Chapter 21: Late Interception
Night. The inn, located not far from the post road, soon gradually extinguished the scattered lights and candles, and it was pitch black.
After midnight, the fifth watch.
In the early hours of the morning, the sky will be bright but not bright, and there are faint black shadows constantly climbing into the wall of the inn, and then climbing up the wall of the inn very lightly, there are also several black dots that almost silently open the door of the inn and quietly enter.
The window of the innermost room in the inn was silently poked out of a round hole, and a pipe reached in, and a puff of smoke slowly blew out of the pipe, which quickly dispersed in the room. This situation is playing out in every room on the second floor.
After a while, the window and door were opened almost at the same time, and at the same time, two figures flashed in, and quickly stabbed the sharp weapon in their hands to the bed, but under the stab, a light flashed in the eyes of the two at the same time, no one? Then the two looked at each other, and they both saw the shock in each other's eyes: "Oh no."
The silence was pierced by the sound of an arrow.
The subsequent doors and windows on the second floor of the inn "rattled" arrows and muffled snorts one after another. It looks particularly heavy in the night sky before it is light.
After a rain of arrows, there was no movement in the inn. The dead are naturally dead, and they can't move anymore and scream, everyone who is alive knows that this ambush failed, since there is a group of people with wolf teeth and arrows waiting outside, it is more appropriate to play dead.
Xie Shenwei saw that the inn was silent, and with a wave of his hand, a group of people slowly retreated. Gathered at the camp, then put aside the post road, threw down the carriage, and all rode along the path that Zhao Qi had already explored. Even the Yuhua Pavilion was forced to put up the horses, not caring about the injuries at all, and was surrounded in the middle and dragged away.
Ran out of the five-mile road and got on the post road. At this time, the genius was bright.
Hung behind him for three days in a row, always keeping his distance, knowing that he would only launch the final blow before entering Jinyang. Three days of tracking is not difficult to detect, after doing enough mental offensive, only in the early morning when people are least vigilant, it is necessary to achieve it in one fell swoop.
But they met Xie Shenwei, who was familiar with military affairs, and Xie Shence, who was careful and thoughtful. So the assassination attempt was a natural failure.
The group of people did not stop, galloped away, and soon after they got on the post road, the first few horses suddenly lost their front hooves, and even the people and horses fell out.
"Tripping! Stop it! Xie Shenwei shouted and reminded. Prepare for battle! β
Immediately, several men dismounted and cut the ropes, and as soon as two of them stepped forward, they were shot dead by archers who were lying in ambush on the side.
The group traveled lightly, without armor, and it was impossible to carry prohibited materials such as shields, so the best way to face the archers on the post road was to rush quickly.
Xie Shenwei roared, rushed out first, ran dozens of meters and then overturned a row of rejecting horses in front of him, opened a gap, and led the team to pass quickly.
After running for a mile or so, naturally, a group of cavalry appeared on the post road ahead.
Of course, Xie Shence would not be naΓ―ve to think that Sima Lao Er would only have one killing move, he was just appetizing before, and the cavalry at this time was the main meal.
The black pressed a piece, and the number of people was less than a hundred. It's just that the post road is not wide, and the two cars are parallel. If they collide head-on, then this squad will definitely not be able to sustain two rounds of charge.
Of course, the Xie brothers can't be stupid enough to fight each other to the death. As long as you rush over and reach Jinyang, this interception will be over.
Xie Shenwei yelled: "Throw!" β
A black shadow smashed into the cavalry on the opposite side, and there was a faint commotion in the opposite camp, and it wasn't the short axe that was thrown over? Is it a hydration bladder?
Then Xie Shenwei yelled again: "Ignite, shoot!" β
A rain of fire fell into the battle with a not very strong force. At this distance, the cavalry charge is still a little insufficient, and at this time the sky is not bright, the vision is blurred, and the bow and arrow cannot play the greatest role.
However, as long as you shoot into the formation, this is enough.
