Li Xiaofei led the four battalions of men and horses to confront An Siqing at the foot of the Li Ridge, and An Siqing brought only enough grain and grass for two months, and these two months were counted together with the way to the camp outside the city of Sanjiangkou.

The military rations of the Wei army were a mixture of three percent corn, three percent rice, and four percent wild vegetables, and the army led by An Siqing was stationed in the south of the Yangtze River, and it was relatively easy to raise grain and grass, so there were a little more dried fish and shrimp than other Wei troops.

And Li Xiaofei's four battalions complained every day that the food was not good, and they were tired of eating dried meat and fish, and they all wanted to change their tastes.

It just so happened that Song Yihu came back with his three brothers at this time, and he also brought a few baskets of melons, fruits and wild vegetables.

Cai Guishan, Deng Lianglin, Changsheng, and Chen Jingyi saw the wild vegetables and melons and fruits, and they all stepped forward to help the four brothers of the Song family unload the basket.

The four brothers of the Song family were a little confused, "The pigs in the family can't eat so much, it's a pity to lose it, so I have to bring it over, don't blame the adults!" ”

"It's just a tyrannical thing, such a good thing for pigs to eat?"

"You are our lucky stars, we have long wanted to try it, whether it is eaten by pigs or cows, these are all good things!"

"Tip! Tip! ”

"Do you still have these things in your village? If so, we bought them all, and we exchanged meat and fish, or not? ”

Song Dahu touched Cai Guishan's forehead, "General Cai, are you okay?" It's really eaten by pigs, and sometimes fed to chickens! You're going to eat this? Still want to buy? And in exchange for meat and fish? ”

Song Erxiong took out a cucumber and wiped it on his clothes, "Okay, a basket of cucumbers will be exchanged for a pound of dried meat for you!" ”

Song Sanwolf grabbed Song Erxiong, "Second brother, you're too dark!" Generals, just take it and eat it! ”

"Joke! Are we the ones who don't have money? Are we the ones who don't talk the talk? Come, go pull a cart of dried meat and a cart of dried fish and send it to the village first! Chen Jingyi ordered people to go to the granary to load the truck

The four brothers of the Song family were speechless for a while, and after holding back for a while, Song Dahu shook his head, "I don't think the officers and soldiers will fight with you, you just smashed them with a cart of fish and meat!" ”

Li Xiaofei listened to the noise outside in the tent, and ran out to see that there were actually a few baskets of melons, fruits and wild vegetables, "What are you doing, I quickly took them to wash them and make wild vegetable soup, these melons and fruits were cut with a knife to divide them among the big guys, don't rob them!" ”

As soon as Li Xiaofei said not to rob, the four brothers of the Song family couldn't help laughing again, Li Xiaofei saw that they were wearing animal skin clothes, and their arms and legs were exposed, so he said to the people next to him, "Go and get a few sets of clothes and armor for these four heroes, two sets of linen single clothes per person, one set of leather armor, and one set of iron sheet bamboo armor!" ”

As soon as he heard that everyone could have four sets of clothes, Song Dahu thanked him again and again, "Thank you, Lord Li, we are so big, we don't have so many clothes!" The linen we saved up to make clothes for our wives and children, and we put on the fur of the beasts when we were rough and thick! ”

"Don't say it, it's all the officials of the Great Liang who are sorry for you, add two carts of dried meat and dried fish to send to their village, and then send a cart of cloth that we brought with the army so that they can all have clothes to wear!" Li Xiaofei immediately ordered the baggage team to allocate supplies to Songjia Village

The four brothers of the Song family knelt down to thank them with tears in their eyes, Li Xiaofei couldn't afford them, Li Xiaofei was a little puzzled, "We don't do this for anything else, since the four of you brothers have joined our Southern Navy, that is, your own people, according to the practice of the South China Sea, you have to send money, food, rice, cloth and silk to each of your four families, in order to let your wives and children pay back without you by your side."

Can live! ”

"We called all the men in the village! Hey, I thought you were the same as the officers! Song Dahu felt a little remorseful as he got up

"Master Li, are you telling the truth?" Song Erxiong still refused to believe it

"Second brother, don't doubt it, you see that the official has already loaded the car in the house in front! Our brother has met a nobleman! Song Sanwolf pointed to the baggage officer and said

"Don't be too happy, if you don't get it right with us, you'll die in battle! After the death of the war, we will send people to send your relatives food, rice, cloth, silk and money every year! Until the old man is sent to his death, so that your children can start a family! Li Xiaofei said very seriously

"Say it earlier, Master Li, why didn't you say it earlier! We can't earn these things in our lifetime! It's worth it! ”

"If the old man gets married, call the old man too! We farm and hunt all year round, and we can only barely make ends meet, and we still have so many things with you! It's worth it! ”

"Master Li, do you still want people, we still have more than 100 men in Songjia Village, if you don't dislike it, our brothers will bring them all!" Song Dahu felt that he had to let the whole village live a good life, so he mustered up the courage to ask Li Xiaofei.

"Haha, okay, you Song Dahu recruited a hundred people, and you became a centurion! You have gathered five hundred men, and I will appoint you captain!" Li Xiaofei smiled, the four battalions of men and horses brought spare equipment enough to arm another 3,000 people!

