Gu Xin led her men to the front, while Cheng Huaijin led his men to guard the rear.
There were forty-eight bandits in total, originally forty-nine, but Cheng Huaijin locked up the one with the big mole.
Gu Xin flanked from the side. Seeing that the group was about to surround the front, the leader of the Sand Bandits ordered some to continue forward and others to escape to the other side.
On the other side, Cheng Huaijin also joined in.
In other words, these forty-eight people were quickly surrounded by the soldiers of the Flowing Sand Kingdom.
The leader of the Sand Bandits looked at Gu Xin with a gloomy expression.
Gu Xin, still on horseback, reached out and took the bow off her back, then took three arrows from the quiver.
Nock the arrow, aim, and shoot—all in one smooth motion.
Gu Xin seemed to have calculated the direction the sand bandit leader would escape in. The three arrows landed steadily in front of the sand bandit leader's horse, almost hitting the horse.
The horse was startled and reared up, almost throwing the bandit leader off.
Gu Xin nocked another arrow, aimed again, and shot three more arrows at the side of the horse.
Without pausing, he continued shooting at the horse's rear.
The leader of the Sand Bandits dismounted, raised his hands in front of Gu Xin, and stood still.
The soldiers of the Flowing Sand Kingdom were excited. These were sand pirates! Prince Ahai and Princess Xinxin had actually found their hiding place and surrounded them!
It should be noted that the Sand Kobs are elusive in the desert; they are the ones who surround and ambush others, never the ones who are surrounded or ambushed.
Gu Xin slung the bow back over her shoulder, glanced at the hidden arrow in her hand, waved her hand, and called for her soldiers to follow.
Gu Xin rode her horse to a spot close to the leader of the sand bandits and stopped. Looking at him, she asked in a low voice, "Two paths: one, death; two, submission to me!"
Gu Xin had learned this phrase in the past few days, so she wasn't worried that the sand bandit leader wouldn't understand.
After saying this, she also aimed at the bandit leader's shoulder. If this man dared to play any tricks, she would dare to shoot a hidden arrow, adding some poison.
"You're courting death... Ah..." Sure enough, Gu Xin was right. How could the leader of the sand bandits be someone who would give in so easily? However, she was prepared. The moment the leader of the sand bandits was about to make a move, she released the hidden arrow in her hand, which pierced through the flesh of the leader of the sand bandits' shoulder without damaging the bones. However, the hidden arrow was poisoned.
"You're asking for death." Gu Xin returned the same words to the leader of the sand bandits.
At the same time, Cheng Huaijin led his men to fight against other bandits, and the encirclement was thus narrowed.
All the bandits were with their leader.
"Tie him up!" Gu Xin ordered her men to tie him up.
The soldiers of the Flowing Sand Kingdom admired her immensely. Princess Xin Xin was so well-prepared; she had them prepare ropes long ago.
Gu Xin approached the leader of the sand bandits and grabbed him, saying, "Anyone who dares to resist will end up like him. See? The blood flowing from his shoulder is black."
The leader of the bandits was the first to resist. Although he couldn't exert any strength in one arm, he felt he could defeat the dwarf. However, he forgot that the hidden arrow was poisoned, and the poison had already begun to take effect. He was already completely powerless.
Originally, when they saw their leader was about to rebel, the other bandits also wanted to fight back, but the poison took effect too quickly, and they were so frightened that they abandoned the idea the moment it arose.
The leaderless bandits could only obediently allow the soldiers of the Flowing Sand Kingdom to tie them up, and then wait for Cheng Huaijin's subordinates, Ah Da, Ah Er, Ah San, and Ah Si, to come forward one by one to feed them pills.
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