The daily life of Dali Siqing

Chapter 478
Jiangnan, Yuezhou.

A team of well-equipped soldiers is escorting the military pay of the Shenwu Army for the past two years.

The Shenwu Army is one of the six armies of the Great Zhou Emperor.

Among the Sixth Army of the Son of Heaven, the Imperial Forest Army is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, responsible for defending the capital and even comforting the entire Gyeonggi region.

The Changlin army is the prince's pro-army, with the smallest number of people, only maintaining an establishment of 3000 people, and the prince directly commands it.Established by Taizu, its purpose is to ensure that the princes of all dynasties can understand military affairs, so that there will be no result that a certain generation of emperors will personally conquer the entire army because they do not understand military affairs, and they will be captured by others.

The Tiance Army is the northern frontier army of the Great Zhou Dynasty, mainly engaged in the war against Dagan and the mobile defense of the northern border.

The Shence Army is a large army in the western region of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It is mainly responsible for suppressing the countries in the Western Regions, ensuring the smooth commercial roads in the Western Regions of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the submission of the countries in the Western Regions.

The Longwu Army is the main force in the northeast of the Great Zhou Dynasty, mainly guarding against King Zhao's changes, and attacking Jiannu by the way.

Finally, there is the Shenwu Army.

This is the largest army among the six armies of the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It is responsible for defending against the enemy's raids on the eastern coast, attacking the restless countries in the southern border, and the chieftain who wants to cause chaos.

The military pay of the Sixth Army is generally sent by myself to participate in the escort.

In addition to reassuring the soldiers, it can also greatly improve the fighting spirit of the escorts. You must know that it is all their money!Isn't this robbing the military pay just robbing their hard-earned money? !

At this time, the escorting sergeants will burst into full combat power!

"General Cheng, why did the imperial court choose this rainy day to deliver the payment!? This road is too difficult!"

The adjutant in charge of escort couldn't help complaining.

The Jiangnan area is mostly hilly, and the official roads are not easy to repair, and when it rains, the roads immediately become muddy.

"We have worked harder, but the brothers in the southern border are all waiting for this batch of money!"

General Cheng comforted his complaining subordinates.

"But we don't need to travel all night!"

"It's a barren mountain, and it's raining heavily. If there is any accident if we don't stay in the same place, and according to the original plan, we will rush to Songyang County, but the trip is delayed because of the muddy road! We still have to take advantage of it." The sky has not completely darkened yet, let’s go a little longer and try to get to Songyang County to rest and order the troops to speed up!”

The current Shenwu Army is very embarrassing. There is still a distance from Songyang County. The difficulty is that it is really difficult to carry out in the rain. Even if you want to find a place to temporarily shelter from the rain, there is no such place along the way that can accommodate 3000 people from the Shenwu Army. People and horses.

"My lord, it's bad! A wheel in the rear team got stuck in the mud!"

When General Cheng heard this, his head hurt. This was the fifth time today!

Just now, each cart was full of eight silver boxes. The carts were too heavy, and the carriage would sink into the road without taking a few steps.

The Shenwu army in charge of escorting has been changing all the time, and it was rare to send money during the rainy season before, so the leading general of the Shenwu army didn't know what would happen during the escort, so they were completely unprepared.

In desperation, the silver box could only be partially removed from the cart and placed on the cavalry's horse instead, ensuring that only four silver boxes could be loaded on a cart.

In this way, the weight of the vehicle is greatly reduced, and the vehicle is not as easy to get stuck in the mud as before.

"one two Three!"

"one two Three!"

With the efforts of more than a dozen soldiers, the muddy vehicle was pushed out.

"Quickly check the condition of the vehicle and check whether the silver box is fixed?!"

"Yes!"

After a busy pass, the team returned to normal again.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, but the strict military discipline of the Shenwu Army allowed them to maintain a neat line in the heavy rain.

After another ten miles, he came to a river.

Because of the continuous rainfall, the river has obviously risen, and a stone bridge spans the river.

I don't know if it's because the temperature drops at night, and the riverside is filled with fog!

This made General Cheng, who led troops all the year round, feel that something was wrong!

"Scout across the river to check!!"

The scout accompanying the army saluted and said, "Take orders!"

Two scouts stepped out of the PLA army, reached the opposite bank from the stone bridge, and soon lost their traces in the thick fog!
After about a moment, two scouts rushed out of the fog.

"My lord! All is well ahead!"

General Cheng has been in the army for many years, and he always felt that the fog was strange, but the scouts reported that nothing happened, and General Cheng let go of his slightly hanging heart!
Just as General Cheng was about to give the order to cross the river, suddenly there was a sound of armor colliding on the other side of the river, followed by the neighing of war horses!

