heavy weapon is king

Chapter 402: Acquiring Heavenly Skills and Serving the Master ([-])

Dragon and Tiger Mountains, Tiger Ridge.

During the recent period, Su Dongshan was very annoyed, very annoyed. Seeing that the cold winter was coming, the hundreds of people in the entire village could not find food for the winter.

Now the hills are unstable, and people's minds have changed.

Just last night, more than a dozen people quietly escaped from Tiger Ridge, not knowing where they went to make a living.

Including the dozen or so people from last night, more than 200 people left one after another during this period of time, and all of them were young and strong men.

This annoyed Su Dongshan to the extreme.

There were only less than [-] people in the entire cottage, and this time they walked nearly halfway, making the foundation that Su Dongshan had just established immediately began to shake.

Most of the people who stayed were confidants who had followed him for many years, and some old and weak women and children who had no ability.

Judging from the current situation, the situation in Tiger Ridge is not good. If there is no food and grass for the winter before the heavy snow seals the mountain, then even if the people under his hands are not starved to death, they will find their own way of life up.

After all, in this turbulent world, people invest in the green forest to be bandits, after all, they still want to eat for a bite. If I am a master who can't satisfy everyone even this, I guess no one will obey me, and no one will follow me and stand for me. Work hard.

Every time Su Dongshan thinks of these things, he feels overwhelmed and sighs secretly.

Suddenly, he regretted a little, regretting why he had a falling out with Nie Zheng and came to this chaotic and messy Dragon and Tiger Mountain Range.

If he was still in Annan now, he might have become one of the top few generals in the Dragon and Tiger Army long ago. If he wants money and status, he is a thousand times better than in this mountain nest.

Ever since he left Nie Zheng and returned to Longhu Mountain last year because of impulsiveness, he directly led a group of confidantes back to Tiger Village.

Su Dongshan had nowhere to go, and he couldn't do anything other than go back to Longhushan and continue to be a bandit.

Because they are too green and forest-like, they can't be restrained and controlled, so they like to drink and eat meat in large bowls freely. The business team asked for road money and mountain worship money.

Originally, according to Su Dongshan's idea, if he led his troops back to Longhu Mountain, his life would definitely be very nourishing, he would eat delicious food, drink spicy food, and get whatever he wanted, and his life would definitely be carefree.

After Nie Zheng led the tens of thousands of green forest heroes from Longhu Mountain to leave, if Su Dongshan came back, he would definitely be the leader of the green forest in the entire Longhu Mountain, because everyone stronger than him had left.

But he never expected that after arriving at Longhu Mountain, Su Dongshan found sadly that everything was not as beautiful as imagined.

Since the Huns invaded the south, the prairie wolf army swept across the Central Plains. Every time the Xiongnu wolf army captured a place, they burned, killed and looted, and did not give the Han people any way to survive.

Millions of prairie wolves passed by from north to south, and where they passed, corpses were strewn all over the fields, and empty cities were everywhere.

In these turbulent years of war, most people are busy migrating and fleeing. No one will stay and stick to it. In addition, the Huns are cruel and easy to kill. The people of the Han people are scared of being killed and robbed by these prairie wolves. They would rather leave their homes and flee as refugees than stay where they are and die.

Especially in the counties and counties near the Longhu Mountains, the civilians in them evacuated the fastest. When the Huns army had just crossed the south bank of the Yellow River, almost all the Han people around the Longhu Mountains migrated to the south. For a few months, they ran away cleanly, and even if there were any left, they were all old, weak, sick, and lonely.

The counties, towns, and prefectures near Longhu Mountain are deserted, and Su Dongshan and his gang of green forest bandits have nothing to snatch.

In the first half of the year, the situation was pretty good. At that time, there were still people in the towns near Longhu Mountain. Su Dongshan led a group of green forests, and they were often able to grab some cattle and sheep to return to the mountain.

But in the second half of the year, the people in the nearby towns basically disappeared. Every time Su Dongshan and the others went down the mountain, eight out of ten times they basically returned empty-handed, even if they wanted to grab some rough grains and yellow noodles. arrive.

As for the fleets of merchants passing by, they became rarer and rarer. In the end, they were basically invisible in Longhu Mountain. Even if there were, they were all guarded by escorts. Su Dongshan couldn't do anything for him if he robbed him, so he could only stare angrily.

Today's Longhu Mountain Range is not as good as before.

Anyone who is on the road knows that the leader of the Dragon and Tiger Alliance led the green forests to leave the mountain years ago, and the remaining bandits in the mountain range are small grasshoppers who fight and fight, and they don't care at all. .

With the smoke of war, agriculture was abandoned.

The people are too busy fleeing from the disaster to cultivate, so how can there be any grain harvest?The common people have no harvest, and Su Dongshan and his group of bandits who rely on plundering the common people for a living are still unable to survive.

In the dilapidated Juyi hall, Su Dongshan sat on the tiger skin chair, his face extremely gloomy.

Under the lobby, several confidantes stood in front of them feebly, with a somewhat decadent expression on their faces.

"How much food and grass are there in the cottage?" Su Dongshan asked in a deep voice.

"There's not much left, and I guess it can last for two or three days." A minion said dejectedly, "Hu Datou and the others went back to the mountain just now, and they didn't get anything. It's hard to find food now."

