This was truly a tragic victory. Although there were so many fierce generals charging into battle, more than a hundred people had died in battle and more than a hundred people had been injured. Yang Lin couldn't help but feel pain in his heart. After all, this was a fellow villager who had followed him out to sell horses, so how should he explain himself to his relatives?
No matter if it was his own men or the injured bandits, anything that could be saved was saved. Hua Tuo was truly a kind and good doctor. He let his disciples bandage the wounds of every single one of the injured people, and only then did he allow everyone to lift them onto horses.
Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang did not go far. They found a place to hide from the wind and waited quietly for Yang Lin. Before long, Yang Lin and his brothers finished off the mounted bandit behind them, and caught up with them with their spoils of war.
"Brothers, you are all peerless heroes, exterminating more than three thousand bandits in one go! Hehe, what's there to be afraid of about the mounted bandit in front? "
Seeing the more than one thousand war horses, two thousand bandits, and a lot of swords, spears and armor that Yang Lin had brought, Zhang Shiping guessed that they had won a great battle. He immediately welcomed them happily, and he was even happier than if he had won a great battle.
"The mounted bandit behind us was caught unprepared, and was not prepared for it, but the mounted bandit in front is waiting patiently for us, if we want to exterminate them, it won't be that easy. "We'll set up camp here today, and leave tomorrow after a day of rest."
Yang Lin did not lose track of the victory in his head, and did not want everyone to underestimate his opponents either. He hurriedly cut off Zhang Shiping's words, in case everyone started to sing in praise and forgot about the important matter. The mounted bandit was much more powerful than the bandits, they were the eagles of the desert.
"Brother Yang Lin, you must not camp here to rest. Right now, the mounted bandit in front of us still doesn't know that the mounted bandit behind us has been annihilated, so we'll just deal with it. We will bring the goods ahead of us and you guys will follow behind. mounted bandit will definitely think that you guys are their partners and not guard against you guys, so take the chance when they are chasing after us to catch them off guard. "
"mounted bandit has more or less understood our itinerary. We will arrive at Public Ridge about midnight tonight. If we rest here for the night, the mounted bandit will suspect that something is wrong and they will be wary of us. That way, it will be even harder for us to eliminate them. "
He did not expect that when Zhang Shiping heard he was going to camp and rest, he immediately became anxious. He immediately pulled Yang Lin and walked to a secluded place, and offered him a plan to eliminate the mounted bandit in front of them. Yang Lin couldn't help but laugh in his heart. This Zhang Shiping was even more enthusiastic than him in exterminating mounted bandit, and had even thought of such a meticulous plan.
"That's a good idea. Let's do it."
"Brother Yang Lin, about a hundred fifty kilometers to the left of the Public Ridge, there is a Windward Valley. You can send a group of people to take a detour to the Windy Valley and ambush them. The brothers Su Shuang and I headed slowly to the north, bringing our close to a thousand guards and servants, along with the nearly two thousand fast horses, six hundred wounded, and the horses that were entrusted with the transport of cloth. There were about six thousand fast horses. That way, the mounted bandit would think that if all of our men were here, they would chase after us with all their might. We will lure them to the Windward Valley, then you guys will kill us from behind and eliminate them all in one go. We cannot let a single mounted bandit escape. "
The corner of Zhang Shiping's mouth twitched violently, and his body did not even tremble. However, the panic on his face disappeared and he quickly calmed down. He raised his head and looked at Yang Lin, and smiled at his, but his eyes were filled with a vicious light.
"This group of mounted bandit is vicious and merciless. If they were able to catch one, they would not be able to defeat them on the battlefield. They would go to the Witch Cooperation Association and take revenge on our families.
Is that right? Don't know why, but Yang Lin always felt that this Zhang Shiping hated the mounted bandit to the bones. But why did he bring us into the mounted bandit's trap? Could it be that he has some deep grudge with these mounted bandit s, and wants to borrow our hands to get rid of them?
"But what if those mounted bandit s chase after you regardless of anything?
"When we walk about fifty kilometers ahead, we will suddenly turn around and hurry towards the west. When mounted bandit sees us turning around, she will definitely pounce on us and you can start attacking from behind. You don't have to worry about us, you just have to annihilate the mounted bandit. "
Decoy!
Zhang Shiping was using him as bait, he was harboring the faith of certain death. What hatred could make him so determined to perish together with his enemy?! No wonder he found the Thousand Li Ear Tang Qing for her, it turned out that he was going to exterminate all of these mounted bandit s.
