activa-t Chapter 278 Encounter
Chapter 278 Encounter
Zhang Hou came over and said, "Hehe, after hundreds of thousands of people died in the battle, their bodies rotted and the corpse water flowed down the mountain like a waterfall, and finally merged into a river, which is the Shishui River not far ahead." The crowd was not too far from the Shishui River.
Zhou Weide glared at him and said, "Nonsense, how can it be so exaggerated? Hundreds of thousands of people died in the battle. I'm afraid that all the armies of the four countries combined at that time didn't have that many people. How dare you say that!"
Zhang Hou said: "Even if there are not hundreds of thousands of people, there must be hundreds of thousands. Otherwise, how could there be a river of corpses?"
Chu Xiaomu smiled and said, "It should be just an exaggeration of later generations. If more than 100,000 people really died, what would happen?"
Lin Zhen said, "Hou Pier likes to brag about everything he says, don't listen to him. Jinyang City and Xihai City are the richest of the seven cities of Cangmu. Now they only have 20,000 to 30,000 troops each. Two hundred years ago, it was probably even less. At that time, there was no Bi City. If the six major cities had lost tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people in the battle at Lange Mountain, there would be no need to fight the subsequent battles."
Wu Sheng heard this again and immediately retorted: "You only said 'estimated'. What if there were many more people two hundred years ago than there are now? It is possible that hundreds of thousands of people died."
Although most of Wu Sheng's words were just self-deprecating, this one did make some sense and was hard to refute.
Lingweidou asked Lin Zhen, "Our cities in Baixue Country are so far away from Bicheng, how come we suddenly appear here to fight with Cangmu and Chisha? Are you mistaken?"
Everyone had the same question and waited for Lin Zhen's answer. But Lin Zhen suddenly frowned, looked to the distance in the north, and asked, "What is that?"
They all looked in the direction he was looking at, and saw a string of black dots moving slowly on the Shishui River in the distance, looking like a group of people wading across the river. After a rough count, there were actually more than 20 or 30 of them.
Zhang Hou said: "I guess they are some kind herdsmen. I have to say hello to them when I meet them later."
Su Mishun quickly stopped him and said, "When herders go out on the grassland, they always ride horses and usually don't walk."
Wu Sheng said, "That's not necessarily true. What if they are not in the mood to ride horses today and just want to walk?" Zhang Hou quickly agreed.
Everyone was busy scolding them, saying they were flies and shit, they really stink alike. Wangang said, "If they are not herdsmen, then who could they be? There can't be any Claw Tribe people in this place, right?"
Everyone was captured by the Claw Tribe once and was terrified. When they heard the word "Claw Tribe" again, no one dared to say anything. Even Wu Sheng, who liked to interrupt and argue, shut up. They all looked at Chu Xiaomu and listened to his instructions.
Chu Xiaomu looked for a while, but couldn't see clearly at all, so he said: "No matter who it is, let's hide first."
Everyone looked around and saw rocks all around them. There were some weeds growing in some places but they were only four or five inches high. Even the Lange Mountain on the west side was a steep rocky slope. There was no place to hide.
Chu Xiaomu said anxiously: "Get off the horse first, don't let the other side find us."
Adult military horses and wild horses are very tall, almost the same height as the ten members of the horse herding team. After getting off their horses, they stood among the horses and immediately disappeared into the herd. Even if the enemy had good eyesight, it would be difficult to spot them for a while.
Led by the leader, the horses slowly moved towards the group of people. Apparently, the people had also spotted the horses and stood still in the river, seemingly hesitating and watching.
The group of people stood in the river for a while, and then walked towards the herd of horses again without avoiding them.
As the two sides got closer, they could almost distinguish each other's figures, which were very similar to those of the Claw Tribe, which surprised everyone. Chu Xiaomu gathered the eight people around him and whispered, "It looks like they are some Claw Tribe members. Everyone, find a way to deal with them."
Zhou Weide made a chopping gesture with his palm and said, "Crush them into pulp."
Zhang Hou said: "You chopped it with your palms and cut it with a knife, not stepped on it, so it won't turn it into meat paste."
Zhou Weide glared at him fiercely and said, "Do you believe that I can crush you into a pulp?!" At this critical moment, it was fortunate that these two people were still in the mood to bicker.
Chu Xiaomu said: "The horses can't run at all in this place. Besides, there are too many of them. If they encounter a fierce one, the horses might get scared and run away." Su Mishun was also worried about this and immediately agreed.
Zhou Weide said: "If the horse can run, then there is nothing to be afraid of. Even if it gets scared and runs away, we can just run with it. This is called killing two birds with one stone..."
Wu Sheng said, "What if the horse gets scared but doesn't run away? Besides, this is not called 'killing two birds with one stone'. These four words don't make sense here."
Zhou Weide said: "If you have the ability, come up with a better plan. Why are you wasting your time talking?!"
Wu Sheng said, "We both have the same brains, so what good plans can we come up with? Thinking of plans is a fool's errand." Zhou Weide couldn't tell whether he was praising himself or insulting himself, so he stopped talking.
Seeing the Claw tribe getting closer and closer, everyone urged Chu Xiaomu to make a decision quickly. Chu Xiaomu's first idea was to use the horses to attack the Claw tribe, but when he thought about the night before yesterday when he used the horses to deal with six bird scouts, although the six people and six birds were killed and crushed without any suspense, several military horses and wild horses were also killed by the enemy, and more than ten horses were injured, and it was unknown whether they would recover on their own. It can be said that the cost is huge. But there are more than 20 or 30 Claw tribe members not far away. If they attack with horses, there will be more casualties; if they encounter a master of the weapon cultivation technique, it is not certain whether they can win. In addition, the horses can't run on the uneven rocky ground, so Chu Xiaomu had to give up this idea.
Chu Xiaomu thought for a while and said, "Everyone hide in the herd of horses and don't make any noise. If the other party doesn't find you, it's fine. If you are found, you can react accordingly." This is also the safest way. Wangang, Su Mishun and others immediately agreed. Since the battle with the wolf pack at Cuilai Lake, the defeat of Xiangli at the foot of the beast mountain, and the defeat of the bird cavalry scouts a few days ago, Chu Xiaomu's strategies have mostly worked and won, and everyone has trusted him very much. Although he used a cowardly evasive method at this time, without any heroic spirit, Zhou Weide and others were brave enough to think of a better strategy, so they did not object. Wu Sheng wanted to say a few words of criticism, but he held back when the words came to his lips.
Everyone lowered their heads and quietly mixed in with the horses, slowly walking towards the Shishui River. If you don't look carefully, no one can tell that there are nine Green City soldiers among these thousands of horses.