On the morning of 27 August, Bian Xi brought back news that a 200-strong Han army grain convoy was marching along the official road toward Zhang Luo.

On August 28, the Han army grain officer waited until dawn with red eyes. Soon a grain transport team was robbed once on the official road and robbed a lot of things. Since then, the Han army escorting grain and grass has been attentive. During this grain transport, the number of escort troops increased to more than 250 people, and the vigilance was greatly improved.

Since yesterday, a group of bandits has appeared near the official road. The grain convoy soon showed the traces of the bandits, and then fought with the bandits. After all, the bandit army was a rabble, and they were quickly driven away under the fierce attack of the grain transport team.

But the grain officer did not dare to be careless, according to the explanation of the former boss, this gang of bandits is quite brave, and it must not be underestimated. Sure enough, the bandits did not give up after being beaten away, but followed the grain transport team in the shadows. There is a great intention to prepare for a sneak attack when the grain transport team is careless.

According to the method of the Han army to the grain transport team, the grain officer sent people to the sentry post on the official road in front to ask for help. There are still four or five hundred people in the outpost, as long as more than a hundred people can be sent to help. Nearly 400 people will surely make the bandits retreat. Maybe they can kill and wound some bandits, and take their heads back to repay their merits.

During the night, the grain officer took strict precautions on the official road and repelled the night attacks of the bandits with rockets several times. At the end of the night, everyone was exhausted. At this time, the grain officer had no idea of making meritorious contributions, and was full of hope that the team that would receive the outpost would come quickly to ensure the safety of the transported materials. If it weren't for the fact that the overseers had already arrived in the Beida Camp to supervise the battle, the boss would not have forced such a batch of rewarded things to the front line now.

"Commander, are we going to the sentry post?" The subordinate asked the grain officer. I didn't sleep all night, not only the eyes of the grain officer were red, but the subordinates who transported the grain were also tired. The bandits harassed them several times, the troops fought all night, and more than a dozen brothers were injured because of the stray arrows, and now the morale of the troops has fallen to the bottom.

"Just hold on here! Nothing can be said to give the bandits a chance. The grain officer ordered.

As he was talking, he suddenly heard a killing shout from the distance of the official road in front of him. At this moment, the grain convoy immediately became frightened. Could it be that there is an ambush of bandits ahead? If there is an ambush for the bandits, then who is fighting with the bandits? Is it reinforcements from the outpost?

"Tun Chief! Tun Chang ......, what should we do? Maybe it's the sentry brothers in front of you! The Han army leader who spoke, his voice trembled a little.

"Don't panic!" The grain officer shouted, "Line up and stick to the spot." ”

The bandits were so cunning that they set up an ambush in front of them and fought with their brothers sent out of the outpost. The grain officer was determined not to take the initiative no matter what.

The shouts of killing stopped after a moment, and after a while, the sound of swords sounded again and again. In the grain transport team, all the nerves were tensed, and they looked at the official road in front of them with full attention. I only heard the shouts of killing getting closer and closer, and suddenly, seven or eight guys dressed in ordinary people's clothes, carrying spears in their hands, ran along the official road.

"Prepare to release the arrows!" The grain officer immediately ordered, and after a while, all the dense bows and arrows were raised, facing the seven or eight people who ran out in front.

Those seven or eight people obviously didn't expect that there were officials and soldiers here, and they were stunned when they landed. After a few moments, however, they continued to run. This time, instead of running along the official road, I tried to run into the forest on both sides of the official road. At this moment, more than 20 officers and soldiers were chased and killed on the official road, and the bandits in front could no longer get rid of the pursuit of the officers and soldiers because they stayed for a while.

The officers and soldiers in front of them were armed with bows and arrows, and they knocked the bandits to the ground with a single round of shots. It seems that this gang of officers and soldiers is also chasing the rise, even if the bandit army is defeated. The spear in the back also stabbed the bandits with their spears.

The grain officer let out a long sigh, and he ordered: "Send someone to invite the brother on the other side." ”

When the Han army of the grain transport team saw the friendly soldiers, their hearts were also put into their stomachs. Just for the sake of insurance, the queue under the grain team still maintains a vigilant formation. It would be terrible if the bandits suddenly came out from another direction at this time.

