Lianzhou County, Mao County.

Lianzhou is one of the three counties in the northern part of Jiangxi Province and an important town in Jiangyou area. It is also the northern boundary of King Jing. Sixty miles north is the Yangtze River. The official road of Lianzhou is also the main transportation road in Jiangyou area.

A grain transport team was moving north slowly and steadily. Due to the heavy rain in recent days, the grain transport team had delayed their trip, but because of the urge of King Huai, they had to transport grain to Jiangbei in the rain.

It is estimated that at dusk, you can go to Lianzhou City on the river bank and load it on ship. When you arrive in Jiangbei, the escort of grain and grass will be completed by the logistics troops of the Huai Army. At that time, the mission of this grain transport team will be successfully completed.

The grain transport team escorted by more than 1,000 stones of grain, which was enough for the Northern Route Army of Huai Army to eat for half a month. Not only did King Jing pay attention, but even King Huai also attached great importance to it. He specially sent a grain guard to greet him. King Jing also transferred a cavalry team of 500 cavalry from Lianzhou, making this grain transport team a huge momentum. The team of two thousand people, no matter how fierce the bandits were, they dared not think badly.

The president of the grain transport team is Su Xin, a general in Ningzhou. He is over forty years old and is considered a veteran. He has fought against the Turks at the border and defected to Prince Jing in his thirties. He was promoted from a lieutenant to a general in the past few years. Although he has been doing well in recent years, he still cannot be used. This time, Su Xin has many complaints.

"It's just a few bandits, so I pay so much attention?" Su Xin didn't agree with it along the way. He originally stipulated that he had to stay in the city at night, but because of his conceit, he always camped.

Seeing that the powerful bandits were almost at the riverside, they still had no movement at all.

The guardian of the Cao Cao sent by King Huai was named Lin Qi, who was very young and capable. She had a pair of scammers and eyes that made Su Xin feel very upset. King Huai liked to value young people. This is very similar to King Jing, and they all thought they were Bole. In Su Xin's eyes, these young people were just eloquent and flattering.

"There are fifty miles left. Lin Hucao, there is no need to be so nervous. Those bandits will not come."

Seeing Lin Qi riding on the horse and looking around in the fields, Su Xin said with a slight slight look.

Lin Qi turned around and said, "General Su, don't be able to make trouble. This time the emperor specially sent his official to pick up the food to prevent another accident."

Su Xin did not say more. Many people in King Jing's camp also speculated that the bandits' affairs were probably fabricated by King Jing. The grain was transported out again and again, and if one of them made a fuss, it would be left alone. It would be understandable if something went wrong, but the grain from all directions to the north would not go smoothly, unless the court's army had already reached Jiangyou, if it really came, even if King Jing didn't know, could King Huai not know?

The grain transport was surprisingly smooth this time. We were about to arrive in Lianzhou City. Before leaving, King Jing did not explain anything else except to ensure safety. It seems that King Jing was forced to be impatient by King Huai this time and had to take out the grain to provide emergency response to the Huai army.

Su Xin said confidently: "Don't worry, there will be no accidents all the way this time. From then on to Lianzhou City, it will be flat all the way, and there is not even a mountain. The bandits can't find an ambush place even if they want to rob the grain. Then the cavalry will kill them, but they won't be left without a piece of armor?"

Lin Qi thought about it and the same thing happened. The road from Maoxian to Lianzhou is the most smooth. If there were bandits robbing the road, it would have happened long ago. I dared to stare at the regular army robbing food, and I would be tired of living!

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In a woods more than two miles away, a group of people gathered to eat dry food. The head was a young man. He ate the fastest. After eating, he reached out to pull the beard on his chin. He complained while pulling it out: "I hate it when I grow so many hairs recently!"

A strong man ran over from a distance and shouted before he even approached: "Captain Huo, Commander Huo, those shrimps have entered the net, and they can close the net!"

"What's the name!"

The young man drank, got up and kicked the man. The man touched his thigh with a smile and avoided a little, not wanting to get a second shot.

This "Chief Huo" was Huo Bing. The soldiers in the mountains and forests were not dressed as soldiers, but were uniformly dressed in rough bandit outfits, either black or green, and easy to distinguish. The task they received was to ambush the grain transport team here.

Huo Bing said, "Give me instructions to drink water after eating, and don't eat anything that has not been finished. You guys are so cowards that you really lose face. We are faster than our Eighth Route Army. They rode a horse for 300 miles in one night, but you ran 230 miles. How can you do anything in the future?"

An adjutant next to him said with a face, "Captain Huo, this is not something we can do. They are imperial guards, and all good guys have practiced them. We all came from the mountain nest. We just learned how to ride horses, so it is not easy to run so fast."

"Is there any reason, right?" Huo Bing stepped up and kicked the man so hard that he begged for mercy.

Huo Bing kicked and relieved his anger, and said in a bad tone: "This time we join the five troops to encircle Xiami. If one of you drags his back, I will definitely use a gun to break him!"

