The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 416 415 Liangzhou Rebellion (2)

415 Liangzhou chaos (2)

"Snapped!"

With a clear sound, a five-finger handprint appeared on the man's face, and his face was even more painful. At some point, Ma Chao came to his side and slapped him with his hands.

"This slap is to slap you and offend me!" After Ma Chao finished the slap, he wriggled his lips and said sharply.

As soon as the words fell, Ma Chao slapped him again, and said plausibly: "This slap is for bullying you!"

"Snapped!"

Ma Chao slapped him again, and said, "This slap is given to you by my son!"

After three slaps, the man was already bruised and swollen, and there was still a trace of blood on the corner of his mouth, as if what hit him on the face was not a slap, but a hard iron plate.

No!It should be said, don't be tough!

"Wow--"

The man yelled loudly, spit out a mouthful of blood, looked at Ma Chao's face, and was also a little dazed, but after Ma Chao had taught him a lesson, he didn't have the same knowledge as him, and directly winked at Pound, Pound stood up from the man.

At this time, Ma Dai blew a whistle, and three tall horses turned out from a forest. The three horses were more handsome than the other, with strong hooves, fat bodies, and fur under the sunlight , appearing very shiny.

The three horses came to Ma Chao, Pound and Ma Dai respectively. Ma Chao jumped on a pure white horse, Pound jumped on a pure black horse, and Ma Dai jumped on a pure black horse. The gray horse, with the tiger and fox skins they hunted, turned the horse's head, shouted "drive", and drove away, leaving a group of people lying on the ground crying.

"Brother, where are we going now?" Ma Dai asked while riding his horse.

Ma Chao turned to look at Pound, and asked, "What do you think?"

Pang De said: "Young master, we have just obtained a skin of an eye-catching white-fronted tiger, which can be sold for a good price. I heard that there are people in Long County who collect tiger skins. Let's go and have a look. And there are many merchants there, maybe You can also buy some items shipped from the Central Plains.”

Ma Chao nodded and said, "Okay, let's go to Long County."

The three of them were chatting while riding their horses, their voices were loud and unabashed, and they were completely heard by the group of people lying on the ground.

After Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Pang De walked away, the group of soldiers lying on the ground managed to get up from the ground, and walked unsteadily to the leader leading them.

At this time, the leader had been beaten with a bruised nose and a swollen face, and he was dizzy. When the group of soldiers saw him, they immediately carried the leader back to Shangyu County.

In the county seat of Shangyu County, the candidate was training soldiers on the school field, when suddenly a group of cavalry broke into the school field, went straight to the candidate, dismounted one after another, and lifted their leaders to the candidate's feet.

"Father..." After seeing the candidate, the leader immediately burst into tears, feeling very wronged.

When the candidate saw his son Hou Yin with a bruised nose and swollen face, and five-finger palm prints on his face, he immediately became furious, glared at the group of people following Hou Yin, and asked sharply, "Who did it?"

The subordinates were chattering, you said everything, and told the whole story of the matter. Of course, there were a lot of embellishments in it.

After listening to the candidate, he immediately said angrily: "Damn, who is so courageous to break ground on Tai Sui's head? What are the names of those three people?"

A group of people froze there, looking at each other, but they couldn't tell why, but everyone heard the conversation of the three people clearly, saying that they were going to Long County to sell tiger skins, maybe they were going to Long County at the moment. On the way to Long County.

After the candidate heard this, he immediately ordered the soldiers to stop training, ordered a thousand cavalrymen, jumped on the horseback himself, put on the helmet and iron armor, and taught one of Hou Yin's men to follow him to recognize people, and the rest stayed in the city , take care of Hou Yin.

After a stick of incense, the candidate took a thousand cavalry and headed towards Long County.

Hou Yin saw his father go out in person, immediately beamed with joy, stood up from the ground, and said with a malicious smile: "Stinky boy, I will let you go rampant again, let's see if my father doesn't deal with you well!"

Then, Hou Yin took his subordinates and left the school grounds, but he was extremely upset. On the way back to the house, he happened to meet a soft sedan chair on the street. Hou Yin felt itchy while watching.

Just at this time, the person sitting in the soft sedan opened the rolling curtain, and happened to meet Hou Yin's gaze. Hou Yin was stunned immediately. The woman in the soft sedan was so beautiful that he couldn't bear it. I believe that there are still such beautiful people in the world.

On the spur of the moment, Hou Yin led people to block the way of the soft sedan chair, and then, speaking frivolously, ordered his subordinates to dismount and drive away the bearer who carried the sedan chair.

Seeing this, the maid turned pale in panic, and hurriedly shouted: "You are so courageous, you even stopped our wife's sedan chair, do you know who our wife is? Tell me..."

Before the servant girl could finish speaking, Hou Yin gave a wink, and a cavalryman galloped out, stretched out his long arms, picked up the maidservant by the waist, put her on the horse's back and took her away.

