Sot Pond is a salt area in the Orange Free State, and as the civil war in the Orange Free State expanded, the two sides engaged in heavy fighting throughout the Orange Free State.

But the Oranges, like weeds, stubbornly resisted the combined British and Transvaal attacks.

Although in the early days of the war, the Orange people's performance against the Transvaal Restoration Army was very unsightly, but with the weapons and equipment in place, the logistics support was improved, the militia ran in with each other, and the war experience was accumulated, the Orange people have come out of the predicament and can fight the Transvaal back and forth.

"Report to the company commander, we have found traces of the enemy's grain convoy near Florisbad."

"Is the source reliable?"

"We learned about it from a villager in Floresbad, and it was reported by a man named Valciano."

"Well, are you sure of his identity?"

"Yes, this Valshanu is indeed a villager from the village of Florisbad, and we have checked with the local villagers and the village chief."

"Bring him here, I have something to ask him."

Soon, a thief-eyed man was brought to Blanca, his eyes wandering around the garrison of the Restoration Army, his movements cautious, and he knew what was in his mind at a glance.

Seeing that he was not afraid in the slightest, Blanca asked with a straight face, "You are Valciano?" ”

"Yes, sir!" Valshanu replied respectfully.

"I think you're bold? Ordinary people will be a little uncomfortable when they enter this barracks, but you are quite interested here? Blanca asked.

Valshanu hurriedly waved his hand and denied: "Sir, don't praise me, I'm just a little curious about the barracks, after all, this is the first time to come, as for being bold, this may really be true, I've been a person since I was a child, so why am I afraid." ”

"Bang", Blanca slapped the pistol pinned to his waist on the table, "Aren't you afraid of this?" ”

Valshanu looked at it, swallowed his saliva and said, "It's not good for this thing to go off!" ”

Blanca noticed the small details of Valshanu, and muttered in his heart, it seems that this Valshanu is really not small, let other people go, in the face of his coercion, I am afraid that he is a little flustered, this Valshanu just adjusted his mentality in an instant.

However, this also increased the vigilance in Valciano's heart, but he did not show it, but continued to ask.

"How did you find the White Bandits? And why are you the only one in your village who found out and reported it to us? ”

"Sir, I happened to hear that the white bandits in the village were plotting to plan the route, it was around May, I was drunk and fell outside, you also like how cold it is on the winter night in South Africa, so I was awakened by the cold, and I shook my head and wanted to rush home, go back to sleep, but I saw that the oil lamp of the Ramos house in the village was still on." Valshanu said with emotion.

"And then you want to get the news out of the wall?"

"That's naturally impossible, although I'm a bastard in the village, I don't have the habit of listening to corners."

"Then why did you deliberately go to Ramos's house to inquire about the news?"

"Sir, you have been wronged! I didn't mean to, but it was almost early in the morning when I woke up, and the whole village was pitch black, and the lights were on in Ramos's house, and it wasn't the point, there were several people in his house who seemed to be arguing over something, and I wasn't curious about what they were talking about, so I just listened to it! ”

Blanca nodded, gossip is human nature, and this reason makes sense.

"And what did you hear?"

Valshanu suddenly said with some excitement: "It really made me discover a big secret, that is, the third son of the village chief's family, Di Kevin participated in the White Bandits, and he and several people in the village plotted some course of action and so on. ”

Blanca noticed Valciano's sudden mood and asked, "You have a conflict with this Dekevin?" ”

"Huh." Valshanu said with some embarrassment: "It's not a big contradiction, that is, this person is usually too pretending, and he has belittled me in front of others." ”

"That's it?"

"Sir, the soldier can not be killed, and besides, I haven't provoked him usually, so this problem must be on him, even if I really kill people and set fires, it has nothing to do with him, and besides, although I am not a good person, I am not a bad person, my parents did not educate me before their deaths, why did he judge me as a second ancestor who is the son of the village chief......"

Uh, looking at Valshanu's look of righteous indignation, Blanca really didn't want to say anything, and now he was sure that this Valshanu was just unhappy with Di Kevin, so he wantonly retaliated.

"Okay, let's not talk about these personal grievances, you can continue to talk about the white bandits." Blanca interrupts Valciano's spellcast.

"Didn't I notice their anomaly, so I secretly stared at Di Kevin for a few days, and I happened to find out the white bandit's movements."

"Where is the location?"

"The Saute Pond in the southwest of the village, which is full of salt lakes and is not usually inhabited, but it is indeed a good place, and if it weren't for the chance, I really wouldn't have found it."

"Don't you usually go to this Sot Pond from your village?"

"Hey, there isn't even a single grass growing there, so people in the village generally don't go there, even if it's grazing, they must go to a good place for water and grass."

Blanca asked his men, "Have you verified?" ”

"Company commander, we went there to see, Saute Pond is a big salt lake, there are many small salt lakes around, usually no one passes by, but we found a lot of rut marks there, so we can be sure that there are convoys that often haunt there, according to the density of rut marks, it should last for two or three months."

Blanca turned to Valshanu and asked, "Are you sure they'll pass through there?" ”

"Of course, sir, I've been watching for a month, they pass by once a week, and Cavendy often goes there with food and water, which is supposed to be convenient for them, but I haven't been too meticulous about it, after all, I'm also afraid of getting into trouble."

"Well, you mean to pass through the Solt Pool once a week?"

"Sir, I'm sure they'll show up every Thursday or Friday afternoon, and if you send someone to keep an eye on that guy at De Kevin, he'll definitely take people and things there."

"Wilson, this Thursday or Friday, you are responsible for keeping an eye on that Dee Kevin, don't let him find out about the anomaly, this time the transport convoy of the Oranges has finally been caught, you must not let them go!" Blanca instructed his subordinates.

"As for you, Valshanu, have you been spotted in the barracks, especially from your village?" Blanca asked, turning her head.

"Sir, don't worry, I usually don't have a home in the village, sometimes I go to other villages to visit, and I will meet drinking friends, so it won't be a big deal to disappear for a while, and they won't think about it if they can't see me."

"That's good, you just stay here for the next few days, if the information is correct, I will apply to the government for a reward, whether you want money or an official at that time, you can do it." Blanca promised.

Hearing that it was possible to be an official, Valshanu's eyes lit up and said: "It's definitely true, I don't dare to arrange you even if I have ten heads!" ”

(End of chapter)