East Factory Governor

Chapter 234 Prestige Ridge

In winter, it gets dark early.

There is no moon tonight, only goose feathers and heavy snow, in the howling north wind, quickly covered Hengling with a layer of silver.

Cold, biting cold, probably the coldest day since winter.

There was thick snow on everyone's head and shoulders, and even icy scum formed on their eyebrows.The blood from the wounded also condensed into ice, hanging on the body piece by piece, like pieces of blood amber.

Qin Shuhuai tightened his coat tightly. This coat was cut with more than a dozen holes, and the north wind poured in. It was really like a knife cutting.

The severe cold is simply a nightmare for the wounded who have lost a lot of blood.Along the way, dozens of seriously injured people have been frozen to death!
"Shh! Shh! Shh!"

More than a thousand people stepped on the thick snow and walked silently in the boundless darkness and heavy snow.

Qin Shuhuai led a horse, and Meng Hu and Buer Sanren immediately lay down on it.Qin Shuhuai had just bought two Chinese Resurrection Pills from the system for these two people to take, but it seemed that the situation was still not optimistic.Almost all of these more than 1000 people were injured. If they continue to march under such severe cold conditions, more people will freeze to death.

But he could not order the rest of the army.Due to the hasty retreat, it was too late to take away a lot of supplies, and now the whole army doesn't even have a tent.And in order to prevent the location from being exposed, they can't start a fire, so once everyone stops, I'm afraid they will freeze to death faster.

And to make matters worse, they got lost.No one here is familiar with the Hengling area. Although the Five Elements Flag has a map, because it is a snowy night and it is still in a vast virgin forest, it is normal to get lost.

"Shhhhh!"

A figure ran over quickly, panting and said to Qin Shuhuai, "Master, there is a mountain depression ahead, the north wind can't blow it, it should be warmer!"

It was Lai Saner who spoke.Lai San'er and Pigou defended the third section together, and the task was relatively light, so the two of them were not seriously injured, so they took on the work of the outpost.

Qin Shuhuai immediately said, "Give me an order, everyone go to the mountain to hide from the snow immediately! We will start after dawn!"

The general order was spread, and the whole army immediately turned around and marched towards the col.About half an hour later, more than a thousand people all entered the mountain depression to hide from the snow.

This mountain depression is formed naturally. Not only is it surrounded by mountains, which can effectively resist the north wind, but also the terrain is low, like a valley, so the temperature is higher than outside.In the valley, there is a stream.The stream is not frozen, and the water is gurgling.

This place is simply a paradise for everyone.Quite a few of them sat down and said that they would not leave even if they were beaten to death.

Without tents, many people found a big tree to lean against, and fell asleep from exhaustion and hunger.This is extremely dangerous. Although the temperature here is higher than outside, it is still extremely cold. If you fall asleep in the open air, you will definitely freeze to death.

Qin Shuhuai ordered, light a bonfire!No limit, order as much as you want!

Lighting a bonfire is easy to reveal whereabouts and attract Houjin's pursuers.But Qin Shuhuai thought that it would be better to die in battle with Hou Jin than to be frozen to death.

The crowd immediately set up piles of bonfires happily, and in the small mountain depression, it was as bright as day and warm as spring.

Perhaps it was the bright light that disturbed the wild beasts, and the sounds of wild beasts around the depression kept coming and going.This is a primeval forest, and there has never been a shortage of wild animals.

Qin Shuhuai called Zhang Xiao, Pi Gou and Lai San'er, and whispered a few words with them.The three nodded immediately, and immediately went back to find more than a dozen stronger brothers.

Qin Shuhuai led them into the dense forest.After walking for less than a quarter of an hour, he really noticed rustling noises in front of him. Qin Shuhuai picked up a stone from the ground, and hit it with a "whoosh" without saying a word.

"Aww! Hoo hoo!"

It appeared to be a wild boar.Because the night was too dark, Qin Shuhuai wasn't sure where its head was, so he couldn't kill it all at once, so this time he picked up a few more stones and hit them with a "puff puff".With his current internal strength cultivation, it is not an exaggeration to say that these stones are like bullets.

The wild boar screamed a few more times, and then rolled all over the ground, but it didn't take long for it to stop.

After lighting the torches, everyone came closer and saw that it was indeed a gigantic wild boar, more than two meters long!

Lai San'er smiled and said, "Such a big wild boar, now everyone can eat meat!"

Zhang Xiao said, "We have more than 1000 brothers, and we must have five or six. Come on, let's take a look inside."

Everyone walked in for a while, and suddenly there was an abnormal sound under their feet. Before they could recover, many people were caught by something and suddenly hung upside down in the air.

Qin Shuhuai was also trapped, but he immediately cut off the rope with his sword, and then returned to the ground steadily.Five or six of the dozen or so people were hung up, but Qin Shuhuai, Lai San'er, Pi Gou, Zhang Xiao and the others were not low in cultivation, so such indecent methods were of course useless to them.

Several torches soon appeared around, and more than 30 people suddenly appeared, surrounding them.These people are all wearing thick leather clothes made of animal skins, and they look like hunters in the mountains.

The leader was a strong man with big arms and a round waist. Looking at Qin Shuhuai and the others, he sneered and said, "Hehe, you are quite courageous. Dare to come to Sanye Chang's territory to fight wild boars?"

Qin Shuhuai smiled faintly and said, "Master Chang, which Master Chang?"

The burly man said, "You haven't heard of my mighty third master Chang?"

When Qin Shuhuai heard this, he wondered if there was a bandit den here?That's good, the brothers will have a place to sleep in a while.What's more, when you turn back, you can ask these bandits for directions.

