A scout climbed ashore from the water, looked around cautiously, and was about to take a step when suddenly the reeds rustled and several people jumped out. "What are you doing?" someone asked, pointing the tip of a knife at him.
"The South Curtain Scout stayed out of the night and was ordered to deliver a message across the river." The scout said, holding up a shiny metal sign.
A soldier took it and handed it to the sergeant behind him.
"I'm talking about Yubao (Yu Liang's nickname), after all these years, how can you still be a non-commissioned officer?"
Half a moment later, behind a small forest not far from the river, Yu Liang, who had changed into dry clothes, was smiling and sitting cross-legged with his old acquaintance Xie Baozi. .
"Well, I'm not that obsessed with officialdom. Once I get a wife, I want to take care of the children at home. This time it's the military intelligence system's roll call, otherwise I won't be happy to go out!"
Xie Baozi curled his lips when he heard this: "You said you were fat and had asthma. Didn't you come here because you were looking for double your salary?"
Yu Liang grinned and changed the subject: "Brother Xie, to be honest, I really wanted to go back when I first came here.
This group of Liao soldiers didn't understand or know anything. Let alone draw a map, they couldn't even figure out the southeast, northwest, and northwest. This is just half a year of training, how about going into battle? There is no door! "
"Don't say that, he is still good. Na Luo commanded 3,000 people to defend the city. He is quite a man!"
"Yes, if they have more skills, they will definitely be good at fighting. If nothing else, how to survive in this ice and snow is enough to open my eyes. There are also sleds and snowboards. I will tell my children and grandchildren when I go back. story!"
While the two were talking, an officer came over and said, "The horses and guards are ready. Can we leave now?"
Yu Liang looked up and saw the captain's sign on his shoulder, and quickly jumped up to salute. "This is Guo Dashan, deputy director of Dengzhou Jinghai Camp. We are partners this time." Xie Baozi introduced.
Li Dan placed 10,000 troops by the Liao River, using one company of the Raozhou regiment to match one company of the Dengzhou or Gaizhou troops.
After reorganization and training, the latter has been completely consistent with the Raozhou Regiment in terms of structure, military rank, uniforms, carrying equipment, etc., except that the color of the uniform is gray-green.
"It's lunch time to set off and arrive at the shogunate." Guo Dashan said, calling two guards over and asking them to accompany Yu Liang to the South Curtain (that is, General Pan Chang's headquarters was called the Northern Curtain). When they set off, Guo Dashan asked, "What's going on?"
"Ker will arrive at the river tomorrow morning." Xie Baozi spat fiercely: "Let's go and take a look at the fortifications. Damn it, I'm so restless after fighting so many battles!"
There is a raised mountain less than four miles away from the mouth of the Juliu River where it merges into the Liao River. It is not very tall, the highest point is only about three feet, but it stretches two miles from north to south.
A square fort was built at the highest point, about 100 meters from east to west and slightly longer from north to south. Inside the fort was a two-story watchtower made of rammed earth and mud bricks, and a watchtower was built with wood on the top, making it this square. The tallest building in dozens of miles.
A soldier in gray cloth uniform held a monocular and looked northwest. He remained motionless, as if something was attracting him there. On his left shoulder was a mountain ax pattern and a folded line, marking his status as a scout and his identity as a scout. Corporal class.
"Squad leader, what did you see? You are so fascinated?" Under the tower, another scout took off his soft-brimmed hat with red cloth strips, dusted off the dust on it, put it back on, and said incomprehensively. Look up again.
"Hey, your squad leader is probably looking at the girls in the village, right?" The two guard soldiers on duty leaned against the wall and watched. The red shirts on their bodies had been washed pink, and they looked very old at first glance.
"Go away! This is called a telescope. One person can see more than ten miles away. It's much better than you two idiots, you know? This is not for looking at girls, look at your potential!" The sergeant's eyes are always focused. Mirror, said angrily.
"Okay, I'm short-sighted, okay?" the older guard said quickly, obviously he didn't want to offend this man.
"Look at his new army. They are well-dressed, well-fed, and well-used. It's our turn for this good thing. It's the Year of the Monkey and the Horse!" The young man looked back and forth at his body with envy.
Not to mention the semi-long burqa, but also the leggings, satchel, cowhide bullet box, horn powder pot, tin kettle and cowhide sheath.
Wrist daggers, especially self-made short blunderbuss, what kind of thing doesn't make people look at it?
"Are you hungry? Why don't you just stop being a detective?" The old man gave him a push.
The young man pouted: "I have that ability..."
"Don't make any noise," a voice from above suddenly shouted, and after a moment he said: "Here, Kerr, I guess... there are still twelve miles to the river. You two, please ring the bell and call the police! Lao Du, send People went to the river and waved flags to tell them to move faster!"
