"There are such powerful thieves?"
Ye Cheng looked at Wang Yue in confusion and asked.
"My subordinates don't want to believe it, but it is true. The bandit in the lead is very powerful. If it were not for my subordinates' careful management, all three thousand people would have been wiped out by those bandits."
"Has the country of Great Zhou reached this point?"
h Ye Cheng sighed helplessly and said, "This is Hulao Pass, located in the most prosperous Sizhou territory in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty."
Ye Cheng did not expect that An Qing's dragon energy would reach this level. "Husband, I think the matter is not that simple."
"Why do you see it?"
"It is true that since the emperor's sister came to power, the people have been living in dire straits and refugees are everywhere. There are also many people who have become bandits, but..."
"But?" Ye Cheng looked at An Ning curiously, waiting for his next words.
"If I remember correctly, the grain and grass transported by General Wang Yue were marked as relief grain for Yuzhou during the Great Zhou Dynasty. This flag was hung on every grain truck." Subjectively or objectively, no one dares to attack the relief food provided by my army in the Zhou Dynasty..."
"So, those who attacked them should not be bandits. Besides, Brother Yecheng, think about it, Lord Wang Yuewang is the general of the Royal Forest Army."
“How could the dignified generals of the Royal Forest Army fail to defeat ordinary bandits? The only possibility is that those who attacked them were not bandits or grass bandits at all.”
Ye Cheng was silent for a moment, and suddenly realized, "You mean, An Qing's people did this?"
An Ning nodded, "Exactly, An Qing must have secretly said this. She asked us to provide disaster relief, how could she not do anything?"
"That makes sense, An Ning . I asked, how could An Qing be so generous, sending out one million stones of relief food in two batches to the disaster area? "
"This is not for disaster relief, but to dig my grave?"
Ye Cheng said such a serious topic as if he was joking, and An Ning admired his optimism.
“Husband, the problem now is that the relief food has been lost. If we can’t find the relief food, the imperial sister will definitely punish us!”
Ye Cheng said calmly and lightly. Nodding, Yun Danfeng said lightly, "She won't have that chance. Since I dare to come to provide disaster relief, I will naturally be prepared." We secretly went to Xingyang, bought 1,500 military vehicles, and returned with sacks full of firewood. Then we met on the west side of Hulao Pass, and then passed through Hulao Pass in a big way."
"Brother Ye Cheng, what is the meaning of your plan?"
Ye Cheng chuckled softly, "Isn't it obvious? My beloved wife, what the empress wants is for all the grain and grass I escorted to be lost."
"If I mobilize another five hundred thousand stones of food from other places to make up the amount, wouldn't her robbery be in vain? She will definitely have to be robbed again. As long as they move, our chance will be here."
Ye Cheng stayed at the border of Hulao Pass and did not move for three days until three days later.
Wang Yue passed through Hulao Pass again with half a million stones of grain and grass, and the news reached the ears of Hulao Pass guard general Lu Bu.
Lü Bu was shocked, "What? You said that Wang Yue has escorted another five hundred thousand stones of grain and grass?"
"Exactly, General, I saw it with my own eyes. It was full of 1,500 carts of grain, and it was walking extremely slowly."
Lü Bu frowned tightly when he heard this. This is not good news.
Xiao Tian's order to him was to intercept the grain escorted by Ye Cheng's men to ensure that a large amount of grain could not reach the disaster area.
In this way, the higher-ups can punish Ye Cheng's crime, but now that they have gathered enough numbers, the situation suddenly becomes serious.
"Send the order, call the brothers who acted last time, continue to pretend to be bandits, and rob all the grain and grass they gathered tonight."
Lü Bu didn't want to care about where this batch of grain came from, he just wanted to hijack all this batch of grain to Hulao Pass.
That is his task.
That night, in the mountainous area outside Hulao Pass, it was impossible to see any fingers. Lu Bu's army was ambushing in the mountains. They could only rely on listening to the sounds to determine the location of Yecheng's army.
Suddenly, footsteps were heard in the distance, "Very good, it looks like they are coming... The whole army is ready, and we will act according to the last plan."
"Remember, robbing food is the first priority, hurting people is the second priority."
"Yes!"
The soldiers replied in unison seriously.
More than eight thousand soldiers dressed in cloth crouched behind the rocks, with their bows and crossbows cocked, and their swords and guns unsheathed. Just waiting for an order, they descended from the mountain like tigers and pounced on the slowly advancing grain team.
"General, they are coming." A scout whispered.
Lu Bu looked at the vaguely visible torches at the bottom of the mountain, and slowly said, "Get started."
At the command, eight thousand soldiers rushed down the mountain from both sides of the valley like mountains and rivers.
At the foot of the mountain, the torches disappeared in an instant.
For a time, all of Lu Bu's subordinates became blind, and Lu Bu had to give an order to light the torches.
After they finished all this and rushed down the mountain road, they heard an angry shout coming from the exit of the valley.
Immediately afterwards, arrows were fired at them like rain. Today they were here to rob food.
Although the swordsmen, spearmen and archers all had genuine Zhou military equipment, the shield soldiers all had second-hand shields.
This kind of shield has extremely limited protective capabilities.
Thanks to this, the eight thousand soldiers suffered casualties of more than 3,000 in an instant.
Before the remaining people had time to resist, they heard Ye Cheng's voice, "If you want to resist, don't blame me for killing you as real bandits!"
Lü Bu couldn't help but gasped when he heard this. He knew very well that his identity was most likely exposed!
The torches were lit up one by one. Lu Bu saw Ye Cheng's face clearly, and Ye Cheng also saw his face clearly.
"General Lu, my lord is wearing armor, so I won't salute you."
At this point, Lu Bu had no choice but to bow his hand first, "General, I will see my lord."
"Tell me, why did you hijack the food for disaster relief?"
"My lord, the last general is also following orders. Please forgive me. The official issued an order the day before yesterday, asking his subordinates to try not to hurt anyone." It's not just the Yulin Army, but my own personal bodyguard and the Feilong Guard veterans transferred from Jiangzhou. "You know what this means." Lu Bu nodded. The archery skills of these people were perfect in this dark night.
So...Ye Cheng was indeed merciful, otherwise, they would have died here today.
"General Lu, tell me, who gave you the order?"
"General Xiao."
Lu Bu said helplessly.
"Oh? General Xiao? Why did he do this?"
"The general did not say that his humble position is a general and a soldier, and military orders must be carried out."