Song Dahu's eyes widened, "Lord Li, you are serious, then I will call all the people from the surrounding villages when I go back!" ”

Li Xiaofei patted Song Dahu on the shoulder, "Don't worry, we don't want people under the age of 20 in the Southern Navy, and we don't want people over the age of forty-five, we can't be a bad breed, and we have to be of good character!" Don't have too many people, be fine! And I don't want these people to follow us to die on the battlefield! Do you understand? ”

Song Dahu nodded with some disappointment, "Got it, Master Li, it seems that I can only be a centurion"

"Brother Dahu, if you have made meritorious service on the battlefield, you can also be rewarded and promoted, this recruitment actually has special personnel in charge of various counties and counties, you don't have to be sad, haha" Li Xiaofei comforted Song Dahu again

Cai Guishan interjected at this time, "Lord Li, such a little melon and fruit is not enough, I think we not only have to send someone to deliver something, we have to get some back, they feed all the pigs and chickens with such a good thing, it's a pity!" ”

"Guishan, can you be a little promising, but I like people like you, okay, I'll leave this matter to you!" Li Xiaofei couldn't cry or laugh

Cai Guishan took fifty people to Songjia Village and several neighboring villages with the baggage team, and when they came back, they all came back naked.

Fifty years after these villages were collected by the Wei state, many families did not even have linen clothes, some wore animal skins, and some wore clothes woven from tree bark and grass, and Cai Guishan and the other dead soldiers had a sour nose when they saw this.

Many people live in grass huts, some live with pigs, Cai Guishan has always felt that the Yiyangzhuang in the South China Sea is the poorest place in the South China Sea, and compared with here, the Yiyangzhuang is a paradise.

Song Agui, the eldest man in Songjia Village, saw Cai Guishan and the dead man take off their clothes and give them to the surrounding villagers who rushed to hear the news, and shouted, "Finally alive to see the legendary rebels!" The heavens have eyes! ”

Song Agui touched Cai Guishan's heart goggles, "This material, I haven't seen it for decades as a soldier!" Soldiers like you are invincible in the world! ”

Cai Guishan heard it

The old-timers hurriedly saluted and asked Song Agui about joining the army.

Song Agui sighed, "What joined the army, I and several brothers were arrested to join the army, they all died, I have been in the dead pile for decades, the military salary is always owed, and the military exploits are all the generals and commanders, they are kind to us occasionally, don't say it, don't say it, big tiger, they came back and said that they wanted to join the army, I persuaded it for a few days, good men are not soldiers!" But today, after looking at what you have done, this soldier should be done! If I had been twenty years younger, I would have gone with you! ”

Cai Guishan was dumbfounded: "You still don't want to leave if you owe wages?" Are you willing to take the credit by others? Old-timers, you soldiers are wronged! I'm long gone! ”

"Alas, this general, you are still too young! This world is dark, I hope you can make a good world, so that the people have a way to live, and those who are soldiers have a hope! ”

"I've been taught, old-timer, come here, get some corn and fish for this old-timer when he goes back, and bring him ten jars of wine!"

Cai Guishan asked Song Agui to look at their weapons again, and Song Agui was full of praise, "Very good, the old man envy you, I don't know who your boss is?" ”

"Now it's Li Xiaofei and Lord Li, and it has always been Chen Hongyi and Lord Chen before!"

"No wonder, no wonder, General Chen has been powerful all his life, you are with the right person!"

Two thousand men came from eight villages, and Cai Guishan made a selection, and only 430 people were selected to go back, along with four carts of melons and fruits and 430 baskets of wild vegetables and fruits.

Just as Li Xiaofei appointed the four brothers of the Song family as centurions and incorporated these 430 people into the camp of dead soldiers, Chen Jingyi told everyone a bad news - the Wei army cut off the water source again.

Song Dahu became a centurion, and he was still very happy at this time, and immediately said that he would take his team of men and horses up the mountain in the middle of the night to retrieve the water source.

"No, no, no, now that the Wei army has definitely strengthened its vigilance around the water source, the big tiger will definitely fall into a siege if he goes up the mountain again, and it is not worth the risk. Let's figure out how to deal with the water thing! Li Xiaofei immediately stopped Song Dahu's thoughts, and now going up the mountain is tantamount to sending him to death.

"Master Li, even if the army doesn't use water, the people in our eight villages will all point to the water flowing down from the mountains to farm and eat and drink! This water source must be reclaimed! Song Dahu was a little anxious, no matter what the purpose of this water source is, it must be taken back, otherwise the men, women and children in the eight villages will die of thirst and starvation.

Song Agui also rushed to the camp under the guidance of the villagers, shouting on crutches, "Don't die in vain, I know where there is water!" ”

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they all looked at the old man, Li Xiaofei came over to support Song Agui, "Senior, do you know that there are other water sources near here?" ”

Song Dahu shook his head, "I have run for a hundred miles in this radius, and there is only a water source on Zheli Ridge!" Third uncle, don't lie to us! ”

Song Agui raised his crutches and drilled into the ground, "The water flows low, there must be water in our land!" Generals, as long as you dig in a few swamps in the village, you will definitely be able to dig up water! ”

"Third uncle, it's all decades of muddy ponds, and it's all stinky water! You can't eat or drink! Song Dahu continued

Lan Datou and Yuan Xin almost said in unison, "It's been a muddy pond for decades, so there must be a water source down there!" Stinky water, our doctors can cure it! ”

Song Dahu's eyes widened again: "You guys are really amazing!" If only these muddy ponds could be cleaned up! Then we don't have to fight for water anymore, and we don't have to worry about someone cutting off our water supply! ”