The Great Master that was waiting for him in Public Ridge was a one-eyed one-eyed dragon. His nickname was One-eyed Liu and no one knew his real name. He had roamed the desert for more than twenty years and had more than three thousand brothers under his command. He was also one of the famous mounted bandit s in the desert. Usually, when a child of that family cried, as long as the adult was scared: The One-eyed Liu is here, he would immediately stop crying. It was almost like a recipe for the Youzhou to coax the child not to cry.
This time, in order to make a huge deal, the One-eyed Liu had pulled over a group of mounted bandit Zhang Dazui, and only gathered over five thousand people. This Zhang Dazui usually stayed in the northern part of fishing yang, where he was promised 30% of the business by the One-eyed Liu, which was why he brought his two thousand mounted bandit to this place.
The One-eyed Liu did not expect that the Jizhou's bandit leader would follow them to the Youzhou. Fortunately, he lacked the manpower at the moment, so they came together to do a big business together. Especially after seeing the Ejialing's bandit equipment, the bandit leader was slightly overjoyed. With a group of bandits that wasn't inferior to any officials' equipment, let's see Yang Lin fly into the sky.
It had been years since such a big deal had been made. Normally, even if he risked his life, painstakingly robbed for a year, he wouldn't be able to get much money. This time, a few fat sheep appeared out of nowhere. If he let them go, then he might as well buy a piece of tofu and kill himself.
"Great Master's scouts have come to report just now. The fat sheep is already here, about fifty kilometers ahead."
The one who reported in was the Third Master of the One-eyed Liu. From his accent, one could tell that he was the leader of the kidnappers who kidnapped Zhang Shiping. In order to understand the situation of Yang Lin's caravan, he had been waiting in the snow with his spy. The moment he received the report from his spy, he ran over excitedly.
"Gather some men and prepare to sell."
The One-eyed Liu sent out an order and the Third Master immediately ran out. Waves of shouts came from the camp of the mounted bandit, and soon, over five thousand mounted bandit were gathered together. They were all mounted on their horses, waiting for the Great Master to speak.
The mounted bandit and the bandits were very different. The bandits had a sense of belonging, and would often just follow a mountain peak Great Master for their entire lives, and even their sons would continue to follow him. Their weapons and equipment were all taken care of by the Great Master, so they were very neat and unified, more like an army.
When there was a big deal, they were all summoned by the prestigious Great mounted bandit. Their weapons and equipment were also all prepared by themselves, although they were all long spears, big blades, and bows and arrows, but their patterns were all different, and the armor on their body was also of all kinds. With a glance, one could tell that they were a motley group of people.
"Hehe, even the snow stopped. What a good omen."
"Even the heavens are helping us with the blessings of the Great Master."
"Let's go."
One-eyed Liu roared, the spear in his hand pointed forward, the more than five thousand mounted bandit raised their whips to urge their horses, the air was filled with the sound of whips hitting the air, the fast horses started to gallop in the snow with tat tat tat sounds. Looking at the group of mounted bandit s that were rolling forward, One-eyed Liu smiled, looking somewhat like a general.
mounted bandit's team had been running for less than 30 miles when the scouts in front suddenly ran over from afar. They raised their spears from far away, obviously they had some important information. The One-eyed Liu pulled the horse reins, and slowly raised the spear in his hand. The more than five thousand mounted bandit s came to a halt.
"Reporting to the Great Master, the fat sheep suddenly turned around and headed to the west."
"Mm …"
One-eyed Liu snorted from his nose, his face immediately turned gloomy, his two cunning eyes instantly narrowed into slits, as though he was going to burst out with boundless anger. He glared fiercely at the spy, and spoke with a cold tone.
"Did you let them find out?"
"They went back to the Great Master. Maybe they found out that we didn't know, but they left behind their mark."
As the spy spoke, he took out a few wooden sticks from his pocket and handed them over to One-eyed Liu. That wooden stick was not an ordinary wooden stick, it was a mark prepared by the Second Boss, Li Yan. The three black lines on it were extremely conspicuous. One-eyed Liu's face could not help but soften a little. Since the brothers of Ejialing had left their marks, it meant that the fat sheep did not notice anything.
"How many of them are there?"
"From the Horseshoe Seal, they should be around six thousand people."
"Oh, don't they have more than 13,000 people? How could there be only six thousand horses? "
They left traces of blood on the road back to the Great Master, along with cloth strip s that wrapped around their wounds. I reckon that they fought with the brothers of the Ejialing and lost a lot of men and horses.
"Is there any news about Ejialing Hu's Great Master?"
"I returned to the Great Master, but there was no news from Ejialing Hu's side."
