Chapter 210
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Chapter 210: A Night on the Grasslands
After nightfall, Sun Li, the manager of the Wild Horse Tribe, held a welcome banquet for Bai Ze and the others who had come to reinforce them.
Sitting by the bonfire, gnawing on a roasted lamb leg, Bai Ze narrowed his eyes as he looked at the lively camp and the people dancing around the bonfire.
The scene at this moment reminded him a little of his old days on the grasslands, though he didn’t miss it.
To be honest, all that talk about blue skies, white clouds, and vast grasslands was nonsense.
Staying for a few days occasionally was fine, but if you actually lived there, you’d know how difficult life on the grasslands was.
The weather there changed rapidly.
A sudden sandstorm or storm could blow away the entire tent camp.
It was good enough if you didn’t get lost.
After nightfall, you could hear wolf howls from far away, preventing you from sleeping soundly.
You might wake up to find all the cattle and sheep in the pens killed and dragged away by wolves, instantly losing everything and sending the entire tribe back to square one overnight.
Of course, the Wild Horse Tribe’s situation was much better because they had built a circle of ancient city walls.
Although this meant losing the advantage of nomadism, it excelled in safety.
After nightfall, once the city gates were lowered, it could basically be said that attacks from wild wolf packs were completely avoided.
Even in bad weather, they at least had a shelter.
Looking at Luo Yong, who was sitting nearby and clearly a bit agitated, Bai Ze remained silent for 2 seconds before speaking quite unexpectedly.
“You should adjust your state.”
“If Batu’s son truly brings people to attack, that battle won’t be easy.”
Hearing this, Luo Yong took a fierce bite of the roasted lamb in his hand.
“My condition is perfectly fine!”
“I just want those horse bandits to appear quickly.”
“When they do, I’ll make sure they never return!”
Looking at the brimming with killing intent Luo Yong, Bai Ze felt a complicated emotion.
That pent up anger had clearly been suppressed for too long.
If it wasn’t properly vented, it would probably be difficult for him to truly regain his usual composure.
However, they were allies now, and with important matters at hand, it was better to give a reminder when necessary.
“Don’t be careless.”
“Don’t think Batu is weak just because I felled him with one spear thrust today.”
“Originally, that thrust of mine was aimed at his heart, intending to kill him with one blow, but it ended up piercing his shoulder instead…”
Hearing this, Luo Yong’s chewing movements of the lamb clearly slowed down a bit.
According to Bai Ze’s current words, the spear thrust that ultimately pierced Batu’s left shoulder was clearly not his own miss, instead, Batu had forcefully avoided the vital point at the last moment.
This was quite impressive.
After all, he had personally witnessed how fast Bai Ze’s spear thrust was at that time.
Putting himself in their shoes, if it were him trying to block that thrust, it would probably be a close call.
Yet, Batu was still able to react, which clearly showed his strength was by no means ordinary.
Seeing Luo Yong take it seriously, Bai Ze continued.
“Batu has a son named Burigude…”
“Burigude? What a strange name.”
Bai Ze’s words had already piqued his interest, and Luo Yong, who was gnawing on a lamb chop, subconsciously responded.
“In the words of their grassland people, Burigude apparently means ‘eagle.’”
Bai Ze briefly explained, then his tone became noticeably serious.
“That Burigude is very strong, stronger than Batu.”
Luo Yong was extremely interested in strong individuals.
He could clearly feel that he had hit a bottleneck and wanted to break through, but it wasn’t that easy.
Training with Liu Zheng was useless, what he needed was a true life-or-death battle!
Only by pushing himself to the brink could he break through that invisible barrier and become stronger!
So, upon hearing Bai Ze’s words, he immediately asked further.
“Oh? Specifically, how strong is he?”
Facing Luo Yong’s further question, Bai Ze hesitated slightly, then pulled open his collar.
“This wound here was left by that Burigude.”
Illuminated by the blazing firelight, a ghastly scar near Bai Ze’s collarbone was revealed to Luo Yong.
The moment he saw that wound, Luo Yong’s pupils immediately constricted like needle points.
Looking at the shape of the wound, it seemed to have been inflicted by a long spear or similar weapon.
Of course, that wasn’t the main point, the main point was the location of that strike.
If it had been off by just 1 inch, that strike probably would have pierced Bai Ze’s neck.
In other words, this was a blow that nearly took Bai Ze’s life!
“That Burigude, actually strong to this extent?”
Although he didn’t want to admit it, the undeniable fact was that Bai Ze’s strength had already surpassed his.
Yet, such a Bai Ze had nearly died at the hands of that Burigude?
At this point, Luo Yong’s mood couldn’t help but become heavy.
“Just to ask, what was the outcome of that battle?”
“Both sides suffered losses, I suppose.”
Bai Ze said in a flat tone.
“Alright, get some rest early.”
“That Burigude is an impatient person.”
“With Batu in our hands, he will definitely bring people to attack tomorrow.”
After speaking, Bai Ze directly returned to his tent to rest.
After the night grew quiet, he wasn’t sure if it was because he had gotten used to sleeping in the Mirror Tribe’s wooden houses and beds, but sleeping back in a tent made him a little unable to sleep.
At this moment, Bai Ze inexplicably thought of Luo Ji.
“Although I don’t want to admit it, with that guy’s brain, how would he send Luo Yong, someone so unsuitable for combat on the grasslands, to the Wild Horse Tribe?”
“Isn’t this sending him here to suffer?”
Thinking of this, Bai Ze’s expression froze.
“To suffer?”
“So that’s how it is…”
Just now, he suddenly understood.
What was Luo Yong’s weakness?
His personality was one aspect, and the other was his over reliance on brute force during combat.
The weakness of relying on brute force was very difficult to correct in a normal environment.
The reason was simple, if you could chop down an enemy standing before you with one axe swing, would you think about using any techniques?
Who would be so bored?
Therefore, to correct this weakness, Luo Ji threw him into an abnormal environment, the grasslands!
For grasslanders who grew up on horseback, cavalry was the most common troop type on the grasslands, and their most proficient tactic was surprise attacks.
After locking onto a target, they would charge in with a wave of surprise attack, snatch their prey, and then leave immediately.
This was the most common combat style of the grasslanders.
Even when both sides were clashing, their battles were ‘high-speed’ in every sense, charging and fighting simultaneously on horseback.
If you couldn’t catch them, there was no way to fight at all.
And Luo Yong had clearly fallen into a state of ‘no way to fight.’
At the same time, this was probably Luo Ji’s purpose in transferring Luo Yong here, to make him unable to fight, to throw him into a place where he had strength but no place to use it, all while refining his character and correcting his weakness of relying on brute force.
Thinking of this, Bai Ze’s mood was also complicated.
He didn’t want to admit Luo Ji’s clever tactics, but every outcome forced him to acknowledge them.
