Many people know that Danyang soldiers are fierce and brave. His Majesty Yuan Shu, the famous Skeleton Emperor, once praised Danyang for its numerous elite soldiers during his lifetime.
The main reason for this phenomenon is precisely the poor local living environment.
The land of Wu is very mountainous, especially Danyang.
This is the activity center of Shangyue.
When they are large, they disperse, but when they are small, they gather together and like to practice martial arts. Moreover, the mountains here produce copper and iron. The more mountains there are, the more they can forge their own armored soldiers, relying on the dangerous mountains to fight against the Soochow government.
A thief is a thief, and it is extremely rare for someone like Hu Li to have a certain bottom line.
In a world like this, many men who dare not risk their lives and are not good at practicing martial arts have been killed. Those who can survive and reproduce here will naturally be able to produce elite soldiers.
The mountains and rivers at the junction of Lujiang County and Danyang County were originally a place where few good people were willing to come. Recently, it has become a place that is talked about by some wealthy families, officials and businessmen.
But at this time, on the road passing here, there was a small caravan under the banner of the government. Forty or fifty people were swaggering and escorting several cars forward slowly.
The reliable and literate young man that Manager Zhao had found was walking nervously in the center of the team.
There was light rain falling in the gloomy sky, just like the young man's mood at this time.
He hopes to complete the task quickly because he can get a generous reward.
He also thought it would be okay if he couldn't find anyone...because he didn't want to deal with the murderous Shangoe.
Even the brave villagers who were temporarily recruited as bodyguards around them were retreating at this time.
It's just the presence of the other ten people in this team that prevents them from expressing these thoughts.
According to Manager Zhao, they were sent by their employer for this mission.
These ten people are as close to each other as brothers, and they are also very kind when facing themselves and others.
But young people always feel like they don't fit in with everyone else... It's hard to explain that feeling.
"stop!"
The "leader" among the ten people suddenly raised his hand and ordered the team to stop.
Just when the young people thought they couldn't stand it anymore, they were ready to go back directly.
Suddenly, there were shouts and shouts in the forest beside the road, and then two to three hundred people stood up, each holding a sword and a spear, and some people pointed their bows and swords at this direction.
A bare-chested bald man walked out of the crowd. He carefully identified the flag of the caravan. After confirming that it was correct, he shouted loudly: "How bold. Do you know where this is? The cargo has actually arrived here." , could it be that you came here specifically to honor us? Hahaha..."
The bandits in the mountains also laughed loudly and clinked their weapons to show their prestige.
The young man was immediately frightened and wanted to step forward to reply, but he felt his legs were weak and his mouth was dry.
Now that the bald man had confirmed the flag, he didn't want to talk any more nonsense. He was about to order an attack to see how fat the sheep was.
Then someone in the caravan was heard shouting: "Do you recognize Chai Rong?"
It was the ten commanders of the reserve troops sent by Liu Chan who shouted.
"Huh?" The bald man became angry upon hearing this, "How dare you call the commander by his name? Look at me cutting off your head to drink with you!"
The young people in the caravan were extremely regretful at this moment. If they had known better, they would not have made this trip.
The good news is that the man named Chai Rong was found.
The bad news is that I will probably attend the first meeting in a corpse state.
The bald man pulled out the knife with a choking sound, but heard the man down the mountain shout again: "General Song Jiang and Song Gongming have a letter for Chai Rong. If you don't want to miss a big event and end up losing your life when you return, you'd better proceed with caution."
Yo? Are you threatening?
The bald man was very happy: "What Song Jiang! Sun Quan is here today, and I want to... Ouch!"
A hand covered half of the bald man's face from behind, and pushed him staggering with a little force.
When the bald head stabilized his figure, he didn't see the arrogance just now. He just pointed down the mountain in confusion and said: "...General? What did he say about Song Jiang?"
The man called General was about forty or fifty years old and had a big beard. Hearing this, he gave the bald head another kick: "If you dare to call General Gongming by his name again, I will chop off your dog's head and drink it with you! Follow me." Get down!"
