bestfiction Chapter 136 Chasing the Team Ahead
Chapter 136 Chasing the Team Ahead
After robbing enough things, this group of bandits killed a few more people to their heart's content. Then, relying on the fact that there was no village or shop nearby and the bad weather, they knew that even if the government came, it would not affect the bandits on the mountain. After a burst of laughter, they took their things and swaggered into the forest and left.
One of the reasons for this was that Captain Hong Xiao and his brothers were too powerful. Several bandits were injured and their physical strength was consumed too much.
In order to conserve their energy, they did not kill all the people and just returned to the village.
The third team naturally suffered heavy casualties around them, but it was much better than the first team.
And because the Mu family convoy attracted most of the firepower, the ordinary people's belongings were not looted. The living people collected their own belongings, but since they could not collect the dead things, other people rushed to collect them.
Su Xigen and Zhang Chuncao were among them.
When the bandits started making trouble, these two people were the first to hide, so they didn't even get a scratch on their skin.
Therefore, after the bandits evacuated, they saw that there was nothing left on the Mu family's convoy, so they hurriedly started to rob and collect the items.
After they had finished looting and collecting the items, the two men remembered Old Lady Su and Su Fuzhu.
From a safety perspective, there would be no safety issues for Old Lady Su and the others as they hugged Su Fuzhu and rolled into the bushes to avoid being chased. However, Old Lady Su had a limp in her leg, and Su Fuzhu was thrown out. Under such circumstances, the two of them were bound to get injured as they rolled a long distance in a ball.
Especially after rolling into the bushes, if it weren't for the support of the branches and leaves, Old Mrs. Su would have fallen to the ground long ago.
By the time Su Xigen and Zhang Chuncao remembered the two people, found them, and pulled them out, the old man and the child, both of them looked not in a good mood.
But one is my mother, and the other is my blessed daughter who is believed by my mother to bring good luck to the family. It is not easy to abandon them.
Su Xigen and Zhang Chuncao had no choice but to take on the responsibility of taking care of the two of them. They carried them on their backs and hung the things they had picked up on their chests.
As for Mu Yan, who had been with them for the past two days.
That's really embarrassing, I don't have any extra hands or back to pull him or carry him.
Because the Mu family's convoy was the most severely robbed, Su Xigen and Zhang Chuncao had already agreed not to meddle in Mu Yan's affairs from now on.
They already have two injured people on their side, I think Mu Yan can understand!
He is a grown-up master!
Even if the caravan was robbed, those servants would still be his!
No matter how little they do, someone will always take care of him!
Thinking of this, Su Xigen and Zhang Chuncao became even more justified. When they passed by Mu Yan, they didn't even look at him, but walked straight past him and went to Captain Hong Xiao and the others.
They completely forgot that all the belongings in the Mu family’s caravan had been looted. How could those servants be loyal to Mu Yan?
Not to mention, they are now on the road to escape the disaster, and the situations they will encounter are changeable and complicated. Many people died today alone. Those slaves, if they picked up someone else's household registration, or lost their household registration, it would be impossible to check it because of the long distance and high mountains. They could just spend some money to get a new household registration and become free.
In this situation where there is a possibility of becoming a free man, who would be willing to be loyal to a wounded master?
But after all, Mu Yan is still alive. Even if Su Xigen and Zhang Chuncao don't care, Hong Xiao, as the team leader, has to take care of him no matter how much he dislikes this person.
For fear that the bandits would come back again, Captain Hong Xiao hurriedly counted the remaining number of people and led the team away from the area in a hurry.
Although there may still be dangers ahead, at the moment, the most dangerous place is this flat ground.
Captain Hong Xiao led the team and traveled for nearly two quarters of an hour. Only then, exhausted, did he let the team stop and rest for a while.
However, he didn't plan to keep the team stopped for too long.
It was a dark and windy night, and after a night attack, people would always be more vigilant.
When we were in the open space just now, we didn't observe the previous team being attacked. It seems that they escaped.
Therefore, Captain Hong Xiao has made up his mind that for the safety and survival of the entire team, they must speed up and catch up with the previous team as soon as possible.
Otherwise, with the casualties tonight, if there is another attack, the remaining brothers in the team, as well as the old, weak and sick in the team, will not be able to hold on for long.
Hong Xiao didn't want to lose face and let others say that he couldn't even lead a team. Now, the best choice for him was to catch up with the team in front, merge the two teams into one, and ensure the safety of the remaining personnel to the greatest extent.
As for whether the second team in front wanted to merge with them, Hong Xiao did not give much thought to this issue.
From his own perspective, he thought that even if the second team was unwilling to merge with them, their team could just follow behind the second team, and the whole team would look huge, so fewer people would come to provoke them.
"Everyone should take a break as soon as possible and catch your breath, then we will continue on our way! Catch up with the second team in front as soon as possible to ensure everyone's safety!" After taking a sip of water, Captain Hong Xiao told everyone his decision.
It had been a night of fear and busyness, and everyone was exhausted. When the team stopped to rest, they thought they could rest on the spot.
But I never expected that before I could even catch my breath, I received the notice to continue on my journey.
Do they want to continue on their journey?
Of course I don’t want that!
But can they just refuse?
Of course that’s not possible!
In the current situation, the road ahead is unclear and there may be bandits behind. These people are unwilling to endure hardships, but they are not stupid.
They didn't need to think to think that if they refused the request to hurry on, and if Captain Hong Xiao no longer cared about them, the bandits who might appear behind them would reappear, and they would suffer a terrible end.
Not to mention, after being robbed by bandits once, the team is in a state of food and water shortage.
If they could catch up with the team in front, even out of sympathy, those people would not have to watch them starve to death.
If we merge together with the team in front, if we encounter danger, our survival rate will be higher with more people.
So no matter from which perspective, the best option facing their team now is to catch up with the team in front.
Therefore, even though they were reluctant to continue on their journey, the group still agreed to Captain Hong Xiao's proposal.