Under the sky

Chapter 337 The Silent Voice

The horse bandits' camps were spread across one area, most of which were small tents for five or seven people. They were colorful and varied, but very neat.

Before dawn, Li Jingfeng led 500 people out of the front door to form an array.The leather armor on his body is even more worn and old than the defeated disciples of the Nine Families, but it is almost the best armor in Huaishu Town.

"Fight as you said last night?" Guo Sanhuai asked.

Li Jingfeng nodded: "I will cross from the east to the west front and disrupt their team. Mr. Guo will guard the town entrance. If they go around the east and west lines, we will meet the enemy at the town entrance."

Li Jingfeng knew that these horse bandits did not come from the same family. There were at least seven or eight horse bandits from different hills gathered here. What Huaishu Town lacked was a city wall, dangerous ground to defend, and manpower, but it did not lack morale. As long as they were disrupted, this would A rabble easily breaks up.

Guo Sanhuai put the iron hoe on his shoulder. It was his weapon.He patted Li Jingfeng's riding butt: "Brother, I leave it to you."

The darkness of night was dispersed before the sun climbed up the hill. The rallying horn was blown from the front, and the horse bandits rushed towards them.The number of people is a bit small, it seems less than a thousand?Li Jingfeng looked into the distance.Could it be that the horse bandits plan to attack in several waves?

This is the way to play on the battlefield.The battle between horse bandits is different from the regular disciples of the Nine Families. On the battlefield, the disciples will be divided into several teams and launch waves of offensives in sequence. This is conducive to maintaining the battle line, and the disciples who retreat in the first wave can also regroup and rest. , more conducive to long-term battles.What the horse bandits pay attention to in robbery is to fight quickly, kill people and loot goods, and travel far away. They often only carry a few days of rations with them, which is not suitable for long battles. They have no baggage, lack of training and cooperation, and have poor equipment and few bows and arrows. , when fighting, they often work hard and win quickly.

Where did this group of horse bandits learn how to fight on the battlefield?Li Jingfeng pulled out his original intention and led the team to attack.

The two teams fought in the dim morning light. Their original intentions after being reborn were heavy and solid, and they were also handy weapons on horses. Li Jingfeng slashed with his sword, and the heavy iron sword took away five or six lives in the blink of an eye.

"Kill!" Li Jingfeng shouted loudly.He suddenly turned to the west and led his team to smash the enemy's team into pieces. At the same time, he searched for traces of the enemy leader on the battlefield.

In the chaos, he spotted a strong man on horseback holding a short-handled axe, followed by more than ten guards. From the armor and bright saddle on his body, he could tell that he was one of the leaders of the horse bandits.Li Jingfeng immediately galloped forward, and the guards around the strong man immediately stepped forward to attack him. Li Jingfeng struck No. 1 in the chest and fell off his horse. He ducked down to avoid the spear and sword, and threw a tripping rope to smash the other man's face.

The strong man holding the ax shouted loudly and swung the ax towards his face. Li Jingfeng reined in his horse and turned sideways, in line with his original intention.The weapons collided, and the ax suppressed the original intention. It seemed that he had the upper hand, but the strong man's expression changed drastically.It turned out that Li Jingfeng's stance seemed to be full of strength, but there was no sense of force when the weapons connected, as if he had struck the air. The strong man used too much force and suddenly lost his center of gravity. The empty door behind him opened wide, and Li Jingfeng struck his back with a sword.

After all, the strong man holding an ax is one of the leaders of the horse bandits. His martial arts skills are unambiguous, his reactions are extremely fast, and he dismounts from his horse in one roll.Unexpectedly, Li Jingfeng's sword struck the saddle with what seemed like a huge blow, leaving not even a scratch. The strong man was stunned, and was overjoyed. He only thought that Li Jingfeng was just a showman. His moves were exquisite, but his internal strength was not enough. With a shout, he jumped up and raised the ax with both hands to strike down from above his head.

If it was the original intention in the past, to receive this axe, the sword would have to be bent and had to be dodged, but now it is different.Li Jingfeng was holding a horizontal sword with one hand. He was a strong man with an axe, so he expected his opponent to be weak in skills. He used all his strength to strike with one hand, and he would definitely not be able to block it with one hand, and would definitely split the person in half.

Unexpectedly, there was a sound of "Cang!", and the full force of the strike was like striking an anvil. The ax collapsed and made a gap. Not only did the sword not move at all, but the strong man was shocked and fell to the ground, his arms numb.The strong man was inexplicably shocked. Before he could react, Li Jingfeng struck with his sword. He was so busy that he had to block with his axe.Although the ax was swept onto the sword, it was still in vain. The strong man holding the ax could not hold back his strength, his body fell over, his left shoulder hurt, and his arm had been cut off.

