Da'an's best son-in-law

If Li Yuan hadn't seen the long crossbow behind Ye Chen and his gang, he might have had some illusions about a bloody frontal battle.

After seeing the long crossbows brought by the crowd, the former concluded that he could not compete with the crowd head-on, and naturally thought of taking advantage of the situation in the canyon he was familiar with to break out.

And it was this wrong judgment that completely led them to hell.

Almost every step that Li Yuan and others took was made under Ye Chen's expectations, and Ye Chen's great effort was just to reduce the casualties of himself and others.

With a few simple steps of the former, they went from being hunted and ambushed to here quietly watching Li Yuan and others being swallowed up by fire...

"Uncle, those crossbow arrows are..."

"I asked them to take a lot of fire certificates from the caravan and use those bows and crossbows to set fire to those pine forests," Ye Chen said lightly.

"The fire is almost done. Let's go to the gorge and have a look."

In the canyon, the fire has burned everything.

The lush pine forest has been burned by the flames into a black charred hill.

All the plants and thuja on the rock walls have disappeared. In autumn, the fallen leaves on the canyon path have been swallowed up by the tongues of fire.

In the gorge, there were only a few branches that were still burning, emitting traces of white smoke.

Judging from these clues at the scene, it is enough to imagine how ferocious and intense the fire just now was, coupled with the rapid autumn wind in the gorge.

It only takes ten breaths to swallow these gangsters.

The figures of the people were walking slowly through the canyon. The strong and pungent smell of coke and the blinding white smoke made several people frown involuntarily.

"Uncle, why haven't you seen the corpses of those bandits? Could it be that they escaped through the path?" Wei Xiao looked around and frowned.

Ye Chen got off the cock's saddle and walked slowly to the side of the coke hill, "They're probably all here."

After hearing this, everyone dismounted and walked to Ye Chen's side, looking where Ye Chen pointed. The scene in front of them made the hairs of several people stand on end.

Dozens of corpses were piled up and down in the charred hill in an extremely twisted and miserable state.

The degree of damage to each corpse is different, but from the condition of some of the relatively intact people, it can be seen how desperate the deceased went through under the flames.

The body closest to the trail behind the pine forest was Li Yuan.

The former was only ten steps away from escaping from this fiery purgatory, but in the end he was mercilessly devoured by the flames.

With their eyes closed, everyone could even feel the desperate situation and screams of these bandits during their lifetime.

Ye Chen specifically told the people lurking on the top of the cliff to light the fire sticks in their hands when they entered the depths of the pine forest, so Li Yuan and his party had no possibility of escaping.

"Master Ye, the swords of these people..." After inspecting the miserable situation of these bandits, Zhang Yan smiled and asked a little cautiously.

The An Dynasty's treatment of soldiers was really not up to normal standards. The annual funding and money were only a drop in the bucket of civilian officials. Some of his recruits had not yet been issued weapons.

Ye Chen waved his hand magnanimously, "It's all yours, take as much as you can!"

Zhang Yan and his gang would gain nothing from following him to protect the Wei family's caravan, except that the Wei family might give them some money.

Since the former is needed, Ye Chen will naturally respond to requests. Besides, he is at the Wei family all day, so there is no need for him.

"Okay! Brothers, let me clean them all up!"

Under Zhang Yan's shouts, many officers and soldiers began to clean up the battlefield in an orderly manner.

Except for some wooden gun handles that have been burned, some iron knives are well preserved.

Half an hour later, on the way back to Jizhou, Zhang Yan leaned next to Ye Chen and couldn't help but smile.

Leading troops to rescue the family's caravan was originally a hard job. Zhang Yan agreed simply on the face of it, but he was still complaining in his heart.

After all, if you face those guys licking blood from their knives, there will be no casualties.

But under Ye Chen's operation, not only was there no casualty among his brothers, he even solved the equipment problem for his new recruits effortlessly. Zhang Yan was naturally excited.

"If you come over again, I will tie you behind the cock and let you run back." Ye Chen turned slightly to the side, avoiding Zhang Yan who was approaching, and said with a frown.

"Mr. Ye, you are setting fire to the whole camp, you are like Zhuge Liang in this world!" Zhang Yan didn't mind even after being disliked by Ye Chen, he still smiled so hard that he couldn't help but flatter him.

Ye Chen stretched out his hand to smooth the rooster's mane, and asked a little funny: "Is it really that exaggerated?"

"Yes! Of course I do. My admiration for you is like the endless water of the Yangtze River, and like the overflowing of the Yellow River..."

"Okay, okay, stop flattering." Wei Xiao rode between the two of them, stopping Zhang Yan's continuous flattery for Ye Chen.

"Uncle, I heard from some government soldiers that something happened to the Wei family now?" Wei Xiao asked with a solemn expression.

He was assigned to the southern Xinjiang area to escort the Wei family's silk a few months ago, and he knew very little about what was happening in Jizhou City these days.

Ye Chen nodded slightly, and immediately told about the Wei family's situation in Jizhou and Wei Xiao.

"Sure enough, it's the Chen family! These bastards have always been at odds with my Wei family and are specifically looking for trouble for us." After listening to Ye Chen's story, Wei Xiao cursed angrily.

Immediately, he couldn't help but feel a little more grateful when he looked at Ye Chen.

If things are really as described by Ye Chen, then the importance of this batch of silk to the current Wei family is self-evident.

Without the rapid support of the former and the government troops, they might have become dead souls under Wang Yan's hands now. The Wei family would also be completely crushed by the Chen family because they lost their qualifications for the silk competition.

"I really have to thank you uncle this time," Wei Xiao said gratefully.

Ye Chen shook his head, "Thank you for nothing. I promised Wei Yanran that I would bring the caravan back to the Wei family safely. It's just my job."

Ye Chen seemed to have forgotten that what Wei Yanran said that day was not to wish for the safety of these silks, but only to wish for the safety of Ye Chen himself.

After leaving Hulukou, there was a plain on the way to Jizhou. Without any obstacles, everyone was on a flat plain. They arrived at Jizhou City very smoothly.

Everyone rode their horses and slowly approached the outside of the city until they saw Jizhou's tower. Ye Chen's tense heartstrings gradually relaxed and he let out a deep breath.

In any case, my escort trip can be considered a success.

The silk of the Wei family returned to Zhao intact.