Tired and weak, waking up from his sleep, Gao Yuan felt weak all over, half a day and a night of rapid march of 160 miles, arms and legs joints were about to be detached, a little movement felt soreness and pain, listening to the snoring of the partners in the tent, struggling for a long time before getting up, go to the river to wash his face conveniently.

The river water in autumn is cold to the touch, pouring on the face to stimulate the mind, so that the ignorance left by the sleep disappears without a trace, and people are a little more energetic. Changing into a new military uniform, washing and hanging dirty clothes on a small tree by the river, Takagaki walked to the stables that had been hastily erected last night.

"Dark clouds, it's time to eat. Takagaki took out the beans from the horse feed bag and put them into the simple manger, and the dark clouds had already eaten enough grass, stood up and snorted and began to eat hard ingredients. The sentry officer had taken care of the horses, and after thinking about it, he had given each horse an extra meal, and the hurried march was more consuming horsepower, and he could not treat these companions badly, and when all the horses had eaten, he took the reins of the clouds and left the stable.

"Coach, go and rest, I'll keep watch, and I'll walk the horse by the way. Coach Qiu's eyes were red and swollen and he was busy adding food to the women's warhorse, when he saw Gao Yuan coming over to say hello, he nodded and agreed after cooking the last warhorse, and did not forget to tell him before leaving: "Don't untie the other horses, lest your dark clouds blow up the herd." When they met strangers, they said that they were training on the march of the standard camp, and those who were suspicious were arrested first and then reported. ”

"Dark clouds, it seems that there is no good reputation for that, even the coach knows that you are bullying your partner. The coach left, Gao Yuan led the dark clouds around the tent far away, and the war horse didn't know if he could really understand, and he seemed to be more and more proud when he walked. Takagaki respectfully saluted several officers who took turns patrolling, the officers did not have the duty to patrol for the sergeants, these officers obviously took care of the cadets and volunteered to take on the sentry duties. The officers nodded or smiled and did not speak, but they had a good impression of him in their hearts, they were humble and humble, understood etiquette, and were diligent in their hands and feet, and they were loved everywhere.

After noon, the cadets got up one after another, the star sentry commander Sarau took over the patrol duties, Gao Yuan led the dark clouds into the stable and tied them alone in a corner, touched the horse's head to comfort a few words, turned around and left to find Mei Ying, but the female sentry did not even have a figure, and after staying for a while, he understood that the female soldiers probably went to no one to take a bath and change clothes, he had nothing to do and simply ran back to the tent to make up for sleep, so that Mei Ying, who was found later, was annoyed, but he couldn't bear to wake him up.

The route of the march was carefully chosen by Coach Qiu and the officers, and the cavalry team marched continuously day and night, without encountering any accidents along the way, except for the small episode of Gao Yuan detaining the medicine picker. The matter is very simple, the herb picker heard that it was a military training, and his curiosity was too heavy to approach the military tent regardless of the warning intention, so that Gao Yuan kicked him to the ground a few times, and when the officers rushed over, the herb picker was already tightly tied, and his mouth was stuffed with a pair of torn socks, and his bare feet were curled up on the ground and trembling.

The movement of the officer torturing the medicine picker woke up the students, and everyone gathered around, only to learn that it was a misunderstanding after half a day, and the interrogation came to the conclusion that the medicine picker was not a gangster agent. Disperse the former Qiu coach seems to have no intention of asking everyone how to deal with the medicine pickers, and the vast majority of people think that it is okay to send away the matter with some silver, after all, Gao Yuan's few kicks hurt people a lot, and Zhuo Zhuo and Liu Zihui said that they should be detained, but the cavalry team is in a rapid march, where is there a place to detain people, just talk about it.

"Ordinary people can't stand a few kicks from me. Gao Yuan was still suspicious of the medicine picker in his heart, but the officers had come to the conclusion that they would naturally not contradict him, and when he saw Coach Qiu asking how to deal with it, he quietly made a gesture of cutting off his head, but Mei Ying, who had been paying attention to him, found out, and immediately reprimanded him with a cold face: "We are student soldiers, we are imperial warriors, if we kill innocents indiscriminately, what is the difference between them and bandits, Gao Yuan, you should be ashamed of your despicable thoughts." Mei Ying's words were righteous and ruthless, and the soldiers were all happy to see Gao Yuan eat deflated, and their mouths were even more downhill, and they couldn't wait for the two of them to ignore each other, Gao Yuan didn't dare to refute and couldn't apologize with face, so he simply turned his head and came to the top.

