to the order. His position was very easy to defend. Although he had only injured one, the remaining wolves were unable to attack, and he was the only one uninjured - Master Shen not included.
Yuan Zhi had already killed him, carrying a broken iron knife and chasing a wolf.
"Little bastard, come back here!"
Yuan Gang yelled, but it was of no use, so he had to say to Wang Yuan: "Brother Yuan, go help him quickly, the gangster is about to be attacked. Wang Meng and I are guarding here to prevent them from attacking from the front and back."
A piece of meat was torn off Wang Yuan's thigh. He didn't bother to bandage the wound, so he picked up his iron knife, took off a spare earthen bow, and followed Yuan Zhi down the mountain.
The wolves were divided into two groups, head and tail, and fled in an orderly manner along the official road. There were several wolves on Yuan Zhi's side, and they might gather together to attack the enemy at any time.
This is a common tactic of wolves. If they can be frightened, they will scare them. If they can fight, they will fight. If they cannot fight, they will run away. They will look for opportunities to reorganize their attacks. If they are noticed by the wolves, they can quietly travel more than ten miles away and wait for others to relax.
Launch a surprise attack.
And Yuan Zhi's IQ level is not even as good as these beasts, so he was easily fooled. If he becomes a general in the future, he can only be used to charge into battles, and leading the army alone will definitely lead to bad things.
…
Bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain.
Song Ling'er was riding her horse around, with the guards following closely.
I caught up with him, but the lady refused to go back, so the guards had no choice but to help her catch the panda.
Pandas are not stupid. They have been hunted for several days in a row and have long since escaped without a trace. Anyway, this place is full of bamboo forests, and you can eat enough anywhere, so it is just a matter of changing the habitat.
"I'm so angry. I can't find it anywhere."
"Bamboo Bear, come out quickly!"
"If you don't come out, I will set fire to the bamboo forest!"
The guards were shocked. There were bamboo forests covering a radius of more than ten miles. A fire would probably burn them to death.
Achai and Awang were the head guards. They looked at each other and quietly approached on horseback, intending to kidnap the young lady directly back to Guizhou City.
"What do you want to do?"
"drive!"
Song Ling'er was still very vigilant, and instantly realized something was wrong, so she hit her horse and galloped away again.
"Ang ang ang..."
Several donkey brays were heard on the mountain road, and three donkeys were seen approaching, looking crazy. Song Ling'er was so frightened that she quickly reined in her horse to dodge.
"Miss, something is wrong!"
"There are either bandits or ferocious beasts on the mountain."
Achai and Awang were immediately alert and rode their horses to protect Song Ling'er behind them.
"Ouch~~~"
The howling of wolves came again from the mountain. Song Ling'er was not surprised but happy, shouting: "Follow me to kill the wolf, come on!"
Achai and Awang didn't take the wolf seriously either, because the wolves in this season were only three to five at most, and each of them could shoot a hedgehog with one arrow. Since the lady wants to kill the wolf, then she will accompany her.
She is crazy. When she is crazy enough, she should honestly return to the city...
Including Song Ling'er, everyone dismounted from their horses and rushed towards the mountain with weapons in hand.
In less than a moment, they saw the wolf and two teenagers fighting bloody battles.