Eight hundred and thirtieth IX encounter
September was coming in the blink of an eye, and Yan Liqiang came to Gulang Grassland and his family for nearly two months...
Today I wandered on the grassland for another day, but I still found nothing. At night, it was getting dark and everyone found a place and then fell down.
It seems to be a compensation for the bad luck these days. At the place where everyone settled, an abandoned and damaged ox cart was found. There were some hay on the ox cart and two damaged tents nearby. It seems that these things have been abandoned here for a long time.
Seeing the broken ox cart, Xu Meng directly used the big knife he carried and split the cart. Zuo Yuquan shot a wild sheep and washed it in the nearby stream. Late at night, the fire started and drove the whole sheep to the fire. The group gathered around the fire and roasted the lamb.
After entering the Gulang Grassland, everyone had basically no chance to cook fire or eat hot food. Every day, everyone just ate some jerky and fried rice with them. Everyone was a little happy to see that they could eat roast lamb tonight.
The fresh mutton was roasted on the fire, and after a while, you could smell the aroma of meat. Then everyone cut the mutton with a dagger and sprinkled with a little salt. Although the method was simple, it was already a rare delicacy for Yan Liqiang and the others.
The fire was reflected on everyone's faces, Zhao Bing was wiping his sword, Jia Lang was swallowing his saliva and looking at the roasted lamb, and the hair was too straightened and the lamb was roasting intently. Zuo Yuquan stared at the fire, thinking about it, and Xu Meng was concentrating on adding fire to the fire...
The hot oil began to flow down the roasted lamb and dripped onto the firewood pile, making a sizzling sound. The tongues on the fire also jumped like elf when the oil fell, which was particularly active.
Jia Lang couldn't help it, so he pulled out the dagger, cut a small piece of mutton from the back of the sheep, blew it twice, and then put it in his mouth, but it was so hot that it started to scream.
"Hahaha, wait a little longer, now it's just roasted outside, there's still blood inside, it's still raw..." Mao Taishun laughed and flipped the roasted lamb again, smashed it, "It will take another half an hour to make this lamb delicious, it's burnt on the outside and tender on the inside, oh, Brother Wang is back with the grass thorn fruit..."
Mao Taishun said, Yan Liqiang had already walked over from a distance, holding many small fruits the size of bayberry in his hand. The fruit was green all over and looked very cute. This is also one of the specialties on the Gulang Grassland. It can only be eaten in mid-to-late August every year. Yan Liqiang had never noticed this little thing growing in the grass before. It was only last month that he found out that after taking a bite, he fell in love with it. The grass thorn fruit was sour and sweet, and it felt a bit like the blueberries that Yan Liqiang had eaten in his previous life. It also had a bit of berries. It was very delicious. These days, as long as he rested, Yan Liqiang would go back to find some grass thorn fruit.
Except for Jia Lang, no one else ate such small things growing in the haystack. Yan Liqiang came back and divided Jia Lang a little, and then sat next to the fire, roasting the fire while eating the fruits he found!
Tonight, the sky is full of stars, and there is an endless grassland under your feet. It is the clear and refreshing autumn. On such a day, grilling lamb on the grassland and eating natural wild fruits full of anthocyanins. If there is no war and no war, this kid is really good!
Yan Liqiang ate and had such thoughts running through his mind. One of his little dreams in his previous life was that he would one day drive a RV and take his family to the Australian grassland for camping. I heard that the starry sky over Australia is very beautiful...
Zuo Yuquan glanced at Yan Liqiang who was eating, and then spoke, "Have you noticed that in the past half month, we have almost never encountered a small group of Shatu people and the Black Capricorn people..."
"Hehe, those Shatu people and Black Capricorn people have been scared out of their courage. At this time, how dare they come and give away their heads..." Xu Meng smiled, "There are fewer Shatu people we encountered the day before yesterday, but there are more than 300. We finally snatched four heads, which is not enough to divide..."
"Well, since the battle at Salt Lake, I also feel that the Black Capricorn and Shatu people are fewer and fewer people. The small tribes of Shatu people who are still migrating are gone, and they are robbed. Last month, I could meet several teams of Shatu cavalry who dared to go to Salt Lake to grab salt. In the past half month, I have not met any of them..." Mao Taishun also frowned, "I think we may not be able to fight like this in a small battle. The previous few times we returned to the pass, the rangers began to form a team, and at least there were about a hundred people. Teams like ours have become fewer and fewer, and they can't even chew on bones with flesh. I think if we go back this time, we will consider teaming with others..."
