When the neighing of the Mongol horses faded away, everyone sat around and gasped, and all were silent in the darkness. Only Li Shuang was still cursing in a low voice from time to time, he scolded the damned Tartar soldiers for a while, and scolded Cheng Zhi County and Cao County Lieutenant of Yongkang County for a while. Wounded by arrows, he ran very hard, just now was fortunately supported by Ouyang Xuan and Yu Zhu, he was able to escape, but the running just now made his wounds hurt even more, and the two soldiers who were wounded by arrows also made snorting pains from time to time, one of these two people was hit by an arrow in the arm, and the other was hit by an arrow in the hip, and they were lying on the ground at the moment.

From the beginning of the morning to now, in addition to running around, they were also chased by the Mongols to flee for their lives, and the soldiers were already sleepy, Li Shuang felt hungry in his stomach and beckoned everyone to take out food and water to eat and drink. Ouyang Xuan took out only half a box of compressed dry food from his backpack in the dark, and took out a bottle of sports drink, just after taking a bite of the dry food, he suddenly remembered the smile of the old man Wang Da compressed dry food, and with a turn of thought in his mind, he took out two small pieces, handed them to Li Shuang and Yu Zhu respectively, and said in a low voice: "Taste the food used in this Buddhist secluded valley." In ancient times, sugar has always been a thing that only the rich and noble can enjoy, and sugary food must be extremely rare for this group of yellow-faced and thin-skinned soldiers. As Ouyang Xuan expected, Li Shuang and Yu Zhu all let out cheerful exclamations after a moment of entrance, attracting everyone to surround them. Ouyang Xuan simply took the compressed dry food into very small pieces and distributed them to everyone, and then divided the two remaining bottles of sports drinks, which naturally caused bursts of cheers. Ouyang Xuan swallowed the wheat cake handed over by others with clear water, and he felt extremely sweet under his hunger.

After the meal, everyone opened the chatterbox, just afraid of the return of the Mongolian rangers, just whispering. Ouyang Xuan, Li Shuang, and Yu Zhu talked in a low voice, and there were not a few people who listened. During the conversation, Ouyang Xuan recounted the life experience of the monk he had fabricated. Everyone was moved by his filial piety of not being born as a monk and returning to Chongqing Mansion after a thousand hardships to pray for his parents' blessings and wishes, and they had a good impression of him.

In early summer, there are many mosquitoes in the mountains, and the bites make everyone slap one after another, and it is impossible to sleep. Ouyang Xuan was also bitten all over his body, and couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't Yongkang County open the city gate?" "This is not only because the army ordered that the door should not be opened after dusk, but also because the Tartar soldiers and horses are fast and good at raiding the city, so the lieutenants of Xie Zhixian and Cao County are not in violation of the law," Yu Zhu replied. Those two are just cowards, and the huge Yongkang City is still afraid of more than a dozen northern soldiers? "It's just that Xie and Cao have always had a gap with Chongqing Mansion, and they won't be saved when they die!" Li Shuang said angrily. Li Shuang's words provoked everyone to scold angrily. In the words of the people, Ouyang Xuan learned that Yongkang County is located on the side of the mountain and the population is easy to hide, so in the four raids of the Mongolian army in the past 20 years, the population of the four counties of Chongqing Mansion has been slaughtered the smallest, and there are still more than 1,000 households in the county, and there are 2,000 soldiers and 500 soldiers in the village alone. It's just that in these years of war and famine, the soldiers of Chongqing Mansion who levy grain have never been treated, and most of the people who are sent out to do the drudgery of grain collection are also excluded, and hardship and risk are secondary, and they are also constrained everywhere. For example, Chongqing Mansion is located in the western Sichuan Plain, and it is very convenient for the river to give way to boats.

"If you fight by the city, my Great Song soldiers will not be afraid of the Tartar soldiers, and they will definitely not come back", all the soldiers said one after another.

