Chapter 425: Southeast
Chu Jianlian went to the northwest with a sword, no one except Meng Changan knew where he came, and no one expected to know his return, or, so resolute, so proud, even if he didn't go back, it didn't matter.
Who dares to say that the three swordsmen are invincible?
It's not about Ning Chu, it's only about the Central Plains.
The lame Meng Chang'an went to the southeast, there was also the sea and warships there, and there would be Shen Leng soon.
I don't know if it's conceited or I don't want to implicate Tie Liuli, Meng Changan didn't tell him when he left Hanhai City, so naturally he didn't bring the six spear generals, nor did he bring the one hundred and twenty generals with him, Tie Liuli once said that these one hundred and twenty-six people can break two thousand black martial arts.
An old car and an old horse, Meng Changan tied the big black horse to the back of the carriage, sat in front of the car and whipped it, and the old horse pulling the cart dragged the old car to go, a little elegant and swimming, it may envy the big black horse that does not need to pull the cart behind, it does not need to pull the cart, and from time to time it gnaws a bite of the roadside wild trees. It's not the same when you're old, and your teeth are bad.
Meng Changan didn't dare to snub himself, because his leg injury had not healed, and God knew how many fights he would have in Dongjiang.
A stove was lit in the carriage, and a few bags of charcoal were pulled behind the car, which was expected to save some of the available for a month, a month, almost to Dongjiang, he didn't want to go too fast, after all, Leng Zi to Dongjiang in July, at this time it was only the end of May, and it was just right to walk for a month.
The carriage has no carport, because Meng Changan is worried that the old horse will be tired, and the carriage is too heavy, of course he is reluctant to let the big black horse pull the car, and that guy is afraid and refuses to bow his head to set the car.
There were two thick quilts in the car, and some dry food, and there was a package next to him, which contained a silver ticket of several thousand taels of silver, and a book brought by Shen Lengtuo...... Ban.
Shen Leng had memorized the art of war written by Mr. Shen for several years, so he gave it to Meng Changan.
Next to the package was a black-threaded knife, colder than the wind and snow.
Along the way, Meng Changan stopped and stopped, and he was not in a hurry, he had the wound medicine that Chu Jianlian gave him, and he changed it every three days, just apply a thin layer, and after the wound medicine was applied, he would feel cool, and even the pain could be eliminated, but once the effect of the medicine passed, the pain would come back.
Meng Changan has been accustomed to pain, in the days of northern Xinjiang, there is almost no day that does not hurt in the body, either injured or tired, this kind of day others may not be able to stand it for three days, but he is not too tired, and even thinks that it should be more bitter and tired, only more tired can change the future of Jinxiu, he does not think that he will lose to Wu Xinyu, but he lost to His Majesty He feels young, thinking about it, he is a little helpless and a little regretful, he has been holding that strength but still does not dare to let go, what he asks is to hold the four words of heavy soldiers.
Only with heavy troops can you keep that stupid boy safe.
Through the mountains and rivers in Zhou County, Meng Changan walked for seven or eight days and then arrived at Chishui, Chishui is the largest river in the north of Daning, along the Chishui to the southeast by boat all the way to the east of Xinjiang, it is more comfortable than his own car, rare, he is afraid of people disturbing himself, he is willing to spend silver to charter a boat, the boatman looks at the face of the silver and loads the old horse and the black horse an old car, the boat is medium in size, the length of the boat is more than 20 meters, and it is not too crowded to load a carriage.
The boatman just felt strange, obviously the wind and sun could not blow in the cabin, but this young man just liked to sleep in his carriage, Meng Changan did not reveal his identity, and used the quilt to suppress the black line knife and general armor, so how could the boatman know that he was the famous Meng Fierce Tiger in Northern Xinjiang.
On the sixth day of the boat, when he arrived at the official dock at the mouth of the Qi River, the boatman stopped the boat to buy rice, noodles, vegetables and meat, Meng Changan sat alone on the bow of the boat to watch the art of war banned, he was fascinated by it, the boatman left he didn't know, if the boatman came back and didn't talk to him, he still didn't know.
"It's weird."
The boatman carried the rice noodles to the boat, put the things away, glanced at Meng Changan, and asked his wife to prepare a fire to cook.
"Today, this official dock is really deserted, only I go in to buy things alone, the shopkeeper who settles the accounts is actually very handy, such a simple account is miscalculated several times, if it is not for the fear that he will be punished, I really want to take advantage of him without reminding him."
The boatman said a few words to himself, and he didn't know whether to tell his wife or Meng Changan.
"I'll go down and have a look."
Meng Changan put down the book, thought about it, wrapped the black line knife with his clothes and hung it behind his back, and went down on crutches, and the boatman hurriedly came over to help: "Master Jun, you can be careful." ”
Meng Changan was stunned: "You can see it." ”
The boatman smiled: "I saw it on the first day, otherwise how could I agree to charter a boat by the military master?" The military master has a bad leg and feet, if you want to buy anything, I'll help you buy it, don't go down and walk around. ”
Meng Changan thanked him and said: "I don't have anything to buy, I just go down and walk around, I haven't moved for five or six days, and my body is tight." ”
Get off the boat and go to the wharf, it stands to reason that although this Qihekou official dock is not a big wharf, there should be a lot of merchant ships in the past, and only one of them was parked in the cold, and it was strange everywhere.
When he arrived at the row of wooden houses in the shop, Meng Changan smelled of blood in his nose.
He took off the black line knife behind his back and held it in his hand, and stepped forward on crutches with his left hand.
"General, go back."
Someone in the door of a shop said, "It's just a matter of cleaning up the scum that is trying to turn it against the general." ”
"Who are you?"