The battle of Salt Lake more than a month ago was a brilliant victory since the killing of Hu Ling, which shocked the Gulang Grassland and Qiyun County. In that battle, a team of more than 10,000 people from the Rangers and the militia organization wiped out more than 6,000 defenders of the Black Capricorns in the Salt Lake, but none of them were spared. All the Black Capricorns defenders cut off their heads, and the troops who rushed out of the Black Capricorn camp to support the Salt Lake were ambushed halfway, and more than 20,000 people fled back half of them.
In that battle, Yan Liqiang and his team followed the army and at the end of the team, six people cut off four heads. Although the harvest was not great, everyone was very excited. It was also since that battle that the situation on the Gulang Grassland suddenly became clearer, and the Black Capricorn and Shatu people were completely separated, and the people from the Seventh Division of Shatu suddenly lost the supply of real salt.
In the past month, as more and more rangers and militias have poured into the Gulang Grassland, the small-scale team of Shatu people and Heike people has almost disappeared. It is more difficult to find a few lonely Shatu people on the grassland than to find a giant panda on the grassland.
"Look at the current ranger on the Gulang Grassland, there are more wild wolves than we have encountered. Today we met more than ten waves of people in one day. I also think we may not be able to fight alone like this..." The taciturn Zhao Bing also stopped the movements in his hand and said something.
"The Black Capricorn and Shatu people are now in a group. The Black Capricorns are all shrinking in the camp, and the seven Shatu tribes are all shrinking in the Xingxing Lake area. We have few people. If we want to continue eating meat, I think we can only join the group with others!" Zuo Yuquan said, and then looked at Yan Liqiang's face, who was concentrating on eating wild fruits, "What do you think Brother Wang..."
As soon as Zuo Yuquan finished speaking, everyone's eyes suddenly focused on Yan Liqiang's face.
Yan Liqiang glanced at everyone, put down the fruit in his hand, and said calmly, "Well, I agree, everyone wants to form a group with others, and everyone doesn't have to ask my opinion. This time I will separate from everyone. I originally wanted to go back and talk to everyone again, but since I ask at this time, I will just tell you first..."
Everyone looked at Yan Liqiang in surprise.
"Is Brother Wang's head enough? Didn't Brother Wang say that he would stay in Gulang Grassland for three months last time, but now it's only two months..." Mao Taishun asked.
Yan Liqiang smiled apologetically, "It doesn't matter how many people have. In the next month, I will do some private matters, so I can't be with everyone!"
After hearing what Yan Liqiang said, the group of people around the fire looked at each other.
Xu Meng looked at Yan Liqiang, and a big hand slapped Yan Liqiang's shoulder heavily. He looked straight at Yan Liqiang and said in a muffled voice, "My old Xu is a rough man and can't speak. I only have one sentence. If Brother Wang still treats me Xu Meng as a brother and wants to chop people, I will accompany Brother Wang to a sea of swords and fires, and I will accompany Brother Wang to a walk..."
"It's me too!" Zhao Bing continued to speak.
"And I am!" Mao Taishun also looked at Yan Liqiang with a serious look on his face.
"It's me, uh..." Jia Lang also patted his chest and said, because he was too anxious to speak, and almost choked by the fruit in his mouth.
Zuo Yuquan also looked at Yan Liqiang seriously, "If Brother Wang has anything to do, just talk. Let us brothers accompany you to make a breakthrough!"
During the nearly two months when the group of people gathered together, Yan Liqiang rushed to the front, the bravest, and killed the most enemies, but never competed for merit, and was also covering everyone at any time. Although everyone didn't say anything, they all felt very clear in their hearts. Not only had they quietly regarded Yan Liqiang as the core figure in the team, but they also regarded Yan Liqiang as a friend and brother who could be entrusted to their lives.
"I remember the friendship between brothers, but this time my affairs are really not dangerous. It's just a little private matter, so there's no need to bother everyone!" Yan Liqiang said with a smile.
When everyone heard Yan Liqiang say it was a private matter, they didn't ask any questions.
