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Chapter 189
"Don't mess around! They don't have many people!"

Li Xia yelled, walked among the teams, picked up a firewood from the bonfire, and threw it into the forest. The fire pierced the night, ignited a few withered grasses, and was quickly trampled out.

He shouted again: "There are not many of them! Don't push your comrades..."

The riot gradually died down.

This was the first time the river patrolmen encountered a night attack, and their performance was not good.

That night, Li Xia counted the manpower and supplies, and found that more than half of the food had been stolen, and five river patrolmen died.

He looked at the arrows left behind and confirmed that they were made by the natives.

The course of events can also be deduced.

The food is placed in the middle of the line, and the fire is also made in this position in the evening.After nightfall, the aborigines on the mountain stole food with hooks and ropes.

During the process, a sack of grain fell, waking up a river patrolman, and when he shouted, an arrow shot down.

Not daring to chase after him at night, Li Xia could only ask someone to put the body in place and strengthened his defense.

After staying up until dawn, when I looked around, I saw lush vegetation all around, and there was no trace of the person who robbed the Tao last night...

The place they are in is called "Yanfanggou", with a cliff to the north and a mountain road to the south, only the camp is slightly open.

The east and west are steep mountains, which are not easy to climb.

Many river patrolmen clamored at night to seek revenge on the barbarians who robbed the road at dawn, but at this moment they looked a little discouraged.

Huo Hu flexibly climbed up the mountains on both sides with a few skills to check, and found some traces.

But after climbing a rock, the traces of those barbarians were lost.

Li Xia then recruited Bao San, Hu Hu, Jiang Fan, Lai Ba'er and others, and more than a dozen team leaders and chiefs gathered to discuss.

Bao Sanxian said, "County Captain, why don't you go back to Qingfu County?"

Li Xia asked, "Do you think we can't deal with these thieves?"

"That's not true." Bao San said: "Judging from the traces left behind, this gang of thieves is no more than 30 to [-] people at most. If they can be found, it will not be difficult to encircle and suppress them. But the problem is that they are hard to find."

Louhu shouted: "I can find it! I've been looking for it for a few days, and I'm sure I can find it."

Bao San stared with one eye, and scolded softly: "I am talking to the county captain, why did you interrupt?"

With that said, he turned to Li Xia, and said again: "County Captain, I know this trip is to sharpen my brothers, and it's about the same now, so I can go back and rest for a few days to arrange the defense of Qingfu County. During the autumn defense, Why bother with these barbarian bandits?"

Li Xia asked, "If I must find these thieves, don't you understand?"

"I really don't understand." Bao Sandao: "The county lieutenant wants to guard Qingfu County and train troops. These villains know it. But recently they went to the border of Junlian Prefecture to suppress the bandits. If we go forward, we will almost reach Yunnan. Now, it seems a bit over the line?"

In fact, it is not a bit of an overstep, it is obviously a very overstep.

Li Xia looked around at everyone, and said: "It's hard for you to walk five feet hard these days, and don't ask if you don't understand it. It's good to talk about it... My idea is that this journey is not only us, The Mongolian army also had the same experience.

The Mongolian army detoured to Dali from western Sichuan and Tibet, and the poor mountains and rivers were no better than the five-foot road.At least the five-foot road is a ready-made road. Since the Qin Dynasty, people have been walking it for more than a thousand years.

After going through such a journey, then we have also walked the path that the Mongolian army has traveled, so it is not too much to lose.Otherwise, do we have the confidence to fight against them?Even if we don't meet the Mongolian army this time, we will meet sooner or later if my husband guards the country.

We were robbed.The Mongolian army traveled long distances, and they will inevitably encounter more. If they can climb up and we can't, then the men on the grassland will not only ride faster than us, but also climb mountains better than us.How to fight this battle?

Bringing you out is to see blood, today is an opportunity.If it's time to kill someone, kill him. If anyone dies in battle, his family will be taken care of by me.If I die, I have also told Mr. Han that my pension and employment will be divided among the brothers who died in battle..."

After listening, everyone was a little silent.

Bao San thought for a while, and seemed to want to speak, but hesitated.

Li Xia said: "Bao San, speak up if you have something to say."