The strong man couldn't believe it. He threw down his axe, screamed loudly, turned around and ran away.Just as Li Jingfeng was about to give chase, two horse bandits came and seemed to be trying to pick up the strong man, but two spears stabbed into the chest of the strong man. The strong man holding an ax screamed and fell to the ground dead.

Li Jingfeng was surprised. Why did the horse bandit suddenly turn against him?The two horse bandits succeeded and turned around to flee. Li Jingfeng did not waste any more time and led his team to charge left and right, cutting the horse bandits into pieces.The opponent lost command, fled in all directions, and was completely defeated.

According to common sense, if the first wave of troops was beaten like this, the second wave should have pressed for support. However, there was no movement in the camp of the horse bandits. It was not until Li Jingfeng dispersed the defeated army that the second wave of horse bandits poured out of the camp. About the same time There are 900 people. This time the troops are divided into two teams, one on the left and one on the right.

Li Jingfeng knew that there must be people in the other side's camp who knew how to fight.The first wave of troops he led was exhausted, and the second wave of 500 people from Huaishu Town came forward to support them and replaced the front line.After all, Li Jingfeng had served as the Iron Sword Silver Guard and had led a team in Qingcheng. He now commanded the team to form a group to defend against the enemy.

He had been in Huaishu Town for a long time, and the guards had been trained by him and knew better commands than the horse thieves. Even so, the horse thieves had an advantage in numbers after all, and they were easier to be surrounded when they shrank into a circle on flat ground.Li Jingfeng rushed left and right, picking the opponent's masters to fight. His horse was hit by a knife and fell to death. He dismounted and walked, killing three more bandit leaders.Seeing that it was difficult to break out of the encirclement, the horse bandits had just gained the upper hand. A group of more than [-] horse bandits suddenly abandoned the encirclement and rushed towards Huaishu Town.

Li Jingfeng woke up and realized that the horse bandits wanted to divide their troops into two groups, one to surround them, and the other to go straight to Huaishu Town to plunder. This was too hasty.There are still a thousand guards left in Huaishu Town. If we go straight to the camp before the vanguard is dispersed, wouldn't we risk death?
What's even more incredible is that after this group of horse bandits went straight to Huaishu Town, the remaining horse bandits were supposed to shrink the encirclement and fill the gap. However, they also withdrew the encirclement and rushed towards Huaishu Town in a hurry, leaving a big empty door behind them. .Li Jingfeng was surprised and hurriedly turned back to look at the horse bandit camp. Logically speaking, at this time, the horse bandit should launch a third wave of offensive to attack from both front and back, or at least harass and contain them.

Something even more shocking happened to him. Not only did the horse bandits not send anyone to respond, but the camp actually caught fire?Could it be that there was internal strife?

what the hell?Li Jingfeng has never fought in such a ridiculous and rigid way.These four thousand horse bandits can no longer be described as a mob. Ma Qi's team on Daba Mountain is more impressive than them.How could such a disorganized team survive in the Solitary Cemetery?How could they gather together to attack Huaishu Town?It was a fight, so how could it be so bad?

Li Jingfeng didn't think much, and took advantage of the chaos in the horse bandits' camp to lead his team to Huaishu Town to attack the horse bandits.Guo Sanhuai led the team out of the town entrance with a hoe on his shoulder and stood at the front of the team. Two riders rushed forward first and slashed at Guo Sanhuai with the bright swords in their hands.

Guo Sanhuai hit the horse with his hoe, and the hoe was embedded in the horse's head. With a seemingly simple hoe, the man and the horse were dragged to another rider, and the two horses collided into a ball.Without blinking an eye, Guo Sanhuai struck the head of the horse bandit who fell to the ground and screamed, and his head rolled out more than ten feet away.When the enemy attacked, Guo Sanhuai used his hoe again and dug a big hole in the chest of a horse bandit.

This thin and short middle-aged man cannot jump high, but he can jump over horses. His movements are not fast, but his strength is astonishing. A simple move that sweeps through thousands of armies, combined with the large whirlwind that can be seen everywhere, is enough to sweep away all attacks. The movements are clean. It's neat but not fancy, and it can even be said that there are very few changes, but it is overwhelming.

