Xia Lei rolled and rumbled, and the rain poured down.
Soldiers in the battalion wearing coir raincoats shuttled through the rain curtain, checking the sandbags around the tent to block the rain.
Especially in the direction near the mountain, Lao Jin personally commanded a team in the rain, and trotted towards that place with sandbags on his shoulders.
Wearing the same coir raincoat and bamboo hat, Gu Jiuge stepped forward, "Where are they carrying sandbags?"
"Go to the foot of the mountain to block it, the rain is getting heavier, and it will be bad if the muddy water on the mountain washes down!"
The sound of rain was pattering, Lao Jin's voice was bright, and Gu Jiuge could hear it clearly, "Then I'll go with you too, after all, nothing will happen in the camp."
Calculating the schedule, Xikun's new chief general should be on the way, and it may take a few days to arrive due to the continuous heavy rain.
Lao Jin laughed and looked towards the big tent. Gu Huaijiang and Gu Shubai were standing under the canopy watching the rain. Gu Hanmo didn't know where to go, "Okay, Second Young Master, if you don't mind being dirty, come with us!"
Gu Huaijiang saw them leaving, looking at the mountains in the distance, there was only a sinuous silhouette left in the rain, "The people sent to the Immortal Valley to investigate along the road have already gone, but unfortunately it has been raining for days, and I don't know when they will be back."
They have been marching for many years and have encountered all kinds of bad weather. Among them, the most feared thing is not snow, but wind and rain.
Squalls and torrential rain will bring resistance to their progress. For them, if they delay for a little time, they may miss the best opportunity.
The rain on the top of the canopy fell along the slanted arc, forming a string of beads, mixed with the heavy rain in the sky, and the damp breath rushed towards the face.
Gu Shubai said: "Fortunately, the heavy rain is fair. Our people are delayed, and the new master of Xikun will always be hindered."
Gu Huaijiang sighed softly, "After the battle of the cross-border monument, the spies stationed in Xikun suffered a lot. This time we didn't even find out who the new general sent by Xikun was. We don't know who the other party is. "
Logically speaking, every general in Xikun, Gu Huaijiang, has fought against each other before, so he knows the opponent's strength and habits, so there is no need to worry.
But this time is different, this time Emperor Kun only sent 70,000 to 80,000 people, completely out of order, and the chief general may also be out of order.
The strange soldier, the strange general, could it be the person they guessed
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The obstacles brought about by the heavy rain for days are not limited to the border barracks.
Yu Fu traveled fast all the way, not wanting to get close to the border but encountered this heavy rain, and was delayed for two days in the posthouse.
"Miss, it's windy and rainy outside, you'd better go inside and hide!"
Yao Lan brought hot tea from the outside, but the post house had poor supplies, even the tea leaves were not fresh, so it was hard to find some good tea.
Standing on the porch, Yufu watched the flowers and trees in the courtyard staggered by the rain, and stretched out his hand to catch the rain.
The rainwater hit her delicate palm, and soon filled a small nest, Yu Fu leaned in to see it, and then threw the water in her palm back into the rain.
You can catch so much water with just a stretch of your hand, and if you step out, you will be drowned in no time.
She turned her head and walked towards the house. She turned her face and went out along the long corridor before her feet crossed the threshold.
"Hey, Miss!"
Yaolan called her from behind, not knowing where she was going.
In the front yard of the post house, the ten guards brought by the mansion were bored, discussing the rain while drinking tea.
"Look at the rain, it won't stop in ten days and half a month."
"Ten days and half a month? That lady has suffered so much all the way, isn't it all in vain?"
"Hey, it's raining so badly that we can't even see the road clearly. It's not impossible for us to walk by force. How do you ask Miss to walk?"
There were sighs at the end of the speech, they didn't dare to say this in front of Yu Fu, they could only discuss it in private.
Yu Fu came over from the backyard, just in time to hear the previous sentence, "You mean you can go?"
Everyone stood up at once, with a straight posture, "Miss, why are you here?"
The rain outside was so loud that they didn't even hear Yufu's footsteps.
Yu Fu only stared at the person who said "It's not impossible to forcefully walk", "Answer my question, you said that it is not impossible to forcefully walk, how to walk?"
The soldier said anxiously: "Miss, what I said is that we are forced to walk, how can you go out in the rain like us? If the general knows, he will definitely skin us!"