The warning bell rang. Outside the fort is a village with dozens of households, including military households, civilian households settled in the wasteland, and even a relegated military household.
At this time, people were busy in the fields, and they were a little surprised when they heard the bell ringing. After all, the bell had not rung for a long time.
Suddenly someone pointed at the billowing smoke and dust in the northwest and shouted, and people began to pack up their farm tools, call their children and run home. A few people who acted quickly had already picked up their few assets, stepped over the suspension bridge and fled into the castle first.
Although there are only a few dozen guards and inspection department archers here in name, after all, they are behind the wall and are much safer than outside.
Taking advantage of the chaos, a scout put on the water support and hurried to the watchtower. The corporal rushed out, looked at him and said, "Are you going?" and handed over a bamboo pipe that had been sealed with wax.
"Deputy Qi, what about you?" the soldier asked worriedly.
"Never mind!" Squad Leader Qi cursed fiercely: "Fuck, I can only stay here until Squad Leader Yu comes back!" He looked at the other person and reached out to pat him on the shoulder:
"Don't worry, they are just wandering around outside at most. They are only worried about crossing the Liao River, so how can they have time to pay attention to this side? Besides, this fort is surrounded by water on three sides, so you can only go through the north gate. Kerr and everyone should not waste time here. .
Okay, let's go! Let the shogunate get the news as soon as possible, and be careful of Kelge's scout cavalry on the way! "
"I know!" Before he could finish speaking, the soldier had already run away.
Squad leader Qi was right. Kerr and his men went south along the bank of the Liuhe River and had no time to take care of this small fort twenty miles away. But there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses with no borders, let alone an army of fifty thousand?
It is inevitable that a few scouts would come here to wander around and whistle, or to proudly show off their riding skills.
There was no one inside the fort, and no one showed their head. This made the knights lose interest and ignored these cowards.
They didn't know that this small fortress had a secret mission, and would sneak out at night to try every possible means to find out their specific numbers, weapons and equipment, leading generals and other relevant information, and then send people to the other side of the river. report.
I came back in the middle of the night before dawn, swam from the south pond to the other side and was pulled up to the wall in a hanging basket, and finally stood wet in front of a captain.
"Mom, even if I die, I still have to keep the Kerrs out of the fort? How can we block it? Just rely on a hundred brothers in this fort? It would be great if those guard soldiers can stand up to each other! "
The man looked ferocious, with a scar on his face. He was obviously a strong man who had been stained with blood. The deputy Qi glanced at Yu Liang and straightened his chest:
"Report, the order given to the subordinate is to be stationed in this fort, so the reconnaissance team will not leave and will assist your department in the defense!"
"I won't leave either!" Yu Liang said with a smile, "You can't compare to me in terms of my skills in the water."
"Okay, okay." The captain waved his hand: "Let's just talk about it. What can you do with a dozen or so people? There are fifty thousand people on the opposite side, and they all fart in unison and kill everyone in this fort. It’s smoked to death!”
Everyone in the room laughed, and the captain turned to Yu Liang and said, "Brother, thank you. You can leave anytime you want, okay?"
Brother, I will never blame you. I know that you are a veteran of Raozhou, and you must have both advantages and disadvantages. Our brothers in Liaodi will be sorry for your family. "
"I won't die that easily!" Yu Liang said this, but he was still very moved. He raised his hand and returned the greeting: "We have discipline in our regiment training around the state: we must move forward bravely in battle, never retreat, behave like prisoners, and never abandon our brothers.
Now that the enemy is at hand, if I go back like this, I won't be able to see anyone. A letter will immediately expel me, and the whole family will be kicked out of Yugan's. This is a loss-making purchase.
Selling can’t be done! "
"Hiss...!" The captain gasped: "No wonder they say you are ruthless in fighting and ruthless in work. That's fine! You go back and have a rest first, and then send out the reconnaissance team in the middle of the night, and wait until Kerr and everyone are asleep to do things. It’s easier.”
An hour later, the reconnaissance squad quietly filed out of the north gate and disappeared into the darkness. The captain stood in the ditch above the fort gate, holding on to the railing and looking toward the northeast.
Although he knew that he could not see anything with his eyesight in this dark night! But he still tried to look. A bright light in the distance is the camp of Kelge, which is where the Ye Bu Shui people are going.
Even at this hour, it takes a lot of courage to dare to break into the place where fifty thousand wolves are. The captain was both impressed and annoyed by these unsatisfied men: "How the hell do they give birth to children? They all seem to have such courage and courage!"
He was worried that these nights would go too far and attract the Kelge people, which would be troublesome. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look back behind him. On both sides of the Juliu River, there were rows of torches, and an important project was being carried out in full swing.
Hey, you should hurry up! the captain thought.
This fortress can block the movement on the river bank behind it, but in fact, as long as an opponent's scout is a little more curious and gets closer, he will suddenly discover the rising river water and the dam downstream, and then he will have the opportunity to perform a meritorious service and avoid one of his own A heavy loss.
