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Chapter 222 Escort Bureau and Bandits

In the second year of Chongzhen, on October 15th, Lin Biaotou of the Weiyuan Escort Bureau came to the Lantian County Yamen, handed over the balance of [-] taels of silver, and at the same time transported away the [-] dans of grain prepared by Lantian County.

"Weiyuan Escort Bureau is the largest Escort Bureau in Shaanxi. It is said that there are more than 1000 people in the entire Escort Bureau, straddling the boundaries of Shaanxi and Shanxi, and the bodyguards in the Escort Bureau are powerful, especially the head of the Escort Lin Escort. The force is even stronger. It is said that He is good at using fast swords, once dealt with thirteen horse thieves by himself, and then retreated after killing the enemy, his strength can be seen."

Li Chaosheng from the county government office listened to Bai Shoumin's report and nodded. The Thousand-man Escort Bureau is definitely a good force, and this Boss Lin Escort is also a character, and I don't know why Li Chaosheng would always Inexplicably remembered, Lin Pingzhi's family in The Swordsman.

And the names are also very similar, in Swordsman Jianghu is Fuyuan Escort Agency, and this is called Weiyuan Escort Agency, and the heads of the escorts are all surnamed Lin, and they all use long swords.

You must know that using a sword looks very handsome, but few people use a sword in battle, because the sword is too elegant, whether it is armor-piercing or lethal, it is far inferior to a knife, so Li Chaosheng came to the end of the Ming Dynasty, Except for some generals who like to wear swords, few people fight with swords.

Of course, Li Chaosheng uses a sword. His tungsten steel sword can be regarded as a magical weapon, not to mention cutting iron like mud. As for other people, they don’t use swords very much. For example, Li Chaosheng’s cousin Li Chaolong, Li Chaosheng gave him a sword. But after going to the battlefield twice, Li Chaolong didn't use a sword to kill, and usually hung it in his house without using it, and it became an ornament.

And this escort Lin dared to use a sword as a weapon, so he should be a character.

Li Chaosheng thought about it, and said to Bai Shoumin: "Send someone to watch them from a distance, don't expose them, just keep a distance, use a telescope to watch them, don't lose them, he transported away the grain from my Lantian County."

"Yes, Xian Zun, he can't run away."

Bai Shoumin went to work after talking, while Li Chaosheng was deep in thought.

In the next two days, Bai Shoumin reported the whereabouts of the Weiyuan Escort Bureau at any time. Bai Shoumin said that the people from the Weiyuan Escort Bureau and Fan Yongfa's grain transportation team met in Yichuan, then entered Ji County, Shanxi, and then went all the way north, arriving in Luliang two days later.

Hearing this, Li Chaosheng immediately asked Guzi to contact Shi Xiaolei and Li Chaolong's department in Lvliang by telegram.

He ordered him to be ready and monitor the ground at all times, and not to relax day and night. Li Chaosheng doubted that they would change their itinerary and not rush to Luliang in such a straight line. It is relatively familiar, and the forces on the road have almost been found out.

Temporary diversion is very unsafe, they should not do it.

Another day later, Li Chaolong sent a telegram to Li Chaosheng, saying that the travelers from the Weiyuan Security Bureau came to Niutoushan yesterday, and gave them a gift saying that they would pass through Niutoushan in a day, and hoped that he would honor his noble hand and offer 500 taels of silver.

Those who work in the Escort are all people who are well-versed in human feelings. What is the world?

No, so for a long time, they have come up with a perfect method, that is to make friends with the bandits along the way, and the method of making friends is not only to pay money when passing through their territory, but also one very important thing is, Escorts must have the ability to shelter bandits.

The Escort Bureau is like the Weiyuan Escort Bureau. There are people on the official side. After making friends with the friends in the Green Forest Road, if the friends in the Green Forest Road have bad luck, recite words, and are surrounded and suppressed, just hide in the Escort Bureau. Generally, the government will not arrest the thief. Only when the robber recovers from his wounds and comes out of the bodyguard can the officers and soldiers arrest him. This is called morality.

Of course, this gang of thieves is definitely not killing officials and rebelling. If someone like Li Hongji hides in the lord's house, not to mention hiding in the escort agency, he will be forcibly arrested. The thieves mentioned here are just ordinary thieves .

Therefore, after an escort agency makes friends with friends on the Green Forest Road, they have studied and understood the several hills encountered on this road. Worshiping the mountain with your hands, and the etiquette is done, no one will embarrass the bodyguard.

