This path is passing through the woods, the terrain on both sides is slightly higher, and the woods are very tight.
Under the leadership of the horse thief who led the way, Xia Ya and others hid behind He Shugen on both sides of the path.
These horse thieves are obviously old hands who are used to doing this kind of business. They don't need Xia Ya's instructions, they are busy with tasks assigned one by one, those who hold bows and arrows, and some people who quickly pull down in front of the small road. The stumbling ropes are all painted with black paint, and in this dimly lit forest, if you don't get close, you won't be able to see it.
The rest separated two legs and ran to the front to explore the way, and separated two to run to the far side of the woods to catch the wind. The rest and Xia undulating in the woods on both sides of the path, each of them cleverly searched for the roots of the tree and hid them in various hidden places beside the rocks. No one asked, they held their breaths and waited for the target to come to the door. .
Seeing that these guys already dressed in imperial cavalry uniforms have done everything so well, Xiaya didn't know whether to cry or laugh. These guys, talking about this kind of robbery, are even more excited.
Some people have prepared several large bags of fine sand, only when the target comes, they will throw it out to confuse the other party's sight.
"Damn, it seems that these guys are all more professional than Lao Tzu."
Turtle pondered secretly in his heart.
When my uncle was down on the Wildfire Plain, he also considered doing this kind of part-time robbery, but he was far less familiar than these professional guys.
Just thinking about it, I heard the direction of the road ahead, and there were a few whistles like birds chirping from a distance. Said: "The brothers in front reported that the rabbit has come in, my lord."
After a while, in the distance, on this path in the woods, the creaking of the wheels was heard in the distance, and several fully loaded carriages entered everyone's sight. Leather armor, the cavalry with a knife and a bow was at the forefront. Seeing this scene, everyone quickly lowered their bodies again.
Gradually, most of the team came into everyone's sight. The number of people in this team was not too large. The more than ten carts were fully loaded, and they were covered with thick leather cushions. thing.
There were about forty-five cavalry escorts. Except for the seven or eight open roads in front, most of them were concentrated behind the carriage convoy.
And just after the cavalry, an exquisite four-wheeled carriage was pulled by two good horses. The carriage was well made, and the wood was painted black and bright with black paint. Obviously, it was not an ordinary person to sit on. Around the carriage, there were twenty cavalrymen, all of them wearing light armor, with sabres hanging right away, and ten more, even with a rare military short crossbow hanging on the saddle.
Seeing the short crossbow, Xi Ya was instantly refreshed! The person who can prepare such rare goods, obviously the person in the carriage is extraordinary!
When the team gradually reached the ambush circle, a whistle suddenly sounded from both sides.
Then I heard two rumblings. At the front and rear ends of the team, two or three big trees on the side of the road were brought down, and the sturdy tree trunks suddenly blocked the team's blind road!
The people in the convoy suddenly became alarmed, but on both sides of the path, among the trees, and behind the rocky soil slope, all the thieves jumped out one after another. Immediately, a rain of arrows shot past, and after hearing a few screams, a dozen or so cavalrymen fell off their horses.
These escort cavalrymen were busy trapping the frightened warhorses, and were about to counterattack when a few large sandbags fell overwhelmingly on the top of their heads.
There were shouts of killing all around, these horse thieves fired another round of arrows, and some people rushed down from both sides with weapons.
This path was originally narrow, and there were trees in the front and back blocking the road, and the cavalry galloped forward on their horses. Going down, the horse thief who caught up with the horse thief took advantage of the situation, stabbed into the gap of the armor on the neck, and suddenly a nest of blood came out...
Many horse thieves rushed down and shouted, and when they met, less than half of the remaining cavalry guards were left. The cavalry was confined in such a narrow space, and the horses could not gallop and display. These horse thieves were very well-disciplined, leaving five or six to shoot arrows on both sides, and the rest rushed into the crowd and slashed with their knives. The other side's escort cavalry could not move, they sat on their horses condescendingly and tried to resist, but they had to bend over to reach the enemy on the ground.
