Everyone filled the mani pile with a stone, and Yuanmei told me that it was praying for peace, and when I heard this, I couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Li Ruhai and Yuanshou together, spread the map on the ground and studied it carefully, a cigarette of kung fu, Yuanshou whipped the horse, and went straight to the grassland in front of him, and he couldn't see it for a while, Li Ruhai then ordered everyone to get on the horse and walk forward slowly.

Seeing that the sky was gloomy, Li Ruhai had no intention of looking for land to spend the night, until the moon was on the branches, my heart began to beat a drum, this reckless grassland, what if I meet a wolf again? Even though there are two Tibetan mastiffs by his side, with the previous lesson, he still can't help but panic in his heart.

Wait over a small gentle slope, only to see the lights below, a tent set up on the grassland, around a big tent in the middle, facing us standing more than a dozen people, except for Yuan Shou, all of them are young men in their early twenties, unified black clothes and black pants, waist tie plate belt, front hanging box cannon, back Hanyang made, knives and axes are generally Qi, eyes are blazing, obviously all of them are practicing a hundred people, one of them is five short figures, a middle-aged man with a pockmarked face ran to Li Ruhai in a few steps, and said respectfully: "Master, You're coming. ”

Li Ruhai nodded and ordered everyone to dismount, and this person returned his hand and beckoned to the subordinates who followed him: "Quick!" Take the horses and roast the sheep. The man behind him nodded in agreement, led our horses, and began to get busy,

The man then said, "There are twenty people in total, and there are more than fifty people on the road. ”

"How far is this to Gar?" ”

"Half a day's journey on horseback".

Li Ruhai nodded, and introduced to me with his hand: "This is Sun Yuanhu, the owner of the Zhili Banner, speaking of which, he is also a soldier like you. ”

When Sun Yuanhu heard that I was a soldier, he grinned at me and asked, "Which part of the brother?" ”

I was speechless for a while by his question, and I didn't know how to answer, Li Ruhai took the lead and said: "He is a military commander."

"Yo, sir, haha, I'm glad to be there."

According to the rules, I also asked him, "Which unit were you in?" ”

He scratched his head and said with a smile: "Little brother, I can't do it, I can't compare to you as capable, my younger brother studied at the Baoding Military Academy in his early years, and in the fifth phase, he was sent to the military court because he missed a fight with the model regiment and was sent to the military court. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a person who looked similar to him ran over, and he hurriedly introduced to Li Ruhai: "Master, this is my younger brother, Sun Yuanlong." ”

Sun Yuanlong shouted timidly: "Master." ”

Li Ruhai nodded, and Sun Yuanlong said to Sun Yuanhu: "Brother, it's all done, please let them in."

Sun Yuanhu nodded, and led us to the tent.

I walked in the rear, my heart turned over the river and the sea, compared with Sun Yuanhu, I am not even a ruffian, this Baoding Military Academy was founded in the first year of the Republic of China, a total of nine periods, formerly known as the Beiyang Military Academy, it is said that by the end of the twelfth year of the Republic of China, a total of nearly 10,000 officers have been trained, of which more than 1,000 people are now general-level, and even the chairman has studied there. I also know about the fight in the fifth phase that he said.

After the fall of President Yuan Da, his model regiment was inserted into the school and became the sixth batch of students, the fifth phase of the new government and the sixth phase of the royalist party have long been grudges, this is good, put together, for a time to fight in the dark, it is said that the knives, guns and sticks are all on, and finally the War General Yin Chang personally went to Baoding to calm down the matter, these in Zeng Wei country when he was a subordinate, he often told me to listen, and it can be seen that he was also full of yearning for there at that time.

The people who can study in this school are all dragons and phoenixes among people, can such people be willing to work hard for Li Ruhai? I can't help but be a little skeptical.

It seems that this is the temporary camp of the Li family, and there is a fire outside, on which a half-cooked whole sheep is set up, and some people are constantly turning and sprinkling materials, and the air is filled with the smell of meat.

The tent was lit with oil lamps, as bright as day, and tables were set up along the tent, and everyone sat on the floor, which was covered with felt and sheepskin, soft and comfortable.

As soon as Li Ruhai entered the tent room, he was invited to the main seat of the opposite door, and the rest of the people sat next to him in turn, I and Yidaoping were outsiders, he sat on the left side of the door with two dogs, and I sat on the right, similar to the two doors, where Sun Yuanhu was loyal to Li Ruhai, and we turned a deaf ear, and raised my nose with Guori and Chili to smell the meat outside.

Finally waited until the roasted whole sheep was on the table, because they were not Tibetans, so they simply cut it and served it on a large plate, everyone poured good wine, Sun Yuanhu picked up the bowl and was about to toast everyone with the friendship of the landlord, but he was held down by Li Ruhai beside him.

Li Ruhai said: "Before drinking, let's talk about the form in front of you."

