Seeing that everyone was returning home, Sun Tu returned the scimitar that had shaken off the blood in its sheath, then dismounted his horse, saluted Xi Fengchang and said: "Master, now is the time to go back and rescue the captives, take back the goods, and pacify the situation." This Nanshan thief, which has been causing trouble to my Shunjun City for a long time, has been stolen!"
This sentence immediately reminded Xi Fengchang, allowing him to calm down from the excitement in front of him, and immediately shouted loudly: "Go back and defeat the Nanshan bandits. Then I will take credit for you!"
"Kill!" Whether it was the Xifengchangsuo troops with greatly improved morale and the merchant coalition forces, or the Yuanxi feudal subordinates who had just surrendered, they all responded loudly, and then the entire army quickly assembled and rushed towards the south ten Kill the valley mouth plain many miles away. In the chase just now, the two sides fought for more than ten miles. When they turned around, they saw corpses everywhere and blood all over the road. Many people felt a little scared after seeing this.
After many people thought that the reason for such a result was the greed of the Nanshan bandit, they immediately became more hateful and murderous towards the horse thieves. Everyone wanted to kill these hundreds of thieves immediately. clean.
The sudden killing of a carbine by Xi Feng's men was beyond the expectations of the horse thieves. They thought that the two armies would have to fight for half a day, and the result would only be seen after more than half of the casualties. But by that time, they had already brought Take all the goods and flee. But now it's good, they are still threatening and forcing the newly freed prisoners to help push the carts out of here, and the fighting over there has stopped abruptly.
Then, the thunderous shouts continued to be heard. Before they could make a decision, the troops of the Xifeng clan who had joined forces had already charged towards them. From a distance, someone shouted loudly to kill them. He stood up and said, "Kill all these horse thieves and avenge our brothers and sisters!" Then a round of arrows came, shooting down many horse thieves, and many people hurriedly shrank back.
Just now, these horse thieves suffered a lot of casualties in the surprise attack by Xi Fengchang's soldiers and horses, and they had already been timid in their hearts. Now that they saw that the opponent had more troops and more momentum, they were even more frightened and did not dare to fight any more. Resisting and struggling, they all turned around and wanted to escape from this place.
But at this time, how could the people of the Xi Feng clan and the merchants let these culprits leave again? With the sound of several horns, the entire team quickly dispersed, outflanking from both sides and trying to capture them. This horse thief is completely trapped here.
At this time, it was clearly revealed that Xia's army was far superior to ordinary horse thieves. Even though they had just fought a hard battle, the speed of the people and horses at this time was still much faster than that of the horse thieves. In just one burst, they were already ahead of them. They formed an encirclement before catching the horse thieves, and then fired a volley of bows and arrows, killing the horse thieves who were slow to rush forward. The others were so frightened that they hurriedly turned around and went to the side.
However, at this time, they were completely surrounded by thousands of people, and even changing direction was in vain. And in terms of combat power, these horse thieves only bullied ordinary people, but they did not dare to confront the elites of the Xia Kingdom's border troops, so soon they had no choice but to retreat and shrink again. Now that the Xia army was surrounded, they kept compressing and moving forward. In just one meal, they completely trapped these hundreds of horse thieves on the plain with a radius of several miles, making it impossible for them to escape.
"Put down your weapons, and those who surrender on the ground will avoid death!" As Sun Tu shouted, the Xia soldiers launched another attack.
An ultimatum was issued to force the horse thieves to abandon their weapons and surrender.
The horse thieves who had been surrounded in a desperate situation were still making their final struggle. Many of them pulled the previously captured caravans to them, pointed their swords and guns at their vital points, and shouted crazily: " You give way to life, or we will drag them to death together!"
Some other guys who couldn't get the hostages decisively lit torches and put them in front of the carts of goods, pretending to set them on fire. They kept shouting: "Get out of the way quickly, or I will let you You won't get anything. Even if you kill us, you won't even think about it easy!"
The effect of this threat was quite large. Xia Bing, who was about to attack from all sides, could only temporarily stop the attack. Several businessmen came to the gloomy Xi Fengchang with anxious expressions. He said: "Eighth Young Master, we can't let them really kill people and burn goods, otherwise the losses for us will be too great. And it's almost winter. If we lose this batch of goods, what will happen to the people in Shunjun City next to us?" Life will not be easy..."
Xifengchang looked at the deadlock in front of him with an annoyed face, regretting that he had not sent people to stay here to keep an eye on these people and goods. This time it was really difficult to handle. He really didn't want to let go, but he couldn't afford to lose these caravan members and goods. Moreover, among the merchants who were taken hostage, there was Sun Qianli's friend Huangfu Duan. If he had a At any rate, it would be difficult for me to explain to others.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Sun Tu, who also had frowning eyebrows, to see what his idea was. This gaze immediately attracted Sun Tu's attention. He immediately rode over and whispered: "Master, why don't you let me go up and talk to them and try to get them to give up the hostages and goods and surrender automatically?"
