The Golden Age Chapter 956: Night attack

The barren mountain is just a very common stone mountain on the grassland, with a radius of less than ten miles, but it is one of the important coordinates on the grassland.

According to Ximenhao’s statement, after arriving at the barren mountain, he had to turn to the east, but more than a hundred miles away, he entered the Zhenyu grassland. When Qin Xiao and his party arrived in the barren mountain, it was already dusk and the weather was getting better It's cold.

The caravan was divided into two parts at the outgoing company. Sun Kun led the rest of the caravan to follow the wolf cavalry. Ten people from Qin Xiao drove two carriages to the real feather department.

It's called a barren mountain, but it's not desolate underneath it. On the contrary, there are more than a dozen tents and shepherds live in it.

"There is a grassland at the foot of the barren mountain. After the beginning of spring, this grassland is very beautiful." Ximenhao explained: "If I remember correctly, although this does not belong to the real feather grassland, the herdsmen who graze here before are affected by it. The Siler people sheltered by Mayabe."

Qin Xiao curiously said: "Since it's a pasture, why didn't you see the horses? There don't seem to be many cattle and sheep."

"This is the grass guard." Ximenhao smiled: "Their cattle, sheep and horses have been moved to suitable places, but if everyone leaves, the pasture may be occupied by other tribes. As long as people stay here. At the same time, other tribes know that this is a land with a master and will not live here. When winter passes, their tribes will drive their livestock back." He looked up at the sky and said, "We will stay here tonight. , Take a rest for one night, and leave tomorrow morning."

On the side of the grass guard's tent, an outsider was found coming, and a dozen shepherds came out of the tent immediately, watching this side with extreme alertness.

Ximenhao knew the rules, and took a large bag of salt from the car. Qin Xiao accepted the package very well. Ximenhao was startled, and then nodded with a smile. The two walked over, and before they got close, two herdsmen with swords came on board. When they came, they all pressed the handle of the knife and said in a deep voice: "Who are you?"

"Excuse me." Ximenhao crossed his arms to his chest and bowed slightly: "We are merchants from the Tang country. We came to the grassland to do business. We passed by here. It was too late. I want to stay here for one night. We will leave early tomorrow. "Qin Xiao winked, Qin Xiao understood, holding the package forward, and Xi Menhao smiled and said: "This is a bit of salt, please accept it!"

The two shepherds looked at each other, both frowning.

The salt on the grassland is very precious, and this parcel of salt on the grassland is enough to exchange for several sheep.

"This is our sincerity, please accept it." Ximenhao said again.

A shepherd finally took the package and said: "Don't get too close, do you have a tent? We can give you two tents to help you set up."

"No, we are ready." Ximenhao gave another salute, without saying much, motioning Qin Xiao to turn around and leave.

The two shepherds just returned, Qin Xiao glanced back and said in a low voice, "There is something wrong with their camp."

"What's wrong?" Ximenhao was startled.

"There is a smell of blood." Qin Xiao said: "There is a strong smell of blood. It should be someone who shed a lot of blood."

His five senses are extremely sensitive. Before the cultivation base enters the Zhongtian realm, his sense of smell is extremely sensitive. After breaking through and entering the fourth stage, his sense of smell is far from being comparable to that of ordinary people.

Ximenhao also glanced back and found that several shepherds in Wuzi were paying attention to this side cautiously. He turned around and whispered: "Looking at the conditions of their camp, it doesn't look like they have been fighting." He paused. Cai said: "General, let's not interfere with their own affairs. If you feel wrong, we can continue on our way and find another place to stay."

"Since there are herdsmen living here, it is naturally suitable for staying." Qin Xiao said: "Let's not go to trouble."

With the permission of the shepherd, several people set a distance and set up tents on the spot. Ten people set up three tents. As soon as the tents were set up here, two shepherds came over, each carrying a lamb that had been slaughtered. , Threw it on the ground and made a gesture, but Xi Menhao understood that he had just sent them salt. This was a courtesy exchange and sent two lambs in return.

Ximenhao thanked each other again and again. The two looked at each other. One of them hesitated, looked at the truck over there, and finally asked, "Do you...do you have any medicinal materials?"

"What medicinal material?"

"Wound medicine." The shepherd said: "Medicinal materials that can treat wounds can make people... alleviate pain."

Qin Xiao's heart was stunned, but he didn't change his face, but he knew that there was nothing wrong with only smelling the **** smell. In this camp, there must be a wounded person who bleeds too much.

Ximenhao hesitated and didn't say much. He went to the truck and came over after a while, holding a small package in his hand, and handing it over, "I have prepared medicinal materials. You can take this package with a hoe. After smashing and washing the wound, apply it to the wound and wrap it up. Although it can't get an immediate effect, it can quickly stop the bleeding and make the wound heal faster." He took a tiny porcelain bottle and handed it over: "The pills inside. It can alleviate the pain, but you can only take two capsules at a time. Don't overdose."

The two shepherds both showed joy, took the parcel and the small porcelain bottle, bowed and thanked them, and left quickly.

"It seems that some of them were seriously injured." Ximenhao watched the two shepherds leave, and then whispered to Qin Xiao: "It's just that there is no sign of fighting in the surrounding area. How can anyone be seriously injured?"

