Although the raid was blocked, it still shocked everyone, especially the civil servants, the prince and Princess Kunxing. They could not imagine that they could encounter such danger following the tough eunuch in the Ming Dynasty.
Kuang Ren and Lao Jiu re-established security measures, sent light and covert sentinels to patrol the perimeter, rescued the dead and wounded in the camp, and appeased all civil servants.
Chang Yu looked at the town with lights not far away with a cold look: "I always feel like there is a pair of eyes inside watching here."
"I'm going to take a look." Su Jing flashed out from behind. Chang Yu grabbed him and shook his head: "Nothing here is good."
Su Jing smiled: "Who am I, the Night Demon, to be with?"
"This is not a world, don't act out of emotion." Chang Yu shook his head: "Protecting the princess is your duty." After saying that, he walked towards the camp gate. There were dozens of corpses piled up there. He bent down and looked at them one by one.
There are Tatars and Han people.
This is a mixed brigade, and it's even harder to deduce the mastermind behind it.
"The shepherd who played the suona during the day seems suspicious to me." Zhu Cixiang's face turned blue. The scene just now frightened him. He had heard too many stories about Chang Yu's bravery, and he always fantasized that he could do it too.
He was so charged into battle that during both trips, he imagined that he would encounter bandits and kill them in all directions. However, when he actually encountered them, it was completely different from what he thought. The intense atmosphere of the scene just now, only the killing shouts, overwhelmed him.
My legs were so frightened that my legs were weak, not to mention the endless whistling of bows and arrows. If I was not careful, I would be pierced through.
And when he saw these corpses in front of him, he almost vomited. It was not that he had never seen dead people before. During his southern tour, he had seen many people starving to death, but this was the first time he saw the killed people. They were either missing arms, legs, or internal organs.
One place, or half a face, how can there be a complete one.
Hearing what he said, Chang Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "It's possible." Then he laughed and said, "The last time I came here, I was ignorant. Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. This time, they are afraid of snakes. People really live more and become timid.
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There was still more than an hour before dawn, but most of them couldn't sleep. The prince went to the temporary straw shed built by Princess Kunxing. Chang Yu was lying on his side in the car and ignored Chang Bian's loud snoring because his mind was not in it.
this.
In confusion, there was a buzzing sound from outside. Chang Yu frowned and looked around to see Su Jing standing a few steps away with a sword. Confused, he got out of the carriage and saw a bloody human head on the ground. It was a Mongolian.
"You..." Chang Yu was surprised.
"I went to the town, and this guy was spying on the military camp in the inn, so I killed him!" Su Jing said lightly, and Chang Yu's blood suddenly surged: "You... It's normal for people in the town to be curious about such a big movement just now.
Just because he is a Mongolian, you attack him... Su Jing, you have repeatedly disobeyed orders..."
"Is he not an ordinary man? There are four or five other guys in the room with them? This man is the boss!" Su Jing said expressionlessly: "You can scold me for disobeying military orders? But not if they hurt you!" Then he turned around.
Leave.
"I..." Chang Yu looked at Night Demon's back and felt a strange feeling in his heart. He didn't know what to say for a moment.
Seeing that it was almost dawn, Chang Yu was not going to sleep any more. Going to visit the wounded? A raid just now injured more than 30 of his men? Some were shot and wounded, while others were stabbed in battles with enemies rushing into the camp.
? Six of them were seriously injured.
Does the army always have medicine for injuries? The wounds have been bandaged long ago, but Chang Yu still checks them one by one. These warriors are his darlings, and it hurts to hurt each one? This time, more than thirty people were injured. The hatred in his heart
ah.
At daybreak, we lit a fire and made food, everyone ate, then broke camp and marched westward through the town. Because the people were watching, someone boldly asked: "Master, there was a thief last night..."
"Master Jun, people died in the town yesterday, including several Tatars..."
No one paid any attention to them. After the team left, some people went to the camp to take a look, but their legs were so frightened that they became weak. Dozens of corpses were burned to charcoal, and all the heads were hanging on the trees nearby.
The weather was gloomy, and the atmosphere in the team was a bit depressing due to the attack last night. Kuang Ren and Lao Jiu kept sending various warning orders with gloomy faces. One of them was responsible for internal security and the other was responsible for negative security. They felt that they had neglected their duties last night, although Chang Yu did not
He was punished, but his heart was filled with fire, and he killed thousands of soldiers and horses. How could he be so defeated?
The wind blows and the sand rises, and the warriors of the Black Wolf Battalion divide into several groups to explore the front and back of the palace, entering the first level of combat readiness, because the front is about to enter the mountain again.
There is a post station at the mountain pass called Jiming Post. It is named after Jiming Mountain next to it. The post station is like a roadside tea shed. Several post soldiers saw soldiers and horses passing by and looked outside the post station. They saw a group of people rushing over without saying a word.
After going into the inn to search and interrogate some things, he left, frightening several people to the point where their legs went weak. They said, "People from Dongchang, what's going on?"
