Sunset Country is more than 300 miles long from north to south, and there is also a distance of 100 miles from east to west, but there is only one battalion of 500 soldiers stationed.

The battalion commander is stationed in the Sunset King City, and there are also 100 people stationed in Wenyang County in the northwest, and another 100 people are stationed in the Wushiling Mountain Fort in the east of Changshan Pass.

Although there are small groups of Zhenla barbarians in the country, they have been attacked by the Qin army many times, and many of them have surrendered.

However, in order to ensure safety, there are still regulations in the camp to regularly send two teams of government soldiers, one east and one west, to patrol all the castles and villages every time, and also to inspect those barbarian villages.

Although most of the barbarian villages are now very honest, there will always be some barbarians who are not afraid of death and will come over to steal if they don't pay attention. There will even be some barbarians who have been defeated and fled farther away, and sometimes they will sneak back to do things.

Su Ba is a sword and shield player, and he is also the sword and shield fire leader in the team.

After all, the Sunset Mansion camp was only 500 people, and there was only one officer and army within a radius of hundreds of miles, so their establishment was a flower team, not a pure team that fought in a large army.

A team of fifty people, the head of the team plus the deputy flag bearer and two flag guards, there are forty-five people, nine people for one fire, one fire in three groups, one person in a group.

A sword and shield fire, a rifle shield fire, a spear fire, a large sword and axe fire, and a bow and crossbow fire.

The match is still relatively reasonable, which has also withstood the test in the past battles with the barbarians.

Coupled with the terrifying 100% bow and arrow armament rate of the Qin army's soldiers, as well as the strong mobility of the infantry with mounts and pack mules, even if they went out on patrol for ten days in a group of fifty people, they did not need additional supplies.

Su Ba registered with the army and received the equipment of this fire, mainly armor.

In peacetime, the battalion is very strict in the management of equipment, receive it during training, and after training, the equipment must be stored in the warehouse, only the soldiers on duty can be equipped with equipment, and other soldiers who are not on duty and do not train can only be equipped with horizontal swords, armor and bows, spears, and broadswords, which are kept in the warehouse.

Although it is said that it is a government soldier who integrates soldiers and peasants, it is better to be a soldier here than in the Central Plains, because there are few soldiers, and there are many slaves here, so although the Sunset Military Government has given fields to Su Ba and other government soldiers, each government soldier is 100 acres, and the officers still have professional fields. At the same time, meritorious service can also be cashed in for land rewards, and even merit will be given to slaves to help them tuntian.

Therefore, Su Ba and they only need to train in the camp on weekdays, take turns to be on duty in the other two castles, or be on patrol.

Su Ba has not yet married, but he thinks about whether to marry a barbarian girl, first make a family, and have a few children, although he also wants to marry a Han girl, but there are many men and few women in this sunset country, and there are even fewer marriageable women.

"Quang Nam Sunset Camp Fifth Capital Left Team Assembles!" Cui raised his voice and shouted.

Fifty government soldiers quickly assembled under the banner of the battalion, and each of them had already taken the equipment, and the fire commanders also went to receive the fire-level equipment, and the team deputy also received the team-level equipment.

Each government soldier has its own individual equipment, but at the same time, the fire and the team also have their own fire team-level equipment, such as the personal equipment of the government soldiers, in addition to the knife contradictions of their respective professions, etc., they are also equipped with a bow, thirty arrows, and a quiver, a horizontal knife, a whetstone, and an unknotted awl, a felt hat, a blanket, and a line. In addition, it is necessary to prepare wheat rice, rice and other grains.

As for the fire-level equipment, one fire and nine people must prepare six pack horses, tents, iron horse bowls, cloth troughs, and chisels, hammers, axes, saws, baskets, sickles, etc.

The team-level equipment is mainly a fire drill, a chest horse rope, a head, and a foot mix.

In order to deal with the complicated situation, you have to bring enough medicines, as well as a large crossbow, etc.

With so much equipment, it is fortunate that each person has a mount and not a pack horse, which ensures mobility and reduces a lot of burden.

However, the weather here is hot and there are no horses, and horses are prone to diseases, so it is difficult to maintain the configuration of two horses and one pack per person like the soldiers of the Central Plains.

"Check it all again, do you have everything with you?"

The weather is still cool, and everyone wears armor and wields weapons, which is considered to be a little less suffering. However, the camp stipulates that when patrolling out of the camp, it must be fully armed, and it is not allowed to wear armor on the side of the battle.

Although such a fully armed patrol is very the road, it can only be done to prevent the barbarians from raiding and ambushing.

After each check, check each other.

Cui Sheng reported to the battalion commander that preparations had been completed.

The battalion commander made a few routine remarks, and then let them go.

At the beginning of the rising sun, the whole team of 50 people rode out of the camp wearing armor, and in the front was the flag bearer in the team holding high the red team flag.

"I don't think our armor is suitable for this Fangnan, we should replace it with other armor, such as leather or rattan, this armor is too thick and heavy, it is too hot on a hot day, and it is easy to rust in the rainy season."

Cui Sheng smiled and said, "Do you want to be like those real barbarians, just barefoot barefoot, just take a sharpened wooden stick, and jump out to fight?" That's not a war, that's a fight? Don't look at this armor as a burden, but if you really fight, you will think that this thing is really useful. ”

The spearman laughed and said, "Actually, we have already broken these barbarians, who would dare to pick up the tiger's whiskers?" This patrol is to make a show, but the whole process is really tired of wearing this armor. ”

"Cheer up, don't be easy, this ghost place, who can know what those barbarians are thinking, maybe when they will jump out, Lao Tzu still wants to go back to the Central Plains, but he doesn't want to die in this ghost place." Cui Sheng shouted.

For several days, they patrolled according to the established route, passing through one Tunzhuang after another, and also passed through Wenyang County.

At this time, most of the patrol tasks have been completed, but then we have to continue to the west, where there is no Han Tunzhuang, and then there is a real barbarian village.

On the banks of the Great River (Mekong).

Cui Sheng and his subordinates looked at a pile of bonfire embers and studied, this is not far west of Wenyang, the Zhangzi River in the northeast of Wenyang County not far into a tributary after joining a larger river, it is said that the source of this river originated in the west of Jiannanxi Xishan Qiangdi.

After the big river accepts the tributaries of the Zhangzi River, it flows from the northwest to the southeast, and here it has actually come out of the eastern mountainous area, and both sides of the big river have been plains.

The western border of the country of sunset is bounded by this great river.

However, in fact, the actual control area of Sunset Country is still bounded by the mountains on the east bank of the river, and the Qin army mainly controls the eastern part of the mountain.

However, last time, Luo Yi led his troops over the mountains, hit the river, and went to the mouth of the Zhangzi River, and conquered a hundred miles of land in the upper and lower reaches of the river, so now the border should be to the big river.

However, after Luo Yi sent troops to fight last time, he withdrew his troops back, and this large area from the east bank of the river to the foot of the mountain is actually still the place of the barbarians.

"Look at this trace, it seems that a lot of barbarians gathered here for the night."

"Look at the traces, these barbarians seem to have come from the west bank of the river."

Mountainous areas mean poor conditions and a smaller population, but large river plains mean better conditions and a larger population.

In fact, Wendan City, the capital of Zhenla Kingdom, is actually 500 miles upstream of the river from Wenyang County, Sunset Country. Its location is basically parallel to the east and west of Wenyang City. In fact, the river has always flowed from Wendan City to Wenyang City, and after it joins the Zhangzi River here in Wenyang City, it turns straight to the south.