Borrow the day to change the day

Besides, the further Zhong Jinwei traveled westward, the closer he got to the border of Shaanxi, the drier the climate became.

The river turned into a creek, and the creek naturally disappeared, and the river bed was exposed in many places.

However, most of the people in Shanxi have the custom of doing business.Although the harvest in the crop field is small, but going out to sell a few goods, you can still make ends meet.

Because Zhong Jinwei wanted to know the situation along the way, he called Wang Yan to accompany him.This made Uncle Cai and the others envious. They didn't expect him to go to Zhangjiakou, but he stepped on dog shit, changed his luck and made friends with the court dignitaries.

After Wang Yan came out of the initial restraint, he introduced the situation of various places to Zhong Jinwei eloquently, and Zhong Jinwei also learned about some people's livelihood in Shanxi.

Based on his understanding of the situation, if the weather is not good, the drought and severe cold will continue.Most of the people in Shanxi can still survive, because they don't rely solely on land for support.

In the Ming Dynasty, the commercial tax was only [-]% of the [-]th tax, and even if it was such a low tax, as long as you bribed officials one or two times, you would not have to pay it.Relatively speaking, the profits of the merchants are extremely high.

It would be unimaginable if this was changed in later generations.You eat a meal, surf the Internet, even read an e-book, and there is no high tax.Let’s talk about e-books, the tax rate on manuscript fees reaches 20.00%, which is [-]% tax, which is six times the commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty.

This shows how happy it is to do business in the Ming Dynasty. [

Zhong Jinwei was thinking while listening, and walking while comparing.

At noon that day, when he was resting after eating, Wang Yan introduced to Zhong Jinwei: "Master Hou, after another twenty miles, there will be the Yellow River. This Yellow River is the junction of Qin and Jin."

Zhong Jinwei heard that he was finally going to Shaanxi, which also meant that he had to take precautions, after all, there were many thieves in Shaanxi.

He thought about it carefully. At this time, it seemed that many peasants had already revolted.I don't know how well my Hong Chengchou is doing, whether it will be better than in history.

In order to secure the time, Zhong Jinwei asked Gu Baichuan to find a few large carts, and used them to transport all the silver coins carried by the cavalry.

After crossing the Yellow River, if you encounter a peasant rebel army and fight like this, you will find that the soldiers of the Ming army have a lot of silver on them, which is equivalent to adding a strengthening halo to the peasant rebel army, and their combat power will increase sharply, then you are asking for trouble .

Then Zhong Jinwei discussed with Ma Xianglin, and the team immediately made some adjustments.Hu Hao, who was originally in the team, led his men and began to scout forward to find the way for the army.

Jin Yiwei withdrew to the central army, and Zhong Jinwei was the main guard.The white pole army is the vanguard, keeping combat vigilance.

The Eight Hundred Datong Army followed closely behind Zhong Jinwei, guarding the silver, and at the same time separated the army from the merchant's convoy to prevent the common people from knowing the army formation and moving closer to the white army in case of war, which would affect the army's operations.

Another purpose is to prevent the existence of spies among businessmen.Although this possibility is extremely low, for the sake of safety, we still have to take precautions.

Hu Hao received the military order from Zhong Jinwei, and went to explore the way for the army first.

Hu Hao led his men to gallop on horseback, feeling very happy.These days, because of the accompanying caravan, the schedule has been not fast, which makes Hu Hao and others who are used to fighting on the battlefield a little unaccustomed.

Wang Er said to Hu Hao in front of him: "Brother Hu, we happened to save Zhongxinghou. We didn't expect to become Zhongxinghou's people now. Don't worry about military pay being deducted, don't worry about military exploits being falsely claimed, Zhongxinghou treats people kindly, It's really comfortable."

When Guo Yanzhong and others heard it, they all agreed with Wang Er's statement.

Hu Hao led the gallop, and did not slow down the speed of the horse. He just turned his head slightly to avoid the oncoming cool wind, and opened his mouth and said: "Marquis Zhongxing is indeed different from ordinary noble generals. It is the same. Marquis Zhongxing.”[

"That's right, Brother Hu, it should be much easier to deal with those thieves this time than dealing with Jianlu." Wang Er is a talker, and he can easily talk non-stop at this moment.

Hu Hao saw that he had already left the township and that the surrounding population began to thin out, and he replied to Wang Erdao: "It is reasonable to say that it should be easy to deal with, but the battle is absolute. We are now with Zhongxinghou, and we cannot discredit Zhongxinghou's record because of us. Marquis Zhongxing led eight hundred people to capture the slave chieftain of Jianlu alive. If he was planted in Shaanxi, it would be too much. Therefore, we are the eyes and ears of the army, so we must not be sloppy!"

