Chapter 184: Return to the period before liberation?

Suppressing all the irritability and anxiety in his heart, Zhou Xu took a deep breath and concentrated on controlling the fifteen hyena skeletons to continue searching in the ruins. He was unwilling to give up any hope, or rather, unwilling to accept the cruel reality before his eyes...

During this process, he actually found several rabbits and chickens hiding in the cracks of the ruins, but this could not fill Zhou Xu's bad mood at all.

"Hahaha……"

In the end, looking at the ruins, Zhou Xu, who felt physically and mentally exhausted, couldn't help but laugh miserably.

"After working so hard for half a year, I'm suddenly back to the time before liberation? I can even encounter such a rubbish?!"

At this moment, Zhou Xu's mood was terrible. He just wanted to find a place to collapse and start to mess up.

But he knew that he couldn't!

He is the leader of these four villages. If he starts to collapse and give up in this snowstorm, what will happen to the tribe members who follow him? !

Rubbing his cheeks vigorously, he forced himself to cheer up.

A return to the days before liberation? This was a bit exaggerated, but it also proved how explosive his mood was at that time.

The actual situation is not that bad.

Take cattle for example. The domesticated cattle have long been distributed to various villages. Now, only a small number of them remain in the grassland village, and they are used to transport goods.

The situation with horses is slightly different.

Not all the horses in the grassland village were distributed. After all, the cavalry training was carried out in the grassland village, and they needed a sufficient number of horses for this, which also meant that most of the horses were concentrated here.

However, considering that riding horses is faster and more convenient for transmitting messages between villages, Zhou Xu also arranged two horses for each village, specifically for use by messengers.

In other words, even if all the horses in the grassland village ran away and died, he would still have six horses in other villages combined.

Of course, all this is based on the premise that the other three villages are safe.

He still has some confidence in this regard.

The climate of this season is closely related to the geographical environment. The climate on the grassland is extremely hot in summer and extremely cold in winter. The temperature drops sharply in winter, reaching below zero, and he has to accept it even when a snowstorm blows.

Although Black Moon Village is close to the grassland area, its geographical location is not in the same place as his side.

Even if affected by the wind and snow, it would not be as serious as in Caoyuan Village.

As for Salt Lake Village, it is completely separated from the grassland area and will be even less affected.

If he has lost all of this, then we can only say that it is fate.

Pulling my thoughts back to the ruins in front of me, the blizzard is still blowing and there is no sign of it subsiding.

The ruins of the farm in front of us can only be cleaned up and rebuilt slowly after the snowstorm stops. It is definitely too late to do it now.

"Put the bodies of the three keepers in a safe place, and take away the bodies of the other animals as well!"

Although all the farm animals were dead, it was winter and the bodies would not rot even if they were buried in the snow for a day. They certainly couldn't just throw them away as they could still be eaten.

After giving all the instructions, Zhou Xu turned and looked around him.

The collapse of the breeding farm had dealt him such a heavy blow that he had not noticed Chitose's disappearance until now.

Although the little guy was clever, there was a snowstorm at the moment after all.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xu couldn't help but feel anxious.

"Chitose?! Chitose?!!"

In the wind and snow, he forced himself to shout twice.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, a long "hiss" sound suddenly came from the direction of the village not far away, which cheered Zhou Xu up.

[Is this... a horse calling?! ]

Before he could think about it, a black horse rushed out quickly from the wind and snow in the distance and entered Zhou Xu's sight.

After that, he soon saw the swift figure chasing after the horse. Who else could it be except Qiansui? ! Zhou Xu was delighted when he saw it, and before his brain could react, his body had already taken action.

[Speed ​​Enhancement! ]

After applying a layer of enhancement directly to himself, Zhou Xu took two quick steps, jumped onto the horse, and lay on its back!

The horse was wearing a bridle, and it was obvious that it had escaped from their farm.

Due to the long-term training, his riding skills have become quite mature. After successfully sitting firmly, he immediately pulled the reins and began to guide the horse to run. Then, when he saw the right opportunity, he pulled hard.

“Ouch!!!”

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This horse had already been successfully trained by them, but it was frightened by the blizzard and Qiansui's pursuit. Now, under Zhou Xu's control, it quickly calmed down.

After that, looking at the direction the horse was running from, a possibility suddenly came to his mind.

Their cavalry training has always been carried out near the village, and over a long period of time, the horses are actually very familiar with the village.

When frightened, they will instinctively run in the direction where they feel safe.

Where did they feel safe? The village! They probably fled to the village and hid there, but the blizzard was so severe that it blocked their vision and sometimes they couldn't even open their eyes.

In addition, the wind was blowing so loudly that it was very noisy and I couldn't hear anything at all.

All these factors combined made them not notice the horses that had escaped into the village...

Thinking of this, Zhou Xu could not stay any longer and quickly called everyone back to the village to look for the escaped horses, fearing that if time passed, they would run to other places or die in the blizzard.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I returned to the tribe, I saw Zhou Chongshan riding a horse towards me.

After the two sides got closer, they recognized each other. When Zhou Chongshan saw that it was Zhou Xu, he quickly dismounted.

"Chief! Just now, when I was leading some men to repair the shed, I found a horse hiding in a dormitory room with a collapsed roof. I was just about to ride it back to the farm."

Obviously, Zhou Chongshan didn't know that the farm had collapsed.

Zhou Xu had nothing to hide, so he quickly told him about the breeding farm.

After hearing this, Zhou Chongshan's expression suddenly changed.

"I will gather the soldiers right away and look for those frightened horses that have escaped within the village!"

Seeing Zhou Chongshan turning around to gather soldiers, Zhou Xu did not stop him.

This matter could only be done by summoning soldiers. As for the horses, it wouldn't be a big problem for ordinary villagers to lead them on normal days, but now these horses were frightened.

After discovering it, the only way to control it in time is to rely on soldiers who have received riding training.

(End of this chapter)