She picked up the young prime minister while fleeing famine

I've said it before: the worst thing about spending the night in the mountains is encountering wild boars and wolves.

Both of these animals are vengeful and relentless, making them difficult to deal with.

Yao Li Village has encountered all sorts of bad luck and misfortune.

The incident began when a pack of wolves was hunting a litter of wild boars. The wild boars panicked and ran down the mountain, only to run into the resting group from Yaoli Village, which happened to be in the middle of the night, the most agonizing time of the night.

Generally speaking, torches can scare away wild animals, but this does not include wolves that have gone berserk or wild boars that are busy fleeing for their lives.

Banxia's five senses are several times better than those of ordinary people. Even when she is asleep, such a loud noise can quickly wake her up.

After waking up, Banxia pressed her ear to the ground and listened for a while. The chaotic sound of hooves immediately locked onto the wild boar as the likely candidate.

Banxia reacted immediately. She found her own cooking pot, grabbed a piece of firewood, and banged it hard on the bottom of the pot.

"Get up quickly! A herd of wild boars is coming this way! Pack your things and run down the mountain!"

Just as she shouted, the people responsible for perimeter security also noticed something was wrong and joined in the shouting.

Fortunately, this wasn't the first time Yao Li Village had encountered an unexpected situation on their journey. Everyone acted quickly, grabbing their most important belongings and running down the mountain.

Because we were spending the night in the mountains, the campsite wasn't as large or spread out as it had been on the road. Even when we were resting, we maintained a formation with women and children in the middle and men on the outer perimeter.

So the people on the outside lit torches immediately, and those in front quickly cleared a path. In just five minutes, the group was moving down the mountain at a rapid pace.

The howls of wild boars and the howls of wolves coming from behind were like death knells, urging everyone to hurry up and leave.

At this moment, Banxia certainly wouldn't listen to Lian Chengmo and stay on the wheelbarrow, holding him back. She simply put Xiaoshuang'er and Juanbai on the wheelbarrow and pushed it away herself.

Even as he ran, he didn't forget to threaten Lian Chengmo.

"I'm entrusting my second brother to you. Try losing him if you dare."

"..." Lian Chengmo was a step too slow.

He had no choice but to grit his teeth and pull Lian Chengyu and Qi Changshan along behind the little girl, one in each hand.

At times like this, everyone is naturally preoccupied with their own families. Fortunately, one of the people helping to carry Qi Lei had a large family, so he dutifully ran over, picked him up, and ran off.

This gave the panicked Ms. Wu a sense of security, and the two children followed closely behind, one holding the other's arm.

By this time, their family had fallen to the very back, with only a dozen or so young men responsible for perimeter security following them.

A wild boar's scream rang out, and Wu instinctively turned around to look. She was so frightened that her legs almost gave way and she fell to the ground.

Not far behind, illuminated by torches, emerged a litter of wild boars of all sizes, but even more numerous were the wolves.

About three to five wolves attacked a wild boar, which was only half-grown. The larger wild boars not only had several wolves hanging on their backs, but also several others eyeing them menacingly.

The pitiful cries came from a half-grown wild boar. It had just been pounced on by a larger wolf and had only managed to let out a few screams before instantly becoming food for the pack.

"Don't look back, run forward and catch up with Banxia and the others." Qi Sanshui helped his daughter-in-law up and urged her to run faster.

Qi Sanshui, who had been keeping a close watch on his son and daughter-in-law, saw what was happening and quickly woke them up, telling Wu to run away immediately.

In just a short while, the pigs behind them were caught up and torn apart by the wolves. After a series of pitiful squeals, only three large pigs remained from the pigs.

But the danger also lay with these three large pigs, which, baring their long tusks, chased after the villagers of Yaoli Village.

They seemed to understand that as long as they caught up with the people from Yaoli Village, they could escape in the chaos and save their lives.

Although it was the first time Wu had ever witnessed such a scene of wild beasts fighting, she was terrified. However, her father-in-law reminded her, and she immediately came to her senses.

Now that it was a matter of life and death, she had no time to be afraid. Holding Qi Gu tightly in her arms and Qi Yun's hand firmly, Wu Shi burst forth with a strong will to survive and ran forward as fast as she could.

Meanwhile, Yao Dahe, who was bringing up the rear, retreated while observing the distance between the wild boar and them.

Even if they retreated quickly because of their numbers, they couldn't outrun the wild boar's four legs. Moreover, the wild boar charged around fearlessly, not caring about the path at all.

With no other option, Yao Dahe ordered everyone to bring out their bows and arrows. These were some supplies they had obtained from the bandits' den, and everyone had been reluctant to use them.

This time, with both wild boars and wolves, we have no choice but to use them.

Fortunately, the people behind them were all skilled archers. After a volley of arrows, the three wild boars suffered various injuries, and two of them were noticeably slower.

There was only one left charging wildly towards the group.

"Dahe, why don't we move this one? We haven't had pork in ages." One of the men looked at the large wild boar with some envy and turned to Yao Dahe.

Although they haven't lacked food these days, they'd get tired of eating only salted fish and wild vegetables, let alone pork.

When the people of Yaoli Village lived in the northern frontier, they might not be able to eat pork all year round. Even when they went hunting in the mountains, they couldn't bear to eat it and had to exchange it for money to buy grain.

It could be said that this journey of fleeing famine was the time when they had eaten the most meat in their lives, but they still craved wild boar.

"Let's injure this pig's hind legs first, make it chase us slowly, and see what the wolf pack behind us thinks," Yao Dahe said instead of immediately agreeing.

They also encountered wolf packs on the grasslands of northern Xinjiang. Wolves are creatures that will retaliate whether you injure one of their own or steal their prey.

The wild boars in the area were driven out of the deep mountains by a pack of wolves; they were their marked prey.

If they take it without asking, they will definitely make enemies with them. Although Yao Dahe also envied these wild boars, he valued everyone's lives more.

However, if the pig chases them down the mountain on its own, and the wolves have eaten their fill, they might be able to take the pig for themselves.

As soon as Yao Dahe finished speaking, he shot an arrow that struck the wild boar's left hind leg. Seeing this, the others all shot in that direction.

Although there were many arrows, not everyone could hit them. Moreover, wild boars have thick skin and tough flesh, so being hit by an arrow would only affect their mobility and would not kill them immediately.

The pig that was charging ahead had been shot and wounded one after another, and now hated Yao Dahe and the others. It had long forgotten its previous thought of just escaping, and dragged its injured leg to continue chasing them.

The two wounded wild boars behind it, whose mobility was impaired, were soon caught up by the wolf pack and pounced on.