Volume 5 The General Trend of the World Chapter 17 Saving People
Adou walked out of the darkness and drew the sword in his hand at the same time. []
"Huh...... Hahahaha! The horse thief was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.
"Who should I be, it's a doll! Those with fine skin and tender meat, that is, there are people like you among the Han people! You must be a Han Chinese......" said the leader of the horse thieves.
These horse thieves in Liangzhou include Han people, Qiang people, Xiongnu people, and Xianbei people, but they have a common characteristic, that is, they have already abandoned their own nation, and in their eyes, there are only prey and hunters, and there is no distinction between ethnic groups.
Several horse thieves raised their torches forward, and only then did the other horse thieves see Adou's face clearly.
"The boss is really good eyesight, you can see clearly that this is a Han man from so far away."
"Boss, look at his appearance, with fine skin and tender meat, maybe it's the son-in-law of which family." A horse thief next to him spoke.
"I look like it!" The leader of the horse thieves nodded. head, and then said: "A few of you, go up and arrest him for me, remember to catch him alive, if this kid is really the son-in-law of which family, we can also ask for a ransom!" β
On the other side, Adou listened to the conversation of several horse thieves and knew that these horse thieves regarded themselves as easy targets for bullying. But this is just right, the more the horse thief underestimates the enemy, the better it is for himself.
Adou shook the sword in his hand lightly and danced. A very beautiful sword flower was produced. However, how can the horse thief on the other side know so much, and this sword flower is naturally classified as that kind of flashy thing by the horse thief.
"Boy, it's useless to dance the sword alone, that's not real kung fu, tell you, this can kill people is real kung fu! Today, Lao Tzu will let you see the real kung fu! A bearded man said, carrying the Pu knife in his hand and rushing forward.
"Old Five, be careful, don't kill him, we still have to take the kid for redemption. Kim ......"
"Boss, I know, don't worry, I have a measured hand, at most, I will fight. Break a few of his bones, and nothing will kill him! The big man with a beard on his face smirked and rushed towards Adou.
"Bang!" At a distance from Adou. Three or four feet away, the bearded man seemed to have been mixed with something on the way to charge, and suddenly a dog ate and pounced on the ground.
"Hahaha......" The horse thieves behind laughed out loud.
"Old Five, look at your bear-like appearance, you have tripped up!"
"Fifth brother, this fall is strong enough...... Hahahaha......"
"Fifth brother, be careful when you walk, others didn't catch it, but you fell to your death!"
The horse thief gloated and laughed at the big man who fell, and there was a hint of mockery in his laughter, but more of it was full of kindness.
"Fifth brother, you won't really fall to your death, get up!"
"Yes, Old Five, don't pretend to be dead, hurry up."
"Are you embarrassed by our laughter......"
The horse thief laughed for a moment and began to shout to the old five, but he was still lying on the ground, not moving.
The leader of the horse thieves sensed a little that something was wrong, and shouted: "Old Five, don't make trouble, get up!" β
The fifth child still didn't make any movement, and the leader of the horse thieves frowned slightly, and said to his side: "The fifth child won't be fainted, you two, go over and take a look." β
The two horse thieves immediately stepped forward and patted the fifth child's body gently, but now the fifth child did not move at all. The two immediately reversed the body of the fifth child, and now the fifth child's eyes were closed.
"Heh, Wugong really fainted." One of them said, habitually began to pat the fifth child's chest, and at the same time opened his mouth to call: "Fifth brother, wake up!" β
"Hey, how wet is it!" The horse thief slapped Lao Wu's chest, only to feel a wet piece on it, and the slightly warm liquid took up the horse thief's hand.
"Ah, it's blood!" The thief suddenly screamed, and then immediately reached out to the fifth child's nose.
"Fifth brother is dead!" The horse thief suddenly shouted.
"What, the fifth is dead! It won't really make me right, right, did he really fall to his death? β
"It can't be such a coincidence......"
