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Chapter 23 Robbery on the Road(1/2)

Two days later, in the morning light, Li Yi, his senior brother Jing Zizheng and Yang Ping and their entourage followed the Yang family's caravan heading north.

Because this time they were traveling with Yang's caravan, because they could easily travel by carriage.

For the frail Jing Zizheng, this is simply what God wants.

The original plan was that he and Li Yi were going to ride to the frontier on horseback, but the bumpy horseback was simply a kind of torture compared to the carriage where you could lie down.

But Li Yi insisted on riding a horse because he had never been exposed to horse riding in Guigumen for several years.

Therefore, he could take advantage of these ten days to learn riding skills.

The important task of teaching Li Yi how to ride a horse was taught to Erguotou of Yang's caravan.

The name of this Erguotou is Xiao Derong. Although his name sounds like he is from Dayu, this Xiao Derong is an authentic member of the Wei clan.

As one of the eight grassland tribes, the Weishi tribe is very good at riding and shooting.

It is no exaggeration to say that the people of the Wei clan grew up on horses, so their riding skills are much better than the cavalry of the Yu Dynasty.

In fact, Xiao Derong's surname is not Xiao, Xiao De is his surname, and Xiao De is the traditional surname of the Wei clan.

The reason why Xiao Derong joined Yang's caravan was because he had offended the nobles of the Wei family, and his whole family was dragged to death on the grassland by the nobles.

Xiao Derong was lucky enough to survive, but was later rescued by the Yang family's caravan at the frontier. After recovering from his injuries, he vowed to avenge his family, and from then on he officially separated from the Wei clan.

In order to repay his kindness, he joined Yang's caravan and became a guide and translator.

Within a few years, he was appointed by the Yang family as Erguotou of the caravan because of his merits. He also married a new wife in the Dayu Dynasty and gave birth to two fat boys.

Under Xiao Derong's guidance, Li Yi's riding skills have made great progress.

On the one hand, this is due to Xiao Derong’s good teaching, and on the other hand, it is also because Li Yi is very talented in this area.

Within two days, Li Yi could ride a horse and gallop, and even perform some unconventional movements on horseback.

This made everyone else in Yang's caravan envious.

Some of them have been riding horses for several years, but no one dares to do these thrilling moves.

While Li Yi was seriously learning to ride a horse, Jing Zizheng was lying leisurely on the carriage filled with goods, holding a book and reading carefully.

The people around Yang's caravan expressed their confusion about this.

"I say Mr. Jing, for a weak scholar like you to go to the bitter cold frontier, aren't you asking for trouble?"

The big pot head of Yang's caravan asked in confusion as he drove the carriage.

"Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Although I am a scholar, I still want to contribute to the country."

Keiko put down the book and said with a smile.

"I heard that Mr. Jing's elder brother is the military commander of the Yuyang section at the border fortress?"

Yang Ping asked curiously while sitting on another carriage.

"Exactly, my brother Jing Ziyi is serving as Army Sima under General Long."

"In that case, when we get to the frontier, I would like to ask Mr. Jing to introduce me to you."

Yang Ping immediately said with a flattering look.

Jing Zizheng's face was a little stiff. He didn't expect Yang Ping to be so good at climbing along the pole.

But it’s hard to refuse now that I’m sitting in the other party’s carriage.

"I wonder why shopkeeper Yang wants to find my brother?"

Jing Zizheng had no choice but to ask Yang Ping's purpose first so that he could inform his brother in advance.

"It's nothing, it's just this border fortress crisis. As a noble family of the Dayu Dynasty, our Yang family decided that in addition to helping the army transport grain and grass, we also prepared some additional supplies for the soldiers at the border fortress."

After saying this, Jing Zizheng understood what he meant, and his face turned red.

Originally, he thought that Yang Ping was a villain who clung to power and power, but the reality was that he was an upright man who was dedicated to serving his country.

Although his appearance looks very vulgar, you really can't judge people just by their appearance.

"Although our Yang family has not prepared much supplies, we still have to go through Army Sima and General Long to distribute these supplies to the nobles."

Yang Ping's face was still full of flattery, but now it seemed to Jing Zizheng that he was so kind.

They walked like this for four or five days without incident, which made everyone in Yang's caravan extremely happy.

You must know that in the current Dayu Dynasty, bandits were spread all over the country due to famine.

