Chapter 133: The Two Tribulation Grain Team

This ambush site was one of several suitable ambushes selected by Chen Yufeng, Ouyang He, and Yan Xing after careful comparison. This site has crossed the place where the last grain was looted, and the last place where the caravan unloaded the caravan. This is to paralyze the other party and make them think that they have crossed the danger zone. However, this is not too far from the place where the goods are unloaded, because it is also very convenient to transport the grain here after the looting.

The grain convoy that set off this time consisted of more than 1,000 vehicles and more than 1,000 camels, and the number of escorts increased considerably, totaling more than 500 people. The armed guards escorted by these people were very unconvinced by the last miss. They think that it is their own carelessness, not their own skills. So these people even hope that the food robbers will reappear, so that they will also have a chance to get their face back.

This time there were fifty of them in front of them. Every time they set up camp and went down to the village, these armed guards did not dare to be careless, and stood guard around the camp, and because the pressure was too great, they often misjudged and called the police several times a night. When everyone comes over to take a look, it's often some small animals that come to make trouble.

Even so, the leader of the team did not allow them to slack off a little, telling them that they would rather misreport a hundred times than miss a single report. They stayed at night along the way. There were several places on the road that they considered dangerous, and one, of course, was the last time they were robbed. They think that although it is unlikely that they will be robbed again in the same place, the last time the robbers could attack here, there must be their eyeliner here, and they must have a hiding place not far from here. So it's still a dangerous location. In addition, there are several places in the vicinity that are suitable for ambushes, because there are two mountains and a valley here, the road is long and narrow, and the grain team is pulled out for a long time, and it is not easy to take care of each other, and because this is relatively close to the place where they unloaded the grain last time, it is easy to transport the grain away after they succeed, so this is also where the danger lies.

They cautiously passed through what they considered dangerous, but no danger appeared. encountered one or two groups of robbers, went up to a road, and the other party heard that it was a caravan from Zhangjiakou, so he immediately opened his face and let him go. Later, I also met the people of Niutou Mountain, and the caravan took out the bronze medal of Niutou Mountain, and immediately let them go, and told them not to be careless, it is better to be careful. This was the smoke released by Yan Xing, in order to prove that the bull head did not rob them.

One of the reasons why they felt that nothing big would happen this time was that after they came out, they also met a caravan led by Yan Boju and Yang Jing on the road. Although they met only a day's distance from Yaogang, they were shocked by the size of the caravan and thought that if a large group of bandits saw the armed caravan in Yaogang, they might also be scared away.

When the grain team moved forward, although the members of these guards still did not dare to relax, they were no longer so nervous. Then they walked into a valley from a valley pass, and when the fifty men of the caravan were about to go out of the valley at the other end, they found a large rock rolling down from the mountain blocking the way, and they immediately dismounted and pushed the big stone, but the big stone could not be pushed. As soon as they saw that if the big stone did not move the convoy behind them, they brought ropes and put them on the stones, ready to drag the stones away with the strength of a few horses. As soon as they stopped, the caravans behind poured into the valley. The shopkeeper who followed the caravan found that the men and horses in front of him had stopped, so he rode up to him, and when he saw that it was not easy to move the big stone, he suddenly felt a little uneasy in his heart. He ordered the stones to be moved continuously, while the rest of the guard stood on guard.

The shopkeeper who led the team suddenly found that the tail of the team he had just come over was a little messy, and before he could understand what was going on, there was a sudden "bump" sound at the end of the team, as if it was the sound of firecrackers. The shopkeeper's heart is not good, and he was ambushed.

At this time, countless archers suddenly stood up all around, and a rain of arrows came over, and although the guards on their horses kept hitting the arrows with their blades, they couldn't stop the arrows from shooting, and the guards on these horses kept falling off their horses, and the rest of the guards had to jump off their horses to avoid the rain of arrows.

