As soon as he entered the house, Zhang Xiaoqiang saw two shadows running around in the house. If it was someone else, he would think that there was a ghost in the house. Zhang Xiaoqiang, with his dynamic vision, naturally saw clearly that the shadows were Meow and the mutated mink. Meow had been chasing the mutated mink, which was running around blindly with something in its mouth. Meow should have been able to catch up with it easily with her speed, but the size of the mutated mink was too small, and the space in the house was too narrow and complicated. This made Meow very angry, because every time she was about to catch up with it, the mutated mink would dodge under an obstacle, making Meow miss by a hair.
"Whoosh..."
The small shadow bounced up from the ground and landed behind Zhang Xiaoqiang. Obviously, the mutated mink wanted to use Zhang Xiaoqiang as an obstacle, but Zhang Xiaoqiang caught it by the back of its neck.
"Swoosh..."
Following closely, Meow bumped into Zhang Xiaoqiang's arms. Then Meow snatched the small mink and plucked a black and red thing from its mouth, which looked like a dried pine cone. Looking at the fruit in Meow's hand, the small mink was so anxious that its limbs kept bouncing.
"What is this?"
Zhang Xiaoqiang asked curiously. Obviously, Meow was not interested in this thing. She threw it to Zhang Xiaoqiang and said in a sweet voice,
"Who knows which garbage dump this thing came from? This thing of unknown origin, what if you get a stomachache?"
Obviously, Meow was protecting the small mink, but the small mink didn't know what was good for it. However, looking at this scene, Zhang Xiaoqiang felt that it was very familiar. It seemed that in the hot spring base, Meow drank rainwater, but it was treated as disinfectant by Yang Ke-er.
"What is this thing? It's weird."
Layers of small petal-like edges climbed up from the bottom. It was completely different from the pine cone in Zhang Xiaoqiang's memory. It was more like the scales of a snake, not as dry as a pine cone. It was very elastic, and it felt meaty when he held it in his hand. The fruit emitted a fragrance, which made people feel refreshed after smelling it.
Carefully opening it, they found that it was full of small pomegranates that looked like pomegranates. The strange fragrance made Zhang Xiaoqiang and Yang Ke-er swallow at the same time. The small mink struggled even more crazily. Even Meow's scolding didn't work.
Zhang Xiaoqiang carefully plucked one off and was about to put it in his mouth. Just when Meow was not blinking, Zhang Xiaoqiang's reflection stopped this stupid action.
"Let it go and let it try. If it is edible, we will share it equally …"
Zhang Xiaoqiang said to Meow with his usual narrow-mindedness. Facing Zhang Xiaoqiang's temptation, Meow hesitated for a long time and threw the small mink on the ground. The next second, the small mink jumped up and jumped towards the fruit in Zhang Xiaoqiang's hand. However, it was caught by Zhang Xiaoqiang again. While Zhang Xiaoqiang was panicking, a fragrant small crystal fruit was stuffed into its mouth.
After eating one, the small mink was not satisfied and continued to ask for more. However, Zhang Xiaoqiang ignored it and just stared at it. Half an hour later, the small mink was still alive and kicking. Zhang Xiaoqiang hurriedly stuffed one into her mouth.
As soon as the fruit entered her mouth, Zhang Xiaoqiang almost threw it up. If the bitterness did not suddenly turn into sweetness, Meow's expression would be the same as Zhang Xiaoqiang's when she ate the first fruit. It was bitter in her mouth, and just when she was about to spit it out, it turned into sweetness. The strong contrast made her show a strange expression.
"It should be fine if I eat it, right?"
Zhang Xiaoqiang mumbled to himself. This thing was very strange. If he ate it, the bitterness made him remember it, but if he did not eat it, he could not bear to part with the endless aftertaste of sweetness. It was a headache. Of course, not only him, Meow was also confused.
In the end, the fruit was divided among Zhang Xiaoqiang, Meow, and the small mink. After eating it, the three of them did not have diarrhea. The only difference was that after sleeping, Zhang Xiaoqiang realized that his body did not sweat, but muddy sweat. Similarly, it was the same for Meow. After taking a bath, Zhang Xiaoqiang and Meow's skin seemed to be much fairer than yesterday.
Zhang Xiaoqiang did not focus on the fruit. After some adjustments yesterday, Zhang Xiaoqiang assigned all the work to the soldiers. He brought the five hundred Golden Flag soldiers from the grassland and headed to Salt Lake Town with the garrison camp.
There were no accidents along the way. When Zhang Xiaoqiang and Meow arrived at the town with a thousand soldiers, they saw the ruins of the battle. Houses were blown apart by the 30 mm machine guns, and the remaining walls were filled with holes made by large caliber bullets. Many houses had burn marks, and bullet shells and dark brown bloodstains could be seen everywhere on the ground.
