Yuanbeicheng is the core town north of Yuanhe in the central part of Anyang County. It is also the most important city on the Yuanhe line besides Shuanglong City.
It is home to most of the people who migrated north and south of the Yuan River, and is also home to the military garrison of Yan Siyu, the governor of the southern patrol. It is currently the most watched city in the entire Anyang County.
The weather was fine in the afternoon, and strong winds were blowing from north to south, bringing a cool autumn feeling.
A long grain transport convoy was driving on the official road under the sun. There were horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts in the convoy. The drivers each carried long knives at their waists and bows and arrows on their backs. They were fully armed and cautious, heading eastward in a dusty environment.
This is a mixed convoy going from Anseong to Wonbeicheng. The goods in the convoy do not come from a single chamber of commerce, but are shared by goods from multiple chambers of commerce. Nowadays, the hinterland of Anyang is no longer very peaceful. Not only are there possible threats from monsters and beasts, but refugees migrating north may also turn into bandits at any time. In this case, it is dangerous for any chamber of commerce to do business alone. Only by joining together can we Only by jointly investing in a professional escort team can the safety of goods and personnel be ensured to a certain extent.
The man sitting in the first carriage of the motorcade is the leader of the escort in this motorcade. He is a very old man with a full beard, dark skin, and muscular muscles. He looks like he always works hard to earn a living. Lord, on the second carriage behind him were two handsome young men. One was tall and thin, and always covered his head and face with a scarf. The other was even more attractive, with thin skin. Tender flesh, extraordinary handsomeness, especially a pair of smart eyes that can make even the younger boys in the team blush.
The atmosphere in the convoy at this time was very relaxed, because it was very close to Yuanbei City, and even when it reached a slightly higher ground, it was possible to see the city from a distance, as well as the stretches of temporary buildings outside the city. Sea of tents.
But just when everyone in the convoy felt that a risky journey was coming to an end and they could go to Yuanbei City for a drink with a high commission, the black-faced man at the head suddenly shouted, "Stop, everyone stop!" "
He pulled the reins to stop his carriage, and then quickly stood on the carriage frame. He even stepped on the goods on the carriage frame to stand higher, and set up a pergola with his hands to look into the distance! The people in the convoy immediately became alert. They all followed suit and stood on the carriages to look into the distance. However, they only saw a vast gray wilderness and could not see anything.
"What's wrong, Lao Niu, what's wrong with you? This place is already outside Yuanbei City?!" A rough voice came from behind the convoy.
The black-faced man called Lao Niu didn't say anything. He still stared in a certain direction. Then at a certain moment, he suddenly jumped out of the carriage and shouted loudly, "Wolves, it's a wolf pack! Hurry, hurry up!" The carriages come to me, they all come to me, form a circle, form a circle!!”
"Wolves?! Outside Yuanbei City in broad daylight, where did that come from...?!"
"Ah, it's a pack of wolves, surround us quickly!"
As more and more coachmen and guards discovered traces of the wolves and started shouting, the entire convoy began to become chaotic, and most of the coachmen Instinctively obeying the black-faced man's order, he whipped the animals crazily and moved closer to him. Soon a huge formation of vehicles gathered. The driver's drove the carriages and tried their best to get into the middle of the formation, until finally There was really no other way, so he just gritted his teeth, threw the frame there, and went to the core of the formation with his sword and bow!
But the coachmen at the rear of the convoy who were farther away from the front of the convoy were hesitant. Instead of driving the carriages of their own caravans to serve as a wall for others on the periphery of the front car formation, they would rather encircle it themselves, so they only experienced the initial After hesitation, a smaller car formation was quickly formed at the rear. For a time, two groups of people, one large and one small, were separated by twenty or thirty feet, with the frame of the car as a wall. The car drivers and guards were among them, with their bows and arrows ready, and there were also some Gain some psychological security.
As time passed by, the entire official road was silent. Only the whirring of the strong wind blew through the ears, and the creaking sound of the increasingly restless cattle and horses pulling the carriages, making people's heartbeats faster and faster.
After an unknown amount of time, the wolves that made everyone hold their breath slowly appeared, and with their appearance, everyone's heart tightened, because just one glance at the moving wolves , there are nearly a hundred. This is almost impossible to happen anywhere, because even areas with abundant food cannot support such a number of wolves at the same time, but right now, in Anyang County In the core hinterland, all this has become a reality.
This reality only makes people shiver with coldness.
The wolves did not rush to attack, but slowly narrowed the encirclement. They approached cautiously, and even tested the range of the bows and arrows in the human vehicle array over and over again.
It wasn't until in the smaller car formation at the back of the official road that someone finally couldn't help but shoot an arrow, and the wolves seemed to suddenly start their hunting. All the wolves in all directions began to move in tacit agreement, approaching the place little by little. The car formation completely ignored the larger car formation at the front of the official road.
"Old Niu, what should I do?!" A guard understood the movements of the wolves and approached the black-faced man and asked softly.
The man with a black face did not look at the situation of the traffic behind him, but carefully climbed onto the carriage frame and looked nervously towards the wilderness in all directions, not knowing what he was looking for. ,"wait."
"We can't wait any longer, Lao Ba and the others are trapped behind, and the wolves are surrounding them!" the guard next to the other coachman lowered his voice and said urgently.
The black-faced man turned around and glared at him angrily, "Why don't you wait and rush over to rescue this person?!"
The man who had spoken before immediately stopped talking, and the surroundings suddenly fell into dead silence.
The wolves circled the car formation behind and tried to test it, keeping a distance and being very patient. However, the people in the car formation behind could not help but start shooting arrows first. However, they did not know whether it was because of nervousness or their ordinary archery skills. Not even ten arrows could hit a wolf, and soon the mentality of the people in the car array was on the verge of collapse, and screams for help could be heard everywhere.
At this time, a wolf howl sounded from nowhere in the wilderness. The sound was extremely penetrating and vibrated throughout the wilderness, making it difficult to identify the direction. Hearing the howl, the entire wolf pack seemed to have gained clarity. Just like the order, he immediately rushed towards the car formation at the rear from all directions!
At such a distance, the skilled archers in the rear car formation only had time to shoot two rounds of arrows before they had to pull out their long knives and fight the wolves in close combat!
The wolves jumped onto the frame like crazy and pounced on the people in the core area of the frame. Soon there were desperate howls from humans, begging for help and even cursing.
For a while!
