Chapter 176 [Blood-stained Sand] (Part 2)
Martha helped Desiri to escape to Luo Lie. Luo Lie crawled out of the trench and helped Desiri hide in the trench. At this moment, more than ten shells exploded in the ancient city, and members of the Tajik caravan were seriously injured. Judging from the situation in front of him, the other party was not ready to leave a living, and used their powerful firepower to launch a massacre.
Desiri was hiding in the trench, and at this moment his heart was ashamed, and he closed his eyes and prayed silently. In fact, he didn't know what else he could do except pray. Martha held a scimitar in her hand and looked frightened and helpless. She didn't know why she was in such a predicament?
The sound of cannons gradually subsided, but the gunshots were getting closer. Judging from the movements he heard, the other party had already begun to approach the city. Luo Lie said to Martha: "Don't be afraid, I believe we will have a chance to escape."
Martha nodded, and Desiri suddenly said, "The Quran...they came for the Quran..."
Luo Lie couldn't understand what he meant, and suddenly saw Desiri crawling out outside. Martha called out that her father wanted to chase him out, but was held back by Luo Lie because Luo Lie saw that the bandits attacking the caravan had entered the ancient city.
Desiri was shocked by the tragic situation he saw in front of him. The round of artillery just now caused heavy casualties among their tribesmen. The ground was full of broken limbs and flesh. Several tribes who escaped the shelling were trembling in the corner. There were still several seriously injured people who had not died on the ground who were struggling to death.
Desiri was in tears. He recognized one of them, rushed up, picked him up with tears, and wailed, "Allah! Why? Why did they do this?"
Dozens of bandits entered the ancient city first. A Tajik rushed out of the corner and raised his scimitar to launch an attack. Before his scimitar fell, more than ten guns aimed at him at the same time, shooting the man like a hornet's nest, and he died on the spot.
More and more bandits entered the ancient city, and everyone was fully armed and completely controlled the situation in the ancient city.
Luo Lie and Martha hid in the dark trench, and from their perspective, they could see a pair of different shoes passing by. A man in a gray military uniform and horse boots slowly passed by them. This was a young man, burly and handsome, but with a disgusting sinister spirit on his face, and his hands were spotlessly covered with snow-white gloves, he came to Desiri and took out a Browning pistol from his waist.
Desiri looked up at him angrily, he didn't know the man.
The man smiled and said, "Hello, I heard that you brought a Quran from Shanxi. Can you show it to me?" Someone on the side translated the words for him.
Desili angrily said, "The Qur'an is in the hearts of each of us, and is with Allah. Are you not afraid of Allah's sins for slaughtering our tribes?"
The man laughed loudly. He suddenly raised his pistol and aimed at the temple of the wounded man in Delisi's arms. The bullet shattered the injured man's head and blood and brains burst into Desiri's face. Desiri's weather-beaten face was twisted by pain.
The man raised his gun slightly and pointed it at Desiri's head: "Be obedient, otherwise you will be the next one."
Seeing that her father's life was in danger, Martha tried her best to struggle to rescue her, but was hugged by Luo Lie, and her big hands covered her mouth and nose. At this time, rushing out would be like seeking death. Even if Martha appeared, she could not change the situation. It was just to give the bandits a bargaining chip to deal with Desiri.
Desiri glared at the man in military uniform, his eyes full of unyieldingness. He took out a Quran from his arms and handed it over.
The man took the Quran, looked at it for a moment and threw it on the ground, and said angrily: "It's not this book, old guy, are you challenging my patience?" The bullet was loaded. The gun was still not aimed at Desiri, but aimed at another innocent tribe member, and shot the man in the heart.
Desiri saw the tribesmen die one by one, and his heart was like a knife cut. However, the enemy was numerous and we were few, and his own destiny was all controlled by others. He could not help the destiny of the tribesmen. For a moment, he burst into tears and wailed: "Stop... stop..."
The man gently blew his gun and said, "The rest of the people are all in your mind, you know which book I want."
Desiri clenched his lips hard.
At this time, the bandits who counted the number came to the man and reported in his ear. After the preliminary counting, there was one missing person in the caravan, and it was Desiri's daughter. The man waved his hand and signaled his subordinates to search in the ancient city. He bent over and grabbed Desiri's neckline, pressed his gun to his forehead and said, "Say! Where is your daughter?"
Desily didn't say anything, and the man raised his hand and slapped Desily on the cheek with a butt, hitting Desily hard to fall to the ground.
Martha saw her father's miserable state through the gap, and tears had blurred her vision. She struggled hard, trying to break free from Luo Lie's shackles and rushed out to rescue her father.
