The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 273: Letting the Wolf In (Part )

Last time, we talked about the sentry of the Gu tribe blowing the horn to warn, and all the adult tribesmen who heard the horn took up their weapons, because it was three long notes, which was the highest level of warning. So who was the enemy? Let's take a look together.

Baozhu Faluo rode to the gate of the camp with a sword and a bow on his back. At this time, Gu Zhou had already lined up his cavalry to guard the gate. The sentry came to the front and shouted, "Chief, a large number of black demon wolves appeared at the border and are galloping towards us!"

Gu Zhou asked, "How much is a large batch?"

The sentinel replied, "There are countless of them. They are so dense that it feels like there are hundreds of them! Since we left Xingxing Gorge, we haven't encountered a group of black wolves!"

Gu Zhou sighed, "Could it be that the huge rock blocking the Star Canyon was broken by the minions of the Eternal Night Demon! The peace on the edge of the grassland is about to end. A message is sent to everyone over the age of fifteen..."

Gu Zhou paused for a moment. He thought that Yuehua should be about fifteen years old. If he gave such an order, Yuehua would have to fight. So he changed his words and said, "No, order everyone over eighteen years old, regardless of gender, to take up arms and prepare to meet the enemy!"

Baozhu Falu came to Gu Zhou and asked, "Patriarch Gu, have you ever encountered this kind of attack before?"

Gu Zhou nodded and said, "Of course I have. It is a memory I never want to recall. Most of our tribesmen died that night. If there hadn't been a huge rock blocking the entrance to the Star Canyon, I'm afraid we would have died there."

Baozhu Falu asked, "Did most of the tribe members die?"

Gu Zhou shook his head and said, "My father originally left me more than 3,000 people, but now there are less than 1,000 people left." Gu Zhou recalled the thrilling night when he led his people to escape from the Star Canyon. However, now he is on a plain with no strategic location to defend. Is he going to exterminate his clan here tonight?

Gu Zhou looked up at the setting sun and sighed, "Father, I am afraid that I have failed your expectations and will not be able to protect the future of the grassland."

Baozhu Falu said loudly: "Chief, what discouraging words are you saying? Why are you accepting your fate before the battle even starts? You don't act like a hero at all! You act like a straw bag! How can you protect the tribe like this!"

Gu Zhou looked at the conch and seemed to see his father's shadow. He couldn't help asking, "Who are you?"

Baozhu Falu replied, "I am the wife of Chief Guli, Baozhu Falu!"

Gu Zhou asked, "Chief Guli? Is he the one who led his tribe to plunder Wei territory many times?"

Baozhu Falu nodded and said, "That's right!"

Gu Zhou asked, "That's not right. Why do I remember that the Guli tribe was exterminated?"

"That's a rumor! My husband was murdered by someone, and the murderer was the current chief of the Skyfire Tribe. He was my husband's younger brother, and he plotted against my husband in order to usurp the position of chief, putting him in a tight spot. Not only did he kill my husband and son, he also killed more than 300 warriors of my Guli Tribe!

I brought my son back to the grassland just to rebuild the Guli tribe! I have lost a loved one once, and it won’t happen again! I will never let my son die here! Absolutely not! "

At this moment, a golden light seemed to flash on Baozhu Faluo, and everyone's eyes turned to Baozhu Faluo. She looked at everyone and shouted loudly: "You are the last hope of Gu tribe, and you can't die here. I know that fighting with a group of black magic wolves is not easy, and sacrifice is inevitable, but I hope you can hold the knife in your hand tightly and show the heroism of the grassland men, and do your best to protect the hope of Gu tribe in the big tent behind you! As long as the grassland men win this battle tonight, you are all heroes!"

After saying this, Baozhu Faluo tore off a piece of cloth from the corner of her clothes and tied the scimitar to her hand. Everyone followed her example and tied the knife to their hands with cloth strips. Baozhu Faluo shouted: "This is a battle for the revival of my Guli tribe, and also a battle for the revival of your Gu tribe! It is also a battle for the revival of the grassland nation! Are you ready, my men?"

