HLnovel Chapter 456: 1 Cliff Pass (1)
Chapter 456: 1 Cliff Pass (1)
Chu Xiaomu said goodbye to the two of them reluctantly and rode his yellow horse westward along the Beast Mountain Trail.
Although the path was difficult to walk, it was nothing to Cheng Huang. It took just over five days to get out of the dangerous peaks of the West Beast Mountain. After running for about two and a half hours, they arrived at a city with mountains on the southeast and the sea on the west. Naturally, it was the Yinling City mentioned by the Crow Woman.
The southeast sides of Yinling City are blocked by mountains, so there is not much sunlight. Compared with the hotter Xishou Mountain, this city is indeed much cooler, or even a little gloomy.
Chu Xiaomu rode on his horse for two days in the West Beast Mountain. Both the man and the horse were a little tired. Although it was mid-spring, both of them were sweating profusely. At this time, the cool spring breeze blowing in Yinling Town made him feel very comfortable.
Chu Xiaomu was wearing a dark blue Bicheng summer military robe, Bicheng leather military boots, and his messy hair was tied up with a rope. With this outfit, he could easily be recognized as a Bicheng sergeant.
But apart from this set of clothes, the only thing suitable for this season was the ice silk and linen summer clothes given by his master. However, he thought the clothes were too bright and did not suit his temperament, so he never wore them.
When I arrived at Yinling Town, the first thing I thought about was to change my clothes.
As soon as I stepped into the city streets with my horse, I found that there were some strange-looking people. Some of them had curly dark brown hair, very short noses, thick and wide lips, and hands and fingers that were longer than those of ordinary people. They were obviously people from the Claw Tribe of the Red Sand Country.
Some of them had yellow-brown hair and beards, copper-yellow eyes, narrow and short foreheads, and slightly hunched shoulders and backs, but some had feet that were nearly half the size of an average person's. He also knew that they were from the Red Sand Country, but he couldn't guess which tribe they were from. He asked an old man selling vegetables on the roadside and found out that they were from the Hoof Tribe. No wonder these people's feet were so big.
Fortunately, these Chisha people were all ordinary people, none of them were trained weapons. When they saw Chu Xiaomu leading a military horse with a face shield, they were actually very scared, and some even began to avoid him from a distance, not daring to approach him.
Chu Xiaomu was puzzled, thinking, am I more frightening than you Saudis? However, he was quite angry with the Saudis, and he felt very happy to see that they were so afraid of him.
Leading Cheng Huang to a clothing store, Chu Xiaomu saw people coming in and out, and when they took clothes, they had to give the shopkeeper a few gold and silver coins. Chu Xiaomu then remembered that buying things in cities and towns on the mainland required money. You can't just take things and leave like in Baihua Island or Beast Mountain, and there are no clothing officers or equipment officers like in the army to distribute things to everyone.
Fortunately, he had received coins several times when he was in the Bicheng Army, so he took them out and prepared to buy a set of clothes.
There were many red, yellow, and colorful clothes in the shop. Chu Xiaomu knew that the more beautiful the clothes were, the more expensive they were and they would not suit her, so she chose a gray linen dress. After trying it on, she found that it fit her very well. Then she chose a pair of blue cloth round-toed soft boots, which also fit her feet perfectly. She paid for them immediately and left the shop happily.
From this moment on, Chu Xiaomu changed from a soldier of Bicheng to an inconspicuous city dweller.
He also bought some fine fodder at an inn to feed Cheng Huang. He had little money left, so he had to find a corner of the house to spend the night.
He didn't know how to buy clothes, fodder, and stay in an inn, but he was not afraid to ask people, and after one or two times he understood everything. He brought a few days' worth of dry food with him, so he didn't have to worry about food for the time being.
At dawn the next day, we continued heading north.
After leaving the outer city of Yinling Town, there are flat farmlands on both sides of the road. The fields are filled with refreshing green, and red, yellow and white flowers are in full bloom. It is a good time of mid-spring.
Chu Xiaomu thought that this place had not yet been invaded by the Chisha people, and the people there could still live and work in peace. But Bicheng had been broken by the Chisha soldiers, and the people in the city would probably have a very difficult life.
There were many farmers, merchants, and pedestrians on the road from Yinlingyi to Yixianyaguan. Riding on a yellow horse, a cloud of dust rose up along the way, as vast as a yellow dragon, and the wind blew off the hats of the people around.
These people only felt a flash in front of their eyes, and found something flying past them, but they couldn't see clearly what it was. They rubbed their eyes and wanted to take a closer look, but saw nothing on the road. They thought that they must be dazzled and mistook the strange wind for something flying.
Chu Xiaomu set out at noon and arrived near Yixianya Pass in about an hour. He thought that it was about 400 miles from Yinling Town to this pass, but Qisheng only took one hour, which was really incredible.
What's even more rare is that it can run at a very fast speed for a whole day without stopping, which is something that even the best military horses in Bicheng cannot do. Qinglu horses are also considered to be famous horses in Cangmu Country, but they are still far inferior to Chenghuang.
Chu Xiaomu came to the foot of the cliff pass, but saw that the stone cliffs on both sides of the road were thousands of feet high and gradually converged towards the pass in front. When they reached the pass, they were only one or two feet wide.
A heavy wooden door covered with iron sheets was built at the pass, and three large black characters "Yixian Cliff" were hung vertically on the top of the tall door frame.
In front of the gate stood a team of fifteen soldiers, holding long pointed halberds, wearing silver-grey iron-bearded helmets and iron armor of the same colour. They all stood upright on both sides of the gate, looking quite impressive.
Pedestrians and vendors on the road all lined up in a long queue waiting to pass through the checkpoint. When they arrived at the checkpoint, everyone took out a thin piece of paper and showed it to a leading soldier before they were allowed to pass.
Chu Xiaomu then remembered that the Cangmu Kingdom required a Dingyuan certificate when passing through the checkpoints from one city to another, but he did not have this thing at all. What should he do?
Suddenly, he remembered that there was a Bicheng military badge with the words "Nandui" engraved on it in his cloth bag, which might be used as a military certificate. He quickly took it out of the bag and held it in his hand.
People walked very slowly, and it took a long time before it was Chu Xiaomu's turn.
The leading soldier said expressionlessly, "Bring out the certificate." He looked quite impatient. He probably did the same thing every day and was already tired of it.
Chu Xiaomu had no choice but to spread his palm and said, "General, this is all I have."
The soldier took a quick look and said coldly: "No one is allowed to pass without a letter from the Ding official!" The two soldiers next to him immediately came up to pull Chu Xiaomu.
The sergeant suddenly recognized the badge of Bicheng and was quite surprised. He asked, "Are you the silver-armored sergeant of Bicheng?"
Chu Xiaomu nodded and said, "That's right, that's why I don't have a Ding Yuan certificate."