Chapter 139 Encountering a Wolf Pack

Bai Zongren continued to look through the things on the wooden stool.

It's only as thick as a thumb and as long as an index finger. I don't know what it's used for.

He fumbled around until he found a bump. He pressed it, and a burst of fire shot out from one end. Although he had the lighter before and was mentally prepared, he was still startled.

Huh?

The fire was not hot, and I didn't feel any burning when I approached it slowly.

It was not until his hand was completely covered in the flames and there was no heat at all that he was sure that it was lighting, but he just didn't know what it was called.

There are several lighting devices like this one. I counted them and there were actually ten of them. There was a small note on one of them that said: "Flashlight".

It turns out that this thing is called a small flashlight. I don’t understand what electricity is, but I know that it can provide lighting.

Put these small flashlights aside and continue to pick through the remaining things.

There were also several small packages wrapped in oil paper with the words: "Explosive items, avoid heat and fire."

There are a few larger words, and below them are tiny words that tell you how to use it.

Bai Zongren read it carefully with half-closed eyes, and became even more curious about what was inside the paper package.

There is no need to guess these strange things, they must have been given by his daughter, and the beautiful small calligraphy on the oil paper package must have been written by his wife.

Back then, his wife came from a military family. She had practiced martial arts since she was young and had also gone to school to learn needlework. She was a talented person, both civil and military, both beautiful and intelligent. Her father and brother both held higher military ranks than he did. But she had taken a liking to him at first sight during a military competition and had someone pass on a message to him, saying she was interested and wanted to propose marriage in person. So he came the next day...

Alas, I can’t think about him anymore. Thinking about him makes me want to go home even more.

Bai Zongren shook his head and secretly laughed at his own lack of ambition.

General Bai is such a dignified man, yet he is so sentimental and isn't afraid of being laughed at if people find out.

Put these paper bags aside, and there are still two oil paper bags left.

One said: "Hemostatic Powder"

One read: "Sweat-killing drug."

These two are not needed for the time being, so put them back in the cloth bag first.

Right now, only lighting and cold medicine are useful. Those explosive items sound so dangerous that they will not be taken out unless necessary.

Thinking of the danger, Bai Zongren didn't dare to put it in his arms again, but he didn't know where to put it, so he just stuffed the oil paper bag with the words "explosive items" written on it into the tent, in a corner that was not wet by rain. After thinking about it, he stuffed a handful of horse fodder into it as a mark.

Then he put the rest of the things into the cloth bag and looked up at the sky. He estimated that it was almost dusk, but the light was so dim that people standing opposite him could not see his facial features clearly.

"Brother, my third brother and his friends have been gone for over an incense stick of time, and they haven't come back yet. How about I go look for them?"

Bai Zongren handed him a small flashlight and helped him turn it on. A beam of light instantly illuminated the front, splitting a ray of light in the darkness and reaching into the distance.

The other soldiers suddenly saw a light and thought it was lightning at first, but lightning did not last that long.

So, those who were feeding the horses, lighting the fire, and taking a nap all came to watch the fun.

"Captain Bai, what kind of torch is so bright?"

"Isn't this a torch? It doesn't even have any heat."

"Really? Let me see."

"I didn't feel any heat even when I was so close. It's definitely not a torch."

Everyone was talking about it. Bai Zongrui was shocked and had no time to ask any questions. He took a small flashlight, asked a few people to put on their hats and went out.

The light grew dimmer as they moved further away, so Bai Zongren lit two more lamps, one for the cook to make cooking easier, and one he kept by his side for illumination.

Not long after, the sounds of wolves howling and fighting were heard not far away. Bai Zongren cried out inwardly: Oh no! They have encountered a pack of wolves!

A pack of more than a dozen wild wolves has the same combat effectiveness as a team of over a hundred people. The people led by Bai Zongze and Bai Zongrui alone have only about thirty people in total. They will definitely suffer if they encounter a wolf pack.

"Zhang Rong and Li Wu, pull the horses into the tent and leave the carriage outside. Light a few fires around the tent and grab your swords to guard against wolves."

"Also, I'll give you four small flashlights. Wolves are afraid of light. Hold them up and illuminate the four directions. When the wolves see them from a distance, they won't dare to approach."

After Bai Zongren finished his instructions, he called on a dozen people to pick up machetes, and he rushed outside holding a small flashlight.

Following the direction of the sound, I was worried about my two younger brothers, so I ran very fast. The mud and water on the ground were splashed up to half a person's height. The people walking next to me were splashed by the mud and water, and their half-wet clothes were immediately soaked.

"Over there!"

Someone noticed a beam of light ahead. Wasn't that Bai Zongrui and the others who had just gone out with flashlights?

Bai Zongren threw a small flashlight to the soldier and said, "Come over here!" After that, he took the small flashlight to illuminate the way and ran over using his lightness skills.

Seeing the light, I thought it was not far away, but it took me half a cup of tea to get there even with my lightness skills.

When they got closer, they saw a group of wild wolves surrounding Bai Zongze and his companions. Suddenly, a man jumped up and chopped off a wolf's head with a knife. Bai Zongren looked closely and realized that it could not be anyone else but his second brother Bai Zongrui.

Bai Zongren shone a flashlight over there, and the wolves were startled by the strong light in their eyes. A few of them timidly retreated to the side, leaving a gap.

Bai Zongren raised his sword and chopped it, and a wolf fell down.

He suddenly realized that if the flashlight shone into the wolf's eyes, it would be temporarily blinded, so he took advantage of the moment when the wolf closed its eyes to avoid him and chopped it with a knife. Another wolf head fell to the ground.

"Brother, there are a lot of wolves! What are you doing here?"

Bai Zongrui turned around and saw his elder brother, feeling both happy and worried.

"Brother, hurry up and leave! Don't let them surround us, or the three of us will all die here!"

"Big brother, second brother is already here, so you don't have to join in the fun. One of us three brothers must stay to be filial to mother!"

Bai Zongze chopped down several wolves in front of him before he saw his eldest brother.

But when he saw his elder brother coming, he was not surprised, but anxious.

"Don't say so much, second brother. Wolves are afraid of light. Shoot the flashlight in its eyes!"

While speaking, Bai Zongren killed several wolves before he reminded his brothers.

Bai Zongrui was a veteran on the battlefield after all, and he immediately did as he was told when he heard this.

Just then a wild wolf pounced on him, and he immediately shot the light into the wolf's eyes. The wolf's eyes seemed to be burned by fire, and it did not know to avoid the big knife that was hitting its head.

No matter how he chopped before, the wolf could easily dodge it, but this time, chopping off its head was as easy as cutting a watermelon.

After finding the trick, he killed several wild wolves one by one with his sword.

"Brother, the wolf seems to be scared and retreated!"

"Hurry! Seize the opportunity and pursue the enemy. We'll have our rations!"

As soon as Bai Zongren finished speaking, the two brothers understood, so they cooperated with each other, one shooting in the eyes and the other hacking to death.

Before long, there were several more wolf corpses at their feet.