Amidst the screams, in a short while, the guard cavalry of the front team was completely killed.
Some of these guys were obviously well-trained. Seeing that they were in trouble, the rest shouted and gathered around the luxurious carriage. Some of the elite guards took down short crossbows to fight the horse thief. shoot.
This kind of military short crossbow is well-made, the rate of fire is high, and it is small and agile in the hand. You don't need to hold a bow to aim. The short crossbow is equipped with three bursts of arrows. indivual.
The cavalrymen dismounted one after another and formed an array around the carriage. For a while, the situation seemed to have a stalemate.
Although the horse thieves in the distance were also shooting with bows and arrows, the other party had an array and raised the small hand shields of the cavalrymen to crowd together, and it was obvious that the rest were elites who were not afraid to fight to the death. Due to the opponent's sharp short crossbow, the thieves of the horses rushed twice for a while without getting close, but instead injured several people.
Xia Ya could see clearly from behind, and suddenly shouted: "Brothers, stand back and watch Lao Tzu!"
The horse thieves instinctively stepped back after hearing the shouts from behind, and suddenly they heard a roar of wind above their heads, and a huge black shadow passed over their heads.
With a bang, I saw a huge stone the size of a table flying past from behind, hitting the top of the carriage.
The two cavalrymen who were standing next to the carriage were suddenly smashed to pieces!
The carriage of the carriage was cracked at the top.
Xia Ya clapped his hands in the back, turned his head and saw another bigger rock on the ground next to him, took a few steps over, bent down and hugged it with both hands, let out a breath, and lifted it up easily!
This stone is as big as a door panel. It is not ten thousand catties, I am afraid it is five or six thousand. Xia Ya held it in his hands, and there was a faint red light in his arms and eyes. flew over.
I heard a loud bang, the carriage was hit again, the carriage of the carriage was completely smashed into it, and the wooden boards were shattered. Many guards next to him were affected, and suddenly two or three more were flying with blood and flesh.
Many horse thieves suddenly cheered, only to feel that this new leader is really powerful!
Suddenly, he heard a scream of despair coming from the opposite side.
"The eldest son is dead! The eldest son is dead!!"
When Xiaya looked up, he saw that in the carriage carriage that had half a fan left, a stone was pressing against a few pieces of broken wooden planks, and a person was pressing underneath. The man's upper body was pressed under the stone, and only his legs were exposed. The robe on his body was obviously luxurious. Looking at the shape, I was afraid that the upper body had become muddy, and the dead could no longer die. The blood gushed down.
As soon as he heard the other party's mournful cry, Xi Ya waved his hand, pulled out the fire fork, and rushed forward: "Brothers, come on! Just leave one or two live questions to ask questions!"
Although these remaining guards were elites, the people in the carriage died violently, which obviously caused a devastating blow to their morale. They collapsed in less than a moment. The remaining people saw more than half of the casualties and threw their weapons. Holding his head, he knelt down and surrendered.
The battle was over soon, and Xiaya had two prisoners with bloodstained faces brought up for questioning.
The faces of the two prisoners were ashen, and they were obviously dressed like officers in the cavalry. They said, "The master is dead. Even if we go back, there will be no way to survive. If you want to kill, kill them."
Xia Ya's eyes rolled: "I ask you, if you come back honestly, I won't kill you, and I will give you some money to let you go, how about it?"
The two of them listened, and they obviously showed a bit of expectation in their eyes.
"I ask you, look at your dress, are you a member of the Corsican army?"
The two looked at each other, and one of them sighed: "Yes, we are the guards of the Governor's Palace in Corsica. I am the captain of the guard of the Governor's Palace, and my name is Gu'an."
"The Governor's Palace of Corsica?!" Char's eyes suddenly lit up.
Then he cross-examined for a while, and after the two captives made it clear, Xia Ya laughed and patted his thigh hard, with a strange look on his face, and a faint glow of eager excitement in his eyes.
