Chapter 413: Solicitation and Concealment

Hearing this, even Sun Tu had to admire the shrewdness of these businessmen. After this battle, ordinary people are probably far from calming down, but they are already thinking about how they can use the corpse of the horse thief in exchange for more benefits.

But after thinking about it, he also felt that what these merchants said was good, this group of horse bandits had been a disaster on the Gobi for many years, and presumably the two countries of Liaoxia hated to exterminate them. Now that he and others have done it, he should be able to get a large bounty from the Xia State Mansion. Although he may not have taken this thing seriously, it is a windfall for ordinary merchants, and perhaps they have planned to do so if they were willing to risk killing the enemy.

So after only a little muttering, Sun Tu smiled and said, "Since you have this thought, there is naturally no problem. Anyway, we still have some empty carriages and horses, but we can take them to the Xia Kingdom. ”

Seeing that he had no intention of sharing the corpse with the people, the merchants were even more glad, and they did not delay any longer, and ordered the corpse to be carried and at the same time took down all the valuable things from the horse thief. And Sun Tu came to Feng Ping, who had been standing there in a daze for a long time, and his face seemed to be happy and sad, obviously the psychological impact of revenge on him was still quite large.

"Congratulations to Brother Feng for finally taking revenge today, you are enough to give an explanation to the brother back then, don't think too much." After waiting for a moment and seeing that he still didn't react, Sun Tu said softly with relief.

Feng Ping came back to his senses slightly, and gratefully hugged his fist at Sun Tu: "I can take revenge this time, thanks to you, Brother Sun, otherwise, I don't want to talk about revenge, I'm afraid I may not even be able to save my own life." I owe you a lot of Fengping, but I'm afraid I won't be able to pay it back in this life. ”

"Brother Feng is serious, you and I are in the same boat, how can anyone owe whom? And if I really want to talk about it, I was also rescued by them, if it wasn't for Brother Huangfu who saved me that day, I'm afraid that I would have become a corpse long ago. ”

"I don't dare to take Brother Sun's words, with your ability, even if we don't come to the rescue, we can always save the day." Huang Fu Duan also walked over with a smile at this time. He was more interested in raising horses in Soma than in trading, so he didn't get involved in how to divide the corpses. When he walked to him, he turned his face solemn again, and asked softly: "Brother Sun, forgive me for being bold in asking, what are your plans after you arrive in the Xia Kingdom?" ”

"What, isn't Brother Sun going to go with us?" Feng Ping really didn't know this, and asked a little strangely.

"I do intend to part ways with you in the summer, but as for what I'm going to do, you still don't know. After all, I am from the Song Dynasty, and although you are also from the Han people, you are from the Liao State after all. Sun Tu replied a little vaguely, but it made Feng Ping's face more and more solemn, but he didn't know how to speak for a while.

It was Huangfu Duan, but he smiled and said: "I don't like to hear what you say as a brother, I am not a pure Han person, nor a Liao person." Ay...... If it weren't for the fact that I had a decent way of raising horses, I am afraid that I would have been killed by the people of the Liao State Government many years ago. ”

"Oh? Does Brother Huangfu still have such a past? Sun Tu glanced at him with some surprise, and soon understood again. The appearance of the other party is the problem, if it is not Han or Liao, even if it is in the land of Liao, it will not be treated well, and it is common to be excluded and persecuted.

Immediately, his heart moved, Huangfu Duan is a rare talent in horse breeding and other things, if he can recruit him to his subordinates, it may be a great enhancement to the Qingzhou Army! Thinking of this, he said tentatively: "Brother Huangfu has any intention of leaving the Liao Kingdom and going to the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

"Go to the Great Song? Do you know that before I entered the Liao Kingdom, I was originally a member of the Great Song Dynasty. However, because the local officials wanted to rob my family property, I was charged with a foreign enemy. If I hadn't been decisive enough at that time to flee with a few brothers immediately, I was afraid that after ...... experienced this great war together, Huang Fuduan would no longer see each other, so he also told his own experience.

Sun Tu also sighed when he heard it, there are officials in the Great Song Dynasty who are misbehaving, in fact, he has also encountered it when he was in Yuncheng County before, but he is lucky enough to have today. However, after a pause, he still said: "I don't dare to say anything else, but as long as I can return to the Song Dynasty safely, Brother Huangfu, you come to Qingzhou, I can still settle you." To tell you the truth, I am the commander of the soldiers and horses there, and the soldiers under my command are worried about the lack of war horses. ”

"No wonder ......" Huang Fu didn't react when he knew his identity, but Feng Ping let out a sigh of admiration at this time. No wonder Sun Tu behaved so calmly and excellently in this matter, almost playing this horse bandit in the palm of his hand, it turned out that he was a military general of the Song Kingdom, which is understandable.

