Chapter 590: Special Companions
The three of them actually took an offensive posture in the face of twenty or thirty people, and the twenty or thirty black-clothed people on the opposite side seemed to not know the strength of Shao Xi and the three of them, so they wanted to quickly eliminate the three of them with the advantage of numbers.
Judging from the degree of cooperation, these 20 or 30 people obviously went through long-term training and actual combat running-in, and when they launched the attack, they cooperated to a certain extent, each performed its own duties, and adopted the form of matching the high and low left and right to form a situation of encirclement of the three people.
As soon as the two sides came into contact, Shao Xi could feel that there were people attacking him at the same time, and there were crossbowmen on the stones not far away who were sniping the three of them accurately.
This is obviously not the style of horse bandits, although horse bandits also have team cooperation, but most of them use multi-point raids, fierce attacks, and definitely can't do such a precise and ingenious cooperation like this gang.
It seems that this is a group of killers or assassins who are organized, have tacit understanding, and have plans to launch a sneak attack.
And so far, it has not been seen who they are targeting this time.
The cooperation of Shao Xi and the three is very interesting, Sun Poyun deserves to be called "Cloud Breaking Knife", his style of play is simple and direct, without delay, and it is completely a style of breaking with force.
I saw that he didn't dodge or dodge, and drove straight into the goal with the ring-headed knife in his hand.
Regardless of whether the person he is targeting is protected by others or not, he will never fight with the other party, but directly take his life, giving people a feeling of staring at who is dead.
This tactic of stalking will cause great fear in the hearts of the target he locks, because as long as he is targeted, it is basically certain death.
His style of play will also be a huge deterrent to others.
Because no matter who it is, in the face of his sword-killing style, he will be afraid that he will become the next target he targets.
This made those who wanted to rush to his side and fight him with fear.
Shao Xi looked at Sun Poyun's style of play, and couldn't help but secretly admire it in his heart, this is really a lifeless way to play.
This kind of play that directly advances with sharp killing moves not only breaks through the opponent's formation, but also breaks through the opponent's psychological defense.
Shao Xi is different, Shao Xi uses his exquisite body technique to flash and move in the crowd, and the Liuyun Sword also arrives wherever his body goes, using a clever way of playing with seams and needles.
Shao Xi did not have a fixed target, and there would be people killed and injured wherever the sword went, so when he fought, he would find that the people who were originally around him began to avoid Shao Xi.
Because wherever Shao Xi goes, someone will be put down, so wherever Shao Xi rushes, people in this direction will naturally avoid it.
This made Shao Xi a little depressed, and he was chasing others to fight.
And Fu Biao is worthy of being born in the military, he is a style of play that fully cooperates with the whole.
He followed behind Shao Xi and Sun Poyun more to deal with the two of them, eliminating all kinds of hidden dangers around them.
As long as he finds that someone wants to sneak attack behind him, he will step forward to destroy it, so in terms of the number of kills, he is much worse than Shao Xi and Sun Poyun.
But at the same time, it also eliminated all worries for the two of them, allowing them to fight the enemy in front of them completely regardless of it.
It was the first time for the three of them to fight the enemy together, and they were able to cooperate so tacitly, and it was Fu Biao who contributed the most.
Because Shao Xi and Sun Poyun are different in fighting styles, and there is also a gap in the realm of martial arts, Fu Biao at this moment is more behind Sun Poyun.
Because Sun Poyun's style of play is really too bad, Fu Biao must help him clean up the black-clothed people around him who may pose a threat to him.
Shao Xi is different, Shao Xi can be said to be chic and elegant, full of silkiness.
The whole person jumped up and down, rushing left and right, Fu Biao really couldn't keep up with his rhythm, and these black-clothed people on the other side couldn't figure out Shao Xi's offensive path at all.
The whole scene looked like Sun Poyun was like a goal-oriented charger who took the core directly, and Fu Biao was by his side to assist him.
Shao Xi is more like a spoiler, messing up the original attack formation of the men in black, and has completely disrupted the cooperation of these people.
At this time, the caravan guards in the rear had also taken their shields from the camels, and formed a team of swords and shields to follow the three of them and kill them here.
Originally, Shao Xi and the three of them had already stirred each other up, and at this time, with more than a dozen guards coming up, the situation would be reversed.
