Chapter 168 Come Down!

Speaking of hyena people, Zhou Xu's feelings are really complicated.

He now wants the hyenas to attack him, but he also doesn't want the hyenas to attack him.

The reason why he wanted the hyenas to attack was very simple. The hyenas were now badly injured. Right now he and his soldiers were in the grassland camp. If they could take advantage of the home field and severely damage the other side once more, then in the next period of time, the hyenas would definitely not dare to make any moves, and he would be able to do his own things more confidently and boldly.

But on the other hand, even when they are severely damaged, the threat posed by the hyena people cannot be ignored. Once a fight breaks out, they will inevitably suffer casualties.

Considering this point, he didn't want to fight that much.

This is also the main reason why Zhou Xu is so conflicted.

At the moment, he was more or less lying down in front of this group of hyena people on the grassland.

Anyway, they have now formed an alliance with the Centaurs. Although the hyena people are a big threat, they can't easily destroy their camp.

In this case, just lie down, remain unchanged, and observe the situation.

Leaving aside the hyena people, let's take a look at the current situation of their tribe.

The newly recruited soldiers are still in training, and the cavalry are also still in training. Although Zhou Xu has set his sights on the tribal population in the barren mountain camp and wants to mobilize troops to recruit them.

But considering the existence of the Manshi Tribe, it would be better for Shi Lei to keep his troops in place for now, and wait for his troops to support him before taking action.

[Considering the training efficiency of the new recruits, I'm afraid we won't be able to mobilize the troops in the fall.]

[But winter will come soon, and it is a mountainous area over there, so it is not safe to mobilize troops. Not to mention that there will still be food pressure after winter. It is not wise to recruit a large number of people before winter to increase food pressure. Why not just postpone the time of mobilizing troops to the beginning of next spring? ]

Before falling asleep, Zhou Xu kept organizing his thoughts in his mind.

In just a short while, he has already arranged his plans until the beginning of next spring.

Zhou Xu didn't think there was anything wrong with this. After all, this was the efficiency in the era of cold weapons.

Zhou Xu closed his eyes and fell asleep quickly.

This time, he didn't know whether it was because he was in a deep sleep and didn't notice it, or because the little guy had realized that licking him was useless and didn't bother him, but instead let him sleep until dawn.

Zhou Xu sat up in the tent and looked at the little guy lying beside him, stretching his body. He scratched the little guy's chin as a greeting to it.

Walking out of the tent with the follower, the little guy's breakfast today is still half a chopped rabbit.

After breakfast, Zhou Xu gave Ye Jinghong and the others a few more instructions, then quickly mounted his horse, ready to ride directly back to Black Moon Village.

Although the efficiency of an ox cart is faster than traveling on foot, it is still not as fast as riding a horse.

As for his follower...

Zhou Xu carried a large backpack on his back and put the little guy in it.

At this moment, the little guy put his two front paws on the edge of the carrying basket and poked his head out of it. At first, his eyes and actions showed some nervousness, but after seeing Zhou Xu carrying him, he quickly relaxed.

Without any hesitation, Zhou Xu lightly kicked the horse's belly, and with a "gig" sound, he set off on the return journey. His figure became smaller and smaller in the eyes of Ye Jinghong and others, and finally disappeared completely.

Zhou Xu could ride a horse, but only on the training ground near the grassland camp.

This was undoubtedly the first time I had ever gone out on horseback, and even gone on a long journey.

Zhou Xu, who had been riding on horseback all the way, could feel that his mount could run even faster, but he did not dare to spur the horse to gallop. This was just like getting a motorcycle license and not daring to step on the accelerator hard on the first day of driving.

He now only dared to let the horse run at a normal speed, but even so, it was much faster than the ox cart.

Zhou Xu, who was riding a long distance for the first time, was completely focused and did not dare to relax or be careless at all.

In this state, time passed quietly, and the Black Moon Village located in the distance suddenly jumped into his field of vision, leaving him stunned.

[Already here? ]

Being fully focused for such a long time made his perception of time blurred. When he suddenly came back to his senses, he looked a little dazed.

I subconsciously looked up at the position of the sun in the sky and estimated that it should be around one o'clock in the afternoon.

[I set out at eight in the morning, from the grassland camp to the Black Moon camp. Calculating the time, the whole journey took about five hours? And I arrived already? ]

“Ha, hahahaha…”

As the thoughts in his mind rose and fell, Zhou Xu felt his heart pounding, and finally he couldn't help laughing out loud.

Although he was mentally prepared, the efficiency of this movement still completely exceeded his imagination.

And this is under the premise that his riding skills are not very skilled and he dare not ride his horse at full gallop.

In the future, as my riding skills improve and I dare to increase my speed, this time may be even shorter! This mobility efficiency makes the distance between Black Moon Village and the grassland camp no longer a problem.

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After calming down a little, Zhou Xu took a deep breath and tried to sit up straight, but the next second, he immediately gasped.

He maintained the same posture for a long time, bouncing on the horse's back. Originally, when he was highly concentrated and excited, he didn't feel anything. But now that he had calmed down, he immediately felt a pain in his waist and back.

At the same time, the hands that were pulling the reins were gripping too tightly due to nervousness, and now the muscles were stiff and sore.

Of course, this isn't the worst...

[My goodness, my legs are numb.]

Riding a horse is much more tiring than riding a motorcycle. During previous training, even Zhou Xu could only ride for about half an hour at most, and most of the time he just trotted and walked, and the horse did not move much.

Although they didn't gallop on horseback this time, they still ran all the way and rode for five hours in a row. It would be hard to believe that they could endure it without receiving professional training of sufficient intensity.

This situation made Zhou Xu temporarily give up the idea of ​​returning to Black Moon Village immediately. He couldn't even get off the horse now.

Even if he could get off the horse, he was afraid that his legs would go weak and he would fall to the ground.

There are so many people in Black Moon Village. As the leader of the tribe, doesn't he have any dignity?

Thinking of this, Zhou Xu took a deep breath and relaxed his body. After his legs had recovered and consciousness had slowly been restored, he tried to turn over and get off the horse.

But even so, he staggered and almost lost his balance and fell to the ground.

At the same time, it woke up the little one who was sleeping in the basket.

This little guy is really carefree. He collapsed in the basket, which was bumped and swayed all the way, which actually had the effect of a cradle. He was rocked to sleep and didn't wake up until now.

Then it stretched out its two claws, grabbed the edge of the basket, poked its head out, and let out an "Ah~" at Zhou Xu.

After hearing this, Zhou Xu turned around and looked at the little guy.

At this moment, the little guy had one of its front paws hanging outside and the other on the edge of the basket, which made it look a bit like taking a ride in a car. It seemed that it was quite satisfied to be carried by its father the whole time.

Seeing this, Zhou Xu was silent for two seconds, then lifted the basket behind him.

"Come down!"

(End of this chapter)