Chapter 26: Traitors Emerge from Within the Caravan
"Kill! Kill! Kill ......" on the battlefield, shouts of killing came and went. Frightened, the wild birds in the dead grass screamed and fluttered their wings in the sky.
Ever since Snow Lotus killed someone, the two sides have been fighting. In just a few moments, the battlefield expanded indefinitely.
In the beginning, the Yiqu people surrounded the caravan, and the encirclement was very small. But after the two sides fought, one ran and the other chased, and the battlefield naturally expanded. And then! From the beginning of the melee, it developed into an independent encirclement.
Relying on the large number of people, the Yiqu people divided the caravan guards into independent small encirclements and broke them down.
On the caravan's side, no one paid attention to it for the time being. In this situation, no one is robbing anything. You didn't destroy others, or you defeated others, it was useless for you to rob them, others would come and fight with you.
The Yiqu people don't have time to grab the caravan, but! There were a few traitors in the caravan.
Among the personnel escorted by the caravan, more than half of them were temporarily hired by Duanmu Tattoo in Yinshan Town, Zhongshan Kingdom. Some of these people are from Zhongshan, and some are from Hu.
These Hu people live in Yinshan Town all year round and live by working for others. Some Hu people have become a family in Yinshan Town, which is basically Yinshan Town. Although they live in Yinshan Town, they have their own families in the nomadic settlements deep in the northern grasslands.
These people, just like the migrant workers who go to the city to work in modern times, Yinshan Town is just a place for them to work.
In a word! The Hu people generally have a connection with their hometown in the depths of the grassland. It can also be said that they are expatriates, foreigners living in Yinshan Town.
Those migrant workers who follow the Baigui caravan all the year round are usually migrant workers who carry it, and they are the guards of the caravan at critical moments. It can be said! The people who have followed the Baigui caravan all the year round, all the people are soldiers, and once something happens, they all have to participate in the battle.
Now that's the case! None of those hired on the temporary basis took part in the fighting. They stood on the side of the caravan's cargo with weapons in their hands, completely protecting themselves.
When they joined the caravan, Bai Gyu taught them that if they encountered robbers or robbers on the road, everyone had to fight. Anyone who participates in the battle will be rewarded according to the merit.
Moreover! Analyze it for them: if this kind of unfortunate thing happens to the caravan, if you don't participate in the battle, you may also die, and it is impossible for robbers and robbers to survive. Even if they don't kill you for the time being, they will only use you to do hard labor for them, and when you carry the goods they have looted to the destination, people will destroy you, and one less person will have less food and frugal food. No one is going to feed you for nothing.
But! None of these temporary hires took part in the fighting.
It's even more infuriating! When the caravan fought with the Yiqu people, and the battlefield expanded, Bai Gui and the others couldn't take care of the caravan's cargo at all. But they took advantage of this opportunity to guard and steal from themselves, and their own people robbed their own people.
As you can imagine! Six or seven hundred men fought on horseback on the steppe, and the battlefield soon expanded to a range of several miles. In particular, the battlefield where Snow Lotus and her four sisters fought against the Blue Bead Prince was two or three miles away. Otherwise! The horse couldn't turn around at all. In order to quickly turn around and catch up with the other person, you have to turn around and come back. So! The venue is small, and there is no way to fight at all.
That's when it happened! A few Hu people who thought they were very shrewd felt that their opportunity had come, and they were ready to do it. By the way, they already knew what goods were loaded in the wagons and on horseback, and where they were valuable.
"Brothers! Do it or not! We will take away the most valuable goods, so that they will not be robbed by the Yiqu people! "There was a bearded man with a saber in his hand, and he said to the others.
"! Don't be stupid? You see? Where are the Snow Lotus? They don't know if they can live? Isn't it? One supporter pointed to the battlefield and said.
Someone thought about it and thought it was too. agreed: "Yes! Although Xuelian is very powerful, she killed the people of Yiqu, there are hundreds of people in Yiqu, and how many people are there in our caravan? Moreover? None of us 100 participated. With more than 100 Xuelian people, how can they be able to do more than Yiqu people? Isn't it? I'll do it! ”
"Good! That being the case! We will take away the valuable goods, and when the Yiqu people defeat the caravan, we will get worthless Dongdong. Isn't it? ”
"Yes, yes, yes! Remember, everybody! If Snow Lotus and the others chase after them, we all have to breathe a sigh and say that we pulled these goods away in order to protect the valuable goods, so as not to be snatched away by the Yiqu people. ”
"Yes, yes, yes! Or your brain! That's it. ”
Just when these Hu people were about to pull the valuable goods and leave, the situation took a turn for the worse.
"No, you can't! You can't do that! You guys? Seeing this, a Zhongshan Chinese objected on the spot.
"You idiot? You? Seeing this, a Hu man widened his eyes and shouted.
"We didn't fight, but we can't do anything to be sorry for our master! So! I don't agree with that either! Another Zhongshan Chinese said.
"We didn't take part in the fight, so! We want to protect the goods! We take credit for protecting our cargo! Another Zhongshan Chinese said.
"Go to Nimadi!" Seeing this, a Hu man raised his knife and hacked to death an opposing Zhongshan countryman next to him. Then he shouted: "Who is against again!" Die! ”
Under the deterrence of the Hu people's force, those Zhongshan people who opposed were so frightened that they didn't dare to oppose anymore, so they had to watch more than 20 Hu people, driving the five most valuable carriages and running around the frontal battlefield.
These traitors drove the carriage directly around the frontal battlefield and ran into the depths of the grassland. Their home is deep in the grassland. With these five truckloads of valuable goods, it is enough for them to enjoy for a lifetime.
"Can't do that! We can't do that! Woooooo We will go back in the future, how can we be sorry for Snow Lotus and Wanyan Tattoo? Usually Snow Lotus and Wanyan tattoos are good to us! We can't do that! Woooooo ......" A kind-hearted migrant worker from Yinshan Town, Zhongshan Province, cried bitterly.
Under the infection of this Zhongshan countryman, others think the same. Most of them have worked for the Xuelian family, and they all rely on short-term jobs in Yinshan Town to support their families. Without the care of Xuelian's family, their lives would have been even more difficult.
The key question is: If you don't help, how can you have that face to see Snow Lotus in the future?
They were afraid of death and did not participate in the battle, and they were already very guilty in their hearts. Right now! The valuable goods were snatched away by the Hu traitors, and their hearts were even more guilty. But? They really can't help it. If only I could fight? If you're not afraid of death? They have long been thrown into battle.
"No! Let's send someone to follow them and see where they are pulling the goods. I believe! Snow Lotus and Bai Guanren will definitely win! A Zhongshan native proposed.
"That's right! We can't beat them, but! We can follow them secretly! Can't let them pull the goods away. Even if Snow Lotus is defeated, we will tell the Yiqu people and let the Yiqu people kill them. They robbed the goods stolen by the Yiqu people, and it was strange that the Yiqu people didn't kill them? ”
"That's right! I support! I'm going to follow them! Another Zhongshan countryman took the initiative to ask for help.
As soon as a few people put it together, they decided to do it. Anyway! Be kind! Since you have promised to do things for others and have received other people's wages, you must devote yourself to your master. If you betray your master, how can your conscience be at ease?