Su Ren's caravan stayed in the Populus euphratica forest for five days. The snow actually stopped that afternoon. According to the guide, it could set off early the next morning, but Su Ren ordered to stay in the Populus euphratica forest without any explanation.
And explain. Fortunately, the merchants who came this time were all old people from the Sichuan Chamber of Commerce, otherwise there would definitely be objections.
Three days ago, the man Hawking sent out to track down the results came back. After running in the snow for three days, the man came back looking extremely embarrassed. It was not surprising that the horse was gone. There were eighteen frostbite spots all over his body, especially
The toes were frozen as if they were coke. Su Ren had no choice but to cut off the brother's toes himself.
Su Ren cut off the brother's toes. The brother smiled shyly and told all the information he had found out. The people who passed by Su Ren and the others were a group of people who looked like businessmen. These people were very good at it.
, they did not use carts, everything was carried by horses. There were only more than a hundred people, but the horses were no less than 800. When they heard the news, everyone immediately thought of the Huns.
The brother who was scouting the road immediately shook his head: "No, they are not Huns. Although those people are driving horses, they do speak in Chinese."
"Han people? We big Han people can still have such courage?" Lao Wang was a little surprised.
Su Ren's techniques were not good, and he did not dare to strike hard at all times. After all, it was not just about his origins. It was not something ordinary people could do to cut people. In one sentence, even if it was not illegal to kill someone, he would not do it.
, of course, except for the battle formation. He first cut off the toes, and then peeled off the rotten and dead flesh bit by bit. After the red blood flowed out, he quickly wrapped it with golden sore medicine. Su Ren did the whole thing carefully.
While a few people were talking, Su Ren remained silent and concentrated on his work. After treating the brother's frostbite, he washed his hands and said, "Fortunately, there's not much problem with your fingers. The toes are gone."
"Walking won't affect you very much. Let's take a rest first. It's not too late to talk about big things later."
Su Ren came out of the tent, and the people who were originally surrounded by the tent immediately followed him out. Lao Wang was very wary of that mysterious caravan. If it was the Huns, things would be a little bad. The people of the Western Regions were already in cahoots with the Huns.
, this time they started doing business, and it was so big, it seems that the Huns or Yi Zhixie, who occupied the western part of the Huns, already had the whole Huns in their hands.
If you are a Han, you need to be even more vigilant. Being able to organize a cavalry of 800 horses, both in terms of financial resources and influence, is not ordinary in the Han Dynasty. It is possible that they are people sent by the imperial court, since the imperial court has already intervened in the Western Regions.
As for the trade routes, people like myself have absolutely no capital to compete for, even if they have Su Ren as a backer, it won't be of much use.
"Mr. Su, does it mean that the court no longer trusts you? Or is it that someone has slandered His Majesty the Emperor?"
Su Ren curled his lips: "It is true that caravans with eight hundred horses are rare. It is an indisputable fact that the imperial court is short of horses. We can organize a caravan of eight hundred horses at once. Even we do not have such large financial resources, so I consider
However, in my impression, there are only three places with this kind of ability! The first one is the Xiongnu, and the second one is the imperial court."
"Where's the third one?" Lao Wang couldn't wait.
Su Ren glanced at Lao Wang: "It's inconvenient to tell you about the third target. No one can steal our business under our noses. Xiaojinzi immediately sent people to chase him. No matter who he is, he must be flushed away.
Let's break up, but try not to hurt anyone, and the rest will be easy to talk about."
Hawking nodded immediately, turned around and ran: "Understood!"
Populus euphratica couldn't stay in the forest, and the snow had frozen. The cart couldn't drive on such road conditions. So we simply removed the wheels and used the cart as a sledge. The thick snow was the best for using a sledge.
, there are no obstacles in the endless Gobi Desert, and you can run very fast. On the contrary, the horseback riders cannot go very fast, because the horses will leave holes after stepping on the snow, and if they are not careful, they will break the hoofs of the horses behind them.
Jingjie's caravan was experiencing such pain. When they left Jincheng, they acquired a thousand war horses in total, but lost 200 after crossing the Yumen. After entering Bailongtan, Jingjie walked carefully, trying not to let a large number of horses go.
The horses were crowded together to avoid further damage to the war horses. Although they were horse thieves, the number of war horses was not sufficient. Moreover, these war horses were all bought with human lives, and I feel sorry for the dead brothers if they were lost for no reason.
The ivy wrapped itself into a rice dumpling, with only a pair of eyes looking at the road, with ice and snow on its eyelashes, and rode a horse quickly around the front thorn: "Lord Wolf, the people behind have noticed the situation, and someone is chasing us.
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"who?"
The ivy shook his head: "I don't know, those people are very powerful. All the scouts discovered by them have not come back. This news was only sent back by a scout who only took one look and turned around and ran away."
Old Heita shook his body: "Could it be the Huns? This time we came here and didn't say hello to the Huns. These bastards eat people without spitting out their bones. How about I go and destroy them?"
