The weather was not good, and the rain was still falling slowly. Chang Yu looked up at the gloomy sky and really couldn't laugh or cry. Now that there is a severe drought and more rain, it is a good thing, but now it is undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire to the soldiers marching in the mountains. Oil.
"I don't know if it's just raining in the mountains or it's like this outside." Li Muchian came over with a bowl, and Chang Yu chuckled: "You can count, don't you? Just count it."
Li Muxian shook his head gently: "Don't peek into the secrets easily, or your life will be shortened!"
The pretense is really perfect! Chang Yu exclaimed and looked outside the village. The soldiers were looking for clean places to take shelter from the rain. Some were still waiting in line to eat meat and drink soup. After all, there were not enough chopsticks and branches could be used, but there were not so many bowls of soup. , you can only queue up and take turns.
"Would it be too late if we rest until noon before leaving?" Li Muchian tilted his head and asked. Chang Yu frowned: "Logically speaking, it shouldn't be too late. Even if the Tatars send troops to Qingzhou City today, they won't be able to take action when they arrive." Then he looked up at the sky and sighed: "There is a cave in Ningyuan where we can take shelter from the wind and rain. Here...hey, I've suffered a lot!"
"If they are not in a hurry, let them rest for a while." Li Muxian couldn't bear it when he looked at the soldiers taking a nap under the trees. It would be so tiring to fall asleep with squinting in such a humid place.
"The tired soldiers are useless. If we get to Qingzhou like this, we will lose our lives." Chang Yu sighed and ordered the soldiers to find clean places to rest in various parts of the village, but they were not allowed to disturb the villagers.
After the three thousand soldiers had eaten and drank enough, they looked around for a place to sleep for a while, while Chang Yu called Orion to draw a sketch of the mountain for him. Naluo Ertang was also familiar with the surrounding area and would give guidance and corrections from time to time. Soon Chang Yu's mind There is a 3D three-dimensional terrain map of the surrounding dozens of miles.
Walking eastward along the valley from Prince Mountain for more than ten miles, the mountain road gradually narrows and becomes rugged and difficult to navigate, but there are many mountain villages along the way. After another ten miles, the mountain pass is at the southwest corner of Qingzhou City, crossing the west moat of the city (West Branch of Nanyang River, Later, the Black Tiger Mountain Diversion Channel) can reach the bottom of the city.
On the thirty-mile mountain road, Chang Yu silently calculated that if he set out in the afternoon and the rain continued, he might not be able to leave the mountain until dark.
I hope it doesn’t rain, otherwise there will be nowhere to hide in the mountains and I will be soaked in the rain. I will be cold, tired, unable to eat, sleep well, and plagued by mosquitoes. I will have low morale and no fighting ability. Chang Yu prays silently.
After spending a sleepless night traversing the mountains and ridges, not to mention the soldiers, even Chang Yu felt tired. After eating meat and drinking soup, he found a cottage and went to sleep. Zhaiziya Village was also controlled by the guards, and the villagers were concentrated in No one was allowed to wander around under a simple shed, and the village chief, Luo Ertang, was under special surveillance.
Qiao Sanxiu was taking a nap with a knife on a chair at the door of Chang Yu's house, while Chen Suole was taking a nap under the hay shed at the door of the courtyard with a few guards. They were also made of flesh and blood and were extremely tired.
Kuang Ren and Duan Wuhu, on the other hand, seemed to have been shaken up. Although their eyes were bloodshot, they were too excited to sleep. They were monitoring the villagers in the hut while reminiscing about the past.
During the Taiyuan Defense War, Kuang Ren was a master archer in Zhou Yuji's army. At that time, Duan Wuhu accompanied Cheng Ming to protect the young eunuch who had paid money from the capital. Later, Cheng Ming followed Wu Mengming to "protect" King Shen of Lu'an Prefecture, and Duan Wuhu The acting leader followed, and once followed the young eunuch deep behind enemy lines to assassinate the young king Li Laiheng.
When the two of them recalled all the events at that time, they felt as if they were reincarnated as humans in a dream. After all, they both thought they might die fighting in Taiyuan at that time. Who would have thought that they could meet here now.
"Back then, I was just an archer under General Zhou. How could I have ever imagined that I would be honored to be the commander of the factory governor's bodyguard?" Kuang Ren sighed with emotion, but Duan Wuhu was filled with envy: "My good fortune is so good that the factory governor appreciates me and I have risen through the ranks." Now I have the title of Qianhu, which is on an equal footing with the commander of the Fourth Battalion of Dongchang. At that time, I was just a general of Tengxiang Guard. After the First World War in Taiyuan, I was promoted to the rank of Hundred Households. Hey, I don’t know when I can catch up with my brother."
Kuang Ren smiled slightly: "Brother Duan, please don't underestimate yourself. Everyone knows that Master Cheng and the young governor of your family have a very good relationship. I heard that Master Cheng was not the commander of the Tengxiang Guards at first. After the First World War in Baoding, due to the military situation of the Tatars entering the country, the military situation was urgent. The general's reward was not received, but the young governor directly raised Master Cheng, and the Ministry of War and the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion didn't even dare to let go."
