Three days have passed since the storm, and the sky is still heavy with leaden clouds, engulfing the hills of the reckless mountains, and the remnants of the mountains and forests and the shocking rocky landslides show the horror of this storm.

This is the mountain road from Tingzhou Zhichangting to Shanghang, at this time is winding a long convoy, the vehicle is a large set of carriages, covered with oilcloth, tightly tied, high bulge. The objects pulled by several cars at the back of the queue were thick and long, like the pillars of the palace, and you could tell that they were heavy enough just by looking at them.

Oxen and mules and horses were dragging and their hooves skidding on the muddy mountain roads from time to time, and there were seven or eight servants beside each cart, shouting and sweating like rain, carrying the mud-covered wheels out of the mud puddles. One by one, they were so tired that they sat on the ground, ignoring the mud all over the ground.

"Everyone, work hard, it's almost time to cross this mountain. When I arrived at the camp, there was wine and meat, and there were enough steamed cakes with white rice and white noodles! "The new annex army of Baihu on fast horses ran from the head of the team to the tail of the team, the iron hooves flew over, the mud splashed everywhere, and kept shouting and cheering.

A servant bowed his head and took a mouthful of black phlegm with mud and sand: "Oh! These bastards eat rush grass, and they have light farts! Or wine and meat? Is the rice noodle tube enough? I didn't grunt a bowl of gruel and a pancake until now in the morning...... If you have the ability, bring wine, meat, rice and noodles to the master now! ”

The rest of the servants were also scolding and resentful.

One of the young servants curiously knocked on the tarpaulin: "Seventh brother, what did you say this car was loaded on, it was heavy." ”

The spitting seventh brother looked left and right and no one was paying attention, and said in a low voice: "When I was in another car before, I glanced through the hole in the tarpaulin, and it was all wood tenons, nothing expensive. ”

"Wouldn't it? If it was really wood, the turtle grandchildren would be so nervous along the way...... Even the Mongol soldiers sent dozens or hundreds of miles. ”

"Then I don't know, anyway, I can see it clearly, it's a wood tenon......"

"Get up, get up, get up!" Behind him, there was the sound of a leather whip and the shouting and scolding of the new annexed army, "Have you reached the ground?" Just dare to rest! Do you still want to eat wine, meat, rice and noodles? ”

The servants held on to the railing and struggled to stand up, staring angrily at the backs of the hundreds of households in the distance, silently putting their hands on the railing, and pushing hard.

The new attached army of Baihu rode all the way to the front of the team, his face had changed to flattery, and he bowed his head and said to the Mongolian Han under the Qianhu: "Master Balhu, there are still fifty or sixty miles from Shanghang, not far away, as long as you go down this mountain and walk along the official road, you can arrive tomorrow at the latest." ”

The deputy Qianhu Balhu was the head of this transport team, a typical Mongol, with a face as big as a cake, a face full of meat, a large waist and a round waist, and a fierce momentum. At this moment he was holding the reins hard, trying to pull out a war horse whose hooves had fallen into a puddle of mud. The war horse under the crotch neighed, and the hooves were scraped, but they slipped vigorously, which made Balhu angry, "This damn muddy road, are you sure you can get there tomorrow?" ”

Baihu opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer for a while.

Bal Tiger stared at Baihu viciously: "I tell you, the military order deadline must arrive tonight at the latest, even if you climb, you have to climb for me." Otherwise, I'll unscrew your head before my head is chopped off! ”

Hundreds of households only responded, look at the sky, it is almost noon, the face is white, at this progress, even if all the servants are killed, it will not help!

Baihu was so anxious that he pulled his beard, and suddenly seemed to think of something, and his eyes lit up: "Master Balhu, there is Jinshan in front, can Master Balhu transfer someone from Jinchang to help?" ”

Bal Hu was not familiar with this terrain, and when he heard this, he was surprised: "Is there a gold field ahead?" ”

Baihu hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, Zhongliao Jinchang is not far ahead." ”

"Then you didn't say it earlier!" Balhu sprayed a hundred households with a spit on his face, and immediately said to a Mongolian knight beside him, "Enhe, you take my silver medal to the gold field in front of you, and let the gold supervisor pull some miners over, the more the better." ”

Balhu turned to the hundred households again and said, "You send someone to lead the way." ”

The Mongolian knight took the silver medal of Qianhu and flew away with the two sergeants assigned by Baihu.