"I think the county lieutenant is too impatient and too bold." Bao San said straightforwardly, "The villain can't say nice things, but the villain has seen many generals in the past, and I have never seen a county lieutenant act like this." .”

Li Xia asked: "What I did...do you think a county lieutenant shouldn't do this?"

"Yes! The villain thinks so."

Xu Kui lowered his eyes and thought that Bantou Bao was different, which he would never have dared to say.

Li Xia patted Bao San on the shoulder, and suddenly asked: "What if I'm not a county captain, but...but... Chuanshu Jieshuai?"

Bao San was taken aback.

Not only him, everyone was stunned for a moment.

Li Xia said again: "If I am not a county lieutenant today, but a Shu commander, or a Shu commander who is about to take office, can you understand what I have done? I am training soldiers, exploring the road, and intend to find out the situation of the Mongolian army. The purpose of the movement is to defeat the Mongolian army. Judging from the status of Commander Shu, it is not too much, right?"

No one speaks.

Bao San seemed a little dazed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Li Xia took two steps, and said again: "It may be a boast to say so. But my ambition is not to be a small county captain. I resist Mongolia, not to guard a small celebration talisman. I don't want you to be regarded as a servant. , but as elite soldiers...maybe understand?"

Still no answer.

Bao San and Jiang Fan seemed to think of Yu Jie when they heard the word "Shu Shuai".

Shuai Yu is dead, his home was confiscated, and Mr. Yu Xiaolang was taken to Lin'an...

In this world, there has long been no Shuai Yu...

After a long silence, Bao San finally raised his hand and fisted heavily.

With a "snap", his fist hit the palm of his hand extremely forcefully.

"understand!"

"Understood!" Jiang Fan and the others also shouted.

Li Xia said: "Now that you understand, you should regard yourself as an elite soldier. Nearly two hundred elite soldiers, five of them were killed by 30 people, and half of the food was robbed, but they didn't even see each other's shadow. Is it plausible?!"

……

Xu Kui still didn't quite understand.

But he didn't dare to ask more, 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 this time, and there were thirty other members of Liu Jinsuo's team with him.

Before leaving, Liu Jinsuo also mentioned a few words to them.

"Do you know why you were sent there? You go this trip, and when you come back, you can take others with you, and you can be the chief and the team leader in the future. Do you understand? Don't embarrass me!"

At this time, although Xu Kui didn't understand what Li Xia meant, he also understood that he wanted to find out that barbarian thief.

The mountains from southern Sichuan to Yunnan are high, but his hometown is Lizhou, the Qinling Mountains, and the Mi Cang Road!
It's not that I haven't walked the Shu Road, it's not much easier than the five-foot road.

"County captain, the villains find out that barbarian thief, grab the food back, and avenge the five brothers!" Xu Kui shouted first.

"Take back the food and avenge the five brothers!"

"Okay." Li Xia said: "Don't be blind. To build a village, you need a source of water. Climb up the mountains on both sides, find streams and mountain streams, and you should be able to find this group of thieves."

"understand!"

Xu Kui really understood this time.

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After searching hard for a day in this valley, Jiang Patrollers finally found a small mountain stream at the back of the mountain.

There are almost no roads here, only traces of weeds being trampled on.

Nearly 200 people rested for another night and were heavily guarded all night. When it was daylight, they began to climb the mountain along the mountain stream.

The mountains are steep and there are no roads.

In many places, Huhu leads people to climb up first, and then pulls the companions behind.

At noon, suddenly several arrows shot down from the dense forest on the mountain.

A river patrolman shot an arrow, groaned, and fell straight down the mountain, and fell straight to the bottom of the mountain.

Huohu and others fought back with bows and arrows.

But those barbarian thieves were hiding in the dense forest, and they were condescending, and they didn't know if they were shot.

After two rounds of arrow feathers, three more river patrolmen were injured, and one fell to the bottom of the mountain.

The opponent may have run out of arrows, and there is no sound...

Xu Kui was following behind Li Xia, separated by several people. After this encounter, he thought about it, and suddenly climbed up the nearby rock, and went to the front to protect Li Xia.

"County Captain, you said that villains can also walk in front of you."

Xu Kui said this, scratched his head, and continued to climb up...

(End of this chapter)