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Chapter 349: One Hundred Thousand Silver Calamity

Liu Liangzuo and Fan Sanba did not dare to drink too much. After their subordinates checked the goods and ordered the quantity, they immediately started to do a good job, paying the money and delivering the goods in the same way.

As soon as the fifth hour sounded, the east gate of Shouyang City opened creakingly. Five hundred officers and soldiers without banner escorted twenty mule and horse carriages out of the city quietly and headed towards the east.

The five hundred officers and soldiers were the personal soldiers of Liu Liangzuo, Zhang Yixiang and Wang Shiying, and were led by Wang Shiying himself.

Twenty mule carriages were loaded with haystacks, but there were large boxes hidden under the haystacks, filled with silver.

This is the 100,000 taels of silver that Liu Liangzuo and others robbed from Yang Yexing, as well as the silver that they obtained from selling iron pots.

Logically speaking, it is safest for these silver brigades to follow Fan Sanba and others to leave the city, but Liu Liangzuo is only trusted by these merchants.

None of the businessmen who traveled to the south of the Mo and even in Liaodong were fuel-efficient.

On the border of the Ming Dynasty, they seemed to be a scheming merchant on the surface, but as soon as they came out of the wall, they would immediately pull off the business flag, show off their swords and guns, and slaughter the weak merchants.

If the 100,000 taels of silver were out of the city with them, I would probably have been thieves on the road for no reason, and I don’t know who would be kidnapped.

Therefore, after discussing, Liu Liangzuo and the other three decided to transport them to Zhending Mansion alone and send their respective personal soldiers to escort them.

Moreover, the time they left the city was one hour earlier than Fan Sanbu and others, so as not to be touched by the other party.

When he left the city, Liu Liangzuo sent troops to block the Dongcheng and also took charge of the Dongcheng with Zhang Yixiang to ensure that everything was safe.

What they didn't know was that as soon as the convoy loaded with silver left the county government and drove towards the east gate, dozens of figures each of the west and north walls slid down the city wall quietly along the ropes, and swam quietly across the moat in the darkness, turning towards the east gate.

As soon as the convoy carrying Baiyin left the city, Wang Shiying immediately sent fifty probes to provoke around the neighborhood.

The convoy seemed to be unobstructed along the way, and the convoy walked east along the official road for ten miles, and the horses sent out found nothing unusual.

After traveling a few miles, when the convoy entered Zhaobaigou, Wang Shiying subconsciously shouted: "Everything is careful, don't make any mistakes."

"yes."

The more than 400 personal soldiers responded sparsely.

Because most of the personal soldiers were not Wang Shiying's soldiers, but Liu Liangzuo and Zhang Yixiang's soldiers would listen to Wang Shiying's soldiers, but they would never listen at critical moments.

Wang Shiying didn't mind either, so he frowned slightly and looked at the mountains on both sides of Zhaobaigou.

Tonight, the sky was covered with dark clouds, without any moonlight, and was covered with darkness everywhere, but with the faint starlight in the sky, I still vaguely saw the gentle mountains on both sides.

Zhaobaigou is not steep, mainly because the mountains on both sides are gentle slopes, so you can go uphill.

If someone comes to rob the silver, he would not choose to set up an ambush here. He would enter Shui Buffalo Mountain more than thirty miles east. From then on, there are more than forty miles of mountain roads, with high mountains and steep terrain and dangerous terrain, which is an excellent terrain for setting up an ambush.

But for some reason, after entering Zhaobaigou, Wang Shiying became a little restless.

"The horse exploration frequency increases, and it returns every quarter of an hour."

"yes."

With Wang Shiying's order issued, the horses on the periphery became active and began to search for traces of ambush.

But not long after, Wang Shiying's brows frowned tightly.

Because those horses were not reported every quarter of an hour, many of them had no news, and they could neither find anyone nor report back.

As more and more people were exploring horses without any news, Wang Shiying finally realized something was wrong and hurriedly shouted: "Change, hurry, turn around and go back to Shouyang."

More than 400 personal soldiers were stunned.

"Mr. Wang, we finally got here, why should we turn around?"

"There are ambushers ahead, hurry up, turn around."

"ah?"

Many personal soldiers were terrified.

At this time, a fast horse suddenly rushed from behind the team. When we got closer, the knight on the horse said anxiously to Wang Shiying: "No, sir, an enemy of unknown origin suddenly appeared behind us. It was five miles away, and the number of people was unknown. When we saw our horse probing, we killed it. Several brothers had died at their hands."

"What?"

Wang Shiying was shocked.

The Tamma repeated the words just now.

This time, Wang Shiying's face changed drastically, and the personal soldiers around him also started to buzz.

