C41 (1/2)

This was truly a tragic victory. Although there were so many fierce generals charging into battle, more than a hundred people had died in battle and more than a hundred people had been injured. Yang Lin couldn't help but feel pain in his heart. After all, this was a fellow villager who had followed him out to sell horses, so how should he explain himself to his relatives?

No matter if it was his own men or the injured bandits, anything that could be saved was saved. Hua Tuo was truly a kind and good doctor. He let his disciples bandage the wounds of every single one of the injured people, and only then did he allow everyone to lift them onto horses.

Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang did not go far. They found a place to hide from the wind and waited quietly for Yang Lin. Before long, Yang Lin and his brothers finished off the mounted bandit behind them, and caught up with them with their spoils of war.

”Brothers, you are all peerless heroes, exterminating more than three thousand bandits in one go! Hehe, what's there to be afraid of about the mounted bandit in front? ”

Seeing the more than one thousand war horses, two thousand bandits, and a lot of swords, spears and armor that Yang Lin had brought, Zhang Shiping guessed that they had won a great battle. He immediately welcomed them happily, and he was even happier than if he had won a great battle.

”The mounted bandit behind us was caught unprepared, and was not prepared for it, but the mounted bandit in front is waiting patiently for us, if we want to exterminate them, it won't be that easy. ”We'll set up camp here today, and leave tomorrow after a day of rest.”

Yang Lin did not lose track of the victory in his head, and did not want everyone to underestimate his opponents either. He hurriedly cut off Zhang Shiping's words, in case everyone started to sing in praise and forgot about the important matter. The mounted bandit was much more powerful than the bandits, they were the eagles of the desert.

”Brother Yang Lin, you must not camp here to rest. Right now, the mounted bandit in front of us still doesn't know that the mounted bandit behind us has been annihilated, so we'll just deal with it. We will bring the goods ahead of us and you guys will follow behind. mounted bandit will definitely think that you guys are their partners and not guard against you guys, so take the chance when they are chasing after us to catch them off guard. ”

”mounted bandit has more or less understood our itinerary. We will arrive at Public Ridge about midnight tonight. If we rest here for the night, the mounted bandit will suspect that something is wrong and they will be wary of us. That way, it will be even harder for us to eliminate them. ”

He did not expect that when Zhang Shiping heard he was going to camp and rest, he immediately became anxious. He immediately pulled Yang Lin and walked to a secluded place, and offered him a plan to eliminate the mounted bandit in front of them. Yang Lin couldn't help but laugh in his heart. This Zhang Shiping was even more enthusiastic than him in exterminating mounted bandit, and had even thought of such a meticulous plan.

”That's a good idea. Let's do it.”

”Brother Yang Lin, about a hundred fifty kilometers to the left of the Public Ridge, there is a Windward Valley. You can send a group of people to take a detour to the Windy Valley and ambush them. The brothers Su Shuang and I headed slowly to the north, bringing our close to a thousand guards and servants, along with the nearly two thousand fast horses, six hundred wounded, and the horses that were entrusted with the transport of cloth. There were about six thousand fast horses. That way, the mounted bandit would think that if all of our men were here, they would chase after us with all their might. We will lure them to the Windward Valley, then you guys will kill us from behind and eliminate them all in one go. We cannot let a single mounted bandit escape. ”

The corner of Zhang Shiping's mouth twitched violently, and his body did not even tremble. However, the panic on his face disappeared and he quickly calmed down. He raised his head and looked at Yang Lin, and smiled at his, but his eyes were filled with a vicious light.

”This group of mounted bandit is vicious and merciless. If they were able to catch one, they would not be able to defeat them on the battlefield. They would go to the Witch Cooperation Association and take revenge on our families.

Is that right? Don't know why, but Yang Lin always felt that this Zhang Shiping hated the mounted bandit to the bones. But why did he bring us into the mounted bandit's trap? Could it be that he has some deep grudge with these mounted bandit s, and wants to borrow our hands to get rid of them?

”But what if those mounted bandit s chase after you regardless of anything?

”When we walk about fifty kilometers ahead, we will suddenly turn around and hurry towards the west. When mounted bandit sees us turning around, she will definitely pounce on us and you can start attacking from behind. You don't have to worry about us, you just have to annihilate the mounted bandit. ”

Decoy!

Zhang Shiping was using him as bait, he was harboring the faith of certain death. What hatred could make him so determined to perish together with his enemy?! No wonder he found the Thousand Li Ear Tang Qing for her, it turned out that he was going to exterminate all of these mounted bandit s.

The Great Master that was waiting for him in Public Ridge was a one-eyed one-eyed dragon. His nickname was One-eyed Liu and no one knew his real name. He had roamed the desert for more than twenty years and had more than three thousand brothers under his command. He was also one of the famous mounted bandit s in the desert. Usually, when a child of that family cried, as long as the adult was scared: The One-eyed Liu is here, he would immediately stop crying. It was almost like a recipe for the Youzhou to coax the child not to cry.

