Just when Xiao Ye and Ta Wolf Wa were fighting for territory, on the grassland from the direction of the Galen tribe, a long team of carriages, mules and horses, carrying supplies, approached the wild wolf ditch that stretched diagonally across the hinterland of the grassland.

The sergeant escorting the convoy was a three-hundred-hundred-gunman sent by Wang Meng, led by five black-clothed guards, who unhurriedly commanded the convoy over the ditch.

There were heralds in the convoy, and soon the scouts, accompanied by scouts, made contact with the rangers of the barbarians on the hills.

Aman, who had divided a thousand cavalry, left Wedge Heha Mountain to lead the people and Lanelt to continue the confrontation, and he personally went to the Wild Wolf Gully to receive the supply convoy from afar.

All this was done under the nose of Lanelt, and to his surprise, the large force of Tartar cavalry four miles away did not react at all, but the rangers scattered back a lot, obviously making way for the convoy.

Seeing Ah Man in his eyes, he couldn't help but snort coldly while sitting on the horse, in this way, Ta Wolf Wa is not very popular, at least in this battle, he has not gathered his own deployment or allies.

Yes, this is a fight, a struggle for the grass field, and Aman sees it very directly.

To a great surprise, when the convoy was about to bypass the minefield and drive into the depression on the back of the hill, another group of cavalry appeared in the wolf ditch, numbering about two thousand; Looking at the flag, the panicked Wedge He Ha Shan was happy, and it turned out that Wedge Hegu personally led the troops to escort the convoy.

It was about ten miles away from the convoy, which was the distance that could speed up the impact at any time, and the reinforcements that appeared in front of Lanelte's eyes made this cunning old guy suddenly gasp.

In the telescope, almost half of the 2,000 cavalry who followed the past carried long guns on their backs, and how did their four hundred firearms get that bit of pride.

He didn't know yes, although the rear-loading fires/guns that Wedge Hegu got could be used normally, but in terms of lifespan, hehe, Wang Gui had become more shrewd, and replaced all the old fires/guns in stock with fierce fire oil, cattle, sheep, and leather goods.

After joining up with Aman, the cavalry brigade guarding the flank of the hill was already 4,000 elite cavalry, with 2,000 rear-loading fire/guns in it.

The long convoy and horse team passed, and Lanelt waved his hand depressedly, "Come on, prepare to camp on the spot, let's see the direction of the wind first,"

At this moment, several fast horses galloped in the distance, and it was none other than the ranger who had been watching the tower wolf tile from the north, for which Ranelte was even given a precious telescope.

The guards of this ranger leader all knew each other, so naturally they would not block the emergency news, and they all reined in and got out of the way.

"My lord, my lord," cried the ranger as he galloped as he galloped to the front of Ranelte, and dismounted with a delicate turn, and fell to his knees.

"Report, my lord, it's not good," the sweaty Ranger Leader, trembling and raising his face, "Ta Wolf Wa, Ta Wolf Wa, he's dead, dead,"

"What? Again, which one died? Ranelte, who was shocked, almost dropped the telescope in his hand, asked in a repeated voice.

"It's Ta Wolf Wa, and his subordinates not only killed him, but also cut off his head and ran away," the agitated Ranger Leader repeated twice in a row, and the affirmative tone directly made Lai Nai and Te trance-like to be in disbelief.

"Dead? Just died, hehe, died well, died wonderfully, haha, hahahaha," Ranelt, who muttered to himself, couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh, laughing so hard that tears rolled down his eyes.

The tower wolf tile that had been pressing on his head was a sting in his heart after all, and now that he was inexplicably dead, how could he not let his shoulders loosen and his spine straightened even more.

Tawolfwa wants to annex the Lanelt tribe, wants to feed him and the tribe to the wild wolves, why shouldn't he, providence makes people, his prudence has to be exchanged for a good situation.

After laughing happily for a while, Ranelte's face was gloomy as ink, "Which tribe killed Captain Wawan?" ”

"Well, it's too far away for the little ones to see," the Ranger Leader said, swallowing a few mouthfuls of saliva and shaking his head.

"Well, no matter what, Captain Ben Van vows to avenge Tawolfwa and appease his men," said Ranelte, who took out a bag of milk wine from his saddle bag and threw it to his henchmen on the ground, "continue to investigate, and be sure to find the murderer,"

"Yes, little one," the leader of the rangers grabbed the milk wine pouch, pulled his horse back, turned on his horse and ran away.

Looking at the sun that was about to sink to the ground, Lanelt stood for a long time in the howling north wind.

