Chapter 80: Cruel Means
The Hongwu Army and the Longquan Army were stationed in the open spaces in the city.
Shang Yin got off the carriage and found that there were many travelers wearing Liao Dynasty clothing here.
The architectural style of the entire city is also completely different from that of Beihan Pass. They are all relatively low earth and stone buildings, each door and every household.
There will be a little gravel in the wind, which will make people's face feel a little painful.
Xiahou Ba was alone and took Shang Yin and Hanhan to the city wall of Xijin Pass.
The two of them looked around and saw the sky covered with yellow sand, covering the sky.
"This is the climate outside the Xijin Pass, which is elusive. If we do not have complete preparations, the people we brought are not enough to swallow by the Thirteen Great Thieves in one go. I have asked someone to inquire about the strength, number and deployment of each den." Although Xiahouba's soldiers and horses were accompanied by the wind spirit wings, they still moved forward without any rush along the way. Instead, Xia Jie's soldiers and horses arrived one day earlier.
"It seems that most of the outside of the pass are dangerous places." Shang Yin sighed softly, and he stood on the city wall and looked ahead.
"Now that spring is coming, there are more and more trades between Liao and Xia countries. Unless some caravans with strong elite troops can survive, many other scattered people will definitely die if they are not lucky." Xiahouba really wants to make contributions this time, at least to make these horse thieves at Moxikou dare not come out again in a short period of time.
"The Thirteen Thieves, it is said that the most powerful person was in the seven-star immortal body realm in his early years, and he was likely to enter the eight-star immortal body realm at any time. If we use the troops we led this time, if those characters appear, it will be difficult to deal with." Shang Yin frowned, and he had seen some resources given by the Golden Immortal Service.
"Don't worry, people of their level will not attack us easily. After all, although they are attacking them, there is no immortal body realm. If they attack us, the Hongwu army will not be vegetarian. If they really take revenge, they will not be able to stand it." Xiahou Ba laughed.
"What do you mean?" Shang Yin was a little surprised.
"The Thirteen Thieves knew very well that they would always be retaliated for these things. Death of some people is nothing to them. How could they kill me and Xia Jie for the sake of their gangsters? Such consequences are difficult for them to bear, so they will continue to recruit some horse thieves. If they are retaliated, those people will not hurt the root cause for them." Xiahou Badao: "On weekdays, they will make small fuss, whether it is Xia or Liao, no one will care about it, but if there is really a high-powered person who dies at their hands, that is not the result..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shang Yin saw a group of people slowly coming from the wind and sand in front of him.
I saw these people riding on horses, their heads had been cut off, they were shot in arrows, swords and gunshot wounds, and hundreds of people were brought back by the horse.
"Is this what you call a small fight?" Shang Yin felt an uncontrollable anger in his heart when he saw this scene, and he clenched his fists.
"..." It was his first time to come to Moxikou. Xiahou Ba saw the scene in front of him, and he was also angry in his heart. This was simply provoking: "What's going on? I have never heard of this happening on weekdays."
"This is a troop brigade from the Liao Kingdom, with about 800 people, and a group of top players. They planned to return to the Liao Kingdom two days ago. They saw that they were robbed by the thirteen thieves. Ordinary horse thieves could not do anything to them." At this time, Xia Jie also appeared on the city wall, and he arrived a day earlier than Xiahou Ba.
"I have never heard of them before, that they would be so cruel?" Xia Houba's face was also a little gloomy. Although he was not a citizen of the Xia Kingdom, the cruel methods of these bandits can be seen from this.
"It is reported that on the way from Liao Kingdom, they were robbed by a small group of thirteen thieves and killed all the other party. This situation should have been retaliated by the other party. Of course, this is just my guess." Xia Jie said slowly.
"Oh? He is so arrogant. He plunders others and is not allowed to fight back. I really want to see and see so domineeringly." Shang Yin couldn't help but feel angry.
"Brother Shang Yin, don't be impulsive. It's not too late to take action after we have collected the information." Xiahou Ba said hurriedly.
"Well." Shang Yin also knew that blindly taking action would not do anything to him.
In the next few days, many headless caravans came one after another, which was very miserable. Some women were even raped and killed first, stripped off their clothes, and then left them to settle immediately.
There were many relatives of the people in the city in the caravan. Some people recognized them as their children, burst into tears and looked frightened.
Seeing this scene, Shang Yin felt indescribable anger.
"Is this just as simple as revenge? Is it because the news that we are coming to attack them was discovered by the thief of the Thirteen Thieves? They are provoking us, right?" Shang Yin's face was extremely cold, and his eyes could kill people.
"This time I send troops, I will definitely kill these horse thieves from Moxikou so that they will not dare to take action for several years." Xiahou Ba was in a very bad mood.
