It's still very cold in the mountains in early spring.
Although when the Haiphong Camp was first established, Xu He required that each person carry an oilcloth tent and a special quilt with him, and these things must be packed and tied up, and carried on his back when leaving the camp.
But on such a cold day in the wild, even with quilts and tents, everyone was still shivering from the cold.
"It would be great if we could make a fire! It's such a cold day. It's best to warm yourself by the fire and drink some hot water. It's best to warm your feet. That would be so comfortable!" In the tent, a soldier wrapped in a quilt sighed.
Another person scolded: "You bitch, be satisfied. At least we still have the quilts and winter coats issued by the young master. Look at those Xin'an guards, they are still wearing several layers of single clothes and wearing straw sandals!"
"Yes! Xiong Er, we are here to fight, not to visit relatives. Just satisfy this condition. Besides, why are we ambushing here and lighting a fire? Are you playing?"
"Hey! That's what I said! By the way, do you think the rebels will come from here?"
"Whether you come or not is a matter for the secretary to consider. Let's just have a good rest. Why are there so many problems!"
Just when the soldier named Xiong Er wanted to speak again, suddenly, a very long voice came from outside the tent: "Xiong Er, Li Kuo, what are you two talking about if you don't rest? Let's go to your corps commander tomorrow. Get ten army sticks!”
As soon as the sound outside the tent fell, all the rustling sounds in the surrounding tents stopped.
At this time, in a tent in the col on the back of the mountain, Zhou Bi was reading the military book Xu He had given him.
The oil lamp on the small table suddenly exploded into a flower.
Zhou Bi was awakened by the noise. He slowly picked up the iron sign next to the lamp and murmured to himself: "When the lights explode, good things are coming. Calculating the time, the results of the Young Master's examination should be out. I don't know if the Young Master will take the examination." How many people did you get?"
Just when Zhou Bi turned his attention to the book again, suddenly, rapid footsteps came from outside the tent.
It was quiet at night, and according to the camp rules set by Xu He, no unrelated persons were allowed to move around in a noisy manner.
At this time, such rapid footsteps...
problem occurs!
Zhou Bi suddenly stood up.
Sure enough, the next moment Knife hurried in from outside the tent: "Secretary, there is movement on the river."
"How many ships?"
"Thirty or forty ships, large and small!"
It’s coming, it’s really coming!
Zhou Bi suddenly felt his whole body trembling, the kind of trembling excitement.
He took a deep breath and tried his best to appear calm before saying to Daozi: "Go and wake up the brothers, hurry up! Send someone to the beach to inform Xiao Er and the others, hurry up!"
After saying two quick words in succession, he strode outside the tent.
Because it was dark, it was impossible to raise fire to notify the brothers at the next post where the bandit fleet had just been discovered.
They had to run a certain distance first, then ride in the dark to the next post three miles away, and then the brother at the next post would raise a fire to notify the other brothers at the post who were delivering the news.
Just like this, whistle after whistle was passed down. Calculating the time, the thief should be less than thirty miles away from Qinglian Village by waterway.
Zhou Bi stood on the top of the mountain, looking eastward in the dark night, and heard the sound of each team of soldiers getting up at his feet.
Not long after, Daozi reported with a serious look on his face: "Secretary, our people have been assembled!"
Zhou Bi nodded and said, "Go down the mountain quickly!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw fire flickering three times on the beach at the foot of the mountain to the west.
This is a fire message specially designed by Xu He.
In fact, it is just an iron cover covering the torch.
The hood has a fire door with a hearth opening.
Opening and closing the fire door can cause the volcano to flicker and extinguish.
By the number of times the fire flashes, the person receiving the fire message can know what the person who sent the signal wants to express.
For example, after it flashed three times, the waiter was telling Zhou Bi that everyone is ready!
Seeing the news of Xiao Er's fire, Zhou Bi's heart finally dropped.
He couldn't sleep just now because he was afraid that if the thief came, it would be troublesome if the waiter didn't receive any news.
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The reason why Zhou Bi stationed his team on this mountain was that it was convenient to observe the movements of the thieves, and there were beaches and reeds that could hide the ten modified centipede boats led by Xiao Er.
The third is a bamboo forest in front of us.
All the soldiers had been informed by the team leaders, commanders, and generals at all levels. After coming down the mountain, they were divided into groups and hid in the bamboo forest beside the Nicha River. No one was allowed to make noise, raise fire, or move around.
After the soldiers entered the bamboo forest in an orderly manner.
Zhou Bi nodded to the Huo Xun soldiers behind him.
I saw him flashing his torch twice towards the other side.
Soon, the other side also replied twice.
When Zhou Bi saw the reply from the other side, he turned his head to the east side of the river.
Zhou Bi had no time to think about it just now because he had to arrange the battle.
But at this time, everyone was already in place, and the thief hadn't arrived yet. During this free time, he couldn't help but become nervous again.
Soon, he realized that this was the nervousness caused by leading troops into battle for the first time.
To relieve the tension, he stretched his neck, exposing it to the cool breeze of the early spring night.
In an instant, he calmed down.
"Zhou Liangfu, Zhou Liangfu, there are dozens of thieves, but they are less than a thousand. You brought 700 people with you, and you calculated with your mind but not with care, and you were prepared in advance. What are you afraid of?"
Zhou Bi secretly cheered himself up in his heart.
To put it bluntly, Zhou Bi is only a young man in his early twenties this year.
Although he has a family background, this is his first time leading the army.
It is not easy to do this.
Daozi stood behind him and was observing Zhou Bi. He found that he was always as calm as a mountain, and he couldn't help but admire him.
Thinking about the time when he followed his third brother to ambush a merchant ship on the lake, he was so excited that he was shaking all over and his teeth were chattering for the first time.
"Third brother is indeed right, Secretary Zhou is a capable leader!"
At this moment, there were rapid footsteps again.
The soldiers suddenly became nervous, and all the eyes hidden in the bamboo forest were fixed on the man running towards Zhou Bi.
Zhou Bi asked without turning around: "Is the thief already five miles away?"
"Secretary, that's right!"
"Let's explore again!" Zhou Bi waved his hand after saying this.
The fire messenger picked up the torch, opened the fire door, and drew a circle in the air.
Soon, the torches on the other side also lit up.
Seeing the light, more than twenty mechs sprang out from behind Dao Zi.
They came to the river and found a wooden pile. One of the big men reached out and took out an iron rope from under his face. Seeing this, everyone quickly stepped forward to help pull up the iron rope and wrap it twice around the tree stump.
After a while, the river surface returned to calm, but if a boat passed by at this time, it would not be noticed at all...
At this time, the Nicha River was about an arm's length away from the river surface, and an iron cable as thick as an arm was lying across the river surface.
And there is another iron chain like this about three miles upstream.