A burst of rockets fell into the formation, and sporadically people fell off their horses, but several rockets shot through the water bags, which immediately caused a simmering sound, and after detonation, it was a splash of droplets, and once splashed on people, it would immediately burn, causing the horses to neigh and riot, and only a few breaths later, there was obvious chaos in the middle of the team.
As several waves of sword rain fell, explosions continued to occur in the intercepted cavalry team. After the cavalry queue on the opposite side had loosened, Xie Shenwei once again took the lead and led the entire team to attack in a triangular formation and stabbed towards the black-clothed cavalry.
The dull sound of crashing was loud in my ears, and the sound of bones breaking, swords stabbing into bodies, falling horses, and the sound of horses' hooves trampling on human bodies was incessant.
In a round of charge, only a dozen or so people remained of more than 30 people, and almost everyone except Xie Shenwei was injured.
The enemy still had more than sixty horsemen.
Twenty for forty, and it is an absolute disadvantage, this record is enough for anyone to find fault. However, this is by no means a satisfactory result.
Because if you can't get rid of them, if you can't get rid of them, you can't get rid of them, and you can't achieve the expected effect.
After rushing through the blockade of the intercepting cavalry, more than ten people did not look back, did not care about panting, and rushed forward with whips.
Xie Shenwei, who rushed through the two lines, would never have thought that tonight's ambush would end here, the reason why he took the main road was to attract attention, and he would rather give up the lives of twenty horsemen to divert most of the pursuers. Now, he's almost done.
Xie Shence, Zhao Qi and the two Xie Shenwei's relatives were rushing to Sanyangdu, twenty miles outside Sanyang Town, wrapped in Yuhua Pavilion, at this time.
After half an hour of wild running, he finally arrived at the ferry, where there was a boat that Xie San had prepared with the Wang family's own business when he left Ye City. A group of five people got on the boat, gave up three horses, and left Xie Shence's carefully selected snow treading horses on the boat. More than ten soldiers and boatmen pretending to be boatmen immediately set sail and sailed against the water to Jinyang.
Xie Shenwei and more than ten other people ran all the way along the post road after breaking out of the encirclement, and after turning the foot of the mountain, two people immediately rolled off their horses and hid in the grass not far away, motionless.
Later, a group of cavalry really caught up, looking at the speed, it is estimated that it will not take half an hour to catch up, and then the rest of the people will basically die.
After the pursuers had gone away, the two men then galloped south.
After an hour of rapid sailing, it was already dawn, and the group arrived at the castle of Liu.
Liucheng is a port, a satellite city of the Jin capital, which is designed for the Jin capital to evacuate commercial goods and official supplies from the waterway, and is one of the bases of the Jin merchant gang.
At this time, on the water outside the port, fishing boats, merchant ships, and civilian ships were weaving, covering almost the entire surface of the river. The shouting, scolding, and trumpets were noisy, and the scene was very chaotic for a while.
Xie San rented a local boat with ten copper plates, and the boatman was very sloppy and led the merchant ship out of the crowded pile of boats, and soon moored the boat, and arrived at the city gate and entered the city.
After entering the city, Xie Shence and Xie San rented a carriage and turned around and entered a Husi cloth village in Xishifang. The cloth village has been opened in the morning market, but at this time the people in the market are busy exchanging goods and buying and selling vegetables, and the business of the cloth village has not yet started.
When he saw that two guests came not long after the door opened, the guy couldn't help but smile. It's a good sign that the door is open.
"Two officials, please take a look at the clothes and fabrics of our family's cloth village? The two are well-dressed, presumably they are either rich or expensive, if there is something eye-catching, this first business of our cloth village will also make a little concession, seeking a harmony. The two of them look at the tea. β
Xie Shence would not pay attention to this kind of words, and Xie San stepped forward and said: "Our young master is a person who does a big deal, and it makes sense to come to your cloth village." There are eye-catching natural and generous strokes, you go and call your shopkeeper to come out, don't snub the distinguished guests! β
The guy was a little dissatisfied when he heard Xie San's breath, who didn't know that our family cloth village was an authentic lake silk, and the merchants of Huaiyang Road transported the lake silk from the Southern Song Dynasty Our family cloth village said that no one dared to say the first in the second stay city, good guy, so big breath early in the morning.
