Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Convergence of Vaulting Horse Town

As soon as the day dawned, Tang Cheng uncharacteristically ordered to leave in a hurry, and the fat man had no time to prepare breakfast, so he had to give each person a dry cake and a piece of pickles, and the whole convoy and Tang Cheng could only rely on the cold water in the kettle to fill their breakfast. Tang Cheng obviously didn't mean to enter Changsha City to wander around, so that Liu Shishi and the others, who were already ready to enter the city, couldn't help but be full of resentment, just in order to be able to enter Changsha City to have a look, Liu Shishi and Hou San even changed into clean underwear, wiped the military shoes and steel helmets clean, but this qiē was obviously all in vain.

"Don't even think about entering the city, the military commanders were just a test of us last night, we seized their weapons and belongings, it's hard to guarantee that these military commanders won't catch up and retaliate against us." Besides, Huang Chengzhong and Zhao Cannon's men can't meet with the people of the military commander, so we can only speed up and bypass Changsha and enter Guizhou now, so that we can be safer. When you arrive in Kunming, I will give you a big vacation, and you want to go shopping for a few days. Liu Shishi didn't give up, he always shook in front of Tang Cheng, but he was directly ignored by Tang Cheng.

Their camp in Tangcheng was temporary, and the place they chose was only on the side of the road, so it was more convenient to go on the road. Seeing that Tang Cheng was really not allowed to enter the city, Liu Shishi had no choice but to follow Hou San and the others with a bitter face to carry things onto the cart. "Then what's good in Changsha City, besides, there are so many of us, we can't just let a few of you go into the city to hang out, you go, what about the others? Could it be that I can only stare at you? Seeing that Liu Shishi was a little sullen, Tang Cheng immediately smiled.

"Don't say that all of us go into the city, look at them, they just go into the city, where can they go? Besides, there must be gendarmes in places like Changsha, have you forgotten how those gendarmes treated us when we were in Wuhan? In their eyes, we are the rout, and there is only one way to deal with the rout, catch it and lock it up. As soon as Tang Cheng mentioned the military police, Liu Shishi immediately became dumbfounded, and when he first entered Wuhan, Liu Shishi was almost arrested by the military police on the street.

"You kid is stupid and bold, the company commander said that he was not allowed to enter the city, so naturally he has a reason." The dice smiled and reached out to rub Liu Shishi's head, and even Zhang Xiaobao, who had already gotten in the car, made a grimace at Liu Shishi. Seeing that everyone was saying this, Liu Shishi secretly glanced at Tang Cheng, and then lowered his head and trotted to help the fat man carry the cooking goods, which made everyone burst into laughter again.

It only took Tang Cheng and the others half an hour to pack up all their things and continue to go west amid everyone's laughter. If you want to bypass Changsha and enter Guizhou to the west, you must cross the Xiangjiang River, and Tangcheng does not plan to enter Changsha, so you have to follow the Liuyang River to the Xiangjiang River by taking the Vaulting Horse Town in the south of Changsha County. Vaulting Horse Town is located in the hilly area of the south and west of Changsha County, adjacent to Liuyang Baijia Town and Zhuzhou Yuntian Township in the east, Zhuzhou Longtoupu Town, Hetangpu Town and Baima Town in the south, Xiangtan Zhaoshan Township and Duyun Town in Changsha County in the west, and Dongjingpu Town in Yuhua District, Changsha County and Huangxing Town in Changsha County in the north, which is a convenient place for transportation.

Tang Cheng chose such a place, the biggest factor was for the soldiers under Huang Chengzhong who had participated in the reselling of arms, and it was precisely because of the convenient transportation of Vaulting Horse Town that Tang Cheng chose this place as a meeting place with them. If they found that someone from the military commander continued to chase them, those soldiers could have taken advantage of the convenient transportation facilities here in Vaulting Horse Town. Rushed to Jumping Horse Town, it was already past noon, and the hungry wounded soldiers were waiting for Tang Cheng's order to stop and rest and eat, each of them had two pieces of ocean issued by Huang Chengzhong and Zhao Cannon, and when they arrived in Jumping Horse Town, at least they didn't have to gnaw on those flatbreads anymore.

Tang Cheng himself was already hungry, and seeing that everyone was looking at him, he had to order a meal in Vaulting Horse Town, and he had to wait here for those guys who came to meet anyway. Only Tang Cheng and the people around him knew about meeting those soldiers in Jumping Horse Town, and the wounded soldiers in the convoy only knew that the Dian Army Office in Changsha would send a team of soldiers to escort them along the road, so when everyone was looking for a place to eat, Hou San and the dice had already ridden away, and they were going to find those soldiers waiting in Jumping Horse Town.

