There were hundreds of people in Xiaguan Village. The elderly, children, women, and men all knew how to ride a horse and fight. Of course, the ones who truly had the ability to fight were the men who were less than two hundred years old!
Now, more than half of them were dead. The remaining villagers were running away. They had lost their homes, pastures, and cattle. They did not know what awaited them in the future!
Most importantly, the horse bandits did not intend to let them go. A group of five hundred horse bandits was hot on their heels!
Shi Bao urged his horse to gallop. He tried his best to protect the two women behind him. One was his sister, Wu Ya, and the other was his crush, Yuan Hua. They were both famous beauties in the grassland. One could imagine what would happen to them if they were caught by the horse bandits.
He was eighteen years old this year. In Gale Plain, he was already a competent warrior at such a young age. He was the pillar of the family, and that was exactly what he did!
His parents had died in battle long ago. He was the only pillar of the family. Situations like his were not rare in Xiaguan Village. Every disaster was an elimination. The old, the weak, and the disabled were eliminated, leaving behind the most elite forces!
In the Gale Plain, there was no such thing as elite youths dying in battle for the elderly. They would do it, but they would limit it to a certain extent. Otherwise, according to the prevailing etiquette of the continent, it would be impossible for any tribe to survive on the prairie.
The survival of the fittest was especially cruel here. There was no warmth to speak of, because warmth would bring disaster to the tribe!
In the gallop, more than ten old men slowly reined in their horses. The horse bandits were too close. They needed to stop them. Such a task could only be undertaken by the elders. They placed their hopes on the younger ones!
It was through this method that they managed to hold on for several days under the pursuit of the horse bandits, until the tribesmen who stayed behind to stop the horse bandits became younger and younger. When the sixty year old tribesmen died, the fifty year old tribesmen took over, followed by the forty year old strong men, and so on!
Shi Bao felt as if his heart was being pierced by a knife as he watched the dozen or so elders from his clan charge towards him. These were all his relatives, uncles that he had followed since he was a child. But now, he could only watch as they walked towards their deaths!
He could not turn back. This was the strict order of the tribe! This was something that had been followed for hundreds and thousands of years. It was precisely because of this cruelty that they had survived the countless turmoil in Gale Plain. This was the principle of survival!
Then, he felt that there was a new change in the direction of the tribe's escape. From heading north, they were now heading towards the northwest!
This was something that could only be decided by the leader of the tribe. If they continued north for another hundred miles, they would reach Stone City, a small border town in the Yan Zhao Kingdom. There was a chance that they would be able to hide in there, but it depended on the mood of the general guarding the town. Under normal circumstances, these so-called barbaric outsiders were not allowed to enter the pass easily. However, there were horse bandits behind them, and if they offered up some valuables, there was still a chance.
But to run northwest, where was he going? Furthermore, there was a mountain blocking their way, so how could they display their riding abilities?
He quickly urged his horse forward and caught up with the two women in front of him. He shouted, "Clan Leader, where are you taking everyone? There's a mountain range several dozen miles ahead of us. Are you out of your mind? Do you want to farm on Miao Feng Peak? "
Yuan Hua's clear voice rang out, "Yes, we are going up Miao Feng Peak! The chieftain said that we can't go to Stone City anymore. We've lost most of our belongings, and the Horse Gang is chasing us too closely. Those useless soldiers in Stone City won't dare to open the door and let us go easily! "
Shi Bao was very puzzled. Even if they didn't go to Stone City, there were still many other directions. Why did they have to hit the mountain?
The people of the grassland lived on horseback since they were young. If they left their horses, they wouldn't even know how to live! Of course, they wouldn't be willing to climb the mountain! They would rather die on horseback than climb the mountain to avoid a calamity! Furthermore, the mountain peaks on the grassland were just a few hills to the inland. They weren't towering mountains or steep ridges, let alone hiding them!
It was said that there were a few valleys in Miao Feng Peak where there were refugees from the inland who were farming there. This wasn't something that these grassland men were willing to do. With their bodies, they could ride horses, dance with swords, and shoot arrows, but they couldn't hold a hoe!
Yuan Hua actually didn't quite understand, "The chieftain said that Miao Feng Peak is a legendary forbidden area. It forbids killing, and there's a mountain god protecting it! We can't go to Jingang Stronghold, and we can't run to Stone City. We can only go to Miao Feng Peak and try our luck! "
Shi Bao was dissatisfied, "The chieftain is crazy! He actually treated the legends as the truth. He'll get us all killed! "
In the Gale Plains, and even in the Yanzhao Country, there were actually legends of Miao Feng Peak. In a world that didn't believe in ghosts and gods, it was a very rare thing.
There was a Daoist temple on Miao Feng Peak. Shi Bao had been there before. There were a few dilapidated houses, and using the word 'temple' to describe it was an overstatement!
There were a few weak Daoists who were hungry and full, and their faces were emaciated!
The people of the grassland raised cows and sheep, but they raised pigs! It was only because it was easier to raise pigs, and they didn't need to go out to graze! However, those things were extremely dirty, so how could they be eaten?
Then, there was a vegetable garden …
However, such a Daoist temple had existed for an unknown period of time? It was as if in the records of the grassland, no matter how long the history was, this Daoist temple had always existed!
It seemed to be even older than the Yanzhao Country! It was even older than the previous dynasty of the Yanzhao Country! It was even older than the legends of the grassland! It was so old that all the historical records seemed to mention this Daoist temple that didn't even have a name!
The continent was in constant war! This was also not a place of civilization, and the flames of war burned even more frequently! That Daoist temple seemed to have been burned countless times, and destroyed countless times. However, after a period of time after it was destroyed, it would always stubbornly be rebuilt, even if the construction became more and more sloppy, and the materials became more and more shoddy!
A strange Daoist temple, a strange persistence. It was unknown how those half-dead Daoists were able to pass down generation after generation in the long river of history.
They were sick and crooked, but they never fell! Therefore, it was unknown where and when this legend came from. It said that Miao Feng Peak was protected by the mountain god, and other similar nonsense!
Everyone knew that there were no gods in this world! No one would place their hopes of survival on such an illusory legend. That was an irresponsible act towards life!
And now, their clan leader, the wisest person in the clan, had placed the hope of survival on Miao Feng Peak, which made many young people like Shi Bao disapprove of it!
They would rather die on the back of a horse than climb a mountain! To be honest, people who were used to clamping on horses were not suitable for climbing mountains!
There was no other way. Everyone was running in that direction, so it was impossible for them to part ways just like that.
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