Seeing this, the black-clad crossbowmen who were hiding on the rocks obviously increased the speed and frequency of their crossbow arrows, in order to prevent the caravan guards from supporting.
Seeing this, Shao Xi knew that some measures had to be taken, otherwise the caravan's guards would inevitably have more casualties even if they had leather shields as protection.
I saw him raise his hand and throw something in the direction of the stone pile where the crossbowmen were crouching, and everyone present did not see what he threw out.
The black-clothed crossbowmen squatted near the rocks, in order to ensure that the coverage of the crossbow arrows was not far away, and it happened that the thing that Shao Xi threw fell among them.
Someone noticed that something was wrong, and when they looked down, it turned out to be a round iron pill, which shone brightly silver in the moonlight.
Before they could figure out what it was, the iron pellet suddenly exploded, followed by countless tiny silver rays shooting out in all directions.
Several crossbowmen around him instantly threw away the crossbow in their hands and fell to the ground wailing, covering their faces, covering their necks, and more covering their arms and ribs on their sides, obviously hit by something, and it seemed that the injuries were not light.
Shao Xixin said, don't think that I can't do anything about you with a few crossbows in your hands, Lao Tzu has a grenade in his hand, and it's strange if you don't blow up your personal horseback!
Shao Xi knew that what he threw out was a "Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flower", but others didn't know!
This shot can surprise the other party's people, and the heart said What kind of thing is this, why have you never seen it? Throwing out one can hurt so many people, so it's still a fart?
I saw that the guy who seemed to be the leader of the group whistled, and the group of black-clothed people did not hesitate to retreat to the rear collectively.
Even throwing away some of the black-clothed people who rushed to the front and letting Shao Xi, Sun Poyun and others kill them has no intention of rescuing.
When Shao Xi and Sun Poyun killed all the remaining black-clothed people in front of them, the retreating group had quickly fled into the distance, and disappeared into the vast night in an instant.
By the time the caravan guards arrived in front of several people, only a dozen corpses were left lying on the ground, and there were no more people alive.
The crowd did not chase, if this black light blind fire rashly pursued, the ghost knows if there was an ambush ahead?
Shao Xi squatted down and took off the masks covering the eyes of several of them, and when he looked closely, they were all assassins with deep eyes and high noses, who looked like the Western Regions, and then saw that the weapons in their hands were all scimitars.
Most of the people in the Central Plains use straight knives, just like the ring-headed knife in Sun Poyun's hand, the blade is straight, and there is only a slight arc at the edge of the knife, and the vast majority of those who use scimitars are the horse peoples of the northern and western regions.
There are two main reasons why the shape of the knife is curved and curved.
First, the straight knife is not as smooth and smooth as the scimitar on horseback, and the scimitar only needs to draw the knife out along the arc of the scabbard, and the action of the knife is small, and at the same time, it can also complete a swing when the knife is out, which is very suitable for immediate combat.
Another reason is that the casting process of the Hu people is not as advanced as that of the Central Plains, and if the knives created are straight, they cannot be compared with the straight knives of the Central Plains in terms of strength.
The scimitar can indirectly increase the strength through the curvature of the blade, so that the blade body will not easily break.
This is a bit the same principle as the arch bridge, which increases the strength of the stressed surface through the arc, which is also the Hu people in the north and the western regions to make up for the lack of casting technology through their own wisdom.
Therefore, through the shape of the weapon, it can also be judged that the group of people who sneak attacked are all from the Western Regions, not the assassins of the Central Plains.
The crowd rummaged through the bodies, but found nothing to prove their identity.
So Shao Xi stood up and asked the caravan guards to drag the corpses aside and bury them with sand, otherwise the bloody atmosphere would be too heavy and it would attract nearby beasts and wolves.
When they returned to the camel-walled camp, they had no intention of sleeping, so they gathered around the campfire and began to talk about the attack tonight.
This sudden attack left the caravan with the loss of several guards and a few seriously wounded who needed to be cared for, which can be said to be a heavy loss after the battle.
After all, these guards can't die in vain, and the Taihe Trading House will pay some compensation to their families, and in addition to the reward for this trip, they will also give some more money to appease.
It's really hard to do this business with your head, and every time you go on a caravan escort, you risk losing your life.
