A scout climbed ashore from the water, looked vigilantly to the right and left, and was about to step his legs, when suddenly the reeds cracked and several people jumped out. "What for?" A man asked, pointing the tip of a knife at him.

"The South Curtain reconnaissance did not receive the afterglow at night, and was ordered to cross the river to deliver the letter." The scout said, holding up a shiny metal plaque.

A soldier took it and handed it to the sergeant behind him.

"I said fish belly (Yu Liang's nickname), after all these years, why are you still a non-commissioned officer?"

Half a moment later, behind the grove not far from the river, Yu Liang, who had changed into dry clothes, smiled and sat cross-legged with his old acquaintance Xie Leopard.

"Ahem, I'm not that addicted to officials, and I want to hold my children at home after marrying a wife. This time it's the military intelligence system, otherwise I wouldn't be happy to go out of the mountain!"

Xie Leopard pouted when he heard this: "You said that you were fat and panting, didn't you come here just after watching double salary?"

Yu Liang grinned, and the topic changed: "Brother Xie, to be honest, I wanted to go back when I first came.

These Liao soldiers don't understand anything, they can't do anything, let alone draw maps, even let him say that they can't figure it out in the south, east, west, and northwest. This is also half a year of practice, otherwise go into battle to fight? There are no doors!"

"Don't say that, people are still good. Naro commanding 3,000 men to defend the city is a very man!"

"Yes, if they had more skills, they would definitely be good at fighting. If nothing else, how to survive in this ice and snow is enough for me to open my eyes, and the sleds and snowboards, which are all stories to tell my children and grandchildren when I go back!"

While the two were talking, an officer came up and said, "The horses and the guards are ready, shall we go now?"

Yu Liang looked up and saw that he had the captain's logo on his shoulder, and hurriedly jumped up and saluted. "This is Guo Dashan, deputy of the Jinghai Camp in Dengzhou, and this time we are partners." Xie Leopard said.

Li Dan put 10,000 troops on the bank of the Liao River, and used a company of the Raozhou regiment to match a company of the Dengzhou or Gaizhou troops.

After reorganization and training, the latter has been completely consistent with the Raozhou regiment in terms of structure, rank, uniform, and carrying equipment, except that the color of the uniform is gray-green.

"Now it's time to leave for the shogunate." Guo Dashan said and called two guards over and asked them to accompany Yu Liang to the south curtain (i.e., General Pan Chang's headquarters was called the north curtain). When they set off, Guo Dashan asked, "What's the situation?"

"The Kalas will be by the river tomorrow morning." Xie Leopard spat viciously: "Let's go, let's look at the fortifications again." Damn, I'm so distracted after so many battles!"

Less than four miles from the mouth of the Juliu River that flows into the Liao River, there is a raised mountain bag. It is not tall, the highest point is only three feet, but the north and south are two miles away.

The highest place built a square fort, east and west 100 meters, north and south slightly long, there is a rammed earth foundation mud brick two-storey watchtower in the fort, the top of the building with wood to erect a watchtower, make it the highest building in this radius of dozens of miles.

A soldier in a gray cloth uniform held a monocular and looked northwest, motionless as if something was attracting him, and on his left shoulder was embellished with a pattern of an axe and a folded line, marking his status as a scout and his corporal rank.

"Squad leader, what have you seen, so fascinating?" At the bottom of the tower, another scout took off his soft-brimmed hat with a red cloth strip and dusted it off, put it back on, and looked up again in confusion.

"Hehe, you're afraid the squad leader isn't looking at the girls in the village, right?" The two guards on duty leaned against the wall battlements and looked at haha, the red robes on their bodies had been washed to pink, and they looked very old.

"Get out! This is called a clairvoyant mirror, a guy can see more than ten miles away, much stronger than your two bubbles, you know? This is for the sake of the girls, look at your little bit of interest!" The non-commissioned officer kept his eyes off the mirror and said angrily.

"Okay, I'm shallow-eyed, okay?" The older guard hurriedly said that he obviously did not want to offend this one.

"Look at the new army, dress well, eat well, and use well, this good thing will be our turn, the Year of the Monkey!" The young man looked back and forth with envy at the other person's body.

Not to mention the half-length burqa, it is the solution of the leggings, the satchel, the cowhide projectile box, the horn gunpowder jug, the tin kettle and the cowhide sheath

Wrist daggers, especially self-generated short guns, what don't make people look hot?

"Hungry? Thou shalt scout and not take it away at night." The old man pushed him.

The young pouted, "I have that ......."

"Don't make any noise," said a sudden cry from above, and after a moment he said, "Come, Kalke, and feel ...... There are also twelve miles to the river. You two, hurry up and ring the bell to call the police! Lao Du, send someone to the river to play the flag and tell them to move quickly!"

