The officers and soldiers in charge of bows and arrows on the tower were stunned by the bombing, and the officers and soldiers under the tower, the roots of the city wall and the gate of the city were the same people, these people were the hereditary royal guards.

Generally from the eighteenth generation of ancestors, the family that served in the Imperial Forest Army during the period of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, the Royal Forest Army is not a joke, it is a unit that needs to be more rigorously scrutinized than the Jinyi Guard, so there is no problem with the loyalty of the personnel.

It's a pity that when have these Imperial Forest Army masters seen such a posture? It's okay to scare small traders and ordinary people by pretending to be pretentious, but when you meet real masters, they are more local chickens than local chickens.

After more than 200 agents of the Statistics Bureau dealt with the officers and soldiers around them, they rushed to the city gate to kill people!

The people from the Statistics Bureau didn't say a word, and they went up to kill the killer!

Nearly 100 officers and soldiers were either killed after a little resistance, or they fled for their lives in a hurry, throwing away their armor and weapons, and running as fast as they could!

Whether it is the Imperial Forest Army, or the Shuntian Mansion Servant, in fact, it is from different backgrounds, in fact, they are all the same, they are all a group of useless goods, and the most effective in the capital is actually the Jinyi Guard, and the two groups of Dongchang Fan Soldiers selected by the elite of the Jinyi Guard. The soldiers of the Five Cities Terracotta Division belong to the army structure, and they are just ordinary reserve soldiers, which is between the combat effectiveness of the Jinyi Guard and these Imperial Forest Army.

"A convoy of escort cars out of town! The second team covered up the officers and soldiers on the city tower, and no one was left! The head of the Beijing Station of the Bureau of Statistics gave a direct order.

The agents of the Statistics Office acted well, and in less than a minute, all the soldiers under the city were eliminated, and they rushed to the city wall!

No matter how strong and tall the city wall is, it is also used to defend against external enemies, and the external defense is very solid, but the internal defense is not good, there is no protection at all, and many officers and soldiers who are frightened by the bomb are still lying on their stomachs, or lying down, one is counted as one, each of them is like a lamb to the slaughter, and they do not even have the strength to fight back in front of the agents of the Statistics Bureau. However, many of them frantically fled for their lives at the beginning, and by this time they had already escaped and successfully escaped.

The violent explosion on the side of Yongdingmen shook the entire capital, which made the capital at dawn in an extreme panic, at this time, it was a great test of the reaction speed of various military departments and government departments of the Ming Dynasty.

Obviously, although the Ming Dynasty has the largest and most compact system in the world in this era, the response speed is not good! For such a big matter, it must be instructed by the bigwigs of Wei Zhongxian's rank and the cabinet minister's rank, and then the army can be mobilized.

It's a pity that nearly 300 cars from the Statistics Department left the city in less than ten minutes!

At this time, all the military personnel in the city were running around frantically, reporting information and looking for people randomly, and they all became headless flies one by one.

If this kind of thing happened to the Baojun in Weijiazhuang, this kind of problem would definitely not occur, and this is the difference between the rank and rank officer system and the swarm of officer system in this era.

Baojun is a squad, platoon, company, battalion, regiment, brigade division, so that the lowest squad leader will never collapse easily when he encounters a sudden problem, and as the lowest officer, he also has the ability to give a reaction at that time!

And the army system of the Ming Dynasty, when encountering such a big thing, at least a hundred generals are qualified to issue orders, which has to wait for him to report.

At this time, there were some ordinary people who entered or left the city early by the city gate, and these people were stunned and at a loss.

The stationmaster of the Beijing Station of the Bureau of Statistics shouted majestically: "We are the ringing horses of Shandong!" Only do your own business, and never harm the people! Disperse quickly! ”

The common people were relieved and retreated one after another! Vacate a large area near the city gate.

Everyone is very strange, these people are very quick to move, and they are very ruthless, but they are not vicious in their appearance, and they are very different from the bandits they imagined, Xiangma.