"Are you... sure?" Xi Fengchang asked vaguely.
"You have to give it a try. Otherwise, can we really let them go? These horse thieves are still useful. I want to capture them alive and take them back." Sun Tu said, winking at him again, and then let him go. In front of the horse, after taking the bow and arrow from a cavalryman, he pointed directly at the leader of the horse thieves in front of him who was holding a torch hanging above a cart of cloth, and then shouted loudly: "Now you are in a desperate situation, if you still want to survive , at this time, obediently abandon your weapons and return, and sealing Young Master Chang so carefully can still save your lives. If you are still so stubborn at this time, then this place will be your burial place!" While speaking, he had already He slowly pulled out the bow string, and a murderous aura rushed straight towards the opponent.
Following his move, the Xia soldiers behind him also drew their bows and raised their swords. It seemed that as long as he shot this arrow, thousands of people would rush over without hesitation and kill them. Kill all these enemies!
At this time, the horse thieves on the opposite side were under great pressure, and their already shaken military morale was on the verge of collapse. Some people's hands drooped slightly, and the swords and guns placed on the necks of the hostages also began to shrink back.
The leader of the horse thieves was even more chilled when he saw this. At this time, he had already accepted this defeat, but he still hesitated, wondering whether he could save his life by surrendering. On the other hand, the little leader who was pointed at by Sun Tu with an arrow was very hardened at this time, and still shouted loudly: "Either give way, or let us die with these people and their goods!" As the words came out, the hand in his hand
The torch was even lowered, but he really planned to light a cart of cloth to prove his determination.
A flash of light suddenly flashed in Sun Tu's eyes. At this moment, he thought of something, and immediately gritted his teeth and shouted: "You are looking for death!" Then, the fingers pulling on the bowstring loosened.
"Phew!" The feathered arrow that had been ready to go immediately flew out of the air. After passing a shadow forward, it sank directly into the heart of the little boss!
The little leader really didn't expect that Sun Tu would fire the arrow so decisively. He only had time to say "you..." before his body completely lost control. The only thing he could do was to let go of his right hand holding the torch and let the beeping torch fall vertically on the cart full of cloth. Then with a bang, the cart full of cloth immediately It was ignited by the flames and burst into flames.
This turn of events shocked everyone present. Who would have thought that Sun Tu would attack so brazenly without even hesitating. Not to mention those businessmen, even Xi Fengchang was stunned on the spot and couldn't react for a long time.
But someone quickly reacted at this moment to the Xia soldiers who were also aiming at a group of horse thieves with bows. The strings in the hearts of these people are already extremely tight, and they will let go as long as there is the slightest disturbance, not to mention that it is Sun Tu, the leader of the general, who is the first to shoot the arrow? So, at the moment when others were stunned, hundreds of arrows shot out following Sun Tu's action, whistling and driving into the horse thieves who were holding hostages or holding torches hanging above the cargo. The body was shot directly, causing them to scream and fall down one after another.
"Kill!" Sun Tu had already thrown away the empty bow in his hand. He drew his sword again and galloped forward. In the blink of an eye, he rushed in front of the horse thief who was holding Huangfu Duan hostage. The light of his sword flashed past. , he cut off the arm holding the knife at the root, and hurriedly pulled forward with his other hand, quickly lifting up the somewhat stunned Huangfu, then turned the horse's head and led him back.
At this time, the horse thieves reacted one after another. Some roared and slashed down with their swords, killing the hostages on the spot. Others decisively let go and let the torches fall into the middle of the cargo on the car, igniting the entire valuable cargo... Since there was no more valuable cargo... There is still a way to go, so let’s just fight to the death!
Another melee started. Not only did Xia Bing attack them brazenly, but the people under the merchants were even more furious. Their eyes were all red. They cursed and waved their swords at the horse thieves, wishing they could kill them. It takes eight yuan to eliminate this hatred in my heart. You must know that most of the goods here are owned by them. Now that they are burned, their losses will be too great.
On the contrary, Sun Tu, the initiator of the chaos, had already protected Huangfu Duan and retreated to the rear, returning to Xi Fengchang, who was still looking surprised and had not been able to recover for a long time.
In the distance, Liang Gunsun and Gao Dadong, who were watching all this, were also surprised. They really didn't expect such a result in the end. Originally, Xi Fengchang and the others had already controlled the situation. As long as they delayed it a little longer, If you apply some pressure, it will end peacefully. No damage will be done, so why does it end up like this
But after being stunned for a long time, Ga Dadong suddenly sighed: "Kill them all. Is Sun Qianli, who was taken under the control of the Eighth Young Master, so ruthless?" Bystanders knew that he had already seen some clues!