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"My lord, be careful all the way!"

"Got it! It's the enemy that should be careful. As long as there is an enemy, we will kill him, come and kill a pair, come and kill a group. A Xinghua officer said murderously, with a strong killing intent in his eyes, and a posture of being a husband and a man.

Hearing this, the chief of Snow Lotus Pass laughed, supported him with laughter, and wished him a smooth journey.

This army, which slowly walked out of the Snow Lotus Pass, was actually the first large-scale grain transportation team organized by the Xinghua Empire.

However, this time, due to the urgency of time and the large amount of grain that needed to be transported, the Xinghua Empire had to organize a fully armed Xinghua army of 3,000 soldiers to escort this batch of grain and grass full-time to ensure that the grain and grass could arrive in Shucheng in time and safely.

Their responsibilities are great, and the most different thing from ordinary wagon fleets is that this army carrying grain needs to reach its destination in a very short time, that is, the prescribed seven days. It is precisely because of the great impact of the destruction of the granary in Shucheng in Yunzhou that the war is imminent, and this gap must be filled quickly.

At the intersection of Guixi County, Lao Zhang Tea House, a roadside tea house made of grass sheds.

Lao Zhang is the owner of Lao Zhang's teahouse, and Lao Zhang usually takes care of Zhang's business alone, and sometimes his wife will come to help share it.

It's not the busiest time of the day at the shop. So, at this time, there were very few places in the store, and there were only three customers at one table. The three of them quenched their thirst with tea and chatted with snacks.

Originally, the atmosphere was calm and quiet, but at this moment, five passers-by with long knives suddenly walked from a distance, breaking the peace of this moment. These five people appeared in a quiet voice, and the long knives on their bodies made people shudder when they saw them.

The appearance of these five people caused the three guests in the teahouse who were still chatting all of a sudden, and they watched the five long-knife passers-by walk into the teahouse, find another empty table, and sit down.

Although no one else moved, the shopkeeper Zhang Ke couldn't do without action.

Therefore, as soon as Lao Zhang saw the five people sitting down at the table, he immediately took a big teapot and five large bowls, and then poured tea one by one, and at the same time said that he asked after looking around the five people enthusiastically: "Tea is free." Do you want something to eat?"

One of the five men, whose hair covered half of his face, asked in a low voice, "What do you have to eat?"

"There aren't many things, small beans, steamed buns, beef jerky. Lao Zhang replied.

"A plate of small beans, a plate of beef jerky, five steamed buns. The man thought about it, and began to order, ordering a few plates of food.

"One point for steamed buns, five cents for small beans, and five cents for a plate of beef jerky. Lao Zhang said.

Such roadside shops often pay the bill first and serve the food later. The person who came seemed to know such a rule early on, and also accepted this way, so he neatly took out a gold coin and said to the shopkeeper Lao Zhang: "Don't look for it, serve it as soon as possible." ”

"Wait!" Lao Zhang happily put away the gold coins, walked back to the back kitchen, brought the food to the table in three or two clicks, and then sat down politely, not participating in the conversation between the guests, and deliberately leaving enough space for the guests to enjoy the meal.

However, Lao Zhang is a store that is used to seeing people in the rivers and lakes after all. Every day, there are countless people who pass by or patronize his tea house, and Lao Zhang is used to all kinds of dresses and appearances, postures, and postures.

But it is precisely because he is used to seeing that Lao Zhang is a little like a human flesh recognition machine, and it is easy to see that those people are different. In his opinion, although these five people are not good, they must be shouldering an unusual task.

And these five people were dining in his tea house, because of this, Lao Zhang secretly paid more attention to them.

I don't know if these five people appeared with weapons, which made the three people at the table next to them who were eating and chatting a little nervous, and they always felt uncomfortable continuing to sit, and finally, after the three of them exchanged ears, they decided to leave first.

So, the three of them got up and greeted the shopkeeper and left the teahouse. Lao Zhang waited for the three of them to go out before he went to clean up the rest on the table, but at the same time, Lao Zhang skillfully turned his face slightly and glanced at the five people with knives.

Coincidentally, Lao Zhang found that one of the guests at the table took out a small cloth bag from his arms, and there were a few silver needles pinned to the cloth bag. The man took out one of them, inserted it into the steamed bun, pulled it out and looked at it, and then nodded to the person next to him.

Then, the other man picked up two slices of beef jerky and threw them into the cup of tea in front of him.

