Chapter 117 The Wolf on the Prairie
The grassland was vast and boundless. Suddenly, a singing voice came, vast and vigorous. A team of business travelers slowly came. The team of business travelers was huge, with hundreds of people, and dozens of strong soldiers guarding the left and right, with hundreds of mules and horses, and were filled with tea cakes, salt and other items that came to the grassland to trade.
"Shopkeeper Fan, this Fan family's banner is useful. I think we have come out of Zhangjiakou for hundreds of miles and have encountered dozens of horse bandits. When these horse bandits see the Fan family's banner, they run away in shame. It's so satisfying!" A young servant in the horse team said proudly.
"Little bastard, our old Fan family has come into contact with many heroes on the grassland. What are these horse bandits? How dare you rob our goods?" An old shopkeeper showed a smug look in his eyes. Obviously, he was proud of being the shopkeeper of the Fan family.
"Old shopkeeper, no wonder those people would rather pay more than half of the profits than join our Fan family's business trip." The young servant nodded to the caravan behind him.
The Fan family is the most wealthy in Zhangjiakou. I don’t know how many items they sell, but there are countless items in the world, and it is not something that the Fan family can eat alone. Moreover, the eating habits are too ugly, which will cause others to attack them. Therefore, the Eight Great Masters also gave up some items to others. The grassland is so big, and those princes are hundreds of. It is impossible for the Eight Great Masters to control the entire grassland in business.
"Huhh!" At this time, a dark cloud rolled in the distance. Old Manager Fan's face moved and nodded to the strong man on the side. However, the strong man pulled out his long sword from his waist, and the warriors around him quickly pulled out their weapons to protect the business trip. These people walked on the grassland and naturally knew that the black smoke was not a grazing person, but a horse bandit who was seeking life on horseback. However, the horse bandits were not afraid, who made them have a huge force behind them!
A moment later, the team of cavalry roared over. When the shopkeeper Fan looked at it, there were as many as a thousand people, wearing leather armor, and the weapons in his hands were all kinds of, including scimitars, long swords, axes, spears, etc. This was no longer an army, but a horse bandit. But what he didn't expect was that this horse bandit was as many as a thousand people. Under a shabby wolf-headed flag, a man was wearing a wolf-headed mask on his face, and he was looking at everyone with a cold gaze in his eyes.
"Leave the goods, otherwise you will die." The man's eyes were like lightning, and he glanced at everyone coldly, and spit out a few stiff Chinese characters from his mouth, like gold and stone. The old shopkeeper knew that the other party was not a Han person, but a Mongolian person in the grassland. Otherwise, the Chinese characters he spoke would not be so stiff.
"Who are you? Do you dare to block our caravan? Do you want to die?" The leader of the warrior glanced at the bandits with disdain and said, "My master has dated with the princes and princes of the major tribes of the grassland, and has dated with the Chahar and Tumot tribes here. Are you actually snatching the goods of our eight masters? Are you looking for death?"
"Eight Great Masters?" The man in the leader's eyes became even colder, and he said lightly: "Eight Great Masters stand on one side, not the Eight Great Masters stand on one side."
"Ah!" Now the face of the business travelers who came to the grassland changed wildly.
"Shopkeeper Fan, you can't leave us behind! We paid the money." Among the crowd, a middle-aged man quickly said, "Shopkeeper Fan, you also know my background. For this goods, the villain lost all his money. If he was robbed by these horse bandits, what should I do?"
When the shopkeeper Fan heard this, he suddenly felt a hint of embarrassment, but soon filled with smiles. He rushed forward and bowed and said, "I don't know what this hero is called. If the eighth family of us have fewer points on weekdays, the villain is willing to give ten taels of gold, one thousand taels of silver, and one hundred tea cakes. I wonder what the head thinks?"
"Ah!" At this moment, a sharp roar came, but the old shopkeeper covered his throat tightly and looked at the opposite side with an incredible look. Finally, he fell down from the horse. At this time, everyone saw that the old shopkeeper had a sharp arrow inserted into his throat, but he was shot to death by the other party.
"You kill the old shopkeeper. Ah!" The guard leader had not yet reacted, and was shot to death by an arrow and threw him down. He was already dead and could not die any more.
"Ah! The bandits killed people! Run away quickly!" The business traveler was panicked when he saw this, and suddenly realized that at this time, the banner of the Fan family was no longer useful, and he dared to stay here. Without thinking, he ran away. Only those guards stood on the horse in fear. The other side had a lot of people and the distance between the two sides was so close, so how could they escape?
"Surrender, or die." The strong man in charge looked cold and glanced at the many guards.
"I surrender, I surrender." A hundred and ten guards dared not resist at this time. They threw down their weapons, got off their horses, stood obediently.
"Go, take the weapons and stab each of these two people." A man with a cold face walked out of the army with a long bow on his back.
