Chapter 194: First Strike

“…… When the eldest lord left Tongzhou, someone spread the news that the eldest lord's convoy was carrying a large amount of gold and silver...... The leader of the villain saw that there were many people on the big master's side, and he couldn't eat alone, so he sent fast horses everywhere to spread the post......"

The sharp pain in his wrist made the spy feel a little dazed, and one of the onlookers took the skin from his waist and poured a few sips of liquor into the man's mouth.

The man was cold and painful and gradually weakened, this strong wine went down, and suddenly he had a little more energy, Wang Tong had a cold expression from beginning to end, but this indifference made the spy even more frightened, and confessed in a panic.

"The people of Zhuangzi in front have all been dismissed, and the men and horses of the Heaven-Shaking Tiger have gone over there to wait for people."

Wang Tongtong patted the man's cheek with the back of his knife and asked:

"How many people are in the back, how many people are in front?"

“…… The three teams of people on the villain's side, together they are more than eighty riders, more than a hundred walking, and it is said that there are no less than four hundred people on the side of the Heaven-Shaking Tiger......"

Wang Tong stood up, and Tan Jiang, who had been listening carefully, had a puzzled look on his face, took two steps back, and said in a deep voice:

"The Jingshi side has not been very peaceful, it is normal for the three teams to have these horses and horses, no matter how big the locks, the soldiers and horses of Jingying and Jizhen will be killed, how can the four hundred people of the Heaven-shattering Tiger be pulled out."

Wang Tong drew his knife, turned around and cut off the spy's head, the knife grazed the man's body, and ordered:

"Put the man and the head on the horse, and pull them back to show them."

Turning around and hateful, he said:

"At this moment, I can only go to the nearby Xianghe County to transfer people, and I have been strangled to death before and after, but looking at this arrangement, I am afraid that there are ambushes on several roads around...... Damn, I don't know if anything will happen to Tan Jian. ”

General Tan shook his head and said in a deep voice:

"Tan Jian was able to send news under the siege and interception of the Tartar cavalry back then, these thieves can't stop him, what should my lord do now?"

Wang Tong did not answer, but raised his voice and asked:

"Does anyone know if the road to Xianghe County is easy or not?" There was a coachman interface on the side and said:

"Master, there was a flood over there this autumn, and the roads were washed out, and now people can leave on the official road over there, and the car can't pass!"

"No wonder this gang of thieves chose this place to start, calculated that our convoy and Xianghe can't go, the convoy can't even clean up when it runs away, and when the time comes, it will become meat under the knife, continue to walk, the front and back of the exploration horses are scattered, and continue to report back with news."

After Wang Tong gave the order, General Tan immediately conveyed it, and then did not stop at noon to eat, everyone nibbled on two mouthfuls of dry food and grabbed the clean snow on the side of the road and sent it down, and the team continued to move forward.

On the next part of the road, Wang Tong was also watching from the top of the carriage, and the horse with the corpse of the spy ran back directly along the official road.

From a distance, I could see that the group of people who were following in the distance stopped for a while, and then followed, and the speed was obviously much faster, Wang Tong pondered for a while, and then commanded loudly to the following:

"Three standards, arrange ten accurate archery Zhuang Ke to go to the back, wait for those horse thieves to rush over and shoot a round of arrows, and then run backwards, Tan Jiang, you arrange someone to answer, Brother Zhang, the convoy stops in circles, runs around and shouts non-stop orders, Sun Dahai, you kill people directly!!"

Calculated that there was still more than an hour to go from the planned foothold, and there was an ambush there anyway, so it would not be enough, and the sun would also set.

Wang Tong's order, the strings were already tense convoy, everyone immediately began to act, Zhang Shiqiang rode a horse from the back to the front and shouted loudly to order, the front team of coachmen shouted to stop the livestock, and the people of the rear team shouted to speed forward.

The carriage carrying the old and weak women and children entered the inner circle, and Wang Tong's family and teenagers divided into several teams to help unload the cattle and drove the animals to the center of the circle.

"You're staring at it, and if there's any movement, find someone to tell me!!"

Wang Tong greeted Tan Gong who was sentry, and hurriedly got off the pile of goods, Tan Jiang and the generals surnamed Tan had already finished putting on the horse, Wang Tong put on his own set of leather armor inlaid with iron leaves, and followed the horse with a short gun.

"The blacksmith in the workshop, the coachman who drives the car, the men in every family, all who can move must move, Sun Dahai, you will arrange the arrangements, circle the car array as soon as possible, arrange people to keep an eye on each car, leave an opening in and out before and after, and the people on horseback will go out with me!!"

Seeing Wang Tong's successive orders, everyone followed suit, Tan Jiang nodded again and again, Wang Tong turned his head and looked, and immediately shouted:

"Li Hutou, get off the horse for me, and show me this car array with Li Tao and Sun Xin!!"

