Volume Two, The Lake of Winter, Chapter 18: Mounting as a Thief (2)
Volume 2: Lake of Winter Chapter 18: Getting on the Horse to Be a Thief (2)
Chapter 18
No one dared to investigate at night, and there were people like Ning Que who knew what happened and didn't want to investigate. The next morning, the people in the camp discovered through the sky light that the group that was originally tightly attached to the north.
The horse thief had disappeared at some point, but before they could be happy, people heard the horse's hooves and sharp whistles again. The group of horse thieves came again through the morning light, but they just alertly pulled the distance away, not as arrogant as yesterday.
Zhuo Zhihua summoned the Yan army generals and scolded them severely. After all, these girls from the Dahe Kingdom were practitioners of Mochiyuan. They had different identities. The Yan army generals could only listen to the training and then tied up the team as they said.
Then he stood up, regardless of the horse thieves who were wandering around, covered a gentle slope southward, and then continued to march towards the Northeast Royal Court.
It was not until they left the camp that people saw several charred horse corpses in the southwest, thinking that it was probably the chaotic ending last night. The charred horse corpses were eaten by wild wolves on the wasteland and their limbs were broken.
It looked terrible, and there were burning marks on the gravel that was there, as if it had been burned all night. Both the cavalry of Yan State and the ordinary coachmen were panicked and frightened, and no one dared to speak.
A few days later, the group of horse thieves continued to follow the food delivery team, but they seemed much more cautious, disturbing but not attacking, and not attacking. For some reason, they were divided into several teams. The team of horse thieves closest to the food team was only ten.
When I came to ride, I had a one-man and two-horse configuration, and I was obviously greedy for speed.
Everyone has been in the wasteland for a long time, not far from the Left Court. If the elite cavalry runs wildly without any effort, it will take about four or five days to arrive. However, now the people with grain carts and the team is moving slowly. Calculated at the current speed
It will take at least half a month to meet with the cavalrymen who are supporting the royal court.
Moreover, after Ning Que said that, everyone felt that the origin of this group of horse thieves was a bit strange, and they couldn't help but feel confused, thinking that even if they met the royal cavalry, they were afraid that it would not be considered truly safe.
The number of horse thieves wandering around is gathering and dispersing, and it looks like it is too high and too small, and it will always ensure that a certain number appears in the field of view to maintain the pressure on the food team. After several consecutive days, although the two sides have not really fought, they have not had any real battle.
, but the fear of being attacked at any time and the depressed atmosphere of silence gradually dissipated the hearts of the people in the food team, especially those pale-faced men, who looked like a drought thunder sounded in the sky, and they would probably be frightened.
Zhuo Zhihua came to the carriage, looked at the figures of the horse thieves in the distance in the sky with a worried expression, and said, "These horse thieves must be afraid. If they are allowed to follow like this, they don't need to attack each other, we may be
Then they will collapse on their own, and they will eventually have other benefits."
The so-called benefit of being farther away is inconvenient. The disciples of Mochiyuan who surrounded the carriage know that if there is really a danger of collapse, the horse thieves will be farther away, so they will naturally be able to escape faster.
As for what happens to the Yan army and the civilians, no one cares about too much in this dangerous wasteland.
Ning Que did not participate in the discussion.
The Tang Empire and the Dahe Kingdom have had a good relationship for generations, and he has a very good relationship with these girls, but after all, he is taking advantage of the opportunity to enter the wasteland together. At this dangerous moment, it is not convenient to express too many opinions.
In addition, the more important reason is that his attention is always in the carriage.
It fell on the white-clothed girl Mo Shanshan with her eyebrows as dark as she was.
After seeing the fire talisman that night, he vaguely guessed the identity of the girl in the white carriage. Thinking of walking with the Princess of the Tang Dynasty who disguised himself when she returned from the wasteland last spring. Even if he was a little moved by Haotian's fate and himself
Lucky, being with such a person will be less dangerous no matter how dangerous it is.
The Yan State cavalry escorted the grain team more than the horse thieves. In addition, the girl disciples from Mochiyuan were unable to distinguish between the strength of the two sides. Perhaps it is precisely because of this reason that the horse thieves were always tightly attached to the grain team.
There was no choice to launch an attack, and since the tragedy of wildfires burning that day, there has never been a night attack.
The horse thieves did not launch a night attack, and the police patrols of the grain team were unable to relax every night, and even spent a night of nervousness. Perhaps no one could see it, but Ning Que woke up in the middle of the night and could see Moshan Mountain in white.
Appearing outside the camp in the night, he knew she was in the talisman formation.
This lasted for several days. No matter how powerful the girl Mo Shanshan was, her mind was consumed rapidly, and she could not support her for a long time. Seeing her slightly rounded cheeks behind the curtains gradually faded and paled, Ning Que finally decided to take action.
He followed Master Yan Se to learn the talisman, and understood that before entering the realm of the talisman master, the characteristics of the talisman master were destined to be able to focus on defense and cooperation, and it was difficult for him to take the initiative to attack. Although Mo Shanshan's realm is profound and difficult to figure out,
There is obviously a lot of experience in the use of talismans in combat.
It was deeper in the middle of the night, there were no moon in the sky, only a few stars, the camp was brightly lit, and the surrounding wasteland was pitch black, and I don’t know how many dangers were hidden.
The carriage shook slightly, and Mo Shanshan got off the car quietly and was about to go outside the camp to draw talismans and arrange the formation. Suddenly his eyes lit up slightly, and he turned around and looked coldly at the inconspicuous tent behind the car.
