In the night, a group of ragged and rough-looking horse bandits rode horses, brandished steel knives in their hands, and ran around the camp.

The mouth kept shouting out bursts of strange screams and yo shouts.

Want to scare the sergeants in the camp.

The Forbidden Sergeant was indeed frightened at first, but as time went on, he found that the attacking team had no other movements except for the occasional few arrows, so he slowly calmed down.

The border troops formed a defensive formation, surrounded the carriages loaded with table salt, and waited for them.

There was no fear from the beginning to the end.

Mu Xuan is now so angry that he is about to vomit blood, which was originally arranged, but now, the chaotic military camp has slowly calmed down.

Mao Ming, who was outside to check the situation, lifted the curtain and hurriedly walked into the camp tent at this time, "This group of horse bandits obviously has no intention of rushing up and using knives and guns, what should I do?"

Also, there is no news of the few people sent to assassinate Jiang Long. ”

Mu Xuan said with a dark face: "It must be that those traders gave less silver, or maybe they have explained in advance to the horse bandits that they don't need to come to the front to kill!"

This group of rubbish, bad officials! ”

The two sides did not fight, how could he order Guo Fang to pursue?

And there was no news from the side sent to assassinate Jiang Long.

Although Mu Xuan is of high rank, the border army is an infantry army, and the horse bandits are cavalry, so let the infantry chase the cavalry?

Only when he lost more important people, such as Jiang Long, died in the chaos, could Guo Fang listen to his orders, because he had to chase him.

Otherwise, if you don't do something at that time, the court will definitely punish you severely!

But now?

As long as the two sides fought each other, he lied to Guo Fang, saying that Jiang Long was dead, and he could also give an order.

But...... Mu Xuan was maddened by those peddlers.

In the group of horse bandits outside the camp.

A strong man who hadn't straightened his beard for an unknown amount of time suggested: "Big brother, I see that this group of officers and soldiers are all bad breeds at all, just looking at the bright armor and excellent weapons, it is better for us to simply rush in and intercept this batch of salt back to the cottage." ”

"Yes, yes, the three leaders have a point." Someone chimed in.

Many people are interested in moving, because in addition to table salt, they also have the excellent armor and weapons of the forbidden soldiers in the red camp.

Of the group of almost 800 horse bandits, only about 30 were wearing armor.

And it's not a whole set.

Others can only wear thick leather coats at best.

More people, in tattered clothes, with wooden sticks in their hands.

"Fart!" The big leader with only one eye shouted angrily, "There are still five hundred border troops here, and our few people are not enough to kill people for half an hour!" ”

"Then we can kill that side." The three leaders were still a little unwilling, and raised their hands in the direction of a forbidden army camp.

"This is the one who invited us over there, and you want to break the contract?" The big boss snorted coldly.

The three chiefs immediately shouted, "Fuck it, as long as there are enough benefits!" Big brother, we're horse bandits! ”

"I know we're horse bandits!" The big leader glared at him and scolded: "We can indeed ignore these forbidden troops, but if we break the contract, we will offend those ground snakes who have targeted table salt, don't we have to be afraid of these ground snakes?" ”

The three leaders shrunk their necks and just kept silent.

When you are a horse bandit, it doesn't mean that you just dare to kill and rob, it's that people always have to eat, but robbing a caravan can only grab some goods or money nine times out of ten, but can you eat these things?

At that time, it is indispensable to deal with these land snakes, exchanging goods for silver and food.

Although the snakes will keep the price of goods down and the price of food up, they will always keep them alive.

Occasionally, you can also make good wine and meat.

Even send some women to the cottage for them to play with.

If you really offend it, it won't end well.

Then if they stop trading with them and cut off their food routes, then it will be over.

There are nearly 1,000 people in the whole cottage, not only a dozen, if there are few people, go down the mountain to the remote villages to grab a little food is enough to fill the stomach.

"When will these border troops chase them out?" Someone else opened his mouth.

The big leader also wondered, he had been running around the camp several times, and many brothers were shouting hoarse, why hadn't the border army moved?

All you can say is, "Let's run a few more laps." ”

This time, those vendors did give little silver, and they didn't let them rush to shop.

The traders are not only stingy, but also afraid that the soldiers of the forbidden army will fight with the horse bandits, and after some losses, Mu Xuan still has a way to go, and it will be unsafe at that time.

If he is really robbed again, then the imperial court will conduct a thorough investigation, and of course it will be good to be able to fool the past, but if some clues are found, how can Mu Xuan explain that there is less salt, and there is a third of salt halfway, where did he go?

If you can't say it, you'll find them out again.

Mu Xuan saw that the horse bandits didn't come to the real thing, so he could only wait for news from Jiang Long's side.

As long as Jiang Long is dead, he can still order Guo Fang to send troops to pursue.

But I waited left and right, and still no one came back to report.

He had a bad premonition in his mind.

And Jiang Long, who was Chinese weak in his eyes and could be killed easily, had already come to the border army with a few people tied up at this time.

When Guo Fang heard that these people were going to take advantage of the chaos to assassinate Jiang Long, his heart sank, and he hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "It's the official's thoughtlessness that caused Lord Jing to be in danger." ”

Before, Jiang Long asked the guards to pass the word, only reminding Guo Fang to keep the salt at all times.

It was not stated that Mu Xuan might have sent someone to assassinate him.

After all, it was just speculation at the time, and it wasn't really certain.

