The night was like ink, so thick that it could not be dissolved, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and there was no moonlight and starlight, which was a good time to kill people and set fires. （）

A few torches were scattered in the wilderness, and in the light of the fire, several horses stood side by side, and immediately several of them had calm faces, and behind them, there were still a large number of black-armored cavalry, all of them standing solemnly and silently, like ghosts.

The direction facing the horse's head was a little chaotic, and the sound of horses' hooves, horses and torches went back and forth, and occasionally a few scolding and axe and machete splitting sounds, which spread far and wide in the quiet night.

After a long time, the hustle and bustle ahead gradually faded, and the chaotic sound of horses' hooves converged and swept towards this group of people who were still standing.

"Phew..."The leading knight tightened the reins, stopped Mahler, and clasped his hands into fists, "Leader Qiqi, there is no one in the Ox Lu. ”

"What about the others? Uda, is there anything left? A big man on the other side asked.

"No, Chief." "There was no food, no livestock, nothing left but empty houses. ”

The big man's face was gloomy, "Stand down first, and listen to my orders for a while." ”

At this time, another group of cavalry galloped from the darkness, and before the people arrived, a voice came from afar, "Hai Dongqing, run in vain again, and you can't even see a ghost shadow in the village." ”

"Brother Tao has worked hard, please come over and talk." Hai Dongqing said in a deep voice.

In a few moments, a horse burst out of the galloping horse team and, together with other standing horses, surrounded the youth group in the center.

"In the past few days, we have broken into more than 20 villages, all of which have become ghost villages, and we have found nothing, Captain Li, what do you think?"

"Brother Tao, don't worry, Jin Ren seems to be a wise man, and he has been instructed by a master, this is planning to clear the wilderness." The young man was not as anxious as these people, and replied calmly.

"Captain Amin, what do you think?" The young man then asked the big man next to him, "If you have any ideas, let's talk about them together." ”

This young man is Li Dingguo who went north to Erren Zhuoer Lake, and then led the army straight to Dongjin Mountain, since he connected with the two mercenary groups of Yehe Heishui, the three soldiers were united, out of Dongjin Mountain, and began to trouble the Jin people, but I didn't expect to get nothing out of the mountain in the past few days.

The topography of the mountains and rivers is clearer than the two local snakes, looking for Niu Lu, entering the village to destroy, they are all Amin and Hai Dongqing's people, but these days they have been in the air one after another, so that they who wanted to show their faces a little can't hang up.

At this moment, following behind a few leaders, motionless and silent, is the salt field guards brought by Li Dingguo, all of which Zhou Chengyun practiced according to Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo's methods, although he has not seen a battle, but the discipline and coordination between each other are better than those of the mercenaries, Li Dingguo is quite satisfied, I believe that as long as he fights a few battles, he can become an elite.

"Amin is old, but he is just leading the way, how to do it, let a young hero like Captain Li come up with ideas." Amin is cunning and cunning, and the people in the trading company and the trade union are now considered to be the owners of his rice class, since that Zheng Gongzi has an order to let the young man in front of him be in charge, then obediently obey the order, anyway, it is just sabotage, as long as you are careful, don't fall into an ambush, nothing will go wrong.

Speaking of which, Amin still admires the Zhuolu Trading Company, the stronghold built in Hanhai near Dongjin Mountain has been completed not long ago, and it just so happens that the supply of the two mercenary groups is almost done, holding prisoners, holding heads in exchange for food and ordnance, I don't know how convenient it is, this large-scale army into Liaodong, also depends on the support of this stronghold.

"Brother Xue, you are older, more knowledgeable than me, and you have come up with ideas." Li Dingguo asked Xue Ping again.

"Why don't we go a few more places and see if we can get anything? If this is still the case, I am afraid that we will have to turn back to the mountains, after all, it is not good for us to go too deep into the enemy territory, and it will not be good if we are ambushed, so it is better to preserve our strength. "Xue Ping's relationship with the trade union of the trading company is naturally much closer than that of Amin, and they will not hide it like Amin, this is a sincere suggestion.

"No need," Li Dingguo shook his head, "It's not appropriate to say it again." ”

The reason why it is not necessary is that Li Dingguo has already decided that if he finds a few more Niu Lu, he must be someone to go to the empty building, unless he goes deep into the Shengjing area, I am afraid that he will see people, and it is not worth wasting time on this.

As for the inappropriateness, it was that he felt that the war in southern Liaoning had started, and if he didn't take advantage of the emptiness in the rear of the Jin people and give them a knife, he would go back like nothing like this, wouldn't he live up to the trust and trust given to him by Zhiwen.

The wind blew the torches "whirring", and I don't know how long it took before Li Dingguo suddenly asked, "Commander Amin, is your ancestral land called Hetuala?" ”

"We? Captain Li, I will not mention this in the future, since the rebellion against the Jin country, my Heishui Department has sworn to stand with them, don't tie us with the Jin people. After a pause, Amin continued, "That's right, Hetuara is the ancestral land of the Jin people, what's the matter, Captain Li wants to go there?" ”

There was a slight ridicule in his tone, in Amin's mind, Hetuara was also a city, and the scale of people was not comparable to these Niu Lu, and it was obviously not a wise move to target there.

Unexpectedly, Li Dingguo nodded calmly, "That's right, Commander Amin, I have this intention, please lead the way, let's go." ”

"I can't help it, Captain Li." Xue Ping and the others were shocked, especially Hai Dongqing, he also knew the deployment of Houjin's troops very well, and he would not be worse than Amin, otherwise he would not be like a fish in water in this area, and he could still work with Amin to fight and cooperate with each other.

"As Captain Li said, Hetuara is the ancestral land of the Jin people, it has always been valued, there are heavy troops stationed, even if our three soldiers are united, I'm afraid it is not an opponent, and there is a strong city, we are all cavalry, there are no siege equipment, that is to hit the stone with an egg." Hai Dongqing urgently persuaded.

"Hitting a stone with an egg? Hehe, I didn't expect Brother Hai Dongqing's Chinese to improve a lot, and he can speak idioms. Li Dingguo quipped, "Don't worry, I won't do this kind of stupid thing, I'm here to confirm my thoughts and see if the Jin people have moved all the people there." ”

"Captain Li means that all the people in the vicinity have gathered in Hetuala?" Although Amin still asked, he already believed it in his heart.

Hetuara can't afford to make mistakes, and gathering all the people here can not only effectively protect the ancestral land, but also allow Amin to get nothing in other places, if you can't bear it and want to find trouble with Hetuala, you will fall into the hands of the Jin people.

"Captain Li, if the Jin people are really as you said, all the people have been moved to Hetuala, and it will be useless for us to go there, as long as we have less than 7,000 people, I'm afraid it will be embarrassing." Xue Ping was still persuading Li Dingguo bitterly.