During the first month, a heavy snowfall hit the entire western part of China. The temperature plummeted, and it was even colder than the coldest time of the year. On the bank of the Huangsha River at the northern foot of Dajian Mountain, outside a transfer station repaired by an abandoned outpost, the fierce north wind carried snowflakes, and the faces of the people who fluttered hurt their faces. The withered yellow grass on the ground was lying southward, and even the jackdaws that occasionally flew in the sky seemed to be oppressed by the cold weather and did not dare to make a sound, flapping their wings and throwing themselves towards the mountains and forests to the south very quickly.

The Huangsha River is located in the northeast direction of Jiangyou, along the Huangsha River to the west can directly reach the ancient city station, and then more than ten miles to the west is the capital city of Long'an Mansion Pingwu. From Pingwu City down the Fujiang River to Zhangming, and then turn northwest along the Shiquan River to reach Shiquan, which is very close to Maozhou on the bank of the Min River.

After the convoy of people and horses transferred to the first line of the Minjiang River, the north of the river was Songpan Hall. That is where Liu Xian avoided Gansu and went straight to Qinghai.

Along the way, the most dangerous part of the road is along the northern foot of Dajian Mountain. Therefore, Zhang Zhongkui and Li Xueming, who were the first to open, directly arranged three transfer stations at the northern foot of Dajian Mountain, which was less than 100 miles away.

Each transfer station is equipped with a squadron of troops. Although the three squads of this squadron were all taken apart and pieced together.

Contains: a musket squad, a hand-to-hand combat squad, a recruit squad, plus a squadron department.

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The cantonment of a squadron is already a standard fortress in terms of the Qin army's combat regulations. Even though the soil cement produced in Hanzhong cannot be used in the cold winter, the civil fortifications are very thick, and after pouring water and freezing, the small cannons may not be moved. Zhou is also surrounded by a wall seven feet high, and is equipped with two small mountain splitting cannons, although it is an old item that the main battle troops have replaced, but it is also much more powerful than a gun.

The wind was biting cold and the snow was falling. Gusts of wind blew snow and swept on the face, like a knife cutting meat, which was unbearable. But military law is like a mountain, and when it's your turn to stand guard, no one can take it.

Wu Dekai is 23 years old this year, a native of Henan, Han nationality, and has been in the army for two years.

Originally, the family was also in a well-off situation, and he had married a wife and had children, and his life was steady. But the thieves are like combs, the soldiers are like grates, and the impact of the resurgence of the twisted army on the land of Henan is too great, I don't know how many families have died because of this, and his family has not been spared. Parents died, brothers were separated, and a pair of children all died. If it weren't for the good fortune of encountering the Qin army's containment team, he and his wife would not have survived for a few more days.

After Wu Dekai became a soldier, because of his courage in combat and excellent military skills, he has now become a sergeant major of his squadron. Ten taels of silver in a month was enough for his wife who moved to Hanzhong without worrying about food and clothing. A family that was about to be annihilated has been revitalized. Like Tan Fusheng, Wu Dekai is also a loyal supporter of the Qin army.

Standing guard on a snowy day is an absolute hard job. But the officer may be a little lazy, but the sergeant major must definitely lead by example. Take the lead in enduring hardships and stand hard work!

Rounds every three days. There are 100 people in the whole station, and he is the one with the highest density on duty.

There was a "pop ......" sound. Two people walked out of the small room at the checkpoint. He wears a thick leather hat on his head. He was wrapped tightly in a cotton coat and wore a pair of leather gloves on his hands.

"Sergeant Major, Dawen. You two are back, let's come. ”

The other soldier shivered in the early cold, and the other soldier immediately came to his senses when he heard this. "Okay, changing the guard." As he spoke, he slipped into the open room.

"Keep your eyes open and observe carefully." Wu Dekai gave a slight command, and walked into the room as quickly. The raging fire emitted heat, and the billowing heat hit his face, making Wu Dekai let out a heartfelt ** as soon as he entered the house.

"Sergeant Major, drink tea."

There were also two people in the hut, and one of them was the squad leader of this duty squad.

It is easy to relax the nerves in a warm environment. Wu Dekai's eyelids drooped, and he didn't know when he had fallen asleep. Until someone woke him up.

"Sergeant Major, someone's coming." The squad leader on duty patted Wu Dekai on the shoulder and shouted. "Somebody's coming. There are people out there. ”

The sleepy insect instantly dissipated from Wu Dekai's mind, and as soon as he got up, grabbed the knife and gun, Wu Dekai rushed out of the door.

The snow on the gravel-paved avenue had accumulated more than half a foot thick, and it was long lost to see what it had been. The snow was falling in front of him, and a black flag of the Qin army was revealed from Rude's strength, and then a group of convoys slowly came into view of Wu Dekai, and a large flag of the logistics department fluttered in front of the convoy.

"The 3rd Transport Brigade, the 1st Squadron 2nd Squad?"

"A squad?" Wu Dekai exclaimed in surprise. "Dawen, go and report to the captain immediately. All muskets and grenades ready—"

Since Bell helped Liu Xian recruit a 'chemical talent' who can make the best products, Liu Xian's team has not only gradually eliminated the old arquebuses, but also eliminated the professional grenadiers.

**, the production of the wire-type fuse, the development progress of the Qin army's grenade has been completely comparable to the border area during the Anti-Japanese War, and is suitable for the universal use of soldiers in the whole army. The specialized grenadiers had to disappear into the formation of the Qin army.

"Wasn't it all one squadron at a time before? How did it become a squad? The squadron leader's name is Liao Wenhui, and he was surprised when he heard Dawen's report.

"The number of horses and carriages is also very small. It's like a dozen cars—"

"Ring the bell. All assembled, on guard—"

It is a very compact thing to transfer materials to Songpan Hall. That time the convoy came, not a squadron of 100 or more carts and horses?

Now not only is there an unusual squad formation, but there are only a dozen carriages, isn't this? Liao Wenhui was immediately alert.

The only reason why he didn't directly push the garrison to 'combat readiness' was that he really didn't believe that there was any bandit and bandit in the Dajian Mountain in front of him who could have the strength to eat a transport team with a complete squadron of the logistics department in one bite.

It should be clear that a transport squadron has not only thirty wagons with sixty fighters, but also a thoroughbred combat squad mixed with infantry and cavalry. Even if the combat effectiveness of those sixty transport soldiers is not very strong, with a combat team as the middle, with the transport soldiers, this combat power can also level the Great Sword Mountain.

You must know that this is northern Sichuan, not southern Sichuan and eastern Sichuan, where the Taiping Army is rampant.

It has been three years since Chen Decai's Western Expeditionary Army and the Blue Zhou Righteous Army left Hanzhong and entered Sichuan.

It was the original 300,000 Taiping troops that entered Sichuan, leaving behind a lot of 'historical problems', and it would not be a problem for three years.

There are only a small group of bandits and bandits scattered in Dajian Mountain, and they don't have the strength to eat up a squadron of transport teams at all.

As for all the bandits uniting, it is also impossible. Because if they dared to unite, the news would have been reported to Hanzhong by the intelligence department long ago.