Chapter 39: The Evil Wolf on the Prairie

Qi Mi went outside the city on behalf of the Lion King Base to announce the decision of the Lion King Army Command to the refugees: in view of the invasion of the Itos country, the Lion King Base has decided to settle all the Itos refugees who are now coming to the Lion King Base in accordance with the principle of humanitarianism. However, the Itos refugees are required to obey the arrangements of the Lion King base, not to resist work, and not to do anything illegal and criminal. Residents of the neighborhood guard will monitor the refugees' behaviour 24 hours a day and keep them from doing anything out of the ordinary.

The refugees were thunderous at that time, after a month of fleeing, many of their wives and families were separated and died, but now none of them thought that the Lion King Base could really accommodate them. They shouted in unison, "Hooray!" "Long live the Lion King!" "Long live the Lion King Base!". Being able to escape and survive is the best gift they get after escaping.

On the grassland west of the Liedong Federation, an officer in a Balen'ou uniform was covered in dust, and it looked like he hadn't washed his clothes for a long time. And his face and body were dirty, and his beard and hair were dirty and long. The people next to him are all the same as him, but their wolfish eyes reveal that they are not good at stubble.

This officer was Sebins, who had been running around the prairie of the Liedong Federation for more than two months, and he was now lying on the ground, looking into the distance with a lookout to observe something. Since Cheng Lei rejected their conditions for entering the Lion King's army, Sebins was beaten several times by the army of Daheng City.

However, there were not many casualties, and there were about two or three hundred people in total. The current Sabens Corps has also been reduced to the original Serenf Corps, becoming a corps of several hundred men. However, the situation of the Scybins Corps was worse than that of the Serenf Corps, and the Selenf Corps could be accepted by the superior Corps and included in the original army, but the Sabins Corps never had that hope again. If nothing else, just take the fact that the Sabins Corps has been wandering for two months without returning, and they will not be able to return to their original unit at all.

Moreover, now their original troops may have already marched into the territory of Itos, and it is possible that they may have galloped across the country of Itos, or they may have fallen in front of the deadly fortress, or they have been wiped out long ago. Sebins had a lot of thoughts on his head, more about how they were going to survive. In the past two months, he and his subordinates have been running around in the vast grassland, and they have almost returned to the primitive state of Ru Mao drinking blood.

But now there has been a turnaround, and the recent exodus of refugees from Itos is an opportunity for the Sabbes Corps. They had robbed many times, and had obtained a lot of daily necessities and other money, but there was not much food, and it was impossible for the refugees to carry that much food with them along the way.

Instead of taking a single prisoner, the Sabins took the refugees and let them go. It can also cause trouble for the people of the Liedong Federation, and without having to consume a single shot and bullet, and can also get some food and other valuable things, Sebins feels that this is a three-for-one deal.

Due to the shortage of food, many of the soldiers of the Sabes Regiment fell ill, but the officers were helpless. Because they are just wanderers now, slightly stronger than the refugees, that is, they have guns in their hands, and they are all veterans of killing and fighting, and there is nothing else to do with it.

Sebins had already sent someone to find out that not far from them, in the northwest, at the junction of the Liedong Federation and the puppet government of Sun City, there was a three-way zone. What is a three-part zone? Because of the poor mountains and bad waters here, there is no serious income for a year, and no one is willing to come to manage it at all, and neither the Liedong Federation nor the Sun City puppet government have sent anyone to manage here, so it is called the Three Regardless Zone.

This is also the gathering place of Sikong and Sathban and their bandits, but the most powerful bandits in the mountains and forests have already surrendered to Daheng City, and they have long become the Liedong Federal Government Army. And now in the mountains of the Sanzhi Zone, there are naturally other bandits, but these bandits are not so large in shares, but only some small bandits with more than two or three hundred people per gang, and a few dozen people in each.

Sabins took a fancy to such a place, for them this place to hide their whereabouts, and to attack and retreat. You can also go down the mountain from time to time to grab food and money, at least you won't lack anything like on the grassland, and you can't eat enough and dress like a wandering beggar.

