The desolate earth, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, the wind blowing from the north, carrying the yellow sand of the Gemcuo Desert, has sprinkled on the slopes and ravines, the sparse young grass, shaking in the wind, the young leaves are covered with a thick layer of yellow dust.

The wind, wrapped in sand, swept through the canyon, and the strange rocks on the top of the mountain whined in the wind, cold and terrifying.

A dry tree trunk fell to the ground, a thin mountain mouse carefully searched among the tree trunks, ants crawled around in the loess, hurriedly searching for scarce food, and vultures spread their huge wings and circled high in the air, greedily watching the blood on the ground.

In the canyon, bloodshed is being staged, and a group of horse thieves are roaring and besieging the small hillside.

On the hill was apparently a caravan passing by, and the caravan's principals were obviously very experienced, and before the horse thieves attacked, they brought the caravan to this small hill first, using the terrain to form a simple defensive formation.

The terrain here is peculiar, the small hills are not far from the main road, the back is the cliff, the south is narrow and not conducive to sprinting, and the north and west are relatively wide, which is also the main attack direction of horse thieves.

The caravans traveling to and from the Western Regions knew that the most terrible thing on the trade routes of the Western Regions was not the difficult and long roads, nor the arid and water-scarce deserts, nor the terrifying wolves, but the fierce horse thieves.

A hundred years ago, the Great Jin Dynasty iron cavalry crisscrossed the grassland and desert, whether the Tubo people or the Qiang people and the Xianbei people, all surrendered to the iron hooves of the Great Jin Dynasty, at that time, it was the happiest golden age of the caravan in the Western Regions, Hu merchants filled the western capital and the imperial capital, the restaurant brothel Huqin was melodious, and the skirts of the Hu girls were fluttering everywhere.

Thirty years ago, the Xianbei Great Khan bald tree function rose in the desert, and the Great Jin Dynasty competed for power in the grassland, once almost unified the desert grassland, and the Great Jin Dynasty competed for 20 years, until eight years ago, it was defeated by the Great Jin Hun General Fang Hui and the Qiang General Qiuyun, and the bald tree function was forced to sue for peace.

But after this battle, the situation in the desert steppe completely changed, and the tribes continued to fight among themselves, and the defeated tribes were scattered, some tribes migrated to the north and west, and others became horse thieves on the trade routes.

In addition, in recent years, there have been continuous snow disasters and droughts on the grasslands, and the Xianbei people, Qiang people, and Tiele people have crossed the Gemcuo Desert with their sabers in groups, and since then the trade routes of the Western Regions have become dangerous and bloody, and the horse thieves have often slaughtered all the porters and buddies except for the goods.

The border army of the Great Jin Dynasty also carried out several clearances, but these horse thieves were well-informed, and whenever the border army was dispatched, they scattered in all directions, and when the border army passed, they gathered with a roar, so that the border army was helpless.

The battle on the hill became more and more intense, arrows flew wide, swords flashed, flesh and blood splattered, horse thieves attacked fiercely, and the caravan's rudimentary defense line looked precarious, and gradually became unstoppable.

A horse thief jumped over the shelves and rushed into the defensive circle, and before the horse thieves who were struggling to attack had time to cheer, the arrows whistled, and the horse thief fell off his horse, and a middle-aged man in a gray robe appeared next to the car in the middle of the defensive circle with a bow.

The gray robe continued to pull the bow, the horse thieves who were violently attacking fell off their horses one by one, the horse thieves' offensive was frustrated, three war horses rushed down from the small hill, the leading knight was covered with a scarf, dressed in a gray robe with a black armor, the long knife in his hand was bright, as fast as lightning, and in the blink of an eye, he cut down several horse thieves, and the middle-aged man on the small hill fired arrows continuously, and one of the arrows must fall off the horse.

The horse thieves turned their horses in panic and ran down the hill, and the knights in armor immediately took cover.

