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After leaving Gaoyang County, Su Tiancheng has two routes to choose from, one is to return to Tianjin, from Tianjin to Dengzhou, this line is slightly farther, but the safety factor is very high, are bustling official roads, the other line, is to enter Dezhou, which is under the jurisdiction of Jinan Prefecture, Shandong, from Dezhou directly to Dengzhou, although it is also an official road, but this route, Su Tiancheng has never walked, not familiar with the situation along the way.

Su Tiancheng still decided, go to Texas, so that you can save some time, besides, there are five hundred soldiers around, what is there to worry about, the security situation in Beizhili has always been good, there is no bandit or anything like that, as for the situation in Shandong, although there may be problems, but the soldiers around him can deal with it, Gaoyang is only more than a thousand miles away from Dengzhou, and if the speed is fast, it can be reached in three or five days.

Chunping and Su Mingyue have already rushed directly to Dengzhou from Tianjin under the escort of a large team, Su Tiancheng took five hundred soldiers, the speed is naturally a lot, and there is nothing to worry about, although it is enough to speed up and hurry.

On the twenty-eighth day of the first month, the team entered the jurisdiction of Dezhou under the jurisdiction of Shandong.

Dezhou is close to Beizhili, when he was in Beizhili, Su Tiancheng felt good, most of the villages and towns were immersed in the atmosphere of the Spring Festival, and the people who saw it on the official road were also smiling, saying that life was still passable, at least the Spring Festival was more comfortable.

Su Tiancheng was not ready to go to the state city of Texas. He didn't want to trouble the government along the way, even when he was in Gaoyang County, Su Tiancheng also specially instructed Sun Quan not to alarm the county government, let alone the government office.

At noon, a large group of people and horses were galloping on the official road. Suddenly stopped.

Without him, the soldiers who were exploring the road in front came to report, saying that there was a checkpoint in front, as if the sergeant of the Inspection Department was inspecting, and looking at the momentum, there were still a lot of people.

Su Tiancheng frowned secretly, after Dolgon wantonly plundered Dengzhou and Laizhou, Fuzhou County in Shandong. Immersed in panic, the government strictly checked, which was not a bad thing, but this type of check, with the evacuation of Dolgon, should be revoked, but unfortunately everyone understands the catty in this. The government's investigation can take the opportunity to extort the people. can get a lot of extra money, especially the businessmen who are ready to enter Dengzhou and Laizhou, with a lot of silver taels, which are the key targets of the government along the road, for this matter, Su Tiancheng once wrote directly to the governor of Shandong. Reprimanding this matter, could it be said that several months have passed, and Shandong is still doing this.

Seeing is believing, and the soldiers' reports are one aspect, and really seeing the deeds of these people. Su Tiancheng was able to make an accurate judgment.

The team slowed down the pace of marching, and Su Tiancheng was wrapped in the middle of the team and headed in the direction of the checkpoint.

Looking at the surrounding situation, Su Tiancheng's doubts are getting bigger and bigger, this area is very desolate, there are no people to see on the official road, and there are no large villages and towns nearby, setting up checkpoints in such a place, there is obviously no oil and water, besides, most of the businessmen who enter Dengzhou and Laizhou pass through the direction of Wuding Prefecture, it is said that there is no need to set up checkpoints in such a place, can it be said that the government does not dare to set up checkpoints in lively places, and move to these remote places.

The place where the checkpoint is set up, at the exit of a valley, this valley is not very big, surrounded by some low hills, bare hills, you can see the whole picture at a glance, there is no place to ambush, even if someone wants to set up an ambush here, it is easy to be discovered, the soldiers around Su Tiancheng are all brave men who have experienced a hundred battles, and they can sensitively perceive that most of these people are scouts, and they are even more sensitive to the terrain.

It is probably that the sergeant who set up the checkpoint did not attract the special attention of the sergeant, which also shows that the combat effectiveness of the sergeant is not very strong, otherwise the reaction of the sergeant would be different.

This situation reminded Su Tiancheng of when he was in Shanxi, when he met Su Tianran and took the sergeant of the Inspection Division to inspect the situation, if this is the case, Su Tiancheng can only reprimand and leave, this situation is common in the interior of the Ming Dynasty, even if it is a matter of killing good people and taking meritorious deeds, there are all kinds of things.

A few minutes later, at the mouth of the valley, Su Tiancheng saw the sergeant who had set up the checkpoint.

The aura revealed by these sergeants is very ordinary, no different from ordinary sergeants, and it can be felt that there is not much murderous aura on these sergeants, on the surface, it is certain that these people have not been on the battlefield, and the sergeants of the inspection departments in various places are unlikely to go into battle to fight.

But Su Tiancheng suddenly had a hint of danger, he didn't know where this feeling came from, starting from Ningyuan, there was no such feeling all the way, but after entering Texas, such a feeling suddenly appeared.

