Chapter 131: Hot Hand Suppression

The border of Donglai County, a mountain hundreds of zhang high, is the junction of Donglai County and Beihai County, and it is also the only place for the two counties to travel between the official road!

At the foot of the mountain on the side of Beihai County, next to the official road, in a leafy forest, a cavalry team of more than 100 people is hiding here, they are wearing black armor, holding a five-foot long knife, and the horseback is fully equipped with hard bows and arrows, and they are riding their horses quietly, waiting silently.

"Captain, they're three miles away!" A scout dressed in ordinary person's costume returns on horseback.

"Good!"

The cavalry captain did not hesitate, and directly turned to the cavalry and ordered: "The target is about to arrive, everyone get ready!" Be careful to follow my orders, and don't let anyone go! ”

"Yes!" All the cavalry soldiers replied in unison, and their morale was very high.

About three quarters of an hour later, a team stretching for more than one hundred and fifty steps appeared in everyone's sight, slowly advancing in the direction of Beihai County!

There were more than twenty large ox carts in the procession, all of which were filled with sacks of goods, and each one was followed by three or four thin men in ragged clothes, who were pushing the carts vigorously.

There were also a dozen overseer guards on war horses, dressed in leather armor, armed with long qiāng, also armed with hard bows and arrows, scattered scattered throughout the procession, and they were monitoring the entire oxcart procession.

In the middle of the procession, there were two leading horseback men, one was a young man, about seventeen or eighteen years old, and the other was a middle-aged man, about thirty years old.

"Second uncle, how much do you say they can earn by sending this away?" The young man asked, and looked back unconcernedly!

The middle-aged man was very cautious, looking around from time to time, "It's hard to say!" The last time they were escorted was almost the same as now, and that time they earned more than 2,000 hangs, and now the price of grain has doubled, and this time it is estimated that they can earn more! ”

"Second uncle, will there be a problem with the owner doing this? Nephew, I'm always worried that the government will arrest people! The boy looked back a little nervously, and there was a tremor in his voice!

"Don't talk nonsense!"

The middle-aged man scolded, glanced nervously at the woods on the side of the road, and then sighed, "Actually, second uncle, I am also very worried, the price of grain in Donglai City is low, that is because the alliance will release cheap grain, if the general of the town army knows that the owner is reselling grain, he will definitely not let the owner go, and we will not be able to run away at that time!" ”

……

"Action!"

Just as the ox cart procession was about to pass through the official road in front of the woods, the cavalry captain gave an order, and the cavalry soldiers who had already been ready shouted in unison, "Ride!" The war horse immediately ran towards the ox cart like a sharp arrow!

"Surrender on your knees and don't kill! Kneel down and kill or not! ”

The sprint distance of 100 paces is coming in an instant, the cavalry soldiers shouted loudly, while quickly running around the oxcart team to surround it, the hard bow and arrow in the hand have already been wound, the bright light flashes the arrow arrow, aimed at every man in the oxcart team, the slightest mistake, the sharp arrow will come out of the string, killing everyone in the oxcart team.

"Don't let go of the arrows! Don't let go of the arrows! We surrender! ”

The sudden change stunned all the men in the ox cart procession, and after a while, they reacted, turned around and prepared to flee in all directions, and only when they saw the cold arrow aimed at their throats, did they all kneel down and shout!

The middle-aged man was also frightened, thinking that he had met a rebel bandit, and his face became extremely pale in an instant, and a sadness could not help but rise in his heart: It's over, I have met the rebels!

"Second uncle, what should we do?" The young man tightened the rope of his horse, and the war horse circled, wanting to go but not daring to go, and his face was also extremely pale.

"Don't run! We dismount and surrender! ”

The middle-aged man finally saw the banner of the cavalry team, and he was a little relieved, and hurriedly urged the young man loudly to dismount and surrender together.

The action ended quickly, and the entourage of more than 100 people in the ox cart procession, except for a few overseer guards who were shot down by the cavalry for trying to escape in vain, did not resist at all, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the whole operation was over.

"Report to the captain, the car is full of food!" Several cavalry members who were in charge of opening bags and inspecting the contents of the ox cart stepped forward to report.

The cavalry captain nodded, and glanced around the captured oxcart crews, "Who of you is in charge?" ”

The middle-aged man walked out tremblingly, stepped forward and knelt on the ground, "If you return to the general, it is the villain who is responsible!" ”

"Good!"

The cavalry captain looked down at the middle-aged man up and down, "Which family does this food belong to?" Can you tell me? ”

"This ......"

The middle-aged man opened his mouth, looking a little hesitant, and after a while, he finally spoke, "It's the He family in the west of Donglai City!" ”

"Good!"

The cavalry captain didn't ask anything more, raised his head and waved to the cavalry members, "Go!" Let's take them all back first! ”

……

"Marshal, it's all clear, there are a total of eighteen large and small families in the entire Donglai County who are involved in the resale of various food materials. Five of them are from the Donglai City family......"

In the commander's tent of the garrison battalion, Li Yixing, who is in charge of the 'Hyacinth' intelligence organization, is reporting to Su Shang in detail the details of the resale of various grain materials by the family of Donglai County, a few days ago, because he failed to find out the cause of the food surge in time, he was scolded by Su Shang, these days he learned from the pain, personally took charge of this matter, and finally investigated the matter thoroughly within three days!

"There are eighteen of them! The courage of these wealthy families is really not small! ”

Su Shang took the notebook in Li Yixing's hand, didn't open it again, and put it directly on the table next to him, his face was very ugly.

"Brother Ruhan, it seems that we really can't be too kind to these wealthy families, they won't know how to be grateful!"

Su Shang said to Du Ruhui next to him with some feeling, and then turned his gaze to the other two people in the tent, "Loyalty, Yingdeng, have you caught these people from wealthy families?" ”

Wang Zhongyi and Xie Yingdeng looked at each other, Wang Zhongyi hugged his fists, and stepped forward to report first, "Report to the marshal, all the clansmen of the families involved in the case in the city have been arrested last night, and no one escaped!" ”

"Marshal, the families involved in the case outside the city were also arrested at the same time last night, and the generals in charge of the arrest operation have all sent back a message, and the operation is going smoothly, without any accidents!"

"Good!"

Su Shang said in a deep voice, and looked back at Du Ruhui, "Brother Ruhui, I want to take this opportunity to suppress the wealthy family!" ”

Du Ruhui was a little frightened, thought for a while, and asked, "What is the marshal going to do with them?"

"Deprive them of all their land and property, the head of the family, and the clansmen who participated, all of them will be beheaded for public display, and all the other clansmen will be sent to labor reform for five years!"

……

Three days later, the entire wealthy families of Donglai County were frightened by a notice from the county guard, and they finally saw Su Shang's iron side

Is the overlord of the late Sui Dynasty good-looking?