Chapter 436: The melee is imminent
If it is only a cavalry, it can go at least more than 100 miles a day, but these oxen-pulled vehicles drag down the speed, although these are specially selected sturdy cattle, the speed is still much worse than that of horses, as the saying goes, thousands of miles of horses are rare, and 800 miles of fast cattle are even more rare.
"My lord, those Tatar cavalry seem to have some intentions against us." Ji Chang came over and told him.
"I've heard it all, it seems that some small thieves want to attack our supply vehicles." And smiled.
His ears were excellent, and he knew the Mongolian language, so the words of Zhehan and his cavalry reached his ears without missing a word.
He had expected this kind of thing before leaving the customs, and 5,000 vehicles full of goods were naturally the best robbery targets in the steppe, so he resolutely took 10,000 horses out of the customs for self-defense, and did not put safety on the protection of the Tatars.
"So what do we do?" Ji Chang asked.
"What to do? If some small thieves can't deal with it, let these people commit suicide. And sneered.
"I'm afraid that these Tatar cavalry will be in harmony with them." Ji Chang said with some concern.
He is not afraid of just thieves, but the three thousand Tatar elite horsemen in front of him can't take it seriously, and if they really want to cooperate with the thieves, their situation is also worrying.
"Don't worry, they don't dare, if they do, I don't mind exterminating them first." Besides.
When he was in the car, Murong Yanran had already sent a message to him, telling him that the Tatars were unreliable and wanted to betray them. However, she also told her not to worry, if the Tatar cavalry really had bad intentions, she could kill those generals, and it was not difficult for her to take the head of the general among a thousand people.
Besides, he didn't have any worries in the first place, and he was even more relieved when he heard Murong Yanran's words.
Hundreds of horses gathered at a steppe stronghold fifty miles away from where they had hit.
The knights dismounted, sat on the ground, held horns in their hands, drank booze, and from time to time grabbed large pieces of beef jerky and ate them.
"Boss, this ticket is resolutely won, five thousand taels of goods, enough for us to eat and drink for three years." A one-eyed dragon with one eye covered with a black cloth said loudly.
There were thirty-six people sitting in a group here, and dozens of people were on guard on the periphery.
The rogues are also afraid of the raids of the rogues, so they have to stay away from the scouts, be on guard, and dare not be negligent at all.
How many gangs of all kinds of rogue sand bandits are there on the prairie, and there are hundreds of them in the larger ones.
Here, the group sat and discussed, and it was the famous swarm of bees on the grassland.
They are composed of thirty-six tributaries, and these thirty-six tributaries are not usually together, and only when they do big business, they get together and work together to make a big deal.
However, the leaders of these thirty-six tribes are all brothers, and they are extremely righteous, if someone attacks one of them, the other thirty-five tribes will come to the door together to retaliate, so people call it a swarm of bees, that is, once they are provoked, it is equivalent to stabbing the hornet's nest.
For the movement of this group of people, they have been concerned about it for a long time, and they want to be the first to do it after entering the customs.
Contributing to this incident was the White Lotus Sect Zhao Quan, who had already informed the major bandits of the situation through the ubiquitous disciples, intent on making it difficult for him to do so.
He didn't want to annihilate the diplomatic corps with him, of course he wouldn't do it, Zhao Quan was still waiting to sign an alliance with him.
Zhao Quan's plan is to use the hands of these rogues and bandits to annihilate the 10,000 people, at least about the same, and then through various means, he has already been frightened before he arrives in Bansheng City, and he has become a frightened bird, and in the end, he can only obediently obey his orders when negotiating.
Zhao Quan is not sure whether he can do this, but it is beneficial and harmless for Zhao Quan to incite the Liukou sand bandits to do this kind of thing.
The customs are called bandits, and the bandits in the great desert are called sand bandits.
Sand bandits are bandits who specialize in desert areas as cover, and their stronghold is also in the desert, and few people can find it. It's not the same as the rogue.
Liukou still lives according to the oasis in the desert, but they go back and forth between the grassland and the desert to commit crimes, come and go like the wind, and rarely stay in one place for a long time, so they are called Liukou.
The boss of the swarm sat in the middle, silent.
He had always disapproved of the attack, for no other reason than the disparity in numbers.
Their thirty-six liukou teams together are only more than 2,000 people, and the Ming army is 10,000 people, a disparity of nearly five times, although it shows that the army is Xiongbao, but the number of Xiongbao is there after all, and the knives and guns in their hands are definitely not burning sticks, and I heard that this time it is the people of Jinyiwei.
