The slave soldiers watched the commander and the chief officer sitting together and eating with themselves, and they were a little nervous that they couldn't hold the bowls, and the food was quite restrained, and the sound of "snoring" when they used to eat could not be heard. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

No one took the lead, all the soldiers turned over and bowed, and silence was better than sound at this time.

Li Yang comforted a few words, he was also impressed, although most of the soldiers of the slave army were indigenous, they were also the easiest to be assimilated by the Dakang people, and the loyalty of such personnel was also extremely high, Li Yang did not want such a force to have any unnecessary casualties.

On the way back to the camp, Wang Hu said to Li Yang with admiration: "The good generals of the ancient times are far inferior to the lords. Li Yang's demeanor was quite cowardly, he just had more modern people's sense of equality and was closer to the soldiers.

After returning to the camp and once again instructing Wang Hu, the deputy marshal of the expedition, to arrange the camp and patrol matters, Li Yang also put down his tired body and fell into a deep sleep.

On the second day, the team continued to march, and according to the calculation of the distance, it would take at least three or four days to reach the Nanshan Royal City.

After defeating the first enemy army, no Nanshan army was found, and I don't know whether it was because the information channels were not smooth and Li Yang's whereabouts could not be found out, or whether the enemy decided to clear the wilderness.

According to the guide's instructions, the vicinity was close to the mountains, and if it could not be ruled out that the enemy was hiding in the mountains, Li Yang was extra careful not to fall into an ambush along the way. Not only were scouts dispatched, but many sentries were also sent in the dense forest. When passing through a narrow passage in the forest, everyone is highly nervous, and any wind and grass may cause a violent backlash.

At this time, not only was the wind blowing, but there was also a fierce shout.

"What's the situation, come forward and take a look." Wang Hu shouted loudly.

A column of soldiers immediately searched in the direction from which the sound had originated. But after a while, the group escorted the man back, followed by a scout with a dirty face.

"How?" Wang Hu stepped forward and asked, "Especially you, why are you so embarrassed?" With that, he pointed at the scout with his horsewhip, whose face had not yet been wiped clean.

"Commander, I was about to go out to investigate, and I was ambushed by this kid not long after I left the team." The scout said embarrassedly.

"Bring the captives over and see." Li Yang spoke.

The crowd hugged the captive and stepped forward, but the captive was a tough man, and he kept resisting as he went. When the captive raised his head and Li Yang glanced at it, he suddenly found something of interest: the captive had a blue tattoo on his face.

Li Yang knows that many ethnic groups like tattoos, and they also like to tattoo on various parts, but tattooing on the face like this is definitely not done by the natives of Nanshan in the Ryukyus, so the identity of this captive is worth scrutinizing.

"Who are you, and why are you attacking our team?" Li Yang asked in a simple Ryukyu Island native language, where many of the pronunciations have the same and are easy to learn.

The captive reacted, and spat out a large amount of language. At this time, the guide who accompanied the army also walked from the front of the team to the back of Li Yang in the middle.

As soon as he saw this captive, the guide accompanying the army immediately said: "This is a native of Zhongshan Country, and it is a feud with Nanshan Kingdom, why are they here?" Could it be that Zhongshan also attacked the Nanshan Kingdom? ”

"What do you say? Zhongshan country? Li Yang asked.

"Yes, the island master, please let me ask him about the situation." The guide, who is also a member of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, asked Li Yang for advice.

The guide, who had been allowed, also uttered a familiar syllable but composed of different meanings, and the captive replied with a few remarks. After the two of them chatted back and forth for more than ten sentences, the guide turned his head and explained to Li Yang: "Island master, it turns out that this is a slave. ”

"Slaves? Escaped? ”

"Yes, wars often break out between Zhongshan and Nanshan, and there are a large number of slaves belonging to each other in the two countries, and there are many slave escapes every year, and this slave has just escaped, and his companions who escaped with him have all died on the road."

"Ask him where he came from, and how many slaves there are."

After another conversation, the guide translated: "This group of slaves is a group of slaves who have just been escorted from the border, and he doesn't know where he will be taken. Their band of slaves numbered more than 300 people. ”

"Far away?"

"According to the slave, he escaped last night."

Li Yang touched his chin, so it shouldn't be far, and the slave team also needed to camp last night, so it shouldn't have traveled much distance by now. While Li Yang was still thinking, the slave also guessed that Li Yang and his party were not the Ryukyu army, but were at war with the Nanshan Kingdom.

I saw that the slave who had been stiff and didn't kneel before fell to the ground with a pop, and said something again. The guide then translated: "He said that he wanted the adults to save his companions, and he remembered the way he came, and he was willing to be a cow and a horse to drive the adults." ”

Li Yang thought about it, this business is not a loss, although Zhongshan is also an enemy that needs to be faced in the future, but the enemy of the enemy is a friend, and he still has a common interest and goal with Zhongshan now, this group of people can be considered to be saved.

I asked the direction of the slave when he came, but he needed to turn back a little distance to the south, and the overall direction was still towards Nanshan City, and it didn't take much time. On a small road in front, Li Yang decisively ordered a small road to turn south. The scout rider dispersed far away early, and after more than two hours, there was a result.

A scout rode his horse and galloped back, reporting to Li Yangyu that he had found the enemy in the southeast, and even the number of enemy troops was vaguely understood.

The enemy must have been the slave escort party, with no more than 400 people, according to the captive slaves, there were more than 300 slaves in the middle, and no more than 100 soldiers were escorted. It's really a small fish, but it's a very fat little fish, I like it, Li Yang is secretly happy in his heart.

Gather the existing horses in the team, organize a platoon of more than 50 cavalry, and prepare to outflank and intercept them, and the rest is Wang Hu to organize a slave legion, so as to attack the enemy by surprise and not let go of one.

Fortunately, it is now in the mountain and forest area, not only trees, but also a lot of small hills, when the first battalion of soldiers led by Wang Hu is already very close to the enemy's escort team, the enemy still does not notice.

Making decisions on the spot is also a necessary quality for a commander, Wang Hu estimated the distance between each other less than three hundred meters, and shouted: "Rush!" The soldiers of the first battalion immediately rushed out with Wang Hu like a tiger descending from a mountain. And the platoon cavalry that had been holding their breath and leading their horses quietly also turned over their horses, only ready to see the right time to enter the battlefield.