Twilight quietly descended, the last ray of rays faded, and the stars began to appear in the velvet-like dark blue sky.

The vast caravan also camped by an unknown small river. Each caravan has a tent, and hundreds of large tents are lying on the west bank of the river, like a huge blooming peony.

The goods were all unloaded and put into the big tent. The mule and camel lie outside the big tent to rest. After walking for a day, the merchants were exhausted and fell asleep.

The soldiers also had their own tents, and most of the soldiers were resting in the tent. Liu Wuzhou arranged more than 20 soldiers to stand guard around to prevent them from being attacked by dark horse thieves at night.

So far, Liu Wuzhou has done a great job of doing it. He sent thirty cavalry to explore along the way every day to find clues of the dark horse thief. Every time he camped, he sent at least twenty sentries to patrol within three miles of the caravan to ensure safety at night.

In fact, they will arrive in Qifubo tomorrow, and they are safe all the way. I don’t know if it is because of the army guards or their luck, but the dark horse thief has not shown up yet.

Many merchants breathed a sigh of relief and secretly thanked that they had the right choice. Although the first batch had the greatest risk, the profit was also the highest. As the goods increased, the prices of the caravans in the next few batches would definitely fall.

Time passed slowly, and at the fourth update, Zhang Xuan was woken up by a guard of Li Shentong, "Young Master, Cheng Zhijie is back."

Zhang Xuan sat up suddenly and asked anxiously: "Where is the person?"

"He was discovered by the soldiers on the patrol and taken to Liu Wuzhou by them. He should be in Liu Wuzhou's camp now."

Zhang Xuan slept in a trouser. He grabbed his sword, stood up and walked quickly towards Liu Wuzhou's big tent.

Cheng Yaojin left with Li Shentong's two guards, but he returned alone. But Yaojin was very cunning. He circled a big circle and returned from the south. When he was two miles away from the camp, he was surrounded by seven or eight cavalrymen. The cavalry brought him back to meet Liu Wuzhou.

Liu Wuzhou had just been woken up by the soldiers. When he heard that Zhang Xuan's subordinates had left the team in the middle of the night, he was really surprised, fearing that Zhang Xuan would discover his secret, so he immediately rushed to the big tent to inquire.

"I advise you to tell me the truth, where did you go after leaving the team? Don't let me suspect that you have collusion with the dark horse thief!"

Although Liu Wuzhou's tone was tough, Cheng Yaojin said impatiently: "I told you that I don't want to do it anymore and wanted to slip away halfway, but I found that the account was wrong. Mr. Zhang seemed to give me fifty coins less money, so he came back again. Do you think I have a collusion with the Black Horse Thief? It's just that I'm a big-headed ghost. This is my first time in Mayi County."

Liu Wuzhou was furious and drew his sword to rush towards Cheng Yaojin. At this time, Zhang Xuan's voice came from the door, "Please show mercy to General Liu!"

Liu Wuzhou stopped and glared at Cheng Yaojin and said, "Look at your master's face, I will spare your life for the time being. If you dare to speak rudely again, see how I cut you alive!"

Zhang Xuan had just arrived at Liu Wuzhou's tent. When he arrived in time, he called Liu Wuzhou. He walked to the door of the tent and bowed and smiled: "General Liu, I have been a little scholar since I was a child and no one has disciplined me. I always cause trouble. Can I hand him over to me? I will definitely strictly control him and prevent him from causing trouble for the general."

Although Liu Wuzhou suspected Cheng Yaojin's intention to leave the team, he had no evidence and had to give Zhang Xuan a face. After all, Zhang Xuan was the guard of the King of Yan, and was appointed as the crown prince Qianniu, and was not an ordinary businessman.

He whispered and asked the sentry next to him, "Where did you catch him?"

“In the south!”

Liu Wuzhou thought to himself that if he came from the south, he might not have discovered anything.

Thinking of this, he turned around and smiled at Zhang Xuan and said, "Since it is Mr. Zhang's friend, I will naturally not make things difficult for him. Please take him back and strictly regulate it. Don't leave the team easily, otherwise there will be danger."

"Thank you, General Liu!"

Zhang Xuan winked at Cheng Yaojin. Cheng Yaojin snorted, and did not say hello to Liu Wuzhou. He walked out of the tent with big strides. Liu Wuzhou looked gloomy and looked at Cheng Yaojin walking away. If it weren't for Zhang Xuan's face, he would have to break one of the crazy players' legs!