There must be demons when things go wrong, Su Tiancheng has always understood this, these ordinary sergeants, why would they set up checkpoints here, such a remote place, there is no need to set up checkpoints at all, after walking such a long way, Su Tiancheng almost didn't see any ordinary people, let alone businessmen, and this official road is very remote, almost an abandoned official road, could it be said that this time the checkpoint is specifically for himself.

Set up checkpoints, nothing more than to check the road guide and the like, and then be able to ask for some money, meet the honest people, you can also threaten, in the early Ming Dynasty, this kind of inspection is very strict, but also the most effective means for the court to control the people, if there is no road guide, you can directly put into the prison, hundreds of years later, because of the rebellion of the rogue, the harassment of the Houjin, this kind of inspection, slowly became a formality, and no one paid special attention to it, especially in the north, although the rogue was exterminated, But in the past few years, there have been so many disasters and famines, and there are so many displaced people that it is impossible to check the road guides.

Su Tiancheng's identity is different, he doesn't need a guide to go out at all, that is what ordinary people need, and the soldiers who follow him are all wearing armor, plus Su Tiancheng is a member of the imperial court, if he doesn't want to make trouble, he will even hug him when he goes out.

Su Tiancheng was in the middle of the team, looking coldly at the soldiers to negotiate.

The other party's attitude was very indifferent, and the soldier argued with the other party for a few words, and his face turned red.

Soon someone reported to Su Tiancheng that these sergeants who set up checkpoints, claiming to be sergeants from the Texas Inspection Department, were ordered to set up checkpoints here, as for the reason for the establishment, it was said that bandits were rampant in this area, and the people were tricky, so they had to be strictly inspected, and everything should be done in accordance with the system.

Su Tiancheng felt funny, the Texas Prefecture Ya, the level is not high, the sergeant of the inspection department actually knows that Lu Dao adheres to the principle, it is not simple, look at the team he carries, can it be said that there are such arrogant bandits, dare to wear the clothing and armor of the Ming army, and show off their might in broad daylight.

It is precisely because of this that Su Tiancheng is more vigilant, on the Daming realm, whether it is the officers and soldiers of the Inspection Division, or the sergeants of the guard, including the officials from all over the country, they are all very smart, and when they see the formation of the team, they should know the origin, no one will be stupid enough to adhere to any principles, and if they don't do it well, the hat on their heads will fall off.

Su Tiancheng made a gesture with his right hand, and all the sergeants began to be on guard, they knew very well the meaning of this gesture.

After seeing that all the soldiers began to be secretly on guard, Su Tiancheng asked the soldiers to blast away these sergeants from the inspection department and go straight to the road, ignoring these people, no matter what the identity of the other party is, they don't need to care, it is important to rush to Dengzhou as soon as possible.

That's when the change happened.

The momentum on the bodies of these sergeants of the Inspection Division who was in charge of the inspection suddenly changed, and the sergeants who looked very ordinary suddenly burst out with a strong murderous aura.

The guards at the checkpoint were more than 100 people in total, and they were standing very concentrated, but the strange thing was that although they burst out with murderous aura, they were not able to arrange them effectively, and all of them pulled out steel knives, swords or spears, and rushed towards the team.

Although these people burst out of the murderous aura, but such a murderous aura, which is completely different from the middle of the army, is by no means the kind of domineering that is shown on the battlefield, and they do not have the kind of uniform movements in the army, although they are orderly when rushing and killing, and they seem to be organized, but there is no effective protection between each other, and they do not notice the defects in the middle of their own formation.

The soldiers of the scout battalion, who had already prepared the squirt, took out the flintlock pistol, which was a modified short gun, close to the form of a pistol, except that the muzzle was longer.

As the gunshots rang out, the sergeants of the inspection department who rushed to the front fell down one after another, and those behind were still rushing to the front, not showing any fear.

If you want to rely on a hundred or so people, count the five hundred Jiangning battalion soldiers led by Su Tiancheng, this requires courage.

Su Tiancheng's nervous feeling disappeared completely, and was replaced by doubts, who are these people, who can hide the murderous aura on their bodies very well, it is not simple, arquebuses and flintlock pistols, the Ming army basically knows the way, and they also know that the body is unable to fight firearms, besides, organizing such an assassination, the other party did not use firearms for what is the matter, even if it is a less powerful arquebus, it is stronger than charging forward and dying like now.

Soon someone rushed to the front, and the scout battalion soldiers began to fight, some of them rushed straight towards Su Tiancheng's position, the process of the two sides fighting, even more surprising Su Tiancheng, the other party's skills are very good, one move and one style have a plank, but unfortunately, the scout battalion soldiers, pay attention to a move to kill or a move, no matter how fancy you have the posture and action, people's steel knives and spears are aimed at the vital parts, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and there are enemies all around, If you fight your opponent for too long, you will definitely die, and you will not be able to completely defend against so many enemies in front and behind, left and right. (To be continued......)