The spy agency of the Northern Yan Imperial Court, Chiwu, was founded by Zhou Changan himself. So, although he had never personally dealt with the people of the Greenwoods in his life; However, due to the particularity of Chiwu, he at least has a basic understanding and understanding of the large number of intelligence sources.

Therefore, he is no stranger to the living habits and working methods of this kind of people.

The green forest people in Huayu Continent can be roughly divided into three types. One is the wandering bandits, also known as the "Traveling Eating Team"! Most of them are three or five brothers, and some are alone, and no matter where they settle down to commit crimes, they never deal with the locals, including those who are in the same industry.

And this kind of bandit is also the most headache for the imperial court. Because most of them come from humble backgrounds and are free from the Jianghu system, they neither follow the old rules nor pay attention to the morality of the rivers and lakes, and only regard the amount of benefits they obtain as the only principle.

It is precisely because of the characteristic of "seeing money with an eye open" that the nature of the cases they commit is often extremely bad. Even when dealing with employers and partners, they often do shady things.

It is precisely because they don't recognize their six relatives and don't pay attention to the rules that they have ruined the reputation of the heroes of the green forest, so they are naturally not tolerated by the rivers and lakes; And they kill people regardless of men, women, old and children, and after robbing money, they will definitely cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, and the methods are extremely cruel, and naturally they are not tolerated by the people in the government.

Therefore, these bandits who do not take the rivers and lakes are equivalent to lonely ghosts and ghosts; They often don't live for a few days, and it is difficult to form a climate.

There is another kind of bandit gang that only eats water and rice from one place and will never make waves on a territory that does not belong to them. Such a group of people are called beards on Youbei Third Road and Xiangma on Ludong Road. Due to the mountainous terrain in the north, these people gather in the mountains and forests on weekdays, and rarely do not go into the city to do activities except for going down the mountain to buy daily necessities.

There is another type of bandit, who lives on water, so they are also called water thieves; Because their means of transportation are all large and small boats, they are also called "making floats" on the rivers and lakes. These water thieves have always operated in Jiangnan Province, where water is abundant, as well as in Fujian and Guangdong, and make a living by plundering passing merchant ships.

As for the practice of releasing two ringing arrows before appearing to rob the road, it is the most typical Ludong Xiangma faction.

However, those thieves who usually take chivalrous and self-disciplined ways usually rely on corrupt officials and local tyrants and inferior gentry to make a living; The water thieves, on the other hand, made a more profitable living and ate exclusively on passing merchant ships. But whether it is a northern bandit or a southern thief, as long as they do not have the intention of rebelling and causing chaos, then no matter which of the two sides is strong or weak, and the amount of wealth transported, they will never hit the heads of the court officials and soldiers!

This is the great wisdom about the multiplication of rivers and lakes, which has nothing to do with courage, and it cannot talk about bullying the weak and fearing the hard.

When two arrows pierced the sky and exploded with a crisp sound; In the depths of the dense forest on both sides of the official road, there was a chaotic shouting of killing!

Immediately afterwards, there were countless sturdy men with steel knives in their hands and shirtless on their upper bodies, who appeared from the depths of the dense forests on both sides of the official road. These people didn't even sing a "Broken Mountain Song", they couldn't help but say it, chopping their heads and covering their faces, and they killed the auxiliary soldiers of the Qin army, who had become a rout, and killed their crying father and mother!

Zhou Changan stood on top of the ox cart, seeing that the group of Qin army auxiliaries who had just besieged him, now they didn't even dare to fight back, they just unconsciously ran away with their heads in their hands, and they didn't even have the courage to look back at the enemy's face!

Zhou Changan saw a ringing horse and met a wounded soldier of the Qin army, and without reaching out to mend the knife, he had already distinguished the relationship between friend and foe; So he wanted to completely break up the defensive formation that restricted the pursuit of the enemy with a big wave of his hand, but instead he was shouted from behind him and stopped again.

He looked back, and saw a middle-aged man with a black complexion, a slightly thin body, and a goatee among the ringing horses running from the other side of the river, beckoning to him:

"Dare to be this military master, the head of your department, where is he now?"

When Zhou Changan heard this, he reached out and touched his face, and found that the covering cloth on his face had long since disappeared, and only touched the sticky and slippery blood stain on his hand......

“… I am "a member of the family", and if you have something to say, come closer. ”

"Shuai Ye wait a moment...... Brothers, you have given me wide eyes! All the Qin troops who could move chased after them and chopped them, leaving no one behind! ”

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, the horses behind him responded loudly, and once again brandished the broadsword and spear in his hand, and rushed towards his chosen prey; And the "goatee" stroked his beard lightly, and separated the encirclement with a smile, as if he hadn't seen the blade raised in the hands of the cavalry of the Tianyou Army, which showed that he was quite bold.

This person walked to Zhou Changan's side, lowered his voice and asked:

"Dare to ask if it's the Fourth Highness?"

"Exactly."

