Chapter 61: The Bandits Are Coming
There are only two days left before returning to Anping County, Zeng Yu has no intention of continuing to visit anyone, and no one needs him to visit again. He and Zhu Wen and Guo Jia had a good day of shopping in Luoyang City, and they appreciated the last prosperity of Luoyang City.
When they passed by Baihualou, Guo Jia proposed that everyone go in to play, but Zeng Yu gave up after thinking about it, and in the end they didn't go in. Back to Ruxuanju to wonder, Guo Jia was still sighing there It was a pity, he had heard of the reputation of Baihualou before, but he had never had the opportunity to go in and play, and now he missed it again, it was a pity for him.
On the last day, he took everyone back to the Zhang family's manor so that he could set off back to the county seat with the Zhang family's caravan.
Guo Jia met Zhang Fuguang for the first time, and Zeng Yu introduced them to each other, so naturally there was a round of greetings. Later, Guo Jia saw Zeng Yu's remaining forty personal soldiers, and he was surprised. Originally, he heard Zeng Yu say that he had established a no-clothes army, but the number of people who thought about it would not be too much, so even if there were pro-soldiers, they would not be particularly good, he thought that the ten pro-soldiers who lived in Ruxuanju with Zeng Yu before were the best, but at this time, these forty people were all the same elite soldiers.
After seeing this, coupled with a preliminary understanding of the Zhang family, Guo Jia is more confident in Zeng Yu's future. Zeng Yu and Zhang Fuguang discussed the time of departure the next day, and planned to leave at 7 o'clock in the morning.
Because considering that after entering the county seat, he needed the cooperation of the unclothed army, Zeng Yu decided to hide his whereabouts first, and then wait for the unclothed army to arrive in Lingyunzhuang before entering the county seat. Early the next morning, everyone had already packed up, Zhang Fuguang went back this time, and the guards of the caravan were not all brought, but were replaced by Zeng Yu's personal soldiers, and he himself was mixed in the costume of a personal soldier. This was to think that Cui Yu might send people to deal with him on the way in order to prevent him from returning to Anping County.
The group pretended to be an ordinary caravan, and after going out of Luoyang City, they rushed all the way north. Zhang Fuguang's caravan did not carry too much cargo this time, so the trip back should be relatively fast. When Zeng Yu walked out of the city gate, he stopped for a moment, and he thought that he had entered Luoyang City from here three months ago. Before entering, his identity could really only be regarded as a bandit leader, but now, he is already the official commander of Anping County appointed by the Han Dynasty, and he has recruited Guo Jia, the top strategist of the Three Kingdoms.
Zeng Yu sighed silently, turned around and followed the caravan, thinking in his heart that he would come back here one day, in another capacity, one to let everyone know his identity.
After they walked for more than ten days, the caravan entered the county town of An Ngeu in Hanoi County, and at this time they were almost halfway there. On this day, they continued to rush as usual, there were mountains on both sides of the official road, and Zeng Yu felt that the atmosphere was a little not particularly normal. He couldn't help but think of what Sun Hao had said to him before, there was a group of thieves in Anyi who were extremely vicious, and they hadn't encountered them when they came to the capital before, and now they are estimated to finally see them.
Sure enough, a group of people suddenly rushed down from the mountains on both sides, about five hundred people, led by three shirtless people dressed as maces, holding maces in their hands, and the size was about the same as the one used by Pei Yuanshao.
When Zhang Fuguang saw these people, he was shocked in his heart, and asked the other party carefully: "Dare to ask the heroes if they have and advice, if you need money, just ask." ”
"Is your name Zhang Fuguang?" The leader asked loudly with a mace.
Zeng Yu heard that the other party still knew Zhang Fuguang's name, and had a further understanding of Cui Yu's ruthlessness. Obviously, the other party has discovered that the Zhang family has a relationship with Zeng Yu, and this group of bandits should be hired by them to deal with themselves on the road, and they plan to not let Zhang Fuguang go. Originally, he thought that he was hiding in the caravan and should be fine, but he didn't expect them to be so ruthless, even Zhang Fuguang didn't let go.
"Chengyong, the three leaders on the other side, you can deal with them?" Zeng Yu knew that he couldn't escape, and he could only rely on his strength to break through. And this, the most important thing is to capture the thief and capture the king first, if it is unexpected, Zhu Wen can take down the leader of the other party, it will be very easy.
"It should be no problem, as long as the other party can let me get close, I am sure to take him." Zhu Wen said confidently.
"You'll see what you're going to do later. Fengxiao, you follow me, and you will have a task later, and you may not be able to take care of us. Although Zeng Yu was said by Guo Jia, his eyes were staring ahead at this time, and his hand was already clenching the Shocking Bow on his back at this time.
Guo Jia looked at the number of enemies and us, and he was also worried in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face at this time, he nodded as if nothing happened, and just quietly leaned towards Zeng Yu's side.
