Yuan Gang is forty-seven years old this year. In his half-life, the largest wolf pack he has ever heard of was only sixteen.
It was still winter, and the mountains were hit by a heavy snowfall that had never happened in a century. The wild wolves could not find anything to eat, so they gathered together and went down the mountain to look for food. They killed countless livestock in the Zazuosi cattle village at night.
Damn it, it's April now, it's the Mengxia season, how come there are more than twenty wolves?
It just doesn't make sense.
Suddenly, thick smoke billowed from the top of the mountain several miles away, and flocks of birds started to fly and circle. Then there was another gong sound. The sound of the gong was extremely loud, and at least hundreds of people were beating the gong at the same time.
Yuan Gang suddenly realized that this was corruption, and it was caused by the chieftain. No other tribe could have so many gongs.
Who knows what the toast wants to do.
The seven or eight wolves that retreated to the top of the mountain were watching Yuan Gang, Wang Meng and Master Shen from a distance. Now they heard the sound of the gong and suddenly became panicked. Under the leadership of the alpha wolf, they turned around and fled without a trace.
Yuan Gang finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said to Wang Meng: "Hurry down the mountain and help!"
Wang Meng pulled Shen Fucong up and warned: "You wait here, we will be back soon."
Master Shen looked around and asked in panic: "Have all the wolves escaped?"
Yuan Gang and Wang Meng were too lazy to care about this guy and ran down the mountain.
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In the previous short battle, they had killed seven wolves, seriously injured two, and several others suffered minor injuries to varying degrees.
With such a casualty ratio, it is no wonder that the alpha wolf decisively ordered a retreat.
If they attack at all costs, Wang Yuan and the others will definitely not be able to hold them back, but this wolf pack should almost be destroyed.
According to the habits of wild wolves, if Wang Yuan and the others get together and remain vigilant at all times, the wolves will wait and watch for a while before actually running away. Some wolves that are very vindictive may still follow quietly, but they still have to choose if they can't find the opportunity. give up.
But Yuan Zhi is so reckless. He chases a few wolves and is simply looking for death!
After chasing about a mile away, the wolf injured by Wang Meng's shot could no longer run. The other wolves turned around, dispersed their formation and started to fight back, intending to quickly kill Yuan Zhi who was alone.
They even know how to protect the injured. The ones responsible for surrounding and charging are all uninjured wolves. The injured wolves will follow behind to look for opportunities, and they will pounce and bite whenever there is an opening.
Yuan Zhi had exhausted his energy while running. At this moment, he only slashed one person with the knife, and was bitten on the ankle, arm and thigh one after another.
"Bah!"
The guy's eyes were red from the pain. He roared with his sword and slashed out with all his strength. The injured wolf was completely chopped to death. As a result, the other wolf looked for an opportunity and went straight for his throat. He hurriedly raised his arms to block it, and both arms were bitten in an instant. , the four wolves were hanging on him and refused to let go.
If no one comes to rescue him, Yuan Zhi will bleed to death.
There was also a wolf with an arrow in the leg, which was shot by Wang Meng before. The beast was limping and circling Yuan Zhi, seeming to be looking for a vital part to bite.
Wang Yuan rushed over at this moment, and shot an arrow while running, accurately hitting the lame wolf's back.
But that was all. The power of the earthen bow and bone arrows was too little. The arrows stuck on the wolf's back and swung around. The beast actually continued to jump and turned towards Wang Yuan.
If I had known earlier, I should have wasted some time and picked up the two iron arrows that were fired.
Wang Yuan struck out with his sword, hitting the wolf right in the nose.
The lame wolf rolled to the ground in pain, and the arrow hit its back, and it howled in pain. Just as it struggled to get up, Wang Yuan slashed with his knife again, directly cutting off half of the wolf's neck.
The broken knife in Wang Yuan's hand had been broken into several holes.
There are still four wolves hanging on Yuan Zhi. Although Yuan Laoer is stupid, he has super strong willpower. He always holds on and does not fall, because once he falls, those beasts can bite his throat.
Wang Yuan swung his knife with all his strength again and slashed the waist of a wolf. The wolf instantly let go of its mouth and was no longer able to bite Yuan Zhi's ankle.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the other three wolves heard the sound of a gong in the distance and the urgent call of the first wolf, so they immediately let go of Yuan Zhi and ran away down the mountain.
Yuan Laoer regained his freedom and instantly collapsed to the ground.
"Don't kill them all, leave one for me to enjoy!" Song Ling'er shouted from the front.
The brain is sick!
This shout frightened the wolf. Seeing more than ten people in front of him, he quickly turned around and fled to the mountain walls on both sides. One of them hurriedly ignored Wang Yuan and bypassed Wang Yuan, and was chopped into the head by him with his knife.
The wolf's head is very hard and the knife is stuck in the bone and cannot be pulled out.
The main reason is that the steel fire is so bad, Yuan Zhi's knife is much sharper and tougher.
Song Ling'er was extremely excited at the moment. She drew her bow and aimed at the wolf that was climbing up the hill. She shot two arrows in succession, and they all missed. She was so angry that she stamped her feet.
Wang Yuan came to Yuan Zhi and carefully inspected the injury.
The boy was bitten in the artery of his leg, blood gushed out like spring water, and he was already unconscious.
Wang Yuan quickly took off his clothes, tore strips of cloth and tied his thighs to prevent the fool from bleeding to death. Whether he could survive or not depended entirely on fate, as there was no way to transfuse blood these days.
Song Ling'er walked up to the two of them and glanced at them curiously. Regardless of the blood, she stepped on the wolf corpse with her feet and tried to pull out Wang Yuan's knife.
