Chapter 428: Kill All (II)
Seeing that everyone was in their hearts, Sun Tu returned the scimitar that had been shaken off the bloodstains in the sheath, and then dismounted neatly, and said to the fine seal Chang Xing: "Childe, now is the time to go back and rescue the captives, recapture the goods, and pacify this Nanshan thief who has been causing trouble to my military city for a long time!" β
This sentence immediately reminded Xi Fengchang, made him calm down from the excitement in front of him, and immediately shouted loudly: "Go back, put down the Nanshan thieves, and I will ask for credit for you at that time!" β
"Kill!" Whether it was the morale of the small feudal department and those merchants who were allied with them, or the original fine feudal subordinates who had just surrendered to submission, they all responded loudly at this time, and then the whole army quickly assembled, and quickly killed the valley mouth plain more than ten miles to the south. The two sides of the chase just now were stunned for more than ten miles, and when they turned around, there were corpses everywhere along the way, and there was blood all over the way, and many people were a little afraid at this time.
And after many people thought that the reason for this result was because of the greed of the Nanshan bandits, they suddenly hated this horse thief even more, and the murderous aura became stronger, and everyone thought that they would kill these hundreds of thieves immediately.
The sudden killing of a horse pistol by the Xifeng clan was really unexpected by those horse thieves, they thought that these two armies and horses would have to fight for half a day, and they would only see after more than half of the casualties, and by that time, their own family had already taken all the goods and fled. But now, they are still threatening to force the newly freed captives to help push the cart out of this place, and the fighting there has come to an abrupt end.
Then the earth-shattering shouts kept coming, and before they could make a decision, the Xifeng clan in one place had rushed to kill, and far away, someone shouted to kill: "Kill all these horse thieves, and avenge our clan brothers!" Then a round of arrows came and knocked over many of the thieves, and many of them shrank back in haste.
Just now, these horse thieves suffered a lot of casualties in the surprise attack of the soldiers and horses under the hands of Xi Feng Chang, and they already had the intention of cowardice in their hearts, but now when they saw that the other party had more troops and more momentum, they were even more frightened, and they no longer dared to resist and entangle, and they all turned around and wanted to flee from this place with a roar.
But at this time, how could the men and horses of the Xifeng clan and those merchants let these culprits leave, with a few horns sounding, the whole team has quickly dispersed, outflanking from both sides, and it is actually going to trap this horse thief here completely.
At this time, the side of Xia Guo's official army far superior to ordinary horse thieves was clearly displayed, even if they had fought hard just now, but the speed of the men and horses at this time was still much faster than that of the horse thieves, and they had already rushed to form a circle before the horse thieves, and then the bow and arrow volleys shot directly at the horse thieves who rushed to the front of them, so frightened that the others hurriedly turned around and went around to the side.
However, by this time they had completely fallen into the encirclement of thousands of people, and even if they changed direction, it would be futile. And when it comes to combat power, these horse thieves just bully ordinary people, but they don't dare to confront the elite of the Xia State border army, so soon, they can only choose to retreat and shrink. And the Xia army surrounded it here, so it continued to compress and move forward, and after only one meal, these hundreds of horse thieves were completely trapped on this plain within a radius of several miles, making it impossible for them to escape.
"Put down your weapons, and those who fall to the ground will be spared death!" With Sun Tu shouting, the Xia soldiers issued an ultimatum again, forcing the horse thief to abandon his weapons and surrender.
The horse thieves, who had been cornered, were still making their last struggle, and many of them pulled the caravan men who had been captured before to them, pointed their knives and guns at their vital points, and shouted frantically: "Let go of your life, or we will drag them to death together!" β
Others, who were unable to get the hostages, resolutely lit torches, brought them to the cart of goods, and threatened to set fire to them, shouting incessantly: "Get out of the way, or I'll let you get nothing." Even if you kill us, don't think about it! β
The effect of this threat was still quite large, and the Xia soldiers, who were about to attack from all sides, could only temporarily stop the pace of attack at this time, and several businessmen came to the gloomy face of the fine seal Chang with a worried face, and whispered: "Eighth Prince, you can't let them really kill people and burn goods, otherwise the loss of our wait will be too great." And it's almost winter, if we lose this batch of goods, the people in our Shunjun City will not have a good time in the future......"
Xi Feng Chang looked at the stalemate in front of him with a look of chagrin on his face, regretting why he didn't send someone to stay here before to keep an eye on these people and goods, this time it was really difficult to do. He really didn't want to let people go, but he couldn't afford to lose these caravan members and goods, and among the merchants who were taken hostage, there was also a friend of Sun Qianli, Huangfu Duan, if he had a good one, it would be difficult for him to explain to others.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Sun Tu, who also frowned, to see what his idea was. This gaze also immediately attracted Sun Tu's attention, and he immediately rode his horse over, and whispered: "Childe, why don't you let me go up and talk to them, and try to make them give up the hostages and goods and surrender automatically?" β
"You...... Are you sure? The fine seal often asked a little vaguely.
