It was already completely dark, and only the torches in the hands of the opposing horses were blazing and crackling.

Now there are only two choices in front of Hu Jinqiu, either hand over all the money and goods to the other party, and the caravan does not have to move forward anymore, and go home early tomorrow morning, whether he can go back alive depends on whether God appreciates his face or not; Either they will desperately break the net with the other party, even if it is difficult to do the same thing, but if the other party wants to leave a dozen lives without leaving a dozen lives, it is also impossible.

The problem is that these businessmen, even if they have the consciousness of pinning their heads to their belts, are not really outlaws after all, and they are different from these vacancies in front of them after all.

No one wants such a thing to happen, and paying the protection fee is to try to avoid this situation, but looking at the other party's calm appearance, Hu Jinqiu's heart became more and more bottomless.

The more calm and unhurried the other party became, the more Hu Jinqiu guessed.

Could it be that what happened in Kunlun Mountain, and there is no longer the energy to impose restraints on these bandits? Or is it that these vassals are so strong that they don't care about the face of the Kunlun faction at all?

Hu Jinqiu didn't have so much heart to guess what was going on on Kunlun Mountain, because the faces of the subordinates in the opposing horse team had become more and more ugly, and it seemed that they were a little impatient.

Begging for mercy and trying to exchange a small amount of goods for the safety of the entire caravan now seems impossible, and the problem returns to the original option.

Desperate, or preserving?

If Hu Jinqiu knew Meng Ran's true combat strength, he would definitely have a completely different judgment of the situation in front of him.

However, Hu Jinqiu did not include Meng Ran's combat power from the beginning, on the one hand, because he felt that even if Meng Ran was an immortal cultivator, she was a girl after all, and in the face of these ruthless people, it was still difficult to protect herself, let alone kill the enemy; On the other hand, Hu Jinqiu's kindness will never allow him to drag this little girl into this dirty water again.

Hu Jinqiu clasped his fists at the other party and said something in the Western Regions dialect, and the other party nodded and replied.

"Let me talk to the rest of the caravan."

"Go ahead, there's no hurry."

Don't worry, it seems that there is really something wrong with Kunlun Mountain.

The guards still maintained a posture of being in a tight position, but their faces had long since lost their calmness, and they seemed to be a little desperate for the situation in front of them.

How can you fight each other in this state?

Hu Jinqiu sighed in his heart, walked back into the crowd, and said with a look of frustration: "Looking at this appearance, it is estimated that there is no room for relaxation, and the other party's intention is to either hand over all the belongings or kill us." ”

A businessman couldn't hold back the anger in his heart for a long time, and said in a low voice: "My net worth and life have all been pressed on the goods this time, if I lose it, there is no difference between killing me, it is better to have a fish and die in the net!" ”

"As long as people live, there is still a chance, you must not have this kind of mind of sacrificing your life and money." Another businessman reassured.

In the end, the caravan was also clearly divided into two factions, one of which insisted on fighting with the other party, and since these vassals did not rush up at the first time, they did not

With full certainty that they can retreat, the caravan still has a chance to win the final victory.

The victory mentioned here does not mean that the other party can be slaughtered by relying only on the guards in the caravan, but let the other party fully understand the strength of the caravan, and even if it moves, it is necessary to reflect on whether the gains outweigh the losses.

The other faction insists that it is a big deal to break the fortune and eliminate the disaster, and it is a big deal to start all over again, who has a time to memorize words in his life, if he is not forced by the other party, he must not have a desperate mind, after all, he is a family, and he has to think about his family if he does not think about it.

There was no such thing as a dispute, because when these merchants from the Western Regions first got together, they had an unwritten agreement: no matter who they were, they must obey the decision of the caravan leader during the whole process of running the goods, no matter how unreasonable the leader's decision was.

The leader of this caravan is Hu Jinqiu.

This is equivalent to handing over the net worth and life of the entire caravan to Hu Jinqiu to make decisions alone, so you can imagine how much psychological pressure he has at this time.

As the team leader, Hu Jinqiu groaned for a while, and finally unconsciously raised his eyes to look at Meng Ran.

To be honest, this was a choice he made out of desperation, not that he wanted to evade responsibility, but that he really couldn't think of a better way.

His gaze on Meng Ran meant that he wanted to listen to Meng Ran's opinion, and if Meng Ran expressed his opinion, it would be tantamount to acquiescing to advancing and retreating with them as a part of the caravan.