Sun Yuanhu was stunned for a moment, hurriedly put down the bowl and said: "Master, the Germans arrived about ten days ago, although they are well equipped, but there are not many people, the previous expedition plus the recently arrived SS, there are only forty-three people in total, but because they released the wind before, so there are a lot of Chinese, except for some running gangs, there are currently three forces involved."

The first is the Northwest Hu Mad Dog, although he is not many, but all of them are ruthless people, just arrived here on the first day, killed two people, now the limelight, the second is the Zhang family in northern Sichuan, the leader is their second master, Zhang Tianlei, they came the most, but also the earliest, a total of more than 20 people, at first Zhang Tianlei said, this job they Zhangjia Bao, but who knew that Hu Mad Dog came to kill the two of them, the two sides are now sabre-rattling, due to Zhang Tianlei's lack of pre-estimate, with all the coolies who work, So I didn't dare to attack Hu Mad Dog for a while.

Then it's our Li family, but I heard that in addition to me, some flag owners came by themselves, including Huang Si, the flag master of Guangdong, Meng Guanghai, the flag master of Guangxi, and the flag master of northern Sichuan."

Halfway through his speech, he found that Li Ruhai was staring at him directly, and he quickly swallowed back his words in fright.

Li Ruhai sighed and said: "In these years, the sake is popular, the wealth is moving, those flag owners are here for money, and I can't say anything, like this" Saying that, I saw him take out a thing from his close-fitting leather bag, red, it seems to be a small stick made of red flannel, as soon as this thing came out, Yuanshou and Yuanmei, including Sun Yuanhu, all widened their eyes, and I stared curiously at a glance, but I couldn't see why.

Li Ruhai unfolded the small stick little by little, it turned out to be a small flag made of red flannel, after unfolding, it was about two palms wide, and there were many small bells sewn on the side, he spread the flag on the table and handed it to Sun Yunhu: "After eating in a while, you take the flag and invite them, let them bring people and tents, and see me here tomorrow." ”

The moment he took over the flag, Sun Yuanhu's face showed a little joy, and then he returned to normal and asked, "Master, what should I do now?" ”

Li Ruhai thought for a while and said: "Don't be busy first, come and let me introduce you to someone, Xiaofeng, come here."

Confused, I got up and walked up to him, and he took a small brocade box from his leather bag and handed it to me and said, "It's time for this thing to be returned to its rightful owner."

After I took the small box and opened it, there was a small jade tube inside, with a red rope on the top, which seemed to be able to be hung around the neck, and there were runes engraved on top of it, I held it in my hand, and looked at it for a long time, the more I looked at it, the more I felt that this tube was more like a small whistle, and I looked at Li Ruhai with a puzzled face in my hand.

I saw Sun Yuanhu and Yuanshou and Yuanmei staring at the things in my hand with wide eyes, especially Sun Yuanhu, looking at that look eager to snatch it over, Li Ruhai smiled slightly and said: "Our Li family has a flag, your Lei family has a whistle, this whistle is a token of your Lei family's convening of the other eight families, when I arrived at the Lei family, the old lady Lei was still holding it tightly in his hand when he was dying, and now it is finally deserved, everyone, this is the head of the Lei family, Lei Xiaofeng." ”

As soon as he heard this, there was an uproar in the tent, and the eyes of Yuanshou and Yuanmei felt like they were about to pop out, and Sun Yuanhu glanced at me with a look that he couldn't tell whether he was disappointed or resentful, and then changed to an extremely flattering smile, stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Brother Xiaofeng sits back in charge today, congratulations, he will have a place for his brother in the future, despite the order, the sword mountain and the sea of fire, he will not hesitate." ”

I smiled at him and thought to myself, "Why is this thing so important?" Now the Lei family is just me, what are the eight outer families, the eight inner families, it is estimated that even if I blow and vomit blood, it would be good to be able to come and see the excitement for one and a half, which one is Li Ruhai singing? If you don't give it early or late, you just give it at this time.

Li Ruhai squinted, as if he saw through my thoughts, and said a few words in Yuanshou's ear, Yuanshou nodded and got up and went out, after a while, he came in with a piece of paper and spread it on the table, Li Ruhai said to me: "Lei Dangjia, a war here is a matter of life and death for you and me, and please let Lei Dangjia blow the whistle." ”

I looked at him, and then looked at the jade tube in my hand, and was about to put it in my mouth, Li Ruhai waved his hand at me and said: "That's not the case, come, the old man will explain it to you in detail, this jade tube is called a whistle, but it is not a real whistle, you just need to smear the blood on the jade tube and roll it lightly on this paper, and I will arrange for someone to transmit this paper out." ”

While speaking, Yuanshou handed me a scalded needle, I took the needle and thought for a moment, pricked my fingers, and did it again with what Li Ruhai taught, only to see the jade tube rolling around on the paper, and gradually formed a blood-red picture, take a closer look, the middle of the picture is composed of various graphics of thunder characters, and the thunder words are full of runes next to them.

