Chapter 410: Gray Wolf Hunting
After staring at Sun Tu for a long time, a trace of bitterness slowly grew on Feng Ping's face: "Three years ago, I had fifty-seven brothers, and at that time, it was the same as today, and my brothers escorted a caravan to the Xia Kingdom. As a result, on this Gobi, they encountered a surprise attack by a group of fierce horse bandits......"
Speaking of this, it seemed to arouse the fear and hatred in his heart, and the muscles on Feng Ping's face trembled rapidly, and the scar was a little distorted: "I thought that with the brothers under my hands, unless they ran into the Liaoxia official army, the general bandits would not be a threat at all." But the result of that battle...... All fifty-seven brothers were killed, and not a single one of the caravan survived. I was the only one who was stabbed in the face and arrowed in the heart, and even the bandits thought I was dead, but I survived. I'm probably the only one who has survived the Gray Wolf's knife in all these years. With that, he suddenly unbuttoned his upper body and exposed his body.
It was Sun Tu, after seeing the scars all over his body, especially the shocking arrow wound in his heart, his expression also changed. This arrow is aimed at the heart, and ordinary people are afraid that they would have died a long time ago, but Feng Ping in front of him is still alive and kicking, compared to it, this scar on his face is nothing.
After a while, Sun Tucai said: "You should have been born with an alien body, and your heart was born to the right to escape this catastrophe, right?" β
Feng Ping was slightly stunned, and then nodded: "Brother Sun is really well-informed, I am indeed different from others, so I was not killed by the gray wolf gang." But after that battle, I am no longer the fearless and quick sword I used to be, at least in the face of them, I dare not say that I am sure of victory, not even self-preservation. Now my brothers are not as good as they were at the beginning, if they are really targeted by the gray wolf this time, I am afraid they will ......"
The other party said it, and Sun Tu was also calm, at least he didn't have to worry that this person was the horse thief's internal response in the team. However, he still didn't believe that the horse thieves could be strong enough to do what he said, if this was the case, they would be willing to wander around the Gobi all the time, and they should have gone to Liaoxia and other countries to get more benefits.
After a moment of silence, Sun Tu said with a straight face: "Since you have fought with them, you should know some of their details, they are really so strong?" Kill your brother and others without effort? Didn't even damage yourself? β
"Of course not, in fact, the ferocity of the gray wolves is secondary, and their cunning is the most terrifying. There were actually several reasons why we were wiped out that day, one was that they were caught off guard, the second was that there were more than 200 people in the gray wolf group, which was several times that of my brothers, and the third was that many people in our team lost the strength to resist at that time, and they were all poison......ed somehow."
Because of the fear of the gray wolf, Feng Ping has not carefully recalled the specific details of the day in the past three years, and today he was asked by Sun Tu like this, and he said some key points. After hearing this, Sun Tu frowned slightly, as far as the current situation is concerned, the first two of the three unfavorable factors three years ago are no longer a problem, and now everyone has taken precautions, and in terms of the number of people and horses, in fact, this caravan is not much less than the horse bandits-since those merchants dare to run thousands of miles to sell horses, how can they be powerless, they are really desperate, they also have the strength to fight. And as long as he commands properly, these more than 100 people can still be worth hundreds of people.
Now the most important thing is the last point - poisoning! How did those horse bandits do or know this, as far as Sun Tu thinks, this should be what the gray wolf is doing in the dark. Did they suddenly poison the caravan while it was slackening, or did they use some other means? For example, there is an inside line of the gray wolf in this team.
The last point is the most fatal, if there are really horse bandits in the team, the situation of the big guy is really dangerous. This is not only reflected in the possibility of being plotted, but also in this way, the team will be suspicious of each other and unable to unite as one. The real danger is if there is internal division in the presence of an external enemy.
So he quickly made the crucial point: "Since you survived that day, have you checked if there are any missing people in that caravan?" β
Feng Ping was only stunned for a moment before he understood what Sun Tu meant, and quickly shook his head: "After I woke up that day, I also wanted to save a few people, but a team of hundreds of people died there, and none of them were missing. So there can be no gray wolf accomplices in the team. β
Sun Tu nodded, this is actually easy to understand, after all, it is not easy for one or two people to poison most of the people. In this way, it is easy to guess the method of the horse bandits: "Did you find living water before the attack?" Where you were attacked to get water? β
"This ......" Feng Ping lowered his head and recalled for a while, he really couldn't remember such details three years ago, but after all, this accident changed his life, so after thinking about it for a while, he finally remembered: "Yes, I remember that the day before we just filled a guillotine river with water, and the next night we were attacked by a gray wolf......"
