The day's journey was quite smooth, in addition to the difficulty of replenishing water from the water source, the dry food was enough to eat, so there was no delay along the way, and finally arrived at Hedu in the afternoon of the day queen.

For the sudden appearance of a surging river in this four-sided wasteland, it is really eye-catching. Listening to the rolling river, the soldiers who followed it soon burst into a commotion.

"There's a river here...... It's strange, it's all wasteland, and there's no sign of a river......"

"What's so strange is that it's just a river...... But I had even seen the sea back then, and it was much more spectacular than that. ”

"The river is not as spectacular as the sea...... But I don't know how water-based...... If you fall into the water in a while, you can take a hand......"

"I won't be ...... either"

All of a sudden, dozens of soldiers said that they didn't know how to water, and even more soldiers who looked at the river without speaking for a long time were obviously frightened and very afraid.

Seeing this, Li Rusong's heart became more and more anxious, and he looked around but did not see the boat passing. At this time, the morale of the army was also quite unstable, and if there was a real war, it would inevitably be bad.

Thinking like this, he hurriedly walked over to the side and shouted to the soldiers, "With a wooden stick in your mouth." ”

As soon as the words fell, more than fifty soldiers immediately took out a wooden stick from their pockets and bit it tightly in their mouths.

This method is often used in night raids, with a ring on the horse's mouth and a wooden stick in the soldier's mouth, both to prevent noise and to mutiny for the soldier's words.

At this time, what Li Rusong did was that he was afraid that the soldiers would say too much and wreck, although it was a little strange, but the effect was really good.

It's just that standing by the river like this is not a solution, there are no boats crossing the river on this water, and there is no bridge for people to cross.

Li Ruxuan, who was more familiar with this area, looked around, his face was a little heavy, and he said in a deep voice: "Back then, this side was still very prosperous, and there were many boats walking on both sides of the river...... Now I can't even see a human figure. ”

"Most of them are also like the villages and towns in the Black Dragon Valley." Shen Wuyan sighed lightly, but secretly thought in his heart that it was probably because the enemy deliberately took away all the ships of this generation in order to ambush.

If nothing else, a ship will come soon, and it will be a ship they can prepare.

Sure enough, before Shen Wuyan could turn around, he heard Li Rusong exclaim in surprise and said, "A ship is coming......

Following Li Rusong's gaze, Shen Wuyan saw a small boat slowly rowing over. The boat is small, and it can only pass four or five people at a time, and I am afraid that the boat will not be able to fit in more.

After a while, the boat gradually approached the shore, and it could be seen that the rowing person was a middle-aged man, who did not look like a Ming man. However, most of the people I met here would not be Ming, and most of them were Jurchens and Mongols.

"How many of you want to cross the river?"

was thinking about how to talk to the middle-aged man, but when he heard that the other party was actually speaking a proficient Ming official language, several people on the shore were really surprised.

But he soon regained his look, after all, this was also a prosperous place back then, and there was no shortage of Ming people in the past, so it was not uncommon to speak the official language of the Ming Dynasty.

"Why are you a boatman in this area?" Li Rusong was a little anxious, after all, these soldiers behind him didn't know the nature of water, and they definitely wanted to cross the shore by boat, and now there is only this small boat here, which is really a little inconvenient.

He was even more worried, because the soldiers of the large battalion were elite, but they were better at cooperating, so that this line was a group, and if it was cut apart, it would be abandoned.

At this time, if the soldiers were to be transported separately to the opposite bank, if the enemy launched a surprise attack on the way, neither side could resist, so it was necessary for these soldiers to cross the river together.

In fact, the river is not very deep, but the current is a little stronger, and the soldiers are afraid of water, so they need to cross the river by boat. And this river, in fact, can only float such a big boat.

As for the two sides of the river, it is said to be wide, but it is also relative to this wasteland, in fact, it is only seven or eight zhang wide, as long as you dare to go into the water, you can completely walk across the river.

But even so, the first question is how to get these soldiers down the river, they are afraid of water, so forcing them down the river will only cause more trouble.

Just as Li Rusong was thinking about it, the boatman said loudly: "I am the only boatman in this area...... There are a lot of people in your group...... A total of two taels of silver...... Whoever gets on the boat first, five people at a time...... Don't waste time......"

Listening to the boatman's urging, Li Rusong's heart became even more anxious. Seeing Shen Wuyan slowly stepping forward, he said softly: "There is no need to be so troublesome, please ask the shopkeeper to help you transport the carriage over first." ”

The boatman hesitated slightly, glanced at the carriage a few times, and said coldly: "This carriage is big, so the carriage is on the boat, and it can only be watched by one person." ”

Shen Wuyan was exactly like this, so he took the opportunity of transporting the carriage to send several other officials of the mission, as well as Lord Yang's master and servant, and Li Ruxuan to the other side first.

