Chapter 995.

The sound of wolves howling continued throughout the night.

Many people didn’t have a good rest this night, because the howls coming from afar seemed to have a kind of magic power, able to penetrate into the ears of those who were sleeping and force them to wake up.

And the wolf howls did not come from one direction, sometimes far away, sometimes near and erratic, sometimes sounding as if far away, but the next moment suddenly sounded in a very close place.

But when the scouts in the Feilinwei went to investigate, the result was nothing.

Such harassment was infuriating and helpless.

By the next morning, when the peace party set out again, many people were yawning sleepily.

“This is a common tactic used by grassland horse thieves.”

Featherwood Guard Commander Sun Zhengheng said to Wang Duan, “We should be targeted!”

“White Wolf Thieves?”

Wang Dust asked, “If it’s the White Wolf Pirates, they have ties with Great Yan and would still be targeting us?”

“Not everyone supports the marriage alliance between our two countries ……”

Sun Zhengheng replied in a deep voice, “There are opponents in Great Liang, and there are also in Great Yan!”

Wang Duan nodded.

Great Liang and Great Yan were both empires with huge populations and territories, with too many ills accumulated over hundreds of years of history, and the internal situation was intricate and complicated, so it was very normal for such a situation to arise.

Regardless of whether it was the White Wolf Bandits or not, in any case, the peace procession ushered in a real test on this prairie.

For three days in a row, the horse thieves’ attacks were not interrupted.

In addition to disturbing the rest of the peace party with the sound of wolves howling, they also sent out small groups of rogues to move around the camp, frequently launching exploratory attacks.

These horse thieves are extremely cunning, never fought with the Feilinwei scouts head-on, and ran away after shooting a few arrows from afar.

Slippery than the loach!

And their riding skills are extremely superb, the speed of the steeds they ride is very fast, the feather guards in charge of the patrol simply can not catch up.

One of the feather guards was enraged, chased out several miles alone, and ended up in a siege of horse thieves and rangers.

Fortunately, his companions rushed over in time to rescue him, and only then did he not cause a tragedy.

However, this incident had also dealt a considerable blow to the morale of a group of Featherwood Guards, making this group of proud soldiers realize that not all thieves and bandits were rabble that could only bully the commoners!

“Have all the Featherwood Guards stationed at the camp this evening, and not go out without orders.”

By the evening of the fourth day, Wang Dust said to Sun Zhengheng, “As for these horse thieves, just let me take care of them.”

Previously, Wang Dust had not made a move, firstly because he respected Sun Zhengheng’s authority and had no intention of overstepping his bounds, and secondly because he did not expect these horse thieves to be so cunning and difficult to deal with.

As a result, the morale of the peace procession had been greatly demoralized, and they were unable to rest properly at night, and the speed of their journey during the day had slowed down quite a bit.

If this continues, when the main force of the horse thieves come to attack, three thousand feather guards can play half of the strength would be good!

Sun Zhengheng hesitated for a moment, but still said, “Then you must be careful!”

In terms of his knowledge of Wang Chuan, although Wang Chuan was young, he never believed in big words.

Wang Chen smiled and said, “Don’t worry.”

It would be a big joke if he was hurt by these horse thieves.

That night, when the peace party set up camp again, they deliberately chose a piece of wind-sheltered hillside, and then greatly narrowed down the scope of the camp, while connecting a carriage head to tail to form a simple camp.

The feather forest guards who got the order were stationed behind this line of defense, guarding the princess’s caravan in the middle.

The weather at night was not good, the wind soon picked up, and large dark clouds obscured the moon, leaving the vast grassland shrouded in darkness.

Without any surprise, accompanied by the rising and falling wolf howls, a horse thief ranger appeared around the camp like a ghost, like the claws and teeth of an evil beast poking out!

A brawny horse thief quietly approached the camp, looking at the caravan illuminated by the light of the bonfire in front of him, a hideous smile appeared on his rough face.

In the next moment, he violently drew the longbow in his hand, and an arrow coated with black paint was steadily placed on the bowstring.

For horse thieves who were good at mounted archery, using a strong bow and employing a parrying technique, shooting a sharp arrow several hundred paces away was a very easy and simple matter.

However, just at the moment when this horse thief was about to loosen the bowstring, he suddenly had a creepy feeling, and a huge fear instantly surged up in his heart.

Plop!

An arrow that came from somewhere unknown mercilessly pierced through his skull!

This horse thief with notable strength was instantly killed, planting down from his horse with his tightly gripped longbow, not even able to let out a scream.

The companions near him hadn’t realized the danger, and each excitedly raised their bows and arrows.

Poof! Poof! Poof!

The life-threatening arrows came from the darkness, like the scythe wielded by the God of Death, each one taking away a life, accurate, swift, and sharp to the extreme.

“Ah!”

Finally, one of the horse thieves who had been attacked let out a mournful scream that traveled far with the wind.

By this time, the horse thieves who thought they could still tease the Featherwood Guards like they did in the previous days realized that the hunter and the prey had switched identities.

The counterattacks of their opponents were far more powerful and terrifying than they had imagined!

One after another, their companions lost their lives, while the rest of the horse thieves didn’t even know where the attacks came from, the fear of death instantly destroyed their sense of fighting, and they scattered in all directions to escape.

However, the killing didn’t stop there, these fleeing horse thieves were still hit by arrows coming from behind.

Now the remaining horse thieves were even more panicked, they couldn’t help but let out a gibberish howl, speaking the popular vernacular on the grassland, as if this could solve the “devil” that appeared behind them.

The result is that the more they screamed, the faster the arrows came.

Some horse thieves fled almost ten miles away and were still killed!

This killing in the darkness didn’t last long, only a very few horse thieves managed to escape, and then there were no more annoying howls of wolves that night.

The members of the peace party finally got a good night’s sleep, so much so that everyone got up late the next day.

Then the feathered guards who came out to patrol realized that around the camp, there were bodies of horse thieves lying around, and there were horses that had lost their owners wandering around next to them.

The scene stunned many.

After a brief count, more than a hundred corpses were found!

Clearly killed by arrows.

Such a battle result made even Sun Zhengheng feel incredible.

He knew that it was done by Wang Dust, but he didn’t know how Wang Dust did this.

He had to know that these horse thieves were not ordinary bandits and had the advantage of being familiar with the terrain and environment.

As a result, they were killed by Wang Dust!

After this battle, Wang Dust’s prestige in the peace procession as the marriage-giving ambassador skyrocketed.