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Chapter 7 Fire
Ren Ning's direction is probably south.

But instead of going straight to the south, they dodged and circled all the way.

Ren Ning circled around for seven days.

During the seven days, he encountered Xiliang people who were searching for Xiaobing Yunchui several times, and also encountered several waves of wolves.

If you can hide, Ren Ning can dodge it, if you can't hide, kill your way out.

There were a few more wounds on his body, luckily they were all superficial.Under the treatment of the life-seeking grass, there is no serious problem.

It was just dawn, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter, as if it was on fire.

Ren Ning, who emerged from the grass, subconsciously touched the ration bag at his waist.

There is still some rations in the bag.It's just that the water he grabbed has been drunk, leaving only a few empty bamboo tubes.

He glanced to the north and frowned suddenly.

There were several thick smokes in the distant sky.

Ge Long was riding on the horse, looking at the raging flames licking the grassland in front of him, his face was cloudy and cloudy.

He had someone light the fire, but it wasn't his idea to set it on fire.

A mere centurion, he doesn't have the right to light the fire as soon as he says it.

After all, he is not the only centurion in this grassland, there are several centurions searching for Yunchui's scouts.

Setting fire is easy. If you set fire without purpose, not only the Yunchui scouts who are hiding, but also hundreds of their companions will be burned.

"It's burning well." The subordinates laughed happily from the side, "Those cloud mice are hiding in hiding, and come out from time to time to kill a few of our brothers. They should have been set on fire and burned to death. It's a one-hundredth."

"Haha, I seem to smell the smell of roasting human flesh."

"Well, I smelled it too, it smells so good!"

"I have no objection to Burning Cloud Chuiren, but I heard that our brothers and sisters from Xiliang are living nearby..."

Ha ha.

Someone sneered.

"This is not far from the border of Yunchui. Those who will settle here are small tribes with only a few thousand, hundreds or even dozens of people. If you die, you will die."

"That's right," someone nodded in agreement, "I heard that these people will also intermarry with Yunchui people. Who dares to say that they are real Xiliang people? Maybe they are Yunchui's spies. Burn it."

"That's right. There are as many small tribes as a cow's hair, and a few less will not hinder the problem. I'm just worried that the fire will burn to my hometown in the west..."

"Don't worry. The northwest wind is blowing all the time this season. If you set fire to it, it will only burn to the southeast, and it will not go back to your hometown."

"It's a good thing to burn to the east. It's best to burn down that damn Yanfeng Fortress together."

……

Ren Ning shook his head and looked back silently.

"This terrible weather..." He muttered, swallowing.

The weather on the grassland in recent years has been really weird.

It has become a habit not to see rain for a long time, and it is getting hotter every year.

Half a month ago, they left Yanzhen Fortress and came out to the grassland to investigate the situation, and Shangfeng had called their attention.

With the abnormal climate and the approaching harvest season, Xiliang people are very likely to venture eastward.

Sure enough, high temperature and little rain coupled with overgrazing.Grasslands on the grasslands have been deserted on a large scale, and even those bright lakes are rapidly shrinking or disappearing.

Without water, neither people nor animals have a way of life.People in Xiliang can either go west to search for new water sources, or go east to kill the rich Yunchui Empire.

Shangfeng expected that people from Xiliang might move eastward, but he absolutely did not expect such a large scale.As soon as Ren Ning and his scouts stepped into the grassland, they encountered enemies ten times larger than their own, and were forced to flee in all directions.

Thinking of this, Ren Ning pouted.

He clearly remembered that even when the weather was good in previous years, Xiliang people had the habit of going east to plunder food and women every harvest autumn.

To them, plundering other people's things is a kind of glory.

Fuck!
Ren Ning, who was sorting out his thoughts, suddenly changed his face.

He didn't care to observe whether there were enemies ambushing around him, so he ran away.

The place where the fire was ignited was originally far away from him.However, at this time, the sky was dry and things were dry, and the fire, taking advantage of the wind and turning the wind to boost the power of the fire, had already burned to his side overwhelmingly.

Crackling!

In the blink of an eye, it seemed that the entire northern sky was full of raging flames and thick smoke, which was daunting.

Observing the wind direction, Ren Ning quickly ran westward.

Not long after running, there was a sudden noise behind him.

Ren Ning looked back and was overjoyed.

Behind him came a big gray wolf.

The wolf looked at the fire coming from the north in panic, ran wildly on all fours and only wanted to escape, turning a blind eye to the prey in front of it.

It didn't want to pay attention to the two-legged beast in front of it, but Ren Ning didn't let it go, and jumped up on its own initiative.

When the wolf passed by, Ren Ning slammed the rein, caught the wolf's head in an instant, and threw himself on the wolf.

Ow!

The wolf roared angrily.

Wanting to stop and give the damn human a bite, the gray wolf just looked up at the fire that was burning in front of him, and the gray wolf decisively put aside his personal grievances, spread his limbs and rushed forward.

It's just that wolves are not horses after all, and are relatively short in stature.Ren Ning, who was lying on its back, suffered a great crime.Just the weeds and thorns around him scratched his whole body with cuts, and he turned into a bloody man in a short while.

Ren Ning, as if he hadn't heard of it, hugged the wolf's neck tightly.

Crackling!

The closer the fire burned, the more it burned.

Although there are still tens of feet away, Ren Ning seems to feel that his body has already begun to feel the intense heat of the flames.

Ow!

The wolf roared again, and rushed forward frantically.

Ren Ning has been through life and death all year round, and the more dangerous he is, the calmer he is in his heart.He raised his head to look in front of him, then looked at the flames in the north, estimated the distance between the two sides, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

At the wolf's speed, unless it suddenly twisted its foot, they should be safe.

After rushing more than ten feet away from the fire path, Ren Ning let go of his hand without hesitation.

flutter!
He fell heavily on the grass and rolled dejectedly.When the body stopped, the dagger was already clenched tightly in his hand.

Gulu got up, Ren Ning looked forward.

The wolf didn't bother to bother him at all, and had disappeared without a trace.

After all, it is a wild animal, and it is too late to escape when it encounters a wildfire, so how can I care about such a trivial matter as transportation.

The fire scene was behind him, Ren Ning didn't dare to stay longer.If the wind turned in another direction, he would surely die.

Stumbling and falling, all the way west.

Sure enough, although most of the wind on the grassland blows to the southeast, it occasionally blows the skin.

Fortunately, Ren Ning insisted on running west, so he was not blocked by the fire again.

While running, he suddenly stopped.

On the small slope in front of them, dozens of Xiliang herdsmen desperately brandished their swords and chopped down the bushes and grass in front of them, as if trying to create a fire barrier.

There was a big fire in the back, and dozens of Xiliang people in front...

Ren Ning only hesitated for a second before rushing over.

"Who the hell give me a knife?" He raised the short knife in his hand and shouted in broken Xiliang dialect: "Mine is too short to use."

Boom!
"I have a lot, here you are!" Immediately someone next to him threw a long boning knife over, "Go and chop off that bush!"

The man turned around and shouted: "Women, come and move things! Move these small trees and weeds as far away as possible."

When Ren Ning bent down to pick up the knife, he looked around.

Not far behind is a small village with dozens of yurts scattered here and there, most of which are dilapidated.

Some children were standing at the gate of the fence, looking at the overwhelming flames and thick smoke to the east and north, their faces full of bewilderment.

Keep running west, or stay and help?

Ren Ning hesitated in his heart.

(End of this chapter)