After the team rested for half an hour, Chang Yu gave the order to set off. At this time, a Jin Yiwei came over to report that He Chengxin was already more than ten miles behind. It seemed that this guy had risked his life for five hundred taels of silver. You must know that he was not a cavalryman.
Because of the lessons learned from the past and the fact that the road to Datong was almost all mountainous, Chang Yu had to be cautious. Not only did he place five groups of Jin Yiwei troops in front, but also a fifty-man eunuch army led by his confidant Li Tiezhu served as a pioneer to explore the road.
No matter what the new army was, he still deployed two groups of soldiers in royal robes at the rear.
Traveling all night, they must enter the territory of Yanghe Mansion before noon tomorrow. This is a fatal order from Chang Yu. Although the mountain road is uneven, it is still spacious. It is an official road after all. In addition, the team is all cavalry, and even the silver chariot has been replaced by a double carriage.
The cylinder engine becomes a three-horse drive.
Since Zhangjiagang, Chang Yu has given up riding in his special car, and instead rides on horseback to ride alongside the eunuchs to boost morale. One of them is to lead by example, and more importantly, he must practice his riding skills. After all, cavalry is invincible in a fight these days.
, he could dismount and challenge the thieves in front of him, but if the two armies faced each other, the dismounted soldiers would be trampled to pulp like thieves with beards.
Seeing that Chang Yu was like this, Wu Mengming couldn't get into the car and enjoy it alone, and he had to get close, so he rode on the side in the cold wind and chatted for a while, but in the end he walked less than twenty miles, and this guy still
He got into the car and handed all the burdens to Chang Yu. After all, all the Jin Yiwei under him now reported directly to Chang Yu. He was equivalent to a polished commander, but this guy didn't care at all. Originally, he only thought about
When it comes to making money, as long as you have money, you can talk about anything.
After getting on the bus from Wu Mengming, Chang Yu rode a horse faster and slower for a while, rushing to the front of the team and then to the back of the team. There were torches illuminating it, so it was convenient and safe to practice riding skills, and he often interacted with the surrounding people.
The soldiers were joking and joking, which also made these soldiers feel that Eunuch Chang was really approachable. You must know that this is an era of strict hierarchy. With Chang Yu, a powerful supervisor who does not show off his power and is arrogant and domineering, everyone who sees him will be respectful.
He is an exception, because except for the eunuchs in the palace and a few nobles who know him, almost no one in the government or the public knows that there is such a number one person in the palace, and he is not cold at all towards ordinary people, and he is even said to be peaceful.
It's a bit **.
Riding skills are similar to driving skills. Practice makes perfect. However, it is not as comfortable as driving, and if a novice can't master the skills during practice, he will grind his crotch. Yes, it is the inner thigh.
Fortunately, Chang Yu wore thick clothes and had the guidance of Cheng Ming and the riding masters in Tengxiang Guards, so he was able to avoid a lot of sins.
Although the weather was cold along the way, running around and joking with the soldiers did not feel boring at all. Unknowingly, it was already two or three in the morning and the weather was even colder.
"Where are we ahead?" Chang Yu was a little tired from jumping around and was about to get into the car and take a nap.
Not long after, spies from the Jinyiwei came to report that this place had no village or shop, but it was estimated that it was at most thirty-four miles away from Huai'an County.
By calculation, it was more than a hundred miles from Zhangjiakou to Huai'an County. In this breath, he felt that he had traveled fifty or sixty miles. Chang Yu was quite satisfied and got into the car to sleep.
When he woke up again, it was already bright. It was probably seven or eight o'clock. Chang Yu got out of the car and was startled by the sight in front of him.
The motorcade was resting on one side of the mountain road, but there was a small town not far away. There were soldiers on the towers on the city, and countless people gathered outside the city, bustling like a temple fair.
"Where is this place?" Chang Yu asked.
"Xinpingbao" the waiter replied.
Chang Yu suddenly realized that Xinpingbao was the first military fortress of the Ming Dynasty, and it was also a Han, Manchu and Mongolian trading market on the border. It was one of the three famous horse markets, and there were many villages around it. No wonder it was so lively.
After a brief rest, Chang Yu got on his horse and ordered to set off and continue moving forward.
"Eunuch Chang, two miles to the southeast from here is the mountain pass. This is a deep mountain road about ten miles long. Once you pass it, you will officially enter the territory of Yanghe Prefecture (today's Yanggao County)." A Jinyiwei spy
Come and report.
"How far is it from Yanghe Mansion to Datong?"
"There are still more than a hundred. Even if we go to Datong non-stop, it will probably be late at night!"
Damn it, Chang Yu secretly cursed, he always comes in the middle of the night, thinking about the trouble of having to call the door of Xuan Mansion in the middle of the night makes him upset.
The weather was pretty good, sunny, windy, warm and extremely dry. But once entering the mountain pass, Chang Yu finally understood why the Jin Yiwei detective's words about "deep mountain roads" meant.
