[Sword Three] Pinellia

The fine snow drifted all day, but stopped at night.In the ink-washed night sky, Chen Xing hangs high.The night wind in Saibei is also different from Huagu's coldness, Ban Xia tightened her cloak, with an embarrassed and annoyed expression under the moonlight.

Ignoring the sulking person alone, Feng Wuding just checked the saddle's stability over and over again, finally, he looked up at the position of the moon plate, and said: "It's late at night, if you don't go back, you will freeze to death here and feed the wolves. "

Ban Xia snorted, "Where are the wolves!"

Wolves tend to avoid people when foraging, but it's winter.The wolves could not find food for several days. If the wolves were hungry and crazy, they would attack even humans.Feng Wuding didn't argue with her either, he held the rein in his hand, "Go up."

Ban Xia snorted and turned her head away: "I want to walk on the snow."

Not far away, the snow walker neighed immediately, and the falling front hooves splashed the snow on the ground.It doesn't like the little girl very much.

But this little protest didn't have any effect, Feng Wuding pulled it over, "Treading snow is a bit hot-tempered, you have to be careful."

Ban Xia didn't speak, but looked disdainful, and rode it all the way out during the day, but didn't see anything.

"Don't provoke Taxue." Feng Wuding urged.

The snowy road was slippery, and although the horseshoes were hoofed, their speed was not fast for safety reasons.

Under the moonlight, Treading Snow's eyes were bright and frightening, its long ears were turning, and it snorted uneasily.

The howling of night wolves was scattered in the moonlight, and the wolves gathered together under the huge shadow of the mountain peak.

There are not many wolves in the north. In the forest and grassland, there is never a shortage of stories of wolves attacking people in summer, spring, winter and autumn.

I have never heard of anyone surviving a wolf attack.

That is a creature different from a tiger.Gore, brutality, cunning, no gratuitous mercy, no idle entertainment.Playing with prey like a cat and a mouse does not seem to exist in this race.

So the mouse can escape from the cat's mouth, but the food cannot escape from the wolf's fangs.

What's more, this is a group of wolves that have been hungry for several days.

They smelled the scent of prey from the night wind.

Although the food may not be delicious.Most animals don't hunt humans and because of this, human flesh is not tasty.Unless there is no other choice.

The cubs were howling and screaming in hunger. The cubs this summer had grown up, but they were far from capable of fighting, so they had to stay.The warriors in their prime are eager to try, dragging some old, weak, sick and disabled behind them.

If the hunt tonight is unsuccessful, these old and weak will either starve to death, or be driven out to fend for themselves.The starved corpses may become future rations for other companions.

Of course none of this mattered, tonight's prey was fresh and alive, and when their necks were bitten, the blood was hot.When digging through their chests, the internal organs were beating.No matter what, this kind of food is definitely an excellent delicacy in winter, and it is more tender and delicious than the rabbit meat running on the grassland in summer.

The alpha wolf was lazily sweeping his stubby tail, and he was bigger than the other wolves.That was the leader elected through bloody fighting. Apart from the highest quality food, he should be responsible for the survival of the entire wolf pack.

The wolf's ear was even missing a piece, but this did not affect his prestige.

downwind.

Although the defect of human beings is that they cannot smell the danger signal in the wind, this cannot change the cautiousness of wolves.

"Aww——" The shrill howling finally reached people's ears, Feng Wuding knocked on the horse's belly almost subconsciously, and let go of the reins in his hand. He hesitated and rushed forward.

Treading Snow didn't care whether the rider on the horse could hold on firmly or not, and followed closely behind like a runaway.Banxia was so used to the wind, she was miserable, but she could only hug Taxue's neck tightly, not daring to move.The wind brought by the running made her face ache, and Pinellia had the illusion that the seed coat was about to be blown away.

Feng Wuding didn't speak.No one would speak at this time, an unknown number of wolves were already staring at them, and the gale brought by the wild running made it impossible to speak.

If it's summer, or spring, or autumn, whatever season is fine, as long as it's not winter, you don't have to be so afraid.The war horses of the Cangyun army are known as iron hooves. A good horse can kick a wolf's skull with a single hoof. There is no need to panic when being chased by a single wolf.Even when running, a wolf may not be able to catch up with a brave and good horse.

This is a pack of wolves.

A pack of wolves pounced on them at the same time, and even the best horses could be torn to pieces.People are no exception.

They were surrounded.

Feng Wuding's horse stumbled a few times, but thanks to his superb riding skills, he reined in the reins just in time, so he was not overturned to the ground.

Banxia straightened up slowly, but the air-conditioning in her stomach was not letting go at this moment, before she could speak, a hiccup came out of her mouth.Her face turned red, but fortunately she couldn't see it clearly at night, otherwise she would have to find a place to bury herself no matter what.

Feng Wuding was quite calm, he got off the horse and sighed softly.The surroundings were very quiet, and those wolves didn't make any sound, so the sigh was extraordinarily clear.He slowly untied the horse's rein, he knew that those wolves were cautious, even if they were extremely hungry, they would never attack easily.They just quietly narrowed the encirclement to a range where they could kill with one blow.

He let the horse go, thought it over, and even drew a pocket knife from his boot, and slashed the horse in the neck.The horse was suffering from pain and moved restlessly. It understood a little bit, but also didn't understand it a little bit.After all, it is just a horse, and occasionally human emotions are too complicated for it to understand.

But it didn't abandon its owner because of this little pain.

It's just that its owner is about to abandon it.

