There are about four places where the Ming people are the most strong, one is Liaodong, one is Shaanxi and Gansu, one is Huguang, and one is Fujian.

The heroic spirit of the Liaodong Han, the unique sturdy figure on the black earth, and the style of drinking wine and eating meat in a big bowl make people feel proud; The fierceness of the Northwest man is like the weather in the Northwest, which is a pure fierceness, which is daunting; Although the Huguang man is not as tall as the Liaodong man, and the fierceness is not as good as the northwest man, the willfulness and brutality in his bones are enough to make people feel timid; Fujian men were born in coastal areas, probably because of the influence of the sea, these people can immediately call the right people brothers, but the right people can immediately fight each other.

Fujian, where Zhang Ru is going, is one of the four regions with the most strong folk customs.

So this time, he not only took the troop transfer tiger talisman and documents borrowed from Xu Li, but also brought all the elites brought out from Beizhen Fusi. Coupled with the secret spy of Nanzhen Fusi who was transferred from Zhou Li's hands, it can be said that he has a lot of power in his hands this time.

This kind of power is different from controlling hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Datong, Xuanfu, Jizhen and other places, but its momentum cannot be underestimated.

Along the way, it can be regarded as a fast horse, every time he arrives at a post station, he will change horses, and the Nanzhen Fusi secret spy who set off first should have arrived at the boundary of Fujian, and his large army is still halfway there.

The sun scorched the earth, and the waves of heat were clearly visible, and the sand and dust raised by the horses' hooves covered a large section of the official road. Today's official road looks a little strange, and there is not a single pedestrian on the road.

Zhang Ru, who felt that something was not quite right, made the team slow down, and at the same time, the horsemen led by Huang Tu cheered up and paid attention to the surroundings.

It is normal that there are no pedestrians on the official road on a hot day, but it is a little abnormal to gallop for dozens of miles without even seeing a pedestrian.

Either something happened in the surrounding villages, or someone deliberately cleared the official road of pedestrians.

There was a tight string in everyone's head, and four or five horsemen automatically surrounded Zhang Ru, and their hands were pressed on the embroidered spring knife at their waists.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

The sound of the arrow breaking through the air broke the strings in everyone's hearts, and one of the horsemen at the front snorted and planted directly on the horse's back. The horse let out a roar, and then the hoof stopped.

The master could no longer make a sound, blood was gurgling from his chest, and the war horse lowered his head and touched his master's body with his big head, but unfortunately, the person who could reach out and stroke the horse's mane could no longer move.

"Prepare for war!"

Zhang Ru reacted quickly, and after a loud shout, all the horsemen scattered, trying to avoid letting the enemy's arrows cause too much damage to him.

Four or five horsemen galloped away on the left and right sides, and in the process of running, the horsemen on the horses had already skilfully taken out their light crossbows from their waists and wound them, and after about the range of the enemy, the cavalry on both sides turned their horses' heads and took cover in the place where the arrows were fired.

The team had retreated to two hundred paces away, and in this place, the enemy's arrows could not reach at all, and arrows kept falling to the ground, and Zhang Ru found that the ambushers were hiding behind a mound next to the official road, and the number was about twenty to thirty.

As the four or five horsemen on the left and right got closer and closer, fewer and fewer arrows were fired from behind the mound, and the cavalry on horseback was nimble enough to dodge the arrows.

"Boom!"

An arrow struck the shield on the head of the cavalry horse at the front on the left with a muffled sound, and then the horse's front hooves were raised, exposing the entire horse's chest to enemy arrows.

The cavalryman who was in the lead was shocked, knowing that it was impossible for the horse to escape the enemy's attack, and before the horse's front hooves had landed, he jumped up and landed on the back of another horseman who passed by.

The moment he sat down, the crossbow fired arrows.

"Tuk!"

The three-inch-long crossbow arrow easily drilled into the chest of a person wearing leather armor at this moment, and the huge force directly shook the moment back a few steps.

It only took a blink of an eye for the short bolt to come out of his body, bringing a burst of blood.

In the blink of an eye, the cavalry in front of them had already raised the embroidered spring knife, driven by the power of the war horse, they didn't need to wield the embroidered spring knife at all, and easily cut off the heads of several enemies.

The assassins behind the mound were covered with black scarves on their faces, and their clothes were all soaked with sweat.

The cavalrymen on horseback were a little on tiptoe, and two of them threw themselves directly from their horses, and in the air they drew out the daggers tied to the ankles of their calves. Landing on the ground, rushing forward, the dagger poked out, and the two black-clothed people didn't even know what was happening at the moment, and their chests turned into a pile of rotten meat.

At the same time, several other horsemen had already arrived at the side, stretched out their hands, and the brocade guard on the ground flew onto the horse, and the brocade guard on the horse also jumped down, and the dagger passed through his heart.

