Chapter 869
It was the beginning of the limbid autumn water when the grass was fertile. From time to time, you could see silly roe deer, hares, foxes, etc. from the dense woods beside the road, and occasionally a Little Squirrel was holding it. The huge plump pine cone leaped over the treetops.
On some dry loess roads, a huge caravan composed of several businessmen is slowly moving. Regardless of the danger of this trip, then this is really a wonderful journey.
About a hundred bullock carts were carrying heavy cargo, creaking and slowly moving forward. Before and after the bullock cart, there were thousands of camels, which were also full of cargo and supplies.
In other words, this is the standard configuration of the Silk Road.
The Huns are fierce, and the Huns are evil, but the Huns also eat and drink.
So even though the relationship with the Han Empire has not been very friendly, the Huns still acquiesced in more than one trade road, and then these trade roads will gather, some like tributaries, and will always enter the Huns’ king. Even arrived at the shore of Lake Baikal.
But the most important trunks are bound to converge on the Silk Road that extends westward.
However, because of the Ma Yi plot three years ago, Shan Yu, the Huns’ military minister, was very annoyed and officially opened the military confrontation with the Han Empire. In the past, the Han Empire could Princess and pro are always sent out.
So in the past two years, the caravan starting from Mayi City has been somewhat affected. Fortunately, the Huns are also in urgent need of trade, so they can only bear it.
In this situation, Wei Qing sent more than a hundred elite soldiers from the Xiaoqi Camp to disguise as caravan men to spy on the military situation in the area controlled by the Huns.
Although the Court Eunuch battalion did not say anything, Mu Shaoan estimated that the mission of this trip was probably to spy on the strength of the Huns and then select the key locations that could be attacked.
After all, the Huns live by water and grass. If you want to attack, you have to find their key points. At this stage, the Han Empire hasn’t thought of fighting hard with the Huns’ main army, so find one Appropriate, the important attack location is very important.
However, Mu Shaoan dare not say, let's go to the Dragon City where the Xiongnu offers sacrifices to the sky. It is very important there, and things are not that simple.
There are a total of five caravans going out this time. I don’t know how Great General Wei communicated. Looking at the big shopkeepers of those five caravans, it seems that they don’t know anything about it.
As for Mu Shaoan and their sturdy murderous aura, this is not a problem. After all, this is an ancient caravan, horse bandits, wolves, and even the Huns pretending to be robbers. It's messy, so the guys hired by the caravan can't just have a lot of strength. They must all be sharp and powerful. In terms of battle strength, they are not weaker than the regular army.
Go all the way, take a few dozen li every day and take a break.
In the first few days, this road was good. Until the fourth day, the road became rugged, with undulating mountains on both sides and a valley in the middle. It was a battleground for soldiers.
Occasionally Mu Shaoan can still see the silhouette shimmering in the densely packed woods on the mountain beam. In this densely forested place, it must be a bandit.
It’s just the five big shopkeepers, and the many caravan guys who don’t even look at it at all. Naturally, this confidence is not ordinary. The five caravans united by them have a total of thousands of people. All of them are the masters of killing without blinking an eye, trifling the little hairy thief, make sure you have no return.
The road ahead is getting more and more rugged. This time, the serene shopkeepers and guys finally have a little bit of caution.
Because, here is already the famous killer mouth.
There used to be a city wall and a pass in the Spring and Autumn Period, but since the Huns were strong, and the previous policy of the Martial Emperor of the Han Dynasty was mainly defensive, it was abandoned here.
As for the great cultivator Great Wall, the establishment of the Xiongguan here, etc., but it has to wait until the Ming Dynasty. As for why the Western Han and Eastern Han and Tang dynasties after Hanwu were not here, the great cultivator fortifications were completely unnecessary. Ah, the Huns in the Han Dynasty were completely beaten up, but the Turks in the Tang Dynasty, uh, sorry, modestly speaking, we still don't need it.
As for the Song Dynasty, I wanted to repair it, but unfortunately I never had the opportunity.
Nowadays, there is no who smoke here, so it is impossible that there are a large number of bandits gathering here. The reason why those big shopkeepers and guys are cautious is entirely because, after this kills the tiger’s mouth, it is the prairie Up.
This is the territory of the Huns.
And the Huns are not monolithic, horse thieves, horse bandits, and even a small tribe can be transformed into horse thieves at any time. It's really hard to deal with on this prairie.
So, in the killing of tigers, the big shopkeepers announced that they would rest here for a whole day, and by the way they also released experienced scouts to explore the way.
Mu Shaoan and their more than one hundred disguised buddies are towed in two caravans, don’t worry about anything, but when the caravans are choosing scouts, their own bear-like Ying Zheng didn't know what he said when he got to the shopkeeper, so Mu Shaoan and another guy named Yangdan were selected and joined the fifteen scouts.
Sheep egg, as the name suggests, has two meanings, one is sheep egg, the other is sheep dung egg, but his is indeed a standard cavalry, and he turns his legs and turns when he walks. , The speed of getting on the horse is not exaggerated, but once the horse trot up and awkward, Mu Shaoan immediately felt that it was an expert.
The other thirteen scouts are all veterans in the caravan. All of them are unshaven, stinking, lazily, stupid, but the so-called non-barking dogs bite people. These guys who look sluggish are definitely stubborn.
