Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

"Chun, just relax!" Qiu comforted her, "Xing, Zhi, Dong and others are all brave and resourceful. Not to mention that there are no major dangers on the road, even if there are, with their extraordinary abilities, they will definitely be able to turn danger into safety. You just need to wait patiently at home."

Having said that, Chun was looking forward to it too much. Every afternoon, she would go to the mouse-catching hill in front of her and wait for Xiaoxing and the others to return safely. Unexpectedly, two days ago, Chun went to the hill to look anxiously as usual. Suddenly, many tigers and vicious cats appeared in the sky. They rushed towards Tianju Cave in a mighty manner. Chun was immediately shocked and ran back to the cave in a panic. While running, he shouted loudly: "Cave Master, it's bad, tigers, so many tigers are attacking!"

Chun ran in panic, and when she was about to return to the cave entrance, she was suddenly tripped by a rock and fell to the ground. Due to the excessive shock, her old illness relapsed, and her eyes rolled up and she fainted. Yang and Liu, who were patrolling nearby, heard the shouting and rushed to Chun's side. They hurriedly helped her up and shouted: "Chun, Chun, what's wrong with you?"

"The tigers are coming, a large group of them, report to the cave master quickly. Quickly..." Chun muttered incoherently.

"Tigers?" Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Yang and Liu looked up into the distance. Although they hadn't seen the tigers yet, they seemed to hear the faint roar of tigers.

"Oh no, everyone, hurry back to the cave. A group of tigers are attacking us." Yang shouted loudly.

Danger was imminent, so everyone carried the unconscious Chun and ran into the cave, blowing the horn to inform people to return to the cave quickly. When everyone hurriedly carried Chun into the bed in the cave, Chun was already dying, her eyes were tightly closed, and she kept calling Xiaoxing.

Because of the timely warning, the tigers attacked outside the Tianju Cave after everyone returned to the cave. Qiu hurriedly ordered everyone to close the cave door. All the warriors held swords, guns, sticks, bows and arrows and other weapons to guard the cave entrance. Qiu was afraid that the tigers would jump over the wall, so he hurriedly ordered people to build a lookout tower by the wall, and then he stood on the high platform to watch the enemy outside the cave.

The tiger general and the cat soldiers came to the Tianju Cave. Seeing the high stone wall at the entrance and the closed door, they dared not rush in. The beast soldiers gathered at the entrance of the cave. The cat king came to the front of the formation with great pride and shouted to the people in the cave: "Meow, listen to the people in the cave. The cat king and the tiger king are here to fight you under the order of Emperor Nian. If you know what's good for you, come out of the cave and surrender, pay tribute to Emperor Nian, and we will spare your lives. Otherwise, we will chop you into pieces and make you our food."

"Bah! You beasts, you want us to surrender? That's ridiculous. It's impossible." Qiu waved his spear and rejected them firmly: "You damned tiger and cat spirits are willing to serve as minions of the Nian beast and work for it. You are really shameless. I advise you to retreat quickly. Don't be like the wild bulls. It will be too late to regret when you are killed by swords and axes."

"Meow!" The cat king yelled angrily, "You monkey-like human being won't listen to my kind advice. You won't give up until you get to the Yellow River. Then you can wait for your death."

After the cat king finished speaking, he turned to the tiger king and said, "Brother Tiger, these monkey-like humans are really stubborn and refuse to surrender. Let them see how powerful we are. Brother Tiger, please give the order to attack now."

The tiger king nodded, shook his head, opened his bloody mouth, and roared "Awooo!" as usual.

After a shocking roar, the tiger king said to the humans in the cave: "Monkey-like humans, since you don't know how powerful this tiger king is, then you just wait and see."

After saying that, the Tiger King ordered all the tiger generals and cat soldiers: "My people, launch an attack and eliminate humans."

"Yes, my king." Upon receiving the order, the tiger and cat spirits gathered in front of the cave, rubbing their hands, eager to give it a try.

Seeing the tigers were about to attack, Qiu hurriedly ordered, "Yang, Liu, all warriors, listen up: the tigers have begun to attack. In order to protect our parents and children, and to protect our homes, everyone must show courage and the spirit of not fearing death, and swear to fight the tigers to the end."