Waiting for all the cars to leave the city, the stationmaster of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau asked the barricades to be moved, blocked the city gate, and ordered the city gate to be smeared with solid gasoline and burn the city gate tower! And let people line up more than 20 canisters of poison gas, block the city gates, and set off poison gas!

In this case, the fire and poisonous gas are double obstacles, and if someone wants to chase them from Yongdingmen, it will be impossible within an hour!

If you chase from the outer gates of other capitals, you need to take a detour, no matter how you calculate, you can save at least half an hour of running time!

"Let's go! Walk! Move fast! "The stationmaster of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau personally broke off the last carriage, carrying a grenade in one hand, looking like a majestic general.

Lin Wenbiao also went out of the city in the team at this time, but seeing that the head of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau commanded properly, he never spoke out.

With such a big move, none of the people from the Statistics Office died, only a few people were slightly injured during the fight, which is unimaginable, and the impregnable city defense of the capital is not as good as paper paste when facing the attack from the inside out by the agents of the Statistics Bureau!

The convoy of 298 carriages full of gold and antiques under the control of the Statistics Office frantically advanced towards a forest ten miles away from the capital, where there were people who were ready to meet the escort and nearly 1,000 wagons they had prepared, where the two convoys would meet and a small convoy would be divided to divert the pursuing officers and soldiers!

Although the defense system of the capital city of the Ming Dynasty was inefficient and chaotic, although Wei Zhongxian knew that something big was going on outside the palace at this time, he didn't know what was going on?

But Tian Ergeng has already taken action, and Tian Ergeng summoned more than 1,300 Jinyi guards who could be summoned at the gate of the Jinyi Guard at the first time.

"See the Commander!" Everyone knelt down on one knee and bowed in unison! Everyone is holding a bright embroidered spring knife!

"Something is wrong, there are a large number of thieves in the direction of Yongdingmen! Now it's time for you to make a contribution to the court! Immediately use all the horses of the Jinyi Guard, and then borrow all the war horses of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and the Shuntian Mansion Yamen, and gather as many war horses as possible, and give me all the strength to pursue the thieves! The people of the Five Cities Terracotta Division and the Shuntian Mansion are not useful, but their horses are still useful! Tian Ergeng was dressed in a commanding envoy's brocade robe, which looked particularly bright in the morning sun, although he was sleepless for half the night, but at such a moment, Tian Ergeng, whose face was full of murderous energy, was very majestic.

"Subordinates obey!" More than 1,300 brocade guards agreed in unison, and the momentum shook the sky.

"Xu Xianchun, you are always responsible! Lead thousands of households, hundreds of households, general flags, and small flags, and chase the thieves with all their might! Tian Ergeng waved his hand.

Xu Xianchun promised loudly: "Obey!" Then he waved and walked with him, and all the brocade guards bowed down and sprinted together!

Jinyiwei's action is very fast, leading the horse from the Jinyiwei stable, leading the horse from the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Sima Stable, and leading the horse from the Shuntianfu stable, at this very moment, in the face of the murderous and courageous Jinyi Guard, the people of the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division and the Shuntianfu naturally dare not slack off.

In less than three incense sticks, more than 800 Jinyi guards who rode horses rushed to Yongding Gate!

The fire in Yongdingmen was still uncontrolled, accompanied by billowing yellow smoke, which carried a pungent poisonous gas, and no one dared to approach.

Xu Xianchun frowned, and said loudly: "Change to You'anmen, chase me!" ”

The knights of the Jinyi Guard of the brigade immediately followed the commander to change the route, and the men and horses of the brigade rushed to You'anmen in a majestic manner, and there was really a thunderous momentum, and the people of the capital had not seen such a big scene for many years, or rather, no one had seen this kind of scene.

Generally speaking, the speed of the horse is about 20 km/h, the fastest can reach 60 km/h, and the driving distance is about 100 km/h, and the driving time is 5-6 hours.

