When he woke up, his whole body was sore. Chang Yu was surprised to realize that he had fallen asleep leaning against a dead tree while thinking about his thoughts. He thought of continuing to have a sweet sleep in the car, but when he looked up, he saw that it was almost noon, so he looked around again.
Now, most of the soldiers are still sleeping, and a few of them are eating around the fire.
"Mr. Factory Supervisor, are you awake?" Zheng Xingguo saw Chang Yu waking up and quickly handed over the kettle.
Chang Yu nodded slightly and glanced sideways at Chunxiang and Jiang Quan who were still snoring like dead pigs. He stretched out his legs and kicked a few times: "We're all up and on our way."
Immediately, Zheng Xingguo also began to shout around for the soldiers to wake up, eat, and prepare to set off.
"Where is Qin Xing?" Chang Yu looked around and could not see him.
"I left an hour ago, saying I was on your order to do something," Zheng Xingguo replied quickly. Chang Yu nodded, secretly thinking that this guy was quite diligent. He stood up, stretched and walked towards the carriage: "How long does it take to get to Taiyuan?"
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"Returning to the factory supervisor, if we keep the same speed as yesterday, we will be able to arrive early in the morning. However, after a night of running, we are tired and our horses are exhausted, and our strength is not at its peak. It may not be until around noon tomorrow," Zheng Xingguo said.
Chang Yu hummed and said, "I just need to arrive before dark tomorrow." He got in the car and wanted to have a good sleep to regain his energy.
Three moments later, the well-fed soldiers began to regroup and set off.
Yanmen Pass is built deep in the mountains, on the top of the mountain. After leaving the pass, it is still a rugged mountain road, and it still takes more than ten miles to reach the valley and the plains.
The mountain road was bumpy and the carriage was swaying. It was difficult for Chang Yu to fall into a deep sleep in the carriage. It was quite comfortable to be half awake and half asleep like in a cradle.
I don't know how long I've been walking, but suddenly there was an exclamation outside the car window. Although it was a little low, it still woke Chang Yu up. This was almost a subconscious alarm, or maybe it was a shadow from before.
"What happened?" Chang Yu turned over and got out of the car, feeling angry. Bienima had encountered a bandit again, otherwise he would be killed!
"Factory Supervisor, there is a tiger!" Fang San, the driver, looked pale and pointed towards the southeast hillside with his whip.
Chang Yu was still a little confused as to what the presence of a tiger meant. When he took a closer look, he was also surprised.
It was just after noon, the warmest time of the day, and the mountain breeze was blowing. In the darkness of the grass, a large, eye-catching white-fronted tiger looked down at the soldiers on the mountain road.
For the first time, Chang Yu felt what it meant to be truly stared at. Even though he was surrounded by people, he was still trembling with fear. This was not a big old cat in the zoo for tourists to take photos in later generations, but the real king of the forest.
wild tiger.
It has long been known that there are many tigers in Yanmen Pass, which often injure the guards and the people in the mountains. In the early Ming Dynasty, officials guarding the place killed tigers to eliminate harm to the people. In later generations, there is still a scenic spot where Magong killed tigers.
"It seems the rumors are true," Chang Yu looked at the tiger, bit his lip and whispered.
"Factory Supervisor, do you want to shoot him?" Zheng Xingguo asked quietly from the side. At this time, the team had stopped advancing, and the soldiers were all staring at the tiger with frightened expressions on their faces.
"Kill him, then get a tiger skin coat and look powerful in it," Chunxiang said cheerfully.
"Look at your taste, it's completely out of the mainstream" Chang Yu laughed and scolded, then waved his hand: "Send the order and hurry up, why kill this beast if it doesn't disturb it!"
"Then if this beast attacks..." Zheng Xingguo whispered, but Chang Yu interrupted him before he could finish his words: "If it attacks a soldier, shoot him immediately and give Chunxiang a tiger skin coat."
Everyone laughed. When the tiger on the hillside heard the sound, he looked up and met Chang Yu's eyes.
Chang Yu sneered, staring at the tiger with murderous intent in his eyes, and secretly thought in his heart, you beast, don't force me to kill you!
Roar...a tiger roared, and the forest shook. The soldiers were nervous. Chang Yu reached out and touched the crossbow on his waist. Seeing this, everyone also opened their bows and set arrows.
Whoosh, the tiger jumped and sneaked into the forest. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Chang Yu raised a smile on his lips and said lightly: "It's a pity, I heard that tiger penis is a great supplement."
Everyone laughed, and then felt a little embarrassed. They all laughed, they were all eunuchs, please make up for it.
