"My lord, the robbers this time are not ordinary, they seem to be waiting for us." Zhang Fuguang expressed his doubts at this time.

"Fuguang, you guessed it right, the other party is waiting for us. If I'm not mistaken, they should have been arranged by the county magistrate. Zeng Yu said calmly, he had already guessed that there would be such a possibility.

"My lord, it seems that our opponent is not a fuel-efficient lamp at this time. Hiring bandits to intercept and kill court officials is not a small crime. Guo Jia listened to Zeng Yu's words, and combined with the performance of the previous gang of robbers, he also guessed whose handwriting it was.

"My lord is saying that these bandits are..., then my Zhang family is not very dangerous." Zhang Fuguang was really frightened at this time, because Zeng Yu didn't tell him who might have intercepted them at first, so Zhang Fuguang didn't think about it.

"Fuguang, don't worry, your Zhang family is not a nameless small family in Anping County, if you don't determine the results of this action, he won't easily attack your Zhang family. Moreover, I have already sent someone to send a message back, and asked my people to inform the Zhang family master that if the situation is found to be critical, you can go to my Lingyun Village to take shelter for a while. Zeng Yu knew Zhang Fuguang's worries, but he knew that the Zhang family was definitely safe now, and he also kept his hands back.

Zhang Fuguang listened to Zeng Yu's words and knew that he had already made arrangements, and he was suddenly relieved, otherwise he was really worried about the safety of dozens of people in the Zhang family.

Zeng Yu saw that Zhang Fuguang had settled down, turned to Guo Jia and asked, "Fengxiao, do you think the other party will continue to arrange manpower to deal with us this time?" ”

Guo Jia knew Zeng Yu's worries, they were just a caravan, although there were fifty of Zeng Yu's personal soldiers in it, but after all, the strength was limited, if the other party continued to send more men and horses to deal with him, then they would be in danger.

However, Guo Jia knew that this was not realistic, and he told Zeng Yu and Zhang Fuguang his views on this matter. First, there are not many bandits who are willing to take on this kind of task, after all, intercepting and killing the officials of the imperial court, no matter what their purpose, is a provocation to the Han court, and now the prestige of the imperial court is still there, and few thieves are willing to take such a big risk. Second, it is impossible for Cui Yu to send his own men and horses to deal with him on the road. Liu Neng and the others are in Anping County, if it goes well, they may have persuaded the Zhao family, if Cui Yu sends troops to intercept and kill, then they will definitely not be able to escape the eyes of their own people, and they will definitely be notified in advance.

When Zhang Fuguang heard this, his heart was completely relieved, especially when he heard that Liu Neng and others might have persuaded the Zhao family, his heart tightened, and he felt that the Zhang family's status in Anping County was threatened again.

Zeng Yu didn't pay attention to Zhang Fuguang's careful thoughts, what he was thinking about now was how Liu Neng and the others were progressing in Anping County.

At this time, in Lingyunzhuang, Zeng Yu arranged for the people to stay in Anping County, and there were even two more people, that is, Wang Qing, the current commander of the Rui Shi Battalion of the Unclothed Army, and Wu Shi, the deputy general of the Shooter Battalion. It turned out that in Zeng Yu's letter to Liu Neng, in addition to asking them to wait for an opportunity to persuade the Zhao family, he also asked them to inform the unclothed army to go down the mountain.

It is said that at this time, the unclothed army, after Sun Hao's planning and Wang Qing's attack, has collected all the small cottages around, and the total number of people has expanded to more than 17,000 people. But only half of them are young and strong, Wang Qing and others followed Zeng Yu's instructions to select the brave men among them, and now there are 3,000 people in the Ruishi battalion, and the shooter battalion trained by the three Wu Qin brothers currently has 800 people. After receiving the notice this time, Zhou Cang discussed with Sun Hao and Wang Qing, and decided to let Wang Qing and Wu Shi lead 2,000 sharp soldiers and 500 archers to Jinniu Mountain, and the reserve army led by Pei Yuanshao had not yet taken shape, so he cooperated with the rest of the others to stay behind.

Wang Qing and the others went out day and night, hiding their whereabouts all the way, and lived in the newly built barracks in Lingyun Village. At this time, everyone was discussing what to do next, and according to the time, Zeng Yu would be able to return to Anping County in almost half a month at most.

"Wuguan, what progress have you made on Zhao Kang's lobbying?" Liu Neng still remembered Zeng Yu's instructions, and he was the temporary person in charge of Zeng Yu's stay in Anping County, so he took the lead in asking.

"This Zhao Kang is an old fox, and there has been no affirmative answer. But it can be seen that he is not the same heart for Cui Yu, as long as our strength is superior, it will be no problem for him to take refuge. This is Ding Xi's answer.

"Then can you guarantee that in case of a conflict, the Zhao family's men and horses will not make a move?" Liu Neng asked.

