On March 6, Zhou Bai’s caravan had left the county seat for a day and a night, and the distance from Pingcang County was only half the way.

The gentle and colorful mid-spring sunny day quietly changes during this long journey, and the night falls, the wind is particularly sharp and the clouds are heavy.

At this time, the weather is gradually warming, the tribes on the grassland have done their best to survive the cold winter, the cattle and sheep have been fattened, the salt in the herdsmen’s tents has been exhausted, and the furs accumulated for a whole winter have been accumulated, and it is urgent to exchange markets with Daxu. The

powerful people and border generals of Cangbei County made a lot of money, but their materials could not meet the huge market of the grassland, and they could only give up part of the benefits to the south of Cangshan.

Pingcang County served as an important transit point for materials, and even caravans from neighboring prefectures and counties came here, and a large number of mutual markets were set up in the flat area at the foot of Cangshan Mountain.

Seeing that his peers were dumping goods in the field, the caravan also wanted to rush to Pingcang County as soon as possible, so he discussed with Zhou Bai to rush overnight.

A friend of the young master of the Qi family, this identity is enough for Zhou Bai to have some right to speak, after all, another important task of the caravan is to escort him.

It was not impossible to rush overnight, because this was a common thing in the process of business, but considering the existence of that black calamity, Zhou Bai insisted that he could only go along the official road.

Bei’an County belongs to the northern border area, and military traffic is very important, so the post stations along the official road are extremely dense, and each post station is guarded by a small number of post soldiers. Coupled with the

caravan itself’s own guards, even if there are bandits robbing the road on a large scale, they can temporarily cope with it.

Just walking, Zhou Bai looked at the dark night in front of him and felt that something was wrong, and a sense of crisis inexplicably surfaced in his mind, and he subconsciously used Xiaocheng Hope Qi.

Zhou Bai didn’t forget what was the purpose of being so eager to raise the level of the Qi Technique, that is, to detect the movement of the calamity in advance.

The quiet black eyes looked at the uninhabited wilderness, and saw a black qi mixed with blood appear more than ten miles away, this is not a black cloud at night, but a calamity that Zhou Bai glimpsed under the influence of luck.

Did it come to him, or for the caravan? Or be implicated.

Zhou Bai opened the Qi Luck Heavenly Book, and the black qi that he had been guarding against was now quietly rushing into the outer luck.

And the floating luck from the Canglan Water Vein is dissipating, and most of the external luck still has to support the growing nature, and this black calamity qi can actually wash Zhou Bai’s external luck to pieces.

You must know that he has just been the head of the case, he has the attention of the imperial court, and he can actually be dispersed by unknown robbery, I am afraid that this calamity is not from ordinary bandits.

Zhou Bai made a quick decision and immediately summoned the caravan manager.

The chief steward of this caravan is called Qi Hong, the son of the Qi family, who has been the deputy treasurer of the county seat of the Qi family for more than ten years, and this time he is also the person in charge of the shop in any county from the county seat to Pingcang County.

Qi Hong was a little confused, and was called to Zhou Bai to listen to his solemn question.

“Treasurer Qi, now you tell me if Qi Hua is keeping you steady, is my safety the most important?”

“Yes, of course, your safety is the most important thing on this trip.” Qi Hong didn’t know why, but he still answered very seriously.

Zhou Bai stretched out his finger to the dark spacious official road, and said sharply: “Well, I don’t care if you believe it or not, there is a large group of unknown enemies in front of us right now, and the target is us, you must immediately order the entire caravan to be prepared now!”

“This, this, unknown enemy?”

“Then I will immediately order the caravan to stop and station.” Qi Hong was full of doubts, but ordered to stay and rest in a responsible manner.

Zhou Bai shook his head and said, “It’s not enough, now listen to me, you can report all losses to your young master?!”

Qi Hong gritted his teeth, compared a little in his heart, and came to the answer.

This loss of delaying time, how can he offend the young lord’s friends, and when it comes to doing business in Pingcang County, he still has the support of their Zhou family.

“Come, next listen to Zhou Gongzi’s orders, and all orders will be executed immediately!” Qi Hong made up his mind and immediately summoned the leader of the caravan and the captain of the escort.

“First, immediately send fast horses back, send troops to the post stations and inspections along the way, and ask for troop support.”

“Second, immediately gather caravan guards, assign armor, and form a defensive vehicle formation with large carts; The rest of the people who could not fight withdrew three miles away along the official road, and after an hour lit torches to pretend to be reinforcements.

“Finally.” After saying the first two points, Zhou Bai looked around and paused.

“Send people straight to the county town, if we haven’t reported safety tomorrow morning, ask Qi Hua to collect our corpses and take revenge.”

Seeing that Zhou Bai said terrifyingly, even if several leaders did not think that any bandit was so bold and dared to attack the Qi family caravan on the official road, they all carried out the order.

“Move, hurry up, there are bandits coming, carts push outside, form a circle!”

“The first and second teams are guarding behind the car with swords and shields, the third and fourth teams come to receive bows and arrows and live in the inner perimeter, and the fifth team protects Zhou Gongzi and the most important salt cart!”

With the hurried shout, one by one the caravan guards moved, and they were also worthy of the Qi family, and they acted in an orderly manner due to sudden changes.

While Zhou Bai took the old-fashioned style to check the defensive loopholes everywhere, he also had some feelings in his heart, and he could only say that Xingwubo’s legacy still exists.

Even if the Qi family changed to literature since the previous generation in order to shine the lintel, the relationship between the army was not all lost.

In his previous life, in order to survive, Zhou Bai also learned the art of war and led clan soldiers.

With his eyes, he could certainly see that there were many veterans in these guards, who were probably wounded and retired border soldiers, or simply elite soldiers dug up by the Qi family.

Before the incense came, nearly a hundred guards surrounded the heavy cart in a circle, and there were a lot of iron cloth on it, just to strengthen the defense.

At this time, the caravan guards, who had enough experience, also sensed that something was wrong, and they lay on the ground and heard the sound of vibrating horses’ hooves.

“Young Master Zhou, the treasurer, there are cavalry coming, at least more than thirty horses.” This made everyone look at each other, only to feel that Zhou Bai had a lot of mystery on him.

But only thirty horses, although it can cause trouble to the caravan, it will not be enough to form a chariot formation.

Is it that Zhou Bai does not understand their strength?

It’s just that, it’s best to die a few guards, he is all the old family Ding raised by the Qi family, one less to die, Qi Hong thinks like this, he doesn’t think Zhou Bai is fussy.

After another moment, the vibration caused by the sound of horses’ hooves became even louder, and the captain of the escort came again panting.

“More than thirty horses, there should be more than two hundred horses behind, one in front and one behind.”

When the news came out, there was an uproar, even these old homemen became nervous, and the number of cavalry bonuses was not the same as that of pawns.

They all looked at the small circle in the center of the car formation, since they had expected it, they must be able to save this crisis, right?



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