As herbivores, horses have a slow source of energy, and running requires more energy, so this limits the distance traveled by horses to a large extent, and different breeds of horses have very different physiques, which cause different horses to travel different distances.

The speed of the knights of the Jinyi Guard is at least 100 miles an hour, because all of them are embroidered spring knives, and they are lightly armed, and many people carry crossbow arrows. From the point of view of cavalry, they all belong to light cavalry equipment.

And the convoy of nearly 300 carriages of the Statistics Office is fully loaded, and it is remarkable to be able to walk ten miles in one hour!

Fortunately, the assembly of the brocade guards was delayed for some time, and the pursuit took time.

Therefore, the convoy of the Statistics Bureau and the convoy of the escort team met in advance in the grove ten miles away from the capital before they were tracked!

"Fifth master! Brother Tan! After meeting the boss of the escort team, Lin Wenbiao appeared.

"Don't say it, hurry up and help pack the goods! I'll personally take 50 wagons to lead the pursuit! Destroy the Wheel Mark as you go! Madman Tan said quickly: "I'll go to you after I get out of danger!" ”

Lin Wenbiao nodded, and the people on both sides suddenly worked together at the same time.

Madman Tan set out with 100 escort sergeants and 50 carriages loaded with fluffy and light concealment objects such as firewood.

When the brigade of brocade guards arrived at the edge of the woods, they saw only a group of wheel tracks.

Although the 50 carriages are different from the original 298 carriages, the difference is not very large.

Because it was late autumn at this time, the soil was hard, and the wheel marks of a fully loaded carriage and a light carriage were not much different.

What's more, the time is very tight!

The veterans of the pursuing brocade guards never imagined that in such a short period of time, the thieves would have a larger accomplice to respond! This is unimaginable in the suburbs of Beijing!

They don't think that in this era, in the area of Beizhili, there is no force with such a strong ability to organize and execute!

Xu Xianchun frowned, and quickly made a judgment: "This forest is a little weird, leave a hundred people to check the woods!" And search for ten miles around! Don't let a thief and a cartload of gold and silver treasure slip through the net! The rest of you, keep chasing me! ”

Everyone turned their horses' heads around and shouted their orders!

A group of Jinyi Wei Qianhu also admired Xu Xianchun's decision at the first time, this is a very safe decision, and he will not be transferred from the mountain!

Xu Xianchun personally led more than 700 knights to continue to track along the trajectory of the chariot!

Madman Tan's task is to personally lead the team to lead the opponent away! He didn't go very fast, he walked very far, and saw that the other party seemed to hesitate in the woods for a while, so he deliberately slowed down the convoy so that the opponent could see his carriage!

There is also a big difference in the number between the 50 carriages and the nearly 300 carriages, but when the column escapes, there are not many flaws in the back.

It feels like a lot of carriages!

"Commander! I saw the thief's chariot fighting, just ahead! Sun Yunhe said to Xu Xianchun: "They seem to be waiting for us on purpose? It's so fearless! ”

Xu Xianchun was furious: "What a rampant thief, kill me!" With that, he pulled out the embroidered spring knife and waved it.

The more than 700 knights of the brocade guard are all people who have been trained to kill people, and they are all hereditary military systems, not to mention that their combat power is comparable to that of bandits, at least they are not much worse than the martial artists of the general dart game.

What's more important is that there are many Jinyi guards, more than 700 people on their side, so they cover up all the way, what kind of momentum is this? Don't say that the other party is a carriage, even if they are all war horses, they are not afraid!

The Jinyi guards shouted and rushed forward.

Madman Tan snorted coldly: "Ready!" ”

A hundred Guardian warriors raised their grenades together and prepared to throw them, all of them hiding behind the wagons, imitating the long-range weapons of long-range destruction such as bows and arrows and crossbow arrows!

The statistical office is a secret service organization, and the convoy is an army system, and it is composed of excellent non-commissioned officers in a constant cycle! It is a serious army system, and it is President Wei's personal defense army! The combat effectiveness is even higher than that of the regular troops of the treasure army!

