Although no one knows exactly where the two logging teams disappeared, it is not completely impossible to follow the direction: in order to transport the wood, the auxiliary soldiers will move along the Yanshui. In this way, they only need to push the cut tree trunks into the river.

Let them flow down the river, and the river will take them outside Yan'an Mansion, where other auxiliary soldiers waiting there will just drag them up. However, the big trees close to the river have long been cut down, and they can be used as boats.

The aniseed materials for the raft can only be found farther away from the river bank and deeper to the east.

The riders followed the river bank all the way north. Every time they saw a trail that could be used by people or had traces of heavy objects being dragged, they searched in depth. They wandered aimlessly for more than an hour without any clue. After another twenty miles, they were ready.

After arriving in Ansai County and waiting to return, Guan Jianlin noticed something unusual: in the sky about half a mile to the northeast, there was a group of crows hovering. Gu Baihua, a horse thief, was very familiar with this scene: there were corpses on the ground, and they were being killed.

The carnivores are gnawing, and the crows are waiting for the carnivores to leave!

The people on high alert rushed up a small slope. Just as Mr. Xiao Luo had predicted, there were seven or eight headless corpses lying on the ground on the other side! Several hyenas surrounding the corpses saw the shining swords and guns and were unwilling to do so.

He ducked a dozen feet away with his tail between his legs, stopped to lick the blood from his mouth and nose, and looked back here.

There was no need to wait for Guo Qinglin to come over and identify them. The scattered ropes and the tree trunks lying on the ground without having time to cut off the branches proved that these headless corpses were one of the missing groups!

Although he had expected the result, Luo Shifan was still a little confused by the scene before him and asked: "Don't these people run away when attacked? Even if they don't run away in the end, shouldn't they die together?"

Gu Baihua didn't answer. He clamped his legs under the horse's belly and rode the horse forward to circle around the scene a few times. He examined it carefully and understood the general idea. He turned to Luo Shifan and said: "Young master, the enemy is an elite force."

Judging from the footprints and hoof prints, there were about a dozen horses, and at most twenty or thirty infantry. It seems that the infantry set up an ambush here, and the horse soldiers were hiding by the forest further north. Waiting for the signal from the ambush, they would follow us.

They also come up from a small road and block the back road, and then chase the scattered people back. They may also say that they will not make it difficult for the auxiliary soldiers. These guys believed it, so they were pulled over obediently and beheaded! Look at the neck cavity

The edge of the knife is cut very low, and only with the Adam's apple attached can you perform the head-level skill. This is the technique of the army... A certain person cut people's heads in this way before." He said with a proud smile.

Luo Shifan was a little nervous when he heard that there were dozens of officers and soldiers, and subconsciously looked around. Seeing this, Gu Baihua suddenly became proud and said with a smile: "Master, don't panic, I guess the dog officers and soldiers are just trying to cut off some heads."

They went back to collect the reward, and a dozen heads at a time were enough. Now even if they don't return the extension, they won't stay nearby. They should go somewhere else to set up an ambush. Besides, even if they run into each other, brothers like Gu

They are not vegetarians, so I will definitely keep the young master safe. The young master can be at ease."

Luo Shifan felt relieved after hearing this. When he turned his horse's head, he didn't notice that Gu Baihua made a "silence" gesture to everyone who was hesitant to speak, and raised his saber to signal everyone to stay alert.

After getting the answer, everyone stopped trying to find another group of missing auxiliary soldiers and rode straight back to the city. Then Gu Baihua's loud voice disturbed Guan Shengyun's erotic dream.

Most of Guan Shengyun and his generals have served as soldiers and thieves, and have accumulated rich experience in these two special fields. Therefore, they are familiar with handling such problems without Master Luo having to worry about it. The generals

After a few brief discussions, they came to a unanimous conclusion: According to the thinking of the sneak attack officers and soldiers, the auxiliary soldiers who cut down trees were all consumables for the old, weak, sick and disabled. If a dozen of them "ran away" in a day or two, it would not attract attention - indeed,

Guan Shengyun didn't take this seriously. He would grab some more people and throw them out of the city to continue chopping wood. At most, one or two thieves would be sent to each group to watch and don't desert. Well, that's what Gu Baihua thought from the beginning. The only one among them

The variable is that Master Xiao Luo happened to hear Guo Qinglin’s report!

Taking all the circumstances into consideration and analyzing the time, this group of officers and soldiers can only come from the east extension direction - the army is coming from the north, and there is no danger behind it. If there are officers and soldiers coming from the west and south, they must be large troops.

, I can't hide it from my own scout Tang Qi. If he is the opponent's elite scout, there is absolutely no way that he can covet these unsightly first-level skills and risk his whereabouts to get in trouble with the old and weak auxiliary soldiers!

Dozens of people traveled three to four hundred miles round trip - they couldn't dare to take the official road in a big way. From Yanchang, they had to walk north to Yanchuan for a while, then turn west, cross the Qinghua River, and then enter the forest to ambush. More than a dozen pills

A head with gray hair or a beard that has not yet grown out cannot be exchanged for a lot of money, and further research shows that it would take three or four heads to be converted into a level one. Therefore, it is possible that in order to cut off a few more heads, this

The gang will continue to lurk in the mountains for a few days. Moreover, in order to avoid being discovered and triggering vigilance and encirclement by soldiers, they will not go near Fucheng, especially not along the official road for reconnaissance!

Countermeasures were quickly formulated.

Before evening that day, five elite search teams set out one by one along the river bank. With the location where the body was found as the center and a radius of ten miles from north to south, a semicircular reconnaissance network spread out to the east. The search teams did not need to go too deep into the forest, respectively.

