The entire convoy was filled with the smoke of gunpowder that gradually dissipated, and the dart masters of the Yangwei Dart Bureau led by Yoshikawa had not been able to completely get out of the panic, and even Cao Chen's legs still trembled slightly when he comforted everyone, although he was out of danger on the surface, but everyone was still not too sure.

The entire convoy did not suffer much damage to its cargo, except for a few wagons whose horses were frightened by the explosion and then crashed into each other and overturned, but the entire convoy of guards, including the Yang Wei Dart Bureau, lost nearly half. And until now, they don't know who set up the ambush to attack them, and they don't even have a rough estimate of the number of people.

There were only a dozen people such as Ding Li and Aguda who showed up from beginning to end, but whether it was Cao Chen, Yoshikawa, or others, they definitely didn't believe that the enemy they faced just now was the only one, but whether it was fifty or eighty, or hundreds, no one knew the answer, only those who had died around them, and the screams of the injured companions kept coming into their ears.

Just after everyone's mood gradually stabilized, a sound of horses' hooves from the back of the convoy suddenly startled everyone, and after turning their heads, they showed faces full of fear, even those outlaws who boasted that they were not afraid of death on weekdays, the hands holding weapons were also trembling slightly, and as the sound of horses' hooves became clearer and clearer in their ears, everything that had just happened in a short period of time had been like a nightmare that had always haunted their hearts, lingering, and not dispersed.

Just when Cao Chen, who had palpitations, was thinking about how to deal with the firecracker horse thieves who had gone and returned, the henchman on the mount next to him suddenly spoke tremblingly, but his tone was not sure, and his face was even more cautious, lest his reminder go wrong: "Okay, it seems to be Fuxu, Fuxu's garrison. ”

"Who knows if it's a horse thief in disguise?!" Cao Chen glanced at his henchmen angrily, and suddenly felt that he was thinking too much, after all, it was the garrison, and the horse thief didn't run away soon, how could he dare to rob the garrison, and then snorted a few times but refused to admit his judgment to his face, and the henchman didn't dare to say anything in this situation at the moment, shrunk his neck and turned his eyes back to the garrison that came over. As the banner of the garrison of Fuxu Town was gradually clearly displayed in front of everyone, Cao Chen suddenly spat to the side, and then scolded angrily: "Fuck it!" What did you do earlier! The horse thieves are finished, and they are upside down! A bunch of rice buckets! ”

"Yes, indeed." Seeing this, the henchman who spoke just now lost no time in nodding and patting his ass, and then the conversation changed, but he also looked at Cao Chen with a cautious face and asked in a low voice: "However, the garrison will arrive in a while, let's say, what do you say?" ”

"What else can I say? Are we idle and killing each other here?! At this time, Cao Chen was like a landmine, whoever touched it would blow it up, after glaring at his henchman viciously, Cao Chen felt that he was too out of shape, swept the surrounding mess in a blink of an eye, gritted his teeth, and told his henchmen in a deep voice: "Go down and order, when the garrison arrives and asks, don't give me a damn mouth!" Let's just say that the horse thieves in ambush are very powerful, and the number of them is too large to count, and we have to resist desperately to have such a result! ”

"Understood!" This henchman has been following Cao Chen for a long time, and he simply nodded and agreed without the slightest hesitation, and his eyes were full of a different kind of wisdom.

At this time, Yoshikawa also brought a few hardcore henchmen to Cao Chen's side, and they did not speak to each other, and after a meaningful look, the two nodded slightly at the same time, and then urged their mounts to slowly walk towards the rear of the convoy.

It was indeed the garrison of Fuxu Town who came, and the one who was headed by Fan Ying Fan Lieutenant who left Fuxu Town in the early morning, but at this time, Fan Ying's men and horses were no longer more than ten horsemen when they were separated from Ding Li and others in the early morning, but a cavalry team of nearly 100 people, which were also under the command of his descendants, and they all went out of the city after dawn to join Fan Ying.

Of course, the reason why Fan Ying arrived so 'timely' is completely inseparable from the previous discussion with Ding Li, as soon as the time comes, Ding Li will lead the crowd to retreat, and Fan Ying will lead his corporals to appear as a timely rescue. Of course, not to mention that Cao Chen and the others didn't know, even Fan Ying's subordinates didn't know, and on the way here just now, some people asked why Captain Fan didn't take everyone back to the city or find a place to rest at noon, but rushed to the direction of Guangzhou Mansion non-stop.

But when the garrison saw that the convoy of the Cao Chamber of Commerce in front of them was looted, everyone couldn't help but gasp, of course, some people secretly rejoiced in their hearts, the battle in front of them was obviously over, and they didn't need to fight hard with the 'thief army' wandering in this area, and maybe Captain Fan could also be rewarded for appearing in time to scare off the thief army, although everyone couldn't get the fame of the real swords and guns on the battlefield, but the reward for not working hard was still very happy.

