Chapter 199 The Beast of the Night (Part 2)
In this wave, Zhou Chongshan can be said to be very good at attracting hatred.
But such a hungry and irritable beast, its hatred is not so easy to pull! Facing the saber-toothed tiger rushing towards him, Zhou Chongshan had basically no room to bend his bow and arrow. He immediately abandoned the bow and arrow to reduce the weight on his body and evaded.
However, because the ground was so slippery due to the snow, Zhou Chongshan's entire movement looked extremely awkward.
Li Ce, who was standing by, knew that something was wrong, so he immediately grabbed the crescent halberd and blasted the saber-toothed tiger with a sweeping blow, forcing it to evade, thus rescuing Zhou Chongshan who was under attack.
When facing a target like a saber-toothed tiger, a crescent halberd with a longer attack range is undoubtedly a more suitable choice than a sword.
During this time, Zhou Xu was mobilizing the Skeleton Soldiers to find an opportunity to continue the siege while also loudly issuing orders...
"Fire! This beast must be afraid of fire. Wrap the torch around your weapon and attack!"
Wild animals are afraid of fire; this can be considered an instinct deep in their genes.
It was late at night, and many villagers and soldiers were holding torches for lighting.
Now that they received Zhou Xu's order, they quickly took action.
In the blink of an eye, crescent halberds wrapped with torches were quickly waved, adding deterrence to their attacks while also illuminating the battlefield, killing two birds with one stone.
However, facing the combination of torch and crescent halberd, the saber-toothed tiger's performance was not as miserable as they expected.
Zhou Xu could see that the saber-toothed tiger was indeed somewhat wary of the fire, but it was far from being fearful.
"The zipline is coming!"
Amidst the shouts, everyone took out the flying ropes and threw them at the saber-toothed tiger.
But this saber-toothed tiger was very agile and moved very quickly, so it was not easy to entangle it with the flying rope.
A round of flying ropes were thrown out, and only one of them entangled one of its hind legs, but it did not have much impact on it at all.
At this moment, not knowing whether it was forced into a corner, the saber-toothed tiger roared angrily and attacked again.
Driven by explosive force, the pounce was extremely swift. The villager who was targeted at the time didn't even have time to react before the saber-toothed tiger pounced on him and knocked him to the ground.
This pounce was not just a simple matter of knocking him down. The huge force caused his internal organs to be squeezed madly, and some liquid splashed out of his mouth and nose, which directly took away half of his life.
Amid screams, soldiers led by Zhou Chongshan rushed forward with crescent-shaped halberds in their hands, trying to force back the saber-toothed tiger and rescue the villager.
However, the saber-toothed tiger was even faster.
It opened its bloody mouth and bit the villager to death amid screams!
After that, it looked like it wanted to carry the body away, but the soldiers came quickly, waving their crescent-shaped halberds to force it back, forcing the saber-toothed tiger to put down the body.
At this moment, Zhou Chongshan and the others were all filled with anger.
However, as a nocturnal beast, the saber-toothed tiger's home turf is still the night.
On the other hand, although they had torches for lighting, they still could not change the impact of the night on their vision and movements. At the same time, none of them lacked the strength to confront the saber-toothed tiger head-on.
This, to a large extent, led to the saber-toothed tiger running rampant in their village, and within a short while, one person was killed and another was injured.
This situation made Zhou Xu's face look so gloomy that water seemed to be dripping out of it, and at the same time he couldn't help but urge him.
"Not here yet?!"
Just as he asked the question, the panting voices of Zhang Xiaoshan and Li Shitou, two of Zhou Xu's followers, could be heard from inside the village.
"Come, come, come!"
The two men ran while shouting. Through the dim firelight, they could vaguely see Zhang Xiaoshan running in front with something on his shoulder, while Li Shitou was following behind, responsible for holding up that thing.
The thing was so heavy that it made the two men so tired that they could hardly breathe.
When Zhou Xu saw that they brought the things over, he quickly ordered the two hyena people to take the things.
Then, without saying anything, he threw it directly in the direction of the saber-toothed tiger! At that moment, the saber-toothed tiger thought it was attacked, and its huge body bounced up from the ground and jumped to the side.
During this time, a hint of smell entered its nose, causing its eyes to subconsciously sweep over.
At this moment, what caught its eye was a raw horse leg that had been skinned! How could the hungry saber-toothed tiger resist such temptation? It quickly pounced on it and bit it in its mouth, then looked at Zhou Xu and others with a vigilant look.
During this process, the villagers and soldiers who had not yet reacted were still trying to charge forward with their crescent-shaped halberds, but were stopped by Zhou Xu and Li Ce at the same time.
"Don't do anything!"
Li Ce's sudden words surprised Zhou Xu.
Needless to say, Li Ce should have guessed his intention.
"Keep your distance from this saber-toothed tiger and let it go!"
In Zhou Xu's opinion, the saber-toothed tiger came to attack their camp in the middle of the night, to put it bluntly, just for food.
Fighting this ferocious nocturnal beast at night would not only give them no advantage, but would also cause them to suffer great losses. Instead of that, it would be better to give it food and let it go.
Let's go back in the daytime, when they are fully prepared, and then go find this guy and settle the score in one go! As expected, after biting the horse leg in its mouth, the saber-toothed tiger's fighting spirit obviously began to fade, and its steps began to retreat.
It was obvious that they had already gotten the food and were ready to leave.
The soldiers and villagers around had already received the order from their leader, so they naturally had no intention of acting rashly. They just watched the saber-toothed tiger bite the horse's leg and retreat for a while, then turned around and ran away, finally disappearing completely into the night...
Looking at the saber-toothed tiger's leaving back, Zhou Xu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Night watch sentries and patrol teams continue to stand guard and patrol. Quick! Treat the wounded!"
This night was destined to be restless. After he finished his work and collapsed on the bed, he couldn't help but show a pang of pain on his face when he thought of the horse leg that had been thrown out.
The previous snowstorm had already caused the loss of a large amount of food. During this period, the death of cattle and horses helped to fill some of their food reserves to a certain extent.
If there were only a few people, there would definitely be enough food for them, but the problem was that there were dozens of people in their village, and there was Qiansui, a carnivore who was quite good at eating.
Under this premise, in order to cope with the battles that may break out at any time, they must be well-fed and not go hungry. This also led to the fact that food was still scarce in their village.
When Zhou Xu saw that the situation was not good, he asked two followers to bring a piece of meat.
In order to ensure that it can be preserved at low temperatures, the processed meat is placed outdoors in large chunks instead of being cut into small pieces.
In addition, the situation was urgent, so Zhang Xiaoshan and his men didn't have the energy to be picky. Once they found a piece of meat, they immediately moved it over in a hurry.
As a result, their village lost a large horse leg.
But looking at this matter from another angle, this is not a bad thing. After all, if they didn't lose the horse's leg, they would have lost a life.
In just a short while, two villagers died on their side, and six villagers and three soldiers were injured.
(End of this chapter)
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