Chapter 32 Preparing to Kill Hu Kou in the Eighteenth ___ Journey South

Chen Yufeng and the others chased them to a clearing outside the town and surrounded the three of them. Seeing that they couldn't leave, the three of them took out the rocket and wanted to send a signal. was knocked away by Li Wei's dart. The three of them are usually arrogant, how can they be so angry, and shouted angrily: "Traitor, dare to go against Dongchang and let you break your corpses into thousands of pieces." Chen Yufeng couldn't kill them if he didn't want to. Just go straight to the one who shouted the loudest. As soon as the two of them looked at each other, Chen Yufeng took out the weight of the other party, and when the third person took the two sides by mistake, Chen Yufeng's right hand sword handed over to his left hand, and then his body didn't turn to the back sword, and the sword came out from the back of the man's heart and chest. This lightning-like sword made the person in the sword confused, how did this sword come out of his chest, and before he could figure it out, he couldn't see anything in front of him, and his body that didn't belong to him fell. The other two were stabbed with a sword when they saw that they were so soon, and in a shock, they were pierced by Liu Yun's spear, and one was cut off by Li Yunhe. Several men took the waist cards and swords of the three men, dug a pit with their knives, and buried the people. Chen Yufeng said that there were two more that had to be done together. Just run back.

The four of them took Li Zhi and went out again. Li Zhi sent a signal, and the informant came out. Hearing that the two were in the middle room, he asked the informant to go back. Chen Yufeng asked Li Zhi to wait outside. The four of them rushed to the guest room, Chen Yufeng and Li Yunhe were in front of the room, and Liu Yun and Li Wei were in the back of the room. Chen Yufeng felt that the time was almost up, and deliberately walked back and forth in front of the door in the middle to make some movement. The two people inside were very alert, each carrying a sword, listening to the sound outside by the door, at this time, Liu Yun at the back of the room hit the window, Li Wei raised his hand and sent two darts inside, and then the person entered the house. But before Li Wei's feet could stand firmly, he saw a fine light flying, and at this time Li Wei couldn't dodge, only to see Li Wei on an iron plate bridge, and his body leaned back sharply, dodging this dart. It turned out that one of Li Wei's darts was inserted into the throat of the person on the left side of the door, and the other dart was dodged by the person on the right. At the same time, Liu Yun and Chen Yufeng also rushed in from the window and the door respectively, and as soon as they looked at them, Chen Yufeng's sword cut the throat of the remaining person. There was not a single shout during the whole process. Wrapping the two of them in a sheet, they went out through the window, and Li Zhi followed outside. The people in the house wiped the blood with water by candlelight. Then they all jumped out of the window. went out of town and buried the two of them.

Several people returned to the inn and came to Zhang Zhimu's room together. After talking about what happened, Zhang Zhimu let out a sigh of relief. Said that these eagle dogs from the East Factory must have other tasks, and found that our caravan personnel are special, and they have chartered an inn, so there must be some problems, so I want to take a look first. As a result, we perished. I don't know who we solved at the same time. It will take a while for the people in Dongchang to find out that their people are gone. Even if they find out, they may not suspect us, and the average large caravan will never cause trouble.

What he did just now made Li Zhi very impressed. Li Zhi said that Wild Boar Ridge specializes in this quiet business, but he has never done such a beautiful job. They generally put sweat medicine or incense first, and put people first before they do it. It is seldom like the robbery of the people that day. Then Li Zhi told him about the Wild Boar Ridge.

