The so-called group to keep warm.

This caravan that was temporarily pieced together in the Dunhuang border city was much more capable than Liu Bei thought. They were all businessmen who traveled to the Silk Road over the years, walking on the same road, and the roads were divided by the forks, and it was normal to form temporary teams. Every oasis, sand dunes, and even how many journeys they took every day were in the hearts of merchants.

The same goes for camping.

Why do An Xuan worry? This is arranged in sequence and surrounded it into a camp.

The campsite is a conch-shaped round shape.

Or simply put it, it is a spiral layout. The camping carriages are usually arranged according to their value. The closer they are to the middle ring of the camp, the higher the value of the goods on the car. The more strict the defense is. The closer they are to the outer ring, it is a relatively low value. There is also a parallel rule: heavy cars are outside, light cars are inside. Heavy cars should not be removed or broken.

The spiral conch camp naturally has a spiral camping road. On both sides of the camping road are caravans common on the Silk Road.

What surprised Liu Bei. Near the middle circle, there was a tent camp full of fragrance. At the entrance, there was a beard wearing tulle and pearls full of pearls, burning incense and holding wine, singing and dancing.

After asking An Xuan, I found out that it was the word-of-mouth "Tent Women's Market".

"(Kucha) has a lot of sexual desire, and she has set up a woman's market and has collected money from men to officials." It can be seen that the fireworks tax has existed in ancient times.

The so-called women's market is the fireworks and willow alley in later generations. The way to survive in the tent women's market is to follow the large caravans on the Silk Road. This is the same as the fact that the truck drivers of later generations take their wives on the road.

Not only was there no objection to this matter, but the caravans also welcomed the existence of the female city very much. They were similar to the role of camp prostitutes. They were anxious. Even Cao Aman had to put down his figure and licked his face to ask his nephew, "Is there a female prostitute in the city?"

Right.

Meeting by chance, fate by dew. Today I bid farewell, and I will meet again if I have the fate. Or never again.

After the caravan arrives at the destination, the tent girl market will leave on its own, waiting to join the next caravan. In this way, they will travel back and forth between the Silk Road day after day. The babies born in the girl market are all taken from the mother's surname. The man is a guard and a servant, and the woman grows up as a mother's story.

There are exceptions, but rare.

In addition to the "Tent Women's Market", there are also many craftsmen and craftsmen who are also entangled in the caravan. Blacksmiths, cobblers, witches, and so on. How do you say that?

Existence means reasonable.

In other words, large caravans are more like a small mobile city.

Usually, the caravan owner's tent is located in the middle of the camp, at the safest core.

An Xuan originally wanted to give it to Liu Bei.

But he was rejected.

Liu Bei went the other way, disguised as an ordinary merchant carriage, four enhanced 'barracks', tied in the outer ring very close to the exit in a "cross" shape.

This arrangement is not only a concealment but also facilitates combat.

When he left Pu Changhai, he was eyeing the caravans, whether there were spies from various countries among the horse thieves in the Western Regions.

In Liu Bei's view, this Western Region horse thief who plundered the wind before the Qifu Xianbei entered the chaos may have been funded by the great powers of the Western Regions. Most of the plundered goods were sold among several major powers along the route. The price of the robbery was far lower than the market price. Even hot goods could only get less than 10% of the stolen money.

How can such huge profits not make people feel moved? Moreover, like the Xianbei, horse thieves live without a fixed place and wander without a trace. How to supply, camp, escape, and sell stolen goods. Without the protection of a great country, how can they be repeatedly banned and still be in a big way.

It's night.

The brazier gradually dimmed. The night-watch mercenaries wrapped in thick felt blankets curled up in groups of three or three in the corner of sheltering wind, sleeping soundly.

The wooden fence that serves as the camp gate was lightly opened by a scimitar.

A group of horse thieves wearing black and brown camel velvet suits entered the camp with their knives. First, they stun the guards, then quickly approached the middle circle along the spiral camp path. Each one was like a flowing cloud, and at first glance they were the veterans. The goods in the outer circle were heavy and not valuable. The precious goods were hidden in the inner circle.

Just seek wealth but not life.

This is an unwritten rule on the Tao.

If all the mercenaries who were sleeping soundly were killed, they would have committed a big taboo. It should be noted that the mercenaries in the Western Regions are also a huge group and are employed by countries along the route. Once they make enemies, whether they sell stolen goods or hide them, the horse thieves will not be able to get it.

By the way, there has been no large caravan coming out of seclusion for a long time. The horse thieves have no spare food, and they are all hungry under their command.

So as soon as An Xuan's caravan left Pu Changhai, he was stared at him. Without waiting to stay away, he attacked at night.

Everything was as expected, and was about to sneak into the middle circle. However, when passing by the ecstatic tent girl market in the dark night, she was restrained by her hungry lower body and her feet slowed down and couldn't help but take a look.

I was so desperate. A drunken guard lifted the curtain and was about to run into a face to face with the horse thief.

Time and space suddenly solidified.

A group of horse thieves holding scimitars and wearing black leather outfits suddenly stopped.

The guard wiped his eyes and screamed: "The thief attack--"

This scream from the depths of the soul was so high that it was rare in the world. Horse thieves were shocked and bared their teeth and endured.

"Shoot, shoot arrows, shoot arrows quickly!" Another shouted.

Whoosh swish swish swish-

The messy arrows shot in random shots. Occasionally, they were soft and weak, and were driven away by the horse thief.

The horse thief acted like a slash, and the guard turned around and rushed into the women's city.

The horse thief looked disdainful. Then he waved his hand and signaled everyone to retreat.

Some mercenaries holding torches were out of their clothes and armor, running out of each tent in groups of three or three. However, they only dared to shout from afar and secretly fired arrows. They did not dare to approach them.

He was easily broken out by a horse thief and took away three trucks of goods.

Liu Bei and the generals who watched the horse thief leave, pretending to be a mercenary, hiding in the team, all looked at each other and laughed.

The plan is done.

The rich merchant An Xuan was also with him. Then he asked quietly: "I dare to ask you, what's the plan?"

"This is to throw a stone to ask for directions." Xi Zhicai replied with a smile.

When the thief left and hid in the tent, the guards of the women's city were happily lifting the curtain and walking out. When he looked up, he saw that it was Zhang Fei's little fat.

No wonder the gate is so high. It looks like the wind and thunder are rising on the ground, or like a thunderbolt on the sunny day.

"Brother." I looked at it again under the lamp. I saw that Zhang Fei's face was black and red, as if he had a unique look.

"Third brother..." Liu Bei wanted to speak but stopped. In such a short time, it was impossible for something to happen, right?

"My ladies, they are all warm-hearted." Zhang Fei only smiled silly.

Guan Yu couldn't help but remind: "My third brother is still young, so you must not be distracted."

"I remember." Zhang Fei hurriedly clasped his fists and admitted his mistake.

It was busy in the middle of the night. At 10:00 a.m., the caravan set out. The stolen ones were all "bait trucks". The silk was hidden inside, which was of great value. It also confirmed that this trip was for Dayuan's good horses. It also proved that it was indeed a caravan traveling west.

Horse thief camp.

Reflecting the fire, the silk in the car is radiant and coveting.

"Sir Qu. It seems that the rumors are not false. This is the silk caravan of the wealthy merchant An Xuan." Then one of them came forward and made a comment.

"Don't be careless. Go ahead quickly and set up an ambush. If it is silk, you will be robbed. If you hide your evil intentions, you will be killed on the spot! In any case, you must not let this caravan arrive in Dayuan."
Chapter completed!