The group turned back the same way, met the brigade, and retreated about a little while later and stayed in the shelter of the mountains. After all, in the deep mountains, everyone was vigilant enough. After the soldiers seized the time to eat some dry food, Lei Yuan assigned a team on duty at night and ordered the rest to lie down with their clothes and pillows.
After the arrangement was made, Lei Yuan stood up with his sword and led his entourage to patrol the camp again. Since he was in charge of a military force and took on the lives and futures of tens of thousands of people, Lei Yuan always felt vigilant and sharp. He knew that he was not a military general with outstanding talents, and he could do it meticulously in accordance with the military laws.
After walking a few steps, a gust of wind blew across the camp behind him, rolling up decaying leaves all over the ground, and blew past Lei Yuan's nose. He suddenly smelled the strong smell of flesh.
The food in the Han Dynasty was only enough to provide fullness. The food provided by the government included grains, vegetables and salt, but there was no meat. The development of contemporary animal husbandry could not provide enough meat. Therefore, generally speaking, only when the army won a great victory or had a generous seizure, would be distributed to the soldiers as a reward. On weekdays, even if the military officers enjoyed a considerable salary, they would buy some sheep or pigs and dogs to satisfy their cravings.
At this time, how could anyone eat meat in the military camp? Who can get such an extraordinary treatment and eat and drink in a small way? If an officer cannot share the joys and sorrows with his soldiers, can he still go all out to fight?
"What's going on?" Lei Yuan frowned slightly.
"Cough cough..." Fan Hong caught up with a few steps awkwardly: "It was Li Ningta. He had just complained, saying that the young man agreed to invite him to eat lamb legs, but he did not fulfill it. We had no choice but to send someone out to ejaculate the wild deer... and let him bake it himself."
"When did I say I would treat him to lamb legs!" Lei Yuan was angry.
Fan Hong whispered: "When I asked him to look for the barbarian camp before, you said that as long as you find it, you will invite him to eat lamb legs..."
Lei Yuan thought about it and it seemed that this was true.
"You go and tell him that the lamb leg is owed first, and when you return to Lexiang County, you will definitely be cashed out! In addition, let him find a place to eat meat! Can the other soldiers still sleep in this way?"
"Yes, yes." Fan Hong went there in a hurry.
Lei Yuan continued to patrol the camp.
Li Zhen followed behind him, walking while laughing.
"Hanzhang, why are you laughing at?" Lei Yuan asked.
"This guy has better barbecue skills than me, and it is indeed fragrant..." Li Zhen smiled hurriedly: "If he was asked to barbecue deep in the valley, I am afraid that those hungry barbarians will be attracted."
"Hungry?" Lei Yuan noticed the word: "How do you know that the barbarians are hungry?"
"When I was sending the order, I saw the prisoners of barbarians who were used as hard labor... they were the people who had previously attacked Lexiang County and were defeated." Li Zhen explained.
Lei Yuan nodded.
"The prisoners all had pale faces and thin skin, and seemed to have not eaten enough for a long time. I heard that because there are few farmlands in the deep mountains, except for Qu Shuai and Tou Ren, the barbarians at the bottom had no storage. Sometimes, for several days, they could only search the mountains for wintering peaches and mulberries to fill their stomachs. This life was really no different from a wild beast."
"So that's it." Lei Yuan really had never noticed the captives of the barbarians. Li Zhen's words made Lei Yuan think of the productivity level of Jing Man, or the mountain man, was even lower than Lei Yuan expected. They lacked more than what Shamoke said about smelting and forging. Compared with the "Chuman" tribe from Wuling, "Shengman" who could not even eat enough to eat is too weak. It seems that tomorrow, Shamoke will have a great chance of winning.
However, after winning, Shamoko also carried a burden at the same time. The annexed tribes all needed him to support them and needed him to find a way out. The more he won, the heavier the burden he was carrying... It is much harder to unload this burden than to win on the battlefield.
The process of patrolling the camp is also a process of familiarizing yourself with the soldiers and caring for them. Lei Yuan quickly put these ideas aside for the time being and began to chat with the soldiers, chat with them, and sometimes comfort them in their hard work. No matter how complicated the situation in other families is, it should not affect his doing what he should do.
There was nothing wrong all night, the moon sets and the sun rises, and a new day came.
More than 200 soldiers put on their helmets and armor, and rushed forward.
This time, they no longer deliberately concealed their traces, but raised their flags and followed the flat desert beach at the bottom of the valley to take a direct route to approach the barbarian camp that they discovered last night.
If Shamoko's promise was true last night, the barbarian tribe would soon suffer a catastrophe. At this time, they could not take into account the approaching of the Han army, so what if they were concerned about it? Lei Yuan's troops were originally here to fight and kill.
At this time, Lei Yuan had already understood why this tribe appeared so close to Lexiang County. Of course, this was not an intentional migration, but a move that had to retreat under the strong oppression of the Wuxi Barbarians. Unfortunately, their understanding of Lexiang was still several months ago, so the retreating direction was facing Lexiang County, and they collided with Xu Shu and others who were responsible for surveying the terrain. They took Xu Shu and others, but still exposed their own existence.
In this world of great struggle, everyone and every organization are trying their best to compete for the opportunity to win and the space to survive. In the torrent of great struggle, there is only the division of success and losers. In the mountains, Lei Yuan defeated Chen Lan and Mei Qian and other ambitious people, but did not regard them as evil. At this moment, when he was about to destroy this poor Jingman tribe, he had no doubts.
Even without Xu Shuo's experience, this tribe could not escape the destruction, let alone Shamoko's attack?
According to Lei Yuan's understanding of Xuande Gong's intention, Lexiang County will be the foundation of the Lei family in Lujiang for a long time in the future. Lei Yuan will never allow Jing Man to appear under the nose of Lexiang County. The so-called "when lying on the side of the bed, you can't let others snore? This is the case.
Not long after the march, the scout came to report: "Your Majesty, the two teams of barbarians in front of him, totaling no less than a few thousand people, and they were killed into a group."
Lei Yuan said "yes" and led his troops to continue moving forward.
This kind of problem is inevitable when marching in mountainous areas. Scouts have to bypass the undulating mountains, but the sound is not needed. At this time, even across the ridge, you can hear the sound of killing coming from afar.
Chapter completed!