"Don't let it go, don't let it go." The adjutant who had just been kicked by Huo Bing came out and said, "You should stop using a gun. It is said that after eating that thing, you can't get reborn. You have to go to the hell of tongue pulling. Just Commander Huo, can you cut your head with a knife? Let us be a hero in the next life and then hang out with you!"

Huo Bing nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well, then use a knife." He turned his head and ordered a subordinate, "Go and tell the Five Route Army that we didn't shoot, they must not start first. This... this is an order."

"Our army commander is capable, and the eight lambs in the five routes must also obey the army commander's dispatch."

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Time is passing by, and the grain transport team is about to pass by a forest. The forest is nearly one mile away from the official road. It is raining at this time, and the whole forest is in the misty water vapor, so I can't see clearly.

"If there are ambushes in the forest, it's probably inappropriate."

Lin Qi, the guardian of the Cao Cao, looked at the forest and asked Su Xin for instructions, "Do you want to send someone in to check it out?"

Su Xin laughed and said, "A small forest can only be ambushed at most three or five hundred people. Three or five hundred bandits dare to come out to rob grain? Do you think they have the courage?"

Lin Qi looked at it and found that the forest was not big, and it was far from the official road. He could not even shoot cold arrows. Even if there were strong crossbows, he might lose his strength when the crossbows came. Thinking of this, he didn't force it anymore.

The grain transport team continued to move forward non-stop. The cavalry of the vanguard passed by the place close to the forest, and there was still no movement on the other side of the forest. Lin Qi still felt inappropriate in his heart, looking at the direction of the forest, as if he saw a strange light, and heard a "bang bang bang!" almost at the same time. A guard who was already riding a horse beside him covered his chest and fell off the horse.

"There is an ambush!"

Lin Qi shouted, and more violent explosions came from afar. The soldiers kept falling from the horses. Some of the horses were inexplicably injured and bleeding. The frightened horses neighed around and ran around. The entire grain transport team became chaotic because of this sudden change.

Su Xin held the frightened horses and couldn't believe the facts in front of him. These were all well-trained war horses. Even on the battlefield, the war horses would never be so out of control. Even these beasts knew that danger was coming, let alone humans, the enemy was like ghosts, and without showing up, they could even take human lives thousands of miles away!

Hell?

This is the first reaction of every soldier in the grain transport team. Although it is raining now, it is just the daytime and you can see ghosts in broad daylight. As the sound comes from a distance, they slightly realize that someone may be using "demon magic".

"In the woods, kill him!" Su Xin adjusted his horse's head and prepared to command the soldiers to charge in the direction of the forest. But with the rumbling sound of horse hooves, not only was the horses of the grain transport team mobilized according to the orders, but the bandits lying in the forest, who were ambushing them in the forest, had already rode their horses to meet them.

The one who rushed to the front seemed very thin and covered in green spotted clothes, looked very alternative. He rode his horse forward but did not hold the reins. He held a stick-like thing. When he raised his hand and fell, it seemed like a fire was emitted. Then someone fell from the grain transport team. With Su Xin's experience in the army for so many years, he had never seen anyone riding like this.

"Form a formation, block it!"

Su Xin shouted twice. The grain transport team was worthy of being well-trained sergeant. In such a chaotic situation, the cavalry and infantry gathered to the side where the bandits and cavalry rushed over. However, as hundreds of cavalry behind the thin young man had a perfect appearance, they picked up the "stick" in their hands and made a fire and a sound, and the cavalry formed a defensive formation fell from the horse. Only then did Su Xin realize that they were looking for scattered targets to fight, but now they lined up to fight for them as live targets.

"spread!"

Su Xin shouted, but the sound was completely overwhelmed by the chaotic sounds around him. The bandits there were almost approaching, and a large number of cavalry were seen in the distance. Su Xin thought it was reinforcements, but after looking carefully, he realized that it was a bandits' accomplice.

"withdraw!"

Su Xin shouted, and the horse under his seat suddenly fell forward. The other person's head fell down immediately, and his body immediately fell apart. Lin Qi, who was not from the army, did not know how to escape under such circumstances, and was squeezed off the horse in chaos.

A black vortex completely surrounded them. Only a small number of cavalry broke through in time and retreated to the direction of Maoxian County. The remaining 1,000 soldiers of the grain transport team were surrendered except for a few casualties. In the end, Su Xin felt that he had no face and lived in the world again. More than a thousand regular soldiers were captured alive by two bandits with less than five hundred people.

After being dismissed, Su Xin became a toothless tiger like other soldiers. The black iron pipe in the bandits gestured at these prisoners, as if they would obey all the prisoners on the spot at any time. The young man who led the bandits was scolding his accomplices, as if they blamed them for taking action too early and robbing his credit.

"Good life, your life!" Lin Qi knew at a glance that he was from a young master of the official family, and thought that he could earn a life by paying the ransom at this time.
Chapter completed!