Chapter 186 Situation
The process of waiting was tormenting, and before the result came out, Zhou Xu closed his eyes slightly, and in his mind, he had already begun to think about the way out.
During this process, Zhou Chongshan and Li Ce came over one after another.
"leader!"
Hearing the two people's voices, Zhou Xu slowly opened his eyes.
At this moment, both of them had unconcealable fatigue on their faces. Zhou Xu was not the only one who was so tired that he fell asleep yesterday.
In fact, when Zhou Xu fell into a deep sleep, Zhou Chongshan and Li Ce were still braving the snowstorm, searching the village for the escaped horses.
And today, with no one to disturb them, they overslept as expected.
Now, when he saw the two of them, Zhou Xu, who had just woken up and had been distracted by the problem of the food being soaked in water, undoubtedly immediately remembered what happened yesterday.
"How many of the stray cattle, horses and farm animals were captured? Are there any injured?"
Zhou Chongshan and Li Ce came over at this time, undoubtedly to report this matter.
Needless to say, as usual, Li Ce, who is more eloquent, reported the matter.
"We recovered fourteen horses and three cows. In addition, we found the bodies of three horses in a trap outside the village..."
Speaking of this, Li Ce felt a little uncomfortable.
After a long period of training, these war horses had already become like their comrades.
Who would have thought that they did not die in the battle, but instead died accidentally in the trap they had set themselves in this snowstorm.
Even Zhou Xu felt uncomfortable and his mood was complicated after hearing this.
When a horse is frightened, it will definitely run to a safe and hidden place.
There is no place around here that meets these conditions except their village.
Under this premise, horses are also social animals, and they are likely to gather together.
With this idea in mind, Zhou Xu had thought that if he was lucky, he might be able to find all the lost horses.
Unexpectedly, we only found fourteen horses. Together with the three horses that died accidentally in the trap, there are currently ten horses missing in the snowstorm. I guess they panicked and ran away, and no one knows where they went.
The cow is lucky.
In their grassland village, before winter, they only had four oxen to pull the ox cart to transport goods.
Now three have been found, and there is no need to look for the remaining one. It was crushed to death under the ruins of the farm. He confirmed it personally, so it is clear.
After letting out a long breath, Zhou Xu waved his hand, signaling Li Ce to continue reporting.
"Nine soldiers were injured, but they are not serious and their injuries have been treated."
After listening to the report, Zhou Xu nodded. At this time, Ye Jinghong walked in quickly. It seemed that the food inventory had been completed.
But this time, Zhou Xu was not in a hurry to hear the results of the grain. Anyway, there would be no change whether he heard it sooner or later.
"Jinghong, you came just in time. How are the casualties among the villagers?"
Faced with this question, Ye Jinghong was slightly stunned and then quickly said...
"Five people died and fourteen were injured. Fortunately, none of them were seriously injured and can be recovered."
Among the five people who died, two were grain guards at the granary, and three were breeders at the farm. Their identities were clear.
Under this premise, it was already the best thing that they did not suffer more casualties.
Ye Jinghong took a deep breath and felt very heavy when talking about this matter. After adjusting his mood a little, he began to report on the food matter.
"Based on the total amount of food that was saved, it should be enough to feed the entire village for about ten days, but..."
Ye Jinghong paused, and then his tone became noticeably harder.
"But all the food is soaked in water..."
Having said this, Ye Jinghong did not continue speaking, but the meaning was already very clear.
The amount of food was indeed enough for them to eat for about ten days, but he didn't know whether the soaked food could last until then.
As for the food stored by the villagers themselves, not to mention the consumption in the past few days, how much can they actually store?
At this moment, Zhou Xu was also in a heavy mood.
At this moment, Ye Jinghong thought about speaking.
"Chief, Black Moon Village is not far from us. We can load the ox cart with supplies and set out in the morning. After a night's rest on the way, we will arrive before noon the next day. We don't need to worry too much about food, right?"
Speaking of the latter part, Ye Jinghong couldn't help but feel a little lacking in confidence.
In his opinion, how could their leader not think of what he could think of? As expected, after he said this, Zhou Xu held his forehead with one hand and shook his head.
"I know the efficiency of oxcarts in transporting goods, but the trouble now is not just that."
While speaking, Zhou Xu stretched out a finger.
"First of all, we have no idea what's going on in Black Moon Village. We're already in a state of panic because of the snowstorm. Although Black Moon Village isn't in this area, it's not far from us. If Black Moon Village is also struggling to take care of itself, how can they send us supplies?"
"Then the second point. Let's not talk about the heavy snow in front of us. Let's talk about the snow on the road. I can ask the villagers to clear the snow in this village to make it easier for us to walk, but how do we clear the snow on the wild road between Black Moon Village and Grassland Village?"
"The road in the wild is already difficult to travel, and now there is a pile of snow that can bury the wheels of the cart. The road conditions are also unclear, and the ox cart cannot move at all. Even if Black Moon Village is fine, there is no way to send us supplies."
"As for waiting for the snow in the wild to melt..."
"It hasn't even stopped snowing yet. There's so much snow piled up in the wild, and there's no telling when it will stop."
"Apart from the stored food, the only way to get food now, besides hunting, is to catch fish in the river. However, the efficiency of catching fish in the river is far inferior to that in the lake. It is hard to say whether we can hold on until then."
With just two points, Zhou Xu clearly explained the situation they were facing.
Ye Jinghong was silent and couldn't utter a word.
It’s not that his previous thinking was too shallow, but that he only had limited understanding of many things.
Take this ox cart for example. They have only put it into use for a few months and it has never experienced winter. How could he know the impact of snow on the ox cart?
He didn't know about this matter, so he couldn't think about it, and naturally, everything that followed was out of the question.
Feeling the solemn atmosphere, Zhou Xu let out a long breath.
"Okay, don't think about it, let's have a meal first."
From yesterday till now, he has been so busy that he barely ate a single bite of food, and now he is almost fainting from hunger.
(End of this chapter)
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