"Well, it's good that you're not looking for the wrong person. Zhou Shuai, Qi Ye has prepared a batch of Mobei war horses here, and he has been specially ordered to hand them over to Zhou Shuai to help you hunt down and clear the rebels in Qindi; However, your department was seriously injured in this battle, and Zhou Shuai is now seriously injured, so I don't know these hundreds of war horses...... Do you still need it? ”

When he heard this, Zhou Changan's brows tightened and he had mixed feelings. There is no doubt that Qi Ye must be the strange and mysterious envoy of the Northern Empire! But right now, Qin Yan is fighting, and the three roads in the north are not peaceful! As a Youbei, why would he transfer such a sought-after war horse to himself?

Whenever war breaks out, there are always several kinds of goods whose prices must rise; For example, iron ore and leather needed to forge armor and ordnance; provide food and forage for daily consumption by people and animals; cotton cloth and medicinal herbs needed to treat wounded soldiers; Of course, there are also high-quality war horses that are hard to find on weekdays.

Considering that Qi Hui has no friendship with himself at all, there is nothing that can be used for himself in the future; So the gift of these hundreds of Mobei war horses is too valuable? However, Zhou Changan thought about it again, and now was the perfect opportunity to expand the results of the battle, so he agreed in a hurry

"Of course you do!"

The man smiled and nodded, then turned his head and whistled melodiously. The sound of horses' hooves trampling the water splash came, and hundreds of high-grade war horses, fat and strong, with a lot of color and oil, galloped over under the leadership of a Mobei man.

In terms of personal likes and dislikes, Zhou Changan doesn't like this "smiling tiger" with a goatee; But now, after all, he has taken the benefits of others, and the two sides can be temporarily regarded as allies, so he still nodded to him slightly in a friendly and reserved manner, and then beckoned his brothers to turn over and get on their horses......

"Zhou Shuai, please see, the saddle is tied to the leather kettle, which has been filled with water; The bag was filled with fried noodles and air-dried beef, and the ration could last for at least three days. As for the saber hanging behind the saddle, it is also the standard blade of the Mobei Golden Horde Iron Horse, which can be called a sharp weapon for horse warfare......"

This "goatee", while supporting Zhou Chang'an, who was injured in his left arm, to get on the horse, while introducing in detail the supplies attached to the war horse. The thoroughness of his preparation also made Zhou Changan more curious about the specific way of Qi Hui......

But now, after all, we are in the middle of the battlefield, and the situation is changing rapidly; Zhou Changan didn't have time to think about it, but after saying "thank you" again, he waved his hand and pulled out the Mobei saber hanging behind the saddle...

With the sound of a knife "buzz", a slightly curved saber was unsheathed, flashing with restrained brilliance! Although the blade has not yet drunk blood, judging by the feeling and experience alone, the degree of this blade is enough to make all the riding experts present feel fascinated.

"Brothers, get on your horse! Join me in destroying the rebels and swear to kill them without a single piece of armor! ”

"Kill!"

A burst of shouts pierced the battlefield, and the cavalry of the Tianyou Army, which had just experienced a bloody battle, once again waved the blades in their hands and rushed towards the Qin army auxiliaries who were fleeing in all directions.

You get what you pay for, it is an eternal truth. This kind of superb saber that only the Mobei Golden Horde Iron Rider is qualified to wear is far from being comparable to those inferior goods cast by the Ministry of Industry of Beiyan! At least after the head of the knife pierces the enemy's vest, it will never completely lock the blade in his hand because of the sudden tightening of muscles!

And the most amazing thing is that this saber has an ordinary weight, but it feels smooth like water and the blade is extremely sharp! It's harder to cut off an enemy's bones with a single knife than to cut off a sugar cane! With such a divine blade in his hand, not only Zhou Changan couldn't put it down, but even the old cavalrymen of the Heavenly Blessing Army also killed it heartily!

Due to the north and south sides, two groups of ringing horses were killed at the same time to block the way; Therefore, those Qin army auxiliaries who completely lost the courage to resist subconsciously chose to change their routes, preparing to flee for their lives along the official road from east to west. But in this way, the advantages of the lost war horses of the Tianyou Army can also be brought into full play to this day; Coupled with the fact that the weapons were also very handy, a textbook bloody massacre quickly began.

Relying on the assistance of war horses and blades, Zhou Changan chased and killed for a whole day and night; It wasn't until there was no surviving Qin army as far as his eyes could see, that he returned with a lingering horse......

But when he returned to the battlefield by the river where the fierce battle took place yesterday, he couldn't believe his eyes at all!

It turned out that the battlefield where corpses were strewn all over the field and blood flowed and pestles flowed down had been cleaned up! If it weren't for the fact that there was still some blood in the dirt under his feet, I am afraid that no one would have imagined what a bloody and cruel encounter took place here yesterday!

As far as Zhou Chang'an's eyes could see, there were only a few Tianyoujun brothers who had finished bandaging their wounds and were resting against the trees; As for the meaning of "cleaning up the battlefield", it means that the grain and ordnance sent by the Qin army's baggage operations, including the cattle and horses that pulled the carts, and the slightly damaged wooden carts, are now all gone!

Zhou Changan's eyes widened, and he quickly ran to a brother who was eating steamed buns:

"What's going on? Could it be that those ringing horses have even given us a catastrophe? ”