The behavior of these people is a little different from ordinary people, Lao Zhang silently thought in his heart, they are by no means ordinary people.

After all, Lao Zhang is also in his fifties, and he is a person who has lived for half his life, so he is naturally experienced and well-informed. When he saw the man holding the silver needle, Lao Zhang already knew that the guest of unknown origin was actually testing poison!

Although this person's action of testing the poison made Lao Zhang feel offended, as if the food in his teahouse could not be touched. However, at this moment, Lao Zhang feels more, not here, and there is nothing unhappy.

On the contrary, Lao Zhang knew that these actions of these people were actually their inertial actions, not aimed at Lao Zhang's teahouse. Therefore, Lao Zhang's whole mind has been attracted by the origins of these five people. Think about it, who would need to habitually test for poison before eating out?

However, Lao Zhang understands better that the more this time, the more he should protect himself, and the more it is best not to interfere in the actions of the guests, otherwise he is likely to get himself into trouble and insert himself into other people's disputes for no reason, which is not a good thing.

Therefore, Lao Zhang only weighed everything in his heart, and on the bright side, he was still like a nobody, and after finishing the things on the table skillfully and quickly, he still sat in his position from a distance, only occasionally using his eyes to pay attention to whether the five of them had any other special movements.

Fortunately, the five guests did not make any unnecessary movements, did not say a word from beginning to end, just buried their heads in eating, and when they were full, they all got up in unison, and left the tea house without saying much.

Seeing that the five of them had left, Lao Zhang finally breathed a sigh of relief, slowly walked over to clean up the dishes, put them in the basin again, turned on the faucet, and was about to clean these used cups and bowls.

But when the faucet rushed out of the water, the sound of the water seemed to wake up Lao Zhang all of a sudden, which suddenly reminded him of something!

Immediately, Lao Zhang quickly turned off the faucet, quickly walked to the back kitchen, and took out a piece of paper that was put aside.

It was a piece of government propaganda paper.

Lao Zhang picked up the propaganda paper again and carefully read it again from beginning to end, and this time, he read it without letting go of a word.

The leaflet was written with a warning, informing the owner of the restaurant that if he found a stranger, especially a stranger who was armed and could not see clearly, he must register with the police station. If you don't report it, if you find out that some of the suspects have stayed at the restaurant, you will be warned and punished.

This propaganda paper has been hung aside by Lao Zhang, and he has never been taken seriously, only this will he suddenly remember.

Lao Zhang didn't know why, but he thought of his youngest son, and his old face couldn't help but smile. Lao Zhang's youngest son, ranked third, since he became a soldier in the Yunzhou Legion of the Xinghua Empire, the fate of Lao Zhang's family began to change. First of all, they don't have to go to the landlord's house to work as a family, and they have their own fields; secondly, Lao Zhang's teahouse was bought with a loan from the Imperial Bank, so Lao Zhang cherishes it very much; finally, Lao Zhang does not like Xia Guo. Because Xia Guo didn't bring him any good memories.

In the Xia Kingdom, he was a pauper, either a nobleman or a landlord above his head, and the government never wanted to live the life of a small people, and it was an obligation for several generations to join the army. In the Xinghua Empire, joining the army, Lao Zhang's family benefited a lot.

Moreover, Lao Zhang is still looking forward to the fact that when his youngest son returns, he will be able to obtain the qualification of a quasi-official. Yes, Lao Zhang regards citizenship as a quasi-official qualification. This system has become the way for the small people to advance. In Yunzhou, many commoners, because of the civic system, were full of enthusiasm for the Xinghua Empire.

Guixi County, police station, thirty-five police officers lined up, standing in the only open space.

"You all have a pistol, two spare magazines, and a dagger, check again, I don't want you to go to war and find out the problem. Li Bo, the chief of the Guixi Police Department, said to the thirty-five officers under him.

Not long ago, the Guixi Police Department received a report that a large number of Black Dragon Society personnel had infiltrated the Guixi area, and then they received reports from the public one after another, and strangers appeared around Guixi County. For example, Lao Zhang's teahouse at the intersection outside the city of Guixi County reported a message that strangers with weapons had entered the Guixi area.

At this moment, the so-called good ones don't come, and those who come don't come well, which can't help but make Li Bo feel vigilant.

Li Bo knew that the empire would have a grain transport convoy that would pass through Guixi County.

