Before the fifth watch, the north gate of Shouyang City also creaked open, and a convoy of nearly 300 mules and horses rushed out from the north gate.

"Thank you, Lord Liu, Lord Zhang."

Fan Sanpao, Wang Youyi and others bowed their hands to Liu Liangzuo and Zhang Yixiang, and bowed politely.

"You sons don't need to be polite." Liu Liangzuo smiled and waved his hand.

"Two adults, don't say goodbye."

"Have a nice trip."

"Goodbye."

After saying goodbye, Fan Sanpao and the others rode out of the city, escorted by more than a thousand guards, and drove the convoy to the north.

Liu Liangzuo glanced to the side, and soon dozens of Ming troops quietly left the city on war horses wrapped in horseshoes, without lighting torches, only following behind the caravan in the dark.

"Give Fan San ten of their guts, and don't dare to turn around and rob the silver." Zhang Yixiang, who was on the side, stroked his beard and said with a faint smile.

Liu Liangzuo nodded: "There are eyeliners staring at them, they naturally don't dare." ”

"It will be dawn in half an hour, and those silver taels should have passed through the white ditch by now." Zhang Yixiang on the side looked at the eastern sky and said.

Liu Liangzuo nodded: "It should have passed, and I should be able to enter Buffalo Mountain at dawn." ”

"It's easy to get past Buffalo Mountain."

"Well, that part of the road is a great place to set up an ambush, and as long as you pass that place, the silver will be safe."

The two chatted and walked in the direction of the county office.

When the dozens of horsemen sent by Liu Liangzuo had just left the city, dozens of figures on the western city wall slid down the wall along the ropes, swam silently across the moat, and then followed behind his dozens of horsemen in the dark night.

About two quarters of an hour later, a trace of fish belly white appeared in the sky, revealing a faint light, and a horse could be vaguely seen rushing towards Shouyang City below.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ”

The knight on his horse shouted from afar.

The defenders at the head of the city were taken aback, and the sound of drums, whistles, shouts and curses mingled.

Liu Liangzuo and Zhang Yixiang, who were about to sleep in the cage, didn't even wear their clothes neatly, so they hurriedly rushed to the east of the city.

When the two of them reached the east gate, the knight also arrived at the bottom of the city.

"My lord, General Wang was attacked by the enemy in Zhaobaigou, and he was already under siege when he rushed back to deliver the message."

"What?"

Liu Liangzuo and Zhang Yixiang's faces changed greatly.

The knight hurriedly repeated.

"Who is the other party? How many soldiers? ”

"I can't see who it is at night, there are not many people, only about five or six hundred, but the opponent has a large number of firearms, there are more than a dozen cannons and dozens of birds, and these firearms are extremely sharp, and several of them are extremely accurate, and someone will inevitably fall as soon as the guns are fired."

Hearing this, Liu Liangzuo shouted at Zhang Yixiang while running down: "Lord Zhang, I will leave 500 troops for you, and there are three classes of officials and gentry in the city, and Shouyang City will be handed over to you." ”

Zhang Yixiang hurriedly shouted: "Does Mr. Liu know where the other party came from?" ”

"Qin thief, there are a large number of firearms and they are extremely sharp, they must be Qin thieves."

"Ahh Qin thief ......"

"By the way, Lord Zhang, send someone to inform Fan San to call them, just say that the Qin thief's soldiers and horses have arrived in Shouyang, let them be careful, it is best to let them return to Shouyang, they have a large number of courtyards, and they can help us defend the city."

"Good, good ......"

Zhang Yixiang was already so panicked that the six gods had no master.

Liu Liangzuo had no time to take care of him, so he immediately went to order troops.

Most of his soldiers have just been woken up, some have already gone to the city to prepare to defend the city, and some are still in the barracks and don't know what to touch, and it is difficult to find people in the dark light, so it is not easy to order troops in this situation.

It took two quarters of an hour for Liu Liangzuo to reluctantly order two thousand messy soldiers and horses, and then went straight to Zhaobaigou.