It turned out that after Yan Xing arrived at this selected ambush site, there were fast horses constantly reporting the whereabouts of the grain team, and when the grain team was about to arrive, Yan Xing ordered to dig up the soil at the bottom of a boulder on the mountain, and then pushed it down the mountain hard, and the boulder just blocked the road. When the horses of the grain caravan arrived in front of the boulder and were about to move the boulder, the caravan behind them slowly entered the valley. When they entered the valley, the musket team brought by Yan Xing blocked the valley at once. The "bump" of the gunshot was the signal to inform Yan Xing that the sealing was completed. At this time, the archers who were lying in ambush around began to exert their might. The martial arts masters of those guards, no matter how good the means are in the face of the rain of arrows, they can't use it. After a while, the guards were gone. Some were shot off their horses with bows and arrows, and some jumped off their horses on their own. However, these guards did not move, and the people on the mountain did not move, and now the shopkeeper who led the team under the mountain did not do it, and he knew that if he waited until it was dark, he would be in trouble. Holding his hand over the left arm that had been shot by an arrow, he shouted to the captain of their guard to hurry up and destroy the bandits. The captain of this guard is indeed a martial arts master, he holds a sword in his hand, dials the carved arrows, and there are no injuries on his body at all, but the density of the bow and arrows is too great, so he has to dismount to avoid the rain of arrows. He also knew that the situation was very critical, but human flesh could not withstand the arrows after all. But the shopkeeper who led the team didn't care what he thought. He believes that when you are usually fine, we feed you with good food and drink, and you are talking about your five levels and six generals every day, and you should solve the problem at the time of crisis.

In desperation, the captain of the guard, under the cover of carriages and horses, found a few small leaders of the guard who did not die to discuss what to do together. They knew that it would be impossible for the big rock in front of them to move it in a rain of arrows, and it would be difficult for anyone to move it. Attacking the mountains on both sides, it is even more difficult for people to be condescending. The only way out was the entrance to the valley that had just been blocked. The result of their discussion was that all the war horses were gathered and rushed out in one go.

Yan Xing, who was standing on the mountain, saw the situation below clearly, and he thought to himself, it was impossible to rush out. But they have to give it a try, or they won't be caught.

Blocking the mountain pass is the specialty of the Yaogang people, this time the heads of the hundred musketeers followed Zhang Zhimu to the north and then followed the south to participate in all the battles, Liu Yun chose him to stay, it is because of this, and this person has a very flexible mind.

Considering the impact of the horse team, they were prepared to reject the horses in advance. As soon as they sealed the pass, they built a defensive line with their horses. Now we are waiting for the impact of these people.

The captain of the guard of this grain brigade gathered about two hundred members of the guard, and in his opinion the impact of two hundred horses was very terrifying, and a few thieves in a small mountain pass should collapse in one rush. Afraid of the bows and arrows that would be fired from both sides, they all led their horses and gathered at a distance from the mountain pass. Leave some distance because you want to give the horse a distance to accelerate. When all the guards had arrived, the captain of the guard ordered them to mount, but as soon as they got on their horses, the bows and arrows on both sides came again, and immediately several of them fell off their horses screaming. At this time, the captain of the guard knew that it was impossible to stop, so he shouted and rushed over, so he commanded the horse team to rush towards the mountain pass. Guarding the mountain pass was the head of the 100-man musketeer team in Yaogang, and guarding the mountain pass was 50 musketeers, and he told Yan Xing that there were 50 musketeers guarding the mountain pass and it was already very rich, so the other 50 musketeers were handed over to Yan Xing to command and use as a mobile force.

Seeing the horse team rushing over, some of the new team members were a little nervous, and the captain said, "Don't be afraid, the muskets in your hands are not fucking burning sticks." Two-step round, get ready! ”

The musket had already been loaded with solid bullets and lit with the arquebus.

The horse team rushed up only to find that the people guarding the mountain pass had set up a rejection horse in front of the mountain pass, but at this time it was impossible to stop, and the horse team rushed directly to the rejection horse, and some riders had good riding skills, and the horses crossed the rejection, and most of them directly crashed into the rejection horse.

