Chapter 50: War

The Guangxian support team went home, and everyone was relieved. When Grandpa Hua Xing returned to the Hua family caravan, Hua Kai saw that only a few people in the family were slightly injured.

"This time, the Linzi City Merchants Group was mainly responsible for driving the horse bandits to the predetermined location. Our Guangxian Merchants Group carried out a surprise attack on the way and killed more than 200 horse bandits on the other side. However, those horse bandits were very cunning. They ran away when they saw our strong strength. We couldn't chase them even if they were two horses." Hua Xing said with a frown.

This time, the three major merchant groups worked together to cause only 200 casualties to the more than 1,000 horse bandits. There must be casualties in the merchant groups, but they are much less than those of the horse bandits. The strength of the general merchant group is no worse than that of the ordinary army. Otherwise, it is impossible to carry so many valuables for thousands of miles!

"Don't worry, the rain stopped in the afternoon, and the Han family has said they will leave at dawn tomorrow. We should keep a close distance from the Han family in the future, and don't move forward rashly... By the way, grandpa, why did you bring back so many horses tonight?" Hua Kai just came and saw that his grandfather brought back a lot of horses. Most of these horses were Mongolian horses, which were short but had good endurance.

"A total of 9 horses, 5 fine horses, and 4 strong horses. Today's battle will distribute the spoils according to the number of enemies killed. We get the most." Hua Xing said with some pride in his heart. Many families in Linzi City did not contribute as much as the Hua family today. He talked to many families in Linzi City today, and it would be easier to contact them when he went to Linzi City in the future.

The number of horses in Hua Kai's caravan continued to increase, which would only make it easier for the entire caravan to travel.

The next morning, as soon as the sun came out, Hua Kai saw a horse team observing the Guangxian merchant group in the distance. There were about 20 people in the horse team. Their clothes were mainly gray and black, and they wore cloth towels on their heads to block the wind and sand. This was the standard configuration of horse bandits.

The Han family seemed to have expected that the horse bandits would not dare to come up. He harnessed his own horse to the carriage and drove westward. Other Guangxian merchant groups followed the Han family. Under the gaze of hundreds of horse bandits in the distance, the caravan slowly started, and it seemed that they did not take these horse bandits seriously.

These horse bandits were the horse bandits who harassed the Linzi City merchant group yesterday. They seemed to be considering whether to attack the Guangxian merchant group now. After all, the Guangxian merchant group had less than 1,000 people in total, and there were 12 separate caravans, which was much easier to deal with than the Linzi City merchant group yesterday.

"Master, those horse bandits dare not attack? Aren't they stronger?" Hua Xuan sat next to Hua Kai, looking at the horse bandits in the distance. He had learned a lot from Hua Kai's personal teaching recently, so he asked Hua Kai with some concern.

Hua Kai smiled slightly and didn't care about those horse bandits. If the Guangxian merchant group had encountered the horse bandits directly yesterday, they might still be in danger, but the horse bandits made the wrong choice.

The bandits thought that if they could take down the strongest Linzi City Merchants Group, all the other merchant groups behind them would not be a problem. After all, two days of heavy rain blocked the possibility of the Linzi City Merchants Group seeking help.

But who knew that the Guang County Merchants Group was so close to the Linzi City Merchants Group, and the Linzi City Merchants Group helped the Linzi City Merchants Group to win this contest. Now that the weather is clear and it has become easier for vehicles and horses to travel on the road, if they attack the Guang County Merchants Group today, they must consider a greater loss than yesterday.

"Haha! They look like there are about 500 people today. Our entire Guang County Merchants Group is worse than them, but it is not so easy for them to break through our defense!" Hua Kai explained to Hua Xuan.

"If they come to attack, our 12 merchant groups will definitely help each other. They have little chance of taking us down. And yesterday we rescued the Linzi City Merchants Group in the rain. How can they not save us today?" Hua Kai watched Hua Xuan guide him step by step. To become a pillar of the family, you must not only have strong combat power, but also intelligence.

"So if they dare to come, as long as we hold them and don't let them escape easily, they will definitely be defeated in the end, right?" Hua Xuan asked with his head raised.

"That's right! You know these horse thieves, they may be from a certain tribe of Xiongnu or Linhu, and they come here to take advantage and grab some supplies. If too many people are killed, it will not be worth it. If the high-end combat power is lost, their tribe's competitiveness in the grassland will decline, and they will be occupied and conquered by other tribes!"

Hua Kai said so, and Hua Xuan understood everything. The horse bandits came here today just to show off their power, and they would never dare to contact the caravan easily. Of course, if the Guangxian merchant group was in chaos, that would be another matter!

The Hua family caravan kept a distance of 10 meters behind the Jia family. This distance can not only ensure that the emergency formation of the two families is not affected, but also the easiest to support each other. At this time, no one can be careless.