"On the order of the general, I went to the eastern frontier with the general, the general was in a hurry, and we were in a hurry, thinking that the general was not used to disturbing the cleanliness with people around him, so we followed by land, along the river, and the general couldn't leave us."
In the shop, six men in brocade clothes stood there, piled up at least a hundred and ten corpses behind them, the shopkeeper's room was almost full, each corpse had only one blood hole, one shot killed, the guns of the six people were a little special, it seemed to be made by the same craftsman, the barrel of the gun could be disassembled, the gun was half shorter, and after disassembly, it was packed with a gun bag and carried behind him, but it was impossible to see that it was an iron gun.
Meng Changan nodded, turned around to leave, and stood again: "Can there be melon seeds?" ”
"Yes."
A hand stretched out in the room, and directly took out a bag of fried melon seeds with fifty catties, Meng Changan took it and walked back, thinking that it should be enough for him to go to Chaoyang City in Eastern Xinjiang.
He returned to the passenger boat, and the six men in brocade clothes in the shop turned around and went out through the back door, and on the official road behind the official dock, one hundred and twenty elite horsemen were waiting there, and a dozen people escaped and were stopped by these one hundred and twenty people, and knelt on the side of the road.
"General Meng killed the enemy in the northern frontier, but you people want to kill him halfway, shameful."
The six-gun general got on his horse and waved his hand: "Chop." ”
Ride forward.
The soldiers drew their knives in their hands, and the knives fell on people's heads.
"Let's go."
The people got on their horses and walked on the smoke and dust.
Meng Changan carried a whole bag of spiced melon seeds onto the boat, and the boatman was stunned: "What is the general going to do?" ”
Meng Changan said lightly: "It's boring to read. ”
The boatman vaguely saw that there were several blood stains on the bag, but he didn't dare to ask or say.
With a snap, Meng Changan threw a thing to the boatman and fell beside him, the boatman picked it up and looked at it, his face changed, and he held the thing in both hands and sent it back to Meng Changan, which was the general's iron plate.
"Add some silver to you, and stew more meat and bones."
Meng Changan lowered his head and read the book: "It is said that where to eat and where to make up, I hope it will be useful." ”
He read the book for a while, looked up and looked at the official road by the river, and more than 100 elite northern frontier troops were marching along the river.
Hucheng Pass, after this is regarded as entering the eastern border of Xinjiang, the city pass is tall, there are 3,600 soldiers guarding the city, the general who leads the troops is the old general under Pei Tingshan, although it is not a righteous son, but it is also highly valued when Pei Tingshan is under the tent, named Gao Guangdong.
Chishui will naturally not break the flow when it reaches Hucheng Pass, but if you want to go to Chaoyang City in Eastern Xinjiang, you have to get off the boat from Hucheng Pass and take the land route, north of Hucheng Pass is Liaobei Road, south is Gao Channel, Chaoyang City is in the southeast of Gao Channel and the junction of Lianshan Road, so Meng Changan must pass from here.
The city pass is majestic, easy to defend and difficult to attack, passing pedestrians and vehicles will be strictly checked, Meng Changan drove the old car to urge the old horse to come, the soldiers guarding the city pass took the general's iron plate and looked at it, startled, solemnly saluted: "Meet the general." ”
Meng Changan bowed slightly, and took back the general's iron card: "Excuse me, how long will it take to get from here to Chaoyang City?" ”
"The general's carriage and horses are slower, and it is estimated that it will take half a month to go."
The soldier replied in a proper manner, and then asked, "Do you want us to help the general find a better carriage?" ”
"No, thank you."
Meng Changan crossed the Chengguan Pass and traveled south, always felt that something was wrong with coming so easily, he naturally knew that Gao Guangdong was a general under Pei Tingshan, he thought that this Huchengguan would be a little sad, so he should be sad, he also deliberately sharpened his knife yesterday.
On the city gate, the general Gao Guangdong held the city wall and looked at the city, the old car and the old horse pulled Meng Changan slowly away, Gao Guangdong turned around and looked at the black brocade man standing not far away: "Now you are relieved?" ”
It was a Thousand Offices of the Tingwei Mansion, with the highest status among the Eight Thousand Offices of the Tingwei Mansion, higher than Geng Shan, but he was a few years younger than Geng Shan, and he looked cold and arrogant like a long knife out of the sheath, not hiding his edge.
His name is Fang Baijing.
"I don't have anything to worry about, it's just that Your Majesty asked me to come here to have a look."
Fang Baijing turned around and went down the city pass, followed by a hundred black horsemen.
Gao Guangdong felt a little aggrieved, and thought that His Majesty would naturally not tell the people of the Tingwei Mansion that he was one of the Eastern Xinjiang Messenger Boxes...... He is grateful for Pei Tingshan's reuse, but he is even more grateful to His Majesty.
His subordinates saw that the general's face was a little wrong, and subconsciously asked: "Who is that person who just crossed the city?" ”
"The pillar of Daning's future."
Gao Guangdong glanced back: "The deputy general went out of the city yesterday and has not returned, you go to find it." ”
When he said this, his eyes flickered, and the deputy general Zhao Fangyuan was the person Pei Tingshan planted beside him, and he was also the person responsible for intercepting and killing Meng Changan halfway this time.
Twenty miles outside the city.
I don't know why it was piled up, and the rows of soil bags were densely packed with two or three hundred, and it looked like a new grave.
Yesterday, Fang Baijing brought people over.
Meng Changan drove the car to the twenty miles, and the six guns were waiting on the side of the road with one hundred and twenty personal soldiers.
"It has entered the eastern frontier."
One of them clenched his fists and bowed his head: "We can't leave the general, the general said, I wait for one hundred and twenty-six people to be the general's sword and shield, the sword and shield can be broken, and the general must not have anything to do." ”
Meng Changan looked down at the black line knife: "No one can be fine." ”