It turned out that Zhang Zhimu lived in the store on the first day, and the informant in the store passed the news that there was a fat deal. As a result, the second master and the third master even counted Zhang Zhimu's itinerary, and ambushed in the woods outside the store, and at night, the third master put on his night clothes, flew to the room, and quietly lifted the roof tiles according to the position indicated by the informant, ready to take a look and then blow incense inside, but before he could see anything clearly, he was hit by a dart. The light skills of the three masters are very good, and they ran away. When you go back, you must take revenge on the two who are angry. Even if it was okay, they waited outside the next inn, but Zhang Zhimu and they didn't live in this inn, so they were empty. I thought that Zhang Zhimu and their feet were fast, so they rushed to a store in advance, waited outside, and pounced on the air again. After three swoops in a row, they understood, met a master, and were tricked. It's a big shame. The three masters of Wild Boar Ridge have always been known for their accurate informants, mysterious whereabouts, and strange shots. This time, the big boss personally went down the mountain in order to save face, and as a result, he took his life.

The next day, Zhang Zhimu had to rest for a day, first, to see if there was any reaction to last night's incident, and in addition, he was going to kill Hukou, what goods to bring, and the personnel had to be rearranged. Let Liu Yun take Li Yunhe and Li Wei to ride a horse to the front station first, and look at the price of grain, because there is a lot of grain this time.

Liu Yun took the two of them and flew away. Along the way, Zhang Zhimu is quite optimistic about Liu Yun's ability, not only with outstanding ability, but also with the initiative and the demeanor of a general.

It wasn't until the evening that Liu Yun and the three rushed back. said, "The inn has been numbered." In addition, there is no problem with food, I asked a few grain stores, how much is there and how much, and the price is more than twice as high as Xiurong's retail sales. "That's good news.

Zhang Zhimu rearranged the personnel, first of all, the women of Wild Boar Ridge stayed, and Li Wei, Liu Chenghuangfan, Cheng Kunhe led everyone to stay behind and take care of the goods. Although the people who stayed were reluctant, they also knew that the responsibility was heavy, especially if the goods had to be transported several times, they could still go to kill Hu Kou to have a look. Zhang Zhimu decided to transport the grain first, this grain is popular everywhere, and it is not an eye-catcher.

The next day, I got up early, after eating, thirty cars, and Ma Ling went on the road with a dingdong.

Chen Yufeng said: "There are many fewer people on this road, the Qing soldiers are attacking, and there are far fewer people coming over there, and there are even fewer people coming to the road where we came to be plagued by bandits." As he walked, he saw a few horseback officers and soldiers whipping a group of shackled prisoners, followed by some civilians. Among them, a bearded, ragged man swayed, leading two donkeys, one of which sat a woman, and the other, a man and a woman, and two children, two donkeys, who, like the prisoners, walked with difficulty. Although there were whips from time to time, the prisoners, who were physically exhausted, still could not walk fast. When Zhang Zhimu and their convoy came over, the group of people stopped and looked at the huge convoy.

And Zhang Zhimu really couldn't stand those prisoners, and the people behind those prisoners were suffering there. got out of the car and came to the leading officer and said, "The military master is hard! As he spoke, he handed over a tael of silver. "Who are these people?" "Silver is a good thing to use at any time." Thorn with the army. ”

"It's too hard for the military masters to bask in the sun, how about sitting down and resting, drinking some wine, and letting these soldiers drink some water, won't they go faster after a while." As he spoke, Zhang Zhimu handed over an ingot of ten taels of silver.

"Okay, let's take a break." The officers and soldiers trembled. Zhang Zhimu let him take a gourd of wine, and a little beef jerky to eat. Several officers and soldiers drank happily and with confidence. They knew that the front was there, and the prisoners had walked thousands of miles, and it was impossible for them to run here. Zhang Zhimu brought a few more water hyacinths, drank some water for those military men, and gave some dry food and beef jerky. The military gate is when the physical strength is exhausted, what a thousand thanks, the people behind are the family members who followed. In fact, there are generally no family members who can follow the military gate to get here. The family members were given some water to drink and something to eat. Knowing that they were also there to kill Hukou, let them stop following the army gate, get in the carriage, go to the tiger killing mouth first, and wait for the army there. The soldiers and their families are very grateful. The escort officers and soldiers were also very happy, they were full of food and drink, the supporting troops also walked fast, and several of them got silver again.

