Yan Yan and his clan is a side branch of the Yan clan in Guling, originally unknown in Yongning, but in recent years, after the prosperity of the Yan clan in Guling, under the promotion of the patriarch Yan Zhan, and Liu Zhang did not want the Li Mao clan to be dominant, so Liu Zhang ordered the Yan clan to move from Guling to a clan to merge into the Yan Yan clan and move into Jiangzhou, and also allowed Yan Yan to form an army and sealed the post of Sima of other departments, although the "Yan family army" is still nominally under the control of Yongning Taishou, in fact, he does not put Taishou Zhao Zhen in his eyes, and Zhao Zhen maintains the Li family everywhere, Behind the scenes, coupled with the promotion of Guling Yan Zhan, the relationship with Zhao Zhen became worse and worse.

Deng Fu is very trusted by Yan Yan, and at the beginning, he was indeed a conscientious general, and everything was arranged in an orderly manner, and in recent years, Yan Yan's energy has been spent on the internal struggle with the "own people" who moved into Guling in the clan, and his body has become worse and worse with age, and he has never been to the army since the recurrence of his leg disease last year, and he has been completely handed over to Deng Fu to take care of.

After Deng Fu seized power, he gradually revealed his greedy nature, wantonly appointed his cronies, reduced the amount of food and salaries for the soldiers, stole and sold weapons, and made a windfall.

The day before yesterday, as soon as the treasury distributed military rations, Deng Fu immediately got better and the grain merchant he had been cooperating with met in the Xianzhu Pavilion, according to the usual practice, the two guards checked the surrounding rooms one by one to confirm that there was no one, and the two discussed with confidence, but they didn't know that every word they said fell into the ears of the two people lying in the compartment between the room and the roof.

After nightfall, in the military camp ten miles northwest of the city, watching the grain merchants leave with dozens of carts and horses full of military rations, Deng Fu proudly commanded his soldiers to put a small box full of gold and silver on their own carriage, got into the car and ordered the coachman to return to the city immediately.

The moonlight was dim, and the car was not moving fast, Deng Fu took out the delicate wine bag in his arms and took a sip, leaned on the cushion and hummed a small tune. Under the influence of alcohol, Deng Fu's heart became more and more intense, and he lifted the curtain from time to time to look, but he didn't see the familiar lights in Jiangzhou City for a long time, and urged the driver to speed up again and again.

The coachman didn't dare not listen, so he had to beat the spirit to speed up the horse, but after a while, he arrived at a corner, and there was a steep slope after the turn, the coachman had no choice but to slow down again, Deng Fu, who was already impatient in the car, couldn't hold back and scolded two sentences, the accompanying guards had a good relationship with the coachman, and defended the coachman for two sentences, and suddenly there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind him, Deng Fu said angrily: "Listen, others are fast, why can't you wait?" ”

"That's not right!" The vigilant guard's face changed greatly, he looked at the bend in front of him, didn't care to explain to Deng Fu, snatched the reins from the coachman's hand and was about to rush over, "whoosh", a sharp arrow shot through the guard's neck, and he fell from the carriage without a sound.

Immediately after that, another arrow hit the back of the coachman's heart, and the coachman screamed and fell in front of the stunned Deng Fu, who reacted and screamed and fell back into the car.

The sound of horses' hooves soon approached, two men in black jumped off the horse's back and landed firmly on the carriage, one lifted the curtain and got into it, looked at Deng Fu who was holding the box tightly and slashed at the side of his neck with one palm, dragged Deng Fu who was limp and collapsed, pulled him to the moonlight to identify him, and nodded at his companion, and the other let out a sharp whistle in his mouth, and drove forward quickly.

In the bumps of the car and the mountain wind blowing into the car from time to time, Deng Fu quickly woke up, but he endured the pain in his neck and the numbness of his arms and did not dare to move, for fear of being found and suffering again.

The car stopped quickly, Deng Fu trembled and hurriedly closed his eyes and prayed for God's blessing to escape the catastrophe, fortunately, the people outside just lifted the curtain and looked, there was no intention of committing murder, Deng Fu let out a sigh of relief, rubbed the cold sweat on the cushion on his face, moved his numb body slightly, and began to think about getting out.

This group of people should not be ordinary bandits, because there will be no guest merchants walking between these mountain roads at night, and Jiangzhou has been peaceful for many years, and it has been a long time since they have heard of bandits around, and they act secretly, it seems that they have been premeditated.

Xingshi mobilized the crowd to hijack themselves is nothing more than seeking revenge and seeking wealth, seeking revenge is unlikely, otherwise you should kill yourself on the spot, listening to the movements of a few people outside, it seems that they are waiting for someone, it seems that they are here for money, it is for wealth, even if they want more for them, as long as they can save their lives, why worry about money? Thinking of this, Deng Fu's heart relaxed slightly.

Calm down and carefully recall the whole process of being robbed, the robbers knew their itinerary and were familiar with the terrain, they ambushed on the way back to the city, and shot the coachmen and guards at night with their accuracy, every point was by no means something ordinary people could do, and the robbers were probably local magnates.

Who ate the leopard and dared to move the Yan family?

The robbers outside seemed to be a little impatient to wait, and began to mumble quietly, Deng Fu hurriedly listened carefully, and a young voice came into his ears: "Xu Blind Man is really not happy to do things, the six of them are so laborious to rob a few grain trucks!" It's been almost an hour and there hasn't been any movement, so my grandfather is starving and freezing in this hellish place, and I already know to exchange ...... with them."

