Chapter 49: An Unexpected Change

The group rested for the night in Liping County, set off again, and according to the previous plan, stayed overnight in a small town on the border of Liping, and when they arrived in the territory of the next county, Ye Ying and others completed the escort mission.

Doctor Zhong and his subordinates still treated Ye Ying with a caring attitude, and did not even let them take on the duty of guarding at all, but just handed over the accompanying salute to Ye Ying and his soldiers.

According to the original plan, the group headed in the direction of the border of Liping County, and seeing that the time was close to noon, the team in front suddenly stopped, and Ye Ying and the others, who were guarding the material carriage behind, had to stop.

"Sugarcane, go see what's going on?" Sugar cane is the nickname that people give to Gander because his name is a bit close to the pronunciation of sugar cane.

Gander, who had received the order, answered the order, and ran forward, and in a short time he returned, saying that the great doctor had seen the good scenery here, and was ready to stop and enjoy it.

Hearing the reply, Ye Ying couldn't help frowning, this place is a gentle slope on one side, the mountains above are dense forests, and the other side of the road is a steep cliff, looking down there is indeed a bit of scenery, but from the perspective of a strategic location, this is another dangerous place.

Because once there is an ambush in the dense forest on the gentle slope, the group is completely exposed to the enemy's attack, and even if you want to evacuate, it is a very difficult thing.

Although it was estimated that his opinion would not be adopted, because of his duties, Ye Ying still stepped forward and told his thoughts to the housekeeper of the middle doctor, but he was ignored by the housekeeper.

"It's still a soldier of the Berserk Lion Army, and the courage is so small, if there are really bandits coming, we don't need them to do it at all, we can handle it ourselves." The voice was not loud, but Ye Ying, who had excellent ears, could hear that it was the leader of the family who spoke, it was said that this guy had fought in the past, and he was the one who looked down on Ye Ying and his party the most along the way.

There was no way, Ye Ying had to order his subordinates to be vigilant, but thinking about the control range of the Wild Lion Army, there have been no bandits over the years, so there is no need to worry too much about this matter.

It seems that the middle doctor is in a good mood, and he is amazed by the green trees and red flowers on the side of the road, and the spring water flowing down the mountain, and even makes a lot of poetry, and mutters a few words in passing, and his subordinates hurriedly take out a pen and paper to record the "peerless masterpiece" chanted by their master, which took a long time.

At this time, there was a sound from the rear, Ye Ying turned his head to look behind, and saw a group of people not far away, there were more than a dozen, they were pushing several wheelbarrows, each car had a huge wine jar, it seemed that it was a group of wine merchants.

The road in the mountains was rough, so these wine sellers were very careful on their way, paying attention to the observation of the road along the way, ignoring Ye Ying and his party who stopped on the side of the road, and overtook them in a short time.

"That's not right!" When the last of these people walked in front of Ye Ying's eyes, he suddenly reacted.

"What's wrong, boss?" Zhao Hu on the side heard Ye Ying's words, and immediately turned his head, and his words also attracted Shan Fu and Qi Jiao, and several people quickly gathered around Ye Ying.

"This rut mark is very deep, if there is only wine in the altar, it shouldn't be so heavy, in addition, the men who push the cart don't look particularly difficult, they should all be practitioners." Ye Ying pointed to the traces on the road and said to a few people.

"Do you want me to remind them?" Shan Fu had always believed in Ye Ying's words, and hurriedly asked.

"Those guys won't listen to us, you captains remind your brothers and let everyone prepare secretly." Looking at the doctor who was still nostalgic for the scenery not far away, Ye Ying said helplessly.

I hoped that the target of this group of people was not his own group, but the reality once again made Ye Ying even more uneasy, and the group of men selling alcohol actually stopped in front of them, making it look like they were tired and rested.

"Brothers, the situation is not right, let's go over, no matter what, let the team get out of this place as soon as possible." After Ye Ying finished speaking, he led people to approach the position of the middle doctor and his subordinates.

And when Ye Ying and the others just approached the team of the middle doctor, more than a dozen woodcutters came behind them, each carrying two bundles of firewood, blocking the road to death.

At this time, even the unresponsive family members realized that something was wrong, and they all gathered around the gray-haired middle doctor with weapons in their hands.

The men who sold wine in front and the woodcutters behind them no longer concealed their purpose, and they placed the wine jars and bundles of wood in the middle of the road, and immediately blocked the front and back. Then, he took out his sword from the wine jar and the bundle of firewood, and quietly looked at the team in the middle.

Those family members who are usually invincible, when they saw this battle, suddenly lost their previous pride, and just gathered there in a daze, without the next move.

"They are much fewer than us, what are they afraid of? Everyone showed courage, and we protected the adults and the carriage rushed over. The leader of the family had some courage and yelled at his men.

After listening to the leader's words, the family members finally regained some courage, they held their swords tightly in their hands, and began to raise their heads to look at these uninvited guests in front and behind.

But the next moment, the courage that the family had finally mustered was leaked again, because on the gentle slope on the side of the road, many figures suddenly appeared, and there were one or two hundred people.

The people who appeared on the mountain were dressed in a variety of clothes, some of them were simply shirtless, and the weapons in their hands were also different, and they were dressed as standard bandits.

