Chapter 199 The Beast Under the Night (2)
In this wave, Zhou Chongshan can be said to have drawn a lot of hatred.
It’s just such a hungry and violent beast, its hatred is not so easy to win over!
Faced with the saber-toothed tiger that was charging towards him, Zhou Chongshan basically had no room to bend his bow and arrows. He immediately abandoned the bow and arrows, lightened the weight on his body, and evaded.
However, because the ground in this snowy world was really slippery, Zhou Chongshan's entire movement looked extremely awkward.
Li Ce knew something was wrong at the first glance. He immediately grabbed the crescent halberd and struck the saber-toothed tiger with a sweep, forcing it to make evasive movements and rescue Zhou Chongshan who was under attack.
Faced with targets like saber-toothed tigers, the crescent halberd with a longer attack range is undoubtedly a more suitable choice compared to the sword.
During this period, while Zhou Xu mobilized the skeleton soldiers to find opportunities to continue the siege, he also loudly issued orders...
"Fire! This beast should be afraid of fire, and it will wrap the torch around the weapon. Attack on top!”
Beasts are afraid of fire, which can be regarded as an instinct deep in their genes.
It was late at night, and many villagers and soldiers held torches in their hands for lighting.
Now that they received Zhou Xu’s order, they quickly took action.
In the blink of an eye, crescent halberds wrapped with torches were quickly waved. While adding deterrence to their attacks, they also illuminated the battlefield. It was killing two birds with one stone.
However, facing the combination of torch and crescent halberd, the saber-toothed tiger's performance was not as embarrassing as they expected.
Zhou Xu could tell that the saber-toothed tiger was indeed a little wary of the fire, but it was far from being afraid.
"The flying rope is coming!"
With shouts, everyone took the flying rope and threw it towards the saber-toothed tiger.
But the saber-toothed tiger is very agile and moves quickly. It is really not that easy to entangle it with a flying rope.
A round of zip lines was thrown out, and only one of them wrapped around one of its hind legs, but it had little impact on it at all.
At this moment, I don’t know if it was forced, the saber-toothed tiger roared angrily and started to kill again.
Driven by the explosive force, the attack was so fast that the villager who was targeted at that time didn't even have time to react before he was thrown to the ground by the saber-toothed tiger.
This pounce was not just as simple as overpowering him. The huge impact of force caused his internal organs to be squeezed crazily. Some of his mouth and nose spattered directly, and he was knocked out in half. life.
Amidst the screams, the soldiers headed by Zhou Chongshan rushed forward with crescent halberds in their hands, trying to drive back the saber-toothed tiger and save the villager.
However, the saber-toothed tiger's movements were faster.
I saw it opened its bloody mouth, and with its screams, it completely bit the villager to death!
Afterwards, it looked like they wanted to take the body away, but the soldiers came very quickly and forced them back with their crescent halberds, forcing the saber-toothed tiger to put down the body.
At this moment, Zhou Chongshan and the others were all filled with anger.
However, as a nocturnal beast, the saber-toothed tiger is still its home court after all.
On the other hand, although they were illuminated by torches, they still could not change the impact of night on their vision and actions. At the same time, no one of them had the strength to confront the saber-toothed tiger head-on.
This, to a large extent, caused the saber-toothed tiger to run rampant in their village. Within a short time, another person was dead and another injured.
This situation made Zhou Xu's face look so gloomy that it was about to drip with tears, and he couldn't help but urge him.
“Aren’t you here yet?!”
As soon as the words were spoken, the breathless voices of Zhang Xiaoshan and Li Shitou, Zhou Xu’s two followers, came from the village. . "Come, come, come!"
The two shouted and ran. Through the dim light of the fire, they could vaguely see Zhang Xiaoshan running in front, carrying a bag on his shoulders. Something, and Li Shitou followed behind, responsible for holding the thing.
The thing was so heavy that the two of them were so tired that they could hardly breathe.
As soon as Zhou Xu saw that they had brought the things over, he quickly directed the two hyena men to take them over.
Then without saying a word, he threw it directly in the direction of the saber-toothed tiger!
At that moment, the saber-toothed tiger thought he was being attacked, and his huge body jumped directly from the ground and jumped to the side.
During this period, a hint of smell penetrated its nose, causing its eyes to glance over subconsciously.
At this moment, what caught its eye was a raw horse leg that had been skinned and processed!
How could the saber-toothed tiger, which had been starving for a long time, resist such temptation? He quickly pounced on it, bit it in his mouth, and then looked at Zhou Xu and others with vigilance.
During this process, the first reaction of the villagers and soldiers who had not yet reacted was to attack them with crescent halberds, but they were stopped by Zhou Xu and Li Ce at the same time.
“Don’t even make a move!”
Li Ce’s sudden voice surprised Zhou Xu.
Needless to say, Li Ce should have guessed his intention.
“Keep your distance from this saber-toothed tiger and let it go!”
In Zhou Xu’s opinion, this saber-toothed tiger came to attack their camp in the middle of the night, to put it bluntly, just for food.
In a fight against this ferocious nocturnal beast at night, not only would they have no advantage, but they would also suffer heavy losses. Instead of doing that, it would be better to give it food and let it go.
Go back and pick a day during the day, wait until they are fully prepared, and then go find this guy and settle the account in one go!
Sure enough, after biting the horse leg in his mouth, the saber-toothed tiger's fighting spirit obviously began to fade, and his steps began to retreat.
It was clear that he had obtained the food and was ready to leave.
The surrounding soldiers and villagers had already received the order from their leader. Naturally, they did not intend to act rashly at this moment. They just looked at the saber-toothed tiger, biting a whole horse leg and retreated for a while. , turned around and ran wildly, and finally disappeared completely into the night...
Looking at the back of the saber-toothed tiger leaving, Zhou Xu breathed a sigh of relief.
"The vigil sentries and patrol teams continue to patrol, hurry! Treat the wounds of the wounded!"
This night was destined to be restless. After he finished his work and collapsed on the bed, he remembered the horse leg that was thrown out, and couldn't help but feel a burst of pain on his face.
A large amount of food had already been lost in the previous snowstorm, and the cattle and horses that died during the snowstorm had, to a certain extent, filled up part of their food reserves.
If there were only a few people, it would definitely be enough for them to eat, but the problem is that there are dozens of people in their village, and there is also Chitose, a very capable carnivore.
Under this premise, in order to cope with the battle that may break out at any time, they must be well fed and cannot go hungry. This has also resulted in the lack of food in their village.
When Zhou Xu saw that the situation was not good, he asked two followers to bring a piece of meat.
In order to ensure that it can be stored at low temperature, the meat they processed was placed outdoors, and it was still in large chunks, not cut into small pieces.
In addition, the situation is urgent, how can Zhang Xiaoshan and the others have the energy to pick and choose? When I found a piece of meat, I immediately moved it over in a hurry.
As a result, their village lost a big horse leg.
But looking at this from another angle, this is not bad. After all, if they don't lose this horse's leg, they will have to lose their lives.
In just a short time, two more villagers died on their side, and six villagers and three soldiers were injured.
(End of this chapter)