It was almost noon, Yang Hong came back with a group of slaves, looked at Yang Hong, looked at the unclothed slaves, Jiang Hexing's mood slowly calmed down. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There were a total of 26 slaves, 10 women and 16 men, and Jiang Hexing asked Yang Hong to arrange them, and it was best to let them control some of the sheep.

At lunchtime, Jiang Hexing, like many people, vomited when he ate, but fortunately he gave his own order, even if he vomited, he had to eat, Jiang Hexing had to eat almost three meals because of his own order, and finally finally got something into his stomach and was not so hungry.

After lunch, Jiang Hexing cheered up again and called Zhang Jie, Ma Biao and Li Xiaowu and Li Xiaoquan brothers over, and he apologized to a few of them first, saying that he was really uncomfortable and couldn't say it clearly. Zhang Jie said: "I'm the same with this, the two of them seem to be fine." ”

Li Xiaowu said: "Mr. Jiang, you haven't experienced the pain of being a slave, you don't know our ruthlessness, our eldest brother doesn't know where he is now, and our family." Hey, when I think of them, I want to kill them all and save my family. ”

Ma Biao is the only one who is happy, as if this matter has nothing to do with him today.

Jiang Hexing encouraged and comforted again, and promised to save Xiaowu's family as soon as possible.

Everyone forgave each other, and Jianghexing further arranged the next step. Slaves who are willing to go with them, follow, those who can go to the battlefield voluntarily go to the battlefield, and those who do not want to follow behind with horses and sheep, and we must now dress up the people who are in the field.

After cleaning the battlefield, all the dead were buried, and the dead dogs were buried. The captured bows and arrows were given to the slaves and they began to practice, because they were of poor quality and no one wanted to use them. The slaves didn't want to leave, because many of them now had no homes, and some didn't dare to go back alone.

The slaves stripped off some of the dead man's clothes, put them on for themselves, and followed the river on their way. There's no need to avoid anyone this time, because they're no different from normal transitions.

After walking for two more days, the light of the river Xingjue is not a way to go, the weather is warmer, and the rain has begun to increase, and the next rain will make people unbearable, not to mention these gunpowders. Li Ming felt that it was not far from the place where they escaped, Li Xiaowu really couldn't think of it, he looked at it everywhere. In the end, Jiang Hexing decided to find a place to live near the Liao River, send someone to send a letter to Zheng Yi, and transport the iron down.

On this day, they came to a forest, and Li Ming's eyes lit up and said, "I know here, I've been here, and we're almost there." ”

Everyone cheered, accelerated the march, and the next day, they found the place where Li Ming was detained, but people went to Makong, leaving a piece of grassland empty, not Li Ming's scheming when he left, and found evidence left by him everywhere, everyone couldn't believe it, because there was nothing to be seen in the empty grassland.

Everyone's mood is very low, Jiang Hexing comforted, the summer is gone, the autumn will come back, we live here, do not rescue people, never withdraw troops, now find a base first, inquire slowly, as long as they are still there, we will definitely be able to rescue them.

On this day, they came to a big river, and the line of the river was sure to be the Da Liao River, because it was the largest river here. There are mountains and rivers nearby, and more importantly, it is a shock plain nearby, so Jiang Hexing decided to live here first. Counting the days, it's been a month and a half since I came out, and I haven't gained anything except saving Yang Hong and them.

They sent someone to go back to deliver a letter to Zheng Yi first, so that he could also tell the people in Zhangjiazhuang to rest assured. They cut down wood and build houses first, at least it rains so that people who eat mutton every day are uncomfortable. The house is all mud houses for the time being, and everyone works together to build it in a few days. People moved in first, and hunting was below, and the new slaves who were willing to join the army were trained first, but because there were no weapons, everyone was a spear, and the head was wood.

Ma Biao was beaten by Jiang Hexing when he used to train, but now he has returned to his roots, these 10 slaves are in the queue every day, and they practice physical fitness every day, and Jiang Hexing deliberately let them run long distances every day, but these people are tortured miserably.

Jiang Hexing looked at the temporary settlement and brought Zhang Jie and a few of them over, and Yang Hong was also pulled in to discuss the next move. Yang Hong is now in charge of logistics, and the management is well organized, and everyone admires him.

Li Xiaowu first said: "It's not a way for us to just stay here, I suggest sending a few people to investigate the surroundings to see if there are any towns, tribes, and slaves, let's see if we can save some." ”

Everyone agreed.

Yang Hong said: "We only have expenses every day, no income, not a way, I propose to find someone to start doing business with the surrounding area, in exchange for some daily necessities." ”

Everyone also talked about their views, first of all, to focus on saving people, and secondly, to be able to completely take root here and continue to develop.