On the way, Zhang Zhimu asked the woman what was going on. The woman had walked thousands of miles, and her expression was a little numb. Stop for a while and start talking slowly. It turned out that her husband Qin Peng was a staff general and was in the army. When Li Zicheng opened the seal, the general army of Zhongshu Province led his troops to support, and he was defeated, and in order to shirk responsibility, he was used as a scapegoat. It is said that he was cowardly in battle, fearful, and delayed the fighter. This sin shall be punished according to the law. But the Qin family scattered all their wealth to save their lives, and they were stabbed with the border pass to fill the army. It took a lot of silver taels to allow the family members to accompany them, and along the way, the silver taels brought with them, and even the spending belts were extorted by the officials and soldiers, and they were long gone, and the carriage with three horses was replaced by two donkeys, and the entourage was the general's entourage, and they couldn't walk anymore. It just so happened that Zhang Zhimu met it. Zhang Zhimu comforted and said, since you can persist in coming here, it means that there is no endless road to heaven, and everything will be fine.

The front is to kill Hukou, Zhang Zhimu is a little excited. In his previous life, there was a lot of introduction to killing Hu Kou on TV. Now, people know that this is called killing Hukou, and they don't know that soon the Qing soldiers will enter the customs, and this will also be changed to kill the tiger's mouth, the difference between the words is different, and the meaning is different. However, maybe when I come, this place may not change its name. If I don't change my name, what should I call this place in my previous life? This is another question of how many people will be fascinated! Perhaps, according to the theory of parallel universes, in that space, killing Hukou has been changed to killing tigers, and in another parallel space, there is a killing Hukou that has not changed its name due to my arrival.

Killing the Tiger Pass is the pass of the Killing Tiger Pass, a strategic fortress on the Great Wall, and it is the dividing point between the inside and outside of the mouth. Outside the mouth, an ancient business road passes through the ancient pass of killing tigers along the winding Cangtou River, leading to the Mongolian Plateau and the Mobei Plateau; In the mouth, it is connected to the densely populated and abundant Central Plains. Throughout the ages, the nomadic ethnic minorities in the north have scattered in Mobei, where people do not cultivate, have no other land, and take animal husbandry as their business; There is no city to live, and it is born by water and grass. The daily necessities of herdsmen, such as cloth, silk, tea, needlework, rice and flour, sugar and salt, have always been purchased in the Central Plains through traders. The horses, cattle and sheep, skins, bones and horns and other livestock and their products needed in the Central Plains were provided by the nomads. The material differences in production between the two places form a link of exchange, exchange, and taking what each needs is needed. As a pass on the thoroughfare, the Tiger Killing Pass spontaneously formed a trading center for the exchange of goods between Han and Mongolia. Due to the needs of military and trade, there are two castles in the old and new castles, the old one is the Tiger Killing Fort, and the new one is called Pingji Fort. The old and new forts were walled east and west, and the trading market was located between the two forts. It is recorded, "Zhongjian store, all Yi people trade here, and they are not allowed to break into the city of killing tigers." Hanyi trade, ants gather in the city, no less than five or six hundred horses a day. "The Ming court stipulated that Han and Mongolian merchants could only trade goods in the horse market, and no private markets were allowed to trade in other places. The horse market that kills the tiger's mouth is run by the garrison.

There are two important trade passes in northern China, Zhangjiakou and Kill Hukou, Zhangjiakou in the east is generally called Beikou, and the west is generally called Xikou, which is also the origin of the West Exit. The goods here can be shipped to Europe through Mongolia and Russia in the north, and to the South Seas in the south. Even in the war-torn era, it has never been completely cut off. There are even the miracles of tenacious and persistent merchants who lead caravans through the war-torn battlefields. The great resilience of our nation is on full display. It is only because after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country was closed to the rest of the world that our great ancestors were completely interrupted and a great foundation was created for us. Otherwise, it continues to this day....

When Zhang Zhimu was immersed in emotion, the convoy in front of him was stopped.