Chapter 286 Ambush

Qiu Shuang followed Mrs. Li to the town, and when she arrived in the town, she found a group of people running madly towards a certain place.

Mrs. Li quickly grabbed a woman and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Seeing that she couldn't get rid of Mrs. Li, the woman who was grabbed by the arm hurriedly said, "The food shop is open, everyone is going to buy food. Don't drag me, I'm going to buy food too."

Sister-in-law Li was overjoyed, let go of the woman's hand, and said to Qiushuang, "Let's go and see, if there is really grain for sale, let's buy some back." The grain shop in the town was closed two months ago. I don't know why the grain store has reopened.

Qiu Shuang was a little suspicious, her intuition was not very good, she lowered her voice and said, "I will ask later, why the grain shop sells grain." Qiu Shuang is not surprised that these grain merchants still have grain in their hands. These people hoard food in order to sell it at a good price. But there must be something strange about selling grain at this time.

At the gate of the grain shop, there were six long queues, and there were more than 30 government officials beside them maintaining order. Qiushuang and Mrs. Li also wisely stood in one of the shorter lines.

Sister-in-law Li saw that there were dozens of people ahead, and said anxiously: "What if it's our turn and the food is sold out?" She had two taels of silver from Qiushuang in her hand, and she was going to exchange all the food. In this way, the whole family can survive until the beginning of spring.

Qiu Shuang didn't speak, because she was afraid of attracting others' attention. But she also hopes to buy some fine grains to go back to improve the food for her daughter.

Fortunately, the food was still being sold when it was their turn. Mrs. Li's eyes widened when she heard that she could only buy twenty catties of grain for two taels of silver: "What? You can only buy twenty catties of grain for one tael of silver? Are you robbing?" Five copper coins, now fifty copper coins a catty, that's not how money is robbed.

The guy who sold the grain said: "If you don't buy it, go away quickly, don't delay our business!" If the rebels were not about to hit Maicheng, their boss would not be willing to sell grain. This grain is saved to buy in the next year, and it will definitely cost a tael of silver a bucket by then.

No matter how angry she was, Sister Li could only grit her teeth and exchange the money in her hand for food. These forty catties of grain are barely enough to feed the family for a month.

Qiushuang handed the ingot of ten taels of silver to the clerk and said: "Five taels of silver for white rice, five taels of silver for fine noodles." Buy some white rice and fine noodles and go back to improve the girl's food.

The price of coarse grains has risen, and the price of white rice and fine noodles has risen sharply. For ten taels of silver, only thirty catties of white rice and fine noodles were exchanged.

Qiushuang didn't talk to them about right and wrong, and went to the grocery store with Mrs. Li with the food on her back. I bought some dry goods such as red dates and soybeans at the grocery store, and it was also at the grocery store that Qiushuang finally knew why the grain store was open. It turned out that the Northwest Army had rebelled, and it had already reached not far from Lanzhou City. Lanzhou City is only a few days away from Maicheng. The owner of the grain store was worried that the rebels were coming, so he wanted to sell the grain for money, and then ran away.

Hearing this news, Qiushuang breathed a sigh of relief. General Yun finally rebelled, so my uncle will probably be able to get away soon.

After walking out of the grocery store, Mrs. Li said worriedly: "Miss Shuang, there are two people following us." There was a lot of food in their baskets, so they shouldn't be robbed by these people.

Qiushuang didn't even look back, and continued to walk forward. Passing by a butcher's shop, she saw that meat was being sold at the stall. At this time, Qiushuang had spent all her money. After thinking about it, she took off the silver earrings from her ears and exchanged for a small piece of meat.

On the way back, the two met three groups of robbers, two of whom were wearing official clothes. Qiu Shuang had a lot of resentment towards these officials, seeing that these people dared to rob them, she immediately killed them both. As for the other group who robbed them of their food when they were hungry and dizzy, Qiu Shuang didn't do anything cruel, and only knocked them unconscious.

Sister-in-law Li was so frightened that her legs went limp, she said, "Miss Shuang, these people will definitely come to you." Killing officials, if they come to you at that time, wouldn't it hurt the whole family.

Qiu Shuang said calmly: "Sister-in-law Li, don't worry, these people are not official servants.

Just wearing official clothes. "It was Qiushuang who knew that the Northwest Army was coming soon, so she dared to kill. If it were normal, she would definitely be jealous.

Back in the village, Qiushuang told Fu Qingluo the good news: "Girl, I believe the uncle will definitely follow, when the time comes, we will go find the uncle..."

Without saying a word, Fu Qingluo shook her head and refused: "No, I can't go and find my elder brother." If she goes to her elder brother, not only will she lose her freedom, but her child may also be lost.

Qiu Shuang asked: "Then what should we do? We don't have much money." Most of their money has been used up.

Fu Qingluo said: "When the Northwest Army arrives, you can go look for Duo Ming." With her appearance like this, she definitely can't wander around. Fortunately, Duo Ming was acting as an internal response to Yun Qing, not a real traitor. Otherwise, the eldest brother will probably deny her for the rest of his life.

The Northwest Army set off from Yucheng to Wucheng, and without a single soldier, they took this large area of ​​Gansu for themselves. However, this good thing ended in Lanzhou City.