On the third day, a thirteen thieves' spiritual body, a person from the Purple Realm, whispered loudly in front of the city wall: "You dare to kill my brother, this is the end. All the merchants will be a dog for me. Don't be too arrogant, otherwise, the consequences will not be something you can bear..."
A thousand feet away, Shang Yin happened to stand on the city wall, immediately hooked the Sky Eagle Spirit Bow, put a shield-piercing arrow in his hand, and completed it in one go. His eyes moved, locking the horse thief.
"Swoosh!"
The shield-piercing arrows merged into the wind. The horse thief specialized in practicing musical techniques. He hid in the wind and sand, and could not see the situation on the city wall clearly and could not hide.
Click!
A single arrow broke through his head and passed through the skull. His body flipped back, his posture was very strange. He lay on the horse's back and died with his eyes open. The horse under his feet quickly turned around and fled.
Xia Jie raised his eyebrows and Shang Yin did what he wanted to do.
He asked himself that his eyesight was super powerful, but today the wind and dust are everywhere, so he could only roughly see the situation, and then distinguish the position by listening to the sound. Unexpectedly, Shang Yin had already taken action.
It is obviously just a spiritual body, but it can shoot such an accurate arrow, killing a spiritual body, and killing a spiritual body, few people can do it.
Shang Yin, who practiced "Wanmuro Root" and "Donghuang Tianxin Sutra", had his strength far surpassed those of people in the same realm, and his eyesight was even more extraordinary, especially because he condensed his liver.
"It seems that this move will only anger the horse thieves of the thirteen major thieves even more. The travelers who come and go will suffer." Xiahou Ba said solemnly.
"Even if I don't do this, do you think they will become kind?" Shang Yin looked at Xiahou Ba and asked, "How is the intelligence collected?"
"The thirteen thieves are hundreds of thousands of horse thieves. They have thirteen dens at the entrance of the west of the Momo, which are covered in wind and sand. On weekdays, they always have a team of one hundred people per 100 people. Each team will not be more than ten miles away. There are wolf smoke and arrows. Once a team is attacked, a team of thousands of people will come to help within a radius of ten miles." Xiahouba gave a map to Shang Yin and said solemnly.
"What are your plans for Brother Xiahou?" Shang Yin asked. He knew very well that relying on his own strength was far from enough.
"Tomorrow, the elite troops of Hongwu First Battalion will attack their nearest den to Xijin Pass. I just don't know what the prince is thinking?" Xiahou Ba looked at Xia Jie. They will look far from the city wall in the past few days, see the climate change at the west entrance of the desert, and observe the changes in visibility.
"With the strength of the first battalion of the Hongwu Army, it is impossible to win the first den. You can surround the site and I will fight for help. If there are other dens to rush for help, I will leave it to me." Xia Jie stood out from many princes, and naturally had something unusual. Speaking of which, he was less than twenty-two years old and ranked fifth. Because he was deeply loved by the Queen Mother, he was appointed as the crown prince. There were several brothers above him, but when it came to cultivation talent and power skills, he was not as good as him.
"Okay, then that's the matter. Brother Shang Yin, what are your plans?" Xiahou Ba asked.
"What can I do? You are the big targets at that time. They will all go for you. I will hide in the dark and shoot and kill those horse thieves with higher strength." Shang Yin smiled and said.
For several consecutive days, countless people in Xijin Pass were shrouded in fear, but many local merchants from the Liao Kingdom and Xia Kingdom were going to Donghua City, which was the border city of Liao Kingdom.
"If this continues, we will all drink the northwest wind."
"Since this year, these horse thieves have become increasingly rampant."
"We also want to live. If no one suppresses these horse thieves, what should we do?"
There are many travelers in the city, and they are worried.
"Don't worry, I am Xia Jie, the prince of Xia Kingdom. Tomorrow we will send troops to fight against the horse thieves at the west entrance of the Moxikou. Then you will walk together and walk on the official road. With us here, I believe they dare not attack you easily." Xia Jie immediately said when he heard the complaints from the people in the city.
"Prince Xia Jie?"
"That's great, if we do this, we can feel at ease."
For a time, countless people in the city thanked each other, and for them, life required money.
Especially for the people who rely on the trade between Liao and Xia countries, once they stop for a long time, they will have no food to eat.
The horse thieves did not stop just after spring, and many people sacrificed their lives for it. For some reason, they have become more frequent in the past few days. In the past, they would not have robbed and killed merchants so intensively, which made many people dare not leave easily, but the longer the goods are dragged, the less valuable it is.
Soon, the news spread at Xijin Pass. Most of the tour caravans were more than ten, dozens, and a hundred people. They knew very well that this was an excellent opportunity, and it would be even more dangerous to walk in dispersed ways.
Chapter completed!