"Captain, are we just going to let them run amok among the refugees?" A Tiger Flag soldier frowned.
Wu Qiang looked at the person who spoke, and said with a smile: "Sometimes people are just cheap, and if you are too nice to them, it is a bad thing. What we need to do now is to hurry up and take these people to Dahei River as soon as possible. , But along the way, we can’t use force ourselves. Now that these people are showing up, it’s not a bad thing for us. As long as we control this degree and don’t really let these people hurt those Liaodong refugees.”
"My subordinate understands."
The few Tiger Flag soldiers on the side nodded.
Before, they thought that the captain didn't know about the refugees who often bullied others, but now they realized that the captain had known about it for a long time, and he just deliberately allowed these people to do so.
"Eat quickly, it will get cold in a while." Wu Qiang greeted.
The cake in his hand had been torn into pieces and thrown into the broth in the tea vat. He picked up the spoon and ate it.
Compared with the refugees who only ate a piece of pancake and half a piece of salted fish, the food of these soldiers was much better. Not only did they have broth to drink, but they could also often eat meat buns and some meaty meat.
What's more important is that each refugee's rations are rationed, and it is difficult for an adult to eat enough. At most, a normal person can only eat about 70% of the food.
It's not that there's not enough food to eat, it's that the people in the Tiger Banner deliberately don't let these refugees have enough to eat.
On the way from Datong to the grassland, these Liaodong refugees did not need to do any heavy lifting, they just had to hurry. They were able to eat 70% full, which was much better than the food they had on the way to escape.
A Tiger Flag soldier who was eating suddenly said: "Captain, I think the refugee who caused the trouble is different from other refugees. It doesn't look like he fled all the way from Liaodong to Datong."
"What do you mean?" Wu Qiang put down the spoon in his hand and looked at the soldier.
I heard the Tiger Flag soldier say: "The refugees who fled from Liaodong are all ragged and have yellow faces and thin muscles. But those few people are different. Although their clothes are in tatters, they are strong and have rosy faces. They don't look like that at all." People who don’t have enough to eat are more like thugs raised by wealthy families.”
When he said this, several Tiger Flag soldiers beside him looked thoughtful.
A Tiger Flag soldier beside him frowned and said, "No wonder I felt a little awkward when I saw those people. When you reminded me, it's exactly what you said."
Wu Qiang nodded in agreement.
He also noticed this, but he never thought about it in other aspects. After all, those people all had Liaodong accents. Even if something was wrong, he didn't think too much about it. He just treated them as ordinary people who had escaped from Liaodong.
Someone wondered: "Could these people be spies who sneaked in on purpose?"
"But what do these people want to do after sneaking in?" A soldier with the Tiger Flag looked puzzled.
They brought these Liaodong refugees to Daheihe to build forts, and it was not a secret matter.
At this time, Wu Qiang said: "No matter what these people are going to do, as long as they don't do anything too extreme, don't pay attention to them for the time being. We will talk about everything after meeting with Captain Zhang."
The Captain Zhang he was talking about was Zhang Hong, the captain of their 3,000-man team.
Several people around the campfire nodded.
Wu Qiang picked up the spoon in the teapot and said: "After eating, take a rest quickly. We have to be on guard duty in the middle of the night. At this time, we must be more careful."
Several tents for resting have been set up not far away.
These tents were used by Tiger Banner soldiers to rest at night, while all the refugees from Liaodong slept on the ground.
The weather is not cold either, so sleeping outdoors at night is not unbearable. In addition, these Liaodong refugees slept outdoors all the way during their escape, so they have already become accustomed to it.
No one thought there was anything wrong with Tiger Character Banner not preparing tents for them. Tiger Character Flag had already given them food, which made them very satisfied. Otherwise, they would have continued to suffer from hunger for an unknown period of time. .
The night passed, and just after Chen hour, the team continued on their way.
After walking for more than ten miles, Wu Qiang, who was walking at the front of the team, suddenly stopped, lay on the ground, listened, and then shouted: "Be alert!"
The tiger flag soldiers in the team reacted very quickly. As soon as they heard the word "alert", they began to cooperate with the carts pulling food to form a vehicle formation, and the firecrackers in their hands also began to be loaded with gunpowder and lead.
The several thousand-man troops of the Tiger Character Banner all used flintlock rifles. Wu Qiang and his soldiers were soldiers of the third thousand-man team, so naturally they also used flintlock rifles.
The flintlock rifle does not need to light the match rope. You only need to aim at the target and squeeze the trigger to fire, which saves a lot of work.
The Liaodong refugees in the team still didn’t know what was going on.
However, they were accustomed to being obedient along the way, and hid behind the cart under the command of the tiger-character flag soldiers.
As soon as Wu Qiang and his soldiers had done all this, they saw a black line in the distance appear in sight.
At this time, some of the Liaodong refugees noticed the black line in the distance, and the crowd finally panicked, but with the presence of soldiers with the Tiger Flag, they were quickly suppressed.
The black line in the distance gradually came closer, and what could already be seen with the naked eye was the cavalry.
"Captain, could it be a herdsman's horse group?" said a Tiger Flag soldier next to Wu Qiang.
Wu Qiang looked into the distance for a while, shook his head, and said: "It's not like that, more like horse bandits. Tell our people to be careful, especially the refugees. Keep an eye on us, and we must not let them take advantage of the chaos to attack our battlefield." Formation."
"Yes, my subordinates will lead another team to keep an eye on those refugees." A tiger-character flag soldier on the side agreed and turned to leave.
However, before he left, Wu Qiang said: "Keep a close eye on the refugees with problems. Don't let them confuse other refugees and deliberately create chaos at this time. If necessary, you can take action."
"yes."
With a promise, the tiger-character flag soldier led a team and rushed towards the refugees.
In such a short time, the cavalry in the distance was getting closer and closer to them, especially the galloping cavalry. The distance of several miles could be said to be close very quickly.
"Captain, this seems to be the cavalry team of our Tiger Flag." A sharp-eyed soldier of the Tiger Flag suddenly said.
Wu Qiang stared at the cavalry in the distance carefully for a while.
At this time, he also saw that the cavalry coming from a distance were all wearing black breastplates. Generally, only their tiger-shaped flags wore this kind of breastplates.
"Don't let down your guard. Wait until they get closer and then confirm whether they are the cavalry of our Tiger Flag." He reminded the people next to him.
As long as he could not confirm that the opponent was a member of the Tiger Flag, he would not let his soldiers take risks, even if the cavalry galloping over looked very much like his Tiger Flag cavalry team.
When the distance between the two sides was less than 200 steps, the horse team on the opposite side stopped.
