Yang Dingrui's family members are living a decent life.
On the way back, Liu Chengzong learned that the woman in the carriage was Yang Dingrui's aunt, and that two of the three children were not his children.
There was a boy who was picked up from the door by a servant who heard crying early in the morning; the girl was picked up the next day.
On the third day, there were still cries outside the door, but the family didn't dare to pick it up, so they didn't open the door.
By noon, the crying stopped.
As for the servants, there were two in their family, an old woman and her niece. Yang Dingrui's mother-in-law was not bad. When Yang Dingrui came to pick him up, he left all the remaining food to the two women to look after the house in Ansai City.
It’s just that women and babies are in a bad mental state.
Since the chaos outside the city, Yang Dingrui's wife has not been out. The old servant at home has not told her what is going on outside. She only mentioned Gao Yingxiang's arrival and departure intermittently. She has no idea about the tragic situation outside the city.
It wasn't until she saw the government servant holding the token that she followed her out. She saw the shacks of hungry people stretched to the ground inside the sheep and horse wall outside the city. She came over and kept repeating to Yang Dingrui: "They are going to eat me."
The little kid was also frightened. He was Yang Dingrui's son. Only the youngest of the three was old enough to remember. He cried endlessly on the road and howled like a wolf, which made people upset.
After leaving the big city, the road became more and more desolate. It was normal to not see any smoke for ten miles by meal time. I was afraid that the little baby's cry would attract the strongman, but I couldn't stop it.
As soon as the little baby cried, Liu Chengzong rode three or five miles farther away to explore the situation.
However, they didn't meet any thieves. On the way back, they met three hungry wild wolves at the mountain pass. They followed them wanderingly. Liu Chengzong and Gao Xian didn't notice. They didn't know until they got closer that it was already too late.
A wolf jumped out, bit Guo Zashi's calf, and ran away.
Wolves generally don't dare to attack people from the front. After all, standing people are very big. They hunt to eat, and eat to stay alive.
This principle is the same for humans and animals.
There is no need to risk your life for hunting. Usually the wolf will bite the neck or calf of a lone person from behind. It is best to kill with one blow. If not, just bite the calf and slowly follow the person until the person becomes weak or dies from blood loss.
However, the wolf who took action was not very lucky, and his escape route happened to pass by Liu Chengzong.
This time he was not accompanied by the thin dog Xiao Zuanfeng who wanted to fight the wild wolf. It was difficult for Liu Chengzong to reach the wolf even when he drew his knife on horseback, so he set his bow and arrow, but it was over before the arrow could be shot.
Hongqi, who had been cut and blown by his master, raised his hind legs and jumped to hit the wolf's head with a hoof from a negative distance, almost knocking Liu Chengzong off. The horseshoe did a great job.
The remaining two wolves rushed down the mountain. The injured Guo Zashi leaned against the car and pulled out his tools, holding an iron hook in one hand and a short knife in the other. His baby was so frightened that he didn't even know how to cry.
Yang Dingrui's mother-in-law, who was holding the child in her arms, reacted quickly and screamed uncontrollably. Yang Dingrui reacted a little slower, took out his sword and prepared to defend himself, and shouted asking about Guo Zashi's injuries and asking him to get in the car.
Fortunately, there were two border soldiers, Liu Chengzong and Gao Xian. Not only were they not afraid, they looked at each other with their eyes gleaming, and for a moment they couldn't tell who was a human and who was a wolf.
The weather is still cold in early spring, and their mandarin duck jackets have been worn for two years. The materials are not reliable to begin with, and they do not keep warm after being worn for a long time.
What bad intentions could the border troops have?
Who doesn’t want to add a layer of fur to their jacket?
After all, fully armed humans are the only apex predators in the world.
When the forged arrow was projected through the 70-pound bow, the extremely thick fur became useless. In an instant, he stopped charging and returned to his original shape, howling and fleeing towards the top of the mountain.
