Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

The twenty or so people behind them, Jiang, Hu, Hai, Tang, etc., knew they were no match for the Sheep King and could only watch him retreat. Twenty or so people were hanging in the air under the bridge, swaying and swaying, which was very scary. Dong hurriedly shouted: "Jiang, the Sheep King has retreated, hurry up and rescue us!"

"Yes, Brother Dong! I'll come and save you." Hearing this, Jiang hurriedly bent down and grabbed the safety rope of the person who fell off the bridge in front of him, and pulled him onto the overpass. Then he went forward and rescued the others one by one.

After everyone was rescued, Ya Shangqiu asked loudly: "Dong, Xing, how are you? Are you okay?"

"Cave Master, we are all fine!" Dong replied.

Although there were no casualties, everyone was demoralized and frustrated because they were defeated. Looking at the Sheep King guarding the bridge, Xi said dejectedly: "Brother Dong, the Sheep King is very brave and hard to defeat. Why don't we retreat first?"

Dong hesitated, and Xiaoxing behind him immediately objected: "Brother Dong, we can't retreat. We should continue to attack."

"The Sheep King is very powerful. I'm worried about another accident. It would be better for us to retreat to the cliff and deal with the situation first." Xi continued.

"Keep attacking!" Xiao Xing said stubbornly, "We finally got here. No matter what, we have to try again."

"Yes! Keep attacking. We must defeat the Sheep King even if we die." Chen and others behind him shouted.

"Xi, since everyone is so fearless, how can we be cowardly?" After persuading Xi, Dong shouted, "Brothers, follow me!" After shouting, he took the lead and continued to crawl forward.

Seeing that everyone was fearless and was still attacking, the Sheep King guarding the bridgehead immediately went berserk and shouted at everyone, "You humans are so annoying. You know you can't beat me, but you still want to attack. You really don't know how to live or die!"

"Hey! You old sheep, you are right. We humans have never been afraid of death. If you are afraid of death, just surrender and hand over the Nian beast." Dong shouted sternly.

"You are a defeated general, yet you dare to ask me to surrender? Haha!" The Sheep King laughed loudly, his beard trembling. After laughing, he ordered the sheep spirits next to him: "Black sheep, white sheep, I am tired. Go and eliminate humans on my behalf."

"Yes, my king." The black sheep spirit agreed, "Why do you need my king to fight these humans who are like dead branches and rotten wood? Look at me, I will beat them to a pulp."

After saying that, it jumped and rushed towards the overpass. Unexpectedly, the White Sheep Demon also rushed to the front, blocking the Black Sheep Demon's way, and said: "My king, let me go. I think humans are like a mantis trying to stop a chariot. As long as I attack, I can pick out their intestines with one horn."

"Aries, get out of the way. You can't even beat me, so how can you defeat humans?" the black sheep asked angrily.

"Black Aries, you were lucky last time because I stepped on your foot and broke it. If you have the ability, let's fight again." The Aries demon said provocatively.

"Let's fight. Do you think I'm afraid of you?" The Black Sheep Demon was unwilling to be outdone. He arched his back and rushed towards the White Aries Demon.

The two sheep had a disagreement and started fighting again. The Sheep King could not persuade them to stop fighting, and he was so angry that he kept bleating and had to fight himself.

"Human, you're looking for death. Take this!" The Sheep King rushed forward furiously.

"Wow!" Dong roared again, wielding the stone knife and slashing at him: "Old Sheep King, you are the one seeking death."

But no matter how hard Dong tried, he still couldn't beat the Sheep King. After two or three rounds, he was still knocked off the bridge. Then he defeated Xi, Xiaoxing, Chen... one by one and knocked them off the bridge.

This time, the Sheep King showed no mercy and pushed all the people on the bridge off the bridge in one breath. Then he sang a victory song and retreated.

Qiu on the cliff saw this and hurriedly ordered people to come to rescue them. After a long time of effort, they rescued everyone from under the bridge.

"Dong, Xing, how are you all? Are you all okay?" Qiu asked again.

"Cave Master, we are all fine!" Dong answered after checking on everyone.

"I'm glad everyone is okay. It's getting late today, so we might as well withdraw our troops!" Qiu ordered.