Just find a hilltop to lurk and observe where there is fire - at night in the mountains, the dog officers and soldiers will definitely light a fire, whether it is to keep out the cold or to drive away wild animals. The mission of the scouts is simple: after discovering the enemy, note down the location and report back immediately.

Guo Qinglin was responsible for finding a dozen or so people who were usually unpleasant to look at to form a death squad, and set out early the next morning to where the enemy was ambush to cut down trees as bait. The more bait there was, the more time the dog officers and soldiers would spend chasing and cutting them.

Another 50 elite cavalry and 200 infantry were picked from each camp and were on standby outside the north gate before dawn. When the decoys were chased and killed, the elite cavalry blocked the back road and fought to contain them, while the infantry immediately entered the forest to surround and annihilate them.

Li Shaobing raised his head and looked at the westward sun, and issued a whistle indicating the withdrawal of troops: At this time, no suitable target has been found, and there is no hope for today. Earlier, he heard the faint voices of people and the sound of logging in the distance, but he was familiar with the terrain.

Li Shaobing knew that it was a little too close to the official road from Ansai to Yan'an Prefecture. This section of the river was close to the official road, and both areas were in the hands of thieves. From time to time, messenger troops passed by. His total number was five

As a small force of ten men went deep into the enemy's rear, Li Shaobing did not dare to take the risk of being accidentally discovered by the thieves - Gu Baihua was right: Li Shaobing's small team had nine horsemen and forty infantry, but seven or eight of them

They were auxiliary soldiers, responsible for cutting grass, feeding horses, and building simple camps deep in the woods. They did not participate in the hunting of the logging auxiliary soldiers.

Back at the camp, the auxiliary soldiers took the reins, unsaddled the horses, and led them to a stream in the forest to drink water. Because it was a long journey and a sneak attack from behind enemy lines, the soldiers only wore half armor. Even so, the ambush lasted most of the day.

They were also very tired, so they helped each other remove their armor, sat on new short wooden posts with broken stubble, and drank the cool stream water from the water ladles brought by the auxiliary soldiers - the first two ambushes were a complete victory,

The soldiers brought back not only the heads, but also a lot of axes and saws, which are great things! The auxiliary soldiers brought a lot of dry food when they came, and also brought a lot of lime (for pickling the heads, otherwise it would be a pity to rot)

), carrying only two small hand axes.

Today's ambush was unsuccessful, but the snare set by the auxiliary soldiers actually caught a deer! At this moment, it had been skinned, washed, and placed on the firewood pile. A large iron pot was placed on the stove next to it. Inside was the deer's head and belly.

There was water in the intestines waiting to be cooked. Although they were hungry, everyone just swallowed and vomited and watched. Everyone knew that for safety reasons, they had to wait until it was completely dark before lighting a fire. In the evening when you could still see, the smoke from the woods was likely to

It will lead to death.

The forest was much darker than outside, and soon everyone could no longer see each other. To be on the safe side, Li Shaobing waited until the faint moonlight filtered through the canopy of the trees before ordering a fire. The ancients went to bed early and got up early. At this time, most people

Everyone has fallen asleep, and the dense forest will block the light of the fire. Twenty or thirty miles away, the clock on the city wall will not notice the smoke hidden in the thick night.

The red flames licked the iron pot, and the soup inside began to boil. The infantry soldiers surrounded them, dipping the dry food in the broth and putting it into their mouths to bite off a piece. Some people used branches to pick out the intestines of the deer deer.

Cut it into pieces with a dagger, chew it and swallow it deliciously while sucking in the air. The grease from the barbecue dripped into the fire, sparking sparks, and the fragrance filled the air. Two auxiliary soldiers stood on both sides of the fire with their waists hunched.

He used a knife to cut off pieces of golden barbecue and handed it to the horsemen sitting around. The latter took the hot barbecue, looked into the pouch at his waist, dipped it in a few grains of salt, and wolfed it down with the dry food.

He took a sip of the broth in the wooden bowl in front of him. Another auxiliary soldier stood at one end of the fire, licking his lips and carefully turning the grill so that the exposed raw meat of the general would be grilled just right.

After the cavalry soldiers had eaten and moved out, several infantry leaders and veterans gathered around again and picked out the shreds of meat from the gaps in the skeleton... Then, the skeleton was smashed into pieces and put into the empty large iron pot - and then cooked.

After a while, this was the delicacy of the auxiliary soldiers.

The soldiers who had eaten satisfactorily stood up and, illuminated by the mottled firelight, urinated one after another. They each found a more comfortable place to lie down. After a while, they started snoring.

No one noticed that there were a few pairs of vigilant eyes watching the fire here on the slope a few miles away.

No one knew that this meal of barbecue and broth would be the last supper for almost all of them.

Knowledge points in this article:

1. Marching and camping in ancient times was much more troublesome than imagined: burying pots to make food, cutting firewood and fetching water, setting up tents, building shelters, etc. Needless to say, trenches, trees, and simple camp walls and fences were often dug. The status of the auxiliary soldiers was low, but if there was no

Auxiliary troops, no matter how powerful a unit is, will immediately lose its mobility, and then lose most of its combat effectiveness within a few days.

2. In ancient times, marching troops carried a lot of supplies, including iron pots (the iron pots of the Ming Dynasty were a good thing, the Mongolian steppes did not produce iron, and the Mongolian compatriots even fought to the death for these things), wooden bowls, axes and saws.

, ropes, shovels, hoes, sickles, etc. are indispensable. Salt is even more valuable and can be spent as money.
Chapter completed!