Chapter 117: Taking over command
After sorting out what happened today, Charles Cao found that the boss of the caravan was obviously using a strategy, not a strategy, but a serial strategy, thinking that he Charlie Cao had been in the West for a long time, and he knew a little about the things here, he knew that in the military, these barbarians would not use a plan at all, including the Romans, and the army was basically a head-on decisive battle when fighting, and now the owner of a caravan would use a plan, how could this not shock Charlie Cao, He really wanted to meet the owner of the caravan, but he knew that it was not possible until Faisal captured the owner of the caravan, or if he was captured by the owner of the caravan, including him.
After thinking about it carefully, Charlie Cao said: "Chief, you can't mess around now, no matter what, your territory is the only way for the caravan, and if they want to go to Dirmit, they must go through your territory, unless they turn around and go back, but you know that this is obviously impossible, so you have to be calm, all you can do now is wait, wait for the caravan to come to the door by itself!" β
Faisal asked, "What if the caravan does turn around and go back?" β
Charlie Cao smiled: "Chief, please rest assured, even if the caravan turns back, they still have to return the same way, do you think the other horse bandits will let the caravan go again?" As long as the other bandits do their hands, you have a chance, the boss! You have to make sure that the caravan is under the watchful eye of your outpost at all times! β
Faisal seemed to be convinced, he nodded and said, "The Taoist has a point, well, I'll just wait patiently, I don't believe that damn caravan will wait there for Christmas!" β
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The sun is setting. Night began to fall, and the day passed like this, and the caravan guards and men had a good rest for the day. In addition to Qin Dong's men and horses who were always vigilant, Gebuus's guards and men had the most comfortable day, these guards and men had been lying in the sun and sleeping under the sun today, the guys caught lice in each other's hair, cut each other's nails, and lay in the sun, blowing a warm breeze. It's a very pleasant day.
After the sun went down, Pethius and Gebuus asked the guys to put away all the goods and pile them together, but they didn't let the guys tie up on the cart. This situation puzzled the guys and guards who didn't know the inside story, would these speculations still stay here tomorrow to rest? If so, that's great!
In fact, it was not only the guys and the guards who were puzzled, but even Gebuus was a little confused. Although he is the owner of the caravan. But there are some things that Petus refuses to tell him, such as the straw man and the fact that he does not talk about the packing of goods on the car, according to the predetermined rules and principles, Gebuus can also ask in detail, and can only pray that the matter will be over quickly, and his guards and men are living comfortably one by one, while he has been worried all day, this kind of day is too difficult.
After dinner, it was already night. Qin Dongzheng was sitting cross-legged in the tent with his eyes closed, with a waist knife on his knee. If an insider sees him in this posture, he must know that he is meditating, this is the best way to relax the whole body and mood, slow down the breathing when meditating, so that the breathing becomes slender and long, and the muscles, internal organs and bones of the whole body are in a relaxed state, which is also a good way to restore the body.
"My lord, my subordinates have an urgent report!" Su He's voice rang out outside the tent.
Qin Dong slowly opened his eyes, made a few gestures with his hands, finished meditating, got up and shouted, "Come in!" β
Su He came in and saluted Qin Dong and said, "My lord! β
"Sit down!" Qin Dong pointed to Xiao Mazha, and the two of them immediately sat down.
After Su He sat down, he said: "My lord, just now my subordinates felt some slight vibrations on the ground, so I heard a huge roar from the ground when I was prostrate on the ground, if my subordinates heard correctly, this is a sign of a large force of cavalry movement!" β
Qin Dong's heart moved, he knew that the Huns had this ability, Tong GuΓ² put his ear to the ground and listened to the sound to judge the number of the enemy's cavalry, and immediately asked: "How many people are there?" β
"My lord, there are about 800 cavalry, the direction is from the west, their marching speed is very slow, if they are galloping with all their might, they are already outside our camp now, so the subordinates speculate that the strategic intentions of this cavalry have not yet been determined, otherwise they will directly rush over with all their strength" Su He said.
"Reasonable!" Qin Dong nodded in affirmation of Su He's speculation, and thought deeply, "So the nine united horse bandits have already moved, but they haven't decided whether to attack us or attack Faisal!" But Lord Ben supposes that someone must do something to us tonight, so we must take precautions now, and let's go, and let's go to Pethius's tent together."
After the two of them arrived at Peteaus's tent, they immediately sent someone to invite Gebuus, who was a person who was very sensitive to danger, and he sensed that danger was approaching, so he did not fall asleep, and when the people sent by Qin Dong invited him over, he knew that something was about to happen.
Sure enough, when he arrived, Qin Dong informed him of the movements of the horse bandits, and finally Qin Dong said: "Master Gebuus, since someone has moved, then the other party will inevitably get the news, Faisal can't watch the horse bandits of the Nine Great Cottages snatch our goods, for Faisal, our goods are already in his pocket in his eyes, how can he allow others to fight the idea of this batch of goods?" So there must be a big battle tonight, maybe it's a fight between the two of them, maybe one of them can't help but tempt. Confusion is the first to attack us, rob the goods, and the other party comes out to pick up the bargain! But no matter what, the strength of our caravan is too weak, no matter how the shape changes, we are the weakest side, the goods are no longer important, the important thing is to keep us people from dying, as long as life is still there, we still have a chance to turn the book, Master Gebuus, what do you think? β
Gebuus's face fell when he heard this, these goods were half of his belongings, if they were lost. The hard work of the first half of his life was all in vain, but what can be done? Or Qin Dong is right, it doesn't matter if the goods are gone. It doesn't matter if the money is gone, you can earn it again, but if your life is gone, there is nothing, he looked at Petus pitifully.
