Chapter 25 The Pursuers
The team that followed the northbound detachment was indeed a bandit, and it was also an old friend of Dongfang Harbor - the team of the Six Road Eyes and the Broken Village King. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoPlease search to see the most complete! Since the last time Dongfang Port suppressed bandits, the two of them also engaged in a 'luring' enemy deep tactics when they were being pursued all the way, blocking an army platoon that rushed into pursuit in the mountains, if it weren't for the repeated tricks of these army soldiers to hold their positions and the support of gunboats and planes from the air, it is estimated that it will be destroyed sooner or later. Although their bandit team suffered heavy casualties, the main force was still retained, and they crossed the boundary river to the south overnight and entered the territory of Annan, so that they got rid of the pursuit of the squadron and found a secluded place to stay in Annan.
Although they were not able to annihilate the platoon, they did kill many army soldiers, and even captured six or seven Type 1629 rifles and bayonets in the pursuit. Around the time of March, the Medenor people approached them and bought from them all the captured rifles and bayonets for a hundred taels each. They had never expected such a price, and at this time, the six or seven hundred taels of silver allowed them to survive the most difficult days. Even though they still had more than 1,000 bandits to follow, they were in Pingyang on the land of Annam, and they were beaten by the Annam army and had nowhere to escape, and finally had to cross the river again and go north to quietly return to Wuguo.
They were no longer as unscrupulous as they were when they were in An Yun, they knew very well that the Chinese were not pirates, the Chinese came to An Yun to establish a new dynasty, and their ambitions were definitely not limited to a corner of Dongfang Port, so the Six Road Eye and the Broken Village King decided to continue north and sneak near Beihai City after discussion. It is advantageous for them in Beihai, first of all, the bureaucracy and army of the Wu Dynasty are **, and their combat effectiveness is low, and it is bound to be a very long-term thing to exterminate themselves, and it is basically impossible; Secondly, Dongfang Port is still in Anyun, even if the Chinese army eliminates the local mountain thieves in Anyun, most of the land caravans still have to pass through the North Sea, they don't even need to rob, only need to collect road money from passing caravans is enough to keep them running normally, accompanied by looting from time to time, which is enough for them to live a worry-free life.
The bureaucrats and officials in Beihai knew about it when they just came back, but Beihai simply did not have the ability to eliminate a bandit army like them, which still maintained a size of about 1,000 even if there were a large number of fugitives, so they chose a method often used by the bureaucrats of the Wu Dynasty - dragging. In other words, the Wu Dynasty officials did not recognize these bandits, but they turned a blind eye to the activities of these bandits in their own territory, as long as they did not go too far and endanger the interests of the government. With the 'exchange' between the two sides during this time, the Beihai bureaucrats represented by Huang Qiusheng have spoken to the largest bandit team in Beihai, and the two sides have even carried out 'exchange' many times.
Liuluyan had been stationed near the official road to the west of Beihai - where Yunnan had to pass through to Annam, and the strength of the caravans in Yunnan was indeed not small, but those who were unfamiliar with the land were easily ambushed by bandits, so they often had to choose to 'spend' money to avoid disaster. They can reap the benefits without paying much price, so why not? They themselves felt the same way, so they simply stayed there until two days ago.
One night two days ago, a squire found them and brought a letter from Huang Qiusheng, from which they had just learned that the Chinese had gone north and the destination was Jingshi. This time, the Chinese carried out a secret 'exchange' behind the back of Huang Qiusheng and Liu Chuanzhi Cen Min and others, leaving him outside, making him very unhappy, so he wanted to add some blockage to the Chinese, so he specially repaired a letter and asked the Six Road Eye to send bandits to intercept it.
With the growth of this time, the team of the Six Paths has expanded from more than 900 people when he fled back to Beihai to more than 1,300 people, and with the official worship of him and the King of the Broken Village, the two sides have formed an alliance into a large team of about 2,100 people. With the endless tricks of the Six Roads Eye and the courage of the Broken Village King, they successfully defeated and annexed the local six or seven bandits, and have become the largest group of bandits near Beihai. Although they usually received a lot of care from Huang Qiusheng, for example, some merchants who did not supply were often directly reported to Liuluyan, and Liuluyan took action to rob them, killing all those who caught them, and the looted materials were purchased through the people of the governor's mansion - of course, the lowest price. These goods can be sold through other merchants, and they can make a lot of money for no reason, this kind of thing they have cooperated several times, but Huang Qiusheng has always made a lot of money, and Liuluyan's subordinates can only make some hard money by buying, he has always been very dissatisfied with such a benefit distribution model, but there is no way to send people under the fence.
