The caravan became more and more cautious. Gao Jin rode on the horse and looked at the army of officials about a hundred steps away from time to time. The group of officials just now was full of momentum, and he was shocked for a moment and did not observe carefully.

Now looking around, the servants around Zhang Gui were all wearing armor and were majestic, but the remaining soldiers were mostly pale and thin, and only wore shabby red mandarin duck battle jackets. From a distance, they looked very scary.

Of course, what Gao Jin cares most is that this group of officials is less than fifty, but the team is loose and lacks energy as they move. It is discovered that the so-called official army is not considered elite, Gao Jin felt a little relaxed. He saw the words of his father and Zhang Gui just now, but he didn't think that this 100-household master was really coming to patrol the border and escorting them specially.

According to the convention, the military chiefs of the fortresses in Guanyun must lead their troops to go out to the border regularly and drive away the Mongolian tribes close to Guanyun. However, in recent years, the nine borders are generally peaceful and there are no major wars. The border patrol matters have long been slackened. Unless there are military orders on it, people like Zhang Gui will never take the initiative to lead their troops to patrol the border.

"Don't think too much. Zhang Gui wanted to blackmail money. When he returned to the fortress, he would give him a few taels of silver." Knowing that Gao Jin was going to do business for the first time, Wei Lianhai rode his horse to Gao Jin and explained.

It turned out that in Hekou Fort, Gao Jin's father Gao Chong was a big worm in the eyes of the military households. Even Zhang Gui, a hundred households, was afraid of him. Usually, when the Gao family caravan came back, Zhang Gui would give him some money as a management point, but the amount was only three or five taels, just to be a formality and give him some face.

"Ada did this and was not afraid of evil. Zhang Gui was the one who was a hundred households after all, so he was in charge of us?"

Gao Jin was a little hesitant when he spoke. In the past, he was devoted to studying and practicing martial arts. He didn't want to understand these human feelings, but now he cares about these things very much.

"So what about Baihu? You, Ada, have an old friend in Shenmubao who is a serious Qianhu. Zhang Gui will nod and smile when he sees it."

Wei Lianhai said indifferently, he was really used to Zhang Gui's timid and timid character, greedy for money and fear of trouble.

Gao Jin frowned. He always felt that Zhang Gui's escort was a bit strange. Although the caravan was on guard, Wei Lianhai and his uncles were slightly uneasy when they looked down on the contempt for the officials and soldiers.

...

With the so-called escort of the government army, the caravan was moving forward a lot slower. It was not until the evening that he had taken two-thirds of yesterday's journey. When Gao Jin commanded the guys to set up camp, he found that they all seemed more tired than usual.

"Xiaolin, why are you so afraid of the government army?" Gao Jin and a few guys opened the tent, and then fixed it with pointed wooden stakes, and asked the guy who was two years older than him.

"Young master, bandits are like combs, and soldiers are like casts. The official army is even more vicious than horse thieves." Xiaolin said with a bitter face. He was from Fugu County. Two years ago, the official army conquered Hetao Mongolia. An official army passed by his village and plundered the entire village's food and property. Their family was completely destroyed at that time. In the end, he had to leave home to beg for life.

Gao Jin was silent. He could not have imagined that the government army had become so decayed. Not only did he plunder food and property, but he also robbed the girl. Xiaolin said that if it weren't for the Li Zongqi in their village and the leader of the government army, he would have been afraid that the entire village would have been even more miserable.

It was still a van that formed a formation, camels made walls, and after setting up the camp, Gao Jin looked at the official army gradually disappeared from the horizon in the distance, and was full of doubts. He couldn't help but ask his father beside him, "Dad, did that Zhang Baihu say he wanted to send us back, why did he leave now?"

"We are guarding against him, and he is guarding against us. Just his little soldiers would really be touched by me..." Gao Chong sneered. He and Zhang Gui had always had a grudge against him. Back then, he was a hundred households, but because of his defeat, his official position was taken away. Zhang Gui had put a lot of effort into it. Later, he formed a caravan to go out to do business. Zhang Gui had repeatedly provoked and asked trouble. If it weren't for the care of his old friends in Shenmu Fort, Zhang Gui would have long been occupied by Zhang Gui.

"Be careful of horse thieves at night, those official troops cannot fight tough battles." Gao Chong knew Zhang Gui very well. Hekou Fort was close to the edge wall, but the troops of a hundred households had never been full. Just the more than 50 people who were patrolling the border were now used by this guy, and only those ten servants were used by him. The others were just pulled out from the military households to make up the numbers.

"Yes, dad." Gao Jin responded, and then thought of the horse thief who had never seen another trace during the day, and he was still a little confused, "Dad, since there are official troops accompanying you, do those horse thieves still have the courage to come?"

"Why don't you have the courage to come here? The government troops have always been doing things on patrols. In the Yulin border area, there are so many caravans robbed outside the wall. If a horse thief attacks, I'm afraid that Zhang Gui would be willing to kill us and both sides will be injured. He can come and get a bargain."

Gao Chong replied that he had seen too many things in business over the years and knew better the morality of the government army. At present, in Yulin Town, there were probably only the generals and generals in the Turtle City and the direct troops of the General Office, which looked a bit like an official army. As for the border troops in the local area, they were all very bad.

Looking at his leaving father, Gao Jin took the bow and sat in the van. He was guarding the night tonight, hoping that he could pass by safely, and hoped that the horse thieves would not come.