"Lu Tianzhao, get out of here!" At this time, there was a sudden roar on the gentle slope, and everyone below followed the voice, only to see a scar-faced man with a big knife in his hand standing there majestically.

Lu Tianzhao is the name of the middle doctor that Ye Ying and others are responsible for protecting, and at this time he no longer has the pride that he wrote just now.

"The old man is Lu Tianzhao, I don't know what the good man is looking for me." This doctor has finally seen the world, and is much calmer than some of the family members around him.

"Old dog, it's really you, open your dog's eyes and see, who is grandpa?" The scar-faced man swung the big knife in his hand and said viciously.

Listening to the scar-faced man's words, Lu Tianzhao raised his head and stared at the scar-faced man seriously for a long time, but he didn't recognize who this scarface was.

"Good man, the old man looks at you a little familiarly, but he can't remember where he saw you? Maybe there was some misunderstanding in between! Lu Tianzhao thought for a while, raised his head and said loudly to the scar-faced man on the mountain.

"Misunderstanding, may my father's blood feud be misunderstood? Is it a misunderstanding that my family is ruined because of you, an old dog? You don't recognize me, but even if you become me, Chen Tianshun will recognize you. At this time, the scar-faced man was obviously very angry, and the scar on his face looked particularly hideous.

"Ahh You are Tianshun, how did you become a bandit? There is also a scar on his face. Hearing the scar-faced man say this, Lu Tianzhao finally remembered who this person was?

"Old dog, I am a bandit, the scars on my face are not all given by you, when you killed my father and was beheaded, my whole family was a family, except for me who escaped by luck, more than a dozen people in the whole family died of illness in that bitter cold place, this sea of blood and hatred, today I will use your dog's life to make an end." The scar-faced man Chen Tianshun roared again.

"Tianshun, you misunderstood, the old man also made a lot of efforts in your father's case back then, but the evidence is conclusive, and I can't do anything about it......" Lu Tianzhao showed a sad look on his face.

"Fart, you think what you are doing is unaware, you have not counted the jailers to count the father's fellow countrymen, who have already told me everything in the letter back then." Before Lu Tianzhao's words fell, he was interrupted by the angry Chen Tianshun's angry voice.

Regarding the conversation between the two, Ye Ying's people didn't say a word, just listened carefully to the content of the conversation between the two to see if they could resolve this conflict, but after figuring out the ins and outs of the matter, Ye Ying knew that this battle was inevitable.

It turned out that the doctor Lu Tianzhao and Chen Tianshun's father were originally friends in officialdom, because of a case that year, Lu Tianzhao deceived Chen Tianshun's father and took all the responsibility. But Lu Tianzhao not only did not run for Chen Tianshun's father and take care of the Chen family as promised, but instead used the despicable trick of using the knife of the government to kill people and kill people, but he didn't expect the matter to be revealed.

Chen Tianshun, who escaped by luck, went up the mountain and became a bandit, but he never forgot the blood feud of his family. A few days ago, I heard that the enemy Lu Tianzhao was going to pass through this place, so I first tried to lure out a large number of troops from the new battalion of the Wild Lion Army stationed nearby, and then sneaked into this Liping County, preparing to seek revenge on Lu Tianzhao.

Hearing this result, Ye Ying was very sympathetic to Chen Tianshun, and he had no good impression of this doctor Lu Tianzhao, but as a soldier, the orders of the superior must be carried out, so he had to continue to take on the task of protecting Lu Tianzhao.

At this time, the number of bandits had already surpassed Ye Ying and his party, and Lu Tianzhao's gang of family members were usually okay with bullying people, but they were already frightened at the critical moment, and they held the swords and guns in their hands tightly one by one, constantly looking around, for fear that the enemy would rush over.

But the strange thing is that these bandits don't seem to be in a hurry, they surrounded Ye Ying and his party in the middle, but they didn't show signs of attacking.

Seeing that some of these family members were already trembling, Ye Ying felt very helpless, knowing that these guys were unreliable, he stood beside Lu Tianzhao, carefully looking at the bandits on both ends of the road and on the steep slope, and kept thinking about how to get out of this crisis.

"Master, let's rush out!" The leader of the family looked at the enemies on both sides, gritted his teeth and said to Lu Tianzhao.

"But so many things?" Lu Tianzhao looked at the carriages behind him and said with some reluctance.

"At the critical moment, of course, life is more important than property, and besides, within the control of my Berserk Lion Army, it is unlikely that they want to take these carriages?" Listening to Lu Tianzhao's words, Ye Ying said on the side.

"Then listen to the little general, let's rush out together." Lu Tianzhao finally made up his mind, perhaps because he had seen that these family members were unreliable, and began to be polite to Ye Ying, judging them like two people before.

"There are enemies at both ends, which way do we break through?" The leader of the family looked at Ye Ying.

After listening to the words of the leader of the family, Ye Ying looked at both ends of the road, one end was the woodcutter, and the other end was the man selling wine, there were more than ten people, breaking through from either end, and a short distance forward was a wide avenue.

Looking at the large pile of firewood and grass, as well as a few huge wine jars, Ye Ying fell into deep thought, and it didn't take long for his eyes to become clear and firm, obviously having made up his mind.

"Let's rush up the hill!" Ye Ying's words surprised everyone.