Ye Qingshan was born into a common family and had no idea about the manors of wealthy families.
So he never thought that there might be hidden mysteries underground in an abandoned village.
Especially since the original owner of this manor was the eldest princess, this possibility is more than doubled.
The fact that this group of people were willing to use so many horses to create an illusion and confuse themselves also proves that they should have a more covert and foolproof countermeasure.
Thinking of this, Ye Qingshan immediately jumped on his horse, gave an order, and led his men towards the abandoned village.
At this time, the soldiers guarding the abandoned village had not discovered anything unusual. More than a dozen people were scattered everywhere, sitting in places where the sun could not reach to cool off.
"This year's autumn heat is really bad. I just went out for a walk and my scalp is so hot."
"Who says it isn't? It's already past the beginning of autumn, so the weather should be getting cooler, but it's actually getting hotter."
"I don't know how long those people in the mountains will last. We've been out for half a month and can't even go home for the Mid-Autumn Festival. It's really annoying."
"Who says it's not true? I can't go back, and my mother will be alone at home to celebrate the festival. It makes me sad just thinking about it."
The sound of people chatting drowned out the occasional small noises coming from underground.
They had no idea that while they were enjoying the cool air and chatting, the group of people were actually leaving from the tunnel below them.
When they saw Ye Qingshan leading his troops over, everyone quickly stood up and ran to line up in front of him.
"General, everything is normal here. We haven't seen anyone."
Another person even joked, "That's right, I didn't see anyone, but I did see a lot of rats."
"Mouse?" Ye Qingshan looked at the man and said, "Tell me in detail."
"Ah?" The person being asked was stunned, not understanding why Ye Qingshan was paying attention to rats, but still said, "Not long ago, I don't know what happened, but suddenly a lot of rats came out from everywhere, and then they scattered and fled.
"Perhaps this village has been abandoned for too long, so there are too many rat holes."
Ye Qingshan already had a rough idea in his mind. It must be that the group of people disturbed the rats living in the tunnel when they passed through it, which led to this situation.
But now is not the time to hold anyone responsible, after all, this was his negligence.
So Ye Qingshan immediately gave orders, leading his men to pursue in the direction of Beijing, while leaving some men here to search the mountain and look for tunnels.
After all, the tunnel is limited in width and cannot accommodate too many people at the same time. Judging from the time, there should be quite a few people who have not been able to get out.
Ye Qingshan led his men on horseback to chase after them, and soon found some traces on the road.
Everyone immediately became alert, spurred their horses, sped up, and soon caught up with the group in front.
There were more than a hundred people in this group. Although they pretended to be a caravan and an escort agency, their carriages were light and the ruts they left were very shallow. It was obvious that there was no cargo on the carriages.
Ye Qingshan sent someone to stop them, revealed their identities, and asked them to open the boxes for inspection.
The group immediately became nervous, and some of them subconsciously put their hands on their waists.
This is not the reaction that a respectable caravan or escort agency should have.
Ye Qingshan frowned and was about to order the group to be restrained when he heard the leader of the group suddenly shout, "You bandits, you actually dare to pretend to be imperial officials and soldiers.
"What do you mean by inspecting the goods? You are here to kill people and rob goods!
"Brothers, grab your weapons and fight them!"
Before he finished speaking, the others drew their weapons from their waists or from the carriages and attacked Ye Qingshan and the others.
Ye Laosi thought that this group of people were too fearless. Are more than a hundred people going to fight to the death with thousands of people here?
Then he watched as others attacked, but the person who had spoken at the beginning quickly retreated.
While the two sides were fighting and Ye Qingshan's people were temporarily blocked, he quickly fired three flares into the sky to inform his accomplices.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of people who rushed up were knocked to the ground, and several of Ye Qingshan's men were bending over to harvest their spoils.
The smell of blood became even stronger under the scorching sun, making young people like Ye Laosi, who had never been to the battlefield, almost vomit.
Seeing the blood and corpses all over the ground, Ye Laosi finally understood why Ye Qingshan asked him to follow him closely and not go too far.
However, he still suppressed the churning in his stomach, rushed forward and held down the person who fired the flare, intending to capture him alive for interrogation.
But the opponent was determined to die from the very beginning. The moment he was suppressed by Ye Laosi, he bit the wax ball that had been hidden in his mouth for a long time.
When Ye Laosi thought he had subdued the other person and wanted to pull him up, he found that the other person's lips had turned black and purple and he had died from the poison.
"Don't worry about him. They know that if they are caught, they will die. They don't even think about returning alive."
At this time, Ye Qingshan was more concerned about the purpose of the three flares.
He was not afraid that it was a charge horn, but if the large army retreated again after seeing the signal arrows, it would be really troublesome.
Fortunately, the other party did not make Ye Qingshan wait too long. He quickly caught up with him from behind and started fighting with his men.
Ye Qingshan immediately led his men back to provide reinforcements.
This time, we encountered a large enemy force.
When they saw the signal arrows, they knew they had been exposed, so they immediately abandoned the tunnel and rushed down the mountain.
The people who stayed behind with Ye Qingshan immediately started fighting with them.
But the other side had more people after all, and a large part of them took advantage of their fight to break out directly, and met Ye Qingshan not long after they went far.
The other side relied on their large numbers and did not take Ye Qingshan's men seriously.
At first, Ye Qingshan also thought that the other party was just a mob.
But once they started fighting, both sides realized that they had underestimated each other.
In addition to the veterans that Ye Qingshan brought back from the border, the rest of his men have been trained by him over the past six months and are no longer as weak as before.
The other party was not what Ye Qingshan thought, who was just pulled over to make up the numbers. It turned out to be a well-trained team.
It seems that this group of people have been planning this for a long time and it is not just a spur of the moment act.
Since this is the case, Ye Qingshan must not allow these people to approach the capital, otherwise there will be a big chaos.
While leading the charge and charging into the enemy camp, he ordered his men to immediately fire flares to request support, and immediately returned to Beijing to report the situation, demanding that the city gates be closed immediately and martial law be imposed, and that no one be careless.
Ye Laosi followed Ye Qingshan and was splashed with blood in the face as soon as he charged into the crowd.
But he couldn't care less about these things at the moment, and tried his best to help Ye Qingshan resist attacks from other directions.
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