Speaking, he patted Duan Wuhu on the shoulder: "Don't be anxious. If you have this relationship, why worry about it? What brother Duan lacks at this time is just military merit. Once you have merit, it will come naturally. You never have to worry about being robbed of credit when you work under the little governor. Share the work, and you don’t have to worry about being stuck at the bottom of the box because you don’t have the money to smooth the relationship.”
Duan Wuhu nodded vigorously in agreement. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was extremely difficult for lower-level generals to be promoted, let alone ordinary soldiers. Even if you have made great contributions, you will be divided east and west by your superiors. What falls into your hands is the size of a sesame seed. Don't even think about getting the silver reward. If you don't have the money to qualify for the rank, you can take it away at any time.
It's so dark! (Ps: Absolutely not borrowing from the past to satirize the present)
"Brother Kuang is right. All I lack now is my military exploits." Duan Wuhu clenched his fist hard: "The little governor who entered the mountain this time asked me to follow him because he wanted to support him because of his past feelings. This time I must fight with all his strength. Tatar, you have lived up to the little governor."
Kuang Ren nodded and was about to say a few words of encouragement when he suddenly raised his brows and looked towards the south. Duan Wuhu turned his head when he noticed something strange and stood up suddenly: "Alert!"
In the misty rain, more than ten people came slowly from Prince Mountain in the south. Although they were not riding horses, they had knives hanging on their waists. Needless to say, they were horse thieves in the mountains.
Duan Wuhu was so bold. He snorted coldly, grabbed the knife and rushed to the wall of the southern village. He pointed the knife at the dozen people: "Bold thief, if you dare to take a step forward, shoot him immediately!"
"Master, don't shoot arrows, we are here to surrender." The big man stopped and raised his hands and said loudly. Duan Wuhu was startled, surrender? He surrendered before they could beat them. So he asked Kuang Ren if he wanted to inform the young eunuch.
Kuang Ren was also confused, but he didn't want to disturb the little eunuch's rest. It was useless if the guards couldn't handle such a trivial matter, so he said softly to Duan Wuhu: "Let's take a look and let him give up." "Come here." At the same time, he ordered the brothers around him to shoot him if he found anything strange.
After hearing Duan Wuhu's words, the thieves immediately threw the steel knives on their waists far away, and then slowly walked towards the village wall with their hands raised. Kuang Ren's more than ten hard bows were always aimed at them, and if anything unusual was found, they would The sharp arrow pierced the brain.
Luo Ertang was dragged over, and Kuang Ren pointed at the people outside the village wall: "Do you know them?"
"I know, I know." Luo Ertang nodded quickly: "The tall man at the front is the leader of the Tianwang Village, and he shot Yuan Wentian with an arrow."
Kuang Ren sneered, walked to the wall of the village and shouted to the tall, drowned man with his hands raised outside: "It's so powerful to shoot an arrow into the sky. It seems that your archery skills are very good. Let's Signs and gestures”.
The big man waved his hands in panic with a grimace on his face: "No, no, the most I can do as a farmer is to shoot a pheasant, hare or something like that... That title is just to scare people, it can't be compared to the military master, it can't be compared to..."
"Are you Yuan Wentian?" Duan Wuhu raised his foot on the wall of the village, pointed his knife at the big man and shouted. The big man nodded quickly: "It's the grass people, it's the grass people." However, his face turned pale in fright at Duan Wuhu's momentum. .
"Huh, a commoner? I think you look like a straw bag." Duan Wuhu followed Chang Yu to suppress bandits and saw many such bandits. They usually show off their power and show off their power, but once they encounter officers and soldiers who are taken away, they will reveal their true colors, no matter what their names are. No matter how loud it is, after all, it is difficult to change the true nature of mud-legged people who cannot stand on the stage. They have no confidence and cannot withstand threats.
"Why did you surrender?" Kuang Ren shouted.
"The small ones are only a hundred and eighty, but the military master has several thousand. Even one person's breath has wiped out our village. Rather than being cut down by the military masters, it is better to surrender to find a way to survive. Master, we have a lot of money and food in the mountains." Take everything, I just hope to save our lives so that we can serve as cattle and horses for you military lords..."
Yuan Wentian talked non-stop with runny noses and tears, but Kuang Ren and Duan Wuhu couldn't laugh or cry. When they saw such a large formation of officers and soldiers on the mountain, they thought they were here to suppress him, but they were frightened. I was so frightened that I surrendered on my own initiative.
"Isn't it said that the mountain is steep and easy to defend and difficult to attack?" Kuang Ren glanced at Luo Ertang and sneered.
"Then we can't stand the military master because there are so many people." Yuan Wentian was very honest. Duan Wuhu couldn't help but laugh, "Why don't you run away if you can't defend me? Is there no way out on the mountain?"
"Yes, yes, but where are they going in these deep mountains and old forests? I heard outside that the Tatars can't get out. If there is nothing to eat in the mountains and forests, they will starve to death..." Yuan Wentian was extremely frustrated.