Ning Que lifted the curtain and walked out, looking at her and said, "If you were the only one, the horse thieves outside could not keep you at all, but you are not alone. You have to take care of so many companions and food trucks, and not
I know how many days I have to take care of, but I can't hold on like you."
Mo Shanshan looked at him as if he was looking at the dark night behind him, his eyes cold and calm. Then her eyes drooped slightly, and her long and slightly sparse eyelashes blinked gently, but she never said a word.
Ning Que looked at her expression and continued, "If you are a divine talisman master, you can burn all the horse thieves to death with one talisman. The problem is that at least you are not a divine talisman master yet, so you must change the method."
Mo Shanshan raised his head, looked at him and asked indifferently, "What method?"
Ning Que said: "No matter whether the group of horse thieves outside are true or false, or raised by the Left Court Royal Court or the Yan people, if you want to deal with them, you must use the horse thieves' method."
The extremely faint starlight fell on Moshanshan's beautiful and somewhat dull face, reflecting the painted eyebrows became clearer. She looked at Ning Que and was silent for a moment and asked, "What method?"
"There is only one reason why horse thieves are dispatched, that is, interests. As long as they are confirmed that the price they pay will exceed the benefits they get, they will naturally retreat."
Ning Que said: "It is obvious that these horse thieves have leaked you in the information. They don't know your existence, so when they are forced to change their plans, we have already taken the lead."
Mo Shanshan looked at him quietly and suddenly asked, "Do you know who I am?"
Ning Que did not answer this question.
Mo Shanshan repeated the previous question: "What method can we use to drive away this group of horse thieves."
Ning Que said: "The so-called horse thief, when they get on horses, they are thieves, and when they get off horses, they don't believe in moral judgment, and they don't care about the general trend of the world. They only care about who has a sharp edge, and want to shock or shock them, just like I said just now
That way, we must use the horse thief's way."
Mo Shanshan continued to repeat: "What method?"
Ning Que looked at the girl's beautiful and indifferent cheeks and suddenly laughed, saying, "I said, the way of horse thief."
He was very persistent and bored, Mo Shanshan was more persistent and bored than him, and continued to repeat: "What method."
Ning Que shook his head and smiled, and replied, "We will get on the horse and kill them."
Mo Shanshan replied concisely and clearly: "I won't kill anyone."
Ning Que said concisely and clearly: "I can teach you."
Mo Shanshan responded in a simple and clear manner: "Okay."
A moment later, Ning Que led a big black horse, and Mo Shanshan led a horse with clear white fur and slowly walked towards the dark wasteland outside the camp. The night wind blew the thin hair on the girl's temples. She suddenly asked: "
Where did these horse thieves come from?”
Ning Que could not make an accurate judgment on the group of horse thieves who were surrounded by and seemed to be attacking at any time. He was familiar with the Western wasteland, the horse thieves on that wasteland, and even if he started to do so, he started to do so.
, He also lacks sufficient intelligence and ability to analyze the political situation.
The food team sent by the girls in the Great River Kingdom carries the kindness of the Central Plains countries and the intention of peace talks between the temple. Now the situation in the wasteland is tense, and the authentic horse thieves with a keen sense of smell have long known where to escape. The group of horse thieves that appear now are obvious.
If you want to kill someone and grab food, your purpose is naturally nothing to do with food and grass, but to destroy peace.
There are not many forces that have reason to do so. The deserted tribes that migrated south from the northern cold region should not be able to raise such a large group of horse thieves in such a short time; the Yuelun Kingdom wants to frame the people of the Dahe Kingdom, but
I think no one would be so bored and sinister for a Wenxi River. Yan State suffered from the left tent royal court for a long time and was unwilling to miss the opportunity to pacify the north in one fell swoop. However, would Emperor Yan take the risk of extorting the temple of sinning and attacking secretly?
After thinking about it, Ning Que could only come up with the simplest possibilities. Once all of them were ruled out, he could never think of anyone else who could have the ability to raise such a large group of horse thieves on the grassland.
However, this problem is not a big problem for him. Ning Que's attitude towards a creature like a horse thief who has been dealing with for many years has always been very clear - only a dead horse thief is a good horse thief.
Then, let’s kill the more than ten horse thieves who are closest.
Clouds floated over the night sky, covering the remaining last few stars, far away from the camp lights, the surrounding wasteland was pitch black, and only the faint sound of horse hooves could be heard faintly.
When he arrived at the meadow that was about one arrow away from more than ten stalkers, Ning Que gently lifted the reins. The big dark horse shook his head impatiently, but stopped as he said.
Horse thieves naturally wake up, and even the faint sound of horse hooves will wake them up from their sleep.
Ning Que put a little force on his waist and abdomen, stood up on the kicks with his feet, and took out the boxwood hardwood bow from behind him.
Mo Shanshan glanced at him and thought to himself, what's the use of arrows at such a long distance?
The horse thieves in the distance have woken up and are ready to fight.
In the dark night, Ning Que could not see his five fingers holding the bow, so he looked at that place quietly, then slowly closed his eyes, pulled the bow and aimed at some point, and then let go of the bowstring.
The bowstrings oscillate and buzz in the night sky.
A horse thief was caught in an arrow in the chest, and a bloody flower burst out and fell to the ground with a muffled groan.
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(I caught a severe cold for the whole day and I was almost fainting. Fuck, fortunately I wrote it out, fuck...)