After this disturbance, Chang Yu lost all sleep, so he got off his car, got on his horse, and walked ahead. Several of his confidants immediately moved forward to protect him on his left and right, and Cheng Ming, the leader of the Tengxiang Guards who had been leading the charge, also put his horse over to accompany him.
Cheng Ming can be said to be the most skilled rider in this team. Chang Yu thanked him for some tips and tricks along the way. His riding skills improved rapidly, how to stop the horse quickly, how to effectively deal with the buffer, etc.
Riding is like the skills of later generations. In addition to basic skills, only one can become perfect. With more practice, it is delusional to think of becoming a god in one day.
The group of people rode horses and ran and stopped. Although the mountain road was rugged, they walked out of the mountain pass unknowingly. In front of them was a large flat valley, or more appropriately, a long and narrow basin in the deep mountains. Follow this valley and go straight to the southwest to reach Nao.
County (now Yuanping City)
As soon as he came out of the mountain pass and entered the valley, a cold wind came. Chang Yu couldn't help but shrink his head. Although the mountain road was not easy to walk, the wind was not so arrogant. The valley was flat and unprotected, and the strong wind blew sand and gravel.
Too arrogant.
"Hurry up and start running." Chang Yu wrapped his scarf around his mouth and nose and ordered the team to move quickly. At this moment, Yao saw dust flying in the northeast and horses galloping towards them. Judging from the formation, there were many people, at least more than fifty.
"alert!"
Tang Potian, who was at the rear, immediately commanded his Fujun guards to adopt a defensive formation. Cheng Ming, who was in the front team, also quickly led a hundred-man mobile cavalry to support the rear team, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.
"A bandit again?" Chunxiang gritted his teeth.
"It's so arrogant," Jiang Quan couldn't help but cursed. After all, there were officers and soldiers stationed at Yanmen Pass, Daizhou, and Guo County within a few dozen miles.
Chang Yu frowned and remained silent, looking at the dust in the distance for a moment, then suddenly clapped his horse to meet him. Chunxiang, Zheng Xingguo and others were shocked. He waved his hand, and nearly a hundred eunuchs followed closely behind.
As soon as "Mr. Factory Supervisor" Chang Yu reached the end of the team, Tang Potian stopped him and looked into the distance with a cautious look on his face: "I estimate there are only fifty people, they must be criminal spies!"
"Kill them all and let them explore ghosts," Cheng Ming snorted coldly.
Chang Yu suddenly smiled: "As expected by the governor, the big shot is here."
Big shot? Everyone was startled and looked at Chang Yu with puzzled faces.
Chang Yu didn't say anything, he just smiled and looked at the flying dust getting closer and closer in the distance.
Hey! As the dust got closer and closer, the faces of Tang Potian and others became even more confused. The people who came did not look like thieves. Most of them were wearing standard clothes, that is, military uniforms.
"It turns out..." Zheng Xingguo breathed a sigh of relief, and only halfway through his words, Chang Yu had already clapped his horse to greet the visitor, and made a gesture to tell Chunxiang and others to stay where they were without following him.
"Mr. Factory Supervisor..." A horse came galloping towards him, but it was Qin Xing, the boss of the Dongchang who had left early in the morning. When he saw Chang Yu running towards him, he clasped his fists on his horse and was about to say something in greeting.
Unexpectedly, Chang Yuli ignored him, passed him by, and rode away behind him.
Huh... Chang Yu shouted, and his mount stopped, less than five meters away from the opponent.
There were six or seven people in the front of the opponent, followed by more than thirty cavalry, all of them were tall, strong, and full of murderous intent. Chang Yu couldn't help but shout in his heart, "Hey, these people are soldiers!"
He glanced at the person in front of him. He had a dark face and a short beard and an upright look. He was wearing soft armor and was tall and burly. Although he was not less than 1.85 meters tall on horseback, he was staring at Chang Yu with confusion at this time. He didn't understand what happened all of a sudden.
A young man blocked his way, and when he saw the boss of the East Factory holding his fists against him, couldn't it be...impossible, this man was too young.
"But Zhou Yuji, General Zhou?" Chang Yu jumped off the horse, took a few steps closer and clasped his fists at the black-faced man on the horse, and asked respectfully.
The black-faced man jumped off his horse in a hurry when he saw this man being so polite: "I don't dare, I am none other than Zhou Yuji, I don't know this..." Zhou Yuji really didn't know what to call him, because Chang Yu was wearing an ordinary black cotton-padded jacket.
I can't really tell from my attire.
"Chang Yu, the director of our east factory, is honored to meet General Zhou!" It turned out to be Zhou Yuji. Chang Yu couldn't conceal his excitement and was extremely happy in his words.