Han ride

Chapter 117 The Wolf on the Grassland

The grassland is vast and boundless, and suddenly a singing sound came, vast and powerful, but I saw a group of merchants coming slowly. This group of merchants was huge, with hundreds of people, and there were dozens of well-equipped warriors guarding around, mules and horses. Hundreds of horses were piled high with tea cakes, salt and other items that came to the grassland for trade.

"Shopkeeper Fan, the banner of the Fan family is easy to use. I think we have traveled hundreds of miles from Zhangjiakou, and we have encountered dozens of horse bandits. When these horse bandits saw the banner of the Fan family, they ran away in despair. , What a joy!" In the horse team, a young servant said triumphantly.

"Little bastard, our old Fan family didn't know how many heroes we met in the grassland. What are these horse bandits? How dare they dare to rob our goods." An old shopkeeper's eyes showed pride.Obviously proud of being the shopkeeper of the Fan family.

"Old shopkeeper, it's no wonder those people would rather hand over half of the proceeds than join our Fan family's business trip." The young boy nodded towards the caravan behind him.

The Fan family is the most wealthy man in Zhangjiakou, and the number of items they manage is unknown, but there are countless items in the world, and it is not something that the Fan family can eat alone, and the food is too ugly, which will also cause others to attack. In short, the Eight Great Families also gave up some items to others. The grassland is so big, and there are thousands of princes and princes. It is impossible for the Eight Great Families to control the entire grassland by doing business.

"Hoo hoo!" At this time, a dark cloud rolled up in the distance, old shopkeeper Fan's complexion changed, and he nodded towards the strong man beside him, only to see the strong man draw out the long knife from his waist, and the warrior beside him quickly drew out his weapon, Business travel is protected.Walking on the grassland, these people naturally knew that the black smoke was not a herdsman, but a horse bandit begging for a living.However, the horse bandits are not afraid, who let them have a huge force behind them!
A moment later, I saw the team of cavalry roaring towards them. Old shopkeeper Fan looked over, but there were as many as a thousand of them, wearing leather armor, with various weapons in their hands, including machetes, long knives, and Axes, spears, etc. This is no longer an army, but a group of horse bandits, but what I didn't expect was that there were as many as a thousand people in this group of horse bandits.Under a dilapidated wolf-head flag, a man wore a wolf-head mask on his face, looking at everyone with a cold gaze in his eyes.

"Keep the goods, or 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.As soon as the old shopkeeper heard it, he knew that the other party was not a Han, but a Mongolian from the grassland. Otherwise, the Chinese characters he spoke would not be so rigid.

"Who are you? How dare you block the way of our caravan? Do you want to die?" The leader of the warrior cast a disdainful glance at the horse bandits and said, "My master has contacts with the princes of all the tribes in the grassland. Chahar and Tumote have contacts. You actually came to snatch the goods of our Eight Great Families, are you looking for death?"

"Eight Families?" The leading man's eyes became even colder, and he said calmly: "The Eight Families stand aside, not the Eight Families."

"Ah!" The expressions of the business travelers who came to the grassland with the Eight Great Families changed wildly.

"Master Fan, you can't leave us behind! We paid the money." Among the crowd, a middle-aged man hurriedly said: "Master Fan, you also know my details. I bought everything after going bankrupt, if I was robbed by these horse bandits, what should I do?"

Old shopkeeper Fan's face suddenly showed a bit of embarrassment when he heard the words, but soon he was full of smiles. He stepped forward on his horse, cupped his hands and said, "I don't know what to call this hero. If the eight of us usually don't manage, the villain I am willing to give away ten taels of gold, 1000 taels of silver, and one hundred taels of tea cakes, what does the master think?"

"Ah!" At this moment, there was a scream, but the old shopkeeper was holding his throat tightly, and looked at the other side with an unbelievable look.Finally, he fell down from the horse. At this moment, everyone saw that the old shopkeeper had a sharp arrow stuck in his throat, but he was shot to death by the other party's arrow.

"You killed the old shopkeeper. Ah!" Before the guard leader could react, he was shot to death by an arrow and thrown off his horse. Those who were already dead could not die anymore.

"Ah! The horse bandit has killed someone! Run away!" Seeing this, the merchant was flustered, and immediately knew that at this moment, the banner of the Fan family was no longer valid, and anyone who dared to stay here ran away without even thinking about it. .Only those guards stood on the horse in fear.There are so many people on the other side, and the distance between the two sides is so close, there is no way to escape.

"Surrender, or die." The head of the strong man had a cold expression, and he glanced at the guards.

"I surrender, I surrender." The hundred or ten guards didn't dare to resist at this time, they threw down their weapons, got off their horses, and stood obediently aside.

"Go, get the weapons, and stab each of these two people." A man with a gloomy face came out of the army with a longbow on his back.

"Jutu, your idea is good." The man with the wolf mask nodded.

