As soon as the sky dawned, groups of young and strong men came to the door of the inn one after another.
A long row of four-wheeled carts lined up, attracting the attention of many guests in the inn.
If it weren't for the fierce-looking men with weapons guarding the area, people would have been unable to resist getting closer to take a closer look at the new thing like the four-wheeled cart.
"Set off!"
A guard beside Liu Heng gave instructions to the driver of a four-wheeled cart.
The coachman raised his whip and cracked in the air, and the horses were harnessed to pull the cart.
The next few carts followed the first cart, and there were people from the first brigade of Hutou Village guarding both sides of the convoy.
There were less than thirty people in the entire convoy on horseback, of which the horse team accounted for more than half. The rest were walking. Fortunately, the speed of the four-wheeled cart was not fast, so everyone could keep up.
Ma Yunjiu, who was following Liu Heng, said: "Master, please send sentries to check in front first to see if the bandits from Daliang Mountain have set up an ambush in front."
"Who do you think should go?" Liu Heng turned to look at Ma Yunjiu.
Not everyone can be a sentry rider, and he does not have suitable candidates. In the past, Zheng Tie and Zhao Wu were used as sentry riders, but they were only used as sentry riders when there were no suitable candidates.
In the past, there was no horse team with Ma Yunjiu, so Zheng Tie and Zhao Wu had to make do. Now that there is a horse team with Ma Yunjiu, it is natural to use more suitable candidates. However, he is not familiar with the people in the cavalry team, and he also needs Ma Yunjiu to recommend suitable sentry riders. Candidate.
Ma Yunjiu thought for a while and said: "Let Lao Wu go. He used to stay late at night and stayed in Daliang Mountain. He is familiar with the road and has good abilities. He is the most suitable."
"Okay, you go make arrangements and ask him to bring a few more people, and let him choose the candidates himself." Liu Heng agreed with the candidates recommended by Ma Yunjiu.
Ma Yunjiu turned his horse's head, came to the back of the convoy, and said to his horse team: "Lao Wu, take a few people to serve as sentry riders to find out whether the bandits in Daliang Mountain have set up an ambush in front."
"Don't worry Ma Tou, this is my old profession." Lao Wu grinned, then nodded a few people with his hands and said, "You guys follow me."
If there was Lao Wu, the few riders who were spotted separated from the team, followed Lao Wu to speed up their horses, and as sentry riders went ahead to explore the road ahead.
After Lao Wu and the others left, Ma Yunjiu looked at the other members of the cavalry team who were eager to try, and said: "Don't worry, there will be opportunities in the future. Liu Hengda is not Shi Yunhu, and he will not treat everyone badly."
"It's because Mr. Liu is good to us, so everyone wants to contribute to Mr. Liu." Tan Zaiwang said with a smile.
He was wearing a brand new cotton armor and a breastplate on his upper body.
Such strict protection is rarely seen under Shi Yunhu's hands, even for border troops. Those who are qualified to wear two layers of armor are at least at the level of guerrilla generals.
Ma Yunjiu smiled and scolded: "I think you don't want to contribute, but you want to show off your skills in front of the boss, so that you can become the leader of the newly established cavalry team."
"Hey!" Tan Zaiwang, who was told about the center's affairs, laughed and scratched the back of his head.
Ma Yunjiu said again: "Don't worry, the newly established cavalry team this time is said to have at least a hundred people, and the cavalry team will expand in the future, and you will inevitably be given a leader. But whoever dares to cheat, then don't think about anything. I think you have all seen in the past few days that Mr. Liu does not care about others, but as long as you do what you are told to do well, you will get nothing less."
"Don't worry, Ma Tou, everyone understands." Tan Zaiwang said, "If I had known that it would be so good to follow Liu Da as the head of the family, we shouldn't have gone back to Daliang Mountain last time. It would have been better to stay in Xujiazhuang."
Ma Yunjiu glared and said, "What? Do you blame me for not taking you to stay in Xujiazhuang?"
"No, no, I definitely don't mean that." Tan Zaiwang shrank his neck and waved his hands repeatedly.
Ma Yunjiu smiled.
He just wanted to scare Tan Zaiwang and was not really angry.
"Ma Tou, this time the boss really plans to suppress several groups of bandits in Daliang Mountain. The total number of bandits in several cottages is eight to nine hundred." said one of the cavalry.
When it came to business, Ma Yunjiu looked serious and said: "Don't worry, since the boss has arranged it like this, we are sure of it. We just need to follow and lead the way for the boss."
Daliang Mountain is a mountain range. Without acquaintances to guide the way, it is difficult to find the lair of the Daliang Mountain bandits.
Tan Zaiwang said with a smile: "Don't worry Ma Tou, if we can't do this little thing well, we might as well kill each other with a piece of tofu."
Ma Yunjiu nodded, thought for a moment, and reminded: "If you really want to take action, don't follow your own temper like you did when you were on the mountain. Now you have to obey the command in everything. You should also watch the brigade escorting the convoy. Now that we’re here, we should know clearly what orders and prohibitions are.”
"Don't worry Ma Tou. As you said before, you have also been in the military. You still understand this point." Tan Zaiwang said.
"Just understand." Ma Yunjiu said, "I'll go see what else the boss has to do."
After saying that, he urged his horse and caught up with Liu Heng and others who were walking in front.
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On a hillside at the foot of Daliang Mountain, many bandits from the mountain were crouching.
"Master, look, there are a few fast horses coming in front, and the one taking the lead seems to be the fifth in command of the cavalry team." Kong Lunzi pointed to the official road in the distance with his hand.
Shi Yunhu leaned forward, looked over with squinted eyes, and said after a long time: "It's really them!"
Kong Lengzi said: "Master, do you think it is Lao Wu who wants to return to the village?"
"Idiot." Shi Yunhu cursed, and then said, "Go tell the people in Erliang Mountain that the tiger-character flag convoy is coming soon."
Kong Lengzi on the side was stunned for a moment and said in confusion: "Ah! Where can there be a team with a tiger flag?"
"Stop talking nonsense, go as quickly as you are told." Shi Yunhu scolded.
No one among the bandits in Daliang Mountain knew the identity of the person behind the Tiger Flag better than him.
When Ma Yunjiu left the village and rescued the people of Tiger Flag, he guessed that Ma Yunjiu had led the cavalry to defect to Liu Heng. Now that the fifth child of the cavalry appeared, it meant that Tiger Flag's convoy was not far away from him.
Naturally, such a small matter as delivering a letter did not require the leader Kong Lengzi to handle it himself. He arranged for one of his bandits to deliver the letter to the people in Erliang Mountain.
When Kong Lengzi came back, Shi Yunhu asked, "Has the news been sent?"
Kong Lunzi replied: "Don't worry, Boss, we have already arranged for someone to go."
Shi Yunhu nodded and stared at Lao Wu and the others on the official road.
After staring for a while, he noticed that after Lao Wu and others approached this area, they obviously slowed down their horses, as if they had sensed something.
After hesitating for a while, Shi Yunhu said to Kong Lengzi: "Tell us copycats to try to hide behind when we take action and let other copycats rush in front."
"Let's talk about it, little one." Kong Lengzi ducked back.
