Chapter XXII Checkpoints

The excitement of escaping the day stimulated the crowd, barely making them feel tired.

The boat was brisk like a willow leaf in the wind, undulating in the river and rushing forward. There is light, and there is the future.

When the sky was bright, Qin Mu let the boat stop at a river bay, it was time to rest.

This night's experience was too exciting even for Qin Mu, let alone for the ancients.

After mooring the boat, Qin Mu and Shi Bao discussed it, arranged the sentry manpower, and the rest of the people began to rest.

Qin Mu got into the cabin, Jia Hongxian and Fang Haoyin were lying on the bed, sleeping soundly.

The boat was not big, there were not too many cabins, so Qin Mu had to huddle with them again.

Fortunately, Fang Haoyin said that he was a saint's man, otherwise he would not have been killed by the group of guards if he got in like this. Even Shi Bao couldn't spare him. After all, when he was on Fang La's territory, Fang Haoyin did not rest in a room with him at night.

As soon as he lay down, Jia Hongxian woke up.

"Cousin, what's going on with the Holy Maiden?" can't wait to return to Bianliang, she needs an answer.

"This," how could Qin Mu explain it? Fang Haoyin said it in front of so many people, he didn't object at the time, but now he turns his face and doesn't admit it, and he can't do it: "It's urgent." ”

"Then when you get home, it doesn't count, okay?" Of course, Jia Hongxian refused to have another sister for nothing.

"Of course not." Fang Haoyin also woke up when Qin Mu came in, and when he heard Jia Hongxian's words, he immediately objected: "Doesn't the words of the Holy Maiden of the Ming Sect count?" ”

"Hmph, what kind of saint are you?" Jia Hongxian didn't approve of it at all.

"Sister, look." Fang Haoyin said and rolled up his two sleeves, revealing a pair of white arms. Two birthmarks, a sun crescent: "This is the sign of the Holy Maiden." ”

"I think your father made it up."

"Even if my dad made it up, so what? As long as someone buys it. What about the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, can he beat you or me? But if he is the emperor, he is. ”

It's a great truth. Even Qin Mu couldn't refute it, let alone Jia Hongxian.

"I don't care," Jia Hongxian hugged Qin Mu with his backhand and said, "Cousin, you marry me." ”

"Right here?" Qin Mu simply couldn't understand it.

"Right here." With that, Jia Hongxian went to untie Qin Mu's clothes.

She grew up in Baihean, and she is naturally no stranger to men and women, and she is far more open than ordinary women.

Once he has determined the love of this life, Jia Hongxian has no scruples. Even in front of Fang Haoyin, it's not that I haven't seen her slick body.

This really cost Qin Mu's life.

He never thought that returning to Da Song would have such benefits. He hadn't touched a woman in his life, but now he was going to perform in front of another woman.

He couldn't accept this anyway.

Qin Mu hurriedly grabbed Jia Honghong's hand and said, "Hongxian, don't make trouble, now is not the time." ”

But his strength is not as great as Jia Hongxian, and his kung fu is far worse than Jia Hongxian, and he can't stop her behavior at all.

"Good sound, help."

There must also be helpers.

Jia Hongxian doesn't care about the environment, Fang Haoyin still cares.

The outside is full of her own subordinates, and she is talking nonsense inside.

Fang Haoyin's kung fu is much stronger than Jia Hongxian, and with her help, Jia Hongxian finally didn't succeed.

"Little vixen, you're just uneasy and kind. Remember, you must not be in front of me! Jia Hongxian knew that today could not be done, so he had to say cruel words.

The sister seemed to have to ask for it, but she must not be allowed to climb on her head.

After resting until noon, everyone regained their strength and ate, and Shi Bao came to Qin Mu to discuss the next plan.

"Young Master Qin, this morning, several groups of fast horses of the officers and soldiers passed over from the opposite shore. I think it's a news report to the states and counties below. ”

Qin Mu thought about it, this was very likely.

Although this area is full of rivers and lakes, short-distance communication is relatively fast.