If the Black Dragon will take action against the grain transportation team in Guixi County and succeed again, Li Bo will have an unshirkable responsibility. Therefore, Li Bo could not just pass the news to the defenders of Guixi County, he also had to personally lead the team to escort the grain transportation team.

Actually, the thirty-five officers were not too nervous, they were not the main force. The task given to them by Li Bo was only to prevent the Black Dragon Society from robbing the grain transportation team and hand it over to the Xinghua Army to deal with the Black Dragon Society. On the contrary, some police officers want to make meritorious contributions in order to be promoted.

Li Bo took the police and rode fast horses out of Guixi County, and they were going to pick up the imperial grain transportation team.

Bang bang bang......

Half an hour later, Li Bo was taken aback when he heard the fierce gunshots.

"It's the gunfire of the battle!" said Libo, stopping his horse and telling everyone to slow down.

Li Bo's actions are not to see death and not to save him, but to be cautious when he does not know the enemy's situation. In fact, Li Bo knew very well that the grain transportation team was a large team, and it was escorted by 3,000 Xinghua soldiers, and it was by no means something that ordinary enemies could plunder.

Fifteen minutes later, Li Bo and the others saw a squad of about 300 Xinghua Army wearing military uniforms.

"Who are you?" the officer of the Xinghua Army squad shouted to Li Bo with his gun raised.

Li Bo took out his ID and threw it to the Xinghua officer.

Officer Xinghua checked Li Bo's ID, threw it back to him, and gave Li Bo a military ID.

The documents of the Xinghua Empire, the photos are difficult to forge, and one certificate is enough to prove one's identity.

"Hello, Second Lieutenant Chu Yunpeng. Excuse me, what happened to you?" asked Li Bo, respectfully handing over his military ID card to the officer.

"There was a group of horse thieves who attacked the grain convoy. Chu Yunpeng replied.

"Is there anything we need to do?" asked Libo.

Chu Yunpeng thought for a while and said, "You are locals, you must be familiar with the local situation. Take us around the neighborhood and search for the enemy. ”

"Okay, that's what we're doing. Li Bo said indiscriminately.

Li Bo instructed his subordinate police officers to think about what hiding places are there nearby, suitable for hundreds of people to hide.

"Director, the place near here that is suitable for hundreds of people to hide is probably the Valley of Hundred Flowers. A police officer said.

"How do you know?" asked Li Bo uneasy.

"My grandfather and my father were hunters, and when I was very young, I walked on the slopes of the nearby hills. If the enemy is only hiding for a day or two, they can hide anywhere. If you want to hide for a long time, Hundred Flowers Valley is a good place. There are not only mountain springs in the Valley of Hundred Flowers, but also many animals. The Orion-turned-police officer replied.

"There is food and drink!" Chu Yunpeng nodded and said to Li Bo, "Let's go to the Valley of Hundred Flowers." ”

Seeing that Chu Yunpeng had made a decision, Li Bo did not object, and ordered the police officer from Orion and the other seven police officers to take Chu Yunpeng's team to catch the enemy.

Li Bo inquired about the person in charge of the grain transportation team, who was a colonel officer of the Ministry of National Defense, and decided to take more than 20 police officers to the grain transportation team to "pay a visit."

Chu Yunpeng has no opinion on Li Bo's approach. As long as Li Bo's men could lead them to find the enemy who was attacking the grain convoy, they would be satisfied.

The person in charge of the grain transportation team was Ma Guoqiang, who was originally an officer of the General Staff Headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense of the Xinghua Empire. This time, the empire attaches great importance to the matter of grain transportation, and the Ministry of Defense transferred Ma Guoqiang to serve as the captain of the grain transportation team this time.

Before leaving, the emperor summoned Ma Guoqiang and told him to be cautious and not to underestimate the enemy. Ma Guoqiang took note of the emperor's words, and was cautious and vigilant along the way, but he didn't expect that he still underestimated the enemy's boldness.

Not only that, Ma Guoqiang also found some information. The enemy attacked the grain convoy and did not seem to seek results. Because they attacked the grain convoy, they bent their bows and shot arrows, and in less than a minute, they turned and fled, so that they did not love to fight. It seems that their purpose is just to not want Ma Guoqiang to transport grain smoothly.

The enemy's attack is suspected of delaying the grain delivery team! Ma Guoqiang quickly made a judgment: Shucheng, Yunzhou, I am afraid that something will happen.

Then, Ma Guoqiang immediately used the military radio to report the situation to the Ministry of National Defense. (To be continued.) )