Tang Gouer, a native of Tangjiazhai in Changding Township.

Tang Gou'er is now just eighteen years old, but he begged his daughter-in-law three years ago, and now he has two babies, and his parents in their early forties, plus a sister-in-law and a nephew, a family of eight.

Originally, Tang Gou'er had a big brother, who was arrested by the government not long ago to serve in labor, and then he didn't come back, and the burden of this family of eight naturally fell on Tang Gou'er.

Although Tang Gou'er's family has more than 50 acres of land, the main laborers in the family are him, his wife and sister-in-law.

Parents in their 40s are relatively old and unable to support heavy labor.

The Tang family was poor, there were no cattle and horses to help cultivate the fields, and the cultivation relied on two pairs of hands.

These 60 stone of rice and grain are subject to all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and in the end, no more than 20 stone can be left.

Even if the Tang family saves no matter how much they save it, they have to have ten catties of rice grain a day to support it, and the family has worked hard in the fields for a year, which is just barely enough to fill their stomachs.

Buying clothes and buying salt is also a lot of money, and as for the three children in the family to go to school, it is unthinkable.

Tang Gou's daughter-in-law's sister-in-law was married in Qinghe Village, because now the situation in Qinghe Village is getting better and better, and the daughter-in-law's sister-in-law goes back to Qinghe Village from time to time to bring some rice, grain, salt and so on back to her parents' house.

Tang Gou'er's daughter-in-law returned to her parents' house, and the eldest brother knew that her situation was not very good, so he gave a part of the Tang family the things that his daughter-in-law brought back from Qinghe Village.

Although there is a twofold relationship, the excellent treatment of Qianyuanwei in Qinghe Village made Tang Gou'er's eyes hot, and he cheekily entrusted his eldest sister-in-law to see if he could go back to Qinghe Village and let himself join Qianyuanwei.

How many things can be grown on these 50 acres of land alone, and when the children grow up and eat more, they will definitely not be able to support it.

Tang Gou'er didn't know if it was because of the relationship between his uncle and sister-in-law, anyway, when Qianyuanwei recruited two thousand reserves, he successfully passed the test, entered Qianyuanwei, and became a member of Qianyuanwei's reserves.

Don't look at it as just a reserve of Qianyuanwei, but the treatment is also quite good, one tael a month, plus one stone of rice grain, the team members eat all-inclusive, and the money and rice can be taken home.

In addition to Tang Gou'er's big stomach, one tael of silver and one stone of rice grain is completely enough for seven people in the family.

Moreover, 50 acres of poor land was leased to Chu He, and the rent of two stone rice grains a month was much more cost-effective than the previous family farming in the fields.

Nowadays, Tang Gou's daughter-in-law and sister-in-law usually help others sew clothes and the like, and they can also raise some chickens, ducks and goats.

The sum of such a messy income is about one and a half pieces of silver and two or three stones of rice grain a month, and the situation is getting better and better.

Now on the contrary, the Tang family helps relatives and friends from time to time, and Tang Gou'er even discussed with his daughter-in-law and sister-in-law, and when he saved twenty taels of silver, he tried to send his children to the school.

However, Tang Gou'er was not satisfied, because he was only the reserve of the Qianyuan Guard, and the real Qianyuan Wei was treated much better than him.

Qianyuanwei, two taels of silver a month, plus two stones of rice grain, and the elite guards who have become a double golden bell jar have an income of three taels of silver and three stones of rice grain, which is enough for a family of twenty people.

The team leader is treated better, Tang Gou'er doesn't dare to expect that he can become an elite guard or a team leader, and becoming a formal hidden abyss guard is his biggest dream.

Therefore, Tang Gouer is extremely serious and hard working in the training process.

However, the other Abyss Guard reservists also think the same way as him, everyone has worked hard to train and cultivate, and they can become the Abyss Guard, after all, they are a minority, until now, Tang Gou'er is still an ordinary Abyss Guard reserve.

After waiting for a long time, Tang Gou'er waited for the reserves of the Abyss Guard, and finally waited for a good news, they had the opportunity to become the real Abyss Guard!

Two days ago, Tang Gou'er received a notice from the captain of the reserve squad that he would not need to train in the afternoon, but would gather at the training ground to receive the training of Captain Chu He.

The great name of Chu River Chu Qianyuan, Tang Gou'er is extremely familiar, although he has not seen Chu He a few times, he knows that everything he has now is given by the captain of Chu River.

Before training, during training, after training, before eating, before going to bed, anyway, within a day, Tang Gou'er has to repeat this sentence at least twenty times:

"Our food was given by Captain Chu He, our clothes were given by Captain Chu He, and the good life we have now is also given by Captain Chu He. We must be loyal to Captain Chu He and not hesitate to pay with our lives!"

