Chapter Forty-Eight
At the end of the next day, a group of people and horses finally came on the road, and several carriages were clustered among them, which made Ning Wan and his party, who had already been ambushed in the jungle on both sides, suddenly refreshed.
However, looking at the scale of the group in front of me, Ning Wan couldn't help frowning, "Didn't you say that there were only one hundred and ten people?" How is it doubled? β
Fan Yongnian and the leader of the dead soldiers in the family are also a little strange, but looking at this team, there seems to be a female dependent.
"Is that the team?" I'll ask the leader of the dead soldiers.
"There should be nothing wrong, there is no trace of this road, except that it is the only way to go to Dengzhou, no one else can pass by!"
"Is the Sentinel back?"
"The news sent back last night said that the father and daughter of the Mu family would pass by here at this time today, and there was no news after that, and no one returned!"
At this time, a person hurriedly turned around from behind the mountain beam, "Oh no, the cavalry of Dengzhou is coming from behind, and the brothers are already sniping with all their might, but they can't hold out for much time!" β
Ning Wan slapped the tree trunk beside me, "That's right, it must be this convoy, otherwise the soldiers and horses of Dengzhou will not move closer to this side!" β
The leader of the Fan family hurriedly whistled, and dozens of archers suddenly stood up in the grass on both sides of the road, and when the bowstring sounded, dozens of sharp arrows shot towards the convoy that had entered the encirclement.
The convoy was in chaos in an instant; WC+ formed a group, and the people shouted and neighed, but there were dozens of people among them who were quite calm, each holding a knife and a gun, tightly guarding the two carriages, waving their knives to block the indiscriminate arrows, and shouting to the samurai who followed the convoy to form a formation for defense.
After two rounds of arrow rain. The nearly 200 dead soldiers of the Fan family who were ambushed on both sides of the road shouted and came out of their hiding places one after another. Storm the convoy and fight with the accompanying samurai.
The samurai who protected the convoy first suffered a big loss, under the surprise attack of two rounds of bows and arrows, more than 20 people were killed and wounded, and the dead soldiers of the Fan family were all outlaws who were fed with silver, and this time they came with the will to die, and these samurai and dart masters who lived by walking darts and protecting the powerful were naturally not the same, as soon as they came into contact, the combat effectiveness showed a huge difference.
The leader of the Fan family's dead soldiers took the lead in the crowd. The steel knife in his hand flashed with a cold light. The footsteps did not stop for a moment, and as the light of his sword rose and fell, samurai continued to fall at his feet.
Ning Wan also entered the battle group surrounded by everyone, his eyes were firmly fixed on the two carriages of the samurai sanitation in the crowd. and beckoned the dead men to storm the place where the carriage was.
Nagu looked at Huo Wu with hesitant eyes. Huo Wu nodded imperceptibly. Bring a few people who followed me and Nagu to follow closely behind me.
In a blink of an eye. The dead soldiers of the Fan family were killed in front of one of the carriages, and the warriors desperately resisted, helplessly outnumbered. In less than a moment, they were all cut to the ground. The carriage was splattered with a speck of blood, and the sound of a woman crying could be faintly heard in it.
Ning Wan I was overjoyed, and I picked up the curtain with a sword, and sure enough, there were indeed four flower girls in the car who shrunk together, and looked at Ning Wan and the others in horror like fierce gods.
"Which of you is Zhu Ping'an's fiancΓ©e?" Ning Wan asked loudly, and as he spoke, he pushed the sword in his hand forward, "Say it quickly, otherwise no one will want to live!" β
A round-faced girl who was still in her immaturity seemed to be a little timid, but after listening to me say this, she straightened her chest, "Bold, dare to rob this ......, ah!" Dare to rob the minister's daughter! β
"Hmph", Ning Wan laughed evilly, "Joke, Lao Tzu is not your official of the Ming Dynasty, even your emperor can't control Lao Tzu's affairs." After speaking, his hand was sent forward, and the tip of the sword was directly pressed against the girl's neck, "Tell me quickly, who is Mu Yuling, otherwise, Lao Tzu will go on a killing spree!" β
The girl's face was also a little pale, but it seemed that her personality was quite strong, and she didn't say a word.
At this moment, the dead soldiers of the Fan family around were shocked, Ning Wan and I were stunned, and when they looked back, they saw a figure floating on the treetops of the mountain beam, its momentum was as fast as lightning, and if you looked carefully, the person was relying on the branches of the trees, and the two toes were just a seemingly indifferent alternate point, and the figure floated to the front of him in the blink of an eye.
Before he could see how this person made a move, a bloody storm broke out without warning, and the figure of that person flew everywhere, and the severed limbs and stumps flew up one after another, and even the head level flew into the air, and the dead soldiers of the Fan family only felt that a black shadow flashed in front of them, but in an instant, dozens of people were either dead or injured.
Ning Wan I only felt a flower in front of me, and when I was frightened in my heart, my body barely dodged to the side, but the right hand holding the sword still did not dodge, and three fingers were cut off by the man's sword.
Ning Wan let out a miserable cry, and the sword fell to the ground in response, but the man landed firmly in front of the carriage door. With a sword in his hand, his shirt was raised in the wind, like a fairy flying out of the sky.