If they enter this bandit mountain, they will definitely become the overlords second to none in the mountain. Regardless of force, the number of nearly 1,000 people alone can stabilize more than one bandit of each group. Unless those bandits unite themselves and form a gang, they will not be the opponents of the Sabes Corps, and they will not be enough to see at all.

Sebins decided to grab another batch of refugees, and they would immediately head into the mountains. Because the road from here to the bandit mountain is not very close, no matter how it is, it must be two or three hundred kilometers, and they also need to eat. Therefore, it is the best choice to rob a batch of grain and grass and then set off, after all, there is not much food around them, which is still saved by thrifting during this time.

In the lookout, I saw that there were many refugees from Yitos in the canyon fortress slowly walking out of it. The refugees have formed small groups, dozens or even hundreds of people acting in groups. However, they were unlucky today, because they met the Sabes Corps, and it was the Sabence Corps that was "raising" military rations.

Sebins waved his hand, and the two officers behind him stepped forward, Sebins's lips moved up and down a few times, and his voice was low, but the two officers heard it clearly: "You each have fifty soldiers, fully armed." Go to the east and block all the roads due east and northeast where they want to advance, remember that you must be fast, and you will leave the rest to me. ”

The two officers took each of their fifty men with the order, and the Sabes's regiment had only one or two hundred horses left, and now they rode most of them. But it can't be done because they need to catch up and overtake the refugees, so they have to be fast. Besides, it may be the last time they rob the refugees, and it is the right way to preserve the physical strength of the soldiers as much as possible.

The refugees who were hurrying suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, and they had long heard that there was a group of remnants of Balun'ou in the steppes of the Liedong Federation who had been looting the refugees' food and belongings all day long. So when they heard the sound of horses' hooves, they were very nervous, and they were very afraid that this was the cavalry of the Sabbes Corps, and if they robbed them of food and goods, the refugees would not know if they would survive or not.

Fortunately, the sound of horses' hooves did not stop at their side at all, but went directly to the distance to the east, and slowly, the sound of horses' hooves disappeared. At this time, the refugees in the refugee team, who had been holding their breath and did not dare to speak, began to whisper, and their nerves relaxed again.

"Who are those horsemen?"

"I don't know, but they must have seen us, and they didn't even stop, maybe it's the army of a nearby city-state!"

"As long as it's not the Balon's bandits, we'll be done if we run into them. I've heard that they have killed a lot of refugees from our Yitos, and they are robbing people and things everywhere, we are not afraid of them robbing, we don't have much anyway, but what should they do if they kill people! ”

"Yes, yes!"

An old man coughed twice and said, "If we really encounter those bandits, we will fight them!" I have dozens of guns on my wagon, and I'll give each of you one when the time comes. Even if we waste it ourselves, we can't let them take our food and possessions! ”

The old man sat in the carriage and looked calm, and next to his carriage were more than a dozen men dressed in black and holding rifles, all of whom looked like they were practicing their families. Two other young men were also armed with rifles, but they both rode beside the old man's dozen carriages.

Those who were walking on the road whispered: "Rich man Li has spoken, let us use guns to help him fight those robbers!" ”

"Just a dozen people, can dozens of guns beat so many people? They are Barono's regular troops, and even if they lose the battle and become robbers, they are much more powerful than the rich man Li! ”

"What can we possessions protect? We don't even know where to find tomorrow's rations, but Rich Li is good, there are more than a dozen carts full, and there are at least seven or eight carts of rice and white noodles! ”

"yes, I saw them eat at noon today. They eat pancakes and rice, what about us? Dig up grass roots and eat wild vegetables, let's fight robbers with them? Dream on! ”

"Yes, they dream of it! The robbers are robbing a rich man like him, why are they robbing us, are they robbing our grassroots and wild vegetables? Joke! ”

At this moment, someone at the back of their group of more than 200 refugees shouted: "Oh no, there are pursuers behind, they are catching up!" The robbers are coming! Everyone knows this person, he is the personal follower of Rich Man Li, and this guy ran to Rich Man Li's carriage with a shout.