Seeing that the carriage and the officials arrived safely on the opposite bank, Li Rusong gradually breathed a sigh of relief, and when the boat rowed across the opposite bank, he said softly: "Mr. Shen took the soldiers over, and I can watch from here......

Shen Wuyan shook his head, then waved his hand at the boatman, and said, "Okay......"

The boatman and Li Rusong were surprised at the same time, and hurriedly asked, "But the river?" ”

Then the boatman continued, "Look at these little brothers, they don't know how to be water...... How do you cross the river without taking a boat? ”

Shen Wuyan smiled faintly at the boatman, but he always watched the boatman's every move in his heart, but when he saw that his eyes would sweep across the river from time to time, he immediately understood the problem.

"Young people, how can you be afraid...... Looking down, the river is not deep, you can walk through it, and it is a waste of silver to take a boat...... There is no silver for them to sail ......."

As he spoke, Shen Wuyan took out a tael of silver from his sleeve and threw it to the boatman, then turned around to look at Li Rusong, who was surprised, and said in a very subtle voice: "There is something wrong with the boatman...... There may be an ambush in the river......"

Li Rusong glanced at the boatman, and saw that the boatman didn't care about the silver that Shen Wuyan threw over, but showed a trace of resentment in his eyes, and then looked at the soldiers deeply, as if he was a little disappointed.

"Sure enough, there is a problem...... Just how do you cross the river without taking a boat? Li Rusong's face was bitter.

A smile flashed at the corner of Shen Wuyan's mouth, and then he slowly walked towards the dazed soldiers, motioned for them to remove the wooden stick from his mouth, and then said loudly: "It's still early at this time, I want to play a game with everyone...... What do you think? ”

When the soldiers saw that Li Rusong on the side acquiesced, they removed the wooden sticks one after another, and immediately began to discuss, but it was not the game that Shen Wuyan said, but the fact that Shen Wuyan did not let them take the boat.

There were even more daring soldiers who scolded loudly, in short, with all kinds of words.

Li Rusong was about to get angry, but was hurriedly stopped by Shen Wuyan, and then he continued: "Now if anyone can turn ten times in place, I will give him ten taels of silver......

As soon as the words fell, they immediately attracted everyone's attention, so the previous noise gradually stopped, and began to talk about this matter of ten taels of silver.

Ten taels of silver is not much for the soldiers of the capital battalion, but it is not a small amount. It only takes ten turns in place to get it, so most of the soldiers still don't believe it.

Li Rusong was also very curious when he saw Shen Wuyan like this, and secretly thought in his heart what this had to do with crossing the river.

Even when everyone is coming and going, no one is willing to stand up and turn these ten circles.

Shen Wuyan was not in a hurry, he sat aside casually, just looking at these soldiers with solemn faces, after all, ten taels of silver was still a good temptation, and it was just ten turns.

Finally, a sturdy soldier walked out of the ranks, he had insulted Shen Wuyan just now, and when he walked out, he immediately caused all kinds of discussions.

He blushed, and didn't look at Shen Wuyan and the soldiers around him, he directly lowered his head and quickly completed the ten circles.

Shen Wuyan smiled with satisfaction, then took out ten taels of silver from his sleeve and threw it to the soldier, and said lightly: "You are very brave." ”

The soldier got the silver, but he still felt guilty for insulting Shen Wuyan just now, and couldn't help but bow to Shen Wuyan with a fist, and soon returned to the team.

In this way, the voices of the soldiers gradually became less and less discussed, and more of them regretted why they had not turned these ten circles just now.

At this moment, Shen Wuyan suddenly said again: "It's really simple to turn around, so there are ten taels of silver...... Now it is more difficult to come, and whoever walks into this river for five steps, I will give him a tael of silver. ”

Suddenly increased to one or two silver, which immediately caused a commotion. One tael of silver was almost a few years of their income, which was really not a small amount, so a few people were eager to try it soon.

It's just that after all, he was afraid of the water, so he still cowered, and no one dared to step forward into the water.

A few soldiers walked to the riverbank, but they quickly retracted their feet, and finally did not dare to take another half step.

But the temptation of a tael of silver was too great, and this time it did not take long to wait, and immediately a soldier rushed out and hurried towards the river.

This man was perhaps the most water-feared of the soldiers, so as soon as he ran out, he caused a burst of laughter, probably thinking that he would eventually retreat.

But the soldier did not retreat, but paused before the bank of the river, and then ran down the river and sped forward. He even took a few more steps in this run.

When he stopped, he dared to open his eyes and look back, and he was immediately overjoyed and said loudly: "I'm not dead...... It's just like that down the river......"

Shen Wuyan smiled faintly, motioned for him to return to the shore, and then took out another tael of silver and handed it to him.

So the soldier returned to the ranks under the envious gaze of everyone, and this time there were more regrets.