With the basic leadership organization in place, this group of displaced people is much more orderly than before, and it has also regained some vitality.

During these three days, Yang Ming arranged for two teams of people to go into the mountains to hunt every day, while the other two teams conducted queue training, combat and assassination training with him in open areas.

Dr. Lan also gave everyone a pulse, and followed Yang Ming's advice to establish a health file for everyone; And Blacksmith Liu quietly went to the official road to collect some broken copper and iron.

Zhang Yuanwai counted the number of prey, vegetables, mushrooms and wild fruits every day, and distributed them to each person in a certain amount. Of course, everyone who was appointed by Yang Ming as the captain included himself and got more, and at this time, some villagers knew the benefits of being a captain.

In the end, under Yang Ming's interference, he gave more points to the old man and the child, which made the villagers feel that Gongzi was a person who respected the old and loved the young, and Zhang Yuanwai now added a corruption and injustice in addition to the notoriety of being a timid and stingy.

Similarly, Xu Shuixian also took women and children to collect mushrooms, wild tea and wild fruits every day, and every time he came back, he would come to Yang Ming to ask him to have a look, and from time to time he would make some novel gifts for Yang Ming.

"Childe, this is a whip woven by the slave family with rattan, give it to you", Xu Shuixian smiled and threw the whip to Yang Ming. Then beckoned the girls, big and small, and the children to bring up the baskets, saying that they wanted to show the childe, they were not useless people.

"Everyone has worked hard and is worthy of praise", Yang Ming smiled and handed the whip to Yun Die beside him.

And Yun Die was a little angry when she saw Yang Ming praising Xu Shuixian and the others, and pouted: "I knew that the young master was so happy, so I agreed to be the captain of that woman and children." ”

At this time, Erya also walked over, holding a small flower in her fat little hand and said, "Childe, Erya also has a gift for you." ”

"Thank you, Erya", Yang Ming hurriedly hugged Erya, pinched her little face and said.

Due to the abundant food supply these days, Erya's face was much more ruddy like the other children.

Yang Ming made another count of all the villagers, a total of one hundred and eight people. Among them were sixty-four strong men, seven were over fifty years old (three were men), twenty-three were women (twelve girls), and fourteen were children under fifteen years old (five were little girls).

The captains of the four teams are responsible for counting the number of people in their respective teams every day, while Doctor Lan is responsible for counting the number of old people, Xu Shuixian is responsible for counting the number of women and children, and Yun Die is responsible for totaling all the numbers and reporting them to Yang Ming every day.

In this way, the tribe became in order, and by the time the third day of departure there was no more distraction.

The first team is responsible for finding the way, the second team is the tail press, the elderly, women and children are in the middle, and the third and fourth teams are guarding the left and right, helping to carry food and respond if someone falls or falls sick.

Yang Ming and his entourage crossed the mountains, waded into the big river, entered the jungle, and moved forward in the storm, but because of the orderly organization, no one was left behind or lost along the way.

And just yesterday, Yang Ming and the others finally arrived at a place with a wide field of vision, fertile fields and sparsely populated.

"This area is vast and sparsely populated, and the water is beautiful and the fields are good, why are there not many people", Yang Ming was full of questions, and was thinking about whether to discuss with Dr. Lan and others to settle here when he saw Lan Guanwei running over: "Childe, we visited several villages, but most of the villagers were killed, and many houses were burned. ”

"I see, it seems that this Dongxiang County has not escaped the disaster of the war", Yang Ming said and ordered: "Tell us to go down, we continue to walk, looking for an abandoned village to settle in." ”

At this time, Zhang Yuanwai came over and said very worriedly: "Childe, we have not had much food to guide us in the past few days of continuous marching, and it is estimated that we will not be able to last more than two days, and my bag of salt is almost running out." ”

"Childe, most of the villagers have indigestion due to eating roasted meat for a long time, and we haven't eaten grains for several months, so now that we have gone down the mountain, it is better to send someone to find some rice and wheat," said Dr. Lan.