The apprentices were still in the excitement of denouncing Takagaki and the beautiful woman, and few people noticed that the two officers had accompanied the herb man into the distance, and after avoiding the sight of the apprentices, one of the officers coldly drew his saber, and the herb man had resentment on his face, and his head rolled to the ground with a grunt.

"Takagaki is good, what do you think?" disposing of the body, one officer asked on the way back, and the other officer nodded in agreement: "I think he has killed people, he has really killed people, and it is not the kind of playful killing method during training." I heard that Lao Qiu said that he grew up in the remnant army, pay more attention, and look at the performance in the back, I haven't met a student soldier like Qin Rufeng and Lei Ming for a long time. Another officer smiled: "You forgot the girl of the Hua family, hehe, I'm afraid that these three add up, and there is no girl who is ruthless, smiling and killing, without frowning." ”

After the episode, Gao Yuan is still helping Mei Ying take care of the war horse, and Mei Ying will also take the time to talk to him, so that the students who have a crush on Mei Ying will be disappointed, only the person concerned understands that they always feel a little awkward when getting along. As smart as Mei Ying, she naturally understands the weight of the words of the day, pointing out that Gao Yuan is not worthy of being an imperial samurai, and never killing innocents indiscriminately is the basic principle of a samurai, she will never allow it, nor does she want Gao Yuan to embark on the road of killing, only not to be entangled in who is right and who is wrong, and let time repair the emotional cracks caused by the accident.

The cavalry team drove for seven days in a row, and finally arrived at the Black Wood Grass Beach, a swampy wetland at the junction of Lingbo City and Ningze City.

The Qinghe River turned with the mountain before leaving Ningze City, and the river turned from west to east to northeast, leaving a wide grassland of Zexiang on both banks, and a lush dwarf forest extending into cascading peaks in the southwest, and lost its trace in the deep valley. The narrowest part of the black wood forest and grass beach is not more than ten miles wide, but it is 1,300 miles long, dozens of valleys lead to the depths of the long mountain, and the swamps are dense by the water, and the two banks of the Qing River can be attacked and disturbed, and the retreat can hide in the deep mountains and old forests, it is indeed an excellent place to rob houses and set up bandits' nests, no wonder the Heihar gang can escape from the encirclement and suppression many times.

On the north bank of the Qing River, the cavalry took advantage of the cover of night to lurk into the grove not far from the river bank, leading the horses to walk sixty miles in the night.

"The dock is the stronghold of the Black Har bandits, and it is also the first checkpoint, four miles away from this forest. Coach Qiu pointed to the map spread on the ground, surrounded by five sentinels, and several officers made an exception for Gao Yuan to participate in the tactical analysis meeting. The map is sketched as follows: a path next to the pier leads north into the grassy beach, a small river flows from the Black Wood Forest on the south bank, and joins the Ching River on the east side of the pier, except that several dangerous swampy areas are marked in red circles on the south bank.

Coach Qiu's voice did not have the mockery of training, it was as calm as talking to a stranger: "The small river on the south bank flows from a valley, the mountain valley is fifteen or sixteen miles deep, the widest part is only twenty-five zhang, the narrowest point is only three zhang, there are six or seven ravines on both sides, I don't know the deep situation, the bandits' nest is very likely to be hidden." This simple information was obtained in exchange for one death and two injuries in the last class, and few people know about Heihar's lair, and they paid the price but gave up their exploits to you. ”

"The intelligence is that the seniors have discovered that they are strong and should be fine. Gao Yuan's thoughts were a little far away from the battlefield, and he didn't think of Hua Yue and Qin Rufeng, and he was busy collecting his thoughts later, so he listened to Coach Qiu announce the end of the analysis meeting: "Probably the situation is like this, the sentry commander went back to tell everyone, observe the terrain after dawn, and then discuss tactics at each post, and choose a battle plan at noon." All sentinels should watch out for their horses, and they must be guarded, and they must not be allowed to run out of the woods. ”

When it was dawn, they lay down by the river under the cover of grass and trees, and the officers took turns with the various outposts to inspect the terrain. There are a few simple thatched huts next to the wharf, one of them is emitting curling smoke, a few big men are packing up their fishing nets in front of the house, one big three small four boats are tied to wooden stakes, the authentic water people, fishing for a living on weekdays, and also serving as a ferry when there are guests, and there are no suspicious traces.