When Zhang Xiaoqiang saw Xu Hao and Tie Zhongyuan, he took a deep breath. Xu Hao was fine, only his neck was wrapped in gauze, and it was only a bullet wound. However, Tie Zhongyuan was different. His face and the back of his hands were all wrapped in gauze. Only one of his eyes was exposed, and the rest was his mouth. He looked no different from a mummy in cartoons.
Seeing Zhang Xiaoqiang looking at him in surprise, Tie Zhongyuan's lips curled into a smile. However, most of his face was wrapped in gauze, and it was hard to see his expression.
"There was an accident. There was a guy who threw sand faster than knives. The steel plate couldn't block it, so I got disfigured. It's not a big deal. I never expected to make a living with this face anyway..."
Tie Zhongyuan said generously, but Zhang Xiaoqiang felt very comfortable. He had met two extremely handsome men before. One was Wen Wen, and the other was Tie Zhongyuan. Although the appearance of the two was not enough to make him feel ashamed, he was definitely not happy about it.
"Did the people from Silver Stream send people to investigate?"
Zhang Xiao Qiang's question caused Tie Zhongyuan and Xu Hao to be confused. Yesterday, the captured soldiers had kept their mouths shut, and they did not know where these people had come from. Since they were in a rush to set up defenses, they had sent them all to the rear. Hence, up till now, they did not know where the enemies had come from.
Seeing that the two did not understand, Zhang Xiaoqiang asked helplessly,
"After the enemy retreated yesterday, did they send people to spy on us?
Did you send scouts to search there? "
"We sent 10 squads, but we did not find any enemy scouts. In addition, there was nothing unusual within 50 kilometers. The enemy should be from Wuhai City. Maybe, they are regular soldiers..."
Speaking of this, Xu Hao and Tie Zhongyuan felt that something was wrong. The battle yesterday was very fierce, and the soldiers on both sides did not retreat. If Tie Zhongyuan did not kill all the evolvers and Xu Hao left half of the enemy's vehicles, they would have lost more people.
"No matter who they are, as long as they stop us from living, they are all enemies. In this world, we can only trust ourselves, and we cannot rely on others. Do you want your lives to be controlled by others?
From now on, all the forces in front of us are our enemies, unless they are willing to respect our strength... "
What Zhang Xiaoqiang said was the law of the jungle. Strength was everything, and without strength, one would only be the prey in front of others. That Shi Yuanye was a powerful man, but he could not guarantee that he did not have ambition. Everyone had ambition, but not when it came to oneself.
After that, Zhang Xiaoqiang explained the formation and strength of the forces on the other side, so that Tie Zhongyuan and Xu Hao could finally understand what kind of enemy they were going to face.
It was a bit far-fetched to say that they were enemies, because Zhang Xiaoqiang and Tie Zhongyuan were going to deal with the other Wolf Flags. The main enemy of the Silver Stream Army was also the Wolf Flags. However, because of a strange combination of factors, the possible allies became enemies. If there was no accident, the Chu He Han Border would eventually evolve into the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and two Han troops would fight each other.
It was not that there was no solution. As long as Zhang Xiaoqiang lowered his head and led his forces to surrender to the Silver Stream Army, although there was no guarantee that the people under him would have the same status as the people on the other side, they could avoid a battle of unequal strength.
However, this was not something that Zhang Xiaoqiang would consider. He was able to struggle until today, and no matter where he went, his forces would become stronger. He did not rely on compromising. In the post-apocalyptic world, compromising was a dead end. Tie Zhongyuan was an example. Although he was strong, he had to compromise for the survival of his tribe. In the end, he became Zhang Xiaoqiang's cannon fodder.
Although they knew the strength of the other side, Tie Zhongyuan and Xu Hao did not think too much about it. There were too many unknowns in the post-apocalyptic world. For now, they were tied together with Zhang Xiaoqiang, and Zhang Xiaoqiang's decision was their decision.
After yesterday's battle, Tie Zhongyuan's Huang Jinqi suffered heavy losses, almost half of them were killed. After the 500 Huang Jinqi that Zhang Xiaoqiang brought returned, his forces were back to 600. Xu Hao's cavalry did not suffer too many losses. The 500 Garrison Camp and his cavalry were close to 700 people. In addition, there was a continuous flow of logistics that arrived at the town to collect supplies. Salt Lake Town's forces had reached 1,300 people. If the reinforcements continued to join, excluding Zhang Xiaoqiang's side, even if the Huang Jinqi had reloaded their ammunition, they would still have 2,000 people.