Puyuan County, Nanzhuang.

As a village on the border of Tiannan County and Songjiang County, there are only more than 100 households here. On weekdays, if you want to catch the market and buy and sell something, you have to walk more than 20 miles to the nearby town. Because there is no special production, and the location is relatively remote, the general situation of Nanzhuang can be described by the word "inaccessible".

This should be regarded as the least prosperous boundary in the entire Songjiang.

Because of this, no one could have imagined that the connection between the Taiping Army and the Black Guards of the Kingdom of Oman was set here. Taking advantage of the fact that it was still dark, a large number of Taiping soldiers approached the predetermined place with carriages and coachmen. It's not that the people of Nanzhuang didn't notice the movement, and the vigilant earth dog was barking wildly, but seeing so many dark shadows from a distance, bypassing them and continuing south in Zhuangzi a mile away, no one in the village dared to squeak or come forward to ask.

They had already heard about the Taiping bandits' capture of Puyuan County, and no one dared to make a mistake in this situation. In this wilderness, if the Taiping army really robbed them ruthlessly, and then burned Zhuangzi, I am afraid that it may not be possible to do it in ten days and half a month!

What gave them some peace of mind was that the Taiping army moved quickly. In less than a quarter of an hour, he left near Nanzhuang.

A few miles away near a wasteland.

"Tiannan!"

"Taiping!"

In the woods on the edge of the wasteland, the people hiding inside shouted the pre-agreed code words, and the Taiping army immediately gave an answer. Under normal circumstances, when it comes to Tiannan, many people will consciously think of the word "Dibei", or simply Tiannan County. This unrelated code word is enough to ensure that you will not be mistaken.

Of course, if the location of this wilderness is not agreed in advance, it is impossible for ordinary people to come. This code word is just an extra layer of insurance.

Shun Lì picked up the head, and the black-clothed guard, who had arrived early, appeared from his hideout. Subsequently, a group of men from the Annan Chamber of Commerce lifted the hidden cart, revealing a set of weapons and armor on the cart. This chamber of commerce, which is not very well-known in Tiannan County, is a force that the black-clothed guards have spent a lot of effort to secretly develop. On weekdays, I take some ordinary work to cover up, and the real core members have basically been bought by the black guards.

"Four thousand swords, two thousand sets of standard leather armor, please accept it."

"Two thousand?"

Chen Yunfeng, who was personally appointed by Chen Wu to be in charge of this matter, frowned and asked, "This is different from what was said in advance, right?" Didn't you say 4,000 sets? How come there are only weapons and half less armor? ”

Chen Yunfeng's tower-like figure put a lot of pressure on the black-clothed guard.

Questioned by him, the other party consciously took a step back and explained: "There are indeed 4,000 sets prepared on it, but something went wrong on the way...... was checked by the military discipline department of the Tiannan Army, and almost stabbed the basket. We apologize for this. After the Taiping Army South and our Omani Kingdom join forces to fight the Nanfeng Fortress, the compensation will be doubled. ”

"Is there really something wrong, or is it that you guys are not at ease with our Taiping Army?"

Although Chen Yunfeng is a martial artist of the Lin family, he is not completely brainless. There may be two or three percent of the hands of the Kingdom of Oman that there is indeed a problem, but most of it may be intentional, in order to hang the appetite of the Taiping army: if you want to get more, you can do everything you can to kuài nan reads();.

After questioning, seeing that the black-clothed guard didn't speak, he snorted coldly and continued to be dissatisfied: "If your country wants to cooperate with our Taiping Army, you must first pay attention to sincerity and trust. I can't even talk about this, how can we trust the Taiping Army? ”

What is the Taiping Army, and it is also worthy of cooperating with the Kingdom of Oman?

Listening to Chen Yunfeng's unkind tone, the black-clothed guard showed a little disdain in his heart, but the black face towel covered a qiē, and there was no emotion. He said in an inaudible tone, "Believe it or not, we've done our best." Ge also said that trust comes first. If the Taiping Army doesn't even believe our explanation, what else can we talk about? ”

All in all, the promised 2,000 sets of standard leather armor are gone!

Chen Yunfeng had no choice but to accept it, took the handwritten letter from "Beifeng", and rushed back to Puyuan overnight with a cart of weapons and armor.

The poor people of Nanzhuang had just been on the ground for a long time, and then they were disturbed again.

In the letter of the north wind, there is nothing useful. It was nothing more than an explanation and an apology, and then more promises were given. In his description, the Kingdom of Oman will peacefully withdraw after the threat from the north is lifted, and is willing to support a power friendly to the Kingdom of Oman. For this reason, they are willing to support Chen Wu to master Tiannan Songjiang and Ninghai, a total of three counties!

Chen Wu can even rely on these two and a half counties (Ninghai County is only half the area of a normal county) to increase Qingguan and call him the emperor!

At that time, form an alliance with the Kingdom of Oman and fight the empire together!

"Anyway, no matter what you say, they all have only one purpose, let us do our best!"