"Yes, cave master." Yang and Liu received the order and shouted, "Brothers, the most critical moment has come. Everyone, join me in defending our homeland and destroying the tigers!"

"Defend our homeland and eliminate the tigers." The warriors raised their arms and shouted the slogan. This majestic slogan echoed in the cave for a long time.

In order to show off in front of the other tigers, a yellow tiger spirit took a few steps back, roared and rushed towards the cave entrance, then leaped up more than two meters into the air and jumped into the cave.

Qiu Heping saw it and quickly shouted, "Everyone be careful, a tiger spirit is attacking us."

As soon as the yellow tiger monster landed, it was greeted by more than ten wooden sticks and spears. Yang and Liu led the crowd to beat the yellow tiger monster with sticks, but the tiger monster was very resistant to beating. It shook its big head, roared, stood up, and was half a meter taller than a human, and then pounced on the short old Bai.

The dwarf Lao Bai used a stone axe to chop at its front paws, but the yellow tiger spirit was also invulnerable to swords and spears, and could not hurt it at all. The yellow tiger spirit knocked the stone axe away with one claw, opened its bloody mouth, and bit Lao Bai's head.

Lao Bai's counterattack failed and it was too late for him to run away. With a "crack", he was bitten on the head, his entire skull shattered, and he died on the spot.

"Old Bai!" Everyone cried out in grief, and then attacked the yellow tiger demon again.

Although the yellow tiger monster bit a man to death, it was also hit by twenty or thirty sticks, which made it become extremely beastly. It dropped Lao Bai, opened its mouth wide, turned around and pounced on the warrior Sang again.

Sang was an experienced hunter, and he thrust the spear straight into its bloody mouth, hitting it right in the middle. The yellow tiger spirit was pierced in the hip by the spear, and with a scream, its huge body fell to the ground, struggling and rolling.

"Hit it! Hit it to death!" Ping shouted. Everyone rushed up with sticks and hit the yellow tiger monster's head hard again. The yellow tiger monster's head was almost broken, and finally it was dying and motionless.

The tiger spirits outside heard the roar of the yellow tiger spirit and thought it was feasting inside. They couldn't bear it any longer and shouted, "Go in quickly, go in quickly, or the yellow tiger will eat all the humans."

Then, three or four more tiger spirits jumped into the cave, and the cat spirits followed suit, climbing over the wall and crossing the door, attacking fiercely. Qiu was shocked and ordered everyone: "Warriors, three or four more tiger spirits have come in, everyone hurry up and attack."

Fortunately, there were still more than 900 warriors in the cave, some fighting against the tiger monster, and some fighting against the cat monster. A fierce battle broke out between the tiger monster and the cat monster. Although the tiger monster was fierce, it could not withstand the large number of people. Although it bit several people to death, it was still killed and eliminated by the warriors.

Unbeknownst to the tiger spirits outside, several more of them came in one after another. Everyone fought hard, but the number of injured warriors gradually increased, and the pressure was getting greater and greater.

Ping saw that the situation was not good, and said to Qiu: "Master, the tiger spirit and cat spirit's attack is too strong. We can't hold on like this. We have to think of a countermeasure quickly."

Qiu looked at the thousands of tigers outside the cave, nodded and said, "Ping, if this continues, we will definitely be defeated. As the old saying goes: It is better to scare people than to beat them. I think we should throw those dead tigers and cats out to appease the tigers."

"Cave Master, this is a good idea. I'll do it right away." Ping took the order, got down from the platform, and then called a few warriors to throw all the dead tiger and cat corpses out of the cave.

Qiu saw this from the high platform, pointed at the tiger corpses and shouted: "Listen, you tiger spirits and cat spirits outside, if you dare to attack us, these dead tigers and cats will be your models."

The tiger and cat spirits outside were frightened by the sight of so many tiger and cat corpses being thrown out. They immediately stopped attacking and turned to report to the tiger and cat kings: "My king, it's bad. All the brothers who broke into the cave were killed by humans. What should we do?"

"What? Is there such a thing?" Upon hearing this, the Tiger King hurried to the front of the formation. As expected, he saw more than ten tiger corpses and many cat corpses. He couldn't help but gasp.

"Brother Tiger, it's incredible that a monkey-like human can defeat so many tiger spirits, right?" Elvis bent his waist and widened his eyes.

