The garrison period is about to expire, and we just need to wait for the replacement of the border troops to arrive.
The six people were lazily basking in the sun, and the cold wind caused small cracks on the skin on everyone's face.
It was time for Commander Li Feng to call off his sentry duty, but Li Feng looked stern and called everyone to the high platform. He pointed at a barbarian who was two miles away to the north and was watching the Fengsui Fort.
"We are being watched. I saw the barbarians twice today! They are still watching us over there!"
"Not a herdsman who crossed the border?" Liu Sanlang also saw a single ranger yesterday. If a ranger dared to come over, wouldn't he be seeking death?
Su Ce stabilized his mind and analyzed: "Last year, the Hu people did not take advantage. Sui Shuai said that the Hu people would not go south in the spring and summer. You must know that without the looted food, the Hu people would not be able to survive the snow melt. Now. Now
The snow just melted a little and I found Hu Qi..."
"Stop it, kill the old man! Drive the old man away!" Guan Yue thought of a book he had seen before that recorded a disaster that happened more than two hundred years ago. He shouted in his heart that it was impossible, but he did not stop talking.
"If there is a famine on the grassland, you will either kill the old and the weak, or drive them south. If Commander Feng is not mistaken, Hu Qi will probably go south soon!"
"impossible!"
Li Feng shook his head repeatedly and objected. It was the habit of the Hu people to go south in the spring. At least he had never seen any Hu people going south in the spring.
"Nothing is impossible. The barbarians who can't bear the sword will organize the old and the weak into an army and go south. They will go south wherever they go. They will be a bunch of hungry and crazy people who can't even be called human beings. They will eat human flesh and drink human blood, and they will keep going south."
, until death!"
"hiss……"
Guan Yue said it simply, but when everyone thinks of the hungry Hu people, they are no better than the Hu cavalry on the battlefield. Hunger will turn the seemingly old and weak Hu people into hungry wolves.
"I hope Xiaoguan is wrong. I have to brace myself for the rest of the days. If we really encounter it, then it is estimated that these hungry wolves will come to us in the second half of the night. Instead of guarding against thieves all the time, it is better to be clear about what to do. This is what we do
I will not retreat for my life!"
"Anbei will not retreat!"
"We have to prepare early, Guan Yue, you are the flag bearer, Daqian's military flag has not fallen." Li Feng stood up and pointed to the military flag on the wooden watchtower. This is a scholar with a great reputation.
A scholar's life is precious, no matter where he goes.
"Shuai Sui, Guan Yue will not retreat!"
Guan Yue looked at Li Feng, but he didn't understand what Li Feng meant. It was a matter of course for the flag bearer to protect the flag, and nothing could be done about it. The flag bearer was the first to retreat.
"You have a reputation, there is no reason why the one with the knife should be the one with the pen."
Li Feng patted Guan Yue on the shoulder, and then looked at Su Ce with some unbearability: "Don't blame me, you understand!"
Secrets could not be kept among these six people. Su Ce could be considered half a scholar, but compared with the famous Guan Yuexiang, he only recognized a few more words.
Su Ce nodded and replied: "Sui Shuai, no need to say more!"
Li Feng looked around at the five boys under his command. He still remembered that he had just brought them here a few months ago. Their faces were smooth and mellow after not experiencing the wind and sand. They were still babies. Now their skin is chapped and their faces are black and red. Zhechong Mansion's fairer soldier dolls have arrived.
The border troops also became rough men.
"Then it's settled!
Su Ce is the most powerful, equipped with arms, iron armor, and three pots of crossbows.
I, Junjun, have a supporting bow, leather armor, three pots of red feathers, and one pot of white feathers.
Zhou Zheng, Sanlang, equipped with a small bow, iron armor, and four and a half pots of white feathers are left for you two.
Each person is equipped with a long spear, a horizontal sword, and six horizontal swords as spares.