The woman sitting in the soft sedan heard a scream from outside, and when she opened the curtain, her maid had disappeared, and the bearer had disappeared, leaving only a group of prostitutes and an ugly man in armor. People are outside.

The woman panicked. She never expected that she would encounter such a thing when she went back to her mother's house to visit relatives. She was so frightened that her face paled, her whole body trembled, and she didn't know what to do.

Hou Yin immediately ordered his subordinates to carry the sedan chair away, and after carrying it to the mansion, he pulled the woman out of the sedan chair, hugged and kissed.

Naturally, the woman would not obey her order, she kept struggling, begging for mercy, and screaming, but it couldn't shake Hou Yin's animal heart at all. On the contrary, it aroused the evil thoughts in Hou Yin's heart, and he couldn't put it down more and more for this woman.

Hou Yin forcibly carried the woman into the room, and impatiently tore at the woman's clothes, completely ignoring any pleas from the woman, and quickly tore the woman's clothes to pieces.

Unwilling to endure this kind of humiliation, the woman opened her mouth wide and bit Hou Yin's arm fiercely. The pain made Hou Yin grin his teeth, and slapped the woman over. The corner of the woman's mouth was bleeding and her face was red and swollen. , and was dizzy, and fell limp on the ground, unable to get up again.

At this time, Hou Yin strode up to the woman's side and rushed towards the woman.

At the same time, the girl's maid who was snatched by Hou Yin was also abused to varying degrees after being taken away by one of his subordinate cavalrymen. The bearers were all locals, knowing that this was a candidate for the young master, they did not dare to provoke her. .

The other maid who happened to be accompanying him came back from shopping in the market, and happened to meet the porter. After some inquiries, she immediately knew that the hostess had been snatched away, and the maid was so shocked that she threw away all the things she was carrying. He landed on the ground, then rented a carriage in the city, and ran quickly towards Jicheng, ready to go back and tell his master.

……

When Ma Chao, Pang De, and Ma Dai arrived in Long County, the sunset had already set on the other side of the mountain, and the three entered the city just before Long County closed the city gate.

Long County still belongs to Hanyang County. It used to be the county seat of Hanyang County. Later, because the prefect expanded Jicheng and moved the county to Jicheng, it was not as lively as before.

However, the current Long County has changed from the depression of the past and has become more and more prosperous. The main reason is that this is the only foothold for businessmen from east to west.

Long County originally belonged to one of the first batch of cities on the Silk Road, but due to the poor supply conditions along the way, it had to climb mountains and cross the Zuli River. Long County on the line gradually fell into disrepair.

However, since the Qiang rebellion in Liangzhou at the end of the Han Dynasty, the southern and central lines have been disturbed. Qiang people often attack passing merchants, while the northern line can temporarily avoid Qiang attacks due to the dangers of mountains and rivers. , so the merchants took the northern route again, and Long County once again became one of the important cities on this route.

Therefore, merchants gathered in Longxian County, and it was the largest commercial place within a hundred miles. Merchants would often stay here to relieve fatigue and replenish the caravans with supplies.

After Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Pang De entered the city, although it was getting late, Long County, a relatively developed commercial city, did not look depressed at all. On the contrary, shops along both sides of the street hung up lanterns one after another, and Light it up and stay open after nightfall.

And at this time, people who have been busy all day, took to the streets in groups of three or four, went shopping and stretched their minds.

"Wow!" Ma Dai rode a tall horse and walked on the wide streets of Longxian City. Seeing the endless stream of people and the shouts of hawkers along the street, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional, "I've always heard that Longxian has no At night, when I saw it today, it really deserves its reputation. In other places, there are no people when it gets dark, but here it is still brightly lit, and there is an endless stream of pedestrians..."

Ma Chao said with a smile: "It's the first time you come out to play with me, it's good to open your eyes, but don't be surprised when you see anything in the future, I don't know, I thought it was the first time we saw such a city !"

Ma Dai was several years younger than Ma Chao, and he just turned [-] this year. This was the first time he saw such a city, so he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

"Young master, it's getting late, and we've been traveling for a day, why don't we find an inn, fill our stomachs first, rest, and go around the city tomorrow during the day to see if anyone buys tiger skins? " said Pound.

Ma Chao nodded, pointed to an inn not far ahead and said, "There is an inn over there, why don't you go there!"

Pang De and Ma Dai looked over, and it was really "Youjian Inn", because the name of this inn was "Youjian Inn". The two grinned and said, "This inn is interesting, so let's go here!"

Ma Chao, Pang De, and Ma Dai went to "Youjian Inn" together, first ordered some food and drink in the lobby, and then asked for three guest rooms. After eating and drinking, they stayed here.

At the same time, the candidate brought a thousand cavalrymen and was rushing towards Long County non-stop. As night fell, the army commander under his command suggested to take a rest before going on the road, but the candidate refused and urged everyone to rush to Long County. rush to.

