Plain and happy days always pass quickly, the weather is getting colder and colder, and everyone's clothes are getting thicker and thicker. Now Bai Mu's space has hoarded a lot of coal, food, and medicine. The large bows and crossbows in the tribe were also made, and after everyone learned to use them, they were covered with thick animal skins. In order to cope with the sudden situation, the Er and Buzi leaders also divided females and underage orcs with fighting ability into groups.

As long as there is a situation, everyone does not need to gather and go directly to their designated location. Because there is no place to live in the canyon with a wide view. So in order to save time, the two patriarchs made arrangements in advance.

The houses that were close to each other were grouped together and used large crossbows to assist in protection. Surrounded by small orcs and people who do not operate crossbows, the birds that slip through the net will not hurt the crossbowmen. The orcs were also divided into five groups, two groups at the city wall, and the other three groups to deal with the birds that might appear in the sky.

As the weather continued to get colder and finally ushered in the first heavy snow in winter, Bai Mu stood in the courtyard wrapped in a thick leather jacket, with his hands tucked into his furry sleeves, watching the world that was gradually being frozen.

Bai Mu looked at the world covered in silver by the frozen stream, and he no longer had the astonishment he had when he saw it for the first time. He looked at these now and only thought of those ferocious herds. He felt someone approaching behind him, and he didn't have to look back to know who was coming. He asked softly, "Selter, when do you think this year's herd will come?"

"I don't know, but we've moved, so this year should be a little bit darker than last year!" Sert wore a black animal skin coat, and the waist design made him look not only not bloated, but even more handsome. He stood side by side with Bai Mu, watching this world that seemed to have lost its vitality. But he knew that under the snow was a thriving breath of life, and when the snow melted, they would be full of new life.

"If there is spare energy this year, let the patriarch send someone to investigate the reasons for the abnormality of these beast herds. If you find out, you will have a bottom line." If things are abnormal, they are demons. Only by finding the root cause of the problem can we better protect it. tribe. And this also counts as knowing oneself and knowing the enemy, and a hundred battles will not be imperiled.

"Yeah." Even if Bai Mu didn't say anything, the patriarch would send someone to investigate if he had enough energy.

"This canyon is really a good place. I feel that the winter here is not as cold as the outside, but I don't know what the outside is like now?" The gloomy sky and the light snow fell on Bai Mu's skin. , melted into water, cold to the bone.

"Go back, it's getting colder and colder, don't freeze."

"Yeah." Bai Mu nodded, and went into the house with Celt and closed the door.

All the doors in the house connecting to the outside were closed tightly, and curtains were hung with old animal skins to prevent cold wind from entering through the gaps. So the whole house is still very warm. In order to save resources, they will gather in Tabor's room most of the time during the day. Only when they go to bed at night will they heat up all the kangs and return to their own rooms.

After entering the house, Sert wiped off the snowflakes on Bai Mu's clothes, and when he touched his cold skin, he quickly let him go to the kang to warm up.

Lei Zhe still spends the winter with them, Le Zhe and Tabor live in a room, and Angelo lives in a room. And this winter, the conditions have improved a lot, and the kang head is burning hot, not to mention how comfortable it is to sleep on it. At this time, he was fighting the landlord with Tabo and Angelo on the kang covered with a quilt.

On the kang table were playing cards made of thin wood chips, as well as a plate of melon seeds, some homemade dried meat and preserved fruit made by Baimu. Several people were sitting around eating and playing cards. Recently, these people are very addicted to playing poker, eating snacks and playing cards on the kang every day. If one of Selter and Lei Zhe goes to stand guard, they will play double-dunk instead. If Lei Zhe and Selter both go, Bai Mu and the others will fight the landlord. Everyone was having a good time. The only one who has resentment is Celt, because it reduces the time he spends with Bai Mu.

Feeling cold, Bai Mu kicked his shoes and climbed onto the kang head. The whole person was nestled in a thick animal skin quilt, and it took a while to recover.

Then Sert, who came in, also squeezed onto the kang, took him into his warm embrace, and said angrily and hilariously, "I thought you weren't cold when you looked like you were in a daze outside just now."

"You said that I'm in a daze, and it's easy to overlook some things when I'm in a daze."

"Is it warmer now?"

"Um."

"I said Celt, can you guys stop irritating people here?" Lei Zhe complained when he saw that they were no one else around, and closed the cards in his hand.

"When you and Angelo get married, you might be more tired than us." Selt said lightly.

"Brother Lei Zhe, it's your turn to play the card, and you still don't play. Is it because you, the landlord, are about to lose, so you want to cheat." Taber urged him to play the card.