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Thorns frowned and asked Ivy: "You didn't say how many people came?"
"There are not many in number, about two hundred. They are all skilled in bow and horse, much better than our brothers. They are also well-equipped. They don't seem to be Huns."
"Who is that?" Old Heita was confused: "Who else is around us besides the Huns? The Qiang people wouldn't dare to chase us even if they had ten more courages!"
Zhao Xin pulled away the linen covering his mouth and nose: "Besides the Huns and Qiang people, there is another group of people. Don't forget."
Lao Heita said contemptuously: "If you have anything to say, just say it. What I can't stand the most is your behavior."
Thorny slapped his thigh: "Boy Su?"
Xin Zhao nodded: "Except for him, I can't think of anyone else who dares to chase us. Last time in Jincheng, before the Wolf Lord and Su Ren could tell us about coming to the Western Region together, Su Ren ran away. I knew that Su Ren didn't want to let us go."
We interfered with the trade routes in the Western Regions, and since we came here privately, Su Ren will definitely cause trouble for us in order to avenge himself in Jincheng."
"No way? Su Ren is not bad. When we were in Mayi, we cooperated very well with him. If we hadn't cleared a road, the Han army would not have arrived in Mayi silently. He was also among our last
He helped us when we were in trouble!" Old Heita is good at martial arts and has a straightforward personality.
Zhao Xin smiled: "This happened one after another. At the beginning, he and we were just using each other. Now that Su Ren wants to dominate the Western Region, how can he tolerate us."
The ivy frowned: "What should we do? If Mr. Su guards us, it will be difficult for us alone to deal with him."
"Hahaha..." Jingjie laughed loudly: "What else can we do? Now that we are here, I will tell the brothers to dismount and rest and prepare for action!"
Hawking really came to vent this time. The snowflakes kicked up by the black wind all the way could bury the brothers who were following him. The traces of those people had been discovered, and a signal was sent out from the front, saying that those people were
He actually stopped ten miles ahead, which made Hawking particularly excited. With a raised corner of his mouth, he was ready to lead others to pounce on him. Shi Bao grabbed Hei Feng's bridle.
"Are you crazy, knowing that others have discovered us and still rushing?"
Hawking sneered: "Afraid of a bird? What's wrong with a group of merchants? Even five hundred guards have nothing to worry about."
"Merchant will send scouts to the rear? When have you seen this? Look at the scouts we captured. Do they look like merchants?"
"So what if they're not merchants? They were the ones I beat."
"If you do it again, I'll tell you sir when I get back!"
"You!" Hearing that Shi Bao was about to report Su Ren, Huo Jin was immediately discouraged: "Then what do you think we should do? Since the eldest brother asked us to do it, we must let those guys know that this Western Region trade route belongs to us. Who wants to do it?
There is only one way to get involved, and that is death!"
Shi Bao sighed and waved his hand, and the knight behind him quickly came up. He took back the rope in his hand, and a pile of snow that was held behind appeared in front of Huo Jin and Shi Bao. The two knights dismounted and dug through the snow pile in twos and twos.
A living person came out. This guy had been transported over. His clothes were still intact and he wasn't injured. He was just shaking. He was dragged here in the snowdrift for dozens of miles, even for an eight-foot-tall man.
It can also be frozen to death.
He stepped on the guy's chest, and the guy who was about to freeze to death screamed. Shi Bao ordered someone to give the guy two mouthfuls of water, and then Yuyou transformed, his teeth were still chattering: "Heroes, please spare me.
Right? I'm just a guard, it's none of my business."
Shi Bao sneered and kicked again. This time, it hit the guy's neck. The guy could only open his mouth for a long time but couldn't make a sound: "Think it over before you say it. You won't have much. If you step here next time,
Make sure you hear the noise."
Shi Bao let go of his feet. The man took a big breath: "I said, I said, we are not merchants, we are..."
The people of Thorns set up their formation and waited for a long time, their necks were sore from looking at it, but no one came from behind. The white snow was illuminated by the sun, and after looking at it for a long time, my eyes were dazzled. It appeared in front of my eyes several times.
Black Shadow, if he hadn't closed his eyes quickly, he felt like he would go blind. When he opened them again, his eyes were full of tears, which was particularly uncomfortable.
"Why aren't you here yet? Do you want to send someone to take a look?" Old Heita rubbed his eyes.
Xin Zhao frowned: "No, since you are chasing us, you will definitely show up, just wait."
Thorny Thorns was very patient. He turned over and lay down in the snow, closing his uncomfortable eyes: "Listen to the military advisor and wait!"
After half an hour, there was still no movement. A figure could be seen ten miles behind him even if he was crawling. It has not appeared yet, which is a dangerous thing. Xin Zhao suddenly sat up and said: "No, let's go quickly!"
Before I finished speaking, I felt my eyes went dark and I couldn't see anything. (To be continued)