Chapter 33 The mountains are high and the waters are long
The morning light and the glimmer reflect the mountains and rivers, and everything is deep and affectionate. The world flies by in a flash, nothing more than a drop of rain, the tail tune of the fishing song, no matter how far Yang grows, it can't reach the mountains and rivers after all.
Mu Ruoying and Chu Lingran got up early in the morning to settle the veterans stationed here, and sailed across Dongying to rescue the last group of Fuwan people at an unexpected time, while the rest of the army made a rugged detour along that ridge to the east of Xinjiang. This trip should be half a month, in order to prevent accidents and speculation in the court, 5,000 cavalry galloped eastward under the command of Chu Lingran.
"The weather is getting hotter, and it's a mountain road, be careful when you set up camp at night, our movement is so big, the mountain bandits who occupy the mountain as the king will not care whether we are officers and soldiers sent by the imperial court, they are familiar with the terrain, if they fight hard in the dark, it is not optimistic for the generals who will run all the way."
Mu Ruoying learned to ride after the past two days, she insisted on pulling Chu Lingran at night and began to practice horseback riding and a little swordsmanship after everyone was asleep, she is now disguised as a man, and she always sits on Chu Lingran's horse when she marches, which really makes people doubt the relationship between the two. Her comprehension is not low, and she can discuss the marching strategy with Chu Lingran and He Qiyu side by side in three nights, and the exploratory eyes of the surrounding soldiers have also withdrawn most of them, which makes Mu Ruoying breathe a sigh of relief.
He Qiyufang entered this mountain range, he looked around all the way, and always felt that there were thousands of pairs of eyes staring at them, this is the place where the ability of the imperial court can not be affected, the political situation in the past two years has been turbulent, and the security of Fuwan has affected the jurisdiction of the surrounding areas.
"We have just entered the foot of the mountain, and the vigorous battle of tens of thousands of troops will surely provoke some greedy people who covet our military rations and salaries, and tonight is the best time for them to act."
Tonight, not long after the army was put into the mountains, the first day of the army should be the most tiring moment, because they must go halfway up the mountain to set up camp, and we know nothing about the night in the mountains, birds and beasts, fighting in the dark night, it is our own strength, and we have to fight with those mountain bandits, which is very harmful to their future march to the east. What He Qiyu was worried about was also that Mu Ruoying and Chu Lingran sensed murderous aura and hostility as soon as they entered the mountain.
"If the morale of our army retreats at this moment, even if it reaches the eastern frontier smoothly, there is a possibility of defeat, tonight, we will go and snatch the throne of the king of the mountain as the beginning of the war."
Chu Lingran looked at the mountains in the distance and was silent, and his concentration was just a few eagles circling in the sky, hoping that passers-by would leave quickly as a mysterious warning, there was a god hidden in this mountain, who was raised by all spirits, far away from the court, and was his own king in this side of the world, but their arrival broke this subtle harmony, so the proud king would get off the throne and stand on the mountain peak to face those heroes who came thousands of miles away to spy on the undead.
"It seems that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and the name of a general king cannot tolerate any prying eyes since ancient times."
Mu Ruoying knows Chu Lingran best, however, he disdains to use his scheming to defeat a respectable opponent with the city government, he will use his long sword to tear this side of the world apart, with that layer of gaps shining into the abyss, his position cannot be shaken by anyone. The sword qi can shock the dry forest for hundreds of miles, there is no spring here for three years, the sword sound can move hundreds of miles of creatures, and the aftersound does not retreat for three days. This is the deepest arrogance of a general, this is the bible that Chu Lingran has never lost a single battle since he killed the enemy on the battlefield at the age of twelve.
The generals finally walked halfway up the mountain before dark, the steepness and ruggedness of the mountain are the embarrassment after today, at least the road from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside is not difficult, they have traveled a hundred miles on their legs, and they no longer want to be scared of any movement tonight. Chu Lingran, He Qiyu and Mu Ruoying kept their vigilance at all times, they had to quickly find the foothold of the thieves on the mountain when there was still a glimmer of light, if nothing else, they should not be more than fifty kilometers away from here, He Qiyu and Chu Lingran's light skills were unrivaled in the world, they could naturally return to their camp before the thieves were discovered.