"No, I have to leave by myself, and no one can blame me. I must rush to the camp immediately, and I will miss the important thing if I am late!"
The soldier wondered: "Miss, even if we go out in the rain, the journey will not be fast. It would be good if we can travel half as much day and night. It will take about five or six days from here to Zhuguan. Miss, it will rain for five or six days. How can the body handle it?"
Don't say that Yufu can't bear it anymore, these big men who are strong and healthy don't dare to say that they will be able to do it.
Another soldier persuaded: "Miss, we were talking about it in private just now, and we can't take it seriously. Even in this kind of weather in the army, the general would not let us continue marching. The so-called forced walking is that he bragged. Niu Pi, ignore him!"
"That's right, I'm bragging. Miss, listen to our advice, you really can't go out in this weather!"
Yu Fu thought for a while, "Aside from being afraid of getting wet in the rain, what's the problem?"
She was surprisingly calm, she didn't insist on traveling as they imagined, nor was she frightened off by their words, but carefully studied the feasibility.
This kind of thinking is the same as when the lieutenant general led the troops.
Everyone was taken aback, and quickly asked questions one after another, hoping that Yufu would retreat in spite of the difficulties.
"In addition to being afraid of getting sick in the rain, I am also afraid that the wind and rain will reduce the speed of the horse, and the original itinerary will be doubled."
"Besides, the road to the border is bumpy. The horse's hoof slips or you can't see the road clearly, which will cause injury or even fall off the horse." Yu Fu wrote down one by one, "Is there any more?"
Several soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay, "It seems... not for the time being."
Yu Fu casually sat next to their seats, waved his hand, and motioned for everyone to sit down. A soldier looked at the chair Yu Fu was sitting on, which was still stained with plaster.
She just sat down like this, without any of the hypocrisy of a lady.
Everyone sat down one after another to listen to her analysis, "First, the problem of getting sick from the rain is easy to solve. I will prepare preventive medicine for everyone in advance, so that everyone will not have fever and cold symptoms after taking it every day."
This is Yufu's old business, everyone nodded in conviction.
"Second, it's not a problem to extend the journey at a low speed. No matter how slow the speed is, it's better than we are waiting in the post house now. I'm not afraid of hard work, how about you?"
Everyone laughed plainly, "Miss Jinzhiyuye is not afraid of hard work, how can us rough guys be afraid?"
Yufu expected so, if she and Yaolan, two daughters, were not there, these soldiers might have rushed to Zhuguan in the rain.
"As for the third... I have no experience riding a horse in the rain. I wonder if you have a good way to avoid falling off the horse?"
Having said all this, everyone no longer hesitated, "There is a way, but there is no guarantee that it will be perfect. We martial arts practitioners will not be in trouble even if we fall off the horse. There is a trick called eighteen turn over the horse, do you know the lady?" ?”
Yu Fu shook his head ignorantly, just now he was giving advice, but now he is like an ordinary daughter, confused about martial arts.
"Third Brother taught me some swordsmanship, Big Brother taught me flying needles, Yu Yang taught me archery... I only learned a little superficially, I really don't know martial arts."
The bewildered eyes of the stunning girl made people feel a desire to protect.
"It's okay, I'll teach you!"
A soldier jumped on the table three times, five times and two times, lay down on the spot, and rolled to the edge of the table, "Miss, look out!"
I saw him rolling vigorously, the moment he fell off the table, he curled up and rolled back and forth, until he landed on the ground and rolled three or four times.
Another soldier explained to Yu Fu, "Curling the body tightly is to protect the head and internal organs from being injured by the stones on the ground. Rolling can reduce the force of landing, so that at most there will be some scratches on the body, and it will not be too serious."
It turned out that this was the eighteenth turn of the horse.
Yu Fu nodded knowingly, stepped on the chair and climbed up the table, trying to imitate it.
"Miss, what are you doing?!"
Yao Lan waited in the backyard for a long time without seeing Yufu, so she went to the front yard to look for her, and when she came, she saw Yufu standing on the table, and ten soldiers looked at her eagerly, expectantly.
This scene is so weird no matter how you look at it.
Hearing her voice, Yu Fu smiled and said: "It just so happens that you are here, you have to learn how to lose the horse, and we can continue on our way after learning."
After saying that, he fell down on the table and rolled down.
When she was rolling in mid-air like a soldier, she heard Yao Lan's scream.