After listening to the scout's report, One-eyed Liu couldn't help but reveal a sinister smile. If Yang Lin and the others were to fight with Hu Li, both of their losses would fit the intentions of the One-eyed Liu, and it would be much easier for him to attack later. If Ejialing Hu's was finished, it would be even better. They would have one less dirty and less effort.
"Run on horseback, you must catch up to them. Even if we have to chase them to the territory of the fresh inferior, we have to catch them. "If they run away, I'll skin you alive."
Following One-eyed Liu's orders, the five thousand odd mounted bandit turned their horses around and chased towards the west. Not even two hours had passed, and he could already see the dense crowd of hoof prints. The scout running in front ran around and passed One-eyed Liu a long wooden stick.
One-eyed Liu was still not at ease. He waved his hand and called the Second Master and Third Master to jump off the horse. These fellows were bandits of the desert, so they were naturally very familiar with the horse hooves in the snow.
"No more than six thousand two hundred fat sheep ride in front of the Great Master. Aside from the more than one thousand horses, there should not be more than five thousand and three hundred guards. Furthermore, many of them are injured, which means that they were injured this morning. "
The Second Boss was a lean man. He lay on the ground and listened for a while, then he stood up and walked over to One-eyed Qi. He was quite experienced in this field. He rarely spoke, but his words had to have weight. One-eyed Liu naturally valued his perspective.
The mounted bandit s excitedly jumped onto their horses, urged their horses to gallop, and continued to rush forward. In one breath, they chased for more than 30 miles before they saw a group of horse traders fleeing in the distance. They were like a group of ants fleeing for their lives as they ran towards the west.
"Chase after him …"
The One-eyed Liu was excited, the little black spots in front of him were just a group of fat sheep, money, or beauties. The mounted bandit s' eyes shone with a green light, they raised the pikes in their hands high up, and started shouting.
"Howl …"
The mounted bandit s cheered, as though they already had victory in their hands, and their prey was already in their hands, ready to be celebrated in advance. In this vast desert, what they believed in was the law of robbers. The strong were kings, and the weak were slaves. Robbery was their only and most adept occupation.
Just as the mounted bandit were cheering, the Second Boss suddenly frowned. His unusually sharp senses told him that something was amiss. He ruthlessly reined his horse, dismounted, and lay on the ground to listen. Then he jumped back onto his horse and ran to One-eyed Liu's side.
"Great Master! Over three thousand riders are following us and catching up!"
"Oh, could it be that the unlucky Ejialing Hu Li has caught up? He sure bites hard, it's no wonder why. Who would be willing to part with such a big piece of fat? "
"Great Master, I feel that something is not right. I feel a faint killing intent."
"What?" You said that Ejialing, that fellow dared to fall out with us? Even if we gave him some courage, he wouldn't dare do it. "
"Soaring killing intent?"
One-eyed Liu was shocked. He had always been respectful to the Second Boss and admired the feeling of the Second Boss even more. He immediately raised the spear in his hand and the group of mounted bandit immediately slowed down.
"Yes, Great Master. We have encountered a strong enemy."
When the Second Boss said this, he suddenly raised his head and looked around at the surrounding mountains. An ominous premonition arose in his heart, and in that instant, he seemed to have understood something.
"Large... Large... Great Master's, we're ambushed, this is the Wind Resisting Valley. "
"Ah …"
How could the One-eyed Liu not know about the Hidden Wind Valley? Of course he knew, it was just a short chase, but seeing that the fat sheep was about to fall into his mouth, he had forgotten about it. Unexpectedly, the fat sheep didn't hold onto him, and he had become the fat sheep others called as.
"Great Master, look!"
And when the Second Boss spoke, the Third Boss suddenly cried out. The One-eyed Liu who had been through the desert for a long time did not need to look to know that at the front of the army of mounted bandit, more than six thousand cavalrymen had already rushed out from the back of the hill and were charging towards mounted bandit.
"Kill …"
The riders that were lying in ambush roared loudly, their shouts were like heavy thunder, the thousands of horses galloping in the sky had snow fog s, in a short period of time, covered the sky and the sun. The ten giant man s leading the charge held long spears in their hands, like heavenly soldiers and generals, their killing intent soared to the clouds, and with an imposing manner that could crush everything, they swept towards mounted bandit.
"Heavens, who are these people?"
The first ten giant man s were none other than Dian Wei, Xu Zhu, Pan Feng, Yu She, Yu She, Yang Bao, Li Liang, Li Qing, Wang Gang, Wang Po, Xu Ren and Xu Ding. Behind them, there were more than six thousand young and strong people from Yang Family Villa, the Li Family Villa, the Wang Family Villa, and the Xu Family Villa.
