The convoy traveled northeast along the official road at night. The route assigned by the government was the Northeast Official Road, which passed through Bianliang County, Fengqiu County, Changyuan County, Weicheng County, and Baima County, and then crossed the Yellow River in Baima County.
There is a checkpoint in the county. After crossing the Yellow River, you have to continue walking along the prescribed route.
Basically, every level has to be checked, and a small amount of money is given to the interrogating officer. Of course, he will not close his eyes and let the person go. He will not accept any required procedures, but his attitude will be better and he will not molest women.
You won’t point to a small baggage and say it contains spears, prohibited weapons or the like.
Yang Tianfang was confused by two questions. As they walked eastward, they would only get farther and farther away from Shaanxi Road. What was going on?
Second, Hu Yanlei said that he brought more than a hundred men, why did only ten guards follow them, and where were the others?
Hu Yanlei used the name of Bianliang Changrong Martial Arts School. The martial arts school has security services, and the martial arts guards can ride horses, carry bows and carry knives. Long weapons are not allowed, but they can use whistle sticks. The power of jujube wooden whistle sticks is not as powerful as iron.
The difference between a stick and a stick can kill someone.
Arriving in Fengqiu County early the next morning, after passing the second checkpoint, Yang Tianfang finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"General Huyan, we are going further and further away. What is the reason for this? The craftsmen are questioning and even suspect that I am deceiving them."
Yang Tianfang's tone was a little dissatisfied. Of course his craftsmen would not question it. He was just talking about the craftsmen.
Hu Yanlei smiled slightly and said: "Since Boss Yang wants to know, I will tell the truth. Our goal is to go to Baima County, but it is not the Baima Ferry, but to go to another place to board the ship."
"Get on the boat?" Yang Tianfang was stunned.
Hu Yanlei nodded, "We have three large ships in the Yellow River. My men are all waiting on the ships, and then we will take the ships to the west."
"But. But, what should I do if I encounter golden soldiers in the Yellow River?"
Hu Yanlei chuckled, "Our three ships are warships. How can those small sentinel ships of Jinbing be our opponents? They don't have any big warships. I dare not say that on land, but on the water, we have unimpeded access."
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"But it's November now! It's the west wind, and if we go against the current, is there anyone pulling the fiber? If they pull the fiber, it won't be over until the Jin soldiers kill the tracker." Yang Tianfang still couldn't figure it out.
Hu Yanlei smiled and said: "Does Master Yang know that there is a kind of warship called a chariot?"
Yang Tianfang shook his head, and Hu Yanlei smiled mysteriously, "I can't explain it. Dongzhu Yang will know it when he sees it with his own eyes."
Since the procedures were legal, the main thing was to spend money on things along the way, so the journey went smoothly. This morning, the team passed the Baima County checkpoint.
They spent more than 50 guan on the way, basically 10 guan on each level, to buy a safe journey. These are troubled times. Everyone knows that taking the official road is safe and there are no thieves, but this safety also costs money.
It is bought with money. The more money you spend, the safer it will be. If the money is not enough, you will have to suffer. It is better to take the risk and take the trail.
The next level is the White Horse Ferry level, which is guarded by golden soldiers and must be strictly searched. Money is of no use.
When they came to a fork in the road, which was still twenty miles away from the checkpoint, they walked along another trail for about two miles. Everyone got off the car. Hu Yanlei gave each bullock cart driver five taels of silver and asked them to go back.
Bianliang, along with the rented horses.
The coachmen all guessed that they wanted to cross wild roads to avoid being searched by the Jurchens, so they must be carrying something prohibited. However, for the sake of money, no one said anything, and the ox team turned around and left.
More than a hundred people, old and young, stood in the wilderness, with a large number of boxes saluting beside them. The large group of people looked eagerly at Yang Tianfang, while Yang Tianfang looked at Huyanlei in panic. There is no village in front of this place and no store in the back. It is getting late now.
What if a group of robbers comes?
Hu Yanlei smiled slightly, pulled out an arrow, tied a thin gunpowder barrel with a rope, lit the match with a fire stick, and when it burned to the end, shot an arrow into the sky.
‘Bang!’ The gunpowder arrow exploded in the sky and could be clearly heard for miles.
About a quarter of an hour later, a large group of men in black ran out of the woods not far away. There were fifty or sixty people in total, each holding a weapon. They were so frightened that the legs of the large group of people, old and young, were shaking and their faces were pale.
