Liuzi waited on this side of the tunnel for a while, Xin Ye and his party finally showed their heads, although everyone was wearing colors, and they were desperately running in the dark tunnel, a little disgraced, but fortunately there was no big problem. ...........

Suddenly, there was a bang, the ground shook a little, and Xin Ye, who was the last to get out of the tunnel, was caught off guard and ate a face of sand. Liuzi and Taozi and others pulled him out,

"Boss, the small fire and thunder over there are starting to explode, we can start here."

"Don't worry, count the number of people, are there any brothers killed or wounded?"

"The brothers only had some knife wounds, but they weren't serious. It's just that... Huzi and his brother may have been kept by Wang Dong and did not withdraw. ”

Hearing this, Xin Ye clenched his fists and hesitated.

"Boss, this is already the best way to be able to complete the task, this time Mu Yuan will definitely die. You have carefully designed everything, we can't fall short here, we can't leave clues for Mu Yuan, this tunnel must be blown up. Taking advantage of the explosion of fire and thunder now, it must be ignited quickly, so that Mu Yuan will not be suspicious of the collapse. This is still arranged by you, boss. ”

"But... The amount of gunpowder placed along the way in the tunnel was enough to blow up the entire tunnel, and Huzi and his brother really couldn't come back. ”

"Boss, you are sober, even if you don't blow up the tunnel, Huzi and they will be helpless if they are surrounded and suppressed by Mu Yuan's reinforcements. Do you think your current hesitation is worthy of Huzi's sacrifice?

Since they decided to eat this meal, the brothers had already expected that they would have this day. Don't blame yourself if you hadn't brought us out. I'm afraid we starved to death in the village, and we have earned a few years in vain to survive until now. ”

Seeing that Xin Ye was silent, Taozi couldn't help but sigh, and took the initiative to take the torch from the brother next to him, intending to light the fuse. Xin Ye suddenly snatched the torch from Taozi's hand, his lips were straight, and the diameter ignited the lead.

Before Mu Yuan's side could withdraw from the cave, the fire and thunder had already begun to explode, the ground was a little shaky, and rocks fell from time to time in the cave.

As soon as I came out of the cave, I heard several explosions of fire and thunder, accompanied by several tremors from under my feet.

"General, I'm afraid the cave has collapsed." He Ming waited for the sound of fire and thunder explosions to stop for a long time, and ran to Mu Yuan's side and shouted loudly.

Mu Yuan looked at He Ming with some confusion, only to see that he was struggling to shout something, but his ears were numb from the shock, and he couldn't hear clearly. He waved his hand at He Ming, and then walked to the mouth of the collapsed cave, where the soldiers commanded the soldiers to remove the rocks and sand.

Seeing that the soldiers had already begun to count the casualties of the soldiers and the number of horse thieves, Mu Yuan felt that he was also a little tired after this battle, so he found a piece of sand that was still clean and had no blood stains and sat down.

After a long time, although my ears still hurt a little, I could already hear the sound of the soft armor touching the soldiers around me when they were busy.

At this time, He Ming came to report

"General, nearly 100 of our soldiers were killed and wounded, and all the horse thieves in the cave have died, including the two horse thieves who resisted to the last minute, who were buried in the rocks and sand, and are now dead of anger."

Mu Yuan rubbed his ears with his hand, He Ming's voice was not very real, and he felt covered with a layer of paper.

"Settle the wounded brothers. By the way, Commander He, how many thieves are in the cave. ”

"Thirteen, the same number of horse thieves we saw going to Lanxiang City before."

"It's just the right number. Could it be that just these thirteen people have disturbed the trade route and Xiliang City, and everyone is terrified? ”

"The last general thought that if the thieves still had reinforcements, then they should come to their aid when they fought last night. But in the end, it was only the thirteen people in the cave. ”

"What Commander He said is reasonable."

"General, what to do with the corpses of these thieves."

"Behead it off and take it back." Mu Yuan looked up and saw that the sky was already bright and the sun had risen, but he didn't expect that a night had passed from fighting the horse thieves here to clearing it. Mu Yuan stood up, patted off the sand on his body, beckoned the soldiers to help the wounded, took the body of the deceased brother and the head of the thief, and returned to the camp. This night was a bit dangerous and tiring, Mu Yuan just wanted to go back and sleep well, and then get up to report to the emperor.

Lan Xiang City

"Third aunt, have you heard, this morning someone saw General Mu returning to the city with the army and carrying the head of a horse thief!"

