Ado screamed in the basket, reminding everyone to be careful and to take the drop point outside the camp.
After the enemy retreated, the medical officer lit a fire in the camp to boil water for use in diagnosing and treating the wounded. The surface of the hot air balloon was made of a heavy layer of raw lacquer, which was the easiest to catch fire. If it got a little spark, it would be a waste.
Many spirits were slowly produced, and the balloon was regarded as a treasure by countless young people, but it was about to be scrapped.
At that moment, everyone gathered together laughing and pulling the rope out.
This big thing seemed easy to take off, but difficult to control when it fell. A dozen people were holding on to the thick rope, and they felt like they were being dragged to the point where they couldn't stand. From a distance, it looked like a giant centipede writhing on the ground.
When the balloon slowly fell to the ground, Ado crawled out of the box, wiping his sweat. Everyone stepped forward and slapped him on the shoulder, chest or back. Zheng Rui's hand was especially heavy, and it made a thumping sound on Ado's body.
The slap made him stagger and scream in pain, but he couldn't help but grin.
Everyone understands that in this scene just now, this boy from Bohai actually saved everyone's lives. And the risk he took was no less than anyone else.
Because the savages were attacking fiercely on the outside, the preparations for the hot air balloon to take off were not proper. The rope that should be tied to the rock was caught in the hands of several scribes and wrapped around their waists, and Ado
The fuel for the balloon is only a bag of coal...it won't last long.
If strong winds blow during the period when the balloon is airborne, whether the balloon floats into the forest or the sea, the only passenger will be in danger. And if the balloon starts to fall and the savage does not retreat, Ado is likely to fall directly into the hundreds of
Surrounded by thousands of enemies, he might be chopped into pieces in an instant.
This was the only time he decided that after returning to Laizhou, he would at least be able to show off his merits.
Until dusk, the old man Hu who had retreated with the savages did not come back. Zheng Rui was a little worried and suggested that he return to Hue Camp in the north before it gets dark and make plans.
But Li Yun decided to continue setting up camp here and keep it brightly lit.
Late at night, he held a torch made of medicinal herbs and inspected the battlefield. The smell of blood was everywhere on the beach, and tens of millions of mosquitoes that were as big as Hu Feng flew from nowhere, making terrifying noises.
The sound of flapping wings is like clusters of dark clouds flying among the grass.
Most of the injured wild Jurchens who were left behind were already dead at this time, and only seven or eight of them with extremely strong vitality were still moaning vaguely.
Li Yun went around twice more and picked out a few savages whose limbs were injured but seemed to be salvageable. He dragged them to the ground and pulled them to a depression outside the camp.
When he first started, the savages struggled violently and looked very frightened.
But there are also calm ones.
There was a man whose wrist was cut off. He might have fainted before, but he just woke up now. He was talking loudly, trying his best to comfort his companions, and even reluctantly got up and followed Li Yun staggeringly, trying to
Let Li Yun see the smile on his face.
Li Yun turned around and returned to the camp, and then asked the medical officer who had been busy for a long time to give them simple treatment.
Although the fighting was due to a misunderstanding, after all, several people on our side also died, and the soldiers' murderous nature was still there. The medical officer was not happy with this order, so he gave them medicine with a tigerish face, bandaged them roughly, and turned around.
Walk.
The soldiers in the camp took out iron pots and baked multigrain pancakes. Some of the soldiers jumped into the stream to catch fish, and were discussing how to eat them.
Li Yun brought back two pancakes, broke each pancake in half, and placed them next to the savages.
It's not that he is stingy. When the Mongolian army threatened Zhongdu, a multi-grain pancake like this could be sold for a hundred yuan, and a pancake represented the life of a person or even several members of a family.
The savages in front of us probably had similar lives.
Although the land around Hesihan Pass is fertile and productive, the winter in the northeastern interior is really terrible. The annual snowstorms and cold waves are enough to take away many lives. Li Yun can see that these savages are very strong.
But it is obviously the result of being tempered by a hard life and overdrafting their vitality. It is completely different from the soldiers under Ding Haijun who are well fed and clothed and then undergo hard training.
When Li Yun was serving in Northern Xinjiang, he saw with his own eyes that many soldiers who were originally strong and fierce quickly became weak as soon as they reached the age of thirty, and then various diseases suddenly broke out. Within three to five years, they turned from living people into walking corpses.
Then die.
These wild Jurchens in front of them are ten times and a hundred times more ignorant than the warriors of Northern Xinjiang, and their living environment is even worse than that of Northern Xinjiang. They struggle in the deep mountains like wild beasts. If they want to live to be thirty, they may have to get lucky.
Just be very good.
The savage with a broken arm held a pancake and leaned over to express his thanks.
In the night, his wild hair and beard half-hidden his pale face, making him look like a ghost.
Li Yun waved to him and returned to camp to rest.
Everyone worked very hard on this day. Except for the soldiers who were on guard duty, the camp soon fell into silence.
Early the next morning, the sentry reported that two of the wounded savages placed outside were dead, and several others were missing.
At noon, the big dog in the camp started barking. The child took the big dog with him, got up and ran wildly out, without even a few sentries stopping him.
It was that old man Hu who came back with dozens of people.
The child ran over and hugged him, laughing loudly.
Old Man Hu washed his face and tied his hair again. He looked very energetic. He also put on a very shabby but clean robe.
Most of the dozens of people following him are old. Just by looking at their age, you can tell that they must be the leaders of the savages. There is a young man with a thick bandage on his arm. He is the one whose broken arm was rescued by the medical officer.
man of.
Li Yun greeted him seriously and stood in front of the savage leaders.
There was no guard around him, but no one among the savages dared to offend. The people in the front row pushed each other twice, and then someone from behind dragged out a simple frame made of branches. On the frame were placed the corpses of those who died in the forest yesterday.
Those few of Li Yun’s subordinates.
The appearance of the corpse was naturally very tragic, but it was obvious that someone had tried to clean the corpse. The clothes had been stripped off and then put on again, and the weapons and belongings that were carried with them were placed on the frame.
Li Yun nodded and waved for the soldiers to come up and collect the bodies.
Ado also came up. A few sharp-eyed savages recognized Ado and shouted a few words. Dozens of them lay on the ground in fear and stopped motionless.
Ado was a little stunned.
His brain is really not working very well. At the moment, he only remembers that he raised a hot air balloon yesterday and sang a drama in Bohai dialect on the hot air balloon.
It's too late to take out the balloons now, but you can sing a few words.
So he cleared his throat and took a deep breath.
"No, no need." Li Yun advised: "Aduo, just bring the body of your comrade back with everyone."
Ado walked back angrily.
Li Yun said loudly: "From today on, we will set up camps and ranches here. If you are a friend, you can come to work in the ranch. We will give him food and other good things. If you are an enemy, then
Keep fighting! The gods will watch us, and if one of us dies, we will take a hundred of your lives to compensate!"
The savages didn't seem to care about Li Yun's threat. Instead, they looked forward to the good things Li Yun said. So Li Yun asked the soldiers to carry some clothes and food out.
Compared with these savage tribes, Ding Haijun's supplies are much richer. Li Yun is fully confident that he can quickly close the distance between the two sides. Then, starting with these savages, he can close the distance with many tribes in the northeastern interior.
When the savage leaders raised their hands and cheered around these supplies, Li Yun asked Old Man Hu: "Where are you, sir? Do you have any requirements?"
The old man sat comfortably on the ground and pushed the child in front of Li Yun: "I can stay here, but my grandson has to go to Shandong. He has to live a good life, and it is best that he can still study."