Zhi Xuan

A mountain depression near the border of Zhidi, after nightfall, the stars are lit up with fire.The night wind blew past, and there were noisy human voices in the valley, accompanied by the roars of wild animals, which were extremely clear in the dark night.

The fire became brighter and brighter, gradually illuminating the entire camp, and also showing the whole picture of the col.

Surrounded by mountains, the surrounding area of ​​the camp is very desolate, with no human habitation for hundreds of miles.

There are several dilapidated thatched huts in the col, which were originally the habitat of savages.Now the wildlings were gone, the sheds had been pulled down, and the wood and hay had become fuel for the fire.

Under the light of the fire, more than 100 carts formed two circles, surrounding the caravan members.

Guards wearing short robes and carrying knives and axes were walking in the camp. They passed a large cart and heard the roar of beasts. One of them stopped, lifted the straw mat covering the cage, and smashed two people with the back of the axe. He pushed the handle of the ax in with his backhand, and stabbed the wounded beast one after another.

Hearing the angry cry of the wild beast, the guard was excited and his attack became heavier.

"Okay, calm down." Another guard came over, held his arm, and said in a deep voice, "The leader is in a bad mood, don't make trouble."

The guard who was held down had a look of disdain on his face, and was about to refute, when two more people came over, one of them was tall and strong, as burly as a brown bear.When he got close, he didn't ask any questions, just dropped his fist and knocked the troublesome man to the ground.

"If it wasn't for your negligence, why would the rhino smash the cage? I should have killed you a long time ago, be honest!"

The burly man is the leader of the team. He has absolute authority in the team. He always says what he says, and no one dares to disobey his orders.

Seeing the team leader get angry, the people around fell silent.The guards on the ground quickly got up, even though the place where the punch was hurt was unbearable, they didn't dare to make a sound.

The team leader glared at him again, feeling puzzled, kicked him over.The sound of bones breaking could be heard clearly. The guard lay on the ground, his body curled up into a ball, and blood flowed from his nose and mouth, but he dared not cry out in pain, not even a slight groan could be heard.

Everyone in the caravan knew that if they were taught a lesson by the leader, they might be able to endure it if they could not bear it. If they could not, it would only lead to more brutal beatings.Many people were beaten to death by him.Among them were slaves, guards, and servants who had followed him for several years.

The guard's approach worked.

The team leader kicked him twice again and became less interested. He stepped over him, walked to a fire, and sat down with a gloomy expression.

The guard escaped unharmed and stood up carefully from the ground.The companion who stopped him before wanted to help, but he swung him away with a vicious look, obviously hating him.

Companions are not easy to bully.Seeing his appearance, he knew that he didn't dare to hold grudges against the team leader, and he became a punching bag, so he didn't care about him at the moment, and even kicked him on the knee, causing him to fall back to the ground.

Beside the fire, the leader's face sank like water, and the servant brought over the roasted venison, but it couldn't relieve his anxiety.

The trip of the team was originally very smooth, and more than 200 carts were all fully loaded.Some were lost in Bei'an country, and in the territory of Xiyuan country, there were more than 180 vehicles left.The most important thing is that he caught a pair of rhinos, and he will definitely be rewarded heavily if he brings them back to China.

Unexpectedly, things that were sure to go wrong went wrong.

Because of the negligence of the guards, the pair of rhinos escaped, smashed a lot of cages, and ran away more than a dozen rare birds and animals, including a few tigers and leopards that were hard to catch alive.In order to catch these tigers and leopards, he spent a lot of money on medicines, and lost more than a dozen experts, but they all ran away and searched for several days but failed to find them.

In the chaos, many slaves broke free from their ropes, set fire to their carts, and took the opportunity to run into the surrounding fields.After the fire was extinguished, most of them were brought back by arrest and killing, but more than 20 people were still missing.

Let these people die, if they live to spread the matter, he will definitely be unable to eat and walk around.

The more the team leader thought about it, the more annoyed he became. He threw away the wooden plate that had been eaten up, and punched the ground.

After the chaos, there were only 120 carts left, and more than half of them were still half-dead.Going back to Nanyou Country like this, let alone rewards, he will definitely be thrown into the animal garden by the monarch.

Outsiders don't know the inside story of the zoo, but he knows it all.

