Zhao Mengjun is a captain of the Expedition Vanguard, and today is a big day for the landing on Luzon Island, and as the captain of the Vanguard Guard, he was ordered to lead the troops and take charge of the post of commander of the landing on the island, leading 120 sergeants to land on the island to check the terrain.

First, the transport ship was tied up according to the plan, and fifteen soldiers were ordered to hold the boat, and then the remaining one hundred and five soldiers were divided into three groups and marched along the coast, and he himself led a small group into the rainforest to find out if there were any indigenous people in the rainforest.

Because of the abundant rain here and the proximity to the sea, the vegetation grows particularly lush, so there are many poisonous insects and poisonous snakes hidden in it, but fortunately, I brought a lot of sulfur powder with me, and I also smeared a lot of it on my body, and generally as long as the team goes, you can hear the sound of a large area of creatures retreating.

Although the rainforest is lush, it seems that there are not many trees growing in this area, and the bright sunlight can still penetrate through the cracks in the trees, which is very bright, and it also illuminates the way forward for the team.

He took out a long spear and pushed aside the shaky grass in front of him, and saw a big python entrenched in it, and the pioneer was startled, and then took out a handful of sulfur powder from his pocket and sprinkled it on the road in front of him, and the python swam away while walking and retreating.

"It's really dangerous, such a big python can make us into sperm." The pioneer wiped the cold sweat from his head and said.

"Well, it's good that we have a clever plan for the general, otherwise I don't know how many soldiers will be attacked by these poisons along the way." Zhao Mengjun also nodded, Xu Yang's plan to smear a large amount of sulfur powder on his body to avoid poisonous insects was really effective.

"Captain, let's come out and estimate that it has been about an hour, the military order stipulates that we must go back now" A middle-aged man who looked like a political military adviser next to him walked up and said.

"Wait." Zhao Mengjun suddenly interrupted the military advisor's words with a wave of his hand, and everyone was still curious, so they heard Zhao Mengjun say: "Did you hear someone shouting for help?" ”

When everyone heard this, they all pricked up their ears, and then they really heard a cry for help, and this cry tended to get louder and louder, and finally it even seemed to come from their ears!

"Look!" A fire captain pointed to the rainforest in the distance and shouted, and saw a few yellow-skinned people in cloth running towards him, shouting for help as they ran!

"Array!" Zhao Mengjun shouted.

I have to say that the Tang army is indeed brave and good at fighting, in such a tense atmosphere, the formation is not chaotic at all, everyone has found their own position, these are the elites of the Lingnan Navy Division that have been trained hundreds of times a day before.

I saw a row of shield soldiers in front of me, followed by spearmen, and a row of archers had already raised their bows and arrows in their hands, just waiting for the captain to give an order!

Between the lightning and flint, the few fleeing men in cloth were already about to reach the army, and the archers' bows and arrows were already full, and the tense sound was ready to fly!

As soon as several men in cloth rushed out of a pile of plants, they seemed to be stunned by the sight in front of them, and the rows of troops in full gear were like gods descending from the heavens, and even two of them fell to the ground at once with unstable center of gravity.

"Who's ahead? Report your place of origin! Zhao Mengjun shouted.

When a man running at the front heard this, as if he had seen his own father, he shouted hoarsely, "General, spare your life!" I'm a Tang man! ”

Zhao Mengjun's body was shocked, and the policy of improvisation had been formed in his mind, only to hear him roar: "Array, advance, protect!" ”

The formation was like a huge machine, every part was in precise motion, and the shield soldiers in the front row slowly moved forward, and everyone's pace was basically the same, and the spearmen followed closely behind.

Soon the formation had already reached the side of these cloth-clothed men.

"Roar!" The shield soldiers in the front row roared and directly raised their shields to protect these people inside the shield.

When these people entered the shield, they heard a strange cry of "vomit" in the forest, and saw many naked people, wearing only a pair of animal skin trousers, and brown and yellow natives jumping out with wooden forks in their hands.

These natives were also stunned when they saw the scene in front of them, what are these?

Where would Zhao Mengjun let go of this good opportunity, General Niu warned himself that this is no longer the realm of the Tang Dynasty, and for anyone who is hostile to the Tang Dynasty, they are all enemies of the Tang Dynasty! Obviously, judging from the pursuit and killing of these Tang people by these people just now, they are obviously the enemies of the Tang Dynasty!

What to do with the enemy? Just one word! Kill!

When Zhao Mengjun shouted the word 'kill', the audience suddenly became a hell on earth, and I saw the bows and arrows that the archers had been charging for a long time were like rays of light directly towards those natives.

At such a close distance, such a simple target, it is trivial to shoot a pair of piercings, only to see those natives fall to the ground one after another, and the remaining ones who were not hit by the arrow also went crazy in an instant, kowtowing and bowing, muttering strange sounds that no one could understand.