When the cavalry rushed to the front of the rejection, the leader of the musketeers ordered "Shoot." As soon as the order was issued, the muskets opened fire, and the gunners who fired the first round "bang" and reloaded their bullets; The second round immediately stepped forward and continued to shoot. This ensures the continuity of shooting.

The first rider who crossed the rejection had not yet hit the ground, and he did not know how many holes had been punched in his head and body. As soon as the horses hit the ground, the man fell to the ground. However, the horses that crossed the rejection caused considerable frightening to the defenders. The horse led the men off the horse, but the horse was fine, and the horse rushed to the front of the musketeers at once, and before the musketeers could react, the horse jumped over their heads at once, and made a false alarm. The horses and people who did not cross over and hit the rejection horse were not so lucky, the horses hit the rejection horse at high speed, the horse's legs were basically broken, and the people were also lifted over the rejection horse and fell to the ground, some martial arts are indeed high, when the horse hit the rejection horse, they jumped up, with the speed of the horse, crossed the rejection horse, but when they did not fall to the ground, they did not know how many shots. There are very few who can get back up after landing. If you run in front, you will hit the horse in front of you if you don't stop the horse, and when the speed of the horse is reduced, it will be the target of the musketeers.

The recruits in these musketeers were a little nervous at first, but after seeing the veterans shoot one by one in a hurry, they were not afraid, especially after hitting one person. Shooting is also unhurried.

In this charge, only about 50 people ran back. These people who went back were not convinced, scolding, these thieves have the ability to compete face-to-face, what are you going to do! How do they know that their ideas are hundreds of years behind? Now no one has to bother with them face-to-face.

The shopkeeper who led the team saw that the captain of the guard was injured, and led the people back, and he ignored the pain of the arrow wound on his arm and went up with a big mouth, "Aren't you all invincible masters in the world?" I met a few little thieves today, and you are like this bear. It's a shame that we usually eat and drink to feed you. Rush to me! Otherwise, I won't have any good fruit to eat when I go back. ”

The captain was slapped in the mouth, and he wanted to draw his sword and slaughter the shopkeeper, but he still held back. He said: "The fire gun in front is very strange, and it shoots very accurately. And they are definitely not petty thieves, their defensive positions are very good, not ordinary people. We rushed so blindly just as our opponents wished. They're trying to kill us in large numbers. ”

The shopkeeper has no choice, "Then what do you say, we can't stand up here!" His voice was a little hoarse, and he looked desperate.

"Send someone first, negotiate with them, and see what they want to do?" The captain of the guard said.

The shopkeeper had no choice but to agree. The captain of the guard sent a man to negotiate. When the man came forward, he shouted, "Brother on the other side, please don't let go of the arrows, but let's talk about something." ”

At this time, when he saw that there was really no one to shoot arrows at him, he boldly stood up and shouted: "We have no grievances in the past and no enemies in the near future, what are you trying to do?" ”

When he saw someone on the opposite hill coming out to talk, he also sent out a masked man and shouted to him: "Hear clearly, a few merchants in Zhangjiakou secretly transported grain to the Manchus, which is the behavior of the enemy. These grains were prepared for the Manchus. You are just going against the court and the emperor, so we can't pass this level. If you are interested, put down your blades and leave the food, and we will keep it for these hungry people in Shanxi, which can be regarded as relieving the emperor's worries. ”

"No, without food, we won't be able to live when we go back."