"Master Guo doesn't have to blame himself." Jiang Long bowed back, "It's really some people who are bold!" Not only did he dare to fight the idea of salt, but he also wanted to get rid of the official. ”

"How is Lord Jing going to deal with it?" Guo Fang frowned.

"Hide them." Jiang Long pointed to the forbidden soldiers who were tied up into zongzi and gagged.

Cheng Gang and Wei Huan were stunned and looked at each other.

They thought that Jiang Long would immediately attack Mu Xuan.

Only Guo Fang secretly sighed, Jiang Long is really old, and he really doesn't look like a teenager who is only fifteen or sixteen years old.

Most teenagers are impulsive and their brains are not calm enough.

At this time, it is difficult to take advantage of Mu Xuan.

These sergeants can change their words, and maybe they can bite Jiang Long and kill the forbidden army sergeants for no reason.

As for the most disadvantageous, Mu Xuan is the highest-ranking official in this business.

Only Jiang Long can restrain Mu Xuan, but now that Jiang Long is attacked, it is more difficult to convince people to find trouble with Mu Xuan again.

The sergeants of the forbidden army must also listen to Mu Xuan and do not listen to Jiang Long's orders.

Hiding people, leaving them for another opportunity in the future, and then attacking Mu Xuan is the most correct way.

There are five hundred border troops here, and it is trivial to hide a few people.

Guo Fang called his own soldiers and dragged a few people down, and then said: "These horse bandits should not rush up to fight us, if you are sleepy, you can find a carriage to sleep." ”

With that, he walked to a carriage and reclined to close his eyes and rest.

In the end, he has seen a big scene, although those horse bandits shouted very happily, but they couldn't scare Guo Fang.

Unlike the forbidden sergeant, he can probably guess about it, but he is still very nervous, and it is impossible to close his eyes and rest with peace of mind in this situation.

Jiang Long climbed into the carriage and lay down on the sack.

Didn't sleep.

There were horse bandits attacking at night, and although it was a farce, if something happened, the generals and officials would definitely have to sit down for a meeting.

Don't just fall asleep, Mu Xuan will send someone to pass it on.

"Big brother, what should I do?" In the group of horse bandits circling the camp, the three leaders asked.

The border army had no intention of coming up to fight at this time.

"One more lap, let's go back!" The Grand Leader thought about it and made a decision.

The amount of silver given by the merchants was not much, and it was not worth it for him to send people to rush forward and kill, especially when fighting with the border army, as long as they came into contact, there would be large casualties.

"Let the brothers save some too, and stop shooting arrows." The Grand Leader added.

There are not many arrows in the hands of the horse bandits, and the price of this kind of military material is very high.

"Yes!"

Someone answers, and then the word is spoken.

It was a strange night, the horse bandits suddenly killed, but only circled around the camp.

A few arrows were fired, and several forbidden sergeants were wounded.

Then he ran away again.

Except for a few people who really understood, everyone else was inexplicable.

"This is the legendary horse bandits, those extremely fierce horse bandits?"

"I thought they were so good."

"Don't dare to rush over, a bunch of eggless!"

The self-serving, proud and arrogant soldiers of the forbidden army scolded and discussed one by one.

The raid of the horse bandits this time gave them the illusion that the encirclement and suppression in the northern Xinjiang were endless, and the horse bandits that gave the court a headache were nothing more than that.

The horse bandits left on the front foot, and Mu Xuan asked the herald to invite Guo Fang and Jiang Long on the back foot.

Although it was almost certain that the person sent was likely to miss, seeing Jiang Long enter the camp with his own eyes, Mu Xuan's eyes still flashed with a hint of disappointment.

This time Jihua was a complete failure.

There was a burst of depression in my heart, and at the same time, I also lifted my mind.

None of those people came back, and he guessed if they would be captured alive by Jiang Long.

If this is really the case, Jiang Long will definitely attack him.

He had to be careful.

Stretching out his hand to ask Guo Fang and Jiang Long to sit down, Mu Xuan glanced at Jiang Long without a trace, but found nothing.

Next, let's talk about the attack of horse bandits.

Guo Fang said little, not salty or light.

Jiang Long laughed for a while, which made Mu Xuan's face hot.

Because of the stupidity of the traders and horse bandits, this Jihua became a farce.

And he is the chief planner of the farce!

Just wounded a few sergeants, not much to say.

Seeing that Jiang Long's expression was plain and indifferent, and he didn't seem to have been assassinated, Mu Xuan was also a little uncertain in his heart.

Didn't the people who sent it do it?

Gotta check it out.

There was something in his heart, so Mu Xuan asked Guo Fang and Jiang Long to go back to rest.

When Guo Fang got up to leave, he asked, when will he leave tomorrow.

Mu Xuan waved his hand impatiently, saying that he would make a decision tomorrow morning.

After a night of investigation, the people sent out by Mu Xuan found nothing, and the seven people seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

There was no result, but it made Mu Xuan very nervous, and his temper became a little irritable.

Early in the morning, several people were already scolded by Mu Xuan.

Even one of them was whipped by Mu Xuan.

In the end, Mu Xuan gave an order to rest in the morning and start the team at noon.

Yesterday there was a night of trouble, most of the soldiers of the forbidden army were depressed, and when they learned the general's order, they went back to the camp to make up for sleep.

Guo Fang also ordered the border army to rest.

It's not over, you have to be mentally ready to deal with it.