In the end, Jiang Hexing said: "What everyone said is very reasonable, our first goal is to save our relatives. Right now, we can't find them for a while. As for starting a business, we are still too few people, and we are now like herdsmen, we only have horses, cattle and sheep, and there is nothing to exchange. When we have more people, we can open up a trade route with the Central Plains, and we can do a lot of trade. ”

Everyone agreed. Jiang Hexing rearranged the work, the iron smelter, and then brought two more people, nearby to investigate whether there were suitable coal mines and iron mines, Li Xiaowu trained recruits, Li Xiaoquan was responsible for building houses, and Jiang Hexing was also responsible for investigating the surrounding situation.

After that day, it rained for several days, and everyone had to stay in the house and wait for the weather to clear up and go out. But the spies did not stay at home because of the rain, and were sent out as usual.

Looking at the hurried spring rain outside the house, Li Xiaowu was anxious, walking around the house, clenching his fists and waving them around. At this time, Li Xiaoquan ran in and shouted as he ran: "Second brother! Second brother! Looking at Li Xiaoquan's wet clothes, Li Xiaowu said angrily: "The rain is so heavy, and you can't sleep well, you see that you are tired from building a house a few days ago." ”

Li Xiaoquan didn't seem to hear Li Xiaowu's concern, and then said: "Second brother, hurry up and pack up, you may have to gather the team and go to save people." ”

Li Xiaowu was overjoyed, and grabbed Li Xiaoquan's clothes: "Our family is saved, let's go and call the people together." ”

"Heck, I was just saying we might have to assemble the team, just that we were going to get ready first. I just saw the spy enter Mr. Jiang's room just now, and then three more people set off with the spy. Li Xiaoquan said as he put his second brother's hand aside and put it on the ground.

Li Xiaowu smiled on his face, and his depression was swept away, it seemed that there was a clue. Li Xiaowu also sat down, looked at his younger brother, and said with a smile: "I've been too anxious recently, Mr. Jiang sees that I have been training too hard, so I have to take a day off." I also know, but there is no news from our family, we are in a hurry, we can't work hard, we always think about them, we dream about them. ”

Speaking of their families, the voices of the two men lowered again.

"Second brother, everyone is in the same hurry, but others are not as anxious as you, you have to change your temper in the future. Everyone knows our situation, and they all let us. Besides, isn't Mr. Jiang in a hurry? As soon as he got married, everyone begged to save people, and you also saw the situation of kneeling that day, Mr. Jiang was the second day of marriage. Isn't Li Ming in a hurry, now he is in charge of finding out all kinds of roads, I see that he hasn't slept well every day, his hair has turned a lot gray, he didn't shave his head before, but now he has shaved his hair, it seems that he swore in his heart. ”

The two were chatting, and a small soldier, who happened to be under Li Xiaowu, came in and reported: "Mr. Jiang ordered that everyone should not go out today and wait for orders at home." ”

As soon as the little soldier left, the two hugged each other excitedly, and tears of joy flowed out.

The two brothers waited for Jiang Hexing to call them, although they were not far away, they went directly for fear of disturbing Jiang Hexing, so they waited quietly. Time passed little by little, they felt that Jiang Hexing had forgotten them, they didn't come to the left and didn't wait, they didn't come to the right, the two of them got up, sat down, got up again, and circled back and forth in the house, without waiting for Jiang Hexing to call them.

It was dark, and they had had dinner, when a small soldier came running. The two of them ran directly to the door and said, "Did Mr. Jiang call us?" Xiao Bing said yes, and the two of them ignored Xiao Bing and ran directly into Jiang Hexing's house.

Jiang Hexing took two bowls of water and said in surprise: "You guys are fast enough, I just finished sending them, and you have arrived." ”

The two of them had just taken two sips of water, and they had already arrived, looked at each other, and they both laughed.

Jiang Hexing saw that the people had arrived, and said: "Today, the spies we sent reported that about 50 miles north of us, there is a large tribe of Wuhuan people, scattered around, there are 11 towns, depending on the situation, there are thousands of people, and there are about 500 slaves used, we either don't do it, or we have to kill them, otherwise they will eat us." They also have a lot of weapons in their hands, and many of them can ride horses and shoot arrows, and there are many more of them than we do. It just so happened that it was raining heavily, God help us, we went to fight at this time, and it just so happened that the bow and arrow could not be used, so we had a chance to win. ”

Li Xiaowu spoke first: "Do it, it's a godsend, if you don't do them, you won't be able to eat it if it's sunny." ”