"Jutu, your method is good." The man wearing a wolf mask nodded.
"It's all good for the masters." The man who was called Jutu said quickly: "If these people don't have to be stabbed, they're just fake surrender. We still have to kill these people."
"Ah, I'll stab you." Among these warriors, they didn't expect that this bandits were so cunning. They took out weapons and stepped forward. In an instant, they saw that the old shopkeeper Fan and the samurai leader were stabbed hundreds of times, which was a terrible sight.
"And you all have to stab this guy." The wolf-headed masked man glanced at everyone coldly and said, "If you don't stab, your goods, and your lives, will be flown to me."
"Ah! I'll stab." After a panic, everyone saw the middle-aged man who was talking just now, without thinking, he took the knife forward and stabbed him. After stabbing, he hid on the side and vomited. After having an example, the hundreds of people behind him also held back the discomfort and slashed wildly, and the corpses on the ground suddenly became beyond recognition.
"You are all lucky people, otherwise you will suffer such treatment after your death." The wolf-headed man said coldly at the hundreds or ten guards.
"Thank you, Master." Seeing this, everyone was scared. It doesn't matter if they die, but once they die, the body was still ruined like this. It is obviously untolerable.
"Do you all know these business trips?" Langtou pointed to a guard and said.
"If you go back to the boss, you will know these villains." The guard said quickly.
"Then let them write, where will they jointly kill the Fan family shopkeeper and snatch the Fan family's property." Langtou pointed to the other side's business traveler with a panic look on his face and said, "In this way, you don't have to worry about your family being brought to the eight major families?"
"Yes, yes, it's still the wisdom of the boss." After hearing this, the hundred or ten guards lit up their eyes. They immediately followed the wolf head's instructions and threatened these businessmen to write a promise not to mention it.
"Master, this method is really amazing." The sentence on the side suddenly heard clearly and said to the wolf head with a smile. Obviously, this team of people was Li Xin who came from Zhuosuo League.
"Some of these servants of the Fan family will be left by their side, and some will be injured. Let them go back and tell them that if one day, when a horse bandit attacks Zhangjiakou, they will burn Zhangjiakou that night and create chaos. Once I break through Zhangjiakou, each person will get a thousand taels of silver." Li Xin thought for a while and said.
"The lord is going to attack Zhangjiakou?" Ju Tu's face changed and he asked in surprise.
"Even if you don't attack now, you have to be prepared in the future, right?" Li Xin said lazily: "Zhangjiakou is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If you don't have some internal response, how can we conquer Zhangjiakou? Only when Zhangjiakou is in chaos can we conquer Zhangjiakou and teach the eight major families a lesson."
"The lord is too bold." said quickly.
"I won't fight if I'm not sure." Li Xin shook his head and said, "I have too few soldiers and horses. At this time, we should eliminate these horse bandits. Not only can we get soldiers and horses in a short time, but most importantly, in the future, we will unify the grasslands. Without these horse bandits, we will be much more convenient. Although Zhangjiakou is still Lin Danhan's territory in a short time, most of them are Chahar and Tumot tribes. These two troops seem to obey Lin Danhan's orders, but in fact they have an ambiguous relationship with Jiannu.
,I believe that once these guys know that my army is coming, they will definitely try their best to intercept them. So I came alone and became a horse bandit first, not attracting the attention of the other party. Once I have enough troops, I will attack them in their hinterland. This is a good place! Such a three-in-one area is just right for our development. As long as I control the exit of Zhangjiakou, the eight masters will have to listen to us even if they have the ability. I want to see how they colluded with Jiannu and were in touch with foreign countries."
"Master, look, they are ready." Ju suddenly pointed to the distance and said.
Li Xin looked at the businessmen and saw the faces of worry, obviously afraid that Li Xin would betray all these people. He sneered and rode forward to find a stack of silver notes from his arms. At this time, Li Xin got a lot of treasures in Jiannu and the Ming Dynasty camp, and I don’t know how many such silver notes were.
"Purchase them at the price of the goods so that these businessmen will lose all their money. Of course, except for the Fan family. Let these people go back from other places! I believe that since these people appear on the grassland, they will definitely find a place to go back. I have bought these mules and horses. I will send someone to the old camp, which will be useful in the future." Li Xin threw the silver notes to Ju Tu.
"The lord is so kind." Juan Chu exclaimed sincerely.
"Apart from the Eight Great Masters, although the rest of the people can sell some goods, most of them are normal transactions and there is no contraband. However, the Eight Great Masters may be able to sell intelligence, pig iron and other things. The rest of the people are ordinary business travelers and families, so we can't make things difficult for such people." Li Xin sneered, looked at the big carts, suddenly ran away, and came to a big cart, opened the black cloth covered on it, but saw hundreds of kilograms of pig iron appearing on the cart. The people around him were appalled.
Chapter completed!