Kong Yinjing's departure from Qufu did not attract much attention.
There are many industries owned by the Kong family in Shandong, and Qufu alone cannot support so many masters of the Kong family.
Kong Yinjing left saying he was rushing to Tai'an, but in fact he was going to Jinan Mansion to meet Fu Zonglong.
However, due to the lack of information, he did not know that Fu Zonglong had led his troops to Laizhou.
Just when Kong Yinjing rushed to Tai'an, a Ming army was stationed in a village outside Xintai City, Jinan Prefecture.
This Ming army has a small number of people, only over 200, but every one of them is strong and powerful, and they are rare and powerful characters in the Ming army.
There were many war horses with this Ming army.
"Uncle, it's been several days. Since we robbed the tiger thief's food transport team last time, we can't see any more tiger thief's food transport team taking this road. I think we should go back and join the army. , I heard that Governor Fu is going to deal with the main force of tiger thieves in Laizhou." Cao Bianjiao looked pitifully at Cao Wenzhao in front of him.
He has been suffocating in this small village for the past few days, and it's almost killing him.
Cao Wenzhao glanced at his nephew and said, "You have forgotten the order given to us by Governor Fu, which is to stay here to ambush the tiger thieves' food transport team and cut off the food route for the main force of the Tiger Flag. If you go back now, you will not only No merit but fault."
"But we are just idle like this, and our bodies are almost getting hairy. How about we find a place occupied by tiger thieves, and let my nephew lead a group of people to fight once, so that the tiger thieves will know that the Ming army is not all cowards. ." Cao Bianjiao asked for battle.
Seeing that the Ming army was finally going to fight the main force of the Tiger-Character Banner in Shandong, he felt itchy in his heart and wished he could fly to Laizhou.
Cao Wenzhao said: "You stay here honestly. Our mission is related to whether the main force of the tiger thieves, Governor Fu and others, can go smoothly. The role of staying here is more important than going to Laizhou."
"That's what I said, but now we can't see the tiger thief's food transport team. If the tiger thief's food transport team doesn't take this road and changes its route, wouldn't we have wasted time in vain." Cao Bianjiao looked at it eagerly. Author of Cao Wenzhao.
He hoped that his uncle would not confine him to this small village and not be able to go to Laizhou, even if he could go around the territory where the Tiger Flag was entrenched.
He was surrounded by cavalry, so even if he couldn't be defeated, he would still be confident of retreating safely.
"Wait a little longer and see if there is a food transport team coming in the past two days." Cao Wenzhao used a delaying move to reject Cao Bianjiao's intention to leave.
In fact, he has not been in this village for a long time.
Although there are not many of them, they are all cavalry, accompanied by war horses. They consume a large amount of food and grass every day. If it were not for a food transport team that plundered the Tiger Flag before, all the food and grass would have been consumed long ago. .
Seeing what his uncle said, Cao Bianjiao understood that he could only stay here for a few more days.
One day passed in the blink of an eye.
A cavalry sent out by Cao Wenzhao to investigate the situation returned to the village.
When the other party came back, Cao Bianjiao arrived and took people to patrol around the village. As soon as the people arrived, they were taken to see Cao Wenzhao.
"General, a tiger bandit's grain transport convoy has been discovered in the Guishan area."
Cao Bianjiao on the side hurriedly said to Cao Wenzhao: "Uncle, what a great opportunity. After waiting for so many days, the tiger thief finally sent another convoy to transport food."
He looked excited at this time.
Although he had suffered losses at the hands of the people of the Tiger Character Banner when he was in Liaocheng, the last time he successfully robbed the Tiger Character Banner's grain transport convoy, he let out a bad breath.
The soldiers of the Tiger Flag are powerful, but the guards escorting the food and grass are not that powerful.
"How many soldiers and horses follow the tiger thief's grain transport team? Does it carry cannons?" Cao Wenzhao was not as excited as Cao Bianjiao looked, but was concerned about the protection of the grain transport team.
The last time the grain transport team was able to successfully rob the tiger-character flag, it was entirely because they caught the tiger-character flag off guard and succeeded naturally by calculating mentally and unintentionally.
But this time it was different. He felt that Huziqi had already suffered a loss once, and he would definitely not be able to take as many precautions as he did last time.
"There are thousands of soldiers escorting the grain and fodder, and there are only a few sentries. I didn't see any cannons, but they were equipped with a lot of firecrackers, unlike last time they were mostly long guns." The cavalryman who reported the news told the news he knew.
Cao Wenzhao frowned when he heard this.
As he expected, Tiger Flag was already on guard, and it seemed not that easy to easily hijack the food transport convoy.
"Uncle, the tiger bandit's grain transport team has already arrived, why are you still hesitating!" Cao Bianjiao couldn't help but asked when he saw that Cao Wenzhao was silent.
He finally had the opportunity to have a show with the people from the Tiger Flag, and he didn't want to just miss it.
Moreover, he is still young and wants to make more contributions and take the opportunity to be promoted. He is not willing to be a governor all the time.
Cao Wenzhao looked at Cao Bianjiao and said: "What do you know? The tiger bandits came this time with more than a thousand soldiers and horses, carrying a large number of firecrackers. Even without cannons, they are not easy to deal with. Don't forget, we are only two hundred There are many people, so there is no advantage in terms of numbers, and if anyone dares to take this road again to escort grain and grass, they must have taken precautions in advance and not worried about being robbed again."
"Uncle, do you mean that this grain transport team is used to catch us as bait?" Cao Bianjiao asked hesitantly.
"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Cao Wenzhao said, "Tiger thieves cannot be treated as ordinary bandits. They can take over several provinces and still gain a foothold. They must have some abilities."
After hearing this, Cao Bianjiao hesitated for a moment and said: "Are we going to let this grain transport team leave? Uncle, don't forget, the task given to us by Superintendent Fu is to cut off the tiger thieves' food route. Once the tiger thieves' team is allowed to leave, The grain transport team arrived in Laizhou, which led to the defeat of the war in Laizhou. Our uncle and nephew are likely to be charged for this, and Governor Fu came to Shandong with Shang Fang's sword to take office."
"This is exactly what I'm worried about." Cao Wenzhao showed a trace of sadness on his face.
The governor did not allow him to cut off the food route for the main force of the Tiger Banner in Laizhou, but he only had more than 200 cavalry around him. It was okay to attack in secret, but in the end he was unable to deal with the food team escorted by thousands of soldiers and horses.
If one is not careful, it is easy for oneself and the more than 200 riders brought with him to be entangled.
Most of these two hundred cavalry are the personal servants of the Cao family. Only these people exist, and their uncles and nephews of the Cao family have a place in the army.
"Uncle, why don't you send more people to check around to see if any other soldiers of the tiger thief are following? Make sure it's not a trap deliberately set by the tiger thief, and then decide whether to take action." Cao Bianjiao suggested. .
After hearing this, Cao Wenzhao nodded and said: "As I thought, we want to find out whether this tiger bandit's food transport team is a trap!"
Although there are not many soldiers and horses around, they are all cavalry. They come and go like the wind, so it is best to inquire about information.