After exhausting all his strength, Song Ling'er finally succeeded in drawing the knife and complained: "Your knife is almost turning into a saw, it is not as useful as my kitchen knife."
Wang Yuan was too lazy to pay attention to her and continued to bandage Yuan Zhi's wounds.
"Hey, I'm talking to you, are you mute?" Song Ling'er was still chattering.
Achai ran over and pointed at Yuan Zhi: "Miss, I'm afraid this person may not survive. The wound on his leg cannot stop the bleeding."
Song Ling'er hurriedly bent down to check the injury, quickly stood up again, and said lightly: "If a native is dead, he is dead. But after all, he is also a warrior. You guys try to save him."
It is estimated that these guards are often injured, so they carry trauma medicine with them and are very skilled in treating them.
They picked out the dark ointment from the clay pot, applied it to various wounds of Yuan Zhi, and then wrapped them securely with cloth strips. The superficial wounds stopped bleeding quickly, and only the thigh area was still bleeding, and the ointment could not be applied at all.
Hold on, the cloth strips binding the wounds were quickly soaked with blood.
Achai knelt down on one knee and used his whole body weight to press his knee against the wound. He said to Wang Yuan: "If the bleeding is still like this after a quarter of an hour, even the Bodhisattva will not be able to save you. Little brother, you are also injured.
, we have healing medicine, go and bandage it quickly."
"Thank you!" Wang Yuan said, cupping his fists.
Song Ling'er was unhappy: "Hey, this is my medicine, and they are also my followers. You should thank me!"
Wang Yuan had no choice but to say: "Thank you very much, miss, for saving my companion."
Song Ling'er smiled and waved her hand: "You're welcome, it's just a small effort."
While the guards were binding Wang Yuan's wounds, Song Ling'er asked again: "How old are you? You don't look very old."
Wang Yuan replied casually: "Fifteen."
Song Ling'er circled around Wang Yuan twice and looked carefully, with an expression that showed the truth: "You lied to me, he is at most thirteen years old. But he is also very powerful. He can actually kill wolves with his own hands. When he grows up, he will definitely be a member of the tribe.
warrior."
Wang Yuan nodded and said, "You have really good eyesight. I am indeed thirteen years old."
"Haha, I guessed it right," Song Ling'er smiled, kicked away the broken knife, and said in a charity-like tone, "Become my follower, and I will reward you with a good knife, and I will give it back to you every month.
Silver flower."
Although Wang Yuan was disgusted with this arrogant attitude, this girl was a noble daughter of the Song family and could not be offended easily. Besides, she had just given her a gift of wound medicine, so there was no need to fall out because of a few words. He immediately replied: "I
I have received an invitation from Mr. Song Ji and will go to the Song clan to study in a few days."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Song Ling'er laughed so hard: "Song Ji is my clan brother and a nerd. You can kill wolves at a young age. When you grow up, you will definitely become a warrior. You actually want to study with those nerds. Are you stupid because of being bitten by a wolf?
Already?"
Wang Yuandao: "I want to take the imperial examination and become a high official."
Song Ling'er said disdainfully: "So what if you become a high official? Those governors and chief envoys in Guizhou City are high enough, but they don't have to look at my father's face."
Wang Yuan asked back: "As your follower, don't you have to look at your face?"
"Uh..." Song Ling'er paused, pointed to the guard next to him and said, "Ask yourself, I am very kind to them. There is no such kind master as me in Guizhou."
So, you took them to catch pandas and lost half of their faces?
Wang Yuan didn't bother to refute, and couldn't explain clearly to this girl, because they had completely different views. His wounds had been bandaged, and he immediately squatted next to Yuan Zhi and patted Yuan Zhi awake who wanted to close his eyes: "Don't sleep.
Open your eyes!"
At this moment, Yuan Gang and Wang Meng finally ran over, followed by the panting Master Shen.
Yuan Gang saw his son lying on the ground, his face as pale as paper, and asked hurriedly: "What's wrong?"
Achai said: "This little brother's wound has been treated with medicine, but he is still bleeding. Whether he can survive or not depends on luck."
Yuan Gang suddenly felt that his throat was dry, swallowed his saliva, calmed down and said, "Thank you for your help!"
After a while, Achai tried to let go of his knee and observed: "No new blood came out, so it seems to have stopped. But I can't move him for the time being, so as not to injure the wound again."
When Yuan Gang heard this, his whole body felt sore and he sat down on the ground.
But leaving people in the wilderness is not an option. It might rain again at night.
Wang Yuan took a broken knife to chop bamboo, asked Yuan Gang and Wang Meng to take off their clothes, and quickly made a simple stretcher. He said: "It will take at least three days to walk back to the village. We can only carry Yuan Er to Guizhou City. We can't.
If you continue to sleep on the street, you must find a hotel to recuperate. These wolf corpses should be able to be exchanged for a lot of money."
Nga Wang reminded: "Your donkey is at the foot of the mountain."
Wang Meng immediately went down the mountain to look for the donkey, and soon brought it back. The three animals were grazing on the roadside.
The crowd picked up the wolf carcass, tied it on the back of a donkey, and carried Yuan Zhi back to the city.
Suddenly, thousands of chieftain soldiers came from the mountain along the official road, carrying a dead pure white tiger.
Yuan Gang was furious when he saw this, and he finally figured it out.
In order to capture the tiger, the chieftain sent thousands of soldiers to search and raided many hills. They beat gongs and set fires, which frightened the wild wolves in the mountains and gathered them into groups, and they fled deep into the mountains to find food.
As for why the chieftain wanted to kill the tiger, of course it was not to eliminate harm to the people, but to bribe the eunuch Liu Jin with the white tiger skin to get rid of the annoying Guizhou governor Wang Kui in one fell swoop.