Su Ren's caravan stopped in the poplar forest for five days. The snow had actually stopped in the afternoon of the same day, and according to the guide, he could leave early the next morning, but Su Ren ordered to stay in the poplar forest without giving any explanation or explanation. Fortunately, the businessmen who came this time are all old men from the Shuzhong Chamber of Commerce, otherwise there will definitely be people who oppose it.

Three days ago, the man Hawking sent out to track down the results returned. After three days of running in the snow, the man came back looking extremely embarrassed. It is not surprising that the horses are gone, and there are eighteen frostbites all over the body, especially the toes that have been frozen like charcoal. Su Ren had no choice but to cut off the brother's toe with his own hands.

Su Ren cut the toe of the brother, and the brother smiled very shyly and told the news he had found. The people who passed by Su Ren and them were a group of people who looked like merchants, these people were very good, they didn't use big carts, everything was horses. There were only a little more than a hundred, and there were no less than eight hundred horses. Hearing this, everyone immediately thought of the Huns.

The brother who was exploring the way immediately shook his head: "No, it's not the Huns, although those people are driving horses, they do speak Chinese." ”

"Han Chinese? Do we still have such a bold person? "Lao Wang is a little incredible.

Su Ren's methods are not good, and he doesn't dare to make heavy hands when he is time. In the end, it is not a background, and it is not something that ordinary people can do with knives on and off people. In a word, if killing people is not illegal, he can't do it, except for the battle formation, of course. Cut off the toes first, and then peel off the carrion and dead flesh little by little, and wait until the red blood flowed out, and hurriedly wrapped it in gold sore medicine, and the whole thing Su Ren did it carefully.

When several people were talking, Su Ren didn't say a word and concentrated on his work. After the brother's frostbite was cleaned up, he said while washing his hands: "Fortunately, there is no big problem with your fingers, your toes are gone, and walking is not very affected, take a rest first, it's not too late to talk about the big things later." ”

Su Ren came out of the tent, and the people who were originally surrounding the tent immediately followed. Lao Wang was very jealous of that mysterious caravan, and if it was a Huns, things would be a little bad. The people of the Western Regions were originally in cahoots with the Huns, and this time they started to do business, and they made it so big, it seems that the Huns or the Yizhixie who occupied the western part of the Huns had already grasped the entire Huns.

If it is a Han Chinese, then it is even more vigilant. A horse team that can organize 800 horses will not be ordinary in the Han Dynasty in terms of financial resources and influence. It is very likely that it is someone sent by the imperial court, since the imperial court has intervened in the trade routes of the Western Regions, these people have no capital to compete for at all, even if they have Su Ren as a backer, they will not be useful.

"Mr. Su, this, is it possible that the imperial court no longer trusts you? Or did someone slander His Majesty the Emperor? ”

Su Ren pursed his lips: "Caravans of eight hundred horses are indeed rare, it is an indisputable fact that the imperial court lacks horses, and we can organize a horse team of eight hundred horses at one time, even we don't have such great financial resources, so I have considered it, and there are only three places in my impression that have this kind of ability!" The first is the Xiongnu, and the second is the imperial court. ”

"What about the third?" Lao Wang was a little impatient.

Su Ren glanced at Lao Wang: "This third target is inconvenient to tell you, no one can rob our business under our noses, Xiao Jinzi immediately sent someone to catch up, no matter who it is, it will be washed away, but try not to hurt people, the rest of the things will be easy to say." ”

Hawking nodded immediately, turned around and ran: "Understood!" ”

The poplar forest can't stay, the snow has frozen, and the big car brought with it can't walk on such road conditions. The wheels were simply removed and the cart was used as a climbing plow. The thick snow is best suited to the plow, and the endless Gobi Desert is unobstructed and can be run quickly. On the contrary, it is difficult to walk fast on horseback, because the horse will leave a pit after stepping on the snow, and if you are not careful, you will break the hooves of the horse behind you.

The thorny caravans are suffering from this. When he left Jincheng, he got a total of 1,000 war horses, and lost 200 after crossing the Yumen. After entering Bailong Beach, thorns walked carefully, trying not to let a large number of horses crowd in a pile, so as not to damage the war horses again. Although they are horse thieves, the number of war horses is not sufficient. What's more, these war horses were all bought in exchange for human lives, and they lost sorry for those dead brothers for no reason.

The creeper wrapped himself into a rice dumpling, only a pair of eyes flowed out to see the road, his eyelashes were stained with ice and snow, and he rode quickly around the front thorns: "Wolf lord, the people behind have discovered the situation, and someone is chasing us." ”

"Who?"

Creeper shook his head: "I don't know, those people are very powerful, all the scouts who were found by them did not come back, this news is still a scout who only glanced at it and turned around and ran away, before sending it back." ”

Old Heita shook his body: "Could it be a Huns?" We didn't say hello to the Huns this time, these dogs are eating people and not spitting out bones, or I'm going to destroy them? ”

Thorn frowned and asked the creeper, "Didn't you say how many people came?" ”

"There are not many people, about two hundred, all of them are skilled in bows and horses, much more powerful than our brothers, and they are well-equipped, and they don't seem to be Huns."

