If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 46 Sancha Ridge

The next day, it was still dark, at five o'clock in the morning.

The back door of Guan’s pharmacy.

"Xiazhi, Yongxue, goodbye!"

Xiaoyu really wanted to take out some gold and silver jewelry and hand them over to express her gratitude to the two women for their thoughtful service over the past few days.

Unfortunately, this "Miss Yu" had only taken office for a few days and did not have any valuable items on her.

In fact, she had black hair and a plain face, and was not as good as the two maids whose heads were covered with jewels and jade.

"Miss, please take care of yourself!" The reluctance to part on the faces of the two maids was at least 20% genuine.

Although Miss Yu came from a rough and uncivilized background, she just had a big appetite and never had a bad temper. They couldn't say how nice she was to them, but at least they felt very comfortable getting along with her, without any oppression or discomfort brought by social status.

But they were reluctant to leave Miss Yu and wanted to follow her and serve her.
The two maids were really afraid that Miss Yu or Guan Zhong would make such a request.

Her family had lived in Hengsha Pass all their lives, and they really didn't want to go to the distant south of Shu for the sake of an unfounded "great future" (becoming a maid in the Guan mansion), even though they knew that Luodu was more prosperous.

"Let's go!"

Hu Chen had no feeling of parting. He mounted his red horse with a solemn expression and headed out towards the street.

Xiaoyu waved goodbye to the two girls again, jumped onto the peach blossom horse, and ran out of the back alley.

Now that they were back at Hengsha Pass, Hu Chen naturally didn't want her to ride on the Chiyan Horse anymore.

In fact, Xiaoyu was unwilling to ride the Chiyanju unless Huchen gave it to her.

Hu Chen's forehead was black at the moment and he was in trouble with the bad luck. It was possible that three great immortals from Lu would jump out in the next moment and use their magic to drown Hu Chen and Chi Yanju.

The closer you are to Hu Chen, the higher the risk. It is better to be alone and free.

And the "Peach Blossom Horse" that Hu Chen prepared for her was not bad.

The silky smooth fur is pale with small red spots, very beautiful.

Xiaoyu also understands the principle that "a beautiful horse is a hindrance to its owner", but there is another truth: the healthier and more vigorous the BMW is, the more beautiful it looks, and the more eye-catching it looks.

If you want to escape fast, you need a good horse. The stronger and faster the horse is, the more eye-catching it is in appearance.

As for the kind of creature that is thin and clumsy but can travel a thousand miles a day at an extremely fast speed, Xiao Yu can only imagine it. Maybe there are such creatures in reality, but their number is less than that of the Red Hare BMW.

When they arrived at the north-south main road at Hengsha Pass, Xiaoyu and Huchen waited for a while.

Waiting for Hu Chen’s old buddies—Lu Yewei Cavalry Battalion.

In ancient times, it was very troublesome to travel far away.

Not only do you have to get up early, but you also have to prepare food and clothing for the journey.

The Iron Cavalry Battalion were not lazy, they got up at three o'clock in the morning.

However, their military travel is much more troublesome than that of military personnel like Xiaoyu and Guan Zhong.

Not to mention anything else, the messenger, holding only a fire sign, ran four or five times between Huchen and the county magistrate's office.

The warrant to leave the border, the fire token to be handed over to the commander of the South City, and the documents for the allocation of food and fodder must all be prepared.

When the sky in the east was already turning pale, a group of more than 500 people rode on horses on the bluestone slabs and walked out of the pass in the south of the city with a "clack clack" sound.

"General, are we going to follow those border troops all the way?"

After walking for about half an hour, Hu Chen's deputy general Song Changqing jumped off his warhorse, trotted to the side of Chi Yanju and asked in a low voice.

His warhorse did not dare to get too close to the Red Smoke Horse, as doing so would anger the "divine beast".

The Red Smoke Horse spewed fire from its nose and burned the approaching war horses, but Hu Chen was able to control it but always let it go.

"You didn't inform the Iron Cavalry Battalion that the two battalions would be merged into one. Is it necessary for them to follow?"

