The sound of the trumpet came from the caravan guards who were on guard on the outskirts of the camp.

The moonlight was bright tonight, and the ground around the camp was flat, so the enemy was spotted by alert guards as soon as they appeared.

The sound of this horn was the highest order, and there was no need for Huoxiong, the leader of the merchant group, to give orders, and the soldiers in the camp immediately began to act in an orderly manner, and the atmosphere was tense but not panicked at all.

The waterproof felt cloth was lifted, and heavy crossbows were carried down from the trucks, and the fierce warriors raised their large shields and quickly relied on the convoy to lay down a tight defensive formation.

No matter which direction the enemy rushes from, they will be hit head-on.

There were even handymen in the camp who began to assemble small catapults!

"Your Excellency!"

A ranger sentry hurried over on horseback and reported to Huoxiong: "There are hundreds of horsemen coming from the southeast, and they are approaching our camp, they have no banners and greetings, they should be a large bandit group!"

Huoxiong's eyes changed again.

At nightfall, in the deserted steppe, the sudden appearance and approach of an unknown armed force was absolutely full of malice.

If the banner is not raised, then nine out of ten may be a bandit group!

The problem is that the people of the bandit group are not blind, it is impossible not to see the scale of the Huoluan merchant group, and if they dare to make such a move, they must have extraordinary strength.

In the harsh wilderness, the criminals and bandits who have no self-knowledge have long since died!

The hundreds of horsemen are probably just the vanguard of a large bandit group!

Huo Xiong ordered in a deep voice: "Prepare for battle!"

The atmosphere in the camp instantly became tense, and even the miscellaneous servants raised their bows and crossbows.

In a large merchant group like Huoluan, there are basically no old, weak, sick and disabled, even the most ordinary miscellaneous servants have the strength of low-level warriors, and dare to fight to the death with bandits.

In the wilderness, caravans are attacked by criminals and bandits, often as a result of non-stop death.

Even if one side surrenders, it will be slaughtered.

If you want to survive, you can only fight!

At this time, the enemy cavalry rushing towards the merchant group under the cover of night was only a few hundred paces away from the camp.

Seeing that they were about to break into the range of the heavy crossbow, all they heard was a loud whistle, and the enemy rider came in a big loop and rushed in the other direction.

From a distance, it looks like a black dragon playing a drift corner outside the camp!

Seeing this scene, Huo Xiong shouted: "Don't attack without my order!"

He traveled north and south with the merchant group, and he was very familiar with some of the tactics often played by horse thieves.

At a glance, it can be seen that the enemy cavalry is using this feint to lure their own attack, consuming the arrows on this side and testing the firepower at the same time, so that they can find loopholes and opportunities.

If the guards in the merchant group can't hold their breath, they will be tempted out at once.

However, this horse thief group obviously chose the wrong opponent, the Huoluan merchant group is not an ordinary merchant group, the guard warriors and knights are all well-trained, and they are not afraid to face the enemy, and none of them have been hit.

Hundreds of enemy riders tried back and forth on the edge of the crossbow range several times, but all in vain.

The Huoluan Merchant Group was far more calm than they had imagined.

In the end, several enemy horsemen lost their breath, and suddenly broke away from the group and rushed straight towards the camp.

"Shoot!"

This time Huo Xiong was not polite, and with his order, twenty or thirty heavy crossbows fired crossbow arrows with cold light at the same time, and roared towards the attacking enemy horsemen.

The heavy crossbow carried by the Huoluan Merchant Regiment is not an ordinary commodity, and it requires the cooperation of two warriors to wind it, which is quite amazing in terms of range and lethality.

The enemy cavalry didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, and it happened to be stuck outside the effective range of the heavy crossbow, which made the merchant group cry out in vain.

Now the situation is different.

However, the unexpected happened.

Seeing the crossbow arrows burst out, the seemingly reckless and impulsive enemy horsemen seemed to have the ability of an unpredictable prophet, and in an instant, they scattered left and right, and reunited with their own team in the blink of an eye.

The crossbow arrows fired by the merchant group all missed, and no results were achieved.

Even more infuriating, the horse thieves let out loud mocking laughter and brandished their weapons at this side.

Huo Xiong's face sank like water, and he didn't speak.

What a character he is, he has long passed the age of being hot-blooded and brainless, and the profundity of the city is beyond the reach of people.

They will not be easily provoked by these horse thieves and make unwise decisions.

Although it was a bit faceless just now, so what?

Seeing that the merchant group was as stable as Mount Tai, no matter how mocking and teasing it was, the horse thieves were suddenly bored.

They retreated to the sound of whistles and quickly disappeared into the night.

And that's the end of it?

The guards in the camp looked at each other, feeling that the battle was too anticlimactic.

They were all ready for a bloody battle, but the opponent slipped away without scratching the skin.

There is not the slightest hint of the ferocious spirit of a wild horse thief.

This also caused a hint of contempt and contempt for these horse thieves.

What the hell!

But Huo Xiong clearly thinks differently.

He first ordered the merchant group to be strictly guarded, then personally arranged the rangers on the periphery, and finally asked everyone to strengthen the defense of the camp.

"Uncle Xiong. ”

Huo Tong asked curiously, "Aren't we going to leave early tomorrow morning?"

Huoxiong's posture was clearly to guard to the death here, and there was no sign of pulling out the camp and leaving the next day.

"Yes. ”

Huoxiong replied in a deep voice, "I suspect that they are Tempest Bandits, and if I am not mistaken, then we will not be able to leave tomorrow if we want to!"

Tempest Bandit!

Hearing this name, the faces of the surrounding knights changed.

The Tempest Thieves are a newly rising group of horse thieves, with thousands of members and hundreds of main horses!

It is said that the Tempest Bandits, originally a cavalry unit under the garrison of the Thousand Islands, rebelled against the unfairly treated and made a living by plundering caravans and caravans to and from the Thousand Islands.

The leader of the Wind Thieves is called the Wind Knife, and he has the cultivation of a high-ranking totem warrior, and the knights and horse thieves under his command are also very strong, plus they are well-trained and cooperate tacitly, so they have become a scourge for the merchants to talk about.

The Huoluan Merchant Group had not had any contact with the Tempest Thieves before.

This time it was a collision.

And Huoxiong suspected that the other party was prepared, and he had already set his eyes on him.

So the temptation just now is just the beginning of a test of life and death!

In the end, he said to Gao Jing: "Your Excellency Gao Jing, this matter has nothing to do with you, you can afford to leave now, and tomorrow, the situation will be difficult to say." ”