Everyone in the camel formation looked at each other, not knowing what kind of medicine the horse thief was selling in the gourd, but according to custom, the so-called reward of a bite of food also meant robbery, but it was more civilized, and everyone stayed in peace with Guan Dahu while leaving the money to buy the way.
The kind that seeks wealth and murder is different.
Several people died in the caravan, and several people in the Thirteen Taibao team were injured. Everyone was simmering with anger. No matter how subtle the horse thieves were, they didn't buy it. Someone immediately replied: "You have plenty of money, come in if you have the guts."
take!"
The horse thief hurriedly waved his hands and said: "The good man has misunderstood again. We are not asking for money. We want to join the gang. To be honest, we are all farmers and herdsmen who escaped from Liangzhou. We only lost our livelihood."
The heroes were living with the Duyi Dao. After killing the Duyi Dao, we fled overnight and took refuge with Guan Dahu. Unexpectedly, we bumped into the heroes again in this bitter well. We kindly tried to persuade Guan Dahu not to hit the stone with an egg.
He refused to listen, and many lives were lost in vain. The reputation of the Thirteen Taibao is so great that we are willing to surrender and ask the master to give us a bite of food."
It turned out that this was what he meant. Everyone didn't dare to pick up the fight casually, and all turned their attention to Yuan Feng. Despite his young age, he was very knowledgeable in this area, and it was right to listen to his opinion.
Yuan Feng said: "We can't have these people. Firstly, they are so numerous that we can't eat them, and they will be a disaster sooner or later. Secondly, these people have no spine and cannot be beaten. If they are included, they will only waste money and food. What's the use of them? What if?
Given the choice, I would rather recruit that Guan Dahu."
Everyone nodded in agreement, and Yuan Feng asked again: "How much money does Shopkeeper Deng have here?"
Deng Ziming said: "This time I collected some payment and came back with more than 800 taels of silver."
Yuan Feng said: "Okay, even if I borrow it from you, I will take out five hundred taels to beat them first."
"Jiulang, how can we give them money? We are not afraid of them. We can just beat them." Zhao Ding'an said angrily.
Yuan Feng ignored Zhao Ding'an and turned to ask Deng Ziming: "Did these people take action just now?"
"It was quite chaotic just now. I didn't pay attention, but the horse thieves were not all suppressed. If they had attacked together, we would all have been killed," Deng Ziming said.
"Only by combining kindness and power can we subdue others. They have already seen our capabilities. If not, how could they surrender? We have to be merciful and merciful. They know what is good and what is bad. Why should we kill them all and let them take money and leave?"
Yes." Yuan Feng explained to Zhao Ding'an.
Zhao Ding'an didn't understand very well, but he knew that Yuan Feng was right, so he stopped talking.
Yuan Feng asked someone to shout and ordered the horse thief to call ten representatives. The horse thief ran back and soon brought ten men, none of whom had weapons. They seemed to be very sincere.
The one who came forward here was not Yuan Feng, but Zhao Ding'an. Zhao Ding'an was older, looked mature, and looked majestic in a black iron tower. The horse thieves only thought that he was the boss of the Thirteen Taibao, and they worshiped him one by one.
The eldest brother is on top, let the younger ones pay their respects.
Zhao Ding'an was full of posture, waved his hand and said: "We, the Thirteen Taibao, protect the country and the people, and don't do the business of cutting paths. You have chosen the wrong person, but since you didn't help Guan Dahu just now, I can't treat you badly.
, there are five hundred taels of silver here, you can take it and divide it. Each person can spread out ten taels of silver and buy a piece of land to live a decent life, which is better than anything else."
This group of horse thieves didn't have high hopes for whether the Thirteen Taibao could take them in. They were all local young people in their hometown, so it was reasonable not to take them in as outsiders. But being able to offer so much money was a huge challenge for them.
It was unexpected. Ten taels per person was not a small amount. Even if he followed Guan Dahu to rob ten or eight times, he might not be able to earn this amount.
When you get the white money in your hand, what else can you say? The Thirteen Taibao is benevolent and righteous! He cupped his fists for a white-bearded horse thief and said: "The Thirteen Taibao is indeed benevolent and righteous. We admire him. He doesn't get rewarded for his efforts. We also have a fortune to give him."
Good man, Guan Dahu, whose real name is Niu Er, is a gangster with a thousand taels of red in Lanzhou Prefecture. He only came here to make a living because he was hunted down by the government. If the good guys capture him, it will be of great benefit. Time.
It's getting late, let's say goodbye. We will keep the kindness of heroes in our hearts. We will meet again in the mountains and rivers, and we will see you again later."
After saying that, the ten horse thieves got up and left. After a while, they led the group of thieves and roared away, and the Kushuijing area became quiet.
The horse thieves finally retreated, and the tense nerves relaxed. Except for a few sentries standing on high places, everyone sat on the ground to rest. The wailing of the wounded gradually began to sound, and those who screamed loudest were those who
The lightly wounded and seriously wounded had long since lost the strength to scream and were lying on the ground waiting for death. These days, a serious stab wound is equivalent to death. Not to mention heavy bleeding, there are also infection problems, which are all insurmountable.
Several of the guys in the caravan were not seriously injured and could still walk after being bandaged. On the contrary, the injuries among the Thirteen Taibao were very serious during the riding battle. One of them had his arm cut off and was bleeding.
With the blood all over the ground, he was already dead, but his companions were unwilling to admit this fact and were still feeding him water.
