Chapter 720 Robbers
The road is not easy to walk at night, especially when we go up the mountain ahead, the road starts to get rough. It is said to be thirty miles, but the effort is as much as sixty miles.
It rains all night, and snowflakes suddenly fall from the sky.
Standing here, we can only eat the northwest wind as popsicles. The people have no choice but to urge the cattle and horses to move forward amid complaints.
"The bandits are getting more and more rampant."
"Isn't it said that the army of Panlong City is very powerful? Why don't you care about the robbers on this road?"
"My horse can't move anymore."
"I won't come next time. I'm afraid I can make money but not live to spend it!"
There were complaints in the team, but He Lingchuan ignored them and only talked to Menban and others.
Menban and others took the order and went to explain the arrangements.
Sun Fuling was watching from the side, and suddenly said to He Lingchuan: "Did you get promoted again?"
"Hmm?" He Lingchuan touched his face, a little complacent, "How can you tell?"
Sun Fuling's cheeks showed a little dimple: "Bossy!"
"This is called commanding!"
At this time, Dingzi came to report: "The wounded said that the Qinglang Post Station was attacked about two hours ago. The enemies were all water bandits, about fifty or sixty people. They entered the post station and set it on fire and looted, and stole food, horses and guests' belongings."
"I heard that the last attack was seven days ago. The merchants are right. These robbers are getting more rampant." Menban said bitterly, "If this continues, the trade route will be greatly affected."
"Cheer up and increase the scope of vigilance." He Lingchuan exhaled, "Notify the brothers, the people and horses chew food and pick up their things. Hunlonggang is ten miles ahead."
As soon as it snowed, it got dark quickly. After more than ten breaths, the scenery fifty feet away could not be seen clearly.
The caravan lit torches and continued on their way.
The peregrine falcon flew down again and said, "Those two stupid birds flew away, and they won't follow us anymore."
"That's because we only have one way to the south, which must pass Hunlonggang." Willow said, "There's no need for them to follow us anymore."
He Lingchuan took out a knife and handed it to Sun Fuling: "Master, can you use a knife?"
I'm afraid they will start to get busy.
"Of course." Sun Fuling took the knife and hid it under her cloak, "You don't have to worry about me for a while."
He Lingchuan knew that she was never hypocritical. If she said she didn't have to worry about it, then she really didn't have to worry about it.
In the bitter wind and snow, the caravan arrived at Hunlonggang.
The high and low hills were covered with stone nests.
There are two necessary roads to the free port, and Hunlonggang is one of them. Although it is not easy to walk, it is much better than the other road. For so many years, the caravans coming and going have all taken Hunlonggang.
Halfway through the journey, the road became narrower and narrower, and the scout in front suddenly blew a loud whistle -
There is an ambush!
Then, a rain of arrows suddenly came from above.
The merchants and passengers held their heads and hid behind the car without saying a word, leaving the scene to the guards.
Isn't it to keep you safe when hiring them to accompany you?
The guards had just driven the cars and horses into a circle to form a car formation, and the robbers on the high ground threw homemade landmines at them, which made the livestock scream. Then, the gang of bandits rushed down with weapons waving.
There were more than a hundred people, and some people on the hillside suddenly shot arrows to support their companions. The cooperation was quite skilled, which showed that these things had been done a lot.
At this time, the bandits heard a voice from the caravan, calm and brief:
"Turn off the engine, kill people!"
The torches in the caravan went out with a few puffs.
The torches at night were targets, and it was easier to kill people in the dark after they were extinguished.
It was a snowy night of murder. The leader of the caravan huddled behind the car, only to hear the clash of weapons outside, exclamations, screams, and curses.
He was brave enough to look at the situation outside the carriage, but as soon as he stretched his head, his face became hot and was soaked by a handful of salty liquid.
He quickly retracted his head and smacked his lips. Blood?
Ah, bah, bah, bah!
At this time, a three or four-year-old child on the opposite side came out from behind his mother and crawled to pick up the toys outside the carriage.
The businessman was shocked: "Don't go..."
Before he finished speaking, a bandit was knocked away by the door panel's shield and landed on the toy.
Seeing that the door panel was about to rush in, he grabbed the child and put a knife to his neck: "Don't move, or I will kill it!"
The door panel paused.
At this moment, someone quietly walked behind the robber, twisted the robber's arm, and the blade he was holding flew away.
The robber felt something light in his hand, and he didn't react. Then his cheek hurt, and his eyes went dark...
Everyone present heard a muffled "bang". The robber's neck was kicked crooked, and he fell headfirst, unconscious. Something in his mouth was kicked seven feet away and fell into the merchant's hand.
The merchant suddenly felt something in his hand. He looked down and found that it was a bloody tooth! He was so scared that he threw it away quickly.
Sun Fuling stood up calmly and picked up the child on the ground: "This is too dangerous."
The child just grinned at her. How could he understand the word "dangerous" when his teeth were not fully grown?
Master Sun: "..."
She stuffed the child back into his mother's arms: "Watch it, don't crawl around."
"Uh." The door panel that witnessed everything scratched his head. Master looked like a delicate beauty, but when she beat people, she was more fierce than a willow branch? No wonder He Lao Da was so afraid of her. Looking at the unconscious robber again, his chin quickly became engorged with blood and swollen bigger than a steamed bun.
Hiss, it's all right here, he turned around to help Willow.
After about half a quarter of an hour, the sound of fighting in the dark gradually died down.
Someone shouted to retreat, and the sound of horse hooves came from near and far.
The merchants didn't dare to breathe.
Soon, there was no movement around.
That peaceful voice sounded again: "Light the fire, the fight is over."
Torches lit up one after another, and the caravan members climbed up from behind the car and saw the mess on the ground -
People fell to the ground, blood flowed all over the ground.
But most of them were strangers.
"The robbers were repelled?" Everyone looked at each other, "We won?"
The lazy boy stood in the front, and a few drops of blood slid down the tip of the shiny knife, dripping on the white snow.
The caravan leader subconsciously retracted his legs to prevent blood from dripping on his boots.
The boy noticed it, and the knife in his hand disappeared with a flick.
The other guards, their weapons were stained with blood and hair, and they were full of murderous aura.
However, the guards followed his lead. Even the few who were chasing the bandits and returning bowed their heads to him and said, "Commander, six or seven people have escaped."
"No need to chase them." He Lingchuan waved his hand, "Let them go back and pass on the news."
"Commander?" The caravan leader looked around, "You, are you a soldier?"
They clearly only hired two teams of guards.
"Dafeng Army." Menban wiped off the red and white things on the shield, "You are lucky to meet us fishing in plain clothes."
The caravan was overjoyed to hire the Dafeng Army as guards, and they all thanked them. Burning incense before going out really worked!
The Dafeng Army escorted the caravan through the post, and after successfully arriving at the next post station, they headed northeast.
The most dangerous section of Xiji Road has passed, and the escort mission that He Lingchuan and others did by the way has been completed. Next, they will go to Yuheng City.