At two o'clock in the morning, countless dark figures came towards the convoy from all directions. The soldier on guard suddenly noticed him and shouted, "Who is he?"
In the darkness, an arrow shot out with a "whoosh!" and hit the soldier in the chest. The soldier screamed and fell on his back.
His screams alerted other soldiers, and the leading team was shouting: "There are thieves!"
More than a dozen thieves in black rushed up and struck the soldiers on the head with their swords. The soldiers drew their swords to resist, and the two sides fought fiercely.
Kang stood up abruptly and knocked on the carriage with his fist "Boom! Boom!" and said, "Little girl, wake up!"
Xiaoyu Niang had undergone rigorous training in the Hidden Sword Pavilion and was very alert when sleeping. The screams outside suddenly woke her up. She immediately drew her sword in her hand and put the flying knife bag on her upper body. There were twelve flying knives in it.
Xue Tao was awakened by the sound of knocking on the wall and asked quickly: "What happened?"
"It seems there are thieves outside. Sister Tao stays in the car while I get on the roof."
She opened the window, jumped out, and jumped onto the roof of the car. Xue Tao turned pale with fright and held Xiao'e's hand tightly.
Five or six thieves rushed towards the carriage. Kang Bao sneered, stepped out from the side of the carriage, and hit him with a stick. He heard a "click!" and the thief at the front was beaten until his bones and tendons were broken, and he flew out.
How far is it?
Kang Bao immediately put away his stick and struck back. This was a unique move taught to him by Guo Song. It can recover power as quickly as possible. This is the essence of the nine sword styles. As long as he understands this move, Kang Bao will be able to fight back.
The use of force will be more skillful and clever, the speed of the stick will be faster, and his martial arts will be greatly improved.
Although he has just started, his efficiency has more than doubled.
‘Bang!’ A robber was hit in the head, his skull shattered and his brains burst out.
The leader of the bandits came with more than ten people to rob the carriage. Seeing that Kang Bao was strong, he immediately ordered: "Let's kill him together!"
Eighty or nine bandits immediately surrounded Kang Bao. One of the bandits was stabbing Kang Bao in the back with a spear. Suddenly, there was a flash of cold light and a flying knife shot through the back of his neck. The bandit fell to the ground.
Immediately afterwards, two more bandits behind Kang Bao were shot through the heart by flying knives and fell to the ground. The danger behind Kang Bao suddenly decreased. He roared, and the copper stick flew. In the blink of an eye, five bandits were killed, and the rest were killed.
When the two bandits saw how powerful he was, they turned around and ran away in fright. Kangbao took two quick steps and killed the bandit leader.
The bandit leader was a step slower. He turned around to escape, but Kang Bao had already caught up with him. Just as he was about to hit the back of his head with the copper stick, he saw a cold light coming, and a flying knife shot through the back of the bandit leader's heart.
, the bandit leader screamed and died on the spot.
Kang Bao took back the copper stick, turned around and glared at the little fish girl on the roof, and said loudly: "Don't leave the carriage!"
Xiaoyu Niang said with a smile: "I know!"
Kang Bao turned around and ran to the outside. There was still a fierce battle over there. The number of soldiers was less than half of the opponent. They were gradually losing ground. As Kang Bao charged in forcefully, more than a dozen thieves suddenly fell apart. They were either dead or able to escape.
The fierce fighting soon subsided.
The leading team was lighting a torch and giving a thumbs up to Kang Bao, "Master Kang is really a fierce general!"
He knew in his heart that if it weren't for Kang Bao, they would all be here today and none of them would survive. However, Kang Bao was too brave. He could easily kill more than a dozen people, and even a general might not be able to do it.
Kang Bao said nothing, returned to Xue Tao's carriage and sat down, as if nothing had happened.
Team Zheng sighed in his heart, "This is the master!"
He shouted loudly: "Xue Shijun, the bandits have been defeated, and the rest have escaped. It's okay!"
Hearing that the thieves had escaped, several coachmen who were hiding under the car came out tremblingly and lit torches one after another. At this time, Xue Xun also came out of the carriage and asked in a trembling voice: "How many have escaped? Will they come back?"
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"Probably not. Only five people escaped, and even their leader is dead. If I guessed correctly, they are the famous Ziwu thieves. They have been active in the Ziwu Valley Road in the past few years."
Xue Xun felt relieved, clasped his hands and thanked: "Thanks to Captain Yang today, otherwise my whole family would not be alive."
Captain Yang grinned and said: "I can't afford the compliments from you, so you should thank Lord Kang! He basically killed them all by himself. I have never seen such a brave warrior. He is the bravest of all three armies."
Strong general."
Xue Xun quickly clasped his hands to thank Kang Bao. Kang Bao waved his hand and said to Captain Yang, "Captain Yang praised me too much. My martial arts skills are nothing. I am not even worthy of carrying my lord's shoes."
Xue Xun was stunned and asked cautiously: "Is Mr. Zhang very skilled in martial arts?"
Kang Bao laughed mockingly and said: "Fat Zhang can also use the three-legged cat's sword skills. My lord is Guo Shijun, not him."
Only then did Xue Xun get confirmation. His guess was good. Kang Bao and Xiaoyu Niang were indeed arranged by Guo Song.
At this time, Xiaoyu Niang said in a long voice in the carriage: "Uncle Kang, you seem to have forgotten me."
Kang Bao nodded and praised: "Your flying knife is very powerful!"
At this time, Xue Tao said to his father Xue Xun: "Dad, your book should be temporarily stored in the Hanzhong government office! Please send it to Hanzhong to Jianzhou, otherwise we will always be targeted."
