Chapter 114: On the Road (1)
On April 21, Su Tiancheng left Pingyang Fucheng and set off for Jiangning County to take office.
The route of walking has long been determined, it is still from Pinglu to leave Shanxi, enter Henan, pass through Henan Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion, Guide Mansion, from Henan Guide Mansion into Xuzhou Mansion in Nanzhili, pass through Fengyang Mansion, Chuzhou, and enter Yingtianfu.
The distance of the road is close to three thousand miles, and according to the normal time, it will take about half a month, that is to say, the time when Su Tiancheng arrived in Jiangning County is about the fifth day of the fifth month of May.
The team is huge, more than 500 people, including 300 nurses, more than 100 tenants, as for the subordinates of Su Mansion, there are not many, these people are all able to endure hardships, and they don't care about eating and sleeping in the open.
In the team, there is more Liu Joong-ki.
Yoo Joong Ki finally made up his mind and followed Su Tiancheng to Nanzhili.
This is a decision made by Liu Dahua, all his life in the government, Liu Dahua's eyes are very poisonous, he has already seen that Su Tiancheng's future future is by no means ordinary, let Liu Zhongji follow Su Tiancheng, and he will definitely not suffer.
And when the hour came, the great army went out of the city gates.
As soon as he walked onto the official road, several sergeants on horses appeared in front of the team.
A sergeant led by a sergeant clasped his fists and saluted Su Tiancheng.
When Su Tiancheng saw these sergeants, he felt a little familiar.
"My lord, I am following the order of the little prince and hand over a letter to my lord."
Su Tiancheng quickly understood that these sergeants were the guards of the Jin Palace, and he had seen them once.
The guard handed over the letter, and a sandalwood box.
"This is a gift from the little prince to the adults."
Wang Dazhi had already dismounted and picked up the wooden box, which seemed to be a little heavy, and Wang Dazhi seemed very struggling.
Su Tiancheng opened the letter.
In the letter, Zhu Xianxuan talked about his sister Zhu Xianxin, it turned out that Zhu Xianxin was in the house, she couldn't eat or sleep well, Zhu Xianxuan was very anxious, and she also knew that her sister was suffering from lovesickness, and recently, Zhu Xianxin actually wanted to run away from home, and Zhu Xianxuan hurriedly sent a sergeant to watch his sister firmly.
Zhu Xianxuan gave Su Tian thousands of taels of gold, including some expensive gold leaves.
Why did you do this, the letter did not say.
But Su Tiancheng knew the meaning of this, and to solve Zhu Xianxin's problem, only he had the ability, but not now, besides, the blood relationship between Zhu Xianxuan and Zhu Youzhen was already very indifferent.
"Please tell the little prince, I have accepted all the letters and gifts, I have understood the little prince's intentions."
Four days later, the brigade left Shanxi and entered Henan Province in Henan.
Henan is still suffering from famine, and there are many displaced people on the road.
There are too many people, living in the town or the county seat, it is not very realistic, and time does not allow, for several days in a row, everyone is camped next to the official road. It's a bit hard to rush, after eating, everyone rests early, and every morning, they have to set off at midnight, sleep a little longer, and their physical strength is much better.
Su Tiancheng was also ready to rest.
At three o'clock, Su Tiancheng, who was in a daze, heard movement around him, and before he got up, a familiar voice came.
"Childe, something is wrong."
Su Tiancheng got up with a grunt, and Xiong Zijian insisted on being responsible for safety issues. Since he said that something was discovered, there must be something, and it won't be a small thing.
"What's going on?"
"A large number of birds are coming in this direction from the front."
Su Tiancheng's expression became serious, and a large number of birds and birds flew over, which illustrated a situation, there were a lot of people and horses in front of them, coming in this direction, these people and horses alarmed the birds, and the horses could wrap the horses' hooves, but when the horses moved, there was always a sound, and it was inevitable to alarm the birds.
In this place, when he and Qu Qingze traveled, he met Lu and met Liukou, which was really a coincidence.
"Don't alarm everyone, tell all the nurses to get up and get ready."
"Childe, I've made arrangements."
A bright moon hung in the air, and the nursing courtyard was already standing neatly, everyone was holding a steel knife in their hands, but the steel knife had not yet been unsheathed.
"Brothers, the other party's origin is unknown, but it must be coming for us, they came at night, not a good man and a woman, this is already in Henan, we are not familiar with the terrain, I'm afraid there are not many advantages, all the brothers are experienced in a hundred battles, this difficulty, not to stump us, after the battle outside the city of Pingyang Mansion, the brothers' treasure knife, I haven't drunk blood for a long time, today the opportunity comes, we will fight him."
Su Tiancheng's few words stirred up everyone's emotions.
"The fight must not be carried out here, if the other party attacks the female dependents, it will mess up our position, I will take two hundred people to meet these uninvited guests, Xiong Gongzi, you take a hundred people to respond."
