The sky was already blue before sunrise, but the sky above me was still as black as the bottom of the pot. www.biquge.info The rare refreshment of summer is only in this moment, and not long after, with the sunrise and the sea of clouds, the sparse morning dew will disappear cleanly, and the scorching sun will transfer sufficient heat to the world. It's the best time of day in the summer

In a hidden col not far from the abandoned guard post of Aluomi, the second brother, dressed like an ordinary Yi person, wrapped in a cyan headband, wearing a short coat and shorts of the same color, holding a waist knife, sat cross-legged under an old yellow cypress tree to rest. With him as the center, more than a thousand strong men with different costumes and fierce faces also sat around in twos and threes with weapons, occasionally a few people were talking in low voices, but more people were like the second brother with their eyes closed. Whether it is a Yi person or a Han person, the eyes of each other are full of vague vigilance.

The second brother seemed calm on his face, but his heart was as noisy as a pot. The general's eyeliner left in Bijie had already passed the news to him, and he naturally knew that in a few days, the Ming army would pass by the platform and go to Chishui via the post road. He is still self-aware, and he doesn't plan to use this idea soldier in his hand to confront the Ming army, but plans to use the terrain, and the nearby lone and small groups of officers and soldiers, even if they can't stop the Ming army, they will be terrified all the way, and they can't go to Chishui in peace!

The precious coolness of a summer morning fades and is replaced by a slowly warm air. He was half-asleep and half-awake when he suddenly remembered his old friend. The last time I saw him, I saw him kill with two Yi people in green clothes and green pants. And what happened a year or two ago, in retrospect, seems like a lifetime later. In a trance, he somehow had a thought in his heart that he didn't know where to come, maybe there was no ghost in the heart that day, he may still be a small handyman in the Li family's well field, although he didn't eat very well and didn't dress very warmly, but he wouldn't live such a day without a future......

Guan Lao Er suddenly shivered coldly, he was stunned for a while, and suddenly raised his hand and slapped himself hard, the sound was so loud that the people nearby were alarmed, and one by one they looked at Guan Lao Er's position. He looked around and whispered fiercely, "What are you looking at?!" Haven't you seen it?! ”

The native soldiers put their heads back one after another, and only a few guys brought by Guan Lao Er from eastern Sichuan were still watching him. He reached out and touched his face, and said angrily, "What else are you looking at!" Refresh oneself! It's almost time, and the brother who let off the wind hasn't come back yet! ”

Someone whispered back: "It's still early, I'm afraid we'll have to wait a little longer." He hesitated for a moment, then leaned closer to Guan Laoer, and asked softly: "Second brother, you say, what if the officials and soldiers don't come?" ”

Guan Lao Er glanced at him coldly, squinted his eyes and replied in a strange tone: "Do what you need to do!" What's the matter, my feet are itching, and I can't stay?! ”

"No, no, no." The person who asked the question was obviously afraid of Guan Lao Er, and when he heard this, he quickly shook his head desperately like a rattle. A sneer appeared on his thin and dark face, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, and he hurriedly approached Guan Lao Er and said, "What is the second brother talking about?" To do things for the general is to squat in the mountains for a lifetime, and my grandson is also willing. His eyes rolled, and he said solemnly: "After all, we borrowed the barbarians' soldiers, saying that we brought ten days' food, but we could only eat for eight days at most." If this officer and army don't come, we will wait here stupidly, and we will have to run out of food in a few days! ”

"You don't have to worry about such things." The gloomy gaze turned on Lao Sun, and he turned his face away uncomfortably. Guan Lao Erfang snorted and said: "We have waited here for five days, and the officers and soldiers should climb over the floor!" Go further, you will enter the realm of Aluomi, where there is a post road that can walk people, and the rest are all small paths and animal paths in the mountains, tens of thousands of people and horses of the official army, how to go? Let's stay here, that's it, what's it? Guard, wait for the rabbit! ”

Lao Sun nodded randomly, but he still had the courage to ask again: "Can ...... Let's fight to the fullest, there are a thousand people, the officers and soldiers are ......" He stole a glance at Guan Laoer's face, and the more he said, the quieter his voice became: "Aren't we touching a stone with an egg?" ”

"You know what?!" Guan Lao Er scolded impatiently, and didn't want to talk to Lao Sun anymore, so he saw the subordinates in charge of Wangfeng delivering the news running over in a hurry, running too quickly and almost falling off without looking at the road, panting and running in front of Guan Lao Er, and said breathlessly: "Come on,...... Here it comes! ”

"Brother Zhang counted the number and said that it was a battalion leader at most!" That subordinate is also a very clever character on weekdays, and he doesn't need to ask carefully to tell Guan Lao Er as much as possible about the news: "Brother Zhang is very careful, he counted it three times, and said that at most it is an officer at the head of a battalion!" I'm afraid this is a dedicated pathfinder striker! ”

"Did they come out with a flag?" Guan Lao Er asked eagerly.

