On the top of the barren mountain, many people can only keep each other warm back to back. There is no firewood on the mountain. Everyone has not had enough water and rice all day and night. Until now, they are at the end of their strength.
The cold air on the top of the mountain is much stronger than below. Lu Xiaolou is sitting alone in the cross-legged position, but he is practicing Qi according to the "Ancient Yi Qi Jue". The Qi and blood are flowing around his body. Although it does not warm his body, it is still enough to withstand it.
Stay away from the invading cold.
Like everyone else on the top of the mountain, he can only hope that Qin Xiao can actually create a miracle.
"No, he's frozen!" Suddenly, an exclamation came from his ears. Lu Xiaolou's heart froze, and he quickly stopped his attack. He turned around and looked over, only to see a few people gathered in a circle, and he hurriedly got up.
When he went in and took a look, he found a coachman who was following Ximen Hao curled up on the ground, his face covered with a layer of frost, and he was completely motionless. A grass guard grabbed a handful of snow from the ground and was watching the coachman.
Rubbing his face, everyone else looked solemn.
Ximen Hao came over feebly, and was shocked to see that his men were freezing. He himself could hardly hold on anymore, so he could only say softly: "Help...help him...!"
Among the people on the top of the mountain, the weakest ones are naturally Ximen Hao and his three coachmen. The others have either practiced martial arts or have lived on the grassland all year round, so they are somewhat resistant to such coldness. Although Ximen Hao is weak,
, but they were wearing a lot of high-quality warm cotton-padded jackets, which could withstand the cold better than the clothes of the three coachmen, so the three coachmen were really in the worst situation.
After rubbing for a while, the coachman still didn't recover. The grass guard checked his breathing, then looked up at everyone and shook his head. Everyone's faces showed sadness.
Although these people have no feelings for the coachman and have not even spoken to each other, they are trapped on the top of the mountain together and can be regarded as companions who live and die together. Now that the coachman is frozen to death, everyone is naturally a little sad.
"No!" Everyone heard a sudden voice and looked over, only to see Chi Luo Yun stretching out a hand with his palm facing up, with a look of shock on his face: "It's... it's snowing.
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As soon as these words came out, everyone was horrified and their expressions changed.
It snowed several times before on the grassland, and the ground was covered with white snow. However, it stopped for several days and everyone was trapped on the top of the mountain. What they were most worried about was the sudden snowfall. The current situation was already quite difficult. If there was another heavy snowfall, it would be very difficult for us.
For everyone, the situation is undoubtedly getting worse.
Everyone stretched out their hands and looked up at the sky. Sure enough, snowflakes fell from the sky quietly.
One of the grass guards looked solemn and said: "There's going to be a big snowstorm!" There was already a look of despair in his eyes.
Sure enough, after a while, the snow fell heavier and heavier, and the cold wind howled, and the cold air on the top of the mountain pierced the bone marrow.
With a serious look on his face, Lu Xiaolou carefully walked to the edge of the cliff and found that there were already shadows of people around the top of the mountain.
Qin Xiao and Tage used a long rope made from their belts to get off the cliff. After the masked cavalry were alerted, more than thirty cavalrymen chased Qin Xiao. There were still nearly a hundred people left at the bottom of the mountain. The masked men were afraid of the top of the mountain.
Others will go down and send out all their men. They will not let the cavalry stay at the foot of the mountain to rest. Instead, they will divide into four teams and guard all sides of the cliff. In this way, even if there is a long rope, under the watchful eyes of the masked cavalry,
, there is no chance of using a long rope to sneak down. Even if you step forward and see a figure appearing on the edge of the cliff below, you will immediately shoot arrows to force the person back.
Lu Xiaolou cautiously approached the edge of the cliff, and there were indeed arrows coming from below. They did not want to shoot the people on the top of the mountain, but they just wanted to prevent the people on the mountain from getting close to the edge of the cliff.
Lu Xiaolou was forced back by the arrow. He raised his head and looked to the west, his face becoming more serious.
He didn't know where Qin Xiao was now, but when Qin Xiao and Tage rode away, everyone saw dozens of cavalry chasing after them like wolves and tigers. Although Lu Xiaolou also knew that the lion Cong was no ordinary person.
Although he was a fine horse, he still had doubts about whether he could really get rid of the group of pursuers.
Qin Xiao's martial arts were naturally excellent, but he faced more than thirty prairie cavalry who were skilled in bows and horses.
The snow is falling heavily and the cold wind is blowing. This not only puts the people on the mountain in a desperate situation, but also has a great impact on Qin Xiao. Lu Xiaolou really doesn’t know whether these people on the mountain will still be alive before Qin Xiao comes back.
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"My boss, my boss...!"
A panicked voice came over, Lu Xiaolou was startled again, and hurried over, only to see Ximen Hao already lying in the arms of a carriage driver, his face pale. Seeing Lu Xiaolou coming over, Ximen Hao gave a bitter smile, shook his head and said
: "I...I can't do it...!"
"He will be back soon!" Lu Xiaolou sighed in his heart knowing that Ximen Hao entered the grassland this time just to repay his kindness to Qin Xiao. Although this man was a businessman, he was a man who knew how to repay his kindness. But now he was going to die here.
, encouraged: "If you persist a little longer, he will definitely come back."
