At the foot of Luoliang Mountain, a winding official road runs north and south, one side is dense forest, one side is dangerous, the mountain is not high, but it is dangerous.

Four hundred meters south of the foot of Luoliang Mountain, which is in ambush in the east of Tangxi, in the dense forest next to the official road, a group of figures with faces covered with various colored cloths are ambushed in the trees.

In the dense forest, Zhai Baiya sat under a tree in a daze.

There was a human head exposed next to him, everyone was ambushed in the mountains and forests, their faces were wrapped in strips of cloth, and their eyes were exposed, without any emotion, like a sculpture.

In the second year of Chongzhen, the Tartars entered the customs, martial law in Beijing, in December, Geng Ruqi, the governor of Shanxi, and Zhang Hong, the general soldier, had the power of 5,000 border troops to the border of the Beijing Division, and there was no food and pay for several days, and the sergeants mutinied and fled.

Zhai Baiya is one of these 5,000 people, a border army of 100 households in Xuanfu Town, Ming Dynasty.

The army was dispersed, and Zhai Baiya and dozens of brothers did not dare to go north for fear of encountering the Tartars, but went around in a big circle, first south and then west, and finally prepared to go north and return home.

After several months of running around, he gathered stragglers along the way, and now he has gathered 200 people.

As early as a few days ago, Zhai Baiya arrived at the Pingyang boundary with his team.

Along the way, the deserters had no food or pay, and the only way was to plunder the people.

Three days ago, Zhai Baiya led his brothers to rob a landlord's old wealth, robbed grain and silver, and was addicted to sex.

During the raid, I heard a message.

The imperial court has pardoned these deserters, and now there are rebellions everywhere in Shanxi and Shanxi, and the imperial court is using soldiers, and the border army has its own great use.

Zhai Baiya and the others' wives and children are all in Xuanfu Town, since the imperial court has now pardoned the crime of mutiny, Zhai Baiya and his brothers are naturally bent on returning home as soon as possible.

It's just that a group of border soldiers who have plundered all the way can still be a border army in peace.

If you become a thief one day, you are afraid that you will be a thief all day long.

At this moment, the thoughts in Zhai Baiya's mind are full of fugue, and the army has seriously deducted military salaries, these brothers had a hard time before, lacking food and clothing, and their wives and children are starving.

Now, who doesn't have dozens of silver trucks in their hands for this looting all the way?

No one will live as much as before, and this vote will still have to be done today.

If you do him, the brothers will have a better life in the future.

Zhai Baiya spat fiercely and came back to his senses.

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Three days ago, the family that Zhai Baiya looted was a distant relative of the Kang family, a big family in Pingyang City.

When Zhai Baiya led people to loot, he found that there were not many families in the huge courtyard, which was originally a good thing for the robbers.

But Zhai Baiya just asked a little more casually, and the master who was afraid of death actually told him a good news.

The Kang family originally had several big ticket numbers in the territory of the Beijing Division, and when the Tartars besieged the city, the Beijing Division suddenly became no longer peaceful. Kang's family was worried about the safety of the ticket number, and a few months ago, the eldest son of the family led a team to the cashier, and prepared to purchase a batch of food by the way.

Considering that the boundaries of Shanxi are not very peaceful now, when the caravan left, it took away the guards of the large family, and the rich and powerful families of the Kang family attached themselves to the big clan to live, so they naturally had to contribute a large number of people.

So the old rich man's family will lack a family.

And even better news is that the caravan has sent back the news, and today is the day the caravan returns to the city.

Zhai Baiya is worried that he is about to return home, and now it is the boundary of Shanxi, it is not good to rob on a large scale, and the wealth in his hand is afraid that it will be cut off, and he doesn't want to doze off, so the pillow will be sent to his head.

So, as soon as the group of border soldiers discussed, they agreed to do this vote again.

The official road at the foot of Luoliang Mountain is the only way to Pingyang City, and Zhai Baiya is ambushed in the dense forest on the edge of the official road, ready to wait for work and wait for the rabbit.

This vote is too big, and the robber is the Kang family with a strong family background in Pingyang Mansion, so in order not to reveal their identities, this group of border army deserters are all disguised, and they just heard that there is a group of mountain bandits on this mountain, and after robbing the silver grain, they can just blame the mountain bandits.

Killing two birds with one stone, Zhai Baiya is very proud of his robbery plan.

Just when Zhai Baiya was proud, a person appeared beside him, and when Zhai Baiya looked at it, a feeling of unhappiness appeared in his heart.

This blind man in front of him is the border soldier he took in on the way to escape, named Tao Yazi, who is brave in battle, whenever he encounters a war, he must take the lead, Zhai Baiya also reused him, let him follow him as a deputy hundred, but some are too showy, and sometimes not very obedient.

Just when Zhai Baiya was upset, a figure came in from outside the dense forest.

"My lord, here we are." Sentinel report.

Zhai Baiya got up instantly, leaned closer and asked, "Are you sure?" How many people came? ”

"It seems that there are as many as five or six hundred, and there are only about three or four hundred with weapons, and twenty horses." The Sentinel replied in a low voice.

Zhai Baiya frowned, thinking.

There are a lot more guards in the caravan than I expected, and today's things are a little unsafe!

However, thinking of the gold and silver treasures, Zhai Baiya dispersed the retreat in his heart.

There was silence for a moment, and there was a plan in my mind to deal with it.

"Everyone, cheer up, the fat is here, don't let him run away today." first shouted, and then turned his head to look at Tao Yazi: "You take a hundred brothers around the back, and when the time comes, I will take the brothers to attract attention in front, and you lead people to take the opportunity to kill, give me a ruthless and fast fight, and the other party who wants to fight has no power to fight back." ”

Tao Yazi nodded fiercely, waved silently and led people towards the depths of the mountain forest.

Zhai Baiya stretched his waist and loosened the muscles and bones of his arms, swept around the border soldiers around him, and the seriousness on his face relaxed slightly.

"All take a hundred steps back and disguise to prevent the other party from scouting."

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On the official road, the caravan moved slowly, mules and horses dragging heavy carts, and the wheels were pressed into deep ruts.

Five or six hundred people seemed a little mighty, pulling a long distance on the official road.

In the middle of the caravan, a horse-drawn carriage creaked along the official road.

The curtain was lifted, and a young man's face was framed in the window.

"Steward, where have you gone? How long will it take to get back to the city? The young master in the carriage asked.

Next to the carriage, a middle-aged man bowed his head and replied: "Back to the eldest young master, I have to go to the foot of Luoliang Mountain, and I will be able to return to Fucheng in forty or fifty miles, and I will be able to reach the city wall between dark." ”

"Oh, cheer up, I heard that there is a group of mountain bandits entrenched on this Luoliang Mountain, give me a bright spot, don't make a mistake at the door of your house." Although the young master said this, his face was full of indifference.

"Don't worry, young master, what kind of strongman hasn't been seen along the way, hasn't he been killed by us? What's more, it's a bunch of unsuccessful bandits? Before the steward could answer, a strong man who looked like the leader of the guard on the side had already replied with disdain.

So the young master smiled happily, probably thinking the same way in his heart.

Although the housekeeper wanted to give a few more words of advice, but in the end you didn't speak, but smiled in agreement, he knew the character of the young master of his own family, and he couldn't say that his sentence would be as good as others' wishes, and it was his old bones who would suffer at that time.

Then the young master lowered the door curtain, and a squinting voice sounded in the carriage: "Come, sing a song to Ben Shao again to relieve his boredom." ”

"Young master, are you so bad?" A sweet and greasy woman said with a teasing smile.

The caravan continued to move forward slowly.