Chapter 397 Chapter 397: Ten Crows Heist Disaster (Seven) [Two in One]
“Help—”
“Aniang! Dad!”
It’s tragic and tragic The screams were about to penetrate the sky, and there was even a woman holding the horse bandit's thigh with both hands, just begging him to let go of the kid who had snatched him away. He cried blood and said: "Please let him go, he is still a child——"
The horse bandit seemed to be unable to bear it for a moment.
But he still broke free from the woman's restraints and kicked her hard on the shoulder. As the woman screamed in pain, the child was thrown heavily to the ground. When it hit the ground, his head hit the ground, and his neck made a crisp sound. Finally, the body and head formed a weird angle. The woman lost control and went crazy when she saw it.
I wanted to fight the horse bandits but was overpowered.
The youngest and most beautiful women were tied up and thrown on the back of a horse. The older ones were not treated like this and were tied up with ropes by the gang of horse bandits. As for the men in the village, they were all killed regardless of their age. Each corpse was brutally stabbed several times by horse bandits with weapons. Some of them were even so mutilated that their original appearance could not be seen. They were so dead that they were exposed directly in the wilderness.
After another half an hour, we returned home with a full load.
This group of horse bandits are herdsmen from the Shiwu tribe.
Since the Longwu County Sheriff was brutally killed, the border city wall and fortress checkpoint were just a low wall of little use to them, and similar robberies would occur every now and then. This group of people arrived relatively late, and the brothers from the neighboring tribes had already made a fortune. Every time, I come back with a full load, including gold, silver, treasures, food, women, everything you want!
How can they not be tempted?
He asked the women in the tribe to help prepare dry food, warm clothing, arrows, and simple defensive armor, and then fed the war horses until they were fat and strong. After some preparations, he united with several neighboring brother tribes, large and small, to Get ready to go out and do a vote.
This first vote made a lot of money.
Food, lots of it.
Gold, silver, treasures, lots of them.
Women, more.
The medical technology of the Shiwu tribe is backward, and the diet structure is relatively simple. Women have a high chance of dystocia, and the infant mortality rate of the tribe is also high. Every generation of Shiwu tribe people have to face an embarrassing problem -
There are too few women of marriageable age.
Even if there is a custom within the tribe of "father's wife succeeds, brother dies and sister-in-law marries", and even if several brothers share the same wife, there are still a large number of men who are single. Women are a more precious resource in Shiwu than gold, silver, jewelry, cattle, sheep, and horses.
A similar situation is also happening in the Northern Desert.
However, Beimo is not at ease at the moment.
The most typical thing is that this group of horse bandits are made up of small tribes with relatively close blood relations. There are only a hundred or so young people. In the past, they would be trembling when they came out to rob.
Not to mention such a bumper harvest, you will be targeted as soon as you break through the national border barrier or the border wall.
The methods used by the Xin State to engage the horse bandits were no more benevolent than the horse bandits' methods of engaging the common people on the border, and were even worse.
If a horse bandit is caught, he will be considered lucky if he is beheaded and killed on the spot. If he is unlucky, he will be captured alive and taken to the border. The hemp rope was passed through the neck and armpits, tied tightly, and dragged by horseback, forcibly dragging the person until only a skeleton was left, in order to frighten the Shiwu spies who were ready to move at the border.
The father and grandfather of the leader of this group of horse bandits were both unlucky. One was dragged to death, the other was stoned to death, and hung in public near the border city gate. The body was covered with maggots before it was put down and discarded, and then secretly picked up.
The operation went smoothly and everyone was satisfied.
I don’t think this process is as dangerous as the predecessors said. They went from the preparation stage to sneaking into the country to the starting point, everything went smoothly and successfully. It's getting dark now, so I can stop and cook some jerky.
An elderly horse bandit chuckled, and the other horse bandits did not dare to refute. Because this old horse bandit is also a well-known old man in their tribe, and is also the planner and leader of this operation: "It's naive."
The young leader said: "It's really simple."
The old horse bandit took a sip of the tasteless broth, chewed the dry and hard meat slices in his mouth, and said: "No one is in charge of Longwu County now, but Who knows when another tough guy will show up? Carelessness can easily lead to death!”
The young leader chuckled.
Although his tribe is not big, the news is not blocked. He has heard a lot about the current situation.
If Longwu County was really in charge, the defense would not have been so loose in the past two or three months. The remaining troops in Longwu County now have to worry about the defense of checkpoints, patrolling the border walls, and cleaning up the horse bandits that keep appearing. Now they can't even take care of their scale. The location of their looting was getting closer and closer to the center of Longwu County.
In addition, Longwu County’s immediate boss——
The man named Zheng Qiao is their Shiwu ally. Especially in the past two or three years, Longwu County’s defense has become increasingly loose, and horse bandits have come out to rob. The chances of success are getting higher and higher.
Hey, they are not afraid now.
The old horse bandit frowned when he heard this.
He scratched his hair, which he had not washed for two months.
He warned: "In short, be careful."
The young horse bandits did not take these words at ease.
Have enough to eat and drink, and arrange patrols and vigils.