"Tread! Tread! Tread"

Then the sound of uniform steps sounded on the other side of the river.

"The whole army is on alert!"

The elite of the Shenwu Army, at the moment of General Cheng's order, they performed their duties, grasped the swords, guns, bows and crossbows in their hands, and looked in the direction of the stone bridge warily.

The marching sound of this army is getting louder and louder, it seems to be on the other side of the stone bridge!
"I am the guerrilla general of the Longwu Army, Cheng Lixue. I don't know which guard's brother is opposite, so I invite the leading general to come and answer!"

"answer……"

Between the hills, Cheng Lixue's voice kept echoing, but the sound of marching on the other side remained the same, but no one answered.

This made Cheng Lixue's doubts even deeper. In the territory of Yuezhou, it was impossible for any other country's established army to appear.

At most, there will be a small group of Japanese pirates, but there will never be such a neat march.

The lieutenant at the side couldn't help shivering in this weird atmosphere, and then said to Cheng Lixue.

"General, could this be a ghost!?"

Cheng Lixue glared at the lieutenant general, "What nonsense are you talking about?! In broad daylight, the universe is clear, where did the ghost come from!?"

The lieutenant looked helplessly at the moon covered by dark clouds and the rain that was falling more and more, all right, you are the general, whatever you say, be what you say!

Just when Cheng Lixue was about to continue asking questions, a voice came from the other side of the river, confirming what the lieutenant general said just now.

"The ghost soldiers pass through the passage, the ghosts avoid, and the strangers retreat!"

The voice was deep and resonant, as if it came from hell. Cheng Lixue, who was in front of the team, saw an extremely strange scene in the mist.

A man with a bull's head and a man with a horse's face passed by the other side of the river holding a battle flag.

Cheng Lixue could even see the two battle flags clearly.

On one side is the Chinese Army's big flag, which is full of blood and damage, but with a big "white" written in seal script.

The other side is an ordinary battle flag, also in seal script, with a "Qin" written on it.

"Where is the evildoer! How dare you act presumptuously in front of this general!"

Cheng Lixue shouted sharply, but she lacked confidence.

Although Cheng Lixue is a master of Yuanhua Realm, but it's not clear whether it's a human or a ghost, which makes Cheng Lixue not nervous.

The other party didn't seem to hear Cheng Lixue's question, but just shouted to himself.

"The ghost soldiers pass through the passage, the ghosts avoid, and the strangers retreat!"

Now the scene looks even weirder!
Just when Cheng Lixue was about to order to shoot arrows to test, a voice came from the mist.

"It's a fate to meet each other, borrow money and use it, and return it in the future!"

After speaking, there seemed to be a figure in the mist bowing towards Cheng Lixue from afar!
"The whole army is on alert!"

The word "payment" obviously touched Cheng Lixue's most sensitive nerve.

But after the other party finished speaking, there was no change at all, they just marched on their own, until a quarter of an hour later, there was no movement at all on the other side!

"Take three people from each team to check the payment seal, and the rest of the soldiers continue to be on guard!"

The pouring rain and the dark sky made the hearts of all soldiers tense.

All the silver boxes have seals, and in order to prevent the rain from getting wet on the seals, a layer of leather is specially covered on them, but at this time, I don't care so much, the inspection is important.

After the cup of tea time, the whole army has been inspected!
"My lord, all the seals are intact! Nothing abnormal!"

Cheng Lixue frowned, could it be that he really encountered something from the underworld? !
"You wait here, I'll find out the truth from the other side!!"

"My lord!? No way! How can a person disturb the souls of the dead!?"

Cheng Lixue smiled disdainfully, "What ghosts and ghosts, I have killed eighty if not a hundred souls, if there were any souls, they would have come to me long ago!"

Obviously one cannot show timidity in front of subordinates, Cheng Lixue patted his horse across the bridge and reached the opposite bank, but did not find anything unusual.

Even on the other side of the river, there were only four rows of horseshoe prints. Judging from the color of the hoofs, it was exactly the color of the Shenwu Army, and it should have been left by the two scouts who were scouting back and forth just now.

In addition, there are no obvious traces on the other side of the river, let alone traces of a large number of soldiers passing by!
Cheng Lixue shivered suddenly when he thought of the cows and horses he saw in the mist, did he really run into a ghost!
After confirming that there was really no one around, Cheng Lixue reined in and went back.

"There is nothing abnormal on the other side, the army continues to move forward!"

Cheng Lixue's answer caused a slight commotion in the army. In this era, feudal superstition is still very popular. Many people heard the sound of marching just now, but now Cheng Lixue said that there is no abnormality. This is too unscientific!