In name it is for watching, but actually it is more like a Colosseum, full of blood and killings.

The reason why Nanyouhou sent caravans all year round was because there were too many dead beasts and slaves, and they needed to be replenished every moment.

In addition, the team leader also discovered a secret. With the help of this beast garden, Nan Youhou trained a large number of slaughtered slaves. They survived the slaughter again and again, and fighting became instinctive.Except when holding the knife and eating, he didn't see any anger at all.

The leader had seen a battle between slaves, and the horrible scene made his hair stand on end, and he was terrified.For half a month after that, he woke up with nightmares almost every day.The first thing after waking up was to grab the ax beside the pillow and touch his neck.

There was an explosion in the fire, and orange-red sparks sprayed out, spinning and flying above the flames.

Dark clouds piled up in the sky, gradually covering the moonlight and stars.Behind the clouds, lightning is brewing, and thunder is constantly approaching.

The leader took a look at the sky, suppressed his anxiety temporarily, and ordered everyone to set up tents and check the carts.

"If one of the things on the car dies, I'll cut off one of your arms!"

After searching for a long time, the lost rhino was never found.

Supplies are decreasing day by day, and the possibility of exposure is increasing.

Continuing to stay is not a long-term solution. The leader can only consider leaving, and catch some wild animals and slaves on the way, hoping to escape.

The only thing he was lucky about was that only one rhino ran away, and although the remaining one was small in size and its horns hadn't grown yet, it was an excuse anyway.

Under the command of the leader, everyone in the camp moved quickly.

Even though it's summer, they don't want to sleep in the rain.What's more, there are too many mosquitoes in the mountains, if you don't sleep in a tent, if you lie in the open air overnight, the blood on your body may be sucked dry.

The dark clouds gathered more and more, there were lightning flashes in the sky in the distance, the muffled thunder could be heard faintly, but the rain did not come for a long time.

In the chaos, all the tents were finally set up, leaving the night watch slaves behind, and the rest of the people all went into the tents, took the time to rest, and prepared to set off in the morning.

A few slaves stood by the fire, and they were very vigilant at first, paying attention to the movement around them.

When everyone fell asleep one after another, snoring came from the tent, their nerves began to relax, their vigilance became less and less, and they yawned one by one, not noticing that several black figures were approaching the camp.

Not far from the col, in a dense forest, a team of hundreds of people is holding their breath, waiting for the order to attack.

For the convenience of movement, Zhi Xuan did not drive, but rode a horse instead.

The target is not the army of the princes, nor the majority of Rong and Di, but just a caravan, and there is no need to strictly put on a guard of honor.It was also fortunate that the other party had a special status, otherwise, this kind of night attack would not be feasible at all, and it would be unjustifiable from the point of view of etiquette, and would be ridiculed by others if he won.

In the night, several Chinese people quietly approached the camp.

Because there is no shortage of cattle and sheep in Zhidi, and there are quite a lot of wild animals, the Chinese here have no shortage of meat, and very few people suffer from night blindness.The situation of the common people and slaves is worse. When marching, they need to light a torch. If there is no torch, they must hold the rope to prevent them from getting separated in the middle.

Based on this, after knowing the specific location of the caravan and knowing that they were staying in a mountain depression, Zhi Xuan boldly made a night attack plan.

Several Chinese people slowly approached the camp, moving quietly, never attracting the vigilance of the slaves.

There is a row of fences at the entrance of the col, which should be temporarily arranged and not very strong.The fire around which the slaves sat was not twenty paces from the fence.

The Chinese quickly leaned on both sides of the fence, looked at the specific location of the slaves, and found that they were all asleep. One of them continued to be vigilant, while the others quickly crossed the fence, each locked their targets, flew up, and turned around before the slave screamed. broke their necks.

To be ordered by the team leader to keep watch at night is naturally someone he can trust.Even as a slave, his hands were not less stained with the blood of innocent people.If not, they should be like other slaves. If they are not locked in a cage, they should be tied with a rope to prevent them from hurting people at night.

After finishing off the slaves who were keeping watch at night, the Chinese walked through the camp, their figures reflected on the tents, elongated by the flames.When sending a signal to the direction of the dense forest, like the god of death in the dark night, he waved his sickle and was about to harvest the sleeping caravan.

