Chapter 78 The whole story
The horse thief who had been stripped of his clothes had more than a dozen whip marks all over his body, which Su Ya had just whipped with a horse whip.
What is outrageous is that Su Ya also gained some experience with Qimen weapons.
I wonder if Su Ya can obtain the complete Qimen weapon skills after killing a few horse thieves.
When the first whip was applied, the horse thief cried out for an explanation, but Xu Lai turned around silently at this time.
Su Ya understood, so she kept beating the horse thief until he cried for his father and mother.
At the back, when the horse thief had no strength to shout, Xu Laicai turned back and Su Ya also stopped in time.
I have to say that although he and Su Ya have only been together for more than ten days, they have already formed a considerable tacit understanding.
This time, the horse thief was much more honest and no longer dared to act like a monster. Xu Lai asked and answered whatever he asked without any hesitation.
Because if Xu Lai hesitates for a moment, he will think that he is thinking, and it is inevitable that Su Ya will give him a whip.
Xu Lai is not a lie detector, nor has he studied psychology. He cannot tell whether this horse thief is lying or telling the truth.
But he knows that when a person blurts out something without having time to think, it is probably more credible, unless he really meets a character with a very powerful brain.
If there is such a person, he will not be confused as a little horse thief leader.
According to his own confession, he is not even a leader. The real leader is the guy who has been buried by Xu Lai. This guy is just a bad idea at best.
The leader of the horse thieves who was buried by Xu Lai obviously gained the trust of the horse thieves commander, and he did not surrender.
Closer to home, according to the account of the horse thief named Watanabe, he and his fellow villager Love defected to Yin Andi, one of the leaders of the grassland horse thieves.
Although Pingfeng Grassland is not big, it is less than one-tenth of the Mongolian grassland, but even so, there are still several huge forces of horse thieves.
And in order to fight against the ruler of the grassland, Count Aini and his nobles, these horse thieves formed an alliance with each other.
Among them, Yin Andy is one of the newly rising horse thief commanders. In addition to Yin Andy, there are three other veteran commanders in the grassland, but they all surrender to the king of the grassland, Bello.
As Xu Lai expected, Yin Andi did have a huge lair. The lair was much larger than Xu Lai's village, and he also had a team of about 300 thieves.
In terms of rank, mobs and robbers are both low-level black forces. The combat level is generally level 1. After promotion, there are thieves, bandits, etc.
Those who are more popular are horse bandits, mountain bandits, water bandits and other bandit forces. The general level is level 2.
Going a little further, there are some more difficult forces. They often form a huge organization, with thieves, bandits, pirates and other Tier 2 or Tier 3 troops under their command.
Then there are various grassland kings, mountain kings, pirate kings and the like, huge forces that have taken over the mountains and are still difficult to wipe out.
Thieves are level 3 horse bandits. Their mounts are similar to those of horse thieves. They are usually prairie horses.
This kind of horse still has some speed and good endurance, but the gap between it and the horses of mercenaries and knights' followers is still obvious in terms of size, speed and endurance.
So thieves still cannot be equipped with armor, but unlike horse thieves, as elite troops, thieves are qualified to wear leather armor. Some who are good at bows and arrows can also use short bows, and those who do not use bows will also be equipped with spears.
Of course, their spears are far from comparable to the mercenary cavalry's enhanced combat spears. They are only a little better than Xu Lai's simple spears. A standard spear of about 2 meters is enough. .
Beyond the thieves, there are relatively few horse thieves leaders, thieves leaders and the like, both level 3 and level 4. This is a position, not a professional title. It is more like a captain of ten, a captain of centurions, a general and a lieutenant in the army.
Those who hold this kind of position usually have to have some ability. For example, the leader of the horse thieves who was buried by Xu Lai is level 3, and his strength is higher than that of ordinary horse thieves.
Thieves are usually level 4 leaders. Some who are more trusted by Andy Yin can also be level 3.
Yin Andi himself is the leader of level 5 horse thieves. This is the army led by Yin Andy himself. There are a total of 300 level 3 horse thieves who can charge and range.
There are also a few, in Watanabe's words, no less than 20 level 3 and 4 bosses, plus a level 5 leader who is said to be very terrifying and powerful.
In addition, Yin Andi also has a large number of attached horse thieves, led by different horse thieves leaders, who go out to rob grassland caravans, merchants, and even herdsmen every day.
Of course, with so many people, they cannot all be real people.
According to Watanabe, except for the leaders of various levels and some who are not up to standard and can only be placed in various teams, such as Watanabe and other horse boys, there should not be more than a hundred real people under Yin Andi. .
And Yin Andi can control these wild monsters not because he is a noble, but because like other commanders, he has gathered a force and formed some kind of de facto leader.
In addition, bandits and robbers have some hidden characteristics that even Xu Lai cannot see, so they can be led by Yin Andy and others.
In fact, Andy Yin and the others can only control the bandits. They cannot control the regular army and the "wild monsters" from other camps.
Watanabe also said that the reason why a dozen of them dared to charge Xu Lai's troops was that the distance was too far, and seeing that they had many infantry, they thought they could take advantage.
The horse thief leader was actually a little hesitant, but Watanabe misunderstood Xu Lai's identity and started to encourage him, so the horse thief leader rushed forward with a rush.
As a result, the sharpshooter directly blinded them with a wave of arrows, and immediately turned around and ran away, and was stuck by Xu Lai and the others.
Watanabe wanted to lure Xu Lai and the others near their lair, and formed a team to surround and kill Xu Lai.
However, the leader of the horse thieves did not dare to take the responsibility of bringing people into his lair. He also felt that Xu Lai was careless and dared to catch up with only three riders, so he thought of turning around and killing him.
The result was obvious: all the horse thieves were wiped out, and Watanabe chose to surrender without wanting to die.
Naturally, Xu Lai asked Watanabe what he had misunderstood. As expected, Watanabe also misunderstood that Xu Lai was a noble.
Speaking of which, the reason why Watanabe and his fellow villagers went to join the horse thieves was inseparable from the imperial nobles.
The empire is in civil strife, and almost all the nobles are raising taxes crazily, either because of ambition or to protect themselves.
Watanabe and the others could not afford the increasingly heavy tax burden, so they chose to turn into bandits.
There is nothing wrong with this. Xu Lai can understand them anyway, but they should never attack him.
Xu Lai is not someone who doesn't fight back when hit or scolded. When people attack him, he will kill others.
Thanks: Sabrin for the reward
(End of this chapter)