Therefore, in the face of the 100 guards and more than 700 cavalrymen who rushed madly, they were not afraid, but they were all eager to try, and they were very much looking forward to using the grenade as a new weapon in actual combat!

Dozens of grenades were used at the Yongding Gate of the capital just now, which was used by the people of the Statistics Bureau, and it was also the sequence of troops at all levels under Wei Bao, and it was the first time that someone used grenades on a large scale in actual combat!

When the Jinyi Guard's people rushed to within 30 meters, the Jinyi Guard's crossbow arrows were fired one after another, not giving the people of the Bao Army's escort a chance to take the lead at all, but unfortunately they didn't understand grenades, where do grenades need to be raised?

"Put!" Madman Tan shouted.

A hundred grenades rained down from behind the carriage and across the parabola!

Bang bang! Bang bang!

Although the explosion in the capital just now made these brocade guards a little mentally prepared, but the time was so hurried, they didn't look for anyone to ask about the battle between the Imperial Forest Army and the thieves just now, and at this time, they saw these things flying over without knowing what they were, and their psychological preparation was not sufficient.

It wasn't until the continuous big explosions that blew up the war horses and the brocade guards on their backs that they didn't know how powerful they were.

The explosion power of the first generation grenade of the Baojun is not strong, mainly because of the effect of blocking drinking!

Moreover, the Jinyi guard was blocked by horses, and this wave of grenade attacks killed three people, and then more than a dozen people were slightly injured. And this is still in the process of impact, at such a close attack distance.

However, even so, the war horses retreated in fright, and no one dared to rush over without knowing whether they were alive or dead.

"Commander, what now?" Several thousands of households asked Xu Xianchun together.

Although Xu Xianchun was not frightened, he was also frightened, as the main general, he didn't have to charge into battle, but this kind of scene was really the first time he had seen it.

Xu Xianchun is a native of Dingxing, Hebei.

The grandson of Xu Congcheng, the captain of the horse, and those who have seen Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of Wanli, know that Xu Congcheng is a relative of a very good family.

Xu Xianchun knows a little bit of Wenmo, was born in Wujinshi, and commanded the affairs of the Jinyi guard. and Wuchen Tian Ergeng, Sun Yunhe, Yang Huan, and Cui Yingyuan were killed, attached to Wei Zhongxian, and became one of the "Five Biao", replacing Liu Qiao, "Cruel sex, frequent prisons, and torture exercises". As a member of the eunuch party at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he is also one of the members of the summit!

But Xu Xianchun has never been on the battlefield, even if he has been on the battlefield, in the era of the Qi family's army, Daming has never had such an extreme firepower configuration!

Where does Lord Xu Xianchun know what to do now?

"It's definitely not okay to go, bite them to death! Divide me into three ways, left and right bag clips! "Xu Xianchun is Xu Xianchun after all, a relative who can rely on his talent to get ahead, and he is by no means an idle person!

When all the thousands of households heard that they didn't have to rush to the sky and thunder anymore, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

They had never seen a grenade, so they naturally used the name of the Ming Army's thunder on each other's weapons.

The Ming army's sky-rocketing thunder is not as powerful as the other party's smokeless fire, the sky-high thunder is an iron bump, black fire, the lead is combusting, and the explosion sometimes jumps on the ground, if you want to blow up people, it really can only rely on faith.

If a hundred sky-rocketing thunderbolts were thrown over just now, a group of brocade guards would definitely continue to rush into the enemy formation desperately.

Therefore, these people added a prefix to each other's cupola thunder - a very powerful cupola thunder!

"They don't dare to come, keep going!" Seeing that the other party was stagnant, Madman Tan immediately ordered: "They may have to divide their troops to outflank us and entangle us!" Be on guard and lead to the designated river! ”

Madman Tan and their route to attract the enemy was also planned in advance, and three clippers were prepared in advance by the river 30 miles away, similar to dragon boats, as long as they reached the river, there was hope for escape!