Everyone followed the instructions and retreated back to the cliff. Although there was no damage this time, they were very frustrated and lost confidence after two or three failed attacks. Xi sighed and said to Qiu: "Master, this bridge is guarded by the King of Sheep. It is really a one-sheep-guarding-the-pass-and-ten-thousand-men-can't-pass. Let's just give up!"

"Nonsense!" Qiu scolded, "Xi, now that you are wearing a safety line, you feel safer than last time. How can you say you will give up? Tomorrow you will have to wait until I lead the charge myself. I don't believe that we can't catch the Sheep King."

Dong was filled with heroic spirit when he heard this. He took the wine gourd and drank it in one gulp. He said, "Master, why do you need a butcher knife to kill a chicken? It's just a sheep king, why do you need to fight it yourself? I will definitely subdue it tomorrow even if I risk my life!"

Xi saw Dong Xiong getting up, as if he had been given a shot of adrenaline, and said, "Brother Dong is right, let's fight the Sheep King."

"Good! I'm pleased that you can muster such courage. I believe you will succeed." Qiu nodded and looked at them with appreciation.

The discussion was over, and there was no conversation that night. The next morning, after breakfast, Dong led the group up the sky bridge, tied safety ropes to each group, and then attacked Upside Down Mountain.

Emperor Nian, who was on the cliff over there, had already seen it and hurriedly said to the Sheep King, "Sheep King, it's bad, the humans are attacking again!"

The Sheep King looked at the people crawling towards him and sneered, "Humans really won't give up until they reach the Yellow River, and won't withdraw their troops until the bridge collapses! Emperor Nian, don't worry, I will hit these incompetent humans and throw them all off the bridge again."

After saying that, the Sheep King held up his two long horns and rushed towards Dong and the others, shouting, "Incompetent humans, go to hell!"

Dong saw the Sheep King rushing towards him, his steel teeth clattered and he shouted loudly: "Sheep King, I will fight you today."

After saying that, he untied the safety rope on the stone bridge, handed it to Xiaoxing behind him, and said, "Xing, help me hold the safety rope, don't let go."

"Brother Dong, why did you untie the safety rope? It's very dangerous." Xiaoxing was very confused.

"With this rope tied up, my hands and feet are restricted and it's hard to move. It will be better if I untie it." Dong replied.

"I got it, Brother Dong, I will definitely hold on to it tightly." Xiaoxing took the safety rope and pulled it tightly.

Dong didn't take up any weapon and stood up shakily. As his feet were very unstable, he opened his arms and tried hard to keep his balance.

Xiao Xing exclaimed in surprise: "Brother Dong, it's too dangerous to stand, it's better to ride steadily."

"The Sheep King is here, Brother Dong, quickly get your weapons!" Xi shouted from behind.

Dong ignored them, staring at the King of Sheep who was rushing over. Just as the King of Sheep pushed his horns over, Dong yelled "Wow!" and suddenly pounced on him, grabbing the two long horns of the King of Sheep with both hands, and then used all his strength to push the King of Sheep under the bridge. But although the King of Sheep was standing on this narrow overpass, he was stable. In addition, the King of Sheep was tall and strong, just like a strong bull. Therefore, no matter how Dong tried to fight, he was like a dragonfly shaking a stone pillar, motionless. When Dong was helpless, the King of Sheep began to show his power. He shook his head to the left with all his strength and threw Dong into the air. Everyone who saw it screamed "Ah!" and their hearts were in their throats. Xiaoxing hurriedly pulled the safety rope tightly and shouted, "Brother Dong, be careful!"

Dong was not afraid at all, holding on to the sheep's horns with both hands. The sheep king saw that he could not throw Dong off, so he threw Dong to the right again, this time with greater force, and threw Dong high up like a straw. But Dong let the sheep king throw him left and right, and he always held on tightly. The sheep king saw that he could not get rid of him, so he lowered his head and rushed forward against Dong, trying to push him to death. Dong landed on the bridge with his feet, and then he pushed the sheep king tightly again, not giving in.

