After a day or two, the convoy left the densely populated area and entered the semi-desert Gobi area.

The original northwest border of Yongzhou was this desert called the "Black Gobi". Hundreds of years ago, the army of Jiuzhou crossed the desert and planted the Xia banner into the frozen soil that had frozen for more than five months a year, and established a huge defense line composed of countless fortresses of all sizes there, called the "Jincheng Defense Line".

Relying on the Jincheng defense line, a relatively prosperous area in the northwest of Yongzhou was found, emerging towns like Dingfeng Town, and famous northerners.

In fact, the fact that the "Northerns" ethnic group has truly taken shape is just the past three or four hundred years.

This black Gobi desert from the north to the south is one of the famous dangerous areas in Kyushu. It is deserted and barren, the largest plant is shrub, and the largest animal is sand ferrets - no, it is the horse riding by horse thieves.

On this desolate land, there are famous Northwest Horse Thieves. They come in groups of at least five or six, and at most hundreds of them. After taking advantage of the night, they roar and rob and kill, and then roar and leave in the night. I don’t know how many merchants have suffered. At least half of the people who die in the Black Gobi Desert every year are not because of cold, thirst or hunger, but because of their butcher’s knife.

This group of dangerous elements is naturally a thorn in the eyes of the Great Xia Dynasty, especially the Marquis of Yongzhou. It has been surrounded and suppressed more than once. The most fierce one was really killing people. It is said that the lake water in several oasis in the Black Gobi Desert turned red.

But the result of that battle was not what the court wanted.

Although the horse thieves on the Black Gobi were killed, just seven days later, a large number of experts from unknown origins attacked many counties and counties in Yongzhou. More than a thousand court officials and family members were killed and injured. Several small sects participating in this battle were also wiped out. An immortal was furious and was ambushed and almost fell into the evil formation. He barely broke through, and blood sprinkled into dust, as if it was a blood rain. From then on, people realized that behind the horse thieves on the Black Gobi was the "Huangquan Sect" of the Demonic Dao.

The Daxia Dynasty was furious and for ten years, he killed tens of thousands of bandits of all kinds, but he never found out the Huangquan Sect. Until today, the Huangquan Sect is still a wanted criminal of the Daxia Dynasty. Any certain member of the Huangquan Sect can go to the Daxia government to get a heavy reward. Over the years, many tourists in the martial arts world have made such fortunes.

Unfortunately, such lucky people often live for a few days, and often have the life to get money, but have no life to spend money.

But there were more and more horse thieves on the Black Gobi Desert.

The gangsters who want to make money by making a fortune by ignoring their conscience, fugitives who commit crimes and fugitives, men from the north who don’t learn well... all kinds of people come here on their own initiative or forced to escape pursuit in this barren land, use swords to gain resources to survive, and live a life of wine and drunkenness today.

For caravans heading to the north to do business, they are an inevitable threat. If they do not have the ability to repel horse thieves, they will not be able to eat this bowl of rice, so it is better to go back as soon as possible.

The wealth of the North is only a strong man who has the ability to maintain his own wealth.

But even so, there are still a constant stream of merchants who venture to the north in autumn, which is really exciting.

A dou of rice in the Central Plains can be sold for three times the price when transported to the North; a large animal skin that can be bought for one tael of silver in the North can also be sold for three times the price when transported to the Central Plains.

One round and one round, nine times the profit is enough to burn the last trace of vigilance in the minds of merchants, making them forget all the risks along the way and walk on the road of no return one after another.

Among them, many of them end up burying themselves here, and their dream of getting rich was shattered in the face of reality. But people often succeed and become rich.

No one cares about the life and death of the loser, but the stories of the successful ones are talked about by people.

Every year, many people dream of getting rich and embark on the trade route to the north. Under the endless supply of "blood food", the horse thieves in the Black Gobi are like weeds in the wilderness, and they cannot count them.

Of course, there are also some people who are more secure and choose to follow the caravan. Although this has to be paid, it also makes it a little more safe.

The caravan of the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce that Pan Long and others followed was mixed with many retail investors who followed them. The Chang'an Chamber of Commerce did not allow them to do grain business, so they brought medicinal materials and spirits from the Central Plains to exchange fur goods to the people of the north. Although they had to do business in the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce before they could pick up some leftovers and cold rice, and they had to hand over 30% of the profits to the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce as protection fees, they could still make a lot of money after a trip, and it was worth the money after a hard work.

The key is safety. The Changan Chamber of Commerce is strong enough to resist horse thieves. Following the Changan Chamber of Commerce can at least ensure that they are not robbed by horse thieves.

Making less money is not a problem, being able to make money is the key.

But this kind of thing that can be used to make money is hard to come by. The Changan Chamber of Commerce is not a sucker. How can it be for nothing to give people benefits? Those retail investors who are qualified to participate in the caravan are either "downlines" with good relations with the Changan Chamber of Commerce, or are regarded as rising stars worth investing in. A cat and a dog want to make a part, but they don't even have a door!