One morning, we arrived at the place where the Linzi City merchant group stayed yesterday. We had entered the rocky Gobi Desert. There were often piles of rocks on the road. The speed of the caravan became fast and slow. The distance between many caravans began to be tight and loose, and everyone's physical energy consumption was much greater than usual.

At noon, the Guangxian merchant group came to a rocky Gobi Desert. Han Jia saw a flat stone pit of two or three acres and stopped. The shadows of horse bandits could often be seen here. Han Jia did not dare to pull too far away from the Linzi City merchant group in front, nor did he dare to let the caravan behind him be too far away from him. Now is the time to test the ability of a merchant group leader.

After lunch at noon, Han Jia did not rush to travel. It was not until more than 4 o'clock in the afternoon that he saw the shadow of the merchant group behind him. Han Jia started to set off. This rocky Gobi Desert was the last difficult road to enter the Xiongnu Kingdom and one of the most dangerous places in the entire journey.

After understanding the origins of these horse bandits, Hua Kai was no longer afraid of them.

In the final analysis, they were just seeking money, and it was impossible for them to fight with the merchant group unless they were very sure.

The merchant groups are not easy to bully. Some merchant groups burn, kill and rob on the grassland. If you want to use force, then use your strength!

Therefore, the horse bandits mainly collect tolls and protection fees illegally. It is a good way to make a profit. As long as they are not too greedy, the general merchant groups are unwilling to conflict with them.

In the afternoon, the Guangxian merchant group walked out of the Gobi Desert after three hours. They set up camp on a vast grassland before dark. The view here is wide and there are rocks all around. It is impossible for the horse bandits to raid. Everyone can stay here to camp overnight.

In the next two days, the Guangxian merchant group walked through more than 200 miles of Gobi Desert under the surveillance of various horse bandits. Dozens of different horse groups passed by their merchant group on the road, just like the lion group following the migrating wildebeests. If they show a little flaw, they may be bitten.

By May 15th, the grassland was already green. After crossing the Gobi Desert, the Guangxian Merchants saw the Linzi City Merchants were confronting a group of horse bandits at the entrance of a valley ahead. The number of horse bandits on the other side was more than 5,000, which was very difficult for the Linzi City Merchants led by the Xiantian Realm!

The Guangxian Merchants also stopped next to the two major merchant groups in Linzi City. At this time, the representative of the Han family came to the tent of the Hua family merchant team and said that the Tian family planned to give these horse bandits some good looks, and the Guangxian Merchants were also ready to participate.

5,000 horse bandits are not a small number. They are composed of dozens of horse bandit groups of different sizes. The number of people has reached 5,000, which is obviously intended to show the Qi State Merchants. Hua Kai doesn't know whether this involves the will of the national level, but the Tian family is the largest merchant team in this merchant group. Their orders must be obeyed by the Han family, and of course the Hua family is no exception!

The two merchant groups in Linzi and Guangxian only had 3,000 people. Because they were blocked at the entrance of the valley, it was beneficial to defense. The Tian family hoped that each merchant group would send out all the main forces to break through the bandit group. The Hua family directly sent 50 members, leaving only Hua Kai and Wei Baotou with all the slaves in the valley. The others had to prepare for a decisive battle with the bandit group tomorrow.

That night, Hua Kai did not talk about "Three Kingdoms" again. The family's luck value had unknowingly reached 290 points, and it was still increasing at a rate of 2 to 3 points every day. Hua Kai opened the family attribute panel.

Huajiabao: Not in the rank

Prosperity: 118

Combat power: 196

Agriculture: 82

Animal Husbandry: 44

Commerce: 71

Culture: 36

Comprehensive strength: 447

Allies: Jia Family

Funds: 8 taels of gold, 4 taels of silver, 109 bone coins

Hostile forces: Hutuo Mountain, Guangxian Shen Family (ninth rank)

Luck value: 290

Hua Kai has a rough guess that the family luck value should be related to the family's comprehensive strength. Every time someone in the caravan breaks through the luck value, the luck value will increase a little. The closer to the family strength value, the slower the family luck will increase. When the family luck value is less than half of the family's comprehensive strength, the increase should be the fastest.

290 points of family luck value can already refine a [Yanling Spear], but tomorrow is the time for the war. Hua Kai is afraid that if the family luck value is too low, something bad will happen, so he decided not to rush to refine the [Yanling Spear] and wait until the war is over.

Before dawn the next day, the Guangxian Merchants had already started to make a fire and cook. Hua Kai put all the remaining wild beast meat into the pot. Today might be the biggest challenge for the Hua family merchant caravan this year.

After breakfast, Hua Xing took the Hua family to check the equipment and war horses. When the Han family came, everyone went to the valley entrance to gather together.

