In the night, in the dark woods.

The land in the clouds is a large basin surrounded by mountains, and these mountains are all stone mountains. The woods were full of rocks and fallen dead wood roots, and starlight spilled down from the cracks in the woods, as if it were a corpse-strewn Shura field.

Eight or nine figures slowly stood up from the dead wood stumps.

These figures are all dressed in light and simple leather armor, and they have no scarfs on their heads, but their hair is simply tied up. On his back is a bow, and a sack is crossed diagonally, filled with feathered arrows. This bag of feather arrows is tied with a rope to prevent collisions during action.

And each person has a straight knife stuck in his waist. On the other side was a leather sac with flint, salt, vinegar cloth, and three days' worth of dry food.

This is exactly the dress and equipment in the Great Sui army, looking at the military equipment and utensils carried by each person, it should be the preparation of a fire, scattered for the mountain road.

I can't see the faces of these eight or nine people clearly in the night, but looking at their actions, they are all vigorous and light, and there is a faint smell of blood on their bodies.

Eight or nine people quietly gathered together, and the leader of the fire lowered his voice and asked, "How is the top of the mountain?" ”

One sergeant whispered: "All asleep, only one person will be left to keep vigil." ”

Another sergeant said: "This caravan is quite fat, twenty pack goods, plus mules and horses, you can exchange fifty or sixty pounds for a shot." It's not a shame that we have been lying in the mountains for a few days! ”

The captain of the team seemed to hesitate, and a sergeant said eagerly: "Captain of the fire, what else do you want!" Captain Yuan's order, in the past, the caravans in the army did not take the official road, but traveled through the mountains, and did not collect their taxes, so that the army could not drink the wind! Captain Yuan just wants to make an example of a hundred and clean up these caravans from the south! ”

The surrounding sergeants chimed in.

"Not like that! Wang Rengong is desperately recruiting troops and buying horses, and not a penny is leaking into the clouds, Ma Yi soldiers are so rich that they are all rich, and our Hengan soldiers are poor! Seeing that Liu Yingzheng is going to break with Wang Taishou, it is difficult to say who wins and who loses between the two, so it is important to take the opportunity to put some money in your waist at this time! ”

"Fire Chief, you are an old brother who has followed Liu Yingzhu to Goryeo, there is something wrong, even if you know, Liu Yingzhu will tolerate it. What's the point of snatching up this caravan? ”

"Chen Da Tuozi, their team was ordered by the captain of the Yuan to go down the road, a team of brothers, everyone fell a few times through the waist of the emperor's treasure, and now the new boots are also worn, the wine and meat are non-stop, and the Stuffed Tatar girls in the kiln are dazzled and smile when they see them! It's so easy to fight for such a fulu trick, our ability is still worse than Chen Da Tum, can't they? ”

This fire man is the soldier of Heng'an Yingyang Mansion in the clouds.

Now under the two major Yingyang mansions in Mayi, Mayi Yingyang is under the rule of Wang Rengong, Wang Rengong continues to recruit troops and buy horses, and tries his best to search for and supply military supplies, and his strength continues to expand.

And the Hengan Yingyang Mansion in the clouds is led by Liu Wuzhou, the general of the Eagle Strike Lang.

Wang Rengong is a descendant of the Langya royal family, a child of a serious family, and there are many Austrian aids in the court, and he has been sitting in Mayi for a long time. The situation in the Central Plains is getting worse, and the Son of Heaven of Great Cause went south to Jiangdu, saying that it was a good luck or an escape. Before leaving, he still fulfilled the responsibility of the Great Sui Emperor, tried his best to make arrangements for various places, and restrained these local county guards who had been in office for a long time, with soldiers, generals and backgrounds.

Liu Wuzhou was a figure who was personally raised for the great cause of the Son of Heaven from the army that conquered Goryeo, and when he returned to Mayi County, he took over the Hengan Yingyang Mansion, which was to share the power of Wang Rengong.