All the sergeants agreed in unison, and the convoy continued its journey.

The three-way cavalry of the Jinyi Guard followed them like this, and followed step by step.

"Commander, something seems wrong! These people seem to be deliberately trying to distract us! And when I was in the capital, I heard that they rushed out of the city with 300 carriages, and no matter how you look at it, you can't count a hundred carriages coming! Sun Yunhe, who is scheming and scheming, reminded.

Several thousands of households also claimed that it was, and everyone found that something was wrong!

At this time, they had chased nearly 20 miles, 20 miles away from the woods they had just visited!

"That woods are really weird! Divide 200 people and go back to search for me in a wide area! Don't stick to the ten-mile range, expand the range! Until you find someone! Three-way search! Xu Xianchun immediately ordered 200 knights to be separated from his Chinese army and killed back to the original way!

The two thousand households were ordered to take their men and horses back the same way!

At this time, a convoy of more than 1,200 carriages, more than 200 agents of the Statistics Bureau, and more than 200 escort personnel, nearly 500 people, led by Lin Wenbiao, Chang Wuye, and the head of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, continued to advance.

Although the cargo was divided into four parts, and the load was reduced by four times, the speed was still not much higher, and it was certainly incomparable to the light ride.

They are constantly destroying traces along the way, and they are constantly heading towards the seaside designated by Tianjin Wei in Hejian Prefecture!

Fortunately, Jin Yiwei does not have an accurate target to search, and the speed of the two is roughly equal!

When the Jinyi Guard, who had begun to be arranged by Xu Xianchun to search within ten miles, really couldn't find any trace of the thief, and was about to chase after the brigade to recover his life, two hundred Jinyi Guard cavalry who were asked by Xu Xianchun to return the same way came over.

"The commander said that there must be thieves in this area, let's divide into three ways to expand the search, and we must find the traces of the thieves!" A thousand households conveyed Xu Xianchun's latest instructions.

"This piece has been searched for ten miles in a radius, but there is none." The Senhu who was in charge of the search felt that it was completely useless and unnecessary.

"Don't say it, this is the commander's order, don't you know the rules of the Jinyi Guard?" The Senhu who was in charge of delivering the order said impatiently.

The one who was in charge of the search pouted and didn't say anything.

The three of them then reassigned the direction of the search and fanned forward!

It was agreed that every two hours, we would contact each other! And left the specific location of the contact meeting on the map!

The distribution stopped, and the three hundred brocade-clothed guards divided into three ways and advanced again!

The Census Office and the convoy fled in panic, and those they pursued were even more panicked.

Because those who flee know exactly where they are going to flee and where the end of the plan is. And the pursuers don't know at all, and they are not even sure if they can meet the thieves on the way to the pursuit.

By dark the Census Office and the Guards were finally caught up with the gold and antique smuggling brigade.

At this time, they had escaped nearly 80 miles from the capital!

There are nearly 300 miles from Jingshi to the seaside destination of Tianjin Wei in Hejian Prefecture, and at this time it is only a quarter of the distance.

Mainly because this area is not deserted, from time to time passers-by see them, especially passers-by in the direction of the capital, seeing this large team of carriages, it is impossible not to see them.

The people of Jinyi Wei searched and asked passers-by along the way.

When the group of 100 brocade guards who pursued in the right direction determined that the thief brigade was in front.

Qianhu, the leader of this group of people, immediately asked people to report to the other two groups of pursuing teams, and asked people to quickly bring a letter to Xu Xianchun, asking for more reinforcements!

This Qianhu is very shrewd and spicy, he not only passed the news inside Jinyiwei, but also made people take a detour, and went to Hejian Mansion first to ask Hejian Mansion to send troops to intercept it! Because this brocade guard has already judged that the thief is going to Tianjin Wei!

This group of 100 Jinyi Guard knights discovered the team of Lin Wenbiao, Chang Wuye and the stationmaster of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau.