The wolves were in a commotion.The smell of blood stimulated their taste buds and hungry stomachs, and their targets shifted to the poor horse. The cold oppressive feeling startled the horse, it jumped violently, Feng Wuding took advantage of the situation and landed on its buttocks again. Stabbed once, dazed, it rushed into the pack of wolves.

It's a mess.The strong wolf ate the horse, a little unsatisfied, but no longer staring at it.Now they are hunting for other people's belly, so naturally they are less passionate.

The wolf standing on the high ground not far away barked a few times, as if it had noticed something.

"Don't look, don't be afraid." Feng Wuding comforted Banxia in a low voice. The intestines of the dead horse dragged all over the ground. For this little food, the wolves glared at each other, their fangs clenched the food tightly, and their throats blew out. Growl.

A wolf tore off a horse's leg and dragged it to the wolf.However, the alpha wolf did not move immediately.Indeed, it should have considered the other wolves who had not come out with the peloton. ——If the remaining three pieces of meat can reach the mouth.

"You go back now. Treading will take you back, tell them I'm here. Then get a good night's sleep."

"What do you do?" Ban Xia stared blankly at the bloody scene in front of her, her complexion was pale, and she asked tremblingly.

"They'll come for me."

"Together, I can't..."

Feng Wuding took the rein from Banxia's hand and wrapped it loosely around Taxue's neck, "If you don't leave now, you won't be able to leave in a while."

When the wolves carve up all the horses, leaving no bones.How can a single horse satisfy the appetite of dozens of hungry wolves.

He didn't pay attention to the little girl's words anymore, he held the Mo Dao in his hand, and untied the square shield on Ta Xue's back, he patted Ta Xue's head lightly, the horse rubbed it obediently, raised its hoof and rushed go out.

The head wolf let out a long bark, and four or five wolves that looked very strong followed closely behind the snow like arrows.It is not suitable for a large number of wolves to hunt down a prey. The advantage in numbers is more suitable for the current situation, siege.

The moon is bright.

Inside Yanmen Pass, shouts and curses could be faintly heard from Yan Wangqing's handsome tent.

"The two living people are not here, why didn't you tell me earlier! Have you forgotten all the rules in this army?!"

"The subordinates thought that the commander-in-chief knew where Feng Xiaowei had gone, so Riruo Dianmao was absent, so there was no..."

"Okay, it's useless to say more. You go out now and pass on my password. The Wuji Camp sent two teams to go out to look for it. If you can't find it, don't come back to see me."

"Yes."

"Wait, who is the person in charge of Dianmao recently?"

"Yes……"

"You don't need to tell me. Pass it on together, and the staff will be responsible for forty."

"...Yes." But the problem is, that person is Feng Wuding... One battalion is in charge of one, and Feng Wuding is one rank away from being a general, and his own subordinates are in charge, of course he is the one who makes mistakes, he is not here...

But he didn't say it out, now that Yan Wangqing is angry, it's best not to provoke her.Answer first, wait until you find someone.

The password was passed on quickly, and the two teams of the Wuji Battalion gathered at the pass and were ready to go.It's not safe at night, everyone is holding torches, and the leader is still giving some small orders.

"ready to go."

The closed door was slowly opened, and a horse with snow-white hooves, stepping on the unmelted snow and ice outside the pass, Ruyan rushed in like returning to its nest, and dispersed the two groups of people and horses.

This was nothing more than a small fright. A team leader almost thought that this was an assassin from somewhere. Fortunately, someone recognized the horse, even though its snow-white hooves and chest were spattered with blood.

Suddenly a person rolled off the horse.

"Ban Xia?" Zhao Cheng was in the team, and when he saw it, he didn't care about others, and walked over directly. The person who fell to the ground was indeed Ban Xia, "It's Ban Xia, ask someone to send her back."

"This..." The team leader was also a little dazed, but he still asked, "Ask her first, where is Feng Wuding? Didn't the two of them go out together?"

Ban Xia didn't speak, she couldn't speak at all, she was bumped all the way, the tip of her nose seemed to be filled with the smell of blood, at this moment she calmed down, her stomach retched, she propped herself on the ground and vomited something, hearing this question Then, he raised his finger and pointed to stepping on the snow.

"... Hurry up," Banxia panted, suppressing the discomfort in her throat, "There are wolves, wolves..."

The author has something to say: sorry~ this week is a bit late~

1 The horse's eyesight is not good, which is determined by its physiological structure.But the ears of horses are very sensitive. If the horse snorts when walking at night, it means warning.

2 about wolves.I have read some books on this subject. In fact, it is true that ferocious beasts seldom attack humans actively. Most of them are because human beings are afraid, causing the heartbeat to speed up and the movement range is too exaggerated, trying to escape, etc., so that ferocious beasts mistakenly think that humans are going to attack themselves, and then launch counterattack.Wolves are relatively independent, but they will travel in packs in winter to survive.

3 The horse stumbled.It is generally downhill, and downhill happens.It should be seen on TV, that is, the front legs of the horse suddenly kneel down, and the rider will be thrown out due to inertia.If a more powerful person feels that something is going to happen, he will directly pull the rein to make the horse stand on its hind legs to avoid falling.

4 iron hooves.Referring to the Mongolian horse breed, it is okay to have a broken hoof.

As for the above, as for the military horses in the Tang Dynasty, I did not find information ╮(╯_╰)╭

Then there is the question of position. Tang's military position, Zhaowu Colonel Lieutenant and then up to the rank of general, but it is a relatively low one.There are also generals.

If there are any mistakes, please point them out~

ps. If you feel uncomfortable reading this chapter...cough, Nine is not responsible...