The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 336
On the official road, an official army of about 300 people is escorting several carts. It is very important to see what is on it.

There are a total of more than 50 carriages. Except for the soldiers, there are five large boxes on each carriage, and three people are guarding the carriage.

What's even more strange is that one of them is a prison car, which has to be said to be a strange thing.

This team started from Kaifeng City, and now at least they have almost traveled a hundred miles, and everyone is tired.

But at this time, they had come to a mountain road, and the leader also saw that everyone was listless, so he ordered everyone to rest.

Besides, the sun was about to go down, and some soldiers were ordered to guard, and some soldiers went to find an open field to prepare to set up camp.

"Toutou, why are we brothers escorting these things here? It is said that this road is very unsafe."

A low-ranking officer like a small corporal leader complained in a low voice to his capital:

"It doesn't matter if we escort these things. The key is why we still have to carry a burden. In case something goes wrong, we really can't afford it. The burden should be someone from the government office. Escorted?"

The head may have been annoyed by his question, eyes wide open:
"You ask Laozi, whoever I ask, do what the higher-ups tell us to do, where there is so much nonsense, go and perform your duties."

After the little corporal leader left, Dutou also said to himself: "Not only you are wondering, but I am also wondering when will the salary of this place be transported from the capital."

In fact, he doesn't know what's in it. According to the regulations of the Song Dynasty, even if it is a salary, it is not such a box, and it has special specifications.

This box is really a bit big, but when I was in Kaifeng City, some people said that it contained the payment to Fengzhou.

Some also said that what Wuliangye is all transported here, anyway, it is a good thing.

But generally speaking, such things are kept secret, and I don't know how the information leaked out.

So the pressure on these 300 people is huge. In fact, the most important reason is that there are often robbers on this road.

These robbers are famous not because they are handsome, but because no matter who they are, as long as they are looking for something, it is difficult to escape their clutches.

The government's encirclement and suppression campaign was unsuccessful several times, and it was not successful at all, because these robbers disappeared without a trace when the official army of the brigade arrived.

It seems that they have already known that the officers and soldiers are coming, I will run away when you come, and I will come out when you leave.

In this way, the gangsters entrenched on the official road were indeed getting bigger and bigger, and the government had no choice but to stay on the spot.

Seeing that everyone was busy setting up camp, I went to my old boss to gather some information:

"I said, my lord, we are transporting something. This big box looks very expensive."

His boss was a commander, and the commander looked at his younger brother and asked such a question.

"Yang Ergou, is your skin itchy? Don't know if you shouldn't know. You just need to remember that if you do a good job this time, you will be promoted when you come back."

As soon as he heard that he was promoted, Yang Ergou didn't hesitate to ask others: "Okay, I will listen to the adults, and I will arrange for the soldiers to take good care of them."

After finishing talking, he arranged for his subordinates to take good care of the large boxes on these vehicles. This was related to his future.

The commander shook his head helplessly when he saw his old subordinate like this, but he didn't know what was inside.

This was an order given to him by the emperor himself, asking him to escort the batch of things. As for what was inside, he was not allowed to open it at all.

"Have you all checked it out? Is there only 300 people guarding it, and there is a prison car inside, is it the young master?"

"Butler, what we see is true. It's on the official road. We have a team of brothers working there. We can see clearly. There are many big boxes on it. It looks like it should be money. You see ..."

This guy sounds like an intelligence officer, and what he didn't finish should be a vote for him.

The steward only said one sentence, he only ordered to wait here, and then walked into the inner hall:
"The master has confirmed where the young master is. The spies said that there are about 300 people accompanying him, and there are [-] carts of large boxes."

"Okay, don't think about it, I must rescue my nephew, and the other boxes must be snatched back. I will go out and get ready to go!"

After the steward left, he said to himself alone: ​​"This time, not only can I rescue my nephew, but I can also make great contributions to the Holy Church."

Resting on an open field, a few people in the distance are cooking with a stove, and they are going to rest here tonight.

The sun has not set yet, so they have to hurry up and finish all the things, so as not to see clearly in the dark.

At this time, there was a sudden cry on the high ground on both sides, and groups of people rushed down with bright weapons in their hands.

"There is an enemy attack, everyone be on guard."

The discipline of the army was strict, and they quickly adjusted their formation and prepared to fight. They saw about 500 people coming from the opposite side. It seemed that they should be bandits from this area.

At first a man came out, the scar on his face was very ferocious, he opened his throat and shouted: "Hey, I opened this mountain, I planted this road, I want to pass here, leave money to buy roads .”

People in front listen well, we are just asking for money, it is not easy for everyone, you must have heard of our reputation, we have killed many officers and soldiers.

If you want you to leave now, we can just let you go like this, it’s okay for you or me, what do you think? "

This person seems to do this kind of thing often, he looks very experienced, and he looks very confident.

Although they were only 500 robbers, they were not afraid of the 300-strong army below.

Besides, I and others still have a huge advantage in numbers, so I'm afraid of a ball!

These 500 people are their elite, and their self-confidence is no worse than these soldiers. They have fought against the army many times in the past, and the army is like that.

But the more than 300 soldiers did not move. They all held the weapons in their hands tightly and looked at the robbers nervously.

In the past, they just heard that these bandits didn't pay attention to the officers and soldiers at all, but today they saw it.

Didn't it mean that the robbers are afraid of the officers and soldiers, and now these robbers can still send them over to snatch the officers and soldiers' things.

It's true that strange things happen every year, especially this year, but this time they are doomed to fail.

　I don't have time to write for the meeting tonight, so let's post one first, to see when I can go back, and I have to sort out the minutes of the meeting, it's really annoying

　　
　
(End of this chapter)