The remaining horse bandits had no work to do. Looking at the more than thirty trembling women, their minds became active. In the past, enjoying the loot was only a process after returning to a safe range, but now, it is okay to take advantage.
Except for a few older ones with robbery experience, most of these horse bandits are between eighteen or nineteen and twenty-four or five. They are willing to come out to do this, not just for the sake of Looking for a woman? It is too difficult to get a wife through tribal channels. They are not a big tribe. Those who fall into their hands are either too old or have some physical problems...
How can it be compared to the tender creatures of Longwu County?
The youngest horse bandit among them, only twelve or thirteen years old, saw several brothers from the same tribe exchanging meaningful glances. He couldn't sit still anymore and jumped up and said: "I want a mother-in-law too!"< br>
“Go Go ahead - you’re still thinking about your mother-in-law even though you’re not even fully hairy? You’re still too young compared to your brothers.”
“Hey, let’s learn on the side.”
For a while, all the horse bandits burst into laughter.
The youngest horse bandit was not convinced.
Why is he so small?
They didn’t do it neatly yet!
Just talking about the village just now, there were several times when they did not act decisively, but he raised the knife and fell, and he was still a little warrior praised by everyone in the tribe. If you can still be the leader of the tribe in two years, what's the point of choosing a wife first?
Most of the people in Longwu County can speak a few words in the Shiwu language, and they are even more trembling when they hear their conversation. However, they are all tied up tightly and cannot escape even if they want to.
One can almost imagine the near future.
Some people have closed their eyes in despair.
The evening breeze carried the residual warmth of the sunset, but it hurt people's faces as much as a knife. They looked numbly at the horse bandits walking towards them.
The Ma Bandits and the others didn't care about their reaction. What they needed was not a docile and considerate woman.
They only need a mother-in-law who can give birth. It would be better if the mother-in-law is good-looking.
The old horse bandit frowned: "Don't make too much trouble."
"Uncle, it's rare for them to be happy. We will continue to go back when it gets dark. There will be no delay." The young leader did not move, not that he was not greedy. These women, but he already has a mother-in-law in the tribe. This woman is also very fierce and capable. She is strong and has given birth to two children, and she still has one in her belly. If she knew that he had eaten secretly this time...
I won’t be clean when I go back.
When the old horse bandit saw this, he moved his lips.
I just heard a woman screaming "Don't touch me", and the old horse bandit saw two figures approaching from a distance.
The other young horse bandits also noticed and stopped their movements one after another to prepare for a fight. Until I saw the appearance of the two of them clearly.
The leader of the horse bandits made a secret gesture.
A group of horse bandits lowered their weapons, but still looked menacingly at the two young men.
One of the young men was riding a snow-white mule, and the other was wearing colorful clothes, with pigtails on his hair, a young face but a majestic body. The leader of the horse bandits stopped the two men and shouted: "Stop!"
The teenagers stopped one after another.
The mule boy said angrily: "We went to the wrong place again!"
The other person was also angry: "Can you blame me?"
"Don't blame you, blame me?"
"...Okay, blame me!"
After saying that, the flashy braided boy turned his attention to the leader of the horse bandits. He was riding a tall horse. He lowered his head slightly and caught everyone in his eyes. He said: "Who are you? Why are you telling us to stop?"
The night was already dark at this time.
The moonlight was dim and the sight was blocked. The bonfire for cooking broth was also extinguished by the horse bandits. Dozens of horse bandits hid in the grass. The young man seemed not to see the size of this group of horse bandits. Looking at their large and small bags, he mistakenly thought they were a caravan.
The leader of the horse bandits asked: "Who are you?"
The boy with braided hair sat on the horse and sneered: "Who are you guys? I don't need to report to you. ? Did you guys see a nest of mice running this way? ”
Naturally, the leader of the horse bandits didn't see any rats.
The braided boy cursed loudly.
It could be heard from his words that it seemed that a nest of rats had caused harm to their grain depot, and the two of them were so angry that they wanted to capture the nest of rats and scald them to death with boiling water.
Unexpectedly, halfway through the pursuit, no trace could be found.
The two got lost nearby for a while.
I vaguely saw a bonfire here, so I approached to inquire.
Hearing this, the leader of the horse bandits was silent for a moment.
In the grass, the horse bandit was secretly bending his bow and arrow, and following the sound, he aimed the arrow at the vital points of the two teenagers.
No matter whether the two teenagers came for the big mouse or the chipmunk, they could not leave alive. Although the two teenagers don't look very smart, once they go far away and find something wrong, bringing people back to surround them will cause some trouble.
“Have you seen that nest of mice?” The braided boy was very dissatisfied with the silence of the bandit leader. He took out a large silver bead from the money bag hanging at his waist and said arrogantly, “ Have you seen this big piece of silver? Tell me the whereabouts of that damn, stinky nest of dead rats. It’s not enough. I still have a bag!”
He said and patted the money bag.
The dull sound of the broken silver hitting each other was very pleasant, but the young man’s condescending tone made the bandit leader even more annoyed. Seeing that no one had answered yet, the braided boy muttered.
