After a wicked laugh between the master and apprentice, the little boy asked again: "Master, if something really happens here tomorrow Faisal, then we are not in trouble?" Faisal is sure to get us in trouble! ”

Charlie Cao said confidently: "No, do you think that the master can really only fool people and cheat money?" Although predicting the future seems mysterious, in fact there are traces to follow, nothing more than relying on people's inference and computing ability, and then taking into account a variety of surrounding factors to calculate, the master's estimation ability is limited, and he can only barely guess the future for a short time, but if you want to estimate accurately, you must have very accurate information, if there is a message error, the result of the estimation will also be wrong! Didn't you realize that what Master said was actually self-justifying? ”

The little boy thought about it carefully, nodded and said, "Yes, Master's words are that as long as Faisal doesn't go out of his own territory tomorrow, he will be safe, if he walks out of his territory and something happens, then it's no wonder you, but why are you so sure that as long as he doesn't go out of his own territory, nothing will happen?" ”

Charlie Cao picked up a cup of tea on the stone table and took a sip and said with a smile: "The situation of the three mountains and thirty-six villages is basically clear to the master, the strength of Faisal's hand is basically the same as the strength of the other nine big horse bandits, which is also the reason why none of them can help anyone in the past ten years, and the Westerners rarely use stratagems, and the war is always face-to-face, this way of fighting is simply stupid, killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred, they don't have the strategic thinking of our Han people, Many natural factors, such as the environment and weather, will not be used as an aid in war. And the auxiliary means of these natural factors are often the most lethal.

Tomorrow the caravan will inevitably pass through Faisal's territory, and Faisal will only have to wait at home, waiting for the caravan to come to the door. If the caravan is raided again, the goods will naturally be captured, and the other nine horse bandits do not dare or dare to enter Faisal's territory on a large scale, once a large force of cavalry appears near his territory, his people will inevitably find that they can be blocked for a period of time by relying on the sentry post. With this time he can calmly transfer his troops, but if Faisal leaves his territory, then the situation is difficult to say. In other regions, the horse bandits of the nine great forces can gather together on a large scale, but Faisal can't get the slightest advantage, and maybe he will suffer in front of them. As long as he doesn't leave his own turf. Even if those nine horse bandits came up with other tricks to deal with him, it would have no effect on him! ”

This is the little boy reminding: "Master, you seem to have ignored another force! ”

"What force?" Charlie Cao was puzzled.

The little boy spat out two words: "Caravan!" ”

"Caravans?" Charlie Cao frowned when he heard these two words, "The caravan is indeed a very unstable factor, the news that Faisal said is not comprehensive, and he knows almost nothing about the leader of the caravan, the problem is here, it seems that the division still owes some fire." I didn't think about it well, and maybe I would capsize in the gutter this time. Apprentice, hurry up and pack some bags, once something is wrong, let's master and apprentice hurry up! ”

The little boy nodded and said, "Okay, master!" ”

……

Early the next morning, the birds were foraging in the grass, and the camping area where the caravan was located was still very quiet, except for the patrolling guards who were constantly moving, no one in the camp left the tent activities, because last night the leaders of the two caravans of Pethius and Gebuus had jointly ordered a day off here today, so the guards who were not on duty and the guys and coachmen of the caravan were lying in the tent to sleep lazy, this kind of opportunity is not very common, it is very rare to rest for a day in a certain place, they must seize this opportunity to have a good rest, Sleep in.

It wasn't until the third pole of Rishan that the patrol guards changed several times, and no one in the camp appeared, and began to fetch water and wash by the small ditch, and the men who were in charge of eating and drinking along the way of the caravan began to make a fire and cook breakfast.

There are many outposts hidden in the distance, these people lie on the grass in different positions to observe the situation of the camp, they see that the sun has risen so high, the caravan has not yet set off, and the caravan people began to wash clothes by the small ditch after breakfast, and some also took out animal skin blankets to dry, these sentry finally knew that the caravan was very likely not to leave today, so they quickly sent someone back to report the news.