Just when the horse thieves were still surprised by the death of their companions, Adou on the other side suddenly moved.
"Whoosh......" The black cold night sword pierced through the sky and ran directly towards the horse thief closest to Adou, the horse thief was slightly stunned, and then his instinctive reaction was to raise his knife to resist.
"Flutter ......" Adou's sword stabbed into the opponent's throat very simply.
Adou's body did not pause, and rushed directly to the next target.
Foot combat is a strong point for Adou, but the horse thief on the opposite side is not proficient in foot combat. I saw the cold night sword in Adou's hand flying up and down, and with this bleak night, it added a strange atmosphere.
There are many people on the opposite side, but there are few with high martial arts, and for Adou, the best choice is to fight, so Adou is the first to attack the few horse thieves with bandages on their bodies.
These people have already been injured, some of them are not lightly injured, and their reaction is naturally not as good as that of those who are not injured, and some of them have broken arms and legs, and their mobility is very inconvenient. At this time, under the cover of the night, the sound of the cold night sword breaking through the air became a note.
"......" A tearing sound of flesh and skin was heard, followed by a spurt of blood, and under the moonlight, it had a charming color like ruby. Then the blood turned into a parabola and fell to the ground, dotting the deep green blades of grass in mid-autumn with a terrifying red. The hot drop of blood collided with the dew on the blade of grass, and immediately scattered in all directions, slowly merging with the dew droplets in the air, lingering, and finally falling to the ground, gradually seeping into the dirt.
In the blink of an eye, several corpses of horse thieves fell, and at this time, the leader of the horse thieves had just reacted.
"Give it all to me, kill him!" The leader of the horse thieves shouted, and the surrounding horse thieves also came to their senses, and everyone split and rushed forward, trying to surround Adou in the middle.
The dazzling golden light of "Whoosh ......" pierced the night sky, and thin golden needles slid into the air, and then the horse thieves who rushed to the front fell to the ground.
"What's that?" The horse thief behind saw a flash of golden light, and the people in front of him fell down several times, habitually stopping their tracks.
"Is it sorcery?" In the darkness, the horse thieves couldn't distinguish the hibiscus golden needle at all, they only thought it was witchcraft.
"Don't worry about those, there are so many of us, I'm afraid that he won't succeed, go up and kill him!" The leader of the horse thieves then shouted.
These horse thieves are extremely vicious people, usually have long been accustomed to the life of putting their heads on the waistband of their trousers, a group of outlaws, the last thing they are afraid of is death, hearing the shouts of the leader, the horse thieves swarm again.
Adou knocked out the remaining few hibiscus golden needles in his hand, put down a few horse thieves, and then retreated slightly, and after a few dodges, he slowly sank into the grass, and then bowed to one of them, and disappeared.
"What about people?" The horse thieves rushed up, and now there was no trace of Adou in the grass, and one of them poked the grass a few times with the long knife in his hand, but it was still in vain.
"Where did the people go?" The horse thieves kept shining around with torches, and under the range of the firelight, there were patches of grass and trees, and there was no half a figure at all.
"Why are people gone? Can't you burrow into the ground? What a hell of a life! β
"Let's go, go back first, and see if the brothers are still alive!" When the leader saw that he couldn't find Adou, he immediately turned around and went back.
"Hey, boss, look!" A horse thief next to him pointed to the trees that tied people up next to the fire in the distance, and saw that the surviving Di man just now was gone.
"Whoosh......" A slight wind sounded and then a cry came from behind.
"Oops......" The horse thief who walked at the back screamed, but half a sharp stone had already been infiltrated into the skull.
"Alert!" The leader of the horse thieves shouted, and at the same time, another stone pierced the night sky and flew in a whistling manner, knocking one of the horse thieves to the ground.
"Everyone, be careful!" The leader of the horse thieves immediately shouted, and at the same time snatched the leather shield from the hand of one of the people next to him, and protected his head.