On the contrary, those who followed Pan Long and others were welcomed by the caravan.

In the sunset, the caravan walked slowly in the desolate Gobi Desert. Han Feng was dozing off immediately, and his previous energy-filled appearance was gone.

He thought that this trip would meet robbers in a few days, and then a big battle would make him famous. However, he didn't expect that he had been away for more than ten days, but let alone robbers, he didn't even meet a few wild beasts.

Every day, his enthusiasm will naturally be exhausted. Now he has developed to the point of being listless every day, like a child who has lost his favorite toys.

Seeing his appearance, Pan Long secretly found it funny - he wanted to put it in his previous life, and he had not even graduated from junior high school, so he was just a child.

A cold wind blew, and Han Feng shivered, woke up, looked up at the sun, then looked at the caravan that seemed to be unchanged, sighed, and asked, "Brother Long, didn't you say that horse thieves are everywhere in the black Gobi? Why didn't we meet any of us?"

Before Pan Long answered, Zhao Lin spoke first: "The horse thieves will not encounter 'one'. They always appear in groups, and they will always launch an attack when they can gain an advantage. If a caravan as large as ours, there will be at least two or three hundred people."

Han Feng was shocked, and his eyes, which were originally a little sleepy, suddenly widened: "Two or three hundred people? Can they fight?"

"Nonsense, you can't be a horse thief?" Pan Ying smiled. "Of course there are old and young horse thieves, but even old men or children can still shoot arrows, kill people with swords, and rush to the formation. Without this ability, you can't survive in this industry."

Han Feng smacked his lips and felt a little depressed.

He thought he was already a good player in the younger generation, skilled in archery and horses, and could play with long and short weapons. Even if he only relied on his fists and feet, he could make ordinary ten and eight strong men unable to get close to him. However, according to Pan Ying, this kind of martial arts can only be considered the minimum level among horse thieves, and it is nothing more than the level of "old man and child"...

"Uncle Ying, don't scare him." Seeing that Han Feng's face changed, Pan Long couldn't help but smile and said, "If the horse thief comes, of course, it's the master who leads the team. There are innate masters in this caravan. Where is his turn to charge? At most, he just shoots a few arrows from the back and starts."

Han Feng suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. Although he wanted to make Ming Li Wan very much, he was not a fool. He also had to fight those who were weaker than him. Fighting with someone who was better than him was not to make Ming Li Wan, but to die!

At this moment, a shrill sound suddenly came from the air ahead, the sound of arrows.

The sound of the arrow is a signal of a horse thief! Han Feng's hair was almost standing up all over his body. He immediately turned around and raised his saddle, quickly took off the hard bow behind his back, and took out the bow string to install it. The work that could be completed in an instant was bumpy this time, and it took him three times to install the bow string.

At this time, a master had already rushed out in front of the team and met the man and rode from afar.

"You must be calm, your hands must be stable, and your eyes must be flat. You must be leaning against the saddle, and your legs must be stepped on the stirrups, so you cannot get a horse's belly..." Han Feng murmured to himself, reciting the key points of riding and archery on horseback.

Pan Long was not nervous, just a team of two or three hundred people, what's there to be nervous?

Not long ago, he fought over an army of nearly 200 people in the world of "Swords and Sorrows" with only one person's strength.

With the help of just a dozen villagers, he also won.

The individual force of the horse thieves may not be higher than that of the soldiers of the Supreme Saint Legion. In terms of being brave and fearless, they are even less than the only crazy believers of the Divine Cult, but his comrades are much more powerful than they were before.

Then what else is scary?

He slowly took off the hard bow on his back, put on the bowstring, adjusted it a little, and confirmed that there was no problem, so he held the bow in his right hand and the reins in his left hand, ready to rush forward and shoot arrows.

Looking around, almost everyone was doing something similar. Even the servant who was driving the car stopped and prepared to shoot a bow and arrow, and fight fiercely.

In the battles in the north, they shoot arrows first and then charge. It is far better to solve them with arrows than to draw a sword to fight. Therefore, almost everyone in the north can shoot arrows, with rare exceptions.

There are a hundred northerners, that is, there are a hundred archers. There are a thousand northerners, and when fighting, the enemy will first enjoy a wave of baptism of arrow rain falling from the sky.

But no one was in a hurry to take action because the enemy had not yet appeared.

The leader of the caravan, accompanied by the innate master, rode his horse forward and soon met the envoy sent by the horse thief.

The two sides said a few words, and then the leader took a pack of silver to the other party, so the envoy of the horse thief shot another arrow into the air.

In the wilderness in the distance, many black dots moved and gradually faded away. The messenger also bowed to the caravan and turned around and rode his horse away.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the stone in their hearts finally fell to the ground.

Only Han Feng looked confused. After a while, he asked in surprise and regret: "This is the end? Where is the promised battle against the robbers?"
Chapter completed!