"Damn it, you know how blind Li would give up this piece of fat on his lips." Chang Yu couldn't help but curse in a low voice. One of the main purposes of thieves coming out of Shaanxi is to plunder money. Since they have captured the big houses in Jiexiu City, they are indispensable.
After being raided, the Fan family was so well-known in Jiexiu and also had business in Jiexiu city, so they were naturally recruited. They must have come here as soon as they got the news!
Thinking about it, Chang Yu was also secretly lucky. He was really grabbing the food from the tiger's mouth. Even if he came a step late, he might not be able to drink the soup. However, the situation didn't seem so optimistic at this time. As soon as he picked up the bowl, people came to grab the food!
"What should we do? Let's leave quickly!" Wu Mengming was extremely anxious. He was timid and cherished his life. When he heard that the rebel army was coming and its strength was more than three times greater, he immediately panicked.
"How is the silver package?" Chang Yu asked.
"It's being moved, less than three carts." One cart can carry one thousand kilograms, which is ten thousand taels of silver, which is less than thirty thousand taels.
"Do you know where Tang Potian is at this time?" Chang Yu asked again. Tang Potian's three hundred military guards served as backup, but they were riding alone and were left far behind by Chang Yu.
"It is estimated that the most we can reach is Pingyao at this time."
Chang Yu pondered for a moment: "Don't spit out the meat that's in your mouth. Old Wu, stay here and urge him to ship the goods quickly. Let's go and stop the bandit army. Otherwise, even if we set off at this time, we won't be able to go much because of the silver car."
If you are far away, you will be overtaken.”
"Ah, if you leave, here...there are still many servants of the Fan family in the castle..." Wu Mengming was panicked, fearing that Chang Yu would take people away and he would not be able to hold his own. After all, there are nearly a hundred servants in the castle. If
If it's the other way around, then he won't be able to turn into meat paste.
He is really a coward and idiot who only cares about money. Chang Yu cursed secretly, but he had to comfort him: "We will keep all your men in our family. You only need to keep an eye on Fan Yongkui and his father Fan Ming, and others will not dare to do anything."
, and those servants are being detained in a side courtyard at this time, no one dares to resist, no one knows what is going on outside, and no one knows our true identities, please beg me!"
After saying this, Wu Mengming felt a little relieved. Thinking about it, who would dare to move with the knife clamped on the neck of the head of the Fan family? Besides, they were convinced that they were intruders and had no intention of resisting. However, Chang Yu and seventy people could block it.
There are three hundred thieves, I still feel scared when I think about it.
"After our family leaves, you immediately close the north and south gates of the village. Once the money is packed, immediately leave from the north gate." Chang Yu said, patting Wu Mengming's shoulder and turning to leave, and then said to the guard in brocade beside him:
"Go north quickly and send an order to Tang Potian, asking him to come quickly to respond."
"General...general, general" Before Chang Yu could walk out of the yard, Wu Mengming chased after him and asked in a low voice: "After the matter is completed, the Fan family and his son..."
Chang Yu was silent for a moment. His original intention was to kill Fan Ming and his son. After all, these two people were the pioneers of the Fan family's collaboration with the enemy and the country. Fan Yong could not succeed in inheriting the legacy of his father and brother and carrying it forward.
"There's no need for us to do anything." Chang Yu suddenly smiled playfully, turned around and left.
After leaving the Fan family courtyard, he got on his horse, went straight to the main street and galloped towards the south.
At this time, there were almost no people in the Fanjia Fort. There were only a few royal guards patrolling back and forth with swords. As for the people in the fort, they had been strictly ordered not to leave the house, otherwise they would be killed without mercy. Now they are secretly begging these thieves not to suffer evil. How dare they disobey the order?
Make an outcrop.
"Brother, what should we do? Should we resist forcefully? Or should we ambush him?" Chunxiang was a little excited. I don't know if he was excited or nervous.
"The ground is covered with snow, and traces are easily exposed. How to ambush? We have to outwit them." Chang Yu already had an idea in his mind, but was still thinking about how to make it seamless.
"How to outsmart him?" Chunxiang asked again.
"We can pretend to be thieves, why can't we pretend to be the Fan family?" Chang Yu smiled slightly, Chunxiang and Jiang Quan were stunned.
As soon as they arrived at the south gate, Cheng Ming had already ran down from the fort wall, with a nervous look on his face: "Mr. Factory Supervisor, what should we do?"
"Do you have any ideas?" Chang Yu asked back!
Cheng Mingwei thought for a while and said: "We can only resist head-on. Although we are small in number, we are victorious because we are all cavalry, and our subordinates are good at riding and shooting and have strong bows to suppress them. It is better to go up to fight and fight. Even if we are defeated, we can retreat safely."
, most of the infantry of the bandit army will definitely not be able to catch up."
Chang Yu shook his head: "The thieves are good at fighting, and the blackmailers sent here are definitely some of the main force of the thieves, even elites, but you have little experience. Secondly, although most of them are infantry, they may not lack bows and arrows, and I
After running through the night, we are exhausted and our horses are exhausted. The bandit army is several times larger than mine, so it is impossible to resist. Furthermore, although we can retreat calmly, what about the silver chariot? We are afraid that we will be overtaken within ten miles."