"Damn it! Is it really God's blessing? It's just a random job on the road to kill the eldest son of the Corsican military region?"
Immediately send someone to clear the carriage and remove the body.
The upper body of the corpse was blurred and invisible, and a head was like a rotten watermelon, but the clothes on his body were obviously not suitable for ordinary people to wear, and a gold family crest was found in his arms. It was also Corsica. Owned by the Governor Carlos family.
It can't be wrong.
Xia Ya was ecstatic in her heart, but patiently questioned the two prisoners again and again, and finally she was relieved.
After sending someone to tie the two captives and guard them with the other captives, Xia summoned several leaders of the horse thieves to discuss it.
"This is the eldest son of the governor of Corsica, and he is going to negotiate with the Odin camp. We are fanning the flames in the middle, and the two families are about to fight. This dead ghost is going to be a peacemaker, but his life is not good. , let us die here, hahahaha..."
The head of the horse thief below smiled and said: "Uncle, it seems that the gods bless you, this goddamn son died here, without him to negotiate, the two families will definitely fight to the death!"
Someone next to him laughed and said, "Yes, yes, we don't seem to have worked hard in vain. Now we can just hide and watch the show."
Xiaya touched his chin and laughed "hehe" for a while, his eyes rolled around, and after a while, he shook his head seriously: "No, no, now the Odins are just bluffing. That old man Manninger Although arrogant, he is not brainless. He is just guarding his shortcomings, deliberately pretending to scare the Corsicans. He has a big picture and won't go to war without authorization."
Looking at the blank eyes of the thieves of the horses, Xia Ya smiled strangely: "They don't fight, but I have a way to make them fight, even if they don't want to fight!"
The head of a horse thief asked, "Uncle, what do you say?"
Xiaya is in a good mood at the moment, and doesn't even care that the other party calls him "uncle", and smiles mysteriously: "You think, the Odins don't fight, but we can force the Corsicans to do it!"
"How is this forced?"
The turtle smiled strangely: "Huh, the eldest son of the governor of Corsica died at the hands of the Odins. Hehe, in this case, even if the governor of Corsica can bear it, his own son is killed by others, this will always be forbearance. Can't go down?"
Below there are horse thieves who are clueless, and someone shouted: "Yi? Uncle, what the hell is this eldest son, we killed it, why did he die in the hands of the Odins?"
The clever man next to him pulled the man hard and said with a smile, "My aunt said that he died in the hands of the Odins, so naturally there is a way to make this person die in the hands of the Odins, right aunt?"
Xia Ya squinted his eyes, touched his nose, and then pointed to the corpse next to him: "Take off the clothes of this bastard, go get some water, and wash the clothes!"
After a pause, he smiled again: "And those prisoners, and those dead guards, send a few brothers to bring their armor and weapons."
Although there are still people who don't understand it, there are some clever horse thieves who have already vaguely guessed what the uncle's plan was.
After working hard for a while, a horse thief brought the wet clothes to Xia, and the blood on them was almost clear. Sure enough, it is a good material. After cleaning, the stains are gone.
Xia Ya put the clothes wet on his body, turned around in a circle, and said with a smile, "Look, does I look like the eldest young master of a rich family?"
This guy was born in the wild and wild mountains, how can he be aristocratic all over his body? However, the horse thieves around are all rude, and everyone laughed: "Not bad! Uncle is naturally wise and martial, let alone pretending to be a noble, even if it is an emperor!"
Xia Ya laughed, these horse thieves didn't have any scruples about what they said, and he didn't think much about it when he heard it, but he snorted: "Damn, I'm just pretending for a while, pretending to be the son of that dead ghost, the son of Governor Carlos, is also a big loss. It's okay! But it doesn't matter, this time pretending to be his son, next time pretending to be his father, won't you get it back?"
After a pause, he touched his face: "These noble guys speak softly, I have to dress up..."