"None of these attackers looked like Central Plains people, let alone horse bandits in the desert, but judging from their skills and cooperation, they looked like they had been trained to do this kind of thing.
"Who sent them to attack a caravan like ours? What do they want from us? Brother Sun, you can see that they are not horse bandits at a glance, I don't know how you can see it? ”
Shao Xi guessed in his heart that the other party was not a horse bandit when the attack first happened, because it was obvious that the other party was carefully prepared, and his actions were extremely secretive and cautious, and it was not like a small group of horse bandits who came out to look for the caravan and met them by chance.
But that was just Shao Xi's guess, and he wasn't sure.
There are many horse bandit gangs in this vast desert, and no one dares to say which horse bandit does not have this quality, but just now Sun Poyun's tone was very sure when he reminded himself and Fu Biao.
This proves that he is very sure of the other party's identity, and it also proves that he seems to know something, or that he is hiding something from himself.
When Sun Poyun saw Shao Xi asking himself this, he seemed a little speechless, Shao Xi just glanced at Sun Poyun's gaze, and he already had an answer in his heart.
"Who is she? Or what is she? Since we can walk together, it proves that we trust each other, and the premise of trust is that we should be honest with each other, and we should not hide things from each other.
"Just now this group of people is not a horse bandit, and their target is not the child, let alone the goods of the caravan, so their target will only be her, so who is she? Who is your employer? ”
Shao Xi raised his hand and pointed at Aliya, who was holding Lu Yunxiang in his arms not far away, and turned his head to look at Sun Poyun again, there seemed to be an inquiry in his eyes, and it seemed that everything was in his expectation.
Sun Poyun looked at Shao Xi's gaze towards him, his face showed a trace of embarrassment, hesitated for a moment, and finally told the truth.
"You're right, since peers should trust each other, then I won't hide it anymore, my deal this time is employed by the king of Wuhai Country, Megid, and Alia is the princess of Wuhai Kingdom.
She ran out alone with the king on her back and wanted to go to the Central Plains alone, and King Maged wanted to send someone out to look for it, but there was still this country of white nights between Wuhai and the Central Plains.
"And the relationship between the two countries has been tense for many years, and the grievances have been around for a long time, so I had no choice but to offer a reward to ask the Central Plains to go and find his daughter, and I happened to be in Wuhai at that time, because the bounty was very generous, I took the deal.
"As soon as I returned to Yulong Pass, I found Alia, and she was not willing to return to Wuhai with me, so I had to lock her feet, intending to take her back to Wuhai and hand her over to the king.
"But the way back still has to pass through the White Night Country, I don't know how the news leaked, these people who attacked the caravan tonight should be sent by the White Night Country, and their target should be Alia."
Sun Poyun's words, except for Shao Xi, the few people in front of him were full of surprise.
Unexpectedly, the little girl from the Western Regions who walked with them all the way was actually the princess of Wuhai Kingdom, if something went wrong on the way, wouldn't their caravan be asking for trouble when they arrived in Wuhai Kingdom?
Sun Lichang's face showed displeasure.
"Why didn't you tell us about such an important matter? Fortunately, nothing went wrong tonight, if this girl has three longs and two shorts, how can our Taihe Commercial Bank go to Wuhai Country to do business?
"Although I know that you are hiding this to ensure a safe journey, you should always say hello to us!"
Shao Xi, who was sitting on the side, nodded knowingly.
And so it was! When Brother Sun reminded me that the other party was not a horse bandit, I thought that there must be another goal to make people go to such great lengths to attack the caravan at night, and the only person I could think of was Alia.
"Judging from the scale of the other party's attack and the skills of these people, Alia's identity is by no means unusual, and sure enough, I guessed that she is actually a princess!
"But there is one thing I don't understand, what kind of grievances are there between Wuhai Kingdom and White Night Country, so that White Night Country can not hesitate to attack the princess of Wuhai Kingdom?
"If my judgment is correct, they should not have come here to carry out assassination, but more like they wanted to kidnap people.
"You know, it's much easier to kill someone than it is to kidnap someone, so why would they want to kidnap Alia? What is their purpose? What do they want from Aralia? ”
As soon as Shao Xi's words fell, he heard Arya's voice coming from behind.
"You don't have to guess, I'll tell you!"