Luo Lie attached himself to her ear and whispered: "I'll let you go, remember to find a way to lead that person here. We only have one chance." Because the other party found that there was one less person in the caravan, he searched again in the ancient city. With their manpower, they would not take the longest to find their hiding place. Instead of sitting there waiting for death, it would be better to take the initiative.
In adversity, only to seek victory in danger. Luo Lie is actually not far from the bandit leader. He is completely sure to shoot him at such a distance. However, even if he successfully shoots the bandit leader, he cannot control the overall situation. Capturing the thief first takes the king. For him, the only chance to get back the situation is to stop the bandit leader.
It can be judged from the dialogue between the bandits that they have a good understanding of the internal situation of the caravan, otherwise they would not have discovered that Desiri's daughter was not present in such a short time.
Martha's shrill voice sounded, and all the bandits' attention was attracted by her.
Desiri saw his daughter coming out and it was too late to stop him. He struggled to protect his daughter, but was firmly held down by two bandits. The young bandit leader slowly walked towards Martha.
Martha shouted, “I know where you want something.”
The young bandit leader smiled and said, "Be careful, you are a hero. You should be much smarter than your father!"
Several bandits rushed towards Martha and wanted to subdue her, but Martha put the scimitar across her neck and shouted sternly: "Get out of here, whoever dares to come over will commit suicide!"
Several bandits were frightened by her aura and did not dare to step forward for a moment.
The young bandit leader waved his hand and signaled his subordinates to get out of the way. He slowly walked towards Martha and said, "You are Martha. My name is Tan Zicong. I have no malicious intentions towards you. As long as you advise your father to hand over the Quran, I will immediately take my men and never break my promise." Facing the unarmed caravan, he decisively ordered the fire, causing heavy casualties to the caravan. Now he said that he had no malicious intentions. This person can be called shameless.
Martha looked at her father who was lying on the ground and her eyes turned red, saying, "If you dare to kill one of my tribe members, you will never get what you want."
Tan Zicong nodded and said, "I won't kill anyone." In order to show his sincerity, he even made a gun into the sheath and spread his hands, but his steps did not stop and he still walked towards Martha.
Martha stared at Tan Zicong, and saw that the opponent had entered his attack range. She suddenly attacked. The scimitar across her neck turned around and drew an arc and headed straight for Tan Zicong's face. Tan Zicong was calm in the face of danger. She did not push her body but instead stepped forward. Her right hand gently held Martha's wrist with her knife. Martha's arm couldn't help but rise. A black tiger in her left fist opened her heart and slammed Martha's lower abdomen. The punch was so powerful that it made Martha stagger and fell to the ground. The scimitar in her hand also flew to the side.
Tan Zicong pressed step by step, and then stepped forward to Martha again. His left foot was the axis, his right leg swept across Martha's chest. He made a ruthless and decisive move, and did not show off because Martha was a woman. Martha was kicked and rolled out of the spot. Desiri saw his daughter being beaten and beaten, and burst into a heart-wrenching roar.
A disdainful smile appeared on the corner of Tan Zicong's lips, and the idea of a mantis arm being a chariot appeared in his mind.
Just as Tan Zicong was about to use Martha as the qualities to threaten Desiri, a ray of light and shadow shot out from the dust. Tan Zicong was shocked. He was negligent after all, and he did not expect that there would be ambush besides Martha.
Luo Lie hid in the trench. If he fought alone, he would certainly not be afraid of any of them. But now he is alone and has to face more than 200 fully armed desert bandits.
Time is particularly important to Luo Lie, so he did not stop Marsha from appearing. After Marsha was hit twice by Tan Zicong, she took action and shot the flying knife at Tan Zicong's right arm. Tan Zicong is the most important card for Luo Lie. Only by controlling others can he have the chance to turn the situation around, so he cannot hurt his life. Luo Lie had calculated all the possibilities before taking action. He chose Tan Zicong's right arm to shoot to take the lead in destroying his right hand so that he could not get out of his gun.
After the flying knife was shot out, Luo Lie broke out from the trench, like a strong cheetah. The angle he chose was just enough to use Tan Zicong's body to block the attacks of other bandits.
In the moment of lightning, Tan Zicong's right arm was shot by a flying knife, and his flesh was deeply penetrated. His first reaction was to pull out the gun, but the pain in his right arm slowed down significantly. His bleeding right hand had just touched the gun holster, and Luo Lie had already bullied behind him. The tip of the flying knife in his hand pressed against Tan Zicong's right common carotid artery and said softly: "I think we should have a good talk."
Chapter completed!