Chapter 222: Officers and Rebels
On the second day, the caravan escort who had inquired about the news from Suiguo returned.
The news brought is that along the border line, there are small groups of rebels, and there is no big force, and it is not until the sphere of influence in Luzhou that there is the largest chaotic army, the Wolf Army.
Qi Lie groaned, waved forward, and the caravan slowly set off, heading towards Suiguo.
A small group of chaotic troops, as long as it is not a large-scale assembly of tens of thousands of people, the caravan will not be afraid when it meets, after all, the fire gate is the second largest faction in the country, it will always make people a little jealous, and this caravan has more than a thousand guards, all of them are samurai of the third order or above, and when encountering an ordinary rebel army composed of ordinary people, there is no problem for one person to resist ten, and even ordinary guys have learned one and a half tricks of self-defense......
The caravan slowly stepped into the territory of Suiguo.
Along the way, you can see trampled farmland and smoky houses, although there are not ten rooms and nine empty, ten rooms and five or six empty are still there, and there is a depressed scene.
Qu Shan couldn't help but be deeply suspicious at this time, when Mr. Sun met him for the first time, he actually said that Suiguo was a rare rich country in the East, where was this wealth reflected......
After passing village after village, the caravan slowly advanced, and for several days, all the refugees were encountered, and the rumored rebel army was not seen.
Qu Shan was muttering to himself, on this day, just out of a mountain pass, suddenly gongs and drums were beating in front of him, and a large area of ragged and ragged soldiers with "weapons" appeared in front of him.
Their weapons, including hoes, shovels, sticks, and other agricultural tools, as well as some inferior broadswords and spears, made the whole team look like an army of refugees, blocking the path of the caravan, densely packed with thousands of people.
The first person was carrying a good knife, shaking his legs, his eyes squinting at the sky, touching the stubble on his face, and roaring: "Which caravan is ahead, passing by Grandpa's territory, don't hurry up and offer money!"
Qu Dan looked at it and laughed, this person, his strength is only the sixth order, and the army behind him is an ordinary person who does not have the slightest combat effectiveness, thinking that he is taking advantage of the strong wind of civil strife to become a bandit who blocks the road and robs the dart.
It's okay, this thief didn't break out that classic line......
For this group of robbers, the caravan estimated that there was no threat, so they breathed a sigh of relief, but Chief Sun still stepped forward, clasped his hands into fists and said: "I, Sun Xin, am a caravan under the Fire Worship Gate, please be accommodating and give way ......to the mountain gods."
"Worship the Fire Gate?!" The bandit leader was taken aback, and immediately had a trace of jealousy, "You said worship the Fire Gate, how do I know that you didn't lie to me? Hurry up and offer the money, and Grandpa will let you go!"
Sun Xin sneered, and a sign with a bright red flame was thrown far away. The bandit leader picked it up and looked at it, his face immediately changed greatly, and he dropped the sign and ran: "Grandpa has found the wrong person, grandma's, withdraw!
After a while, the chaotic crowd dispersed without a trace.
The caravan set off again.
Qu Shan nodded thoughtfully, it seems that although Baihuomen is countless times smaller than Longmen Mountain, it is still a little famous in Suiguo, at least it can bluff some unpopular characters.
Walked for a few more days.
The caravan continued to encounter the "rebel army" blocking the road and robbing it, but after hearing the name of the fire gate, they immediately avoided it far away.
However, Qu Shan still saw from these chaotic armies that the civil strife in Suiguo had indeed risen to a certain level. These people are obviously taking advantage of the fire to rob, if there is control by the government, can such a situation occur?
To this day, I still don't understand why so many people rebelled when there were so many lessons from the failure of the uprising?
Resist Suiguo, or rebel against Longmen Mountain?
It seems that these two guys are the same giants, and they are not at all something that ordinary people can deal with......
Twenty days later, the caravan left one of the border states and entered the second, Wuzhou.
Along the way, refugees can be seen everywhere, and the chaotic army that is simply armed every now and then is full of smoke and miasma, which makes Qu Dan frown tightly.
This country is too different from the Suiguo in his impression, and he even wonders if he is in the wrong place, the rumored rich and beautiful commercial country, is this?
The boundary of Wuzhou is obviously different from the border, walking here, the caravan gradually saw the traces of the battle between the official army and the chaotic army, walking on the main road, across the road, you will find several decomposed military corpses, emitting a foul smell.
The caravan everyone looked at it more and more heavily, and it was undeniable that when they arrived here, there were already regular rebels, who could fight each other with the officers and soldiers, and their combat effectiveness was definitely not low, not those who could be intimidated by just worshipping the volcano before.
The further you went, the more obvious the traces of the battle became, and finally, in a place of great plains, a tragic battlefield appeared in everyone's sight.
The flag is broken, the corpses are all over the field, and the ghosts are full of ghosts.
Countless vultures hovered over the battlefield, adding a touch of gloom to the vast plains.
Everyone in the caravan was stunned, there were no less than 10,000 dead corpses on this battlefield, and they didn't know how tragic the battle situation was at that time.