The leader of the dead soldiers of the Fan family was stunned, and he dragged Ning Wan me back, and stabbed the man with a knife, but the man didn't see how his body moved, but he just pulled out three or two sword flowers, and in the blink of an eye, the leader's head was already soaring into the sky, leaving only a body without a head, standing straight by the carriage, the blood in the neck cavity rushed up to the old high, and he fell to the ground after a while.
Everyone was shocked and retreated.
"Xiao Cao!" "No harm!" The two voices in the carriage suddenly shouted with joy. The expression of the round-faced girl who was sitting in the carriage in a daze, and who had just been necked by a sharp sword, suddenly became richer, and her face instantly swelled with a layer of redness.
At this time, the sound of horses' hooves not far away, the cavalry of the brigade swarmed in from the pass, the dead soldiers of the Fan family could no longer resist, so they had to flee in all directions, Fan Yongnian, who was originally standing at the pass desperately resisting, was hit head-on by the horse, and was trampled into a pile of meat in the blink of an eye.
"Grown, go!" Seeing that it was not good, Nagu and Huo Wu and the others supported the injured Ning Wan and me to retreat westward. Got into the bushes and disappeared in a moment.
Zhang Dagou, who was wearing armor, commanded the soldiers to exterminate the remnants of the Fan family, and turned over and dismounted when he got to the front of the carriage, "The lowly Dengzhou commander commanded the envoy Zhang ......, big dog, meet Miss Mu!" β
"What's your name?" The round-faced girl became interested again, staring at Zhang Dagou and asked.
Zhang Dagou's face turned red suddenly, and Cao Wuxian found the round-faced girl in the carriage behind him, so he was taken aback and hurriedly jumped out of the carriage, "See the long ......!" β
"Don't say it!" The round-faced girl glared at Cao Wuxian, and a faint look of disappointment appeared on her face.
In the face of the sudden attack, although Mu Yuling was also a little scared, he had already returned to normal at this time, although he was in the carriage, he still returned the salute to Zhang Dagou Yingying, "There is General Lao Zhang galloping thousands of miles to help, Yuling is grateful!" β
Zhang Dagou hurriedly clenched his fists and said that he didn't dare, and then asked Mu Yanzi where he was.
Mu Yuling smiled, "My father is weak, so one of them is resting in the soft couch carriage at the back, and there is a friend who went to Dengzhou together!" β
Zhang Dagou finally breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the Mu family's father and daughter were safe, it would be a blessing. This came out with the cavalry battalion only to find that the Fan family and the Wang family did have many hidden forces underwater, and they were continuously blocked along the way, so that it was difficult to move forward. If it weren't for the full efforts of the Military Intelligence Department to mobilize the forces of Fengxiantang, I am afraid that the opportunity for rescue would have been missed. When Zhang Dagou thinks about it now, he is all cold behind his back.
Mu Yanzi's spirit is not bad, although he was a little frightened, but after all, he is a person who has experienced the wind and waves, and he has returned to normal at this time, but his body is still a little weak, so he just expressed his gratitude in the carriage and did not get off.
What made Zhang Dagou strange was that there was also a young man in his twenties in the car, dressed in a big shirt with a round collar, but he was a disciple of Mu Yanzi. The body is slightly chubby, the complexion is fair, and the speech is polite, but the person looks like he has a graceful bearing, which makes people dare not despise him.
The person did not explain his identity, and Mu Yanzi did not point it out, so Zhang Dagou had to be courteous. The cavalry that chased the remnants of the enemy also came back one after another at this time, and none of the more than 200 dead soldiers of the Fan family who participated in the attack escaped, just ran away Ning Wan me and Nagu and a few others, but this was also arranged in advance.
Hearing that it was the Tatars who came to intercept and kill, the young noble son who was in the same car with Mu Yanzi was suddenly furious, "The Tartars are so rampant in my Shandong territory, this is worth it, Xiao Wang must go to the Ming Sage to strictly investigate this case, and dare to intercept and kill the family members of the court officials in broad daylight, it is simply mad!" β
Mu Yanzi smiled faintly, "The prince doesn't have to worry about it, he is stationed in Dengzhou safely, facing Liaodong across the sea, Dongyu must be jealous, it is not surprising to have such a despicable idea!" β
The young noble son who was called the prince heard Mu Yanzi say this, and his tense face relaxed, "What Mr. said is yes!" Xiao Wang was not familiar with General Zhu before, and he was provoked by those people in Dengzhou, which caused a slight misunderstanding. Now that Mr. has gone from Beijing to Dengzhou, Xiao Wang has this opportunity to settle his old suspicions with your son-in-law, and he always has to thank Mr. β
The coachman of Mu Yuling's carriage had just been killed in the chaos, and Cao jumped into the carriage without injury and acted as a coachman. The curtain of the car has been jumped high, and Mu Yuling, the round-faced girl and the two close-fitting maids are crowded in the carriage, looking at the scenery outside the window. The cavalry dressed in leather armor surrounded the left and right, making people feel more down-to-earth, and several girls of the same age suddenly chattered lively.
But only the round-faced girl was not interested in talking, dragging her cheeks, looking at Cao Wuxian's thin back blankly, and from time to time a silly smile bloomed at the corner of her mouth. The excitement and emotion in her eyes twinkled as if she were about to embark on a path paved with flowers.
Although Mu Yuling was chatting with the two maids, her eyes did not leave the round-faced girl for half a minute, and her worries filled her heart little by little. (To be continued......) R1292