This time, in order to make a huge deal, the One-eyed Liu had pulled over a group of mounted bandit Zhang Dazui, and only gathered over five thousand people. This Zhang Dazui usually stayed in the northern part of fishing yang, where he was promised 30% of the business by the One-eyed Liu, which was why he brought his two thousand mounted bandit to this place.

The One-eyed Liu did not expect that the Jizhou's bandit leader would follow them to the Youzhou. Fortunately, he lacked the manpower at the moment, so they came together to do a big business together. Especially after seeing the Ejialing's bandit equipment, the bandit leader was slightly overjoyed. With a group of bandits that wasn't inferior to any officials' equipment, let's see Yang Lin fly into the sky.

It had been years since such a big deal had been made. Normally, even if he risked his life, painstakingly robbed for a year, he wouldn't be able to get much money. This time, a few fat sheep appeared out of nowhere. If he let them go, then he might as well buy a piece of tofu and kill himself.

”Great Master's scouts have come to report just now. The fat sheep is already here, about fifty kilometers ahead.”

The one who reported in was the Third Master of the One-eyed Liu. From his accent, one could tell that he was the leader of the kidnappers who kidnapped Zhang Shiping. In order to understand the situation of Yang Lin's caravan, he had been waiting in the snow with his spy. The moment he received the report from his spy, he ran over excitedly.

”Gather some men and prepare to sell.”

The One-eyed Liu sent out an order and the Third Master immediately ran out. Waves of shouts came from the camp of the mounted bandit, and soon, over five thousand mounted bandit were gathered together. They were all mounted on their horses, waiting for the Great Master to speak.

The mounted bandit and the bandits were very different. The bandits had a sense of belonging, and would often just follow a mountain peak Great Master for their entire lives, and even their sons would continue to follow him. Their weapons and equipment were all taken care of by the Great Master, so they were very neat and unified, more like an army.

When there was a big deal, they were all summoned by the prestigious Great mounted bandit. Their weapons and equipment were also all prepared by themselves, although they were all long spears, big blades, and bows and arrows, but their patterns were all different, and the armor on their body was also of all kinds. With a glance, one could tell that they were a motley group of people.

”Hehe, even the snow stopped. What a good omen.”

”Even the heavens are helping us with the blessings of the Great Master.”

”Let's go.”

One-eyed Liu roared, the spear in his hand pointed forward, the more than five thousand mounted bandit raised their whips to urge their horses, the air was filled with the sound of whips hitting the air, the fast horses started to gallop in the snow with tat tat tat sounds. Looking at the group of mounted bandit s that were rolling forward, One-eyed Liu smiled, looking somewhat like a general.

mounted bandit's team had been running for less than 30 miles when the scouts in front suddenly ran over from afar. They raised their spears from far away, obviously they had some important information. The One-eyed Liu pulled the horse reins, and slowly raised the spear in his hand. The more than five thousand mounted bandit s came to a halt.

”Reporting to the Great Master, the fat sheep suddenly turned around and headed to the west.”

”Mm …”

One-eyed Liu snorted from his nose, his face immediately turned gloomy, his two cunning eyes instantly narrowed into slits, as though he was going to burst out with boundless anger. He glared fiercely at the spy, and spoke with a cold tone.

”Did you let them find out?”

”They went back to the Great Master. Maybe they found out that we didn't know, but they left behind their mark.”

As the spy spoke, he took out a few wooden sticks from his pocket and handed them over to One-eyed Liu. That wooden stick was not an ordinary wooden stick, it was a mark prepared by the Second Boss, Li Yan. The three black lines on it were extremely conspicuous. One-eyed Liu's face could not help but soften a little. Since the brothers of Ejialing had left their marks, it meant that the fat sheep did not notice anything.

”How many of them are there?”

”From the Horseshoe Seal, they should be around six thousand people.”

”Oh, don't they have more than 13,000 people? How could there be only six thousand horses? ”

They left traces of blood on the road back to the Great Master, along with cloth strip s that wrapped around their wounds. I reckon that they fought with the brothers of the Ejialing and lost a lot of men and horses.

”Is there any news about Ejialing Hu's Great Master?”

”I returned to the Great Master, but there was no news from Ejialing Hu's side.”

After listening to the scout's report, One-eyed Liu couldn't help but reveal a sinister smile. If Yang Lin and the others were to fight with Hu Li, both of their losses would fit the intentions of the One-eyed Liu, and it would be much easier for him to attack later. If Ejialing Hu's was finished, it would be even better. They would have one less dirty and less effort.

”Run on horseback, you must catch up to them. Even if we have to chase them to the territory of the fresh inferior, we have to catch them. ”If they run away, I'll skin you alive.”

Following One-eyed Liu's orders, the five thousand odd mounted bandit turned their horses around and chased towards the west. Not even two hours had passed, and he could already see the dense crowd of hoof prints. The scout running in front ran around and passed One-eyed Liu a long wooden stick.