When Liu Jiwu heard Wang Qiang's report, he hurriedly put on the saddle, hurriedly buckled the horse's belly belt, and then got on the horse and rode back to the depths of the mountains and forests with Wang Qiang and Liao Rulong.

The three of them entered the depths of the woods, estimating that the team of cavalry patrolling the other party was far away, and before they dismounted, Wang Qiang volunteered to climb a tree beside him, standing on the branch and carefully observing the movements of the team of cavalry patrolling in the distance.

Wang Qiang squatted on the branch of the tree, and from time to time lowered his voice to report to Liu Jiwu under the tree. After half an hour, seeing that the patrol team was gradually getting farther away, until it disappeared, Wang Qiang jumped off the tree. Together with Liu Jiwu and Liao Rulong, he returned to the edge of the mountain and forest where Fang Cai and the others were, and continued to spy on the Diqiang camp.

Liu Jiwu took off the saddle again, and paper, mud and other things. Continuing the work just now, sketch out the layout of the Diqiang camp on paper.

After accepting Li Yanzhao's words and deeds for a long time, Liu Jiwu can be regarded as having mastered the preliminary method of operation on the map. He used small circles as legends for the tents in the camp, and marked the watchtowers with triangles and the camp walls in straight lines. The block is the big tent of the enemy army......

However, as Liu Jiwu painted, he was shocked to find that a small piece of paper in his hand was far from enough to draw the situation of the Qiang company camp stationed along the bank of Taoshui, and even the small camp facing the mountains and forests could not be fully drawn. I couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. But after thinking about it, I brought out a lot of paper. With an idea, he marked the part of the camp he had just drawn with a number, and then took another piece of paper and drew it again.

In this way, I drew one after another, and then changed places several times, and drew two or three camps in a row, and I saw that the sun was sinking in the west, the sky was getting dark, and I couldn't see things. Liu Jiwu took back the drawings drawn in his hand, as well as mud blocks and other things, put on the saddle again, and called Wang Qiang and Liao Rulong, who were on guard on the side. Get on your horse and return the way you came.

On the way, he met Ding Yue and Qin Dayong. Then the group of five rode back to the cave where they were temporarily stationed.

After leading the horse to the cave and tying it up, Liu Jiwu took Qin Dayong to the outside of the cave and cut some dry grass back to the cave. There were occasional green sprouts in the dead grass. At this time, it was the first month, and the grass and trees had not recovered, so they cut the dead grass and mixed some bean cakes and other horse feed they brought to feed the horses, but they were also forced to do so.

Liu Jiwu, Niu Erzhuang, and Qin Dayong worked together, using their own ring-headed knife to cut the withered grass into a few sections, and then carried it to the place where the military horses gathered in the cave, and then took the bean cakes and other things they brought, mixed them with the dry grass, and the military horses buried their heads in eating.

After feeding the horses, Liu Jiwu and the others also returned to the entrance of the cave, re-lit the bonfire, and after running around for a day, they were also tired and hungry, so they hurriedly took out the dry food such as fried noodles and hu cakes they carried, and ate them with water.

The few men who went out to scout during the day were all devoured. However, the few people on duty in the cave on the side were silent, and they sat aside in a low mood.

Li Yanzhao was still unconscious, but Cao Jian had already woken up. At this time, he was also staring at the sleeping Li Yanzhao, his eyes seemed to be in a trance, not moving or blinking, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

This strange atmosphere also affected the few people who went out to scout during the day, and their movements of swallowing dry food actually slowed down one after another. Like the robe on duty in the cave, his eyes were blank, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

Liu Jiwu saw this situation, and his heart was also gloomy. wanted to speak out to cheer up Tongze, but opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. Looking at the sleeping Li Yanzhao, he also sighed, and after a while, he finally said quietly: "Tomorrow morning, when the sky is light, you will continue to go to the sentry with me." It will take about a morning of work, and after drawing the general outline of the Diqiang camp, we will return to the barracks. ”

The few people who went with Liu Jiwu during the day also responded to his order when they heard about his arrangement. At this time, Li Yanzhao was unconscious, and everyone looked forward to it, but the new chief was the new one. Fortunately, the vision of the hundred people is still good, looking at his arrangement of things, Liu Jiwu, as a chief, is still competent and reliable.

Now, in addition to worrying about the safety of the hundred people, these young men who have gathered together since they fled from Guanzhong have no choice but to trust Liu Jiwu and obey him.

There was nothing to say all night, except for Cao Jian and Niu Erzhuang, who had enough rest and were full of energy, from time to time to probe Li Yanzhao's snort to make sure that the hundred people were not in danger of life for a while, the rest of the people slept like dead pigs, and snoring loudly in the cave, like thunder. Zhang Xing, who was on duty at the entrance of the cave, couldn't help but cover his ears in annoyance.

