Chapter 54: The Wolf Thief
The carriage traveled quite quickly.
Although cultivators excavated spirit stones and spirit crystals everywhere, destroyed the leylines, and frantically grabbed the essence of heaven and earth, they also made a lot of contributions, and the improvement of horse breeds was one of them.
Now the good breeds of horses in all parts of the world are basically domesticated and improved by cultivators using Taoism, and those with slightly better conditions can use good breeds of horses with extremely high endurance and mobility, and it is not uncommon for thousands of horses to be used. If this were not the case, the horses would not have traveled as fast as the warriors could walk on two feet.
However, even so, horse-drawn carriages carrying people and goods could not run at a speed comparable to empty horses, and secondly, the state was mountainous, and the roads were often uneven and winding, making it impossible to reach the destination. Therefore, although the distance from the bottom of the mountain to the vicinity of the Rejuvenation Valley is not far, it also requires the convoy to drive at full speed for nearly two days.
When the traffic was moving, a pigeon chirped suddenly, and the sound was clear, so that everyone couldn't help but raise their heads.
"This is the carrier pigeon in the Chamber of Commerce. "The leader of the caravan, Ye Luodao.
He whistled skillfully, and the pigeon flew into his arms in an instant, and Ye Luo untied the strip of cloth from the pigeon's leg.
Suddenly, Ye Luo's expression became serious.
He ordered the convoy to stop for a moment, and told the crowd what was said on the cloth.
To the east of where they were now, another convoy of the Sea Tiger Chamber of Commerce was attacked by wolf thieves and wiped out, and it seemed that they were planning to continue attacking this caravan!
Hearing this, everyone's faces changed greatly!
Wolf thieves are a group of bandits that have emerged in the Bingzhou area in recent years, and they have long adopted the method of wandering to commit crimes, plundering caravans everywhere, from Hedong and Taiyuan to Shangdang, Xinding, and even Datong and Wuyuan, and there are traces of their crimes in the entire territory of Bingzhou.
The ferocity of the wolf thieves, one is to attack the caravan, whether they surrender or not, all of them are killed and left alive, but the second point is the horror, the wolf thieves are not like ordinary bandit groups, they achieve mobility by riding horses, their mounts are domesticated giant wolves! After each raid, the killed people and horses will be eaten clean by the giant wolves, and sometimes there are no bones left!
The Bingzhou region was divided and occupied by the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Great Qi Dynasty, and the war was continuous for many years, and the large and small forces in it were intricately intertwined, and it was a place of chaotic war. It is precisely because of this chaotic situation that the fierce and brutal wolf thieves, although they are not famous masters, have not been exterminated so far.
At that moment, there was a middle-aged woman named Wen Zhoujie in the caravan who trembled with fright, and said with a cry: "What should I do, they will kill us cleanly and feed the wolves!"
Saying that, Wen Zhoujie was already crying.
She is a wholesale businessman.
Net bucket, that is, toilet. The state is prolific with high-quality wood, and the Guanzhong Tofu Room often uses toilets made of good wood that can emit aroma. Therefore, the toilets in Bingzhou are very popular in Guanzhong.
For a while, the entire caravan was talking.
Some people even suggested: "Why don't we give up our goods and horses and flee separately on the mountain road?" ”
As the discussion continued, more and more people held such views.
In fact, there are not many good hands in the caravan, but the murderous image of the wolf thief has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, forming an invisible psychological deterrent to everyone.
Hearing these words, Ye Luo's face couldn't help but turn blue.
"What a bastard!" interrupted their discussion.
These words were not said by Ye Luo, the leader of the caravan, but by Wu Feng, and he really couldn't stand it.
Wu Feng broke off his drink, full of anger, and shocked everyone to stop talking and looked in the direction of Wu Feng.
"Wu Gongzi, what do you think?" Wen Zhoujie wiped away her tears, and said to Wu Feng in an astringent voice.
"Although I am an outsider, I look down on you for such a style!" Wu Feng was like King Kong with angry eyes, and his temperament suddenly became majestic, which made everyone's hearts palpitate: "What is the essential difference between wolf thieves and other bandits? How much difference is there between being injured by a sword and being injured by a wolf's claws? Everyone is a person with martial arts, and the wolf thief has not yet arrived, and you are so frightened when you only hear the wind?"
was scolded by Wu Feng, and a group of people were shocked by his aura and didn't dare to make a sound, only Ye Luo nodded secretly.
"These goods are everyone's sweat and blood, are you really willing to throw them to the wolf thieves like this? People die for money, birds die for food, you would rather flee without a fight, and end up bankrupt, but you dare not let go?"
Hearing Wu Feng's words, many people's eyes lit up, the businessman made heavy profits, and fled without a fight, no one was really willing.
"It's just ......" Wen Zhoujie said again: "The wolf thief is so powerful, how can we be opponents?"
Wu Feng laughed: "The wolf thief is really powerful? No, everyone, listen to my analysis." ”
When everyone in the caravan heard Wu Feng's words, they all listened attentively.
Wu Feng said: "I have also heard that every time a wolf thief attacks, only the mutilated bones of the victim are left at the scene, and there is never a wolf thief corpse, as if the wolf thief can eat the caravan without casualties." However, there are often wolf hairs or even small pieces of fur left at the scene, what does it mean?"
Wu Feng paused and said: "It proves that a wolf was injured in the fight! The wolf is like this, and so are the bandits, but the blood shed by the bandits and the wolves is mixed with the blood of the victims, and they cannot be separated! As for the corpses of the dead in the battle, the wolf thieves will naturally move away, how can they stay where they are!"
Hearing this, everyone nodded secretly.
They had long heard rumors that the wolf thieves could eat a large caravan without losing one person or one wolf, so they were afraid of this, but when they heard Wu Feng's analysis, they realized that the wolf thieves were not so powerful!
Wu Feng continued to analyze: "Moreover, what we have to fight is not all wolf thieves!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was surprised again, and they looked at Wu Feng suspiciously.
Wen Zhoujie asked, "What does Wu Gongzi mean by this?"
Wu Feng smiled slightly: "The big caravan with the masters of the Blood Exchange Realm has almost no record of being attacked by wolf thieves. What does this mean? First, the wolf thieves have a complete investigation mechanism, and second, it is very likely that there are no masters of the blood exchange realm among the wolf thieves! Their strength is not as good as Er'er. ”
These words can indeed be comforting, but the problem is that there are no masters of the Blood Realm in this caravan, and even Ye Luo's strength is only the Eight Heavens of the Bone Refining Realm.
Wu Feng said: "Walk forward another twenty miles, through the Luofeng Mountain Pass, it is Xuanguan Town." The mayor of the town, Chen Xiangyuan, and his son Chen Xuanjiu organized a private army to buy money for the road, but also to ensure the safety of the passing merchants. Chen Xiangyuan and Chen Xuanjiu are both masters at the peak of the Blood Exchange Realm, and the wolf thieves will never dare to commit crimes there. ”
But there was also a human: "The giant wolf can run at full speed in a short period of time, but it is far better than the carriage, and the location where the other caravan was attacked is not far from here, and the wolf thief must have taken this into account and pursued it at full speed before we crossed the Falling Wind Col......"
Wu Feng said: "That's right, but if the wolf thieves ate the caravan in the east before, there will inevitably be bandits and wolves injured, and a group of people must be left to guard the goods they have robbed." At the same time, only the elite of the giant wolves can have such speed. Now we're going full speed, either we'll be able to reach Porch before the wolf thieves catch up, or we'll only be fighting the elite wolf thieves. ”