For the Cao Chamber of Commerce's convoy to happen now, Fan Ying, who knew it, covered it up very well, and when he was far away from the convoy, he pulled out his saber, and even ordered everyone under his command to be vigilant and even ready to fight at any time, and the soldiers were also very cooperative, with a strict posture against the enemy, until there were only 100 steps left from the convoy, as Fan Ying raised the knife in his hand and slowed down the speed of the horse, the speed of the entire cavalry team gradually slowed down, and finally stopped at a distance of sixty or seventy steps between the two sides.

And Cao Chen was finally relieved after seeing that it was Fan Ying, and the big stone pressed on his chest finally slowly fell, although the forces of the two camps were different, but Fan Ying was also a regular captain of the Fuxu Town garrison, Cao Chen was not worried about the other party's bad motives at all.

After arching his hand on horseback, Cao Chen jumped off his mount and walked quickly towards Fan Ying, but Fan Ying only responded with a slight attack on horseback, and Fan Ying, who did not get off the horse, directly urged the mount to meet him, and said loudly: "Brother Cao, forgive me!" Fan is in military affairs, and it is inconvenient to dismount to salute! ”

"It should be, it should be! Captain Fan is polite! Although Cao Chen was very dissatisfied with Fan Ying's actions, he couldn't find anything wrong, not to mention that Cao Chen faintly felt that the departure of the group of firecracker horse thieves just now had a certain connection with the arrival of Fan Ying's team.

Otherwise, the firecracker horse thief will not suddenly retreat when he has the upper hand.

Of course, this is just Cao Chen's wishful thinking analysis and conclusion, and not only that, but more than that, Cao Chen is willing to believe this analysis, or he has been biased towards this one when he analyzes, after all, in this way, his own responsibility will be very small. Although the goods of the convoy were not robbed, nearly half of the accompanying guards were killed or wounded, which is also a big responsibility, and Cao Chen always has to find a way to excuse himself.

"It seems... It's the thief army wandering around again! Fan Ying's blazing eyes quickly swept across the battlefield, but he couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, he didn't expect Ding Li to take only thirty people to toss a convoy with more than two hundred armed forces to such a situation, although it was an ambush in advance to do a sneak attack, but Fan Ying was still secretly frightened, but the expression on his face was very serious, and there was even a hint of hatred, which was a special hatred that could only be shown when facing the thief army.

"What Captain Fan said is true! It is indeed a thief army, and it is very well prepared! Looks like you're prepared! Hearing this, Cao Chen hurriedly pushed the responsibility to the firecracker horse thief, not only that, but also added fuel and vinegar to Fan Ying to tell the process, but also infinitely magnified the number and strength of the firecracker horse thief, and even said that the ordinary firecracker was a special firecracker that could blow up a strong mount.

Fan Ying naturally scoffed at this, and sneered in her heart, how could Fan Ying, who had inspected the scene with Cao Chen, not understand that judging from the firecracker crumbs on the ground, it was completely an ordinary firecracker. However, Fan Ying also felt a little funny in his heart, he didn't expect Ding Li to use this method to open the way before the kill, after all, for people who are not prepared, piles of firecrackers explosion still have a certain deterrent effect, even if the lethality is very limited, people still have a sense of self-protection in their subconscious, especially for firecrackers that will explode. After all, Fan Ying has lived for so many years, and every time there are firecrackers during the festival, Fan Ying has never seen or heard of an example of anyone who lit firecrackers and stood in place waiting for them to explode.

Later, Fan Ying sent people to make a detailed count of the casualties and losses of the convoy, and at the same time sent a small team to appease the guards of the Cao clan and the dart masters of the Yangwei Dart Bureau, and then sent a team of fifty people into the woods to search, saying that they could find any suspicious clues.

Cao Chen and Ji Chuan were not idle, arranging for their respective subordinates to collect the bodies of their dead companions, and at the same time, the two also expressed their gratitude to Fan Ying repeatedly, but the meaning of Cao Chen's words made Fan Ying understand, it was nothing more than that he didn't want Fan Ying to poke this matter out clearly and truthfully, no matter how powerful the firecracker horse thief in Cao Chen's mouth was, but the fact in front of him was that Cao Chen and Ji Chuan suffered nearly half of the casualties, and until now, no corpse of any firecracker horse thief was found at the scene. Cao Chen was worried about whether his young master Cao Xiangming could easily spare himself.

"There's a corpse here!" There was a sudden exclamation in the woods, and then a gang leader ran out of the woods in a panic, first saluted Fan Ying with a fist, straightened his waist and then reported loudly: "Captain Fan!" A buried corpse was found in the woods! After a simple check, it looks like he died not long ago! Even the buried soil is loose! ”

"Really? This gang of thieves is too bold to even have the time to bury the corpses of their companions! Hearing this, Fan Ying was deliberately stunned for a moment, turned his head to Cao Chen and cast a puzzled look, muttered a few times in his mouth, shook his head, stretched out his hand and waved towards the gang leader, and strode towards the woods: "Go!" Take us there! ”