Chapter 562 Detour

The escort team left Chang'an City safely, walked through Xianyang, passed Xingping, performed martial arts, passed Fufeng, and arrived at Fengxiang Mansion, covering more than one-tenth of the distance.

This journey has been uneventful, if not calm, and even spies rarely show up.

Lian Chengbi looked at Situ Zhongping, who was commanding Ruoding, and praised, "He is indeed as stable as a mountain. The escort team with so many people was actually commanded by him in an orderly manner without any flaws."

Not to mention Situ Zhongping's true character, but he does have real abilities. In terms of management experience in commanding the escort team, this person is definitely above him, even stronger than Tie Zhongqi.

He is worthy of being the chief escort of seventy-two joint escort agencies. Whether it is in detail management or cheering, he can cheer up the members of the escort team and not give the enemy any opportunity to take advantage of him.

Unless the other party is really aggressive in person, this escort trip can indeed be said to be rock solid.

But if it is forced, although the bodyguards of the escort team may not be as many as the bandits, the eminent monks are not fake. With several eminent monks and a group of Shaolin monks forming an Arhat formation, the bandit leaders are also worried that they will never come back. .

After all, the bandits were not in the same group, and everyone was worried about making wedding clothes for others.

So the situation became deadlocked.

This was a conspiracy by Situ Zhongping. He was neither arrogant nor impetuous and advanced steadily. He first became invincible because the stalemate situation was obviously beneficial to the escort team.

Hearing Lian Chengbi's praise, Shen Bijun also smiled and said, "Hero Situ has been in the escort agency for forty or fifty years. He has escorted countless escorts in his life, but he has never missed a single one. It is definitely not a fluke. With his famous name, I often visit him even if I don't go out of my boudoir." can hear."

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When going out during the day, there will be two escorts and seven or eight escorts scouting the way ahead, reporting back every other stick of incense.

For meals in the morning and evening, the waiter buys the food himself and watches the chef cook in the kitchen, and everyone still eats in batches.

When staying at the inn at night, there are clear posts and hidden sentries, with buckets provided to prevent fires and horses from being poisoned, and coded reminders are given from time to time.

Situ Zhongping was in charge of the escort team almost as if it were a marching battle. It was enough to deal with ordinary motley troops. Although these bandits' martial arts were high, how could their rules and disciplines be comparable to those of the army?

So after they left Fengxiang Mansion, they safely entered Ganlong through Sanguan, followed the Weishui River to Qinzhou, then took Longxi Road past Lintao Mansion, and finally arrived in Lanzhou.

By this time, half of the journey has been completed.

"Hahaha!"

"The chief escort is powerful and has arranged the journey well. Those bandits have no chance to attack!"

"Finally arrived in Lanzhou."

"The chief escort has spoken. We can take turns in Lanzhou, each of us can rest for a day before setting off again."

"The road ahead will be difficult. We need to purchase more supplies in Lanzhou. We may have to walk through the Gobi desert and sleep in the wild."

"But it will be good when we get to Jiayuguan."

"I heard that Dunhuang is very prosperous, and there are also beauties from the Western Regions. I'll give you a reward when the time comes, and let's go eat some meat together?"

"Hahaha!"

Lanzhou was the last big city on the way to the northwest. Under Situ Zhongping's arrangement, the escort team had a good rest for two days, specially set aside two carriages to prepare sufficient supplies, and then continued to set off.

"Having gone so far, I found that there have been no spies around for a long time."

Shen Bijun asked, "Have they given up? It's more than a thousand miles away. The horse bandits outside the Great Wall are fine. Can the bandits from Taihang Mountain, Guanzhong, and Bashu still follow them all the way?"

"It makes sense." Liancheng Bi rubbed his chin. The current situation did not exceed his expectations. It can be seen that the joining of Liu Yongnan and Peng Pengfei did not trigger a butterfly effect.

It looks like a big scene, but actually nothing happens.

"Chief escort!"

At this moment, a foreman from the front quickly reported, "Landslides and rocks ahead blocked the road. The nearby villages are organizing people to open the road, but it will be impassable in a short time!"

Lu Shiheng, who was in the lead, raised his hand to stop the escort team. Situ Zhongping and Ai Ziqi in the middle drove forward, "What's going on?"

"There is a mountain road three miles ahead. I heard that the earthquake caused a landslide three days ago. Huge boulders and trees rolled down, almost filling the mountain road." Tanzai Shou said, "When we went to explore the road, the nearby village elders were still cleaning up. the way."

Situ Zhongping asked, "Three days ago?"

The waiter nodded repeatedly, "We asked several people, and it was indeed three days ago."

Ai Ziqi frowned and asked, "Is the road impassable?"

"People can walk, but they can't pass the car." Zaizi Shou said, "Mr. Long asked us to move forward, but we encountered three large rocks, which were difficult to move with manpower."

At this moment, Long Changxing, who was scouting the road ahead, came back with all the other explorers.

"Chief guard." Long Changxing cupped his hands and said, "I asked the nearby villagers that this kind of landslide is not common, but it will happen every few years. It will take at least ten days to open the road."

"Too slow!" Situ Zhongping shook his head.

Ai Ziqi asked, "What if we join?"

Long Changxing shook his head, "The place is so big, and there are already a lot of people coming. Even if we go together, it won't be of much use."

"Then we can only take a detour." Situ Zhongping looked at Ai Ziqi.

Ai Ziqi shook his head and said, "I'm not familiar with the terrain here. Apart from this official road, I don't know any other roads."

"I asked." Long Changxing said, "If you want to go to Liangzhou from here, in addition to taking this official road through Zhuanglangwei, there are two roads, one in the south and one in the north. The north is easier to walk, but it takes a long detour and it is estimated to take nearly ten more days."

"What about the south?" Situ Zhongping asked.

"The road in the south is closer, but there are many mountain roads. It is said that there are wild beasts and robbers in the mountains, which is more dangerous." Long Changxing said, "But the speed is fast. If you don't stop on the road, it will take at most one day."

Ai Ziqi laughed when he heard it, "Are we afraid of robbers?"

Long Changxing also laughed when he heard it, "So I have inquired about the road in the south, and even invited a guide who is willing to accompany us."

The crowd then noticed a man with a nervous face surrounded by the porters.

Situ Zhongping turned over and dismounted, smiled and patted the man's shoulder, "Don't worry, lead the way. When we get out of this road, you will have your silver reward."

"Yes, yes!" The guide nodded repeatedly.

Then the escort team took another road under the guidance of the guide, bypassed the nearby villages, and went along the mountain road.

Although this road is not an official road, it is still drivable.

According to the guide, this road was an official road a hundred years ago. Later, the court re-surveyed and built the road, and this road was mostly abandoned, but there were still people living in the villages along the way, so it was still in use.

The escort team drove all the way and finally arrived at a village before dark.