Chapter 217 Under the moonlight, the first battle of the bow and cavalry
The sunset is at the west mountain, and the sunset is red.
A touch of beauty in the horizon coats the entire grassland with a layer of golden red.
On the endless plain, there is a big tree dyed golden red by the sunset, standing alone in the sunset.
Under the big tree.
Xue Pan was sitting on the stool with his arms open, breathing the wind, looking at the sky to the west in a secretly ecstasy.
It has been more than two months since I left Beijing in mid-April.
It was these dozens of days of sleeping in the open that Xue Pan's entire spirit changed a lot!
Although he was a little thinner and a little haggard, Xue Pan also had a bit more mature and sophisticated body, and his eyes were clearly distinguished by black and white, and he added a little more steady and sharpness.
At this moment, Xue Pan looked at the bright red sunset in the sky, but couldn't help but think of his sister and mother at home.
Well, there is also the maid Xiangling who he really took a lot of trouble to buy, and now I don’t know how it is going at home...
It turned out that because he thought that Xue Pan was going to go far, Aunt Xue did not stop Xue Pan anymore, and let Xue Pan ask Xiangling to leave her and put her into the room to be a maid.
But just a few days after Xiangling was obtained, Xue Pan left Shenjing and naturally missed him very much now.
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Just as he was sad, Xue Pan's servant came over, holding a bowl of broth and a piece of dry cake.
"Uncle, the meal is ready, and you have been tired all day long. Have some while it's hot!"
Xue Pan reached out to take the meal, and suddenly, the fishy smell of mutton in the soup made me dry for a day. At this moment, Xue Pan, who was hot and impatient, almost spit out one mouthful.
How can I still eat this?
"Is it the meal that Li Si cooked again today?"
Xue Pan cursed: "This grandson is getting more and more efficient! Now even when we make our own meals, we don't even want to put too much seasoning. The broth is so fishy, how can we eat it?!"
"Master Li's craftsmanship is already considered good!"
The servant laughed and asked again, "As for why he put so little seasoning, does the old man have no idea?"
However, this servant has been with Xue Pan since he was young. After traveling all the way around over the years, his relationship with Xue Pan is different from others.
Of course, he was not like other servants, in front of Xue Pan, like the ones who were all submissive.
When Xue Pan heard the servant's words, his face couldn't help but feel awkward, saying, "I originally wanted to keep all the seasonings we used, but those herders really gave too much!
We who do business can't be in trouble with money, right?"
After saying that, Xue Pan laughed and looked into his own convoy.
When he came out of Shenjing, Xue Pan brought thirty carts of sea salt and thirty carts of tea cakes, which were the most urgent items on the Saibei grassland.
From the start to this day.
The time on the road is not counted, but the time for real trading is only five or six days at most.
But at this little time, and most of them use barter, but Xue Pan's sixty cargoes were still sold out quickly by nearly 30%.
The empty mule cart was filled with various specialties from the grassland.
Xue Pan roughly estimated that the value of these things that have been replaced is more than three to five times the value of his sixty car salt tea!
Xue Pan looked at the cart of goods and his eyes narrowed when he smiled.
What's this?
This is a full sense of accomplishment!
In comparison, Xue Pan only felt that the little sense of accomplishment that he had obtained by relying on cockfighting and dog-walking in the past was simply not worthy of carrying shoes now.
It was also at this time that Xue Pan's thoughts finally completed a complete transformation...
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The moon slowly rises, and the dew on the grassland becomes heavier.
The night wind yelled, back and forth in the empty fields.
Under the thick trees where everyone was living, several bonfires emitted a warm orange-yellow light.
Dozens of carriages form a carriage array, and the one at the outermost point is the heavy and clumsy salt truck.
Inside, there are vehicles containing tea and grassland specialties.
The bonfire gradually dimmed. It was already a while since midnight, and the people in the convoy fell into a deep sleep.
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Suddenly, there were sounds of horse hooves in the distance.
"Mr. Xue Pan, wake up quickly!"
The low and rapid sound in his ears woke Xue Pan from his deep sleep.
In the hazy state, Xue Pan asked, "What's wrong?"
"Call everyone up quickly, someone is robbing our things!"
The person who spoke was the system entourage sent by Jia Jing and went out with Xue Pan, Sega.
"Robbery our stuff?"
The whistling sound of the wind and Sega's words made Xue Pan wake up in an instant, "It seems that the salt and tea cakes in our convoy were being missed! It's really wealth that touches people!"
Xue Pan was not surprised by this, and then asked in a deep voice: "By the way, how many people are there?"
"I guess there are nearly two hundred people!" Seijia said with excitement on his face, "It's been more than a month since he came to the grassland. Today, someone is finally willing to rob our convoy!"
When Xue Pan heard this, he couldn't help but be speechless.
As for Sega, I hope someone will come to rob him every day?!
Seeing Xue Pan's speechless expression, Sega just grinned and didn't care. He just instructed: "Mr. Xue Pan just guard the chariot formation. I will bring the archers and cavalry dispatched by my master to fight to fight against the enemy. This time, this will definitely make these people come and go!"
After saying that, with Sega's whistle, twenty archers and cavalrymen rode their horses up.
Stepping on the hazy night and the silver moonlight, the archers took out their hardwood short bows, lined up neat formations, and met the enemy.
Xue Pan also hurriedly called everyone in the convoy, holding their weapons next to the vehicle.
The light emitted by the bonfire became dimmer and dimmer.
"Shuh!"
"Shuh!"
The archers and cavalrymen were neatly sounding horse hooves, and the attackers immediately knew that their whereabouts had been exposed.
So, the group of people no longer controlled the sound of horse hooves, and also urged their horses to rush towards the convoy.
As for the more than 20 riders and other people who came up with Sega, the leader was directly ignored.
I have nearly 200 cavalrymen in my family. Facing more than 20 horses, it is probably just a charge!
"Driving!Driving!"
With the crisp sound of the horse whip, the distance between the two sides gradually became closer.
Just when both sides came to more than two hundred steps, before the group of attackers could react, a series of trembling sounds of bowstrings sounded.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The sharp feather arrow fell straight on the attacker with a loud roar.
After being attacked suddenly, more than ten cavalrymen fell from the team of the attackers.
Immediately afterwards, the bowstring sounded again!
Another group of cavalry fell off their horses and landed on the ground...
"Damn it, it's so far away, and it's in a hazy night, but the opposite side is still so accurate. Could it be that the twenty or so people on the opposite side are all archers?"
The leader couldn't help but curse.
Then, when the third group of cavalry fell off their horses, the leader's heart was already heartbroken.
"Charge! Charge!"
"Kill all the cavalrymen in front of you!"
Two roars in succession opened the prelude to the charge.
The attackers all grabbed the horse's belly with their legs and the speed of normal running and advancing suddenly accelerated. They were hitting sharp whistles in their mouths and charged towards the archers and cavalrymen.
"Bowling, free attack!"
Seeing that the formation on the opposite side had completely dispersed, Sega also ordered the many cavalry under his command to freely exert and attack freely.
Chapter completed!