Li Ruhai handed the paper to Yuan Shou, stood up and said with a serious expression: "Today, my Li family is waving the flag, the Lei family is whistling, the two families work together, everyone is a person who knows the times, and after a hundred years, our two families will join forces again, and it is inevitable to win. ”

After hearing this, Sun Yuanhu's face was blue and white for a while, I saw that I had nothing to do, hung the jade tube around my neck, returned to my seat stupidly, and raised the wine bowl to me with a sneering face, I glanced at him in frustration, picked up the bowl and drank it all.

The whole body was filled with a sense of shame of being teased, and finally knew why Li Ruhai had to bring me here, it was all to give him Li Jiazhuang's reputation, and it was estimated that the piece of paper would have to be thrown away by him after a while.

Li Ruhai commanded: "Map."

Yuanshou hurriedly spread out the map in front of him, he squinted at the map for a while and asked Sun Yuanhu: "Where are they now?" ”

Sun Yuanhu pointed on the map, and Li Ruhai was silent for a moment and asked, "How far has it progressed now?" ”

"Although the Germans have already determined the place, it may be completely different from what they expected before, so they temporarily transferred the equipment from the other side of the mountain, and just arrived today and are assembling it, and it is estimated that the construction will start the day after tomorrow at the latest." ”

Li Ruhai pondered for a moment, then suddenly got up and instructed Sun Yuanhu: "Immediately send a reliable person, now go to Hu Mad Dog, and say that if he beats Zhang Tianlei, our Li family will help with all our might, and the only reward is what the Germans dug up, and we want half of it." ”

Not only Sun Yuanhu, everyone here was stunned after hearing these words, I said in my heart that this old man is crazy? Hu Mad Dog killed Hua Yun, it doesn't count, he still despises your Li family so much, and now he actually takes the initiative to go to the door to find someone to help, isn't this a hot face to stick a cold ass?

Li Ruhai saw that Sun Yuanhu didn't react, glared at him, Sun Yuanhu seemed to be electrified, quickly jumped up, and arranged for someone to find Hu Mad Dog.

When Sun Yuanhu came back, Li Ruhai then said to him: "Tomorrow, you will personally invite Zhang Tianlei to come, and let him come before dark the day after tomorrow, and say that I am waiting for him here, and nothing else is allowed." ”

Everyone was stunned, Sun Yuanhu stared at Li Ruhai and nodded again and again in reply.

From beginning to end, he had been holding the dog and drinking, picked up the wine bowl, and whispered: "The snipe and the clam fight." ”

I don't care about what kind of trick Li Ruhai used now, but I think Sun Yuanhu's fleeting smile just now is very interesting, it turns out that the Li family is not completely monolithic, and the relationship between the flag owners seems to be very delicate, I really don't know how this old man manages people.

Li Ruhai finished arranging and said, "Yuanhu, you take down the things and eat them, I'm a little tired." ”

Sun Yuanhu hurriedly agreed, and glanced at his subordinates, several people carried and moved, and moved the banquet outside, everyone sat on the grass, after Sun Yuanhu was busy, he took the order flag and left, the Yuanshou brothers and sisters sat inexplicably dumbfounded, their faces were at a loss, and I and Yidaoping were full of oil.

After all, no matter how Li Ruhai tosses, it is his Li family's business, and it has nothing to do with me, I just want them to finish the matter quickly, and go to pick up the second master early, whether it is a hidden world or a deserter, anyway, I won't wade into this troubled water.

Eat and drink enough, I and a knife were arranged in a tent, a tent, there are two iron tube beds in it, secretly happy in my heart, glad that I don't have to sleep on the ground anymore, but I was happy too early, the second master's snoring I thought it was scary enough, I didn't expect to be a small thing compared with a knife, the most exaggerated thing is that not only people snore, even dogs snore, obviously the two of them slew, but it was a cry, plus the heart was really awkward, simply got up and got out of the tent, planning to make it convenient, smoke a cigarette.

In addition to the sound of insects in the whole camp, there was one snoring after another, and except for three or four night watchmen outside, only Yuanmei sat on the ground in a daze.

I walked over and startled her, and when I saw that it was me, I turned my head expressionlessly, and I sat next to her and was about to speak, but she preemptively said, "Is there any wine?" ”

I was stunned for a moment, then stood up and asked a young man who was on vigil, he pointed out the tent where the rations were placed, I walked over to explain the intention to the person in charge of the tent, and the man generously went in and took a bag full of barley wine and handed it to me, and said to me with a smile: "Master Lei, if you want anything, just give it to you", I smiled and nodded, handed him a cigarette, turned around and walked back to give the wine to Yuanmei.

She opened the lid, tilted her neck, and poured it violently, then choked and coughed, I waited for her to put down the wine bag, and asked softly, "What's wrong with you?" ”