Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 330 There Are Thieves in Xie County
The chariots and horses lined up in a long queue, moving slowly in the direction of Luo Yang.

The cavalry shuttled back and forth around the chariots and horses, constantly inspecting the surroundings. The imprints of the chariots and horses left thick marks on the ground. Looking at the marks, Yuan Shu frowned. These were Zheng Xuan from the foreign trade caravan. Eighty percent of the commercial tax collected will be sent to Luoyang. After a simple sale of various goods worth hundreds of millions of dollars in Liangzhou and Yizhou, these carriages are filled with copper coins. The relationship is huge, so Zheng Xuan sent Yuan Shu, the most skilled fighter under his command, went to escort him.

Being able to escort the chariots and horses to Luoyang, there were no foreign enemies along the way, and even bandits dared not approach easily. Because of the southern incident, Wang Fu implemented a large number of plans, causing great fluctuations in the entire area around Luoyang. Many officials were arrested, and their seats have not yet been replaced.

Because there were no officials, they couldn’t live in the post station. The original beautiful mission became hard work. Yuan Shu could only lead the soldiers to sleep in the wild. Fortunately, their more than 300 cavalry had suffered a lot, and sometimes they could only go to nearby places. In the county seat, go get some food. Fortunately, not all post stations are like this, otherwise, this is not much better than a long march. Yuan Shu looked at the imprints on the ground, feeling a little worried.

The wheels of chariots and horses left extremely obvious marks on the ground, which is not a good thing.

At first, there were some thieves who dared to come, but they all killed them. They are the elites who have been fighting with the Qiang people for a long time. Even the northern and southern armies trained in Luoyang may not have their fighting power. These thieves, as far as they are concerned, even if there are a thousand people, they don't care. What's more, there are no giant bandits with a thousand people in the Han Dynasty, and they killed two or thirty people.

What Yuan Shu was afraid of was stealing, not robbery. These days, their chariots and horses had already attracted too many thieves, and the temporary chaos of local officials made Yuan Shu even more troubled. They only had 300 people, and they still needed to rest at night They can't keep all the carriages and horses, so he is worried that something went wrong, and he has finally become Zheng Xuan's confidant, and now he will be left out in the cold.

One must know that at first, because of his family background, Zheng Xuan was not optimistic about him, and always believed that his military achievements were obtained by robbing him. It wasn't until Yuan Shu angrily showed him the scars all over his body that Zheng Xuan apologized to him Acknowledging his mistake and starting to reuse him, Yuan Shu didn't want his future to be ruined because of this, it seemed that seeing Yuan Shu was a little worried, Hua Xiong said carelessly, "Why do you worry, Mr. Yuan?"

"It's just a few thieves. To deal with them, I alone will be enough."

Yuan Shu didn't intend to say anything more to this idiot. He shook his head, called the merchant guide, and asked, "What kind of territory is this place?"

"This place is Xie County, Dianting."

"Well, how are the folk customs here?"

"The people are good, and they have never heard of any evil."

"Good, let's take a rest here!"

The chariots and horses gradually came to a stop, the entourage began to light a fire and cook, while the cavalry were still patrolling around, not daring to relax, everyone had a good meal, Yuan Shu arranged a sentry post, and then began to rest. At night, a few soldiers stood At high places, they were used to fighting the Qiang people on weekdays. Even in Hedong County, they did not dare to relax. Suddenly, one of them saw a few black shadows in the distance. The soldiers were shocked and beat the drums.

Yuan Shu jumped up suddenly, drew out his sword, and the soldiers got up one after another, mounted their horses, and lit bonfires. The merchants' followers were a little afraid, and they gathered in one place, watching the soldiers running wildly. Yuan Shu took the lead to chase , Soon, they found those black shadows. Perhaps they didn't expect the soldiers to react so quickly, and they were running towards the distance, but their speed couldn't compare to these cavalry!
Yuan Shu led his men to rush over, and after catching up, he discovered that these thieves didn't wear swords at all, and they were completely dressed as civilians. A knock can basically make the thief fall to the ground directly, losing the ability to escape.

The soldier chased the person in front, attached himself to the body, held the back of the saber, and slashed at the opponent. The man seemed to have eyes behind his back, and suddenly lowered his body. The saber in the soldier's hand missed the air. He quickly grabbed the soldier's arm, and threw the soldier off the horse with all his strength. However, at this time, many soldiers had already surrounded him. Yuan Shu rode his horse, walked slowly to his side, and looked over.

I saw that this person was extremely tall, a head taller than Hua Xiong beside him, and his appearance was also somewhat extraordinary, he was glaring at himself.

"You thief, you still have some guts, dare to hurt my soldiers?" Yuan Shu narrowed his eyes and said.

"I'm not a thief!"

"Then who are you? You are not a thief, why did you approach the carriage, and why did you run away?"

Yuan Shu reprimanded coldly, the man's face turned red, he looked at Yuan Shu, turned his head away, and ignored him, Yuan Shu was furious in his heart, and shouted: "Hua Xiong, arrest this guy!" Hua Xiong looked at this A tall man, with some interest in his heart, jumped off the horse and walked in front of him with a smile. Only then did he realize that the man in front of him was just a boy who hadn't yet crowned himself.

The fighting spirit in Hua Xiong's heart suddenly became much less, but he still wanted to carry out Yuan Shu's order. He rushed up like a tiger, without using the long knife in his hand, and quickly grabbed the opponent's shoulder. The opponent was stunned. Then he also grabbed his shoulder, Hua Xiong turned sideways, clasped one foot behind his foot, pushed his hands violently, and pressed his whole body down, and the opponent was still struggling hard, Hua Xiong was almost broken free, but he still couldn't escape Hua Xiong's oppression.

Yuan Shu shook his head helplessly, thinking how brave he was, but he didn't expect to be unable to walk under Hua Xiong's hand.

"You said you kid, you have such courage, why do you want to be a thief?"

"I'm not a thief!!!"

"Then who are you?"

The man fell silent again, and someone behind him hurriedly shouted: "General, please forgive me. We are all the people of this pavilion. This man is our elder brother. His name is Guan Yu, and his name is Changsheng. After the prince promulgated a new decree." Later, my brother saw that the traitor in the pavilion wanted to die, so my brother led us to stop him, and unintentionally killed him by mistake, so we escaped with my brother, but this matter has nothing to do with my brother. It's what we do!"

"General, we are not thieves, we are just fleeing."

Yuan Shu nodded. He was a knight in Luoyang when he was young. He also recognized and preferred the knights in these places. Of course, he also understood why they ran away when they saw him. He thought for a moment, looked at Hua Xiong looked aside and asked in a low voice, "How is this person?"

"Extremely brave and unparalleled in strength, if he is not young and has no combat experience, I am afraid I will not be able to defeat him," Hua Xiong said truthfully.

"Hahaha, good!"

"Wu Na man, would you like to be a pawn under my tent?"

(End of this chapter)