Li Shuang was suffering from the problem of insufficient fertilizer, so he called on all people to raise pigs extensively. At present, although the Perak army is not short of food, it is still short of meat, and in addition to hunting, it is to obtain a small amount of yak and mutton from the Tibetan area. Large livestock such as cattle, horses, and mules are important laborers, and their growth is extremely slow, and only those who are sick and disabled are allowed to be slaughtered. Pigs are extremely resistant to rough feeding, not only can they accumulate fat but also eat meat, and if they are fed a small amount of grain, the growth rate can be greatly accelerated. The meat is more tender and fatty, and the taste is much better than that of cows, horses and wild beasts. What's more, the fecundity of pigs is extremely high, and they can give birth to two litters a year, with several or even more than ten in each litter.

Due to the long-term war under the rule of the Thunderbolt army, Li Shuang ordered people to buy pigs from Jiading, Weimao, Yazhou and other places, and sent them to various reclamation points for breeding, and Mengshan reclamation points also distributed more than ten pigs. Mengshan Tun reclamation point is located next to the official road at the junction of Baizhang County and Mingshan County, more than ten miles away from Baizhang City. There was originally a village here, but it was slaughtered by the Mongol army Cheri. After the Perak army took control of Baizhang City, they saw that the transportation was convenient and the land was fertile, so they built a small reclamation point. Most of the existing villagers are from the rest of Baizhang, and there are also displaced people from Qiongzhou and even Pengshan.

Cao Zhizhou was very hostile to the Thunderbolt army, so he stationed 1,000 men in Mingshan City, which was the largest number of people stationed in all counties under Yazhou's rule. Yazhou is located at the junction of Yibo and Tibet, with a sparse population and a weak economy, so it can't raise many soldiers and horses at all, and Cao Zhizhou has only four or five thousand soldiers available. This point of soldiers and horses not only has to prevent the Mongol army from attacking from the Liangshan area in the mouth of Luo Luo, that is, Ouyang Xuankou, but also to prevent the Yibo and Qingqiang tribes from rebelling, and also to prevent thieves from rebelling, which is very thin. Therefore, there are only four or five hundred garrisons in important military places such as Lizhou and Diaomen, and only 1,500 people in the state city. Judging from the deployment of troops, Cao Zhizhou obviously regarded the Thunderbolt Army as the number one enemy.

To say that the garrison of the army is in Mingshan City, it is also an internal affair of Yazhou, and it has nothing to do with the Thunderbolt Army, but the bad thing is that there are too many garrisons in Mingshan City. Although the famous mountain city is the place with the most finance and taxation under the rule of Yazhou, the degree of wealth is obviously not as good as that of the prefectures and counties in the western Sichuan Plain. Thousands of people are stationed in this small city, and food and housing are also a big problem. This garrison has many mountains and few lands, and has not implemented tuntian, and there is a common stubborn disease of deducting military salaries in the Song army, so many soldiers of the Mingshan army often go out to hunt on their own due to hunger, and even steal people.

As soon as the Thunderbolt caravan was dispatched, there were hundreds of people, and the guards were also equipped with firearms such as grenades and light artillery, so naturally they did not dare to provoke them. These soldiers of the famous mountain army set their eyes on the countryside and disturbed the chickens and dogs in various villages. The people can't afford to provoke and can't hide? In addition to a large number of people who fled to the Perak military area, some of the remaining people hid in the deep mountains far away from the famous mountain city, and some simply fled to Baizhang and Qiongzhou. After a long time, the villages around the famous mountain city for more than ten miles were sparsely populated, and naturally there was no oil and water. For these ruffians, the law is illusory, but hunger is real. Since there is no food nearby, go a little further.

On this day, a group of ruffians sneaked into the Mengshan Reclamation Point and took away a pig weighing seventy or eighty pounds. After the autumn harvest, there were still scattered rice in the fields before the winter planting, and the shepherd boy at the reclamation site drove the pigs to the nearby fields in search of food. In the face of a strong man who suddenly broke in to grab a pig, where can this half-sized boy be stopped? The pigs were also frightened and scurryed all over the field, but one of them was still caught and carried away on all fours. The cries of shepherd boys and the howling of pigs attracted the villagers who were working nearby. It's just that these villagers who chased after them were injured by the knives and guns of these pig thieves, and they had to watch the robbers walk away.