After the soldiers finished replenishing the day's food, they each went back to the camp and went to sleep, the boxes of the military pay were hidden in a few uncollected tents, giving the mountain bandits enough opportunity to steal the military salary, and in the whole camp, the only three people who knew the danger existed, were running towards the mountain bandits' stockade at the moment, and no one would sacrifice their rest time to see where the military pay was. Those mountain bandits moved surprisingly smoothly at night, they just turned over two or three camp tents at random, and saw that a large amount of military salaries, silver taels that could eat and drink for three years for the brothers in the mountains, and... So effortlessly.
Mu Ruoying was protected by Chu Lingran all the way in her arms, and she went to the cottage with light work, and sure enough, most of the thieves were sent to rob the gold and silver, and all that was left in the cottage were some women and children, and... The owner of the village who was secretly proud at the moment, thinking about how much wealth he could make on this trip. They searched for a while, and then they saw where the main hall was, Chu Lingran put Mu Ruoying safely on the eaves of the roof, and saw a back that was not as strong as in the impression through the tiles, and looked straight ahead calmly, waiting for the brothers to come back and deliver good news, the scars all over the body were so shocking, but this scar... Mu Ruoying felt very familiar, this scar was so consistent with the scar of Lian Yue on Marta's body......
She and Chu Lingran met for a moment, and they already understood that these mountain bandits were nothing more than the people of Fuwan who escaped death at the hands of the Dongying people in the past, who had lived in this mountain for several years, knew the terrain well, and supported the most trusted person to become the owner of the cottage... It's just that if these ordinary people don't have some martial arts, how can they drive away the former mountain bandits, make a living in this village, and dominate a hundred miles? They must have some stories that Mu Ruoying didn't know......
"Chaozhou Governor, Liu Ren."
He Qiyu read in his mouth, he is the prince of a country, and he is naturally more familiar with the officials of the court than Chu Lingran, Chu Lingran has been away from the court all these years, if it were not for He Qiyu's secret help, I am afraid that it would not be known that those traitors and villains who were officials in the capital were plotting to murder. What he meant... The person sitting in the main hall is the prefect of Chaozhou... And not just the people of Fuwan?
"I remember that two years ago in the Chaozhou floods, he was involved in the management of the incompetent name, so he was demoted to Fuwan, this devil's hell that has no return, but Liu Ren is an honest and dull official, does not like to get acquainted with people, he thought that he could save the people of Fuwan from fire and water, and rushed to Fuwan with confidence, and the court was a month later... Then came the news that he had died. β
The story line, Chu Lingran and Mu Ruoying both secretly sketched it in their hearts, and the He dynasty may have chilled the heart of this loyal minister. Two years ago, it was the most rampant moment for the Dongying people, Fuwan was like an inexhaustible treasure, they came day and night, the people resisted at first, some people reported to the officials, some people held wooden sticks to die with the Dongying people, but it's a pity... I never waited for reinforcements from the imperial court. The people of Fuwan are mutilated to death every day, and countless corpses are abandoned in the East China Sea, so the sea water on the east coast is so dyed red, and it also dyes Liu Ren's anger. He went to the court, three books and three invitations, but he held on for a month, and he never even had a reply letter, that is, he and the people of Fuwan were determined to live and die together, and the people of Dongying attacked that night, Lian Yue scimitar, a full twenty-one, shocking, all the people who did not die, but the people of Fuwan who had an unwilling soul, set up camp on this mountain, but no one could forget the attachment of the homeland and the love and hate of the land.
"I'll meet him down."
Since he is a civil official, Chu Lingran does not intend to hide his hands and feet, he admires Liu Ren's enthusiasm, which is the loyalty that today's politicians no longer have, if they have the same position, why not open up and meet the unyielding soul in this troubled world? The three of them jumped off the eaves, and Liu Ren leaned out when he heard the movement, only to see three figures, coming from the main hall, unstoppable.
