Chapter 553: Deep into the Hinterland
When they arrived at Xuanwu City in Liaodong, they found a lot of trouble, Qin Feng and Xuanbing's mounts were thousands of miles of good horses, and Liaodong was bitter cold, most of the foals were hard-working dwarf ponies, similar to the tall and strong breed of the two of them's mounts, extremely rare, as soon as they entered the city, they immediately caused a sensation, and wealthy merchants who intended to buy horses flocked to the city, trying to buy mounts from the two. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
If it weren't for Qiu Man's fluent Buyeo language and sophisticated pretending to be locals, he persuaded all the wealthy businessmen to quit, maybe he would have encountered a forced purchase.
Ben still wanted to stay in the city for the night, so he had to hurry out of the city.
"A bun of dirt buns who have never seen a good horse!"
Qin Feng has always resisted the urge to beat people, if it weren't for something important, the iron fist would have been swung over a long time ago, and the turtle still dared to hit Lao Tzu's idea, "This doesn't work, the soil bun is difficult, ours is too conspicuous." Is there a way to store the mount somewhere. ”
Qiu Man was also aware of this problem, and he hurriedly said: "Outside Xuanyu City, we have a secret stronghold, and they are responsible for finding out the news, and they can take care of it on their behalf.
Qin Feng said happily: "It couldn't be better, so be it......" He took out a piece of gold and handed it to Qiu Man, so that their people could take care of it. Gold is not a universal currency, but it is needed everywhere, and it can be exchanged for local coins anytime and anywhere, and he has carried it with him on this trip.
After the horses were placed, Qiu Man went into the city and bought three Liaodong horses to travel. Liaodong horses are very similar to Mongolian horses, short in size, not good in appearance but hard-working, not afraid of cold, strong vitality, able to survive in difficult and harsh conditions, but explosive speed is remarkable.
In Liaodong, it is really only suitable to use Liaodong horses for transportation, and other foals can't stand the harsh climate, and most of them will die.
Li Tang's first expedition to Goguryeo also suffered a big loss, at that time the Tang army's morale was like a rainbow, and it was successively conquered and taken ten cities, and the three major battles of Xincheng, Jian'an, and garrison were beheaded by 40,000 people, but he only paid the price of 2,000 soldiers, but the war horses on the expedition were lost seven or eight out of ten.
The harsh environment here can be imagined.
The four of them stayed overnight in the wilderness, and the next morning, they headed east.
Without a good horse to attract attention, Qin Feng was low-key and barely spoke, leaving it to Qiu Man to take care of all the way.
Qiu Man's ability is outstanding, and Qin Feng's secretly self-sufficient orders can be completed very happily, so that people can't find fault.
This trip is to meet the survivors, the goal is clear, with the guide of Qiu Man, the road is quite smooth.
However, Qin Feng didn't just look at the flowers like this, he stopped for a while in every city and county, surveyed and mapped the local strategic topographic map, and prepared for future actions.
A group of four people slept in the open air, and when they came to the foot of Taibai Mountain, Qin Feng and they found that it was snowing.
The snow poured down, wrapped in silver, and dotted the heavens and the earth with a touch of white.
Especially on the Taibai Mountain, it is even more dazzling.
Luo Shixin had no intention of enjoying the beautiful scenery at the moment, he couldn't imagine that the snow in Taibai Mountain was so untimely, but in early March, the entire mountain range was covered with heavy snow.
He didn't know that in this era when there was no climate warming, here in Taibai Mountain, March and April were normal snowy months, and now it is the beginning of March, and the snow is already several feet thick.
In the evening of that day, the three of them walked into a small village at the foot of Taibai Mountain.
"I hope we rush into the Taibai Mountain before the heavy snow covers the mountain, otherwise it will be troublesome." Qin Feng asked Qiu Man and his entourage to enter the village first to find out the news.
He took out two dry cakes from his bag and handed them to Xuan Bing, and took a big bite on them.
The frozen dough cake was dry and hard, hard like a rock, and he still ate a mouth full of powder, and he was thirsty and unbearable after a few bites, and poured a big sip into the water bag, the cold and piercing feeling went straight to his heart and lungs, even Qin Feng's physique was as strong as a bear tiger, and he couldn't help but shiver.
Xuan Bing was a woman after all, she chewed slowly, not so thirsty, looked at Qin Feng's reaction, looked at her water bag, and hesitated.
Qin Feng took pity on the jade, and said with a confident smile: "I'll go get some hot water!" ”
These days, when he has nothing to do, Qin Feng follows Qiu Manxue to say Fuyu words.
As a later generation, Qin Feng has a very deep language foundation, and Buyeo dialect was born from ancient Chinese, which is far simpler than Chinese English, and after more than ten days, he has been able to have a smooth conversation, and it is also an authentic Pyongyang accent, which makes Qiu Man, a teacher, amazed, if it weren't for his own word by word teaching, he really would have suspected that Qin Feng pretended to be a pig and ate a tiger.
A simple conversation and asked the villagers for some hot water. Taking the hot water sent by Qin Feng, Xuan Bing hesitated for a long time, and drew a "thank you" in the air! I took small sips, only to feel that the fatigue along the way had to be washed away by this cup of hot water, and there was no more comfortable feeling than drinking warm hot water on a snowy day.