They were less than [-] miles away from Long County, and the candidate was even more anxious to settle accounts with the three people who injured his son, so he hurried on, not daring to delay at all.

The cavalrymen under their command had been on the road for a whole day. They did not eat, drink, or sleep during the journey. They were already a little tired. The candidates were not allowed to rest. Although they had some complaints in their hearts, they did not dare to speak out and could only endure it.

Half an hour later, the candidate and the others dragged their exhausted bodies and finally arrived at the city of Longxian County. Exhausted, he kept cursing in his heart the group of soldiers who were not even as good as animals riding on their backs.

At this time, the city gate of Longxian County was closed tightly, and the soldiers guarding the city on the city saw a group of cavalry descending from the city, and immediately became tense and tense.

Seeing such a scene, the candidate rode forward and shouted loudly towards the tower: "Quickly go and inform your general that my candidate is here and let him go out of the city to meet him!"

Long County was guarded by a general under Han Sui's tent. His surname was Yang and his name was Qiu. He was an authentic Liangzhou native. His family was in Anding County, Chaona County. Wei, because he was dissatisfied with the power of the ten ministers, he rebelled against the imperial court and led his troops to attack counties and counties. He was defeated by the army and fled into the Qiang garrison with the rest of his men.

Later, Han Sui, Bian Zhang, Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou and others jointly rebelled. Yang Qiu joined the rebel team and fought bravely. He was favored by Han Sui and promoted to general. Name confidant.

Yang Qiu is not only brave, but also has some strategies. It can be said that he is the most skilled in both civil and military skills among the eight generals under Han Sui's tent.The geographical location of Long County is very dangerous, and it is also an important traffic route on the Silk Road. Han Sui was worried about handing it over to others. He only trusted Yang Qiu, so he let Yang Qiu lead [-] troops to station in Long County, and sent Long County Governance is well organized.

When the soldiers on the city tower heard the candidate's name, they immediately went to inform Yang Qiu. Yang Qiu heard that the candidate had led his troops to come at night, and immediately came to the gate of the city. With the faint light reflected, he saw that the person standing at the bottom of the city was the candidate. , and immediately asked people to open the city gate and let the candidate enter the city.

Yang Qiu personally came to the gate of the city, and after meeting the candidate, he hurriedly asked, "Brother Hou, why are you here?"

The candidate was about to tell him why. After hearing this, Yang Qiu raised his eyebrows slightly and asked calmly, "There is such a thing?"

The candidate said: "My dear brother, those three thieves should have entered the city by now. I hope my virtuous brother can send troops to search from house to house. Once I find those three thieves, I will definitely smash them into pieces!"

After hearing this, Yang Qiu thought to himself, "No one in this area knows what kind of person your son is? Now that someone has taught your son a lesson, I'm too happy..."

Yang Qiu thought so in his heart, but he didn't say that. Regarding the candidate's request, Yang Qiu said with a look of embarrassment: "It's already late at night, and many merchants came to the city during the day. If they searched door to door, I'm afraid it will alarm those merchants, and those who don't know will think that something happened to us. Brother Hou must be very tired after coming from a long distance, and it's not good to do anything at night. Those three thieves, wouldn't they be able to startle the snake and give the three thieves a chance to escape?"

The candidate pondered for a while, and felt that Yang Qiu was right, but he couldn't wait to catch the three thieves and vent his anger.Seeing that it was not feasible to arrest people at night, the candidate asked again: "Then according to Brother Yixian, how can I catch those three thieves?"

Yang Qiudao: "Aren't they going to sell tiger skins? Tomorrow I'll let people say that I collect tiger skins, and then set up an ambush to let them fall into the trap. It's much more efficient than going door-to-door."

After listening to the candidate, he laughed loudly and said: "You are still a wise brother, hahaha!"

"Brother Hou came from a long way, please come to the city, I have asked people to prepare thin wine in the mansion, today you and my brother, if you are not drunk, you will not return!" Yang Qiu said.

"Okay! If you don't get drunk, you won't go home! Then you'll bother my younger brother!" The candidate laughed, and led by Yang Qiu, he entered the county seat of Long County.

At dawn, Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Pang De woke up early. After a simple breakfast, they went for a walk in the street together.

There are not many shops open in the early morning. This time is not the peak period of business. Generally, the shops will not open until after the time of day.

Ma Chao, Ma Dai, and Pang De wandered around the street and felt that the street was a little calm. After many inquiries, they did not ask anyone who was willing to accept tiger skins. When the three were discouraged, they planned to go to the Try your luck at the Luoma Market in the west of the city.

Unexpectedly, the three of them had just walked a few steps when they saw a young boy posting a notice. Ma Chao glanced at it casually, but saw that the notice read "Tiger skins at a high price" in large characters.

(End of this chapter)