The alarm bell rings. Outside the fort is a village of dozens of people, including military households, households that have settled in the desert, and even a military household.

At this time, people were busy in the fields, and they were a little stunned when they heard the bell, after all, the bell had not been rung for a long time.

Suddenly, someone pointed to the smoke and dust billowing in the northwest direction, and people began to pack up their farm tools and run home. A few of them were quick enough to pick up their few assets and cross the drawbridge to escape into the fort first.

Although there were only a few dozen guards and inspectors in name, it was behind the wall and much safer than outside.

Taking advantage of the confusion, a scout changed his water and hurried to the watchtower, and the corporal rushed out and looked at him: "You are going?" He handed over a bamboo tube that had been sealed with wax.

"What about you, Deputy Qiban?" The soldier asked worriedly.

"Whatever!" Squad Leader Qi scolded viciously: ", Lao Tzu can only stay here before Squad Leader Yu comes back!" He looked at the other and reached out to pat him on the shoulder:

"Don't worry, at most, they are just wandering outside, people are worried about crossing the Liao River, how can they pay attention to this side? Besides, this fort is surrounded by water on three sides, so you can only go through the north gate. The Kerkaners should not be wasting time here.

Alright, let's go! Let the shogunate get the news as soon as possible, and be careful of the Scout Horse Team of Krkis on the way!"

"Got it!" Before he could finish speaking, the soldier had already run away.

Squad Leader Qi was right, the Kerrs went south along the bank of the Liuhe River, and they didn't have the time to take care of this small fortress twenty miles away. However, there are more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, not to mention that there are 50,000 troops?

Inevitably, a few scouts would come around to make a whistle or show off their riding skills triumphantly.

There was not a single fart in the fortress, and no one showed their heads, which made the knights lose interest, so they left these cowards alone.

They didn't know that this small fortress had a secret mission, and that they would sneak out at night and do everything possible to find out their specific numbers, weapons and equipment, and leading generals and other relevant information, and then send someone to the other side of the river to report.

Yu Liang came back in the middle of the night, swam from the south pond to the opposite bank, was pulled up the wall by the hanging basket, and finally stood wet in front of a captain.

"Damn, do you want me to keep the Kels out of the fort even if I'm all dead? How can this be stopped? Just a hundred brothers in this fort? It would be nice if those guards could take one of them!"

The man had a vicious appearance and a scar on his face, and he was obviously a strong man who had been stained with blood. The deputy Qi Ban glanced at Yu Liang and puffed up his chest:

"Report, the order to the lowly is to be stationed in the fort, so the reconnaissance squad will not leave, and will assist your troops in the defense!"

"I'm not going to go!" Yu Liang grinned: "You can't compare to me in terms of kung fu in the water."

"Alright, alright." The captain waved his hand, "Let's talk about it. What are you doing with a dozen or so people? There are 50,000 on the other side, and everyone will fart in unison and smoke the people in this fort to death!"

The people in the room all laughed, and the captain turned his face to Yu Liang and bowed his hand: "Brother, I thank you, you can leave whenever you want, okay?"

Brother, I will never blame you. I know that you are a veteran of Raozhou, you have to have three long and two short, our brothers in Liaodi are sorry for your family."

"I'm not that easy to die!" Yu Liang said this, but he was still quite moved, and replied: "We have practiced discipline in the Circulars Regiment: bravely move forward when fighting, do not retreat, do not take prisoners, and do not abandon brothers.

Now that the enemy is present, if I go back like this, I won't have the face to see anyone. A letter would immediately expel me, and the whole family would be kicked out of the rest of the job, which was a loss

You can't sell it!"

"Hiss......!" The captain gasped, "No wonder they all say that you are ruthless in your battles and ruthless in your work. That's it! You go back and rest first, and then go out in the middle of the night after the reconnaissance squad, and it will be easier to do things when the Kels are asleep."

An hour later, the reconnaissance squad quietly came out of the north gate and disappeared into the vast darkness. The captain stood in the bucket above the fort gate, holding his hand and looking hard to the northeast.

Although he knew that he could not see anything with his eyes in this big night! But he still tried to watch. In the distance, there was a bright light on the camp of the Kaers, where the night keepers were going.

Even at this hour, it takes a great deal of courage to venture into the location of 50,000 wolves. The captain was both admiring and annoyed by these nights: "Fuck, how did you give birth? They all look like bears and leopards!"

He feared that if he had gone too far and lured the Kaeras over, it would be troublesome. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look behind him, on both sides of the Juliu River, there were lines of torches, and an important project was in full swing.

Eh, you'd better hurry! The captain thought to himself.

