There is no asphalt in this world, and roads are mostly made of tamped soil. Pouring rice slurry makes the ground free from insects and weeds, even if it is a road.
The team of thirty carriages is very spectacular. For convenience and safety, they try their best to walk on the official road.
The south is still rich, and bluestone slabs are paved on the road or gravel is mixed with river sand and gravel. The official road is wide and driving a carriage is quite stable.
The northwest, the road becomes narrower and the road becomes more and more bumpy.
The government plays a leading role in the construction and maintenance of the official road. The local people responded actively and worked together to prepare for construction. The maintenance of the official road mostly relies on the donations of local gentry and wealthy households.
The families in the northwest are so poor that they can’t even have enough food, so where can they have the spare money to support the road?
This leads to a hole in the east and a big hole in the west when the dirt road is washed by rain.
Xiao Ruo, a modern man, was really uncomfortable with the bumps. Even if the carriage was equipped with thick pads, she felt that her butt was about to be cracked into eight petals.
After enduring the pain in her butt for more than half a month, she finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"Ah Xun, Ah Xun!" Xiao Ruo lifted the curtain and waved to Xiao Xun, who was riding a horse in front of the left.
The stadiumers were guarding the caravan in herringbone shapes, and Xiaoxun specially chose a position close to Xiaoruo's carriage.
He tied the reins and the horse under his crotch took two steps in place, just in time to walk side by side with the carriage.
"Are Ruo Ruo hungry?"
Due to the change in road conditions, I traveled 200 miles a day, but now I traveled only more than 100 miles a day. In addition, the steep mountains and forests will increase the risk of the caravan attack. From the beginning of entering Zhongzhou, the two escort leaders discussed the original three
Change the meal to two meals in the morning and evening.
The young and strong man and the bodyguards had no objection, and Xiao Ruo also felt that there was no problem.
Only Xiao Xun always feels that Xiao Ruo will be hungry.
Whenever he passed by the town to replenish supplies, he would buy some candied fruits, candies, pastries, etc. and stuff them into Xiaoruo's carriage.
"No, I'm not hungry, I'm just stuffy in the car."
Staring at the dark horse with shiny fur under Xiao Xun's crotch, Xiao Ruo was a little envious.
She had been on a plane and drove a sports car, and she had also driven many models of aircraft in the base, but she had never ridden a living horse.
"Ah Xun, can we change it?"
Xiao Xun didn't understand what she meant and asked reflexively: "What to change?"
The slender and white fingers pointed at the dark horse that was sniffing under his crotch.
"I'll ride a horse, are you going to ride a carriage?"
She might feel embarrassed to say this to others, but now it is Xiaoxun, and she knows that he never feels that he will cause trouble to him.
Xiao Ruo's bright almond eyes looked at him wrongly, and Xiao Xun felt as if he had fallen into two vast galaxies.
The hand holding the reins tightly tightened it quietly, and the blue veins on the arm covered by the sleeves were clearly distinguished. Xiao Xun took a deep breath to restrain his throbbing heart.
"No one has ever ridden a horse. If you want to ride a horse, please ride it with me."
The restrained voice was calm and dull, and no one could hear that the master's heart was already surging.
Although the request was discounted, Xiao Ruo was still quite happy.
If you ride together, you can at least temporarily leave the boring and bumpy carriage.
She happily lifted the curtain of the carriage and came to the shaft of the carriage, stretched out her hand towards Xiaoxun for him to pull her.
The convoy would not stop because she needed to transfer horses. She needed to take advantage of the force and step on the horse as she advanced.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Xun did not hold her outstretched hand, but rode on the horse, leaning against the waist down to her upper body, and carrying her to the horse's back.
This action tests core strength and arm strength extremely. The groom driving saw it and couldn't help cheering: "Young man is so handsome!"
"Hehe, I, Brother Xiao, have no choice but to say! He is the best kung fu in our escort agency!" said Ma Laosan, who also witnessed the whole process.
His position was on the right side of Xiaoruo's carriage. He originally chose this position because he thought he could chat with Xiaoxun for nothing, but he didn't expect that he was stuffed with a lot of dog food along the way.
Every now and then, I saw Xiao Xun turn around and see if the beauty in the carriage is hungry, cold, and sleepy. Instead, I am only alone with Xiao Xun, who is driving side by side with Xiao Xun, and I don’t say a few words to him along the way.
"Tsk tsk tsk, Brother Xiao is warm and soft in his arms, so happy life..."
Before Ma Laosan finished speaking, with a whoosh, a sharp arrow brushed his face and pierced deeply into the wall of the carriage, making a dull "bang" sound.
The arrow feathers still shaking continuously, which shows that the archer is extremely powerful.
"I'm going to be a slap!" Ma Laosan's sour teasing turned into a string of swear words, and he shouted loudly: "There's an ambush!"
With his shout, countless flying arrows were shot out from the dense forests on both sides.
For a moment, the neighing of horses, the screams of people, the thunderous sound of arrows piercing into wood, and the jingle of the corpse masters drawing their swords to shoot down arrows, intertwining into a ball.
When the first arrow shot, Xiaoxun keenly discovered the danger.
He bent down and pressed the person in his arms on the horse's back, minimizing the possibility of being shot by an arrow.
Then he drew out his sword, and the sword flowers he pulled out intertwined into a fine net at a speed that was difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, blocking all the arrows shot at them from the iron net.
Xiao Ruo, who was firmly guarded in her arms, felt that she was in a dark and warm space, her ears were filled with the sound of metal hitting her. She looked down and looked down. The horse's hooves that were restless had fallen. More than a dozen arrows.
"Ah Xun! Ah Xun!" She couldn't help but shout, wanting to confirm whether Xiao Xun was safe.
The wide palms with distinct knuckles blocked her face, and the palms were warm and dry against her eyes.
Xiao Xun's low and magnetic voice came from his ears: "It's okay, it's okay, Ruo Ruo, don't be afraid."
The concept of time in the dark was lengthened, and Xiao Ruo felt that it had been a long time, but in fact, the arrow rain lasted for a few minutes.
As soon as the jungle on both sides stopped shooting archery rain, I heard deafening shouts.
"Go! Brothers! Slaughter a fat guy today!"
Then hundreds of people ran out of the forest. These people were wearing thick linen clothes, carrying swords, guns, swords and halberds in their hands, and rushed to the caravan like a flood that opened the gate.
"All members are on guard!" Jiang Ping's roar came, resounding throughout the convoy: "Show off your power! Join me and me!"
All the corpses moved when they heard the sound, heading towards the carriage, showing off their weapons and fighting back at the bandits.
Although the escorts at the escort agency are not as good as martial arts, they are all very skilled, and one person is more than enough to deal with three or five bandits.
A handful of thin blades and long swords shining with cold light were dancing, slashing or picking, blocking or slashing. In a moment, sixteen studs fought against hundreds of bandits, but none of them were injured.
Unfortunately, there were only sixteen people after all. The extended defense line could not take into account the entire caravan, and the bandits quickly took advantage of the loopholes.
The bandits broke through the defense line and jumped onto the caravan, looting inside the caravan.