It is said that a spear pierces a line and a stick hits a large area. The iron hoe in his hand is like an iron rod. Whenever he sweeps it, no matter the horse's feet, body or people, they will either fall to the ground, roll over, or fly far away.He swung the hoe after hoe. No matter how the opponent came, he would hit his head and hoe and a human head would fly out, just like a farmer hoeing the weeds, hoeing away the heads one after another. There was no expression on his face. The horse bandit was there. There was no difference between them and weeds before him.

Li Jingfeng caught up with them and pinched them in front and back. The horse bandits were caught in the middle and could not break out. The few who still refused to give up tried to escape into the town, but were killed one by one by the guards.It was only then that a team of horse bandits gathered in the camp and beat drums to kill them.

It's time for the last batch, at least a thousand people.The team in Huaishu Town was very tired. Li Jingfeng and Guo Sanhuai lined up and waited.However, before the handover between the two armies, the enemy's rear began to loosen up. Ignoring the charge from the front, the horse bandits in the rear escaped and then collapsed, like ants fleeing in panic. The guards of Huaishu Town were morale-boosted and bravely rushed forward...

This was supposed to be a difficult war, but it turned into a farce-like victory. Li Jingfeng took off his armor and leaned against the wall, panting.He never liked cleaning the battlefield. There were too many dead people and it was filled with the cries of the injured.

The sound of firecrackers and the laughter and shouts of everyone could be heard from the wall behind you, but even if you win, is it worth celebrating?Li Jingfeng thought.

Amao came over with a medicine bag on his back and asked, "Where is the stupid donkey injured?"

Li Jingfeng took off his shirt, revealing more than a dozen scars on his front and back: "They are all minor injuries."

Amao took out the gold medicine and felt a slight sting from the wound, but Li Jingfeng's expression remained unchanged. "The people in the town are looking for you. There is a celebration party tonight." Amao said.

Li Jingfeng shook his head: "I'm not going, you can eat better with Mr. Guo." He thought of something in a daze, and after a while he said, "I will patrol the night alone tonight, and ask Mr. Guo not to wait for me to eat."

Amao muttered curses while applying medicine to him.

After nightfall, Li Jingfeng walked to the Ma bandit camp without lighting a lantern.Not far away, only three miles away, built along the water source in front of a small hill, there must be seven or eight hundred tents in a large area.Most of the tent in the middle was burned by fire, leaving only a large piece of charred ground and charred corpses on the ground with the smell of barbecue wafting out.There are unexpectedly many corpses here, at least 200, or more... Li Jingfeng pinched his nose and breathed softly.The tents farther away on the east and west sides escaped the kiss of fire, but they were very messy, and there was a faint fire burning there.Li Jingfeng first walked towards the east side of the fire. About two hundred horse bandits were gathered there. They didn't panic when they saw him. They were all busy searching for the remaining belongings and clothes in the tent. If there was an occasional dispute, they would kill each other. It seemed that they were divided. They belong to a different camp, they ran away and then went back to pick up their belongings.

A wolf howl was heard, and the horse bandits looked at each other, hurriedly carrying their packed baggage on their backs, either on horseback or on foot, and dispersed in the blink of an eye.

Is the wolf willing to take risks?That's one of the leaders of this group of horse bandits. Is he still alive?Li Jingfeng shook his head.Gan Mao was not the person he was looking for, but he still followed the howling of wolves and walked towards the heights of the hills.

Did you guess wrong?He thought as he walked.

It's winter, the trees have already withered and turned yellow, and the fallen leaves are rustling all over the ground.A lonely moon hung in the sky, tree branches swayed in the wind, and subtle wolf howls were carried by the wind, adding to the chilling atmosphere.

Deep in the woods, a man was sitting on a big rock, his feet swaying, no torch was lit, and something curled up at his feet, it was a wolf.The beast had a thin iron chain tied around its neck and was chewing on a bloody human hand. He suddenly put down the food in his mouth, faced Li Jingfeng, and let out a deep roar.

"What's wrong?" The man became alert.He couldn't see Li Jingfeng in the darkness, but the wolf's sense of smell did not lie.

"Is the wolf willing to take risks?" Li Jingfeng suddenly said.

Gan Mao put his hand on the knife. It was too dark and he couldn't see clearly who was coming, but he still found Li Jingfeng's direction from the wolf's reaction.He didn't move, keeping his eyes on the darkness.

"You can light the torch." Li Jingfeng looked at the wolf at his feet, "I need your help."

"Why should I help you?" Gan asked casually.

"Why do you think you can refuse?" Li Jingfeng asked.

Gan Mao took out the fire seal from his arms, lit the torch and raised it, and then he saw the person clearly. "Master Li?" Gan Mao recognized Li Jingfeng at a glance and asked, "Are you here to kill people for Huaishu Town?" He held the weapon in one hand, which was a short-handled sickle.

