"Jingle bell."

"Jingle bell."

"Jingle bell."

The crisp sound of the hoe striking the ore deposit makes this mountain forest look particularly lively.

The small crater that could only be climbed into is now more than a man high.

The entrance to the cave is two meters wide and is erected with logs.

Going inward, the middle of the tunnel has also been extending the log support inward.

This is to prevent the top of the pit from collapsing.

At this moment, in the tunnel, there are countless mining slaves in groups of more than a dozen people, and they are constantly grabbing the ore on the pit wall with a pickaxe.

At the bottom is a basket woven of bamboo strips, and when a basket is filled, someone will send out a basket, and there is an endless stream.

In addition to these native slaves, there were five soldiers every three hundred meters in the tunnel, in fact, the number of soldiers was a group of twenty at the beginning, but after such a long time, Liu Bolun found that these native people were very obedient.

Therefore, the number of non-commissioned guards was reduced.

Rumble.

Suddenly, the earth shook and the mountains shook.

The natives in the tunnel were frightened, and the soldiers were already eager to run away.

"The earth dragon has turned over, go quickly!"

Earthquakes on Ryukyu Island are frequent, and although the soldiers are used to earthquakes as if they were on a ship, this is in the tunnel, and if the landslide is buried, it will be a dead word.

The soldiers ran out of the silver mines, but the natives who stood in the way cut them to the ground with their knives.

For a moment, wails filled the tunnels.

In a short time, all the soldiers ran out, and the natives rushed out of the mine like black rats.

The earth is still shaking.

Rolling stones.

Smoke and dust everywhere.

The earthquake lasted longer than the soldiers had ever experienced before, and it was quite a scene.

Even Liu Polun, who was transporting a batch of supplies from Tsushima Island to the docks of Jiangingun, was aware of it.

"Stop the boat! Wait for the dragon to turn over and end up on the shore. ”

With Liu Bolun's order, the flag-bearer on the ship kept waving the flag to the follow-up ships.

Standing at the highest point of the deck, Liu Bolun looked at the dock and frowned.

"How many people are on duty in the mine today?"

Liu Bolun asked, and the first mate beside him flipped over the notepad and replied.

"Five hundred and twenty-four."

Liu Polun's heart tightened: "I just hope they will be fine, otherwise it will be a bit too much of a loss." ”

"General."

The first mate wanted to speak and stopped, Liu Bolun glanced at him: "If you have something to say, just say it." ”

"General, the last general thinks that after this delivery of supplies, whether to let those soldiers return to the team, now that Hu Junshou has arrived, and there are two thousand soldiers of the Eagle Strike Army, the task of taking care of the slaves should be handed over to them."

Liu Polun glanced at the first mate: "What you said is reasonable, but don't say it again next time, if your words today are known by the king, you will lose your head." ”

"The last general. The Last General"

"Okay, what you mean will be understood, but I and Hu Junshou of Jianyin County are all colleagues, so there is no need to separate you and me, go down."

"No!"

The first mate stepped back from deck and returned to the rudder.

Liu Bolun glanced at him and muttered: "Ideological construction has declined a little recently, and it is time to rectify it. ”

After a while, the shaking on the island gradually subsided.

Liu Bolun waved the flag, and fourteen sailing boats began to approach the pier.

The supplies would not be unloaded for a while, so Liu Bolun ordered all the crew to disembark and help the navy guarding the dock to repair.

Everything is good on this island, except that earthquakes are too frequent.

Repairing the dock and transporting supplies, Liu Bolun's fleet stayed here for two days, and the people who stayed in the mine were fine, there were no casualties, but the natives were killed and injured more than 100, and most of them were trampled to death.

However, the natives are not considered human in the eyes of the people who came from Wuhuan now, as long as Zhang Qi does not change the identity of the natives, then they will only be slaves for the rest of their lives.

In order to prevent the death and injury of soldiers in the mine, Liu Bolun reduced the garrison of 500 people to 300 people, and changed from regional supervision to mobile patrols, with 100 people at a time, rotating three shifts a day.

Although the symptoms are incurable, the possible casualties are also minimized.

And so the days passed.

It wasn't until a letter came from Kaori that the Ryukyu Island's approach to the management of native slaves began to change.

Slave to slave.

——

"What do you say? A Hun cavalry took advantage of the night to pass through the defense line of Gongsun Ao on the left and arrived at the rear, severely invading Li Guang's department?! ”

Huo Quzhi looked at the herald who was gasping for breath, and his face was full of shock.

"And then!"

Huo Qu was sick and hurriedly asked, he was not worried about Li Guang, he was worried about his uncle Wei Qing.

As the commander of this expedition, Wei Qing's Chinese army and Li Guang's rear army are only ten miles away.

"The Huns launched an attack in the early hours of the morning, and after a blow, the rear army roared into camp, and they took advantage of the darkness to disappear, and now they have not found any trace."

Huo Qu breathed a sigh of relief unkindly, but his mind turned and he looked at Li Ze, Yulinlang, who was with him.

"Li Ze! You take a thousand people to keep the speed forward, and the others come with me! ”

The Huns began to move, since his uncle only let him wander on the right side, then he simply wandered faster, to see if there was a chance to find an opportunity in the battle formation, in the miracle of merit!

The number of 3,000 people is a little less, but there is a small advantage, that is, the mobility is fast, Huo Qubing left 1,000 people to continue to guard the right side of the Chinese army, and he took 2,000 people to speed up.

"Hahaha, happy, King Temujin, it's a pleasure to fight with you, come and go like the wind, those Han people can't imagine that we are back again!"

In the grassland, Kan Wutu, the eldest son of the king of Xulu, rode on a horse and laughed.

The current Ministry of Law has completely surrendered to Hu Shui and has become a part of his account.

Hu Shui shook his head and chuckled, if it weren't for Yi Zhixian sending him a message to let him attack Li Guang's department, he wouldn't want to run around overnight.

However, the effect is not bad, and it can be written down and used for the experience of fighting against the Han army in the future.

"Okay, go back to the station first, Da Danyu is ready to attack, we have to hurry up and rest."

"Yes!"

The four thousand cavalry raised their speed and headed deep into the steppe.

And in the rear of the Han army.

Li Guang's face was gloomy.

In the early hours of this morning, the main force of more than 20,000 people lost nearly half, and what is even more unfortunate is that the baggage in charge of transportation also came yesterday, and a lot of grain and grass were burned.

"Hun rats! After months of calm to confuse us and others, and then take advantage of the exhaustion of our army to attack at night, how dare you deceive me like this!

And Wei Qing, that hairy boy, why don't you let General Ben be the vanguard, really, really, unreasonable! ”

Li Guang, who had a little silver hair on his head and was not young, was full of resentment at the moment.

In his opinion, he is the one who has the deepest understanding of the Xiongnu among the generals of the Han Dynasty, and he is also the one who has repelled the Xiongnu the most, why, His Majesty wants to appoint Wei Qing as the main general!

He's not convinced!

(End of chapter)