The people on the prairie are not familiar with the Jinyi Guard, but they have heard that they are specially bullying the common people and officials, and they have no ability to fight, and they are not as good as ordinary officers and soldiers who can fight, so simply put, they are not real combatants.
But after all, Liukou also has his own source of information, and he doesn't read Zhao Quan's words as a Bible, and they have also heard that the people they brought this time are specially trained elite soldiers and are well-equipped, but they have never fought a war, and their combat power is not easy to evaluate.
The one who was most enthusiastic about this attack was the one-eyed dragon, the number two person in the swarm, and his closest connection to the White Lotus Sect.
"You might as well think about it, if this matter is really so cheap, why doesn't Sect Leader Zhao of the White Lotus Sect do it himself? Could it be that the White Lotus Sect has so much money that it is too cumbersome? The boss of the swarm thought for a long time and said such a rebuttal.
"Boss, the White Lotus Sect doesn't dare to move now, I heard that their Great Elder and the Holy Maiden of this generation are trapped in the capital, if they make a move, the Ming Imperial Court will kill their Great Elder and Holy Maiden." The one-eyed dragon explained.
"Oh, Elder Xiao? It's no wonder. The boss of the swarm said suddenly.
The Liukou sand bandits on the prairie all knew about Xiao Yanfeng, the Great Elder of the White Lotus Sect, but relatively speaking, no one knew about that mysterious holy woman.
These men who lick blood and beg for life all respect Xiao Yanfeng, and they all say that he is a real man, a real reckless hero, and half of the reputation of the White Lotus Sect outside the fortress is Xiao Yanfeng with his fists.
"So why don't we do this vote? The people flying on the grass are also gathering, if we start late, it is estimated that they will be preempted, and we will not even be able to drink a sip of soup by then. A leader of a swarm of bees said eagerly.
"What's the hurry? Flying on the grass, that group of wrecks also want to pick a ready-made cheap? Honestly, I'd rather they go up first, so they can test the water for us. The swarm laughed.
"But if they get it first, we won't be able to grab it." The leader said more eagerly.
"Why?" The boss of the swarm was surprised.
Black eating black is also a consistent style of swarms of bees, they sometimes don't do it themselves, and wait until other rogues or sand bandits get their hands on it, and then go to rob these rogues and sand bandits, so as to save trouble and have no trouble, so as not to do it first and have to worry about someone yellow finch behind, simply do this yellow finch themselves.
The one-eyed dragon said: "Boss, this time it was Lord Zhehan who summoned us people, as long as anyone wins first, others can't start and rob again, and then Lord Zhehan will share the spoils with the person who wins." ”
"Zhehan also intervened?" The boss of the swarm was shocked.
"Of course, if he doesn't nod, who would dare to rob it, he has a team of three thousand people."
"What? The more you talk about me, the more confused I become. If Lord Jehan is with 3,000 people, and he wants to do it, is there room for others to interfere? ”
The boss of the swarm was originally not optimistic about this deal, so the news was seriously delayed, and many things were not known.
The one-eyed dragon smiled bitterly: "Lord Zhehan is not here to rob, he brought three thousand people to protect the little minister, as well as those officials who came to participate in the negotiations. ”
"Since Zhehan is in charge of protection, how can he summon us to attack, are you sure this is not a trap?" The boss of the swarm is still very alert.
The Tatars had encircled and suppressed them many times, relying on their well-informed, but in fact, it was the White Lotus Sect that deliberately leaked the news to them, so that they could avoid it in time, and they were also like gods and fearful of Zhehan's prestige.
"Here's the thing. Lord Zhehan also took a fancy to this deal, but he couldn't do it, but he said that he only brought people to protect the little Qincha and those officials, not to protect his goods, and those goods were brought by Xiao Qincha himself, and they were not within the scope of protection, so when we start, Lord Zhehan can refuse to do it, just protect their people and don't get hurt. Therefore, we must also pay attention when we start, we must not hurt those officials, and we can only attack the goods and the personnel of the Jinyi Guard. ”
The boss of the swarm felt that his IQ was seriously in arrears at this time, and he couldn't react for a while.
The second leader, the one-eyed dragon, even said that it took a long time to explain this matter clearly.
Not only were the bosses of the swarm confused, but some of the leaders didn't understand the inside story, and after listening to the words of the second master, they suddenly realized.
"Boss, if that's the case, it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
"Yes, Boss, don't miss it."
"Boss, do it."
The leaders were so eager that their heads stretched out like the neck of a turtle.
The thirty-six brothers are all equal, and they are all the leaders of one side, and they have no direct subordinate relationship, but when doing this kind of big-ticket business, they are still used to having the boss make the decision at the end.
"You're all willing to take the risk?" The boss of the swarm still smelled bad.