"I think it's better if you don't do anything." After living in the world for a long time, Li Jingfeng gradually understood that sometimes speaking harsh words, especially with a bit of intimidation, is a good way to protect the other party.

He stepped forward so that Ganmao could see that he was not hostile.The wolf pretended to pounce, and shouted in a low voice: "Little boy, don't move, you can't afford to offend this man."

My dear, a wolf has such a cute name?Upon hearing his master's scolding, the little boy immediately calmed down and gnawed on the hand beside his mouth.

"I want to find someone." Li Jingfeng said, "Who gathered you together and made you kill each other?" He shook his head, "I have never seen such bad horse bandits as you. A team of more than 4000 people was possessed by evil spirits. It’s like they’re dying one by one.”

"Fuck! It's not Lao Li!" Gan Mao trembled and his voice began to weaken, "We would have won, but Lao Li wanted to monopolize the treasure of Huaishu Town, so he deserves to die!" Gan Mao pointed to the arm in Xiaoguai's mouth. , "He deserves to be fed to the wolf!"

"Did Lao Li bring you together?" Li Jingfeng breathed a sigh of relief, but also a little disappointed.

"No." Gan Mao's body trembled even more.Li Jingfeng sensed something was wrong and rushed forward. Gan Mao had already fallen off the rock. Li Jingfeng helped him up and felt a large blood stain on his back.He took off Ganmao's clothes and saw a big hole on the man's back. He didn't know what weapon made it.

"I...where are all my men?" Gan Mao asked with blurred eyes.

"They all ran away." Li Jingfeng said, "Only Xiaoguai is with you."

Gan Mao laughed, his ferocious expression turned peaceful, and he waved to the little boy, and the wolf lay down at his feet docilely.Gan Mao touched Xiaoguai's head and said, "I can't do it anymore. Eat enough, that's your enemy's meat."

Li Jingfeng could not threaten a dying person, so he had to ask: "Is the person who gathered you together named Ming unknown?"

Gan Mao was startled, his eyes widened, and suddenly his body trembled and he died.Seeing that his master had stopped moving, Xiaoguai pushed his head against his body and pushed it a few times. Seeing that the master was still motionless, he first lowered his head and sobbed, then raised his head and howled. He looked extremely miserable. Li Jingfeng felt that he couldn't bear it anymore, so Xiaoguai suddenly shouted at him. A low growl.

Li Jingfeng jumped back, waved his hand and said, "I did not kill your master."

Xiaoguai suddenly pounced, moving like lightning, Li Jingfeng sidestepped to avoid it, Xiaoguai turned around in mid-air, got down on all fours, growled at him, and was ready to go.Li Jingfeng put his hand on his original intention, hesitated for a moment, and then put it down.Xiaoguai pounced again. Li Jingfeng turned to one side, reached out with his right hand like lightning, grabbed the wolf by the neck, and pinned the beast to the ground.The little boy couldn't help but struggle, but couldn't move. Li Jingfeng was thinking about how to deal with the wolf when the little boy suddenly lay down and became motionless, turning his head to look at the heights of the hills.

Li Jingfeng noticed something was wrong, so he let go, and Xiaoguai ran to higher places.Li Jingfeng then followed. The wolf was running very fast in the mountains and fields. If he hadn't had night eyes, he wouldn't have been able to catch up even with a torch.

There was a dense forest near the top of the mountain, and the little boy ran into the forest and disappeared.Li Jingfeng saw a faint fire in the forest, and walked towards it. He saw a small fire, and the little boy was lying at the feet of a young man with a high ponytail, unusually docile.

Every time I see him, he wears the same clothes. They are the kind of plain white clothes that are well cut and yellowed after being washed. They are spotless, as if walking in the mud will not pick up any dust.

"Is this the only thing you wear?" Li Jingfeng walked up to the young man and asked casually.He remained alert, but was not prepared to make a move. He knew that if he didn't make a move, the other party would not make a move. The more times he met this person, the better he understood him.

The less I understand him...

"It's convenient." The young man knelt down and stroked the little boy and asked Li Jingfeng, "Or do you want me to change the color? Yellow, cyan, light blue?"

"I don't care what clothes you want to wear." Li Jingfeng asked, "Are you the horse bandits you gathered?"

Seeing that the horse bandits were fighting in such a mess, Li Jingfeng became suspicious. After all, where there was this person, some inexplicable bad things would happen to outsiders. He went up the mountain with a tentative mentality and found the real owner.

Ming unknown.

(End of this chapter)