king of war

Chapter 67
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Qin Rongshuai wandered around on the grassland, his whereabouts were uncertain, and he was very free.

However, the major commercial firms in Shanxi are feeling very uncomfortable. It’s almost September, and winter in the Northeast comes early. Jianzhou Jurchen must stockpile a large amount of grain, grass and winter supplies before winter begins.

Otherwise, the winter will be very sad, and a large number of people will freeze to death and starve to death. Jianzhou Jurchens are rare, and each one is very precious. Therefore, Jianzhou Jurchens often go to the deep mountains and old forests in the north to catch wild Jurchens for use. Supplementary population.

Every death will weaken the strength of the Jianzhou Jurchens. Especially after the Jurchens raised troops to fight against the Ming Dynasty, population is the capital of victory. Loss due to natural disasters is something Nurhachi can never accept.

Therefore, the materials of several large trading houses such as Fan Family and Cao Family in Shanxi are crucial, and they dare not stop transportation because they cannot afford the price.

Even with the loss of two batches of supplies, the three most powerful families, the Fan family, the Cao family, and the Chang family, united to gather all the convoys together and organize a larger convoy.

The entire convoy consisted of 300 carts, and more than [-] guards were hired. In addition, these families also contacted horse thieves on the grasslands, offering heavy rewards to encircle and suppress these unknown forces who made trouble for them.

The mighty convoy stretched for more than ten miles, and a large number of sentinels were running back and forth near the convoy. Not only that, there were also various horse thieves escorting them in sections along the way.

Shanxi merchants are determined, and Mang also wants to find a way out.

On the endless grassland, several eagles fly over from time to time. Sometimes they will circle in the sky for a while, looking for prey. Sometimes they will fly over at low altitude and emit bursts of clear calls.

Qin Rongshuai stretched out his hand, took the Scouting Eagle back, and sneered, "These people really don't give up. If this is the case, I will help you!"

This time Qin Rongshuai did not resort to a night attack, but wandered around the convoy, quietly clearing out those horse thieves.

Either setting up an ambush to lure them, or stealing camp at night, these horse thieves are hard to resist.

The reason why horse thieves on the prairie are difficult to deal with is that these people are desperate and extremely vicious.

The second is to rely on horses to roam around and plunder. Like wolves, they have no fixed place and strong mobility. When they find easy prey, they will swarm up, and those who are difficult to kill will keep harassing them.

And these are not problems for Qin Rongshuai at all, no matter how fierce the desperadoes are, they are scum in front of his system soldiers.

In terms of mobility, Qin Rongshuai can roam around by himself, taking a dozen horses in rotation, without eating, drinking or sleeping, and with the assistance of the scouting eagle, no matter how cunning a horse thief is, there is nowhere to hide.

After Qin Rongshuai caught horse thieves, he often didn't keep alive, and he didn't stick to the methods. He used poison, sneak attack, and assassination. Within a few days, all the horse thieves on the grassland sensed the danger and ran away.

No matter how the stewards of the convoy set prices, no horse thief would dare to accept the job of escort, after all, if you want money, you have to spend your life.

So, from the tenth day of stepping into the grassland, there was no protection on the periphery of the convoy, only a dozen sentry riders in the convoy acted as eyes and ears.

The leader of the convoy was Fan Hong, who was Fan Yongdou's housekeeper. When he was young, he traveled with Fan Yongdou between Shanxi and Liaodong. He walked the grassland dozens of times and was Fan Yongdou's right-hand man.

Originally, he stopped following the convoy a few years ago and stayed in Shanxi to help Fan Yongdou manage the business, but the matter was so important that Fan Yongdou had to send him out again.

Along the way, he was careful and tried various tricks, but he still couldn't get rid of the lingering ghost.

And they have only traveled one-tenth of the way. At this speed, they will not be able to reach Liaodong before winter.

Fan Hong frowned, and couldn't think of any good solution for a while.

"what!"

Suddenly there was a scream in the distance, and Fan Hong was startled. He hurriedly climbed onto a cart, looked far away, and saw a scout rider fall off his horse.

This is already the seventh sentinel who has been eliminated by various methods within one day.

Fan Hong glanced back at the other pale-faced scouts, with a dejected expression, and waved his hand, "Camp and rest, I won't leave today."

The convoy quickly set up camp by a lake. It was still three hours before dark, but no one dared to go any further, and everyone looked worried.

At night, the watchmen dare not sleep, their eyes are wide open, and even other people can't sleep well.

After one night, the team members were surprised to find that nothing happened.

Just when everyone was suspiciously harnessing the mules and horses to the cart again, and was about to continue to set off, suddenly there was a thunderstorm from a distance.

"boom!"

A white light hit the convoy and exploded.

The huge air wave spread to the surroundings, and the hit cart was smashed to pieces, and several nearby carts were blown to the ground by the shock wave.

The mules and horses were startled and ran away in all directions, and the whole convoy was thrown into chaos.

Fan Hong's expression changed all of a sudden, and he shouted desperately, "Don't mess up, grab the horse!"

It took the whole convoy an hour to control the startled horses and rearrange the convoy. Fan Hong felt lucky that he was not attacked during this period.

But before he said to start, another white light hit the convoy.

The convoy was in chaos again.

After repeating this three times, Fan Hong's mentality collapsed, and so did the people in the team. They froze in place, doing nothing, and let some startled horses run around with their carts, even if they stopped, no one paid attention. .

The convoy was stuck in place, unable to move for days.

Fan Hong also gave up struggling, and the people leading the convoy stayed where they were and did not leave.

This made Qin Rongshuai feel a little strange. After a little thought, it seemed that they were waiting for reinforcements.In the past, when there were few people, he would directly attack by force. When there were many people, he would use wolf pack tactics to consume a little bit, so that insurance could delay time.

His purpose is to prevent these goods from being delivered to their destinations. Since these people don't leave, Qin Rongshuai can spend with them all the time. Anyway, he is not the one who is in a hurry.

Then he will go around and expand the scope of the investigation to see who is coming.

However, what Qin Rongshuai didn't expect was that at this time, the generals and soldiers gathered in Datong Town, the flags were unfurled, and the spirit of killing was permeating.

Ma Cheng'en, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, personally led [-] elite soldiers out of the pass, and went north to the grasslands to encircle and suppress the horse bandits.

On the grassland, a large number of horse bandits also gathered and began to attack everywhere.

Both the Chahar and Horqin tribes gathered strong men from various tribes, and tens of thousands of people marched southward in a mighty manner.

Nurhachi personally led the Zhenghuang Banner, Xianghuang Banner, and Zhengbai Banner, starting from Tieling and heading west.

For a time, the entire grassland was covered with battle clouds.

(End of this chapter)