"Hit!" The messenger nodded affirmatively, "Several flags were played!" The most conspicuous is a thousand household flags, the other is slightly smaller, the blue background is inlaid with yellow edges, the middle seems to be written with the word camp Ding team, and there are a few more, the difference between the top is similar, nothing more than A, B and C. ”

"There really is only one battalion leader!" Guan Lao Er's face was not obvious, but his heart was really tight-the news he got was that the officers and soldiers went out to explore the way, and they used to send two battalions! How is it that there is only one battalion? And what's going on with Team Nadine? A team leader, still dare to follow the Qianzong flag? But now is really not the time to think too much, he immediately decided: "Call the brothers, go forward!" I hid them one by one, and if the officers and soldiers saw the flaws, I would skin him with my own hands! ”

As a guard house that was dilapidated as early as the Jiajing period, and later in the chaos of the apocalypse, the Yi people were killed cleanly, and there were few people for a few years, and the surrounding miscellaneous trees and weeds grew like crazy. But finally the road was faintly visible, and the Xianzi battalion was struggling to move forward while clearing the dead branches and weeds, and after walking all morning, it was Team D, and it was not lightly tired.

"Officer Li, the children are tired now, and it's noon, so let's take a rest first, hide from the sun, and wait for the weather to be cooler before going on the road." Zheng Guocai discussed with Li Yongzhong, "It's not too far from Aluomi, we can get there before dark." ”

Li Yongzhong reached out and lifted the front brim of the helmet, revealing his forehead. He exhaled a breath, and when he heard Zheng Guocai speak, he also nodded and said, "Team Officer Zheng has a point. But the brothers have worked hard for so long, and it is not bad for a while, according to the guide, this is a mountain ahead, we want to rest, just go up there, where the grass and trees are sparse, and we can see farther, if there is something, we will not catch people off guard. ”

Zhou Qian interjected beside him: "Officer Li, do you still think there must be an ambush here?" He muttered: "We have been calm all the way, and the army is traveling, where is there so much thief who dares to make up his mind?" Team Officer Li was too careful! ”

"We only have four teams now, so we can't be too careful." Li Yongzhong said lightly, ignored Zhou Qian, and only said seriously with Zheng Guocai: "Before we set off, Qianhu asked the younger brother to be the master of everyone, the younger brother is not talented, and the lives of hundreds of brothers are on their shoulders, and the responsibility is heavy, so I can't help the younger brother not be careful." ”

"Alright. Don't talk about Zhou Dacang, Team Officer Li is reasonable. Feng Baoqun smiled and played a round with the mud: "We are now alone outside the army, one is not careful, if the barbarians steal the camp, it will be a while, but no one will come to save us." Be careful, since Team Officer Li has said so, let's obey the order. ”

At Li Yongzhong's insistence, except for the D team to which he belonged, the other soldiers of the Xianzi battalion had to continue to advance with a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it didn't take long for the guide's mouth to see the hill in front of the soldiers. Sure enough, the forest is sparse, and compared with the almost obscured field of vision on the mountain road, this place is much more open, and further inside, you can still hear the sound of running water.

According to the rules of Team D, Li Yongzhong meticulously arranged for the soldiers to be on duty before picking up a tree and sitting down, he did not take off his armor, he untied the helmet strap on his chin, took off the heavy eight-petal hat helmet, sighed comfortably, and saw Zheng Guocai, Zhou Qian and Feng Baoqun walking towards him together. He stood up with his support for the tree, and asked with a smile: "Three team officers, why don't you rest?" After walking for a long time, aren't you tired? ”

Feng Baoqun smiled first and said: "Team Ding has been opening the way in front, let's take a ready-made good road in the back, what's not to be tired?" He glanced at Zheng Guocai, and said with a haha: "This time, our brother and wife came to see Team Officer Li, and there are really some things I want to discuss with Team Officer Li." ”