Qin Dong was still asleep in the tent, Su He opened the curtain and walked in and was about to exit after seeing it, Qin Dong turned over and said, "Su He, you have something?" ”

Su He didn't expect Qin Dong to wake up, and hurriedly saluted: "Yes, my lord, just now the detectives found out that those spy sentry who were spying on us have sent someone back to report the news, I think whether it is Faisal or the other nine horse bandits, they will soon get the news that we are not going to leave today!" ”

Qin Dong turned over and began to get dressed, Su He walked over to help him put on his armor, and put a black robe on him, Qin Dong asked, "Is there anything else besides this?" ”

"My lord, I have sent people to prepare all the things you commanded last night, and now the camp is full of horse traps, within a radius of three hundred feet, even if a large force of cavalry sneaks up on the camp in a short time, and will be shot by our bows and arrows, and will inevitably suffer heavy losses. Those bandits may have bows and arrows, but my subordinates are sure that their bows are not far away, and if we suppress them, their archers will be useless, and we should be able to survive the day! ”

Qin Dong took the saber handed over by Su He and hung it on his belt, and said, "I dare to conclude that it must be calm during the day today, and it will be difficult to say at night!" ”

Su He was puzzled: "My lord, why? Don't the horse bandits dare to raid in the daytime? ”

Qin Dong shook his head and smiled: "Of course not, you naturally know, now the horse bandits have been divided into two forces, which can be seen from the outposts, the other nine forces of the horse bandits cooperate with each other, while Faisal's outposts act alone, which means that the nine horse bandits have cooperated, they are ready to rob us, and Faisal naturally wants to get our goods and kill us, which of them will strike first?" The first strike must bear the risk of being attacked by the opponent behind the back, and no one wants to take this risk. Because neither of them can afford to lose, we will be safe and sound here during the day, but at night night falls. The dark night will cover up a lot of things, and it will also make it difficult to convey the news in time, and it is difficult to say whether one of them will take the lead in making a move, so tonight is still an unknown! ”

Su He nodded when he heard this, and he asked again, "So, my lord, what are we going to do during the day today?" ”

Qin Dong smiled: "It's very simple. We had to do three things during the day, before we did these two things, we sent out scouts to drive away the horse bandits who were snooping around, and then the first thing we did was to make the fortifications a little more detailed. Prepare a large number of tools, and if there are horse bandits who come to raid the camp tonight, we will use these tools against them to minimize the casualties of our escort. The second thing. It is to let people unload all our goods from the cart and dry them, and thirdly, let the guards tie some straw men, which will be used tomorrow, and this is what we need to do today! ”

Su He was a little confused, he scratched his scalp and said, "My lord, I don't understand my humble position, the first thing is to improve the fortifications." This lowly ministry understands why it is only for the brothers to unload the goods. Our goods are all new. It's not on the tide, so you don't have to take it off and dry it at all, as for the third thing, the straw man, this humble job is even more incomprehensible! ”

"Hehe, the purpose of unloading the goods to dry is not to remove moisture, but to let the horse bandits' sentinels see the value of our goods, so that they can be tempted. As for the straw man, you'll know tomorrow morning, go ahead! ”

Su He saluted and said, "Yes, my lord, I will arrange it!" ”

……

The old den of the Horse Bandit Home.

The leader of the horse bandits quickly got the news that Qin Dong and Gebuus's caravan did not leave today, and they were still stationed in the same place, this news caught the leaders of the horse bandits a little off guard, what is the situation? Why didn't this good guy leave, didn't the owners of the two caravans worry about being robbed in this wilderness?

In fact, these two caravans stayed where they were, which made the horse bandits not know what to do, the caravan was stationed in the middle of Hom's territory and Faisal's territory, if the horse bandits went to rob the caravan now, and they were worried that Faisal would be raided by Faisal during the robbery, would Faisal watch the caravan be robbed by their nine horse bandits? Apparently impossible.

There are still six bandit leaders in Holm's lair, and the other three bandit leaders have rushed back to the east to prepare to contain the east side of Faisal's territory with their own men, and the six horse bandit leaders left here have 800 men in their hands to mobilize.

