Bang bang bang!

Amid the crisp and pleasant sound of whips, a convoy of horse-drawn carriages loaded with goods drove in from the distance on the official road.

There were countless soldiers accompanying the convoy in front, behind, and on both sides.

They were dressed in strong armor and held various weapons.

Walking room.

The light reflected from their armor and weapons swayed greatly as their bodies swayed.

They were all elite troops under Li Dingguo, disguised as grain transport soldiers escorting tax silver.

In order to make it look more realistic, they not only loaded sand and stones on the carriage to secure it, but also placed silver on the sand and stones.

As they walked, the Ming cavalry who were exploring the way came back at a gallop.

He whipped his horse and came to Gao Wengui and said, "Sir, something is wrong ahead."

Gao Wengui was Li Dingguo's trusted general and had already known the specific battle plan.

His task was to turn around and run without any resistance when encountering danger.

It was too early to run away now. To make the play more realistic, he stopped his horse and asked, "What's going on?"

"There are a lot of firewood piles on both sides of the official road ahead."

"A pile of firewood?" Gao Wengui looked in the direction the scout pointed.

The official road runs north-south.

In the distance on the west side of the road is an elm forest, although it is already a cold winter season with withered branches and fallen leaves.

But it was still dark inside the elm forest, and there was an eerie feeling.

In the distance on the east side of the official road is the canal, which has already frozen.

There is also a dense elm forest on the other side of the river.

The sunlight that shines in is like a stone sinking into the sea, and people can't feel a trace of warmth.

There are drainage ditches near both sides of the official road, which are now filled with various crop straws.

Some were neatly placed together, while others were thrown away at random.

It is so densely packed that you can't see the end at a glance.

"Let the spearmen move forward," Gao Wengui shouted behind him, "Go and see if there is anyone in the drainage ditches on both sides of the official road."

The spearmen quickly came to the front of the team.

They held spears in their hands, stood cautiously on the official road, and stabbed into the drainage ditches continuously.

Wherever there is plenty of straw where a person can hide, stab them a few times.

Not to mention that there was no one around, even if there was someone, they would be stabbed to death.

After stabbing for a while, the spearman sent a reply: "Sir, there is no one in the gutter."

"Keep moving forward." Gao Wengui ordered.

The team set off again, moving slowly towards the north.

Behind a mound not far to the west of the official road, Fan Ciwu, the leader of the Yuyuan Army, was lying on the ground and observing carefully.

"Are we still going to take action?" The voice of the soldier next to him trembled a little.

"What? Are you scared?"

"It's not that I'm afraid, it's that I feel something is wrong." The guards began to summarize: "We have robbed tax silver before, and the armor of the government soldiers in charge of escorting it was worse than the other, not to mention the weapons. Some people's swords were rusted and couldn't be pulled out at all."

"Today's government troops are completely different. Their equipment is so good, it's almost exactly the same as the border troops."

"So I feel something is wrong!"

"Damn it," Fan Ciwu patted his head gently, "Use your brain! If you were the governor of the Grand Canal, what would you do if you were robbed?"

"Mobilize elite troops to escort the tax silver."

"Isn't this a perfect response?" Fan Ciwu pointed at the Ming army in the distance, "The reason they exist is to deal with us."

"I see!" The guard nodded vigorously, "I understand. Shall we start now?"

"No rush, let's wait until the carriage in the middle of the team enters the ambush circle before taking action." Fan Ciwu said.

On the other side of the canal on the east side of the official road, Wang Jun was also observing.

After a moment, Wang Jun suddenly gave the order: "Fire!"

A soldier from the Yuyuan Army nearby picked up the captured musket and lit the fuse with a fuse.

Ziz——Boom!

The fuse ignited the gunpowder inside the musket, and a violent explosion broke the original calm.

"Kill!" Wang Jun, wearing armor and holding a knife, led the charge.

They crossed the frozen canal as quickly as possible, climbed up the riverbank and came to the drainage ditch on the east side of the official road.

at the same time.

Fan Ciwu's men also rushed out of the elm forest and came to the drainage ditch on the west side of the official road.

Gao Wengui was immediately "shocked". He grabbed the reins of the warhorse tightly and asked, "What...what happened?"

"Sir, they seem to be robbing."

"It's not like it, it's a robbery." Gao Wengui shouted in a "panic": "Meet the enemy, quickly form a formation to meet the enemy."

At this time, countless Yuyuan Army soldiers had formed an impenetrable human wall on the east and west sides of the official road.

Although they had bows and arrows, the homemade bows and arrows could not penetrate the armor of the transparent army.

So the Yuyuan Army did not shoot arrows at the first moment, but waved their weapons and shouted loudly: "Put down your weapons, surrender and you will not be killed."

"Put down your weapons, surrender and you won't be killed."

"Charge forward quickly and break out of their encirclement." Gao Wengui ordered.

The charging Ming army soon stopped.

"Why did it stop?"

"The road ahead is blocked by wheelbarrows. Not only can carriages but even people can't pass through." The Ming army soldier replied.

"Then retreat." Gao Wengui ordered again.

The order was conveyed quickly, but executed very slowly.

Retreating does not mean walking backwards. The front team needs to become the back team, and the back team needs to become the front team.

If there are only people, the team can be changed very quickly by just turning around.

But there were still a large number of horses and carriages in the team.

On a crowded road, it is very difficult to get them to complete a 180-degree turn in a short period of time.

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