So he said again, "Is this Weifeng Ridge? Excellent, so you are bandits?"

The burly man laughed loudly, "Boy, you are right, we are bandits, robbers."

As soon as the words fell, Lai San'er laughed, "Haha, it's funny too, these few stinky bird bags can also gather people into bandits? Can you get the money?"

This remark made Qin Shuhuai and the others laugh, even the Jianghe gang who were hanging above laughed enough.Naturally, they were not worried about these bandits.Ever since they fought with the Tartar soldiers, looking at these bandits again, they felt like they were playing with a bunch of brats.

The burly man's face suddenly darkened, and he said coldly, "It seems that you won't cry when you see the coffin, and I won't let you see any blood, so you think you are a vegetarian, don't you?"

At this time, a bandit pointed at Zhang Xiao and said, "Master Tiger, he is wearing armor, like an officer and soldier!"

Scrubbing the waves, the faces of more than 30 bandits changed drastically, and they drew out their knives one after another, as if they were going to desperately.

Seeing this, Lai San'er and the others all smiled disdainfully, and drew out their swords one after another, ready to kill again.

However, Qin Shuhuai stopped him.

Qin Shuhuai walked up to Niu Hu and said, "Master Hu, we are not officers and soldiers. We bought these armors just for safety. You see, the armors of officers and soldiers are not like ours!"

The armor that Qin Shuhuai gave to Jiang He was quite different from the armor of the Ming army.

Niu Hu took a closer look and found that these armors were indeed not the armors often worn by officers and soldiers.Seeing that these people are all armed with swords, and this is not the standard equipment of the army, I believe it again.

Qin Shuhuai said to the crowd, "Everyone, calm down. This Lord Tiger is just asking for money, so let's cooperate. Why use swords and guns? What if someone dies?"

Everyone looked at Qin Shuhuai in confusion, but soon figured it out.The gang leader probably did this to have fun with these bandits, so let's just accompany him.

Niu Hu couldn't help but look at Qin Shuhuai contemptuously, thinking that the others looked like men, but this guy was the most cowardly.But that's okay, as long as they are willing to cooperate, I don't have to make a move.

So he stepped forward and patted Qin Shuhuai's shoulder with a smile, and said, "Boy, you are the most sensible. In this way, take out all the money on your body, and Lord Tiger will let you go."

Qin Shuhuai said, "Is this all right? Lord Tiger is really righteous, I thought you were going to tie us back to the cottage, and ask my family for money!"

Upon hearing this, Niu Hu immediately asked, "What does your family do?"

Qin Shuhuai shook his head and said, "I didn't do anything, just do some small business."

Niu Hu stared, and said viciously, "You'd better be honest, if Master Hu finds out that you are lying, no one here will survive."

Lai San'er has been with Qin Shuhuai for so long, and he immediately knew what Qin Shuhuai wanted to do, and immediately said, "Mr. Qin, why are you still not telling the truth? Master Hu, this Mr. Qin's family makes cloth For business, the family is in Yutian County, and the assets of the family are also ranked high in Yutian!"

Qin Shuhuai said angrily, "Lai San'er, how could you tell them this? Now they have to take us hostage?"

Lai San'er said, "It's better than being hacked by Mr. Hu! Anyway, your family has money, and it's nothing to give tens of thousands of taels!"

Hearing this, Niu Hu's eyes sparkled, and he burst out laughing immediately, "Good! Good! Brothers, tie them up!"

As soon as the words fell, several strong men holding torches came over and tied them up neatly.Seeing that Qin Shuhuai chose to arrest him without a fight, the others stopped resisting.

The bandits happily escorted Qin Shuhuai and his party towards a certain direction.Not long after, they came to a cottage.

This cottage is located in a valley, and the scale is not small, covering an area of ​​dozens of acres.A lot of guard posts were set up along the way. Taking advantage of the steep terrain, it was easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Qin Shuhuai and others were escorted into a cave.This cave is very large and deep, and the inside extends in all directions, and it is no problem to accommodate thousands of people.The cave was divided into rooms, and people came to live in it.

"Master Wang, Master Wang, I tied a good ticket, now we will get rich!" Niu Hu said excitedly to a thin middle-aged man.

Master Wang looked at Qin Shuhuai and the others with great interest, and suddenly his expression changed, and he said, "Why are these people wearing armor? Why is there blood on the armor?"

Niu Hu said, "Master, don't worry, these armors are not from the army, I can't see them! As for the blood stains, I didn't see them clearly because it was too dark before. But who cares, they are all tied up anyway, so I'm afraid he will do nothing." !"

Qin Shuhuai chuckled, and said, "I didn't expect there to be a master in this small Prestige Ridge. The equipment is quite complete."

Niuhu stared, pointed at Qin Shuhuai and said, "Little bastard, did you let me speak? Say one more word and I will cut your tongue."

Qin Shuhuai laughed again, "If I don't talk, how can I negotiate the price with you? Hurry up and call your boss out."

Niuhu was furious, he picked up a whip on the table and wanted to whip it at Qin Shuhuai's body!
But Zhang Xiao roared, "Niu Er, you bastard with no eyes, put down the whip if you don't want to die!"

Niu Hu raised his hand in the air and was stunned.

Niu Er was his nickname, and he didn't understand how the blood-stained man in front of him knew his nickname.

After taking a closer look at this person, he suddenly felt a little familiar again.

Zhang Xiao yelled at "Master Wang" again, "Wang Zaiyu, you bastard! His mother thought you were dead, but I didn't expect you to be a bandit here, so I built a tomb for you!"

Master Wang's eyeballs popped suddenly, and he slowly opened his mouth, as if he wanted to shout but couldn't!

(End of this chapter)