"Always give it a try, or will you really let them go? These horse thieves are still useful, and I want to capture them alive. Sun Tu said, and exchanged glances with him again, then he stepped forward, took the bow and arrow from the hand of a cavalryman, and pointed directly at the leader of a horse thief in front of him who was holding a torch hanging above a cart of cloth, and then shouted: "Now that you are in a desperate situation, if you still want to live, at this time, you will obediently abandon your weapons and surrender, so that Chang Gongzi can still save your lives." If you are still so stubborn at this time, then this is the place where you will be buried! As he spoke, he slowly pulled the bowstring apart, and a murderous aura was already heading straight towards the other party.
With his move, the Xia soldiers beside him also drew their bows and raised their knives, as if as long as he shot this arrow, thousands of people would not hesitate to kill and kill these enemies!
At this moment, the horse thieves on the opposite side were under great pressure, and the already wavering military spirit was even closer to collapse, some of their hands were already slightly drooping, and the knives and guns on the necks of those hostages began to shrink back.
The leader of the horse thieves was even more chilled when he saw this, and at this time he had already accepted such a defeat, but he was still hesitant, not knowing if he could save his life in the end. However, the little leader who was pointed at by Sun Tu with an arrow was very angry at this time, and still shouted loudly: "Either give way, or let us die with these people and goods!" As he spoke, the torch in his hand was lowered a little, but he really planned to ignite a cart of cloth to prove his determination.
Sun Tu's eyes suddenly flashed with a fine light, and at this moment, he thought of something, immediately gritted his teeth, and shouted in his mouth: "You are looking for death!" Then, the finger pulling the bowstring loosened.
"Whewββ!" The feathered arrow, which had already been ready to be launched, immediately flew out of the air, and after a phantom shadow swept forward, it directly sank into the heart of the little leader!
The little leader really didn't expect Sun Tu to release the arrow so decisively, and he only had time to call out the word "you ......", and his body was completely out of control. The only thing he could do was to let go of his right hand holding the torch, and let the torch that was beeping itself fall vertically on the cart full of cloth, and then with a slam on the ground, the full cart of cloth was immediately ignited by the flames, and it burned violently.
This change made everyone present stunned, who would have thought that Sun Tu would be so brazen and not even hesitate. Not to mention those merchants, even the fine seal Chang was stunned on the spot, and he couldn't react for a while.
But someone reacted quickly at this moment - those Xia soldiers who were also aiming at a horse thief with a bow. The strings in these people's hearts are already extremely tight, as long as there is a little wind and grass, they will let go, not to mention that this is the general led by Sun Tu who took the lead in releasing arrows? So, just when the others were stunned, hundreds of arrows also shot out angrily following Sun Tu's action, roaring and nailing into the horse thieves who were either holding hostages or holding torches hanging above the goods, shooting straight into their screams and falling down one after another.
"Kill!" Sun Tu had already thrown away the empty bow in his hand at this time, drew his knife again and galloped forward, and in the blink of an eye, he pounced in front of the horse thief holding the Huangfu end, the knife light flashed obliquely, and he had already cut off the arm holding the knife, and the other hand hurriedly pulled forward, and the Huangfu Duan, who was a little frightened, quickly lifted it, and then turned the horse's head, and took him backwards.
At this time, the horse thieves reacted one after another, some roared angrily and slashed down, killing the hostages on the spot, and some decisively let go and let the torches fall into the middle of the goods on the car, igniting the valuable goods in the truck...... Since there is no way out, let's simply fight to break the net!
Another scuffle began, not only did the Xia soldiers kill them brazenly, but the people under those merchants were even more furious, all of them with red eyes, scolding and waving their knives to greet those horse thieves, hating to dismantle them in order to eliminate the hatred in their hearts. You must know that most of the goods here are owned by them, and now that they are burned, their losses will be too great.
On the contrary, it was Sun Tu, the initiator of the chaos, who had already escorted the emperor to the rear at this time, and returned to the side of Xi Fengchang, who was still full of surprise and had not been able to return to his senses for a long time.
In the distance, Liang Gunyun and Ku Dadong, who were watching all this, were also surprised, they really didn't expect that it would be such a result in the end, originally they had already controlled the situation, as long as they dragged it out a little longer and put some pressure on it, they could end it peacefully, and there would be no damage, how could it become like this?
But after being stunned for a long time, Ke Dadong suddenly sighed: "Kill them all, is this Sun Qianli, who was received by the eighth prince, so ruthless?" "The onlooker is clear, he has already seen some clues!