The whole battle was completely over in less than a stick of incense, and one of the ten brocade guards was slightly injured, and the others were not injured at all, and two alive were captured by the way.

Zhang Ru turned over and dismounted with a smile, slowly walked to the two who were forced to kneel on the ground at this moment, reached out and gently tore off the black scarves covering their faces, and asked very gently, "Who asked you to kill me?" ”

can know his own marching route, but he doesn't know how many people he has brought, and he can arrange people to ambush here, but he completely underestimates the combat effectiveness of Jinyiwei, no matter how you look at these people, they don't look like people sent by the big opponent.

I thought that these people would quibble, and even kept silent, but I didn't expect the other party to be tough at all, and said very boldly: "I don't know who it is, someone gave me silver, and I came to kill someone." If I had known that there were so many of you, I wouldn't have taken this deal if I had killed you. ”

"You're a bandit?" Zhang Ru said curiously.

The man who knelt on the ground replied, "It's not a bandit, it's just a group of people who have been forced to have nowhere to go." ”

"You're not afraid I'll kill you?" Zhang Ru asked again.

"Nonsense, you can't escape death if you are arrested anyway, since someone has calculated it, say it honestly, maybe you can help me avenge it." This man is also a bachelor, and he knows that he will die, so he simply tells the truth.

Zhang Ru nodded approvingly: "Don't worry, I'll avenge you." ”

After that, Fan Tong and Wang Zhouren stabbed and directly sent the two captives to Huangquan Road.

The team set off again, and Zhang Ru thought carefully on horseback, who wanted his life so unexpectedly. The first thing that came to mind was naturally the civil officials in Beijing, but he immediately ruled out such an idea, the mountain was high and the emperor was far away, and it was impossible for the civil officials in Beijing to give an assassination order after knowing their route.

Second, he thought of Xu Li, don't look at Wei Guogong's politeness to him when he was in Nanjing, and even did not hesitate to hand it over and call him a brother. But he came to Nanjing to open the sea ban, who knows if Xu Li agreed in person, but whether he hated himself behind it.

However, this assumption is not true, Xu Li wants to kill people, and he can take down these people under him by finding a random reason in Nanjing, and no one dares to say a word, he has no need to find a few second-rate bandits to ambush in the middle of the road. And Xu Li knows how many people he has brought, even if Xu Li sends people to ambush him in one more move, it will definitely not be these two poles.

The third thing that came to mind was Xu Huaiyuan, and then Xu Huaiyuan was also excluded by him. Just kidding, that prince was confined to his home, and he didn't even know when Zhang Ru left Nanjing, so where to find someone to ambush him.

In the end, his eyes fell on the Fujian maritime merchants.

To be able to have eyeliner in Nanjing, know the time of departure, and then roughly estimate when to arrive at what place, it seems that Fujian maritime merchants can do it.

Only those old people will go to the thieves who can't be on the stage to attack themselves, and the most important thing is that there are not many bandits, only a dozen.

After figuring out the joints, Zhang Ru sneered in his heart: Since you want to give me a dismount, then don't blame me for killing!

He has always attached great importance to maritime businessmen, especially those who may have the support of big people behind them, and he will not underestimate them. All this done by the other party made him have a sense of contempt, and the more this is the case, the more he dare not underestimate those maritime merchants.

When it comes to the territory of Fujian, the closer you get to the sea, the weaker the control of the imperial court, not to mention that you only bring a few hundred people, even if you bring a few thousand people, you are afraid that it will be difficult to avoid the enemy's open guns and arrows.

Maybe to think about the problem, Zhang Ru's alertness has become much lower, and the Jinyi guards who have just experienced a massacre have also relaxed a lot. Although there are still a few people who are exploring the way ahead, they do not pay as much attention to detail as before.

There was a large team of hundreds of people, but no one noticed that there were a few people hiding behind another small dirt bag in front of the official road.

After walking slowly for a mile or two, Huang Tu suddenly felt a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart, and this feeling of uneasiness made him involuntarily close to Zhang Ru's side, and at this time, Zhang Ru was still thinking about how to deal with those powerful maritime merchants who did not know whether to live or die.

Suddenly, an arrow burst through the air with huge power, passing through the gap between the two brocade guards who were protecting Zhang Ru, and went straight to Zhang Ru's chest.

The first person to see the arrow was Huang Tu, who was already close to Zhang Ru's side, and the moment he saw the arrow, he jumped up directly without thinking about it, and pounced on Zhang Ru, "Master Hou, be careful!" ”

Before the words fell, a slight sound of arrows entering the flesh made Zhang Ru completely sober up, and after rolling on the ground for a few times, as soon as he stood up, he saw Huang Tu with an arrow in his chest falling from the horse.

"Prepare for war!" Fan Tong shouted loudly.

Zhang Ru caught Huang Tu's body with an arrow step, and roared at Fan Tong: "Take someone to arrest someone!" ”