The Evil Emperor Pursues His Wife: Sheng Chong Shifei

Chapter 195 Battle at Nanling

In the mountains of Nanling, the sun rises.

Different from Baixue Aiai in the capital, the winter in Lingnan is not cold, and the dense vegetation all over the mountains and plains is full of greenery. Chu Qianhan looked at the simple to crude pass in front of him, and the killing intent in his heart gradually calmed down. He warned himself not to be impulsive .

In the stockade in front lived a super strong man, he could leave calmly, but the craftsmen in the team couldn't.

The matter went back to a few days ago, since the team going south entered the Nanling Mountains, Chu Qianhan personally sat in the team to protect the team through the most dangerous section of the Nanling Mountains.

The temporary separation from Shangguan Qing made Chu Qianhan feel a little irritable. Although the game cooked by the team chef was delicious, in Chu Qianhan's heart, it was not as good as Shangguan Qing's home-cooked dishes.

According to the conventional route, after entering the Nanling Mountains, one has to walk through a zigzag mountain road with seven levels of 1000 and [-] miles. In fact, this mountainous area is only [-] miles in a straight line, but the zigzag road lengthens the distance along the way several times.

On the old-fashioned maps, the map of the Nanling Mountains covers thousands of miles. It was only in the process of drawing the map with Shangguan Qing that he understood the difference between the geographical distance and the actual distance.

Because there is little rain in winter, the mountain road is relatively easy to walk. According to Chu Qianhan's estimate, it will take about 30 days for the team to pass through the mountain area, and the daily journey will not exceed [-] miles.

The first two days of entering the Qi Road were relatively quiet. On the third night, we encountered a colony of red ants, lost three mules and horses, and had to give up a small amount of supplies.

On the fourth day of departure, the team arrived at the first pass and found that the inside was empty and the entire pass was abandoned.

The Lingnan Road officials who accompanied him were very panicked, and he couldn't explain what happened. Chu Qianhan had to spend a day in the pass, asking people to search inside and outside, hoping to find useful clues, but they didn't find anything useful. After no results, the accompanying officials advised Chu Qianhan not to take risks on the way back.

When Chu Qianhan was hesitating, a caravan came from behind and also entered the pass. They behaved very naturally. Chu Qianhan sent someone to ask and found out that the pass in the mountain had been abandoned for several years, and Lingnan Road would charge The tax pass is set at the county towns at both ends of the mountain, which reduces the tax and increases the price of supplies.

A clerk in the caravan complained: "It costs more money to buy supplies than the tax paid in the past, and all the money went into Feng Caidong's pocket. The road yamen don't even mention the money for maintaining the roads." No."

Another guy said: "You are stupid! The money to build roads is more than the money to support the guards."

The two men insisted on their own opinions, and the officials on the road were so embarrassed that they died. His original task was to hold Chu Qianhan back so that he could make arrangements on the road, so as not to miss the details of Lingnan Road. To go to Qiongya Army to celebrate the New Year, I hurried into the mountains, and there was no time to prepare on the way.

Chu Qianhan asked: "I remember that the Lingnan Road Transit Envoy is called Feng Nianqing."

The accompanying official replied embarrassingly: "It's Feng Zhuanyun."

Chu Qianhan smiled and said, "I'm here for the Qiongya Army, not to check the accounts. You don't have to be nervous at all."

"It's the lord."

Although Chu Qianhan said so, the accompanying officials were still very nervous.

When they set off again, there was an extra caravan behind Chu Qianhan's team. After learning about Chu Qianhan's identity, the leader of the caravan sent a gift, saying it was a tribute to Chu Qianhan, and Chu Qianhan accepted it. The gift tacitly allowed the caravan to follow.

With the help of the caravan's guide, many small troubles were avoided on the road, but when they reached the second pass, they still encountered a big trouble.

It turned out that when Lingnan Road abandoned the pass in the mountains a few years ago, a force rose up among the aborigines in the Nanling Mountains. They have unified most of the people in the Nanling Mountains and initially established a local force. They occupy the pass and collect taxes from passing business travelers. .

The caravan behind Chu Qianhan got used to this state, and passed after paying the tax. Chu Qianhan agreed to pay the money even if he didn't want to be troublesome, but the mountain people in the pass heard that there were many craftsmen in Chu Qianhan's team , Chu Qianhan must keep half of the craftsmen, or leave all of them.

The war is about to start.

The accompanying officials persuaded Chu Qianhan to hand over people to pass. They are just a group of lowly craftsmen. It is not worth Chu Qianhan's risk. Judging from this person's tone and demeanor, he should know the situation of the mountain people. Chu Qianhan was annoyed when he thought about it. The enlightened mountain people are rising in the territory of Chu State, and the Lingnan Road officials are really damned.

Chu Qianhan brought the craftsmen to the south to make a career in the Qiongya Army. How could he abandon the craftsmen in the team, break up the team, and destroy people's hearts. Who would follow him.

"The prince's safety is the most important thing, please think twice." The accompanying officials warned repeatedly.

Chu Qianhan didn't answer right away, but asked, "I've been with you for many days, and I still don't know the name of the commissioner."

"My subordinate Feng Guolu."

"Jiang Sixue." Chu Qianhan summoned the captain of the accompanying bodyguard and said, "Remember, Feng Guolu, the secretary of the Lingnan Road Transit Department, died in a fierce battle with the Shanmin road bandits. Please reward him for his loyalty to the country."

"No." Jiang Sixue drew out the steel knife from his waist.

"Your Highness, please forgive me." Feng Guolu hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed like garlic.

Jiang Sixue raised his knife and cut off Feng Guolu's head. At this moment, there was a roar in the pass ahead: "Stop." Unfortunately, Feng Guolu's head had already been kicked off the cliff by Jiang Sixue.

Chu Qianhan drew out the hand-wrapped knife from his waist and ordered: "Get ready to charge."

"No." Jiang Sixue shouted excitedly, and turned to call the guards in the team to gather for battle.

A strong man with solid muscles flew out from the pass in front of him. He stared fiercely at Chu Qianhan's direction with a ferocious expression like a ghost.

Chu Qianhan took a step forward and floated lightly into the air, looking at the mountain king in front of him with a calm expression, the aura of a super powerhouse exuded from his body.

The mountain king's angry expression calmed down.Facing the super strong, the arrogance in his heart should be restrained.

"Are you the Duke of Chu who is passing by here?"

"I am Chu Qianhan."

"Liu Yu", the name of the mountain king, is much more refined than Chu Qianhan guessed.

Chu Qianhan didn't talk too much nonsense, and said directly: "Give way or fight."

Liu Yu's expression fluctuated.He received two letters from Feige, who were transshipment history on Lingnan Road and Lingbei Road, asking him to let Chu Qianhan's team go, and informed Chu Qianhan's identity. Telling him that there are many craftsmen from the capital in the team, the Feng family asked him to intercept half of the craftsmen who were left behind, and promised to share half with him and return him [-] shi of grain.

Liu Yu agreed greedily for a while, but he didn't expect Chu Qianhan to directly kill Feng Guolu to lead others through the level, and showed the strength of a super master.

"Fight." Liu Yu knew that letting go was the best choice, but the dignity of the king made him have to fight.

(End of this chapter)