Seeing that the guy was silent, Xie San casually slapped it on the counter, startling the guy, but when he turned around, he saw Xie San scolding: "Something that doesn't have long eyes!" My young master is from Huaiyang, and it is a big deal to find your shopkeeper, and you can't afford to delay it! Don't go and call someone! β
The guy reacted at this time, I remember that the shopkeeper said that as long as it is a businessman from Huaiyang, he must report it as soon as possible, and the first few times he did not report it in time was scolded by the shopkeeper's good students, and a lot of wages were deducted. So he didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly ran to the back hall and asked the shopkeeper to come out to answer the guests.
After a while, the shopkeeper hurriedly came out, and when he saw the two guests, he paused for a while, and asked: "Dare to ask the official what kind of business he wants to do when he comes to my cloth village?" β
Xie Shence said: "Hehe, I make ready-to-wear clothes." β
The shopkeeper asked again: "Why don't you go to the ready-to-wear shop?" I can make some clothes and fabrics in this cloth village, how can I have ready-to-wear? β
Xie Shence said again: "Then naturally, if you buy clothes, you have to ask the shopkeeper to introduce the shop to cut them." β
The shopkeeper said, "Even so, please come with me and talk about it in detail." β
Xie Shence arched his hand and led Xie San into the back hall with the shopkeeper.
The cloth village is not an embroidery village, how can anyone come to the cloth village to buy ready-to-wear clothes. The guy was confused.
After entering the account room in the back hall, serving tea, the shopkeeper left the people, closed the doors and windows, and invited the two to sit down. Then he asked, "What do the guests buy?" β
Xie Shence smiled slightly: "I buy one pound of oil, eight taels of salt, six taels of vinegar, four taels of soy sauce and two taels of rice wine." β
"Used for what?"
"It's used to knead and steam and cook chaos."
Hearing this, the shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief, and said again: "It turned out to be an adult in the gang, may I ask why you are here?" β
Xie Shence took a sip of tea, and scolded in his heart: "I should have made the joint code simpler at the beginning, and my mouth was dry when I said the little second master." β
Putting down the teacup, Xie Shence said: "I want three boats, civilian boats, to go to Jinyang, and three more carriages, ready before noon, and then find a quiet place, and two trustworthy doctors." Be sure to be hidden. My men are at the docks, and I have a man with us. β
"Okay, I'll do it." The shopkeeper agreed without hesitation. Then, he called three domestic servants and said, "These three people are all old people in the gang, and they are absolutely credible." After Xie Shence nodded, he ordered to go down, one called the car and boat, the other called the doctor, and the other went to the dock with the two.
The guys from Xiuzhuang called another car, loaded two carts of cloth, and then went out of Xishifang and rushed to the dock.
Needless to say, this is an office of Huaishang in Liucheng. It's not an intelligence point, it's just an idea to deal with some low-level things that are inconvenient to make public.
As for the intelligence station? Just kidding, not to mention Jindu, in the entire Jinyang, in the base camp of Tiqi, except for a few big countries, the merchant group? Who would dare, who would be able to make an intelligence station?
Of course, this also means that when you arrive in Jinyang, all the forces that dare to intercept and kill the Xie family basically don't exist.
Last night's wild run made Yuhuating's injuries even more serious, and naturally the doctor needed to change the dressing for treatment.
At the same time, after accurate calculations, they waited for Xie Shenwei and the two of them smoothly halfway. It's just a few people who are left, and it is naturally a certain death.
Xie Shenwei's performance of his own soldiers, compared to Xie Shence, was a little too calm. Or even cold. Xie Shence is a little concerned, but he can understand that in this era, there is basically not much emotion for the trilogy. The treatment of the Xie family's pro-soldiers is already quite generous compared to other families. Xie Shence can only arrange a bereavement pension after returning to the Jin capital.