Chapter 643: Agni

The bandit leader nicknamed "Wild Wolf" was silent for a while, and the horse bandits under his command also used to run rampant in Shanshan in the early years, and later had a conflict with the Black Whirlwind Bandits, and as a result, they suffered a big loss, and since then they have given up the territory around Shanshan. The wolf's loss that time was so great that the entire gang was discolored when they heard the name of the black whirlwind, not to mention that they wanted to get back on the field.

Banbian Yun saw that the wild wolf was pushed back by himself, so he said: "Everyone be patient, it's not too late to do it in the second half of the night." You have seen the silk and porcelain in Xicheng, as long as this ticket is made, it will not be a problem to rest for a year and a half. ”

These bandits were old thieves, very good at choosing the right moment, and after listening to Banbianyun's words, they nodded frequently, and rushed down the dunes with their horses, they had to wait until the people in the camp were most sleepy before they did it.

The temperature difference between day and night in the desert is extremely high, and the heat is unbearable during the day, and the night is already bone-chilling. The bandits huddled in a sheltered area behind the dunes, still feeling chills on their bodies. In order not to attract the attention of the guards in the camp, they did not dare to light a campfire. The bandits in charge of observing the movements of the camp clearly saw the soldiers in front of the camp holding their spears and dozing off, but Banbianyun just refused to give the order to attack. This situation has been going on for three days, and the bandits inevitably have some complaints, but no one dares to say it in front of half the clouds.

In fact, according to Banbianyun's original plan, he would wait for Liu Xin's team to camp in a small village, or on the eve of their arrival in Pishan, before he would make a move on this Han caravan. Because at that time, the Han people's defense is really the most lax. It's just that Liu Xin and the others are walking too slowly, and the bandits who are following from afar can't stand it anymore, if they don't do it tonight, they will be in danger of falling apart if they finally assemble a few horse bandits, and he has to plan ahead.

Just when the horse bandits became more and more impatient, as if God had also rushed to help, the bright moon that was still hanging in the sky just now was suddenly covered by a dark cloud floating from nowhere. Banbianyun saw that the surroundings suddenly darkened, and his spirit couldn't help but be lifted, and he jumped on the war horse and shook his whip with a "snap". The bandits, who were lying on the sand, suddenly got up in a hurry, got on their horses, and began to gather around Banbianyun. Banbianyun pulled out his scimitar with a "brush", pointed in the direction of the Han camp, and said in a deep voice: "Kill!" ”

Although the horse bandits were fierce, only a few people could really ride on horses and wield scimitars, except for those bandit leaders, the others drew their bows and arrows, and rushed across the sand dunes and rushed towards the Han camp.

Although Half Cloud is as famous as the Black Whirlwind, the two bandits have very different styles. The Black Whirlwind relies on stealth action, strict organization, and the skill of bandits, while Half the Cloud relies on a large number of people, and every robbery is like a cloud that obscures half of the sky, hence the nickname Half Cloud.

It's no wonder that Banbianyun dared to attack this Han caravan. Over the years, Banbianyun's gang has grown to more than 6,000 people, more than the population of small countries like Pishan. Coupled with the addition of wild wolves and horse bandits, nearly 10,000 bandits poured out from the sand dunes on the north and south sides at the same time, and the momentum was very formidable.

The war horse galloped across the soft sand, leaving behind deep hoof prints, which did not make much noise under the cover of the wind and sand. The Han camp not far away has become clearer and clearer, and the two soldiers on night duty at the gate of the camp are standing on the pillar on the left and right, unaware that the danger is slowly approaching, and they must be sleeping deeply.

Suddenly, dozens of bandits who rushed to the front threw out the lassos in their hands, which was their tool for catching wild horses on the grassland, but now the target of these lassos was the fence around the Han camp. These lifeless fences are much easier than unruly wild horses, and the lassos hit their targets. The bandits shouted, and with a force on their hands, the fences, which were not very solid in the sand, collapsed.

The other group of bandits who rushed to the camp gate couldn't hold back for a long time, and the sound of the "whooshing" wind sounded, and the two Han soldiers guarding the camp gate were instantly shot into hedgehogs, and they were nailed to the camp gate post before they even had time to let out a scream.

The wolf rushed into the camp with his sword and went straight to a tent in the center of the camp, outside which was parked a carriage, the only one in the entire camp for human rides. When Liu Xin's team left Xicheng, the wild wolf caught the crowd and paid attention to the carriage. The wind and sand in the Western Regions are strong and the climate is harsh, so there are few women in the caravans, and there are few such carriages. The one who can ride this kind of carriage must be the daughter of the leader of this Han caravan.