Suddenly, the captain's ears moved, and he seemed to hear a sound coming from far away. Turning back, there seemed to be a flash of fire in the northeast.
He held his breath tightly and narrowed his eyes. Another spark flashed. But it was too far away to see clearly what it was. The captain remained motionless.
Suddenly, he seemed to hear the sound of horse hooves and quickly ordered: "Be alert! Second row, follow me out of the stronghold!"
The door opened and the captain rushed to the drawbridge with a platoon. On the left is a large pool of water. On a moonless night, the water is like ink, and only the rising water vapor makes its presence felt.
The river on the right leads to Juliu River, with the sound of gurgling water and the sounds of insects and frogs. Suddenly, the surroundings became quiet, and the horses' hooves struck the ground with a dull sound.
When the dark figures of the night warriors appeared, the captain breathed a sigh of relief. The soldiers who formed a half-moon formation behind them also became happy. As we crossed the suspension bridge, someone immediately lit two torches.
"Brothers, lend a hand and get the prisoner down and bring him in!" Deputy Qi's voice said, and someone immediately came forward to greet him.
"Are you all back?" the captain asked with concern.
"Sergeant Yu is in the back."
"What? What did you do?" the captain complained.
"I thought nothing major would happen to him after his death, but who knew that the police would alert him and come after him!"
"Is he going to die alone?"
"Three!"
The captain became more and more anxious as he thought about it. He pulled the horse and climbed on it, and then shouted: "All the gunmen, follow me!" Unexpectedly, just after crossing the suspension bridge and turning onto the village road, he heard the sound of horse hooves in front of him.
"There are only three horses, they must be back, sir!" someone shouted.
Sure enough, three horses appeared in the dark night, but one was empty. The captain's heart sank, and he heard the person on the other side give the command and then shout urgently: "Get a stretcher quickly, squad leader Yu is injured!" Everyone cheered and surrounded him.
With all his hands and feet, he put down Yu Liang, who was lying on Ye Bushuang's back in front of him, from his horse. When the torch was illuminated, he found that an arrow had been shot into his shoulder socket, and the arrow shaft had been broken by himself. "It's okay, it's okay, the injury is not serious!" the captain exhaled.
"You can't die," Yu Liang closed his eyes and murmured with a pale face, "If you can't kill the people of Chashan Society, you have to fight to the end!"
The stretcher arrived, and seeing Yu Liang being put on it and carried away, the captain felt relieved and led the horse back to the fort with everyone. Deputy Qi stood in the door with a guilty look on his face. The captain patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "It's okay, he won't die." After a pause, he asked, "What is the Tea Mountain Society?"
"Oh, I heard that it is a society in Raozhou. Most of their league members have joined this society. In addition to helping each other, they also need to help the officers and soldiers, support the royal family, love the people, and maintain the place. Why do you ask this?"
"Nothing." The captain ordered: "Treat the prisoners
That is to say, interrogation, a confession must be produced before dawn! "
"I understand the humble position!"
There were two prisoners, one was the sentry commander and the other was his Nake, which means accompanying and accompanying. The master and servant went out to feed the horses two nights, and then sat on the grass slope to watch the stars. As a result, they were knocked to the ground and brought here.
This Mr. Noyan (Lord) was very tough-mouthed, and everyone beat him up, but it had no effect.
Just as he was about to start the execution, the soldier who was taking care of Yu Liang came and said that squad leader Yu had a way to make this kid speak.
Everyone was doubtful and watched as Yu Liang put on his clothes and wrapped his wound in white gauze and came out. He dismissed everyone, talked to the two prisoners for a quarter of an hour, and then came out holding on to the wall.
"What's going on?" The captain and deputy Qi rushed forward to greet him.
"Don't beat them, I promised to let them go tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." Yu Liang said weakly: "They came with 50,000 people, and Bihan sent 10,000 people to continue the siege, and another 10,000 people went to Wulongling.
We must quickly tell the Governor... to be careful of General Tong's back... "After he said this, he could no longer hold on. His vision went dark, and his body fell softly to the ground. Fortunately, squad leader Qi and another soldier quickly caught him.
"We have to send someone to deliver the news quickly, otherwise it will be dawn!" The captain stamped his feet anxiously.
"I'll go!" said Squadron Officer Qi, "Among the few remaining people, I'm the only one who's pretty good at water!"
"Bring three people, an axe, and a rope. If that doesn't work, chop down trees and build a raft!"
"Okay!" Deputy Qi replied through gritted teeth. He knew that although the river water in this season was not as scary as in summer, it was not possible for everyone to swim through the rapid water surface hundreds of meters wide. It was better to build a raft. Although it was laborious, it was safer.
"I didn't expect that Fish Belly would grow into a man!"
