Du Ling carried a badger oil can, walked to Du Feng's side, glued some badger oil with his fingers, and smeared it on Du Feng's face.

Every place should be carefully smeared, and on a cold day, touch the grease to prevent cold.

Otherwise, if it freezes outside for a long time, it will crack.

"Brother, be careful. The smugglers are also outlaws, so you beat their horses and run away. ”

"Also, don't stare at the snow all the time. Close your eyes when you're on the horse and don't let the snow burn your eyes. ”

"When feeding the horses, you can't try to save trouble feeding the snow, you have to chisel ice and turn water......"

"Don't hit people. In case there are more than one person, we have to talk about it. It's hard to talk about dead people. If you hit their horses, their carts won't be pulled away, and they'll either be thrown there, or they'll have to stop and load on other carts, and it will take time. Daddy took people over, as long as there were more people, they would either give money or goods, and they wouldn't be able to run. ”

Giggling like a bird, Du Feng smiled and slapped his sister's head and said, "Got it." Use you to teach me to do things? ”

"Brother, bow your head. I'll give you some badger oil on the back of your neck. ”

Du Feng lowered his head, let his sister apply it for a long time, estimated that it was almost the same, took off the shoes under his feet, and replaced them with tall leather boots. As long as your feet are warm, your body won't be too cold.

When he went out, his red Mu Ling horse was obviously a little reluctant to go out in the cold, and was kicking his hooves dissatisfiedly.

Mu Lingzhi, the same word as Mao Lian, is a matter of translation.

Mao Lian is the meaning of Jurchen or Mongolian horse, the Ming Dynasty had set up Mao Lianwei, in the later generations of Muling River area to raise horses, the tribute is also based on horses.

Since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, here is the best pasture north of the watershed of the Songhua River and the Liaohe River system, and later generations called it Wandashan Ranch, which is the best mountain pasture, and is also the main source of horses for Dashun in the Songhua River basin today.

The war horses here are well adapted to the cold environment, but they also belong to the branch of the Mongolian horse, and there are still shortcomings.

It's a pity that the Rakshasas on the opposite side have not yet improved the Don Hippopotamus, and there is no way to grab a few horses from the opposite side to improve them.

The saddle of the red horse was full of pockets, which contained food, gunpowder, and lead bullet. There was a knife hanging and two spare arquebuses.

Du Feng rummaged through the saddle to see if there were any small things like straw sticks. Even a small straw stick can easily wear out the horse's back if it is hidden under the saddle and left unattended.

Du Ling was smearing the spare horseshoe nails with oil, carefully placing them in a small cloth bag, and checking the gunpowder and lead bullets in the short gun, and then he was relieved.

"Mulan Ci" cloud: buy horses in the east market, saddle sheath in the west market, bridles in the south market, and long whips in the north market.

The south of Liaodong has a large population and scarce land, and there is no economic base for government soldiers at all.

The Songhua River in the north of Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, and Dashun restored the government military system here, but it is somewhat distorted.

It is necessary for the soldiers to prepare their own horses, stirrups, saddles, horseshoes and a series of other armaments; However, armor, cannons, guns, gunpowder, etc. were supplied by the imperial court, and the entire Songhua River basin also strictly prohibited blacksmiths from making cannons, guns, and armor.

With blood tax, top service tax.

Bell is not very old, but he grew up in this kind of family since he was a child, and he still knows about ordnance. After all the work was done, I gave another advice.

"Brother, be careful."

"Don't worry."

stepped on the stirrup and turned over on the horse, Du Ling held his knees and followed him all the way to the door, chattering all the time.

"Okay, it's cold, you can go back."

He turned around and waved his hand at his mother at the door, patted the top of his sister's head again, knocked his heel on the horse's belly, and ran towards the third child's house.

When he arrived at the door of the third child's house, the four young people who had a good relationship with him were already ready. After checking each other, they led another horse, hung a snow plough on the back, loaded it with horse feed, etc.

