Although He Mulan took a risk, she was at least 80% sure that she would be able to retreat.
In the era of cold weapons, her strength and skills were simply unstoppable. These horse thieves didn't have bows and arrows or long-range weapons. Even if they couldn't get them, they could at least grab a horse and run away.
This is the origin of the boldness of art masters.
He Mulan expected it well, this red cloak was indeed the leader of this team, at least there was no second person who casually said "kill them" or something.
Everyone stared closely at the machete in He Mulan's hand, for fear that she would cut someone's throat with a shake of her hand.
That red cloak is also very brave, and even dared to speak after being restrained like this.
"Listen to you, are you Han?"
It is also Chinese, but with a heavy accent, like a local dialect.
Just now, He Mulan yelled, "Get down!", because she was nervous in her native language, the authentic Mandarin, probably for the leader to listen to.
Mandarin can also be heard as Chinese, Xianbei dialect and Lushui nonsense are very pronounced. In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and Chinese was different in every place. If you can hear Chinese, thank God, and you can expect a horse thief to say Luoyang Zhengyin. Can't do it
He Mulan didn't want to reveal her identity, and nodded along the way.
"Yes, I am Han. Are you Han too?"
She deliberately made her hoarse voice a little rougher, looking like a traveler who often travels back and forth in the desert.
"I'm also a Han Chinese." The red cloak was still in a relationship. "A warrior like you, ambushing here late at night is definitely not for me, a little horse thief. We can discuss what you want."
"As a Han Chinese, you actually do such a thing, don't you want any integrity?" He Mulan pretended to be angry and scolded, and she used force on her feet.
At this time, the escapee just now was supported on the sand dune. As soon as he saw He Mulan, the escapee pointed at him and shouted.
Just because of the language barrier, He Mulan had absolutely no idea what he was shouting.
It's this guy! It was this man who let us plant it. There were dozens of brothers who died at his hands! I escaped from the caravan, and he must have followed in my footsteps!
The fugitive never thought that there were people from the caravan who were really chasing after him. If you encounter a group of horse thieves or wolves on the way, you are not vegetarian.
It's good now, I did meet the horse thief in the brigade, but the leader of this team was caught by him.
Is this person following you
Didn't your team grab supplies? Who the hell did you offend!
So powerful, no wonder the blood cloak was caught by him.
The man in the red cloak originally thought that this man was lying in ambush here. It was a new master hired by the leader of the Sandstorm Pirates to ambush him, so he spoke out to test it.
However, this man did not look like an assassin, otherwise he would have already started. Hearing that the horse thief who had escaped said he was a member of the caravan, he was relieved and his tongue began to shine.
"This warrior, are you a guard in the caravan?" It is very common for caravans to ask for guards. The better the skill, the higher the treatment. When the red cloak heard that this man could kill more than 30 horse thieves by himself, his eyes widened. Shining, an idea came to mind.
"So what?" He Mulan pretended not to care and said, "Don't tell me so much."
The red cloak guessed that this person was following the escapee and tracked it here, but found the horse thief in the brigade, who was trapped in the land of Mingsha and dared not move. What conditions to mention.
He guessed eight/nine, but he didn't guess He Mulan's identity, and he didn't know what He Mulan was going to do to arrest him.
He Mulan didn't want any conditions, but just wanted to grab the red cloak and find a place to get rid of the people behind and torture her. His ability to speak Chinese strengthened her idea, so He Mulan didn't talk too much. Now, bent down and grabbed the shoulders of the red cloak, and just put the knife around his neck, forcing him to walk beside the other horse.
"Leave if you don't want to die! Give me that horse!"
"Warrior, since you are the guard of the caravan, your life and death is just for money, why don't you follow us. Judging by your skills, you are not an ordinary person. You will fall into the caravan as a guard. There should be some twists and turns..." The red cloak opened his mouth carefully, and every vibration of his vocal cords brought his throat closer to the scimitar, which made him speak more cautiously.
"Although we are only horse thieves, we will soon have a big business. I am willing to give out a bag of gold to redeem myself. If you are willing to join the team, there is still gold to share, how about it?"
He Mulan originally wanted to put him on the horse impatiently, but suddenly thought of the wealth in Fengcheng, and the words of the escapee who had been poked into the nails by Zheng Zong with a needle, and immediately turned his head to run away. see.
The red cloak was as careful as hair, and immediately shouted in Hun dialect to the escapee and asked, "Did you say something when you fell into their hands!"
The runaway shuddered, one of their team was a devil... me me me... I didn't say much...
Not much to say, that's about it.
The red cloak closed his eyes and began to feel that he must have guessed wrong.
Perhaps this person did not follow the escaped person, but heard that there was such a wealth, so he wanted to try his luck with him.
Maybe he was just for the money, and he was just trying to get hold of something.
If he thought of himself as an irrelevant person before, maybe he is not so passive now, and now he may mistake himself for the leader of the Sandstorm Pirates, then the danger is even worse.
He Mulan carried him and jumped on the horse together. The red cloak noticed that she was very skilled in mounting the horse. She should be good at hunting and riding, and she was not riding a bad horse.
It shouldn't be an important person who will come to take the risk alone, or maybe he is really the only one who tries his luck after hearing the news in the caravan.
Such a person is the most difficult to deal with, because he is motivated by money to show greed, and there is no taboo if there is only one person. Maybe he will be killed directly after escaping.
