Chapter 36: Where did the border crossing come to the Taiping year?
The long night is about to pass, and the dawn before the sky is dawn is the darkest time.
On a hill, Gao Jin led a white horse and looked at the caravan camp in the distance, with a faint expectation on his face. He hoped that his father and others would eventually break through the siege, but all he could see was pitch black.
Finally, a red sun rose from the horizon, and the golden sunlight broke through the clouds and dispelled the darkness before dawn. Gao Jin finally saw clearly what was happening in the camp, and then his eyes were almost cracked, and instantly covered with blood.
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Zhang Gui rode on the horse proudly, condescendingly, looking at Gao Chong, who was captured with great force, "Gao Chong, look, did your brother survive? It is obvious that as long as you bow your head, there will be no such situation. Tell me, is the one who killed them or you?"
"What nonsense to talk to him, just kill him." Li Da looked at Zhang Gui who was laughing wildly and said coldly. He thought that there would be no effort to win the Gao family caravan with the government army, but he still underestimated the power of Gao Chong and his group of brothers. More than 20 old guys fought with them in the middle of the night and killed more than 30 brothers under him.
"What are you anxious about?" Looking at Li Da with an unhappy expression, Zhang Gui lost his original caution. In the battle just now, the horse thieves under Li Da were always working. After a wave of the official army, he formed a formation to defend himself. He had basically no loss of strength. Naturally, there was no need to be polite to the horse thieves who were injured.
Li Da didn't say anything. He knew very well that although he still had more than fifty people under him, he was already exhausted. The next thing he had to do was to Zhang Gui. Even if he was angry, he could only endure it.
"Gao Chong, although you have some skills, so what..." Zhang Gui felt relieved. Gao Chong once made him unable to raise his head. Now, except for this big insect, he had the final say in Hekou Castle in the future.
"Bah, if you want to kill, kill..."
As soon as Gao Chong had an abnormal movement, he was pressed tightly by the two servants beside him. Zhang Gui looked at Gao Chong with no depressed expression on his face, and the smile on his original face also subsided, "Okay, Gao Chong, you want to be a hero, I will fulfill you."
Gao Chong was held by his servants, and his two knees that he refused to kneel were directly broken. Zhang Gui asked his subordinates to cut off the dead caravans' heads one by one in front of Gao Chong, put them in front of him, and folded them up.
"Kill me, Zhang Gui, kill me." Looking at the blood-filled heads, Gao Chong's eyes were covered with blood and tears. He didn't want to live, he just wanted to die.
"Heroes must have a way to die!" Looking at Gao Chong who was crazy, Zhang Gui smiled again. He said to Gao Chong, "Don't you like to be a hero? This is the end of being a hero!"
Following Zhang Gui's instructions, the servants used ropes to cover Gao Chong's head and hands and feet, then turned over to the horse, and suddenly pulled Gao Chong's body straight and left the ground.
On the hill, Gao Jin knelt on the ground, his eyes were filled with blood and tears. He watched with his own eyes as his uncles' heads were chopped down and piled up into a hill, and he also watched with his own eyes as his father was dismembered by five horses. He could only watch and could do nothing. Gao Jin's hands were grabbed in the soil, bloody and bloody, "Zhang Gui!" He let out a low roar like an evil ghost in his throat.
When Mulan saw Gao Jin again, she saw a walking corpse without any smell of living. After a long time, Gao Jin's face had a look, which was a cruelty that could not be described in words.
"Mulan, I always thought that even if the world is chaotic, there are always rules." Gao Jin said to himself, Mulan just listened quietly, "But I was wrong. There have never been rules in this damn world."
"I will definitely kill Zhang Gui and avenge my father and the others."
Gao Jin stood up from the ground, his voice calm and without any emotion, as if what he said was just a fact.
When Gao Jin and Mulan left the hills, Sangha suddenly led a horse to the two of them, and there was a man carrying a horse on the back. "Wu Yan!" After seeing the man's appearance clearly, Gao Jin finally became a little angry.
After putting Wu Yan on the ground with Mulan, Gao Jin discovered that there were several knife wounds on his body. The deepest one was on his shoulder, almost deep bones visible, and only a faint breath was left in his mouth and nose.
Gao Jin immediately treated Wu Yan's wound. Fortunately, Mulan had water sacs and medicine. After helping Wu Yan clean the wound and put the golden sore medicine on it, it can only be up to God whether Wu Yan can survive.
Let Mulan and Sangha take care of Wuyan, Gao Jin returned to the hills where he had observed the camp. Last night, there were many livestock groups in the camp. He saw many horse thieves going out to the camp to look for camels and horses. If he had the chance, he wanted to catch a living.
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In the camp, everyone's bodies were piled up together, and Gao Chong's head was placed on the top.
Zhang Gui sat on the opposite side of the hill with a big sword, drinking and eating meat, looking happy. After the government army counted the wealth in the camp, Li Da was already in a much better mood. The Gao family caravan looked not big, but there were quite a lot of fur goods exchanged from the Mongolians, and there were so many animals. Unfortunately, they ran away last night.