The reason why Yan Liqiang left everyone this time was because after nearly two months of battle, Yan Liqiang felt that he was almost overwhelmed. Every time he fought, he was fighting with his strength. Once or twice. After a long time, the battle to deliberately suppress his strength was crazy. But in this state of "holding it down", Yan Liqiang clearly felt that his cultivation barrier was loose like the lid of a pressure cooker burning under the air holes was blocked, with signs of breakthrough. In the past half month, he has encountered fewer and fewer battles. Yan Liqiang estimated that the time was about the same. He wanted to go alone to do some more dangerous challenges, fights and break through the cultivation barrier.
With such a fight and battle, Jia Lang and Xu Meng and the others were going to follow him. It was too dangerous and would definitely die for a lifetime. Therefore, Yan Liqiang had the intention to leave everyone on his own initiative and did not want everyone to take the risk with him.
"Well, when I go back this time, I... I almost want to stop..." Jia Lang's words suddenly turned everyone's eyes to him.
"What, Jia Lang, are you not doing it anymore?" Mao Taishun asked.
"Yeah!" Jia Lang nodded and smiled shyly, "The grassland I have saved now has more than 200 acres, nearly 300 acres, and I have earned five or six thousand taels of money. It's almost the same. Ordinary people can't make that much money in their lifetime. If they follow others to act, although they can continue to make some money, I guess there are not many opportunities. One battle may not be possible. Just like when we fought the Salt Lake, the number of people in the battles will increase and the scale will become larger and larger. My body is small
The coincidence is not suitable for the battles in the future, and I don’t want to listen to other people’s blind commands, so I plan to go back to my hometown first, move my father’s ashes to Qiyun County, then settle down in Qiyun County, find a woman to get married, have a few children, and then raise some sheep when the grassland is settled, and make money from wool. It will take a few years of stable life for landlords to live in seclusion and practice hard, and strive to achieve a higher level of cultivation. When you have a child, let the child learn from elementary school and strive to be more promising in the future. I will have no regrets in my life..."
Everyone had nothing to say about Jia Lang's choice.
Xu Meng grabbed his head, "I think I'm a little greedy after hearing what Jia Lang said! I never thought I could cut so many heads this time, which should be enough. To be honest, it was the first time we were lucky. When we met that small tribe, someone rescued the siege from behind, and killed a shot, and cut off the head a little more. The head behind us was getting harder and harder..."
"I feel that Jia Lang's choice is also good. We have indeed made a lot of money this time..." Zhao Bing also spoke.
Zuo Yuquan squinted his eyes and looked at the burning fire, "You are all right. The heads of those Shatu and Black Capricorn people are indeed not easy to cut, but we still have a last chance in front of us. If we give up like this, I think it would be a pity..."
"What opportunity?" Xu Meng asked curiously.
"How long do you think Shatu Qibu and the Heike people can still support the Gulang grassland?"
"This... I don't think the horror will last long... Not to mention anything else... If you don't even need Qi Yun to supervise the mansion to send troops again, the heads of the Capricorn and Shatu people will be chopped off. Last time we returned to the gate, did you hear that the head of the Capricorn prince was picked by the masters of the four major sects? Although I heard later that the one who was picked was only the substitute of the Capricorn prince, the head of the Capricorn coach was unstable in their camp, so it would be a matter of time before breaking the camp..." Mao Taishun said sternly.
"Brother Mao is right. The opportunity I mentioned is to wait for the Heike people and Shatu people to break through the camp. According to my guess, according to the current situation on the Gulang Grassland, Qi Yun Supervisor's Mansion will probably not take long to officially send troops to the Gulang Grassland. By that time, we only need to follow the large army and fight some stable battles. There is no danger. When breaking the camp, we can take the opportunity to catch a hand, easily cut a few heads and stop. This head can be traded in the pasture, and it will only take a few more years. If we really want to pass this village, there will be no store..."
Zuo Yuquan's words were shaken just now, and the person who was about to stop pondered.
At this moment, Yan Liqiang's ears moved, and he suddenly turned his head and looked into the distance, "Someone is coming..."
Zuo Yuquan and his men turned their heads, and within a few seconds, they saw some people and horses appearing on the grassland in the distance. It seemed that they were about twenty or thirty riders. When those people saw the firelight here, they rushed towards this side.
As they got closer, they saw that those people were not Shatu people or Capricorn people, and seemed to be a group of rangers. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but they didn't dare to be careless, and they all held the weapons in their hands...
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