When encountering cavalry on the grassland, it is very likely that they are enemies rather than friends.
Zhou Qiguan held a knife in one hand and faced the distance.
Wherever he looked, he saw several people on horseback. Because they were too far away, it was impossible to tell who these people on horseback were who suddenly appeared.
However, there were only a few rides, which made him feel relieved.
"Zheng Da, take a group of people over there and capture those people over there." Zhou Banner pointed at the cavalrymen in the distance and ordered to his subordinates.
There were dozens of soldiers and servants sent by Yang Guozhu in the Liang family's motorcade, and Zheng Da was just one of them.
"You, you, you, and the rest of you, all follow me." Zheng Da raised his hand to point to some people in the surrounding crowd, and then walked towards his horse.
The servant who was called took his weapon and walked towards his horse.
Naturally, the news on Zhou Qiguan's side could not be hidden from the rest of the Liang family's motorcade.
Soon, Shopkeeper Liang hurried over.
"Zhou Qiguan, what's going on? Could something have happened?" Shopkeeper Liang asked nervously when they met.
Zhou Qiguan pointed with his hand in the direction of the cavalrymen in the distance and said, "Shopkeeper Liang, look over there."
Shopkeeper Liang looked in the direction of the other person's finger.
"Except for a few people, there is nothing abnormal!" Shopkeeper Liang said with a blank look on his face after watching for a while.
Meeting a few people on horseback on the grassland was a normal thing for him.
And before he came over, he also saw a few cavalrymen in the distance.
Zhou Qiguan glanced at Shopkeeper Liang on the side and said, "If I'm not wrong, those horsemen in the distance are here to keep an eye on our convoy."
"It's a horse bandit!" Shopkeeper Liang's expression suddenly changed.
What merchants' convoys fear most is encountering bandits or horse bandits on the way, especially in a place like the grassland with no villages or shops. If something happens, there will be no place to escape.
Zhou Qiguan said: "I'm not sure it must be horse bandits, it may be Mongolians, but shopkeeper Liang doesn't need to worry, they only have a few horses, and I have already sent people to capture them."
At this time, Zheng Da and others had just left the convoy and were chasing the horses in the distance.
"Zhou Qiguan, do you think those people are just people stepping on the plates? A large group of bandits are coming right now." Shopkeeper Liang said worriedly.
He did not let go of his worries because of Zhou Qiguan's comfort.
Zhou Qiguan said calmly: "If the convoy is being targeted by a group of horse bandits, we will find out after we catch them."
Even if a large group of horse bandits came, he was not worried.
As the servants kept by the general soldier of a town, it is difficult for ordinary horse bandits to cause harm to them. Even if they are defeated, they can still fight their way out and escape back to Xuan Mansion on horseback.
"Zhou Qiguan, please let the convoy hurry up and leave this place quickly before the horse bandits can catch up." Shopkeeper Liang asked Zhou Qiguan for his opinion.
At this moment, he didn't want to stay in this place for a moment. He just wanted to stay away from the possible horse bandits.
Zhou Qiguan shook his head slightly and said: "If those people in the distance are really sent by the horse bandits, if we don't deal with them, we will be overtaken by the horse bandits wherever we go. Unless, Manager Liang, you are willing to leave the convoy." of goods, ride away.”
"Then, just wait." Shopkeeper Liang said hesitantly.
If he really wanted to leave all the goods in the convoy, even if he could go back alive, he believed that Liang Jiabin would never let him go after returning to the Liang family.
From shopkeeper Liang's face, Zhou Qiguan could see the worry.
He smiled and said: "Shop manager Liang, don't worry. Even if the convoy is really targeted by horse bandits, my people will be able to deal with the invading horse bandits."
"Everything depends on Zhou Qiguan." Shopkeeper Liang bowed his hand towards Zhou Qiguan.
If a horse bandit really targeted the convoy, he knew that the convoy could only rely on people like Zhou Qiguan to protect it.
Zhou Qiguan smiled and said: "The General Soldier sent us here just to protect the safety of the convoy, so as long as I am here, Shopkeeper Liang and you and the convoy will be fine."
Shopkeeper Liang nodded after hearing this.
The convoy was full of waiters and drivers, so he had no choice. The only people he could rely on at this time were the Zhou flag officer in front of him and the personal servants he brought with him to surround General Yang.
As Zheng Da and others left the convoy, the clerks of the Liang family's motorcade and the driver also noticed the strange cavalrymen in the distance.
Because the convoy was protected by people like Flag Officer Zhou, most of the guys in the convoy did not panic when they saw strange cavalry appearing in the distance of the convoy. Instead, they looked at the strange cavalry curiously.
Zheng Da and his men approached the strange cavalry in the distance.
Unfortunately, before they could catch up, the strange cavalrymen rode away and galloped farther away, avoiding Zheng Da and others.
However, at this time, Zheng Da had already seen clearly that the escaped horses were all dressed as Han people, not Mongolians living on the grasslands, and they were not all dressed in rags like the horse bandits.
"Chase!"
Zheng Da, who had only a few riders on his side but more than ten people on his side, directly ordered the pursuit.
Many places on the grassland are unobstructed, and the other party can be seen even from a few miles away. Unless one party's equestrian skills are far better than the other party, it will be very difficult to distance the two parties.
One side chases, the other side flees.
At the beginning, Zheng Da relied on the fact that he was a soldier and servant, and his equestrian skills were extraordinary. He was no worse than Ye Bushou, so he thought he would be able to catch up soon.
But after chasing for more than ten miles, he discovered that the horses in front were equally good at horseback riding, and they still couldn't let him close the distance between them.
However, he didn't give up.
It would be fine if the other party were Tatars on the grassland, but these people were obviously Han Chinese.
There were so many of them, all the elites of the Ming army who were born as soldiers and servants. If these knights were allowed to escape, they would feel disgraced.
I chased him for another ten miles.
Zheng Da and others suddenly stopped.
Just in front of them, an army of thousands of people appeared.
"Bandits?" A servant on horseback said hesitantly.
Zheng Da said with an ugly face: "They are the soldiers and horses of the Tiger Flag."
The only organized troops and horses that can appear on the grassland are those of the Tiger Flag, and the Han soldiers and horses in front of them have a large flag in the middle, with the unique black flag of the Tiger Flag hanging on it.
"Come on, let's go back and tell the flag official the news that the Tiger Flag army has appeared here." Zheng Da turned the horse's head and galloped in the direction from which it came.
The other servants were not slow at all, riding behind and galloping towards the forest where the Liang family's team was resting.
