The wind is howling, the sound of the horse's hooves is approaching, and the surrounding traders silently pick up their weapons, running merchants in this northwest land, that is to run with their lives, in the face of horse thieves, really fight to the death, and may not suffer.

Iron hooves brought up snow mist, filling the sight, in the wind and snow, hundreds of horse thieves roared, before they got close, there was a wave of cavalry shooting, but the opponent's archery skills were obviously not enough to match their momentum, soybeans fell on the carriage blocking the periphery, it may also be that the other party did not mean to kill.

Robbing and killing people are two different things, living in this land, horse thieves make a living by robbing passing traders, but they are also worried that the traders will not go here, so unless there is a personal vendetta, they generally rob goods and do not kill.

The sound of galloping horses' hooves finally stopped, and a famous horse thief galloped back and forth around the chariot formation.

"In Xiayiyang Zhangzhong, when you first passed through your place, I don't know where you were reloaded?" Zhang Zhong slowly poked half of his head out from the back of the vehicle and looked at these people cautiously.

"Don't talk nonsense, the goods are left, and the people can go." The leader of the thieves was a tall man, eight feet tall, who sat on horseback in the iron tower, and a long scar was pulled down from the center of the opponent's eyebrows to the left, through the eyelids, all the way to the left side of the face, the wound was extremely hideous, adding a bit of evil to him.

"This leader, the rules are not like this, we are willing to spend some money to save our lives, these goods are our net worth, the head people want it, it's inevitable, right?" Seeing that the number of the other party was not much more than his own, Zhang Zhong had a little confidence in his heart, he might not lose if he really fought, but when he was out of the house, he wanted to be safe, and if he really did it, even if he won, it would be a miserable victory, not worth it.

"That was before, and now you can't even eat enough, who cares about you?" Scarface grinned.

"Afraid of what? Fight with them!? The middle-aged guard clenched the ring-headed knife in his hand, this is the treasure knife he bought at a high price, it is the standard equipment of the Han army that someone got from the battlefield, it is not cheap.

"Don't be impulsive." Zhang Zhong took a deep breath, got up slowly, looked at the scarred face, this person was obviously not good at stubble, and slowly saluted: "This headman, we are all living in the northwest, and we are all doing a little business, you have all the goods for us, and you can't do it, we are willing to give ten thousand dollars." ”

"Okay." Scarface looked at the people hiding behind the car formation, thought for a moment, and then nodded, "Take the money." ”

Zhang Zhong took a deep breath and looked at everyone: "Everyone, let's get together." ”

This kind of thing, definitely not out of a family, although 10,000 money is not too much, but it is not a small amount, here are a group of foot merchants, if 10,000 money is borne by one person, this trip, it is basically a loss.

They were all traders who had been walking here for a long time, and everyone understood this truth, so they nodded silently, each took out some of the coins on their bodies, put them in a wooden box, and finally was carried out of the car formation by two guards.

"Even if they do, they won't let us go." Cheng Yuan stood with his chest crossed, still with that indifferent expression, and even a little boring.

"Alas~" Zhang Zhong glanced at the young man, sighed, did not speak, motioned to the guards to carry the box out, put it in the snow, and said loudly: "This leader, the coins are ready, please let the head go." ”

The thief stepped forward and took the box away.

"Alright, you can go." The horse thief didn't count the money, he directly sent a human, waved his hand, and the horse thieves around him retreated slightly, but they didn't leave, and even copied their bows and arrows in their hands.

Zhang Zhong is not a fool, he still had a glimmer of hope when the young man said it before, but now this battle is obviously said by this young man again.

"Let's go." The bandit leader picked his chin and smiled a little rageously.

"Chief, isn't that inappropriate?" Zhang Zhong gritted his teeth and said.

"I can't use this money, I changed my mind, hand over all the food you carried, and let you go!" Bandit Leader.

"Something interesting." Cheng Yuan sat in the carriage, with a somewhat interested expression on his face, looking at the bandit leader and not afraid, he just smiled: "There is no food, the next road is not easy to walk, this weather, even if you leave, I can't go to Yunwu, the food is gone, I'm afraid I will have to starve to death here tonight, you only need to tail the line, you can take away all these finances without blood, the horse thieves here are doing this?" ”

"Who are you?" When the scar man heard this, he looked at the young man with a fierce glint in his eyes.

The horse thieves all around pointed their bows and arrows at the boy.

"Passers-by, everybody continue." The young man jumped down from the carriage and hid behind the carriage, the expression on his face was always this indifferent look except after the beginning: "But you may be able to save trouble like this, but you are not smart enough, if it is me, collect the money and leave, and then set the rules, in the future, the passing traders, hand over some goods and let them go, use these goods to recruit troops and horses, and then annex other bandits, in a few years, this area is your territory, at least thousands of people and horses, to and fro merchants, all offer a hundred percent of goods, although not much at a time, But you can go a long way, and if you do this, you will only make everyone choose to take a detour. ”

"The little doll has some insight." Scarface narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the young man.