Qi Lie and the others felt bad, urging the caravan and speeding up the journey even more.
1 day, 2 days, 3 days......
More than ten days later, they had reached the edge of Wuzhou, and strangely enough, there were no rebels blocking the way, and everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
After Wuzhou, we arrived at the boundary of Luzhou.
Although Luzhou has the largest rebel wolf army, the caravan is not very worried, after all, Luzhou is adjacent to the autonomous territory of the fire gate, no matter how arrogant the wolf is, he always has to give the fire gate a little face, because once he angers the fire gate, and the government army is flanked on both sides, his rebels are afraid that there will be no place to stand.
At night, camp.
"With the country's journey, I have already walked more than half, tomorrow I will be able to cross Wuzhou and enter the border of Luzhou, the support team in the door should be almost there, everyone hold on a little longer, and you can go home." Qi Lie cheered up the caravan's fellow guards.
"Boss Qi, how long will you rest after you go back this time? Isn't it time for this civil strife to be over, let's set off again?" I haven't seen the cub at home for several years, and I don't know how tall he has grown...... "A guy named Lao Li asked.
Qi Lie nodded: "I will explain this matter to the sect, everyone rest assured, when you go out, you will definitely ensure your safety!"
"Follow Boss Qi, there's nothing to say!" The brothers are convinced, and there hasn't been any mistake over the years...... Lao Li stood up and said.
Everyone nodded, and Qi Lie's prestige in the caravan was convincing to everyone.
Just as everyone was chatting hotly, several guards in the distance suddenly rushed over.
Before the people arrived, they immediately shouted loudly: "Oh no, no, no, a large number of troops have been found on the other side of the mountain, coming towards us!"
Wow –
The crowd was shocked.
"What are you talking about, how many people are there in the army, officers or rebels?" Qi Lie immediately jumped up and grabbed this person's neck and asked.
"It's too dark to see clearly, but there are a lot of them, and they're driving towards us along the official road!" the guard gasped and looked panicked.
"How far is it?" Qi Lie asked in a deep voice.
"Probably, an hour to come to us. ”
Qi Lie was silent for a moment, and immediately raised his hand to command: "Whether it is the official army or the rebels, it is not a good thing for us, immediately drive the thunder dragon into the field, everyone, hurry up and move the caravan to the cliff over there, with your back against the cliff!"
The entire caravan immediately became active, and in the night, a thunder dragon was driven off the official road, jumped into the field, and then headed towards the mountain not far away.
The team had to stand against the mountain before the army arrived.
In this way, even if they are attacked by the army, they do not have to worry about being attacked on their backs, they only need to hold one side.
General Manager Sun commanded his leaders, arranged for the thunder dragon and horses, and drove them to the official road, while the guards of the caravan, under the leadership of Pei Qishan, the commander of the guards, came to the front of the caravan and formed a formation to block the army that might appear at any time.
Roar, roar –
The Brontosaurus let out a thunderous cry at night, causing everyone's faces to change.
This voice will be heard by the army in front of it for dozens of miles, and there will be less time left for them!
"Quick, quick! speed up!" Mr. Sun yelled.
At this time, they were competing for time with each other, and everyone's hearts were like beating a drum, knocking and knocking, suppressing their hurried footsteps.
After more than half an hour, finally, the last thunder dragon was also driven off the official road, not far from the cliff.
However, the army also slowly appeared in front of the mountain, black shadows, a string with no end in sight, I don't know how many people.
Moreover, this army was solemn and neat, and there was no sound in the night, which made the hearts of everyone in the caravan sink hard.
This is not a rebel army, and the rebel army definitely does not have such strict discipline! Moreover, no rebel army will march at night! In this way, there is only one possibility, and that is the official army, the army of the country!
It's just that even if you encounter the official army, everyone doesn't have any ease.
The civil strife more than 20 years ago, many people in the caravan have experienced, at that time, the officers and soldiers were no different from bandits, seeing the caravan, the robbery was even more ruthless than the rebels!
The sound of neat footsteps suddenly stopped, and the sound of countless horses' hooves suddenly sounded in the darkness, approaching the caravan, forming a large circle on the outside of the caravan in the blink of an eye.
A voice echoed in the darkness: "Which rebel army in Wuzhou is ahead, report your name! General Wuzhou will lead troops to exterminate you and others, surrender quickly! Otherwise, there will be no mercy!"
The song list was mixed in with the crowd, and the army in the darkness could be seen clearly.
There were about more than 10,000 sergeants and hundreds of cavalry, and at this time, under the cover of the cavalry, the infantry behind was slowly surrounding the caravan.
"This general, we are not rebels, but a caravan from the Fire Gate, and we are returning to the Fire Gate territory from the Snow Clan, and I ask the general to be accommodating......" Sun Xin's voice spread far away.
"Caravan?bah, it's been more than half a year since the riot, and there are caravans walking outside?Who are you fooling, I think you must be rebels, sign up quickly, we won't kill the nameless under the general's sword!"
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