Shouyang City is twenty miles away from Zhaobaigou, and it takes a quarter of an hour for the Tanma to gallop all the way back to report the news, and it takes another two quarters of an hour to order the troops, that is to say, the silver transport team has been surrounded for more than three quarters of an hour.

With a large number of firearms on the other side, those five hundred soldiers would definitely not be able to hold out for that long.

Probably, a few rounds of shelling will be defeated.

In other words, there is a good chance that the silver has already fallen into the hands of the opponent.

He had to rush to grab it back while the other party hadn't gone far.

That's 100,000 taels of silver.

Even if you risk your life, you have to take it back.

……

To the north of Shouyang City, a fast horse from Shouyang galloped north along the Shimen River.

When the sky was slightly bright, several cavalrymen dressed as Ming soldiers suddenly appeared in front, standing on the bank of the Shimen River with guns, blocking the way of the fast horse.

"Urgent, urgent!"

The knight on the horse hurriedly shouted.

"If there is any urgent report, please submit it quickly."

Among the Ming army, the first sturdy man with arms as long as an ape asked in a rough voice.

"Lord Zhang of Shouyang Zhixian County urgently reported that the soldiers and horses of the Qin thieves have arrived in the area of Shouyang, and went around to the east to ambush the men and horses of General Liu's soldiers in Baigou, and there are also Qin thieves' ambushes in the north, please Fan Gongzi and Wang Gongzi turn around as soon as possible, and return to Shouyang City to temporarily avoid the soldiers."

The knight on the fast horse continued to speed and continued to rush forward while shouting.

"Got it, got it."

The sturdy man waved his hand impatiently, then took out a horned bow from his back, pulled it, and released it.

There was a bowstring sound, a breaking sound, and the knight on the horse fell in response.

The sturdy man's companion stepped forward with a spear, refilled the knight, who was still struggling on the ground, and then took the sword and shield and stripped off the armor.

"Let's go, continue to follow the Ming army in front, the Liu battalion officer who has no camp should be in front of Shangqugou to set up an ambush, not far away. Remember, when the ambush rises, let's just shout that there are ambushes behind us, so as to add a little more chaos to them. ”

The sturdy man waved his hand and turned his horse's head as he spoke.

"Okay."

The rest of the group followed.

"By the way, boss, Old Huang Ye, they should have already succeeded."

"It's almost inseparable, I heard that it was Zheng Qiting Zheng Shen General who went to the east, although he only brought five hundred soldiers and horses, but this Zheng Shen General is the old brother brought out by General Qin from Jiuji Mountain, and he has fought many battles with the general, and there is an old Huang Ye with a hundred brothers to attack from behind, and he is nine out of ten."

"In other words, Liu Liangzuo is too bold, and even we dare to rob General Qin's silver."

"Hehe, he is Tai Sui's head and broke ground, cleaned up the gang of merchants in Zhangjiakou Fort, and it will be his turn next."

……

Fifteen miles north of Shouyang City, Shangqu ditch.

The caravan stopped outside Shangqugou.

Fan San frowned and paced back and forth in place, looking anxiously at the valley from time to time.

None of the more than a dozen exploration horses sent to explore the valley came back, and Fan Sanpao was upset, so he hurriedly asked the caravan to stop, and then sent another group of exploration horses, a total of more than 30 people into the valley to investigate.

Now, it's been nearly a quarter of an hour since they've been inside, and there's no news yet.

There seems to be something strange in this valley.

Just as Fan Sanpai's patience was about to run out, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded in the valley.

First the sound of a few horses, followed by a low roar.

Fan San listened attentively for a moment, and suddenly his face changed greatly.

The low roar was characteristic of the charge of the large number of cavalry.

That is, there are ...... in the valley

"Childe, go away, there is an ambush!"

"There is an ambush! Childe, there is an ambush in the valley! ”

Several scouts appeared at the mouth of the valley and rushed towards them desperately, shouting as they went.

The caravan was like an ant exploding a pot, and it was instantly chaotic.

"Junction array, junction array......"

Fan San came back to his senses and hurriedly shouted at the panicked guards and coachmen.

