Chapter 279 Encountering Robbers
The carriage sped along, gradually moving away from the bustling city and towards the countryside.
The sky was getting dark, and there seemed to be dark clouds overhead.
If you can't see the sun, you can't tell the time. When the weather is like this, it feels like it's already dusk.
Jiang Sanlang drove the carriage, and as he walked, he felt something was wrong.
This road was an official road and it was New Year's Eve. It was impossible to drive for a long time and not meet anyone.
But it wouldn’t be right to go back now.
"Erquan, take the machete and ask your brothers and sisters not to lift the car curtain," Jiang Sanlang said.
There is an undulating slope ahead. Every time the carriage passes by, it has to slow down. Sometimes it has to get out of the car and push it to get up.
When Jiang Quan heard what his third uncle said, he immediately became vigilant and quickly pulled out a machete from under the car.
This was specially prepared by him for self-defense, but he never put it to use.
I hope it doesn't come in handy this time.
Ying Bao also realized that something was wrong. In order to reduce the weight of the car, she quietly collected some apples and melons in the bamboo basket and brought them into the cave.
Jiang Yunniang also became nervous and pushed her children into the car, hiding them behind her.
The carriage went down a steep slope, and when it was going uphill, it was suddenly blocked by an obstacle made of small stones.
The stones are not big and can't be seen clearly from a distance, but if you encounter them when going uphill, the wooden wheels will definitely not be able to go up if they are blocked by such small stones.
If you hit it hard, you might be able to break the wheels.
Jiang Sanlang slowly stopped the car, looked around, jumped out of the car, and went to clean up the small stones.
At this time, several figures suddenly emerged from the bushes in the distance. They were four men and one woman, and they rushed towards Jiang Sanlang with sticks in their hands.
"Leave the money to buy the road!" These people shouted and rushed towards this direction.
Jiang Sanlang immediately retreated to the carriage, took the machete from the second nephew's hand, pointed at the person coming and shouted: "Who is this person! Stay back!"
Jiang Yunniang almost screamed and hurriedly groped around, trying to find a self-defense weapon.
Xiao Hei also barked loudly and wanted to jump off the carriage again and again.
Yingbao quickly comforted it, immediately put a sickle in her aunt's hand, and handed another one to her second cousin.
The battle hasn't started yet, and Xiao Hei can't get out of the car. There are five robbers, and they all have various weapons in their hands.
There were wooden sticks, hoes, chisels and other objects, and one of them was holding a sharp sickle.
Now it's three against five. Even if Xiao Hei helps, he probably has no chance of winning.
Ying Bao took out a small cowhide slingshot, took out a stone and held it in his hand.
She guessed that there must be more than these five robbers, and there must be someone hiding behind the bushes.
So she had to pay close attention to what was going on over there.
Several robbers rushed forward, their eyes wandering over the big horse, showing greed.
"Leave the carriage! Let you live!" the leading man shouted sternly.
Jiang Sanlang frowned and thought, scanning a few people and then glancing at the bushes.
If these kidnappers really only want money, it is not impossible for them to abandon the carriage for the sake of their children.
But if these people keep their word and lose their carriage, wouldn't the whole family be at the mercy of others in this wilderness?
"I can give you all the money, but the carriage won't work. We still have a long way to go, and we can't live without a carriage." Jiang Sanlang watched the five people in front of him warily, while speaking, he held the machete tightly.
When Ying Bao heard what her father said, she gritted her teeth, took out several strings of copper coins, handed them to Jiang Quan, and whispered: "Throw them backwards and as far away as possible!"
Jiang Quan understood, took the copper coin, and threw it to the roadside behind him.
Several people looked at the copper coins, but did not move. The leading man sneered: "I want you to get off the car! Get out of the way! Do you hear me? Otherwise I won't be polite!"
Hongxiao and Xiaolang in the car were frightened to tears, and twelve-year-old Zhang Yuying was also trembling.
Jiang Sanlang didn't speak, he only looked at the other person carefully.
The five people were all in rags, and two of them were wearing straw sandals. In such a cold weather, if they were dressed like this, they were either refugees fleeing or a group of desperadoes.
No matter what type of person you encounter, you will never be able to escape unscathed.
Jiang Sanlang suddenly said: "Zoom in!"
Yingbao immediately understood what her father meant, and immediately loosened the rope around Xiao Hei's neck and patted him: "Go bite the bad guy!"
I saw Xiao Hei swooping out, roaring and rushing towards the five robbers.
At the same time, Jiang Sanlang rushed towards the robbers with a machete and shouted: "Go away quickly!"
Jiang Quan already understood what the third uncle meant, jumped out of the carriage and ran to clear the road ahead.
Seeing this, Jiang Yunniang also jumped down and raised her sickle to help her third brother.
Ying Bao sat on the shaft, shook the reins, and drove the big horse forward.
The car suddenly lost a lot of weight, and the big horse was extremely easy to pull up. Soon the car drove up the slope.
At this time, Jiang Quan had kicked away the stones on the road, ran back, rushed towards the robbers with his sickle, and fought side by side with his third uncle.
But two female robbers came out of the bushes and hit Xiao Hei with sticks, making him scream.
Jiang Sanlang and the others were clearly outnumbered. Even if he had a machete in his hand, it could only be a temporary deterrent.
On the carriage side, two young robbers suddenly emerged from the bushes and rushed towards Yingbao.
They held wooden sticks in their hands, holding them high and smashing them down.
A bamboo basket suddenly appeared in Ying Bao's hand, just in time to block the heavy blow of the stick.
The young robber was startled by the sudden turn of events. Before he could react, something hit him in the face.
"Ahhh..." The young robber fell to the ground and covered his face, screaming wildly, with many sharp spikes appearing on his face.
The other boy looked fierce and struck Ying Bao with another stick.
However, Ying Bao had already rushed over, grabbed his hair, and threw him over the shoulder, slamming him to the ground.
Then he strangled his neck, pressed the thin dagger on his neck, and shouted loudly: "Tell them to stop! Otherwise, I will kill you!"
She was sure that these two young men were the biological sons of one of the people down the slope, so as long as they restrained him, they could force those people back.
Sure enough, several adult robbers were frightened by this incident and quickly dragged their injured bodies back. One person even shouted: "Stop! If you dare to kill him! I will destroy your whole family!"
Ying Bao didn't show any weakness and said loudly: "Let us leave safely! Just let him go! Otherwise, we will die in a desperate situation!"
The leading robber was unwilling, but he could only grit his teeth and said: "Okay! Let you go! But you must let him go immediately!"
"Let us go first, I swear to keep him alive!" Ying Bao pressed the thin-edged dagger in her hand against the vein on the young man's neck.
The young man felt very embarrassed and wanted to struggle and resist, but as soon as he moved, his neck felt stinging and streams of blood flowed out.
Ying Bao whispered: "I advise you not to move. It doesn't matter if you die, your younger brothers and sisters hiding in the grass can't escape! Remember! If one person in my family dies, none of you little bastards will survive. ! Believe it or not, before I die, I will definitely send you to the West."
In the grass not far from them, there were several children of several years old crying softly. They were obviously the children of this group of robbers.
One of the girls cried the most when she saw Ying Bao restraining the boy. She must be the boy's biological sister.
As expected, the young man stopped moving, but his eyes were filled with murderous intent.
But he couldn't see the face of the female doll, because the female doll strangled his neck from behind and pressed her knees against his spine.
The young man was half lying on the ground, still speaking harshly: "If you dare to touch my brothers and sisters, I will not let you go even if you are a ghost!"