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Chapter 1478: Tempering the Heart in the Mortal World (22)

Chapter 1478: Tempering the Heart in the Mortal World (Twenty-two)

Not long after the Qing'an caravan led by Wang Chen entered Yunze Prefecture, some furtive figures appeared around them.

Although the caravan encountered many bandits along the way, the situation now is obviously different.

These sneaky guys followed the caravan from a distance, never getting within a mile. They basically came in groups of three or five, spying in the form of small teams.

As the caravan went deeper into the swamp, the number of snoopers continued to increase.

Yunze Prefecture has a vast territory, with rivers and lakes everywhere and swamps and wetlands abound. Although it has also suffered from drought, the situation is much better than that of Changyi Prefecture.

However, the complex environment can easily bring unpredictable dangers!

This made the Qing'an caravan more cautious in its actions.

At nightfall, the caravan camped and rested beside a vast lake.

The escort guide said to Wang Chen, "Mr. Wang, in five days, we will almost reach Sanhe County."

Sanhe County is a large county in Yunze Prefecture. It used to have long-term trade relations with Qing'an County. The latter purchased a lot of grain and medicinal materials from Sanhe County by water every year.

Now that the water route is cut off, the Qing'an caravan can only travel to Sanhe County by land, which is undoubtedly much more troublesome.

"Ah."

Wang Chen nodded and ordered: "Keep everyone alert tonight and don't be careless."

"Yes!"

The escort took the order and left.

In addition to 300 garrison soldiers acting as guards, this caravan also recruited escorts and porters from the only escort agency in Qing'an County to help.

These bodyguards and porters travel all year round. They are not only familiar with the environment of Changyi, Yunze and other prefectures, but also have extensive connections in the martial arts world, and have played a very important role along the way.

They are also very experienced and have performed tasks such as exploration, camping, patrolling, and guarding very well.

This greatly reduced Wang Chen’s burden.

But the situation tonight was quite different. When many caravan members fell asleep in their tents, the cries of night owls suddenly could be heard around them.

Hoarse, shrill, and strange, like a vicious curse, the sound drilled into everyone's ears.

Let everyone wake up from the nightmare!

They all yelled and cursed.

After just a moment, the owl's cry disappeared and peace returned to the camp.

Everyone could only fall asleep in disappointment.

But after another half hour, the same cry was heard again, startling everyone in the caravan again!

Now even the clumsiest person understood that someone was definitely causing trouble on purpose and was trying to make things difficult for the caravan.

"Mr. Wang."

An escort said to Wang Chen, "Do you want me to take someone out to take a look?"

The escort's surname is Chen. He is the leader of the escort company. He is over thirty years old and quite powerful. He has rich experience in leading teams and has seen many ups and downs in the world.

Although this kind of underworld trick does not cause any direct harm, it is very disgusting. The intention is to prevent the people in the caravan from getting a good rest and then making them exhausted.

If nothing unexpected happens, the same harassment will continue in the next few days as long as the caravan has not arrived in Sanhe County.

Those invisible enemies were like vicious wolves. Once they were given an opportunity, they would immediately pounce on the caravan, tear it into pieces, and then eat its flesh and blood cleanly.

"Need not."

Wang Chen looked up at the dark night sky and said in a deep voice, "Just bear with it tonight and we'll talk about it tomorrow."

It was a dark and windy night, and we were unfamiliar with the area. If we rashly went out to search for the enemy in such an environment, the probability of something going wrong would be too high.

Wang Chen disagreed, so Chen Biaotou had to stay put.

He also knew that it was dangerous to go out, but if he remained indifferent, the enemy would easily think he was weak and could be bullied, and they would only become more rampant.

The next morning, when the caravan broke camp and continued on its journey, many people were tired and yawning, and many of them had big dark circles under their eyes.

The speed of travel has dropped a lot.

At night, the same thing happened again!

This time, in addition to the frequent cries of owls, there were also sounds like ghosts crying and wolves howling. The people in the caravan could only stuff their ears tightly with cotton to barely get a good night's sleep.

On the third night, the number of enemies harassing the caravan increased greatly, and their methods became more unscrupulous.

They fired dozens of rockets at the caravan camp from a long distance, trying to set the wagons on fire and scare the mules and horses, with extremely sinister intentions.

Fortunately, the caravan guards, who were on high alert, responded promptly and prevented too much damage.

But this renewed disturbance inevitably caused the caravan's morale to drop significantly.

Chen Biaotou was getting anxious: "Mr. Wang, we can't go on like this, otherwise we won't be able to hold on."

After a sleepless night, even a strong man would get tired. Now the pace of travel has slowed down a lot, and the enemies who are gathering can launch a fatal attack at any time.

The situation is really dangerous.

"I see."

Wang Chen drew out his sword and wiped it gently with silk satin: "Tonight, you take your men to guard the camp, and I will deal with these despicable rats."

Chen Biaotou knew that Wang Chen was very powerful, but he couldn't help but worry: "Mr. Wang, they are outnumbered. You'd better not put your precious body in danger."

A tiger cannot defeat a pack of wolves. No matter how strong Wang Chen is, if he is besieged by dozens or even hundreds of desperate criminals, it is normal for him to capsize in the ditch.

If something happens to Wang Chen, then this caravan will be really finished!

Therefore, the escort leader strongly disagreed with Wang Chen's decision.

Wang Chen smiled and said, "What I'm least afraid of is crowds of people!"

As evening approached, the caravan chose a suitable place to set up camp.

Under Wang Chen's command, dozens of guards worked together to cut long logs from the nearby woods and used ropes to build an arrow tower lookout tower.

Although this watchtower is only two or three meters high, it has no defensive measures.

But when Wang Chen stood on the watchtower with a longbow in hand, the morale of those soldiers who had fought side by side with him on the wall of Qing'an County was greatly boosted, and they even became excited.

And when their confused companions asked the reason, these old soldiers couldn't help but brag about Wang Chen's deeds.

After saying this, they added two more sentences: "With Mr. Wang's strength and achievements, it is more than enough for him to be awarded the position of county magistrate!"

Qing'an County had previously reported its achievements in fighting against the bandits to the provincial capital, but apart from Ye Xiangming being promoted half a level and taking over the power of Qing'an County, Wang Chen, the greatest contributor, was actually ignored.

There are no rewards.

It’s not that Ye Xiangming deliberately concealed his achievements, but for some unknown reason, the higher-ups turned a deaf ear to it!

This made many people feel indignant towards Wang Chen.

Fortunately, Wang Chen is Ye Xiangming's son-in-law, and the two have a very close relationship, otherwise all kinds of rumors would have come out.

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