This is the unspoken rule of survival for bodyguards in this era.

Li Chaolong and Shi Xiaolei accepted the gift from Tiao Zishou, but they did not see Tsiao Zishou, but were received by the third head of Niutoushan. Angry and jumped.

There were only three big families, and they were okay, so they stayed, so as not to make people suspicious.

After all, when the bodyguard comes to worship the mountain, if you come to an unfamiliar mountain king, the bodyguard will be alert. Don't think that the trippers are just giving gifts, they are more often playing the role of sentry.

If the former king of the mountain changed, they would have to estimate the safety factor of this trip, and if they felt inappropriate, they would consider changing the route.

Therefore, in order not to startle the snake, the third master saved his life, and the son came to give the gift, and the third master was responsible for the reception. When asked about the first master, the second master said that the two had gone to the next county to visit.

Of course, the visiting here refers to the robbers picking points, which can be regarded as an excuse.

The tripper left, Li Chaolong immediately reported the news, Li Chaosheng's mouth turned up slightly when he heard the report, Bai Shoumin's sentries have been following behind the Weiyuan Escort, they are in the next county, about half a day's journey away from Niutoushan, Now it is said that it will arrive in a day, it is likely to be a smoke bomb, and it is going to sneak over, and if you want to sneak out on such a large scale, you must use the night.

Li Chaosheng deduced that they probably took advantage of the night to cross Niutoushan today.

So Li Chaosheng ordered Li Chaolong to bring people to prepare for an ambush tonight, and not let anyone go.

On the other hand, the tripman returned to the camp of the Weiyuan Escort, and told the situation to Chief Lin, who frowned slightly. The absence of the first and second chiefs made him murmur in his heart, and he wondered whether he should change his route.

After all, in their line of work, they don't want to make even the slightest change, because it is very possible that an extremely small change represents a risk.

Captain Lin found Fan Yongfa to discuss this matter. Fan Yongfa looked at Security Guard Lin and said, "Board Lin, do you think there must be an ambush in Niutoushan?"

Lin Biaotou said: "This is not necessarily true, but under normal circumstances, the village owner and the second master will not leave the mountain easily. Of course, we have also encountered it when we went out to visit, but this time there are too many goods, I think it is better to be cautious." Some."

Hearing this, Fan Yongfa frowned, and said to Lin Biaotou, "Wait a moment, I'll think about it and come back to tell you."

Fan Yongfa walked out of the tent as he spoke, and then entered his own tent area not far away. He opened a tent and entered, and there were five burly men sitting inside. One of them might be too hot, so the hat was taken off, revealing a bare head, only at the back of the head was a hair root the size of a coin, braided into a small pigtail like a mouse's tail.

"Master Herba, the villain has something to report."

Herba was drinking with the strong men at this time, and at this moment he glanced at Fan Yongfa and said, "What's the matter? Tell me."

"It's such an adult..."

When Fan Yongfa told the story, Herba laughed and said, "What is a little bandit? Daming regular army, we can also kill him cleanly, don’t change the route, go normally, we must arrive at Zhangjiakou before October 23, this is a military order.”

Herba spoke loudly, and after hearing this, Fan Yongfa said: "It's the adults, the little ones understand."

Seeing that Fan Yongfa understood, Herba waved his hands and said, "Okay, okay, let's go out, according to the original plan, we will pass Niutoushan tonight."

"Yes, my lord."

Fan Yongfa backed out humbly, bowing his body like a dog traitor who would serve the imperial army a few years later.

Fan Yongfa backed out, Herba laughed and said, "Cowardly Mingren, haha..."

The people around all booed after hearing this: "Ming people are always timid, haha, don't worry about Herba, let's continue to drink, put this batch of food and grass back, Herba, you can be promoted to Niulu, congratulations what."

Heerba laughed loudly when he heard this, and said: "That's all your Majesty's Lon, that's it, brothers, let's finish drinking this jar of wine and stop drinking. Be careful when passing Niutoushan tonight, don't miss your majesty things."

"Yes."

Everyone said, Fan Yongfa bowed out of the tent, and then looked at the Manchurians in the tent, feeling confident in his heart, Herba was right, he had 500 Manchurian warriors, 500 swordsmen, 100 People's Escort, one thousand and one hundred people will be afraid of a small bandit?
It seems that I am worrying unnecessarily, especially since I still have a hundred Manchurian warriors. It is very common for the Qianming army to be chased and beaten by one or two hundred Manchurian warriors on the battlefield, not to mention these bandits who are not even as good as the Ming army , What are you worried about?