"There's no such thing." Lei Zhe ignored the two husbands and continued to focus on the platoon.

Tabor had shredded meat in his mouth, Fatty was holding a poker in his hand, and his big smart eyes were rolling and calculating. Angelo is also similar to him, and now he is patronizing the cards in his hand.

After Bai Mu warmed up, he went to cook in the space. Now that the weather is too cold, he almost always made it in the space and came out. If Bai Mu couldn't get out of bed, Angelo would cook in the kitchen at home.

Every day was like this peacefully, because they were worried about the beasts attacking at night, Bai Mu and the others did not enter the space. Every time Selter and Bai Mu rolled the bed, Bai Mu would always try not to make a sound. Selt thought that Bai Mu was particularly cute, and could not help but try his best to please him. Seeing him move, because of his shyness, his more sensitive body was under him, and he couldn't control his impulses.

In fact, the wind and snow outside these days are very strong, so there is no need to worry that the sound will be transmitted to the next door. But Bai Muhao didn't know about it, so he could only be bullied by Sert every time. And every time Celt poured out of Bai Mu's body, it would stay in his body for a while and would not be taken out immediately. Bai Mu was very distressed about this, because it would be easy to misfire, and it would be endless. But Selt never tires of it, you must know that this is all to make Bai Mu conceive as soon as possible. If Bai Mu couldn't get out of bed the next day, everyone would go to the kitchen to cook with a tacit understanding.

At this time, Selt will continue to be tired of being crooked in the room with Bai Mu, and the direct consequence is that Bai Mu will continue to sleep on the kang again.

In winter, every household hides in the house, and everything is good these days, except that it is not very convenient to fetch water. The water in the canyon is frozen, and the water everyone uses is melted by snow. This made it a little inconvenient to take a bath. Not only did you have to burn a lot of water, but you also had to get a small stove to bake it. After washing, you would get into the warm bed.

However, the conditions are much better than before, and the variety of food this winter is much more than in previous years. In addition to last year's potatoes, sweet potatoes, mushrooms, dried fish, etc., now you can cook some meat porridge or sit on some gnocchi to improve your meal.

The first heavy snow stopped in a blink of an eye, and people did not find any trace of the herd. After ten or so days, it started to snow again, and everyone continued to live their small lives at home without going out. When the weather is warmer, you can practice arrows. If the weather is bad, you can sleep on the kang or do some small things.

In this way, more than two months have passed, and just when people thought that this year's herd would not appear again, the sound of the horn spread all over the canyon. The orcs took immediate action according to their groupings. The females were no longer weak this time, they also wore thick leather coats and carried bows and arrows on their backs. This time they are not the weak who need protection, they can also protect the tribe.

This time, except for the adult females who are pregnant and have young children, the rest of the females are all assigned to the large bow and crossbow together with the underage orcs. They removed the hide covering the crossbow and quickly cleared the snow.

The range of these large crossbows is about 350 meters, which can be regarded as weapons of mass destruction for birds. Bai Mu is also very confident in this, and they experimented with it when it was completed. Even if you can't kill with one arrow, you can pull the bird down and kill it by using the arrow's barb and connecting rope.

Patriarch Buzi was responsible for leading people to defend the city gate, and Patriarch Er was in charge of commanding the battle over the canyon. Everyone took their own responsibilities, and basically all went to their respective positions after the horn sound stopped.

Chief Buzz stood on the city wall, the herd of beasts constantly trying to climb up under the city wall. Fortunately, they built the city gate with heavy stones before the winter, otherwise the thick city gate would really not be able to stop such an offensive. Seeing that the corridor was crowded with beasts, Chief Buzz frowned.

Although this person is good at defense now, but his vision is not good and he can't grasp the situation of the herd. No, we have to take out a group of people to investigate the situation of the herd full-time.

"Abuli, take a few people to find out how many beasts are in the herd this time, and whether there are emperor beasts in them." Patriarch Buzi invited Abuli and asked him to take people to check.

"Yes, Patriarch." Abuli quickly flew out with five orcs.

Patriarch Buzi looked at their distant figures, hoping that what they brought back would not be bad news. He is just living a stable life now, and he doesn't want to lose it like this.

At this time, the orcs on the city wall were shooting down with bows and arrows, and another group of people was boiling hot oil. They will drop the firewood later, then pour the hot oil down and ignite it. Stop their ferocious onslaught by besieging the herd and burning it to death. According to Bai Mu, as long as the big birds in the air are eliminated, those at the door can slowly fight the war of attrition.

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