High-minded and arrogant, rigid and self-serving, he only defeated the Turkic southward soldiers and horses once a year ago, and he prides himself on being the hero of the world, how can Wang Rengong, who has other ideas about the chaotic situation in the Central Plains, bear it?

At present, the Central Plains is full of fire and smoke, Hebei Dou Jiande raised troops, the Wagang army attacked the city, Xiao Milling cut off the canal, and Luoyang Wang Shichong had a special plan according to the two warehouses of Luokou and Liyang.

Wang Rengong wanted to unify the soldiers and horses in the county, and he didn't mean to take the world-famous elite soldiers in the clouds to the south to get a piece of the pie!

Wang Rengong is recruiting troops and buying horses, and on the other hand, he is using various means to force Liu Wuzhou who is in the clouds.

Ma Yi Ying raised troops to the north and pressed Liu Wuzhou. In addition, the county has not allocated a penny or grain to the clouds.

Liu Wuzhou struggled to support the situation in the clouds, maintaining the Heng'an Yingyang Mansion composed of the old brothers he brought back from Goryeo. While his eyes were wide open, he searched everywhere for where he could have money.

The trade route leading to the grassland through the clouds became the target of Liu Wuzhou's idea. The more caravans you have, the more taxes you will draw, and you will be able to afford to raise soldiers and horses! As long as there are soldiers in hand, you will have your own status in troubled times!

However, the war between the Mayi County and the Turks, and now that Wang Rengong and Liu Wuzhou are facing each other in the county, how many caravans can continue to do business with peace of mind? Even if there are those who are brave, just like Xu Le's team, they travel through the mountains and bypass the official road to the grassland. Otherwise, this bit of commercial goods is not enough for Wang Rengong and Liu Wuzhou to collect taxes.

The situation was so embarrassing, Liu Wuzhou's henchmen, Yuan Junzhang, the captain of Heng'an Yingyang Mansion, suggested to Liu Wuzhou that he send Heng'an Yingyang troops to search the mountains, check these caravans that traveled through the mountains, and find the door to collect taxes according to the regulations to help the army.

Before Xu Le set off, with Liu Wuzhou's acquiescence, such a Fulu Hengan Eagle raised troops and was already all over the surrounding mountains in the clouds. Several caravans have already landed.

Even though the original intention of Yuan Junzhang's suggestion was to collect taxes, it was really blocked by Heng'an Eagle in the mountains, and in a deserted place, it was good that all the goods, mules and horses were taken away, and it killed and injured a few people. It's just that this kind of bad news will take time to pass on the general message, and when Xu Le hit the road, he didn't know it at all.

But for Xu Le, I'm afraid that even if he knows, he will still have to go through such a situation?

At this moment, in the mountains and woods, the eyes of every Hengan Eagle Soldier are red, and after a few days of hard work, they finally blocked an eyeless caravan, but they don't know what the fire chief is still hesitating!

But even if they gather to discuss now, the voices of these Hengan Eagle soldiers are still very low, and their vigilance is not reduced. Even though he was in the forest, he was careful to keep his body as low as possible. There were also two eagle soldiers on the periphery, who had already drawn their bows in their hands, just paying attention to all the movements around them.

In the past few years, there have been many wars in Mayi County, and the Hengan Eagle Yang soldiers were raised by their stepmothers, with little food and hard fighting. But he also really honed an elite army, and after Liu Wuzhou's expedition to Goryeo joined, his combat power reached a higher level.

Otherwise, he is as conceited as Wang Rengong, and he will not use the means of exhausting himself to expand the soldiers and horses under his command!

In the eager eyes of several brothers, the fire chief laughed cruelly: "You can't be soft on me? I'm wondering if this team has been slaughtered! Otherwise, if you take away the goods, you have to pay eighty percent to the public. Wouldn't it be better to have it all in our waists? After walking from Goryeo, I understand that all the credit belongs to the family, our lives are not worth much, in this world, money is more real! ”

Several eagles were silenced, looking at the fire chief's eyes that were ten times more fierce than them, and they all gritted their teeth and nodded: "Just listen to the fire chief, let's do this!" ”