The caravan of hundreds of people winds nearly half a mile long, slowly advancing among the strange wind-eroded mounds. The desert wind whistled past and made a whimpering sound like ghosts crying. Even in the sunny daylight, I still felt yin and gale. If I walked alone here, I would probably be frightened.

"Guo Heizi, it feels something is wrong. Take a few brothers to the back, so that everyone can speed up and shorten the team as much as possible." Guo Jinyu looked around vigilantly and whispered.

Speaking of which, in order to protect Huang Dacan's safety, Xu Jin also invested a lot of money. Not only did he send sharpshooter Guo Jindiu to lead the elite of the Divine Machinery Camp to accompany him, but he also selected Guo Heizi and other 70 good players to join. Therefore, although he had encountered more than a dozen bandits along the way, the caravan was still safe and sound.

Guo Jindiao is the chief sharpshooter of the Shenji Camp and is very famous in the army. Guo Heizi is agile and dares to fight and break. He is a rare lone man. The two of them are considered heroes and are more and more heroes. Along the way, they have become more and more tacit in cooperation.

Guo Jinyu has rich combat experience, and his eyesight and ears are even more different from ordinary people, so when he said something was wrong, Guo Heizi immediately became alert. Without saying a word, he called twenty brothers to turn their horses and go back and strengthen their guard.

"Come on, don't be too slow. Whatever you are talking about is you... and you, keep up, those who want to shit and those who piss are to endure it first." Guo Heizi shouted loudly while beating the horse.

After walking for more than two months, I encountered more than a dozen mountain horse bandits with scissors. These vendors had experience. Seeing this, they immediately guessed that something was going on. They woke up one by one, tried their best to drive away the animals, and at the same time picked up the weapons for self-defense.

Li Daren, who was mixed in the ranks of vendors, gave a secret wink. The two kids immediately pulled out a little single sword hidden under the cart, so that they could use it in an emergency at any time. After all, the swords of bandits and horse bandits do not recognize people.

The atmosphere of the entire caravan suddenly became tense. Huang Dacan obviously noticed the abnormality at this time, turned his head and asked loudly: "General Guo, what's the situation?"

Guo Jinyu immediately stepped forward and smiled and said, "Sir, the terrain here is complicated, which is conducive to ambushing. Maybe there are thieves hiding in it and coveting it, so we have to guard against it."

"That's true!" Huang Dacan nodded. Along the way, Guo Jinyu led the officers and soldiers to repel more than a dozen bandits who blocked the road and robbed the bandits, so he still recognized Lao Guo's ability very much.

"Haha, the envoy is too nervous. It is less than twenty miles away from Picheng here. There are garrisons there. Where can the thieves come from in broad daylight? To put it bluntly, even if you grab the property, you will have no life. The cavalry in our country is not vegetarian."

At this time, the person who spoke was a "guiding officer" from the Yarkand Khanate. Whenever the Ming Dynasty mission arrived at a county town, the county town would send a minor official to serve as a guide. The responsibility was to send the mission to the next county town, so the guidance officer at this time was sent by Khotan, named Shamushak.

Shamushak looked dissatisfied, and a hint of mockery appeared in his eyes. He was obviously a little dissatisfied with the Ming people's performance as if they were facing a great enemy. He probably thought this was an insult to the public security of the Yarkand Khanate.

Huang Dacan bowed and said, "I have heard that your country's cavalry can be used to fighting, and I don't expect that the thief dares to do evil near your country's barracks. It's just that General Guo's responsibilities are. It's good to be careful, so Lord Shamu doesn't have to worry about it."

Shamushak looked slightly slower, and glanced at the flintlock rifle that Guo Jindiao hung on the victory hook, and said indifferently: "According to the rules, your delegation should hand over the weapons as soon as it enters the border. It is just to show respect for your country. Our country still allows your delegation to carry weapons to walk within the country. However, when you arrive in Yecheng, His Highness Rashid Taiji will come to welcome the envoy in person. All the weapons you carry must be handed over first and will be returned when you return home."

Huang Dacan said politely: "This is natural, Lord Xie Shamu reminds you."

Guo Jindiao curled his lips disdainfully, "It's just a local sting official, who pretends to be a big-tailed wolf?" Lord Huang is too polite to him. The barbarian country is afraid of power but not virtuous. The more polite you are, the more he looks down on you."

After walking forward for about two or three miles, he finally reached the end of the wind-eroded hill forest. In front of him was a flat sand land. Shamushak said sarcastically: "Look, there is flat ground in front, where did the thief come from..."

Before Shamushak finished speaking, a sharp roar broke out and an arrow shot out from behind a wind-eroded hill on the left, hitting his throat as fast as lightning.

With a puff, the sharp arrow penetrated his throat, Shamushak covered his throat with horror, and then he fell down and became angry.

Huang Dacan was shocked and sweated in a cold sweat. He hurriedly leaned on the horse's back. The arrow just now swept over his chin. If it hadn't hit a little, he would probably be the one who was shot through his throat.

"There is an ambush!" Guo Jindiao shouted loudly, picked up the flintlock rifle that Desheng hooked and raised his hand and shot it.