"His Royal Highness King Qi and Generalissimo General Chu can come to my barren land... Xiaguan... No, it's a great honor. β
Liu Ren has been an official in the court for several years, and naturally recognizes the young general who caused a sensation in the world, but he only heard about it in the past, but today when he sees that what he said is true, there is no second person in the world with such an aura. If someone is born with the temperament of a king, it must be Chu Lingran. The person next to Chu Lingran, he had met a few times as an official in the court back then, and at that time he thought that he was nothing more than an unloved prince, and he was only a mediocre person in this palace, but now that he looks at it, he is too naΓ―ve.
"And this one again?"
Liu Ren's eyes glanced at Mu Ruoying's body, she was disguised into the face of an ordinary soldier, and her figure was petite, Liu Ren naturally couldn't guess her identity. But he knew that the person who could stand between Chu Lingran and He Qiyu, and even give people the feeling that she was the one who controlled the overall situation, was by no means an idle person.
"I don't know... Have you ever heard of Rong An alone? β
"Lord Rong'an? Isn't she dead? This woman acted boldly but perversely, and caused a sensation in the world, and although I lived in a corner of the cape, I had heard her name... Could it be? β
Liu Ren couldn't believe that the inconspicuous man in front of him was actually the lord of Rong'an. The moment the army entered the foot of the mountain today, he was uneasy, the imperial court finally sent troops to suppress Dongying, but it was too late, how many people of Fuwan were left in the entire Fuwan City? Everyone is scattered all over the world, the four seas are home, this battle is only a breath, but if the undead under the spring really know, no one will be grateful to Chu Lingran, it is the He Dynasty that chills the hearts of the people of Fuwan.
"I heard that the prefect of Liu Ren also died, but today I know that the rumors are not true."
Mu Ruoying admires Liu Renren, he can lead the people of Fuwan to live a stable life on this mountain, he must have his means, he is clever but detached from the world, he is a literati but has a tenacity, if he can pull him to help Chu Lingran and himself, the road will be better in the future.
"I will pay you back, but you don't want anything else from me, you should know that if I had no ability, I would not have survived in this mountain for so long."
Liu Ren guessed that their intentions had already been seventy-seven, eighty-eight, and the martial arts of these three people had never had a chance of winning even if everyone in the cottage had arrived, so he had no choice but to retreat, and the people of Fuwan could not be less than one person in his hands......
"My lord, if I say that the people of Fuwan are not only in the mountains, but there are more people who need your waiting, you are willing to go out of the mountain with us, go to see my Central Plains Iron Cavalry set foot on Dongying, see me sacrifice the blood and blood of Dongying to the people of my country, and see that we want the generals of Dongying to pay a thousand times the price, and the Rakshasa flowers in the world have already bloomed all over the mountain."
Mu Ruoying is magnificent, there is no falsehood in her words, the Dongying soldiers don't know what human nature is, Chu Lingran and her have the idea that if they recover Dongying, they can easily get the world, but as the lord of Rong'an, He Qiyu is the prince of the country, Chu Lingran is the prince of the former dynasty, Dongying humiliates the people of my Central Plains, and they let go of the blood of my Central Plains, if the blood stains the rivers and seas, and the white bones are all over the mountains, they have no reason to easily let the Dongying people escape the sins they committed with their own hands. The white bones buried under the Fuwan are not yet at rest, but the people of the East Ying take advantage of the blessings of the Fuwan to have fun eating and drinking. Lingering on the fireworks, what they squander is based on the souls of the people of my Central Plains, how can they sit idly by.
"Is that true?"
Liu Ren never thought that someone would come here to redeem him, but now he hates the heart of the He dynasty, he thought that the people of Fuwan had already been killed by the Dongying people, and the Dongying people had already sucked the last drop of Fuwan's blood, but Mu Ruoying told him that there are still many Fuwan people in this world who need his protection, how can he sit here peacefully and wait for the end of his life? He wants to save his people, even if the court doesn't save them, he wants to save them, that's his people......
"Half a word is true, what we want you to do is not only to help us overthrow Dongying, but when a Dongying arrives, who can guarantee that there will not be thousands of Dongying in the west, north, and south to insult and kill the people of my Central Plains? What we want is that the world will change hands, and no one in heaven and earth will be worried and unable to live in peace all day long. β
Mu Ruoying knew Liu Ren's temperament, he would not stop their great cause, and would even help them. He believed in a country, not an emperor, and if the people of a country were all dead, he would understand who he was protecting the world for.