"I can only help him get here." Ximen Hao's lips were blue and his body was shivering because of the cold: "Tell him, I'm sorry...!"
"Listen!" Chi Luo Yun's voice came over: "There is the sound of horse hooves!"
Lu Xiaolou immediately pricked up his ears. Amidst the whistling wind, he vaguely heard the sound of horse hooves. He immediately said to Ximen Hao: "Ximen Dongjia, hold on a little longer, he's back!"
In fact, he himself was not sure who the sound of horse hooves came from. He rushed to the west cliff. It was about dawn and the wind and snow were too heavy. Looking down from a high place, he could vaguely see someone galloping towards this direction from the west.
As the sound of horse hooves approached, everyone on the mountain suddenly became excited.
In the wind and snow, Qin Xiao galloped on his horse and saw the barren mountains not far away. He didn't know whether the people on the mountains could hold on, but his plan had reached the most critical moment.
Not far behind, several masked cavalry were still struggling to urge their horses to gallop. The wolf cavalry had been chasing after them. Half of the cavalry had been killed by the wolf cavalry's bows and arrows halfway up the road. They were able to hold on until now.
It's already the end of the battle.
They knew that these wolf cavalry were like vicious wolves staring at their prey and would not let them go. Fortunately, they were divided into three groups at the beginning. At this moment, there were only a hundred or so wolf cavalry chasing them to this barren mountain.
Several masked cavalry knew in their hearts that the only chance to survive was to escape to the foot of the barren mountain and join the large group of people. The two sides had about the same number of troops, and at least they could still fight. Although this would bring serious consequences to their companions.
A fatal threat, but in order to save one's own life, this is the only choice.
Lion Cong ran back and forth for hundreds of miles. Although he did consume a lot of energy and his speed was slightly slower, he was in good condition and still had enough energy to continue running. The mounts of the several facade cavalry behind him were already making their final struggles.
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Lu Xiaolou and others on the mountain heard the sound of horse hooves, and of course the masked cavalry down the mountain also heard the sound.
The masked man only thought that the pursuers he sent had finally returned, but he did not expect that his men would actually provoke a group of brave wolf cavalry. He was a cautious person, so he asked more than 20 cavalry around him to mount their horses.
In order to cope with possible accidents, the dozens of cavalry sent to besiege the stone mountain did not send anyone to call them down.
He vaguely saw a horse passing by not far away. The masked man only glanced at it, his pupils shrank, but he could clearly see that there were two people on the horse, and the mount was the same horse that escaped in the middle of the night. He really didn't
I thought that I sent dozens of cavalry to chase these two people, and after a night, they were still safe and sound. I just couldn't figure out why they came back after they escaped.
However, he reacted quickly and did not waste any time. He just urged the horse and said sternly: "Shoot them to death!"
Dozens of horsemen and horses cut through the side, firing arrows incessantly.
Tage, however, also bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and returned the arrow to fight back. Qin Xiao did not stop, he passed by the foot of the mountain, in order to send a clear signal to the people on the mountain that his plan was successful and reinforcements had arrived, but he also knew that,
The wolf cavalry will come over soon, and the two teams of cavalry will definitely be fighting at that time. There is no need for him to get involved. He can let the two teams of horses and dogs bite the dogs, and still rush the horses to gallop past.
"Horse hoofbeats!" someone shouted loudly.
The masked man originally wanted to continue chasing Qin Xiao, but someone beside him shouted. At this time, he finally reacted and looked around. He only saw a few cavalry riding towards him. The horses looked exhausted.
After all, it was the men he sent to pursue, but he sent more than thirty cavalry, but only four came back at this moment.
For a moment, he didn't understand what was going on. He urged his horse to meet him and asked loudly: "Where are the others?"
"Pursuing troops...!" A cavalryman approaching was exhausted. He raised his arm, pointed to the back, and gasped: "Behind... there are chasing troops behind. They
.....They are coming, they are...Wolf Cavalry!"
It is well known on the grassland that Durhu Taiyang Khan has strong soldiers and horses, and powerful prairie cavalry. When fighting, he is like a pack of wolves, fierce and cold, and is called wolf cavalry by various tribes. Sun Khan seems to call the wolf cavalry this way.
He was very satisfied and clearly announced to everyone that Durhu's cavalry was the most noble wolf cavalry on the grassland.
The man in the mask obviously didn't expect that there would be a wolf cavalry chasing him. The eyes under the mask showed a look of horror, but he was also very suspicious, and he didn't understand how the wolf cavalry could come and kill him.
But there was no time to think too much at this moment, because amidst the thunderous sound of horse hooves, the masked man had already seen in the wind and snow, densely packed cavalry appearing in front, all waving sabers, really like wolves discovering their prey.
Like a swarm, they were rushing towards me fiercely.
Of course, the wolf cavalry also saw the masked man's cavalry. When they saw dozens of cavalry appearing in front of them, they were even more certain that the cavalry attacking the camp were naturally with this group of people, because these people's costumes were almost exactly the same. As the Great Sun
The only mission of Khan's wolf cavalry is to kill all opponents who are enemies of Sun Khan.
Under the centurion's gesture, hundreds of wolf cavalry quickly spread out to both sides, like a bag, to put these masked cavalry inside.