Meng Ran looked at the apology in the other party's eyes and smiled slightly. She didn't blame the middle-aged man, and said slowly: "No matter what decision you want to make, I will support it, but if it really comes to the point where I can't beat it, I will really run first, don't say that I am not righteous." ”

There was no pretending to smile freely to please what Meng Ran said, everyone knew that what Meng Ran said was true.

And rightfully so.

In fact, the moment Hu Jinqiu looked at Meng Ran, he had already made a decision in his heart, if it was to break the fortune and eliminate the disaster, then he didn't need to refer to her opinion at all, it was just to pay money and settle things.

Now that the plan has been decided, then everyone will stop talking nonsense, and it will be over.

Hu Jinqiu explained his thoughts to everyone, let everyone digest the content, and he slowly walked to the improvised fortifications and talked to the other party again, but this time the hesitation in his eyes had all disappeared, and all that was left was firmness.

The caravan agreed to the other party's demand, and was willing to exchange the goods on the horses and the money on them for personal safety, provided that the other party first let the caravan go, and waited until everyone was far away before receiving it.

The other party agreed very happily, and said that he would definitely believe in the caravan's sincerity, and would not come forward to receive the caravan's things within half an hour of the caravan's departure.

Hu Jinqiu said hello, you retreat farther away, and we will leave.

The leader waved his hand behind him.

The caravan of fifty men slowly retreated, as if to show sincerity and give the caravan plenty of time to leave.

There wasn't much time left for the caravan, but Hu Jinqiu knew that he still needed to make a pre-war mobilization to boost the morale of these guards.

The mourning soldiers will win, at this time it is useless to just fight chicken blood, and fools can see that now for the caravan, there is only a disadvantage and a very disadvantage.

So Hu Jinqiu went against the norm and began to talk to everyone in the caravan in a heavy tone about the predicament that the caravan was facing now.

"Although the other party said that as long as we leave, it will not embarrass us, but as long as we get out of this improvised fortification, the other party may come to a collective charge at any time, and when the time comes, don't say that you can mediate with the other party, even if you want to run, I am afraid that it will be too late at all, and then it will be a terrible end with a terrible life, so we can't hope for the other party's mercy, we still have to rely on ourselves." Hu Jinqiu looked at everyone and said slowly.

"Our only advantage is the weather." Hu Jinqiu looked at the dark sky and continued to say to everyone.

"They have torches in their hands, which is a good and a disadvantage, and the disadvantage is that they have a hard time seeing our every move in the dark, which is also the biggest advantage of our next coping strategy."

Speaking of this, Hu Jinqiu let out a long sigh.

"The final result is still to work hard, how to fight, is the problem we have to consider, but I hope that you don't have any luck mentality, when you should be ruthless, you must be ruthless, after all, success or failure, even life and death, are in one move."

The leader retreated into the caravan, and in the light of the torches, he vaguely watched the situation on the other side of the caravan.

The people in those caravans naturally didn't know that their gang was not really interested in those goods at all, and the purpose of coming here was originally to kill people, as for those belongings, they belonged to beating rabbits with grass, and it was better, if not, it didn't matter much, only those horses could still raise his interest a little.

In order to prevent the other party from being caught in the net and losing too many brothers, he categorically would not adopt the current strategy.

But it seems that the other party's desire to survive is indeed strong enough, which also gives himself a chance to set up a game, as long as the other party walks out of the fortifications that refuse the horse, people's legs are always not as fast as the horse's legs, and when the time comes, these brothers only need to ride a collective charge, which is a pitiful end for convenience, and their own damage can be ignored at all, why not?

So when he vaguely saw that many people were starting to walk out from behind the fortifications at the rear of the caravan, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, knowing that his plan had succeeded.

Don't worry, after everyone on the other side comes out, it's not too late to kill people and sell more goods.

The ones who came out now must be those unarmed merchants, and according to common sense, those guards will definitely be behind the last square hall of the caravan to avoid their own temporary changes.

Maybe it's because these merchants in the Central Plains haven't seen the combat power of their own vassals for a long time, and they have such naïve thoughts.

Seeing the separation of people and goods, those people had already run towards the distance in a gray manner, looking at the back was quite embarrassed, and the leader knew that the time was almost up.

He turned his head and gave a cruel smile to his brothers behind him, and said in standard Western Regions dialect, "Charge, slaughter them." ”

These vassals couldn't wait any longer, and when they heard the leader's words, they no longer hid their greed, and screamed and charged towards the flock of lambs!