After a while, those Han troops arrived in front of them. I saw that several of them had wounds on their bodies, and the military caps on their heads were tightly fastened to their heads. Some of them also had blood stains on their uniforms, and some people limped when they walked, thinking that they had experienced a lot of fighting. After seeing the grain officer, the Han army led by him gave a quick salute to the grain officer, and then got up and said: "Tun Chief, those bandit troops have set up an ambush in front, and we have finally been killed, and the brothers in the back are clearing up." A few of us chased after us. happened to meet the help of Tun Chang, so he killed this gang of bandits. ”

This sycophant is very smooth, and the grain officer naturally likes it.

"Commander, please borrow a few brothers with knives to go with us and cut off the heads of those bandits. I hope you will be able to do so! The Han army led by him said with some looks of gain and loss.

How could the grain officer not know the meaning of this guy on the other side, they only had bows and arrows and spears in their hands. This bow and arrow has been spared, and the spear naturally cannot be used to cut off the head. Moreover, if they borrowed the sword of the grain officer, it would be impossible for this head not to be taken away by the grain pressing team.

Sure enough, the Han army led by the opposite side stepped forward a few steps forward and said respectfully to the grain officer: "I also hope that the chief will leave two or three heads for the villain, and two will be done." ”

"Haha!" The grain officer was tired all night, and at this time he was in a relaxed mood, and the other party was so knowledgeable, he smiled and replied: "Why don't you leave two." ”

After speaking, the grain officer ordered his subordinates to put away their weapons and send a few people with knives to help. As soon as the array of the grain team opened, several knife men walked out.

At this moment, the person behind the Han soldier who spoke at the front suddenly opened the long horn barrier and pulled out a ring-headed knife from under his waist.

The grain officer was shocked, and the guy was limping just now, which was more eye-catching. Unexpectedly, he actually hid a knife on his body. I didn't wait for the grain officer to figure out what was going on. But when he saw the lame fellow raise his other hand, he came up and stabbed him to death. It will be night, and the lantern was lit early in the big tent of the Han army, and the eunuch Feng Shang, who was officially sent by the imperial court to supervise the army, sat in the center. On his left hand, that is, to the west, sat a row of people, in order to be the commander of the North Battalion; There was also a row of people sitting on the right-hand side, in order to represent Dong Zhuo to join the army Li Ru.

The two rows of people facing each other did not smile at all, let alone look at each other, and everyone's eyes fell on a small officer kneeling on the ground. The lights in the tent were bright, and the little officer who was kneeling on the ground turned pale. After saying what he should have said, he lowered his head at this time, waiting for these big officials above to fall.

The overseer was silent, but his heart was churning. This is the second time that a grain transport team on the official road has been robbed. If the last time the grain transport team was robbed, it can be said that it was careless, but this second robbery is completely different. The robbers first dragged the grain convoy in a small amount of harassment, and the convoy sent people to the outpost in front to ask for help. The outpost sent more than 100 people, but they were ambushed before they could go ten miles.

The robbers almost killed the Han army of more than 100 people, and after leaving some almost stripped corpses of the Han soldiers on the ground, the robbers not only did not flee, but also left some people on the side of the road to contain the reinforcements sent by the post. Another small group of robbers disguised themselves as Han soldiers went to deceive the grain team.

The commander of the Han army's grain team failed to see through the robbers' tricks, and as soon as the formation opened, the robbers entered the military formation of the grain transportation team. The Han army's grain transport team was attacked by this, and the formation was in chaos. The robbers who had been ambushed on the side of the road for a long time took advantage of the situation to swarm out, and under the internal and external attacks, the Han army's grain transportation team did not run out of a few people, and the materials were also robbed by the robbers.

By the time the Han army sent troops to the front and rear checkpoints, the robbers had already disappeared without a trace. At this time, the officers of the Han army did not dare to delay, and sent fast horses to send a few Han soldiers who had escaped their lives to the Chinese army.

The loss of supplies was heart-wrenching, but what terrified the prison guards even more was the ferocity of the robbers. Ding Yan, a soldier of the grain transport team who escaped back, said that there were less than ten robbers in the group who disguised themselves as Han soldiers to deceive the grain transport team, but they were extremely brave. Especially after the leader killed the grain officer, he made a ring head knife and beheaded more than a dozen officers and soldiers.