The Western Region is located on the edge of the desert. All human settlements are built on water sources. Towns, villages, and various horse bandit caravan strongholds are all based on large and small water sources.
The town naturally occupies the largest water source. There is an underground river that never dries up all year round. With sufficient water sources, the city can exist for a long time. And around the town, there is actually an excellent piece of land that is used by people.
Seized it first.
These people are the group of hunters who have appeared before. Lu Xiao has seen that group of people many times. They are not only hunters, they also raise livestock in the mountains. From time to time, they will carry fattened pigs or sheep down the mountain.
Come and sell.
Raising livestock requires a huge amount of water. Lu Xiao has already investigated and found that those guys' villages have abundant water resources and fertile water and grass around them. Although the place is not big, it is not a problem to feed hundreds of people and dozens of horses.
But now that place has been occupied by the group of hunters. They used bamboo poles and wooden sticks to build a wall and set countless traps around it.
These guys have average swordsmanship, but many are proficient in bows and arrows. They are all hunters and are good at tracking traps. The idle horse bandits are not willing to provoke them. In fact, these guys commit murder and arson, and they have nothing to do with the horse bandits.
What a difference.
"I know that place. It's not very easy to move. Are you sure?"
"I'm not sure at all. But it doesn't matter, we are not the same as before. Our number has doubled, and there are more people who are trying to join you, the boss. If we don't make good use of this, wouldn't it be a waste of the boss's reputation?
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Feilong understood what Lu Xiao meant. He let the group of guys who wanted to join him take the lead and kill the hunters with their numbers. Sometimes Feilong was thinking, who is the horse bandit? This kid Lu has only been around for a few years.
, his mind actually became more like a horse bandit than a horse bandit.
"I'll do as you say. But it can't be too obvious. Do you understand what I mean?"
Of course, Feilong is not opposed to using other people's lives to benefit himself. But now that he is famous, he kind of enjoys this feeling of being worshiped by others. Therefore, he doesn't want to lose this reputation so soon.
"Of course, I understand."
A few days later, sixty or seventy people gathered in Feilong's camp. Lu Xiao stood in front of everyone and lectured.
"On this land, anyone who comes out to mess around needs skills. Only those who are fast enough and ruthless enough are qualified to eat meat. Those who can't do it can only eat shit.
You were all the type to eat shit. But now, I give you a chance. There is a big business here and we need manpower. You all know what the business is. Once it is done, you will have meat to eat. But there are three advantages and two disadvantages in the middle.
, then blame yourself for not being good enough.
I believe everyone who came today wants to eat meat. Whoever doesn’t want to eat can leave now."
There was a sporadic discussion among the crowd, and then about ten people left the crowd. Lu Xiao glanced to the side without leaving any trace, and Lao Diao received the signal and turned around to leave.
There are fifty-six people left, plus the original forty. A total of ninety-six people. This is an unprecedented large-scale horse bandit group in this area.
"How many do you estimate there are in that group of hunters?"
"I don't know the exact number. But I have observed the people coming and going from the town. There are three groups of people rotating, about ten people at a time. Looking at it this way, there are at least thirty young men. I don't know how many there are in the village.
If there are too many, even if there are fifty of them, we still have enough manpower. They are difficult to deal with traps, bows and arrows. We raid at night, take life cushions, and just rush in. No matter how many people there are, they are not pigs to be slaughtered."
"Okay, I'll do as you say. Start preparing and start tonight."
There are so many people talking about this kind of thing, and once they get together, they must take action immediately. After all, they are a group of knife-handed and horse-riding bandits with no trust. What kind of credibility do you expect them to have? Those who left before have been led by Lao Diao.
It was done to prevent information leakage.
Orion's village is not far from the town. It only takes about three or four hours' journey. In the evening, Feilong and Lu Xiao had already led the team and approached Orion's village.
"We can't get any closer. There are traps ahead. Wait until dark before taking action."
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On the other side, Lianfenghao. After several of Ding'an's small thoughts were interrupted by Lu Xiao, his mood became more and more irritable. But he couldn't beat Lu Xiao, so he could only hold it in mentally.
Perhaps it’s because he didn’t know his life experience since he was a child. Ding’an’s relationship with the other senior brothers in Lianfeng Hao is average. In other words, Tietou’s relationship is pretty good.
Tietou noticed something was wrong with Ding'an. This kid was originally not a gregarious person. These days, he disappeared after work every day. Occasionally, he saw Ding'an secretly practicing his sword skills.
The key is that Ding'an practiced not the self-defense skills taught by his master, but another more cruel sword technique. Seeing this scene, Tietou thought of something.
That day, Ding'an went to the old servant of the Lianfeng and said something to him alone. All I know is that after that day, Ding'an became even more withdrawn. Ling'er seemed to know something about this matter.
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Tietou originally wanted to tell his master about this, but after much deliberation, he decided to find out first.
"Ling'er, what did Ding'an say to you that day? From that day on, he seems to have changed." Tietou found Ling'er and asked. Unexpectedly, Ling'er, who was easy to talk to, didn't even dare to mention something.
this matter.
"Don't ask, I don't know anything. Just go away!!"
Tietou then realized something was wrong. He turned around and wanted to tell his master. When he turned around, he found Ding'an standing behind him.
"You don't have to ask, I'll leave tomorrow."
Ding'an crossed his body and went to his room without looking back.
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At ten o'clock at night, hundreds of people began to approach the hunters' camp from all directions. They carefully used branches to explore the way to avoid being injured by the wolf traps on the ground. But even so, there were still many horse bandits who were injured by various hidden mechanisms.
.The screams quickly alerted the hunters.
What was originally a surprise attack instantly turned into a forceful attack.
Not far away, Lu Xiao stood behind, looking at the chaotic fighting in front, and couldn't help but sigh. He originally didn't expect these horse bandits to cooperate, but he was discovered without even touching the wall of the village.
It still gave him a bit of pain.
But in the end, it's not a big deal. They're just dead people. Whether it's the hunters in the village or the attacking horse bandits, Lu Xiao wants to see whichever side dies.