The mountain said, "It's better than dying here now!" If we get impatient, we'll shoot rockets down and burn you and the grain. It's a great place to set fires! Ha ha! ”

These words were clearly heard on the mountain and down the mountain, and the shopkeeper knew that there was no way out today. As long as the food is lost again, it will be a dead end for him to go back. In desperation, he took down the bead hanging around his neck, opened the bead, sighed, poured a little crane top red into his mouth and swallowed it with his head up. At this time, it was too late for the guy next to him to stop him. The shopkeeper smiled bitterly for a while, and then his nose and mouth pierced through the blood, and his head crooked to death. In fact, the shopkeeper didn't want to live after losing the food last time, but there were still these food and personnel that he needed to manage, so he insisted on finishing these things. He had already thought about it, and if something happened to the food, he would directly cut it off by himself.

The captain of the guard knew that he was powerless to return to the sky today, and it would be a matter of a few more deaths to rush back again. It is better to bear everything yourself, and let the brothers live. So he commanded: "Brothers, today we have no power to return to heaven, so let me bear all the burden." The brothers can lay down their blades. Let's live well, everyone! Seeing that the brothers had put down their swords one after another, he himself bowed in the direction of his hometown, probably saying goodbye to the old man at home, and then drew his sword and killed himself.

Seeing that the people in the caravan had dropped their swords, Yan Xing said happily: "This is too easy, I haven't seen any fun yet, so it's over." Then he gave the order, and many masked people came out of the surroundings and walked towards the encirclement.

There were more than 300 members of the guards in the encirclement, and they automatically gathered together and lined up. Yan Xing's minions surrounded them, and those coachmen and camel drivers were injured, and Yan Xing also sent someone to give them medicine and bandage them. Finally, the convoy and camel team were ordered to turn back and carry the grain away. And when he was leaving, he carried the dead on horseback. These people didn't dare to disobey the order, and obediently followed. Yan Xing ordered to use black ** to blow up the big stones, and then remove all the stones.

After the grain team transported the grain to the place designated by Yan Xing, they let them unload all the grain. Then let the wagons and camels all go. But they left all the mounts of the five hundred guards, and let them pull away the bodies of the dead in carriages.

This operation was done cleanly and neatly, leaving no traces.

The unloaded grain, according to the original plan, was transported to the edge of the cliff not far from here, and was sent to the cave at the bottom of the cliff with rope bag by bag. He worked from day to night, and from night until dawn, when all the grain was sent into the cave and hidden. Then at dawn, all traces were carefully camouflaged. When the team left, leave a small team and ambush it nearby to see if anyone came to spy after the team left.

After Yan Xing finished everything, he immediately flew a pigeon to pass the book to the informant in Xiurong City, and Xiurong's informant immediately flew to the kiln to deliver the news. After Huang Yukun and Li Yunhe got the news, they immediately asked Li Zhi's people left behind to release the carrier pigeon, and gave it to the hidden pile in Zhangjiakou, and Sun Yujiao of the hidden pile received a secret letter from the flying pigeon from the kiln, she knew that she was not qualified to read this secret letter, and she couldn't decipher the top password of the kiln. So Li sent someone to send it to Li Zhi.

Li Zhi personally translated the secret letter, and then told Zhang Zhimu the news of Yan Xing's victory. Zhang Zhimu was of course very happy when he heard this, and he told Li Zhi: "You have to pay attention, they will get the news soon, and they will take action immediately." ”

But Zhang Zhimu was wrong this time, and the calmness of these people exceeded Zhang Zhimu's expectations. These days, Fan Yongdou and the others did not react at all, but were surprisingly quiet. Zhang Zhimu said to Li Zhi: "Being too quiet also means that they are panicking, they are trying to be quiet in your efforts!" This also shows that there is something wrong with them. ”

Li Zhi sincerely admires Zhang Zhimu's insight and judgment. Zhang Zhimu can see the problem from the places that others ignore.

"What are they waiting for?" Zhang Zhimu muttered to himself.

Li Zhi suddenly remembered, he patted his head and said: "They are waiting for the people who lost the grain to come back and report, and now they only know that the grain has been lost again." But they don't know the details, they are waiting for their people to bring back detailed information. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Even if they get detailed information, it will not prompt them to make stupid moves, it seems that they are cunning and cunning." There has to be a message that they can't bear. ”

Just as Zhang Zhimu and others were thinking of a way, something went wrong with Fan Yongdou's camp.

