I played as an assistant in ancient times

Chapter 166 Waiting

Before the little black cat told her, Shen Xiaoye felt the earth rumbling and her blue-and-white mule became restless and uneasy.

"Cavalry?" Little Black Cat nodded. She looked at the camp from afar, but the camp gate and walls were very high and could not be seen with the naked eye.

Even though she was standing on the shaft of the cart, she couldn't see it, and soon the roar stopped.

In just a moment, the chevaux de frise were moved away by the soldiers, the camp gate was opened from the inside, and teams of cavalrymen wearing breastplates marched out of the camp facing the rising sun.

Shen Xiaoye noticed that they were not only fully armed, but each of them had two horses, one with a proud warhorse under his crotch, and the other beside him carrying bows and arrows and heavy armor, and they were moving in an orderly manner towards the north.

The little leopard shouted excitedly but hesitantly. It knew instinctively that horses could be its food, but it also knew it couldn't beat so many of them and that they were all driven by humans.

Shen Xiaoye stroked it and put it back into the basket. When he was looking around and counting the number of people, most of the people who were watching the fun nearby ran away in a hurry.

But there were a few people who, like her, stood on tiptoe and watched.

"Shen Xiaoye, I saw the white-haired man in Wuzhong Mountain." Little Black Cat, who also found the cavalry's heroic posture uninteresting, told her about his discovery.

Shen Xiaoye's heart trembled, but she suppressed the urge to check immediately: "Feng Jiu?"

The little black cat transmitted the message again: "Well, there are two more people a little further away, one of them is Dada boy."

"Agula? Which direction?" Shen Xiaoye asked this time.

It said, "Ten meters to the right, two shorter ones wearing grey cloaks."

"Where's Toyohisa?"

"Fifteen meters to their right, with the camel driver."

Shen Xiaoye looked over quickly and saw them, especially the team of camels, all of which were carrying coal.

The camel in the middle is the long-lost Feng Jiu.

The man was very alert and felt that someone was watching him, so he immediately observed by stroking the camel.

Shen Xiaoye reacted quickly, and while retracting his gaze, he said to the little black cat, "Can you help follow him?"

The other party is someone who has close ties with the northern barbarians of Liaodong, and no one knows whether he is here to spy on military intelligence.

"Okay, but you have to make goat milk for me, and add almonds and sugar." The little black cat had a request.

"No problem." Shen Xiaoye agreed naturally. When she looked towards Agula's position again, she saw no one there.

The little black cat seemed to know what she was thinking: "They got in the car and headed north."

Shen Xiaoye nodded slightly. Although she didn't know where Agula had gone, the imperial court would definitely not let a young northern barbarian brought back from Dada's lair go alone.

She was right. At this moment, Agula was following the cavalry, and the person guarding him was also another hundred households from the Guard Division.

Shen Xiaoye's attention was now completely focused on the cavalrymen that were marching out. When she saw the last row coming out, the sound of the wooden whistle suddenly spread among the cavalrymen from far away to near.

The cavalrymen squeezed their legs together at once, and the army sped up instantly. The sound of hooves, which was somewhat chaotic at the beginning, gradually became neat and uniform.

The shaking of the earth and the dust appeared before her eyes. Shen Xiaoye took a deep breath and counted out about three thousand cavalrymen.

It is recorded that Lu Guan said that there were 3,000 cavalrymen in the camp.

After that came the infantrymen who marched out in formation. Not only did they have to eat dust, but they also had to walk on their own two legs, which was not as fast as riding horses.

But there were only more than a thousand people in this group, about the strength of a thousand households, and behind them was the Shenji Battalion carrying muskets.

"Little cat, pay attention to see if there is your uncle." Shen Xiaoye didn't expect to find him among so many people.

Fortunately, the Shenji Camp only has about 500 people.

Just when she thought there were more soldiers marching out in formation behind her, a group of soldiers with red "Medical" characters on a white background wrapped around their sleeves came out on horseback, carrying medicine boxes.

Since the team only had one or two hundred people, Shen Xiaoye easily spotted his uncle among the young men wearing hats.

After waiting for so long, the time finally came. She was so happy that she wanted to raise her right arm and wave it to call her uncle, but then she thought Fengjiu was still nearby.

When Shen Xiaoye looked at the camel caravan again, Feng Jiu and his group had already started, moving very quietly towards the city gate.

She patted the little black cat and said, "Go ahead. Wait for your good news. Remember his whereabouts and all the people he met and got close to.

Be careful, I don't know if he will recognize you, don't get too close, go ahead of them and change in the middle."

"Wait." The little black cat accepted the task and disappeared in front of her in a flash.

Shen Xiaoye did not sit still, but drove the blue and white mule and the hundred-man guards behind Shangguan Jun's medical soldiers, who were probably auxiliary soldiers on horseback.

Her speed certainly couldn't catch up with the Fifth Army Cavalry Battalion at the moment, but she was still confident that she could catch up with a team of infantry and medical officers.

Sure enough, Shen Xiaoye caught up soon and approached the team directly.

This action immediately caused the auxiliary soldiers at the rear of the team to draw their bows and wait.

Shen Xiaoye grabbed the reins and even the back part, and introduced himself: "I'm looking for my uncle Shen Changsui."

The captain of the auxiliary troops at the front stared at her and said, "Tell me your name."

"Shen Xiaoye from Jiuli Village, niece of Shen Changsui." Shen Xiaoye got out of the car and held Qingmu tightly. She herself was actually not calm.

Hundreds of hard bows were pointed at her, but she didn't show any weakness, which showed that she had the courage.

Fortunately, the auxiliary troops sent someone to report, and soon Shen Changsui Kong and Lu Guanlian's sister arrived.

"Shen Xiaoye, you are so brave to chase so closely." Lu Guan jumped off his horse and laughed.

Shen Changsui noticed her nervousness and reached out to help her. Oh my god, Shen Xiaochong's legs went weak.

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"Shen Qiao, don't say that again." Shen Ruo said seriously. "The current benevolent government has been the work of three generations, and after ten years of reform, the people are not taxed more, taxes and labor service are unified and paid in silver, and business is encouraged, so that the people can have enough food and clothing.

The last emperor of the previous dynasty was ambitious and for his own selfish ends, he increased taxes every year, including summer grain, autumn taxes, forced labor and miscellaneous levies, which were too numerous to mention, making life miserable for the people.

Farmers and tenants not only had to grow grain and pay taxes, but they also had to deliver the grain to the capital. Some old grain managers would even sell all their property to complete the tax collection task.

Taizu followed the will of the people and established the dynasty. For three generations, he reduced taxes almost every year. Grain only needed to be delivered to the local prefecture. Now, it is even more..."

She blurted it out accidentally, and Shen Qiao quickly nodded carefully. She forgot that this was ancient times.

She raised a smile and said, "Dad, I just saw Uncle Hu. He's on a boat and is about to dock." Shen Qiao said as she opened the car door. Before Master Shen Si could finish his words, she jumped out and waved to the boat.

Fourth Master Shen couldn't help laughing, lowered his head, and met Xiao Qilang's stunned eyes, "Do you want to get off the car to find your sister?"

Xiao Qilang shook his head, "Dad, I need to pee."

Fourth Master Shen...

While the father and son were busy in the car, Hu Wu had already arrived in front of the car.

He was quite tall, and he bowed and said, "Fourth Miss, my mother asked me to charter this boat last night. We set out before dawn."