Chapter 382: Unstoppable

With Wei Li'an, a familiar guide, in order to pave the way for Wei Li'an and leave a deeper impression in the minds of Qiangwang and Xi Yu father and son in this village, Ye Tao still ordered to leave a slightly smaller number of goods than Qiangwang's request, which can be said to save face and steps for both sides. And the place of Xianju Village is not a problem. Xianju Village is still very laissez-faire towards the passing caravans, as long as the fare is paid, how is love. They warmly received the caravan for refuge, and naturally, they would occasionally exaggerate the dangerous situation in Yinan, so that those merchants would sell their goods to them at a low price, and Xianju Village benefited a lot from it. And for those caravans who want to venture through the war zone, Xianju Village will admonish, but will never hinder it. In these years, there are still some more brave caravans, willing to take risks at such times, in order to pursue higher profits. Counting combat effectiveness and luck, in fact, a very small part of the caravan succeeded.

But after Ye Tao and his party arrived at Xianju Village, it still attracted everyone's attention, this caravan that was not very ordinary at first glance was very happy to sell the goods and even most of the carriages to Xianju Village, but Ye Tao and they also purchased a small building and a courtyard in Xianju Village, leaving five or six people plus a few introduced by Wei Li'an, although they are not affiliated with any institutions in Dongping, but they are very reliable people to guard some things that are not very convenient to move, as well as a considerable amount of cash. According to Ye Tao and Tan Weixin's style, Xianyin will naturally turn around and hand it over to the personnel of the local intelligence bureau and the Seven Seas Trading Company in Yinan to provide them with convenience, and other things will wait until the war subsides before returning to Yunzhou.

Subsequently, Ye Tao temporarily contracted a forging workshop and a carpentry workshop, and modified a total of five carriages. Although it is limited by technology and there are no good materials, the modified carriage has greatly improved its performance in all aspects. Ye Tao actually used simple materials and structures to make a four-wheeled ** suspension carriage, the extended suspension wheelbase and sturdy chassis made the carriage in rough terrain greatly increased, and the carriage wall used iron bars to cast the frame, embedded with handmade barbed wire, and then pasted with double layers of silk, is the internal frame of the entire car body. There are also two layers of thin wood planks inside and outside. Although this kind of carriage can only accommodate four people comfortably in order to consider the balance of weight, or six people in some cramped moderation, it is basically impossible to penetrate the arrows, or even the bow and crossbow at close range. Unless you encounter heavy equipment such as a bow or ballista, or a strong archer who shoots at close range, you can basically ensure the safety of the occupants in the car.

It took six days to rebuild the five wagons, and in those six days, the entire caravan had completed its transformation from a seemingly innocuous caravan to a murderous military brigade. This kind of transformation surprised everyone in Xianju Village at the moment. The soldiers of the special battalion did not carry the military uniforms specially designed for them in Yunzhou all the way this time, but the weapons and some small equipment were not left for a moment. A large amount of cheesecloth and other things were purchased locally in Yinan, and in just a few days, they prepared those simple and durable clothing devices, weapons and small equipment could be hung in the places they were most familiar with, and in an emergency, this familiarity and handiness might come in handy. The special battalion, martial arts personnel and guards were also mixed according to their own characteristics, a total of 300 people came to the team, according to a team of 50 people into six teams, those odds are Liu Yong, Jin Ze, Guan Huan, Zhou Rui and others, one-on-one to ensure the safety of Ye Tao, Tan Weixin and the maid Sisi. In fact, Sisi felt that he might drag everyone down, and hesitated whether to stay in Xianju Village until the war subsided, but this time, in order to strengthen the core force, Zhang Wei, who was specially incorporated into the core team to protect important people, swore that he would protect Sisi. Seeing that Zhang Wei was obviously a little tempted by Sisi, and Sisi seemed to be a little moved, everyone was happy to see it. Actually, Sisi should be with Tan Weixin, and she will hide in the carriage more time, so she should be out of the way.

After staying in Xianju Village for a while, they set off. In the past few days, Wei Lian spent a lot of time gathering intelligence, and finally determined their way to Yanan Port. Each business has a different relationship, the transportation method is also divided into land and water, but also consider the transportation cost, the transportation time of the goods and other factors, there are quite a lot of routes from Xianju Village to Yanan Port, but this time, in order to ensure speed, Wei Lian suggested taking a land-based, only two ferry routes, although a little longer, but for Ye Tao and his party, who have many horses, it is more suitable.