Although Song Changqing's tone was hesitant, he still said it.

"The Xisha garrison is one of the rare elite troops in our Great Shu. What is there to dislike about them?" Hu Chen said indifferently.

Just by hearing Song Changqing's address - "border troops", he guessed that the Iron Cavalry Battalion was dissatisfied and felt that the Xisha garrison was holding them back.

There was nothing he could do.

Knowing that your forehead is black and that you are under bad luck, how can you not try to get others to protect you?

These 300 Xisha garrison guards were forcibly brought here from the county governor in the name of "welcoming Marquis Lieyang". After Marquis Lieyang crossed Feixiandu, they had to return to Hengsha Pass.

Of course, according to the "method of overcoming the tribulation" discussed by Hu Chen and Guan Zhong yesterday, as long as he can meet Marquis Lieyang safely, the tribulation will basically be over.

Well, the core of Hu Chen’s method of overcoming the tribulation is Marquis Lieyang.

With Marquis Lieyang here, even human immortals would not dare to break into the camp easily.

Even those remnants who are still causing trouble in the Thirty-Six Kingdoms are only attacked in a roving manner.

They would avoid wherever Marquis Lieyang was.

Therefore, if Hu Chen encounters a major disaster, it is likely to happen on the way to meet Marquis Lieyang.

To ensure that there are no problems on the road, only two hundred cavalry battalions are not enough.

"General, we brothers don't dislike the Xisha garrison, but the magic stomach-filling pills we carried are almost used up, and..."

Song Changqing tilted his head and looked back hesitantly.

Xiaoyu on Taohua's horse looked at them curiously, while the Xisha guards were still quite far away.

"Besides, the Xisha Garrison should have just been formed, and it's hard to say who they are. Their war horses have definitely not been trained with magical medicines, and they can't be like our Iron Cavalry Battalion, which can gallop for thousands of miles without dying of exhaustion as long as they have enough rations. If we march with them, within two days, some knights will definitely fall behind.

The longer it takes, the more horses they will lose. How can we help them then?"

Hu Chen said calmly: "Now that we have entered the pass, there are counties and post stations along the way, so we have no shortage of supplies and can change horses.

Maybe the immortal stomach-filling pill will be of no use at all.

As for the Xisha garrison

He paused, his expression slightly helpless, and said: "The Xisha garrison has obviously just been formed, and the team is not even fully staffed.

The eight thousand Xisha garrison guards were already wiped out by the rebels from the thirty-six countries.

But their fighting power is not weak.

Moreover, they have lived on the Xisha border for generations and are familiar with the environment, so they can deal with various emergencies more calmly than we can."

Song Changqing asked in confusion: "Now that we have entered the customs, what kind of emergencies can we encounter?"

"If I could guess it, what would it be called an emergency?" Hu Chen said unhappily.

Song Changqing silently slowed down his pace, and when his warhorse approached, he jumped on the horse and returned to the cavalry brigade.

In less than half a day, Xiaoyu completely understood Song Changqing's concerns.

Around noon, a shrill scream suddenly came from behind.

Then the noise and chaos spread rapidly in all directions like ripples on the surface of a lake.

Xiaoyu saw Guan Zhong beside him shudder suddenly.

Hu Chen, who was at the front, was also very nervous, with his right hand on the hilt of the knife.

"Who is making the noise? What happened back there?" He stood on the saddle, turned around and shouted backwards.

Soon, a captain from the Xisha garrison came riding up and said, "General Guan, one of my men has broken his leg."

"How can you break your leg while riding a horse?" Hu Chen asked, then he thought for a moment and said, "Did the horse fall off?"

"Well, the horse was tired, twisted its ankle, and slid into the deep ditch on the side of the road."

The lieutenant explained, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and complained: "General Guan, we set out at the beginning of the morning hour, and now it has been more than three hours, almost eighty miles. The brothers can still hold on, but the horses really can't move anymore!"

"It's only eighty miles away. I plan to reach Feixiandu tonight."