The cavalry team of only a hundred people shouted in unison: "Ready! Ready! Ready!"

The Pearl Conch looked at the sentry and asked, "How long will it take for the wolves to arrive?"

The sentry replied: "One hour at most!"

Baozhu Falu looked at Gu Zhou and said, "Please ask the tribe leader to lead all the women in the tribe to build the last line of defense outside the big tent with carriages, fences and all the wood that can be used. I will lead my men to fight against the wolves. If we can't resist them, please ask the tribe leader to set fire to the last line of defense. At least we can hold out for a while! I believe that God will not let us all die here!"

Baozhu Faluo's words did not allow others to question them. As the clan leader, Gu Zhou had no idea of ​​refutation at all. He immediately set out to organize the women and children to build a defense line twenty steps outside the big tent according to Baozhu Faluo's orders. They used the fences used to build sheep pens to form a circle, and then propped up the wood used to build tents. All the dogs were led into the defense line. These sheepdogs were now the last fighting force in the last line of defense.

At the same time, Baozhu Faluo also asked people to go to the cattle pen to drive all the cattle to the front to resist the first wave of wolves. Baozhu Faluo's command was so confident that everyone was surprised. They all thought that if she was not a woman, she would definitely be a capable and brave general!

Just as night fell, everyone heard a wolf howl, and the Pearl Conch shouted, "Light a fire!"

Torches were lit one after another, illuminating the camp. Pairs of green eyes appeared. They stopped nearly a hundred steps away from the position. Baozhu Facon shouted, "Not good! They want to surround us! Let the cattle go!"

Everyone picked up torches and poked them at the cow's butt. The frightened cow rushed out. Baozhu Falui shouted, "Cavalry, follow me to charge from both sides to stop them, and the rest of you hold the front!" After that, she rushed out on horseback, and with her were the last hundred or so cavalrymen of Gu's army. They divided into two teams and rushed towards the wolf pack. The shouts and the howling of the black magic wolves intertwined together.

The night is the home of the black magic wolf. If it weren't for their cold fangs and green eyes, the cavalry would have a hard time catching their figure. If the cavalry slowed down, they would be surrounded by the wolves and would be doomed. However, the young cavalry didn't seem to know this. After a round of charge, the cavalry on the right wing lost their impact and fell into the encirclement.

Fortunately, the left-wing cavalry team that followed Baozhu Faluo still maintained the momentum of the charge. She led her own cavalry team to rush over to rescue them. When they met, she shouted loudly: "We can't stop before the horses die. If we stop, we will definitely die! Charge!" Under the rescue and command of Baozhu Faluo, the right-wing cavalry finally escaped, but they also lost more than a dozen people.

The cavalrymen who had fought through the battle turned their horses around and charged again, but this time their charge was stopped by the wolf pack. The black wolves also changed their strategy and no longer attacked the people on the horses. Instead, four or five of them bit the horses' legs together, causing the cavalrymen who had just charged into the wolf pack to fall off their horses, and some died on the spot! Even Baozhu Falu was the same. Fortunately, she jumped off the horse in time and was not injured.

Seeing the wolves surrounding them and the men of the grassland falling one by one, Baozhu Falui closed her eyes and knelt on the ground, crying, "Oh, God, please open your eyes! Look here, please save us!" As soon as she finished speaking, a Buddha's light burst out from her body, instantly illuminating the darkness. In the Buddha's light, a huge statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva could be clearly seen floating in the air.

Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva was sitting cross-legged on a lotus platform in his robes, with his right hand pinching the lotus seal and his left hand flat on his leg. Thousands of arms were waving up and down behind him. A majestic voice came from the air, "Why don't you evil beasts retreat quickly after seeing me, the Buddha's Avalokitesvara? Do you want to die here?"

A flash of light flashed behind the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, and the several black wolves that wanted to attack the conch were instantly crushed to dust! A wolf howled in the distance, and the black wolves retreated one after another. The statue of Avalokitesvara extended his hand and a beam of Buddha light shot into the distance. The wolves suddenly began to flee faster and disappeared in an instant. Everyone in the Gu tribe saw the scene of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva descending to exorcise the demons, and they all knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.