When they left Xianju Village and set off towards Yanan, they didn't hide much. They have attracted too much attention these days, and it is really impossible to leave secretly. In this case, it is better to be generous.

"My lord, a caravan has followed us behind. It's not a person from the Beiyi Chamber of Commerce, it looks like a caravan of some **. What are you going to do? An hour after departure, a scout came to report on his observations.

"If they can keep up, let them follow. We're just starting to use our marching speed. Ye Tao said lightly. Ye Tao didn't rush in the carriage, but rode the horse with everyone. After all, he is the commander of the dominant side, and although his current riding skills are not as good as those of the steppe tribes who grew up on horseback, they are still quite good.

The pace of their march was indeed gradually picking up. Due to the complexity of the situation in the theater of operations, they could not send scouts from afar, but sent observers at several commanding heights near the marching route. In general, one in front, two in each wing, and one in the rear, for a total of six observation points, each of which is in groups of four. When the group is a little behind, it will return to the team immediately, and a team will take over the observation task at another distance. The same rotation is done on both wings and in front. This method of marching and observation is very different from the special battalion's very tone and advocating method of hidden spying, and everyone is gradually familiar with it, and it is becoming smoother and smoother, and the handover of several observation posts is gradually no longer necessary to fine-tune the marching speed of the brigade. The army of Yunzhou and Ye Tao's army are precisely operated, which is unparalleled in the world.

After more than two hours, when the speed of their group increased, the caravan behind them became more and more unable to keep up, but the caravan behind actually sent a group of people to take a shortcut and detour in front of them, asking to see their steward. And this time, it was in the wild anyway, and Ye Tao simply came forward in person, so as not to negotiate anything with Liu Yong and them. They're really racing against the clock right now.

"Get out of the way, don't obstruct our passage, or we'll be killed." Ye Tao threw a sentence at the same time, and the other party hurriedly flashed on the side of the road. Then, a stout middle-aged man jumped out and asked, "Can I meet your steward?" We want to go to Yanam with you, we ...... Be willing to pay the cost of the game. ”

Ye Tao said impatiently: "Your money is not as important as our lives, let you follow, it is already very face-saving not to expel you, what else?" You can keep up, but you can't...... So be free. In other words, even if you keep up, what happens to us has nothing to do with us. ”

The middle-aged man was obviously used to being arrogant, and he was very impatient to be robbed by Ye Tao like this, but he still suppressed his anger and said, "Is there anything to discuss, we are transporting this batch of things, all of them are of high value, but there are not many things." I can't delay you much. It's not just money, even other aspects, as long as you can bring it up, it's not difficult to discuss. Our proprietor is quite powerful in the entire south of Xiling, and we should be able to do whatever we need. ”

"We can do it ourselves. Please come back. Ye Tao raised his hand.

"You don't toast or eat and drink, no matter who you are behind it, in the south of Xiling, you have to give our proprietor a few thin noodles. You guys...... You ......," the middle-aged man said angrily.

"It's a pity, it's not Xiling ...... now" Ye Tao shrugged his shoulders, with an expression of helplessness, and left with a circle of horses.

At this time, the observation post transmitted a message back. "There are two armies fighting ahead, and the total number of people should be around seven or eight hundred. What to do? Zhang Wei, who had interpreted the signal, ran over and reported with a big grin. Now the clothes on Zhang Wei and Ye Tao are basically the same, Ye Tao has long instilled in everyone that when marching, especially when marching and fighting that may be exposed to the range of the enemy's bow and crossbow, try not to emphasize the difference between superiors and subordinates so as not to be identified and sniped. In the special battalion and guard team that has carried out rich sniper training and has many sharpshooters, this article can be recognized by everyone. Coupled with Ye Tao's easy-to-do style, everyone is very arrogant, not only ignoring etiquette, but also ignoring many titles. Now that there are outsiders, it is inconvenient to call them "adult", "general", "Ye Jingluo" and the like.

Ye Tao just frowned, and said: "Withdraw the scouts on both wings and the rear, concentrate the team, and pass directly through the battlefield." Whoever attacks us first, I will fight back to the end. Pass through the battlefield as fast as you can before deploying the observation post. ”

"Yes!" Zhang Wei obviously liked this order very much. The circle turned the horse's head and immediately went to arrange.