Bang……

The bullet seemed to have eyes. An archer who had just emerged from behind the wind-eroded mound had blood on his head and a groaned sound rolling down.

"Protect your husband!" A group of soldiers surrounded him and protected Huang Dacan and Ye Na in the middle.

At this moment, the horse's hooves were loud, and a team of black cavalry rushed out from all directions, raised their shaking scimitars and rushed over fiercely. The vendors were so scared that their faces looked like earth, and they hid under the car or under the animals.

Whoosh swish swish swish...

A wave of sharp arrows came over, and a beast fell to the ground on the spot. Several vendors who were hiding slowly were also shot and fell in a pool of blood to cry and howl.

Guo Jinyu's face changed rapidly. The horse thief that suddenly broke out actually had a large number of bows and arrows, and he was riding and shooting bowman, not very much like a horse thief? However, he could not bear to think too much at this time, so he immediately organized a counterattack.

Bang bang bang bang...

In an instant, the gunshots rang out like beans. The dozen horse thieves who rushed to the front were shot overturned on the spot. The group of horse thieves were shot after a round of guns and were stunned and slowed down. Obviously, they did not expect the Ming army's counterattack would be so fast and so fierce. At the same time, they were also startled by the Ming army's firearms.

It's no wonder that flintlock rifles are currently considered the most advanced firearm in the world, several times stronger than Western mechanics, let alone Central Asian countries that are still in the era of cold weapons. They probably have never seen guns before.

However, the "horse thieves" who were hit by the head obviously had no intention of retreating. Their rushing was slowed down and soon accelerated up again under the shouts of the leader, but the formation became more dispersed and erratic.

Bang bang bang bang...

Another round of gunfire was fired, and several more horse thieves were shot and fell off the horse, but they were killed and came closer. At this moment, the soldiers of Shenji Camp could not allow the warriors to change their ammunition. Guo Jindiao hung up his gun, pulled out his waist knife and shouted: "Kill!"

Thirty brave soldiers from the Shenji Camp immediately hung their guns and drew their swords, and rushed towards them without fear. They were all brave soldiers who had been through many battles. Whoever was afraid of whom would do it would be done.

At this time, Guo Heizi, behind the team, also led his brothers to fight with the enemy. The vendors hid behind the animals and vehicles and shivered, and they were all so scared that they were urinating. However, it was also exceptional, that was Li Daren and two friends, holding their knives in their hands, hiding behind the car and observing calmly.

"Shopkeeper, this group of strong men are not weak, they seem to be well-trained, not very much like ordinary horse thieves." A guy whispered.

Li Daren nodded. At this moment, seven or eight horse thieves rushed towards him, probably to break the caravan and disrupt the Ming army's defensive formation.

"Damn it, come to us, the shopkeeper, what should I do?" The two guys looked at Li Daren inquiring.

Li Daren was also a little confused at this moment and did not want to expose his martial arts skills, but he couldn't be beaten to death, right?

Seeing that the horse thief in the lead was about to kill him, Li Daren was about to jump up when a gunshot suddenly sounded. The horse thief in the lead splashed blood on the shoulders on the spot, and screamed in pain and fell on the horse's back. He turned his head and fled in a panic. Seeing this, the other horse thief also turned his head and ran away. In a blink of an eye, all the horse thief ran away. It turned out that the horse thief was injured just now, which was the boss.

Guo Jinyu led the soldiers of the Shenji Camp to chase after hundreds of meters and did not dare to chase them anymore, so as not to be trapped in the trap of luring the tiger away from the mountain. However, the group of horse thieves seemed to be just a few people, and after they ran away, they flew away in a quiet river.

"Mr. Huang, are you okay?" Guo Jindiao rushed to Huang Dacan while putting ammunition on the flintlock rifle.

Huang Dacan shook his head and said with a serious expression: "I am fine, these horse thieves seem to be better than what we have encountered before."

Guo Jindiao nodded and said, "Mr. Huang, these people are well-trained and have good combat power. They don't look like horse thieves. If I hadn't been lucky enough to hurt the other party's leader, our losses would probably not be small."

Huang Dacan's heart moved. Could it be a regular army? If it was really a regular army of Yarkand, then it would be a big trouble.

"Sir, these horse thieves are covering their faces, which means they are shameless. Moreover, these people seem to be coming for you, sir." Ye Na's charming eyes flashed with strange light at this moment, and she continued in a low voice: "Can there be any differences within Yerkand?"

Huang Dacan couldn't help but frowned. If the other party was indeed coming for him as an envoy, then the intention would be self-evident.

"Sir, I caught three living people." At this time, Guo Heizi escorted three prisoners, all of whom were injured and lost their ability to move. The masked cloth had been torn off, all of which were faced by local tribesmen.

Huang Dacan glanced at the three prisoners and said in a deep voice: "Miss Yena, ask who they are? Who sent them."

Ye Na nodded and was about to ask a question, but saw black blood flowing from the corners of the mouths of the three prisoners, and her eyes turned to a loss of voice.
Chapter completed!