A slightly hoarse voice came from a little distance: "Shut up, do what you are told, you talk a lot!" Let Qu Shuai know that I want you to look good! ”

"Qu Shuai!?" It's a yellow turban thief! Deng Fu's heart jumped violently.

The slight footsteps of the person who seemed to be the leader quickly approached, and Deng Fu quickly closed his eyes and returned to his original posture.

Sure enough, the car sank slightly, a mountain wind got into the car, Deng Fu used the greatest perseverance in his life to control himself motionless, with the cracking sound of the burning branches, the person who came held the torch beside him to take a look, and did not find anything unusual and went out quickly.

Fortunately, the man couldn't hear Deng Fu's heavy heartbeat like a drum.

Of course, Deng Fu couldn't see the sneer after the man got out of the car, the cold sweat on his forehead and the nervous beating of his eyes still unconsciously told the other party that he had woken up.

The voices of the people outside were slightly louder, and one of them said: "A small camp, a few hundred people is worth Qu Shuai's calculation?" If I had raised troops to kill his essence a long time ago, robbed the grain, grass and armor and then entered Jiangzhou City, you and my brothers would have already enjoyed the wine, meat and women, so why should you suffer this idleness here! ”

A person next to him also echoed his words, and the person at the head sneered and reprimanded: "Hmph, you will talk big!" There are still nearly 500 people in the camp, and the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if you want to mobilize a large number of men and horses, how can you hide from the eyes and ears of the officers and soldiers? At that time, you still have the life to eat and drink and play with women? With a little tricking, Qu Shuai can get all the food, grass and ordnance, and he doesn't have to lose a single soldier, how can you wait for these brainless fools to be questioned?! In the future, there will be no one to protect you if you talk too much. ”

"Yes, yes, the general can rest assured, we know the severity, and we only dare to complain in front of the general, and outsiders definitely don't dare to talk much."

The man at the head was also a little breathless, cursed in a low voice, and said to the others: "You wait for the people to take care of them, I'll go over there and take a look......"

After the footsteps were gone, the men continued to mumble on the side, and one of them asked, "We are not short of food, why do we allow the blind men to make a special trip to rob a few grain trucks?" Liang Da'er, you must know the inside story, tell us about it. ”

The person who was called Liang Da'er couldn't stand the purging of his accomplices, and repeatedly told them to keep it secret before telling the details: "Of course, you and I have no shortage of food and clothing, but how many of our soldiers are not short of food and clothing?" The grain and grass given by the Yan family in Guling is only enough for more than 2,000 of us to barely make ends meet, and the armor is even more lacking, and now the people in the mountains eat horses and chew horses, and there are fewer and fewer things in the stomach, Qu Shuai had to decide to capture a few counties to supplement the grain and grass ordnance, but a while ago he fought several times with the official army, if it was not for the lack of bows and arrows, how could he lose so much? The Yan family's private army in Jiangzhou is fully equipped, and if we win, we will definitely be able to defeat the official army. ”

One person said: "I have also heard that the Yan family's private army is less than 1,000 people, but they receive more than 2,000 military salaries, which is very fat!" I also heard that the Yan family in Guling and the Yan family in Jiangzhou are the same thing, isn't Qu Shuai in close contact with the Yan family, why don't you ask the Yan family directly? ”

Liang Da said disdainfully: "Do you have a brain, can you still use this crime to beg the master?" The head of the Yan family in Jiangzhou, Yan Yan, was stubborn and refused to help, and once kidnapped Qu Shuai's envoy to the official mansion. ”

Another person said: "Let's rob a little grain official and a few grain trucks to bring down the head of the Yan family?" Now capital crimes can be redeemed for money, and what is the point of stealing and selling military rations! ”

Liang Da smiled: "It depends on who the grain is sold to, if the Yan family finds out that Yan Yan instructed his subordinates to steal from him, sell the military grain and ordnance to our Taiping Dao Heavenly Army, and report and denounce the righteous extermination of relatives, hum, what kind of crime do you say this is." ”

"Rebellion, yes, yes, this time the old man is dead, Qu Shuai has a clever plan!" The other two chimed in.

Deng Fu suddenly realized that there was a thief in the family! This is a conspiracy, brother-in-law Yan Yan and his whole family have to be beheaded, those guys from Guling are so vicious!

"In fact, this is still a strategy from the Yan family, if it is insidious and vicious, the people in the gate valve are much more powerful than us." Liang Da'er gloated and said: "Just wait for Xu Blind to succeed and hand over the grain truck and grain official to the Yan family, just wait for Yan Yan'er to be ruined!" After that, the Yan family will take over the military camp, and we will be able to obtain a steady stream of food, grass and ordnance, and in time, it is not impossible to take this Jiangzhou City. ”

"I've been to Jiangzhou before, and the women in the city are called white and tender ......."

"Hahaha......" The three of them laughed unbridledly, and one of them said excitedly: "I really want to go into Jiangzhou tonight, why hasn't Xu Blind been a fool yet." ”

Hearing this, Deng Fu suddenly had a glimmer of hope in his heart, listening to what the robbers said just now, there were ten of them, four came to hijack themselves, six went to hijack the grain truck, and there were dozens of people escorted by the grain merchants, and now bandits are rampant everywhere, and their guards are all brave and good at fighting, six people to rob dozens of people? Maybe it can attract rescuers to save him from his predicament, Deng Fu worshiped all the gods he knew in his heart, and prayed to them to bless him from dying in this catastrophe.

I don't know which way the fairy appeared, the angry shouts of the leader came from a distance, and then heard the sound of swords intersecting, and the three people outside the car hurriedly rushed over, only a moment after a few screams, before Deng Fu, who had time to muster up the courage to escape, saw the extremely kind face of the grain merchant.