Wang Shiying concluded that there was an ambush in front, but a pursuer suddenly appeared behind him...

"Sir, hurry up and leave. Before the other party catches up, you can pass Zhaobaigou first."

"Yes, sir, hurry up and order the entire army to go on urgently."

"Sir, it will be too late if you don't leave."

When they learned that there were pursuers behind, the personal soldiers around them surrounded him and persuaded him.

Wang Shiying didn't know what to do for a moment because he didn't know if there were ambushes ahead.

If there is an ambush, a marching force will only send sheep into the tiger's mouth.

"Go, go quickly, hurry up."

Before Wang Shiying could give the order, a personal soldier named Ding An waved his hand and asked the convoy to accelerate.

That was Liu Liangzuo's personal soldier, and Wang Shiying didn't dare to touch him.

What's more, among the 500 personal soldiers this time, Liu Liangzuo had 300 people, and he could not fight against the other side even if he wanted to move.

Sure enough, after the personal soldier named Ding Ann waved his hand, the sound of crackling horse whips and urging animals sounded in the convoy.

"March quickly, quickly, and quickly pass through Zhaobaigou."

Wang Shiying had no choice but to order his personal soldiers to advance quickly.

The convoy quickly walked forward, but just after a short while, another fast horse ran up in front and shouted from afar: "Ambushes, there are ambushes in front..."

Wang Shiying was shocked.

The hundreds of personal soldiers were also in a panic.

"Drop the horse and form a formation, form a formation, fast, move quickly."

"Send ten explorers to rush out and quickly return to Shouyang City for help. The rest of the explorers were taken back to guard the formation." Wang Shiying came to his senses and hurriedly directed loudly.

The personal soldiers dismounted one after another, lined up twenty mule and horse carriages in a circle, and squeezed into the circle, either posing a bow and arrow, or igniting the fuse of the bird gun.

The outside of the horses split out ten horses and rushed to Shouyang City at lightning speed. The other horses ran back and got into the chariot formation, waiting for the battle.

Not long after, a soldier appeared on the road when they came, with a mixed number of horses and horses, and they could not tell the number of people. They could not see each other clearly in the dark night. They only saw a dozen torches and a ghost wandering one or two hundred steps away.

Soon, another army appeared in the east, all of which were cavalry. A fire dragon-like torch was lit. According to the number of torches, there should be about 500 people.

These two soldiers and horses surrounded Wang Shiying's carriage formation.

One of the knights rode out and slowly came to a hundred steps outside the chariot formation, and whispered loudly: "Everyone in the chariot formation has heard, the 100,000 taels of silver you transported are from our General Qin."

"I advise you to put down your weapons and hand over the silver two hands. I can spare you all the time, otherwise... you will be killed without mercy!"

"Remember, you only have a quarter of an hour, and after a quarter of an hour, all of you will die!"

In the car formation, Wang Shiying tried his best to suppress the panic in his heart and replied coldly: "Don't be arrogant. This place is less than twenty miles away from Shouyang City. The reinforcements of several adults arrived in an instant. Jie Shi was waiting for your death."

The man didn't say anything, but rode his horse and walked slowly back in the darkness.

Seeing that the other party did not reply, Wang Shiying's heart suddenly jumped.

The other party is a ruthless person and there is no room for negotiation.

But Wang Shiying still wanted to have a chance.

As long as they can hold on for half an hour, Liu Liangzuo and Zhang Yixiang will lead their troops to help.

It is only twenty miles away from Shouyang, and if the cavalry quickly rushes to the road, it will only take half a quarter of an hour.

Liu Liangzuo and Zhang Yixiang were definitely unwilling to let the silver they snatched ended up in the hands of others, so they would definitely come to rescue them.

So Wang Shiying did not say a word, but quietly waited for the battle.

The other party seemed to be very trustworthy and agreed to give it a quarter of an hour, but there was no attack during this period.

But just after a quarter of an hour, he said indifferently to the public: "Kill."

This word "kill" made Wang Shiying frightened.

Soon, the encirclement began to tighten, and the opponent went straight to a distance of 100 steps, and then...

Then Wang Shiying heard the sound of cannons.

More than ten cannon sounds were rumbling, and the howling shells fell into the car array with a strange red arc.

In addition to the sound of cannons, Wang Shiying also heard a row of gunfire.

As soon as the guns and cannons rang, the mule and horse carriage were smashed and there was a terrifying scream in the carriage.

The Ming army, who were crowded in the chariot formation, was a real target.

Any shell shot in cannonballs can smash a large group of officers and soldiers into pieces, and they will either die or be injured.

Now, only one round of artillery bombardment has killed and injured hundreds of people.

Wang Shiying's face was extremely gray. After a moment of dazed, he closed his eyes darkly.
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