Chapter 94: Robbery of the Zhai Family Caravan (1)
Outside the Fushun Pass, which was damaged by the Later Jin army, a medium-sized caravan left Fushun Pass and marched towards the Changbai Mountains in the northeast. The caravan had about 100 armed guards, more than 500 carts, more than 300 carts, nearly a thousand animals such as mules, horses, donkeys, etc. The caravan was full of goods, and the mules pulling the caravan took a hard step, carrying heavy goods, and walking hard. The caravan flag was the Dashengkui caravan of the Shanxi merchant Zhai Tang.
"It seems like there is a team of horse thieves in front! There are about four hundred people." A caravan guard who went to explore the way came back to report.
"What are you afraid of!" Dashengkui's accountant Zhai Fa said disapprovingly, "The horse thieves are afraid when they see our business banners! What's more, the people sent by the Four Beile to pick us up are almost here!"
Two miles away, in the coniferous forest with leaves falling from the hillside on the roadside, a team of ragged horse thieves who looked like farmers were waiting on the ground. There was also a big brown bear, squatting on the ground, as obedient as a pet dog, allowing a big man to touch its head. Among the team of horse thieves, more than twenty were Gao Shixin's Jinyiwei, more than thirty were Man Gui, Huang Degong's group of Liaodong cavalry pretended to be horse thieves, and the remaining more than 300 were real horse thieves.
Most of the real horse thieves were the original Liaodong military households. The military households that could not survive fled, and some of them joined the bandit gang and made a living by robbery. Some horse thieves worked for the Later Jin Dynasty, but were annihilated by Gao Shixin. The remaining horse thieves remained in a conscience and knew that they should not work for Jiannu, who had beaten to the death, so these people were secretly attracted by Gao Shixin.
"Everyone is also from a military household in Liaodong. He once fought with Jiannu to death. This caravan actually took the blame for the world and gave grain and iron tools to Jiannu! If it weren't for the grain provided by these profiteers, Jiannu would have starved to death! If it weren't for the iron tools provided by these profiteers, where did Jiannu get the iron weapons? So if we robbed this caravan, we don't have to worry about what the court would do to us." Gao Shixin said to the horse thieves.
After all, he was going to do black work, so Gao Shixin could not let too many of his people come out. Most of the caravans were robbed by local horse thieves.
"But if we kill the caravan that colludes with Jiannu, how can we continue here in the future?" asked a strong man with a thief-headed look.
"You don't have to worry about this. When you finish this vote, I will make arrangements for you. If you want to continue to follow me, then join the officers and soldiers; if it is not like living a life of blood licking from a knife, I will arrange a place for you to live a good life in Northern Zhili and Shandong, live and work in peace, and marry a wife to pass on the family line."
"I am willing to follow the general to the death!" said the thief.
"We are also willing to follow the general to the death!" Dozens of thieves said one after another.
Most horse thieves still proposed to live in the city, want to find a piece of land, live and work in peace, get married and have children. After all, they have had too many hard days and have been doing some blood licking from the knife. Every day, they don’t know if they can see the sun the next day. They really don’t want to live such a frightened life, so they all want a stable life in the future.
Gao Shixin said: "Everyone has their own ambitions. What kind of life you want to live is your own choice. First of all, we have to finish this vote first! After this matter is done, no matter whether you have done bad things before, those who follow me will kill Jiannu and make contributions! Those who don't want to follow me will be good in the future, don't do bad things anymore, and change your past mistakes! I will not blame you!"
"Thank you, General!" The horse thieves who were unwilling to join the army and just wanted to live the rest of their lives safely said one after another.
At this time, the night outside didn't receive a report: "General, the Zhai family caravan is less than one mile away!"
"Prepare to start!" Gao Shixin raised his hand and stood up first, patted Xiong Da, signaling Xiong Da to get up too. Gao Shixin did not need to ride a horse. He used a pedal bow to fight, which was more powerful than riding a horse.
The soldiers and horse thieves boarded the horse one after another, and just waited for the order of Gao Shixin to attack the caravan outside.
"Dadada" There was a sound of horse hooves at the foot of the mountain, and three caravans of horses appeared on the mountain road.
A low roar, a brown-black beast suddenly jumped down from the hillside, slapped a palm on the head of a cavalry. The five-centimeter claws tore the cotton jacket into pieces, and the chain mail in the cotton jacket also broke a big hole. The cavalryman's sternum was broken, and all his internal organs were shattered. Under the force of force, he flew backwards and sprayed a mouthful of donation blood.
Before the other two cavalry could react, two feather arrows followed one after another. The two explorers' throats fell from the horse's back. The three war horses that had lost their master continued to run forward for a while, and then stopped to look for dead grass on the side of the road to eat.
A group of people came down from the hillside, took away the horses that had lost their master, dragged the body away, and then lie on the side of the road waiting.
The caravan slowly approached the valley step by step. The horse explorer in front did not come back. Zhai Fa had already begun to doubt. Just as the caravan was about to enter the valley, Zhai Fa suddenly ordered: "Stop moving forward! Send horse explorer again!"
Two more explorers rushed out and rushed into the valley. However, the two explorers also beat dogs with meat buns, and they went but never returned.
"The terrain here is dangerous, there must be ambush! Form a formation to meet the enemy!" The cunning Zhai Fa immediately ordered the formation to form.
Gao Shixin, who was hiding on the hillside and observing the Zhai family caravan, found that the caravan stopped moving forward. It seemed that they were unwilling to be fooled, but formed a formation outside the valley. All the caravans were all in a circle, with caravans in the middle, behind the caravan was a circle of archers, and the caravan guards riding horses were walking back and forth outside the caravan.
"Since the unscrupulous businessman has formed a formation, we can only launch a strong attack!" Gao Shixin turned his head and shouted to the horse thieves, "When I move first, shoot their archers, you will rush forward!"
If he could do it at night, it would be more beneficial to Gao Shixin. But before it got dark, Huang Taiji's Great Jin army would come.
All the horse thieves got on their horses and slowly walked out of the valley. They were waiting 150 steps away from the chariot formation. Gao Shixin, who was hiking, took off his big bow from his back and walked out. There were 150 steps opposite, and he pulled his bow, and a light arrow was placed in his hand, aiming at the sky in a forty-five corners. He relaxed his fingers and flew into the space, pulled out an arc, and landed in the chariot formation one hundred and fifty steps away.
After a while, a scream was heard, and the feather arrow landed accurately in the caravan formation. A caravan man holding a bow and arrow stabbed an arrow on his face and fell down screaming.
Gao Shixin repeatedly blew his bow and arrows, and shot one by one light arrow after another, each falling into the middle of the carriage array. Almost every light arrow could take the life of a caravan mate. Most of the arrows did not hit the door, but shot on those caravan mates without any armor, immediately penetrated their clothes and pierced them into their flesh.
"Shield! Shield!" The undead guy shouted anxiously.
The caravans dropped their bows and arrows, picked up their shields to block the light arrows shot from a hundred and fifty steps outside.
"Bow the bowman comes forward!" Huang Degong roared,
More than a hundred horse thieves holding step-by-steps, walked forward one hundred steps away from the car array, pulled the bow and arrow, and dense light arrows flew into the sky, woven into a large black net, covering the sky and falling towards the core of the car array.
Chapter completed!