Seeing Chu He appear on the training ground, looking at this strange but extremely familiar figure, Tang Gou'er subconsciously thought of this sentence.

Even he didn't understand why he felt that Captain Chu He made him extremely admired and admired.

Tang Gou'er didn't have any culture, he only saw that Captain Chu He called all the three thousand Qianyuan Guards to the training ground, and said a lot of things with exciting words that made people feel their blood boiling.

After Tang Gou'er listened, he understood one thing, that is, Captain Chu He had a task to give him.

As long as you complete the task, you can become a hidden abyss guard, and you can get more rice and silver.

Tang Gou'er's entry into the Qianyuanwei is nothing more than two words: money and rice! Officially, the Qianyuanwei, the rice and grain are twice as much as the reserves!

The opportunity is in front of him, and Tang Gou'er already feels that no matter what, he must complete the task assigned by Captain Chu He.

Even if he dies, he is not afraid, Captain Chu He said that not only will he be paid a year's military salary as a pension, but he will also support his family until their children reach adulthood!

Tang Gou'er felt that it was really worth it to be able to exchange so much money for his cheap life.

You don't see his eldest brother, he was dragged by the government to serve in labor, and the body can't be recovered, and the government hasn't even paid him a penny pension!

There are not a few who think the same way as Tang Gou'er.

After Captain Chu He's lecture, the team did not continue training, but announced that they would take a day off tomorrow and officially carry out the task the day after tomorrow.

When Tang Gou'er returned home, he first took his daughter-in-law and children to the market outside Qinghe Village to buy cloth, and some snacks that children like to eat, and even bought toys such as drums for the children for the first time, and finally cut two catties of fat meat, and the family had a good meal of meat at night.

Early the next morning, Tang Gou'er habitually got up early, but he didn't expect his wife to get up earlier than him.

The two did not wake up the old man and the child, and his wife silently dressed Tang Gou'er, and then stood by the door, silently watching Tang Gou'er go away.

The 3,000 Qianyuanwei were almost ninety percent out of the time on this day, and only about 300 people were left to be responsible for maintaining law and order in Qinghe Village and various homeless settlements.

Tang Gou'er acted with his 28th squad, this squad had 100 people, of which it was divided into 10 and 20 soldiers, Tang Gou'er was a chief, with two soldiers and nine subordinates.

As the team leader left Changding Township and entered the scope of Wuqing Township, Tang Gou'er knew that the task of their trip was to suppress a group of mountain bandits entrenched in ** Ridge.

The squad leader, Shi Hanming, is actually also from a mud leg.

However, these detachment commanders are relatively easy to use, and they have received special strategic training, knowing that before the war, they must mobilize the soldiers so that their soldiers can exert stronger combat effectiveness.

He subconsciously imitated the posture and expression of Chu He when he was teaching, his eyes swept majestically over the soldiers under his command, and then pointed to a low mountain range in the distance, and said in a deep voice: "Have you seen it, this is ** Ridge!"

"On the ** Ridge, there is a group of mountain bandits, who are murderous by nature, I don't know how many villagers have been harmed, and our first task is to solve this group of mountain bandits. ”

He paused for a moment and glanced at everyone again: "According to the information we have received, there are more than 300 people in this group of mountain bandits, all of whom are young and strong, and we are only 100 people, I wonder if you have the confidence to exterminate them?"

Everyone in the detachment habitually shouted in unison: "Yes!"

Shi Hanming nodded and said with satisfaction: "Of course we have this confidence!"

"We train for six hours a day, and we eat five catties of rice grain a day and three taels of meat!"

"We have the supreme golden bell jar taught by Captain Chu, we have all kinds of combat skills and means taught by Captain Chu, we can set traps, and we have sharp knives, shields, armor, spears, and steel bows given by Captain Chu!"

His voice suddenly mentioned: "These hundreds of mountain bandits, apart from the number of people, what else is there?"

Shi Hanming's face showed an extremely confident look, and then he said loudly: "If we can't even solve these hundreds of mountain bandits, then we don't want to become a real hidden abyss guard, and we don't even have the face to continue to occupy the position of this reserve!"

"Captain Chu also thinks that we will win! Therefore, Captain Chu told me that this battle must not only be won, but also won beautifully!"

"Captain Chu also has a saying, strategically despise the enemy, tactically attach importance to the enemy! Although we firmly believe that we can win, we must not despise the enemy. ”

"In order to better complete the first task, everyone will tell me, how can I take this group of bandits lightly?"

