Chapter 58: Horse Thief Leader
Ling Zhaoyan originally thought that this group of Yan soldiers would be angry and out of control after losing their command.
However, the imagined scenario did not materialize.
After Zhou Fei said that, the group of soldiers fell silent.
Although his expression was still a little flustered and angry, his emotions calmed down.
Ling Zhaoyan felt that it was very magical, and she really wanted to figure out what was going on.
So she found Zhou Fei and asked about the confusion in her heart.
Zhou Fei smiled and said, "It's very simple, they don't want to die. ”
"But you killed their captain. Ling Zhaoyan said: "The dragons have no leader, they should be chaotic." ”
Zhou Fei said: "Along the way, I'm afraid you haven't paid attention to this team." ”
Ling Zhaoyan: "This ...... Not really. ”
Zhou Fei said: "The gap between this team from the captain to the ordinary soldier is too deep. This captain often beats and scolds the soldiers, and I once heard by chance that this captain will use excuses to deduct money. Many soldiers were eaten by him, how can such a captain lead a team. ”
Ling Zhaoyan suddenly realized: "So you killed their captain, but instead helped them out of their breath?"
"That's right. Zhou Fei smiled: "Even if this captain breaks through with this group of soldiers, he will definitely use these soldiers as cannon fodder to attract the attention of horse thieves." And this group of soldiers will definitely not be willing to be cannon fodder, and the final result will be a defeat for both sides. I killed that person and changed the fate of this group of soldiers, so they wouldn't think of killing me. ”
Ling Zhaoyan thought for a moment and asked again, "But how can you be sure that they will listen to you?"
"They'll be obedient. Zhou Fei pretended to be mysterious and said.
Ling Zhaoyan was a little puzzled, so he turned his head to look at those Yan State cavalry.
As Zhou Fei said, after the initial anger and panic passed, these cavalry quieted down, docile like sheep.
"The human heart is so hard to fathom. Ling Zhaoyan sighed with such emotion, but he didn't continue to ask.
Zhou Fei wasn't going to explain the reason to her.
Because Ling Zhaoyan is a native of Yan after all, the real reason for saying it is afraid that it will hurt her patriotism.
Zhou Fei is still a very kind person.
Why did Zhou Fei dare to kill the captain, and these Yan soldiers would not rebel?
The reason is very simple, it is because they are from the Yan country.
Yan Kingdom, a country that is weak to the bone.
If it weren't for the Tang Dynasty, it would have been annexed by countries like Chu and Wei.
From the emperor to the common people, there are no bones, as long as the life can go on, it doesn't matter what else matters.
Ye Xin once tried to reverse this popular trend, but the emperor of the Yan Dynasty was quite jealous of him, and many of Ye Xin's suggestions were directly rejected.
Later, Ye Xin was also tired, and he was too lazy to give advice again, so he stayed in the Ding Sword Pavilion every day to study swordsmanship.
But even so, the emperor still did not give up his surveillance and the surveillance of Ding Jian Pavilion.
Even the Sword Saint gave up, so you can imagine how bad the folk customs of the Yan Kingdom were.
Therefore, these soldiers are just trying to make ends meet, and they don't have the spirit of seeing death at all.
If it was the army of the Tang Kingdom, Zhou Fei would definitely not do this.
Of course, the army of the Tang State could not do anything to abandon the people and escape alone.
That's why Zhou Fei can't say it.
It hurts the feelings of the Yan people too much.
......
Killing a cavalry captain is at most a stabilisation of the soldiers, which is not of great significance, because the five hundred horse thieves are still eyeing not far away, and they may attack at any time.
Zhou Fei also mastered some postures of marching and fighting, and at the same time, when he was in Dawei City, he also accepted the baptism in this regard, so after the cavalry captain was killed, he temporarily acted as the leader of the entire team.
He asked the farmer to erect sacks full of grain and grass to form a barrier wall, so that he could avoid the horse thief's bow and arrow.
After that, pull out the camp and set off.
Zhou Fei changed his course, to be exact, he was looking for a suitable place to fight a counterattack.
The horse thieves still followed them unhurriedly, without attacking.
On this day, Zhou Fei finally found a good place, so he asked the team to stop and began to lay out the defensive line.
"What can I do?" Ling Zhaoyan walked over and asked.
Zhou Fei said: "I have other arrangements for you, but it is not yet time." ”
Ling Zhaoyan frowned: "When will it be?"
Zhou Fei was about to speak, when the sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from afar, and it sounded like there were dozens of horses.
The two of them looked into the distance, and saw more than a dozen people riding big black horses and running towards the horse thieves group, and they joined the horse thieves group in about a cup of tea.
These newcomers each covered their faces with black cloths, wrapped their heads in black scarves, and wore black clothes.
All information that could identify them is obscured.
Moreover, Zhou Fei also noticed that the weapons that this group of people put on horseback were not the sabers that horse thieves were used to, but swords.
That's a bit weird.
If you want to hide your identity, why do you make a mistake in your weapon?
With the appearance of these more than ten horsemen, the atmosphere of the horse thief group has become more and more solemn, giving people the feeling that they are no longer ordinary horse thieves, but ...... Army!
The more than ten people who came were the commanders and commanders of the team.
Zhou Fei said: "Well, my arrangement for you is here. ”
Ling Zhaoyan said, "You want me to kill them?"
Zhou Fei said: "How? How sure are you?"
"I don't know for the time being. Ling Zhaoyan was very honest: "If it is a group attack, it is definitely not their opponent." But if it's a heads-up, I think I should have the strength to fight. ”
Zhou Fei said: "Don't worry, how can I let you face them alone." I'm with you in this battle. This group of people is obviously the leader of all the horse thieves, and if you kill them, the horse thieves will be in a panic, and then our chance to escape will come. ”
"Are you sure?" asked Ling Zhaoyan.
Zhou Fei took a breath: "Take a gamble." ”
After speaking, Zhou Fei walked up to the soldiers and farmers of the Yan Kingdom, and said loudly: "Everyone, I just received news that the reinforcements from the temple are already on their way, and they are about a day's journey away from us. And the horse thieves from afar will definitely attack us, so we will hold on for a day. Everyone should know the combat effectiveness of the temple, as long as we wait for them to come, we will be saved, understand?"
The panic that had been in place for many days was greatly alleviated after Zhou Fei said this.
The prestige of the Garan Temple for thousands of years makes people not doubt their strength at all, even if it is just the most ordinary person in the temple, it is also an incredible existence in the eyes of many people.
Some people even say that the great wilderness is the great wilderness of the temple.
The Seven Kingdoms are just the stewards of the temple planted in the Great Wilderness, and when the temple doesn't want these stewards, the Seven Kingdoms will no longer exist.