Hu Chen was dissatisfied and anxious, but when he looked back, he saw that most of the Xisha guards looked tired and kept wiping their sweat. Many of them felt sorry for their horses, so they jumped off their horses and walked with their feet, leading the panting horses.

The team of only 500 people stretched to two or three miles on the twenty-step wide road.

"General Guan, Feixian Ferry is still three hundred miles away from here!" The Xisha captain cried out.

Besides, how can you say it’s just eighty miles?
If it weren't for the more than 200 knights of the Iron Cavalry Battalion standing on both sides like iron statues, with their military appearance in order and no one complaining of being tired, he would have suspected that "The Immortal-Eyed Tiger of Great Shu" was a fool general who didn't know how to march and fight.

"Don't talk nonsense. Even if you have to lead the horse, you must move forward step by step. It's not that I'm strict. Welcoming Marquis Lieyang is our mission.

We have to wait patiently for Marquis Lieyang, and we must not let him wait for even a quarter of an hour!

Don’t let the great people of China look down on us, the people of Xisha and Shu!”

Hu Chen's voice was so loud that the Xisha guards behind him could also hear it.

Hearing the three words "Marquis of Lieyang", Xisha Captain had no choice but to turn his horse back and shout loudly: "Brothers, keep marching, don't let the great people of China look down on us!"

The effect of the "Zhonghua Shangbang" chicken blood injection was better than Xiaoyu expected.

Not to mention that the Luyewei Cavalry Battalion is full of monsters.

The group of "old soldiers" guarding the Xisha Islands no longer complain about the hardship and fatigue. Their faces are covered with dust and sweat has formed grooves on their faces, so their facial expressions cannot be seen. However, the eyes beneath the "masks of dust and dirt" still sparkle with a determined and unyielding spirit.

"Song Changqing, come here." Hu Chen hesitated for a long time, but still called the deputy general over and ordered: "Give each of them two magical stomach-filling pills, one for the human and one for the horse. Drink plenty of water."

Song Changqing hesitated and said, "Captain Zhang said there is a posthouse ahead, less than ten miles away."

Hu Chen said with a tense face, "It is true that there is an inn, but when we arrive at the inn, we must rest until tomorrow morning after eating and drinking. I can wait, but can we let Marquis Lieyang wait?"

Song Changqing wanted to make a suggestion: Our Iron Cavalry Battalion will go first, and the Xisha garrison will move slowly.

He thought again of the "emergency" that Hu Chen mentioned, and could only swallow back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

The magical pill that fills your stomach is indeed a "magic pill for the military".

They set out at dawn, did not eat lunch, and only rested for half an hour outside the post station in the afternoon. They replaced a batch of fierce horses for some of the Xisha guards. By sunset, they had walked a total of more than 250 miles.

"It seems that the Luye Guards' Iron Cavalry Battalion's thousand-mile raid is indeed not normal. The Xisha Guards are still normal people."

Looking at the soldiers busy cutting down trees and setting up camp at the foot of the mountain, Xiaoyu suddenly felt that it was too early to express his feelings.

Even the Xisha garrison is still considered a little superman compared to the ancient elite in the previous life.

How could a normal person march quickly for a whole day, skip a proper lunch, and still be full of energy in the evening, run to a mountain hundreds of meters high to cut wood, and run fast while carrying wooden stakes as thick as thighs and more than ten meters long?
While Xiao Yu was daydreaming, he listened to Hu Chen discussing with the captain of the Xisha garrison about setting up camp and deploying defenses at night.

The stability of the camp is related to his life, so Hu Chen is extremely serious about it.

The commander asked earnestly, and Captain Zhang answered earnestly, "General Guan, I am very familiar with this place. The locals call it 'Sanchaling'. You see, our camp is at the foot of the mountain, and there is a hill on each side.

From a distance, these three mountains look like a steel fork. The terrain is much higher than other places, so there is no need to worry about sneak attacks from the enemy."

"Sanchaling" Xiaoyu looked dazed, this name seemed familiar to her.

(End of this chapter)