In fact, although the news sent back by Shanxi Feige is not very detailed, it is enough to shock these people.

They know that at least they are being targeted, and they have not moved yet, considering their identity, and there is no ironclad evidence. But as long as you check it, there is no reason why you can't find out. So they didn't do anything on the surface, but they were actually very nervous. Nervous ones start to go wrong!

Lu Chengxiang hurriedly came over and said: "Huang Yongfa asked someone to find me and wanted to meet me alone, and the request was to keep it secret. He didn't want anyone else to know. ”

When Zhang Zhimu heard this, he looked at Li Zhi and said, "It seems that we have become!" ”

Li Zhi said: "Mr. Lu, you can promise to meet him." You must listen to my arrangement in this matter. You can listen to him say anything, but you don't agree to anything, but you promise to tell Mr. Zhang what they said. If they ask you what our relationship with the imperial court is, you will say that the relationship is very good, but you can't say specifically. ”

Lu Chengxiang looked at Zhang Zhimu, Zhang Zhimu nodded, and said, "Mr. Lu, just listen to Li Zhi about this matter." Now Li Zhi can hold up a corner of the kiln. ”

Li Zhi knew that this was Zhang Zhimu's affirmation of him, and he also knew the weight of Zhang Zhimu's statement.

Li Zhi arranged the place where Lu Chengxiang and them met in a small restaurant, so as not to reduce Lu Chengxiang's identity and not attract attention. Lu Chengxiang and Li Jing both changed into very casual clothes, and came to a small alley with no one in a four-wheeled carriage, Lu Chengxiang and Li Jing got out of the car and walked to the restaurant, where Li Zhi's people were already eating, and Li Jing's people were also arranged outside the restaurant.

Lu Chengxiang and Li Jing, under the guidance of their buddies, came to the upper room on the second floor called Huiyou.

When going upstairs, Lu Chengxiang may have been a little nervous and a little panting. The two sat down and drank tea for a while, and two people came up.

Lu Chengxiang saw that not only Huang Yongfa and Huang Yongfa came, but Wang Dayu also came.

Lu Chengxiang hurriedly got up and arched his hand and said, "The two of you are here!" Have a seat! Lu Chengxiang deliberately did not use the title. These two are also understanding people, and there is no need to call them, saying, "Oh, I've kept you waiting." ”

Seeing this, Li Jing was speechless, turned around and went out, waiting outside the door.

After a few people sat down, Huang Yongfa's voice trembled a little and said, "Shopkeeper, for the sake of us all doing business together in Zhangjiakou, you have to help us." ”

Lu Chengxiang deliberately asked: "What's wrong, what's wrong?" ”

Wang Dayu said: "Don't make fun of the shopkeeper, you don't know about our affairs." ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "I really don't know, if you ask me about the kiln business, I know everything." ”

Huang Yongfa asked: "Shopkeeper, I know that you have some relationship with the court. Can your host and the emperor talk? ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "I know that the relationship is very good, but I don't know what it is. ”

"We want to ask your host to help us deliver a letter to the emperor, I don't know if it's okay?" Huang Yongfa looked at Lu Chengxiang and asked with a little trembling mouth.

Lu Chengxiang said: "I don't know about this, but I can ask our owner for the two of you." But you'd better tell me what you're going to say. I'll ask our host, otherwise. Our proprietor himself easily didn't ask the emperor, and I couldn't open my mouth even if I wanted to help. ”

"This, this." Huang Yongfa was here for a long time, gritted his teeth and said, "I told you, I just handed over the lives of dozens of people in my family to you." ”

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By the way, I recommend "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty", similar to this article, it is also a "technology flow" through the novel, but it takes place in the Southern Song Dynasty, Yashan, Anti-Yuan, Restoration, and European World Wars.