Fan Yongfa wanted to understand this, and his mood improved a lot. Although he seemed to be scolded just now, isn't it normal for a master to scold a slave?

Fan Yongfa found Escort Lin and explained that the plan remained unchanged, and that the food and grass had to be delivered to Zhangjiakou on the 23rd, but Escort Lin didn't say anything when he saw that Fan Yongfa couldn't hold back, but said that everyone should take the time to rest and leave as soon as it got dark. Cross Niutoushan in the middle of the night.

Fan Yongfa fully agreed.

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At night, Niutou Mountain is very quiet, and the forest is quiet, not a single sound can be heard.

Niutou Mountain is named because the shape of the mountain is like a bull's head. The mountains here are complex and it is a good place to lay an ambush.

"Brother Long, it's late, can they come?"

Shi Xiaolei stretched out his hand and scratched his butt at this time, there were also big mosquitoes in the mountain forest in October, biting his butt was a big bump, very itchy.

Li Chaolong didn't say a word at this time, looked at the road not far away and said: "Hold on, I feel that they are coming soon."

After hearing this, Shi Xiaolei smiled and said, "Come on, I've been training the firearms battalion recently, and my marksmanship has improved a lot recently. Let's put it this way, within 150 steps, I can shoot without missing a shot. As long as they dare to show their heads, I shot the leader of the Weiyuan Escort, Lin Biao, then the leader will die, and the rest of the crowd will have no leader, why don't we let you and me slaughter them?"

Hearing this, Li Chaolong shook his head and said: "That's not necessarily the case. It might work against ordinary bandits, but it doesn't work well against Escorts. Their model is different from that of bandits. This Escort is not owned by the head of the Escort alone. It belongs to all bodyguards, the head of the bodyguard only holds the majority stake, and the rest of the bodyguards hold a small stake, and my own business is really in dire straits, and I'm really desperate for you."

Hearing this, Shi Xiaolei smiled and said: "Then I'm not afraid that no matter how fierce they are, they can still pass our muskets?"

Li Chaolong said: "Be careful sailing for thousands of years, don't be careless."

After hearing this, Shi Xiaolei said: "Okay, I understand, I will lead the battle in a while, and you will be responsible for the end. The order of the brigade commander is not to let anyone go."

Li Chaolong heard this and said: "Taniguchi on both sides have ambushed a battalion, as long as they enter the encirclement, they will not be able to escape."

Li Chaolong said confidently that after two years of off-the-job and completely militarized training, the combat effectiveness of Li Chaolong's regiment is astonishing. It can be said that even one-on-one is not inferior to the Manchurians.

Li Chaolong is very confident, and the Lantian Army is also very confident. Their self-confidence is brought back by their continuous training and battles. They have the confidence to kill everyone.

As Li Chaolong said, he looked at Shi Xiaolei closely and said, "By the way, before leaving, I remember you asked the brigade commander for twenty bombs, where did you put them?"

After hearing this, Shi Xiaolei pointed to the side of the road and said, "There are flower bombs in the nearby grass, don't worry, as long as they are lit, it will be enough for them to drink a pot."

Blossom bomb is the kind of weapon invented by Li Chaosheng that uses a jar to hold gunpowder and then stuff blades into it. After being ignited, the jar explodes, and the iron pieces fly out along with the tiles and iron pieces, and the people around are directly beaten into a sieve. , this thing is very powerful.

Li Chaolong looked at the dark grass nearby and said, "Okay, with this, they can be caught off guard."

Li Chaolong said, Shi Xiaolei said: "Don't worry, if I don't kill 200 of them with [-] bombs, I'm playing for nothing."

Li Chaolong was gossiping with Shi Xiaolei, when suddenly a minion came up quickly with a walkie-talkie on his back, at this moment, the minion said: "Regimental Commander, Commander Shi Battalion, the front sentry is here to report that the prey has appeared."

Shi Xiaolei and Li Chaolong lost their expressions when they heard the words, and then took out the night vision device Li Chaosheng had prepared for them. At this moment, they saw Taniguchi with a head shaking, followed by six strong men in short clothes, holding hands Holding a long knife, come out first, six people finish the shape of a character, two by two, two people walk in front, walk in the middle of the continent, two people walk on both sides, two steps behind, the knife in hand is always vigilant, unable to say alert.

At this time, Li Chaolong said: "It's the guards' staff, let them go, the big troops are behind."

(End of this chapter)