"It's all taught by the head of the family." The man called Jutu hurriedly said: "If these people don't assassinate, it will be a fake surrender. We still have to kill these people."

"Ah, I'll stab." Among these warriors, they didn't expect this group of horse bandits to be so treacherous. They took their weapons and stepped forward one after another. In an instant, old shopkeeper Fan and the leader of the warriors were stabbed hundreds of times, which was horrible.

"And you all have to stab this guy." The wolf-headed masked man glanced coldly at the crowd again, and said, "If you don't stab, you goods, even your lives, will be shed by me."

"Ah! I'll stab." After a while of panic, everyone saw the middle-aged man who spoke just now. Without thinking, they took out a knife and stabbed it. After stabbing, they hid aside and vomited. stand up.After having a role model, the hundreds of people behind them all resisted the discomfort in their hearts, and they all slashed wildly, and the corpses on the ground suddenly changed beyond recognition.

"You are all lucky people, otherwise, you will suffer the same treatment after you die." The wolf-headed man said coldly, looking at the hundred or ten guards.

"Thank you, Master." Seeing this, everyone felt a burst of fear. It doesn't matter if they die, but once they die, the body will still be ruined like this.Obviously intolerable.

"Do you all know these merchants?" Langtou casually pointed to a guard and said.

"If you go back to the master, you will know all these villains." The guard said quickly.

"Then let them write, on a certain day, on a certain day in a certain year, where they ganged up on killing the shopkeeper of the Fan family and robbed the property of the Fan family." Langtou pointed to the panic-stricken businessman on the other side and said: How about you don't have to worry about your family being killed by the Eight Great Families?"

"Yes, yes, he is still the wise leader of the family." The eyes of the hundred or ten guards lit up after hearing this, and immediately followed the instructions of the wolf head, threatening the merchants to write a promise not to mention it.

"My lord, this method is really powerful." Jutu on the side heard it clearly, and said to the wolf head with a smile.Apparently, this team was Li Xin who was killed from Zhuo Suo Tumeng.

"I will keep some of the servants of the Fan family by my side, and some of them will be wounded. Let them go back and tell them that if one day horse bandits attack Zhangjiakou, let them burn Zhangjiakou at midnight and create chaos. .Once I break through Zhangjiakou, everyone will get a thousand taels of silver." Li Xin thought for a while and said.

"My lord is going to attack Zhangjiakou?" Ju Tu's expression changed, and he asked in surprise.

"Even if we don't attack now, we have to be prepared in the future." Li Xin said lazily: "Zhangjiakou is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If we don't get some internal support, how can we capture Zhangjiakou. Only Zhangjiakou is in chaos, and we Only then can we capture Zhangjiakou and teach the Eight Great Aristocratic Families a lesson."

"My lord's move is too bold." That sentence suddenly said.

"I don't know how to fight battles that I'm not sure about." Li Xin shook his head and said, "My soldiers and horses are still too few. The most important thing is that we will unify the grasslands in the future. Without these horse bandits, we will be much more convenient. Although this family is still Lin Danhan's territory for a short time, most of them are Chahar and Tumote tribes. The people and horses seem to obey Lin Danhan's orders, but in fact they have an affair with Jiannu. I believe that once these guys know that my army is coming, they will definitely try their best to intercept it. That's why I came here alone. Bandits, don’t attract the other party’s attention. Once I have enough soldiers and horses, I will attack them in their hinterland. This is a good place! Such an unintentional area is just right for our development, as long as we control Zhangjiakou’s Exit, the Eight Great Families have to listen to us no matter how capable they are. I want to see how they colluded with Jian slaves and got in touch with foreign countries."

"My lord, look, they are ready." Ju Tu suddenly pointed to the distance.

Li Xin looked over, but saw that the faces of the merchants were full of worry, obviously fearing that Li Xin would betray their promises and kill them all.At that moment, there was a sneer at the corner of his mouth, he rode forward, and took out a stack of silver notes from his arms. At this time, Li Xin had obtained many treasures from Jiannu and the camp of the Ming Dynasty, especially the silver notes. how much.

"Buy them according to the price of the goods, so that these merchants will not lose their money. Of course, except for the Fan family. Let these people go back from other places! I believe that since these people are haunting the grassland, they will definitely find a place to go back. Still I bought these mules and horses. Send people to the old camp, I will use them later." Li Xin threw the banknotes to Jutu.

"My lord is really kind." Jutu praised sincerely.

"Excluding the Eight Great Families, although the rest of the people can sell some goods, most of them are normal transactions, and there is no sale of contraband, but the Eight Great Families may sell information, pig iron and other things. The rest of the people are also We can’t embarrass such people who are usually business travelers and breadwinners.” Li Xin sneered, glanced at the big cars, and suddenly ran away, and came to a big car, opened the cover on it. Black cloth, but saw hundreds of catties of pig iron appearing on the carriage.The people around attracted a burst of exclamation.

(End of this chapter)