The area of Vaulting Horse Town is not small, but if you only talk about the area of the town, it is not large, at least in everyone's opinion, it is not as big as Liuyang City. Although there is an old saying that the poor are rich, but the people of the Dian army are also used to living a hard life, and the wounded soldiers originally wanted to go into the town to have a big meal, but later they totaled, it was better to buy things and make them themselves, at least the fat man was not unpalatable to cook. Knowing that these wounded soldiers wanted to save a little, Tang Cheng immediately sent Liu Shishi and Tan Fei to drive the cart into the town to purchase ingredients, and other people who could still do it helped Ma Fatzi build the stove needed for cooking.

The appearance of their group in Tangcheng has long attracted the attention of many residents of Vaulting Horse Town, and the rebels have always been the most feared by the common people. These people would rather not have their own home, and would rather run to a safer place like a refugee than be plundered by the rebels. "Who are you? Which unit is it from? "There were a lot of soldiers outside the town, and soon a middle-aged man in a tunic came with a few regimental soldiers with old-fashioned rifles to ask Tang Cheng about their identity.

"We are the wounded of the Dian army returning home, and our troops are a little messy, but I have a warrant and list for returning home." It was Wu Laosan who came forward to answer. After being familiar with Tang Cheng for a long time, Wu Laosan's words and demeanor naturally have a little more military flavor, if there are people who are familiar with Wu Laosan here, they will definitely not recognize that the straight military uniform man at this station will be the Jianghu water bandit they know.

The middle-aged man who claimed to be the mayor of Vaulting Horse Town took the warrant handed by Wu Laosan and read it carefully, and then secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as long as these soldiers were not chaotic soldiers. "Are you stopping in Vaulting Town or are you just passing through?" He already understood that Tang Cheng and the others were not so-called rebels, but the mayor of Vaulting Horse Town still didn't dare to take it lightly, he was only hoping that these soldiers were just passing by here.

Wu Laosan raised his eyebrows with a smile, "Of course we were just passing through here, didn't you see that we were just outside the town but didn't go in, we will leave after lunch, you don't have to worry about this at all." Wu Laosan said that he was in his heart, and the mayor's eyes were a little flustered, but Hou San's appearance happened to help the mayor hide the panic.

"Company commander, they're all here, a total of 15 people are all here. These guys lived in the inn in the open, and it didn't take much effort to find them. "It was not only Hou San and Dice who came back, but also the 15 soldiers of the Dian Army who left Liuyang in advance. In order not to be discovered by the military commanders, they have been waiting in Vaulting Horse Town since they left Liuyang, and Hou San and Dice just rode into the town to take a spin and found them.

"This is the order of your two station masters, from now on, you 15 people will accept my command until we rush back to Kunming." The 15 shopkeepers who were forced to leave Liuyang had all seen Tang Cheng, and they all knew the relationship between Tang Cheng and their two station masters, although they were still a little at a loss that they needed to accept Tang Cheng's command, but at least they didn't show it in front of Tang Cheng.

Hou San and the dice did not find anything abnormal in Vaulting Horse Town, and those people from the Dian army did not find danger in the town again, so Tang Cheng and their lunch was very leisurely, but when they were eating, Tang Cheng gathered those soldiers of the Dian Army who served as escorts together. "Why did you leave Liuyang, I think you should all know in your hearts, although you poured those arms in exchange for medicine for the brothers in the barracks, but that is also against the military order, so you must leave the barracks, for your own sake, and for the sake of those wounded brothers."

Seeing that his words made the morale of these soldiers of the Yunnan army in front of him low, Tang Cheng smiled, "The people of the military commander have been investigating this matter, if you are recognized by them, it will not be a good thing for you and the military camp, so we planned this plan for the wounded soldiers to return to their hometowns, the purpose is to send you back to your hometown safely." You are all Yunnan troops, as long as you return to Yunnan, I think those military commanders will no longer be able to embarrass you, so we must be careful along the way. ”

Before Tang Cheng took out the map that Huang Chengzhong handed over to him and opened it, "My plan is that we will not enter the big villages and towns as much as possible along the way, although we will pass through many villages and towns that are suitable for stopping and resting along the way, but we will not go in." We brought military blankets and tents, it is June, the weather in Guizhou or Yunnan will not be very cold, after crossing the Xiangjiang River, we will camp in the wild most of the time, only in this way, we can hide our whereabouts from being discovered by the military commanders. ”

The people in the army will change color when they hear the name of the military commander, even Tang Cheng is not an exception, although he also designed to trick Shen Huaiyu and them last night, but Tang Cheng knows that the people of the military commander will not give up, if they want to get to Kunming safely, it is absolutely impossible not to think of a way. "Okay, just do as you say, we have also made some preparations in the past few days of waiting in Vaulting Horse Town, if we are more careful along the road, we should not be caught by the military commanders."

"If there is no problem, just seize the time to rest, and after an hour, we will cross the Xiangjiang River." Seeing that these people from the Dian army were still obedient, Tang Cheng was also secretly happy, no matter what, if there were no major mistakes along the way, it should not be a problem to get to Kunming safely.