Xiaohu followed the direction that Li Darttou looked over, and saw a line of horseshoe prints coming out of the messy imprints here, all the way to the north-west.

"Big brother, I'll go with you!" Xiaohu took the reins of the horse handed to him by Cai Baocheng, and pulled the black beauty to follow Li Darttou over.

Li Darttou nodded, and looked carefully along the tracks of the horse's hooves with a somewhat heavy face. Standing on a high slope, I watched from a distance as the line of imprints gradually disappeared from view.

"Xiaohu, when you go back, you brothers have all your bows and arrows ready, no matter what this person wants to do, we will fight as horse thieves. If it is really a horse thief, you tell your brothers not to be as unsuccessful as last time. They are all demons who kill people without blinking, and if you kill one, you can save the lives of many innocent people, you know? Li Darttou said in a somewhat gloomy voice.

Xiaohu's heart tightened, they killed the wolf happily, because it was a beast, but if they really wanted to kill, they really hadn't killed yet. But he also knows that he can't be soft on the wicked, otherwise he will be cruel to himself. At the moment, he nodded fiercely and said, "Big brother, don't worry, if we really encounter horse thieves, we will definitely use our best ability to kill them, so that they will not return." ”

The two returned to the team, and everyone stood and listened to Li Dart's words: "Someone quietly came to investigate our situation last night, and at present, we have no distinction between friend and foe, but we all have to deal with it as the biggest enemy on the grassland - horse thieves.

All of us have weapons and are ready to fight. If you don't have weapons, be ready at all times, if we go to war. Hide yourselves, keep yourself safe, and don't let us be distracted by your lives.

Those who have martial arts, especially the brothers of the Wang family, must be ruthless. Don't be soft. If we die a horse thief, we will have an extra guarantee of life. In the end, Li Darttou asked loudly, "Do you understand?" ”

The crowd replied, "Yes!" ”

Leader Zhao disagreed, and said: "I don't think it's necessarily a horse thief, horse thieves on the grassland have always had a rule not to rob merchants who come to the grassland to trade." If they break this rule, even if we open up trade in the future. There is no way that there will be merchants coming over from their grasslands, they will become rats that everyone shouts and beats, and I don't think they can do such a stupid thing that kills themselves! ”

Li Darttou disagreed with his statement, and said: "Everything has accidents, I don't think we think it is!" It's the fact of last night. If last night's visitor was well-intentioned. You should greet us or let us know where we want to go when we leave.

But this man quietly followed us and quietly parted ways, clearly to inquire about our situation, and now he has gone to a certain place to report back. If the soldiers of our dynasty are left in a certain place, they should come forward and ask for help, rather than go away secretly.

That's why I'm going to take on the horse thief as my first priority. And if it is! We're ready. You won't be caught off guard. If not, we have nothing to lose by being prepared! Now, I just ask you for one thing. From now until the destination, don't take it lightly. Be careful! ”

Although Leader Zhao thinks that he is also a veteran on the road of business, he still lacks a lot of experience in the dart game of professional walking rivers and lakes, so he immediately clasped his fists and said: "Brother is confused, please forgive my brother!" ”

Li Dart replied: "Brother Zhao doesn't have to be like this. There's nothing wrong with saying what you think! Then he said to the people, "Now, I will arrange for everyone to do their part." Everyone listened carefully to their responsibilities.

The coachman and the retail merchants who came after him, you are only in charge of the goods. You are where the car is, and if necessary, cover yourself with the car to ensure your safety.

Xiaohu led one of them to take turns looking into the east, and once he found a horse team coming, he immediately reported it.

Dahong led one of them to take turns looking to the west, and once he found a horse team coming, he immediately reported it.

Xiangzi led one of them to take turns looking ahead, and if he noticed that a team of horses was stranded somewhere, he would report it immediately.

Laizi led one of them to take turns looking at the rear, and if he found a horse team galloping after him, he should report it immediately.

Brother Zhao, your manpower and mine's manpower are all prepared and ready to fight at any time. ”

The Xiaohu brothers took out their crossbows from the carriage, equipped them and ready to use them at any time. This crossbow is not the mini version of the little thing at the beginning, but a more sophisticated enlarged and lengthened version of Zuò made by Erya in the provincial capital, with a long range and strong shooting damage. This is because when they were fighting against the thugs, they were always ruthless, so Er Ya decided to improve the weapons so that they could have more protection.

He also took out an improved axe for combat use, which first lengthened the axe edge, then added a triangular blade head to the top, and again lengthened the handle. This allows them to fight both hand-to-hand and long-range stabs. This weapon, when it is not critical, they generally do not take it out. Usually, he still uses the original small axe, which makes everyone mistakenly think that it is just a tool for chopping wood on the road. And as soon as this guy came forward, he could immediately see that it was a weapon for fighting.

When Leader Zhao and his party saw their nondescript combat weapons, they all slapped their buttocks and stomped their feet with laughter, which made the originally tense and strict atmosphere suddenly relaxed. Leader Zhao was even more convinced that Xiaohu was a self-taught genius martial artist.