Besides, Xiao Ye, who was guarding in the trench in the middle of the hill, led his sergeants to raise their guns and fire in unison, and with the cooperation of Hao Yongliang's heavy firepower, they successfully repelled the sea of Tatar cavalry attacks, but the cargo soldiers mixed with the cavalry still rushed to within 300 paces and killed and wounded more than 20 sergeants with a rain of scattered bullets.

Fortunately, in the trenches that occupied the terrain, bursts of earth-shattering thunder flew out, so that the fierce and fearless Tartar cavalry could not get close to fifty steps, and the two ditches were filled with the corpses of men and horses, and the muddy rain turned into scarlet soup.

Wang Ziliang, who had been standing not far from Xiao Ye, had never put down the telescope in his hand at all, although he was stabbed with tears from the sun, he was still watching anxiously.

Finally, Wang Ziliang, whose face was anxious, suddenly screamed, jumped up on the ground, dropped the telescope and was about to climb up the trench; The quick-eyed guards pounced on him and pulled him down, and several sharp arrows snapped above his head and clicked to the edge of the trench.

"It's done, it's done," Wang Ziliang, who was lying on his back in the trench, struggled to push away the guards, and howled at Xiao Ye, where is there still the usual reserve, and he didn't bother to pay attention to the mud on his body.

"It's done? What's wrong," inexplicably Xiao Ye emptied the last bullet in the magazine, squinted at Wang Ziliang, saw that his face was flushed, and couldn't help but move in his heart, holding the rifle and leaning over.

"Brother Liu Ren, is it so?" Before Xiao Ye finished speaking, Wang Ziliang handed over his telescope and motioned him to look at it himself.

Pulling up Wang Ziliang, Xiao Ye held the telescope and didn't look far away, but he saw that the Tartar cavalry under the hill who was not afraid of death had already turned the horse's head, scattered in all directions and ran back.

Looking up at the camp of Tawolfwa, Xiao Ye found that on the Tartar artillery position three miles away, the originally orderly artillery team and defensive horse team were rushing towards the camp.

Hurriedly raising the binoculars, Xiao Ye vaguely saw that the big flag erected outside the camp had been cut down, and several figures fled in a hurry to the northwest of the big wilderness ditch, followed by a long team of horses.

"They," Xiao Ye let out a long sigh, full of taste.

"It's a subordinate of the Haiqi team, sixteen people, familiar with tartars," in his ear, Wang Ziliang said lightly, "Before leaving the army, each person was given a silver ticket of 1,000 taels and a short firecracker, it is unlikely that they will come back alive,"

The dark pile for the development of the Haiqi team and the shadow team, the personnel book is in Mei'er's hands, and it increases or decreases every month, although all the characters in it are low-level people, but Xiao Ye's monthly signing fee for the communication team, as well as the shady primary powerful potion, has been maintaining an increasing trend.

Originally, Xiao Ye wanted Xin Weilin to get involved, but the Xiucai who had a lot in his belly would be a shopkeeper in his life, and Wang Ziliang became Xiao Ye's only choice.

Now, the money spent in Xiao Ye's hand has achieved tangible results with his own eyes, how can Wang Ziliang not be excited and unable to help himself, this is the credit of Mingdaming.

"My lord, Li Shan, they are here, and they have brought supplies to the logistics team," a guard with an ear whistle came to report to Xiao Ye.

In the trenches filled with gunpowder, soon the cold wind blew away the choking smoke, Xiao Ye got up and waved at Wang Hu and Du Ding, asking them to send people down to clean up the battlefield, treat their respective sergeants, jump out of the trench by themselves, and walk straight to the north of the hill.

Li Shan is Xiao Ye who took refuge with Li Xunwu, Li Xunwu found his hobby in the logistics team, and has been following Wang Dali to build stone forts, but Li Shan has lived and died several times and put on a black uniform.

The guards who took the centurion's salary, although everyone was envious and red-eyed, but those who knew the inside story understood that the guards were basically six out of ten ratios, and the four eliminated were buried in the cemetery on the top of the hill west of Madao Stone Fort.

With the relationship between Li Xunwu and Xin Weilin, Xiao Ye didn't want Li Shan to take risks, but Li Shan, who was as strong as a cow, begged several times, so that Xiao Ye had to nod and agree; Fortunately, Li Shan passed the torment of the potion and became a guard as he wished, and now he has become a chief.