There was a crazy roar from the mountain road from the head of the team to the end of the team: "All the foot strength listen, before dark, you must go down the mountain, otherwise grandpa will kill you untouchables one by two!" ”

……

Across a hill, in the dense woods, several resting Song Army sentry battalion sergeants jumped up in unison: "There is the sound of hooves!" ”

Due to the tight blockade of the rear grain route by the Yuan army, the Song army was basically unable to transfer a large number of men and horses to raid, and only a small number of sentinels infiltrated to spy on the enemy and collect intelligence. The two armies will fight and infiltrate each other's spies, this kind of thing is always inevitable, even if the Yuan army has hundreds of thousands of horses, it will not be able to prevent the defense line from leaking. Similarly, the hundreds of thousands of horses on the Song army's side could not prevent the Yuan army from snooping. However, due to the small number of infiltrated men on both sides, even if the enemy's grain transport team or grain hoarding place was discovered, nothing could be done.

It is precisely because the grain road has been safe and sound, and the Yuan army sentinels have explored in many ways, and indeed did not find a large number of Song military and horse activities, so Balhu's losing team dared to escort the military on the road with 80 Mongolian cavalry and more than 200 new annexed troops.

The Song army's sentry was basically based on a unit, and the commander of the army was six people, and sometimes the fire commander (ten people long) led the team, which was flexible and in and out between Changting and Shanghang, and continuously transmitted the enemy situation to the Song army camp. At this moment, as soon as he heard the sound of hurried hooves, he immediately realized that there was a situation, and six pairs of eyes stared at the mountain road through the dense forest and leaves.

"Three people and three horsemen, the first two are the new attached sergeants, and the second one is the Mengtar...... Wearing an iron helmet, wearing iron leaf armor, and the weapons and equipment are also very sophisticated, either the brand head or the Tartar elite horse. The Whistle Captain quickly made a judgment and ordered, "Ready, capture." ”

With the order of the chief of fire, the six muskets were placed on the tree with heavy barrels. Long and short muskets, bows and crossbows, and fast horses are all standard equipment for the sergeants of the sentry battalion. In the Dragon Bird Army, the sergeant of the Sentry Battalion is known as the first battalion under the martial arts team, in addition to having excellent skills, excellent equipment is also one of the main reasons for its strong combat power.

The three horses of the Yuan army were like flying horses, and as soon as they turned a corner, there was a sudden banging sound in the forest on the right. Blood burst from the two new sergeants, and one rolled off their horses and fell into the mud ditch beside the road.

The Mongolian cavalryman named Enhe was shot on his horse, stumbling and falling, and his inertia caused him to fly out of the saddle, roll all the way on the mountain road, and become a clay man in a blink of an eye.

"Catch it alive!" The fire chief threw the musket and jumped out through the forest, and a faint ray of sunlight shone down from the gap in the lead cloud, reflecting the face of this person, who was actually the first batch of Li Fang warriors to become sharp sentinels-Guoya.

Guoya is thin and small, but he is extremely agile, and he rushes to Enhe in three or two vertical jumps. At this time, Enhe was staggering up from the mud, half-kneeling, his face covered in blood, his dizzy head shaking, his eyes and teeth fluttered, and he hurriedly reached out and pulled out a short knife from his waist - his long soldier and bow and arrow were in the saddle, and he only had this short knife on his body.

As soon as Enhe's knife was raised, the tooth came like the wind, and he flew up and kicked him in the wrist, and the short knife flew out of his hand and didn't know where it flew. With the power of the spinning of the flying legs, Guoya swung around and swung his elbow, the tip of his elbow pressed heavily against the door of Enhe. With a pop, the blood teeth splattered, and Eun He fell heavily on his back, causing muddy water to splash.

Then the sentry sergeant who pounced on him held Enhe with all hands and feet, tied it with a rope, looked at this strong Mengtar like an ox, and praised: "Huo Chang is so powerful, he put such a big guy upside down with one punch and kick." ”

"That's natural, when the sentry was selected, the fire chief had competed with General Chang Taichang, and even General Chang couldn't beat him......"

Guoya pointed to one of the sentries: "Investigate along the road to see if there are still members of the Yuan army." ”

The sentry did not ride a horse, but went into the forest with a musket on his back, and disappeared in an instant.