After getting the news, the leaders of the horse bandits were silent for a long time before someone spoke out to break the silence, and Ruth asked: "Home, if the caravan has moved, it will be beneficial to us, when Faisal is robbing, we can break through the checkpoints he arranged along the way as quickly as possible, and we can beat him while he is robbing things, but the caravan does not move but it is not good for us, a piece of fat is resting between us and Faisal, none of us dare to do it, is this the caravan boss deliberate, or unintentionally?" If it is done deliberately, then this caravan owner is definitely not simple, not an easy person to deal with, if it is unintentional, then they will have to set off sooner or later, we can only wait! What do you mean? ”

After listening to Ruth's words, Holm nodded and said: "Yes, I didn't expect the caravan to leave today, this situation was completely unexpected by me, no hurry, no hurry, we can't rush now, the caravan is still in our sight, it should be Faisal who is in a hurry, the caravan should have entered his territory, and the fat should be in his mouth, but the reality is different from what he imagined, so he is more anxious than we ........"

"Report-" At this time, a long signal came, and a small minion ran in and said loudly: "Report to the leader, the guards of the caravan sent scouts to drive our outposts away, and the sentries fought them in desperation, and we lost three of them, four were wounded, and the others withdrew ten miles away, so now we know nothing about the situation of the caravan!" ”

"The situation seems to be very bad, first he didn't leave for no reason, and now he has sent scouts to drive us away, what does the owner of this caravan want to do?" After everyone listened to the report, Holm frowned and spoke, and then asked the little minion, "What about the situation over there with the Hurricane Thieves?" ”

The little minion said: "Chief, their outpost has also been driven away, and the loss is also not small!" ”

"Oh? It's weird, what does the owner of the caravan want to do? I don't understand!" Ruth's eyebrows were almost together, clearly tangled in the matter.

Everyone looked at Holm, and after thinking for a while, Holm said: "In this case, we can only wait, send someone to keep an eye on the hurricane thieves, and report the situation as soon as there is a situation, and the outpost that follows the caravan should not contact the caravan's scouts for the time being, wait until the afternoon to see the situation, and we must pay close attention to the situation of the caravan, and we must not let them out of our sight." ”

"Yes, Chief!"

…….

Mount Catani, the lair of hurricane thieves.

Faisal obviously also got the news, and he was also a little puzzled by the caravan's sudden non-departure, and stopped in place to rest, drying blankets and clothes, but he was more anxious, his territory was the only way for the caravan, originally the caravan should have entered his territory now, and he had gathered people, as long as the caravan appeared in the predetermined place, he could serve the caravan, but the current situation is that the caravan did not come to his territory, could it be said that this piece of fat meat will have to wait until tomorrow to eat? He's a man of impatience!

Another news came in the afternoon, the caravan was drying goods, those goods were all fur coats of the first number, and several other pairs, which looked very valuable, in terms of quantity, it was definitely a huge fortune, this news not only convinced the nine bandit forces led by Ruth and Holm of the value of the goods. The confusion was magnified several times, and it made Faisal even more unbearable, he immediately wanted to send troops to rob it, but as soon as he remembered Charlie Cao's words, he gave up this idea, the caravan had not yet entered his territory, and it was still in the middle of the two forces.

After thinking about it, Faisal decided to ask Charlie Cao for another idea, and he immediately rushed to the cave where Charlie Cao lived, while Charlie Cao's master and apprentice were waiting for news in the cave.

When the two saw Faisal coming, they thought something was wrong, and they were nervous in their hearts, but they didn't expect Faisal to say another ending, which made Charlie Cao's mind a little unturned, but Charlie Cao quickly sorted out his head, he realized that the boss of the caravan was definitely not a person, did the boss want to let Faisal and the other nine horse bandits contain each other, so that the caravan would be safe for the time being, and then drop the bait at the right time, and have a drama of "snipe and mussel compete and the fisherman profits"? (To be continued......)