I had heard Banbianyun say that this Han caravan was different from ordinary caravans, their guards were all Han soldiers, and their leader was a prominent Han official. Such a Han leader, his female dependents must be one in ten thousand beauties. Now, the wolf rushed to the tent in the center of the camp, but the target was not the Han chief, but the daughter of the Han chief. There were several bandit leaders of other bandits who rushed to the tent at the same time as the wild wolf, as for whether their target was the Han leader or the daughter of the Han leader, the wild wolf didn't know, and he didn't have time to think about it, anyway, there are rules for cooperation between bandits. The property is divided according to the size of the merit, and the woman is the one who grabs it first.

The tent was already in sight, but the entire Han camp did not seem to have any reaction, this situation was extremely abnormal, and the wild wolf, as the leader of the bandits, should have been alerted. However, at this time, the wild wolf was full of imagination about the beauty of the Han leader's daughter, and he even smelled a faint fragrance, so without thinking about it, he rushed into the tent with people and horses. This tent was in the center of the camp, and it was clearly the sleeping tent of the Han leader, and several other bandit leaders saw this, fearing that the wild wolf had taken the lead, and also rushed in.

The wild wolf rushed into the tent, only to see a dozen oil lamps lit in the huge tent, but not a single figure was seen. He was surprised, but he felt empty, and a huge sand pit appeared in front of him. Before the wolf could react, he had already fallen down the pit with men and horses. The wolf was able to escape from the conflict with the Black Whirlwind, and he was not easy to follow, so he jumped from his horse and ran to the edge of the bunker.

Seeing that the wolf was about to jump out of the bunker, he was about to be proud, when suddenly he felt that it was dark in front of him, and a behemoth smashed down on the head. This behemoth was not a preset mechanism in the tent, but the leader of another group of horse bandits. The bandit leader didn't know if it was to fight with the wolf or for the woman, anyway, he crashed into it, and naturally he couldn't avoid the fate of falling into the sand pit.

The wolf leaped into the air, unable to dodge, and was smashed back to the bottom of the pit, and the bandit leader who followed him fell heavily on him. Not only that, but almost instantly, two more bandit leaders fell. The wild wolf that was crushed at the bottom suddenly broke his bones and tendons, and there was only air out and no air intake. Poor bandit leader Wild Wolf, who has been rampant in the Western Regions for many years, escaped the fire with the Black Whirlwind back then, but now in this tent in the wilderness, he died without even seeing the enemy.

Half of the cloud did not rush forward like a wild wolf, not because he was afraid of death, but because there was no need for it. He is the organizer of this sneak attack, and as long as the operation is successful, even if he doesn't kill a single person, the head credit is his. Banbianyun followed the group of bandits to the gate of the camp leisurely, only to see the two soldiers guarding the gate with dozens of feather arrows stuck in their bodies, and couldn't help but gently wave the scimitar in their hands, and a head rolled down, raising a canopy of straw.

"Not good! Hit the trick! Only then did Banbianyun realize that there were two soldiers at the gate of the camp, which were clearly two scarecrows, and most of the bandits had already rushed into the camp, but they didn't notice that these two "dead people" didn't have a trace of blood. Before Banbianyun could warn his men, a fire had already risen in the camp.

Most of the first bandits to storm the camp threw themselves into their tents, and they were empty, just as the wolves had seen. But in each tent there were sand pits dug and oil lamps lit. In the panic, many bandits fell into the bunkers, and many tents were accidentally knocked over, and oil lamps lit the tents.

Still, the dozens of tents didn't make much movement. However, the bandits who then rushed in had already pounced on the trucks and caravans laden with goods. Everyone knows that this Han caravan carried a large number of valuable goods, and these bandits were originally a rabble, so how could they wait until the moment when the spoils were distributed after the war was over?

However, when they opened the goods, they saw that there were any silk and porcelain, all flammable, and even some sulfur and saltpeter. These "goods" were next to the tents, which were already burning, and the wind was strong at night, and these "goods" soon also crackled and burned, and the whole camp turned into a sea of fire in a blink of an eye.

The fire was blazing, reflecting the desert night sky. In the flames, the bandits were struggling, and the screams of dying were endless. Not far from the camp, countless dark shadows were outflanking from several directions. Just now, the soft sand and the fierce cold wind covered the sound of the bandits' horses' hooves, and now, the sand and the cold wind have also become the best cover for the Han cavalry.

Years of bloody knives had made Banbianyun unusually alert, and he noticed that something was wrong, and he didn't care about his desperate subordinates, so he turned his horse and galloped wildly towards the sand dunes to the north. By the light of the fire in the camp, half of the cloud has seen that there is no one in the direction of the sand dune, after all, the number of Han troops is limited, it must be impossible to surround this place, that sand dune is the hole left by the Han army, as long as the sand dune is an endless desert, he will be like a fish into the water, no one will want to catch him again.

Suddenly, countless figures appeared on the sand dunes, and one of them was the Han leader he had seen in the crowd of Xicheng.