When the sky was light, Liu Jiwu had already woken up Qin Dayong, Wang Qiang, Liao Rulong, and Ding Yue, got up and dressed neatly, packed up weapons and dry food, and then went to the cave to lead their military horses, and the group went out of the cave again.

Due to the increase in the excrement of the military horses in the cave, the cave has begun to fill the cave with a faint stench. At the urging of Zhang Xing and Cui Yang, Niu Erzhuang reluctantly carried a small shovel to the inside of the cave where the military horses gathered, bent down and began to clean up the horse manure.

And Liu Jiwu and his four subordinates also took advantage of the faint morning light to come back to the edge of the mountain and forest where they spied on the Diqiang camp yesterday.

Liu Jiwu, as he did yesterday, released the four of them to go around to do something on guard, while he unsaddled his horse, took out mud and paper, and continued to draw an overview of several other Qiang camps that he had not drawn yesterday.

About two hours later, when the sun gradually rose, and the sentry horses began to be released in the Diqiang camp, Liu Jiwu finally completed the depiction of the last camp. Putting the stack of drawings in his hand into his arms, Liu Jiwu stood up and put on the saddle again, and then gathered all his subordinates, removed the guard, and gathered in one place and rushed back to the road from which he came.

Everyone is already like an arrow, not to mention anything else, just the two days between the hundred people are not as good as one day, and the situation is more and more unoptimistic, has made everyone feel uneasy enough. At this time, he was only looking forward to giving birth to two wings, and hurriedly took the hundred people back to the camp for medical treatment.

Therefore, there is no need for Liu Jiwu to urge, and everyone is working hard to beat the horse. It didn't take him a quarter of an hour to get back to the cave where his gang was temporarily staying.

Seeing that Liu Jiwu returned with a detective post, the few people who stayed on duty in the cave were all shocked. Liu Jiwu didn't say any more polite words, and ordered everyone to get up and pack their things and quickly prepare to return.

Hearing this, the four people who stayed behind also jumped up, and hurriedly collected the dead grass and other things laid in the cave and threw them outside the cave, and threw the remains of the branches burned by lighting the bonfire outside the cave. Then he led the horse, Cao Jian was awake at this time, although his right arm was still inconvenient, but there was no obstacle to riding the horse.

And Li Yanzhao, who still woke up from a dream, was delirious, and his body temperature was still high, so he was put on horseback by everyone who was worried about his safety, and he was also firmly tied.

Liu Jiwu volunteered to drive the horse for Li Yanzhao, so he grabbed the reins of his horse with one hand, signed the reins of Li Yanzhao's horse with the other, and followed everyone on the road back to the camp. Cao Jian's old horse knew the way, and he could vaguely identify the road he took according to the scenery around him. So he walked at the head of the line and acted as a guide.

At noon, the group arrived at the ferry port where they came, and the ferry was still the old man wearing a hat, Liu Jiwu counted out fifty yuan from his money bag, handed it to the old man, and asked him to ferry his ticket back to the north bank. The old man was also happy when he saw that it was the group of Liangzhou soldiers who had crossed over two days ago. These Liangzhou soldiers do not owe the boat fare, and the young general who leads the way is also polite in his speech and demeanor, which is quite favored by the old man who makes a living from ferryboats.

However, at this time, looking at the soldiers, they did not see the young general. The old man had doubts in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "Master Jun, when you crossed south two days ago, why didn't the captain who paid the old man's boat fare not seen?" ”

Liu Jiwu looked like a relative, raised his hand and pointed to Li Yanzhao, who was firmly tied on the back of the horse behind him, and said to the old man: "He is the leader of a hundred people waiting for me, and he will be injured here." I also asked the old man to ferry him over first. ”

The old man looked at Li Yanzhao, who was unconscious on horseback, and heard that Liu Jiwu was invited, he was a little panicked for a while, and hurriedly put down the springboard, watching everyone send the horse carrying Li Yanzhao onto the boat, and Niu Erzhuang also got Liu Jiwu to order him to cross the opposite bank, so he took Li Yanzhao's general order to return to the camp first, and also led the horse to the boat. The old man let go of the rope, and the long oar was facing the shore a little, and the boat was already heading towards the opposite shore.

At the same time, a group of sentry riders reached the outside of the cave where they had previously lived. Looking at the mess outside the cave, the captain squatted down and took a closer look.

He twisted a ball of dung mixed with withered grass with his hand, muttered for a moment, raised his head and said to dozens of subordinates beside him: "Horse manure! Enemy riders have come here, and they have taken refuge in caves! ”