It has been two days since Libai and more than a dozen others came out of Qing'an County.

They were all trained by stepping on the corpse mountain and the sea of blood, and they were very prosperous on the battlefield, but they planted a big heel in Anping Town, a small village and town that was flooded. When they rode into the west of the town, they struggled.

The flood on the western edge of the town of Guy was as deep as the horse's neck, and a few feet deep as shallow, about the base of an adult's thigh.

And the flood in the west of the town is not stagnant water, it is flowing, following the natural law of flowing from high to low. In some places, the water is still very fast.

In this case, not to mention the horses, even these skilled military households can't get through guò.

After struggling in the flood for about half an hour before marching half a street, Libai decisively ordered a retreat, allowing his soldiers to lead their horses along the direction of the water and withdraw from Anping Town.

Leaving five soldiers to guard the horses on a high platform without water, he personally led ten soldiers to a mountain forest outside the town, cut down dozens of small trees with a saber, removed the side branches, and left only the trunks, and then cut a dozen bamboos, divided the bamboo strips, and some wild vines that could not be named, and used them together to tie the small trunks and make rafts.

The group spent half a day in the woods, and it was not until nightfall that two rafts were set up.

As it was too late to travel, Libai made a raft and let the ten men take turns carrying them up the hill to the wide high platform where the horses were parked for the night.

At two o'clock, Libai and the others all gathered together, lit two blazing fires, and stayed by the fire to eat the dry food they bought in Qing'an County, everyone was physically and mentally exhausted, and they were in no mood to speak.

While nibbling on dry food, Libai thought that with the raft, he should be able to pass through Guò Anping Town tomorrow. Go to the foot of the mountain in Kaneda Village.

When he came to Anping Town, he had already asked people about the route from the west of the town to Jintian Village. Although most of the houses in the town were completely flooded, some two- and three-story restaurants and inns still stood firmly in the water, which was very conspicuous. Follow them and you won't make a mistake or get lost.

However, the horses they rode could not enter the town, and they had to leave a few of their own soldiers to garrison the place. Guarding the horses. Wait for him to lead people into Jintian Village. After taking the Cen family out of Anping Town, they came here to meet them.

In the silence of the night, there is only the sound of the water and the howling of the wind. and the sizzling sound of burning wood in front of me, and then thinking of the tragic situation and corpses I saw all the way in the daytime, it was a little infiltrating. In addition to Libai, the other fifteen pro-soldiers were trembling with fear.

Then. Not far away, there was the sound of horses' hooves, and there was a faint sound of people talking.

The fifteen soldiers were all scouts. Deaf and brighter than ordinary people. Immediately drew the knife, and stood in one place in three or two, looking in the direction of the sound with full vigilance.

About 100 zhang away in front of the diagonal front, there were faint sparks flickering. The sound of horses' hooves and speech became clearer and clearer, and what had been only a few sparks slowly grew louder.

Lipper also heard the movement. He sent five of his own soldiers armed with broadswords. Escape into the inky woods, and go to the place where the voice is made to find out the truth.

A quarter of an hour later. Two of the five pro-soldiers came back and reported the situation to Libai: "Lord Qian, the person coming from the front is the An family of Qing'an County. The leader is a son surnamed An who is known as the 'three young' reads();。 They had a lot of goods on their horses, and they seemed to have the same purpose as us, they were all people who wanted to go to Jintian Village to rescue the Cen family. Preliminary determination is that there is no threat. They think we can walk in company with them. ”

Libai bowed slightly: "It's someone I know." The leader An Sanshao is a disciple of Master Cen, go and report my name to An Sanshao and bring them over. ”

"Yes." The two soldiers bowed slightly, and then disappeared into the night.

About two quarters of an hour later, An Sanshao and others, led by five of Libai's personal soldiers, came to this wide and flat platform to meet with Libai.

"An Sanshao, long time no see." Libai smiled and greeted An Sanshao: "I didn't expect us to meet here." ”

"I've seen Mr. Yu Qian. It is said that if you don't go for three days, you should be impressed. I didn't expect that in just over a year, you would be promoted to the general manager of Yingqian! It's amazing! I'm just blown away to see you here! Aren't you supposed to fight the enemy in Mobei right now? What kind of wind brought you to Anping Town? ”

An Sanshao was still a little surprised that Libai was promoted to the general manager of Yingqian. He didn't expect him to rise so quickly, about a year ago, when he met Libai in Lin'an County, he was still a small lieutenant from the eighth grade, and in only one year, he was promoted to the battalion commander from the sixth grade!

When he lived in the mansion of Master Cen in the capital, he also heard a few words about the battle situation in Mobei. I know that in the past year, the officers and soldiers of the Northern Barbarians and the Dajing Border have only broken out two or three major battles and more than ten small battles, and the two sides are basically evenly matched, and the battle situation is relatively tragic.

Especially in the last battle not long ago, a state and three counties on the border of Mobei fell, and they were seized by the Northern Barbarians, and countless Mobei people died in the bloody knives of the Northern Barbarians.

I heard that later, he was a general surnamed Niu, with a few subordinates, and fought fiercely for several days before driving the Northern Barbarian army out of Mobei and regaining the lost territory.

At the beginning, he was so focused on preparing for the exam that he didn't inquire about the war in detail, and his knowledge was very limited.

He had heard Senior Brother Erlang mention it before, saying that his Brother Libai seemed to be a direct descendant of General Niu. And Libai was able to be promoted in a short period of time, most likely because he made great contributions when General Niu repelled the Northern Barbarians and regained the lost territory that day.

When An Sanshao thought about it, he looked at Libai's gaze and became admirable.

Even he, a nerd who didn't listen to anything outside the window, occasionally heard a rumor or two about the battle of the Reconquista in the capital, and knew that the battle was extremely difficult, with countless casualties. Libai was able to get out of the war unharmed, and also earned great military achievements. This ability is admired by a man!

Although he didn't like him for some reason, it didn't affect his admiration and respect for him.

"We have the same purpose, we are all here to rescue the Cen family." Li Bai was very helpful to An Sanshao's surprised and admiring gaze, ignored the sourness in his words, and said with a light smile: "It's late today, it's not appropriate to hurry." Why don't you rest here for the night, and tomorrow we'll act together? ”

"That's what I mean." An Sanshao nodded at Libai with a smile, and then turned sideways to An Zhu and An Song and said, "An Zhu, you go and let those guards cut a few branches and pad them on the ground, unload the goods and pile them up, don't get wet and muddy." Ansong, you go and bring the dry food, water and wine, and pick up some firewood, just raise two fires opposite Mr. Qian. After unloading the goods for a while, everyone gathered together to eat. ”

An San Shao suddenly remembered something, and asked Libai politely: "Mr. Yu Qian, have you and these military masters ever eaten?" Do you need me to share some food and drink with you? When it's cold at night, drink two sips of spirits to warm up your body and keep you cold. ”

"No need." Lipper directly refused: "We are soldiers, and now we have important things to do, so we should not drink." Before you came, we had all eaten dry food. Sanshao, enjoy it slowly. (To be continued.) )