The crowd moved slightly, and Xiong Zijian was ready to speak.
"This time is not trivial, I must take the lead, when the brothers start, do not show mercy, regardless of whether the other party surrenders or not, all will be killed, do not leave the troubles, there will be deaths and injuries in the fight, if there is an accident for a brother, your parents are my parents, and your children are my children."
As soon as Su Tiancheng finished speaking, Xiong Zijian stepped forward and knelt in front of Su Tiancheng.
Soon, all the nurses were on their knees.
"Childe, you must not lead the team forward, the brothers have concerns in their hearts, so they can't give it a go, I am still responsible for leading the team, if Childe doesn't agree, I won't get up."
Su Tiancheng was dumbfounded, there was nothing he could do now, the time was too tight, it was impossible to delay, if he insisted, everyone would not get up, and when the other party arrived, the casualties would be even more serious, and he didn't know what would happen to Lu Dao.
Su Tiancheng gritted his teeth and couldn't hesitate.
"Okay, just listen to you, you are responsible, it is enough to leave a few people around me, and you can take all the rest of the brothers."
Xiong Zijian ordered fifty people to follow Su Tiancheng, and these people followed Su Tiancheng along the road.
Su Tiancheng stood in place, looking at the figures of Xiong Zijian and others, disappearing into the darkness, he knew that this fight, the situation is different, since the other party is prepared, it has some combat effectiveness, the moon is dark and the wind is high, it is a good time to kill people and rob money.
These three hundred nursing homes, all of them are top players, they have been trained in the army, and they have not stopped practicing in Su Mansion for so many days, not to mention ordinary rogues, even the great generals in the army, and they are not necessarily their opponents.
The only thing to worry about is the casualties, and it would be a pity if the nursing home suffered heavy losses here.
"Young master, for such a big thing, why don't you tell the concubine."
Su Tiancheng's face showed a bitter expression, originally wanting to hide it from Wang Furong.
Wang Dazhi, who was standing beside him, saw his sister walking to the young master's side, and hurriedly took a few steps back.
"Fleur, go and rest, don't worry, it's not a big deal."
"No, the concubine should be by the young master's side."
Wang Furong walked to Su Tiancheng's side, holding Su Tiancheng's arm, in the early summer night, there was a trace of cool breeze, which was pleasant, Su Tiancheng sighed.
Time passed minute by minute, Su Tiancheng predicted that the other party was about to arrive, and he seemed to feel that a group of black-clothed people, riding horses, holding steel knives, only showed hideous eyes, and the prancing horse whipped over, as if he was already their prey. Su Tiancheng's face showed a sneer, who was the prey, maybe it was unclear.
The screams of the horses came, in this dark night, it was extremely clear, and the sound of knives colliding also came, and Su Tiancheng's face did not have the slightest anxious expression, and it seemed very calm.
Wang Furong was originally a little worried, but when she saw Su Tiancheng's expression, she was very calm, by the young master's side, even if the sky fell, she was not afraid.
Five minutes later, Su Tiancheng spoke to a nursing home beside him.
"You go over and see what the situation is, and report it right away."
The nurse did not hesitate, and after clasping his fists and saluting, he quickly left.
A bigger sword sound sounded, and Su Tiancheng's face also changed a little, could it be that the situation was different, could it be that there were too many people on the other side.
"Fleur, you go and rest, I'll take the nursing home to have a look."
Wang Furong held Su Tiancheng's arm tightly, not speaking, but not letting go.
The nursing home beside Su Tiancheng spoke.
"Young master, Miss Wang, my subordinates used to lead the horses, if anything happens, the young master and Miss Wang leave first, and the subordinates will fight for their lives, and they will also block the enemy."
Seeing such a situation, Su Tiancheng smiled, and a kind of sky-high arrogance appeared on his body.
"Ha Luha, my Su Tiancheng fate is tied to the sky, how can these young people be able to plot, don't worry, there is nothing to do."
The strong self-confidence shown by Su Tiancheng infected everyone.
Half an hour later, Xiong Zijian, who had blood on his face, returned.
Before Su Tiancheng could ask, Xiong Zijian spoke.
"Childe, there are forty-five people on the other side, none of them escaped, the strange thing is that they didn't expect our attack, after encountering an ambush, after a short period of confusion, they immediately regained their composure, and they were able to quickly organize a new offensive, obviously not ordinary people, they should be elite sergeants in the army, and when they were besieged, no one surrendered, they all resisted desperately, and the brothers did not show mercy."
"We killed forty-two people, captured three, forty-five horses, and captured them all."
"How's it going, brothers?"
"Seven brothers were killed in battle, three were seriously wounded, and minor injuries are not counted."
Su Tiancheng's body trembled, these people are Xiong Tingbi's personal soldiers, they have experienced a hundred battles, and after arriving in Pingyang Mansion, they did not relax their training for a moment, besides, two hundred and fifty people, dealing with forty-five people, and there were such casualties, what kind of people are they dealing with.