Xue Tao Bingxue is smart. She feels that her father's dozens of large book boxes have given the thieves too much imagination. This time the thieves attacked them probably because of the dozens of large boxes.
Xue Xun suddenly realized, he nodded repeatedly and said: "You are right, it is better for me to temporarily store it in the Hanzhong government office!"
Captain Yang was counting the casualties. Two of his men were killed and two were injured. Fortunately, the injuries were not serious and could only be bandaged.
They packed up the corpses and did not dare to rest anymore, so they set off overnight. The carriage accelerated and drove south. Kangbao also captured two horses, one to carry the copper rod for him, and the other stronger one for him to ride.
I can still keep up with the team.
Guo Song led a thousand soldiers disguised as bandits, marched day and night, and arrived at Wagang Mountain in Huazhou five days later.
Wagang Mountain has a radius of hundreds of miles. It is a majestic and dangerous mountain that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Zhai Rang, Li Mi and other anti-Sui forces established a separatist regime here.
At present, due to Li Lingyao's rebellion, he borrowed Tian Chengsi's army to defeat Li Mian who was in the Central Plains. Li Mian led 20,000 defeated troops to retreat to Hulao Pass. Li Lingyao's power increased sharply and controlled Bian, Song, Hua, Pu, Hao, Chen, and Ying.
, Si and other eight states, proclaimed themselves the king of Chenliu County, led the envoys of Bian and Song Dynasties, and had an army of about 70,000 to 80,000 people. Huazhou also became a place controlled by Li Lingyao.
Guo Song ordered Liang Wu and others to go to Wagang Mountain first, and he and Xu Jingnan rode to Kuangcheng County. In fact, Wagang Mountain is surrounded by four counties, namely Lingchang County in the north, Weicheng County in the east, and Weicheng County in the west.
Xucheng County and Kuangcheng County to the south.
The Wagang Village in the Sui Dynasty was mainly located in Weicheng County to the west, while Guo and Song chose to be near Kuangcheng County in the south.
Kuangcheng County is a small county, less than a hundred miles away from Renqiu County in Bianzhou. There are only 300 troops stationed in the county, including the surrounding farmers, and there are about 2,000 households in the entire county.
Guo Song and Xu Jingnan are both dressed as scribes. The weather is getting a bit hot. Guo Song wears a slightly thin white blouse, a black gauze hat on his head, and a jade belt around his waist. He is a typical rich man. Xu Jingnan is also dressed similarly, except that he
He is wearing a green hat and looks like a literati Qingke who followed Guo Song.
The two entered the county town. Today happened to be a market day. The county town was quite lively. Farmers from the surrounding villages crowded the county town. Most of them were selling some special mountain products and buying some salt oil to take home.
As the saying goes, you live on the mountain, and here is close to Wagang Mountain. The special products brought by the farmers are basically all kinds of game and medicinal materials, such as a few fat rabbits or a thin wild boar, or centuries-old skullcap, Shouwu and other medicinal materials.
Both sides of the street were filled with various stalls, and all kinds of shouts came and went. Most of the farmers' livestock were donkeys and mules. People on horseback were basically invisible, so Guo Song and Xu Jingnan were particularly surprised when they rode into the city.
It was eye-catching that a general guarding the city stared at the two of them for a long time.
Guo Song came to the county government office. The county government office was relatively shabby. Next to it was the warehouse courtyard, where money and food were kept. This was the purpose of Guo Song coming. They only had two days of dry food left. They had to stay for a long time.
He must have a batch of grain, so of course he can rob a big family, but robbing people's wealth will seriously damage his reputation, even if he pretends to be a thief.
The best thing is to rob the official warehouse. Anyway, now Kuang County has changed its allegiance to Li Lingyao and is controlled by Li Lingyao. There is no moral baggage in grabbing this official warehouse. The key is how much food is in the warehouse.
"Your Majesty, let me go and inquire!" Seeing someone in the courtyard, Xu Jingnan whispered to Guo Song.
Xu Jingnan was a former official in Laozhou, and he was very tactful in people's ways. He was especially good at dealing with people in the government. Guo Song nodded, and Xu Jingnan got off his horse and walked into the courtyard.
After a while, he came out, got on his horse and gave Guo Song a wink, and the two of them turned their horses and left.
After walking more than a hundred steps, Xu Jingnan lowered his voice and said: "One thousand dan of grain, 50,000 dan of fodder, 8,000 guan of money, and 3,000 pieces of cloth will all be transported to Chenliu County early tomorrow morning."
Chenliu County is Li Lingyao's hometown. If he wants to support the enemy, this money and food must of course be withheld.
Guo Songxiao asked: "How did Xu Canjun ask?"
Xu Jingnan smiled slightly, "The most effective and direct way to clear the way for the small and medium-sized officials in the county is to clear the way with copper coins, but you can't give too much. A hundred cents is enough. If you give too much, they will be suspicious. Don't give too much or too little.
If you ask about the amount of old rice, they will naturally regard you as a grain seller and will not have any other ideas."
Guo Song secretly praised that it was indeed an old official who took action, and this kind of thing was easily solved. "Then how did they transport them away?" Guo Song asked again.
"There are three hundred soldiers in the city. They are responsible for escorting money and grain. They are setting out at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. They have already collected hundreds of carts."
Mao hour is exactly six o'clock in the morning, which is exactly the time when the city gate is opened.
"Let's go!"
The two quickened their horses and prepared to leave Kuang County, but they were stopped by several soldiers at the city gate.