Let's go back in time to more than ten days ago...
Since he led the troops to drive out the harassing Black Flag Army Rangers, Xi Ya also felt a sense of anxiety. He brought five hundred horse thieves and cavalry with him, and he was not in a hurry to return to the city. It was on the river on the border between More County and North County. It stayed there for two days in a row.
Anyway, he was sure in his heart that even if the Black Flag Army really came, and his five hundred cavalry was fast enough, he could escape even if he ran.
The five hundred horse thief cavalry was stationed along the county border for two days. Every day, Xi Ya divided his subordinates into five hundred troops and patrolled along the border river. But after two days, there was no movement on the other side.
The Black Flag Army seems to have died down and is no longer seen.
In the early morning of the third day, Xi Ya ran out of patience, and simply took someone back to Denzel City.
Xiaya was still wondering: Could it be that Hastings really had enough to eat? It's okay to send a few teams to harass Lao Tzu
After returning to Denzel City, Green was responsible for rectifying the army and setting up the city defense. Char still took cavalry to patrol around Denzel City every day.
The trail of the Black Flag Army is like a heavy stone pressing on Xia Ya's heart. If this mystery is not solved, how can he be at ease
This afternoon, Xiaya led more than 30 horses and searched all the way to a place about 20 miles northeast of Denzel City.
In this area, Xiaya has run several times these days, and is already familiar with it. When it was almost evening, I ran to the entrance of a small village.
Beneath the glowing red sunset, the village in front of me was quiet, without a trace of vitality. Having been here several times earlier, Xia Ya already knew that this village was already empty. There were originally dozens of families in the village. Long before the invasion of the Odins, all the people sent by Green had moved to Denzel City.
The village has been deserted for nearly two months. Although the farmland on both sides of the original village was burned once by a fire, after a month-long rainy season, the farmland was almost washed again by the abundant rainwater. of dilapidation. Because the fields are unattended, the lush weeds grow.
When he walked outside the village, Xia Ya sat on the horse and looked out, and couldn't help but say a sentence with a smile: "This field was burned with fire, and after so much rain, the grass ash was washed into the ground by the rain. Now, this land can be more fertile in the future.”
Seeing that it was getting late, Xiaya dipped the saber in his hand: "Let's spend the night in the village ahead, and we'll go back tomorrow morning."
Although this uninhabited village has been in and out several times before, Xiaya did not dare to relax his vigilance. He first sent a few horses into the village to search it, and after confirming safety, he brought people into the village.
Because the rainy season this year is particularly heavy, the village is uninhabited, and the roads are already muddy.
Most of the original buildings in the village were houses of earth and wood. Some houses were washed away by the heavy rain for a month, and they had already collapsed and damaged. by the road.
A barely intact building was selected in the village, and Xiaya ordered his subordinates to send out people to patrol around the night, while the rest gathered in the courtyard of the building to rest.
In the earliest days, Green's scorched earth strategy was implemented extremely thoroughly. The granary stored in the village had already been burned to ashes, not to mention food, and even several wells were blocked with stones. Fortunately, after the rainy season, there was a small pond at the entrance of the village, and it was barely able to drink horses. As for the cavalry, there are water bags and dry food that they carry with them.
This family has already lived in Denzel City, and the house is empty. It is estimated that it was blown by the strong wind during the rainy season, and the door panels have fallen to the side. Xia Ya simply led people into the house. There are not many furnishings in the house, and after soaking in the rain, there is a smell of corruption, and even a few clusters of mushrooms grow on the wooden boards in the corners. After Xia identified it carefully and made sure that it was non-toxic and edible, she had someone boil a pot of water, and happily simmered a pot of mushroom soup.
There was nothing to do that night. Since the thirty horse thieves and cavalry under Xia Ya could follow Xia Ya, they were naturally selected elites. But after so many days of running around, everyone is tired. After drinking the delicious mushroom soup, only the night watchmen were left, and they randomly found firewood to spread on the ground in this room, and then lay down and rested. In a short while, the snoring in the room was like a mountain. came out.
As a senior officer, Xia Ya naturally occupied the only bed board in the room - although most of the bed board had collapsed, Xia Ya slept soundly. Anyway, he came from a hard life and rested with a house of rough men. , I heard everyone's snoring, and I didn't feel uncomfortable.
It's just that this night, Xiaya slept on the bed for less than two hours, but suddenly woke up. I always feel a little weird in my heart, like a sign of the sixth sense, as if something big is going to happen.
This kind of keen feeling cultivated in the mountains and forests since childhood, although it does not make sense, but based on Xiaya's experience, this feeling has saved him many times.
Tonight suddenly had this strange feeling again, how could he still sleep peacefully? He simply got up, touched the fire fork in his hand, and walked quietly to the yard outside the house.