Tang Gou'er's heart suddenly moved, and he raised his hand and said, "Captain Shi, my subordinates remember that Captain Chu said that fighting with people is actually no different from hunting. ”

"We can first send people to find out the situation in ** Ridge, or find the mountain people to inquire clearly, and then try to lay a trap to lure the mountain bandits out. ”

The captain of Chu he was talking about was not Chu He, but Chu Wu.

Qianyuanwei is divided into two teams, Jiang Wei and Chu Wu are both captains, and there are squadrons and squads under them, and then Shi and Wu.

Chu He did not clarify his position, and the three thousand Qianyuan Guards basically called Chu He the captain of Chu.

Shi Hanming looked at Tang Gou'er with satisfaction, nodded and said, "That's right! You guy, you still have a bit of brains, if you succeed in exterminating the mountain bandits, I will definitely give you a credit!"

"In that case, the task of finding out the news will be entrusted to you. Remember our rules, it's okay to find villagers to help, don't force them, Captain Chu said, the villagers of Wuqing Township will be our people sooner or later. ”

"As for the mountain bandits, as long as they dare to resist, they must not be merciful. In order to complete the task, no matter how many mountain bandits are killed, they will not hesitate!"

For Shi Hanming's words, the people in the team can understand.

Their idea is very simple, since Captain Chu He helped Wuqing Township clean up the mountain bandits and wanderers, Wuqing Township will definitely belong to Captain Chu He.

It's like in Huyaling, the hunting ground cleared by which village must belong to which village, and if the hunters of other villages enter the hunting grounds cleared by others, they will definitely fight.

The task of finding out the news was handed over to Tang Gou'er, and the other team members were not idle, and set a time for gathering, so they took what as a unit, and each of them diverged out, figuring out the nearby terrain situation, and choosing the location of the ambush.

Tang Gou'er took over the task, and then discussed with his subordinates, it happened that a subordinate named Tang Gou'er was from the same village as Tang Gou'er, and he had a cousin who used to live in a small village not far from **Ling.

**This group of mountain bandits in Ling has existed for many years, and it is not because of the lack of rice and grain that they have fallen into the grass recently.

These old bandits are an important target of the Chu River.

Those who have only recently fallen into the grass have the possibility of transformation, mainly to subdue and solicit.

Listening to Tang Dog, the people of this small village have long hated this group of mountain bandits, and many villagers died at the hands of **Lingshan bandits, which finally forced this small village to move farther away.

As long as you find them, you can definitely ask about the geography of **ling and the number of mountain bandits, etc.

Tang Gou'er was as good as a stream, and let the others scatter to find out the news, while he took Tang Gou's cub to find his cousin.

The mountain village where Tang Dog's cousin lived, Tang Dogcub had come once before, identified the direction, and spent a little time to get to the outside of the mountain village.

Outside the mountain village, there is a three- or four-meter-high fence made of wood, and a simple platform has been built at the entrance, and the gate is closed, and there are four young men with hunting bows guarding it.

Listen to Tang Dog cub said, the old people, women and children in this mountain village were killed a lot by **Lingshan bandits, most of them moved here, the number is not large, there are no fields, but hunting-oriented, all are fierce, and the lone **Lingshan bandits are directly shot.

If you don't know the details, you may even think that this village is a den of thieves.

The entrance of the village is open, the trees have been cut down, and it is difficult to hide their whereabouts.

"Who is here?"

The four hunters shouted loudly, and the hunting bows in their hands were also facing Tang Gou'er and Tang Dog Cub squarely.

Don't look at theirs as hunting bows, but at a glance, you can tell that they are made of iron jujube wood and tough animal tendons, and they are definitely two-stone bows and arrows.

The reserves of the Qianyuan Guard have not been trained into the Golden Bell Jar.

Tang Gou'er is a long man, and he already has the qualifications to wear armor, but the leather armor on his body is only inlaid with iron pieces at the vital point, and once he is shot by a hunting bow in a place where there is no iron plate, he will also be injured.

"We have no malicious intent! We are from Tangjiazhai in Changding Township, and we are here to find Liu Sanzi's cousin. ”

Tang Gou'er was not reckless, and Tang Gou'er put away his blades, raised his hands to show that he had no malice, said loudly, and slowly approached the gate of the village.

The hunters on the gate of the village were not careless, drank Tang Gou'er and Tang Dog Cub, and then asked Tang Dog Cub's name, one of the young men turned around and went down the balcony and went back to the village to find Liu Sanzi.

Now that there are more and more mountain bandits, and the homeless people are also constantly pouring into Datong County, the people of Liefeng Village will not let Tang Gou'er and them enter the village casually.

The three of them stared at Tang Gou'er and Tang Dog's cub, obviously as soon as something was wrong, the sharp arrows in their hands would shoot mercilessly towards the two of them!