Lin Wenbiao, Chang Wuye and the stationmaster of the Beijing Station of the Bureau of Statistics naturally found that a group of brocade guards followed!

At this time, the sky was approaching dusk, and the surroundings began to darken, and the road was flat, and there was no concealment.

"Sign the seat, check it out, the other party is less than 100 people, all of them are cavalry! Chasing so close, but not coming up, it should be trying to bite us, and wait for reinforcements to arrive. The stationmaster of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau said to Lin Wenbiao.

Lin Wenbiao looked at Chang Wuye beside him: "Fifth Master, what do you say?" ”

"Listen to you! Madman Tan is in charge of the escort team, I am just the head of the guard, I am suspended, I don't care about specific things, now all the escort teams and the statistics office here are all listening to you alone, you can do what you say. Chang Wuye said decisively: "My old man just has the strength to do it." ”

Lin Wenbiao thought quickly for a few seconds, nodded, and said decisively: "We can't let this group of people bite us all the time!" In this way, our goal is too big, and when they pursue, the goal is too clear! It's going to speed them up! Gotta kill this group! Leave four hundred people in ambush! Dozens of others continued with their chariots! ”

"But there's no place for an ambush in this area?" The stationmaster of the Beijing Station of the Bureau of Statistics looked around, a plain, and there was really no place to hide. This is a very unsuitable position for ambush warfare.

"It's so dark, it's not easy to be noticed, even if you hide behind a tree! Let's play one of the four, surprise, and win! Ambush on the spot! Let's get started! "Lin Wenbiao is no longer the original Lin Wenbiao, after following the president, he was personally taught by the president, and now he has been in charge of the Statistics Administration for so long, he has a bit of a general's demeanor!

The head of the Beijing Station of the Statistics Bureau, Chang Wuye, as well as a group of senior agents and company and platoon-level officers of the escort team, were ordered to start acting immediately!

Lin Wenbiao's plan is very simple, that is, relying on the large number of people and good weapons, eating hard, and eating raw this chasing army of less than 100 people!

Anyway, from now until tomorrow night, people and horses will not rest, and if they can go as far as they can, if they can't reach their destination, they will leave their lives on this road!

Lin Wenbiao judged that their whereabouts had now been exposed, and before dawn, hundreds of cavalry would chase after them! By noon tomorrow, I don't know how many people will chase after me.

Lin Wenbiao thought about more things than normal people, he secretly drew a map in his mind, the people of the court want to chase after him again, and only the cavalry can catch up!

In the case of cavalry, the other party must have mobilized all the war horses that could be mobilized at the first time.

If it is to be mobilized, it may be possible that the capital can still gather one or two thousand war horses, and the rest will mainly rely on the Beijing camp on the outskirts of Beijing.

It is estimated that there are two or three thousand cavalry in the Beijing camp, and if they want to come, it will be at least until tomorrow afternoon, because Lin Wenbiao knows very well that the imperial court is procrastinating, and when the order is transmitted to the Beijing camp, the Beijing camp will drag on a little longer, and they will have arrived at no destination.

Lin Wenbiao is not afraid of the Beijing camp, and knows what virtues those hereditary Beijing camp officers and soldiers are.

If you want to say you're afraid, you're only afraid of Jinyiwei! Jin Yiwei is indeed not joking, and those who are chasing them now must be Jin Yiwei.

This is an offensive and defensive battle between agents in the field.

A contest between the most powerful agents of the Ming Dynasty and the emerging agents of Weijiazhuang.

A contest between Lin Wenbiao and Xu Xianchun.

The whole plan was formulated by Lin Wenbiao, and Xu Xianchun also showed superhuman talent in the pursuit process.

Is this road a golden road or a dead end?

Lin Wenbiao was a little desperate, feeling that nine out of nine was a dead end!

But Lin Wenbiao, the agents of the Statistics Bureau, and the soldiers of the escort team, everyone did not despair!