The Sword of Smiling and Proud

Chapter 53 Horse Bandits
The Tianshui area belonged to Qinzhou in the Ming Dynasty, and the tributaries of the Weihe River flowed through the territory, guarding the traffic arteries in the southeast of Longnan and the only way of the Silk Road.

The head of the Flying Horse Gang, Xu Gang, has a lot of businesses here, mainly raising horses and selling horses. A few days ago, he sent several teams to the Hetao area to deliver horses, but they were intercepted every time they walked halfway.The people who intercepted the goods were all from the same gang, they were horse bandits nearby.

It is said to be a horse bandit, but it is not entirely true.

In this frontier area, the sky is high and the emperor is far away.Many herdsmen on the prairie usually herd horses and herd sheep. When they are short of clothes and food, they will act as horse bandits. They themselves grew up on horseback and are very skilled in equestrianism.

They just followed the caravan, and if someone drove them away, they followed them away.When the caravan rested at night, they touched it and took away a few pack horses.

This kind of horse bandit is the most difficult to deal with.However, they are generally just making small troubles, and generally do not harm people's lives.In addition, the Pegasus gang has traveled this road many times before, and they have taken care of it in many ways, and they have been stable for several years.

Recently, it seems that the horse bandits on this road have been organized by someone. The leader is a bald man, not like a Han Chinese, who is brutal and bloodthirsty.The leader of the horse team of the Flying Horse Gang wanted to negotiate with him and pay some tolls, but he refused. He insisted on taking away all the goods of the horse team, and clamored to use the team leader's skull as a bowl.

Where the leader could agree to such a condition, the two sides fought together.Originally, there were many good players in the cavalry, but this bald man had two swords, which were extremely sharp. After a few rounds, the cavalry suffered heavy casualties, so they had to abandon the goods and escaped back.

The Pegasus Gang sent several waves of experts to escort them, but they were all killed, as if they were targeting the Pegasus Gang's caravan.The current gang leader, Xu Jinbai, is Xu Jinyun's younger brother, who knows only a little bit of kung fu, so he had to send a letter to Huashan, asking the backer behind him to help.

Guan Yuan arrived at the Pegasus Gang's residence in Qinzhou, and Xu Jinbai received him.Seeing him young, Guan Yuan was a little contemptuous at first, but Guan Yuan showed the sword technique of cutting three cups with one sword during the banquet, which shocked everyone.

"It's up to you, my nephew, to wipe out this group of horse bandits. As long as their leader can be eliminated, the remaining gang of horse bandits will surely flee in all directions. You take all the remaining good hands of the gang this time, and I will be in Qinzhou Jing Good news."

Guan Yuan stayed in Qinzhou for a long time, then followed the guide to the place where horse bandits often haunt.He doesn't intend to waste time, the drama of Xiaoao will start in more than half a year, he doesn't want to miss the good show.

Under the leadership of the guide, Guan Yuan searched for more than half a month on the edge of the Gobi Grassland, and finally saw their camp in the afternoon of a certain day.

I saw that this gang of horse bandits gathered a crowd, about 50 people, and they did not forget to keep two guards when eating meat and drinking, and even put up simple horse refusal signs at several entrances and exits of the camp.

"The horse bandits here are not like this before. They used to be mobs." The guide said, "After being integrated by this bald man, they still look a little better."

Guan Yuan saw some captive women in the camp from a distance, and thought, "These people don't look like the herdsmen around. .”

Since this horse bandit was unusual, he decided to observe it for a few more days before taking action.

In the past few days, the horse bandits stayed in the camp and did not go out to look for the caravan.

This is not in line with common sense. If ordinary horse bandits gather so many people, people eat horse chews, and consume a lot of food every day. It is not the style of horse bandits to live in the camp so honestly.

One day when night was coming, Guan Yuan saw two men in black riding into the camp when he was watching the outside. The black horses were a little far away, and their faces could not be seen clearly.

The two men in black entered the big tent in the middle of the camp and did not come out for a long time.

Seeing this abnormality, Guan Yuan knew that the opportunity must not be missed, so he sneaked into the camp alone, approached the tent in the middle, and listened to the movement inside.

"The two holy envoys are here, do you have any instructions?" It should be the bald leader who spoke.

"Director Yang agreed to the plan you mentioned last time, so we will follow your plan and send the two of us to assist you."

"That's great. With the help of two holy envoys, I'm sure I'll get full credit."

"The villain will tell the two holy envoys what I think: the Flying Horse Gang has more than 100 adult horses and nearly a hundred young foals in the horse farm near Qinzhou. If you can get them all , will be able to complete Director Yang’s big plan.”

"That's how the villain planned. I intercepted their caravan a few times ago, and they will definitely ask for help from the Huashan faction behind them. When the Huashan faction arrives, they will definitely come out to find me. At that time, the two The envoy and our people can take advantage of the emptiness of Qinzhou and snatch the horses in one fell swoop."

"At that time, if I run deep into the grassland, how can the Huashan faction catch up with me?"

"Well, you can give it a try. Some spies said that half a month ago, a stranger entered the Pegasus Clan's residence in Qinzhou, and Xu Jinbai hosted a banquet in person, so it must be sent by Huashan."

"Then they are probably looking for me on the grassland at this time. The two holy envoys can set off for Qinzhou tomorrow morning. There are many of us in the camp who are good at driving horses, so we can follow along." The bald leader said, "Then I will lead people into the grassland early tomorrow morning, and hang the Pegasus gang members."

"It doesn't matter, the spies said, the person sent by Huashan is a young man, probably a disciple of Yue Buqun. The Huashan sect only has Yue Buqun and Ningzhong, but the skills are not bad, and the new generation of disciples have not heard of any future. .They sent a young disciple here, and the Huashan Sect really has no one available."

"That's great, then I don't have to dodge it, if I bump into it, I can kill him on the spot." The man smiled cruelly.

They were discussing in the tent, but Guan Yuan could hear them clearly.Guan Yuan thought for a while, and decided to deal with the two holy envoys first, and then deal with the bald leader.

He returned to the shelter of a group of Pegasus Gang and made arrangements.

In the early morning of the next day, the two men in black left the camp early in the morning, took half of the people away, and headed west.

After walking ten miles, I came across a group of sheep herders on the side of the road. The men in black wanted to lead a group around, not wanting to be troublesome.

Just as they passed by the flock, the shepherd drove the flock over with a few shouts.At this time, the horse bandits were crowded with the sheep, and the horses couldn't move, and they were immediately trapped.

The shepherd screamed, and three men disguised in leather jackets stood up in the flock, drew their swords, and slashed at the horse bandits on the horse.Many people gathered around the roadside.

The horse bandits were caught off guard, and more than half of them were killed or injured within a few breaths.

Guan Yuan took off the shepherd's attire on his body, performed lightness kung fu, and with his long sword still in its sheath, he used the move "White Clouds Come Out of Xiu", which touched the acupoints of the two so-called holy envoys.

(End of this chapter)