In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 74 Unbalanced Heart

"Sir, why don't we accept it as soon as we see fit? Anyway, we have already robbed [-]% of the supplies of these caravans. I just took a look and found that many of the cars are loaded with food and weapons, as well as a lot of cloth and salt."

Huang Ben said carefully. He had been on tenterhooks all day, fearing that he would be recognized by the caravan steward and his family would be harmed.

"Yes, sir, the remaining two groups are not easy to fight, so there is no need to take risks." Zhou Meng also advised.

Needless to say, the two people's suggestions made many people nod secretly, even Mrs. Niu was no exception. After all, even if they haven't counted yet, everyone knows that they made a lot of money today.

Lin Rui was a little reluctant. He was satisfied with the supplies, but the number of prisoners was a little short, barely two thousand, so he really wanted to capture some more prisoners. After all, the opportunity was rare, and there was no such shop beyond this village.

"In this way, they will definitely rendezvous tonight. Let's wait for them to rendezvous, and then launch a sudden attack to capture as many prisoners as possible!" Lin Rui thought about it and finally said.

They eat meat every day, and there is no night blindness at all. The other party definitely does not have such good conditions, at least the coachmen and horsemen definitely have no meat to eat.

Naturally, no one would object, and Lin Rui also called Ha Beier and the others back while asking people to make rice.

After all, after a whole day of hard work, even if the horse ran and stopped, both the man and the horse would be very tired.

After Hubbell left with the cavalry, the people in the two convoys breathed a heavy sigh of relief. Under the greetings of the seven family heads, they also started to cook.

As night fell, many bonfires were lit in both convoys. However, Lin Rui and the others put out all the fire sources. This made the seven family heads confused as to whether this group of horse bandits was leaving. Still nearby.

The two teams finally dared to send people to communicate with each other and discuss what to do next.

"Brother Liang, this group of horse bandits has robbed so many supplies and has probably left. Brother Fan and the others are only three miles away from us, so we might as well take advantage of the night to clean up and join them quickly!"

"Yes, it only takes a few cups of tea to hitch the horse. It's safer to join them together."

Tian Shenglan and Wang Dayu abandoned all their supplies. If it weren't for the sake of the eight families being in the same spirit, they would have taken them away directly.

After all, Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku and the others had more people on their side, more than 4000 people, while their side was only over [-] people.

"Two good brothers, although we only have three miles of land, once we move the carriage and hitch the mules and horses, the group of horse bandits will take the opportunity to suddenly attack, and they will definitely lose a lot of vehicles. It is better to wait until dawn to make sure that the group of horse bandits is really We’re gone, it’s not too late to meet up again!”

"But what if the other party doesn't leave?"

"Yes, if they hadn't left, they would definitely come and beat me first tomorrow. If they didn't stop us, we would all be doomed. Brother Liang, don't let a small thing lead to a big loss!"

Liang Jiabin was naturally reluctant to part with the supplies. He was afraid of being raided at night, so he wanted to stay here and wait until dawn to make sure the horse bandits were gone before moving. After all, if the horse bandits wanted to attack them, they would have come to fight them during the day. How could they wait until tomorrow?

He didn't come, probably because he didn't want to cause more casualties.

But Tian Shenglan and Wang Dayu were not balanced in their hearts. Why did they give up their supplies to join the Liang family, but the Liang family didn't give up their supplies to join them?Therefore, he was unwilling to take risks to help the Liang family keep supplies.

What's more, what if the horse bandits come to attack at night?
Finally, under the threat of the two men leaving, Liang Jiabin had to compromise and asked the coachman and groom to move the carriage, hitch the mules and horses, and prepare to meet Fan Yongdou and others.

As a result, the horses had just been hitched, and some carriages had not even had time to turn around when the rumble of horse hooves and shouts of death were heard.Wang Dayu and Tian Shenglan, who had been prepared for a long time, rushed forward with their troops without hesitation, not bothering to care about the life and death of the Liang family.

"Quick, don't mess around, hurry up and catch the car..."

Although Liang Jiabin was riding horses with more than 100 guards and holding torches, he did not run directly, but urged the coachmen and horsemen to drive the carriage.

The coachmen also knew at this time that it was too late to unload the horses, so they all jumped on the carriage, raised their whips, and prepared to run away.

shhhhhh…

But the cavalry led by Ha Bei'er was too fast and killed them in an instant. A hail of arrows scared Liang Jiabin and he turned around and ran away, no longer caring about his carriage.

Lin Rui and his men on horseback came up from the other side and killed the mules and horses that had not yet started to pull the cart with their swords.

The Mongolian cavalry also fired arrows desperately to kill the mules and horses.

As for the person who escaped on horseback, he did not chase him. After all, it was such a close distance and he could reach them in one go on horseback. It was impossible to catch up. Shooting two arrows behind him at most was of little significance.

Lin Rui's purpose was never to kill people, but to grab things and capture prisoners, so even the mules and horses were directly killed to prevent the driver from escaping in the carriage.

The Liang family had a total of more than 400 carts, and the total number of cartmen and horsemen exceeded [-]. But in the end, only the dozens of carts at the front, driven by nearly a hundred cartmen, successfully escaped into the convoy three miles away, and the rest Neither the cart nor the driver left.

"Kneel down and surrender to avoid death!"

"Anyone who runs around will be killed without mercy!"

After shouting loudly, the coachmen and horsemen calmed down from their panic and knelt down one after another to surrender. The few who jumped off the carriage and tried to escape were also knocked to the ground by the rushing cavalry with the back of their swords.

After gathering together the six to seven hundred captured coachmen, Lin Rui asked them to untie the carriage from the dead mules and horses, hitch new horses, then supervise them and continue to drive the carriage away.

From the beginning to the end, Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku and others two or three miles away watched this scene helplessly. Even though there were more than 6000 people in total, no one proposed to fight back and destroy this group of horse bandits.

Although they lost hundreds of men, looking at the dozens of carriages that had successfully escaped, Liang Jiabin didn't know whether he had made a profit or a loss. However, compared to other families, his Liang family still had dozens of carriages left. Thinking of this , I finally felt a lot more comfortable.

The most comfortable thing was of course Wang Dengku. From the beginning to the end, no one, one horse, or one cart of supplies was lost.

However, in order not to irritate others, he did not show complacency. Instead, he said modestly: "Brother Fan, dear friends, what should we do next?"

"Let's wait until tomorrow. Anyway, this group of damn horse bandits will never dare to attack again. Even if they come, we are not afraid!"

The other six people were not in a good mood. They were not in the mood to discuss. They just wanted to have a good sleep and calm down.

Wang Dengku also consciously took over the task of guarding and sentry.

(End of this chapter)