Li Xia shouted loudly, walked among the teams, picked up a piece of firewood in the bonfire, and threw it into the forest. The fire cut through the night and ignited a few withered grasses, which were quickly trampled down.
He shouted again: "There are not many of them! Don't push your colleagues..."
The commotion gradually subsided.
This was the first time the river patrolmen encountered a night attack, and their performance was not very good.
That night, Li Xia took stock of his personnel and supplies and found that most of the food had been stolen and five river patrolmen were dead.
He looked at the arrows left behind and confirmed that they were homemade by the indigenous people.
What happened can also be inferred.
The food was placed in the middle of the team, and in the evening a fire was made at this location to make food. After nightfall, the natives on the mountain used hooks and ropes to steal the food.
During the process, a bag of grain fell, waking up a river patrolman. As soon as he shouted, arrows were shot down.
Not daring to pursue him at night, Li Xia had no choice but to have the body placed and strengthened the defense.
I stayed up until daybreak, and when I looked around, I saw lush vegetation all around, and there was no trace of the person who had robbed the Tao last night...
The place they were in was called "Yanfanggou", with a cliff to the north and a mountain road to the south. Only the camp was slightly open.
To the east and west are steep mountains that are not easy to climb.
Many river patrolmen clamored at night to avenge the barbarians who robbed the road at dawn. At this time, they were a little discouraged.
Houhu and a few people climbed up the mountains on both sides flexibly to check, and found some traces.
But after climbing over a mountain rock, I lost track of those barbaric thieves.
Li Xia then recruited Bao San, Lou Hu, Jiang Fan, Lai Baler and others, and more than ten team leaders and leaders gathered together to discuss.
Bao San first spoke: "County Lieutenant, why don't you go back to Qingfu County?"
Li Xia asked: "Do you think we can't deal with this group of barbarians?"
"That's not true." Bao San said: "Judging from the traces left behind, this group of barbarians only has twenty or thirty people at most. If they can be found, it will not be difficult to encircle and suppress them. But the problem is hard to find."
Hu Hu shouted: "We can find it! I will search for a few days, and I will definitely find it."
Bao San glared and cursed lightly: "I am talking to the county captain, why do you interrupt me?"
With that said, he turned to Li Xia and said: "County Lieutenant, I know that this trip is to sharpen the brothers. It's almost done now. I can just go back and rest for a few days to arrange the defense of Qingfu County. During the autumn defense,
Why waste time with these barbarian bandits?"
Li Xia asked: "If I must find this group of barbarians, don't you understand?"
"I really don't understand." Bao Sandao said: "The county captain has to guard Qingfu County and train troops. These villains know it. But recently they went to the border of Junlian Prefecture to suppress bandits. Seeing that if they go further, they will soon reach the Yunnan region.
Okay, it seems a little over the line?”
In fact, it's not that it's a little over the line. It's obviously a very big deal.
Li Xia glanced around at everyone and said, "It's hard for you to walk the Five Feet Road these days. You are confused but don't ask. Let's talk about it... My idea is that the experience along the way is not only for us, but also for us."
The Mongolian army also experienced the same thing.
The Mongolian army detoured from western Sichuan and Tibet to Dali, where the mountains and rivers were desolate, and it was no better than the Five Feet Road. At least the Five Feet Road was a ready-made road, and people had been walking it for more than a thousand years since the Qin Dynasty.
After such a journey, we have also walked the same path that the Mongolian army has walked, so we will not lose too much. Otherwise, can we have the confidence to fight with them? Even if we do not encounter the Mongolian army this time, my husband is
Sooner or later, we will encounter the country.
We were robbed. The Mongolian army traveled a long distance and would inevitably encounter more people. If they could climb up but we couldn't, then the men on the grassland would not only be faster than us on horseback, but they could also climb mountains better than us. How to fight this battle?
I brought you out just to see blood, and today is an opportunity. Kill if you have to. If anyone dies in the battle, I will take care of his family. If I die, I also told Mr. Han that my pension and career will be
Divide it among the brothers who died in battle..."
After everyone listened, they were all a little silent.
Bao San thought for a while, then seemed about to speak, but hesitated.
Li Xia said: "Bao San, if you have anything to say, just say it."
"I think the county captain is too hasty and too bold." Bao San said directly, "I don't know how to say nice things, but I have seen many generals in the past, and I have never seen the county captain act like this.
