Transmigration: Space-Aided Rise to Power and Prosperity-Chapter 387 - 223 Ambush

Ming Mo returned not long after.

"Sir, they have already sent people to scout ahead."

Gu Chengyu pondered for a moment, "You and Ming Yan go and take a look as well, carefully observe if there are any footprints."

To ambush on the mountain, one must climb up. Footprints on flat ground might be covered, but there are always places on the mountain where they could be left uncovered.

"Yes!" The two received the orders and got off the carriage, and Gu Chengyu watched as Ming Mo and the others quietly climbed the mountain.

Although their Qinggong was not as good as Gu Chengyu’s, they were still martial arts experts compared to the dart masters who only knew brute force.

The caravan had stopped, and Sun Xian and the others, unaware of what happened, got off the carriage to ask Gu Chengyu.

"What happened? Why aren’t we moving?" Sun Xian climbed onto Gu Chengyu’s carriage and asked.

"The escort agency might have sent scouts ahead to investigate, don’t worry, we should be moving soon."

Gu Chengyu, with sharp eyes, already saw the escort agency people running towards the caravan, waving their hands, indicating that everything was fine.

If there was an ambush ahead, they would signal in a different way to prepare the caravan. But why haven’t Ming Mo and the others returned yet?

The caravan started moving again, and Sun Xian jumped off the carriage and walked back.

Ming Mo soon came running over from a distance.

"Sir! There is an ambush ahead." Ming Mo no longer concealed his figure, leapt over the coachman, and landed lightly on the carriage.

"Ah!" The coachman was startled, as he hadn’t noticed when Ming Mo had gone out.

Gu Chengyu’s eyes narrowed, "How many people are there?"

"I glanced quickly and returned before they noticed me, but there are about twenty people, and they don’t look like ordinary bandits."

Ming Mo frowned, speaking while deep in thought.

Ming Yan also returned from the mountain, "Sir! Those people are indeed suspicious. They don’t look like a disorganized crowd; they are wielding knives and some have bows, with their faces covered."

"Oh? Time is of the essence, you all follow me to the front to explain to Chief Wu."

Gu Chengyu feared that these people were targeting the boxes, and if so, they would be in needless trouble.

He quickly took Ming Mo and the others, flew out of the carriage, and headed towards Chief Wu.

"Chief Wu, please do not proceed further." Gu Chengyu said in a lowered voice, worried about alarming the enemy.

Chief Wu hadn’t seen clearly but heard Gu Chengyu’s shout, hurriedly pulled the reins, and Gu Chengyu stood in front of the horse.

"Mr. Gu?" He was shocked, assuming the three had flown over from the rear.

No, it couldn’t be, he must have imagined it, perhaps he hadn’t noticed that Mr. Gu and his followers had just run fast.

"Chief Wu, please listen to my words, there is an ambush ahead, we cannot proceed. The terrain ahead is dangerous, entering the canyon would mean being attacked from both sides."

Chief Wu found Gu Chengyu’s words even more surprising.

He had already sent people ahead to scout and found no anomalies. With the cold weather, the bandits would likely be holed up in their lairs.

Northern winters are extremely cold, and even traders venture out rarely, so how can bandits be robbing in such weather?

Chief Wu hadn’t witnessed Gu Chengyu’s actions earlier, and thought he had run over from the back.

"Mr. Gu, how do you know there’s an ambush? I already sent the escort agency scouts, and they found no one."

Chief Wu was a bit displeased with Gu Chengyu’s action delaying the journey, and thought Gu Chengyu was a weak scholar trying to boss around the escort agency.

Gu Chengyu knew without evidence, Chief Wu wouldn’t believe him.

"Chief Wu, my followers have decent martial arts skills, they just investigated and found about twenty people ambushed ahead."

Gu Chengyu signaled Ming Mo to demonstrate his Qinggong.

"It seems I underestimated, Mr. Gu’s followers are indeed skilled."

Chief Wu was delighted, very much admiring Qinggong, but unfortunately, they were not Martial Arts people, and lacked lineage to learn Qinggong.

He hadn’t expected Mr. Gu’s followers to be so skilled, proving Mr. Gu himself wasn’t simple.

"Now is not the time to talk about this, we should focus on dealing with the bandits."

Gu Chengyu was somewhat speechless, was this the time to envy martial skills? Facing a great enemy, wasn’t survival the priority?

Chief Wu became serious, "We cannot move forward now, and turning around is too late, we must face them head-on. Our escort agency has a reputation, perhaps the bandits only seek Silver, let me send someone to negotiate."

The escort agency, when encountering robbers, wouldn’t immediately engage in a fight. They had traveled this route dozens of times, and by giving their name and offering some Silver, the bandits typically wouldn’t trouble them.

Gu Chengyu felt Chief Wu was rather naive, based on Ming Mo’s words, these people wielded bows and covered their faces, not typical bandits, Silver alone wouldn’t resolve the situation.

"Chief Wu, those people have bows and some have knives, we should prepare thoroughly."

Chief Wu frowned, realizing bandits typically aim for wealth, and usually wouldn’t carry bows, ordinary bandits wouldn’t have bows.

The caravan halted in the middle of the road, the hidden bandits on the mountain started getting restless.

"Master! What’s going on? Why aren’t they coming?" One masked bandit shouted to the leader.

"I don’t know, have they discovered us?" The leader also found it odd, after this long incense-burn time, it wasn’t a rest stop, why stop halfway?

"We’re hidden so well, how could they find us? Besides, a scout came earlier but didn’t discover us."

The caravan was some distance from them, the bandits only saw it stop but couldn’t discern why.

"Perhaps they suspect something, let’s wait and see. Have Zhang San take two people, pretend as traders, ride past, remove their suspicion, and serve as internal-emergent aid."

The leader thought of a plan, if the caravan was suspicious, sending disguised traders might alleviate it.

"I say, what skills do they have? A small escort agency, probably with only a few good hands, if we charge up, they can’t fend us off, wanting to keep the Silver? Hiring such a poor escort agency, won’t we just take it easily?"

One bandit sneered at the escort agency’s dart masters, thinking them unskilled.

"Li Si, this mission is assigned by the master, requiring fool-proof execution. We must be careful, never careless."