In the mountain valley where the logistics team is located, Jiang Xiaochuan is shouting at the young people, resting the materials on the cart and pack horses, and moving them into the tent according to the category; In the open space not far away, more than 30 older men were pouring boiled wheat porridge into several large iron cylinders, covering the lids and transporting them to the front.

Although there were heating packets, the sergeants still needed to drink something hot, and the wheat porridge that the men had worked so hard to make was a lot of thought to come.

In an open space in the camp, Li Shan and his four brothers silently surrounded a cart, and next to them stood two middle-aged men in gray robes.

Seeing Xiao Ye coming, Li Shan hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on one knee, "My lord, Li Shan escorted the grain and grass to feed, and Brother Jiang has already received it,"

"Well, you have worked hard," Xiao Ye looked at the sergeants resting outside the camp, and beckoned to the three centurions who were waiting in the distance, "This is a defensive place, a few of you will follow Wang Meng, and it will be a great achievement to defend the camp,"

"Lord Xie," after the three centurions bowed happily, they took the sergeants to camp, and Xiao Liuzi did not come, which made Xiao Ye a little regretful.

"My lord, a guest came with me, and Xin Xiucai asked the little one to bring them to meet the adult," Li Shan approached Xiao Ye and said in a low voice, only then did Xiao Ye find that the middle-aged man who was guarded by the two guards was looking at him ten steps away.

"They came to Eagle Claw Fort from Qingfeng Valley, and Liu Shuihe's scouts caught them and almost sent them to the black room," Li Shan smiled and didn't say much, but Xiao Ye knew that if there was no conflict here, Liu Shuihe would definitely not lose his temper recklessly.

At this time, Jiang Xiaochuan came to greet the big leader, and Xiao Ye praised the carpenter a few words, but his face was bright, and he continued to work happily.

Wedge Hegu and a few generals hurriedly ran over, and knelt on the ground from a distance, "Big leader, subordinate Wedge Hegu came without authorization, please punish the adults," Hulala, those fierce Tartar generals fell to the ground one after another.

"Get up, do this like this," Xiao Ye didn't move his footsteps, and waved his hand at the wedge bones, "Even if you are an ally, although you are headed by my department, you can't manage it so widely, you can come to support this leader, your intentions are commendable, what kind of punishment is there,"

Seeing that Xiao Ye was not to blame, Wedge Hegu suddenly got up happily, came to Xiao Ye and bowed down and said, "There are two thousand cavalry in the headquarters of the West Wedge Hebu, please show me when to fight,"

"Your cavalry will converge with Aman, and he will command it in a unified manner, and the order will belong to the Wang Hu war battalion," with Xiao Ye's order, Wedge Hegu promised to retreat.

Xiao Ye's actions were not only seen by those middle-aged Mingren, but the brocade curtain of the flower window of the carriage carriage was slightly lifted, and a pair of slender big eyes were also seen.

After the military affairs were handled, Xiao Ye turned around, accompanied by Li Shan, came to the two middle-aged men, frowned and said, "Give you a bag of cigarettes, and go to Madao Stone Fort after you finish speaking, just look for Wang Gui for business matters,"

For businessmen, he doesn't have much bad feelings, but it is rare to say that he has a good feeling, Xiao Ye, who has been stuck in his neck, has a deep hatred for the stingy grain trading of the Gansu Town Chamber of Commerce; Otherwise, how could he run here and fight the Tartars for turf.

Not to mention anything else, just the daily food consumption of thousands of people around him has to make his inventory of canned food disappear by 10,000 catties.

"Hehe, Liang Yun, the deacon of the Liang family, has seen the big leader of Ximen," a thin and tall middle-aged man in a gray robe stepped forward to salute.

"Zhai Qibao, the deacon of the Zhai family, has seen the big leader of Ximen," the short and fat middle-aged man squinted at Liang Yun, and was not willing to fall behind and stepped forward to give a salute.

Xiao Ye, who was indifferent, but Ru Soft's voice sounded in his ears, and in the wide carriage, the soft voice made him stunned, "Jin Sanniang of the Jin family visited the adult, why don't you go to the car to talk?" ”

Although the voice was not loud, Xiao Ye's face was pale when he heard it, and his eyes immediately turned to Li Shan, who was sweating profusely, fell to his knees on the ground, bowed his head and said nothing, looking like he was admitting punishment and admitting punishment.

There are no women in the camp, this is the military discipline of the Ming army, although there are female doctors and nurses in Madao Stone Fort now, as long as Xiao Ye does not speak, no one dares to take women to the barracks, Li Shan has set a precedent.

