Zhou Xiaonian sat on the mostly deserted city wall, looking at the smoke and dust rising in the distance.
He had a butcher's knife on his waist and was wearing a wolf-skin outfit, with a somewhat indifferent look on his face.
He turned over a wooden token in his hand. Some parts of the token had been polished very smooth by his fingers, as if they had been patinated.
"Damn barbarians, useless Song people...!" Zhou Xiaonian glanced under the city wall.
Under the abandoned city wall, a bunch of desolate people who were originally demolishing the city and transporting stones had already died under his sword.
The deserters seized the Song people's city, but they had to rebuild the city wall that they had broken before.
Building walls requires a lot of stones and bricks.
Naturally, he set his sights on the already deserted town.
Someone came to stay in the small town temporarily, but Zhou Xiaonian didn't care.
But if you want to demolish the city, you must first ask about the knife in his hand.
Looking into the distance to the northwest, across the Gobi Desert, you can see the rolling barren mountains spreading like black lines.
There is the Tianlang Mountain Range that once blocked the desolate people from going south.
The undulating mountains are tall and majestic, towering under the sky, reflecting each other with the Gobi and grasslands, making them look increasingly ancient and desolate.
However, since the pillars of heaven supported the sky and the vitality poured into the world, many things have changed.
The barbarians grew rapidly, crossed the natural chasm-like Tianlang Mountains, and began to move south in large numbers.
The barbarian uncle once said that he would take Zhou Xiaonian to find a wife among the barbarian tribes in the Tianlang Mountains.
There is a difference between barbarians and barbarians.
Barbarians are human beings, they just live in the Tianlang Mountains and live barbarically.
The barren people have been living in such a wild and ignorant land since ancient times.
Now the entire Tianlang Mountain has surrendered under the iron heel of the Huangren. The barbarian tribes have either been wiped out, or they have completely surrendered to the Huangren and become a death-defying army under the Huangren.
Although they were far away and just looking at each other, Zhou Xiaonian saw for the first time what war was.
At the same time, I suddenly felt that the power of an individual is insignificant under the power of the group.
The world is vast, and there seem to be many things worth seeing.
But...he still couldn't bear to leave.
Even though he had heard enough of the wind blowing in the Gobi Desert, and the voice that kept confusing him in the silent night.
Da da da!
There was a sound of horse hooves.
The young horse thief was riding a black horse with white hooves, heading towards the small town.
When they arrived at the gate of the small city, they saw the corpses of many deserted people lying at the gate, with a look of anxiety on their faces.
"The desolate man raised a demon eagle in captivity and soared under the nine heavens."
"Zhou Xiaonian, you have already caused a big trouble!"
"If you kill the Huangren soldiers, they won't let you go." The young horse thief took out a money bag and threw it towards Zhou Xiaonian.
"Get out of here!"
"Go to the Central Plains! Go to Chu State, go there to learn knowledge and learn real martial arts."
"Don't go back to this place so easily." said the young horse thief.
Zhou Xiaonian did not accept the money bag.
That didn't work for him.
If he needs money, he can come up with quite a bit.
In addition to the 'legacy' found in the small town, passing merchants who occasionally stayed overnight in the city and received his protection would also leave some goods and money behind.
"I won't leave!" Zhou Xiaonian shook his head stubbornly.
One person is a city!
Say no to leaving! Just won’t leave!
Even in my heart, I also have a yearning for the outside world.
But that's all.
The young horse thief looked at Zhou Xiaonian and said angrily: "Aren't you afraid of death? I don't want to lose you as a friend."
"We have to leave too! Follow the deserters, and after plundering the Song Kingdom, we will change our appearance and live in the Chu Kingdom."
"From now on we won't be horse bandits and will do some serious business. Maybe it would be a good idea to open an escort agency."
"Zhou Xiaonian! You are very skilled. You can come with us."
The young horse bandit held out little hope and sent out an invitation.
This is the real purpose of his trip.
"Then I wish you a safe journey!" Zhou Xiaonian said in a poor tone, as if he was starting to get impatient.
The young Ma Bandit spat angrily and spit out all the sand that had been poured into his mouth, but he still couldn't do anything to Zhou Xiaonian and could only say: "Then remember to hide yourself and don't meet with the large group of deserters. "
"The desert people are not of the same species as us. We kill to survive, but they... are cruel and greedy by nature, and have no fear or compromise."
Zhou Xiaonian asked: "What's the difference? I've seen that except for the fact that their skin color is much darker than ours and their teeth are a little protruding, they actually look roughly the same."
The young horse bandit said: "I don't know much. I listened to what the boss and Mr. Wu said, and I listened to it a little bit."
"Anyway...you have to be careful!"
After saying that, the young horse bandit patted the horse, turned around and rode away.
Just a few days later, Zhou Xiaonian saw a middle-aged horse bandit who fled back.
From the middle-aged horse bandit's mouth, Zhou Xiaonian heard the news of the young horse bandit's death.
He died trying to save two children!
The horse bandits originally followed the deserters into the Song Dynasty and plundered them.
But after entering the country, what I saw was devastation and bones everywhere.
The desert people were not only like locusts crossing the border, sweeping away all the food and property, but even the people were killed and eaten on the spot, or taken away for reserve rations.
What he saw and heard was not only horrifying, but also terrifying.
The young horse bandit took action angrily because he couldn't bear to see that the two children were about to be cooked by the barren people.
It's just that he was not strong enough and eventually died under the sword of Huang Ren.
The horse bandits who were traveling with him didn't even get his body back.
Maybe now... that young horse bandit has also entered the belly of some deserted people.
When Zhou Xiaonian heard the news, he felt sad and complicated at the same time.
He once thought he didn't care about anyone.
But now he remembered that the young horse bandit should be his friend... almost the only one.
He once again experienced the feeling he had when Uncle Scarface and the others left.
He stood on the city wall sharpening his knife, and then asked the city while sharpening the knife.
"If I leave! Will you resent me?"
"If I leave for a while, can you wait for me to come back?"
"Can I not leave?"
In the end, Zhou Xiaonian seemed to hear the city's answer to him.
"no!"
Then he shouldered the package.
With a knife, a bow and arrows, and a bag of money given to him by the young horse bandit.
He looked down upon all the gold, silver and jewels hidden in the city.
The young man is high-spirited, but the Five Mountains are light-hearted.
Defend the city with your spirit, and leave the city with your spirit.
that is it!
Far away on Martial Arts Mountain, Cao Zhe also saw Zhou Xiaonian's choice.
After Zhou Xiaonian left, he set off a huge wind and sand, covering the already deserted town and sinking deeply under the sand.
"Desolate man!"
"It's right to say the devil!"
"It is not a human race in the orthodox sense. It is similar to the Rakshasa Sea Race."
"Although there is no way to bring good or bad luck, you can only bring it on yourself. But barren people are barbaric and are not good breeds!"
Then an order was issued.
From today onwards, the disciples of Martial Arts Mountain...come down the mountain!
Hunt the wild man!
