Chapter 209
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Chapter 209: Horse Bandits
“Damn it!”
Looking at the horse bandits galloping further away, Luo Yong’s face was filled with exasperation.
These horse bandits were native grasslanders, having practically grown up on horseback.
Their exquisite horsemanship was practically innate, something Luo Yong and the cavalry unit behind him, who had only been trained for a few months, could not compare to.
Furthermore, those initial few attacks had caught them off guard, allowing the horse bandits to steal some warhorses equipped with horse equipment.
Therefore, from the perspective of cavalry equipment, Luo Yong and his men basically had no advantage.
With no advantage in equipment and inferior horsemanship, it would be a miracle if they could catch up.
After galloping for an unknown distance, Luo Yong clearly felt that the warhorse beneath him was tired, and its speed began to slow down.
If this continued, would they have to let these horse bandits escape again?
He found it somewhat unacceptable.
This feeling of helplessness and frustration against the opponent had made his mood increasingly irritable recently.
Just as he watched the enemy about to completely escape, unexpectedly at that moment, an unforeseen situation suddenly arose.
Accompanied by roaring hooves, a cavalry unit suddenly charged out from the side!
The person leading them rode a pure white steed, and its speed was astonishingly fast.
In just an instant, he had charged all the way to the enemy’s inevitable path.
At this moment, Bai Ze’s exquisite horsemanship was clearly evident.
With a flick of his long spear, he thrust it into the fray.
In a flash, the long spear in his hand transformed into a cold glint, delivering a fatal blow towards the scarfaced man!
There was no time to think further.
In the blink of an eye, a chilling sound was heard.
The long spear in Bai Ze’s hand had easily pierced through the scarfaced man’s left shoulder.
The thrust, carrying the momentum of the charge, directly sent the man tumbling from his horse.
His body fell from the back of the galloping warhorse, and that fall was undeniably heavy.
However, as a native grasslander, the scarfaced man clearly knew how to protect himself in such moments.
The torn wound constantly spurted blood, and his falling body tumbled continuously with the inertia, shaking him into a daze.
But the constant pain from his shoulder quickly pulled him back to reality.
Clutching his bone spear with one hand, the scarfaced man, who had finally stabilized himself, had no time to tend to the wound on his left shoulder, allowing blood to soak his entire shoulder.
His deep-set eyes stared intently at the figure on horseback.
Feeling the other party’s gaze, Bai Ze flicked the long spear in his hand.
“When the Chief mentioned this area was being harassed by horse bandits, I kept thinking about it. I didn’t expect it to actually be you, Batu…”
Hearing Bai Ze’s voice, the scarfaced man, identified as Batu, had his facial muscles twitch.
At that moment, he only felt the already healed scar on his face begin to throb faintly, and his voice carried a gnashing anger.
“Bai Ze!”
Looking at the murderous Batu, Bai Ze’s expression remained normal.
The tip of the long spear in his hand was already pressed against the other party’s neck, rendering him unable to move.
Then, with a sidelong glance at the horse bandits who had fled directly without looking back, he couldn’t help but reveal a hint of sarcasm in his tone.
“Your kinsmen certainly left decisively, didn’t they?”
Hearing this, Batu’s expression turned ugly.
Finally, he simply turned his head away as if resigning himself to fate…
Meanwhile, Luo Yong and the others, who had been pursuing, also caught up.
It was known that Bai Ze and Luo Yong had been at odds with each other in the past.
Unlike Liu Zheng, who became good brothers after fighting, Luo Yong and Bai Ze were both still young and vigorous, and now there was a faint hint of competition between them.
Seeing Bai Ze achieve great merit as soon as he arrived, Luo Yong also felt frustrated.
“Quite a timely arrival, aren’t you?”
“Indeed, it’s better to arrive at the right time than early.”
Bai Ze raised an eyebrow, suddenly remembering something Luo Ji had said before, which he could conveniently use.
He had to admit, although that guy was annoying, what he occasionally said was surprisingly reasonable.
With a belly full of unvented anger, Luo Yong, who was in a foul mood, had a hint of killing intent flash in his eyes as he swept his gaze over Batu.
Bai Ze, who caught this hint of killing intent, immediately spoke.
“This one must be kept alive.”
“Why so?”
After all, with important matters at hand, even though he was extremely angry, Luo Yong still forced himself to calm down in the end.
“This guy is called Batu.”
“When I used to lead my tribe to survive on the grasslands, I clashed with him a few times.”
“He is the chief of a grassland tribe, and his tribe specializes in plundering other tribes’ cattle, sheep, and horses for a living…”
At this point, Bai Ze paused.
“Simply put, he also has a son.”
“If we leave him alive, his son should bring people to rescue him.”
While they were talking, a few of Bai Ze’s cavalrymen had already used bark ropes to securely tie up Batu.
They then simply stopped the bleeding from the wound on his shoulder to prevent him from dying of excessive blood loss midway.
Then, they had another cavalryman ride on horseback, holding one end of the bark rope and dragging Batu back.
This wasn’t done to torture him, but rather to make him expend a bit more physical strength, so he wouldn’t have any extra strength left to think about escaping.
“Must we wait for them to attack?”
“Can’t we take the initiative and attack them?”
At this moment, Luo Yong clearly wanted to go on a killing spree to vent his pent-up frustration.
Hearing this, Bai Ze shook his head.
“You don’t understand the people of the grasslands.”
“Many of their tribes don’t have the concept of a permanent camp.”
“They are nomadic people, riding their horses, wherever there was prey, they would go…”
When he said the word ‘prey,’ Bai Ze subconsciously glanced at Luo Yong.
Clearly, the ‘prey’ he referred to wasn’t animals like cattle, sheep, or wild beasts, but rather the Wild Horse Tribe.
Those horse bandits regarded the Wild Horse Tribe as their prey, which was why they would come over to plunder every few days.
Having also understood the meaning of the word ‘prey’ from Bai Ze, Luo Yong’s mood couldn’t help but become even more displeased.
He then forcefully swung the double-edged battle axe in his hand 2 times, the terrifying force and whistling sound generated by his swings were chilling.
“If that coward dares to fight me, I’ll chop him and his horse into 8 pieces in minutes!”
Although they were at odds, Bai Ze didn’t doubt Luo Yong’s words.
To be able to swing that double-edged battle axe like that with one hand, who knew how strong this guy’s power was?
What’s more, even without clashing, Bai Ze had clearly felt that the other party had become stronger after some time apart.
A single swing of that axe would probably be unstoppable by most people.
However, for cavalry that comes and goes like the wind, Luo Yong’s style was clearly too cumbersome.