Zhang Jie said: "It is advantageous for us to fight now, but it is raining heavily, and it is inconvenient for us to go over, the road is difficult to walk, and we can't see the road at night." Even if I walked, I was not tired, and the enemy was always outnumbered, so it was a bit risky. ”

Li Mingdao: "You don't have to worry about Zhang Jielu, I have made all the marks along the way, every 50 zhang or so, there are road poles, I found three people to set up, and this time there are also three of them to guide the way." On the way to the march, there is a person leading the way between every two poles, and when you get to the next pole, you can change someone to rest, and someone will lead the way. Those who lead the way have rest, and the troops are equivalent to going straight forward. ”

Yang Hong said: "The dry food was prepared before, and there is no shortage of horse material, we don't have any rain gear here, how can we stand the rain." ”

Li Xiaowu was unhappy, and pointed to Yang Hong: "Is there any rain gear, what are you afraid of, the weather is not so cold, and it will get warmer and warmer all the way, the opportunity is rare, we are deserted here, we bought rain gear there, and we lack materials to make it ourselves." We promise that there will be no delay in the war. ”

Ma Biao kept looking at everyone with a smile and said: "I think it's better to fight again when it's sunny, Yunlei give them a few, and as soon as the horse is scared away, what arrows can you shoot." ”

Jiang Hexing looked at the crowd: "This is rare, the one who manages the charge is definitely not difficult to manage the logistics." I know everyone's feelings, although the opportunity is rare, but the weather is humid, but our cloud and thunder do not work, although they are not good at archery, but after all, it is not a small tribe. Let's talk about it when the weather is fine, but you can prepare first, Ma Biao, you must pay attention to explosives, you must be moisture-proof, and you can't use it when it's wet. Let's go back first, it's raining so hard today, we don't have a big chance of winning, rest, and everything will be said when the weather is fine. ”

And they went back.

Li Xiaowu, Li Xiaoquan is dissatisfied with this Ma Biao, he doesn't intervene, maybe he will march tonight, maybe their eldest brother will be a slave in this tribe. But the truth of what he said, after all, now that he has limited strength at hand, if he is really disabled, he will still have a chance to save people in the future. The two returned to their earthen house sullenly, sighed, and worried about their brother's family, and didn't sleep well all night.

The next day, the sky was actually clear, but it was still a little wet in the morning, and several people came to ask for war again, Jiang Hexing did not answer immediately, first asked Ma Biao and them to make three small cloud thunders, and tested them, but only one sounded. Jiang Hexing shook his head and asked everyone to go back. Everyone waited for Ma Biao together when they stayed, and Ma Biao was still harmless to humans and animals.

In the middle of the morning, Ma Biao put all the gunpowder out to dry, and seeing that it was almost dry, he was about to report to Jiang Hexing. At this time, Jiang Hexing came, and when he saw the gunpowder drying in the open space, he walked to him, touched it, and asked, "Are you dry?" ”

Ma Biao nodded and said, "It's almost dry, it should be able to be used in the afternoon." But some of them have already stuck together because of the dampness, and you can see that they are all in one piece. ”

Jiang Hexing seemed to think of something, walked over, took the piece of gunpowder stuck together, looked up and down, and then patted his head and said, "Oh, how did I forget." ”

Jiang Hexing called Ma Biao and commanded a few words, Ma Biao's mouth that has always been smiling has grown bigger.

Jiang Hexing glared at him and said, "Don't do it yet." ”

Ma Biao went out of the courtyard of the gunpowder warehouse, called some people, and went into the warehouse again with buckets, sieves, planks, etc. And the order of the river was heard, and the vigilance was given, and he remained in place.

Li Xiaowu Li Xiaoquan has been watching the sky, the weather is very good, it's almost summer, the weather is a little hot, and the black powder has already dried up. The two of them ran to the warehouse to ask, but they were blocked, saying that Mr. Jiang ordered that no one was seen now, and that he had important things to do, when to march and other orders.

Zhang Jie also came, Li Xiaowu saw that he didn't say anything, shook his head, pointed to the warehouse, then spread his hands, turned around and took Li Xiaoquan back.

Zhang Jie also touched a closed door, he was very puzzled, but he still knew that Jiang Hexing was traveling, and he didn't say anything, so he went back directly.

The barracks waited restlessly for another two days, and on this day Zhang Jie was sitting in the house, when he heard a loud sound like the sky crashing and the earth cracked, and felt the ground shake. Zhang Jie knew that it must be Yunlei, but Yunlei was not so powerful, he had seen it with his own eyes before, and now he understands that the two days of Jianghexing are tinkering with new Yunlei.