C18 (2/2)
But who would have known that the plan would change so much? When the rations team safely arrived at Pang Lai County, Hu Erniu discovered that it was difficult to make even a single move, with several tens of large and small grain transportation teams from seven to eight different provinces squeezing this small county completely full of food. This time, the city was not short on food, it was just that not a single grain was sent to the Phoenix City Pass, and every day, over ten thousand people sighed at the Demonic Beast outside the city.
The transportation of food in the army consumed a lot of energy, so delivering a single grain of rice consumed at least two. On the way, Hu Erniu and the others specifically carried dry rations on their back to save food. However, none of them could move. Since they had nothing to eat, they could only order food from the military. If this went on, the result of this group of people would be to finish all the military rations that they had worked so hard to transport, and then return to their respective homes.
Most of the people's militia had tacitly acknowledged this outcome. Battling was not their speciality, and not attacking the city was already the greatest gift, so now they could only wait for the Empire's reinforcements. But when would the reinforcements arrive? No one knew.
Some were willing to wait, while some others were unwilling to wait. For example, for Hu Erniu.
In essence, Hu Erniu was a very hot-blooded youth who was not very young. With the addition of the Lady Xiu’er beside him, it made Hu Erniu's hero feel even more passionate. He got a map of the army and studied it repeatedly for two days. Finally, he found a winding path that could avoid the Demonic Beast army and allow them to pass through Phoenix City Pass.
While holding the map, Hu Erniu suddenly stopped. If he did not tell anyone the reason why he led the team on their first trip here, how great of a contribution would he have made? He himself brought the food and appeared outside the rumbling Phoenix City Pass. The commanders and guards all looked at him with hot tears in their eyes, walked over and hugged him, and shook his hand. The officials and soldiers all gulped down the rice and flour they gave to him, and praised the heroic Hero Hu Erniu. After that, he decisively pulled out his blade and walked up the city wall to fight against the little bastard Devil Kingdom together with everyone. In the end, when the Imperial Army arrived, the little bastard who was beaten up fled with his arms wrapped around his head, while he himself followed the commander of the Phoenix City Pass up the hall side by side, accepting the bestowal of the emperor.
Just thinking about it made him show his face, so why give the credit to someone else?!
As Hu Erniu thought of this, he resolutely turned around and returned to the small broken warehouse that his team was in. He recounted the entire matter from the beginning to the end, asking everyone about his intentions. Those who could be sent to transport rations were mostly old and experienced, they just did not dare to go against the rules of the Imperial Military Discipline, who would have thought that they would risk their lives to do such a thing? However, Hu Erniu had already thought of a countermeasure, and told them everything that came to mind. He even patted his chest and promised that as long as he became the commander, everyone present would at least be a White Feather Battalion Commander and a Viscount Baron, and not a descendant.
Under the influence of a meal of wine and meat, early in the morning, Hu Erniu's ”Lord Commander” led a team of future ”Viscount”, ”Baron”, and ”Pipeline” who were supposed to transport rations out of the County. They first headed west and then north, deliberately making a big circle, avoiding the Demonic Beast army, and also avoiding the Patrol of the Pang Lai County. Then, they headed straight into the mountain road, flying straight for Phoenix City Pass.
However, Hu Erniu had forgotten one thing. These days, even Demonic Beast could form arrays, how could they forget about this road that was marked out a few hundred years ago? Thus, in the afternoon of that day, Hu Erniu's ”Lord Commander” and the small logistics team under his command were blocked by a dozen or so Demonic Beast on the small path.
They couldn't beat him. This team didn't have more than ten blades in total, so they didn't have a chance to run. They all had four legs and specialized in running. Hu Erniu firmly believed in his words, ”A person who has never been bitten by a dog will never know that a dog runs faster than a person”. However, the person in front of him was not a dog, but a wolf and tiger, together with a grizzly bear that was at least two or three times the height of a human. Looking at their figures that were getting closer and closer together with their eyes that glowed with a green light, Hu Erniu started to calculate whether he should be more satisfied with using a blade to wipe his own neck.
Just then, Lady Xiu’er wearing a red dress stood out. She ignored the cries of the people behind her and slowly walked to the front of a giant wolf. Lifting her jade-like hand, she pointed at a direction in the distance and gently said a single word, ”Scram.”
The giant wolf seemed to have understood this word, and was stunned for a moment, then it gritted its teeth. Its upper body slightly bent forward, and with a powerful kick on its hind legs, its giant body pounced towards Lady Xiu’er like lightning.
A man and a wolf were not more than three meters apart, the distance between them was not even as long as the body of a giant wolf. Hu Erniu fiercely closed his eyes, and thought to himself: ”It's over, Cousin, we'll meet again in the next life!”
When Hu Erniu opened his eyes, he saw that the giant wolf was already lying on the ground. One of Lady Xiu’er's jade feet was stepping on its head, and just this single jade foot was unable to move the giant wolf, causing it to scream miserably on the ground.
Lady Xiu’er bent down and grabbed the tail of the wolf with one hand. She waved her hand and picked up the wolf that was a few times bigger than her.
At this time, not only Hu Erniu and the food delivery team, even the Demonic Beast were stunned. That huge wolf was more than three meters long, and one of its claws was already as big as Lady Xiu’er's head. It was probably not even worth five hundred kilograms, yet it was able to easily step on it and swing it again and again? The key was that during the entire process, the Lady Xiu’er did not even sway, he was clearly holding back. Is this even something a human can do? Or perhaps, was Lady Xiu’er still human?
Lady Xiu’er didn't care at all. It seemed like she had done something extremely insignificant. She raised her finger again and pointed at the giant bear in front of her that was two to three times her height. She shouted, ”Scram!”
The same word 'scram' was completely different from the word he had spoken earlier. If the previous feeling he had had was that of a girl who did not know her place, then now, it was like a thunderclap!
The giant bear's body began to sway, and after a long time, it slowly moved to the side to open up a path. Its body was lying on the ground, and its two huge front paws were tightly holding its head; it didn't even dare to look at the delicate woman in red with its eyes. Following the giant bear's movements, the other Demonic Beast moved to the side and laid their bodies on the ground, forcibly opening up a path for them.
Lady Xiu’er turned around and nodded at Hu Erniu: ”Cousin brother, we can go now.”
This ”cousin” caused Hu Erniu to shiver, and he didn't dare say much more. He immediately called for the food convoy behind him: ”Let's go, let's go, let's go quickly!”
In the middle of the road was a few dozen unarmed people's militia food convoys. On both sides of the road, there were more than ten gigantic Demonic Beast s that were lying on the ground without even daring to lift their heads, and the one that was left at the back of the group, was the red-clothed female who looked to be the weakest when she was in the wind.
On the way to Phoenix City Pass, Hu Erniu suddenly understood why Lady Xiu’er did not attack the Brawler that day. It was not because she was afraid of the Brawler, but because she was afraid of killing them with a single punch!
Hu Erniu carefully turned to the side and used the corner of his eyes to glance at the red-clothed female who was last. A new question emerged from the bottom of his heart: This Lady Xiu’er, just what kind of background does he have?