...

In the wilderness where the bonfire was lit, the worn-out blankets were spread on the ground, and Zhang Gui's army was resting together. Under the fire, the soldiers wearing big red mandarin duck battle jackets were curled up, like a bunch of roasted red shrimps.

Zhang Gui didn't fall asleep. He sat cross-legged by the bonfire, with two servants beside him. He stared at the burning bonfire, with a little hatred in his eyes. Hekou Fortress was poor and the military households had little extra money to squeeze. The only thing that could make money was Gao Chong and his old brothers. This group of people gathered together, and even if he asked him to do anything about them.

Fortunately, it passed immediately. The Zheng surnamed Zheng died and Gao Chong lost his support. Even if he was brave, he would still let him take control. Zhang Gui suddenly laughed when he thought that he could deal with Gao Chong, the little general flag that had made him feel depressed for many years.

"When is it now?" Zhang Gui asked the servant beside him, looking up at the dark wilderness in the distance.

"Master, the Xu hour has just passed." Zhang Da replied seriously, but he himself didn't know whether it was Xu hour. Where did the timing tools come from in this wilderness? Only experience can be used to judge.

"Master, Zheng Qianhu is dead. Why don't we wait for the tall insect to return to the fort to deal with him?" Zhang Da was Zhang Gui's confidant. Seeing that Zhang Gui's master was in a good mood, he couldn't help asking.

Gao Chong's big worm is not easy to provoke. When it comes to martial arts, he is the first person in Hekou Fort. If the opponent is on the horse in this wilderness, he will be able to withstand one or two questions. Now that the tall worm has fallen on the back of Shenmu Fort, he feels that it is better to wait for the other party to return to the fortress and trick him into Baihu Mansion. Everyone rushed forward and took down the tall worm. The other people in the Gao family caravan could go against the sky.

"You have grown up your brain." Zhang Gui sneered. He thought about Zhang Da's idea, but he still gave up. The reason was that he was afraid that there would be more dreams in the night. "Don't forget that there are many people in the fortress with the surname Gao, but I'm afraid that someone would report to him as soon as he returned."

In Hekou Fort, there are many families who have a relationship with the Gao family caravan. After all, every time the Gao family caravan goes out to do business, they carry a lot of goods they carry from the fortress. Moreover, Zhang Gui also knew that Gao Chong was brave and brave. If he knew that Zheng Qianhu was dead, he would go to Shenmu East Road immediately. As long as he was willing to pay money, could he still find someone willing to protect him?

"This time is the best opportunity, we must keep him." Zhang Gui said fiercely. Gao Chong has become a gloom in his heart over the years. As long as Gao Chong cannot die, he, a hundred households, will be delighted.

Just when Zhang Gui was secretly ruthless, there were riding shadows approaching in the wilderness not far away, but the closer they were to the camp, the slower the sound of horse hooves, and in the end there was no sound at all.

"What are you panic? Look here well." Zhang Gui stood up, scolded the servants who were somewhat panicked, and then took Zhang Da out of the camp and walked towards the dark wilderness that seemed to be able to devour everything.

At the edge of the camp fire, only the light could barely see the person coming. Zhang Gui looked at the man holding a horse and smiled. Tonight, he would rely on the person coming. He knew the morality of his own government troops. He was finest in fighting a smooth battle. If they really wanted to attack the heavily guarded caravan camp, they would collapse first if they didn't use it twice.

"Brother Li, how are you doing recently?" The man who came was more than eight feet tall, with a scar on his face running across his eyebrows and eyes to his jaw, looking like a ghost, but Zhang Gui was not afraid. It was not his first time to deal with the leader of the Black Sha Horse Thief.

"What's good? There's nothing business lately!" Li Da replied in a muffled voice. He was from an official army and almost made a household in the past. Unfortunately, he was a ruthless person. In order to survive, he had to go out of the pass and become a bandit. He gathered many border soldiers and was a ruthless character among the horse thieves outside the pass.

In the past two years, Tumote's army has had internal struggles, and Camel City has fought back and forth with Hetao Mongolia. There are naturally fewer caravans that originally traveled to and from Guihua City, and most of the remaining are those rich and powerful merchant gangs. For horse thieves, the caravans of the merchant gang cannot be robbed, but they are much more dangerous.

"If it weren't for Lord Zhang, I and my brothers would have drunk the northwest wind." Li Da said with a slight smile. It's true that the Gao family caravan is a fat sheep, but he is well-known for Gao Dazhe. He knows what Zhang Gui was thinking, but who made the other party an official and he was a thief. He wants to have a good time outside the wall, and it doesn't matter if he has nothing to do inside the wall.

"Brother Li is polite, but Gao Da Crush is not easy to deal with. His old brothers are also old soldiers in the army. Are you prepared?"

Since he decided to completely solve Gao Chong outside the wall, Zhang Gui had to be more cautious. It was not the first time he and Li Da had to work together, but the caravans he had dealt with in the past could not be compared with the caravans of Gao's family.

"Don't worry, Lord Zhang, I'm already prepared enough people. At that time, as long as there is no trouble in Lord Zhang." Li Da stared at Zhang Gui. Zhang Gui had already made a decision when he contacted him privately. He was afraid that Zhang Gui would regret it when he was about to seek the Gao family caravan.

"Don't worry, I have no problem here."

"Mr. Zhang, I'll say goodbye first."
Chapter completed!