Zhang Fuguang heard the other party's question, knowing that the other party was not good, he was about to say no, but the other person on the other side said: "Big brother, what do you do so much, we will kill all these people, even if the other party is not, but such a big caravan is also a big fat sheep." ”
"Yes, eldest brother, what the third child said is right, what are we asking so much for, we are originally robbers of money, why should we care so much, whether it is a target or not, they are all big fat sheep." The other leader said.
When Zhang Fuguang heard this, he was shocked, and hurriedly slapped his horse and rushed back, while Zhu Wen had already rushed up with dozens of personal soldiers and protected Zhang Fuguang behind him, as for the other guards of the caravan, they all stayed in place at this time, and they had not yet reacted. Because according to the usual routine, shouldn't these thieves mainly seek money, why did they think about killing people directly from the beginning.
"Oh, dare to resist, it seems that you don't know how powerful we are." The leading boss said with a smile.
As soon as he waved his hand, the other two leaders rushed towards the caravan with their men, and the other guards of the caravan also reacted at this time, knowing that if they didn't resist, they would die, so they gritted their teeth and rushed over with their knives.
Although this group of bandits is also brave, Zeng Yu's personal soldiers are the most elite soldiers selected from thousands of people, and they can't beat them at this time. In order to deceive the leader of the other party, Zhu Wen deliberately hid it, but he behaved better than others.
The leader on the opposite side saw that his men couldn't hold out for a round in Zhu Wen's hands, so he rushed towards Zhu Wen with his weapon. Zhu Wen had been paying attention to his movements, and when he saw him rushing over and slashing the opponent in front of him to the ground, he met him.
When the leader saw that Zhu Wen dared to rush over, he sneered in his heart, he was an arrogant turtle again. He took the mace and slashed at Zhu Wen's head, thinking that he could finish the opponent with one move. But when his mace was taken by Zhu Wen's knife, he knew that he was wrong, he felt a huge force coming from Zhu Wen's knife, directly blocking his mace, and then saw that Zhu Wen had already raised his knife to cut at him. At this time, he had no time to resist, only felt a sharp pain coming from his chest, and then lay down.
"Your leader is dead, why don't you surrender?" Zhu Wen cut off his head and held his head and shouted.
When the other bandits saw it, they couldn't believe that their leader had died. The other two leaders were also shocked at the time, but knew that they could not give up at this time, otherwise they would not get anything.
"Brothers, kill him, let's avenge the big boss."
"Kill!" The others listened to the shouts of the remaining two leaders, and broke out a new round of attacks, which greatly increased the pressure on Zeng Yu's personal soldiers to escort the caravan.
Zeng Yu saw that the other party did not lose his fighting spirit because of the death of the leader, so he took the Shocking Bow off his back, put on the arrow, and aimed at the other leader. The other party didn't notice it at this time, and suddenly Zeng Yu let go of the hand pulling the string, and directly hit the other party in the blink of an eye, and the leader who was hit by the arrow fell directly.
At this moment, the morale that the other party had accumulated was suddenly defeated, and some bandits were already preparing to escape at this time. They had been cleared by the officers and soldiers once before, and there were more than 500 people left who could fight, and the rest were either killed by the officers and soldiers, or were injured and abandoned. So now these thieves may not be able to get the bounty alive if they continue to fight themselves, it is better to flee back to the cottage to get some of the cottage's collections and then go their separate ways, after all, at this time the big boss and the second master of the cottage have been killed in front of their eyes.
As the saying goes, defeat is like a mountain, there is the first one who escapes, there is the second one who escapes, and all of a sudden the bandits began to flee, and even the only remaining leader, seeing that there is nothing to do, also led people to start retreating. He was also afraid of Zeng Yu's bow and arrow, after all, his second brother was shot to death by the place without paying attention.
Zeng Yu saw that Zhu Wen was still pursuing, and hurriedly shouted: "Cheng Yong, poor Kou Mo chase, our purpose is not to suppress bandits, but to return to Anping County safely." ”
When Zhu Wen heard Zeng Yu's words, he stopped, and then asked people to clean up the battlefield, and Zeng Yu and Guo Jia were sitting with Zhang Fuguang at this time waiting for Zhu Wen to count their results.
Guo Jia's face was pale at this time, and there was a pile of vomit not far away, after all, it was the first time he had seen such a scene, and he couldn't stand it all of a sudden. Zhang Fuguang said with a smile: "Fengxiao is the first time to see killing people with his own eyes, and he will get used to seeing more in the future." The first time I went to trade with my father, I met a bandit, and I vomited for a day and had no appetite for the next few days. ”
"That's right, Fengxiao, this can only be up to you." Zeng Yu was the same before, but he pressed it down with his will.
"Lord, I'm fine. But I didn't expect the lord's archery skills to be so good, and I think the bow in the lord's hand shouldn't be an ordinary bow. Guo Jia waved his hand, indicating that he was fine.
"It's okay if you're okay, as for my bow, it's called the Thrilling Bow, it's a three-stone bow, because I have a lot of strength, and I've been in contact with archery since I was a child, so when I came down from Qianlong Village this time, I took it with me." Zeng Yu fiddled with the Shocking Bow, carried it behind his back, and explained to Guo Jia.