Chapter 71
The Nan'an Army is located in the upper reaches of Zhangshui, on the north side of Meiling.
Baochang County is Fuguo County in Nanxiong Prefecture, located on the upper reaches of the Shixing River and the south side of Meiling.
According to Lu Hui's speculation, Tong Guan's money would inevitably disembark in the Nan'an army, pass through Meiling through land, and go to Baochang County, and then board the ship on the Shixing River and continue to move south.
"I don't know if the Nan'an Army will send a wing army to guard the silver cart. We only have one hundred people. If there are too many silver cart guards, it will be difficult for us to succeed." A personal guard captain said worriedly.
"What you said makes sense." Lu Hui nodded and agreed: "Flying pigeons sent a message to Haiwei, asking them to send people to marches to Baochang County and buy boats there to wait. If the Nan'an army really sent escorts to the escorts, we would rob silver on the Shixing River. If there were no guards, we would rob silver in Meiling, and then transport the silver to the Shixing River and take a boat south to Chenjiazhuang."
"good!"
Everyone began to act separately.
Some began to notify the personal guards scattered in the distance, and began to gather at Meiling, and some began to march to Meiling to do preliminary investigations and preparations.
Lu Hui led twenty people to follow Tong Guan to avoid a mess in the middle.
From Zhangdong Town to Nan'an Army, nearly 200 miles away, Tong Guan and his group walked for four days, and arrived at the Dayu County of Nan'an Army (Nan'an Army Affiliated to Guo County).
When he arrived here, Lu Hui also received information from the spies walking in front of him.
"There is a small checkpoint in Meiling where Yiduxiang Army is guarding it. This checkpoint is under the jurisdiction of the Nan'an Army, so we definitely cannot act before they pass the test." The table was covered with a simple map drawn by a spy, and everyone sat in a group.
"Then we have to go to the back of the level and pass through Mei Pass?" Lu Hui asked.
"No, this Meiguan is just a small pass in the Dayu Mountains. The mountains in the entire Dayu Mountains are not high, and the Meiling is only more than 100 meters high, which is much lower than Meiling in Nanchang, Hongzhou. There are more paths to pass." The spy pointed to some lines on the map: "These are several paths I have explored, and you can bypass Meiguan."
"Have you found a suitable place to lie down?" Lu Hui asked.
"Many, after passing Meiguan, they are basically dense forests, the official road is only two meters wide, most of which are still covered by shade and overgrown with weeds."
It seems that the time and the ground of this operation have been occupied by our own side. Where do people come from in the deep mountains and forests?
"what else?"
"One thing is worth noting. When we were exploring, we found that there were several bandits behind Mei Pass. If they knew that a silver cart passed through Meiling Road, they might rob it." The spy said.
"Have you found signs of gathering and how many of these bandits are?" Lu Hui tried to ask.
"No, time is too tight. We didn't know anything about the Dayu Mountains before." The spy shook his head.
"Then act according to the opportunity."
The next day, Tong Guan and his group did not go out, but rested in Dayu County. It was estimated that they also needed to find a carriage and a ox carriage, and unload the money from the ship and load it onto the carriage, so they could not go out immediately.
This just gave Lu Hui the opportunity to go to the mountain to explore in person.
There is a mountain road of more than 130 miles from Dayu County to Baochang County, Nanxiong Prefecture. There is a small town under Meiguan on Dayu County, called Meiling Town. According to the normal travel plan, Tong Guan and his party must stay in Meiling Town for one night, and then set off early the next morning and traveled for 70 or 80 miles in a row to Baochang County, Nanxiong Prefecture, otherwise they would have to camp in the mountains.
After Meiguan, there were many bandits, and camping in the mountains was just looking for death. Therefore, Lu Hui concluded that they would definitely rush on a fast journey the next day after entering the mountain, which gave them a very good opportunity to move.
"Just here, there are valleys in front and behind, and a small flat ground in the middle, which is convenient for people to spread. At that time, Tong Guan and others will definitely feel more relaxed just after they cross the valley." Lu Hui selected a small valley twenty miles behind Meiguan.
"Yes, the forests on both sides are very dense, and we can set up checkpoints in the front and back valleys so that they won't run away." said a captain of the guard.
"Yes, then, I would like to remind my brothers to stop the car and not to stop people, and not to force them to jump over the wall." Lu Hui reminded.
"Then let's go back?" asked the guard next to him.
"Don't hurry, walk forward any further, there is still plenty of time." Several people have been trained for a long time and have an official road to walk. There is no problem marching for 80 miles a day.
On the 26th, Lu Hui hid in the woods outside the south gate of Dayu County. He watched Tong Guan and his team come out, and the convoy did not have the escort of the Nan'an Army, and felt relieved.
The spy was not buried in Tong Guan's entourage in advance, which led to speculation on their itinerary. Now that everything went well, I finally felt at ease.
The carriage and ox cart passed by the official road one by one. Lu Hui couldn't help but sigh: "This dog official is really rich. Even if he is demoted, he can still hold thirty large cars."
These thirty big trucks must have food, fine and other debris, but most of them are definitely money.
"How much money does this have to be!" The guard next to him was stunned in shock.
"It must be 500,000 taels," another personal guard estimated.
"That depends on whether the car is loaded with gold, silver or copper coins."
"If you are Tong Guan, will you use a cart to load copper coins when you go out?"
"That's right."
Listening to the chatting of the guards next to him, Lu Hui also felt relaxed. It was really exciting to have a plan for a long time.
"Let's go, we have to rush ahead of them. We can't walk the official road yet, because time is very tight."
"yes!"
The group of eighty people carried packages and weapons and began to walk through the forest path, leaving more than a dozen people following Tong Guan's convoy behind.
"I wonder if Haiwei arrived in Baochang? If they did not arrive in Baochang County smoothly, we would not be able to escape with thirty carts." Someone said worriedly.
"Tong Guan took a day off in Dayu County, and the Haiwei must have arrived."
"It's useless to think about these things now. Let's talk about it first."
On the 27th, Lu Hui and others arrived at the scheduled ambush early and began to ambush in the forest.
Under good training qualities, the ambushers can remain silent and wait quietly. The birds that were scared away before flew back one by one. After an hour, the birds in the forest returned to their previous numbers, chirping, and there was no sight of eighty people lying on both sides of the official road.
Suddenly, a person ran into the valley south. From his running posture and equipment, it can be seen that he was the guard lying in the valley in front.
The guard ran to the official road in the middle of the valley and stopped and shouted in a low voice: "Lu Commander!Lu Commander!"
"Let him come in quickly." Lu Hui ordered.
A personal guard ran out to pick him up into the woods, shocking a bird.
"What's wrong!" Lu Hui asked.
"It's a bad thing. There are a large number of bandits gathering in the south. When I came here, the number had exceeded 200." The guard replied.
Chapter completed!