Tonghua Zhongwu Army held Tongguan and blocked the road for the southern army to enter Guanzhong, and the Jiedu expanded the soldiers and horses of the Zhongwu Army in Zhang Jinda's hands to 15,000 people, but part of the food and salary needed to count on Jinyang's help.

Since the southern army occupied Hezhong and the areas around Jinzhou and Jiangzhou, the convoy from Jinyang to Tonghua had to take the road of Suizhou and Yanzhou. This road is from Fenzhou through Shizhou, and then from Wubao Ferry to cross the Yellow River by ferry, to Suizhou. Although the road is steep along the way, it is passable by car and horse.

In the July season, it was extremely hot, and Jinyang sent officers and soldiers to escort a batch of food and salaries to Huazhou.

More than 50 carts are crossing the river from Wubao, and the carriages and horses that have already crossed the river are reloading on the wharf and preparing to set off.

At this moment, the mule driving a carriage that was being put on a carriage suddenly sprang forward for some reason, and the wheels fell heavily to the ground, and two untied wooden boxes on the carriage were turned upside down and fell heavily to the ground. The wooden box was shattered, and the silver ingots contained in it were scattered all over the ground, and the bright and shaky was eye-catching.

When the people who were working on the dock saw the silver bills scattered on the ground, they couldn't help but stop and swallowed a few saliva.

The officer who led the team came over, looked at the coachman with a horsewhip, and shouted angrily: "What happened? Don't hurry up and pack up your things! ”

Several soldiers at the side of the carriage hurriedly packed the silver bills into the broken wooden box, found two more cowhides, re-nailed the wooden box, carefully carried it to the carriage, and tied it firmly with ropes.

The dock returned to normal, and the Jin army convoy transporting food and wages was escorted by a battalion of 500 soldiers, and the idlers did not dare to fight their ideas. It was not until mid-afternoon that the convoy crossed the river, and then entered the post station of Wubao, where it stayed, and did not set off until after dawn.

Wubao is a major land and water route in northern Shaanxi, and the small town is full of caravans escorted by dart masters. Northern Shaanxi is already a fierce people, since the late Tang Dynasty Party Xiang Qiang infiltrated and ruled this area, it is even more chaotic, almost full of thieves.

Due to its location in the traffic crossing, Wubao Town presents a kind of deformed prosperity, but the guys with knives and sticks walking on the street do not seem to be good people, and they are indeed mixed.

Although this place is supposed to be in the territory of Suizhou and should be under the jurisdiction of Suizhou, perhaps because of the wild and untamable nature of the party members, in fact, since Li Keyong sat in Hedong, Wubao Town has always been the territory of the Hedong Army and is under the jurisdiction of Shizhou.

Wubao Post Station is in the west of the town, but there is a restaurant in front of it, which may be used as a side business.

This group of Jin troops escorting food and salary came to the post station, and was politely welcomed into the compound by Yi Cheng's subordinates, which can be regarded as settling down.

……

"Is the news serious?!"

In the city of Suizhou, Li Renyu, the assassin, was drunk, and as soon as he lay down, he was called up by the emergency information he had just received, and after catching the report, his eyes suddenly widened, and he even woke up most of the wine.

"It's true, our spies saw with their own eyes on the dock that those carriages were loaded with silver, which should be subsidized by the Chinese army for this year." He Huai, dressed as a scribe, said that he was Li Renyu's think tank and was quite credible. The party members have controlled the Dingyan Army for decades, and their subordinates have also recruited many scholars from the Han family.

As the saying goes, if you are afraid of being a rogue and being educated, this person who has read the book has a bad idea, and the means are indeed more insidious and vicious.

Li Renyu shook his fingers and roughly estimated, and a greedy light appeared in his eyes: "At least a hundred thousand taels, this vote is dry!" ”

Although this silver is not a currency in circulation, it is worth a higher value, one tael of silver can be worth more than 1,200 yuan, and these goods can be worth two years of wealth in two states. If successful, he specified a windfall.

This party Xiang Qiang controls the five states of Dingyan, and is also an official and a bandit, often robbing passing caravans, and it is not once or twice to do this business without capital, and he has long been familiar with the road, which is also a major reason why the King of Jin and the King of Qi often sent troops to crusade against them.

What the hell, you still don't let people do business?!

"But this thing can't be done on our territory, when the Jin army's transport convoy has an accident in the territory, I'm afraid that the little emperor will spread his anger on our heads, and I can't bear it." Na He Huai said.

Li Renyu thought in his heart: "After Yongping Village, there is a cottage, send someone to contact them, and then blame them." And it is also Yanzhou's territory, so it is good to put the responsibility on Gao Yuntao. ”

"This needs to be carefully planned, don't let that Gao Yuntao spoil a good thing."

Li Renyu grinned, revealing Sen Sen's teeth: "I went to Yanzhou on the day I started, and I happened to entangle that Gao Yuntao." It's been a long time since this old friend got together. I'll leave the rest to you to arrange, clean your hands and feet, don't ask someone to grab the handle, and finally trouble. ”

Qiang soldiers often crossed the border and looted in Suizhou and Yanzhou, and there was constant slitor between Li Renyu and Gao Yuntao, but peace was maintained on the surface.

……

Early in the morning, Wubao town.

Yicheng Xu Jing stood outside the door with his hands in his hands, watching the Jin army escorting food and salary leave the town and head towards Suizhou City along the avenue.

Watching the convoy turn over the hill and disappear from view, he shook his head lightly and reflexively returned to the inn.

A young man in a short shirt with a short knife pinned to his waist, looking like a knifeman, was eating breakfast.

He ate very carefully, and the small steamed dumplings had to be eaten in two bites, and he was still chewing slowly in his mouth.

It can be seen that he cherishes food.

Xu Jing took a bowl of milk tea and sat in front of him.

The young man slowly swallowed the food in his mouth, then took a sip of millet porridge with his left hand before he spoke, "The convoy has left the town?" ”

"yes, just left."

"The Li family also got the news?"

"At dusk yesterday, several fast horses had already left the town, including the spies of the Li family."

"Well, they shouldn't do it in Suizhou."

"The biggest possibility is that we have to pass through Tuyanshui, where there is a cottage where a group of bandits is entrenched."

The young swordsman nodded: "Qingjian Village has been plundering past business trips all these years, and it is time to clean it up." Then he suddenly sped up the pace of eating, and the remaining half of the steamed dumplings on the table disappeared almost instantly.

"Alas, it's a pity that those guards, a full five hundred, will not be left in the end." Xu Jing sighed softly.

"We're outsiders, and we don't care about anything." The young swordsman drank the corn porridge in the bowl in one gulp, then stretched out his hand to straighten his belt, picked up his whistle stick from the table, and walked away without looking back.