Chapter 116: Action
Today is a rare good weather, although the sunlight is not as strong as the summer day, but it is also warm.
Xiao Minghuan was wearing a suit of armor, and his body was covered with a mink fur embroidered with a silver four-clawed dragon pattern, and his eyes were pale and yellow, and he had never been happy since he entered the territory of Liangzhou.
Who sees such a bare scene, and can be happy every day when they are frozen on the horse?
Follow the local customs, in the winter, Xiao Minghuan also wore a fur hat on his head.
At this time, his face was red from the cold, and the fingers holding the reins were stiff.
Although the sunlight falling on his body was warm, Xiao Minghuan still felt the cold wind blowing on his face, the faster the horse, the colder he became, and his face was stiff.
He slowed down his horse and rode his horse slowly to the front, and the infantry cavalry behind him naturally had no opinion. They are all from Kyoto, but they have not suffered from the march in the winter, and the winter wind in Liangzhou is really cold to the bone.
Wan Jinlan was wrapped in an earthy yellow robe, wrapped his head and face very tightly, and lay halfway up the mountain to look at the "ant army" in the distance.
Xiao Feng didn't let her come today, but he couldn't resist her.
Wan Jinlan just wanted to see how unlucky Xiao Minghuan would be today.
Outside Kyoto, the eyes of him and Wan Qiuyu made her unforgettable, and she had the opportunity to see the excitement, why didn't she come and see it with her own eyes?
The speed of the group was so slow that she doubted her eyes, and when she saw the convoy stopping at Feiyingkou for repairs, Wan Jinlan was even more speechless.
After two pillars of incense, we set off again.
When the convoy passed under her, she saw that about 300 forbidden troops were opening the way in front, less than 100 cavalry, followed by more than 200 carts of grain and grass in the middle, including more than 10 carriages with boxes, and about 100 cavalry and hundreds of infantrymen, all wearing armor and carrying red tasseled spears.
The situation of the convoy has long been passed back, and Wan Jinlan also drew drawings for Li Mazi to hand over, and Peng Lin should know the situation of the convoy well.
Peng Lin was asking for money, and it was useless to ask for grain and grass, and the best way was to cut off the convoy from the grain and grass and the wagons loaded with military salaries.
Due to the complete survey of the Feiyingkou section of the road, someone gave him another idea, and Peng Lin was full of confidence this time.
Seeing the carriage loaded with grain and grass coming to the bottom of his eyes, Peng Lin waved his hand, and the horse bandits above frantically threw stones downward, accurately separating the carriage loaded with silver in the middle.
The loess rolled, fascinating the eyes of Xiao Minghuan and the forbidden army, and the horses were rampaged by Jingyi.
Wan Jinlan stretched out his head and saw that the convoy was successfully cut off, and in the smoke and dust, the convoy in front had been scattered and fled, the cavalry was busy controlling the horses, and many of the infantry's heads were smashed and bleeding, and the team was instantly scattered.
Xiao Minghuan took care of himself, and he was afraid of being thrown down by the horse.
He really didn't expect that someone would dare to attack the convoy sent by the imperial court to deliver military supplies.
Along the way, he led his men and horses to wherever he went, not to be honored by the guests, and to accept the flattery of the local officials.
The convoy behind was also in disarray, and the soldiers who turned around and fled back were dizzy by the scattered horses, and the screams and neighing of the horses sounded in the billowing smoke.
Xiao Feng surveyed the Flying Eagle Pass several times and made a perfect plan to pass on to Peng Lin.
There was also a passage on the right side of the hill in the middle of the convoy that allowed the wagons to escape, which was disguised by Penlin with piles of straw and rubble.
Except for those who are very familiar with this section of the road, there is no exit at all in the anxious situation of headless flies and smoke billowing down.
Peng Lin saw that the forbidden army below was out of fashion, and after shouting, more than 30 horse bandits quickly arrived at the bottom of the mountain from the mountain, picked up all the straw and stone piles, and cleared out a passage.
When all the wagons carrying the silver were transferred, the bandits blocked the passage with stones in an attempt to delay time.
