"Why don't we go back to Sunset City first?"

Zhao San, the head of the crossbow fire, carried the crossbow, and it could be seen from this trace alone that there were at least a thousand barbarians here, and judging from the bonfire left behind, they should have gathered here a few days ago.

Thousands of barbarians came from the west bank of the river, what did they do?

You don't have to think of it to think that the barbarian must be taking revenge. Last time, Luo Yi led his troops to wipe out the Zhenlaman, a large area of forty or fifty miles wide and two hundred miles long from the west of the mountain to the east bank of the river, and successively broke through more than a dozen stockades, and hundreds of stockades surrendered, and they even captured more than a dozen war elephants.

"It is estimated that the real barbarians sent troops from across the river."

"I think it's better to go back to Wenyang City first."

Wenyang City has actually been built in the west of the mountain, outside the mountainous area, here used to be the city of Zhenla country, and later in the Sui Dynasty when Luo Yi guarded Annan, his troops will attack and sweep the forest and Zhen Laman, then cross the fog and wet ridge to cross the Changshan mountain range to harass the Zhen Laman all the way across the river, and then build the sunset city in the mountains, and then change to Wenyang City according to the city by the river.

Luo Yi was named the queen of sunset, and sent troops to inspect the east bank of the river many times, so from the west foot of the Yangtze Mountain to the east bank of the river, hundreds of miles of land, all owned by Luo Yi, Zhenla was afraid, and withdrew to the west bank of the river, and most of the tribe villages left behind surrendered to Luo Yi.

Although there is no household for the time being, it is a matter of time before it is done.

Just like now, the government soldiers of Sunset Mansion have begun to carry out regular patrols in the western foothills of Shanxi and the east bank of the Great River.

Wenyang City is outside the mountain, which is also a stronghold of Sunset Country on the east bank of the big river outside the mountain, although it is not yet able to fully control the west of the mountain to the east bank of the big river, which is forty or fifty miles wide and two or three hundred miles long, but this stronghold can be retained, but it also shows Luo Yi's long-term plan, which is to take the land east of the river.

Along the big river, there are mountains in the east, and the narrow river and mountain area in the middle is tens of miles wide, which is four or five hundred miles long, connecting the Mianmian Mountains in the north and the mountains in the south, so this place, in fact, in Luo Yi's opinion, has good conditions.

Leaning on the mountains and blocking the river, it is conducive to defense, and its land is relatively flat and fertile, far better than the conditions in the mountains, and it is most suitable for the future after the development and growth of the sunset country, more castles and villages will be established here, and more people will be moved.

However, it seems that the Jinla people are not willing to give up this area like this, and they now hope to regain this land, and maybe in the future, they will retake the mountains, all the way to the foot of the Changshan Mountain Range on the border of the past.

The original patrol mission was to patrol along the big river again, and then return to Sunset City after the mission.

Now, it seems, things have changed.

"Change the plan, first withdraw the news from Wenyang City, and listen to the orders from above." Cui Sheng made a quick decision. It's not that he's afraid of a thousand barbarians, but since there are thousands of barbarians here, there may not be no other places.

These barbarians are obviously not just ordinary barbarian villages, there are barbarians in the barbarian villages, old and weak, women and children, but if they are real soldiers, it is different.

"Intensify your vigilance, from now on, you must be in good spirits, and barbarians may appear at any time."

Everybody mentions the spirit.

The team began to turn around and retreated to Wenyang City.

The river is surging, and although it is the dry season, it is still two or three miles wide.

"I think we should change course and not go the same way."

Lao Liu, the deputy of the team, said that Lao Liu used to be a shopkeeper, and later joined the army, experienced the founding battle, and finally rose to the deputy of the team, and had an official rank from the ninth grade, and finally got rid of the cheap industry and became an official.

Although Lao Liu, who was born as a shopkeeper, fights fiercely, he prefers to calculate.