After Ji Xuan got the news of the northwest rebellion, he quickly mobilized 100,000 troops to Lanzhou to defend Lanzhou City, and at the same time sent Chen Wei to attack the southern city. Chen Wei, who was scolded as trash by Yun Qing, Feng Dajun and others, was extremely fierce this time. In less than three days, nearly half of the rebels in Nancheng were killed or injured.

Yang Duoming was a little worried. If this continued, Nancheng would be breached in less than three days. At that time, they really had no choice but to flee to Daoshu.

However, his confidant Yan Xi was very strange, and said suspiciously: "The master, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are now brave, why not only did they stand still before, but also showed a very incompetent look?" Yan Xi couldn't understand.

Yang Duoming was silent for a long time, and said: "We were deceived by Ji Xuan. It's not that Ji Xuan can't wipe out the rebel army, he deliberately delayed, because the drunkard didn't want to drink."

Yan Xi asked puzzledly: "Who is Ji Xuan's target?" Who has such a big face, it is worth Ji Xuan's laying down such a big game.

Yang Duoming said: "His target is Yunqing. If he can get rid of Yunqing, then the Northwest Army will really be his world." The Northwest Army is like a sharp sword hanging over Ji Xuan's head. Heart, this sharp sword could kill him soon.

Yan Xi said very anxiously: "The master, Ji Xuan mobilized one hundred thousand troops from Shaanxi to Lanzhou City, not counting the troops in Chen Wei's hands, but only adding the troops in Lanzhou City, the total would be 130,000 to 40,000. Qing only has 30,000 troops, can he fight well?" Four to one, there are still doubts about who will win!

Yang Duoming fell into deep thought.

But Shen Xiaomao said anxiously: "Master, Chen Wei's troops are about to break through Nancheng, we can't wait here to die!"

Yang Duoming shook his head and said, "We must send someone to deliver the news to Yunqing." If Yunqing is not prepared, he will definitely suffer a lot.

Yan Xi said with a headache: "The head of the family, now that we can't protect ourselves, how can we send news to Yunqing?"

Yang Duoming said: "No matter what, we must send the news to Yunqing." If Yunqing fails this time, he may not be able to take revenge in his life. Therefore, even if he was desperate to die, he would still send this news to Yunqing, so that Yunqing would know what to do.

Yan Xi shook his head and said, "Boss, this is not practical. Our side is hundreds of miles away from Yunqing, and the road is blocked. When our news arrives, the day lily will be cold."

Yang Duoming didn't say anything, because what Yan Xi said was right.

Yun Qing is not a radical person, even if he is rebelling this time, he is not eager to take advantage of the situation and expand his strength, but is steady and steady. Therefore, every time he has to send a large number of scouts to the front to explore the way. In this way, there will naturally be some delays.

Cui Mo felt that Yunqing was too careful, and said: "General, these local troops are cowards." These local troops either ran away or surrendered, so there is nothing to worry about.

Yun Qing glanced at Cui Mo and said, "The terrain ahead is complex, if someone lays an ambush there, we will definitely suffer a big loss." Although their Northwest Army is strong in combat, they are still invincible.

As a general, he naturally hopes to win the battle. However, it would be even better if the casualties can be reduced while winning the battle, and Yunqing has done a good job in this regard.

Cui Mo couldn't help muttering to Yuan Ying: "The general is too cautious."

Yuan Ying glared at Cui Mo, and said: "General, this is not cautious, it is safe, and he is responsible for thirty thousand soldiers." There was no ambush, and they just delayed for a long time. But once there is an ambush and the scouts detect it, unnecessary casualties can be reduced.

Cui Mo disdainfully said: "Those people ran away before the fight started. Where did they come to ambush?"

Yuan Ying was too lazy to argue with Cui Mo, and said: "What to do as the general tells you, you just do it. Otherwise, when you are beaten, don't say brother, I didn't remind you." Yun Qing became angry, and no one except Huo Changqing People do intercession.

Cui Mo also muttered a few words, how dare he not listen to Yun Qing. Once a military order is violated, it is light to hit with a military stick, for fear that the general will cut off his head directly. Seeing that he was going to live a good life, but his life was gone, it was really wronged.

Facts have proved that Yunqing is right to be cautious. Twelve scouts were sent out, and one came back with serious injuries.

When Yun Qing heard the scouts say there was an ambush in Gaojialing, he didn't even twitch his brows, and asked, "Have you found out how many soldiers and horses are in ambush?" , don't panic, let alone chaos.

The scout shook his head and said: "I don't know the details, but there are quite a few people." When they found an ambush, these people sent people to hunt them down. Thanks to the protection of the other eleven brothers, he escaped. Otherwise, he would have lost his life and injured those people.

Yun Qing immediately ordered the army to stop advancing: "Get ready to fight." If they don't move forward, it doesn't mean that those people won't fight over.

After Cui Mo heard the news, he broke into a cold sweat immediately: "Damn, I didn't expect there to be an ambush." ​​If no scouts found out the news, the army entered the ambush circle, and the consequences would be disastrous.

ps: O~, male drama is my shortcoming, I am trying to improve it... R8