With a big hand, Xiao Ye, who was silent, took the horse whip handed by the guard, raised his leg and stepped forward, and snapped at Li Shan with two whips, which directly hit Li Shan to the ground, and the uniform on his shoulder and back was beaten to pieces; Fortunately, the close-fitting protective clothing didn't let him open his skin.

"My lord, no," the anxious female voice in the carriage didn't care about Xiao Ye at all, what he cared about was that the guards dared to disobey military discipline, and it was okay.

"Papa, papa," a few more whips were drawn, Xiao Ye shook his hand and threw away the horsewhip, and said in a deep voice, "Li Shan has meritorious service in taking grain, rewarding fifty taels of silver, taking his wife into the camp without an order, and being punished with whipping for violating discipline, you can admit punishment,"

"The subordinates admit the punishment," Li Shan, who got up from the ground, lay there angrily with the sound of urns, and didn't dare to raise his head at all. In a moment's eagerness, he forgot to ask for the order, and he deserved to be beaten.

Hmph, snorting coldly, Xiao Ye, who had been too injured by the sergeant and was depressed, turned his head and went to Jiang Xiaochuan's tent, without giving the three merchants any face.

The Jin family, the Liang family, and the Zhai family's key activities are east of Zhangjiakou, and they don't have much to do with Xiao Ye, so Xiao Ye doesn't give face to the reason, not to mention that military discipline is like a mountain, if he opens his eyes and closes his eyes, the following will soon be chaotic, and the Thousand Households of the Gravel Fort is an example.

Liang Yun, Zhai Qibao, and Jin Sanniang, who got off the carriage, looked at each other silently for a moment, and were about to find someone to go to Zaiyang to ask to see Xiao Ye, when the guards on the side came up, "Three, please also come out of the camp, and you can only enter the camp after asking the permission of the big leader,"

The grizzled Li Shan also got up at this time, and the indifference that was completely invisible just now resurfaced on his face again, "I'm sorry for the three of you, I'm Li Shan, I can't read and write, and I can't remember the military regulations, so please go out first,"

The helpless three merchants, under the supervision of the guards, left the camp in carriages, and waited for Xiao Ye's summons under the watchful eyes of the cavalry swimming around.

The guards they brought from their own homes were all left in Eagle Claw Fort, but the respective goods were given a reasonable price, and Wang Gui had already been put into the warehouse, and the loss was no more than face.

This waited, directly until nightfall, the cold wind on the grassland was even worse, and the cold wind that swept through the carriage was pervasive, penetrating into the cracks, and immediately took away the temperature inside.

Only then did Liang Yun and Zhai Qibao realize that this officer, who looked quite young, seemed to be as ruthless as the rumors, and it should not be a lie; Next to the carriage they were riding, in Liang Sanniang's carriage, there was the laughter of the maid from time to time, faintly floating out.

"Stomp, trample," the sound of horses' hooves came from the hurried outside, and a team of cavalry rushed into the camp of the logistics team, and the sergeant guarding the camp gate turned on his hand lamp, and saw that it was his own person early, so he directly pushed away the firewood, and then returned to his original position.

In Jiang Xiaochuan's tent, Xiao Ye and a few guards and Jiang Xiaochuan were huddled together, everyone gathered around a big cauldron, and in the boiling water, pieces of horse meat were picked up by chopsticks, dipped in sesame powder and salt foam, and the meat sauce treasured by the man, and they ate with relish.

Swallowing a piece of meat, Xiao Ye took a sip of ale wine, and glanced at Li Shan beside him, "Go back to Madao Stone Fort, you go to the private school first, memorize the military regulations, next time I will take the test,"

"Oh," Li Shan, who was eating meat, suddenly looked bitter, and the ale wine in his mouth was no longer tasteful, which made Xiao Ye speechless.

"You wait for the guards, you are a serious centurion when you go out, you are illiterate and useless, you are simply not enlightened," slapped Li Shan on the head, Xiao Ye continued to go to the pot to sandwich meat.

"Ah, I'm a rough man can't be a centurion, let alone a thousand-tier, there's nothing wrong with being a guard, eat well and dress well, seeing that Brother Xiucai has found a family and gone to the war barracks, won't you run away," Li Shan, who thought he was very thoughtful, ignored Xiao Ye's expectations, and put a few more packets of heating packs in the pot in his whole mood.

Everyone has forgotten about the three merchants outside the camp.

The boiling soup with chopped green onions and sesame oil, a small iron net in the cauldron, heated in the water at the bottom of the pot, and horse meat brushed through the iron mesh, this wonderful idea was thought of by Jiang Xiaochuan and won praise from everyone.