This is a narrow valley. Although it is not too difficult and dangerous, it still feels like it is blocking out the sky and the sun. Especially there are too many trees and rocks on the slopes on both sides, which makes people nervous.
After walking another three or five miles, Chang Yu's biggest worry came to light. While chatting with Wu Mengming, he was suddenly startled by an explosion from far in front of the team.
Immediately, I heard the loud shout from the former Fang Ming: "There is news of the enemy, the entire army is on alert."
It turned out that the sound was an explosion, an alarm from the spies ahead.
Damn, we came here in broad daylight, and this place is so close to Xinping Fort, so it’s unbelievable that the thieves are so arrogant.
"Jiang Quan, lead the men to guard the two wings, and Tang Potian will guard the rear." Chang Yu shouted, stretched out his hand to take the armor handed by Fang San, put it on, clapped his horse with his sword and headed towards the front of the team.
At the same time, Jiang Quan had ordered some of his men to dismount and climb up the hillsides on both sides to take up high ground positions to guard. Cheng Ming's Tengxiang Guards had already set up their formation.
As soon as Chang Yu reached the front of the team, he saw Li Tiezhu and several eunuch troops galloping towards him in the distance: "Report, there are thieves ahead."
"How many men and horses?"
"Twenty or thirty people," Li Tiezhu said. Chang Yu and others were startled, "Twenty or thirty people, what the hell!"
"Two miles ahead, there are twenty or thirty people on both sides of the mountain road standing high and looking around, with weapons visible in their hands." Li Tiezhu continued, and Chang Yu raised his eyebrows: "See you are not doing anything?"
"No, I just stood there and looked around. We shouted and asked, but ignored me."
"It's very possible that they are thieves and spies." Cheng Ming whispered from the side: "We have set up several spies in front of us, but they have avoided them. It seems that the person who came here has intentions."
"Go and have a look." Chang Yu patted his horse and moved forward, followed closely by Chun Xiang and Cheng Ming, each with more than fifty people.
Two miles into the mountain road, we arrived in a blink of an eye. From a distance, we saw dozens of people looking around on both sides of the mountain road ahead. Some were climbing trees, some were leaning on rocks, and their weapons included knives and bows.
Seeing Chang Yu's arrival, the eunuch army and several Jin Yiwei spies who had been confronting each other breathed a sigh of relief.
"Is there anything new happening?"
"For Eunuch Chang, the thief has not made any move. He will not leave or reply!"
"Are you sure these are the people?" Chang Yu asked again.
"I once asked someone to climb up and observe from the side, but there was no ambush in sight!"
What the hell is this? Twenty or thirty people just want to rob me? Chang Yu became angry and took a few steps forward: "Who are you waiting for?"
No one answered him. The dozens of people just looked at him from afar, neither walking nor talking to him, looking lazy.
Damn it, Chang Yu was furious. He reached out and took out the crossbow, pointed it at a person, pulled the trigger, and shouted: "Kill him."
With a whoosh, the arrow shot through the air, and one person fell down. At the same time, Li Tiezhu and others with hand crossbows fired one after another. Suddenly, dozens of thieves on the mountain screamed and fled, and in an instant they disappeared without a trace.
"Lead people to search." Chang Yu was worried that it was a fraud, so he ordered Li Tiezhu to dismount and lead people uphill to search and investigate.
After a while, Li Tiezhu reported loudly on top of the mountain: there was no sign of the enemy. The dozens of people had fled far away and captured a wounded prisoner.
Upon questioning, Chang Yu couldn't laugh or cry. This group of people was not considered bandits at all. At best, they were a gang of road bullies. They were gangsters from nearby villages and towns who set up roadblocks on the mountain roads to blackmail passing traders.
On weekdays, I occasionally encounter officers and soldiers passing by, but as long as I don't provoke them, the officers and soldiers don't bother to pay attention to them. If they are slightly frightened, they will take advantage of the terrain and flee into the mountains and forests, disappearing without a trace. Over time, they have become accustomed to it.
I met Chang Yu's troops today, and they stayed around to watch the fun as usual, thinking that since I won't provoke you, you won't be too lazy to touch me, and I'm not afraid of you. At worst, I'll run away and you won't be able to catch up.
!
But who would have thought that Chang Yu was a paid team? After learning from the past, he would have thought it was a snake shadow at the slightest sign of trouble. You are still posing and pretending to be cool, aren't you seeking death?
"Cut it off." Chang Yu looked at the thief who was kneeling and begging for mercy and snorted coldly, and then Li Tiezhu raised his knife and dropped it.
A false alarm!
But after a long delay, Chang Yu immediately issued an order: If you meet anyone you don't know, tell them to stay away. Anyone who doesn't listen will be killed!
There is no way, once you enter Shanxi, no matter on the front or the rear, there are so many thieves and bandits. If you must ask the reason, it is poverty! The people have no way to make a living, so they have to take the opposite direction!
But this is not a reason to become a thief, so Chang Yu always kills without mercy and shows no mercy.
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