Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 60
In the inner city of the capital, the warehouse of the household department.

Dai Quan stood there and thought about the whole process, and there was nothing leaked. After all, he was in the capital during the daytime, and he was transporting his confidants. He shook his head and went back to the household department with Shen Zhongxin to wait.

The convoy of 25 carts walked through the city in a blatant way when they left the palace gate, but what they didn't notice was that there were many tails following them along the way, some of them were honorable, some were of aristocratic families, and some of them didn't know what forces.

"Master, a convoy came out of the palace. It seemed to be escorting officials and bankers. The escorts included people from the Imperial City Secretary and the Imperial Army along the way."

In the capital base of the White Lotus Sect, the protector of the right should report the information of the palace to the leader Bai Shuiyue first.

"Understood, just tell the people below to keep an eye on it, and don't act rashly."

"It's the leader. Another thing is that a sect was discovered in the northwest of Dawu, Zoroastrianism. It is developing rapidly and is somewhat similar to us. This may have the same purpose as us."

"Then let's talk about it, yes, there are too many poor people in the miserable place in the northwest, so just don't interfere with each other."

"But leader, although our White Lotus Sect firmly dominates the underground forces in Zhongzhou and Jiangnan, there is another Taiping Sect in the south of us. Its leader, Zhuang Shixian, is even more ambitious. It is said that there are already millions of followers."

Only then did Bai Shuiyue change a bit, after thinking for a while, she sneered and said;
"Then he will be fast. Let's see how the situation develops. Some people have no money, no food, no ordnance, and they can only lead to a dead end, so don't worry, but they can pass by our site, but if they reach out, they will kill him." .”

"It's the leader, look at it."

The right protector gave a bloody smile and licked the corner of his mouth.

What they didn't know was that the Taiping Sect had already arranged for the elite congregants to lurk in the capital, and they also bought a small inn as a base, the most inconspicuous place.

Now Chu Yiyue, the deputy leader of the Taiping Sect, has long wanted to become a big one, and wanted to make the reputation of the Taiping Sect in the Jianghu.

It's just that after so many days, the refugees outside the city have developed a lot, but the main business has not been done yet, because there is no target yet, the people of the Imperial City Division have been watching closely, and it has not been easy to start. This is not just being followed. According to the report, there is a convoy escorting the official silver out of the palace, and the opportunity has come.

"Brothers, the opportunity has come. The spies have come to report that the convoy escorting the silver has left the palace. This is our goal this time. This time we will focus on killing people. As for the silver scattered on the ground, let the people grab it, which will affect the rescue time of the reinforcements. .”

"It takes about two quarters of an hour for the reinforcements from the capital to arrive, so we only have two sticks of incense time. We will retreat after one stick of incense sticks. I will arrange the middle-class refugees to stand there on the outskirts, and our elites will disperse and retreat. The household registration I bought hides my identity, and you will know it if you are caught."

The Taiping sect below said in unison;

"Please rest assured, Master Chu, the world will be peaceful, and we will die for it."

"Okay, brothers, set off immediately. The first team ambushed at the intersection of the third street in Dongshifang. The second team, after the first team made a move, rushed out from behind the second street. The third team rushed out from another road. , besieged on three sides, after an incense stick of time, the fourth team will let those refugees out, and then take over the other three teams to withdraw, the speed must be fast."

"Yes."

"Well, peace in the world begins with our Taiping Sect."

Everyone below showed fanatical faces, sincere and bloodthirsty.

Chu Yiyue, the deputy leader of the Taiping Sect, led people to disperse to ambush without mentioning it, and also brought a hundred contraband crossbows, which the leader paid a high price for from the garrison general in the south.

As for the convoy coming out of the palace, the escorts were all lazy, especially the steward Wang, who was walking in the front in a sedan chair and humming a little song. Today, 1 taels of silver went into his pocket. The sedan chair that the steward sits on is still bright red, and there are as many fluffy fluff as you want.

Chief Qian of the Imperial Army and Qian Hu of the Imperial City Division walked at the back of the line, talking together,
"Mr. Han Qian, you are a very busy person. My brother wants to find you for a drink these days, but he can't see you."

"Don't mention it, my Ma Qianhu, it's not like you don't know that at the end of the year there will be a big competition with the frontier army. The superior has issued a death order. Anyone who loses the face of the imperial army will be punished. You really can't get out."