At this time, the leader of the horse thieves knew that he had kicked the iron plate this time, and the young man who looked like a rich boy and did no harm turned out to be a demon king who killed people without blinking, and what surprised the leader of the horse thieves even more was that this demon king was also proficient in the art of assassins.
The leader of the horse thieves knew that Adou was hiding around here, but under the cover of the night, he couldn't determine the location of the other party at all.
"Extinguish the torch!" The leader of the horse thieves was also a wise man, and knew that in this night, the enemy was hiding in the dark, and his own group held torches one by one, which was to set up a live target.
The thieves quickly extinguished the torches, and the surroundings were plunged into darkness.
"Don't make a sound!" The leader of the horse thieves whispered, and the horse thieves around him suddenly quieted down, looking around vigilantly, and they didn't even dare to breathe. At this time, only the "crackling" sound of firewood burning in the distance can be heard.
"This horse thief is not bad, the response is very timely, if you join the army, maybe you can mix up an official and a half-job, but now that you are a horse thief, it's a pity...... But since you're a horse thief, no wonder me! The stone in Adou's hand flew out again, and another horse thief fell.
The leader of the horse thieves didn't expect that Ah Dou Ye could see things. Practicing martial arts to such a realm as Adou, you can easily adjust the situation of some organs in the body, which naturally includes the pupils, so the average master can see things clearly at night.
"Whoosh...... another pebble flew in, once again concentrating exactly one of the robbers.
"No, if the first hit can be considered luck, but two hits in a row, it's too strange, can the other side see us? How is this possible! Could it be that there is a flaw on our side? This thought flashed through the mind of the leader of the horse thieves, who involuntarily lowered the leather shield in his hand, revealed a pair of eyes, and began to look around in large numbers.
"Whoosh...... a stone flew and hit the leader of the horse thieves in the left eye and pierced him directly into the head.
"He can really see us...... "The leader of the horse thieves "poofed" and fell.
"Boss!"
"The boss is dead!"
The horse thieves were suddenly in a state of stupor.
"The boss is dead, what should I do?" One of them asked.
If the boss died, someone would have jumped out to be the boss, after all, being the boss means that you can eat the most delicious roast lamb, you can drink the best wine, and you can be the first to enjoy the snatched woman.
But at this time, there is Adou, the god of death, outside, who is watching this gang of horse thieves, and being the boss means that he has to bear this responsibility, and he is likely to be the next target to be attacked, so the position of this boss has become a hot potato, and no one wants to stand up at this time.
For a moment, everyone fell silent, and everyone quickly fell into a depressing atmosphere.
"I'm gone!" A horse thief finally couldn't stand the oppression, and ran out of the crowd, without knowing the direction, and quickly disappeared into the grass.
"I'm not doing it anymore!" Seconds later, another person rushed out. Immediately after that, the third, fourth......
Suddenly, the horse thieves who had been gathered together ran away in all directions like flies on their brows.
Seeing this scene, Adou laughed helplessly, so many people scattered and fled, and he was only one person, so it was difficult to catch up at all.
"Forget it, don't chase it, let's go see how that guy is doing......"
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Adou looked at the young man in front of him and sighed slightly. The young man was covered with scars, and the place where the rope was tied was bruised, and the bones of his left arm were broken. However, this guy is also a tough guy, he gritted his teeth with one finger and endured it, but did not scream.
Adou saw a few pieces of thicker wood, sharpened the edges and corners, and helped the guy fix the wound. Then he took some wound medicine and helped the guy on the wound.
"Thank you for the rescue!" After the guy's arm was fixed, the pain gradually became less intense, and he didn't have to grit his teeth to endure it, so he had the strength to talk to Adou.
"You're a Diren! What is your name? Adou asked.
"Benefactor, my name is Dorey." The young man replied.
"Dorey, Eh...... Do you know that there is a great chief among your enemies called Pu Lin? β
"Lord Pulin? Of course I know, he is the wise man of our Di people, and I heard that even the great king will listen to him! DorΓ© replied.
