Li Siye picked up a scimitar and wiped it on the guard, then threw it on the ground and said: "Of course it is to dress up as a cavalry and use it as an army. We will do a big business tomorrow."
He thought to himself and said: "The Tuqishi people have braided hair and a high nose bridge, which is very different from our image. I have prepared some round-top felt hats, which should be able to look real."
Yuan Tao thought for a while and suddenly realized: "You actually want to disguise yourself as a surprise rider and rob passing caravans. Once this is discovered, it will be a trivial matter for you to be killed. The reputation of the Tang Army in the Western Regions will be bad."
Li Siye looked back at him, then nodded and said: "No one will notice that there is civil strife in Tuqishi now, and the food officials and merchants have not received the news, so they must pass through Tuqishi. We take the opportunity to attack and seize the goods. There is no need to
Hurtful.”
"It turns out that you are planning on the big food businessman." Yuan Tao admired Li Siye's ability to judge, and at the same time some thoughts came to his mind. If he could get a share of the robbery, his current predicament could be solved to some extent.
There is enough money to settle Paoze's wife and children, and the brothers' life will be easier.
But getting such money, doesn't it mean that you are tied to Li Siye? With such a first robbery, can you refuse the second time? The third time, the fourth time, and finally entered a situation of no return.
.
Even if they were disheartened by the imperial court, they did not hesitate to turn around and become thieves. How did he, Li Siye, do it when he abandoned the bottom line of the Tang Dynasty soldiers? Even if he, Yuan Tao, was deceived by the imperial court and became like this, he did not go beyond it.
The bottom line is that this person is a gangster who sneaked into the Tang army.
Yuan Tao made plans, raised his head and asked, "Tell me what you want me to do."
"Call all the remaining fifteen men from your sixth regiment, and we will also send fifteen men to rob this caravan."
Yuan Tao gritted his teeth. He wanted to drag down all the remaining seeds of the sixth group. Anyway, what he was robbing was the Great Cannibal. If it was my Datang caravan that was being robbed, even if I were to break up with you, I would still be robbed.
To stop it.
"good!"
"Happy!" Li Siye nodded and said, "We still need to find someone who is proficient in the language of Liubo to speak on our behalf. Otherwise, the truth will be exposed as soon as the Mandarin dialect of the Central Plains is spoken."
Yuan Tao looked at him with wide eyes. Even Tian Zhen felt embarrassed. He coughed and said: "People who are proficient in Liubo language are very rare. There may not be one in this city. Where can I give it to you?"
Looking for it?"
"Is this so difficult?"
Think about it, being proficient in six foreign languages would still be a talent more than a thousand years later, let alone today's Tang Dynasty. This is enough to show that the rise of the Youzhou bastard is not just a matter of shit luck, but he also has real talent.
Talented and learned.
"In this case, you don't need to know the Liufan language. You only need to know the Tuqishi language. At least you won't expose your secrets in front of the well-informed big cannibal."
Yuan Tao nodded and said: "If you only know Tuqishi, I have a person who is originally from Sogdiana and has been doing business in Tuqishi all year round..."
"I'm just asking you if it's reliable."
Yuan Tao nodded solemnly: "Be careful about the people I introduce."
"In this case, tomorrow Fujimaki will be in charge of the regiment for me, and I will say that our captain is ill and rest, and all training matters will be stopped. Tomorrow we will be the first to go out after the city gate opens, scout the route of the food caravan, and wait for opportunities to plunder."
Li Siye stretched out his hand and prepared to give his subordinates a high-five. Unfortunately, Tian Zhen and Yuan Tao stood with their hands behind their hands. He did not understand the meaning of their actions. His hands were hanging in the air, so he had to pat Yuan Tao and Tian Zhen on their shoulders.
"Work hard and I won't treat you badly."
They closed the door tightly and left with lights on.
…
In the early morning of the next day, the food caravan prepared and set off with the camels outside the merchant inn. The leader held a white flag and a staff and set off with the camels in his hand. They passed through the west gate of the city and walked westward on the green grass.
And go.