Lu Xiaolou quietly appeared behind Ximenhao. Before Qin Xiao could speak, he said calmly: "If the top perform the assassination at this moment, it will not leave any traces of fighting."

Qin Xiao had a funny heart, but knew that he did have a say in the assassination, and said: "These are just ordinary grass guards. Who is bored and sends top assassins to assassinate them?"

Lu Xiaolou didn't say much, and turned back to the tent.

Qin Xiao knows that there are indeed strange things on the side of the grass guards, but he didn't want to be nosy. Everyone ate the dry food they carried and arranged for the people on duty at night. Others also went to the account early to rest. It will definitely be in this cold winter season. After a day's journey, I was really exhausted.

He slept in a daze for a while, but was suddenly awakened by a miserable cry. He sat up and listened. It was the cry from the direction of the grass guards camp, but the cry was almost instantaneous. He disappeared, and he was surprised. The howling sound was clearly distraught. It is reasonable to say that under extreme pain, it is difficult to suppress the crying, but the sound stopped abruptly. It was really weird, and Qin Xiao could hear it. Understand, the cry is clearly made by a woman.

He pulled open the door of the tent, the cold wind outside, looked up to the grass guard, everything was as calm as ever, but Lu Xiaolou's voice came: "Did you hear?"

Lu Xiaolou is on duty at night. For him, the safety of other people is of little importance, as long as he protects the general, he always wears a thick cotton-padded jacket and stays outside Qin Xiao's account.

"Have you heard that too?" Qin Xiao asked back.

Lu Xiaolou looked over there and said, "It's weird there. Someone was injured before, and someone was crying just now. It looks like someone is dead." He glanced at Qin Xiao and said in a low voice. Would you like me to touch it later and see what happened?"

Qin

Xiao is actually very curious, but I don't want to cause trouble, shook his head and said: "It has nothing to do with us, don't worry about it."

He closed the tent door and went back to the tent to lie down. For a while, he couldn't sleep. For a while, he suddenly heard a voice from outside: "There is a situation!" It was Lu Xiaolou's voice, and Qin Xiao immediately touched it. He used his saber and rushed out of the tent, but saw that everyone else had also come out of the tent, and it was Ximenhao who also held a knife in his hand.

"Look over there!" When Lu Xiaolou saw Qin Xiao coming out, he raised his hand and pointed towards the barren mountain. The camp was less than ten miles away from the barren mountain. Qin Xiao had a good eye and followed the direction of Lu Xiaolou's fingers. My heart is tight, but I have vaguely seen that in the night, a team of men and horses emerged from the north. I can't tell how many people there are, but to say nothing, there are also 20 or 30 people, all cavalry, like ghosts. .

"What's the matter?" Ximenhao also approached.

Qin Xiao's expression became dignified, and said: "There are cavalry soldiers appearing, seeming to be coming for these grass guards."

"Their livestock have been moved. What's the use of attacking their camp at this time?" Ximenhao asked in amazement: "Moreover, these grass guards are protected by Mahabe. Whoever beats them cruelly, Maha The ministry won’t let go, this...it doesn’t make sense!"

"If I didn't guess wrong, there are things or people in the camp of the grass guards that these cavalry want." Qin Xiao said slowly: "There are wounded in the camp. If there is no accident, these cavalry were injured. In hand."

Lu Xiaolou frowned and said, "Are you saying these cavalry came here?"

"It's very possible." Qin Xiao said: "Someone is hiding in the camp of the grass guards. They are probably because they want to heal the wounded and cannot continue to escape. I observed it before and there seemed to be people in their camp. Healing horses."

While he was speaking, he kept looking at the cavalry in the dark, and saw the leader waving his arms, and then he saw a cavalry behind the man quietly moving to the flanks, Qin Xiao looked at the grass guard On the other side of the camp, the grass guards didn’t seem to realize the danger was approaching, and they were embarrassed, knowing that if there were no accidents, the cavalry would soon attack the grass guards. They didn’t take action immediately. Send a team of men and horses roundabout to the other side of the camp, and then attack from both sides at the same time.

If this were the case, the grass guard was attacked without being aware of the enemy, and the consequences would be disastrous.

"They are going to be unlucky." Lu Xiaolou obviously saw the cavalry's intentions, and whispered: "What shall we do?"

Qin Xiao has a solemn expression. He doesn't know which cavalry team is, let alone who they are chasing after, but a **** battle is inevitable, and there are only a dozen grass guards. There are not many people in the tent. He has observed the horses in the grass guards camp before, and they only add up to thirty or forty horses. If nothing else, the total grass guards camp adds up to forty. People around, facing the ghostly cavalry, they don't have much advantage in number. Once they are attacked, it is almost possible that the entire army will be wiped out.

"After they attacked the grass guards, it is impossible to guarantee that they will not attack us." Qin Xiao frowned: "Mr. Ximen said before that there are also horse bandits on the grassland. If these people are horse bandits, see us carrying Goods, will never show mercy."

Ximen Haowei was a little surprised, but didn't panic, nodded and said: "If it is really a horse bandit, we have too late to leave, the best choice is to join forces with the grass guards to repel the horse bandit."

"Xiaolou, you have a loud voice, inform the grass guards that there is an enemy attack!" Qin Xiao knew that he could no longer hesitate to delay, and made a decisive decision: "Everyone is ready to fight, Xiaolou is protecting Mr. Simon!"