."
Li Xia asked: "What I did...do you think a county captain shouldn't do this?"
"Yes! That's what the villain thinks."
Xu Kui lowered his eyes, thinking that Bao Bantou was different, something he would never dare to say.
Li Xia patted Bao San on the shoulder and suddenly asked: "What if I am not the county captain, but...but...the commander of the Sichuan and Shu Festivals?"
Bao San was stunned.
Not only him, but everyone was stunned for a moment.
Li Xia added: "If I am not a county captain today, but a Shu commander, or a Shu commander who is about to take office, can you understand what I am doing? I am training troops and exploring routes with the intention of finding out the Mongolian army's location.
The purpose of the move is to defeat the Mongolian army. Judging from the status of the commander of Shu, it is not an overstep, right?"
No one spoke.
Bao San seemed a little dull and didn't know what he was thinking.
Li Xia took a few steps and then said: "This may sound like boasting. But my ambition is not to be a small county captain. I resisted the Mongols not to guard a small lucky charm. Nor do I treat you and others as government servants.
, but regarded as elite soldiers...maybe you understand?"
Still no one answered.
Bao San and Jiang Fan seemed to think of Yu Jie when they heard the word "Shu Shuai".
Yu Shuai is dead, his home was confiscated, and Yu Xiaolangjun was also taken to Lin'an...
There has long been no Yu Shuai in this world...
After being silent for a long time, Bao San finally raised his hand and made a heavy fist.
There was a "pop" sound, and his fist hit the palm of his hand, which was extremely powerful.
"clear!"
"Understood!" Jiang Fan and others also shouted.
Li Xia said: "Now that you understand, you should regard yourself as an elite soldier. Five of the nearly two hundred elite soldiers were killed by twenty or thirty people, and half of the food was robbed, but the enemy was not even seen. Is it ridiculous?!"
…
Xu Kui still doesn't quite understand.
But he didn't dare to ask more questions because he found that Bao San's one eye was a little red...
Although Xu Kui belonged to Liu Jinsuo's team, he was also transferred here this time, and with him were thirty other people from Liu Jinsuo's team.
Before departure, Liu Jinsuo also gave them a few words of advice.
"Do you know why you are sent? You go on this trip, and when you come back you can lead others. You can be a leader in the future, a squad leader. Do you understand? Don't embarrass me!"
At this time, although Xu Kui didn't understand what Li Xia meant, he also knew that he wanted to find out the barbaric thief.
The mountains from southern Sichuan to the Yunnan region are high, but his hometown is Lizhou, the Qinling Mountains, and the Micang Road!
It’s not like I’ve never walked the Shu Road before, it’s not much easier to walk than this Five Feet Road.
"County Lieutenant, you guys, find those barbarians, take back the food, and avenge the five brothers!" Xu Kui shouted first.
"Seize back the food and avenge the five brothers!"
"Okay." Li Xia said: "You don't have to be blind. You need a water source to build a stronghold. Climb the mountains on both sides and find the creeks and mountain streams. You should be able to find this bandit."
"clear!"
Xu Kui really understood this time.
After searching hard in this valley for a day, Jiang Patrollers finally found a small mountain stream on the back side of the mountain.
There are almost no roads here, only traces of weeds that have been trampled by people.
Nearly two hundred people rested for another night and were heavily guarded all night. At dawn, they began to climb the mountain along the mountain stream.
The mountain is very steep and there are no roads.
In many places, people hugging the tiger climb up first, and then pull the companions behind.
At noon, several arrows suddenly shot down from the dense forest on the mountain.
A river patrolman fired an arrow, grunted, and fell straight down the mountain to the bottom of the mountain.
Luhu and others fought back with bows and arrows.
But those barbarian thieves were hiding in the dense forest, and they were in a condescending position, so they didn't know if they were shot.
After two rounds of arrow fletching, three more river patrolmen were injured, and one fell to the bottom of the mountain.
The opponent may have run out of arrows and lost his voice...
Xu Kui was originally following Li Xia, with several people in between. After this encounter, he thought about it and suddenly climbed up the rock next to him and arrived in front of Li Xia.
"County Lieutenant, you said that even a villain can walk in front of you."
He said this, scratched his head, and continued to climb...