His party broke through Shezhou last night, and with the attention of the imperial court to Fang La, they will inevitably be intercepted everywhere, and it is normal for someone to inform them of their direction. But then it will not be easy, and the enemy in front is prepared.

"General Shi, did I ask you to bring the Song Army's military uniform banner that you collected before leaving?"

"It's all on board."

"Okay, put them all on, and move on."

This dress was prepared by Qin Mu in order to deal with the situation.

I couldn't wear it yesterday, and I couldn't wear it at all. Because the ships in Shezhou were all eastward, there was no Song army that turned back at all. Only after Shezhou can this dress work.

Whether it's transporting the wounded or pulling food back and forth, there are excuses.

Everyone changed into Song Jun's battle robes, Jia Hongxian and Fang Haoyin hid in the cabin, and the boat continued to swim upstream. Their next target is Jixi.

From time to time, boats pass by on the river. Most of them were warships of the Song army, but there were also a small number of civilian ships. All the warships of the imperial court are heading in the direction of Shezhou, and their ship is extremely different.

Fortunately, at this time, the army system of the Great Song Dynasty was relatively chaotic.

Thanks to Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, the army of the Song Dynasty was very different from that of the previous dynasty.

Because Zhao Kuangyin was not righteous, the emperor was not beaten down by him, but was pushed up by his subordinates. So he was worried about another one of his subordinates like this.

Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin released the military power with a glass of wine, and then vigorously rectified the army. To put it simply, the soldiers do not know the generals, and the generals do not know the soldiers. Do not let the generals have their own army.

This point cannot be implemented in the frontier, but it is implemented thoroughly in the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty.

The army that encircled and suppressed Fang La was the forbidden army and the box army of the Great Song Dynasty, and it was precisely the implementation of this strategy that was thorough, so Qin Mucai dealt with the past without danger in the face of several interrogations.

After passing Shezhou, you don't have to work so hard. They sailed during the day and rested at night, seeing that they were not far from Jixi.

Ahead is a small pass. Here the river narrowed, and the width was just enough to pass one of the largest warships of the Song army.

The Song army anchored a warship here and set up a checkpoint to stop passing ships for inspection.

Qin Mu didn't feel normal.

The Song army at the checkpoint only inspected the boats heading in the direction of Jixi, but not the boats coming from Jixi.

Qin Mu carefully observed the checkpoint.

There was a bed crossbow on the shore.

How could such a weapon for siege and defense be placed on the shore?

This is like the heavy artillery in the army of later generations, it is a militaristic weapon, and it will never be placed in the field casually, there must be a necessary reason.

Qin Mu called Shi Bao and pointed it out to him.

"Young Master Qin, Song Jun seems to be prepared."

"Well, I think so too, I'm afraid this level is a bit troublesome. Thou shalt tell the brethren to be elve, and to act when the opportunity comes. I'll go up and say hello first. ”

They came all the way, and the obstacles they faced in the face of the Song army were all sent by Qin Mu.

Not because Qin Mu could speak, but because of his accent.

Shi Bao and they are all natives of Jiangnan, and the Song army encircled and suppressed Fang La, so they naturally have to be more careful with people with Jiangnan accents.

Qin Mu has a Youzhou accent, which is rare in the south of the Yangtze River, but there are some in the forbidden army, which is more like an army transferred from the north, and it is not easy to arouse suspicion.

If it weren't for Jia Hongxian's difficulty in coming forward as a woman, it would be best for her to deal with Song Jun - authentic Bianliang dialect.

The ship gradually approached the checkpoint.

"Stop the ship, stop the ship."

Song Jun shouted loudly.

"Lean in, lean in."

The boat slowly approached the makeshift pier.

"Where are you and where are you going?"

"We are Hebei Xiangjun, go to Jixi to rest."

"Hebei Xiang Army? How did you get here? ”

The ship had already docked, Qin Mu did not get off the ship, and Song Jun did not need to get on the ship.

This Song Jun is an officer and looks very shrewd. A pair of eyes did not stop looking around the ship.

"Shangguan wants to send a batch of military quartermasters to Jixi's hometown."

