Chapter 237: Ambush
In the past two days, although Yan Liqiang and the other guards have been staying in the Gray Family Market, Liang Yijie's attention to the Black Wind Thieves has not relaxed.
After the Black Wind Thieves retreated that night, although Liang Yijie had no way to track those Black Wind Thieves to determine the specific location and location of the Black Wind Thieves, he sent guards every day to watch the roads that could be passed near the Gray Family Collection, and set up an ambush to catch them off guard when he was watching whether those Black Wind Thieves would cunningly go around the road in front of them.
In fact, after the Black Wind Thieves retreated that night, there really wasn't any sign of bypassing the Gray Family Market and running to the road ahead of them to continue the ambush.
The priest from the Flame God Cult of the Sand Turf Alliance died, Ali Gujin also died, and the Black Wind Thieves suffered setbacks one after another in the two operations, losing their troops and losing their troops, in this case, the Black Wind Thieves' ability to act without a leader was naturally greatly reduced, and perhaps there was already chaos inside, and there were many disputes.
Therefore, when Yan Liqiang and them left the Gray Family Collection, although those Black Wind Thieves did not appear, one thing is certain, the Black Wind Thieves' brigade must be behind Sun Bingchen and their team.
Leaving the Gray Family Collection, Yan Liqiang and their next target was Fengming City in Lanzhou.
Fengming City is only more than 400 miles away from the gray family set, this distance, although it seems that it is not far in the map mountain, but in fact, because the wild road is difficult, you need to go over the mountains and mountains, even if you ride a rhinosaurus horse, you need to walk in the wild for three days to reach Fengming City.
This road is the most difficult part of Yan Liqiang's journey, this road is sparsely populated, full of wilderness, and at the same time, this road is also a territory where the Black Wind Thieves can wreak havoc over the years, once Yan Liqiang and they pass Fengming City, the further they go east, the more populous the population, the more prosperous the place, the cities are one after another, the garrisons of the Han Empire are everywhere, in those places, the Black Wind Thieves will never dare to enter, so if the Black Wind Thieves are not willing to continue to want to find Yan Liqiang and them, they can only catch up with Yan Liqiang and them on the road from the Gray Family to Fengming City, it is possible。
Now that they know this, the place where Yan Liqiang and them set the trap is naturally on this road.
Such a place was quickly found, and on the evening of the day when Yan Liqiang and them left the gray family set, a canyon appeared in front of Yan Liqiang and them, and when they passed through the canyon, Yan Liqiang kept looking up at the mountains on both sides of the canyon.
This canyon is not as treacherous as the Wolf's Tooth Valley, but it is also the key pass on this road, the bottom of the whole canyon is less than 100 meters wide, the narrowest is only twenty or thirty meters, the valley is rocky and overgrown, overgrown with weeds, and on both sides of the canyon, it is a ridge of uneven height, those ridges, bare, except for stones, there is nothing, there is fifty or sixty meters at the lowest point, the highest, almost more than 100 meters, riding a rhinosaurus horse from the canyon can never rush up, many places, even ordinary people are difficult to climb up with their bare hands.
Riding a rhino dragon horse in the valley, Yan Liqiang looked left and right for a while, and as soon as he clamped the rhino dragon horse between his legs, he rushed to the middle of the team, and walked side by side with Liang Yijie, the two people on the horse exchanged glances, and both of them had already seen what the other was thinking.
"Brother Liang, let's go here, let's choose a place here, if the Black Wind Thieves dare to chase after them, we will teach them a cruel lesson here!" Yan Liqiang said to Liang Yijie.
Liang Yijie nodded, "Let's go and ask what the adults mean!"
"Good!"
The two of them rode a rhinosaurus horse to Sun Bingchen's side.
Sun Bingchen was also looking at the terrain and mountains here, and when he saw Yan Liqiang and Liang Yijie riding over together, he already knew what the two of them wanted to ask, so he didn't need the two of them to speak, Sun Bingchen nodded, "If you set up an ambush here, you can indeed occupy the geographical convenience, if you want to do it, just do it, let's find a place to camp outside the valley tonight, you guys are ready!"
