Chapter 56: The night is dark and the wind is high to rob
"Looking back, there are seven or eight big households in the town, more than a dozen shops, there is a patrol inspection department and a few catchers, almost a hundred people, the town only has an earthen wall more than two meters high, there are few people in normal times, and there are only many people waiting until the day of the market."
"Did you buy all that?"
Qin Yu frowned.
According to Chun Tao and several women, in Heishi Town alone, the largest Wu family has one hundred and ten family members, plus the rest of the families and the more than 100 inspections, I am afraid that there must be more than 300 people.
Qin Feng blushed and replied: "Salt Ba bought ten catties, eighty wen per catty, there is no pharmacy in the town, so I didn't buy sulfur, cotton cloth two taels of silver a horse, I bought ten horses, cotton three taels of silver a catty, bought ten catties, and three chickens and twenty catties of meat were robbed." At the end, he bowed his head.
"Where's the grain?" Qin Yu is most concerned about food, the more than 800 catties of coarse and fine grain can be eaten for three days at most, he doesn't want to kill the horse when the food runs out.
"There is only a grain shop in the town, two taels of silver for rice, and three taels of wheat for one stone, and the shopkeeper is only willing to send it out of the town, and the coachmen who hired him, when they heard that they were going to Montenegro, no matter how much silver they offered, they were not willing to come, so they didn't buy it."
Qin Feng looked bitter.
Qin Yu also fell silent, if there is no background in this era, even if there is silver, it is not easy to buy things, even if you buy it, I am afraid that it will attract the peep of people with intentions, and then fight the ghost idea.
This is still led by Chun Tao, a local girl, and she went to a small town, not only was the silver robbed, but the mule and horse she brought with her were also snatched away.
If you go to the county seat with a big car or a small car, you have to become a giant panda, and if you can get out of the city smoothly, there will be a ghost.
The point is that they don't have adults!
"Chief, aren't there three villages around here? Why don't I take someone to grab some food and come back?" ”
Qin Tie stood up and said.
"Childe, how much food can those people have? We robbed them of their food, they have to starve to death, or go to the town to buy it as a concubine! ”
"Yes, son, our village is hunting for a living, usually digging some wild vegetables, buying some rice bran to deal with, in addition to paying rent, the rest is exchanged for silver to pay taxes, except for growing grain, there is really no extra food!"
"Childe, people in our village are starving to death every year, please don't rob it..."
Chun Tao and the other five women hurriedly knelt down to plead for mercy, apparently from the nearby village.
"Get up!"
Qin Yu waved his hand, and then said to Mrs. Li: "I believe in Madame's ability, but even if a woman dresses as a man, it is too eye-catching, according to the virtue of those patrols, most of them are meat buns and dogs, so think of other ways!" ”
"Chief, why don't we go and rob the road, more than thirty miles east from this mountain road, there is an official road, I heard that there are a lot of carriages coming and going there."
Qin Feng thought for a while and suggested, and the rest of the captains were also bright-eyed and eager to try.
"Oh? Is there an official way? ”
Qin Yu was also interested, and looked at Xiao Xinru on the side: "Madam, do you know that official road?" ”
"The concubine has also been to Nanzhang before, but looking at the general direction, it should be from Nanzhang County to Xiangyang." Mrs. Li thought for a moment and nodded.
"Good! Then grab some food first and come back to save the emergency, anyway, there are many bandits and bandits in Nanzhang, let's go at night, do it again at dusk, and return at night, God doesn't know it. ”
Qin Yu got up and said, before he had the ability to protect himself, he didn't want to attract the attention of the government and people with intentions, after all, they were anti-thieves.
Anti-thieves are no better than bandits, once exposed, the generals who come to pinch soft persimmons to pick up credit, I am afraid that they will not rush to kill, and then they will only have one way to escape.
……
As night fell, a hundred teenagers in the square carried spears in one hand and pine oil torches in the other.
"Childe, you are injured, why do you need to go in person?" Mrs. Li persuaded him while tying his cloak.
"Alas! Madam, you think I want to go, but look at it, the most clever Qin Feng asked him to explore the way, but he was ambushed and told to go to the town to buy something, but he messed up again, not only was he almost stripped naked, but he was also beaten half to death, how can you tell me to rest assured? ”
"That boy must be careful, this is not as good as Gucheng, we are new here, and we are not familiar with life."
After hearing this, Mrs. Li also looked helpless, so she had to instruct.
"Don't worry, ma'am, the trail to the east is already very flat, I won't get tired on horseback, and after I leave, the stockade will be handed over to you."
"Hmm!"
Mrs. Li nodded.
Immediately, Qin Yu took Qin Feng and Qin Tie, two generals, and a hundred troops down the mountain, lit torches, and rushed to the east to raise grain.
Although Blackstone Town is also to the east, it is still three or four miles away from the trail, and it is basically closed at night, and no one will come out and walk around.
Thirty miles, with the strength of the young man's feet now, it was only an hour, and he went to the official road.
The surrounding terrain instantly opened up.
Qin Yu didn't want to go far, so he found a forest on the side and took his men in to rest, leaving only two people to stand guard by the official road.
………
"Chief, there's a convoy from the north, with torches."
"Oh! How many people are there? How many cars are there? ”
Not long after everyone lay down, a young man who was watching the sentry ran over, and the leader of Qin immediately turned over and sat up.
"There are only three carriages, thirty or so people, but there are twenty or so people who seem to have guys in their hands."
"There are only 30 or so people, even if there are guys in each of them, it doesn't matter." Qin Yu waved his hand.
Then he woke up all the teenagers and led them quietly to the grass next to the official road and squatted down.
Seeing that there were more than a dozen torches in the distance, and the sound of horses' hooves and axles could be heard, I was also very happy.
He didn't expect that at night, he would be able to catch the caravan, I don't know if it was because their luck was too good, or if these people were too bold.
Don't you know that these are troubled times?
Or is the security around Xiangyang so good?
"Qin Tie, you take a team of men and horses to ambush to the opposite side, and kill them at the same time later, don't surround them first."
"Yes!"
Qin Tie immediately ordered thirty people, and with a knife, he touched it towards the opposite side of the official road.
As the convoy got closer, the sound of the axles was clearly audible, and the occasional conversation could be heard, and the teenagers were all squatting motionless in the grass.
"Rush!"
The carriage approached, and by the light of the fire, seeing that there were really only about thirty people, Qin Yu got up without hesitation and shouted.
"Kill!"
Immediately, the teenagers rushed from the grass on both sides to the official road, surrounding the carriage and the crowd in the middle.
A spear with a sharp handle was aimed straight at the crowd, and thirty steel knives were shining.
If it hadn't been for Leader Qin's explanation in advance, the teenagers would have been stabbed a long time ago.
(Thanks to Tushan Linfeng book friends for their tips)