Shannan Road, Luquan County

"Crunch, crunch~"

"Work harder!"

This is an extremely common road in Luquan County, leading to Luquan County in a crooked way.

Dozens of civilians were pushing more than 20 flatbed trucks, sweating profusely under the scorching summer sun.

Fortunately, the trees on both sides of the road were quite dense and blocked some of the sun for the farmers, otherwise they would have been turned into black charcoal after this trip.

The flatbed truck only contained some ordinary cloth and bandages, which were not too heavy.

These people are ordinary people from nearby villages. They transport the cloth from their homes to the county, and then the county government allocates and transports it to the front line for the needs of the army.

With an army of more than 100,000 to 200,000 fighting, the daily loss of supplies was an extremely terrifying figure. Part of the supplies for the Liang Army were continuously transported from the rear, and on the other hand, the officials at all levels collected them from the local area.

Of course, the government paid for these things, including the tolls for transportation by civilians. They were paid according to market prices and no credit was given.

Therefore, the common people were happy to earn this money. Such small transport teams could be seen everywhere in the places captured by the Liang army.

It was these unknown civilians who supported the Liang Army's huge logistics supply line.

"Everyone, if you walk faster, we must arrive today!"

"Be careful, there are potholes under your feet and you have to avoid them!"

There were two government officials in the accompanying team, urging everyone to move forward from time to time so as not to delay the journey.

The two of them looked around, and from time to time they looked deep into the forest, and they could see a trace of nervousness on their expressions.

An elderly man chuckled and said, "Xiao Zhang, don't be so panicky. It's like seeing a ghost in broad daylight."

Obviously, this uncle knew these two government officials. This was not the first time they transported supplies, so they were acquaintances.

The young government official said with a wry smile: "Uncle, you don't know, there have been attacks on civilians in several nearby counties. There are rumors that the Long Army has sneaked in and is specifically killing ordinary people. We'd better be careful."

The elderly man's eyes widened in anger, and he puffed his beard and said angrily: "Why are the Long Army so bad? They can't defeat Beiliang in a war, and they turn around to bully us people, they are bastards.

The little money the family had before was robbed by their defeated soldiers, it was very bad!"

The old man's words aroused the echo of many people. When the Long Army was here, they used to propagate that the Liang Army did no evil. When the Liang Army came, they discovered that the military discipline of Beiliang was much better than that of the Central Plains.

The yamen officer casually glanced at the woods on both sides, wiped the sweat from his head and said: "Yes, it's very bad! So we have to hurry up and don't encounter these guys."

The old man smiled and comforted: "It's okay, it's okay. We can walk this road with our eyes closed. We will definitely reach the county before sunset tonight."

The old man didn't take it seriously. He was a native and had walked this road countless times.

"I'm afraid you won't be able to reach Luquan County~"

A cold shout suddenly echoed in the dense forest, and a middle-aged man wearing black tights appeared in front of the road at some point.

The old man was stunned and looked at the black man in a daze. He didn't look like a good person.

"Click!"

The sudden appearance of a figure made the two government officials tremble. Without hesitation, they pulled out the sabers at their waists and shouted with an expression of anger:

"Who are you! How dare you intercept the government convoy!"

"Get out of the way!"

Despite the appearance of this big sword, in fact, the two government officials had never killed a chicken, let alone a human being.

And I don’t know why, but the man in black made the two dozen of them feel scared in their hearts even though he was alone.

The civilian husbands behind the two were also curious about the man's identity. A few brave ones came out carrying sticks and poles, and yelled loudly:

"Get out of the way quickly and don't block the road! Otherwise, I want you to look good!"

The man in black raised his lips and waved his hand gently:

"Noisy!"

"Whoosh whoosh!"

"Whoosh whoosh!"

As soon as the man finished speaking, cold arrows were shot out from the dense forest on both sides of the road. The two government officials standing at the front fell down in response, and blood sprayed out.

"Pfft!"

"Ah!"

The blood caused the surrounding peasants to fall into a daze. Before they could react, a large number of black figures rushed out from both sides of the road, holding scimitars in their hands, and pounced on the peasants fiercely.

The peasants were all common people from nearby villages. They had never seen this scene before. They were frightened out of their wits and exclaimed:

"Bandits, bandits!"

"Run, run quickly!"

"Chi chi chi~"

"Ahhh!"

"Kill them all!"

"Chi chi chi~"

"Ahhh!"

The men in black never gave them a chance to escape. The blades kept piercing the chests of these civilians, and the screams echoed in the dense forest, making people's hearts tremble.

The massacre only lasted a short moment, and the jungle quickly returned to calm, with only the faint smell of blood floating in the woods.

None of the dozens of government officials and civilians survived, and their bodies were just lying on the road, lifeless.

After killing the people, the man in black did not leave. Instead, he set a fire on the flatbed trucks and then walked leisurely into the dense forest and disappeared.

This group of people are like ghosts, appearing and disappearing in the mountains and forests~

The flames burned slowly in the woods, and the materials on the flatbed truck were burned. Fortunately there was no wind, otherwise these flames could cause a wildfire.

"Da da da~"

It was not until dusk that a burst of rapid horse hooves broke the tranquility of the mountain forest, and a group of Liang Army cavalry finally arrived here.

There are about fifty or sixty people in the Liang army, all wearing black armor and sabers, and they look like typical scouts.

Dozens of cold corpses and those carriages that were burned to char instantly made the faces of the Liang Army cavalry become very gloomy.

They were the patrolmen who saw the smoke column rising from a distance and rushed over to check the situation.

The leading centurion yelled:

"Damn it, these bastards can just burn things, why do they want to kill these people!"

A captain beside him said in a deep voice:

"Boss, it seems that the Long Army has sneaked into our Luquan County. Now the pressure on our patrols will be much heavier."

"Well, the Long army moved so fast~"

The centurion nodded heavily, frowned and shouted in a deep voice:

“Immediately ask the county government to send someone over to confirm the identity of the deceased and notify the family to claim the body.

Tell all the brothers on patrol to be alert and alert, and if they find the Long Army, they will be killed without mercy!"

"promise!"

…

This is a small episode that happened in Luquan County, Shannan Province. The impact on the front line is nothing more than the loss of twenty or thirty carts of cloth, which seems insignificant.
Chapter completed!