"The master is not good, they are coming up!"

Rich Master Li forcibly suppressed the panic in his heart and pretended to be calm: "What a panic, look at what you have become now!" Hurry up and find dozens of able-bodied people, give each of them two pancakes, and give each of them a gun, and tell them that as long as they follow us, they will have pancakes to eat, and if they win, they will have meat to eat, quick! ”

The person who reported the news was still panting: "Master, I'm ...... I don't think they're good at coming, and there must be at least a few hundred of them in a dense crowd. We have dozens of guns, can we beat them? ”

Rich Master Li swallowed his saliva: "If you can't beat it, you have to fight!" If we don't fight, we won't be able to run, we will all die! They are all robbers who kill people without blinking, do you want to wait for death? ”

This rich man's words made the hearts of those refugees ripple, yes, these people are all robbers, if they are allowed to invade, what if they really slaughter? If you pick up a gun and fight with them, I'm afraid there will be a glimmer of life, and didn't Rich Li say that there are still two pancakes to take, you are white-flour pancakes!

Many of the refugees walked slowly to the side of the rich man's cart and picked up the two pieces of pancake and a rifle that had been given to each of them. They all took two bites of the pancakes, and the sweet smell could not help but intoxicate them, for they had not tasted pancakes for a long time since they had fled from Itos.

But each of them only took a few bites, and the rest was handed over to their families, or their parents, or their wives and children. Then dozens of refugees dressed in tatters followed the carriage of the rich man Li, who looked at them with satisfaction, plus the escort team of a dozen people led by his two sons, they could be regarded as a team of sixty or seventy people.

If the bandit team behind catches up, they will also have the strength to fight them. After all, it's sixty or seventy people, even if you can't fight a tough battle, it's always okay to fight a blocking battle! As long as he can stop those robbers and let him and his property get out of danger without loss, this is what Rich Li thinks.

But what he didn't know was that a net had been laid in front of him, waiting for him to throw himself into the net! At this time, the pursuers behind them were getting closer and closer, and the rich man Li ordered his younger son to stay with him, and the eldest son led all sixty or seventy men with guns to the back of the team to intercept the pursuers.

In fact, the main force among the sixty or seventy people is still the dozen or so people in black clothes, and they are all people hired by the rich man Li to take care of his home and nursing home at a high price. They are all people with combat experience and combat effectiveness, and they are more powerful than the soldiers of some armies. Those guys who temporarily got guns are not good, these dozens of people are just ordinary people, usually let them kill a chicken and a dog, but let them kill? Forget it!

What attracted them to the guns was actually the two white-flour pancakes, and they all thought that their families hadn't eaten any serious food for a long time, so they picked up the guns for the sake of the two pancakes. It's just that it's really worth fighting with people for two pancakes?

Only those who have been starved and eaten those grassroots, wild vegetables and even all kinds of plants, and even those who have seen pancakes are ten thousand times more precious than gold, can understand their suffering.

The pursuers behind were getting closer and closer, and they could already be seen in the twilight sunset, all of them wearing the same cyan Balen'ou uniforms, and they were moving quickly towards this side not far away.

At this time, the eldest son of the rich man Li issued an order: "Get down all of them, and learn how to shoot them, right?" All line up in a line, aim when they get closer, and shoot. ”

After all the people were in their poses, the eldest son of the rich man began to check their guns one by one to see if there were bullets and whether they had opened the safety bolt. When he was halfway through the inspection, he only heard a "bang" next to him, and a member of the Li family's nursing team took the lead in firing the first shot.

The man who rushed to the front on the other side was shot in the arm, and one fell to the ground on one side. At this time, the other members of the nursing team also started shooting, but the refugees who had guns for the first time did not fire a single shot, and they did not have the courage to fire the first shot. (To be continued.) )