Yuan Feng is also very sad. His companion who was still alive and kicking a few hours ago has died like this. He was not yet eighteen years old, had not yet started a family, and had not had a lot of life experience. He died like this. How can he not make people feel sad, but now he is not sad.
At that time, there was no way to fight without death, and minimizing casualties was the main issue.
Practice, you have to rely on strict training to reduce casualties. There is no trick to this kind of thing. Only by being stronger than others can you live longer than others. This is an eternal truth, but there are also some small remedies, such as armor.
, if all the brothers participating in the war today had their shirts on, at least they would not die.
A whimpering sound came from the young people crying for their dead brothers. Yuan Feng walked over and everyone stopped crying. They wiped their red eyes with their sleeves and said, "Master."
Normally, the master taught us that we should bleed, sweat, and not shed tears. But at this time, the tears still flowed out unsatisfactorily, which made the teenagers feel a little ashamed. However, Yuan Feng did not blame them, but said: "Brother Deng is good."
Yes, it is not a shame to die. From now on, his parents will be our parents, and we will help him fulfill his unfulfilled filial piety. Also, this revenge must be avenged. No matter whether the thief is called Guan Dahu or Niu Er, his life
Let’s make a decision!”
Sadness quickly turned into hatred, and the eyes of the young men flashed with angry flames, and they all asked Yuan Feng to lead them to destroy this group of blind horse thieves.
Yuan Feng said: "Don't worry, everyone, I will never let Guan Dahu live until the end of the month."
Deng Ziming was unlucky. Originally, the business went smoothly. The goods transported from Guanzhong were sold at a good price, and he purchased so many goods locally that the horses and camels he brought there were not enough, so he purchased them in the Western Regions.
It took me three months to return to my hometown. The journey was smooth sailing, but when I arrived at Shibalibao, the place I thought was the safest, I was attacked. Although no goods were lost, several men were killed.
Even the young man who died among the reinforcements was a son of their Deng family.
In any case, I am lucky that my fortune has been saved and the hard-earned money collected by the clan for business has not been lost. These days, merchants and horse thieves are both a knife-edge business, and a few people will die.
It was expected, so Deng Ziming was not very sad, and in turn comforted Yuan Feng: "Brother Feng, this soldier is really well trained. Thirty men defeated a hundred horse thieves, which is amazing."
Yuan Feng said: "We are in a hurry, and everyone is inexperienced. In fact, we can fight better. By the way, the man named Niu Er is said to have been arrested by Lanzhou Prefecture. I wonder if Shopkeeper Deng has heard of it."
Deng Ziming took a breath and said: "Niu Er, this man is quite famous. He was originally a bully in Lanzhou Prefecture. He bullied men and women. He was very impressive, but he offended the new prefect. They sent troops to arrest him but failed, and instead hurt the prefect.
Your Excellency's young master was arrested with a reward of one thousand taels, which is really not low."
Yuan Feng asked: "If this is the case, why has no one captured him to receive the reward?"
Deng Ziming said: "Niu Er is a big local family, and there are always some complicated relationships. Who wants to mess with his family? Besides, our Shibali Fort has a radius of several hundred miles, which is a boundary that neither of us has control over. Lanzhou Prefecture doesn't care, and Liangzhou Prefecture doesn't care either."
Don't ask, there isn't even a security guard in the place, horse thieves have been rampant for more than ten years, and no government troops have come to suppress them, so we are not afraid of having more of his group."
Yuan Feng said: "In that case, I will kill this guy."
Deng Ziming naturally agreed. Merchants hate horse thieves the most. He suggested: "Twenty miles south of here, there is a place called Tianshui Well. Horse thieves are most likely hiding there."
Yuan Feng asked curiously: "How does shopkeeper Deng know?"
Deng Ziming said: "This Niu Erjia was a horse thief before, but now he just returned to his profession. Within a radius of eighty miles from Kushuijing, Tianshuijing is the nearest water source. Although he has not been working for many years, the terrain
He still knows, so no matter what his plan is, he will always go there to replenish water."
Yuan Feng snorted and sneered: "In that case, I will go straight to Tianshui Well tonight and kill the second class Niu."
Just as he was talking, another group of people came from the east. They were the reinforcements coming from Shibali Fort. The people in the town heard that the guy who reported the news said that there were hundreds of horse thieves. They were afraid that their children would suffer, so they joined in again.
More than fifty people came over, all of them strong men. Although they were not trained, they looked strong as they were driving carts with spears.
In this way, the strength of Yuan Feng's side has been greatly increased. A team of nearly a hundred people can't defeat a gang of more than a dozen horse thieves. However, Yuan Feng does not intend to use these untrained personnel.
He just asked them to assist Deng Ziming in guarding the camel formation just in case, but he still led his group of brothers to attack Tianshuijing at night.
Yuan Feng carried out some mobilization before the war. He told everyone that the so-called Guanda Tiger Horse Bandit Gang was just a gang of bullies who escaped from Lanzhou Prefecture, and they were not old gangsters who had been hanging around in this area for many years. There was really nothing to fear. Although this battle during the day
We defeat more with less, but it is not something to be proud of. Only by killing the enemy can we avenge our dead brothers.
There is no need for a heavy hammer to ring the drum, and there is no need to say too many words for mobilization. A few words not only enhanced the confidence of the teenagers but also aroused their fighting spirit. Except for the three wounded, the other twenty-seven knights gathered together.
I quickly mounted my horse and headed south under the cover of night.