After not hating the enemy, Sun hated the cold war and inspected the enemy
"Big Six," the King of Broken Villages rode a horse next to the horse of the Six Roads Eye, "Let's go back, the Chinese are not to be messed with!" ”
"I said big brother, don't be afraid of wolves and tigers like this, since ancient times, it has been rich and dangerous, if you want to be stable, why do you and I want to do this 'licking' blood on the knife's edge?" Liuluyan shook the bamboo fracture fan in his hand, this folding fan is still an industrial product produced in Dongfang Port, which he snatched from the Yunnan caravan not long ago. "If you want to be stable, why don't you and I just buy a Zhuangzi, donate a fame, and just become a rich man?"
The king of the broken village sweated on his face, stretched out his hand and wiped it, "Big brother, I'm not afraid of death, it's just that the Chinese are really not easy to mess with, you don't know, at the beginning of the year, more than 2,000 of us attacked dozens of Chinese soldiers, although more than ten were killed, but in the end, wasn't it still beaten to ashes by others and could only flee for their lives?" Now this is a convoy for the emperor to give gifts, it must be heavily guarded, let's go up like this, we will still not be able to win. Saying that, he wiped the sweat on his face again and said, "What I said, let's go back, don't fight with the Chinese, if you don't do it, you will die." ”
"Big brother, there's no need to worry so much about this." Liuluyan looked left and right, and the soldiers were walking forward with full energy, and from time to time they were still making trouble, and at a glance, the morale was high. He smiled at the moment, "You and I fought the first battle with the Chinese, but we didn't know their determination to fight, I thought that they would admit defeat and surrender, and they did not put the main force into the attack, but later they gradually increased with a small group of manpower, so that they had a chance to ease, and the Chinese were defeated by the fact that there were birds in the air raging." Saying that, he pointed to the nearby mountains and forests and continued, "I have already let people pass by here, and there is absolutely no burning fire oil within a radius of a hundred miles, and these Chinese definitely have no such method to resist me and so on." This place is hundreds of miles away from the port of the East, and even if the flying birds come, it will take a long time for them to arrive, and you and I will definitely be able to solve the escort of this convoy and destroy it completely. ”
Far away, the cool knot, the moon and the ghosts hate
Saying that, Liulu Yan smiled mysteriously, "Big brother knows that this convoy going to Beijing is a Chinese offering treasures to the Holy Lord, and there must be treasures inside, if you can take it, it will definitely be of great benefit to you and me!" ”
The King of the Broken Village shook his head and sighed, "I naturally know that there are many treasures inside, but even if you and I get these treasures, what does it have to do with you and me?" Pointing in the direction of Beihai City with some smuggling as he spoke, "Those bastards are indeed not going to exterminate us, but every time we play with our lives to snatch something, which time is it not bought at a low price?" I sent them to check, and when they sold them, they bought ten times as much silver! Ten times as much! ”
The knot is far away, the hatred is learned by the month
"Big brother, why doesn't the younger brother know about this?" Liuluyan didn't have any expression on his face, "You and I are sending people under the fence this time, what we want is an opportunity, the goods we seized are thieves, if it is just you and me, there is no way to get rid of it." Even if you find someone to get rid of, you will inevitably be taken advantage of by those 'traitors', so it's not a big deal, it's just uncomfortable to think about. Saying that, he smiled slightly, pointed to the front and said, "You and I go like this, it is to seek wealth and danger, if you and I can get these treasures like this, I will not go back to this Beihai again, you and I might as well go north directly into Huguang." If these utensils are taken to Huguang to get rid of, even if the price is suppressed by the 'traitor' businessmen, there will inevitably be a lot of money. ”
The king of the broken village was obviously a little hesitant, he had always had illusions about the idea of washing his feet and being good, but there were still thousands of people under him, if he was good, what should these people do? Do you want to go to Huguang with yourself to farm? How is this possible? But after thinking about it, I really had enough of the days of 'licking' blood from such a knife edge, recalling that I fled all the way from An Yun to Annan with Liulu Eye, and ran away all the way in Annan, and finally had to return to Wuguo, and I was all aggrieved in my chest. When he returned to Wuguo next, life was not much better at all, and he was still being exploited by corrupt officials, and even ordinary officials could yell at themselves. If you really have such an opportunity to go to Huguang to find a long-term area to live in, it would be good to be a landlord, but if you can't do it, you can still continue to be a thief This promising profession.