No one introduced each other, there is no so-called mission objective, and there is no indication of the number of sentinels. Those scouts didn’t even look at Mu Shaoan. They urged the horses, xu lu lu So they ran out, basically a team of two or three people, and a team of one person.
This arrogance is enough.
But my companion, the boy's boots called Yangdan, is even more arrogant. Mu Shaoan still wants to work with him. As a result, people didn’t even look at himself, and his legs were slightly slightly. The horse rushed out as if there was no one on its back.
As soon as the expert makes a move, he will know if there is any.
Although Mu Shaoan used the most overbearing way to surrender the moon-walking BMW, at this moment, it is really Above the Heavens and Under the Earth.
Barring teeth, grinning, and blinking at the end, Mu Shaoan is also on the road, he is not rare, isn't he a sentinel, a trivial matter.
The horse under his crotch is owned by the caravan. It looks very good, but it is far from the BMW. So he is not in a hurry to move the horse. He just trots while observing the others. I scout the squad or the direction that the individual is heading, and then I also picked a direction, trusting the horse by the rein, on this jade green prairie, it is really relaxed and joyful.
Of course, he didn't really regard this as a tourist. Besides trotting out a dozen or more li, he released spirit strength, raised his ears, and listened to all directions.
The effect, basically no effect, the prairie is wide in space, and because of the strong laws of war, his spirit strength detection limit was forced to be reduced to five kilometers in diameter.
But it’s really quiet. Except for the flocks of wild ducks from time to time, wild swans fly out of those swamp seas, not even a wolf can be seen.
Safe, really safe.
When this thought flashed in his head, Mu Shaoan had already ran a distance of about thirty miles, all around, and no other scouts could be seen.
Do you want to continue?
Let's forget it, here is just out of the mouth of a tiger, where can I be lucky enough to meet a horse bandit?
"haha, this idea is a bit like a flag."
Mu Shaoan laughed heartily by himself, then dismounted, shot a few headless and got out The pheasant was in a pond, skillfully plucked and bleed to clean up, then took out the various spices in the territory stone space, set up a pile of fire, and grilled it with keen interest pleasure.
As for the establishment of FLAG, he couldn't ask for it.
I don't want to do things, you still come all the way to do things for me?
Satisfied and drunk, Mu Shaoan slept beautifully, but unfortunately, nothing happened.
Looking at the sky, he rode the same full-fed war horse and drove back quickly.
Just staring at the front, the hair on his body suddenly exploded. It was not that someone was chasing or intercepting him, but the caravan, which should have been on the spot for a whole day, unexpectedly. disappeared.
What do I mean by rubbing it?
Isn't I just going out to sleep?
Hurry up, Mu Shaoan rushed into the temporary camp with clear traces. There was no blood-reeking qi, no traces of battle, or even traces of enemies, because there were footprints and ruts everywhere, he still It is not the white-haired detective, and there is no clue from the densely packed traces.
"No, this impossible is a prank. There is only one possibility. A sentinel in other directions should find some important information, and then urgently report back when he is asleep, and then the caravan will Change the original plan and set off quickly. Mind you. I have no experience to kill people."
Mu Shaoan gave a wry smile.
But he didn’t worry too much, he even investigated all around, and then he chased after the traces left by the caravan. This is nothing at all, that caravan goes daily But Baili, now he can catch up with his eyes closed in less than half a day.
Huh? It seems that a FLAG was accidentally set up again.
Why do you always have such strange thoughts in your head today? Could it be a whim, a major event is about to happen?
Mu Shaoan hit a shivered, just about to switch to the Death God mode and open the Death God vision of the innate talent to see the future, but suddenly he moved in his heart, dismounted lightly, and took his horse with one hand. Press into the grass and cover your mouth and nose.
This war horse is well-trained and doesn't panic.
As today the color will be dark and the grass will be luxuriant, Mu Shaoan just wanted to detect all around and was far away from the caravan’s path, so his action immediately disappeared from the field of vision. .
It wasn't until about ten minutes had passed, from the direction of Mayi to kill the tiger's mouth, that there was a rapid hoof sound, not many, a total of twenty rides, rushed through the killer's mouth like a whirlwind, once stationed in the caravan After staying in the place for a while, another five riders immediately came out to catch up, and followed closely, but the remaining fifteen riders were divided into two, moved towards the other two directions.
From the beginning to the end, they didn't speak, and looking at their clothes, weapons, etc., it seemed that they were also dressed up as businessmen.
They did not find Mu Shaoan either.
However, such a weird behavior really made Mu Shaoan's heart a warning sign.
There is a problem, there is a problem.
I don't know which forces are doing things.
The strange place is here. At present, this is the Han Empire. It is not the end of the Ming Dynasty in the later years when the eight great merchants in Shanxi invested their lives in Manchu.
The current Great Han Empire is really not suitable for the appearance of brazen traitors.
And the Huns really have no way to cultivate a leading party in Han.
Therefore, this matter has nothing to do with the Huns.
And I believe that with Wei Qing’s caution, he is absolutely impossible to leave behind any hidden dangers, isn’t that a joke?
So, these sneaky guys may not be here for Xiaoqi Camp.
This is confidential after all.
So, is it for the caravan?
But this is even more unreliable. These five caravans represent the five big businessmen. Except for the imperial court who can take care of them, the other forces are really not enough.
So, who are these guys here for?