Xie Ming

Chapter 88 Departure

Gu Changting was guessed right and knew he was going to be beaten, so he just stood there and interrupted the conversation abruptly.

"Not bad, not bad brain of yours!"

How could Xiao Lang not see the clues? As he spoke, he kicked out and kicked Chang Ting several steps away.

Gu Changting was also tough. He staggered back, steadying himself, then came over again with a smile.

"Oh, General, you asked me to help you remember it because you were afraid of forgetting it!"

"I was thinking that sooner or later, you would have to let me help you with this matter, so I told Mr. Qiu when I had time. I thought he was well-informed and would definitely know which pastries in Yi County were the best."

"When you assign me to buy it, I'll have a place to go. Don't mess up your job, right?!"

Don't underestimate Chang Ting's stupid temper. He has a lot of little tricks up his sleeve. Xiao Jingchuan was so angry that he rolled his eyes and was speechless!
"Hey, don't always say that the family is stupid. Look, how many ideas does this family have when it comes to doing things?!"

"Liu Ji, don't go wrong. Their snowflake cakes and dough figurines are very authentic. There are few places as good as this one near the capital!"

"I took the trouble to ask this for you, so don't pretend you don't appreciate it!"

Qiu Zhizhong added fuel to the fire and made some ridicule.

Seeing how the two men cooperated, Xiao Jingchuan realized that he was no match for them, so he quickly raised his hands and surrendered.

"Yes, yes, yes! My two masters, I am really afraid of you!"

"Thank you two gentlemen! Thank you so much!" Xiao Langduan gritted his teeth.

While the three of them were making a fuss, the troops at the town entrance had already gathered.

Seeing this, Sun Peizhong strode towards Xiao Jingchuan.

"General, the troops have been counted, we can set off!" Sun Peizhong said seriously with a bow.

Seeing Peizhong coming over, Xiao Lang also stopped playing around.

"OK!"

"Pei Zhong, go call Li Huchen, Liu Wenbing, Gong Yonggu, and Xu Jizu so I can tell them the itinerary!" Xiao Jingchuan ordered.

"Yes!" Peizhong took the order and ran to the team.

After a while, several people came running over.

"General! General! General." The generals bowed and saluted.

"Well, let's stop talking nonsense and talk about the marching deployment."

"Our destination for this expedition is Yi County, southeast of Sanpo!"

"Today, the marching route is Jiulong Town-Juma River-Zhaoge Village."

"This place is about 60 miles from Zhaogezhuang by mountain road. I discussed it with Jizu last night. He is familiar with the mountain road."

"Sun Peizhong, Xu Jizu!" Xiao Lang ordered.

"I'm here! Here!" the two men replied.

"You two will be the vanguard and lead the team in front."

"Yes Yes!"

"Liu Wenbing, Gong Yonggu!" Xiao Jingchuan ordered again.

"Yes! Yes!" they both replied.

"You two are leading the team with three old officials. Have you brought the sedan chair we used before?!"

"Bring it!" Liu Wenbing replied.

"Well, the three old ministers are not strong enough, so we can take a sedan chair to avoid delaying the march!"

"Liu Wenbing, order your men to take turns carrying the sedan chair and not slow down the march!"

"Yes!"

"Li Huchen, we will be at the end of the team with you!"

"Yes!" Li Huchen replied.

"Okay! Today we will walk 60 miles. We will set up camp at Zhaoge Village, avoid the main road, and start to go into the mountains to find the mountain roads!" Xiao Jingchuan finally ordered everyone. "Yes! Yes! As you command! As you command!"

After everything was fully deployed, in a moment, all the generals returned to their teams and started the action!
Xiao Jingchuan also set out with the army together with Qiu Zhizhong, Gu Changting, Ma Minglu and others.

Before leaving, Xiao Lang looked back at the two girls on the hillside again, then he no longer cared and led his troops away!

On the high slope over there.

"Jingyi, I'm not trying to throw cold water on you!"

"This general is good, but how are you going to tie him down?" Feng'er looked confused as she raised her eyes to the west.

"Tied up? From the beginning to the end, it was just my wishful thinking!"

"He is a general and a hero!"

"How can I keep him?"

After finishing her words, Xu Jingyi watched Xiao Jingchuan lead his troops to the battle. She was unwilling to take her eyes off for a long time, and just stood there, standing there!

In early April, the grass and trees in the forests of Sanpo have begun to turn green.

With the warming temperature and a spring rain in late March, many places in the vast mountains and hills have quietly been covered with green.

The entire army under Xiao Jingchuan marched as fast as they could on the forest path. Led by Xu Jizu, who was familiar with the route, they had a smooth journey.

By noon, the entire army crossed the Juma River, took a break and ate some dry food.

Afterwards, they continued their march, and at 18: in the evening, the entire army successfully reached the forest near Zhaogezhuang.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Xiao Jingchuan ordered the team to stop, set up camp and cook on the mountainside, and spend the night in the forest.

That night, after dinner, Qiu Zhizhong settled the three old ministers and had nothing to do, so he walked to Xiao Jingchuan's tent. The two of them sat down next to a small fire in front of the tent.

After Xiao Lang set up camp, he caught a small grass snake beside his tent. Now that he was sitting next to the fire, he simply skinned the snake, stuck a knife in it and roasted it over the fire as a snack.

Crack, crack, crack!

The firewood burned with a crisp sound.

After a while, the aroma of snake meat came out, and Xiao Jingchuan casually handed it to Qiu Zhizhong.

"Hey! This kind of game, Feiyu (Qiu Zhizhong), you didn't eat it often when you were in Beijing!"

"It smells quite nice! You should try it!" Xiao Lang said with a smile.

"Oh my god!"

"Old Xiao, you, you should enjoy it! I can't afford it!" Qiu Zhizhong looked a little resistant.

"Haha, I didn't expect that you are afraid of snakes!" Xiao Lang teased him.

"It's not that I'm afraid of it, I just can't eat it!"

Qiu Zhizhong was powerless to refute. After that, Xiao Jingchuan was no longer polite. He took back the snake meat and tasted it alone.

"How is it? Can those three old ministers still hold on?"

Xiao Lang tasted the snake meat and asked casually.

"Well, it's okay, I'm still energetic!"

"I told you yesterday that I have already made all the arrangements for the journey. Once we are out of Sanpo, we can let them go south."

"There are five people accompanying us and fifteen secret agents around us. I think nothing should go wrong!" Qiu Zhizhong replied.

"Well, I'm at ease with you doing the job!"

"Alas, Nanjing is the base of the Donglin Party, and it has long been a solid block. I hope that the three old men can stir up some waves when they go there. Although Ni Yuanlu and the other three are also from the Donglin lineage, they followed the prince after all, so they should still be loyal. If they can serve as the emperor's party in Nanjing in the future and help us to balance the situation, it will be worth it for you and I to protect them all the way!"

As he spoke, Xiao Jingchuan cut off another small piece of meat with the dagger and put it into his mouth.

"Well, according to the analysis of my subordinates and me, this trip will take about twenty days at most. You always say that there is no problem with the time, but I am always worried about the current situation. I am afraid that the south cannot hold out for this period of time!" Qiu Zhizhong was quite hesitant in his words.

"Hey, I've done the math for you, so what do you have to worry about?!"

"Don't worry, Li Zicheng will never be able to reach Nanjing!"

(End of this chapter)