They used to encounter bandits almost every day when taking this route. Although these bandits would eventually disperse in the face of the heavily armed Yang's caravan, they made everyone in the Yang's caravan extremely annoyed.

And this will seriously delay the progress of the team.

However, this time they did not encounter bandits cutting the path for four or five days, so their progress was greatly improved, and they expected to reach the frontier one or two days ahead of schedule.

But sometimes things don't go as expected. Just when the convoy arrived in Gunzhou, they encountered the first wave of bandits who blocked the road.

When he saw a group of men in ragged clothes and armed with various sticks and farm tools rushing down the hills on both sides of the road, Li Yi was stunned while riding on his horse.

After this group of bandits, or rather beggars, surrounded the caravan, a guy who looked relatively strong stood out from the crowd.

"Listen, you guys, we in Huangfeng Village only rob things and don't kill people. If you know what's going on, put down your weapons and surrender quickly."

This guy's thick dialect made Li Yi and others unable to understand him for a moment.

This guy saw that everyone was still standing there, so he angrily shouted what he just said aside.

It took a while for everyone to understand what he was shouting.

However, everyone in the caravan was not frightened by his shouting. Instead, they all burst into laughter.

This guy's accent is really funny.

Seeing everyone in the caravan laughing at him, this guy immediately became furious.

"How dare you guys laugh at me? I have to let you know how powerful I am."

The guy said this and rushed towards the convoy with the fork in his hand.

Li Yi took a look and found that the weapon in his hand was not a standard weapon but an ordinary farmer's fork used to fork grass.

Facing such a guy, everyone in Yang's caravan didn't pay much attention to him.

Seeing that he was the only one rushing up, Yang Qi, the big pot head of Yang's caravan, nodded to a tall young man next to him.

The man who was a head and a half taller than Li Yi immediately stepped forward and took out the saber from his waist, and his momentum immediately increased.

The man on the opposite side, holding the fork, did not retreat at all, but his speed accelerated a bit.

With a "bang" sound, the seemingly inconspicuous fork hit the strong man's knife blade across his chest hard.

The man from Yang's caravan was knocked back several steps by the huge impact before he regained his balance.

Everyone in the Yang's caravan who was watching couldn't help but be shocked. They really didn't expect this guy with a strange accent to have such strength.

But the bandits armed with farm tools and clubs cheered.

Huge shouts echoed in the valley.

"Interesting!" Jingzi had jumped off the carriage at this time and whispered half-leaning on Li Yi's horse.

"What did you see, senior brother?" Li Yi also jumped off his horse and asked.

"You also use a gun, can you tell anything?"

Jingzi asked the question instead of answering.

"This guy looks unattractive, but I think the action he took just now looks like someone practicing marksmanship."

As a master of spear use, Li Yi did not encounter many opponents, but under Taijizi's teachings, his understanding of spear skills was far beyond that of ordinary people.

"It should be good. The blow he just struck directly hit the opponent's chest. It was so fast and powerful that ordinary people can't compare. If it weren't for the strong man on the Yang family's side who is also a practitioner, I'm afraid it was just that blow

If you recruit him, you will die on the spot."

Keiko said while crossing her arms.

Although Jingzi was not very interested in martial arts and his own martial arts was not very high, under the training of Taijizi, his vision was also extraordinary.

After all, Taijizi was able to train a master of martial arts like An Siqi, which shows that Taijizi's own martial arts skills are also unpredictable.

One can imagine Jing Zizheng's vision under the influence of his ears and eyes.

In the time it took for the two of them to exchange a few words, the battle over there had already passed more than a dozen moves.

The man holding the fork attacks hard and fast, and all his moves are directed at the critical point.

The strong man of the Yang family was beaten so hard that he fell back and was in danger. Fortunately, the blade of his sword was very wide and he could withstand the opponent's swift attacks.

"It seems like the Yang family can't hold on any longer."

After more than a dozen moves, Li Yi found that the Yang family's resistance was getting slower and slower, and the space he could resist was constantly being compressed by that person.

According to Li Yi's prediction, if there are no accidents, the Yang family will be defeated within the next fifteen moves and will be seriously injured.

"Brother Li, do you think my family can't hold on anymore?"

Beside him, fat Yang Ping began to sweat beads on his forehead. He didn't know whether it was because he was scared or because the weather was too hot.
To be continued...
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