Li Hutou, who was shouted by Wang Tong, gagged and turned off the horse, after all, Li Hutou was small, and it was not convenient to ride on the horse, so it was better not to join in the fun.

Everyone was coaxed into laughter by this little episode, the atmosphere was a lot more relaxed, Wang Tong glanced at Tan Gong on it, there was no new news, he raised the spear in his hand and shouted:

"The thieves who are following behind are a rabble, let's go and kill these unsightly bastards first!!"

The dozen or so people of the Tan family are used to fighting, so they naturally don't care, and the rest of them are young and vigorous, or they are herdsmen with wild surnames who do not retreat, shouting and shouting in unison on their horses.

The following family members and the teenagers in the martial arts hall are also young people's surnames, and they cheered together, Wang Tong shook his head, killing people is not a normal drill, and it is inevitable that things will be too easy.

"Those who know how to shoot arrows go to the front, and when you are done shooting, you will go down from both sides of the official road and give the people behind you a place to dodge, or else they will rush with you.

When they ran out, the herdsmen who had just been sent out had already joined the scouting horses that had just been behind them, and rushed forward with a shout.

The thieves who had been hanging for a few days saw that the spy they sent out had their heads cut off, and they were obviously tortured before they died, and they were all angry, and they all rushed over with their horses.

As a result, these herdsmen were not ambiguous, and ten horses and ten people lined up in two rows on the official road, each with a bow and arrow, waiting.

The horse thieves were divided into three groups, and they had long known from various sources that the convoy in front of them was carrying no less than 40,000 taels of silver, not to mention that the horses and carts they carried were valuable wealth.

These few days followed behind, from the villages and big car shops where Wang Tong and they stayed, Wang Tong's team was well-armed and numerous, and he rushed up to fight, not to mention that he couldn't get cheap, and if he didn't do it, he would suffer a big loss.

The thieves on horseback said that those who walked on foot were really bitter in the past few days, cold and without rest, and they only hoped that after destroying the convoy in front, they would share some profits and have a good year.

Seeing that his companion was chopped up, several leaders were angry in their hearts, second, they were afraid of hurting their morale, and third, the sky-shaking tiger was in front.

Everyone was holding back their strength, but they looked at the convoy in front of them and stopped, and immediately everyone was clamoring and rushing up, and the thieves on horseback didn't think about how to control the speed, so they thought about rushing away the big convoy in front of them in one go, and then the silver woman was first-come, first-served.

Those who rode horses ran in front, and those who did not ride horses followed behind, all of them were running with a girl, and the people who came out under Wang Tong's hand spat at the sight and said disdainfully:

"It's so far away that the fucking scattered, and when it came to the front, the horses had no strength, no wonder they could only be thieves in this life."

The herdsmen who were sent by Wang Tong were not as relaxed as drinking and shooting rabbits yesterday, although the horned bows in their hands were ready to shoot arrows, but there was no shortage of shortness of breath and signs of sweat in their palms.

These herdsmen listened to the movement behind them, watched their own people rush over, and some shouted at the top of their voices:

"Don't look back after shooting, go down."

I don't know why, after hearing this, my mind has settled down a lot, and everyone is waiting for the thieves who rushed over there on the road.

When the bandits saw the two rows of herdsmen parked on the road, they already felt that something was wrong, and they rushed over with a fierce momentum, but the other party was still waiting for a long time, there must be something strange.

The people in front wanted to slow down, but the people behind were still crowding forward in a noisy manner, and as a result, the front end of the bandits' line was pushed forward by the people behind.

So reluctantly and reluctantly, the thieves were confused, and the herdsmen were also nervous, and when they counted fifty paces, they drew their bows early.

The bow they use has a strong pulling force, and they have to open it quickly, and if they pull the bowstring a little earlier, their arms and shoulders will be a little unbearable, and the horse thief on the opposite side of the hungry will be fast, and the herdsman's arms will be almost unable to hold it, and the bowstring will be put back little by little.

When the man reached thirty steps, there was a swishing sound, ten arrows were shot over, three did not know where to shoot, seven hit, and two were not on the vital point, but this also made the thieves scream, and there was a chaos in front, if it was the elite soldiers on the grassland, it was the time to shoot the second arrow, and the problem of three arrows in a row was not big.

The herdsmen did not have this ability, and at this time they panicked and ran under the official road, and another horse was tripped up, and the man fell from above, but fortunately the man got out and galloped backwards.

The thief, who had been a little apprehensive, was only hindered a little, and only three people died, and immediately his anger soared, and he continued to rush forward regardless of it.

There were two more rows of archers on the official road in front of him......

(To be continued)