Outside the courtyard, the cavalry guards were still conscientiously guarding the four corners, and there were also two dark posts in the two adjacent houses outside.
Seeing that Xia Ya came out alone, the soldiers on the night watch immediately greeted him. Before he could speak, Xia Ya waved his hand, indicating that the other party did not need to salute, and whispered: "I drank too much soup at night, find a place to put water... Don't yell, brothers are tired and sound asleep."
Xia Ya walked out of the yard. Anyway, there was no one in this village. He found a corner at random and opened his pants to pee. He drank a lot of mushroom soup at night. There was a strange movement in the distance.
Xiaya's heart jumped, and he listened carefully. After a while, he recognized it. It seemed that something like a dog was barking. Two steps, suddenly shocked!
The village has been deserted for nearly two months! Don't talk about food in the village, there is not a grain of food! Even mice have nothing to eat, where are the dogs? !
As soon as this thought moved, Xia Ya instinctively realized that something was wrong.
He ran back into the yard, hesitated for a moment, only called two soldiers who were vigilants to follow him, and quietly searched in the direction from which the sound came from just now.
The night was quiet, Xiaya took a few more steps, and heard the voice just now from a distance, and quietly ran to the entrance of the village with two soldiers on the night watch. With the faint starlight, he saw the rainwater at the entrance of the village. Beside the small pond, there are two or three dark shadows nesting there, one of them is drinking water with his head deep enough to the water, the other two, nesting in a ball on the ground, from time to time uttering a kind of whining and moaning. sound.
Xia Ya watched carefully for a while before she couldn't help laughing.
Where is the dog, it is clearly three wolves.
I don't know if it came out of the nearby mountain forest, but it actually came to this village. Probably because the village has been deserted for too long, there is no one inhabited, and these beasts have become bold enough to go to the pond at the entrance of the village to drink water.
After Xia saw it clearly, he made a gesture to the two soldiers behind him, thinking to himself: I have eaten dry food for two days, and I will go back with a wolf, and I will be able to taste some meat tomorrow.
He slipped the poker back into his waist quietly, and both soldiers had short crossbows in their hands—the same short crossbows that had been seized from the guards at the Governor's House in Corsica.
The three of them crept up, and in the darkness, there were two puffs, and two short crossbows were fired at the same time. Immediately, he was killed.
On the other hand, the third head was reaching out to drink water. Xia Ya took a few steps and threw the fire fork in his hand from a distance. With a puff, he pierced directly from the wolf's back. Xia Ya's strength was very strong. When I went out, I immediately nailed the wolf's body through and nailed it firmly to the ground! The third wolf could not die for a while, and suddenly opened his mouth and howled.
Xia Ya had already caught up, and stepped on the wolf's neck with one foot, and with two clicks, the wolf's neck was broken off.
The two soldiers behind them cheered and ran up happily, about to carry the bodies of the three wolves back.
But at this time, Xia Ya saw it clearly next to him, and his face changed suddenly, staring at the wolf corpse on the ground: "Yi?! What is this?!"
The three beast corpses on the ground were all covered in gray-black fur. They looked like wolves, but they were all much more majestic and larger than the gray wolves in the mountains that were common in Byzantium. More than two laps, and the fur is thicker.
In particular, what surprised Xia was that these three wolves each wore a metal collar around their necks! !
This is clearly not a beast, but someone domesticated! !
Xia Ya saw the collar on the wolf's neck, and naturally the two warriors also saw it. Immediately, the expressions of the three of them were a little unusual.
Xia Ya looked at the two of them and frowned, "Have you seen this kind of thing?"
One of the horse thieves thought about it, and then said, "Uncle, wolves are wild and hard to tame. We Byzantines rarely hear of wolf taming. But... I heard..."
"I heard that in the north, Odin has a brave nature. I heard that hunters in Odin's tribe have the habit of taming wolves. When hunting, they sprinkle tamed wolves out to attack their prey, which is much more powerful than hunting dogs."
When the Odins were mentioned, Char's face suddenly became more serious.
"Moreover, I heard that the Odins also used tame wolves as scouts when they were fighting. This kind of animal is more sensitive and not easy to be detected. Once the enemy is discovered, these tame beasts will survive. They will run back to report to the police, and even if they encounter an enemy, these wolves have the ability to attack the enemy."
Xia Ya's face was solemn, and he whispered: "Go back one of you, and call out your brothers! Please move a little, don't make any noise, and don't set off torches! Since this tame wolf is here, then the scouts of the Odins must be Not far! Damn it, it looks like I got something today!"
Immediately, one person ran back, and within a moment, the resting cavalrymen had already stood up. Under the order of Xia Ya, they quietly led their horses to the entrance of the village, without torches, and the formation had already been completed.