"Ah, it's so strict. I've heard about it, but I can't select a few battalions of soldiers and horse singles to practice."

"Who says it's not, but the Beijing Camp doesn't agree. If you want to practice, you can practice together. Otherwise, we will say that our imperial city guards are slipping."

"That's true, don't worry about being few, but about unevenness. Brother Han has worked hard, and he doesn't know how strong the frontier army is?"

"Brother, to be honest, the army here is all elites, so it must be good, but there are so many forbidden soldiers, no matter how you choose, there are people. Right!"

"Uh, that's the truth. I just don't know what the subordinates of Luoyunhou Zhang Jinyu outside the pass look like. I heard that Huang Jitai fled in despair."

"I don't know, if Huang Jitai beats up like that, this Marquis Jinyu is not a good one."

The two looked at each other and sighed. At this time, the convoy was about to turn a corner. It passed a market in Dongcheng, and it was only four streets away. That knocked,
"when"

"Everyone avoids,"

Pedestrians on the road saw the convoy and avoided it from a long distance. Of course, what the convoy didn't notice was that there were so many more people on this street than normal streets, and many people just avoided a little bit, all inadvertently. Keep an eye on the condition of the convoy.

At this time, Sima Mengquan of Huangcheng raised his head to see where the convoy had gone, but when he saw the pedestrians on the street, Ma Qianhu had an intuitive feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Seeing that Ma Qianhu hadn't spoken, Han Shougao, the commander-in-chief of the imperial army, asked with a puzzled expression;

"Brother Ma, what's the matter?"

"Brother Han, I feel something is wrong, but I can't tell what's wrong."

"In broad daylight, what's going on in the capital? With our two families together, there are unscrupulous thieves who dare to rob the convoy?"

When Ma Mengquan, the secretary of the Imperial City Qianhu, heard Han Shougao talking about robbery, Ma Qianhu's heart tightened. That's right, this is it, and he immediately shouted vigilantly;

"Ji Baihu, be careful."

Before he finished speaking, someone in the streets on both sides of the convoy shouted, "Do it."

I saw people all around taking out long knives from under the tables, under the benches, and under the tables and shops selling food, and rushed up. On the streets and houses, there were rows of figures, which were arranged by the leader of the Taiping Sect, Chu. The crossbowmen began to shoot crossbow arrows at the escort team, and the guards in front of them fell down in one wave.

Forbidden Army Baihu Mei Yizheng shouted heart-piercingly;

"Enemy attack, enemy attack, enemy attack."

The entire convoy was in chaos in an instant. The people in front of the Imperial Army and the Imperial City Division wanted to hide from the arrows, and the people behind wanted to go up to support, but the enemy didn't give them time to react.

Eunuch Wang stopped humming the ditty, and screamed in fright, Xiao Huangmen lay down on the ground and pretended to be dead, so that he could cover his head with the gong. At this time, no one cared about Eunuch Wang's safety.

A large number of masked men rushed out from the back of the convoy escorting the silver and from another street, holding long knives and chopping anyone they saw. In less than a quarter of an hour, the Imperial Army and the Imperial City Division lost less than half of their people. Mr. Han Qian hurriedly led people to surround the car in a semicircle, put it in a defensive state, and commanded the imperial army to form a formation to resist.

"Brother Ma, please help."

Ma Qianhu led people to fight with the opponent outside, and when he killed the opponent with a knife, he heard a shout. When he turned his head and saw that the imperial army had formed a defensive formation, he shouted;
"Everyone enters the circle to resist,"

After speaking, he quickly retreated to the circle, then took out the red signal firework from his pocket, and pulled it away,

With a "bang", it flew into the sky and exploded high in the sky. The red smoke appeared so bright and dazzling over the capital that it could be seen from a long distance.

The members of the Taiping Sect also knew that it was a signal for help, and they only had an incense stick of time, so they also made great efforts, and the leader shouted;
"Brothers, kill, kill these lackeys of the imperial court."

"Come on."

Immediately afterwards, the fourth team of the Taiping Sect took action. It turned out that the leader of Chu saw that the people of the Imperial Army and the Imperial City Division were well-trained, and they formed a good formation so quickly. After the signal, in order to reduce their own losses, they sent out retreat and support signals in advance.

(End of this chapter)