"Where is this place, and where is the nearest town of Daguang?"

This is an important reason for Yang Yi to interrogate several people, although he got rid of the pursuit of the fierce Di people, but the army is like a blind man in the mountains and forests, it is definitely not a way, you must figure out your geographical location as soon as possible, and go out of the mountains and forests to find the emperor and his mother.

I only heard Hu Shou say: "This is the junction of Youzhou and Tongzhou, which belongs to the deepest part of the Xiangshan Mountain Range, and the closest place to here is a small county under the jurisdiction of Tongzhou, which is about five or six days away from here." ”

Yang Yi ordered Hong Zhi to take the marching map, but when he unfolded it, he was at a loss. In this era, the level of geographical mapping was extremely low, and there were basically only large cities and important places marked, and Xiangshan was a simple twist and turn, drawing a few lines to expand the vast mountain range that stretched for thousands of miles.

Since leading the army, Yang Yi has made up his mind more than once that he has the opportunity to mark a proper marching map.

Yang Yi stepped forward and helped several hunters up one by one, and said warmly: "A few old brothers, it is really not a secret, now that the army of the fierce Di people is going south, and the war in the north is rotten, we retreat into Xiangshan as a delaying tactic, but we must also go out to find the army as soon as possible." It's a pity that there is no guide in our army, and the marching speed is extremely slow, can a few old brothers guide me to get out of this mountain? ”

Several hunters looked at each other, and then they all looked at Hu Shou, the meaning was very clear, they all listened to the old hunter Hu Shou.

Hu Shou only hesitated for a moment and then said, "Okay!" We have always admired the loyalty of the Northern Army, and if it weren't for the children in the family, we would have gone to join the army a long time ago. We have lived in this mountain forest for generations, and we are familiar with it, and it just so happens that our village is also in the south, so we can go all the way. ”

Yang Yi thanked him happily, but then he was a little embarrassed: "There is another matter in the future, but I don't know if Brother Hu can help." ”

"General, don't do this, you can just call me Hu Shou, you can tell me anything." It can be seen that this Hu Shou is a person with a bold personality.

"Because our army has traveled long distances, there is a shortage of food and grass in the army....."

Hu Shou also frowned when he heard this, he could find food for these two people, or even dozens of people, where can he find the food for the 10,000 army?

Seeing this, Yang Yi said again: "The sergeants still have some dry food to support and support, but many of them are weak and need to hunt some wild beasts to replenish them. ”

Hu Shouxi said: "It's simple, just ask the general to send some sergeants with me." ”

It turned out that the reason why Hu Shou and others came here to hunt was because they had found a herd of wild boars not long ago, with twenty or thirty wild boars. Wild boars are fierce by nature, and live in groups, Hu Shou and others tried their best to find a chance to start, and finally they buried traps and prepared to lure out wild boars to kill them one by one, but they didn't want the wild boars to be replenished, but they met Yang Yi's army.

When Yang Yi heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered Hong Zhi to lead a thousand soldiers to go with him.

With the help of the army, the method of hunting wild boars is too simple and crude, and there is no need for any traps or anything like that, and a team of shield armor soldiers with shields line up, even the wild boar king does not want to break through the shield wall.

Under Hu Shou's arrangement, a thousand sergeants lived in the wild boar's nest from all sides, gradually closing the encirclement, and finally not a single one of the thirty or so fat wild boars escaped.

Mushrooms stewed wild boar, coupled with all kinds of wild vegetables, even if the condiment is only salt, the aroma of meat gradually permeating the entire camp still makes the more than 10,000 military men stare at dozens of cauldron missions.

Without saying much, it was a full meal when it was opened, and the soldiers brought by Yang Yi from Lixian County were slightly better, but the soldiers of the Northern Army who had been half-starved and half-full for a month really had a good time. Not to mention that the soup and meat were swept away, even the remaining wild vegetable leaves on the side of the pot were meticulously looted.

Seeing that the soldiers after the full meal finally began to chat and chatter a little normally, although there were not many smiles, it really made Yang Yi breathe a sigh of relief.

The sacrifice of Commander Qi Jingshan was a very big blow to the morale of the Northern Army, if these simple soldiers were not allowed to come out of the shadows as soon as possible, it was likely that there would be psychological problems, which was the last thing Yang Yi wanted to see.

Qi Jingshan's military soul that he continued with his life, if it was broken in Yang Yi's hands, it would make him embarrassed.

In order to express their gratitude, Yang Yi, Hong Zhi and others scraped together a lot of silver and gave it to Hu Shou and a group of hunters.

Hu Shou was flattered and didn't dare to accept anything.

Yang Yi said with a smile: "The wild boar was originally your prey, but now it has been eaten by me equally, if you don't accept these silver coins, then how will my northern army deal with itself?" ”

Seeing that Hu Shou was still hesitating, Yang Yi said again: "Besides, it's not unconditional, this can be regarded as a commission for hiring you as a guide, and I hope you can take us out as soon as possible." ”

Hu Shou didn't say much when he heard this, took Yang Yi's silver and said, "Don't worry, General, we have all lived in this mountain for generations, and we are very familiar with the road." ”

With Hu Shou and others leading the way, the marching speed was indeed more than a little faster, and the hunters could always find a place to wade through the rivers they crossed, always find hidden paths hidden between the cliffs, and always discover possible crises in the vicinity in advance.

What's more, the hunters can always find the traces of those wild beasts in the mountains and forests, which provides great help for the food supply of the army. And on weekdays, the hunters will also teach the soldiers some simple methods to prevent snakes, insects, rats and ants, which not only benefits the soldiers a lot, but even Yang Yi, a modern person in later generations, is also full of curiosity, and exclaimed that these hunters are the real experts in wild survival, and they are also disappointed to keep these people.

It is beyond doubt that there was no casualty except for a few soldiers who fell and sprained during the three days of safe passage through the forest.

On this day, when resting on the way, Hu Shou came to the Chinese army to find Yang Yi, and said with some joy: "General, the front is our village, after our village, we can go west for about two days to get out of the mountain." ”

After a few days of getting along, Yang Yi has already found that although these hunters are strong opponents in the mountains and forests, they are very honest and honest.

The hospitable Hu Shou was a little excited: "If the general doesn't dislike it, you can go to my house to drink two glasses of idle wine and taste the game that my family copied." ”

Yang Yixin said that this mountain hunter is really simple, and he dares to invite 10,000 troops into the village, and he is not afraid that he and others will have a plan.

Seeing Yang Yi hesitating, Hu Shou thought that Yang Yi was afraid of being disturbed, so he hurriedly said: "General, there is no drinking water source within a radius of dozens of miles, only there is a mountain spring in our village, and we must replenish the water before we can continue to move forward." ”

Yang Yi had no choice but to nod and smile when he heard this: "Then I will take a few hundred sergeants to fetch water, and the others will not have to enter the village, and it is estimated that your village will not be able to accommodate more than 10,000 people." ”