These people have all practiced martial arts, and it can be seen from the walking posture, but it cannot be regarded as a suspicious point. Takagaki first focused on observing the fisherman chatting in front of the house, and found nothing suspicious, but since the senior sister had identified it, he didn't bother to think about it, and focused on the terrain on the south bank, and finally found that something was not very reasonable.

There is also a thatched hut on the south bank, a small boat is parked by the river, and two figures are busy in front of the house, how can there be a boat owner who lives on the river! After the boat crosses the river diagonally, it is necessary to pull the boat up the river to the opposite bank, and it is clear that the business is robbed by living on the river, and this is not a prosperous artery, and the fishermen and boat owners are in danger to make a living, and the neighbors are most in a group so as to help each other in times of need, so they will not come so chaotically. There is really something wrong with this dock, and there is no doubt that it is a checkpoint for the gangsters' hiding place.

Then there is no need to build houses and stop ships on both sides of the strait, and he can survive the encirclement and suppression, Hei Har is absolutely cunning, why did he make such an arrangement? Gao Yuan observed and pondered, and it was difficult to find a reasonable answer, and he vaguely felt that this arrangement would never be an unintentional negligence, and the bandit leader should have special intentions. What is the use of not being able to strengthen the defense, and wasting troops in vain, and the checkpoint is not used to hold on and summon the message? Gao Yuan's thinking is suddenly broad, and he cannot move the checkpoint on the north bank, otherwise the south bank will immediately find out that there is enough time to report to the bandits.

The three sentinels looked at the terrain, and as the officer bent down to leave the river, Takagaki was still thinking about the arrangement of the boats. Is it just a summons? Could there be other uses, there are dangers and benefits, Hei Har took some risks of exposure, what good can it do except warn in advance? Thinking about it, his pace slowed down, Li Changgong followed behind and almost bumped into it, and couldn't help but whisper: "There is gold under your feet? Walking so slowly." "Feet, gold, Takagaki seems to have a sense in his heart, thinking about it and having no clue, he can't get through his thoughts for a while, so he turns his head and smiles and spends his pace.

The discussion of the tactics of the three sentinels was hot but not enthusiastic, what was hot was the mood, and everyone was eager to perform meritorious service, but it was not enthusiastic because the tactical thinking of the four people was basically the same, thinking that they should take advantage of the night to sneak attack the north bank outpost, seize the boat, cross the river to eliminate the bandits on the south bank, catch a few live mouths and torture them out of the bandits' lair, and then raid overnight to eliminate the bandits. Gao Yuan said that there was a possibility of warning on the south bank, and several people felt that it was reasonable, but they also thought that as long as they started quickly enough to torture the location of the bandits' nest, what was the use of warning for a while in advance, and besides, the moon was dark and the wind was high, even if the bandits found out, they couldn't figure out the specific situation, and they didn't hear the movement and it wasn't a large army to encircle and suppress, so they might not hear the alarm and flee. Takagaki always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of a perfect plan, so he only nodded in agreement, and his attitude was a little reluctant, so that Excellence couldn't help but look at him a few more times, hesitated for a while and finally didn't ask, and it could be seen from Takagaki that he didn't have better tactics.

After agreeing on the tactics, everyone was busy seizing the time to rest, Takagaki sat alone beside the dark clouds, saying that he was taking care of the war horse, but in fact, he was still analyzing the terrain and checkpoints on the south bank, and slowly a new tactic came out of his mind.

"Forget it, they are all sentry brothers, whoever says it has merit, not to mention that it may not be adopted by the coach, let them sleep more. ”