Since he is a scout, he doesn't need heavy armor.
Li Yue divided the more than 500 sets of heavy armor captured into three parts, Wei Shan had 150 sets, Cui Jin had 100 sets, and Tian Baozi had 50 sets. The other leaders added up to more than 70 sets, and he kept more than 100 sets for himself. .
Zhou Qian was focused on matters on the mountain and had little interest in fighting in battle, so he returned all his armor.
Li Yue knew that he wanted to move closer to him, so he didn't persuade him much.
Bows and arrows, long and short knives, leather armor and other items were distributed to the scouts.
Each scout is equipped with a bow and arrow, a long knife, a short knife, a pair of leather armor, and a sheepskin bag filled with water.
Although Meng Kai left, his more than thirty war horses stayed and were worshiped on the mountain like treasures.
Scout training is unnecessary, and there isn't that much territory in the mountains.
Those who can survive the fight have a desperate spirit and do not need any training.
Li Yue directly assigned the task, and a group of five people hunted while figuring out the surrounding mountains.
Of course, there is more than just Black Cloud Mountain in the Funiu Mountains. There is Song Mountain in the southeast, Laojun Mountain and Shiren Mountain in the west, Mang Mountain, Xiong'er Mountain, Waifang Mountain, etc. in the north. It is the watershed of the Yellow River, Yangtze River, and Huaihe River.
The area is extremely vast, and there are countless thieves and refugees hidden in the mountains.
Every morning, Li Yue prepared dry food and water for them, and the scouts also sharpened their bows and knives.
The mountains are the best testing ground. There are countless jackals, tigers and leopards in the mountains.
But I didn’t expect that I would fail on the first day.
Li Yue mistakenly underestimated the difficulty of the mountain. The road was rugged, the weather was in May, and the mountain was full of poisonous snakes, insects, and ants.
Continuous heavy rains make the mountains increasingly humid, causing these things to overflow.
Mosquitoes, in particular, can suck a person dry.
Two people were bitten to death by poisonous snakes, and three were carried away by tigers and leopards.
A team of scouts was also besieged by wolves...
Almost a third of the people were injured. Some people walked too much on mountain roads and their legs were swollen like steamed buns.
Someone has a trouser-legged mountain leech that has burrowed into the flesh and has to be picked out with a knife...
However, even in such a harsh environment, some people still came back with a full load. Five people came back dragging three to four hundred kilograms of wild boar.
More than ten wolves and leopards were also killed.
The most common ones are hares, pheasants, and foxes, with more than a hundred of them.
You rely on water to eat water, and you rely on mountains to eat mountains. If you want to eat meat, you can only ask for it from the mountains.
Li Yue was healing his injuries while chatting with the scouts.
Most people are relatively optimistic. No matter how ferocious and vicious jackals, tigers, leopards, snakes, insects, rats, and ants are, they are not as ferocious as the Capricorns. They have long been indifferent to life and death, and their biggest wish is to eat a mouthful of salted meat every day.
Li Yue concluded that the jackals, tigers and leopards were fine, and a group of scouts were enough to deal with them.
The key is that mountain locusts, venomous snakes, and mosquitoes hide under the leaves and stick to people when they touch them.
Mosquitoes are easy to deal with. There are a lot of calamus and mugwort on the mountain. Burn them into ashes and apply them all over your body to prevent mosquito bites.
Mountain leeches and venomous snakes are difficult to deal with. They are entangled on the branches and leaves and have camouflage colors. If you pass by, your legs and feet will be attacked directly.
Looking at their empty trouser legs, Li Yue's heart moved. He put leggings on them and tied them with cloth strips from the ankles up to the entire calf.
It can prevent snakes and insects from digging into the trouser legs, prevent thorns from thorns and branches, and can also effectively relieve the soreness of the calves after long journeys.
Later generations of soldiers relied on this skill to climb snowy mountains and cross grasslands.
Li Yue then taught some first aid measures for people bitten by poisonous snakes. The main method was to tie the upper end of the wound, then bleed it, and then quickly send it back to the village.
The effects came out the next day.
The casualties were greatly reduced. Only two people were slightly injured by the mountain leopard sneak attack. Moreover, the scouts walked further and brought back almost twice as much prey as yesterday, which was enough to satisfy the scout camp's meat supply.
In less than five days, the scouts gradually gained experience, adapted to the mountains and forests, and explored an increasingly larger area.