The goods carried by this caravan are very rich, including very high-end fine brocade, celadon from Yue kiln, white porcelain from Xing kiln, and three-color utensils that are representative of the treasures of the Tang Dynasty. These things are indeed expensive, expensive.
Things represent things that are difficult to sell. For example, fine cotton and satin require a corresponding official status to dare to buy it. Otherwise, it is against the rules. The poor cannot afford it and businessmen dare not wear it. Could it be that if you buy it and put it at home, it will be eaten by insects?
There are also celadon and white porcelain. These are officially purchased items. The imperial court has already stipulated the several grades of utensils for official use. Ordinary people cannot afford to use them and dare not violate them.
But this is Anxi. In addition to the four towns of Anxi, there are also large and small Jisi prefectures. These Jisi prefectures are surrounded by kings of various small countries. According to the regulations of the Tang Dynasty, they are qualified to use these precious luxuries.
Even if he is not qualified, who cares about whether a Hu leader violates the rules? In addition, there are also large and small second-level dealers active in Anxi. Li Siye can sell the artifacts exclusively to them, and then these people can resell them to Buddhists.
The holy land of Tianzhu.
The caravan marched to the vicinity of the steep Bodal Ridge, preparing to pass through Suiye and enter the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu, and then transfer to Khorasan Province and enter Dashi, if they could return alive.
Li Siye led everyone to ambush on both sides of the mountain road from Bodaling to Dunduo City. Thick and loose sea buckthorn bushes blocked the shadows of the men and horses.
He whispered to Kang Baoshan, a Sogdian merchant who was also ambushing beside him: "After intercepting the large food caravan later, you can just make threats while we are responsible for shooting arrows and drawing swords. We must let the large food merchants put down their goods and escape.
Kang Baoshan's face is as white as frost, his hand holding the knife keeps trembling, and his mental quality is very poor. How would a person like this go to Tuqishi to do business? If he couldn't find anyone else who could speak Tuqishi's words.
, Li Siye really didn’t want to use him.
But Li Siye still patiently comforted him in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, we are here to take action. All you need to do is speak, and you will be able to speak."
"Qi, Qi, Xiao, Xiao, Xiaowei, I, I, I, can talk!"
Li Siye frowned and even stuttered when he was nervous, but at this point, it was meaningless to say whether to retreat or not.
"Everyone, be silent and hide!"
After waiting quietly for a while, the sound of golden camel bells finally came from the mountain road. The sound generated by the golden bells was not crisp and clear, but had a graceful and gentle sound, which sounded very comfortable.
When the camel team arrived at their planned ambush area, Li Siye quickly pushed Kang Baoshan's shoulder. He just nodded blankly, and then he understood the meaning of the push and raised the scimitar in his hand: "Ji Lai Gu!"
"Ji Lai Gu!" Dozens of nomadic cavalrymen rushed towards the food caravan with their swords raised.
There were four armed guards in the caravan. Their whole bodies were wrapped in chain mail, and even their heads were wrapped in silver chain shawls. Only their two eyes and noses were exposed, and they looked flawless.
Fortunately, these four people were also riding camels and did not fight back against Li Siye and the others. Instead, they actively stood in front of the caravan and took off their two-handed swords from their backs, as if they were majestic Jedi warriors.
Yuan Tao quickly took out the horn bow from the bow pouch on the side of the horse, drew the bow and nocked an arrow, and unexpectedly an arrow passed through the eye hole of the chain armor, causing one of the warriors to cover his face and scream, and fell from the camel to the ground.
..
Tian Zhen was delighted when she saw it, and couldn't help but said excitedly: "Okay..."
Li Siye rode his horse towards him, raised his whip and hit him hard on the back of the head. He hurriedly straightened his felt hat and sat down, giving a thumbs up: "What a grunt!"
The leader of Dashi's expression changed and he turned around and shouted a few words to the caravan. The warriors and merchants all calmed down and looked at the group of fake bandits in front of them with deep-set eyes.
The leader of the caravan crossed his chest with one hand and muttered a few words to Li Siye and the others.
Li Siye knew something was wrong, so he rode his horse to Kang Baoshan, grabbed him by the collar and asked in a low voice: "What did he say? Do you understand?"