Hearing the news that Dorey knew about Pu Lin, Adou breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that this young man was not saved in vain.
"Dorey, can you take me to Pu Lin?" Adou then asked.
"Okay!" Dorey agreed, but then Dore showed a hesitant expression on his face.
"What's the matter, Dorey, are you having trouble?"
"Benefactor, Lord Pu Lin lives near the royal department, and the royal department is far away from here, I haven't been there, and I don't know where the royal department is." Dorey said with some embarrassment.
Listening to Dolei's words, Adou was also slightly deflated, but Dolei quickly changed his words and said: "Benefactor, although I don't know where the Wang Department is, but the old village chief in our village knows that he has been to the Wang Department several times before, why don't you go back to the village with me to find the village chief?" β
Adou nodded, during the Three Kingdoms period, there were not as many cities in Liangzhou as in later generations, and often walked for a day without seeing a figure, and some people knew that the road was better than walking blindly like a headless fly.
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The young man gathered all the horses and supplies left behind by the horse thief. Although the guy broke an arm, he was still very skillful when driving horses, and he drove dozens of horses by himself without panic at all.
In Adou's opinion, Dore's riding skills and horse driving skills are much better than his own. However, I heard that the Di people have already evolved into a farming nation, and they have such superb riding skills, which makes Adou a little surprised.
"Dorey, you've practiced martial arts! Good riding! Adou asked casually.
"Hehe...... Dore smiled awkwardly and said, "Engong, our village is very close to the Qiang people, and the Qiang people often come to our village to catch some people as slaves and give them grazing. When I was very young, I was taken as a slave by the Qiang people to help a Qiang herd horses. Later, when the Qiang man was killed in battle, his sons fought to snatch his cattle and sheep, and I fled back to the village. β
"Didn't the Qiang son come back to arrest you?" Adou then asked.
"No, I heard that the eldest son of the Qiang man ran away immediately after grabbing seventy or eighty percent of the cattle and sheep, and the other sons were unwilling and immediately chased after them, and their brothers never came back, so I have been safe until now." Dorey replied.
"And how did you get caught by the horse thief?" Adou then asked.
These words seemed to hit Dolei's sore spot, Dolei sighed slightly, and then said: "The horse thieves robbed us of the grain supplied to the nearby Qiang tribes, and we have no grain teaching, so the Qiang people will go to our village to catch strong men as slaves." When the strong men in the village heard about it, they all hid, leaving the old and weak in the village. Those Qiang people will not catch the old and weak to go back, because they will not be able to do much work, and they will waste food. β
"So you were caught by horse thieves while hiding from the Qiang?" Adou then asked.
"Well, a few of us came across a wild deer and tried to catch it, but we ran into these horse thieves after us......" Dorey said, swallowing a little sadly.
"Dorey, you can hide for a while, but you can't hide for a lifetime. Even if you hide now, the Qiang people will still come to arrest you. Adou changed the subject and said.
"Benefactor, the Qiang people are different from us, they need to follow the water and grass action. After a few days, the weather is cold, the grass is dry, and the cattle and sheep of the Qiang people have nothing to eat. So in a few days, the Qiang tribe will move to a few pastures in the south, and will not return until late spring tomorrow. And the Qiang tribe is not very big, maybe it will be annexed by other tribes on the way. If we're lucky, it's likely that no Qiang people will come to us again for two or three years, so that we can live a stable life for a few years. β
"This place is so close to the Qiang people's place, haven't you thought about moving somewhere else?"
"Of course we want to, but this neighborhood is not all the world of the Qiang people, where can we go? To the north is the grassland, where there are vicious Qiang and Xianbei people, and to the west is the Wusun country, and they are not easy to mess with, and we have nowhere to go. β
"How about letting you go to the east, the place of the Han people?" Adou asked suddenly.