Wang Youyi and others also spoke out, trying to calm the team.

After shouting for a while, the team calmed down and began to assemble the mule carts in a circle on the banks of the Shimen River.

Before the car formation was put together, there was a sudden commotion behind him, and someone shouted: "Oh no, there are ambushes behind, and we are surrounded." ”

"Run, the ambush behind is coming, if you don't run again, you will die!"

"It's the Guan Emperor Army, it's the Guan Emperor Army in Qinchuan, the Guan Emperor Army that killed tens of thousands of elites of the Dajin Kingdom in Datong Mansion and abandoned their armor."

"We can't beat them, run away......"

Hearing these shouts, Fan San was so angry that he smoked: "Go, cut down those who disturb the morale of the army." ”

"Yes."

A group of guards rode away.

But the people who were shouting had already run away, and they were running on horseback, and they could still catch people.

As soon as they shouted like this, the caravan, which had barely calmed down, immediately rioted again, and many people even began to take advantage of the chaos to escape.

Fan Sanpao, Wang Youyi and others ran back and forth on horseback, desperately trying to pacify the rioting caravans, while their men went around arresting people, and immediately hacked to death every time they caught an escape, as an example.

As soon as the riot was suppressed, a cavalry came out of the valley.

There were not many people, only about five hundred, but they went straight to the car formation with great momentum.

Fan Sanpao and Wang Youyi's faces changed greatly, and they hurriedly hid in the car array with their own soldiers.

However, nearly 300 mule and horse-drawn carts stretched for more than two miles, and less than half of the mule-horse carts had time to form a car formation, and half of them were still on the road along the Shimen River.

Many drivers and guards were still behind, and there was no time to enter the formation.

What's even worse is that these three or four hundred coachmen and guards are scattered on the road, and if they are attacked by cavalry, they will definitely die.

The five hundred horsemen soon spotted the scattered charioteers and guards, and quickly bypassed the front chariot formation, rushed up the gentle slope beside it, and slew at the charioteers and guards behind them like a curved scythe.

Fan San was anxious and wanted to send troops out to intercept him, but when he turned his head, he found that there were less than 400 people in the car formation.

Because of the urgency of the situation, the mule and horse carts did not have time to catch up, so they had to carpool on the spot, and the whole caravan had a total of four cart formations, just one for each family.

Most of the people from the Fan family, the Wang family, the Zhai family, and the Tian family also gathered in their respective car formations.

That is, a whole caravan has turned into four separate teams.

In this case, the forces cannot be integrated and mobilized, and no one is willing to send troops to intercept them.

The five hundred horsemen smoothly rounded the four chariot formations, then turned to the side of the official road and raised their javelins in their hands.

The coachmen and guards panicked, hiding under the mule carts or riding for their lives.

After the screams, which lasted less than a quarter of an hour, more than 300 coachmen and guards were killed, fleeing, and most of those who were hiding under the cars were also pulled out.

At this time, another army appeared at the mouth of Shangqugou, about 1,000 people, and the momentum was monstrous towards the car formation.

The five hundred horsemen at the back of the caravan also began to cruise around the four-seater chariot array with no one in sight and no one in sight.

The leader of the general also came out, and it was a man with a centipede-like scar on his face.

Seeing this person, Fan Sanpao's face turned a little paler.

He knew the man.

Not only have I seen it, but I also know the other party's name, which is Liu Youzhu.

Their Fan family has portraits of several generals under Qin Chuan, and Liu Youzhu's face is the most recognizable.

Liu Youzhu's face was indifferent, his eyes were gloomy and he walked a hundred steps away from Fan Sanpao's car formation, and shouted: "Fan Gongzi, my General Qin ordered me to say hello to you." ”

Fan San gritted his teeth and said nothing.

"My general said that the last time I let Fan Gongzi live, but in exchange for Gongzi's two hundred Jiannu, that trip did a loss, and the loss was a big loss."

"So, the general ordered me to come here and collect some interest from my son."

Speaking of this, Liu Youzhu gestured towards his neck.

"That bit of interest is the head of the childe."