Yan Liqiang and Liang Yijie both nodded.
Maybe even Yan Liqiang didn't realize it himself, but unconsciously, Sun Bingchen's reliance on him gradually put him and Liang Yijie together.
Since it was decided to ambush here, the rest of the things are simple, there is only one thing, that is, to find a suitable place for ambush in this valley, and the selection criteria for the ambush location are also very simple, one is that you can give full play to the geographical advantage, but you can condescendingly give the black wind thief the maximum damage to the chasing, and the second is that if the momentum is not right, it is convenient for everyone to retreat immediately, and the black wind thief will not catch up immediately.
Under the requirements of these two standards, Yan Liqiang and the others did not spend much effort, so they found a suitable place for ambush in this canyon.
The height of that place from the ground of the canyon is more than eighty meters, and the mountain walls on both sides are steep, not to mention horseback riding, even if a person wants to climb up, not a master, it is basically impossible, in Yan Liqiang's own eyes, if he does not use tools, he wants to climb up, it is enough.
The road in the canyon became winding and narrow, four or five miles long, and the eight horses were a little crowded when they walked together, and if they wanted to climb the ridges on either side, they could only climb up from the back of the ridge by bypassing the twists and turns of the canyon.
Yan Liqiang and they set up the camp for the night on a hillside outside this canyon, and after setting up the tent for the night and making an appearance, they left more than ten guards and more than a dozen wounded people to make a show in the camp where they stayed overnight, living and cooking, lighting cooking cigarettes, and then there were less than seventy people left, as well as Sun Bingchen and Ye Tiancheng, so they rode their horses again, made a big circle, came to the back of the ridge, left the horses in a ravine outside the valley, and let a few guards take care of them, and a group of people all climbed to the ridge with their things, one by one, ready to ambush, just waiting for the arrival of the Black Wind Thieves。
Originally, Liang Yijie meant to let Sun Bingchen stay in the camping place and not have to risk here, but Sun Bingchen vetoed it, and Sun Bingchen said that he would come and see it in person.
Sun Bingchen was coming, so Ye Tiancheng naturally didn't worry about staying in the camp, for fear that something would go wrong, so he brought Ye Tiancheng over just now so that he could take care of it.
After arranging everything, a group of people found a leeward place on the ridge to rest, covered their heads and snorted dry food, not allowed to light fires, not allowed to make loud noises, all actions were under command, and everyone was holding their breath, one by one, waiting for the black wind thieves to come to the door.
The sky slowly darkened, and the black wind thief was still nowhere to be seen, so Yan Liqiang sat behind a stone, took out the horned python bow, and maintained the bowstring.
The bowstring of the horned python bow is made of horned python tendons, so the maintenance is also very simple, you only need to use the meat fat on the horned python's body, gently wipe the bowstring, after absorbing the fat on the meat fat, the bowstring of the horned python bow can remain tight and energetic, and not afraid of water vapor corrosion.
"Yan Guard, you say...... Will those black wind thieves come?" At some point, a young guard quietly touched Yan Liqiang's side, sat down against the stone beside Yan Liqiang, and asked Yan Liqiang a question in a voice with a bitter hatred that could not be concealed.
Yan Liqiang raised his gaze from the bowstring of the horned python bow, and glanced at the guard who came to him to ask questions, and that guard was Hu Haihe.
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ps: I recommend a very potential, very worthwhile history "Tang Dynasty Blood Blade", the author of this book is Cheng Zhi, a classmate of the tiger in the Lu Academy, a screenwriter of a regular historical film and television drama, has a unique understanding and insight into Chinese history, and pays special attention to the restoration of historical details. Adult is a title only in the Qing Dynasty, and in the Tang and Song dynasties, we Han people called court officials adults, which is ignorance of history", Cheng Zhi was heartbroken.