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Chapter 216: The Wolves Appear
Lin Zhen, Su Mishun, and Zhou Weide quickly said, "I've seen it."
Zhang Hou raised his hand high, but when Zhou Weide glared at him, he had no choice but to put his hand down. He was from Xihai City, and there were no wolves in Xihai City.
Chu Xiaomu asked again: "Then tell me, how did you deal with the wolves?"
Zhou Weide said: "Of course we have to use our weapons. As long as there are more people, the wolves cannot defeat the humans!"
Wu Sheng said: "What if a hundred wolves come? Are we ten still going to attack with weapons?"
Zhou Weide was speechless.
Everyone looked at Su Mishun, hoping he could come up with a better solution, but Su Mishun said, "We just ran away when we saw them. Only fools would use force against wolves."
Lin Zhen said: "If the ten of us run away now, we can certainly escape, but what about the more than one hundred military horses?" Everyone was silent, thinking that if they gave all the military horses to the wolves to eat, no matter how merciful the laws of Bicheng were, they would not be spared.
Chu Xiaomu asked: "Are there any things that these wolves are afraid of?"
Everyone started talking at once. Some said wolves were afraid of tigers and lions, some said wolves were afraid of loud noises, some said wolves were afraid of fire, and some said wolves were afraid of water.
Chu Xiaomu said, "Since wolves are afraid of something, it's easy to deal with. Let's dig more oil grass and make more fires at night." He thought that the horse officer had said that there were wolves on the grassland, so we should have made plans early. We just thought about playing and having fun all day and completely delayed the work. Now we have to make preparations at the last minute, and we don't know if it will be too late. He regretted it very much.
Everyone was in a hurry to look for oily grass. Fortunately, this grass was quite common on the grassland, and more than a hundred plants were dug out in more than half an hour. Unfortunately, there were only two small shovels for digging grass roots, and the rest of the people could only use long guns to pry and dig, which was very unsuitable, otherwise they could dig more.
Chu Xiaomu asked again: "The whistle wolf has been gone for nearly an hour. When will it come back?"
Lin Zhen said: "It's hard to say. Maybe they have been lying in wait for us from a distance, or maybe they will appear in the evening. But wolves only attack herds of horses and livestock at night, they are very cunning."
Yingdan pointed to a winding river not far to the south and said, "Xiaomu, it is said that wolves on the grassland are afraid of water. We can drive the horses to the bay where the river meets the lake. Then we only need to deal with the wolves on one side..."
Chu Xiaomu was delighted and shouted, "This is the best!" He hurriedly asked everyone to gather the horses and drive them across the stream to a bay. Unfortunately, the horses were scattered and everyone was not very skilled in driving horses. It took nearly an hour to drive all the horses to the bay.
By then the sky had begun to darken, and there was a gentle breeze blowing across the fields, but there was no sign of danger at all.
Chu Xiaomu also asked everyone to drive the stronger male horses to the outside of the herd, and the female horses and foals to the inside near the streams and lakes. Unfortunately, the horses were also afraid of strangers, so it was not easy to separate the horses by gender. In addition, there were more female horses and foals in the herd, but fewer strong male horses. After a while, everyone saw that it was not very effective, so they had to give up.
Finally, the dug oil grass was divided into ten piles and laid out in a line around the horses, waiting for the wolves to appear before lighting them. Two more oil grasses were prepared next to each pile of oil grass, and it was expected to burn until dawn.
Everyone knew that danger was imminent, so even the relatively lazy people like Zhang Hou and Wu Sheng became extra nervous and hardworking, for fear that if too many horses were injured, they would be punished with a hundred military sticks when they returned to the Nanding Army camp, or perhaps even more severe military law.
Just as I finished arranging the last pile of oilroot grass, the last ray of afterglow in the sky disappeared, and the sky became darker. It was the end of autumn, and the daytime was very short.
Chu Xiaomu looked at the sparsely placed rows of oil grass, not knowing whether it could stop the ferocious wolves at night, and he was not sure. The evening breeze blew, and he felt a little cold. He looked at the sky, and it seemed to be another night without stars or moon.
In order to look after each other, the crowd did not dare to spread out too far, and the two men were only about ten feet apart. Zhou Weiyi suddenly asked Zhou Weide, "Brother, do you think we will be eaten by wolves today?"
Zhou Weide scolded: "What nonsense! They are just a few wolves. Is there anything you can't deal with?"
Wu Sheng snorted twice and said, "How do you know there are only a few wolves? I guess there are dozens or even hundreds... We escaped from Jiaoshan, and we might die on the grasslands of Bicheng tonight."
Wangang scolded, "Stop talking, you are the best at saying these discouraging words!"
Chu Xiaomu said: "Horses are important, but they are not as important as the lives of ten of us. If we can stop the wolves from hurting the horses, that would be the best. If we can't stop them, we must save our own lives first and remember not to act impulsively."
Wu Sheng added: "If all the horses are dead, even if we can escape back to Bicheng, we will still be beheaded according to military law..."
Zhang Hou cursed, "Bah, bah, bah, Wu Sheng, if you keep talking nonsense, I'll tear your mouth apart!" Zhou Weide also cursed him angrily.
Wu Sheng then stopped talking.
Yingdan said, "I agree with Xiaomu. If these fires can't stop the wolves, we should protect ourselves first. If we really have to be punished by military law, that's another matter. I don't think Zhou Zhongjun will kill people without asking any questions."
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Everyone chatted to boost their courage. Soon, they saw several dark figures appear on the hill where the wolf was found. The wolf pack appeared!
It was dark, and they couldn't see how many wolves came, but they saw dark shadows flashing on the top of the hill, and it was obvious that there were quite a few. Zhang Hou, Wu Sheng and others pretended to be calm, while Su Mishun and the younger Ling Weidou were panting heavily, and it was obvious that they were very scared.
When Chu Xiaomu saw the wolf pack appear, he ordered dozens of fires to be lit, and then gathered everyone together, saying, "When we first came to Nan Ding Army, we complained that Zhou Zhongjun didn't give us the opportunity to learn skills. Now this opportunity to improve skills is right in front of us, isn't it just what everyone wants?"
"The horse officer said that a few years ago a horse herding team encountered a pack of wolves, killing dozens of horses. We only have ten people, but if one less horse dies tonight, we will have one more face than them. If ten fewer horses die, we will have ten more. We will make sure that the people in the Nan Qian and Nan Kun camps don't dare to look down on our horse herding team..." He usually doesn't talk much, but at this critical moment, he had to stand up and say some words of encouragement to everyone.
Yingdan suddenly pointed to a place not far away and said, "Be careful, they are coming!"
Chu Xiaomu looked in the direction he pointed, and saw pairs of creepy red spots emerging from the darkness a few feet behind the fire. They were the eyes of the wolves!