There are countless prey in the mountains, flying in the sky and running on the ground, everywhere.
Meat can not only be supplied to himself, but also to Wei Shan and Cui Jin.
People will have strength after eating meat, and the bodies of the scouts will also become stronger, and their archery, swordsmanship, and coordination will all improve significantly.
On the ninth day, a scout finally found a refugee camp. More than 500 men, women, and children were crowded together. They were all people from Yuzhou in the Central Plains who were fleeing the war. They farmed and hunted in the mountains, and built a small fort.
Life was going well, and the scouts also saw cows and mules.
One of the great benefits of escaping into the mountains is that you no longer have to bear the heavy taxes and corvee, and everyone can be self-reliant.
In the Western Jin Dynasty, if there were no cattle, there would be eight officials and two people; if there were cattle, there would be seven officials and three people...
In other words, 70% to 80% of the income from farming goes to the government, and 20% to 30% belongs to you. The land tax is not the most terrible thing, the most terrible thing is the corvee, which is exhausting and hard work, and you have to provide your own food...
"What are you waiting for? Just swallow them up!" Tian Baozi has a soft spot for robbing families and homes.
Li Yue thought that Zhou Qian and Cui Jin had read some books and would be more merciful, but he didn't expect them to nod in agreement, "This matter must be done as quickly as possible!"
In troubled times, only the knife is the most efficient, and pedantic people have long been reduced to withered bones.
Horses cannot grow fat without night grass, and people cannot become rich without windfall. If Heiyun Mountain wants to grow, it must absorb the population.
The bottom of the mountain was occupied by the forts of powerful people. Li Yue had no chance and could only stare at the mountain.
Everyone unanimously agreed, and Wei Shan led 800 soldiers and 200 scouts to attack.
After all, they had fought against the elite Jie people, and the members of the Black Cloud Mountain tribe were better than others in terms of equipment and morale.
After four days of going back and forth, they brought back more than 400 people, as well as three cows and five mules, and more than 70 stones, millets, and millet.
Zhou Qian cooked some porridge and gave it to them. After eating a bowl of hot porridge, the hatred and resentment in the eyes of more than 400 people disappeared instantly. He also divided the houses for them, inquired about their welfare, and quickly eliminated the estrangement.
As the area explored by the scouts expanded, more and more refugee and thief strongholds were discovered around them.
The only generals leading the army were Wei Shan and Cui Jin.
Although Tian Baozi also fought bravely, he was a thief and had no sense of control. He liked to rob and often hurt innocent people. Li Yue reprimanded him several times, but it was still the case. It was not that he didn't want to take care of it, but that it was his. The subordinates all have this kind of virtue. They have been accustomed to being undisciplined for so many years, and they can't take care of them even if they want to.
If Tian Baozi talks too much, the thief will either draw a knife and confront him, or run away in the middle of the night...
Li Yue could only let them take a back seat.
The power of Heiyun Mountain continues to grow, and the soldiers become more and more elite.
"Reporting to the leader of the village, a large stronghold has been found in Xuanyuan Mountain in the southwest. It is estimated that there are at least 7,000 people!" Hou came to report in surprise.
All the leaders stood up, their eyes showing excitement.
Seven thousand people, almost the population size of a small county.
Rao is a refugee bandit who has recently annexed nearby areas, and there are only five to six thousand people in Heiyun Mountain.
Xuanyuan Mountain is a branch of Songshan Mountain, southwest of Heiyun Mountain, close to Lunshi County, and belongs to Henan County.
If this group of people can be eaten, Black Cloud Mountain will be more than doubled in size!
"What is the other party's background? How much strength is it?" Li Yue was not reckless.
Those who can gain a foothold in this world are not simple people.
The world was in chaos, and the Central Plains was repeatedly devastated. Yuzhou was the first to bear the brunt. It was unknown how many ruthless people were born who had been killing people since the end of the Han Dynasty.
The scout commander Wang Daer said: "Our people have gone in disguised as salesmen. This mountain is more steep than our Heiyun Mountain. Men, women, old and young, all know swords, spears, bows and arrows, but their equipment is not as good as ours. None of my subordinates saw it." When it comes to iron armor, there are not many leather armors, and most of the swords and spears are rusty.”
Rusty swords and spears are more lethal, and a little scratch can cause tetanus...
"Has their leader found out?"
Know yourself and the enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger.
"After investigating clearly, these people are the descendants of Governor Li's tribe."