The fortress can block the movement on the river bank behind him, but in fact, as long as one of the other scouts is a little curious and closer, he will be surprised to spot the high water and the dam downstream, and then he will have a chance to make a meritorious contribution and avoid a major loss of his own.

Suddenly, the captain's ears moved, and he seemed to hear a noise in the distance. Turning back, there seemed to be a flash of fire in the northeast.

He held his breath and narrowed his eyes. The sparks flashed again. But it was too far away to see what it was. The captain remained motionless.

Suddenly, he seemed to hear the sound of horses' hooves, and hurriedly ordered, "Be on guard! Second row, follow me out of the village!"

The door opened, and the captain rushed to the drawbridge with a platoon. On the left is a small pool of water, and the water surface is like ink on the night without much moonlight, only the water vapor makes people feel its existence.

The river on the right leads to the Mighty River, and the sound of water is murmuring, and the sound of insects and frogs comes and goes. Suddenly, there was silence, and horses' hooves struck the ground with a muffled sound.

The dark figures of the night's inadopters appeared, and the captain breathed a sigh of relief. The soldiers who formed a half-moon formation behind them also became happy. When they crossed the drawbridge, two torches were lit.

"Brothers, take the captives down and bring them in!" Qi Ban's voice said, and someone immediately stepped forward.

"Are they all back?" The captain asked with concern.

"Sergeant Yu is behind."

"What? How did you do that?" The captain complained.

"I thought there was nothing big about him after he broke off, but who knew that the alarm *** was coming!"

"Is he broken alone?"

"Three!"

The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became, pulled his horse and turned over, and then shouted, "All the musketeers follow me!" Unexpectedly, after crossing the suspension bridge and turning onto the village road, I heard the sound of horses' hooves in front of me.

"There are only three horses, so they should be back!" Someone shouted.

Sure enough, three horses appeared in the darkness, but one was empty. The captain's heart sank, and after hearing the password from the person on the other side, he hurriedly shouted, "Hurry up and find a stretcher, Squad Leader Yu is injured!" The crowd hula gathered around.

He put down Yu Liang, who was lying on his back in front of him, and when the torch shone through, he found that an arrow had been shot in his shoulder socket, and the shaft of the arrow had been broken by himself. "It's okay, it's okay, it's not serious!" The captain exhaled.

"You can't die," Yu Liang closed his eyes, his face turned pale, and muttered, "The people of the Chashan Society, if you can't kill them, you have to fight to the end!"

The stretcher came, and seeing Yu Liang being put on and carried away, the captain was relieved, and led the horse back to the fort with everyone. Qi Ban stood in the door, his face full of guilt. The captain patted him on the shoulder and comforted, "It's okay, I can't die." After a pause, he asked, "What is the Tea Mountain Society?"

"Oh, I heard that it is a club in Raozhou, and most of them have joined this club in the group training, in addition to mutual assistance, they also have to help the officials and soldiers, support the royal family, love the people, and maintain the place. How do you ask this?"

"Nothing." The captain commanded, "Stand with the captives

That is, interrogation, and a confession must be brought before dawn!"

"Humble duty understands!"

The two captives, one is the sentry commander and the other is his Nake, which means retinue and companion. The master and servant went out to feed the horses at night, and then sat on the grassy slope to look at the stars, only to be thrown to the ground and brought here.

This old man of Noyan (lord) had a hard mouth, and everyone beat him up to no avail.

Just as he was about to start the punishment, the soldier who took care of Yu Liang ran to say that Squad Leader Yu had a way to make this kid speak.

Everyone was suspicious, watched Yu Liang come out with his wounds wrapped in white gauze, broke up the crowd, talked to the two captives for a quarter of an hour, and then came out with his hands on the wall.

"How?" The captain and the deputy of Qi Ban hurriedly stepped forward.

"Don't hit them, I promise to let them go tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." Yu Liang said weakly, "They have come with 50,000 people, and the Khan will send 10,000 men to continue the siege, and the other 10,000 will go to Wulongling.

Hurry up and tell Lord Fu ...... to beware of General Tong's ...... behind his back." When he said this, he could no longer support it, and as soon as his eyes were dark, his body fell limply to the ground, but fortunately, Deputy Qi Ban and another soldier quickly held it up.

"We have to send someone to get the news out quickly, or it's going to be dawn!" The captain stomped his feet in a hurry.

"I'll go!" Qi Ban said, "Of the few people who remain, I'm okay with my water nature!"

"Take three people, axes and ropes, and if you can't do it, cut down trees and build rafts!"

"Good!" Deputy Qi Ban replied through gritted teeth. He knew that although the river water was not as terrible as in summer, it was not possible for everyone to swim through the turbulent water hundreds of meters wide, and it was better to make a raft, although it was laborious, but it was safer.

"I didn't expect the fish belly to grow into a man!"