C1625 Difficult march (2/2)
”Besides, the officials of the Kingdom of Qing also have their own considerations. Due to political reasons, they would not let us go to the heart of the country!”
”What are you afraid of them for? Who can stop our Cossack? ” The soldier muttered, unconvinced.
”Hahaha …” His courage was good, but his wits were simply not enough! The territory of the Kingdom of Qing is even larger than us, Sha Russia, and there are mountains and rivers behind the border. You can win ten times, but they can endure a hundred defeats, so if we lose once, we will be completely wiped out! ”
Fajeev looked to the east and said softly, ”Right now, we can only cooperate with the Qing people and head east. ”Those Qing government officials were very greedy, giving them all the gold and antiques that we snatched from the prairie …”
”I believe they will definitely give us enough food and horse material! After that, we will continue our journey south, east towards the Songhua River Estuary or directly into the Wusuli River's mouth, and head south along the surface of the ice … ”
”When we enter the Far East, the end of this war will be decided! Children... ”Hold on for another day and a half, and when we get there, our days will be better …”
Fajeev was completely unaware that a change that was destined to shock the entire world had already happened in Shizheng, and their fates would be reversed along with this change of events.
The cold spring weather was really hard to bear. If the Shizheng did not have all the fires in the city, people would have thought that this was a legendary dead city. There was not a single sound other than the occasional monotonous barking of a dog and the shrill cries of an owl.
There were no pedestrians on the main street, and even the shadows of the patrons were nowhere to be seen. It was unknown what time it was in the long dark night.
At all the crossroads, there was a bonfire crackling and burning. The silent soldiers surrounded the bonfire, not daring to speak. It was as if they were surrounded by evil spirits.
These soldiers who were keeping watch were all unlucky. Normal people wouldn't want to have anything to do with the mutiny, and their own lives were more important than the government of the imperial court.
At the intersection closest to the garrison's back door, there was a bonfire that ten veterans were enduring alone. They did not even know that there were dozens of black shadows sneaking towards them in the dark night.
Caught off guard, the ten veterans were suddenly pushed down by the black shadow behind them. Just as they wanted to shout out loud, their mouths were tightly covered.
”Shut up! Shut up … It's us! Fuck, open your eyes and take a good look! ” The attacker whispered.
The old veteran was relieved upon seeing this, he did not expect that the one ambushing him was someone he knew. T?pchin's trusted personal guard, the Guard Captain, and the White Bear Lord were also approaching from the darkness.
The old soldier trembled as he whispered, ”Oh Lord Pu!” I am one of your people, this is what you want me to do! ”You …”
”Shut up! To save my master, of course … ”You guys stay here and guard this place well, don't let the rebel army notice that something is amiss. If you provide us with a good cover, it will be a great merit!”
”Understood, don't worry, Master Pu. I will definitely do my best!”