Su Dongshan rubbed his forehead irritably, "Did Xiaohezhuang send someone over?"

"Yes, there are not many families there. After turning Zhuangzi upside down, they only got a dozen liters of rough grain, which is not enough for the rations that the brothers brought when they went down the mountain."

"What about Luotian Town? Isn't there a big family in the town?"

"The head of the family, we can't afford to provoke a big family in Luotian Town. His daughter was taken in as a concubine by the general of the Xiongnu. There is a battalion of Hun soldiers stationed there. If we pass by, we will die in vain. .”

Hearing this, Su Dongshan felt extremely bitter in his heart, and secretly sighed, "There is no food and grass in the mountains, what a hero is short of breath."

Suddenly, a horse-faced minion hesitated for a long time, and said timidly: "Master, you see that Longhu Mountain is not in a good mood now, we...how about...let's go back to the commander-in-chief."

As soon as this remark came out, Su Dongshan was furious, "A good horse never turns back. Since I, Su Dongshan, have left Annan, I will never go back. Otherwise, wouldn't it be ridiculous!"

The horse-faced minion lowered his head sadly, and muttered in a low voice, "I'm almost starving to death, so what's the point of talking about character?"

Su Dongshan's face turned cold, and he looked at him coldly, "Su Mangy, if I didn't see you as my cousin, believe it or not, I would cut off your head right now?"

Su Laizi's heart trembled, he didn't dare to speak nonsense anymore.

At this time, Su Dongshan pondered for a moment, and said to another long-clothed man: "Aman, if you can't find food to go back to the mountain in these two days, you can kill two horses. As for the winter food, we will help you." I'll figure it out myself."

The long-sleeved minion nodded, "Yes, the boss."

"By the way, Ah Man, how many Hun soldiers are there in Luotian Town?"

"Three hundred lightly armored wolves, all of them are equipped with long bows and short crossbows, plus hundreds of family servants under Cui Yuanwai from Luotian Town, there are at least five or six hundred people."

"Three hundred wolves..."

Su Dongshan frowned, and suddenly felt that even if he went all out, he had no chance of winning.

While everyone was still discussing the winter food and grass in the Juyi Hall, suddenly, a minion in a tattered sheep jacket rushed into the Juyi Hall with a look of haste.

"The head of the family, it's not good, it's not good!"

Su Dongshan's eyes widened, and he said displeasedly: "What does it look like to be yelling? Say, what's the matter?"

The rotten sheep jacket said out of breath: "A very powerful young man came down from the mountain and injured our mountain patrol horse. He is now heading towards the village. It looks like he's either seeking revenge or he's here to kick the mountain."

"Seeking revenge and kicking the mountain?"

Su Dongshan was taken aback for a moment, "I don't have any enemies, how could someone seek revenge and kick the mountain..."

Before he finished speaking, suddenly, a black figure rushed to the door of Juyi Hall like lightning.

At this time, Su Dongshan, who was sitting on the tiger skin chair, frowned suddenly, and secretly felt a chill rising from the bottom of his heart.

So fast, so terrifying speed.

Seeing that Su Dongshan's expression was not right, all the minions hurriedly turned their heads to look, and saw a young man in black appeared outside the gate of Juyi Hall at some point.

The man in black was carrying a pitch-black long sword. He was about eighteen or nineteen years old. His appearance was plain, but his eyes shone brightly, but he was extremely determined.

The man in black stood quietly outside the door with no expression on his face, and he didn't exude any aura, but Su Dongshan, who was sitting on the tiger skin chair, felt palpitations.

For some reason, Su Dongshan looked at the young man in black in front of him, as if he was facing a huge mountain, and couldn't help trembling and fear, the fear coming from the depths of his soul.

He dared to swear that he had met many martial arts masters in his life, but he had never met a person who could create such a huge psychological pressure on him like the man in black in front of him.

The man in black didn't do anything, and he didn't use his invisible aura to intimidate everyone, but Su Dongshan felt that he was as small as a grain of sand in front of him.

Taking a deep breath, Su Dongshan said in a trembling voice: "No... I don't know why your Excellency is worshiping the mountain?"

The man in black said flatly: "I'm looking for the master."

"The master?"

Su Dongshan was taken aback for a moment, then said timidly: "I...I am the big... big boss here."

The man in black shook his head, "The master I'm looking for is not you."

Su Dongshan's heart moved, and he hurriedly said: "Then who is your Excellency looking for? Can you tell me your name? Maybe I know you."

The man in black thought for a while and said, "Nie Zheng, leader of the Dragon and Tiger Alliance, he is the master I am looking for."

Hearing this, Su Dongshan suddenly realized that he was looking for Nie Zheng.

Thinking of this, he heaved a long sigh of relief, "It turns out that Your Excellency wants to see Leader Nie."

The man in black nodded, his eyes softened a lot, "Where is the head of the family now? Didn't he become the head leader of Longhu Mountain? Why isn't he in Tiger Village?"

Su Dongshan said with a smile: "Leader Nie led the troops from Longhu Mountain to Annan County as early as last year. Now he has occupied the entire Annan and has become Marshal Nie."

Hearing this, the man in black muttered to himself: "It turns out that the head of the family went to Annan..."

(End of this chapter)