As they approached Diling (Note 1), the caravan finally set up camp.
Although everyone can enter the territory of Longyou Road after climbing this branch of Qinling Mountains, no one wants to risk falling to the bottom of the valley by climbing this dangerous peak overnight.
The night wind was very strong at night, and it scratched my cheek like a blunt knife cutting flesh, causing it to hurt.
Guan Yuyuan is very busy. As the leader of the Jiyuan caravan, he must do everything personally, from the camp site selected for camping to the angle and position of the goods. He needs to check and guide. Camping at night is the most taboo.
Choose the camp at a mountain col. Although there are rules in the caravan, people will take turns to guard the camp. However, the mountain col is surrounded by mountains. If there is a fire, no one has time to react. If a fire breaks out, everyone and the goods can be burned down.
, everyone will lose their money.
Therefore, caravans will choose to camp on plains that are sheltered from the wind. In this way, although the thermal insulation effect is slightly poor, there will be no big fires, which is most beneficial to the caravans. When caravans set up camp, most of the goods and boxes will be piled on the ground.
On the outside, tie the horses and livestock to the boxes and form a circle. This forms a protective circle, which can protect against wild animals and prevent the people in the caravan from being blown away by strong winds.
After discussing with Li Kuo, Guan Yuyuan decided to camp on a gentle slope near the river. Although the young man was a captain of the first regiment, he respected his opinion and readily agreed after asking a few questions.
Guan Yuyuan breathed a sigh of relief after he called several guys from Jiyuan Company to carefully unload the "goods" from his own company and put them inside the cargo city. This was the first time the caravan camped in the wild since it left Chang'an. Everything had to be done.
careful.
"Brother Guan, the brothers have all unloaded the goods." Pu Dachui shouted at Guan Yuyuan with a smile on his face.
Guan Yuyuan admired Pu Dachui very much. Although this guy was quite big, he never relied on his body to bully others. This was unbelievable to Hong Shang, who had been fed up with the bullying of military gangsters. Under his leadership,
The soldiers of the Suzaku Regiment took the initiative to help the caravan unload the boxes, so that the work that originally took a long time to complete was completed half an hour early.
"Brother Dachui, come here and have a rest." Guan Yuyuan pointed to the mound beside him and motioned for Pu Dachui to sit over. Pu Dachui also had a bold temperament, so he agreed and rushed over in a sprint.
"Brother Guan, we will seal the entrance to the south soon, and this cargo city will be closed. I will ask a team of soldiers to take turns on duty, and you can have a peaceful sleep." He took out a leather wine bag and poured it into his neck with a sledgehammer.
He took a sip, wiped his lips lightly and said.
"So, thank you Brother Sledgehammer." Guan Yuyuan nodded lightly. With soldiers bravely keeping watch, in his opinion, the safety of the camp was improved a bit.
"Thank me for what I did. You are the guests that the captain wants to protect. There is no reason to let the guests stay awake all night with eye circles." Pu Dachui smiled heartily and punched Guan Yuyuan lightly.
Guan Yuyuan put his hand towards the bonfire and looked at the mountain pass in the distance in trance.
"After crossing that ridge, we reached the territory of Longyou Road. However, the area around this ridge is an area that neither of us cares about, and bandits are very frequent. We must pay more attention!"
"Hahaha. Since ancient times, people have not robbed officials. We, the hundreds of brothers, are all carrying real guys. Which blind little thieves would hit the muzzle of the gun?" Pu Dachui didn't care at all about the bandits mentioned by shopkeeper Guan.
In his opinion, those snitches were just taking advantage of some geographical conveniences and doing some business without capital. When encountering regular troops like them, they would be frightened and run away without taking action.
"It's better to pay more attention." Guan Yuyuan frowned, seeming a little uneasy.
"At this moment, the stove fire has been set up. The old man has put the noodles in the pot. Would you like a bowl?" A wizened old man with disheveled hair and one eye covered with black cloth came over and interjected.
"Lao Zhu, you are so good at it, I haven't tasted it for a while. If I get the chance this time, I have to fuck him for two big bowls." Guan Yuyuan seemed to know the old man very well, and he responded cheerfully.
"I don't care enough about this noodle, but I'm afraid that the noodle soup will be too hot and you won't be able to eat it!" Lao Zhu said jokingly, his beard trembling.
"Who said there was something to eat?" Li Kuo walked over with square steps, escorted by Dou Qing and Xianyu Yucheng.
"Master Xiaowei!" Pu Dachui hurriedly stood up and hugged Li Kuo with a fist and performed a military salute.
"Everyone, sit down!" Li Kuo was obviously in a good mood and waved to everyone to sit down as they pleased. "This is not a military camp, don't be restrained! I heard you guys chatting about noodles just now, so I followed the smell. I have been on the road these days.
, I relied on pancakes to satisfy my hunger, and I didn’t even get a hot bite. Now I want to go on a killing spree and have a good meal."
"What are you talking about? All the old guys are grateful that you are willing to guard the caravan. No one will miss you!" Lao Zhu seemed to have a good impression of Li Kuo and hurriedly agreed.
"Just the noodles are nothing. I just called Yanji, and they took people to hunt some game in the forest. Later, Lao Zhu, you will ask people to skin and roast it, and give it to everyone as a tooth sacrifice." Seeing the bonfire in front of him, Li
Kuo nodded and smiled.
"That's great! The old guys haven't seen meat for several days." Lao Zhu repeatedly rubbed his wrinkled hands and said yes again and again.
"Here comes the pheasant, the best pheasant, the fresh pheasant!" What is coming? Zhang Yanji shouted at the top of his voice, which could be heard several miles away.
"Oh, it seems that today's victory has been fruitful." Seeing the soldiers behind Zhang Yanji carrying a lot of game, Li Kuo joked with a smile.
Zhang Yanji said proudly: "Of course, it doesn't matter who takes action! This time I only took ten brothers and shot more than twenty pheasants and two roe deer. The roe deer in this ridge were stupid.
It was so strong that it just ran straight ahead. I nailed it to the ground with an arrow and shot it right through!" Zhang Xiaolangjun fiddled with a roe deer in the hands of his soldiers and showed off his prey everywhere.
"Awesome, I'll give you the credit this time." Li Kuo gave a thumbs up, and then turned to the dejected Zhou Wuwei.
"Not guilty, how was your harvest?"
"Uh, I originally shot a sika deer, but who would have thought that this beast ran away like crazy after being hit by an arrow. I, I didn't catch it!" Zhou Wuwei's face turned red to the base of his neck, and he muttered in a low voice.
"Tch, if you didn't hit it, you didn't hit it, and you came up with so many reasons. If you weren't so ambitious, maybe Zhou Dacai would have returned home with a full load now." Zhang Yanji bit a weed stick and squeezed it with pride.
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"You!" Zhou Wuwei gritted his teeth and endured it.
"Okay, who won't eat what he killed? Lao Zhu, please ask someone to peel and roast all these game meats." Li Kuo made a sign to Lao Zhu and motioned for the other party to quickly move the gunpowder barrel away.
"Hey!" Lao Zhu didn't care who brought the game. He excitedly called a few guys, took the game from Bing Yong, and moved it to the open space to skin it.
"It is a pleasure to use the sky as a quilt and the earth as a bed." Li Kuo thought as he looked at the bright moon in the sky.
Note 2: Roe deer is also called dwarf deer and wild sheep: herbivorous animals. Roe deer has a grass-yellow body and white hairs under its tail. Male roe deer has horns and females have no horns. People are accustomed to calling them silly roe deer, but they are not really stupid.
, maybe because of my curious nature.
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