Chapter 538 Robber
In the hot summer, there is no trace of wind.
The road was quiet, and only the cicadas lying on the treetops were showing their poor singing voice endlessly. In this terrifying heat, even if they stood still, they would make people sweat all over. But now, there is a long team on the road moving forward with difficulty.
The wheels of the car were creaking, and a burst of smoke and dust were shaking, causing the people behind to complain. The convoy had thirteen carriages, each full of boxes, and thick ropes tied them firmly to the car. Only one car was loaded with debris, which looked a little soft, and the lips of each handlebar were dry, which was caused by constant shouting to teach disobedient animals a lesson. The straw hats on their heads could not block the tyranny of the sun at all. The entire team was lazy, and even a dozen guards riding horses and knives looked listless.
Suddenly, one person and one rider came out to cheer everyone up and shouted: "Everyone work harder. After passing this black pine forest, there is the Wangtong Tea Shop ahead. At that time, I will ensure that everyone has a good drink. Also, after this trip, everyone's commission will be doubled, which is a little bit of my mediocre intention!"
The speaker was dressed up with a short-sleeved arrow makeup, with a very neat dress, dark skin and a little messy beard. It was obvious that he had not taken care of it for a long time, and his eyes could not hide his fatigue. The red horse under him was not a good horse, but a five-year-old Dian horse.
Whether ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, the stimulation of money is a good way to excite people. When everyone heard the boss’ promise, they were all excited and laughed: "His official Xu is authentic in doing things, which is convincing!"
"Hu Erlangzi, you are just using it to flatter you. If Xu Guanren is not authentic in doing things, how can he take both black and white and make this medicinal material business into the three provinces of the north and south!"
"His grandma, Qian Fang! You kid are just flattering, let's not laugh at the second brother!" Everyone laughed for a while, and then rushed forward. This black pine forest was not a good place.
This official Xu is Xu Xuan. His image has changed drastically in three years. If Xu Jiaorong saw Xu Xuan again, he would be afraid that he would not be able to recognize him for a while.
The group was rushing to the road, and suddenly a noise came from the front. A big tree was lying in the middle of the road, and a man with a knife with a fleshy face stood on the trunk.
Xu Xuan raised his hand and shouted: "Stop!"
The man smiled coldly and said loudly: "What a group of fat sheep, it's not in vain that I've been ambushing for so long in the hot weather!" After that, he jumped down from the trunk of the tree, walked towards the convoy with great strides, and cast a lot of escorts as nothing.
Xu Xuan turned over and dismounted and greeted the man. At the same time, he made a hidden gesture to the guard behind him. The guard leader immediately whispered: "I understand!" Xu Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and walked forward with great strides!
"Still stay, hero!" When both sides were ten steps away, Xu Xuan spoke to stop him.
The man snorted, looked at Xu Xuan up and down for a while, and said, "You are so brave. After all, what's the matter?"
Xu Xuan bowed and smiled and said, "Everyone is going out, just to seek wealth! This is Xu's intention, and I'll invite my brothers to have tea!" Xu Xuan took out a fifty taels of snow-patterned silver from his sleeve and handed it to the other party.
The two sides are very far apart, and Xu Xuan's move is just a gesture. If the other party agrees, then the silver will be given away and both parties will give up. If they disagree, then let's talk about other things!
Sure enough, the barbaric man curled his lips and said, "Fifty taels of silver, are you sending the beggar?" He waved his hand to both sides of the road, and immediately twenty or thirty men in different clothes emerged from the woods. The only thing that is that they all carry swords! These people waved steel knives and clamored loudly.
The barbarian man was very proud and said, "See it! How can we brothers divide a piece of silver? Brother advises you to leave all the silk on the car and save your life!"
Xu Xuan smiled and said with a pity: "The king misunderstood! Our cars are filled with medicinal materials. Even if you take them, it will be difficult to get rid of them. I am willing to give them a hundred taels of silver and make a friend. How about it?"
The barbarian man was stunned and muttered, "No wonder the ruts are so shallow!" Then his eyes rolled, and he said, "The medicinal materials must be kept, so that your boss can use silver to redeem them. If less than one thousand taels of silver, we will burn them as firewood!"
Xu Xuan's face turned pale, and he smiled bitterly: "I am just a manager of the convoy. I can't make the decision on this matter alone. I need the convoy's guard to discuss it!"
The barbarian smiled proudly, pointed to the guards gathered next to a carriage, and said, "Look at the eggless goods, what are they scared, okay, go back and persuade me kindly, I just want to make money, and I am not killing innocent people indiscriminately!" Then, he smiled again and said, "But if you dare not obey, don't blame our steel knife for being rude! At that time, the man will kill and bury!"
After intimidating Xu Xuan for a while, the barbarian man waved his hand and told Xu Xuan to get out quickly! Xu Xuan was so scared that he seemed to be a little unsteady in walking, which made the man laugh proudly.