The statue of Avalokitesvara gradually faded and finally disappeared. The voice of Avalokitesvara was heard from the sky: "Baozhu Falu, go find Li Yi. Only he can help you revive your tribe! Karma has its own cycle, good and evil will eventually be rewarded. Zoroastrianism has committed many unjust acts and will eventually be destroyed by the way of heaven. I advise you to turn back as soon as possible and return to the right path!"

Even the Di people who could not understand the Central Plains language could understand what the Bodhisattva said, as if it was directly imprinted in their hearts. As the sound faded, the golden light on the Baozhu Falu also disappeared. Everyone looked at Baozhu Falu, and at this time they were still kneeling on the ground, as if they were kneeling to worship her.

Baozhu Faluo then came to her senses and found that her sitting posture was exactly the same as that of the Bodhisattva statue just now, even the hand gestures were the same. She hurriedly stood up to help the cavalryman beside her, and then everyone stood up to treat the wounded and clean up the battlefield.

Gu Zhou ran to Baozhu Falu and bowed, "Aunt Baozhu, which god was that just now?"

The conch replied, "That is the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva of Buddhism, who is said to be a great power in the world and has made a great vow to save all suffering in the world."

Gu Zhou asked, "Aunt Baozhu, how did you get the support of this Bodhisattva? Could it be that you have already converted to Buddhism?"

Baozhu Faluo shook her head and said, "No, no, I just followed Li Yi to the temple to take a look, but at that time..." She suddenly remembered what Guanyin Bodhisattva said to her in the Vajra Temple, "Since you and I have a great karma, then I will give you an opportunity to repay your karma."

Baozhu Falu said, "The Bodhisattva said that I have a predestined relationship with him. I don't know what else is going on."

Gu Zhou asked again: "What does the Bodhisattva mean by that? What does it mean that Zoroastrianism is full of evil and will eventually be destroyed by the way of heaven? Aunt Baozhu, don't you also believe in Zoroastrianism?"

Baozhu Falu was stunned for a moment and then said, "After tonight, I will no longer be a Zoroastrian. I believe in Bodhisattva more. I want to find Li Yi. I have to find him. Bodhisattva told me to find him, so I have to find him."

Gu Zhou stopped Baozhu's conch and said, "Aunt Baozhu, it's night now. If you want to find Brother Li Yi, you have to wait until tomorrow morning. What's more, you have a son!"

Baozhu Faluo calmed down and thought: Yes, I still have a son. Besides, how can I find Li Yi? He said he was going back to Northern Wei, but he didn't say where he was going. She asked Gu Zhou, "Patriarch Gu, do you know where Master Li went?"

Gu Zhou shook his head and sighed: "Aunt Baozhu, I don't know where Brother Li Yi has gone."

Baozhu Faluo sighed and walked towards the big tent. Yuehua, Aitaji, Weilue and Wei Zhen came out to greet him. Weilue was the first to speak: "Mother, are we going to find Master Li? Didn't the Bodhisattva just say that only Master Li can help us revive our tribe?"

Baozhu Faluo hugged Wei Lue and said, "Mom also wants to find Master Li, but I don't know where he is now."

Wei Lue raised his head and said, "Mr. Li said he would come back to see me after a while. We can wait for him here!"

The conch asked, "Really?"

Yuehua nodded and said, "Really, my brother and Wei Lue have a gentleman's agreement! My brother is a trustworthy person and will definitely come back!"

After Yuehua said this, she suddenly felt relieved. She thought: I knew it was like this. He will definitely come back. When he comes back, I must ask him why he didn't fulfill his promise to me! Yes, I must ask him clearly!

Many people did not sleep well that night. Some were busy taking care of the wounded, some were excited after surviving a disaster, and some were puzzled by the coming of the Bodhisattva. However, Yuehua slept particularly soundly because she was sure that Li Yi would be back soon.

The next day, Yuehua was happily humming little tunes, of course, they were all Li Yi's songs. She hummed little tunes while helping to take care of the wounded. This was the first time she felt that she had integrated into the tribe, because everyone was very polite to her.