Not long after Qing'an Merchant Team led by Wang Chen entered Yunze Prefecture, some sneaky figures appeared around them.
Although the caravan encountered many thieves along the way, the situation now is obviously different.
These sneaky people follow the caravan from a distance, never getting closer than a mile away. Basically they are in groups of three or five, snooping in small teams.
As the caravan penetrated deeper into Daze, the number of snoopers continued to increase.
Yunze Prefecture has a vast territory, with rivers and lakes everywhere, and swamps and wetlands everywhere. Although it also suffered from drought, the situation was much better than Changyi Prefecture.
But the complex environment can also easily bring unpredictable dangers!
This makes Qing'an Merchant Team act more cautiously.
At nightfall, the caravan camped and rested next to a vast lake.
The escort who acted as a guide said to Wang Chen, "Mister Wang, in five days, we will almost reach Sanhe County."
Sanhe County is a large county in Yunze Prefecture. It used to have long-term business relationships with Qing'an County. The latter purchased a lot of grain and medicinal materials from Sanhe County through water every year.
Now that the waterway is cut off, Qing'an Merchant Team can only go to Sanhe County by land, which will undoubtedly be a lot of trouble.
"Yeah."
Wang Chen nodded and ordered, "Let everyone stay vigilant tonight and don't be careless."
"Yes!"
The escort took the order and left.
In addition to having 300 garrison soldiers as guards, this caravan also recruited escorts and escorts from Qing'an County Town's only escort agency to help.
These escorts and escorts traveled all year round. Not only were they familiar with the environment of Changyi, Yunze and other places, but they also had extensive connections in the world and played an important role along the way.
They are also very experienced and have performed extremely well in tasks such as pathfinding, camping, patrolling, and guarding.
This greatly reduces the burden on Wang Chen.
But the situation tonight was very different. When many caravan members fell asleep in their tents, the cry of a night owl suddenly came from around them.
Hoarse, shrill, and weird, like a vicious curse, it penetrated into everyone's ears.
Let everyone wake up from their nightmare!
They all yelled and cursed.
After just a moment, the owl's cry disappeared, and silence returned to the surrounding camp.
Everyone could only fall down and continue to sleep.
But less than half an hour later, the same cry sounded again, disturbing everyone in the caravan again!
Now even the most clumsy person can understand that someone is definitely causing trouble deliberately and is trying to make things difficult for the caravan.
"Mister Wang."
An escort said to Wang Chen, "Do you want me to take someone out for a look?"
This escort's surname is Chen, and he is the head escort in the escort agency. He is over thirty years old and has considerable strength. He has rich experience in leading a team and has seen a lot of ups and downs in the world.
Although this kind of charlatanism has no direct harm, it is very disgusting. The purpose is to prevent the people in the caravan from having a good rest and then be exhausted.
If there are no accidents, in the next few days, as long as the caravan has not arrived at Sanhe County, the same harassment will continue.
Those invisible enemies are like vicious wolves. Once they find an opportunity, they will immediately pounce on the caravan and tear it into pieces, and then eat the flesh and blood cleanly.
"No need."
Wang Chen looked up at the dark night sky and said in a deep voice, "I'll just endure it tonight, and we'll talk about it tomorrow."
The moon is dark and the wind is high, and the place is unfamiliar. If you rush out to search for enemies in such an environment, the probability of something happening is too high.
Wang Chen disagreed, so Biaotou Chen had no choice but to stand still.
He also knows that it is dangerous to go out, but being indifferent can easily make the enemy think that he is weak and can be bullied, and it will only become more rampant.
When the caravan broke camp and moved on the next morning, many people were tired and yawning, and many of them had big dark circles under their eyes.
The speed of travel has dropped a lot.
At night, the same situation happened again!
This time, in addition to the frequent calls of owls, there were also sounds of howling ghosts and wolves. The people in the caravan could only plug their ears tightly with cotton and managed to get a sound sleep.
On the third night, not only did the number of enemies attacking the caravan greatly increase, but their methods became even more unscrupulous.
They fired dozens of rockets at the caravan camp from a long distance, trying to set fire to the trucks and disturb the mules and horses, with extremely sinister intentions.
Fortunately, the caravan guards who were waiting for danger responded promptly and did not cause too much damage.
But another disturbance inevitably caused the caravan's morale to drop significantly.
Bouncer Chen was anxious. "Mister Wang, we can't go on like this, otherwise we won't be able to hold on."
After not sleeping well all night, even an iron-clad person will be tired. Now the speed of the journey is much slower, and the enemies who are gathering will launch a fatal blow at any time.
The situation is really dangerous.
"I understand."
Wang Chen pulled out his sword and wiped it gently with silk satin. "Tonight, you lead people to guard the camp, and I will deal with these shameless rats."
Captain Chen knew that Wang Chen was very powerful, but he couldn't help but worry. "Mister Wang, they have the strength in numbers. It's best not to take risks with your precious body."
A tiger is no match for a pack of wolves. No matter how strong Wang Chen is, if it is besieged by dozens or even hundreds of desperadoes, it is normal for the boat to capsize in the gutter.
Wang Chen If something happens, then this caravan will really be doomed!
Therefore, the escort leader strongly disagrees with Wang Chen's decision.
Wang Chen smiled and said, "The thing I'm not afraid of the most is the crowd!"
Towards evening, the caravan chose a suitable place to camp.
Under the command of Wang Chen, dozens of guards worked together to cut long wood from the nearby woods and use ropes to build an observation tower for the archery tower.
Although this sentry tower is only two or three feet high, there are no defensive measures.
But when Wang Chen stood on the sentry tower with a long bow in hand, the soldiers who had fought side by side with him on the Qing'an County Town wall were all boosted in morale and even became excited.
And when their companions who didn't know the reason asked about the reason, these veterans would inevitably talk about Wang Chen's deeds.
After finishing speaking, they added two more sentences, "With Mister Wang's strength and results, it is more than enough to reward him with the position of county magistrate!"
Qing'an County had previously reported to Fucheng on its record against the bandits, but apart from Ye Xiangming being promoted to half a level and taking over the power of Qing'an County, Wang Chen, who was the biggest contributor, was actually ignored.
There are no rewards.
This is not because Ye Xiangming deliberately concealed his achievements, but because the higher-ups had some unknown idea, they just turned a deaf ear!
This makes many people feel angry about Wang Chen.
Fortunately, Wang Chen is the son-in-law of Ye Xiangming, and the relationship between the two is very close, otherwise all kinds of rumors would have come out.
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