After resting in the valley for the night, everyone set out on the road together. However, the procession did not mix together, but each walked in a group, with the caravan of the Taiors going first, and the KPA about 200 meters behind.

However, the patriarch of Mu Zhehu walked with Luo Yue and others, talking while walking, mainly asking them about what had happened in the Qing court in the past 3 or 40 years, and Luo Yue also explained to Mu Zhehu in detail one by one. However, in the past few decades, the Qing court has really not done a few things, and Luo Yue naturally will not hide for the Qing court, and there are many accusations against the Qing court between words, and Mu Zhehu can't help but shake his head and sigh, but when he heard Luo Yue talk about the achievements of the People's Army, there was also some half-belief in his expression, of course, Luo Yue didn't care too much.

Because the caravan had a lot of baggage, so the behavior was relatively slow, and the way to rest for the night, Luo Yue also took advantage of this time, and the Kunming ship on the phone, told the Kunming ship what happened, and asked the Kunming ship to forward his opinion to the Qingdao side, and walked for most of the day, to the tribe is not far away, if you hurry up, then you can rush to the tribe before this evening.

At this moment, only the sound of horses' hooves in front of him sounded from far and near, and a horse galloped forward, and before the caravan could prepare for vigilance, the rider came to the front of the caravan, and then turned over and dismounted, but someone recognized the knight, and shouted: "It's Borik, it's Borik, why are you here?" ”

The knight, whose name was Borik, did not answer the greetings of the others, but cried out, "What about the chief, what about the chief? ”

Mu Zhehu had already come to the front of the queue and said, "Boric, what happened in the stockade?"

When Borick saw Mu Zhehu, he immediately shouted: "Patriarch, hurry, go back quickly, Hei Fengsha has brought people to fight our stockade again, and the old patriarch is leading everyone to guard the village, send me out of the village to find you, hurry back and rescue the village." ”

When everyone heard this, they were all shocked, and hurriedly said to Mu Zhehu: "Patriarch, let's go back quickly." There are also humanitarians: "The horse team can't go fast, leave a few people to guard the horse team, and the others rush back as soon as possible." There was also a humanitarian: "Patriarch, please ask Luo Junmen and them, if they are willing to help, it will not be troublesome to defeat the Black Wind and Sand at all." ”

Mu Zhehu thought for a while, called a young man and said, "Go and invite Luo Junmen to come over." ”

After a short time, Luo Yue came to Mu Zhehu and said, "Is there anything the patriarch is looking for me?"

Mu Zhehu then told Boric about the news, and then said to Luo Yue: "Luo Junmen, I know that such a request is indeed a bit excessive, but we really need your help. ”

Luo Yue nodded and said, "We should do our best, patriarch, please rest assured, but we must first understand the situation and formulate corresponding strategies, so as not to act recklessly." ”

Mu Zhehu said: "Luo Junmen's words are reasonable, I don't know what Junmen wants to know." ”

Luo Yue said: "Who is this Black Wind Sand, and how much do you know about him?"

Mu Zhehu said: "Hei Fengsha is the beard (bandits) in this area, it is said that there are 1, 2000 minions under his command, is the largest locks in this area, they have also come to fight our stockade twice before, not they have been able to break through, I can't imagine that this time again, they must know that we went to Shuangchengzi, the stockade is empty, so they came to attack our stockade again." ”

Luo Yue nodded, and said, "Your tribe has a wall?"

Mu Zhehu said: "There is nature, survival in the wild, if there is no wall, you can't live at all, don't say that the beard comes, even the tigers and bears come to harass from time to time, and people can't stand it." ”

Luo Yue said: "I don't know how long, high, and thick the wall is?"

Mu Zhehu then understood a little, Luo Yue was understanding the defense of the tribe, so he said: "The wall is divided into 4 sides, the south and west are rivers, each side is about 40 zhang long, each side opens a walled gate, 1 zhang and 2 feet wide, it is wooden, and the city tower is also wooden, and a horse face and arrow tower are built on each of the 4 city corners, but the arrow tower is wooden, but there are two self-made bed crossbows on each arrow tower." The wall is 1 zhang 8 feet high, the buttress mouth is 5 feet high, the bottom of the wall is 1 zhang 2 feet thick, the top of the wall is 8 feet thick, and the buttress mouth is 1 foot 6 inches thick, all of which are pushed with rammed earth. As he spoke, he drew a simple drawing on the ground.

After Luo Yue saw it, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, and said: "The design of this city wall is very professional, I'm afraid it is not designed by ordinary people." ”

Mu Zhehu also nodded, and said: "Yes, Luo Junmen can see it accurately, this city was designed by my father, my father was originally born in martial arts, and it took more than 10 years to build this city, but fortunately, after the city was built, Black Wind and Sand came to attack us, and it was all because of this city that our tribe was saved." ”

Luo Yue turned to the young man named Boric again and said, "When did the Black Wind and Sand come from?"