The bell rang immediately, and the villagers who were working outside rushed back. It is said that this bell has been struck for the first time since the establishment of this reclamation site. This was not the place where the Song and Mongolian armies fought, and the large bandits around were also driven away by the Thunderbolt army, and the small bandits did not dare to attack at all. Like the other Thunderbolt sites, the moat was followed by a high, thick earthen wall, not only with a drawbridge, but also with a gatehouse and gate reinforced with cement and iron sheets, and even two light old guns. Although the commander of Mengshan was surnamed Cao, although he was a lame man who had retired from the army, he was fair and very prestigious, managed the cantonment point properly, and organized the people of the cantonment point into a company, and trained it decently. I heard that he is the brother of General Cao Ergou and was also a squad leader in the army.

Chief Cao Tun learned about the situation from the weeping shepherd boys and the villagers, and immediately ordered twenty militiamen to chase after him. At this moment, he didn't know that it was the famous mountain army that robbed the pigs, and he didn't know that there were more than 30 of them, but they were a few small thieves who stole pigs, so he didn't bring light artillery, only a few muskets and grenades, and the rest were knives and spears and other weapons. Yazhou is already rainy, and it is the autumn rain season, and the roads are very muddy and slippery. Cao Tun's long-legged script has a disability, and it is even slower to catch up. It's just that he used to be a scout, and it was not difficult to find the pig thief by following the footprints left on the dirt road.

When he quietly approached the ravine where the pig thieves were hiding, and found that they were actually a famous mountain army or a whole team, Cao Tunchang also hesitated. Although he was confident that he could deal with fifty thieves with twenty of his men, he had no chance of winning against this famous mountain army. No matter how many thieves there are, they are a rabble, but the enemy in front of them is commanded and well-trained, and it is really difficult to deal with. The first team of the Song army is generally fifty people, but due to the prevailing food and salary situation, there are often only twenty or thirty people, and this team of famous mountain troops can be regarded as fully equipped in comparison. Now they had bled the pig and were roasting it on the fire, and they were excitedly talking in circles around them. This place is still more than ten miles away from the famous mountain city, and they are going to eat here before going back. If you bring the pig back, you will definitely not be able to eat it, and the bosses will definitely take the pig away.

The smell of meat poured into his nose for a while, making Cao Tunchang greedy and annoyed. He had been working in the fields, dragging his stump legs for miles in the mud, and he was already tired and hungry, and he could stand the smell of meat. Annoyed is that the people of Quantun work hard, and they can't see a little meat star on ordinary days, and they wanted to kill a pig during the Spring Festival to give everyone a tooth sacrifice, but they didn't expect that these pig thieves who didn't work hard were eaten first, and they also injured a few villagers. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and immediately suppressed the anger in his heart, and arranged tactics in a low voice, to fight a surprise attack on this famous mountain army before the meat was ripe.

A grenade first fell into the fire, blowing down several soldiers of the Famous Mountain Army, and the scattered sparks and ashes made the surrounding Famous Mountain Army disgraced, and after a few gunshots, shouts of killing broke out. The soldiers of the Famous Mountain Army, who were happily waiting to eat meat, scattered like rabbits in the face of this sudden attack. It is said that the meat will be cooked after a while of roasting, and the aroma is mouth-watering, if it weren't for the team holding a knife to warn, they would have pounced on it and eaten it. It's just that no matter how delicious the meat is, it can't be more expensive than the small life, so they have to taste the aroma of the meat and flee far away.

When Cao Tun saw the soldiers of the Mingshan Army fleeing, he did not chase them, nor did he pay attention to the wounded soldiers on the ground. Although stealing is abominable, the crime does not lead to death, and this injury is regarded as their retribution for hurting the people of Mengshantun. At that moment, he ordered someone to carry the pig that was about to be roasted, and hurried back by the path.