The pits dug by the armed caravans were hundreds of meters long and wide. After digging the trap pit, Boss Qian ordered someone to pull the grass to camouflage the trap, and even the tripping rope was covered with grass. The bandits whipped their horses and screamed as they rushed towards the caravan camp, and the imminent arrival of their belongings made them forget about the danger and not notice anything unusual on the ground. The horse bandit who rushed to the front fell on his back, tripped over the horse behind him and tripped over the horse behind him who had no time to avoid it, and dozens of horses fell in an instant. Seeing that the situation was not good, the large group of horse bandits who followed the charge tightened their horses and made an urgent turn, and they were able to avoid the pit. After half a circle, they returned to the starting point, dismounted and began to regroup.

Boss Qian and Boss Qian were overjoyed when they saw this, knowing that the plan they discussed with Ze Yang was half successful. The tall man who came to see him last night was Nima's son Ze Hao, who was also the heir to the position of the Arrow Burner. Five years ago, Nima, who was in the prime of life, died suddenly, and it was supposed to be Ze Yan to inherit his father's position as the head, but unexpectedly, the usually obedient and modest housekeeper Adam suddenly showed his fangs, not only took the position of the leader, but also wanted to kill the young Zelang. Fortunately, Sakuro escaped under the desperate protection of several of Nima's relatives. Rumor has it that Nima was poisoned by Adam. In order to survive, Zelang took a few of his relatives to become horse bandits. As he grew older, Zelang grew tall and strong, and the ordinary three or five people were not his opponents, and there were more than twenty people under him, and he became a famous horse bandit in the area of the archery furnace. The goods carried by the armed caravan are really eye-catching, and as soon as they enter the Tibetan area, they are targeted by bandits from all walks of life and are ready to wait for an opportunity to attack, including Zelang's gang of horse bandits. After Boss Qian and his entourage entered the Arrow Furnace River Valley, Zelang followed him all the time, and the more he observed, the more familiar he felt that this caravan was familiar. Later, when Boss Qian went to the village with gifts, he saw the real thing. Although he had seen it more than ten years ago, his memory had long been blurred, but he still recognized Boss Qian.

The horse bandits who attacked the caravan were not in the same group as Ze Yan, but were the accomplices of the new head of the archery furnace, Adam. Adam had already sent someone to inform the gang of horse bandits about the caravan, which was why the armed caravan was attacked as soon as it entered the grassland. The bandits were actually from a medium-sized tribe in the nearby grasslands. There were about 2,000 people in this tribe, and 600 of them participated in the robbery this time, except for the old, weak, sick and disabled. Also involved in the attack were dozens of Adam's henchmen. The reason why Adam wanted to collude with the steppe tribes was, on the one hand, that he could not afford to eat an armed caravan of 300 people, and on the other hand, he did not want the caravan to be robbed on his own territory, because it would ruin his reputation and cut off the future tolls. It's just that his plan was secretly told to Zelang by the people in the village. This is the scene where Zelang came to the camp last night to find the money boss. Boss Qian and Zelang had a lot of secret discussions, which was to discuss strategies to deal with horse bandits.

Dozens of men and horses were broken without even touching the edge of the caravan camp, which made the arrogance of the horse bandits disappear a lot. Of course, it is impossible to give up the fat to the mouth, not to mention that this batch of goods is worth a lot of money on the steppe, even if the three hundred people of the caravan are captured and sold into slavery, it is a lot of wealth. After a closer inspection, the bandits also found pits, tripping ropes, and trenches, and they could not charge their horses under these obstacles, so the bandit leader decided to dismount and fight. After leaving a group of men to guard the horses, the leader of the horse bandits rushed towards the caravan from the southeast and southeast with all his men, believing that even if the number was equal, his side could easily eat the other side, not to mention that he was three times the number of the other party.