"Boom, Raomosi" A native was still talking about something, Zhao Mengjun turned his head and said coldly to the few cloth-clothed men who had survived the catastrophe: "What are they talking about?" ”

The man at the head swallowed a mouthful of saliva and returned tremblingly: "Back to the general, these Ilok people say they are willing to surrender. ”

Zhao Mengjun stared at these natives carefully, and a cold light flashed, and Zhao Mengjun's sword had already received it in the scabbard.

A Noda native's head had fallen to the ground, and the blood spurted out of it splashed on the green plants, making it even more enchanting and vivid.

"General Niu said that the enemy of the Tang Dynasty will not be forgiven!"

It was time to return, a group of people had returned from the shore, this team was an exploration team going south, they walked along the coast, and in less than half an hour they encountered a blocked river, the river was very wide, and it was all fresh water, the exploration team had to walk along the river towards the rainforest, walked for a long time, did not find the slightest human appearance, and returned the same way.

Xu Yang and Niu Jinda listened to their reports, both marked the location of freshwater rivers on the chart, which was very important for the fleet, and the daily supply of drinking water for thousands of seafarers was a big expense, especially freshwater, which was life-saving at sea.

After a while, the team that was exploring the north side also returned, but they suffered casualties, and one sergeant appeared to have been bitten on the leg by something and was carried back by the other soldiers.

The team of this group was reporting to Niu Jinda that they had been walking in the north for almost an hour, and when they were about to turn around and return, two monsters that looked like leopards suddenly jumped out of the grass, one was shot on the spot, and the other attacked a sergeant, biting him in the leg, and then he was hit by several arrows, and jumped back into the grass, unable to catch up.

This animal seems to be very familiar with people, and it is obviously not the first time to see a person, if it were not for the powerful lethality of the Eight Ox Crossbow, this animal would not be able to take a soldier away.

Then the team presented the corpse of the monster, this is a cat that looks like a cougar, the size is very large, the fangs are very long, this is Xu Yang's first feeling when he sees this leopard, but Xu Yang is not a zoologist, he doesn't know what this is, there are too many animals in the world, not to mention the Tang Dynasty 1,300 years ago.

Fortunately, the animal was dead now, and a huge short arrow from the door of the brain had almost completely sunk into its brain, and it could not die again.

Niu Jinda frowned and rewarded the team leader, and ordered the wounded sergeant to be treated by a special military doctor, and sent the men down.

"Boy, this Luzon Island is obviously inhabited, but it seems that the population here is very sparse, I heard that there are many Tang people from Taiwan who have arrived here, what do you think?"

"Hmm." Xu Yang touched his chin, he still remembered the information on his mobile phone Baidu, which was about three races on Luzon Island, one was the Tang people who moved from Fujian, and then there were the two major races of Tagalog and Iroke, and there were dwarf blacks and other ethnic minorities in the northern and northeastern mountains.

"Uncle Niu, I think these people's living territories should be very few, and most of them are farms and the like, I have seen a lot in a book written by the master in the "Atlas of the Sea Kingdom", the Tagalog and the Iloke people on Luzon Island are the two largest populations, but there are often conflicts, in addition to a large group is the Tang people, because the Tang people are smarter and hardworking than them, so their two races often unite to plunder and suppress the Tang people."

When Niu Jinda heard this, his face suddenly sank, and he said, "Suppress the Tang people? Is there still that small country in this world that dares to oppress my people of the Tang Dynasty?! ”

Xu Yang heard the smell of gunpowder in Niu Jinda's tone, and hurriedly comforted: "Uncle Niu, don't be angry, let's come this time to help the Tang people on Luzon Island, so that they will never be angry again in the future." ”

Three hours have passed, the only team left has not returned, the sky is already a little dark, the stars are quietly climbing up the western sky, Xu Yang's worry is a little heavier, he knew that he would not let these teams enter the rainforest, after all, he is still a layman, he doesn't understand the danger of the rainforest at all, every time he watches a foreign rainforest adventure show, it is impressive, but the real rainforest is definitely a place that eats people and does not spit out bones.

Don't look at Bei Ye eating this and that in the rainforest, if he is really thrown there without a rescue team and equipment, he will also be eaten.

Niu Jinda's face was also a little gloomy, if the first expedition team lost dozens of good men, this would undoubtedly be a great blow to the enthusiasm of the next expedition.

Finally, he glanced at the grass where the sergeants had entered, but there was still no movement, Niu Jinda shook his head in disappointment, and was about to go back to arrange the aftermath of these people, when he heard a cheer on the shore.

When I looked up, I saw a group of people standing on the shore to board the boat, and there seemed to be a few unfamiliar faces in cloth clothes sitting on the boat