As the letter was sent from Puyuan Kuaima, after reading it, Chen Wu circulated it to his hand, and the henchmen around him also laughed. The Kingdom of Oman has no good way to counter the Taiping army, so it can only use low-level means such as inducement. As long as the Taiping army is not favorable, they will not be fooled!

However, after all, the gap of two thousand sets of armor is real. It seems that the original equipment plan of the Taiping Army needs to be adjusted to a certain extent.

………

"All cheer up, it has not been peaceful outside Daqing Pass recently, and there are horse bandits everywhere."

Wu Hengshan rode on his horse, trotted around the caravan, and shouted loudly. I don't know if it's an illusion, but when he inadvertently turned around earlier, he seemed to see a rider following behind the convoy of the Cloud Chamber of Commerce. After blinking and looking again, the other party quickly disappeared again, which made Wu Hengshan very uneasy.

Even with a full eighty heavily armed caravan guards on either side of the convoy, he still didn't dare to take it lightly.

"Boss Wu, you can put a hundred hearts. Those horse bandits and the like outside also dare to grab the pedestrians and small chambers of commerce who are lone and lonely. These days, those chambers of commerce in Songjiang with names and surnames, do you think any of them have suffered? With a bunch of rabble, there is no chaos! ”

Some guards laughed and shouted, which immediately attracted the support of many people.

No one believes that those horse bandits and robbers in Yuanshan County, who have always only bullied the weak and feared the hard, dare to do something to them. Unless there are two or three times as many people as them, daring to come is nothing more than death. Many of these guards of the Yunzhong Chamber of Commerce have been running outside the gate for ten or eight years, and they are very confident in their kung fu.

Someone else laughed and said: "Boss Wu, the older you are, the less courageous you are, right?" ”

After all, they are all old brothers, and they were jokingly ridiculed by a few of them, and Wu Hengshan was not angry reads();. pulled his face and scolded a few words, but his heart was a lot lighter. Perhaps, it is really because he is too sensitive.

However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred!

I don't know who fired a ringing arrow, and the mournful whistling sound immediately made the Chamber of Commerce commotion. Immediately afterwards, a large number of robbers divided into several distinct gangs and rushed out from behind the pile of rocks on both sides in a disorderly manner. There were even seven or eight people who took out their bows and arrows and shot indiscriminately in this direction.

"Lots of robbers!"

Including Wuheng Mountain, everyone in the caravan was taken aback.

The thieves on the left and right sides were lined up quite loosely, and the total number of people seemed to be only two or three hundred. Although most of them only had one weapon, a closer look showed that there were clearly some leaders among them, and they were no worse armed than the caravan guards.

"It's the Purple Heart Thief!"

"Du Heihu is also here."

One after another, the robber leaders with names and surnames were recognized by these old guards who traveled from south to north, and everyone couldn't help but be shocked. Obviously, the bandits of Yuanshan County cooperated when they didn't know what to do, and formed an alliance to ambush them!

"Don't panic, pull the carriage together, the outside is for them!"

Wu Hengshan shouted as he quickly gathered his hands. The carriages at both ends were carrying ordinary cotton yarn, which occupied an area and was worthless. The most valuable thing is in the carriage in the center. On his orders, the coachmen and caravan guards gathered in the center, relying on the carriages to form a line of defense.

These guards of the Cloud Chamber of Commerce have been carefully trained after all. Maybe it's not comparable to Chen Wu's elite Taiping Army, but compared to the unruly bandits in front of him, it's much more clever. Under normal circumstances, these robbers alone can't help them.

What's more, there were also several excellent archery skills among the caravan guards, and six or seven people had already been shot down in an instant!

But the robbers also have horse bandits!

Nearly seventy horse bandits galloped from the far distance of the ambush, and in just a few minutes approached the place where the caravan had been ambushed. The combat effectiveness of these horse bandits is much higher than that of ordinary robbers. As they began to charge, the caravan guards who dared to intercept were directly knocked away by their horses, and they couldn't survive.

After two trips back and forth, the guards of the Chamber of Commerce in the Clouds were crumbling.

This is also thanks to their long-term training, and there are many carriages to help cover them, and the change of direction has played a little "partial car formation" effect. But even so, after only paying six or seven dead and wounded, the horse bandits managed to break through the defense line of the Cloud Chamber of Commerce. A large number of robbers took advantage of the opportunity to rush up and melee with them.

At this time, even if ordinary coachmen join the battle, it will be difficult to recover the situation.

The leaders of several horse bandits knew very well what they were here for, and they did not act rashly, and shouted the slogan of only stealing goods and not killing people at the right time. As they lured them, more and more charioteers and caravan guards chose to give up resistance.

However, a group of murderous horse bandits can also have credibility?

Maybe there are indeed those who have a bottom line like the Thirteen Horsemen of Yan Xing, but most of the horse bandits are cunning enough to kill. Wu Hengshan didn't believe their words at all, and seeing that the situation had reached a desperate situation, he ruthlessly abandoned his companions, turned over and rode his horse, and rushed out alone while in chaos.

Be sure to spread the news of the attack on the Cloud Chamber of Commerce!