The group left the Acropolis and went up the Uken River.

The northwesterly winds of the past few days were very strong, and the snow that fell on the river was blown clean by the wind.

In the past few days, it has been extremely cold, frozen and cracked the ice, squeezed out the living water below, and spread it on the river surface and formed a layer of ice, which is really the best road in the world at this time.

The war horses under the crotch are all accustomed to walking on the ice, and they are on the horseshoe again, and they are croaking forward, and from time to time they trot for a while.

The smugglers, of course, would not have followed the Uken River directly to the Songhua River, as that would have passed through the Acropolis of Hendori. They will choose some mountain passes and swamps and follow the small river at the other end of the mountain into the Songhua River.

The place where the horse manure and snow climbing plough prints were found was about seventy or eighty miles from the Acropolis of Handori, and it was a deserted place.

I can't ride a horse for too long on this day, my knees are really cold, and after riding for a while, I have to come down and run for a while to warm up my body.

After chasing all the way for three days, leaving a marker to guide the way, I finally chased a piece of horse manure that was not frozen solid.

Smash open the horse manure and look at it, and poke the hardness inside.

"I guess there's still a dozen miles left. We can't chase along the river, we have to go ashore. I remember there was a big bend ahead, so let's leave the horses here. Sixth, you stay and watch the horses, and a few of us will go over. ”

Du Feng jumped off the horse, carried the gun, and several people checked the rope, dry food, and salted animal fat to be prepared, so as to plan to follow for a long time.

This journey may take a long time, the sixth stay here and once he gets the news, he will go back to report the news, and Du Feng and the others may have to drag on here for three or five days.

They are also half a mountain forest hunter, and dry food plus a jar of pickled lard is enough to live in the mountains and forests for six or seven days, and it is not a problem. The smugglers who came from Guanli would certainly not survive them.

There is heavy snow more than half a meter deep on the shore, and it is really difficult to walk fast when you take a step and pull out your boots for half a day.

But they weren't going to walk, and there was a pine forest that passed through the pond of melons.

No one has ever cut down a large pine tree that is more than one person thick. Large logs that have died for many years are lying across the ground, or trees that have been knocked down by lightning in the summer, make it extremely difficult to walk.

The five of them chose a thick, branch-heavy pine tree and climbed it to get rid of the snow more than a meter deep.

Suddenly it dawned.

They are all people who have been in the mountains and forests all year round, walking on thick branches as if walking on the ground. Where the branches are not connected, throw the rope to the opposite branch and swing as if it were a swing.

Under his feet was more than 30 meters high, and the branches of the red pine trees trembled, but he was not afraid at all.

There is no snow under your feet, and it is very convenient to swing around in the trees.

After a while, several neighing horses were heard.

At the bend in the river, five men hid in a large tree, lit a fire rope, and pressed buckshot.

Soon, a procession of dozens of carts appeared on the river. The hot breath exhaled by the horses was steaming and could be seen from afar.

"I'll go! I've made a fortune! ”

Several people clenched their fists excitedly, so many big cars, how much is it worth?

A piece of tea cake is sold for a lot of money to the Rakshasa people, and if you add rhubarb, it is not to say that this is tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Du Feng held a long arquebus and aimed it at a horse in the front.

The location they occupy is good, right at the bend of the river, not far away.

Don't kill people, only horses.

Kill a few horses, and put them behind them like appendages, so that these people can't go fast.

More than a dozen horses died, and many carts could not be pulled. Either throw it here and don't want it, or stop to unload and reload, for these border troops, it is nothing more than a matter of gaining more and getting less.

"I hit the front, you hit the middle. After the fight, we ran back from the tree. They can't see the footprints, they can't find ours. ”

"Look for an opportunity to do a few more waves, kill twenty or thirty horses, and don't beat people. Otherwise, it's hard to talk about. ”

Du Feng pointed to the horse in the middle and commanded quietly.