Xu Xuan led his horse to the guards, smiled helplessly, and said, "The King of Hell wants people to die in the third update, who can keep people until the fifth update? These people are really crazy! Let's use crossbows!"
The captain of the guard whispered: "Officer Xu is always so kind. What's the point of saying to their robbers whom they killed? Just start fighting! Everyone, put on the crossbow and leave no living mouth!"
Xu Xuan said lightly: "Harmony brings wealth, just work hard to accumulate some good deeds!"
After everyone agreed, they immediately opened the box on the cart, opened the linen covering it, and took out the crossbow with arrows inside.
In the eyes of those robbers, the convoy had only more than ten guards, and one side was two or three times that of the other side, so he should be sure to win, so he did not take any precautions.
When the barbarian discovered the crossbow in the guard's hand, he immediately became frightened and furious. He turned around and ran away, turned over and ran to the big tree, and then showed his head and scolded: "Shameless, you are so fucking shameless!"
In just a moment, screams were heard one after another. The crossbow was a powerful weapon in the military. In the Song Dynasty, the crossbow was hidden and rebelled. Even the robber could not equip such powerful military weapons. Their two or three soft bows were a scum in front of the crossbow.
The crossbow arrow is very short, and it is very difficult to block even if you want to block it. In addition, you can aim, and the distance between the two sides is close. Therefore, the first volley shot, five or six robbers were killed, and seven or eight were seriously injured and difficult to move.
If an army can ensure that 30% of the deaths are not collapsed, it can be called a strong soldier in the world. However, for robbers, this problem does not exist. Although the crossbow bow is strong, the characteristic of slow winding is well known to everyone.
The barbarian man looked at the cheaper side and shouted loudly: "They can only shoot once, attack, kill quickly!" The man's head was leaping blue veins, risking being shot by the opponent, approaching his opponent, which was a test for anyone.
Seeing that his leader took the lead in killing, the at a loss suddenly became blindly obedient and followed closely. As the other party said, the crossbow had a strong range and lethality, and the disadvantage of being slow to wind the string was difficult to overcome. Therefore, after the guards fired a spoiler, they immediately drew their swords and drove their horses forward and killed them!
The two of them were left standing in the car and looking down at the entire battle situation. One was Xu Xuan, and the other was the son of the captain of the guard, Xiaoshan, who was only sixteen years old. Although he was not old, he was extremely strong, like a calf.
"Xiaoshan, don't be nervous, they can't kill here!" Xu Xuan saw Xiaoshan trembling all over and quickly comforted him and said,
"Uncle Xu, I'm not nervous, I'm excited! It seems like I'm going to fight with a knife!" Xiaoshan quickly defended himself. If he was young and timid, it would be extremely unfair!
"Okay, then I'll string the crossbow. You string it, I'll shoot it!" As he spoke, Xu Xuan kicked his foot, installed a crossbow arrow, and aimed it flat.
Xu Xuan did not shoot the farthest man first, but aimed at the robber who was fighting with his guards. With a "swoosh", the crossbow arrow hit the chest of a life-long robber, passed through his body, and snorted it into the ground. The crossbow's bow had extremely strong lethality, especially at close range. The person who was caught in the arrow fell to the ground instantly like a deflated ball.
Xiaoshan immediately handed another hand, Xu Xuan's hands were flat, without any trembling, and he aimed at one person again. Xu Xuan's archery technique was extremely accurate, and he would kill one person every time he opened a bow. In the blink of an eye, seven people died under Xu Xuan's arrow. There were guards nearby and crossbows threatened in the distance. The robbers were all unwilling to fight, unless Sun Wu was alive, or had the chance to turn defeat into victory.
Xiaoshan looked at Xu Xuan with one arrow, Jue Wuxu's fire, and felt itchy in his heart, and he wanted to shoot one person. But without Xu Xuan's permission, he did not dare to speak.
The barbarian man was extremely angry when he saw his brother's death and injury. What was even more angry was that the other party was lazy to look at him.
After seven people died tragically, the barbarian man finally approached within ten steps of the convoy, and Xu Xuan finally aimed at him. Xu Xuan's cold eyes looked at the man's angry eyes, and no one gave in.
"Go to die!" The barbarian suddenly threw out his long sword, broke through the air, and stabbed Xu Xuan directly. Xu Xuan's index finger on his right hand had already hooked the Xuanshan Mountain, and the crossbow arrow rushed out frantically.
The blade whizzed past his ears. Xu Xuan could even feel the coldness of the blade, but his figure was still as still as a mountain, watching the other party fall to the ground in pain in coldness!
Xu Xuan touched his ears, his hands were covered with blood. If the blade edged a little more, it would be dead! It was not until this time that Xu Xuan was a little scared!
Chapter completed!