"Who's that?" Old Heita, you are confused: "Who else is there besides the Huns around us?" The Qiang people borrowed ten guts, and they didn't dare to chase us! ”

Zhao Xin pulled away the linen cloth covering his mouth and nose: "In addition to the Huns and Qiang, there is also a group of people who should not be forgotten." ”

Lao Heita said disdainfully: "If you have something to say, you are the most disgusted thing for Lao Tzu to look like you." ”

Thorn slapped his thigh: "Su boy? ”

Zhao Xin nodded: "Except for him, the villain can't think of anyone else who dares to chase us, last time in Jincheng, he didn't wait for the wolf lord and Su Ren to say that they came to the Western Regions together, Su Ren ran away, I knew that Su Ren didn't want us to interfere in the trade routes of the Western Regions, and we came privately, Su Ren would definitely find us trouble, in order to avenge our revenge in Jincheng." ”

"Wouldn't it? Su Ren is not bad, when we were in Mayi, we cooperated with him very well, if we didn't clear a way, the Han army would not have arrived in Mayi silently, and he also helped us in our most difficult time! "Old Black Tower has good martial arts, and his personality is more straightforward.

Zhao Xin smiled: "This matter is for a while, at the beginning, he and we just used each other, and now Su Yi wants to dominate the Western Regions, how can he tolerate us." ”

The creeper frowned: "Then what to do?" If Mr. Su defends us to the death, it will be difficult for us to deal with it alone. ”

"Hahaha......" Thorn laughed: "What else can I do?" Since he came, Lao Tzu followed, and told his brothers, get off the horse and rest and prepare to start! ”

Hawking really came to vent this time, and the snowflakes raised by the black wind all the way can bury the brothers who followed behind. The traces of those people had been discovered, and a signal was also issued in front of them, saying that those people had stopped ten miles ahead, so Hawking was particularly excited. As soon as the corners of his mouth curled, he was ready to lead someone to pounce. Shi Bao grabbed Black Wind's halter.

"Are you crazy, knowing that people have already found out that we are still rushing?"

Hawking sneered: "Afraid of a bird? If there is anything wrong with a group of merchants, even if there are five hundred guards, there is nothing to worry about. ”

"The merchant will send scouts backwards? When have you ever seen it? Look at the scouts we caught, like the merchants? ”

"What if you're not a businessman? It's them who hit the master. ”

"If it's so hard again, I'll tell Mr. when I get back!"

"You!" Hearing that Shi Bao was going to report to Su Ren, Hawking immediately deflated: "Then what do you say?" Since the eldest brother asked us to do it, we must let those guys know that this trade route in the Western Regions is ours, and whoever wants to get involved in only one road is death! ”

Shi Bao sighed and waved his hand, and the knights behind him hurriedly came up. Withdrawing the rope in his hand, a pile of snow held behind him appeared in front of Hawking and Shi Bao. Two knights dismounted, and in three or two dug out a living man from the snowdrift. This guy has been transported, the clothes on his body are still in good condition, and he has not suffered any injuries, just shivering vigorously. Dozens of miles were dragged in snowdrifts, and even an eight-foot-tall man could freeze to death.

With a foot on the guy's chest, the guy who was about to freeze to death screamed. Shi Bao ordered someone to pour two mouthfuls of water on that guy, and then he slowly transformed, and his teeth were still fighting: "Guys spare me, right?" I'm just a guard, it's none of my business. ”

Shi Bao sneered, and kicked it again. This time it was the guy who stepped on the neck, and I saw that the guy only opened his mouth for a long time and couldn't make a sound: "After thinking about it, you won't be much, and next time you step here, I promise you to hear the sound." ”

Shi Bao let go of his feet. The man inhaled: "I said, I said, we are not businessmen, we are ......"

The thorny man set up a position, and waited for a long time, but his neck was sore, and he didn't notice anyone coming from behind. The white expanse of snow was illuminated by the sun, and the eyes were dazzled after looking at it for a long time. Several times there were dark shadows in front of me, and if I hadn't closed my eyes quickly, I felt that my eyes would be blind. When I opened it again, my eyes were full of tears, and it was extremely uncomfortable.

"Why haven't you come yet? Do you want to send someone to take a look? Old Blacktower rubbed his eyes.

Zhao Xin frowned: "No, since you're chasing us, you will definitely show up, just wait." ”

Thorn was very impatient, turned over and lay down in the snow, and closed his eyes that were a little uncomfortable: "Listen to the military advisor, all wait!" ”

After half an hour, there was still no movement, and the figure could be seen even if he crawled ten miles behind him. It hasn't happened until now, and that's a dangerous thing. Zhao Xin sat up suddenly: "It's not good, let's go!" Before he finished speaking, he felt that his eyes were dark and he could not see anything.