Wan Jinlan looked at the chaos below, looked at the miserable situation of the forbidden army, and said: "We are no different from these horse bandits now, will we be punished by God in the future?" ”
Some of these forbidden soldiers have families and small families, and some may never go back.
Xiao Feng held her hand, "If there is a curse, I will be punished first." ”
Wan Jinlan felt that her heart was extremely cold and hard, maybe she was not a good person in her bones.
The forbidden army, which still had the ability to move, worked together to break through the boulder pile in front of them, break a passage for people to cross, clear the passage where Peng Lin and them escaped, and chased Peng Lin and his gang with their legs with their spears.
Peng Lin left more than a dozen people to block the road, and in the middle of the road, he unloaded six or seven out of ten boxes containing silver to the spare place, erased the traces, and then drove the carriage to Python Mountain.
When they arrived at Python Mountain, Peng Lin and everyone threw all the boxes into the door of the cottage.
"Penlin, what good things did you get back?" The horse bandit guarding the door looked at the brother who came back from outside with a strange face, carrying the box into the cottage with a disgraced face.
Peng Lin, who was throwing the box, had a sinister smile in his eyes, "I listened to my brother-in-law and robbed the silver sent by the imperial court." ”
"Why don't you hurry up and help, get the carriage in, we're going to sweep the tail up."
Peng Lin and the horse bandits who participated in the operation simply went to the stable to untie the horse rope, and rode away under the suspicious and confused eyes of the horse bandits in the cottage.
When Wu Dangjia came out in shock when he heard the report from his subordinates, and saw the boxes of silver ingots that had been opened in front of him, his face was extremely ugly.
The eyes of the unknown horse bandits under him lit up, "Boss, is it really okay to rob the imperial court's military salary?" ”
Wu Dangjia slapped and shouted, "Idiot, of course there is a problem!" ”
Wu Dangjia was extremely irritable, if the people of the imperial court found out about Python Mountain, the iron ore in Python Mountain would not be able to hold it.
"Quickly go and send a message to the eldest prince, informing him that I was framed by my subordinates, and that a traitor appeared in the village and robbed the silver sent by the imperial court, and asked him how he was doing?"
"Hurry up and go to the government to find the county order, and ask him to use the county soldiers to find a way to stop the people and horses of the imperial court."
is also the eldest prince, the county order is unreasonable.
Xiao Minghuan sat on the loess slope with a disgraced face and bandaged the wound on his head, and a forbidden army rode back from a distance.
Xiao Minghuan immediately stood up, "How, can you find the whereabouts of the robbed silver?" ”
"Your Highness, we tracked all the way, the chariot seal disappeared outside a cottage, the county soldiers said, the mountain is called Python Mountain, there is a nest of horse bandits in it, entrenched here for many years, extremely brave."
Xiao Minghuan said angrily: "It's really unreasonable! A group of horse bandits dared to rob the imperial court for money, and it was still the place where Liangzhou was governed, as if it were an uncivilized place. ”
"Go to Qingyuan County to find the county order, and on the order of the main hall, the county soldiers will be transferred to cooperate with the forbidden army to go up the mountain to suppress the bandits, find the silver, and tell the county order that if the silver can't be recovered, his head will definitely not be guaranteed."
The forbidden army rushed to the county, and the king said: "Your Highness, the top priority is to get the salary back, and I don't know how many twists and turns will be there during the period when the county soldiers come, so why don't we go to Python Mountain first." ”
Xiao Ming's face was as black as paper, "Commander Wang, if you can't find the silver, the palace will be reprimanded by your father when you return to Kyoto, and whether you can keep your head is a problem." ”
Commander Wang clenched his fists solemnly, "The minister must do his best." ”
Watching the forbidden army team below regain their strength and clear the road after ordering people, Wan Jinlan also breathed a sigh of relief from above.
The horse bandits and the forbidden army did not go head-to-head at all, Peng Lin only wanted to grab the silver, the convoy was divided into three sections, the front and back two sections were the majority of the number of forbidden troops, and the forbidden army was seriously injured in the surprise and was not able to dodge, but there were no deaths.
If she dies less, she will feel less guilt.
(End of chapter)