Peteus sighed, nodded helplessly, and said, "Master Gebuus, this is also a helpless way, in order to save his life." We can only give up the goods, your goods are less, the loss is not big. Look at me, if this batch of goods is lost, I will basically be bankrupt! Hey, I can't help it. To stay alive. We can only give up the goods and save our lives first! β
Seeing this, Gebuus knew that the matter could no longer be reversed, he only had dozens of guards under him, and his combat effectiveness was not very strong, he was a long-term expert in goods, so he naturally knew what kind of goods his guards were, and if he wanted to save his life, he could only be with Peteaus and Qin Dong and others.
"Well, what the hell are you going to do? You should have a breath with me, right? I don't want to be left in the dark! Gebuus compromised. But he asked to know the detailed plan.
Peteus glanced at Qin Dong, and Qin Dong motioned quietly that he could tell SΓΉ Gebuus. Pethius said the whole plan, "Master Gebuus, that's right, I'm sure you also know that there must be a bloody battle tonight, no matter where this battle takes place, we must hold out until dawn, if one side attacks us, we must do our best to repel them, let them know that we are not easy to mess with, so that they will not dare to attack us casually after we give up the goods!"
As long as we hold out until dawn, when the attacking side will inevitably retreat, we will take advantage of the last dark hour before dawn to evacuate all, leaving only a pile of goods in this empty camp! After the evacuation, my nephew Bul had already found a foothold, on the hill to the southwest, there were woods on that hill, and there were many thorns and bushes, and it was difficult to hide people under normal circumstances, but we had sent men to clear a clearing, and we would stay there, and when the horse bandits had no time to take care of anything else, we would wait for an opportunity to escape! What do you think, Lord Gebuus? β
If it is said that he is in business, Gebuus can really say something, but for this kind of marching and fighting, Gebuus can say that he knows six tricks, but he doesn't know anything! He sighed, "Oh! It's only like this, to this point, I still have to rely on Lord Peteus, if there is anything else, Master Peteus just commands, I will obey, as long as you take me away and leave this damn place! β
Peteaus nodded and said: "Okay, there is really one thing that needs the approval of Lord Gebuus, in order to give full play to our maximum strength, I would like to ask Master Gebuus to hand over the command of his guards to my nephew Bull, and all the guards of my caravan will also be under his command, he is much stronger than our two merchants in this regard!" β
"Really? Can he do it? Gebuus looked at Qin Dong and was a little skeptical that Qin Dong would be able to command so many men and bring them back intact.
Peteaus smiled: "Master Gebuus doesn't have to worry about whether he has this ability at all, these people under my command have always been under his command, how do you see these people under his command?" β
"Well, I agree!" Gebuus had to agree to hand over the command of his guards to Qin Dong.
Qin Dong took over the command and immediately asked people to call Afald over, and after Afalde came over, he saluted Qin Dong: "My lord! β
"Hmm!" Qin Dong said: "Alfard, now that all the guards of Master Gebuus are under our command, I will now appoint you as the captain of that escort team, you bring your mercenaries over to receive them, and gather them, I will come over to lecture in a while!" β
"Yes, my lord!" Alfald saluted, turned and walked out of the tent, taking over the command of Gebuus's guards with a dozen of his men disguised as mercenaries.
When Qin Dong, Peteus, Gebuus, Su He and others arrived, Afar had already gathered all the more than fifty guards under Gebuus.
When Alfald saw Qin Dong and the others arriving, he immediately shouted to the guards: "It's all quiet for me, and now it's up to our chief captain Boole to speak!" β
Qin Dong walked to the front of the guards and looked at these people, these people's individual strength is still good, they are all very strong, but they lack the training of collective cooperation, he said loudly: "I believe you all know what kind of environment we are in now, there are horse bandits everywhere, the total number of people is more than two thousand, now these horse bandits are eyeing our goods, they are likely to kill us, and then snatch our goods, the goods are dead, the people are alive, as long as the people are alive, what are the goods?" If we don't have money, we can make it again, and if we don't have a life, we will have nothing, so after the discussion of the two big masters, tomorrow we decided to give up the goods and leave here, but we can't just leave, in order to prevent the horse bandits from chasing us all the time, we must give the horse bandits a little color to see, let them know that we are not soft persimmons to pinch if they want to, if there are horse bandits to attack us tonight, we must resist until dawn, everyone listen to me, I don't care what you did before, Maybe you used to be a noble child, maybe you used to be a beggar, but this is all in the past, and here tonight, you are no longer ordinary people, but warriors, warriors! You are like me, like my brothers, we will all be brothers who fight side by side, brothers are people who can hand over the safety of their backs to him, people who can wear a battle shirt and drink a pot of water together, and people who can eat in a cauldron! We will only be able to get out of here if we work together, and I can assure you that no matter which of you stay here forever, I will bring your ashes back to your family! If I die, my brother will do it for me! But once the battle begins, you must obey the order, act in unison, no one can be a hero, and those who disobey the order without permission will be killed, all you have to do is obey, obey, obey again, as long as you do this, I will guarantee that the vast majority of you will leave alive."
The guards under Gebuus were very excited when they said this, and the same was true of the hundred archers behind Qin Dong, who said in unison under the leadership of Su He: "I am willing to complete it with my lord!" β
After a loud shout, one of Gebuus' men finally drew their swords and shouted, "My brothers and I are willing to accept the command of your lord!" β
"I want to listen to my lord's orders!"
"Very good, Suhe!" Qin Dong shouted.
Su He stepped forward and said, "Here!" β
"You take a hundred of your men out of the camp and hide nearby, no matter what happens, as long as my horn does not sound, you and your people cannot move, and when my horn sounds, you and your men will immediately kill in the fastest and fastest way!"
Su He responded loudly: "Yes!" (To be continued......)