He took his heavy arquebus, held his breath, and waited for the caravan to turn within forty or fifty paces.

Bang!

The burning fire rope ignited the primer, and before the smoke could clear, Du Feng jumped onto the branch behind him.

The gunshots rang out next to them, and these men were all good hands, and five horses fell down on the river at once.

Du Feng understands that he has to slip away first at this time. With one more round of guns and five more horses, the smuggling caravan would slow down, and the five of them would be able to use the terrain like appendages, making it difficult for them to move an inch.

But after jumping on the tree behind him, and then looking at the movement in the river, Du Feng was stunned, and the rest of the people were also stunned.

The horse team in the river did not panic in the slightest, but quickly surrounded the carriages loaded with goods in a circle, and the level of training was so good that even the people of the Handoli Guard could not do it.

In the midst of several large climbing plows, a large crowd of people jumped out, all with muskets in their hands.

There was also a neighing sound of horses in front, and there were people more than a hundred paces away from the front and back, and the horse teams in front and behind were actually outflanking in circles, standard outflanking tactics.

Bang bang......

In less than a moment, the people in the car formation gathered together and fired a volley, hitting the branches of the trees where the smoke had just come out.

Fortunately, Du Feng and the others ran fast, otherwise it would have been over at this time.

"I've got a hard stubble!"

The third child hey, obviously unexpected.

Du Feng looked at the movement under the river, shook his head and said, "It's not just hard stubble, these people are probably ...... Not a caravan at all. These are all means in the army, how can ordinary caravans have such ability? ”

"Whatever, slipper! If you don't slip away, you're going to be made dumplings. The third child threw out a rope, tied it to the big tree opposite, and ran backwards when he stepped on the tree.

But after all, it was still a step too late, they thought that this was just an ordinary group of caravans, and they would not fight back at all under the surprise attack.

Unexpectedly, the other party not only fought back, but also was well organized.

There are those who are in the rear realm, those who are outflanked on two wings, and those who are covered by salvos in the car formation.

This pine forest is not large, and behind it is an exposed willow pond. These willow trees are not very tall, and they are all dwarf trees that have to be walked through the snow.

The flanks were already spread out on both sides, and several people had to retreat back into the pine forest.

"It's over, careless. I thought they would be in chaos with one shot, I had never seen a caravan like this before. ”

The third child slapped himself and was annoyed.

Du Feng hid on the branch and observed for a while, feeling more and more wrong.

The people in the car formation, definitely the people in the army, because they can fire a volley, and they will follow the order to fire a volley, and there is a command in it.

Seeing that the back was already surrounded, it would be easy to run if it was all such a pine forest, but I was too contemptuous before, and I didn't notice the willow pond exposed behind.

No matter what the other party does, if you are really caught by them, you will definitely die.

Smuggling is a big crime, and these smugglers are not good at stubble, and they don't mind killing a few border soldiers and killing people.

Du Feng stared at the convoy below, feeling more and more that something was wrong.

Smugglers have to have this level, it's a ghost. Even if you don't panic and rely on the car formation, you can be driven out by stronger smugglers.

The problem is that when you hear the gunshots, you will immediately separate people to outflank them, and there are riders to go to the rear to investigate, and the smugglers must be at this level, then this world is really interesting.

"Run?" The third child pointed to the pine forest he had walked through before, a little panicked.

"Run a fart. Did you run? Don't speak, listen to me. ”

Du Feng calmed down, took advantage of the gap in the car array, swung to the approaching pine tree, hid behind the pine tree, and shouted: "Listen to the people below!" We are from the Acropolis of Hendori, and we have known for a long time that you are going to do lawlessness, and we are waiting here. We're here to delay you, and the army is coming! Why don't you hurry up and get caught? ”

said that he would let the other party be restrained, but he was actually telling the other party: Run, let's break up. Otherwise, our people will come in a while, and you won't have a chance to run. If you have to kill me, then we will both lose, and our people will be there soon, believe it or not.