“Don’t they all say that ‘a brave man must be rewarded’?”
The boy with the mule beside him said calmly: “What does this mean? It only means that what you gave is still too little. ."
The braided boy said angrily: "Is this called Shao?"
"Is it a lot?"
The braided boy sneered: "You have plundered all the money bags, can you collect my half bag and see?"
The mule boy didn't say anything else. He just sneered and threatened: "...I'm going to write a letter to your cousin."
Sue the parents, tried and true.
The braided boy: "..."
In the time it took for the two of them to speak, the evening wind blew the grass blades and made a slight rustling sound, and under the cover of this rustling sound, an extremely slight bow string buzzed. The young mule boy tilted his head in an understatement, letting the arrow pass past his hair.
Sneered: "Ah, the mouse showed up."
What?
After all, the leader of the horse bandit had little experience. He was confused for a moment, but the old horse bandit reacted and immediately realized that something was wrong. He ordered a secret ambush to take away the two teenagers in one wave.
However, they never expected——
The smile of the young man with pigtails instantly turned into a cold and murderous intent. The rich cold light spread upwards from the horse's hooves and instantly transformed into a well-armed horse armor. The young man was also armored.
Knock down all the arrows aimed at your companions in two or three strokes.
As for the one that shot on him?
Those arrows made of stone, animal bones or rusty metal, still want to break through his armor?
In the words of the lord——
The most ridiculous thing in the world!
The mule boy looked cold and said only: "Protect the robbed women and children and capture them alive!"
That's a lot to ask for!
The braided boy did not dare to neglect.
Because this lord really has no martial ethics! He said he could write a letter to complain, but he really knew how to write a letter to complain. He wrote one before, which caused the boy to be scolded by his cousin for eighteen pages!
I can't even scold myself, and I can't even beat him.
Yes, I can't beat him_(:з)∠)_
He was unconvinced, anger came from his heart, and evil came from his side. He couldn't help but said something strange and angry, and followed closely He was rewarded with a fat beating. In the end, he was ridiculed: [When Gong Xiqiu comes, he will only be beaten, how can you still be proud of me? 】
Xu Quan, who doubts life: [? ? ? 】
Isn’t Shen Jun a literary scholar? ? ?
Yes, the mule boy was Shen Tang who rushed to Longwu County day and night. However, when he was approaching the Longwu County Government Office, he encountered a tragedy that had just happened not long ago.
As expected, the horse bandit didn't run too far, so she and Xu Quan went ahead.
The large troops went to the administrative center first.
The remaining small number of people followed them.
The two of them were unlucky. Xu Quan was so confident that he was good at tracking and tracing. What a good guy, he almost got lost with Shen Tang in the unfamiliar wilderness. It wasn't until the bonfire led the way that I realized that it took no effort at all.
This den of horse bandits is also interesting.
Didn’t launch a sneak attack when the two of them got close.
This gave them a perfect opportunity to get closer.
Xu Quan didn't want to lose a "rat", so he summoned hundreds of martial soldiers without saying a word, half to protect the women and children who were tied up and robbed, and the other half to deal with these horse bandits.
If you want to capture him alive, you must not die too much.
Shen Tang used his sword and cold light to kill several desperadoes who tried to use their lives to gain opportunities for their fellow tribesmen.
Didn’t kill anyone, just cut off their tendons accurately.
There are also brave warriors among the horse bandits, such as the leader of the horse bandits and the youngest horse bandit, but they are not very strong, one is a second-class high-grade craftsman, and the other is a third-class hairpin. In front of Shen and Tang, they didn't even have a chance to break through.
Soon his leg was trampled by Xu Quan's horse.
The crisp sound of bone cracking is so sweet.
In the ears of the horse bandit, it is like the king of hell seducing the soul.
In the darkness——
There was a commotion, but there was no commotion.
o((==))o
Please give me a monthly pass.
The limited exemption will end tomorrow afternoon, hehe.
PS: Some time ago, I saw a comment saying that it is uncomfortable to see male-to-male scenes in romance novels. In fact, the male-female male-loving scenes in the novel are completely different concepts from what we think of as rottenness.
The essence of Danmei is that the protagonists are all men, and they are very beautiful. They are very eye-catching together. They have a beautiful love. However, in the ancient feudal background where women’s education is restricted and their thoughts are imprisoned, men’s Unsurprisingly, spiritual confidants are mostly men, because they have also received education, can resonate with each other spiritually, and have a good relationship. In modern people's terms, they are evil-minded, and men were indeed prevalent in ancient times. The emperor of the Han Dynasty... cough, I understand everything.
Whether it is masculine style or various heavy tastes in war-torn backgrounds, they all have traces to follow, and they are also small embellishments that constitute a chapter in troubled times. In essence, they are all the exploitation of the weak by the strong. . As long as they are weak, they are playthings regardless of gender. No one is more noble than anyone else, and it has nothing to do with gender.
It’s just the strong who exploit and the weak who are exploited.
If you focus on gender, it will deviate from the original intention of the story.
If you feel uncomfortable, Shiitake really didn’t make this up on purpose (it was very tiring to check them out).
(End of this chapter)