"Lord Du Gong, it's already noon. Why don't you repair it at this post station for a while so that the brothers can eat before heading into the mountain?" Shi Kefa suggested, but Chang Yu objected: "There are still forty or fifty miles of mountain road to go, and the mountain road is very rugged.
The eighth bend is not suitable for walking. If you go slower, you won’t be able to get out when it gets dark.”
The mountain road in the valley is actually quite wide and can accommodate five horses side by side, but it is bumpy and has many bends as Chang Yu said. It follows the Yang River next to it and twists and turns. The road is close to the river, and there are vast mountains and cliffs on both sides.
The walls are steep and lush with trees. Fortunately, it is late autumn and the mountains are cold at this time. The leaves are almost falling off, so it is not suitable for people to lie down.
"If anything unusual happens, shoot without warning." Lao Jiu gave a direct order to the groups of people who were exploring the path ahead. Kuang Ren wanted to say something but finally held back.
Zhu Cixiang looked at the vast mountains and felt a little panicked: "Will those thieves ambush us in the mountains?"
Chang Yu shook his head: "It's possible, but not here."
"That……"
"Old Dragon's Back"
Laolongbei is located at the foot of Nanshan Mountain in Dabei Mountain, which is several miles away from the mountain pass. There are deep valleys and cliffs on both sides of the road, hence the name, Longbei.
This dragon's back road is about a mile long, and one man can't pass it but ten thousand men can't open it.
"Then..." Zhu Cixiang's face turned pale and speechless, while Chang Yu looked relaxed: "Go and talk to those gangsters, maybe you won't be so nervous."
On the mountain road, there is not a team like Changyu. There are many travelers coming and going, ranging from a few people traveling together to dozens of people carrying mules and horses, and some traveling alone to help themselves. These people are all made by the Xuanfu
The goods were bought and sold at the Special Zone Port. Most of the goods were oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea and cloth, which were the most rare goods for the Mongols and Qing people.
"Isn't the port closed? Why are there still so many goods being shipped?" Zhu Cixiang wondered.
"The Ming Dynasty Law stipulates that officials who are corrupt will be imprisoned, so no one will be corrupt?" Chang Yu laughed, and Zhu Cixiang blushed: "You are talking about smuggling?"
Chang Yu smiled and said nothing.
This kind of thing is so common in Xuanfu. It can even be said that at one time the whole people participated, including of course the border troops guarding the border. They often took advantage of the night to help some merchants transport goods back and forth outside the border wall. If they could not pass through the border, they would just leave from
They were thrown around on the side wall and accepted any work or goods as long as they gave money. Those parallel importers in Hong Kong in later generations were leftovers from their past.
The matter of smuggling in Xuanfu could not be finished even if we talked about it for ten days and ten nights.
Halfway through the mountain road, Chang Yu ordered the team to take a temporary rest. Except for the security force, most of the soldiers dismounted and stretched their muscles to feed the horses and drink water by the river, making way for other business travelers to pass. Chang Yu washed his face in the river and sat on a stone next to him and walked away.
When he was in a daze in the valley, Shi Kefa walked next to him and talked to him. Not long after, Lao Jiu and Kuang Ren also came, both of them looking as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
"Don't think that the situation is out of control just because of a surprise attack. It was just an accident." Chang Yu reassured the two of them that there was no need to be so tense: "If it is really out of control, there is no way that Tu Yuan and Lao Jia didn't send news, and the governor
I feel that he is not so bold as to rebel."
Chang Yu then told what Su Jing saw in the town last night. Shi Kefa guessed that the man was the instigator behind the scenes and that this was an attack launched by an overseas operation.
Chang Yu shook his head and chuckled: "The person Su Jing killed could not be the mastermind behind the scenes. At most, he was an agent responsible for surveillance or liaison. As for the nature of the attack, there are currently not enough clues to conclude who was responsible."
After resting for a while, he continued on his way. Based on this speed, Chang Yu concluded that he would be able to leave the mountain before dark.
Seeing that it was getting late, and because of the attack last night, the soldiers and horses became more and more vigilant. On the contrary, under Chang Yu's comfort, the spirits of the officials were brought back, and they were even able to talk and laugh, at least on the surface it was not obvious.
Any nervousness or fear.
The most relaxed person is undoubtedly Princess Kunxing. She has an incomparable sense of trust in Chang Yu. If he says it’s okay, it’ll be okay. She sits in the car and looks at the scenery of the valley along the way, sometimes sighing and sometimes staring at Chang Yu’s back.
, the man next to the carriage looked plain and expressionless.
"Master Sujing, I heard they said that your martial arts skills are very good. Can you teach me a few self-defense moves?" Kunxing tried to chat with this cold-faced man, but Sujing was Sujing after all. He glanced at her and said coldly: "I
My martial arts are all used for killing people. Do you want to learn how to kill eunuchs or maids in the palace?"
Uh... Kun Xing swore in his heart at that time that if he took the initiative to say a word to this nun, he would be a pig!