"Li family, your news is really ill-informed. Not to mention carrying the head of a horse thief, my family has already gone to help the caravan sort out the goods in the morning, and this will be out of the city. ”

"How dare you go out of town so soon?"

"No, the caravan has been waiting in the city for almost a month, and the goods in hand are almost overwhelmed."

"Did anyone send back any news?"

"Definitely, you see the cars and people coming and going on this road, if something happens, these caravans will be so eager to rush to the north of the city?"

"You said that this General Mu is powerful, and he has helped us eradicate the horse thieves in just a few days. How would we live without him? ”

"That's not it. Oops, don't talk about it. The sun was so good this afternoon, I rushed to my daughter's house to help load a few more truckloads. ”

Only overnight, Lanxiang City has changed its appearance, and the scene of busy traffic makes people think that this is the most famous commercial city in the north of Dingtao.

Mu Yuan, who slept for a while, only felt stretched and refreshed, and heard that He Ming had reported that there was a caravan in the city loaded the goods and set off for Xiliang City.

"Why are you so reckless? It is uncertain whether the horse thieves have been wiped out. ”

"Hahaha, it's not that everyone is reckless, first, the businessmen can't afford to delay anymore, and second, your General Mu's brave deeds of killing thieves have been spread all over the city, everyone is too relieved of you."

Mu Yuan saw that He Ming's tone was so relaxed, knowing that the departure caravan must be safe and sound, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and the hanging stone fell in his heart. After greeting He Ming for a few words, he sat in front of the desk and began to write the Tang Newspaper presented to Qingyang Xiu.

On the other side, a large number of caravans began to enter and leave the city while Lanxiang City began, and Xin Ye and his party also mixed into the city.

"Boss, then Mu Yuan really cut off the heads of Wang Dong and the others, as horse thieves, and wants to enter the capital to receive merit."

"Then what's going on over there with Wang Ping."

"I'm in a hurry to find my son, now I just called the servants at home and the chamber of commerce guys to look for it, I'm afraid I should go to Mu Yuan in a few days."

"Then we're going to arrange a good show where father and son recognize each other."

Not long after, Xin Ye and his entourage disappeared from the crowd, the streets of Lanxiangcheng were still so prosperous and stable, as if horse thieves had never appeared.

A few days later, Wang Ping, who was desperate, thought of asking Mu Yuan for help. I searched in the city for a long time, but there was no news of Wang Dong at all. The servant at home, only knew that he had taken away a group of cronies, and no one knew where he went.

Wang Ping hurried all the way to the barracks, and the soldiers could immediately return to Yunjin City to gather with their families because of the eradication of horse thieves, and the atmosphere was particularly joyful. However, Wang Ping was anxious in his heart, and he felt that the smiles on the faces of the soldiers were particularly dazzling.

On the way to Muyuan's camp, Wang Ping saw that some soldiers were fishing out the red cloth from the medicinal soup and wrapping something, and when he passed by, he only smelled a rancid smell. Wang Ping covered his nose in disgust, and hurriedly quickened his pace to meet Mu Yuan.

Entering the tent, Mu Yuan only felt that he had not seen him for a few days, and Wang Ping looked a little haggard. Mu Yuan didn't remember the last time he saw him, if there were so many gray hairs on his temples now.

Wang Ping walked a few steps quickly in front of Mu Yuan, knelt on the ground, and saluted Mu Yuan.

"General, the grass people have something to ask for."

Mu Yuan was a little surprised, Wang Ping was so grand, he didn't know what happened.

"Steward Wang, please hurry up, but it doesn't hurt to say it, Mu Yuan will help you."

"My son Wang Dong has not returned home for several days, and his cronies have disappeared with him. I'd like to ask the general to help me search around the city. ”

"Now that the trade route has reopened, is it possible for Ling Lang to lead his cronies to go to Xiliang City to buy and sell goods first."

"Impossible, no matter how slow the road to Xiliangcheng is here, it will arrive in two days at most, and Dong'er will definitely pass a book to report safety to me." Cao Ming is most afraid that Dong'er has now encountered an accident. ”

"The king is in charge, now that the horse thieves have been eliminated, and the trade routes are repeated and prosperous, Lang will be fine. I will send someone to search the whole process, and Steward Wang can also contact the caravan to see if anyone has seen Ling Lang. ”

"Thank you so much, general, general's great kindness, Wang Ping is unforgettable." After saying that, Wang Ping got up and left, preparing to go home and arrange for people to go to Shangmeng to inquire about the news, Mu Yuan hurriedly sent someone to help Wang Ping out.