Yang Ming nodded, but he was helpless, so he could only let Xu Shuixian and the others pick more wild vegetables to restrain the meat.

Just when Yang Ming and the others were at a loss, they saw Liu Hei hurriedly running back: "Son, it's not good, it's not good, there are thieves?" ”

"Rogue? What's going on, let's make it clear", although Yang Ming knew that most of Zhang Xianzhong's troops might have already left Sichuan at this time, it was inevitable that there would still be a small group of peasant armies or bandits wandering around the area.

Liu Hei hurriedly poured a sip of water, kicked his breath, and then said: "We found a group of thieves five miles away from here, they were resting in a village with dozens of women and a few carts of grain, and the men and the old and weak in that village were all killed by them. ”

"These brutes!" Doctor Lan scolded indignantly, and then asked Yang Ming, "Childe, what should we do now?" ”

"How many carts of grain?" Yang Ming read a sentence to himself, and then asked Liu Hei again: "Brother Liu Hei, how many thieves did you just say, and what is the quality of their equipment and soldiers, tell me more details!" ”

"There are fifty or sixty thieves, it's not bad, they are all foot soldiers, and they are just holding these spears and big knives, and the team is also very scattered, some people are dressed similarly to us, if our four teams have weapons, there is no need to be afraid of them at all", Liu Hei and the others learned a lot of military knowledge from Yang Ming, but they also have a reason.

Yang Ming nodded after hearing this, and hurriedly said, "Immediately gather the brothers of the fourth team to gather here, there is an urgent task!" ”

In less than half an hour, the four teams of people were standing in front of Yang Ming.

After Yang Ming nodded, he said, "Brothers, just now Brother Liu Hei's second team sent us a very good piece of information, that is, there is a small group of thieves five miles ahead. ”

"This small group of thieves is less than sixty in number, and all of them are foot soldiers, they still have several carts of food, and they have robbed many women, and everyone knows that we have not eaten rice and eaten steamed buns for a long time, and once we settle down, we need seeds, so I decided to rob this group of thieves and rescue those poor women, do you have faith!" Yang Ming asked loudly.

"Yes!" Lan Guanwei and the others immediately replied loudly, maybe they would have hesitated before, but after so long of training, they are no longer peasants who run away when they encounter trouble, but soldiers who dare to face difficulties.

Even if some people are cowardly, they don't dare to disobey Yang Gongzi's military orders, because once they violate Yang Gongzi's military orders, they will have to bear the consequences of being spurned by all the villagers.

And they also know that after getting these truckloads of grain, they and the villagers can only survive in the next few days, and they also need grain seeds for spring plowing and sowing, which is their hope for survival, and they are not willing to give up.

"Okay, now I order, Liu Hei's second team is the vanguard, and the other three teams will follow up and march five miles in a hurry!" As he spoke, Yang Ming pulled out his knife and followed Liu Hei quickly.

After several days of training for rapid mountain marching, the sixty-four young men were not slow to run, and within a quarter of an hour they heard the cries of women and the shouting of men in front of them.

Yang Ming hurriedly waved his hand to make everyone stop, and then quietly approached him. Although he believed that his four teams were no longer comparable to ordinary rogue officers and soldiers, he still did not dare to take it lightly because of the lack of weapons and too little actual combat experience.

This is the first time to take the initiative to attack, we must be cautious, even after seeing these thieves with my own eyes, Yang Ming has to make a careful arrangement.

This group of thieves was only an auxiliary soldier responsible for escorting Zhang Xianzhong's women and grain and grass looted from Huguang and Sichuan, but they were separated from the main force after being defeated in the First Battle of Taiping County, causing them to be scattered in the area of Dongxiang County, which was closer to Taiping County.

These auxiliaries are not good at fighting, but they are still quite capable of robbery.

Originally, because they were scattered by the officers and soldiers, they only had a dozen women and a few carts of grain and grass in their hands, but now they have dozens of women and the grain and grass have multiplied several times.