After laughing, everyone began to take their places, sticking to the task assigned to everyone by Li Darthead, and the long convoy slowly moved forward on the snow, leaving a winding path that had been crushed and trampled on the white snow.

After walking for a day, until the night when he set up camp and stayed overnight, no horse thief appeared. Some of the retail traders who came to the grassland for the first time began to relax.

Since they were always on guard, they didn't hunt hares, and the only meat they ate at night was a few wolf meat left over from last night.

Li Darttou, who stopped, became more vigilant and said to everyone: "Hurry up and get something to eat and drink, and go to bed early." If it was the horse thieves last night, then tonight we need to be prepared for a possible sneak attack while we are asleep. Or maybe they just want us to be in constant tension and not rest. We're tired of dragging us back, and we're going to attack again.

No matter what tricks they play, as long as we eat well, sleep well, and prepare, we will not be afraid of them! ”

As soon as everyone heard this, they all expressed their reasonableness. At the moment, he no longer prepared to barbecue or anything, just boiled snow water, soaked the buns brought out from the border city and hurriedly ate them, and then lay down on the goods of the carriage and fell asleep. In the first half of the night, only two people were left to watch, one to the left and the other to the right. It is about the end of the ugly hour and the beginning of the morning morning, which is the time when people sleep the deepest. The expected horse thieves finally came galloping in.

Buried in the ground, it is designed to detect the distant vibration of the brass drum, making a muffled buzzing sound. The dart master, who was standing next to him and watching left and right, shouted, "Hurry up! The horse thief is coming! ”

All of them. At the first time, they lifted the quilt with one hand and held a weapon in the other, and quickly jumped out of the circle surrounded by the carriage, using the carriage as a cover.

The four brothers of the Wang family pointed their crossbows at the horse team that was running. Seeing that they were close to a hundred meters away, Li Dart had no intention of slowing down, so he ordered the four Xiaohu brothers: "Shoot the horse's legs!" ”

When Leader Zhao heard this order, he was shocked. Is this Wang brother's archery accuracy so good? Can you see this kind of snow light? Is the one they're holding a crossbow? There are crossbows in the army, but they are not the same as them. Can they do this?

Just a few breaths when Leader Zhao muttered in his heart. The four brothers' four arrows were fired at the same time, and they didn't have to see the horse's legs clearly, as long as they were in a snow-white light. Just shoot at the shadows, and you don't have to think about it to know it's a horse's leg.

The two horses in the middle of the head planted their legs forward at the same time and then fell. The horse team did not stop because of this, but ran faster, and it was determined that it was a horse thief without proof. The four Xiaohu brothers didn't wait for Li Dart's order, and continued to release the arrows. This time, one man shot at the front leg of a horse, and four horses fell on the opposite side.

Leader Zhao didn't need to say a word more this time. I also know that these are horse thieves. I didn't dare to relax at the moment, and I clenched the handle of the knife nervously. Keep an eye on the front if a horse jumps over. He immediately cut people while the people on the horse were not yet seated.

This side is waiting for the battle, but the people who want to raid there are surprised. They didn't expect that these merchants had already prepared, and it seemed that this time they would not achieve their goals so smoothly.

Although they felt the difficulty in their hearts, they did not retreat, and at the same time no longer directly confronted the caravan, but circled around the caravan's carriage, took out the bows and arrows on their backs, and fired indiscriminately into the circle. Fortunately, everyone knows how to dodge, but they are not injured by arrows, only the horse is high, and the neighing of the horse is heard from time to time.

Although they are surrounded by horse thieves and can only passively bear the outside arrows, which seems to be unfavorable, in fact, it can better protect the safety of those who are not capable of fighting. The four Xiaohu brothers, however, were able to protect their own safety because of the block of the carriage, so that they could move in the direction of the horse thief's running, and shoot again when they saw it, but the hit rate was higher than that of the horse thief.

The horse thief's horses fell even more, and it was impossible to see how many horses there were, but now I could count more than twenty of them.

Li Dart looked at the horse thieves who still refused to retreat, gritted his teeth and said to Xiaohu: "Start shooting people now, don't care if they live or die!" ”

Little Tiger's hand trembled, but then he calmed down, and continued to follow the direction of the horse thief's running, shooting at the running horse's legs.

No one on the caravan side was injured, but the horses were pierced with arrows one after another, neighing, raising the horse's hooves again and again to run, and the horses were crowded and I squeezed around, and no one wanted to let anyone. Fortunately, when they were resting, they all got off the stake for the sake of good management of the horses, otherwise these horses would go berserk, and even if they were not killed by the arrows of the horse thieves, they would be trampled and kicked to death by these crazy horses.

The sky dawned early on the grassland, probably at the beginning of the ugly time, and the sky emitted a hazy light. The horses of the horse thieves have basically been abolished by the four brothers of the Wang family, only one, standing far away, the person sitting on the horse, did not shout, did not do anything, just sat quietly on the horse, looking silently in their direction! (To be continued)