Boric said: "Yesterday morning, I attacked the city for a day yesterday, but we blocked it, early this morning, while the sky was not yet dawn, the old patriarch told me to go out of the city while it was dark to find the patriarch for rescue!"

Luo Yue said: "How many people are there for them?"

Borrick said: "It's about 6, 700. ”

Luo Yue said: "Then how many people are guarding the village now?"

Boric said: "The old patriarch ordered that all those who could wield weapons, regardless of men, women, old and young, should go to the wall to guard the wall, and about 1,000 people gathered. ”

Luo Yue thought for a while, then turned to Mu Zhehu and said: "Patriarch, I don't think we should rush back to the tribe to rescue today, now there is an old patriarch in the tribe, there is a strong city to follow, and the tribe is also working together, united, and the old patriarch is from a martial arts background, so it should be okay to hold on for a few days, and the distance from the tribe is not close here, even if we rush back, we must be exhausted when we arrive at the tribe, and this state to face the black wind and sand will definitely be unfavorable to us." It's better to find a remote place near the tribe, rest for the night first, everyone has enough spirits, and then attack the black wind and sand early tomorrow morning to rescue the village, and they will definitely be able to win the battle. ”

Mu Zhehu listened, thought for a while, and then said: "What Luo Junmen said makes sense, so let's act according to Luo Junmen's wishes." ”

There was a human: "Patriarch, don't you want the people in the tribe to resist the black wind and sand today, according to Borick, now that the men, women, and children in the tribe are all mobilized, even if it is only for a day, I don't know how many people will die?"

Mu Zhehu shook his head and said, "Even if we rush back now, it will be almost before dusk when we arrive at the tribe, so we will definitely not be able to catch up with today's battle, we can only rely on the people in the tribe, and it is useless to be anxious." ”

When they heard this, they were no longer silent. Only then did Mu Zhehu beckon the team to move on.

Mu Zhehu and the others were indeed very familiar with this area, and at about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, they came to a mountain hollow to camp, which was about 15 miles away from the Taior tribe, that is, 7 or 8 kilometers, and Luo Yue was also very satisfied.

After stationing in the camp, Luo Yue sent a team and brought 3 tribesmen from the Taior tribe to reconnoiter the situation of the Black Wind and Sand group, and by the way, he also sent 2 tribesmen to the tribe to deliver a letter, so that the people in the tribe could rest assured, and agreed to fight the bandits together tomorrow.

That night, Luo Yue, Yang Rui, Zhou Xinghan, Mu Zhehu and others discussed tomorrow's battle plan together. The bullets were distributed to the people, and Mu Zhehu also selected 84 people from the caravan to fight with the People's Army tomorrow, and the rest of the people stayed in the camp to guard the food supplies, in fact, the people who came out with him this time were basically young and middle-aged, only a few women, who were responsible for food and drink on the road, but the number of guns was limited, and Luo Yue also required that the personnel participating in the war must be equipped with guns, so only these 84 people could be determined. And Mu Zhehu also handed over the command of the people to Luo Yue.

After a night's rest, at 5 a.m. the next day, the KPA and the soldiers all got up, and after breakfast, marched in the direction of the tribe. At this time, the sky was still cloudy, and the team had been touching a place about 2,500 meters away from the tribe to stop, and it was only more than 1,000 meters away from the bandits' camp, Luo Yue ordered all the people to stop and wait in place, because the people had not undergone military training and did not know how to hide their actions, so Luo Yue did not dare to let them advance too close to the bandits' camp, for fear of alarming the bandits.

Except for the three mortar groups, the rest of the KPA troops continued to advance, sneaking until they were less than 500 meters away from the bandits' camp before coming to a halt, and each entered its own position according to the arrangement of the previous night.

At this time, in the bandits' camp, the bandits had just woken up, some were boiling water in pots, some were wiping their faces and rinsing their mouths, and some were packing up, so the whole camp was in chaos.

Knowing that all the troops had entered the predetermined location, Luo Yue also nodded, and at this time, the three mortar teams had set up mortars and set up firing units, just waiting for Luo Yue's order, they could launch artillery bombardment on the bandits' camp.

Luo Yue waved his hand and said, "Open the cannon." ”

"Boom, boom!"

When the People's Army was assembling the mortar, Mu Zhehu and a few older and more knowledgeable people were discussing, and they also guessed that it was artillery, but some people also questioned that this artillery was only 3 feet long and 2 inches thick. But he didn't expect that after firing, the shell would hit the sky and disappear all at once, so I knew that this artillery could really hit far.

Two of the three shells landed in the bandits' camp, and at least a dozen bandits were killed and wounded by the opening of several tents and the blowing up of several pots of boiling water.

The KPA fighters who were lying in ambush near the bandits' camp reported back the location of the shells, and the three mortars confirmed that the firing orders were correct, and immediately launched a continuous attack, and in less than one minute, four more rounds were fired, and all 12 shells also fell into the bandits' camp.