Xiaoxing, who was behind him, immediately put his hand on Dong's back to help stop the Sheep King from charging forward. Seeing this, Xi, who was behind Xiaoxing, also quickly held up Xiaoxing's body. Then Chen, who was behind him, held up Xi, and then Bei, Zhong, the roots, the leaves... and everyone else held up one by one until they reached the cliff. With the strong support of everyone, Dong couldn't move forward even a single step. In desperation, the Sheep King began to retreat. Dong found that the Sheep King wanted to retreat, and immediately shouted, "You old sheep, don't even think about escaping! Even if I die today, I will never let you go. Brothers, hold me!"

"Yes, Brother Dong." Upon hearing that, Xiaoxing immediately changed to pulling his safety rope tightly.

If Dong didn't let go, the sheep king couldn't retreat. He couldn't move forward or backward, so he was furious. He struggled hard to shake Dong off, but one of his hind legs suddenly collapsed, and the sheep king lost his balance and fell on the bridge. Dong took the opportunity to push the sheep king under the bridge. The sheep king quickly fell down and almost fell off the bridge. Dong made the sheep king lie on the bridge and didn't let go. He pressed its head on the bridge desperately, cursing: "Damn evil sheep, do you want to be more violent? Today, either you die or I die!"

At first, the Sheep King tried to stand up, but he failed after several attempts. Finally, he gave up and stopped struggling. Dong Jian defeated the Sheep King completely and shouted excitedly, "You old sheep, are you still arrogant? Now we will avenge Huo and He, and you will die!"

"Powerful human, I am blind and underestimated you, please spare my life, let me go!" When the sheep king heard that he was going to be executed, he panicked and changed his arrogant tone. He panted and begged for mercy.

"You evil sheep, you gored our two brothers to death, and now you've been subdued, but you only beg for mercy when you're about to die. Let me tell you, there's no way you can beg for mercy. We're just looking forward to eating your roasted lamb!" Dong flatly refused.

“Powerful human, even if I can roast my thousand-year-old mutton, I’m afraid you won’t be able to chew it. If you want to eat mutton, you can pick the small and tender ones. As long as you spare me, I am willing to rebel against Emperor Nian, surrender to you and pay tribute to you.” The Sheep King has lived for thousands of years, and of course he doesn’t want to die like this, so no matter what the conditions are, he is willing to agree to them.

Dong sneered, "You are such a rude fellow. If you are afraid of death, you shouldn't fight us so hard. If I spare you, wouldn't it be a waste of my energy? You'd better accept your death in peace!"

After saying that, Dong held down the Sheep King with one hand and pulled out a stone axe with the other, ready to chop.

"Brother Dong, wait a minute!" Xiao Xing behind him hurriedly stopped him and said, "Since the Sheep King is willing to surrender, we should ask the cave master whether to kill him or spare him."

Dong stopped when he heard this and said, "Well then! Tell the cave master that the Sheep King has been subdued and surrendered by me. Please decide whether to kill him or spare him."

So Xing passed the message to Xi, who passed it to Chen. Everyone passed the message to the flat-top cliff one by one, and Qiu made the final decision.

Just now, Qiu Hezhi and the others were on the cliff and saw Dong and the Sheep King fighting bare-handed. They were all terrified and worried. Now, when they heard the news that the Sheep King had surrendered, they all breathed a sigh of relief. Qiu stroked his white beard and said, "Since the Sheep King is willing to surrender, we should follow our usual advice and detain him and spare his life!"

"Let it go?" Heizi asked incredulously, "Cave Master, Huo and He were pushed off the bridge by the Sheep King and died. We should avenge Huo and He and kill the Sheep King."

"I am also saddened by the death of Huo and He. But the Sheep King resisted our attack because it was the Nian Beast who ordered him to do so. All the culprit is the Nian Beast. The hatred of Huo and He and all the warriors should be blamed on the Nian Beast," Qiu explained.

"Yeah. What the cave master said makes sense. I understand!" Heizi nodded after hearing it.

"Tell Dong my message, spare the Sheep King for now, capture him and lock him up!" Qiu ordered the people on the bridge.

So everyone passed on the cave master's words to Xiaoxing one by one.

"Brother Dong, the cave master has accepted the surrender of the Sheep King and ordered you to take it back." Xiaoxing said.