One-eyed Liu had climbed and fought in the desert for more than twenty years, and had experienced countless bloody battles. However, this time, he truly felt fear. He roared hysterically, raised his spear high in the air, and viciously urged his warhorse forward in an attempt to make its last stand.
"Bang …"
The two surging torrents finally clashed into each other, and the snow that was lifted up covered everything. One could only hear bursts of wails and shouts that shook the heavens. From the roars, you can tell that they are Dian Wei, Xu Zhu, Pan Feng and Yu She. Not long later, they came out from the group of snow fog.
Dian Wei's robust mount suddenly shook its head, and let out a loud snort, and leapt more than three meters into the air. Dian Wei coldly waved the two large iron halberd s, harvesting the heads of every single mounted bandit, and traces of killing intent immediately spread throughout his body like spider webs.
"Kill …"
One-eyed Liu who had just rushed out of the battle did not even have the time to breathe before he suddenly heard another wave of shouts. Turning his head back, he found that another five thousand riders had arrived, led by another ten giant man. Their shouts and imposing manner were not weaker than before.
"Heavens, is this a god of death?"
In the midst of the battle cries, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Lin Feng, Li Shun, Zhou Pu, Xia, Zhu Kan, Kang Zhen, Kang Wei took the lead, bringing the young strong of the Wulong Mountain, the bandit from the Ejialing, and the young strong and strong of the Kang family along with six thousand of his men rushed out, like a tornado, the six thousand Steel Cavalry flew past the formation of the mounted bandit, and many sharp spears swept across the sky and struck the bodies of the mounted bandit.
Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Lin Feng, and Luo Yong shouted out together, charging into the mounted bandit array. Round after round of killing, fresh blood continuously flowed down the spear tip, completely wetting the spear shaft.
The fierceness of the One-eyed Liu had once intimidated the mounted bandit and the Hu people on the desert, but he never thought that he would meet someone a hundred times fiercer than him today. Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Lin Feng, Luo Yong and more than six thousand cavalrymen from the ten giant man s rushed towards the mounted bandit as if their lives depended on it.
"Kill …"
One-eyed Liu shouted once again. He would not easily admit defeat. Under the supervision of the One-eyed Liu, no mounted bandit retreated. They knew full well that death was imminent, and the spears in the hands of those giant man s were their nightmare. However, they still charged forward one after the other, and were slaughtered one by one.
When the setting sun was about to reach the Xishan and the last rays of sunlight shot out from behind the clouds onto the snowy plains, the three thousand warriors who were following behind the caravan had already arrived. On the boundless snowy plains, the three thousand warriors stood modestly and solemnly.
"Kill …"
mounted bandit who survived in the forest had not even turned their horses around when the third wave of assault arrived. One-eyed Liu turned his head to look. This time, although there were only three thousand people, there were more than twelve who were charging at the front. Where did all these giant man s come from?
"Heavens, is the heavens trying to destroy me?"
One-eyed Liu looked around, the opponent was surrounded on three sides, and it was too late to escape. Like that, he could only run like a rabbit, relentlessly being hunted, and had to kill his way out from one side. One-eyed Liu clenched his teeth, forced himself to stay alert, and once again led the mounted bandit to welcome him. With less than two thousand left of the five thousand mounted bandit, would they still be able to withstand a single charge?
One-eyed Liu raised his head and looked to the west at the sunset.
The mounted bandit were already filled with fear, a fear that came from the bottom of their hearts. They traversed the Wasteland and were never afraid of anyone, much less knew what fear was. But how could the people they were facing right now be humans? They were a group of Empyrean Gods, a group of God-Slaying Deities!
In the midst of the heaven shaking killing intent, Yang Lin, Zhang Fei, Cang Ba, Cang Ba,, He Yi, He Man, Huang An,, Stone Pillar, Li Quan, Yao Zhong and the rest all shouted together, behind them were eagle peak's bandit group, Wulong Mountain's bandit group, as well as eagle peak's Liang Tian, Zhi Jian, Ding Ji, Gu Hui and other riders.
"Leave no one alive!"
Yang Lin bellowed, the spear in his hand pointed forward, the stallion beneath him rushed forward, the iron hooves stomping heavily on the cold snow, instantly causing the snow fog s to splash out, and then floating away with the wind, the clear and cold sounds of the stallion's hooves clanging against the hearts of every warrior could be heard, the scorching killing intent in their hearts ignited in that instant.