"Then..." Cheng Ming was also confused! "That can at least stop it. Maybe Commander Tang will come at the critical moment..."
"What if I can't make it?"
"Then... I really have no good plan." Cheng Ming shook his head.
"Instead of sending them forward to resist, it's better to wait for work and defend the rabbit, then pretend to be a servant of the Fan family and use this village fortress to surround and kill the thieves!" Chang Yu expressed his thoughts.
Cheng Ming's eyes lit up, but then darkened again: "Although this method is good, but if the thieves surround us but fail to attack, what should we do if we are trapped here?"
"It's okay. Commander Tang's troops will be here soon. When the time comes, we will make an exception and attack from a pincer attack. Those thieves are still alive," Jiang Quan said from the side.
"What if the thieves also have backup? In addition, the troops led by Tang are already exhausted. If the enemy has no backup, they can still surround and kill them. If there is backup, it will be like giving the traitor a life." Cheng Ming is a relative after all.
Commander Wei had actual combat experience and had unique insights into marching formations. He was unlike eunuchs like Chunxiang and Jiang Quan.
This actually reflects the criticized side of the eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty. They didn't understand anything and liked to point fingers.
Chang Yu nodded and agreed very much with Cheng Ming's opinion: "So we need to outwit them, pretend to be Fan family servants, show weakness to them, lure them into the castle, and kill them violently."
"This plan is feasible." Cheng Minglue nodded thoughtfully.
"But this plan still has some flaws." Chang Yu immediately frowned: "We are all from Beijing, and our accents are wrong, so we might be suspicious."
Well, everyone realized immediately, you can't let the Fan family member talk about Beijing movies without even a fool knowing that he is wrong.
"Someone in the Jin Yiwei can speak the local dialect." Cheng Ming slapped his thigh, and Chang Yu immediately realized, yes, the Jin Yiwei spies are omnipotent, and this time there are people Wu Mengming transferred from Taiyuan, and they are now properly used.
So someone immediately went to look for the Jinyiwei spies.
Chang Yu went up to the fort wall, took a brief look, and then squatted on the ground with Cheng Ming and others, pulling and pulling with small wooden sticks, discussing how to arrange it. At this time, people could be seen on the official road due to the south, and the bandits were coming.
Finally here, we finally meet. Standing on the fort wall, Chang Yu looks at the rebel soldiers getting closer and closer to the south, clenching his fists. After traveling through time, he finally meets the regular rebel soldiers. Thinking about it makes him a little excited.
More than 300 rebels came from the south. In front were thirty-four cavalrymen. In the middle was a man with a rough appearance and wearing leather armor. He was a middle-aged man in his thirties who was chatting and laughing with his subordinates.
But when he arrived at the entrance of Zhangyuan Village, his eyes narrowed, and he looked confused at the messy horse hoof prints on the snow at the intersection. He looked up at Fanjiabao and saw many people looking at the walls of the fort.
"Wait a minute..." The rough man was about to speak when someone beside him suddenly said: "Boss Sun, you see someone is coming out."
The leader surnamed Sun took a look and saw that the fort gate was wide open, and five or six people were galloping towards them on horseback. In a blink of an eye, they dismounted in front of them. A man in his thirties was respectful and smiled shyly: "I dare to ask whether this distinguished guest is an intruder."
"The king's subordinates".
"Hey, how did you know that we are King Chuang's subordinates?" Someone next to the leader surnamed Sun asked.
"Yesterday, after my master heard that King Chuang had made great efforts to capture Jiexiu City, he said that there will be distinguished guests coming to our door soon, and we are waiting for him." Needless to say, this rough man with a Shanxi accent is Jinyi's spy.
"Oh, your master is very good at calculating things." The leader surnamed Sun laughed loudly: "Who are you? Why didn't your master come to greet you?"
"Back to the general, my master is ill in bed. The younger one is in charge of the Fan family. I have been ordered by the master to welcome the general into the house. The house has prepared a meeting gift for the master."
The general's words really made the thief leader surnamed Sun very happy, and he couldn't help laughing when he heard the ceremony prepared: "Lead the way."
"General, please" the Jin Yiwei spy quickly stepped forward to ride a horse for him. This move made the thief leader feel more useful, but he still couldn't help but ask: "Why are there so many horse hoof prints? Who came to the house?"
"Oh, that's the young master who came from Pingyao early in the morning. General, as you know, our Fan family has a big business, and the young master has a lot of followers when he travels."
"Oh, there is also a young master. How many young masters are there in the Fan family?" The leader surnamed Sun put down his guard when he heard this, thinking that it was the young master of the Fan family who heard about the fall of Jiexiu City and hurriedly came from Pingyao. After all, the Fan family has a big business.
, there are businesses in the surrounding cities, and this young master is probably in charge of Pingyao's business.
"The head of the Fan family has three young masters. The eldest young master is far away in Zhangjiakou, the second young master is in Jiexiu and has not returned, and the younger young master is in Pingyao and just came back this morning." Jinyiwei spies responded carefully.
Along the way, the thief leader surnamed Sun kept asking questions here and there. The spy answered every question he had and looked respectful. The thief leader was extremely satisfied and unknowingly arrived at the south gate of Fanjiabao.