"Mr. Zhang, what will we do next?" Li Da put down the big bowl in his hand and asked Zhang Gui. The Gao family caravan and the others won it, and the next step was to sell the stolen money. At present, his subordinates lost a lot and lack confidence. Instead, it depends on Zhang Gui's expression.
"Of course I'm going to Gubei Village to sell stolen goods. Don't worry, I won't treat my own people badly. This time the income will be divided into 30% of you." Zhang Gui looked at Li Da and said slowly, "Are Brother Li not satisfied?"
"Where, thank you for the reward." Li Da forced himself to suppress the evil fire in his heart, and worked hard for a long time, but in the end he could only get 30% of the stolen goods after the stolen goods sold. God knows that Zhang Gui would not have much to float when he was selling the stolen goods.
Even though he cursed in his heart, Li Da dared not feel dissatisfied at all. The situation was stronger than others. Now the official army is stronger than him. This time he has lost many old brothers. If he wants to add it, it will not be possible for a short while.
"Brother Li, you don't know. The Khan position of the Tumot tribe has been set. Guihua City is peaceful. Next, you are afraid that there will be no caravan to rob!"
"This is true." Li Da almost jumped up subconsciously when he heard Zhang Gui's words. In the past two years, he had all gone to Guihua City by the Da Shang Gang team. Those teams were rich and powerful, with two or three hundred people, and he had no chance to start.
"What do I lie to you? At that time, I will send someone to report to you that caravan that passes the level, let's get 50 points." Zhang Gui laughed. Li Da's strength is now greatly damaged, and he is just using both kindness and power and is brought under his command.
"Sir Xie." Li Da was a horse thief, in order to make money. If Zhang Gui could give him benefits, he would do things for Zhang Gui.
"By the way, the son of Gao Dazeng asked him to run away last night. When you go back, you tell others who can catch him, regardless of whether he is alive or not, and you will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver."
"Yes, sir." A hint of greed flashed in Li Da's eyes. Twenty taels of silver were a lot. It's better not to be cheaper than outsiders when making money. Later, let his subordinates send someone to search for the prosecutor within a radius of hundreds of miles to see if they can catch people.
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Throughout the morning, Gao Jin watched many horse thieves who had caught camels and horses and other animals go in and out of the camp, and his heart sank. These horse thieves were all in teams of five, and he couldn't find the opportunity to sneak into the camp.
In the end, Gao Jin had to go back to the place where Mulan and the others hid, "How about Wuyan?", handed the horse to Sangha, and Gao Jin asked Mulan.
"I'm still alive, but..." Mulan shook her head. Wu Yan's injuries were too serious. They could not make fire yet. She could only feed Wu Yan some water to save her life.
Gao Jin was silent, and then went to the nearby area to collect firewood. At night, the night was heavy, so they made fire here, so they were not afraid of being discovered.
All afternoon, Gao Jin was stunned. He was thinking about how to take revenge and kill Zhang Gui. It would not be possible to rely on him alone. He had friends in the fortress who grew up, all of whom were children of the uncle's family. If he could gather people and set up an ambush in the outer border, he might be able to kill Zhang Gui, but what if he killed Zhang Gui?
Gao Jin was a little confused. In this strange era, he thought that relying on his knowledge would make the Gao family caravan better, but in the end he realized that without the guarantee of force, his knowledge was useless.
Before she knew it, it darkened, and Mulan raised a bonfire. When she ran away, she brought the most things because of her adoptive father's instructions. She stewed the torn jerky meat and rice together in a small pot, exuding a fragrance.
"Young master, let's have something to eat." Mulan took the small pot to Gao Jin. She had never seen Gao Jin eat since last night.
"I'll eat it later, you guys will eat it first."
Looking at Gao Jin with a stubborn look, Mulan could only ask Sanghan to feed Wu Yan some meat porridge, while she was with Gao Jin.
"Mulan, what do you think I should do next?"
"What should I do?" Mulan was also confused. She wanted to take revenge like Gao Jin, but her adoptive father's order was to take Gao Jin away from Hekou Fort and leave Shenmu County. The money in the package was enough for them to settle down in another place. But how could she persuade Gao Jin to leave? Who would forget such a deep blood hatred?
"Let's follow Zhang Gui first and see where he will go. He can't take the caravan's wealth back to the fort." Gao Chong patted Mulan's shoulder and said, "You go and rest first. I'll eat something later, don't worry about me."
Looking at Gao Jin who had finally calmed down, Mulan nodded, but did not leave. She just lay down with her clothes not far from Gao Jin. After Sangha had fed Wu Yan, she held the small pot of meat porridge to Gao Jin, "Young Master, eat."
Looking at the simple Sangha in front of him, Gao Jin smiled and said, "You eat too."
Gao Jin ate half of the remaining meat porridge. He was not in the mood to eat, but he needed to replenish his energy. Seeing that he had finished eating, Mulan fell asleep with confidence.
"Young master, sleep, Sangha comes to watch the night." Sangha, who almost cleaned the pot, said to Gao Jin with a serious look on his face.
Chapter completed!