This excuse is very good. If you are fighting, you have to grab it if you win, but where do you put what you have to grab?

Qin Mu made up a fictitious Shangguan whose hometown was in Jixi. Since it's not far away, it's better to send the looted things back to your hometown.

The so-called "munitions" is naturally an implicit statement. The officers and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty understood as soon as they heard it.

The first few times I relied on this excuse to deal with the past, Qin Mu continued to follow the cat and the tiger this time.

"Quartermaster? Okay, you wait and get off the boat, let me go up and check it out. ”

The officer did not speak as well as he had done before, and even went on board to inspect it.

Qin Mu was actually not afraid of inspection, Fang Haoyin brought a bunch of gold and silver treasures when he ran away, which could be counted as "military quartermasters". But the officer's behavior was too unusual.

Officers who can use the army to send spoils of war must be qualified for rank.

Since there is such an identity, how can an ordinary officer dare to inspect his ship.

Qin Mu became suspicious and immediately looked at the river.

I saw that the Song army warship had already started to move, and it was actually going to cross and block the river.

Qin Mu didn't have time to think about where he had missed the horse's feet, and suddenly drank: "Do it." ”

He had already planned for this situation.

As soon as the words fell, gunshots rang out from inside the cabin.

The Song soldiers, who were manipulating the bed crossbow on the shore, fell down in response.

Qin Mu didn't hesitate, took out his pistol, didn't even use ***, and fired three shots at the officer on the shore.

Then he took out his hand and threw it at Song Jun on the shore.

The Song army on the shore already had bows and crossbows in their hands, and they would do it just when the officer gave the order, but who knew that the officer would die in the blink of an eye, and then the man threw over three unknown things, and then there was an explosion.

Although it was only Qin Mu and Jia Hongxian who did it, this unprecedented blow suddenly blinded the Song army on the shore.

They didn't know what was going on, but the patriarch was dead, and the thunder rang out around them, and the brothers fell to the ground.

The organic spirit turned around and ran.

The rest were still in a daze, but when they saw the role model, they understood, so let's run away.

A short contact battle crushed the Song army.

Qin Mu rushed ashore first and chased after the Song army.

The most important thing now is to drive the enemy far away, so that all the people on board can go ashore.

The waterways are definitely impassable. So big a ship was across the river, blocking the route of the advance.

To go ashore.

The officers and men on the Song army ship were also a little confused.

Qin Mu's blow was too sudden and weird, and when they understood that they wanted to release the arrows, Qin Mu's group had already run away.

This team of Song troops did receive an order to set up a card here for inspection.

Tong Guan led the team to get the emperor's strict order this time, and he must catch Fang La. To live to see a man and to die to see a corpse.

Fang La had already left Muzhou and entered this vast landscape, and Tong Guan would not be able to find him for a while. But because of this, Taicai is even more careful, and will never let go of anyone to stand out and surround him.

Qin Mu's ship broke through Shezhou, and he soon got the news, so he sent an order to find such a ship.

But he didn't expect that Qin Mu and the others had already changed into the clothes of officers and soldiers, and deceived them all the way.

It was only when he received a report that a Song warship was heading northwest for a search that he realized his mistake. However, at this time, there were already ships going back and forth on the periphery of the Muzhou encirclement, and not every warship that went out was all fake. That's why he ordered a checkpoint to be set up farther away to keep a close eye on every ship heading northwest.

Qin Mu's good luck has come to an end.

The Great Song Dynasty was not a later generation with highways, railways, and airplanes extending in all directions. It is impossible to travel long distances without shipping. Unless you don't care about time.

A scholar who rushed to take the exam walked from Yunnan to Bianliang and could walk for more than half a year. At this rate, it would take at least four or five months for Qin Mu to walk back to Bianliang.

Even if Jinsha is not in a hurry, Qin Mu is also in a hurry. Dozens of people couldn't hide at all on the road, and sooner or later they had to be surrounded by the Song army. Only by leaving here as soon as possible and entering the waterway of the Yangtze River can we blend in with the bustling ships and get out of danger.

It's a long way to go, how to do it?