"I can't talk about knowledge, but I see that you are not like ordinary horse thieves, and this is the first time to do such a robbery." The young man looked at each other, his tone calm and unwavering, as if he was just stating a fact.

"How do you know?" Scarface's eyes flashed with murderous intent and said coldly.

"Although I have never seen an ordinary horse thief, but if you can advance and retreat like you, there is no need to be a horse thief, and Your Excellency seems to be quite familiar with the method of riding and fighting, when you surrounded it before, the riding formation seemed to be chaotic, but it has changed at least three times, that is to guard against this side and crossbows, right?" The boy laughed.

"Insightful, yes, we are the Han army, if it is freezing today, there is a shortage of food in the army, and we are specially ordered to be bandits to rob the road here." Scarface sneered.

"If it were the Han army, we wouldn't be able to talk to you at this moment." The boy shook his head.

"Oh? Why? Scarface stared at the young man, but the young man turned his whole body behind the carriage and glanced at Zhang Zhong and the others.

Zhang Zhong understood, quickly took people to hide behind the car, and showed their weapons.

Scarface rode his horse around the formation and asked, "Why don't you say it?" ”

"Not to mention the strong crossbow of the Han army, just say that in the batch of armaments sent to Xiliang by the Han army three months ago, the bow and arrow are composite, with a range of two hundred and forty steps, within fifty steps, it can shoot through the chain mail, and within a hundred steps, it can shoot through the bamboo armor, and your bow and arrow, when the arrow was shot at about fifty steps before, but it can't even shoot through the car board, don't say that the latest strong bow of the Han army, that is, the bow and crossbow of the Han army ten years ago are not so weak, and you are proficient in the military formation, but the equipment is so unbearable, it should be the Wei army that has not escaped and has not been captured, right?" The teenager asked, hiding behind the car.

"Little doll, you're forcing me to wait and speak." Scarface's eyes were full of fierce light, and he said.

"I don't say, you're not prepared for everyone to live." The young man calmly greeted everyone with a dissatisfied gaze, and his tone was still indifferent: "We stop here now, although we will be frozen, but you are also frozen, now everyone has spoken, that is to die, these people have no luck, you have two choices, give up the war horse and rush in, and fight with us, the other one, you can choose to cruise around and wait with me, the situation is unknown, we dare not move, you can trap us here, how will you choose?" ”

Scarface snorted coldly, led the person around the frame for a moment, suddenly let out a whistling, turned around and whipped the horse, and whistled away.

"The surname is Cheng, what do you mean?" After the men left, several of the guards stood up and looked at the boy with unkind expressions.

"They only have these two choices, I say, at least for the time being, to save your lives, otherwise, you really want to fight them?" The boy stood up, patted the snow off his body, looked at the other party and asked rhetorically.

"Brother Cheng, how do you know they will choose the second one?" Zhang Zhong got up and looked at the young man with a frown.

"If you do it immediately, it will cost you a lot of people, it will take some time, and you can drag these people to death without spending a single soldier, how will you choose?" The young man asked rhetorically.

"This ......" Zhang Zhong thought about it, and his words were probably the second one.

The middle-aged guard on the side said angrily: "Who knows if he will be ruthless and kill him at any cost?" ”

"If I hadn't said it, he would, but if I did, he wouldn't." The young man glanced at the middle-aged guard and said: "He is a soldier, some things, better than you, at the beginning, his subordinates may not be clear, so if he gives the order, he will definitely attack in, but now I have made things clear, if he is still like this, he just does not take the lives of his subordinates as his life, it is difficult for the remnants of the Wei army to survive here, if the internal people are scattered, this soldier is not easy to bring, the hearts of the people are scattered, if we kill in, we will have a greater chance of survival." ”

"Brother Cheng......" Zhang Zhong looked at the other party's indifferent expression, even if he was facing everyone's doubts at the moment, he still explained his thoughts unhurriedly, and his emotions did not seem to be affected by everyone at all, don't underestimate this, Zhang Zhong has been traveling from south to north for many years, but if he is really surrounded by unkind inquiries, he will be flustered, but this young man ...... It doesn't seem to be flustered at all, just stating the facts, and it's only a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, which is a bit scary.

"Who are you?" Zhang Zhong suddenly understood a little at this moment, and he was afraid that his previous cleverness had not been hidden from him.

"Passers-by." The young man replied lightly: "Now the thief is gone temporarily, but I wait for the crisis to be resolved, so let's think about how to get through this level first." ”

"That's right, Brother Cheng thinks, what should we do?" Zhang Zhong looked at the young man, and the others also looked at the young man, and unconsciously, although the young man didn't do anything, just said a few words, he had already won the trust of everyone.

"Set up camp first." The boy got up and looked around.