Inside the valley, a caravan that was resting heard the whooshing sound of the rocks and quickly looked up.
"what happened??"
"There's an ambush! Run!"
Upon discovering the stones raining down, the entire caravan was thrown into chaos. Everyone abandoned their carts in terror and ran towards the valley entrances on either side.
"What are you standing there for? Run!"
Realizing what was happening, Ah Shan roared and then grabbed two of his men and the horse, running away.
Because they had already left the area where the rocks were falling, the three of them escaped the valley unharmed.
However, the caravan members inside the valley were not so lucky. Many of those who ran south were hit by falling stones after only a few steps.
These stones, some as large as millstones and others the size of a human head, fall at incredible speeds from a height of hundreds of meters; their power is unimaginable.
Many of those hit didn't even have time to scream before dying instantly; their bodies shattered like a stone hitting a cake.
Many unfortunate people were hit by stones that bounced off the ground, resulting in broken arms and legs or being struck in the chest and dying instantly.
A single wave of falling rocks killed or injured more than fifty people, and the gruesome deaths horrified the survivors.
"Continue!! Block the valley entrance!"
Hearing the screams coming from the valley, Li Jin and a group of secret agents from the Investigation Division hurriedly pushed or threw the stones from the peak down again.
"Are they Yuezhi people??"
Upon seeing Li Jin and the others appear on the summit, Ashan couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"Never mind who they are, run, Captain!!"
The two subordinates were extremely anxious at this moment, and they grabbed Ah Shan and fled south.
Inside the valley, the surviving members of the caravan quickened their pace and ran towards the valley entrance to the north when they saw the stones falling again.
"Brothers, charge!!"
The members of the intelligence agency who were lying in ambush at the northern entrance of the valley also revealed themselves, brandishing their weapons and charging towards the approaching caravan.
"Damn Yuezhi people, what do you want?!"
Upon seeing the more than two hundred people who suddenly appeared at the valley entrance and charged towards them, the leader of the caravan looked at the person in charge and couldn't help but shout angrily.
The leader of the intelligence agency didn't speak, only glanced at the caravan leader, and then led his men straight towards the caravan.
Seeing that the southern exit was blocked by boulders and stones were still falling from above, going back would surely mean certain death, and they might not even be able to leave behind a complete corpse.
"Brothers, going back will only lead to a worse death. Fight them! Maybe we can break through and have a chance to survive!"
The caravan leader also roared fiercely.
"Let's give it our all!"
The rest of the caravan also roared and followed the leader, rushing towards the members of the scouts dressed in Yuezhi clothing.
Soon the two sides clashed. These members of the intelligence agency were all strong and burly men. Facing the unarmed caravan, they were like a pack of tigers charging into a flock of sheep.
Within moments of the exchange, dozens of caravan members were cut down and fell to the ground, their screams echoing throughout the scene.
However, with the members of the Investigation Division deliberately holding back, many people only cut down those who blocked their way before rushing towards the large carts loaded with supplies inside the valley, seemingly without any intention of killing them all.
Before long, a gap appeared at the entrance of the valley that had been blocked by members of the Investigation Division.
Seeing this, many surviving caravan members dodged the enemies rushing towards the supplies and then sped away towards the edge of the valley.
Before long, more than twenty people, including the caravan leader, escaped from the valley.
"Damn Yuezhi people, you will pay for what happened today!!"
The caravan leader turned to look at the people looting the supplies, a look of resentment on his face. Then, he led the remaining survivors and fled into the territory of the Han Dynasty.
"Let's go down and take a look!"
Seeing that the people had already run far away, Li Jin, who was on the peak, also led his men into the valley.
"Team leader, these people have some nerve! They actually dare to transport refined iron..."
When the three carts were found to contain a total of 5,000 catties of refined iron, the members of the Investigation Division were shocked.
Li Jin also came closer, picked up a piece of fine iron and began to examine it carefully. On the bottom of the iron block, Li Jin found the four characters "Made in Heyang Prefecture" engraved.
It turns out that this piece of refined iron was part of the refined iron that suddenly disappeared from the treasury of Heyang County, where Li Ru worked.
After further inspection, it was discovered that most of this refined iron actually came from the treasuries of the government offices in Guanzhong.
"Hmph, so this is where they smuggled all that refined iron ended up!"
Thinking of those officials from humble backgrounds who had been arrested, Li Jin couldn't help but snort coldly.
"Immediately transport these refined iron pieces away and hand them over to the superior for disposal! These are the evidence to kill them; we cannot afford to make any mistakes!"
"promise!!"
At Li Jin's command, several dozen men from the group pulled carts loaded with refined iron out of the valley and headed towards the border town where Cheng Yu was located.
Afterwards, Li Jin led the rest of the group, changed into caravan clothing, and loaded up the remaining grain, salt, silk, and other supplies, heading towards the Yuezhi people's territory.
Meanwhile, after two days of fleeing, Ashan and his companions finally returned to Dongqiang and truthfully told Kemayi about the ambush in the valley.
"Those damned Yuezhi people, they actually dared to rob my supplies?!"
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