Sun Tu smiled at them, and then beckoned: "I think the two of you are the best in the world, if you really have the heart, he can come to Qingzhou to find me one day, and I will always open the door there for you." ”

The two looked at each other and didn't say anything for a while. After all, the future is uncertain now, and both of them are shrewd people, so it is naturally impossible to make a promise casually.

Just when the three of them didn't know what to say for a while, there was a sudden exclamation from the rear, which made the three of them quickly turn around, and Feng Ping directly drew his knife in his hand, thinking that there were still horse bandits pretending to be dead and being discovered. It wasn't until he saw clearly that someone was just pinching something there and was stunned, that he breathed a sigh of relief, and then they stepped forward together to ask what was going on.

Sun Tu had clearly seen that the man was holding a swarthy iron sign, and curiously reached out to take it from his hand, but after reading it, he still had no clue, because the iron plate was only engraved with an eagle with wings spread, and he didn't recognize the distorted words on the other side.

"This is ......" Sun Tu asked the other party curiously, and then his eyes drooped and he found that the brand was actually searched from the body of the fierce wolf, in addition to this, he also had a beautifully decorated short knife scabbard, as well as some dry food and water bladders, all of which were searched and put aside.

The person on the other side came back to his senses at this time, and his voice trembled: "He...... He has the waist card of the Xia Guo Iron Harrier on his body......"

"Huh?" Sun Tu's face suddenly froze, and the other people around him also looked stiff, and a few people even exclaimed again, the impact of this discovery on them was too great.

Iron Harrier, that is the collective name of the most elite cavalry in the Western Xia Kingdom, the number is about 50,000, and it belongs directly to the Xia Emperor. The reason why the Western Xia was able to rise rapidly in just a few decades, so that powerful countries like the Liao and Song Dynasty did not dare to attack them at will, it was the ferocity of the cavalry Iron Harrier and the foot soldiers.

And now, they actually found such a token from the body of the horse bandit leader who had just been eliminated, what does this mean? Could it be that this horse bandit was disguised by the cavalry of the Western Xia Iron Harrier? Then the disaster they broke into this time will be a bit big, once it is known by Xia Guo, I am afraid that everyone here will not escape death.

And what made them even more frightened was that they were actually preparing to transport the corpses of these horse bandits to Xixia for reward, which was obviously asking for their own death, how could they not make people feel cold.

And Sun Tu thought more in his heart, I'm afraid that this waist card should not have been snatched by the other party, and the fierce wolf is indeed one of the iron harriers! And so there will be such a situation, I am afraid it is also related to some shady greed of the Western Xia border army.

No matter which country's soldiers, the border army is the most miserable existence, their conditions are the worst, but they are the most risky, and they have to worry about being attacked by the enemy country at all times. In such cases, the best way to relieve their stress is to give them more benefits.

It's just that what should be done under the premise that it is impossible for the imperial court to allocate more military salaries? The soldiers on both sides of the Song-Liao and Song-Xia borders used the most direct way to fight the grass valley. By invading the enemy's border areas again and again, burning, killing and looting to vent and profit, this is also the reason why the people in these border areas are struggling to make a living.

But here on the border of Liaoxia, the situation is very different. Because this place is too desolate, and the Western Xia has never dared to offend the Liao State, it is impossible for their border troops to openly run to the Liao State to loot and burn. Therefore, in order to solve this problem, the Western Xia border army deliberately created such a team of horse bandits, which was specially designed to rob the property of passing merchants to stabilize the morale of the border army.

It's just that this approach is too despicable, which makes Sun Tu feel disgusted: "It is said that compared with Liaojin, this Xixia is a treacherous villain, which is really good." The Liao and Jin wars with the Song were all generous, and only the Western Xia often made such unworthy conspiracies. Before in Tokyo, this time in Youzhou, they tried again and again to provoke the Song-Liao War. And in the interaction with the Liao State, it was so insidious that he disguised the army as horse bandits and plundered caravans in the Gobi......"

Although he was disdainful, Sun Tu also knew that this was a big trouble, so he said: "Since their identities are very strange, we can't take any more risks." Guys, let's bury them completely, and it's hard to mention this matter again. ”

After being shocked, everyone also came to their senses and nodded in agreement. Now that the corpses of these horse bandits have become a catastrophe, who would dare to take them to the Xia Kingdom.

So the big guy was busy for a while, and finally buried the more than 100 corpses on the spot by the Caima Lake before dawn, and even the mounts of these people did not dare to stay, after all, no one knew if these horses would be recognized by the Western Xia border army at a glance.

But the only exception is that Sun Tu put away the iron harrier's waist card, maybe this thing can come in handy in the future.

After all this, the sky was completely bright, and while the weather was not too hot, the caravan once again embarked on the road to summer, but everyone was already a little more apprehensive in their hearts......

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