A few horses rushed out of the group of horse thieves who were supervising the battle at the bottom of the hill, and rushed towards them, and the horse thieves in the lead, with black beards and black robes, shouted loudly, allowing the retreating horse thieves to return to the attack.

Suddenly, a cloud of white light rose from the chaos, and this white light was as hot and dazzling as the sun in the desert, and the slightest breath of death came to the face.

"The Grandmaster"

Blackbeard was frightened and frightened, and the white light suddenly exploded, turning into a scorching air current, forcing back the words behind him.

The fleeing horse thief flipped on his back, his black beard fell backwards violently, his whole body lay flat on the horse's back, the scorching air swept across his face, his cheeks ached, his head was cold, and the turban wrapped around his head went away with the wind.

Black Beard was shocked, he never expected that such a strong person was hidden in this seemingly ordinary caravan.

The war horse also seemed to feel a great threat, a long neighing of fear, the two horses staggered, the black beard instinctively raised the scimitar in his hand, the golden blades resonated, the scimitar broke, and the long knife brought out a string of blood marks.

The horse thief panicked even more and fled backwards in a panic, but the knight did not continue the pursuit, but turned his horse's head and returned to the small hill in a hurry.

At this moment, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves was heard at the mouth of the valley, and the face of the knight in armor sank, and the caravan men and dart masters who were covering their companions on the small hill also heard the heavy sound of horses' hooves, and the joy of repelling the horse thief's attack suddenly dissipated, and everyone's faces changed dramatically.

Although the attack of the horse thieves was repulsed, the caravan and the dart division suffered seven or eight casualties, and the horse thieves' strength was twenty times that of them, and the horse thieves still had an absolute advantage.

The caravans on the trade routes of the Western Regions all knew that horse thieves were bloodthirsty wolves with bones, and as long as they were bitten, they would be the result of endless death.

The reason why the caravan survived today was not only the wit of the caravan owner, but also the light enemy of the horse thief.

Horse thieves foraging for food are like an army going to battle, the brigade is stationed, and the scouts are out in all directions.

This group of horse thieves had been embellished with the caravan the day before yesterday, and the owner of the caravan had adopted all kinds of tactics to confuse the enemy, and skillfully maneuvered, and it was easy to drag it to this day. When the caravan of horse thieves caught up, the owner of the caravan immediately seized this small hill with excellent terrain.

If the leader of the horse thieves calms down, the caravan is still in a difficult situation, as long as they leave here, they will not be able to escape the crazy pursuit of the horse thieves, and they will eventually become a pile of dry bones on the trade road.

It's a pity that the leader of the horse thieves underestimated the enemy, perhaps because he was angered by the various methods of the previous caravan master, or perhaps because of his confidence in his own strength, the leader of the horse thieves came over and attacked, without any regard for the terrain, so he suffered a big loss.

The sound of hooves became heavier and clearer, everyone in the caravan became nervous, the warriors and darts shouted orders, everyone took action, repaired the gaps in the defensive line, sorted out their weapons, and everyone looked like dirt.

The sound of hooves was like thunder, and the brigade was getting closer and closer.

The strength of the horse thieves is far superior to them, if there are still reinforcements, then they will really reach the end of the disaster, except for a few people with high martial arts skills who may escape, the others will not be able to escape, and they will definitely become another pile of dry bones on the trade road in the Western Regions.

Everyone stared nervously at Taniguchi, and hundreds of horse thieves also stared at Taniguchi, their expressions equally nervous.

Behind the horse thief, the white horse came slowly, and the knight immediately wore a white helmet, white armor, and a white cloak, carrying a spear, and the red tassels on the helmet fluttered in the wind.

The horse thieves and the caravan were a little surprised, could it be that the rumbling hooves were this white horse. At this moment, a group of knights in black armor and black cloaks emerged from the valley mouth, and the black knights quickly slowed down their horses, and quickly turned into an attack formation as they marched.