The horse thieves outside the valley did not choose to escape this time. They knew that it was not good for them to attack the caravan defense on horseback. It would be better to wait for the caravan to gather and have a decisive battle. If they win, these caravans will naturally not be able to escape. Even if they cannot win a complete victory in one battle, they may find the weaknesses of the caravan and slowly break it later.

This is like the hungry beasts on the grassland, all surrounded to attack the migrating wildebeests. Maybe they will be in danger, but the lions will always gain something. As for whether they will be injured by the wildebeests, who will be the unlucky ghost who will be killed by the wildebeests, that is not a matter to consider now.

This is the first time Hua Kai has seen a master of the Xiantian realm fight.

The Tian family's Xiantian realm master was seen riding on a BMW, surrounded by the Linzi City Merchants' Qi training realm masters. The entire merchant group had more than 2,000 people gathered together, and under the leadership of the Xiantian realm, they launched an attack on the 5,000-man horse bandit group.

Hua Kai saw his grandfather leading the Hua family to follow the Han family team. The Linzi City Merchants were the arrowhead of the charge and were under the greatest pressure in the front, and the battle broke out.

When the horse bandits saw the merchant group's cavalry attacking them, they all stabilized their war horses and did not move. When the opponent was only 500 meters away from them, the horse bandits also moved.

Two torrents were galloping on the grassland, and the horse battles relied on a momentum. The side with a faster charge speed can always rush through the enemy's lineup faster. If the lineup is dispersed, it will not be far from failure.

Everyone in the valley was nervously watching the battle in the distance. When the two torrents collided, the horse bandit group was obviously knocked out of a "deep pit".

The Tian family Xiantian Realm entering the horse bandit group is like a wolf entering a flock of sheep. In just a few breaths, several Qi training realm horse bandit leaders in the front have fallen off their horses. At this time, the merchant group in the rear and the horse bandits also began to fight. The two torrents of the two sides collided and began to be indistinguishable. From time to time, people fell off their horses and died.

Hua Kai saw from a distance that his grandfather, his fifth uncle, Yu Jun, and the housekeeper Hua Fu were at the forefront of the Hua family's horse team. The horse bandit team was forced to retreat. The Hua family obviously had the upper hand in this regard.

The strongest combat power of the horse bandit group was basically gathered at the central arrowhead position to resist the charge of the Xiantian Realm masters of the merchant group. Unfortunately, the Xiantian Realm is not comparable to the ordinary Qi training Realm. People in the horse bandit lineup fell off their horses every moment.

"This horse bandit is really fierce. Most of their weapons are short bone knives, and there are not many wooden spears. They can actually fight with the elite caravans whose equipment is much higher than theirs. Now it depends on whether the merchant group can quickly break through the local lineup!" Hua Kai thought anxiously as he looked at the battle in the distance.

Although the merchant group seemed to have the upper hand, they were far outnumbered. If the Tian family could not quickly break through the enemy's formation, the situation would be bad when the two wings were all stuck by the bandits. The merchant group relied on a sharp spirit to fight against the many. Falling into a stalemate meant failure for the merchant group.

The battle lasted for more than five minutes, and the two sides were in a stalemate. At this time, Hua Kai saw his grandfather leading the Hua family members to move towards the Tian family in the center. The Tian family was trying their best to penetrate the opponent's formation, otherwise the two wings would fall into a stalemate and the merchant group would suffer great losses.

Eleven Qi training realm members from the Han, Jia, Hua, and Ren families of Guang County went to the middle formation to support, which put a huge pressure on the Guang County merchant group. Hua Kai saw that his fifth uncle had already started to use the righteousness, and the Guang County merchant group quickly killed to the side of the Tian family team.

The Tian family's Xiantian realm master got strong support, and the pressure was relieved immediately. He rode his horse alone into the group of horse thieves, causing chaos in the middle of the horse thieves. Taking this opportunity, the middle began to advance rapidly. Everyone knew that whether they could break up the enemy's formation depended on now. They ignored the loss of true energy and followed the pace of the Tian family's Xiantian realm master to rush to the center of the enemy's formation.

"The horse thieves retreated... The horse thieves retreated..." Wei Baotou shouted happily.

After all, this group of horse thieves was temporarily formed. Some horse teams suffered too much loss and began to retreat. This retreat was not a big deal. It was easier for the merchant group to charge into the middle. Soon, the Tian family's Xiantian realm master led the entire merchant group to kill through the entire group of horse thieves.

The Tian family was familiar with the essentials of horse warfare. After killing through the horse thieves, they did not rush to return for support, but tried to expand the middle channel as much as possible so that more people in the merchant group could keep up with their pace.

Soon all the merchant cavalry began to move towards the center, and the horse bandit group was divided into two. After the Tian family cavalry rushed out of the battle group, they began to re-form their formation 500 meters away. After more than half of the cavalry gathered beside them, they began to charge towards the horse bandit group again.