The people of Jiaozhi in Dabaocheng are similar to before, the sun rises and the sun sets, and gradually finds that the days are much better than before, Zhao Rui's troops did not go to loot their family's surplus food, and now there is no Jiaozhi army to exploit them, so there is no problem to eat well.

There is no enemy on the road from Dabao to Hulang, but Zhao Rui still arranged outposts, patrols, rotation and other systems according to the wartime arrangement, just to let them adapt to the life of soldiers as soon as possible.

When they arrived at the impenetrable rainforest area again, Zhao Rui told them not to drink raw water, be careful of poisonous insects, and the gauze under the brim of their hats must not show gaps.

Even so, when they walked most of the way, more than 100 people fell ill, most of them who were not paying attention, and were contaminated by the miasma.

The artemisinin brought back by Zhao Rui also came in handy, and after using it, these patients were gradually getting better.

Approaching the city, Zhao Rui obviously found that there was something strange in the depths of the bushes, perhaps it was a strange sound or a strange movement.

Zhao Gong also saw that something was wrong, and thought that it might be the snooping of the Jiaozhi people, so he asked the outpost to expand the search area, but found no trace of the enemy.

The reason for the recruits is that on the one hand, it is more that the Cochin people are familiar with the rainforest, where they are like fish in water, and if they want to hide their tracks, then ordinary people really can't find them.

Zhao Rui didn't particularly care, these scattered Jiaozhi people might just be trying to find out information, if they dared to show up, Zhao Rui didn't mind giving them a shuttle machine gun bullet to taste.

The invisible confrontation was ongoing, and Zhao Rui's recruit team finally walked out of the rainforest and came to an open realm, and the city of Hulang was close at hand.

When it comes to farmland, Zhao Rui really didn't pay much attention to it before, but now he knows that the Jiaozhi people intend to destroy the farmland, so he pays attention to the fields along the way.

The farmland here is constantly competing with the rainforest for territory, and if the fields are left untended for a few days, countless weeds and saplings will grow, which is also a shortcoming of Jiaozhi's development of agriculture.

The city wall that was blown up by Zhao Rui last time was being rebuilt, and the guards saw that Zhao Rui and Zhao Gong had brought people here, and hurriedly invited them into the city.

Arjuna was an idle person, and she didn't even stay in the palace, so the guards went out to look for her.

This way has been walking all day and one morning, and now everyone is hungry, Zhao Rui arranged for the cooks to cook, and there is a ready-made kitchen in the mansion, which is a lot more convenient.

The meal was cooked and served, and Arjuna returned in a huff.

"I haven't eaten it, let's sit down together!"

On the table, he and Zhao Gong were the two of them, and Zhao Rui called Arjuna to eat together.

"If you don't eat it, you're full of gas!"

Arjuna pouted, looking a little irritated and sat opposite Zhao Rui.

"Why, you're carrying a musket, who dares to be angry with you?" Zhao Rui was puzzled and asked with interest.

"Hmph, it's not those black monkeys with cochines! I looked at a large group from afar, but when I saw us going, I immediately disappeared without a trace! ”

Zhao Gong didn't understand: "You mean they climbed a tree and escaped?" ”

"No, it's digging tunnels!"

Arjuna said that she didn't eat it, but she still added a bowl of rice to herself and said: "I took someone closer to take a look, there is a big hole in the ground, only one person can pass through, and this ** toe person is fast enough!" However, I was worried that there would be an ambush down there, so I didn't order anyone to go down to the pit to investigate for the time being! ”

"Authentically?"

Zhao Rui frowned, this is troublesome.

Tunnel tactics are the North China Plain, in order to resist Japanese aggression, the Chinese people use tunnels to carry out operations, which was later learned by Vietnam, so that the later US military suffered a big loss.

But now it's just the Southern Song Dynasty, and they start digging tunnels? I guess it's a natural cave, and then I'll make use of it.

However, if the Jiaozhi people increase in size, they will be a big threat to the farmers or soldiers, and they are hiding underground, it is difficult to catch them all, and if they rush into the pit, they will definitely encounter danger.

"Eat first, and I'll go out of the city in the afternoon." Zhao Rui beckoned.

However, before he could eat a few bites, a soldier suddenly carried in the wounded soldier outside, Zhao Rui hung his chopsticks and counted, and there were more than a dozen people.

It's funny, they're all carrying rifles, who can hurt them?

Arjuna and Zhao Gong couldn't sit still, and followed Zhao Rui out to check.

Seeing that their injuries were touching the paste of the red-backed bamboo pole grass, Zhao Rui suddenly understood.

"But the ** who suffered from the Jiaozhi people?"

"Exactly, Lord Wang!" A soldier transporting the wounded wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and said unwillingly: "We were just patrolling, obviously we didn't see anyone, but the Jiaozhi people didn't know where to appear, and after attacking us with **, they disappeared without a trace!" ”

The warrior had a look of jealousy on his face, obviously not afraid of the ghosts of the Jiaozhi people.

Zhao Rui looked at Aruna when he heard this, and Arjuna beside him also looked at him at the same time.

"Authentic!" The two spoke in unison.

Obviously, there is no trace of escaping after a sneak attack, and only the tunnels can do this.

"I'll go check it out first!"

Zhao Rui suddenly lost the mood to eat, asked the place, pulled a group of war horses, and ran out on a puff of smoke.