"My king, although monkey-like humans have no special skills, they can use weapons. That's why they can defeat us." A cat spirit that escaped from the cave replied.

"Brother Tiger, since humans are so powerful, we might as well go back." Upon hearing this, Elvis wanted to back out.

"Bullshit!" The Tiger King glared at the Cat King and said, "Brother Cat, you are scared just because some soldiers died? Don't forget what we said in front of Emperor Nian - we can definitely conquer humans. If you go back now, where will I put my face?"

"Brother Tiger is right. If we go back, we will be demoted to a level lower than a mouse. We cannot retreat. We cannot retreat." Seeing King Tiger angry, the cat's fur stood on end. He asked again, "So what are you going to do, Brother Tiger? Continue to attack?"

“Hmph—” The tiger king shook his tail, which was as thick as his arm, and said, “I don’t believe that monkey-like humans are that powerful. Pass on my order: stop attacking and stay outside the cave.”

"Brother Tiger, you neither attack nor retreat, what's the point of staying here?" Elvis asked puzzledly.

"Brother Cat, we can't do anything in the cave. If they dare to come out, they will definitely not be our match." The Tiger King replied.

"Brother Tiger, what you said makes sense. But guarding the cave and waiting for people like this is not a solution. If humans don't come out in one day, we will wait for one day. If they don't come out in a month, we will wait for a month. Then when will we report to Emperor Nian?" Elvis shouted.

"If humans don't come out of the cave for one day, we will guard them for one day. If humans don't come out for a year, we will guard them for a year. Until they are all starved to death or trapped to death in the cave." said the Tiger King.

Cat King thought this made sense and praised Tiger King, "That's right. Brother Tiger is smart. Humans will starve to death if they stay in their caves. Then, we can wipe them all out without any effort."

Therefore, all the tiger generals and cat soldiers were guarding not far from the cave entrance, waiting for the opportunity.

Qiu saw that the tigers and cats were indeed frightened and dared not attack, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said to everyone, "Ping, warriors, the tigers and cats have stopped attacking."

When everyone heard this, they finally relaxed their tense hearts. When they cleaned up the battlefield, they found that four people were killed by the tiger spirit, namely Bai, Shan, You and Ju. More than 20 people were bitten, of which Cai and Cao were seriously injured.

When Qiu finished treating the injured warriors and hurriedly led people to see Chun, Chun had already passed away. Although Qiu felt very guilty, he could do nothing about it.

Qiu told them everything that happened after Xiaoxing and the others left. Xiaoxing was so angry that his eyes widened and he clenched his fists and shouted, "Damn tiger, hateful Nian beast, I must destroy you all! Avenge my mother! Avenge the dead and injured warriors!"

"Yes, we must turn our grief into strength, defeat the tiger, and defeat the Nian beast." Chen Ye shouted angrily.

"Xing, let's go find Lao Hu to settle the score and avenge your mother! Let's go." The next step was to pull Xiao Xing up and rush out.

"No! Xia." Qiu hurriedly stopped the impulsive Xia and said, "You can't be so rash to attack the tigers. The old man always says: Know yourself and know the enemy, then you can win every battle. Those tigers not only have sharp teeth and claws, but also move quickly and have great strength, which is incomparable to wild buffaloes. If you fight like this, you are simply going to die."

"Xing, sir, what the cave master said is true. A tiger can kill a big buffalo. Its ferocity is self-evident. We should take a long-term view." Zhiye advised.

Xiao Xing wiped her tears, calmed down, and said to Xia, "Brother Xia, we must avenge this, but we need to find another good strategy."

"Well then, let those evil tigers and cats live for two more days." He nodded and gave up.

At this time, Lao Zhu, Lao Zhang and others came over and shouted, "Cave Master, Zhi, Xing, and fellow warriors, dinner is ready, come and eat."

After hearing this, everyone realized that they were indeed hungry. They looked outside the cave and found that it was already pitch dark.

Qiu patted Xiaoxing on the shoulder and said, "Xing, come and have dinner with us first!"

"Cave Master, Uncle Zhi, brothers, you guys go and eat. I'm not hungry, I want to stay a little longer." Xiaoxing was in a bad mood. Even though there were delicacies in front of him, he had no appetite to eat.