The thick tent blocked the intrusion of rainwater from the sky, but there was no way to block the dense sound of rain hitting the tent.
Sun Chuanting sat alone on the chair in the tent, staring at the rain curtain outside the tent through the open curtain.
Behind him, two staff members in Tsing Yi were handling military affairs.
Sun Chuanting looked sad and his eyes were dark.
Shaanxi has not seen such heavy rain in many years.
There are only a handful of rainy days in a year, and the amount of rain can be seen as far as the eye can see.
If this heavy rain had fallen in a dry land, maybe the situation in Shaanxi would not have deteriorated to this point...
Unfortunately, the amount of rain and whether it rains or not are all determined by the number of days and cannot be done by humans.
This heavy rain came quickly, but it didn't go away quickly.
The heavy rain began to fall at noon yesterday, and it has only weakened slightly after a whole day has passed.
Throughout the whole day yesterday, the rain seemed to be endless, pouring down from the sky.
Rainwater accumulates on the flat ground and erodes the roads and land, making the roads and land muddy. Every step taken on it will leave deep footprints.
It’s difficult to walk on foot, let alone carrying heavy loads and traveling by carriage and horse?
As the wind and rain outside the tent subsided, Sun Chuanting thought of all the things he had experienced along the way. He couldn't help but sigh and shook his head.
After arriving in Qin, he truly understood what it meant to have "white bones exposed in the wild and no roosters crowing for thousands of miles."
After arriving in Qin, he truly understood what it was like to hear the sentence "Chidi Qianli" fluttering above the memorial.
Sun Chuanting closed his eyes. Only now did he understand what successive years of assessments and increases in wages meant to Shaanxi.
The reason why the rogue bandits cannot be wiped out and the situation is unjust is not because of the incompetence of the troops who invaded and suppressed them...
This kind of suppression method will have no chance of success even if all the soldiers in the world are exhausted.
Sun Chuanting clenched his fists. The country was in dire straits, with internal and external troubles, but the local ants and snakes were still living in a state of dissipation and debauchery...
One day...
"Da da da--"
When he heard the sound of horse hooves coming from outside the tent, Sun Chuanting had already opened his eyes. He raised his head and looked outside the tent following the sound.
At this time, the sound of horse hoofbeats sounded outside the Chinese army tent. Most of them were the scouts Li Yuchun had sent to investigate Ziwu Road.
Soon, Li Yuchun's figure appeared in the rain curtain outside the tent, and behind Li Yuchun there was a soldier wearing only a single coat.
Li Yuchun was wearing a raincoat, and the rainwater was blocked out by the raincoat, while the soldier in a single coat was already soaked from head to toe and was shivering in the rain.
The guards guarding the tent blocked Li Yuchun and the soldier in front of the tent door.
"Let them in."
Sun Chuanting waved his hand and gave the order directly.
After the soldiers guarding the tent responded, they brought Li Yuchun and the soldier in single clothes into the tent.
Eight soldiers entered the Chinese army tent first, two stood behind Sun Chuanting, and the remaining six stood at the four sides of the tent.
Their eyes were focused on the soldier beside Li Yuchun. The soldier was not a familiar face, but a stranger. It was the first time they saw him.
If a stranger comes to see the governor, he should be cautious as a personal guard.
"Who is this person?"
Sun Chuanting's eyes also stayed on the soldier following Li Yuchun.
Li Yuchun came here now, most likely to report that his subordinates had not listened to information about Ziwu Road all night.
At this time, bringing a dark face back is probably inextricably linked to Ziwu Dao Nei.
"Report to the military gate."
Li Yuchun looked respectful and bowed before speaking.
"I didn't accept any reward at night. Just as the army expected, I went all the way deep into Ziwu Road but there was no sign of the intruder."
"But it's on the road
Encounter with this person. "
Sun Chuanting's eyes moved slightly and he looked up and down at the soldier who was soaked by the rain.
The sergeant knelt on the ground after entering the tent. Although he lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head, he looked as tall and tall as a cypress.
From the moment I came in, my actions were precise and capable.
"This person claims to be a soldier under the command of Hanzhong General Chen Wang. He is here to deliver a very important military message, which he said must be presented to the governor in person."
"This person's seal and identity have been verified and he indeed belongs to Chen Wang's army."
"Chen Wang?"
Sun Chuanting adjusted his eyebrows slightly, and a trace of astonishment flashed in his eyes.
Shouldn't Chen Wang be surrounded in Xing'an City at this time?
Could it be that Xing'an was withdrawing from the siege, so a letter was sent to inform them of the details in Xing'an City, but it was also said to be important military information.
The kneeling soldier raised his head slightly, glanced at Sun Chuanting who was sitting at the top, and then lowered his head.
Then the soldier opened his clothes and took out a letter that was placed in his arms.
Although the soldier was soaked all over, the letter in his arms was not damaged at all.
Without Sun Chuanting's orders, a personal guard had already stepped forward, took the letter from the soldier's hand, and delivered it to Sun Chuanting's hands.
Sun Chuanting frowned and opened the letter. When he saw the first sentence, Tong Kong couldn't help but enlarge it a little.