Guan Yue held the flag and carried the family letters of his brothers. He wore leather armor and could not do anything. Even if he had to sacrifice his life, he could not let the military flag be captured. The long bow was inconvenient and could not be used, so he took it with him. The three horses took turns to ride, and they rushed
Go to the garrison to spread the news. The grassland horses are the thinnest at the moment and have no leg strength. No matter how good the horse is, it will be difficult to catch up.
The remaining four will follow me on the high platform to defend against the enemy. Su Ce prepares dry food for three days."
"promise!"
Five people responded in unison.
Although there was only a group of people, when Li Feng gave the order, it was as if there were thousands of troops deployed.
Without the singing tune of southern and northern tunes, the sound of sharpening knives resounded in the beacon fort.
Zhao Junjun and Li Feng carefully polished and greased the arrowheads.
The remaining four people took whetstones and sharpened the edges.
In the evening, the firewood that Fengsui Fort had been reluctant to use was tied into eight bundles. Li Feng was busy for two hours, using the special fire pit method of the border army, and stacked eight piles of firewood staggered around, and four piles of firewood were piled on the
One hundred steps away, just facing the four corners of the beacon fort, and another four fires were piled fifty steps away on all sides of the beacon fort.
The sun had just set when Li Feng, the fire commander, arranged the last fire.
Back in the fort, Li Feng took the bowl handed over by Liu Sanlang, took a sip of the broth, breathed a sigh of relief, and then shouted: "You have all slept well, now get up and eat. These hungry wolves will definitely eat tonight."
Gotta come here.”
Guan Yue was holding a bowl with pieces of wolf meat mixed with strips of rabbit meat. He put a handful of corn into his mouth and chewed it. The chewed fried corn had a light paste taste, mixed with the fragrance of corn, and he took another bite of meat.
, a mouthful of soup, the aroma of the food becomes distinct with chewing.
After swallowing the food in his mouth, Guan Yue asked in confusion: "How do you know Hu Qi will come?"
"Hey, I smell it. When you're full, hurry up and hit the road." Li Feng held the bowl and grinned. Su Ce's rice was getting more and more delicious.
Li Feng took out a roll of silk cloth from his arms and threw it to Su Ce. He talked while eating. Su Ce took the ink ground from charcoal and used a wooden stick to write on the silk cloth.
There is no literary talent, he just explains the situation and asks for help. The number of horsemen is unknown, and there is no way to light up the smoke.
Guan Yue could only be allowed to sneak away at night with the military flag.
Li Feng sealed the written silk cloth in a bamboo tube with a mark. This was a military order bamboo tube reserved for the lower-level sergeants of the Anbei Protectorate. The pattern was branded with the tiger pattern of the Anbei Protectorate. He threw it to Guan Yue with a sad tone.
He said: "Go south, don't look back. The brothers' family letters are also in it, take them back!"
"Promise! The flag is here! The letter from home will be delivered!" Guan Yue opened the stable and, with the help of Zhao Junjun and Liu Sanlang, led the horse out of the beacon fort. He got on the horse and the horse was forced to run at a gallop for thirty miles.
These three horses must be ridden alternately so that the speed can be increased. Otherwise, Hu Qi will easily catch up and everything will be in vain.
After half an hour, the five of them had eaten and drank enough, and put all the things they could use at hand. Li Feng walked out of the beacon fort with a torch, lit eight fires, and ran back to the fort. The five of them carried the beacon together.
Take the manger inside the stable and place it behind the fort gate to support the fort gate.
They looked at each other and smiled, then went up to the three-story high platform. What they had to do at this time was to alert the enemy.
Under the night, in a depression ten miles north of Xiaohe Beacon Castle, a group of gray-bearded barbarians were making final preparations.
These people have tall but stooped frames and don't have much meat on their bodies. They are eating meat, but there are mutilated corpses of the same kind next to them.
There were nearly two hundred people eating meat. Under the moonlight, these people's eyes were dull, with a ruthless expression from time to time.