The back of the red cloak was soaked with sweat, and she was thinking about what to do, but He Mulan thought that the "big business" these people were talking about must be referring to the dowries in the Windy City...
If there is no owner of the dowry in the Windy City, the Sand Feng Pirates just need to go in and dig it out. Why are they guarding outside, as if they want to start a firefight at any time
What "big business" are they going to do, and who are they waiting for
He Mulan sank his thoughts and asked him with interest, "A bag of gold? How big is the bag?"
At this time, the red cloak group did not return for a long time, and the shrill sound on the sand was heard again, as if countless people were playing the tiniest melody at the same time, and a team of about 100 people drove under the hill.
Probably received the news of the person who reported the news, surrounded the sand dunes where He Mulan was, and couldn't fly out with his wings.
"Give him a bag of gold!"
The red cloak shouted.
Not long after, a knight came and threw a bag from a distance. The bag was not too big, about a foot square, but a square one foot bag could hold a lot of gold. He Mulan even saw that there were several. A sandstorm thief swallowed.
"I am afraid that the warriors do not know. Although I am the leader of this horse thief, I am only one of the leaders, and I am not a big leader. To be able to give so much gold, it is already all we have accumulated. But there is a treasure ahead, buried With countless gold, as long as the warriors are willing to protect me there, when the time comes, you can pack a few more bags like this."
The red cloak touched the horse's mane and continued to speak with ease: "I don't know what you think?"
"Why do you have a treasure to tell me? You just have to dig it yourself." He Mulan sneered, "I think you want to trick me into picking up gold, and then let one of your men slash me with a knife?"
"If you know our secret, even if you catch me or kill me, my subordinates will chase and kill you everywhere until you are silenced. You can only survive if you follow me." The red cloak ran away when she saw that she didn't drive a horse. , I am proud, knowing that my life has been saved, and it is impossible to recruit a master of martial arts.
"Anyway, it's all about working hard. Using the caravan's money to work hard with our horse thieves is no different from using our money to work for us, isn't it?"
"Of course not, I don't want to be a horse thief."
He Mulan pretended to be hesitant.
"Then I'll pay to hire you to protect my safety, just like a guest, if I want you to help me, you can choose to help or not, not counting us sandstorm thieves, how? "
"really?"
"We are sand thieves, not rogues, of course we take it seriously."
A smug smile appeared on the corner of the red cloak's mouth.
He is one of the five leaders of the Sandstorm Pirates. The Sandstorm Pirates are nominally a team of horse thieves, but they are actually composed of five teams that act alone. Survive on this business road.
However, the most powerful leader suddenly wanted to take his troops away from the Sandstorm Pirates, and even resorted to means to make the third-strength leader die under the Wei mission.
Horse thieves have the rules of horse thieves. Once they join the group, they cannot break up unless they die. It is because of this rule that many horse thieves like scattered sand can unite a huge armed force.
"Sword Comes"
Otherwise, this one will be disbanded today, and the other one will be disbanded tomorrow, how can it be possible to survive
Now he has the meaning of whitewashing, and framed his former comrades. The other leaders are not fools. They all have eyes and ears in his army. A person with a very noble status is going to exchange the ransom, and it is very likely that he has taken refuge in the news of what force.
When they came all the way, the big leader's people also fought infighting. It turned out that the Wei Guo mission encountered a strong wind in Fengcheng. All his subordinates wanted to take out the wealth, but the big leader wanted to take people to join a certain force. , he can't think of it himself, but most of the people under his hands are people who lick blood on the head of the knife and see the money, so he has all kinds of thoughts, causing civil strife, while sending letters to call on the leaders of all parties to cooperate to share this piece of the pie. , while launching a mutiny to control the big leader and others, preparing to eat the ransom and treasure together.
In addition to the big leader and the three dead leaders, the remaining three groups have gathered near this Windy City and are about to start negotiations. If they can cooperate, the three parties will take out the treasures and share them equally. Only then can you be overwhelmed, and then distribute the treasure in your hand according to your strength.
The strength of the red cloak ranks fourth among the leaders, and he has less than 1,000 men under his command. However, he is generous and smooth, and the people under his hands are extremely chaotic, so in addition to assassinating him and annexing his troops, Otherwise, there is little chance of wanting to defect.
This is also why the red cloak initially thought that He Mulan was a master invited by others to assassinate him.
But on the contrary, there are really few peerless masters under the red cloak. Once the negotiation starts, there is no way that there will be competitions or assassinations. He has no advantage in this regard, and he urgently needs to recruit masters.
It was like a pillow sent by a sleepy god. He was just looking for a master when the guards in this caravan rushed in. He sent his men to investigate the caravan before. It was just an ordinary spice team. They often traveled this route. They would never be the bait arranged by other sandstorm thieves. use…
As for the money...
See if he survives.
He Mulan originally only wanted to hold him hostage to find the whereabouts of the Wei country's mission, but the meaning of the leader's words was that there seemed to be some disputes within the Sand Feng Pirates, so that the treasure could not be retrieved smoothly.
So she thought about it, suddenly put down the machete in her hand, and jumped off the horse.
The rest of the people looked at the red cloak nervously, as if he wanted to dismember He Mulan with a single order, but the red cloak only made a "stop" gesture and smiled as He Mulan picked up the corpse on the ground. gold.
"To protect you for a month, two bags of gold."
He Mulan spoke firmly.
"This bag is the ransom for your life."
"Hahaha, deal!"
The red cloak burst out laughing.