The second leader of the horse bandits was a little worried. Once his eldest brother was convinced, he would not listen to advice. He saw the attitude of these people and could not provoke them.
"Brother, these people really can't mess around. Even if you want to steal something, you can only touch it and you can't hurt anyone, you know?"
These noble people may not care so much about robbing things. If they really hurt the noble people, they may die with them.
Even if they took advantage of the terrain and escaped, they might actually send troops to suppress the bandits.
They had been robbing caravans without incident before, because they didn't provoke anyone they really shouldn't provoke.
Otherwise, no matter how advantageous your terrain is, thousands of soldiers will be like locusts crossing the border, digging them out wherever you hide.
The boss refused to listen, so the second boss could only think of a compromise method, grabbing things without touching anyone.
Yun Wu looked far away and said, "Ah, why did they stop? Are they scared?"
"It's smart to be able to persuade them." Ye Xiang said coldly.
If you are not smart, you are here to die.
Yun Wu shook her head: "I don't think they are smart enough. There must be a disagreement if they stop there. If they were timid, they should have turned around and ran away."
"There are wise men among them."
"Well, I guess this smart man is not the one who can make the decision, and when these horse bandits see so many goods to eat, they are probably like hungry dogs seeing bones, howling and trying to grab them."
Ye Xiang raised his sleeves and covered Yun Wu's head: "The sun is strong, so don't let your face shine in the sun."
"Ask them to bring an umbrella up. I want to stand up here and watch the show." Yun Wu smiled coquettishly at Ye Xiang.
"Lei Lei." Ye Xiang shouted, and Lei Lei brought up a big umbrella.
Ye Xiang opened his umbrella to cover the two of them, and saw that the group of horse bandits had moved, and within a short time they were only a few dozen meters apart.
Yun Wu roughly estimated the number of horse bandits and found that there were hundreds of them.
"There are quite a lot of people. But there are at least half less people than us. They are really brave."
No matter how powerful the horse bandits are, can they compare with the ghost-faced soldiers who have been trained since childhood? Can they compare with the secret guards in the Daxia royal family?
"I guess I was caught off guard, grabbed something and ran away." Ye Xiang analyzed.
"Don't steal things. All our food is here. We can only resupply it at the next place."
There are hundreds of people in such a large convoy. It's okay if they don't have food. They still have to walk through this vast desert for three or four days.
"Then just block them." Ye Xiang asked.
Yun Wu thought for a while: "Since we have encountered it, we might as well take away these gangsters' lair, lest the caravan will be robbed by them again."
The robbery of a caravan may seem like a loss to the caravan, but in fact these losses will be imposed on the people.
The necessities they transport will definitely increase in price, such as spices, edible materials, etc. Just like peppercorns are as expensive as gold in Guanzhong.
If a caravan pulls over and originally intends to sell it at double the price, but is robbed a lot by horse bandits, then in order to recover their costs, the goods transported may be sold for three, four or even countless times the original price.
They have hundreds of people guarding them here. Although the horse bandits are familiar with the terrain, they are definitely no match for them in a fight. It would be easy to kill them, but they can continue if their lair is not right.
Since you have this ability, it's better to take over the old man's nest in one fell swoop.
"The terrain in this vast desert is complex and the weather is changeable. We are afraid that their home base is far away. It will be dark when we chase them. Once it gets dark, it will be difficult to find the direction in the desert, and we may be trapped in there and unable to get out."
Ye Xiang expressed his worries. It was not difficult to kill hundreds of horse bandits, not even thousands. However, their opponent was not the horse bandits but the harsh environment of the desert.
The horse bandits would definitely not place their lair so close to here.
Yun Wu immediately said: "Forget it then, you can't involve yourself in doing good deeds."
Do it only when you have the ability and confidence to do it, and don’t do anything that you don’t know your ability to do.
"Catching this group should also weaken the horse bandit team. They will be more cautious when going out to rob in the future, and can also prevent many caravans from being robbed."
Yun Wu smiled and said, "Well, I'll listen to my brother."
Ye Xiang pinched her face: "If you really want to destroy their nest, let's go to Asi City ahead and find someone who is familiar with the terrain to lead the way."
Yun Wu shook her head: "This is a matter between Daxia and Dayue. I will sternly ask them to send troops to suppress the bandits. We cannot just ignore them without provoking them. This has already affected the livelihood value of the people."
Ye Shang chuckled softly: "My lovely family is a common people at heart, and you should be in charge of the whole world."
Yun Wu slapped his hand away: "Don't scare me, I don't want to take care of these things. I just take care of it casually. If you want me to take care of it seriously, I can escape faster than anyone else."
She took the initiative to take care of it herself, and she was happy to do so.
Being forced to take care of her was as uncomfortable as killing her.
"Alas, look, they've gone around to the other side, and they can't see anyone anymore."
Suddenly, the group of hundreds of bandits in their sight circled behind a large mountain pile not far away, and all of them were blocked by the mountain.
Ye Xiang said coldly: "Maybe they discovered us."
"Then their robbery was quite planned and they observed carefully."
The mound of dirt where she and Ye Xiang were standing was the highest and the largest platform. From here, one could see far away, but it was difficult to see them from a distance.
Those who are closer can't even see the top of the mountain at all. The horse bandits can spot them standing on top, which shows that they are really cautious.
However, the horse bandits who were able to rob so many caravans and stay there for more than ten years without incident were so reckless. They would definitely have observed all the dangers first.
"It's okay. Since they have chosen to continue the robbery, they will definitely come out again. Lei Lei has already ambushed them. As long as they dare to come within ten meters, they will be caught."
The bait is here, and the bandits will always bring it themselves if they want.
Yun Wu looked at the terrain below with interest: "Let me analyze from which direction they will advance."
"To the southeast, those mounds of earth are good bunkers. We can't see anything behind us even if we stand at such a high altitude.
It is said that the horse bandits' flying ropes are very powerful. They can use the flying ropes to fly back and forth over these mountains and mountains, approach quietly, and then shoot randomly with their repeating crossbows, beating people to pieces and then taking the opportunity to drive the carriage away.
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Not only did they rob goods, they also robbed horses.
A carriage is sometimes worth more than a load of goods.
"They also have a special feature. They will not rob all the loot and let people fight with them. They will leave some part so that they can squeeze out of the Devil City in a carriage."
Yun Wu curled her lips: "I know how to keep a thin line when doing things."
"Without horses, people can't get out of this devil's city. The court can ignore the goods robbed, but if people keep dying, then no one will use this business road anymore.
That would be a greater loss for the court and the merchants, and the merchants and horse bandits would starve to death if no one left."
"This group of horse bandits seems to be quite smart and knows the time-honored truth.
It’s a pity that it was not used in the right way.”