Overcoming the enemy's weaknesses with one's own strengths is one of the countermeasures that Boss Qian and Zelang discussed last night. In the era of cold weapons, the cavalry was the nemesis of the infantry, and even if the infantry was lucky to win, it was only a rout, and it could only hurt its fur but not its muscles and bones, and could only watch the cavalry march away. If the horse bandits do not dismount and fight on foot at this time, they will continue to wander and harass them, and it will not take a few days to drag down the armed caravan alive. It's just that this horse bandit leader is greedy for money, and wants to break through the caravan's defense line in one fell swoop, so as not to have long nights and dreams, and attract other tribes to get a piece of the pie.

These horse bandits are actually very poorly equipped, except for bows and arrows, the rest are spears and long knives, and the armor rate is also very low, except for a few wearing chain mail, there is not even much leather armor. Thinking back to the time when the Tubo Empire was strong, in addition to its abundance of horses, the most important thing was that its swords and armor were extremely sophisticated, so that even the Tang army had to retreat as pointed out by the soldiers in its heyday. It has only been two or three hundred years since the collapse of the empire, and it is really embarrassing that the once terrifying steppe iron cavalry has degenerated and degenerated, and is even more stupid to the point of dismounting and fighting on foot for the sake of property. Not to mention the cannon as a big killer, the caravan will let them drink a pot of grenades with spears and giant shields.

Under the cover of bows and arrows, the horse bandits fought in front of the trench with two companies of soldiers of the caravan guarding the breastwork, and although the scene was superior, it was difficult to attack in a short time. On the one hand, the horse bandits were scattered in formation and were not good at fighting on foot, and on the other hand, the caravan soldiers were extremely disciplined and did not retreat. Under the tight defensive shield, the horse bandits not only did not take advantage, but were stabbed by spears. As time passed, the battle became more and more tense, but Boss Qian did not give the order to throw grenades, he knew that as long as the grenade exploded, it would turn the tide of the battle, but it would also make the horse bandits flee. He was waiting for Zelang and Qian Bao to appear.

The battle is becoming more and more intense, the two sides are no longer in a stalemate, but the caravan was pressed and beaten by the horse bandits, and more than ten people were killed and wounded, even Qian Laosan was stabbed in the arm, of course, the horse bandits were more killed and wounded. Just when the defense line could not be supported, Boss Qian finally ordered to throw the grenades that had been prepared for a long time, because he saw a cavalry of more than 20 people appear on the hill, which was Zelang's horse team. Immediately afterwards, Qian Bao's company also appeared on the hill one after another.

Seeing dozens of iron bumps flying in, the horse bandits were puzzled at first and then disdainful, these people from Han actually smashed people with iron blocks, is this a sign of imminent death? They never imagined that this thing would be like a thunderbolt in the sky, and it would kill and injure many people in an instant. Could it be that the compassionate Buddha sent down thunder to punish the sins of the people? After a brief moment of consternation, the bandit turned and fled with a cry, running towards the herd behind him. It's just that they haven't run to the herd yet, but they find that a group of people are desperately driving the horses far away. The leader of this group was none other than Sawaro, and just now when the grenade exploded, he led the horse team to raid the horse bandits guarding the horses, and these horse bandits were also stunned by the series of huge explosions, and it didn't take much effort to kill them.

The horse bandits, who were dazed by the grenade, were so anxious that they saw their mounts being driven into the distance. At this time, there was a louder noise than before - it was a shelling. The shelling first came from four light Tiger squat guns on the hill. Seeing that the cannons were fired on the hill, the eight light tiger squat cannons on the side of the caravan camp also fired, and the horse bandits fell to the ground one after another under the crossfire. After a few rounds of shells landed, the horse bandits no longer fled, but knelt on the ground and kept begging the Buddha to bless them, which was too shocking for them at this moment.

Zelang first waved his hands towards the hill, and then rode to the camp to signal that the shelling would stop. After the shelling stopped, he shouted a local language to the group of horse bandits kneeling on the ground, probably because the Buddha had sent someone to temper them, and quickly put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot. Boss Qian knew that these people were devout Buddhists, but he had some doubts about the effectiveness of Zelang's shouting. But to his surprise, it didn't take long for Zelang to come over and ask someone to help tie up all these horse bandits, and none of them resisted.