When the fierce battle was over and the danger was really over, many people realized that some of the minor injuries from the previous day's battle had become more serious, not to mention that in addition to the original minor wounded during the day's confrontation with the enemy cavalry, five or six more wounded had been added that could not be completely ignored. While some of them don't seem to be in the way, some have their wounds cracked.

In this era, even grassroots officers with a certain status like the Qianhu level are not worthy of military doctors, and there are at most a small number of witch doctors in the normal ranks.

Fortunately, Wang Wei is still a caring person, and he prepared some clean bandages and simple herbs according to Zhang Lixin's requirements in the Weiyuan camp before.

However, the cheap folk medicines of this era cannot be compared with modern medicine, or at least the level of Yunnan Baiyao.

The team retreated in the direction of the west, but twenty or thirty miles, and one of the warriors who had lost too much blood fell and never woke up, and his body temperature gradually cooled down in the cold early spring.

"What's his name?" Zhang Lixin, the original more than 30 "veteran soldiers", all remembered their names, but Zhang Lixin did not know the names of the newly recruited soldiers in the vicinity of the camp.

"His name: Sign up, check the name... Chen Ying couldn't help but say helplessly.

By calling everyone for roll call again, it was finally confirmed that this person's old name was Xing Yonggui, and his new name after choosing to join the team was Xing Yongjin.

"The general used to say when he was on the front line of Fuzhou in Liaodong that Qingshan buried loyal bones everywhere, so why should the body be returned to the horse leather shroud. WE STILL ... Li Yi felt that such as the nature of his team, as long as someone died in battle in the future, it was simply unrealistic to erect a tombstone or a horse leather shroud...

Zhang Lixin thought for a moment at this time, but asked, "Is there a vial of salt?" And the best salt? ”

"I remember taking this with me... The soldiers in charge of the cooking brought these necessary provisions. Zhang Lixin took out a bottle, wiped it carefully, then dried it with a candle-like flame, and refilled it with salt. After going some distance to make sure that the person really could not regain his warmth and died, he said: "In the future, the body will be cremated, and then there will be a chance to scatter it to the sea: the ashes will be used as a memorial." Innovative soldiers should not become rotten and stenching or maggot-infested ghosts after death, but should stay between heaven and earth forever to be reborn, remember what I said before is called the carbon cycle. Of course, before that, I made a prediction: it is better to keep the scalp at the root of the hair, in a vial of salt mud. In the future, we will have the opportunity to make vacuum vials. As long as the flesh and blood on the body can be preserved without decay, it may be able to come back to life after a few years... ”

"Is that true?" Hearing this, not only Li Yi, but even Cheng Hai and even some ordinary soldiers became somewhat interested...

"It's the same as the legendary people who drank Meng Po soup and were reincarnated in the next life, or some people who have amnesia that can't be recovered. If you forget everything in the past, and someone else tells you what you have been through in the past, it is also equivalent to dying once. After weighing it for a moment, Zhang Lixin finally said so. Thinking about it, it is still necessary to give the soldiers around him a little confidence in the face of death, and the panic of the recruit team during the daytime confrontation is really unsettling. However, if you say it too well, then there is not much credibility. My own scientific approach still gives people the feeling that something is like that.

In addition to one soldier who was cremated, Zhang Wen, who was quite brave during the day, was also injured a lot. In Zhang Lixin's view, this kind of person is the object that must be kept as much as possible, and others agree with it. Therefore, although Zhang Wen was still able to walk at this time, Zhang Lixin still let him sit on a stretcher to avoid further problems with the leg injury...

In this way, although the burden of the whole team was slightly heavy because of the casualties of some people, it finally took about five days to go out day and night, and returned to the Taihang Mountains of Mancheng County, Baoding Prefecture safely, but for the sake of safety, the place where they settled was not the original starting place.

Before the great changes in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the powerless and powerless "common landlord" class in North China, which was not closely related to the official face or the army, as it was in the modern Republic of China period, did not rise, and many grassroots gentry were inextricably linked with the official face, which undoubtedly made the temporary establishment of "guerrilla base areas" pose a considerable risk. However, in this mountainous area of Mancheng, it is already relatively good, and Zhang Lixin can only take a risk.

Although the Yang Yuanwai family in Shengxian Village is not too small to settle down, there are dozens of people in the family, more than a dozen families, and there are more than 300 acres of fields and some shops in the county town alone. But when he saw the threatening letter sent by the cluster of war arrows made of good iron, he did not dare to ignore it.

Although the cronies of the Yang family who came were a little reluctant, they were immediately taken aback when they saw these "thieves" wearing armor and shields and carrying artillery, and couldn't help but say: How come unknown bandits have such a formation and guys in these years? The situation in Liaodong is really a great disaster to the world...

At this time, Zhang Lixin was not in a hurry to take care of the envoy of this big family at night, but quietly asked in Wang Wei's ear again: "Are you sure: This is the most suitable place?" ”

"Before the Battle of the River, it was investigated according to the general's wishes. This Yang Yuanwai family, there were people in the ancestors who sat on the county order. But now it's a bit of a decline, and business is the main benefit. But even so, the years have not been very good over the years, and His Majesty is still in the village, which is not too good in this area. . . Wang Wei replied.

Li Yi, who was in charge of receiving this kind of person, did not look like a bandit on the edge of a mountain cliff. Li Yi said bluntly with a fairly frank attitude: "We plan to stay near you for a while, at least for more than a month, and at most for a season." If we need anything in the future, we hope to help more. You can rest assured: as long as you have not done anything unrighteous in the past, and you will not trouble us. We will not treat you badly: food and drink, or some artisans, goods, etc., we will give you a reasonable price. Moreover, when I need your people here to follow us to do something, I won't let your people do it in vain. But there is one thing that needs to be clarified: what if we get the news that the people of the government have come unusually: whether you are informing you or not, we will make you look good with cannons before we retreat?"

At the beginning, the cronies of the Yang family did not take this kind of person in their eyes. Xindao: It's just a martial artist who is difficult to escape, where are you who dare to threaten people of our status? It's just that after carefully explaining some of the situations they saw to the old lady of the Yang family, many people felt uneasy.

"Those thieves have artillery, and iron armor? And he didn't extort money, he just said that he wanted to stay around for a few days? The housekeeper of the Yang family asked.

"Exactly... The two henchmen replied one after another.

"This is no ordinary thief. I heard that only some sects in Shandong or some giants in the southeast sea have such a skill. It's definitely not something that people like us can offend ... ”

"But what if you fall into the crime of shielding?" Some people in the Yang family also asked worriedly.

In the end, it was Mrs. Yang who spoke: "They just want to take it around here, I heard that only some people in the village are allowed to do some things, and they have to give symbolic money?" In this case: then we will also make it clear: we have dozens of people here, and there are many people. Even if we agree, if they want to turn us into a stronghold of some sect, then we don't dare to vouch for it. As for the people, it depends on how much money they plan to give, whether it is a robbery... ”

When Mrs. Yang finally learned that every time these people hired a lower-class peasant to preach and teach at night, they would send hundreds of dollars every day, and her heart was also moved.