"How is it?" Zhang Xuan asked in a low voice after leaving the tent.

Cheng Yaojin sneered, "You really got it right. There are no Turkic merchants in Qifubo. I saw many Turkic troops, at least two or three thousand people, with a pocket already set up, just waiting for us to get in!"

‘Turkish army?’

Zhang Xuan thought about it and remembered that Chai Shao said that the Black Horse Thieves were the subordinates of the high priest, not the Turkic military. Now the Turkic army has appeared again. Then this time, there are two Turkic forces who cut off the business road.

Zhang Xuan suddenly understood that Liu Wuzhou did not collude with the dark horse thief, but secretly colluded with the Turkic army. Although the Turkic army could not invade the territory of the Great Sui Dynasty like the dark horse thief, they also had the greed to seize caravan property like the dark horse thief.

So they set up a trap in Qifubo and waited for these caravans to go north and fall into the trap.

But the Turkic army did not want to fight with the Sui army's guards, which is why Liu Wuzhou volunteered to be the leader of the guards.

On the one hand, he wanted to bring Zhao Shan, a big fat sheep, to the Turkic army, and on the other hand, he also wanted to lead the Sui cavalry to leave the battlefield at a critical moment. As long as the army was not damaged, the Sui Dynasty would not care about the life or death of a few merchants.

Cheng Yaojin whispered again: "The other two brothers who were with me were responding to each other in the south. I have found the loopholes in Liu Wuzhou's sentry, and called Chai Ge'er and Lao Shentong. We will leave immediately. As for other merchants, let them feed the wolf!"

Zhang Xuan glared at him and said angrily: "When you want to go together, who do these hundreds of people have parents, wives and children? Let them all die in the grassland? Can you do such a thing?"

Cheng Yaojin turned his face and curled his lips disdainfully. This guy is going to be a good person again.

Zhang Xuan ignored him and walked quickly towards Zhao Dan's big tent. To let the merchants follow them and retreat south, Zhao Dan must take the lead.

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On a grass hill about a few miles away from the caravan camp, several men in black were standing. The leader was Liang Shidu, the leader of the black horse thief.

In fact, the dark horse thief was disbanded after being severely injured ten years ago. This time, the Liang army just borrowed the title of the dark horse thief, wearing the costumes of the dark horse thief, and was ordered by Mr. Beijing to bloodshed the caravans heading north.

Among the eight divisions of Jinshan Palace, Liang Shi is the third division, and it is also the Han people. His hundreds of subordinates were all desperate people. They fled from the Central Plains to the Great Wall. They were taken away by Jinshan Palace and became the subordinates of Liang Shidu. There were a total of 470 people. This time he led 200 knights to disguise the black horse thieves and bloody the Han caravan.

At this time, two hundred neatly-clad black knights were lined up behind Liang Shidu. They held battle swords and spears in their hands. As long as Liang Shidu gave the order, they would pounce on the caravan in the distance like wolves.

Everyone was itchy, longing for wealth and killing people. Even the war horses under their crotch were infected by the murderous aura of their masters, spraying heavily, and constantly knocking on the ground with their horse's hooves.

Liang Shi was coldly looking at the caravan camp several miles away. The reason why he followed the caravan without taking action was not because the caravan was guarded by the Sui army, but because he knew that the caravan had been booked by Qifubo's Turkic army.

That was the army of Shi Shu Huxi, the best favorite minister around Shibi Khan of the Turks. He dared not offend him for the time being, otherwise he would anger Shibi Khan and even the high priest might not be able to protect him.

But Master Liang was not willing to accept it. He peeked out on the periphery like a pack of wolves, looking for opportunities to raid.

At this time, a centurion whispered: "Since we can't eat this group of merchants, we might as well go south to eat those small caravans. They have replaced a lot of furs and medicinal materials, and may not be able to walk fast, and we should be able to catch up."

Master Liang glanced at his subordinates and said coldly: "Can those small bones be full?"

The centurion quickly lowered his head and whispered: "But... they will arrive in Qifubo tomorrow. Beizhi is worried that there will be no chance."

Liang Shidu sneered and said, "There is a royal caravan here, which is fat. The leader named Zhao is very slick. Once he finds something wrong, he will escape immediately. We will wait on the periphery. If we can eat this royal caravan, it will not be in vain."

Master Liang was full of expectations for this fat piece of meat.

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Chapter completed!