"Young Master, wait for me!" Zhao Gong was worried about any danger, so he also found a war horse to follow.

And Arjuna is the same move, she likes to hit the enemy or something, how could she miss it.

When they arrived at the place where the soldiers dictated, Zhao Rui and the three of them found many potholes, some of which were exposed to the surface, and some were relatively hidden, covered with turf, which could even be found in the weeds.

"You keep watch for me, I'll go down and see!"

Zhao Rui found a relatively wide cave and was about to go down, but Arjuna was so shocked that she hurriedly stopped him.

"Zhao Rui, no! It's too dangerous to know anything about what's going on! ”

"It's okay, the cochin people are all three-legged cats, but they can't help me! It's just that you have to pay attention, don't be attacked by the Jiaozhi people! ”

As Zhao Rui spoke, he jumped down.

Zhao Gong had seen a lot of Zhao Rui's skills, and knew that his young master was many times more than mortals, but he was not nervous, but he was just on guard with a rifle.

Arjuna looked worriedly at the bottomless hole, her heart already hanging empty.

The tunnel is narrow, after Zhao Rui jumped, he slid down the vertical tunnel, and under the action of fine sediment, Zhao Rui's sliding speed continued to increase.

Just when Zhao Rui sighed that the tunnel was so deep, suddenly the tunnel changed direction and became horizontal, and Zhao Rui slid to a large space underground.

"Bastard, it's a trap!"

Zhao Rui glanced down and was secretly frightened.

The light of this hole is already extremely soft, fortunately, Zhao Rui's eyesight is outstanding, otherwise he would definitely not be able to see the dense bamboo pieces below!

There is a sweet smell in the whole space, and you don't have to think about it, it must be the specialty of the Jiaozhi people, smearing poison on the top of the sharp bamboo chips.

Sure enough, the bare hole is not normal!

If Zhao Rui's subordinates were at a loss, they would definitely be pierced to death by these bamboo pieces.

Even if you don't die, if you have some broken skin injuries, you will never see the light of day again!

The Jiaozhi people are really ruthless and vicious!

Zhao Rui was about to fall, looked at the position, stood in the gap between the bamboo pieces with one hand, and with a little force, his body flipped over, and he stood smoothly on the ground in the hole.

The Cochin Man stepped down this trap, and he would definitely not be able to get out from above.

Zhao Rui probed carefully, and sure enough, in an inconspicuous corner, he found a hidden hole.

I thought the Jiaozhi people were some monkeys, but I didn't expect to be rats now!

Zhao Rui drew a talisman in the air, and his mind moved, and he escaped underground again.

The tunnel structure is complex, and some passages are extremely long, and Zhao Rui didn't know where it led before he went to investigate.

The special place is to find a huge empty room, there are beds and tea bowls in it, obviously this is the place where the Jiaozhi people rest, they stay underground, if they sneak attack at any time, the soldiers on Zhao Rui's side really have the possibility of collapse.

I was anxious to find it above, but I didn't expect that people could drink water and rest underground, and they would fight again after they had enough spirits!

Zhao Rui walked around for a long time, but found no trace of the Jiaozhi people, thinking of the current time, it is estimated that it is possible for them to go back to eat.

Zhao Rui remembered a few hidden holes, so he moved towards the corresponding locations to check.

Unexpectedly, he really ran into a Jiaozhi soldier on duty, he was sneakily lying at the entrance of the cave, carefully looking at Aruna and Zhao Gong, but the two of them were now preoccupied with defense, so he didn't have a chance to attack for the time being.

Zhao Rui was originally under his body, and it could be seen that his hand was already holding the thin bamboo tube, and it was estimated that this was **.

Then Zhao Rui penetrated into the soil again, moved his position, and suddenly appeared at the position of the knees of the Jiaozhi man, and then blocked the legs of the Jiaozhi person with both hands, and pushed it hard, and the Jiaozhi person was so frightened that he was pushed out of the hidden cave and fell heavily to the ground.

There was quite a commotion, and the man was about to get up and run away, but the two rifles were already hanging above his head.

Zhao Rui also walked out with a smile at this time, and Arjuna was finally relieved to see that he was unharmed. Thinking that his own people were injured by these Jiaozhi people, he said hatefully: "Dog thing, you know the sneak attack, watch me kill you!" ”

"Don't kill me, don't kill me!" The cochin man didn't dare to raise his head in a panic, lying on the ground and begging for mercy, and then took out something from his arms and slowly lifted it up, saying Sapphire, I want to change my life.

Sapphire?

Zhao Rui was very interested, stepped forward and grabbed it in his hand, and watched carefully.

I saw that this blue crystal is composed of countless long shapes, which are dark blue, and the smooth surface can be seen reflecting in the sun, and the whole crystal is uniform and transparent in color.

Zhao Gong and Arjuna had never seen anything like this, and they both looked at it.

"Bastard! Dare to be blinded! ”

Zhao Rui rolled his foot on the ass of the Jiaozhi man and kicked him screaming.

Seeing that Arjuna and Zhao Gong were still surprised, Zhao Rui explained: "This is not a sapphire at all, but a gallstone, a natural mineral crystal!" ”

Zhao Gong and Arjuna looked dazed, they didn't know what gallium was, nor how it crystallized.