"You see that when we came, we left Wenyang City, and then went north along the Zhangzi River to the mouth of the river, and then along the east bank of the river, this way is eighty miles. But now the situation is urgent, and we have to get back to Wenyang City as soon as possible, so I suggest that we go straight to the east, if we go straight to the east, that is, thirty miles. ”

They stayed by the river at this time, and if they went directly to the east, about five miles east from the shore, there was a mountain pass, and after crossing the mountain pass for another thirty miles or so, they would arrive at Wendan City.

The pass was a few miles away from the river, and there was a long, narrow mountain range, not too high nor large, but it stood along the river. They had come from the mouth of the Zhangzi River before, and they were walking between the river and the long mountain.

It was a hill of sixty or seventy feet, but it was very long, and they had to walk through the same mountain pass where they came. After all, the mountain is not high, but if there is no road, the mountain is full of trees and weeds, and it is difficult for them to climb over.

"We haven't walked this road, and if the barbarians are in front, it's still safe to go the same way."

"But if the barbarian is taking this shortcut road, when we return the same way, we have to walk fifty miles, if the barbarian advances lightly, I am afraid that it will be a day or two faster than us to reach Wenyang City, the most troublesome thing is that you look at the traces of this fire, it was a few days ago, maybe when we came out of Wenyang City two days ago, the barbarian was passing along this shortcut road, and now, it is estimated that they may have arrived at Wenyang City." Lao Liu picked up the horizontal knife and simply drew two lines on the ground.

One is the original road, which has to go around fifty miles more to the north.

One is to return directly to the east, only 30 miles away, less than 50 miles.

"There are only more than 1,000 households in Wenyang City, and there are only 100 soldiers stationed in normal times." Lao Liu reminded Cui Sheng again.

Cui Sheng stared at the two routes on the ground and muttered for a long time.

"Su Laoba, which way do you say you should go?"

Sohachiro suggested a shortcut.

"Alright, then we'll take a shortcut."

The team ate some dry food, fed the horses, and headed east.

"The sword is unsheathed, the bow is wound, everyone cheer up, watch out for the enemy."

Whatever I was most afraid of, I went five miles east and arrived at the mountain pass.

Lao Liu found fresh traces and ordered everyone to be on guard.

Su Ba and another spear and shield commander ordered their men to raise their shields and protect them on the perimeter, with spear and axe men and crossbowmen in the middle, and carefully approach the mountain pass.

Suddenly, there was a whistling sound in the air.

Cui Gao shouted, "Arrows, the barbarians have released arrows, there is an enemy attack!" ”

"Gather up, shield!" Lao Liu also hurriedly drank the order.

Hearing the order, all the soldiers dismounted and quickly gathered, and only a few people were sent to watch the war horses and pack horses.

The barbarian's arrows were a little sparse, and they were useless in front of the shield and armor of the Qin Military Mansion.

"Are there any injuries?" Cui Sheng shouted.

The five fire captains immediately asked their own people, the fire chief asked the team leader, and the team leader asked the two government soldiers on the left and right.

"There were no casualties from the sword and shield fire."

"There are no guns and shields."

"Neither do we."

"The spearmen are all right."

"The crossbowmen are all right."

Hearing this return, Cui Sheng laughed on his face, "Damn, I'm still scared." Wang Hu, don't you fucking boast that you call Wang Chewing Iron, and you have raised the team flag for Lao Tzu. ”

Wang Hu laughed and held the team flag high, "Don't worry, even if our team fights to the last one, this flag will not fall." ”

"Phew."

Everyone shouted at him.

In the mountains and forests ahead, a large group of barbarians finally rushed out.

Just looking at the number of voices is a little scary, hundreds or thousands, but looking at their equipment, Cui Sheng feels a lot more relieved, with these short knives and spears, he doesn't even have a few armor, and he also wants to break their Sunset Mansion Fifth Capital A team?

"Everyone, bow and crossbow ready!" Cui Sheng roared, took the lead in throwing down the horizontal knife in his hand, and held the bow in his hand.