"On the fifth day of the seventh lunar month, the enemy troops outside Xing'an City withdrew, and the bandits marched eastward. Many of their troops were hungry, but there were few elite horsemen..."
"Most of the bandits in Shiquan, Xixiang, Yangxian and other places have evacuated, leaving only a few bandits. According to reports, most of the enemy troops have entered Ziwu Valley via Ziwu Town and want to go north..."
"...joined forces with guerrilla Zhou Yumao in Ziwu Town, with a total of 1,800 cavalry, and entered the valley to pursue them."
"It was found that the intruder went northward without passing through Ziwu Road, and the middle road turned into Tangluo Road..."
Sun Chuanting's mood fluctuated and his eyes deepened.
He raised his head, looked beyond the people in the tent, and looked outside the tent.
It was as if he wanted to see through the rain curtain, through the mountains, to observe Chen Wang, who was deep in the Tangluo Road, hanging behind the invading army.
"Chen Wang..."
Sun Chuanting muttered in a low voice.
At this moment, he had completely engraved Chen Wang's name in his heart.
"Bold and careful, wise and wise, it's no wonder that Mr. Hong Heng has a high opinion of this son..."
Sun Chuanting also realized this later, in Hong Chengchou's letter to him.
At that time, Hong Chengchou put Chen Wang together with Cao Bianjiao, He Renlong, Zuo Liangyu and others, and spent more pen and ink than them.
"I have received the letter. It has been a hard journey, so please go down and rest first."
Sun Chuanting covered the letter on the table and waved to Li Yuchun and the soldier who was standing in the tent to retreat.
Neither of them said much, they bowed again, and then left one after another.
Sun Chuanting's eyes stayed on the soldier's back for a few seconds.
He had already noticed it from the moment he came in.
The soldiers under Chen Wang's command were very precise and neat in their walking movements.
His eyes were clear and bright, and he didn't have the gangster aura that many generals and soldiers had.
"Qi Jun's military training method..."
Sun Chuanting looked solemn. He knew some basic information about Chen Wang. He had also heard that Chen Wang used Qi Jun's method of selecting and training troops.
I thought it was an exaggeration, because for hundreds of years, the country had only one Qi army.
The Zhejiang soldiers trained by Qi Jin cannot actually be called Qi troops. There is still a gap between the two.
But from the soldier who reported the news, Sun Chuanting felt that he was completely different from ordinary soldiers.
If all the soldiers under Chen Wang's command are like this, then maybe it is true as Hong Chengchou said...
"Where have the army's artillery gone?
? "
After Sun Chuanting watched Li Yuchun go away, he turned to the staff sitting not far away and asked.
The staff member who was questioned stood up immediately without delay and reported the matter.
"The roads are muddy and difficult to move on. We don't have many mules and horses. Our artillery is strong and heavy. We also have to worry about rain erosion, so our marching speed is quite slow."
"Based on the current situation, I'm afraid it will take another two days to arrive at the military camp."
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The rain is gradually weakening, the clouds are gradually dispersing, and the rain is pouring.
In Tangluo Road, a group of soldiers from the invading army were marching with difficulty.
They crossed the most dangerous trestle. The mountain road was relatively safe, but due to the rain, the road became extremely muddy.
Ziwu Road is open all year round. Many places are paved with gravel and there are specially built drainage channels. Even if it rains, it is difficult to accumulate water and the road can be traveled easily.
However, after so many years, the Tangluo Road is still paved with gravel, the drainage channels have long been blocked, and the road is covered with stagnant water.
Gao Yingxiang looked gloomy and walked forward under the protection of several personal guards.
There is no way to ride a horse on such a road, you can only walk step by step.
The obstacles brought by the muddy road rapidly consumed his physical strength.
Gao Yingxiang frowned. Since he became the leader of the battalion, he rarely went without a full meal, and he never relaxed to relax and exercise.
But if he is still tired, then the soldiers under his command will be even worse.
Gao Yingxiang looked back at the soldiers following him, and sure enough he saw tired looks on their faces.
The soldiers who followed him all the way were exhausted, their eyes were dull, and their morale was extremely low.
The people were exhausted, and the mules and horses were even panting.
I am afraid that these mules and horses cannot be ridden immediately after they are exported. They must be allowed to slow down first.
Gao Yingxiang turned his head and looked forward again, his heart slowly sinking.
The successive changes and bad weather made the sense of danger that had originally dissipated surge into his heart again.
Maybe we shouldn’t go any further…
Gao Yingxiang felt cold in his heart, he really wanted to look back.
But the reality is that he can no longer look back.
He has led his troops all the way here, and nearly a thousand soldiers have fallen down due to injuries on the dangerous road along the way.
He used his prestige to forcibly integrate a group of elite horsemen.
The chips have been placed on the gambling table and cannot be taken back...
"Wow————"
A sudden noise from the front interrupted Gao Yingxiang's thoughts.
Gao Yingxiang's complexion changed slightly and he was about to ask a question.
But before he could ask the question, the answer was already placed in front of him.
The commotion grew louder and louder, until finally he heard it clearly.
Blackwater Valley has arrived!