The team leader suddenly woke up from his dream, and the pungent smell of blood wafted from outside the tent, which made him suddenly feel that something was wrong.

Without thinking about putting on his clothes, the team leader grabbed the giant axe, opened the curtain and rushed out.Almost in an instant, the screams and flames came together.

The intuition of danger made him bend down quickly to avoid the two flying arrows.Before he could straighten up, the third arrow flew towards him, but the aim was a little off. It was three or four fists away from him, and it went straight through the tent, showing its strength.

Not far away, Zhi Xuan put down the crossbow embarrassingly, very satisfied with the finished product made by the craftsman, and secretly shook his head at his own hands-on ability.

When others use a bow, he uses a crossbow. Others aim at the forehead and almost hit him, but he aims at the chest without even scratching the skin.

With such a big goal, he thought that he would be able to achieve something, but the reality told him that good luck can't come anytime, and he should practice carefully after returning home, so as not to make a fool of himself on the real battlefield.

The leader avoided the arrows, but he couldn't avoid the encircling soldiers.

Because he is too tall, he is more than a head taller than others, and he looks like a giant humanoid beast when he swings an axe. Bows and arrows are useless, and long knives are useless. Soldiers and Chinese can only gather together and set up a long halberd deal with him.

These long halberds were not in the plan at all, but were repeatedly requested by the government order, not to put on all the ceremonial guards, and there must be no shortage of long halberd guards, Zhi Xuancai reluctantly brought them.

Unexpectedly, the helpless move became the key to defeating the enemy.

With mental calculations and unintentional calculations, coupled with the power of night attacks, the caravan guards were defeated one after another. Those who resisted were decapitated, and all those who survived knelt down and begged for mercy.

Needless to say, slaves, after all, there are only a few who are loyal to the leader, and those who wish to tear him apart are naturally impossible to work hard for him.Seeing that the guards were defeated, before Zhixuan sent someone over, they all tied themselves up on their own initiative, and squatted in a row, waiting to be taken prisoner.

In the camp, only the team leader is still stubbornly resisting.

His strength is really astonishing, seven or eight soldiers rushed up to do nothing.Fearing that his flank was injured, the team leader roared, forcibly grabbed a halberd, and swung it together with the stone ax in his left hand. His berserk appearance was comparable to that of an enraged brown bear.

During the battle, lightning exploded, thunder roared, and heavy rain poured down.

The rain blocked everyone's sight, but caused the leader to become even more ferocious.

Lightning struck down in the forest, the giant tree broke, and the flames burst out and quickly went out.

Realizing that the situation was dangerous, Zhi Xuan ordered the soldiers to retreat, and said loudly: "Retreat, put down the long halberd!"

Despite his doubts, the soldier obeyed the order, leveled his halberd, and began to retreat.

Lightning fell frequently, and two lightning bolts shot down vertically, one less than a hundred meters away from the mountain depression.

Seeing the soldiers retreating, the team leader thought that the opponent was timid, so he threw away the stone ax that was out of hand, grabbed a long knife that fell on the ground in the confusion, and rushed to Zhixuan's place roaring.

"My lord, be careful!" The guards immediately stepped forward.

"Leave him alone, step back, stay away from him!" Zhi Xuan said loudly.

The man on the opposite side held a halberd in one hand and a knife in the other, and raised the halberd as if he was dead. He was like a lightning rod that could run.

Seeing that the lightning was getting closer, but the soldiers wanted to rush up, Zhi Xuan said impatiently: "Don't go there, there will be thunder!"

Before the words were finished, a lightning bolt as thick as ten feet fell from the sky, along the long halberds and long knives raised high, enveloping the person who was roaring just a moment ago.

After the dazzling lightning, the berserk warrior disappeared, only a mass of pitch-black objects fell on the ground, life and death were unknown, and a human figure could still be vaguely seen.

There was a brief silence in the col, except for the wind, rain, thunder and lightning, no human voice was heard.

The soldiers looked at the black object on the ground, and at Zhi Xuan on the horse, their eyes were full of awe.

The members of the caravan who witnessed the scene just now were also full of horror, squatting on the ground obediently, their eyes staring like copper bells.

Zhi Xuan had no expression on his face. He remembered that not long ago, he was complaining about his luck from time to time.

The results of it?

God said it was impossible, and taught him to be a man to prove his innocence.