The bald man touched his head in embarrassment... Who is Song Gongming?
This bearded man was one of the original village leaders. He now leads more than 200 people stationed in the southwest of the village and has become a general under Chai Rong.
He had noticed from just now that some people in the team were very conspicuous, standing out from the crowd, and they gave him a very familiar feeling.
When he heard someone mention General Gongming, he immediately remembered where he had seen it before. This was how the soldiers under General Gongming felt!
The bearded man appeared in the mountains and forests, and the closer he got, the more familiar his behavior became. Others could not imitate this look, at least he had never seen it before.
"Where did you hear the name of General Gongming? It's best to tell the truth, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless with the sword in my hand."
The beard looks vicious, so I plan to confirm it one last time.
When the chief saw that he had successfully connected, the prince's instructions were about to be completed, and he was so happy that he didn't care too much.
"wait."
Big Beard:?
I saw the chief walking to a car and lifting the linen cloth on it. Under it was a drum and an unnamed five-color flag.
Boo! Boom! Boom boom…
When the bearded man saw the five-color flag and heard the drum beat, he felt as if he was immediately transported back to the day when he and others killed a thousand Wu troops and pissed themselves off. It was so unpleasant...
I also seemed to see the young man riding a black horse again, killing the generals in the chaos like chickens.
The leader stopped the drumbeat and asked with a smile: "Master of the village, do you still remember the battle in the southwest valley of Wufang Mountain? We are under the command of General Gongming."
Clang.
The bearded man casually threw away the knife in his hand, took two steps forward and handed it over: "Oh, you guys, under this banner, I thought it was a government caravan passing by... misunderstandings, all misunderstandings! Haha."
Na Shichang smiled: "It was General Gongming who asked us to act like this so that we can find you."
The bearded man was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Wonderful, wonderful, uh, I wonder where General Gongming is now?"
"General, there is still something important to do. I am waiting for a letter to send to the leader of Chai Village."
"Then I will take you all up the mountain immediately." The bearded man turned around and saw the bald head, and his smiling face immediately stretched: "Damn it, why are you still standing there, why don't you withdraw your troops immediately!"
Baldhead angrily greeted everyone to withdraw their troops. He joined late and didn't know many things.
After all, no one told him that day who the mysterious General Gongmei was...
The young man sent by Manager Zhao was still dizzy and walked unsteadily.
The ups and downs of life come so quickly. A moment ago, he was worried about his own life, but at this time, the Shanyue leader was calling his employer's family brothers.
They clearly dared to fight even the Soochow officials and soldiers. At this time, the leader seemed to have great respect for his employer.
But no matter what, it is always a good thing to save your life.
…
The group of them came to Chai Rong's village and all praised the size of the village.
The periphery and the gate of the village have been built, but many of the main buildings have not yet been completed, and there are still many people carrying wood cut down in the mountains.
In the main house that had been built, Chai Rong was greatly surprised when he learned the news, and quickly walked forward: "Where is General Gongming's letter?"
The young man took out the brocade bag and handed it over. Chai Rong took it and said loudly: "Come here, prepare some food and wine so that you can entertain the distinguished guests!"
Later, when he happily opened the kit and took out the pieces of cloth covered with square characters, Chai Rong was dumbfounded.
"It's bad, I can't read..."
Seeing Chai Rong's suddenly stiff expression, the young man who had been sighing all the way realized that it was finally his turn.
He hurriedly stepped forward and said: "This... Commander-in-Chief, my master has specially ordered me to come down and read this letter to you."
After he finished speaking, Na Shichang scratched his face and suddenly felt that it was not a bad thing for the prince to ask them to learn Chinese writing...
(PS: Thank you for your concern. I am much better than yesterday. I will update yesterday’s chapter at about noon. The chapter at 5:10 pm will remain unchanged. The update will be completely back to normal starting tomorrow.)