Fortunately, the military discipline of the Shenwu Army is strict, and the orders are like a mountain. Although they have doubts, they still follow forward!
A figure rode to Cheng Lixue's side, "How is General Cheng?! What's going on!"

This person is Qinglong, the commander of Jinyi Weidong Town Fusi.

In order to prevent the gangsters from cheating on this batch of money, the commander of the Fusi of Jinyi Weidong Town made Qinglong personally hide in the army, and escorted the money with the [-] army.

Cheng Lixue told Qinglong what he saw and heard just now.

Even experts at the Dongxuan Realm will find it difficult to encounter such weird things.

"I've confirmed that there is no ambush on the other side, let's speed up and leave this weird place as soon as possible!"

Upon hearing this, Qinglong nodded in agreement.

"Wait for you to lead the army to move on, I will go to investigate nearby."

"it is good!"

In this strange atmosphere, three thousand soldiers of the Liberation Movement arrived in Songyang County through the rain and night.

After entering the city, Cheng Lixue let out a long breath. The atmosphere just now was so weird that even a person who didn't believe in gods and Buddhas on weekdays felt horrified.

"General Cheng, how long have you been resting here?"

The person who received Cheng Lixue was the magistrate of Songyang County, and someone of his rank would definitely not know the route of escort, but Cheng Lixue had documents from the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of Yuezhou in his hand, so the magistrate of Songyang County would naturally try his best to cooperate.

"This kind of rain has a great impact on the march, and it may disturb Gui County for one night!"

People respect me one foot, and I respect others ten feet.

Seeing that Cheng Lixue was so polite, the Songyang County magistrate was very polite, "You are welcome, General Cheng. You have worked tirelessly to defend the country and defend the border. Naturally, we will fully cooperate! At this moment, the city defense camp in Songyang County can accommodate the army to rest, how about General Cheng led his troops to station there!"

"good!"

Cheng Lixue arrived at the place where the Songyang City Defense Army was stationed under the leadership of the Songyang County Captain.

Songyang County is a small county, and the city defense force only has more than [-] people. They are all recruited from the people in Songyang County. They only manage law and order and picket bandits on weekdays.

Although there are not many people, the barracks are still spacious.

There is still a large open space for the Shenwu army to set up camp!

"General Cheng! The county magistrate has already arranged a post for the general and several lieutenants. Why don't General Cheng follow the officials to rest!"

Cheng Lixue waved his hand, "Don't bother the county magistrate and the county lieutenant! The general has always lived and boarded with the soldiers under his command, so there is no need for a post station! But if it is possible, I need to trouble the county magistrate to send some hot soup and towels. "

Although there are coir raincoats, the coir raincoats cannot completely resist such a heavy rain. If one is not careful, soldiers in the army will be easily infected with wind and cold.

"Don't worry, General Cheng! The county magistrate has already made arrangements!"

After the arrangements were made, Cheng Lixue ordered the silver box to be unloaded and sent to the camp, where the remaining two Yuanhuajing experts accompanying the army would take care of it.

"careful!"

"Slower!"

Finally rushed to the county seat, which made the soldiers who were nervous because of the passage of Yin soldiers heaved a sigh of relief, and began to unload the silver box.

One of the soldiers suddenly felt weak all over, his body was a little hot, and he suddenly lost strength in his hands. As soon as he let go of his hands, the silver box fell to the ground.

"Little Five! Little Five!"

Seeing that Pao Ze fell to the ground, the surrounding soldiers surrounded him one after another.

And the silver box that fell to the ground was also turned upside down. The original seal was softened by the rain, and the box was shaken open by such a shock.

But what fell out of it made everyone stand still in place.

Cheng Lixue noticed this, and immediately stepped forward, but only saw bricks falling out of the silver box originally filled with silver ingots.

"how can that be?!"

Cheng Lixue immediately reacted, "Everyone stay in place and don't move! Each team is in line, tear off the seal, and check the situation in the box!"

The lieutenant at the side immediately stepped forward to stop him, "General, you must not! Once the seal is sealed, it will have to be transported to the camp of the Shenwu Army, and the governor will open it in person. If you open the seal here without permission, it will But killing a head is a serious crime!"

Cheng Lixue held the bricks that fell out of the silver box, "It's all the hard-earned money of the brothers. Now that something like this has happened, how can you pretend not to know it? You must check it immediately. If there is any mistake, report it immediately." Court!"

Then Cheng Lixue drew out the sword at his waist, "Everyone listens to my orders, and the team is tearing off the seal and checking the cash box! I, Cheng Lixue, will bear all the crimes caused by this!"

"Bah!"

As all the seals were torn off, the silver box was opened, and the sword in Cheng Lixue's hand fell to the ground, splashing a ball of water.

The sky is falling!

(End of this chapter)