A moment later, the sentry sergeants, who had gathered the horses and weapons of the Yuan army and disposed of the corpses, escorted Enhe to a stronghold in the dense forest.

Enhe was quickly stripped naked, tied under a large cedar tree, and in his fierce and hateful gaze, Guoya approached with a hand-solving knife thrown up and down, and said in a stiff Song language: "Can you understand the official language?" If you don't understand, you're unlucky. Uncle, I'm short on time, I don't want to bother more, I'll ask you to answer, and if you can't answer or lie, I'll cut it. ”

Guoya slowly brought the blade close to Enhe's crotch, staring at the other party's eyes: "What's the matter with the Thousand Households Silver Medal you carried?" What message is it trying to deliver? ”

Enhe was furious, but he felt the chill in his crotch, and he couldn't help but tremble, and he said a Mongolian language.

Guoya's eyes were fierce: "I don't understand people's words, right, count your fate, I hope you have a son......"

Enhe cursed in horror and roared in Song language, which was stiffer than a fruit tooth: "We are the subordinates of Changting's guard general Chagan Wanhu, and we are just routinely reporting to Shanghang Daying that the rear is safe and sound. ”

"Really?" Goya sneered, and with a slash of the blade, he slammed into Enhe's mouth, and the latter twitched and struggled, the rope digging deep into the flesh.

"I'll tell you...... "Guoya pointed the tip of the blood-stained knife forward, "this path leads to Zhongliao Jinchang...... The road over there is the road that leads to Shanghang. Do you understand? ”

Enhe gasped, his lips were about to clench, and he stared at the fruit teeth without saying a word.

Guoya said with a smile: "Your donkey is quite long, Lao Tzu can cut it inch by inch, and you can cut it with more than ten knives." ”

Enhe looked at the blood blade that was getting closer and closer, his face turned pale, and he hissed: "I, I'll tell you the truth, we were instructed by Lord Chagan to go to the gold field to collect the stolen money......"

Guoya was stunned, the knife stopped, and was about to ask a detailed question.

At this time, there was a cooing sound outside the dense forest, and the sentry sergeants on guard around put down the muskets in their hands and said with a smile: "It's Wu Man'er who has returned." ”

Soon, the sergeant named Wu Man'er appeared with a gun: "Fire Chief, more than ten miles ahead, there is a team of mules and horses escorting military supplies. There are more than 200 new annexes, and there are 70 or 80 horsemen and Tartars, carrying the banners of a thousand households......"

"I see." Guoya glanced at the silver medal in his hand and stared at Enhe coldly, "Do I look like a fool?" ”

"No ......"

"Then why did you treat grandpa as a fool?!" Guoya shoved the silver medal into Enhe's mouth and cut it off with a knife.

Enhe was so painful that he almost chewed the silver medal, and his whole body was like a sheep's madness, the rope grinded the skin and flesh, and the blood gushed from his crotch.

The sergeant on the side carefully reminded: "Fire chief, you cut two more inches." ”

"No matter, Lao Tzu doesn't have the patience to cut a dozen times anyway." Guoya grinded his teeth and stared at Enhe, and suddenly pulled out the deformed silver medal, "I'll give you another chance, what is the escort?" ”

Enhe's mouth was full of blood, and he spit out a few broken teeth vigorously, and said vaguely: "Yes...... Grain...... Grass ......"

Wu Man'er said: "It's not grain and grass, I saw a long strip of things wrapped in oilcloth. Also, one of the cars skidded and overturned, rolling out a lot of wooden parts...... I just don't recognize what it is. ”

Guoya nodded, Silver Medal gently twitched Enhe's mouth, and said lightly: "One last chance, if you don't tell the truth, grandpa won't ask, just cut it with a knife, so you can bear it." ”

After half a burnt incense, the mouth full of teeth bit most of the grace and was dying: "Give ...... Give me a ...... Pleasure ......"

Guoya casually threw away a ball: "Want to have fun? Yes! What's being shipped? ”

"Yes...... It's back to the cannon......"

"Back to the artillery? What's that? You're not going to play any tricks. Guoya looked suspicious and was about to make another cut.

At this time, an old guard of the sentry battalion named Lao Yan behind him changed his color in shock: "Back to the cannon - Xiangyang cannon!" This sucks! ”