More than a dozen subordinates immediately responded loudly, and they all felt a little regretful that during the battle of Qingshui Mingyue Pass, they were not under Zhongxinghou's men and followed King Qin's cavalry army, and suffered a big defeat in the end.

While chatting and walking, I had already driven more than ten miles before I knew it.

Hu Hao straightened up on the galloping horse and observed the surrounding terrain, and said to his brothers: "I estimated the distance, it should not be far from the Yellow River. Let's go, brothers, to see the Yellow River."

"Okay." Yebushou responded, speeding up the horse, and rushed up the hill ahead.

On the road near the Yellow River, the soil slopes are uneven one after another.

Hu Hao suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes in front of him. As soon as he stretched out his arms, his brothers immediately knew what was going on and listened attentively.

"Brother Hu, there are about five riders coming this way." After all, Ye Bu Shou's people have a lot of experience, so after hearing this, they can tell how many riders there are.

"It can't be a thief, right? It didn't even cross the Yellow River to enter Shaanxi, so it shouldn't be such a coincidence?" Wang Er said disapprovingly.

When Hu Hao heard this, he turned his head seriously, looked at Wang Er and said, "What did you just say, don't let me hear such nonsense again."

Wang Er stuck out his tongue in the wind, and whispered back: "Understood, Brother Hu."

Hu Hao turned his head and looked left and right, and saw that half an arrow away from the top of the hill in front, there happened to be a recess where he could hide, which was a blind spot on the top of the hill.

So Hu Hao took the reins and led the brothers to the hiding place.

Ye Bushou and others skillfully rolled over and dismounted, and patted the horse three inches below the neck. The horse knelt and lay down obediently, cooperating very well.Just in case, a horse cover was put on the horse's mouth.

Guo Yanzhong listened on the ground for a while, and said: "There is still about a hundred steps to go, and we should reach the top of the slope soon."

Yebushou took out their proficient weapons one after another, lying on the ground without looking up at the top of the slope, listening to Guo Yanzhong's report of the enemy's whereabouts.

Although this place is within the territory of Ming Dynasty, and it has not yet reached Shaanxi where thieves are everywhere, it is still rare for a group of people to come here on horseback. After all, horses are not something ordinary people can afford.

They have many years of experience in not accepting at night, and they would rather treat them as enemies when they are not clear, and they can't be paralyzed and ignore it.

Although their experience will cause them a lot of trouble, it has saved their lives many times, allowing them to survive the cruel war against captives.

When Hu Hao heard that the horse was about to appear at the top of the slope, he took off his helmet, poked his head out slightly, and watched the movement of the top of the slope with only a pair of eyes exposed.

"It's here!" Guo Yanzhong said.

Sure enough, the head of the horse and the silhouette of the knight were immediately exposed on the top of the slope. There were five riders in total.

I saw that the knights of these five cavalry were dressed in the costumes of frontier soldiers and ordinary people. They had one thing in common: their clothes were very worn out and their armor was incomplete.

The weapons they carry are various, not the standard weapons equipped in the regular cavalry.

Seeing this, Hu Hao came to a conclusion in his heart: These five rides and eight achievements are thieves!

At the same time, Hu Hao murmured in his heart: Sure enough, he sailed carefully.

The Wuqi at the top of the slope saw that there was no one in front of him, so he started talking, his voice was not suppressed, and it reached the recess where Hu Hao was hiding: "Your team leader is really troublesome, who would have thought that we would cross the Yellow River east , came from Shanxi. I insisted on responding to Zijin Liang and asked to send scouts. You see, I have run for more than ten miles, and no officer or soldier can see it."

The man was a little embarrassed, but he still explained for his team leader: "If you don't come, how will you know if there are officers and soldiers? My team leader is also careful. When I was in Shaanxi, if it wasn't for my team leader's cautiousness, I would have been killed several times. I was almost suppressed by Hong Shaved. Isn't it?"

The person who spoke earlier agreed with this person on this point, saying: "That's right, if Hong Shaved the head hadn't been too tight, we wouldn't have come to Shanxi."

Another person interjected: "Come on, go to the top of the mountain and have a look again, go back and report if you have nothing to do."

Hearing this, Hu Hao gestured to his subordinates, and said in a low voice, "Shoot horses and catch alive."

Upon hearing this, Yebushou and his friends carefully took out their bows and crossbows, ready to shoot the horse.

After a while, the sound of horseshoes sounded again, and five riders roared down from the top of the slope.

All of a sudden, Sixteen Yebushu stood up, and sixteen arrows shot at the mounts of the five thieves rushing down from the top of the slope at close range.