The enemy is not a science party, Sun Xue, and Leng Nuosun Yue
Liuluyan has already begun to implement this plan, and he has been thinking about how to get rid of the dead fat man of the Broken Village King since he returned to the Martial Kingdom - although it is said that the Broken Village King has lost a lot of weight because of the displacement during this time, but he has not changed the special 'character' without the slightest courage when he loses a little weight, although he can take the lead in the battle, but once he starts to discuss the strategy, this Broken Village King is really afraid of wolves and tigers, no matter what is thinking about whether he can not fight. It's just that this fat man is very interested in money, and when he has a relationship with the governor, he makes himself disgraced every time, not to mention offending the governor, and there are many fewer opportunities to make money. It's impossible to get Liuluyan to give up being the leader of the bandits, but what he wants is to be the king of the bandits himself, not to be tied to the king of the broken village.
Now this dead fat man is the head of this bandit team like himself, and he can't completely decide everything by himself, which is very constrained when he usually decides big things, so he wants to take this opportunity to get rid of the king of the broken village. It is indeed a great risk to attack the Chinese now, but now there is a mental calculation, the Chinese are not familiar with the road conditions here, even if they find a local guide, it is impossible to be familiar with every road in this vicinity. But he knew that there was an inconspicuous path three or four miles to the east, and if he walked from this path, he could avoid a detour of about twenty miles, and thus overtake the Chinese.
Further on, there is the 'junction' area between Annam Province and Guangdong and Guangxi, although no one knows where the specific 'junction' is located, but in Huang Qiusheng's letter he learned that the Chinese were going to Mingzhou. Since it is going to Guangdong, it is inevitable to continue eastward in the 'junction' area. The official road would pass through a small mountain pass in this area, and if they could hurry, they could reach before the Chinese reached the mountain pass, and set up an ambush there. When the Chinese come, the rolling stone and the wood 'chaotic' arrows will definitely be able to kill these Chinese on the spot.
Thinking about what would happen later, he couldn't help but smile on his face, since the last time he was blocked by dozens of Chinese soldiers at Guangrong Ridge and failed to completely annihilate the Chinese soldiers, he had never smiled so happily, you must know that the Chinese did not have too many escort troops on this march. In his letter, the Governor carefully described to him the personnel of the entire convoy, and the Chinese themselves had about 50 people, of whom only 20 had weapons, and the rest were unarmed. In Beihai City, Liu Chuanzhi and Cen Min each sent ten people to join, so that there were only more than 70 people in the sky. There were more than 2,000 people in his team of bandits, and in order to travel lightly and quickly, he specially asked the bandits to select the old, weak, sick and disabled to guard the village before they set off, and only brought more than 800 and 900 'fine' strong bandits forward, so he was confident that he could take the trail and rush to the front of the Chinese convoy.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but 'show' a smile, and the king of the broken village next to him couldn't help but ask with some curiosity, "Senior Six, I always look a little clueless when I see you on weekdays, why do you 'show' a smile today?" Could it be that the victory is really in the 'chest'? ”
"It's a win, it's a hillbilly!" Liulu scolded secretly in his heart, the smile on his face did not decrease, but he gently shook the folding fan and said, "This is the Chinese sending you and me a great fortune, and if there is a fight in the future, I hope that the eldest brother can continue to take the lead and intimidate the guards with an invincible voice." ”
Sun Ke is far from the back, and the ball is most obvious by the troubled finger
"Why don't you just roll the stone and the wood and shoot the 'chaotic' arrows at the same time?" Before the Broken Village King's voice fell, he saw Liuluyan shaking his head with a smile and said, "Although the rolling stone and the 'chaotic' arrows can destroy the guards in one fell swoop, they may also damage the goods in the convoy, and if they are damaged, they will be of little value, so they can only attack closely, so that the firearms that the Chinese are good at are useless, so that the goods can be protected from damage." ”
The King of the Broken Village nodded, "No problem, this matter is on the eldest brother!" As he spoke, he waved his hand and called a personal soldier over, "You! Let's go ahead and explore the way! ”