Ouyang Xuan liked to read books when he was in college, especially history. Although he knew that the Mongol soldiers were extremely powerful, especially the cavalry and archery were invincible in the world, while the Southern Song army was good at water warfare and defending cities, once in field battles, they were often defeated. However, he witnessed the 50-member grain convoy being chased by a Mongolian ranger squad of only 10 people, and Yongkang City, which had 500 soldiers, was so frightened that the city gates were closed, and he was still secretly frightened. I know from the history books that the Southern Song Dynasty regime was cowardly and corrupt, but now that I have listened to everyone's conversations, I know that the Song army's repeated defeats are not only because of the weak soldiers and unfavorable soldiers, but also because of political corruption, and even in the face of strong enemies, they still refuse to stop fighting.

The temperature on the mountain slowly dropped, but the mosquito bites were still severe, and everyone was sleepy but unable to sleep. Some people were about to start a fire, but Yu Zhu stopped him, because he was afraid that the Mongols would follow the fire to attack and kill. Hearing the word night attack, Ouyang Xuan's heart moved and said to Yu Zhu: "The Tartar soldiers are only good at horses and bows and arrows, and now that it is dark, their horse and archery strengths cannot be brought into play, why don't we attack the Tartar soldiers at night?" ”

"The elder doesn't know, this time he came out to collect grain and didn't bring lighting equipment, this dark sky, we can't see, how can we find the Tartar soldiers? How can a hasty production of torches, the fire is unstable and not long-lasting, how can it be attacked at night? Although most of the monks in the Southern Song Dynasty did not care about the world, because of the brutality of the Mongols, there were not a few monks who rose up to fight, so Yu Zhu was not surprised by Ouyang Xuan's proposal.

"Although it is dark this day, we can still grope our way forward, the Tartar soldiers must make a fire in the camp, there must be a faint light, we can follow the light", Ouyang Xuan felt that it was difficult to walk at night, but it was not completely impossible to move forward, as a senior traveler, he had also walked in the mountains at night. "You can't march when it's dark, so many wars in the world are night attacks, what's going on?" Thinking of this, he couldn't help but secretly slander Li Shuang in his heart that he was also a cowardly person.

"Can you walk this day?" Seeing Ouyang Xuan's answer, everyone asked in surprise.

"Can't you all see the way?" As soon as Ouyang Xuan spoke, he suddenly remembered that the soldiers of the Volunteers to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea suffered from night blindness due to a lack of vitamin A. In the early days of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, due to the blockade of the US army, the supply of our army could only ensure that the soldiers of the volunteer army were fed, and there was a serious shortage of animal foods such as meat and eggs, while vitamin A was only contained in animal food, so that the front-line soldiers generally suffered from night blindness, and they could not see at night, which seriously affected their combat effectiveness. Later, in addition to increasing the supply of meat and eggs, night blindness was also solved through home remedies such as soaking pine needle water, and only then did the night combat melee that later frightened the US military. The group of soldiers beside him today have yellow faces and thin muscles, and it is estimated that it is good to be able to eat enough in normal times, but it is estimated that animal foods such as meat and eggs cannot be eaten. Ouyang Xuan estimated that most of these soldiers suffered from night blindness, and once it got dark, it would be difficult for them to see without torches.

"I can see the road clearly, and I still have this Buddhist artifact!" Ouyang Xuan took out a waterproof headlamp from his backpack. This outdoor headlamp can be used for up to 8 hours in low-light mode. Yu Zhu carefully took the headlamp, carefully examined the glowing bulb, and talked with Li Shuang in a low voice.

"Okay, with the help of this Buddhist artifact, we will be like a tiger. Once we have found the location of the Tartars, and when they are asleep, we can take advantage of them to attack and kill them. Li Shuang, who had been silent just now, rummaged through his headlamp and decided immediately. At that moment, everyone sat in a circle and discussed: Ouyang Xuan and Yu Zhu first found the Tartar camp, and then returned to lead everyone to sneak nearby, and then started when the third watch came. Except for four emaciated officers and two arrow wounded officers, they remained in place. The people who participated in the night attack were divided into two groups: Yu Zhu led two people to kill the Tartar night watch sentries first, and Li Shuang took the rest of the personnel to cover up and kill. Ouyang Xuan strongly asked to go to the whistle with Yu Zhu, on the grounds that he had good eyesight and was tall. Although Ouyang Xuan is only 1.7 meters, due to the nutritional conditions of modern people and perennial outdoor sports, except for Li Shuang, he is the strongest and strongest in this group.