Doing what you say is the tradition of Xingluo people.
Ren Ning learned the tea ceremony from Wei Junqian again before getting up and returning to the forward camp.
He discussed with his general Chu Jinding for a while, then summoned all the Qian chiefs and assigned the task.
"Pay attention," Chu Jinding warned.
"Yes, General!" Ren Ning understood what he meant.
Both Yingshan Camp and Zhennanguan have supervisory troops sent by the Imperial War Department. But except for a few stubborn people, others have long since become their own people.
Ren Ning was not worried about these supervisors.
Just because the rubber business is getting more and more prosperous, and the Ministry of Revenue is trying to harvest Nanfeng's resources to replenish Yunchui's empty treasury, many caravans have come from the four southern counties, including Guangxin.
In full view of everyone, Yingshan Camp was not very good and blatantly sent out all tens of thousands of people from the Tenth Battalion of the Forward.
Therefore, it was Xiao Gang's forward fifth battalion and the second battalion led by Liang Rushi who received the mission. The reason for the dispatch was training.
The reason why the Starfall Legion is famous all over the world and is invincible is not only because of its strict military discipline, but also because of its extensive training, so no one has any objections.
The two battalions of 2,000 people, plus the support personnel sent by Guanlu Ping from Xingluo's hometown, are enough to find dozens of high points among the steep mountains in the southwest and build a communication line.
As a deputy general, Ren Ning could act as a hands-off boss from time to time, so he also took his personal guards up the mountain with him.
The maps of this era are quite deceptive.
Many inaccessible places are blank, with only the crude outline of a mountain or river. What is inside is mostly unknown.
A few days later, Ren Ning and his team climbed up a mountain range named Lilong with great difficulty, carrying tools, only to discover that there was actually a bottomless canyon in front of them.
Lei Er chewed something and sighed: "Now I finally know why the empire didn't build a road directly from Xingluo's hometown to Guangxin in the south."
Even if the emperors wanted to repair it, they probably wouldn't be able to repair it with such a chasm in front of them.
Ren Ning smiled, not feeling surprised at all, "Let's all look around separately to find a way down the mountain."
After giving instructions, he climbed up a big tree, held up a telescope to examine the surrounding terrain, and then redrawn the map.
As for how to get down the mountain, after training for so long, many of the Starfall soldiers were already as capable as top scouts in trekking through mountains and rivers, so there was no need for him to worry.
In this way, more than two thousand people slowly groped forward in the barren mountains and ridges day by day.
They carefully explored the mountains and mountains in the southwest, and Ren Ning compared them to select a suitable place for building a communication station.
The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, and the days pass by. When Ren Ning and his party stood on the top of the mountain and could see the hazy Xingluo Basin in the distance, it was already the Qingming Festival.
"Time flies so fast, and it's Qingming again in the blink of an eye." Lei Er rarely had time to spare, and murmured to the west, "It won't be long before the fortress sends the souls back home."
"I don't know what's going on with Yancheng Fortress!" he said.
Ren Ning turned to look at Lei Er.
It's only been 30 years since Changxing. It's been just two years since they last sent souls back to their hometowns, and there are still two years until the next time they send souls back to their hometowns. Why does it mean "it won't take long"?
But Ren Ning understands Lei Er's concerns.
But even during the Chinese New Year, they had no free time and were still groping for their way to the Xingluo Basin in the mountains. Therefore, the information is blocked and almost nothing is known about the outside world.
Even Ren Ning didn't know what the situation was like in the west now.
He smiled and comforted: "Don't worry. No news is good news."
"I hope so." Lei Er nodded.
To the west, deep in the Xiliang Prairie, is Angel Grassland.
Angel means flower in Xiliang language, but now there are more than two hundred dirty cavalry in this flower.
"Old Lu, where are we?" Gu Datou looked around.
He stretched out his hand and rubbed a thick layer of mud off his face.
Lu Youtian laughed. He bit off a piece of mutton jerky and chewed hard: "Ask me, who should I ask? Anyway, it is far away from the Grassland Royal Court or the Desert of No Return."
Gu Datou nodded and touched the map in his arms without intending to take it out.
These two hundred or so soldiers were all illiterate. Except for some large tribes in Xiliang, they only know the two places of Prairie Royal Court and No Return Desert, so there is no point in asking or looking at them.
"There should be a big tribe nearby." Gu Datou turned over the turf on the ground and looked at the neatly chewed grass heads thoughtfully.
"Yes." Lu Youtian nodded, "So everyone should be careful."
These days, they clearly feel that more and more people from Xiliang are besieging them, and it is really difficult to escape without a lot of trouble.
The only good thing is that the Xiliang people have always been unable to do anything to them, but they have destroyed a lot of the food and grass of the Xiliang army.
The Prairie King was so angry that he killed several logistics generals and even forced them to find and kill them as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, it never came back.
However, as time went by, the Xiliang people's logistics generals also responded, and gradually they gathered into a huge team before heading east collectively.
Anyway, there are roads everywhere in the prairie, so you don’t have to worry about being unable to walk even if you hug together.
In this way, it will not be easy for Gu Datou and the others to sneak attack the grain and grass team again.
"Lao Lu, what are we going to do when we come down here?" Gu Datou asked while stroking the shivering lamb beside him, "How about a sneak attack on the nearby tribes?"
For several days in a row, he neither fought nor carried out sneak attacks, but just hid everywhere. His hands and feet were itchy.
"No rush. Let's talk when we have a chance." Lu Youtian threw away the remaining bones and wiped the grease on his hands on the grass.
"Brothers' lives are important. Only by living well can we create more trouble for these naughty Xiliang people and buy more time for the fortress."
"Uh!" Gu Datou agreed.
It's just that he was clumsy and couldn't say such words, so he could only nod.
Lu Youtian stood up and looked around, "Now there are Xiliang people, hunting dogs and even eagles chasing us all around. Let's get out of the encirclement first."
Hold!
Gu Datou cursed angrily, "I should have asked for Lao Ren's bow and arrow with a long range."
With the telescope in hand, they don't have to worry too much about the Xiliang people and hunting dogs on the ground. It's the eagles circling in the sky that are the most troublesome.
And if Ren Ning has a bow and arrow in hand, even if he misses, he can at least scare the broken birds, preventing them from following him unscrupulously.
"It's a waste of words." Lu Youtian rolled his eyes.
He came over and without hesitation stabbed the lamb that Gu Datou was holding over with a knife, and then carried the screaming and struggling lamb in a circle around the temporary camp in front of him.
The strong smell of blood soon spread.
"Everyone, please check if your mount is full. If so, prepare to leave!"
"I'm full, I'm full." The soldiers were not surprised and climbed on their mounts one after another.
Lu Youtian nodded, casually threw the lamb with more air out and less air into the ground, and then took the lead and galloped away to the north.
