After a delicious meal of venison steak stewed with potatoes, Lu Xiao did not rest directly, but walked into another room. It was filled with various armors, weapons and equipment.
It stands to reason that someone who hides a stomach in secret should be beheaded. But in this remote mountain forest, even people are extremely rare, let alone people from the government. Except for the leather collector Lao Suntou, who comes once a month
Where Lu Xiao lives, only a few hunters occasionally arrive here.
Strictly speaking, these weapons were actually trophies. Starting a year ago, Lu Xiao began to encounter some boar-skin scouts in the mountains.
To be fair, these wild boar skin scouts are considered very elite. Scouts in the army have been elite since ancient times. These wild boar skins live in the deep mountains and wild ridges. They are wild and difficult to train, and with their tall stature and strong physique, they are considered a real force in this era.
The army became strong.
Of course, from the perspective of the entire era, he is actually a little bit worse. At least when these people faced Lu Xiao, they basically had no power to fight back.
Lu Xiao was a horse bandit in his previous life, and he was best at sneak attacks. Later he became a city lord and fought for half his life. Whether it was small-scale battles or large-scale strategic layouts, these boar-skin scouts could not compare.
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What's more, even if there is no so-called tactical arrangement, a group of six wild boar scouts are no match for him. Lu Xiao used traps and bows to assist in attacking them in the jungle, mainly because he was afraid that they would run away if the situation was bad.
Lu Xiao was very experienced and was very careful when doing these things. He tried to eliminate traces as much as possible afterward, making the disappearance of those scouts a mystery. Boar Skin once sent out a team of hundreds of people to search the mountain, but Lu Xiao left him behind.
The false clues led to another mountain. In the end, nothing came to an end.
Over the past year, Lu Xiao has dealt with four teams of boar-skin scouts. Especially in the past three months, he has encountered three teams. He killed two teams, and one team was a bit close to his residence. In order not to leave.
Unexpectedly, he let the other person go.
You must know that the place where Lu Xiao is now is not actually the northernmost part of the Ming Dynasty. Logically speaking, hundreds of miles to the north can be considered the territory of the Ming Dynasty. When the wild boar skin comes to this area, it is already a very obvious hostile military.
Take action.
Combined with the fact that it was now the forty-seventh year of Wanli Year, Lu Xiao knew in his heart that the war should break out soon. The only thing that made him feel sore was that he saw the boar-skin scouts more than once on the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
.But I have never seen an equivalent Ming army scout.
The national war is about to begin, but the Ming Dynasty’s scouts haven’t left the country yet!!!
The next day, Lu Xiao got up and did morning exercises. In the past three years, in addition to restoring his original strength, he felt that his strength had made some breakthroughs. However, he had not had any actual combat, and he did not know the extent of his true strength. Jungle
Killing a few wild boar skins will not test your true combat effectiveness at all.
Not long after the morning exercise started, Lu Xiao suddenly stopped and turned to look into the distance. As his physical fitness improved, his senses became more acute. He could hear the sound of people talking in the distance.
After a while, a group of people walked out of the woods. The leader was Lao Suntou, a fur trader. He came to Lu Xiao once a month to collect his furs. But it was obviously not the time yet.
Behind Lao Sun's head was a group of ten soldiers. The soldiers were wearing Ming army armor and equipment. The leader's face was arrogant, and he seemed to be very dissatisfied with the road conditions under his feet.
"Is this the Orion you are talking about?" the captain looked at Lu Xiao and asked Lao Suntou.
"Yes, Master Jun. This Brother Lu is the most powerful hunter within a radius of 500 miles. Ordinary hunters can only go as far as our position when they enter the mountains. But Brother Lu lives here. He often goes further north.
I hunted in this place. In the past two years, I collected three bear skins alone.
If anyone knows more about these deep mountains, where you can walk and where you can't, I'm afraid no one knows it better than Brother Lu. Brother Lu, please say hello to the military master."
Lu Xiao had already guessed what the soldier wanted to do with him, but his face remained calm.
"Old Suntou, do you have anything to do with me?"
"I'm not looking for you, it's the military officers who are looking for you. The military officers want to go to the northeast to fight the Tatars, and they need a mountain guide. When it comes to guides, in our generation, you are the only one."
"It's up to him, let him follow us." The captain didn't even bother to listen to Lu Xiao's response. He directly gave the order for Lu Xiao to follow.
"I need to pack my things." Lu Xiao said. As soon as he said this, the captain's face suddenly became confused. He whipped him without even thinking.
"How dare you disobey military orders!"
Lu Xiao turned sideways to let go of the riding whip. Then he reached out and grabbed the riding whip directly. The captain felt an irresistible force coming towards him, and he was pulled back by Lu Xiao.
"Be bold!"
Upon seeing this, the remaining soldiers immediately drew their swords and surrounded Lu Xiao.
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After about twenty breaths, Lu Xiao squatted in front of the captain and asked.
"Whose soldiers are you?"
"Back to you, heroes... We are General Du's scouts."
"General Du, Du Song?"
"...Yes!!" The captain did not dare to call Juniper by his first name.
"What is your mission?"
"Explore the road and find a passable road for the army."
Lu Xiao was silent for a moment. Even though he had known for a long time that this battle was going to be a mess, he still couldn't help but complain when he heard this.
"When will the army set out?"
"Ten days later."
"Ten days later, the army will set out. You haven't even found the road yet? How are you going to fight then?"
"..." The scout captain was speechless.
"The identity and affiliation of the scout are military secrets. You just tell me without thinking? What would you do if I were a Tatar?"
"..." The scout captain was speechless.
"When is the time for the army to set off? Is it a priority for military aircraft? I won't say how you, a scout, knew it. But when I asked you, you didn't hesitate at all?
"..." The scout captain was speechless.
"...Forget it. Don't you have any horses?"
"Yes, yes, yes... one person and two riders, just outside the woods."
"Very good," Lu Xiao said, turning back and entering the house. Not long after, he brought out a lot of Tatar armor and equipment."
"Put on these equipment."
"this......"
"Don't know me?"
"No, knowing, knowing, is the armor of the Tatars..."
"Yes, Tatar scouts have been operating in the surrounding area since a year ago. I killed a few groups, but there must be more. Many of them should have gone beyond where I live, further south.
The entire mountainous area should have been thoroughly explored by the Tatars a year ago. And you just started exploring the road today!!!"