Li Yongzhong first smiled and ordered his soldiers to bring a few stones to be used as Maza, beckoned the three of them to sit down, and said quietly: "The three of them are older than me, and I should call my brother if I am reasonable." In the army, we are brothers in the same country, what can we not say? ”

"Today, we came out with the Xiangzi Battalion of the Chinese Army, but he was only willing to go to the platform, but he wanted us to come to Aluomi!" Zhou Qian is an upright temper, as soon as he sat down, he patted his thigh, and couldn't wait to shout loudly: "We didn't say anything, we worked hard all morning, and only then did I touch the edge of Aluomi, I see, if you want to go to Aluomi, you have to be tomorrow!" ”

"It is said that this is a military order, and the brothers have worked hard, but why do we have to go to Aluomi, and the rabbit cubs of the Xiangzi camp only go to the platform!? How far is this army from the platform? Walk faster, it's half an morning! It's just because the brothers were too tired some time ago, and the military gate was sympathetic to the people below, so the army rested for one more day! Otherwise, the army would have arrived at the platform position by now! Zheng Guocai said in a deep voice: "The rabbit cub of the Xiangzi camp is too deceitful!"

"What the two brothers mean is that we have now reached Aluomi, so we will report back, even if it is the military gate, we can't find fault!" Feng Baoqun smiled affectionately on his face, and the words in his mouth were not very polite: "Team Officer Li, Team D are all heroic warriors, but this heroic warrior is not iron-clad?" Even if Team Officer Li doesn't think about the other brothers, he has to think more about the brothers of Team D, right? We are officials, and when we should be compassionate, we need to be more compassionate. ”

"The brothers are right." Li Yongzhong's smile remained unchanged, he patted his knees without a match, and said lightly with an unmoved face: "That Xiangzi camp is very hateful, but because there are people in it who are members of the military gate, they show off their power all day long, but brothers, please think, after all, we are the forwards, and it should be our duty to explore the way, and the Xiangzi battalion is the head of the battalion in the Chinese army, even if he only walks to the platform, it makes sense, but if we can't report the details of Ah Luomi, in case someone in the Xiangzi camp says something in front of the military gate......"

Feng Baoqun's eyelids jumped, and the smile on his face was almost unbearable, he secretly took a deep breath and looked more sincere: "What Team Officer Li said is true." But in the end, only our team knows the situation of Ah Luomi, and give the brothers an order," a little cruelty slipped across his face, "who dares to talk nonsense?" I pulled out his tongue! ”

Zheng Guocai also persuaded: "It's really not that we are afraid of hardship and tiredness, but the brothers are not angry!" The army is repaired, and we are sent to the forward to explore the way, which should be in charge, there is nothing to say, but the rabbit cubs of the Xiangzi battalion camped on the platform and stayed comfortably for a day, and the brothers were dissatisfied with the boss in their hearts! What happened to the Junmen clansmen? is the son of the military gate, and he can't say this truth! ”

Zhou Qian said straightforwardly: "That's the reason!" If the Xiangzi Battalion comes to Aluomi with us, I won't even say a word, but those rabbit cubs will dare to stop at the platform! Team Officer Li, you and Team D are both heroes, and I am convinced by Lao Zhou, but look at it, this morning, the brothers of Team D are at the forefront, just like the farmers, and the waist pole is not straight! You are the team officer, you are not distressed, others are watching, and you are still a little distressed! ”

"I've thanked you for your kindness!" Li Yongzhong stood up and made a circle towards the three officers and regiments very seriously, so that the three people opposite jumped up and returned the salute. Then he said to the three of them very sincerely: "I Li Yongzhong thank you for the kindness of the three team officers. But Aluomi, we must go today! He interrupted the three people who were about to interrogate and continued: "The three of you listen to me, and when you finish speaking, if the three of you still don't want to go to the Aluo Secret House, I, Li Yongzhong, will also be kind and go back with everyone!" ”

"You three should remember the last time we were attacked, right? In addition to the barbarians, there are still 100 Han people there! In this place of Guizhou, there are many mountain bandits and strongmen, but when have you ever seen the Han people mixed with the barbarians? Even if there is, there are few! Besides, later a sentry in my team told me that among those Han people, I saw an acquaintance in Fushun before! (To be continued.) )