Xia Ya looked at these wolves carefully, and suddenly laughed: "Damn, we are lucky! This kind of tame beast was not easily noticed by us. It's just, these three Wolves are all males! Now is the season of spring and summer, these beasts are in estrus and howling at night. Those who left footprints on the road, let's touch them, and take those Odins in one pot!"
To identify wolf footprints, although it is a difficult thing. But for Xia, who grew up in the mountains and has an exquisite hunting skill, recognizing the footprints of beasts is what he is best at.
A group of thirty riders, Xi Ya led the identification of the wolf's footprints, followed by the people behind. Quietly at night.
I ran straight for most of the night, it was almost early in the morning, and it was only three or four miles away, but I finally got something. I ran across a wilderness and far away from the village just now. Xia carefully identified the footprints on the ground. , finally looked up and saw a forest in front of him, laughed and said in a low voice, "That's right! It should be there! These footprints all came from there!"
As soon as he waved his hand, the horse thieves and cavalry under his command separated into two groups, and quietly went around from the left and right sides. Xia Ya led a team and forced it directly towards the forest.
The forest is not big, even if there are more than 100 Tibetan soldiers, Xia Ya is self-sufficient. Even if he encounters a hundred and ten Odin cavalry, he sits in the town and attacks at night, although he has only 30 cavalry. , Xiaya is also confident that he will eat this Odin!
When he was only a stone's throw away from the woods, Xia Ya calculated the time in his heart, and the people flanking on both sides should also be in place. At this moment, there is no need to hide the traces. Chi, kill towards the woods!
The hoofs of the horses are rushing, and the distance of a single arrow is only a moment away. Xia Ya leads the horse and rushes into the woods. At this moment, the people and horses flanking on both sides have also arrived. a bit.
Just as Xia Ya rushed into the woods, she heard the sound of fighting and a few screams from inside.
Suddenly, a black arrogance rose to the sky in front of him, and with a loud bang, the four or five trees around the light were suddenly cut off and fell down!
When Xia Ya saw it, her heart skipped a beat! The other party has masters! !
He accelerated his speed, rushed over, and ran for another hundred or ten steps. When he saw the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but tremble! !
There are indeed Odins in the woods, but there are only three people! The two Odins on both sides were holding tomahawks, and they were burly figures. And the man in the middle, with a medium build, was wearing a black cloak, and under the cloak was a thin elite soft armor. Standing there, although he was a head shorter than the people on both sides, when he saw the figure of that man, Xia Ya was shocked. The heartbeat almost jumped out of the cavity!
The man stood there with a cold and arrogant face, and a three-edged war gun in his hand! How could Xia Ya not recognize the suffocating aura on his face and the aura of not being angry and arrogant
Hastings! !
The outflanking people on both sides had already been killed, but Hasting's three-edged battle spear swept over, and the four or five cavalrymen rushing in front suddenly turned into a bloody blur in the black arrogance! !
Several corpses suddenly appeared on the ground, but they were all from Xia Ya!
As soon as Xiaya saw Hastings, she knew it was bad!
He knew very well that Hastings' strength was much higher than his boss! Although he has thirty elite cavalry with him, the advantage of this number is far from enough in front of Hastings!
Back then, Hasting single-handedly rushed into the garrison in Wildfire Town, killing Bonfret. Among the thousands of defenders, he rode through the long street alone, killed people, and then broke through the city gate. !
There are only thirty people here, where is his opponent? !
But since they have met, and they have already fought, where can they retreat
Xia Ya bit her head and shouted loudly, but she jumped up from the horse, gave up the horse, and rushed towards the sky. The fire fork in her hand was swung, and it instantly became a red light!
In the face of a powerful enemy like Hastings, Xiaya did not dare to slack off. As soon as he came up, he used his strongest trick, the crimson murderous aura!
The red murderous aura was like a ray of light, and it immediately pushed into Hasting's black arrogance. With a bang, the fire fork blocked Hasting's three-edged war gun!
Xia Ya felt a shock all over his body, and Hasting's mighty power made him almost let go of the fire fork!
Hasting also made a "Yi" sound, looked closely, saw Xi Ya, and his face changed: "It's you?!"
Immediately, Hasting's face showed anger: "It's you despicable liar!"
Xia Ya laughed: "It's not Laozi!"
He took a deep breath, and had already pulled out the largest crystal from his arms and stuffed it into the handle of the fire fork. With a long laugh, his whole body suddenly turned red, wrapping his people like a ball of fighting spirit. in it!
The large crystal was given by Caviehir at the beginning. Although it is still unclear what it is, Xiaya is very clear that after this large crystal is embedded in the fire fork, it can make her crimson murderous. Double the power!
Seeing the red light on Xia Ya's body, Hasting's face became even more strange: "Humph! Your crimson murderous aura has improved a lot!"