Wei Wuhou

Chapter 230 There Are Thorns on the Road

Early the next morning, Cui Wei led his people to catch up with the advancing mission.

When he came near Wei Wuji, Cui Wei directly bowed down and said, "My lord, I'm...incompetent..."

Wei Wuji stopped, glanced at the tired Cui Lie, and said, "Get up, you've worked hard too, go and rest!"

Cui Wei didn't expect to be able to pass the level so easily, he was stunned for a while before saying: "Thank you, my lord!"

Wei Wuji nodded, indicating that he could go.

As soon as Cui Wei pulled the reins, he went to the rear of the group. After a busy night, they should take a rest.

When he came between his subordinates, Cui Wei breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "My lord has orders, let's all rest!"

After a while, the Marquis asked, "My lord, are you not going to hold us accountable?"

As soon as Cui Lie heard this, he understood that this was also what everyone was thinking, so he shouted to everyone: "Young Master said that we have worked hard, let us have a good rest!"

Hearing this, the team of more than a thousand people cheered immediately, and Wei Wuji in front couldn't help but look back.

At this time, Cui Wei casually said to Na Junhou: "Don't worry about the position under your buttocks, take a good rest!"

Hearing Cui Wei's words, the Marquis was relieved, but then he said with a bitter face: "My lord, this mission is marching, how can we have a good rest!"

Cui Wei rolled his eyes, and then said: "You can't rest while riding a horse? Are you practicing your riding skills for nothing?"

After a few reprimands, Cui Wei stopped talking and walked to the front of his subordinates.

Then, I saw him slowly leaning down, hugging the horse's neck with both hands, and at the same time... the soldiers behind Cui Wei also followed suit, presumably this was how they rested on horseback.

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The mission continued to move forward, and the farther it went, the changes it saw along the way.

Unlike the war-torn areas to the north of Xinle, the situation in Chendi improved a lot after passing through Xinle. At least there were still people in many villages.

But the situation was not much better. Looking at the skinny appearance of those people, Wei Wuji was sure that their standard of living was much worse than the compatriots crowded in Xinle City.

All of them looked disheveled, and when they saw outsiders coming, they all hid in their houses, seeing that it was an army crossing the border, they didn't even dare to make a sound.

The two counties encountered along the way were also slightly dilapidated, so dilapidated that Wei Wuji didn't even have the intention of going in.

Five days later, the Wei State mission came to the border of Chendi, which was also the edge of the Zhou family's territory, and was about to enter the so-called Wang Ji.

But to enter Wang Ji, Wei Wuji and others had to cross a natural barrier, that is, the surging river.

This natural barrier can be said to be an important barrier to the north of the Zhou Dynasty. The two great powers of Wei and Qin were blocked on the north bank by it, making it difficult to directly threaten Wang Ji.

Luoyun Ferry... The narrowest part of the river on the border between Chen and Zhou became a natural ferry.

It is said to be the narrowest place, but according to Wei Wuji's estimation, the big river here is also more than [-] meters wide, which is not at all comparable to the Yellow River and Yangtze River in his previous life.

Since it was a ferry, there would naturally be boats, but compared to the number of people in the Wei State Mission, the boats here seemed tense.

In fact, just three days ago, there was a pontoon bridge temporarily built by the Chu and Wu armies.

But this is actually nothing, because no matter how fast Wei Wuji and the others traveled, they would not be able to cross the pontoon bridge, and the Chu and Wu Congresses would demolish it before they arrived.

When crossing the river, there was also a small episode, that is, the garrison captain of King Zhou's army saw Wei Wuji and others with strong soldiers and horses, and refused to let them cross the border.

No matter what Qu Weidao explained, saying that the entourage was guards and so on, but the captain Wang Jun didn't stop at all, saying that only 200 people could be allowed to cross the border.

In the end, it was Wei Wuji who stood up and said that if everyone was not allowed to cross the border, the entire Wei State mission would go back, so that the captain was bluffed.

Afterwards, the captain had no choice but to send someone to report the situation to Shang Luo, as for the decision made by the higher-ups, it didn't matter to him.

Then it was delayed at the ferry for three full days, Wei Wuji and others waited for Shangluo's will, the emperor's will.

In the end, the compromise was that Wei Wuji and others could only be allowed to pass through the border, and the rest could not pass through the border.

So... Since Wei Wuji compromised after discussing, after all, this is Wang Ji, and it is really impossible for the envoys of the Fan Kingdom to bring such an army into the country.

Of course, if you want to say that Chu and Wu led an army of tens of thousands, they would still run rampant in the Zhou family's territory.

But these two things are not of the same nature at all, at least in the eyes of the emperor now, Chu and Wu are loyal and Wei Hou is a traitor.

The cross-border candidates were cut in half by soldiers, and half of Cui Wei's troops were cut down. In this way, a new Wei State mission was established.

The people who were left behind were stationed near Luoyundu. Anyway, there were basically no major resistance forces in Chendi, so their safety could be guaranteed.

Entering Wang Ji, Wei Wuji didn't feel any difference, it was as lifeless as Chen Di.

Although there has been no war, compared to the people in Chendi, the situation of the Zhou family is not much better. There are few people along the way, and even abandoned villages can be seen.

Obviously, although there has been no invasion for decades, the transit of troops from other countries still brought disaster to the people in Wang Jinei.

This is also the situation that Wei Wuji and others have known in advance. Otherwise, how could the emperor, who was severely humiliated by Wei Hou, take the initiative to help eliminate the war? He really can't afford it.

"Master Qu, you said that my son made a private decision to cut the number of missions in half, will my father blame me?" Wei Wuji asked as he was on his way.

Qu Weidao shook his head beside him, and then said: "Young master, don't worry, if it weren't for the presence of young master, maybe the minister will fully agree to the captain, and only bring Da Honglu's people to the peace negotiation!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Wuji said unconsciously in his heart: It's not possible, you will definitely not be able to handle it, and then you will be at the mercy of others!

On this point, Wei Wuji is convinced that Qu Weidao is such a person, because he feels that he is "in the wrong".

I don't know what father sent this person to do, did he just fancy his brain?A dead brain can't turn a corner, and it's not like being played around by others.

At this time, Qu Weidao suddenly said with emotion: "My lord, it is really a big arrogance for us to lead troops on a pilgrimage!"

Wei Wuji rolled his eyes, overstepping... his father and grandfather, they always wanted to fight until they got it in Shangluo, okay, overstepping is nothing!
Wei Wuji said in a low voice: "Master Qu, you should not think about these useless things. What we should worry about now is how they will embarrass us in the future!"

This sentence awakened Qu Weidao, and I'm afraid it's better to follow one's heart in Chendi in the future, and Luoyundu's making things difficult is probably the beginning.

Sure enough, during the next trip, Wei Wuji and others were interrogated seven or eight times, and they were heavily armed troops.

There were even two times when Wei Wuji recognized that the army interrogated was the Chu army, not the Wang army as it should be.

Although it was a bit humiliating, Wei Wuji still endured it. Now that he is really on someone else's territory, he has to keep his tail between his tails in everything he does.

Not only for interrogation, the Zhou family controlled a county, and the two county towns passing by along the way did not allow Wei Wuji to enter, even though he promised to bring only the guards.

It's just a look of disgust and contempt, which makes Wei Wuji burst into flames, and he is really useless to bear this anger.

Finally, four days after leaving Luoyundu, Wei Wuji and his party arrived outside a huge city.

Shangluo is here!

(End of this chapter)