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Chapter 159 War begins
The Dongfang family is a royal family and a family with hundreds of years of history. They have a strong family background and no one wants to provoke them.
Naturally, no one wants to provoke their caravan.
But Ning Yi actually asked their people to intercept the Dongfang family caravan. Isn't this asking for trouble?
If the Dongfang family reports this to the emperor, His Highness won't be able to bear it.
Being attacked collectively by several major families, even the prince had to give face to the Emperor Wu.
Ning Yi glanced at Qin Haifeng.
Qin Haifeng had no choice but to bow and ride over on a fast horse to give the order himself.
Ning Yi dressed up as a scholar, sat in the carriage, and left with several guards.
The Dongfang family is more numerous and powerful, but they have more goods.
The movement was very slow, but Ning Yi was very brisk.
After arriving at the designated location, Qin Haifeng came over to report.
Their 1,200 servants and dozens of guards are now all deployed in various important locations.
The road here happens to be on the side of a mountain and needs to turn, which is very suitable for an ambush.
And this place is very close to Qizhou.
I believe that the Dongfang family would never have thought that someone would dare to ambush their caravan of thousands of elite guards and hundreds of servants here.
Qin Haifeng saw Ning Yi coming and bowed, saying, "Your Highness, everyone is ready. Anyone from the Dongfang family who dares to ambush us will be unable to escape."
Ning Yi nodded in satisfaction: "Very good, then, I will deal with this caravan first."
Although Qin Haifeng was the most loyal, he still worriedly advised: "Your Highness, this is the Dongfang family caravan."
"If we act rashly without His Majesty's order, we could easily be caught in a passive situation. It's not worth it for the sake of such a caravan's goods."
Qin Haifeng still thought that Ning Yi came here specifically to rob.
But he felt that it was unnecessary, after all, they were very rich now.
The money and food taken out from the Fourth Prince’s private warehouse alone were huge amounts, enough for them to feed an army of 100,000.
Wouldn't it be a huge trouble for you to go to Qizhou, a place so far away, to rob a caravan?
Ning Yi didn't care: "This prince is not doing this for money, but for the entire Dongfang family."
This was his real purpose in coming to Qizhou.
Not to mention the Dongfang family's caravan, he wouldn't even look down on ten of them.
The real purpose is to get rid of the Dongfang family.
These words shocked Qin Haifeng. Does His Highness want to confiscate the Dongfang family?
That would cause a huge hole.
A scout reported: "Your Highness, the caravan is coming."
Ning Yi stood on the mountain and looked from afar. Sure enough, a long caravan was approaching one after another.
"Be prepared and take action immediately if they enter the area."
The guards personally ran to deliver the message, and the hidden servants below were all nervous and excited.
The sixth batch of their servants have been training for several months.
But there has been no real combat yet.
The seventh batch of servants had only been training for a month and a half, and they were about to put the Mandarin Duck Formation, which they had just trained for a short time, into actual combat.
Everyone suppressed their fear and decided to perform well.
Ning Yi also took this action as a real combat exercise, which would be of great benefit for training the servants.
When the Dongfang family's caravan entered the ambush circle under everyone's watch.
At Ning Yi's command, three musket shots were fired in succession.
Suddenly, a lot of rocks slid down the hillside in front of the caravan, blocking the way.
This made the Eastern Cavalry Guards who were leading the way panic: "What's going on? What's going on?"
Suddenly, more than two hundred soldiers wearing armor and holding various weapons in their hands came down from the hillside and blocked their way.
That’s not all. From the low hillsides on both sides, fully-equipped teams emerged one after another, approached them step by step, pointing weapons at them.
The caravan suddenly stopped, and Dongfang You in the carriage was hugging a beautiful woman and enjoying himself, laughing heartily.
The noise annoyed him so much that he opened the door and yelled, "What's going on? Why did you stop the car?"
The leader of the guards came over quickly to report: "Sir, someone is intercepting the caravan."
"Intercept the caravan?" Dongfang You felt unbelievable and thought he had heard it wrong.
But when he looked around on both sides, he saw many people holding weapons and pointing them at them.
But no one spoke, as if waiting for orders.
Dongfang You, who is usually arrogant and domineering, could not stand such anger.
He roared in incomprehensible anger: "Who do you belong to, a bunch of soldiers? Tell your leader to get out of here."
"Are you blind? Do you want to execute your entire family if you dare to intercept our Dongfang family's caravan?"
But no one agreed to them.
The leader of the guards behind us hurried over from the corner and reported anxiously: "Sir, there are many soldiers behind us. We are surrounded."
Both guard leaders felt that something was wrong.
He immediately advised: "Sir, be careful, they want to eat up our entire caravan."
"They dare." Dongfang You was still fearless. He pushed through the crowd and walked forward arrogantly, pointing at the people blocking his way and angrily cursing: "Didn't you hear what I said?"
"I am the young master of the Dongfang family. Tell your leader to come here."
This is the territory of Qizhou. Anyone who dares to touch the Dongfang family in Qizhou is seeking death.
Until now, he still thought that these soldiers were just the commander of the nearby garrison who was short-sighted and wanted to make a fortune and brought people to rob.
Finally, a few people appeared behind the soldiers blocking the road.
The leader was dressed as a scholar. He looked at the arrogant Dongfang You indifferently and said, "Put down your weapons and surrender, otherwise, I will kill you."
"Who are you?" Dongfang You pointed at Ning Yi and said angrily, "Open your dog eyes and see, we are from the Dongfang family. Kneel down quickly, otherwise I will make you..."
Ning Yi was too lazy to talk nonsense and just waved his hand.
Immediately, the archers in the team who had been prepared shot arrows in succession with rapid "whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh".
"Young master, be careful." The two guard leaders who had been prepared in advance were very experienced and immediately blocked the arrows with their shields.
He carried Dongfang You and retreated into the crowd.
Dongfang You didn't expect that the other party would actually dare to attack him. He was also shocked. Just a little bit away, those arrows would have pierced his body.
As he was being carried back into the group of guards, Dongfang You roared angrily, "Kill them all! Kill them all, a bunch of damned soldiers!"
The Dongfang family's guards were still very elite. They immediately organized a team and held up shields to resist.
At the same time, someone inside immediately shouted and the archers fought back together.
The people above were all wearing clear armor, so the casualties were not heavy.
But the Dongfang family was in a hurry and surrounded on all sides, especially the unprotected servants, who immediately screamed.
The guards in the front team raised their swords and shouted loudly: "Charge forward and kill them."
With soldiers from both sides approaching from a high position, they could only resist on the spot.
But there are only more than 200 people blocking the way ahead, so we just need to charge past them.
Soon the two sides approached each other, shield against shield, and engaged in close combat.