Chapter 37: Confrontation
Zheng Ning raised his head and looked at this Huozi flag, what does this mean? Could it be that they are trying to use them to divert the enemy's attention? But it's not like it, Zheng Ning's heart is upset at this moment, but he doesn't care about thinking so much, or the enemy doesn't give him a chance to think at all.
The ground shook louder and louder, and the sound of horses' hooves became clearer and clearer, and soon a large number of cavalry shouted in the distance, and appeared in their sight with yellow sand, and the cavalry rolled in from a distance like a yellow dragon, and the front of the leader also carried a banner.
It was a white banner with a black mountain peak painted on it, and a black skull.
Seeing this flag, Lao Wu's whole face changed wildly, and he immediately said loudly: "Everyone get ready, it's a black mountain thief." ”
Zheng Ning's face also became extremely pale, the Black Mountain Thief, this Western Regions merchant is not unaware, but the number of Black Mountain Thieves is not much, to be precise, although they plundered the caravan, but the Black Mountain Thief is more just charging the cost of the caravan, and will not kill them all.
After all, they know very well that if they are all killed, then there will be no caravan to take this road, and without a caravan, what will they rob in the future?
But the Montenegrin thieves collected tolls at most, and at most they dispatched a dozen cavalry, and now ...... Obviously, all the people are dispatched, as long as you have mixed here, you know that once all the Black Mountain thieves are dispatched, it almost means that they will not die!
Zheng Ning regretted a little, if he had known this, he should have traveled overnight yesterday instead of resting here for one night.
What he regretted even more was that he had just planted this flag on the cargo box of his caravan, didn't this make it clear that he was bound to Huo Gang and them? It's just that it's too late to regret at this time, the Black Mountain thieves have already seen the situation on this side, and it's too late to tear the flag at this time.
Instead, they risk losing their only help, the extremely elite cavalry.
Zheng Ning has been in business for many years, and he knows very well that the more times like this, the more he can't afford the grass on the wall, otherwise, he doesn't know how to die.
And Zheng Ning still has a little expectation in his heart, that is, these soldiers in front of him are extremely elite, and he didn't see the general on the white horse and white armor yesterday, which means that they still have a backhand!
"Old Wu!" Thinking of this, Zheng Ning said in a low voice.
"Yes."
"Tell everyone, prepare to fight hard, if General Huo and they fall after a while, we are ready to help, we can't run, don't think about surrendering, it's useless, the Black Mountain thieves never show mercy." Zheng Ning said in a low voice.
"Yes!" Lao Wu took a deep breath and did not refute, he knew the current situation very well, no one wanted to fight hard, but when it was time to fight hard, they all fought hard.
After all, if you dare to walk this Silk Road, you are dancing on the tip of a knife!
After giving the order, Zheng Ning turned his head again, and the only thing that reassured Zheng Ning was that even in the face of such a huge momentum of the enemy, those black-armored cavalry not far from them were still motionless, and even their horses did not have any frightened formation.
The entire black-armored cavalry queue is like a silent black mountain, just standing there quietly, quite with the momentum of "Mount Tai collapses in front and the color remains unchanged"!
Zheng Ning's face changed again when he saw this scene, this is ...... Really elite! Soldiers of a Hundred Battles! Because they were also standing behind Huo Gang and them, those herdsmen in ordinary clothes began to stir instead.
Huo Gang sat quietly on the horse's back, looking at the enemy who was charging in the distance with a blank face, but he didn't make any move.
But the blood in Huo Gang's body seemed to be boiling, but it couldn't be seen on the surface.
Huo Gang didn't move, Huo Zheng beside Huo Gang didn't change their faces, they were also motionless, a hundred horses were like a hundred sculptures, their calm state seemed to be even the war horses under their crotch could be affected, and these war horses were also extremely calm!
These ordinary people who were standing behind Huo Gang and they were originally in a commotion, they didn't know why, when they were a little frightened in their hearts, but when they saw that the general in front of them was as calm as a mountain and his face did not change, the fear in their hearts did not know why it suddenly began to fade.
The ordinary people behind them also quickly settled down with resolute faces, they believed in their generals! Animals have spirits, they can feel the aura of people, and when these ordinary people are emotionally stable, the horses under their crotches are gradually stabilized.
Zheng Ning, who saw this scene, was a little stunned, of course he knew what it meant, which meant that this general, who looked extremely immature and was called Huo Gang, had incomparable prestige in the eyes of these ordinary people under his rule!
The Black Dragon King saw the cavalry lined up here from a long distance, but at first he had a hint of banter in his heart, just like that, he wanted to resist them? Therefore, instead of slowing down, the Black Dragon King directly called out and began to accelerate, he just wanted to scare the other party.
But as the distance between the two sides continued to get closer, the other party still didn't make any moves, just like a big mountain, and the other party's calm attitude made the banter on the Black Dragon King's face quickly low-key, and his face became serious.
It's not for nothing that you can see them and keep your face changed, but there are really no people who can do this with just a hundred people and a hundred riders!
Until the distance from the other party was almost a hundred meters, the other party still did not have any panic, at this time, the Black Dragon King had to make a gesture and rein in the reins of the horse.
A shrill whistle sounded throughout the horse team, and as the Black Dragon King reduced his speed, the entire horse team instantly began to reduce its speed.
It wasn't until the distance between the two sides was about seventy or eighty meters that it finally stopped.
The yellow sand brought up by the horse team finally came to the surface, but no one on either side moved, until the howling northwest wind blew all the yellow sand away, and a piece of cavalry on the other side appeared in front of Huo Gang and them.
Seeing this scene in front of him, Zheng Ning's face became ugly, because he found that it didn't seem to be just the Black Mountain thieves who came, it should be said that all the horse thieves in the vicinity seemed to be here, at least most of them came!
Because these cavalry were clearly divided into two parts.
Huo Gang naturally saw this, but he didn't care, Huo Gang said lightly: "Hongyun, go." ”
Hongyun immediately snorted, directly raised his front legs and walked forward, seeing Huo Gang's movements, a trace flashed in the Black Dragon King's eyes, and he also said directly: "Don't move, I'll go and meet this General Huo." ”
After saying that, the Black Dragon King directly knocked his legs on the horse's belly, and also walked forward, until the distance between the two sides was more than thirty meters, and they each stopped.
"Are you Huo Gang?" Seeing the young face on the other side clearly, the Black Dragon King smiled faintly and asked loudly.
"It's me, what do you call it?" Huo Gang also had a smile on his face.