Traveling through troubled times, he fled with his stepson

Li Yuan and Cheng Feiyue rode out of the city on horseback. Five miles away, they saw a small forest.

"It should be there." Cheng Feiyue pointed the whip at the grove not far away.

"Yeah." Li Yuan answered him.

"Let's go."

As he said this, he kicked his horse's belly and rushed into the grove.

The sky was just getting light, and when the two of them arrived, the soldiers in the woods were already ready to go.

"Uu——"

"who?"

"The captain this time is Li Yuan."

"Deputy, Cheng Feiyue."

The two men said on horseback, pointing at the soldiers who were pointing at them but not retracting their spears, but pointing their spears forward, "How do you prove it?"

Li Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and in a flash he kicked the spear high and stretched out his hand to pull the man directly along the spear.

The other hand opened and grabbed the neck of the soldier who was approaching.

"If I were someone else, you would be the first to die on the battlefield if you pointed at me without any vigilance."

"But I came here in such secret and registered with you, but you didn't check and instead asked us to prove it to you."

Li Yuan was quite strong. He sat on his horse and grabbed the soldier's neck with one hand, tightening his grip. However, he still spoke slowly.

The soldier's face gradually turned red, he had difficulty breathing, and he kept struggling while holding Li Yuan's wrists tightly with both hands.

"Captain Li, please show mercy."

A man came out of the jungle and stepped forward to salute.

"This soldier has just joined the camp and doesn't understand these things. I hope the captain will forgive me."

The man was about the same age as Cheng Qing. He was half bent over, hoping that Li Yuan would show mercy.

"is it?"

Li Yuan looked at the man expressionlessly. The soldier struggled and finally slapped Li Yuan's wrist. Cheng Feiyue, who was watching from the side, finally came to his senses and wanted to speak to dissuade him, but the soldier was thrown to the ground.

"Don't question this centurion or his deputy again."

The soldier fell to the ground in a mess, covering his throat with his hands and coughing continuously, his voice already breaking from coughing.

The horse had been lying quietly until then, but perhaps noticing the lightened weight, it gently shifted its legs.

"Everyone is here?"

"Yes, one hundred people are in the forest." The man lowered his head and said, no matter what dissatisfaction and disdain they had before, they had to suppress it now. Those who had horses got on their horses, and those who didn't had to ride two horses together, and try to arrive there before Deputy General Ling arrived at Zaoshan Village.

Zaoshan Village is within the scope of Xuancheng. Once you pass Zaoshan Village, you will enter the border of another state. At that time, you only need to escort them secretly.

Before that, in order to avoid being discovered by Lieutenant General Ling, they could only go to Zaoshan first.

They set out early, and without any escorting carriages or many escorts, the hundred people reached Zaoshan Village in just one day.

When it got dark, people could be vaguely seen.

"Rest here."

When the people behind him heard this, they quickly got off the car and started setting up camp.

Under the moonlight at night, everyone's movements were a little urgent.

I was already somewhat dissatisfied with Li Yuan. Except for letting the horse take a break in the middle, he had been on the road all day without rest or proper food.

After being hungry all day, these people are unlikely to disobey Li Yuan just for food.

Cheng Feiyue dismounted after Li Yuan. The scene in the morning when Li Yuan almost killed a soldier without batting an eyelid had always been on his mind. When they finally began to rest, he walked towards Li Yuan.

"Li Yuan, I have..." He stood in front of Li Yuan. Li Yuan heard his voice, raised his eyelids and looked at him.

This is somewhat different from the usual Li Yuan.

In the past two years, Li Yuan has always been as gentle as jade, and he would not have been as murderous as he is now.

"You before..." Cheng Feiyue didn't even know how to start.

Having been with him for so many years, Li Yuan knew him quite well.

He walked to a place where he could not be heard by others. Cheng Feiyue followed him unconsciously.

"Do you want to ask me why I suddenly took action or do you want to ask me if I really want to kill that soldier?"

In response to Li Yuan's question, Cheng Feiyue murmured, "Both..."

Li Yuan chuckled and looked at the busy soldiers. While they were working, their eyes unconsciously swept over them.

"There may be someone among these people who is well-informed and will know that you are the son of the city lord."

"We have no military merits and are so young, yet we are their immediate superiors, leading a mission."

"If it were you, would you be convinced and entrust your life and property to such a young person? Would you also think that if I were the son of the city lord, I might also be able to reach that position?"

Cheng Feiyue stared at Li Yuan in a daze, as if he had not expected this.

"You should hold a position that matches your ability. You have to win people's hearts and minds, rather than waiting for them to discover your abilities and become convinced of you after a long time of interaction."

Li Yuan spoke these words frankly and honestly, word by word. Perhaps Cheng Qing agreed to let Cheng Feiyue come along so that his son could understand these things that he normally could not come into contact with or understand.

"The best way to make them fearful is to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys."

Li Yuan didn't want to say any more, and let Cheng Feiyue figure out the rest.

In the past two years, Cheng Feiyue only learned how to become an excellent soldier in the military camp, but has not had the chance to become a leader.

After Li Yuan finished speaking, he found a place to sit down.

The man who had come forward to dissuade them saw that they had finished their conversation and came forward: "Captain Li, do you have any other instructions?"

Li Yuan didn't say anything, but his eyes fell on the soldiers who had set up camp behind him.

He took out a tinder from his arms and was about to light the pile of firewood.

Li Yuan suddenly stood up, walked over and kicked the fire starter in his hand along with the branches and firewood away.

"you!"

The soldier whose fire stick was kicked away stood up suddenly, his tone full of anger, but when he saw that it was Li Yuan, he suppressed his anger and said, "I wonder why Captain Li suddenly acted like this?"

"The fireworks will be discovered, so everything you bring will be eaten directly."

"Captain Li, a little fireworks is fine. What we brought are all game. How can we eat them raw?"

Many of these soldiers did not obey him.

Li Yuan's eyes fell on the game in their hands and he said calmly: "Eat it raw."

"Whoever started this fire will be punished by military law."

Those people with vicissitudes of life were full of dissatisfaction on their faces. One of them challenged: "We didn't know that this game can be eaten raw. Captain Li, can you show us how?"

Li Yuan's eyes fell on the soldier with an unfathomable expression. The soldier who was being stared at could not bear this look. When he was about to turn around the next moment, Li Yuan walked over.

Reach out and take the game.

The game was a rabbit, which had been processed and would taste especially good when roasted. But now it was raw meat, with blood dripping from it.

A fishy smell hit Li Yuan in the face, but he seemed not to smell it and took a bite with a normal expression.

Then chew and eat it raw.

He took two or three more bites.

When he looked at everyone again, even those who were over 30 years old could not bear his calm gaze and lowered their heads.