"I can guarantee that the private soldiers of the Zhao family will definitely not move, but the county soldiers are not necessarily. Although Zhao Dang is a county lieutenant, the commander of one of the centaurs in it has long been bought by Cui Yu, which we just discovered. ”

"It seems that we have to take into account the county soldiers. Zhiyuan, you are in charge of investigating the Wang family and the Sun family, and you will now tell you about the situation of the two families. ”

"The Wang family and the Sun family are very loyal to Cui Yu, and the possibility of us winning them over is extremely low. At the time of the current investigation, the two families each had 3,500 private soldiers and 4,000 people, all of whom were some ruffians in Anping County, plus some young and strong homeless people they recruited in normal times. Because the two families had deep pockets, the equipment of these private soldiers was not bad, and they were all dressed in leather armor and equipped with long knives. The only drawback is that because they are just ordinary private soldiers, they usually train one day out of ten days, so it can be said that the training is very lax. Xie Jing is mainly responsible for the intelligence work of Anping County, and he has mainly thoroughly figured out the details of the Wang family and the Sun family in the past few months.

"Okay, Zhiyuan has worked hard. Zirou, the Zhang family has been in contact with you all the time, I wonder how they are currently preparing? ”

"The Zhang family has contacted some small families in the county, but most of them are weak and weak, and they don't play much role in our early actions. However, Cui Yu's main target is definitely us, and the Zhang family now has a total of 1,500 private soldiers, and they should be enough to protect themselves. It was Zhao Yi who answered, Zeng Yu was worried that Cui Yu would make an example of the Zhang family, so he asked Liu Neng to send someone to inform the Zhang family, and it was Zhao Yi who he sent.

"Very good, that is to say, as long as we succeed in taking Cui Yu and the Wang and Sun families, they can quickly help us stabilize the situation in the county." Liu Neng didn't expect much help from the other families in the county in terms of troops, so he was relieved to hear that the other party was enough to protect himself.

"Then we will wait for the lord to come back now, and let those noble private soldiers see the strength of our unclothed army." Wang Qing said at this time, he has been here for two days, because he has to pay attention to secrecy, so he has not gone out, and there is nothing else to do except the training camp in Lingyun Village every day, and he can't wait to attack Anping County.

"Ziwu, the opponent's men and horses may add up to more than 10,000 people, although it is possible that we will be defeated by each of us, but we must also prevent them from striking first. There are only 2,500 of you this time, so it's better to be careful. Liu Neng saw that after Wang Qing knew the strength of the other party, he didn't take it to heart, so he reminded.

"Don't worry, whether it's our Rui Shi Battalion or those shooter battalion soldiers under Wu Ming, they can be ten with one, and we can still deal with this point." Wang Qing said confidently.

However, he does have enough self-confidence, and at present, the equipment of the unclothed army has been initially formed, and each soldier is equipped with iron armor, which can effectively protect the slashing on the chest. Inside the iron armor is the leather armor of the whole body, which can withstand the damage of the bow and arrow. In addition, the common ring-handed iron knife of the Han Dynasty carefully built by the unclothed military workshop is already better equipped than most of the current officers and soldiers.

Moreover, these soldiers are not ordinary soldiers, they are all trained by Wang Qing according to the standards of the Great Qin Ruishi, and their combat power is already a cut above ordinary soldiers. If they can't deal with these county soldiers and private soldiers, then Wang Qing's training during this period will really be in vain. At present, they are considering how to bring Anping County under Zeng Yu's control with minimal losses.

Speaking of Zeng Yu's side, when he was talking to Zhang Fuguang and others, Zhu Wen also counted the results of this battle.

He came to Zeng Yu's side and reported to him: "Lord, this time we have lost five brothers, and eight brothers have been slightly injured, and the caravan guards have more than ten people killed, nine others seriously injured, and thirteen people slightly injured. ”

Zeng Yu felt sad when he heard that five of his own soldiers had been killed, almost all of these people were old brothers brought by Zhou Cang from Jiuyuan before, but he didn't expect that he would be sacrificed before he returned to Jiuyuan.

"After cremating the bodies of the brothers, we will take them back to Anping County."

"Yes!"

"How many people are left in the caravan now?" Zeng Yu had already taken command of the caravan, and he asked Zhu Wen.

"At present, the nine guards who have gone out to be seriously injured are still eighty-three warriors, including forty-five of the lord's own soldiers and thirty-eight caravan guards."

At this time, I also saw the gap between the caravan guards and Zeng Yu's own soldiers, although those guards looked quite strong, but they were not trained and did not have much battlefield experience, so they were easily killed. And Zeng Yu's personal soldiers, except for the five who were killed by the two leaders of the other side, the others were very good at killing places while protecting themselves.

"How much did those bandits lose?" Zhang Fuguang asked, he didn't expect his guards to lose the combat strength of more than 20 people all of a sudden, and he wanted to find some comfort from the results.

Zhu Wen looked at Zhang Fuguang and said to Zeng Yu: "Lord, we have more than 50 people this time. ”

"Well, you can arrange to bury the bodies of these bandits on the spot, and we will set off when you are done dealing with them."

Zeng Yu saw that Zhu Wen didn't seem to finish his words just now, he knew that what Zhu Wen wanted to say was that the enemies killed this time were mainly the credit of his own soldiers, but he didn't want to hit Zhang Fuguang too much, so he interrupted Zhu Wen's words.