When Liu Chengzong saw his prey hit by an arrow, he clapped his horse and drove it towards Guangshan Bald Ridge, and immediately shot the second arrow.
Gao Xian was more decisive and missed with one arrow. The wolf he was aiming at ran away in panic towards the mountain road and was not discouraged. He also chased after him and kept shooting sharp arrows.
It’s not that the high-reflection technique is bad.
Unlike horses, wolves run fast, are very nimble and like to turn. It is difficult to shoot with a bow and arrow. Liu Chengzong's accuracy depends entirely on the feel of the hand. To put it bluntly, he is blind.
It's not surprising that anyone can't shoot accurately. The most reliable way is to use a bone close to the body.
Anyway, they are on horseback. As long as they chase them, the wolf will always get tired. If they are tired, they can shoot more accurately if they run slower.
However, the two frontier soldiers were having too much fun chasing each other, leaving Yang Dingrui here, one head and two big men.
Looking around, he didn't see any other beasts. He spent a lot of effort to help Guo Zashi sit on the shaft of the car. Yang Dingrui checked the wound. He happened to have Jinchuang medicine on hand to prevent fighting on the road, so he couldn't help but apply it and bandage it.
The bandaging was still going on, and the sound of horse hooves could be heard from the mountains in the distance. When the people on the carriage turned their heads, they saw Liu Chengzong with a long smile, holding a big gray hair ball with four legs in one hand, riding on the back of the overwhelmed red flag. Whistle, pull the reins and carry the rolling earth dragon galloping down the hillside.
On the other side of the mountain pass, Gao Xian looked a little more tired. He walked back on two legs, leading a war horse and carrying a wolf on its back. He took each step step by step, leaving a trail of blood on the ground. Suddenly, he felt like he was walking back. People thought he was injured.
"You haven't picked up the wolf carcasses on the ground for a long time, and there's this little thing weighing about forty pounds."
Liu Chengzong did not dismount. He first placed the trophies on the carriage, then with his left foot in the stirrup and his right foot off the pedal, he scooped it up on the ground, just like he used to pick up fallen arrows on the training battlefield at Yuhe Fort. The wolf was kicked to death and he picked it up and threw it heavily on the carriage.
This move is called taking arrows immediately, and it is the most difficult move for cavalry to replenish arrows in combat.
In addition, there are two types, namely the bow tip to retrieve arrows and the bow string to retrieve arrows. The bow tip is used to retrieve arrows that fall on the ground, and the bow string can twist arrows stuck on the ground. This is a skill that cavalry must master.
The horseback warriors revered in the ancient East have always been all-round cavalry. At least in the training exercises of the Ming Dynasty's frontier army, the cavalry was not only able to charge with a spear holding a five-foot-long spear, but was also required to use bows and arrows to deal with the enemy on the undulating horseback. In the end, you have to take out the bone, saber, whip, and ax from the horse's butt to open a cover for the opponent's Tianling.
I wish I could do everything from riding and shooting, charging, dueling, and melee.
When Liu Chengzong came back, Yang Dingrui had bandaged the wound on Guo Zashi's leg that was bitten by a wolf.
The resigned Confucian scholar with medical skills smiled in relief and said: "I'm lucky. The thick clothes didn't hurt my muscles and bones. I only got a skin wound from the bite. I gave him some medicine."
"Just go back and rest for a while. Your groom can save his leg."
Seeing Liu Chengzong coming, Guo Zashi struggled to get off the carriage, but Liu Chengzong stopped him and said: "No need to get down, just sit on top and let your baby sit on my horse. The two horses are hungry and can't carry the load." Move so many people.”
He got off the horse, took off the six-petal iron helmet, and looked at Guo Zashi's bright red calf wrapped in white cloth and Gao Xian, who came not far away to lead the horse, and scratched his head worriedly.
A new helper gets a work-related injury on the first day he comes to work... This is not a good sign.