After a moment, a large group of men in black rushed forward. The leader saluted Hu Yanlei and said, "See the command!"
"Is everything okay?"
"Reporting to the control, everything is normal. The previous cargo such as movable type has been put on board."
Next to him, Yang Tian felt relieved and suddenly saw hope in front of his eyes.
"General Huyan, who are these your subordinates?"
Hu Yanlei chuckled and said, "Didn't Master Yang wonder where my one hundred and twenty men are? That's them. The rest are on the boat."
"I can rest assured that!"
Hu Yanlei waved his hand and said, "Help with the luggage and lead the way!"
Fifty or sixty strong men easily shouldered their luggage and walked forward.
Hu Yanlei smiled at the hundreds of young and old people and said, "Let's go, everyone! We'll be there in about ten miles."
There was still a mile away from the Yellow River, and here was a wild ferry. At this time, the faint sound of horse hooves came from behind.
Hu Yanlei's expression changed. Oops, he encountered a patrol!
He immediately ordered: "Wang Wu, you take the young and old aboard first, and the other brothers stay with me to stop the enemy!"
He shouted again: "Put down your luggage first, then go back and put it on the ship."
Everyone was frightened, and no one could care about their luggage at this time. Under the leadership of Yang Tianfang, the old and young stumbled and ran towards the Yellow River, following a Song soldier.
Hu Yanlei led his men to deploy quickly. They did not have crossbows, but they had bows, arrows and knives. Each of them also had a short steel spear, which was enough.
What came was a group of Jurchen cavalry, about thirty of them. They were patrol cavalry along the Yellow River, specializing in catching people who sneaked across the Yellow River privately.
Just now they encountered an empty ox convoy, became suspicious, and killed a driver. The other drivers were frightened and told the truth. There were about a hundred people trying to cross the Yellow River illegally, and they were basically old, weak, women, and children.
The coachmen told the truth, but they misled the Jurchen cavalry. They were not vigilant and thought they were just smuggling civilians as usual.
Not everyone can afford the high cost of migration and checkpoints along the way. If you want to go to Hebei, you can only rely on sneaking across the Yellow River. Some fishermen will privately pick up passengers to cross the Yellow River.
The Jurchen Captain Hu Shahu ordered a dozen cavalry teams to inspect wild ferries and stowaways along the way, and this cavalry was one of them.
In the darkness, the Jurchen cavalry faintly saw figures running and flashing in front of them. They whipped their horses and sped up. Thirty war horses ran wildly on the official road. At this time, if a horse slowed down a little, it would immediately meet the ones behind it.
The horses collided into a ball.
Hu Yanlei's eyes were fixed on the cavalry, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Prepare your bows and arrows, follow my orders!"
In the darkness, thirty Jurchen cavalry shouted loudly, urging their horses to run like wind and lightning. At this moment, Hu Yanlei gave an order: "Shoot!"
More than seventy arrows were shot together, and the arrows were dense and powerful. Within just twenty steps, the Jurchen soldiers screamed and fell off their horses. Half of the thirty people were killed. The other Jurchen soldiers reined in their horses and looked at them in horror.
A dismounted soldier.
Hu Yanlei shouted, "Throw the short spear!"
The men brought by Hu Yanlei were all masters of short spear throwing. More than seventy short steel spears were thrown out with all their strength, like black lightning piercing the opponent. The lethality was much more powerful than arrows. The remaining ten
Every one of the six Jurchen cavalry disappeared. They were all pierced by short spears and nailed to the ground.
The Song army pulled out their sabers, killed several soldiers who were still hit by arrows, put away their short steel spears, ignored the corpses of the enemy soldiers, picked up their luggage and ran towards the river.
More than a hundred people are boarding the ship. Three large warships of 3,000 stone are moored in the river. There is no plank road dock here, so we can only rely on a few small boats to send people to the river, and then directly climb the ladder to board the ship.
Yang Tianfang looked at the big wheels on both sides of the ship in surprise, which looked like water wheels. He finally understood what a wheel and a ship looked like.
"Dr. Yang, are everyone here?" Hu Yanlei asked loudly,
Yang Tian put it on another big boat and shouted: "Everyone is here!"
"Wang Dutou, where are the brothers, are they all here?" Hu Yanlei asked again.
"Reporting to the general, everyone is here, not a few."
Hu Yanlei shouted, "Let's go!"
The wheels on both sides rolled over, creating torrential white waves, and the three large ships sailed toward the center of the Yellow River.