Qin Feng is similar, in order to be in a hurry, they mainly eat dry food and cold water all the way, sleep in the open air, and the bitter cold environment in the northeast is three points worse than marching and fighting.
It is also thanks to the fact that the four of them have endured hardships and sins, and they would have collapsed long ago if they were ordinary people.
"Tang Ao, good news, we have taken a turn around the village, and there has been no change recently, it seems that our trip is very well hidden!"
Qiu Man was full of joy, since he went deep into the hinterland of Goguryeo, in order to act cautiously, no matter in front of or after people, the four of them have always been called by the proposed identity, Qiu Man is the eldest brother, Qin Feng changed his name to Tang Ao, and Xuan Bing is nameless, using his original name.
At first, I was a little unaccustomed to it, and it was natural to scream and scream.
"Expected!" Qin Feng smiled arrogantly, a king of special forces, if he was not even proficient in reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, even if he had a thousand lives, it would not be enough for him to squander it. Since they were separated from those two identical girls, there have been people who have been following them, but in the eyes of Qin Feng, a tracking expert, the level of these people is simply to stay at the level of a child's house, plus there is also a killer-born Xuan Bing from the side, this batch of tracking is traceless, under the joint efforts of the two, they can kill as many as they come, and in more than ten days, the two have killed no less than three hundred people. The tacit cooperation between the two also amazed Qiu Man.
The day before yesterday, when he learned that he was close to hating their old lair, Qin Feng shook off the tail behind him with the old sections learned by later generations, such as the false and the real, the true and the false.
Qin Feng handed the hot water to Qiu Man: "Our hard work these days is finally worth it, I didn't expect it to be so smooth." After a pause, he said: "Let's settle down in this village first, and the eldest brother might as well give the owners of restaurants, medical halls, and Qinglou a little benefit, and let them help us keep an eye on whether there are strangers during this time." This small village is the only nearest supply point at the foot of Taibai Mountain, and I am sure that even if someone tracks it down, they will definitely resupply it here when it is cold and snowy. Your stronghold in Taibai Mountain must not be known to outsiders, if the news leaks, whether it is the Rongliu Wang Gao Jianwu or the Yuan clan, they will definitely regard us as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh, even if they will not send troops to encircle and suppress for a while, but it will also put us in a disadvantageous situation, and it is not conducive to future actions. If they raise an army to attack, it will be a fatal disaster for the fathers and villagers in the mountains. In this regard, we should be especially cautious and cautious. ”
"Brother Tang Ao is right, but don't worry. Over the years, we have relied on the word prudence to survive, otherwise we would have died at the hands of these dog thieves. Qiu Man smiled confidently, and after a while, he asked suspiciously, "In your opinion, which force are these trackers?" ”
"It's nothing more than two aspects, the Yuan clan and those two women." Qin Feng played with the water cup and said eloquently: "The dead soldiers of the Yuan clan let us slaughter Jingguang, so the Yuan clan can be excluded. ”
"You're talking about the two women who sent them?"
There is no more appropriate explanation. Think about it, we arrived in Liaodong from Youzhou, and the road was calm, but why did all kinds of ghosts jump out after separating from those two women? So, I think nine times out of ten it has something to do with those two women. ”
"Good intentions are not rewarded, if you knew this, you shouldn't have saved them." Qiu Man also agreed with Qin Feng's analysis, and said with some hatred, if it weren't for Qin Feng's keen insight, I am afraid that these people would really have to track down to the secret stronghold, once the survivors' secrets are exposed, it will definitely be a catastrophe for these poor survivors.
"Those two women talk about being extraordinary, have a good family education, they were hunted down by the dead soldiers of the Yuan family, their identities are almost exposed, they are either the royal children of Goguryeo, or they are the families that do not obey the suppression of the Yuan family, and in Goguryeo, the Yuan family is in power, it is not an exaggeration to say that the family is dominant, and there must be very few families who dare to oppose the Yuan family, and if you follow this line of thought, your identity will be easily revealed."
"But why did they send someone to follow us?" Qiu asked incomprehensibly.
Qin Feng smiled slightly: "There is a saying that the enemy of the enemy is a friend, they saw us and learned that it was the warrior of the Yuan clan, and they did not hesitate to kill them, which is enough to prove that we and the Yuan clan are not all the way, they are not the opponents of the Yuan clan, but whoever is the enemy of the Yuan clan, they will definitely spare no effort to win over, seek help from foreign aid, and consolidate and strengthen their own strength." ”
"That's a good thing!"
"It's a good thing indeed. But......" Qin Feng saw through Qiu Man's thoughts, and smiled: "However, you have suffered a lot, I can't, don't dare, and won't joke with everyone's lives." Under the Yellow Spring, what face do I have to face the millions of loyal souls buried here? Gambling with more than 100,000 lives? I don't know what other people will choose, but I definitely can't do that kind of immoral thing. Even if I can get by, Your Majesty can't spare me. ”
"The general is merciful, and the haters thank the general for his compassion." Qiu Man burst into tears, pushing the golden mountain and kowtowing to Qin Feng like a jade pillar. He was familiar with Qin Feng's plan, what he was most worried about was that Qin Feng was using everyone's lives as bait, and now, with Qin Feng's promise, he was completely relieved, seeing that the Tang Emperor and the best young general of the Tang Dynasty attached so much importance to it, his heart was warm, and he felt that it was worth the trip.