"The problem is in the water." Sun Tu asserted: "Obviously, this horse bandit has long been familiar with the terrain and water sources in the Gobi, as long as they find the traces of the caravan, they can guess your route and drop poison on the water source they must pass through one step earlier." Then, when you drink the poisonous water, they will be able to reap it easily. This gives the impression that they are invincible and powerful. In fact, after all, the gray wolf is just an ordinary horse bandit! β
Feng Ping's face changed several times, although what Sun Tu said was just speculation, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that what he said was very reasonable. At that time, he was defeated by the leader of the horse bandits, and it was because of his sudden exhaustion, and then someone shot him in the heart with a cold arrow from the side, and he almost died at their hands. If they are so powerful that they can kill themselves at will, why do they play so many tricks?
In addition, Feng Ping also somewhat understood the reason why the gray wolf had never had a living mouth, because they were worried that their little tricks would be discovered. As long as their means of poisoning the water source are broken, the threat of the gray wolf will naturally be reduced by half, and the caravan will no longer be powerless to fight back.
At the same time, he also sensed that Sun Tu seemed to have some plans: "Brother Sun, what do you mean?" β
"Now that we know what they do, and we know that they're spying on us from the sidelines, and we can even know when they will do it, it's a completely different story." Sun Tu narrowed his eyes: "Only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days." It's not easy to walk here, and we can't afford to put too much effort into guarding against this bandit, so it's better to solve this trouble before we hit the road. β
After a pause, he asked again: "Brother Feng's familiarity with the Gobi, how far do you think we are from the nearest water source?" β
"This ...... If you follow the normal itinerary, you will be able to reach a small lake tonight and tomorrow morning. β
"Then we can even calculate when the horse bandits will launch a sneak attack on us, whether they are calculated or not, no matter how powerful they are, they will not be our opponents!" Sun Tu said confidently: "Brother Feng, are you willing to kill this with me, so as to avenge your dead brothers?" β
Feng Ping changed color again for a while, but finally gritted his teeth: "Okay, as you said, this time we will have a good fight with the gray wolf to pay tribute to the souls of those brothers who were killed three years ago!" But after he said that, he said vaguely, "But the others ......," and his brother said that the other merchants might not have the courage and determination to do so.
Sun Tu smiled: "Is there any better way to protect yourself than to give it a go?" I'm sure they know how to make trade-offs. Besides, as long as they follow my arrangement, they may not be in much danger......" As he spoke, he turned and walked towards the camp, which was to speak directly to the people.
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In the dark and chilly Gobi, two figures were running fast, they were not riding horses, but they were still extremely fast, and there was not much movement. However, when they came to a weathered cliff, they were quickly surrounded: "Gray wolf howling moon-"
"Blood is empty!" After saying the incision, a few people on the side flashed out of the road, and then asked with a smile: "How is it, are those fat sheep tricked?" β
"Of course, everything is in the plan of the big boss, they are camping by the lake today, and we have even seen them take water from the lake and boil it......" The two also replied with a smile, but there was a hint of murderous intent in this smile.
Hearing this conversation, a man leaning against the mountain wall to recuperate also suddenly opened his eyes, the man's eyes were gloomy, really like a fierce and cunning wolf, and then he hoarsely said in his throat: "Then we should act, the next night will come, it will be their end!" β
These words immediately drew a burst of excited laughter from the surrounding accomplices, and everyone showed greedy and bloodthirsty looks. These guys can get together because of these qualities, they haven't made a move for a few months, and this time they naturally have to have a good time.
But the next day, after dark, someone brought the slightly surprising news that the caravan had not continued on its way tonight, as they had predicted, but had taken up camp on the shores of Lake Nachama.
How so? Everyone was a little strange, for these caravans, every day was quite precious, so that they could get out of the Gobi as soon as possible and reach the Xia Kingdom faster. But this time, they actually stayed on the Gobi, why is this?
Could it be that the other party sensed some danger?
For a while, everyone's eyes fell on their own leader, waiting for him to make a judgment and decision!
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