A valley in the foothills.
After Zou Cang discovered the mark, he summoned the brothers from Yiwu.
After Liao Hua compared the reference objects several times, he found the entrance to the valley and entered it.
It's consistent with what Liao Hua guessed.
There are guards left by Weaving Net in the valley. Although the number is definitely not too many, there are still nearly two thousand refugees in the valley.
With a little organization, they can build up their prestige. To deal with the three hundred county soldiers, Liao Hua and the others are confident that they can fight one against five.
Several spearheads flashing with cold light quietly stretched out from the backs of Liao Hua and others.
Liao Hua and the others were inquiring about the situation in the valley, and naturally the guards left in the valley were also inquiring about them.
The entrance to the valley is hidden. Logically speaking, it would be difficult to find it unless someone came here following the mark.
But who can tell clearly about coincidences in the world? Without definite confirmation, the valley guards would not completely believe in Liao Hua and others.
The eyes of Peiyuan Shao and others flickered.
They were already aware of the person coming from behind, but they did not act rashly, knowing that they were coming for questioning.
really.
"Password,"
All six of them had spear points pointed at their backs.
Peiyuan Shao spoke softly.
"The sun rises in the east!"
The strength of the spearheads in the hearts of several people weakened slightly, but they did not leave.
The valley guard nodded and continued to ask.
"Reply to the order,"
"Hongxing Erke."
Peiyuan Shao continued to speak coherently.
Although I don’t understand why the secret text of the joint is wrong, but who knows that it is the great virtuous teacher who has decided on the entire secret text of the joint.
"Phew, you are finally here."
Behind a few people, the valley guards breathed a sigh of relief.
These days, they have seen more and more refugees being brought in by the net weavers, but the contact person has never come, and they are almost at loss.
In the past, people who saved about a thousand people would be taken to Qingzhou, but this time the number of people in the valley was almost two or three times more than before. The people who were taken there arrived.
Peiyuan Shao and others turned around and breathed a sigh of relief. It was not pleasant to have a weapon pointed at your vitals. Now that they had confirmed it, they also relaxed.
Liao Hua explained: "The Han army changed its generals, and Qingzhou also changed its defense and offensive."
"This time the guarding of Banyang area was replaced by Wolong Canal. It is true that we arrived late."
"It's done as soon as you come. Let's go into the valley first. You must be tired too."
The leader of the valley guard said politely.
Peiyuan Shao shook his head.
"Don't be in a hurry to rest. When we came here, we found a county army with almost three hundred people. They should be here for the refugees."
"How many brothers are there who can fight?"
The guard leader was shocked: "Coming to the valley?!"
"They probably don't know about it yet in the valley, but at this time we are still in search mode when going up the mountain, because the person who came here is not malicious."
Liao Hua took over.
The guard leader nodded, his expression solemn.
"In this case, it is indeed a bit troublesome. We brothers, including me, have a total of five teams. I am the leader of the team, with a total of sixty-six people."
"Including you, we are only seventy-two. There are three hundred people on the opposite side. There is no chance of attacking by force. How about we continue to hide?"
The guard leader said.
Liao Hua shook his head.
"The risk is not small if we stay hidden, and the support team may be almost at the designated location. If we don't reach them, they will evacuate. By then, the refugees in the valley cannot be taken away by just the six of us."
"What should we do?"
The guard leader also looked troubled.
"beat."
Liao Hua said frankly.
"But we can't fight hard. I already have some ideas. Several brothers came over to discuss things."
With that said, Liao Hua squatted on the ground surrounded by several people.
Holding a branch and drawing on the ground.
"What do you call the team leader?"
Liao Hua first looked at the guard leader.
"Just call me Black Cow."
"Okay then, Black Bull Team, are there any other exits from this valley?"
"some."
"But the other exit is so narrow that only one person can go with you at a time. If you want to evacuate from there, there are currently 2,753 people in the valley, and it will take four days."
Liao Hua thought for a while and nodded.
"Then don't consider evacuation. There are two entrances and exits to the valley. The terrain here is the best. Then deal with those county soldiers here. Instead of letting them wander around the mountains and cause accidents that are detrimental to us, it is better to wait for work. Attract them directly!”
"Leader of the Black Bull Team, you are familiar with the refugees in the valley. I would like to ask you to organize some young and strong-minded people, including older ones. Just follow the command."
Liao Hua thought of gathering some refugees to build up their momentum first, so that the seventy-two of them could be twisted into a main force and directly attack the county soldiers.
Liao Hua is still confident in the combat effectiveness of his colleagues. Even ordinary people like them, who were refugees a year ago, now have enough battlefield experience and good martial arts, not to mention these people who have been cooperating with the organization. The guards of Operation Net.
Black Bull nodded, waved over another guard and gave instructions.
"Go to the valley to find the severed finger and ask his grandpa to help."
The guard nodded. He heard what Liao Hua said just now and knew what to do.
It just so happened that a father and son came to the valley. The son was an ordinary person, nothing noteworthy, except that all five fingers on the palm of his left hand were broken.
But his grandfather was unusual. He carried a bronze sword. I heard that he had served as a village commander when he was young and had some battlefield experience.
The guard ran back into the valley.
Liao Hua and others continued to squat around.
"Leader of the Black Bull Team, are you guys familiar with the nearby terrain?"
"It's familiar. Our brothers have traveled all over the area, and occasionally hunt some birds and beasts to perform tooth sacrifices."
"That's good. We still have to trouble the Black Bull Brigade and send seven or eight brothers to disguise themselves as refugees and deliberately leak the traces to the county soldiers to lure them over."
After saying that, Liao Hua didn't stop but looked at Zou Cang.
"Brother Cang, if you have quick legs and feet, those county soldiers will definitely send people back to report the whereabouts. Your mission is to keep those people in the mountains one by one."
Zou Cang nodded, his face full of vicissitudes of life meticulous and without any other expression fluctuations.
Before joining the Taiping Army, Zou Cang was a hunter. He was especially good at tracking when walking in the mountains and forests. After joining their army, he has been focusing on detecting whereabouts.
"Just leave it to me."
Zou Cang said coldly, and then looked at Hei Niu.
Hand over.
"The leader of the Black Bull Team, I wonder if there are any arrows matching the short bow?"
"Yes, Lao Wu, bring me two bags of short arrows."
"Eh."
After a few conversations, a guard ran to their previous hiding place and brought two bags of arrows for use with short bows.
When meeting the refugees this time, Liao Hua and the others knew that they were marching in the mountains and forests, so they did not bring long bows, but a few short bows.
Zou Cang reached out to take it, thanked him, and then checked the arrowheads one by one.
"nice one."
Pulling out an arrow, the arrow flashed with cold light and was so cold that even Zou Cang, who had a calm personality, let out an exclamation at this moment.
The stuff they have from the regular army is really good.
(End of chapter)
