Nanming Engineer

Chapter 137 Silver Cart
Ma Xintian led more than 300 defeated soldiers, throwing away their helmets and armor, and ran as fast as rabbits. These soldiers are all mountain natives, and they are used to running on mountain roads. The loess mountain road turns and turns, making Tan Wen and others who are chasing after them on horseback gnash their teeth, and these people don't run along the road, they often climb a dirt slope in a super-short way, and they will throw off a large part of the pursuers. Tan Wen's army chased the horses fast, and the horses couldn't climb the hills, so they had to follow the road to chase, and they had to go around in a big circle. In this way, even though Tan Wen pumped the horse's buttocks to swell, it didn't shorten it. How much is the distance from the defeated Shizhu army.

After chasing for ten miles, Tan Wen suddenly raised his hand, pulled the rein and stomped his feet, and stopped. Tan Hong and Tan Zhi, who were behind him, also hurriedly stopped the horses, so that the whole army stopped slowly, and stood in a line on the road. Row.

"Brother, why did you stop suddenly?" Tan Zhi was sweating profusely, and was in the middle of his head, when he was suddenly pulled back, he pulled his horse and turned to Tan Wen in confusion and asked.

Tan Wen squinted his eyes and set up the awning with his hands, looked around, frowned suspiciously, and muttered: "I always feel that something is wrong."

Tan Zhi was in a hurry. Seeing that the escaped Shizhu soldiers were about to disappear, the boss was still suspicious here, and the opportunity to fight was fleeting, so how could he hesitate?So he said loudly: "Brother, don't delay, what's wrong? I've chopped off more than a dozen of his heads, and the soldiers and horses of the stone pillars have been frightened. Just add more force, and they will be able to go straight Smash Toast City!"

Tan Hong was also a little dissatisfied, but he was quite calm, not like Tan Zhi's rushing roar, but said softly: "Brother, third brother is right, we have internal support, a strong army, and the right time, place and people for this battle. It's different, so why worry about a big event? I don't think the stone pillar soldiers are like soldiers luring the enemy, but rather like a defeated army in panic. If we don't take advantage of the victory to pursue, I'm afraid we will miss the opportunity of the battle."

The two sang together, as if they were undercover agents sent by Wang Huan, they kept persuading Tan Wen, wishing they could tie Tan Wenjia up and kill Shizhu on the horse.

The two of them are obsessed with money, and their minds have already been put on the silver mine. The legendary mountain of silver ingots is so close to them. They only need to climb a few more mountains and cross a few ridges, and they can take it for themselves. If you have money, you can become an uncle. How can these two men who grew up in Fengjie County resist the temptation of money?
Tan Wen squinted his eyes and remained silent. He had seen the world and read military books. The war progressed so smoothly that he always felt uneasy. In the meantime, there were too many places to set up ambushes, and he didn't want to be the second Niu Sicheng.

After thinking about it for a long time, Tan Wen still felt that he could not listen to his two younger brothers. These two were destined to be governors for the rest of their lives.

"Handling, the former army..." Tan Wen made up his mind. He could not chase after him in a swarm. He had to follow the method of military formation, step by step, and keep the three armies apart. invincible position.

Before he could finish his sentence, he heard an uproar in front of him, and the men in the first team who were chasing him shouted loudly, urging their horses to gallop forward regardless of their own will.

Tan Wen was furious, who was responsible for such a disregard of military discipline?I split his head off!

He was about to have a seizure, but he saw a rider from the team galloping towards him. Tan Zhi didn't wait for Tan Wen's order, and leaped forward, shouting: "What's going on? What's going on? Are you not afraid of military law?"

But the cavalryman running over looked ecstatic, rolled down his horse as if he was running for his life, and shouted in a trembling voice: "General, general! At the fork in the road ahead, I found a group of silver carts with stone pillars, which seemed to be escorting Baiyin from Tubaozhai. Those who went to Shizhu were blocked by our army, and the escorted soldiers scattered and fled. The cart was full of silver, probably tens of thousands of taels!"

This cry was like the bell of a boy who spread wealth, and everyone's heart was immediately aroused, tens of thousands of taels!Fengjie's talent tax revenue for a year is not so much, and the Tan brothers' eyes are straightened.

Tan Zhi and Tan Hong's eyes were red, and they looked at Tan Wen as if they were eating people, and shouted in unison: "Brother!"

Tan Wen didn't say a word, his face was uncertain, but he rode away and rushed forward.

After less than a mile, it turned out to be a fork in the road. Several horse-drawn carts and ox carts were abandoned on the side of the road. The carts were full of wooden boxes. Several wooden boxes were hacked by Tan Wen's soldiers with weapons, revealing A silver ingot with white flowers.

Taking a rough look, every box is full of silver. The wooden box is heavy, and a box can hold no less than a thousand taels. A dozen soldiers guarding the car are frantically stuffing the silver into their pockets. .

Tan Wen stepped forward, brandishing his horsewhip, and swiftly pulled the soldiers away, and then asked Mr. Qian, who led the soldiers, "Where's the man from Shizhu?"

There was only a silver car on the ground, but no corpse, so Tan Wen asked this question.

Mr. Qian was so happy that his face twitched, he grinned and pointed at the official road in the direction of the stone pillar, and said, "They all ran away, there were a total of more than a dozen carriages, and there were few people in the end, so I only had time to stop these few carriages. Quickly, run towards the stone pillar!"

Like the last straw that broke the camel's back, Tan Wen couldn't think of anything else, any possible ambushes, and any tactics that the poor would never pursue, all of them were thrown to Java, and the white money vividly appeared in his mind. Biting his lips, he spit out a word: "Chasing!"

He left more than 200 people behind, guarding the silver chariot that was crooked on the ground, and the other troops, led by his three brothers, chased forward like a whirlwind.

After chasing for a short distance, Tan Wen saw a group of horse-drawn carriages sprinting desperately along the official road ahead, and some infantry were running beside the vehicles. The convoy gathered together and fled in a panic.

Tan Wen felt more at ease. He had seen someone who lured the enemy, but he had never heard of someone who used tens of thousands of taels of silver to lure the enemy. It seemed that Ma Chongming's grain merchant was indeed right, and the stone pillar was really weak. Feel free to attack boldly!
The Shizhu convoy in front seemed to have also seen the pursuers behind, and there was another commotion. A man who looked like a general on a horse shouted: "Protect the silver cart, protect the silver cart! Let the silver cart go first!" Some soldiers stayed behind like a flock of sheep, as if they wanted to stop them.

Tan Wen couldn't help laughing, how dare his defeated generals fight again?Let's cut down this group of lifeless savages first.

He is the chief general, and he can't help him to do the work of charging into the battle. Tan Wen's eyelids rolled, and Tan Zhi, who was impatient beside him, led the team and rushed away like a tsunami.

"Grab the silver! Kill the barbarians!" Tan Zhi shouted, his eyes were shining, he raised the ax in his hand above his head, and galloped to the front. , obviously also recognized himself.

The officer also simply hung the hook and sickle spear in his hand on the horse, and took out a crossbow bolt from behind.

The group of timid stone pillar soldiers beside the officer also dropped their weapons one after another, took out a handful of crossbows from their waists, put on the handles, and aimed at themselves.

Tan Zhi's eyes are straight, mother, what's going on?

(End of this chapter)