Lingshui is the Hunhe River, the upstream is the Cangtou River, the Cangtou River from the killing of the Hukou out of the block, the name becomes the Hunhe, the ancient name of Lingshui. Due to the topography, most of the rivers in China flow from west to east, but Lingshui is the opposite, it flows from east to west and finally flows into the Yellow River.

The sun in the sky was already in the west, Xue Bingxin led the villagers of Heitai Mountain to go west along the Lingshui, because of the mixture of men, women and children, plus carrying food, clothing, pots and pans, so the speed of travel was very slow, and it took an hour to walk more than ten miles.

Originally, there were more than 500 people in Heitai Mountain, and about 150 young and middle-aged laborers were killed, and nearly 50 people were killed and injured when defending the cottage, so now there are only about 100 young people left who can fight, and the rest are women, children and old people.

"Uncle Sangun, are you really my uncle?" Huo'er was riding on Xie Sangun's shoulder at the moment, letting the latter carry him on his way, the west wind on the riverside was a little fierce, blowing his little face red, Xie Sangun made a hat out of his coat and let the little guy wear it on his head.

"Of course, or you can ride on your head and make a fortune." Xie Sangun smiled and laughed.

Huo'er flashed her dark eyes and said happily: "Then Uncle Xu is really my father?" ”

Xie Sangun smiled: "What your mother said, can it be fake?" ”

"Great, it turns out that Uncle Xu is Huo'er's father, Huo'er likes Uncle Xu, Huo'er has a father." Xue Yang clapped his little hand and said.

Xue Bingxin was nearby, listening to the conversation between the two, both surprised and a little happy.

"Uncle Sangun, when will Huo'er see Daddy?"

"Uh...... Soon! Xie Sangun glanced at Xue Bingxin, and when he saw that the latter was really worried, he quickly changed the topic and said, "Huo'er, what do you think the mountain in front of you looks like?" ”

At this moment, there is indeed a hill on the edge of Lingshui, it is estimated that it is close to the river, the vegetation on the mountain is very lush, the trees are lush, and there are many towering ancient trees.

"Like ...... An incense burner! Huo'er crooked her little brain and looked at the mountain carefully for a moment before replying.

"Hey, it's like an incense burner!" Xie Sangun said with a smile.

Xue Bingxin's eyes lit up, and she asked, "Liu San, are you familiar with the terrain outside the Saiwai, do you know what kind of place this is?" ”

Liu San scratched his head and said, "Here...... It should be the incense burner mountain, which is only seventy or eighty miles away from the upstream Hukou, which belongs to the territory of Helin, but the Tartars rarely come here to graze, and there is no bridge or ferry within a radius of fifty miles. ”

Zhao Hu and Xue Liang glanced at each other happily, it is better to have no bridges and ferries, which means that the Tartars from the north cannot cross the river, and this place is located outside the Great Wall, there is no Ming army to disturb, what a good place!

Xue Bingxin was also overjoyed at this moment, and ordered: "Four masters, you take a few brothers over to see if the terrain is suitable, if it is suitable, let's temporarily build the cottage on this incense burner peak." ”

Xue Liang, the fourth master, immediately took a dozen brothers and rushed to the incense burner mountain to observe the terrain, while the large army was a few miles behind and marched slowly.

When Xue Bingxin led the villagers to the foot of the incense burner mountain, he suddenly heard a strange howl from the woods, as well as shouting and scolding, followed by the rustling of grass and trees. Just as everyone was concentrating on guard, several fat wild boars ran out in a panic, one of them was probably dazed, and actually crashed into everyone.

Xie Sangun happened to be at the forefront, his hand quickly drew the knife, dodged the fangs of the wild boar, and then swung the knife down, and the nearly 200-pound wild boar was cut into two pieces on the spot, and the blood flowed all over the ground.

"Good!" Zhao Hu and Lei Jun couldn't help but cheer, but the latter immediately closed his mouth in embarrassment after cheering.

After a while, I saw Xue Liang, the fourth master, walking out of the mountains and forests with more than a dozen brothers, among whom four brothers were also carrying a wild boar, which was about the same size as the one Xie San shot and killed.

Xue Liang held a bloody spear in his hand, and said happily: "Big boss, the king of this mountain turned out to be a group of wild boars, Lao Tzu slaughtered one, and the others were scared away, and this mountain will belong to us in the future. ”

The two wild boars add up to at least 400 catties, and if they are mixed with miscellaneous grains, it is enough for the whole village to eat two meals.

Food is undoubtedly the best healing medicine, especially for the villagers who have not eaten meat a few times a year, two wild boars are simply a godsend. Therefore, there was no need for Xue Bingxin's instructions, and the villagers carried the two wild boars to the river, disemboweled, washed, collected firewood, and prepared to cook.

For a while, the villagers who were still miserable just now became active, and the children gathered around to watch the adults kill pigs and cook meat, and they were so hungry that they drooled, and they had long forgotten about the destruction of the cottage.

Xue Bingxin's pretty face also had a rare smile, and led the backbone of the cottage to walk around the incense burner mountain, and found that there was no more suitable place to build a village than here, and it was simply a paradise.

Although the incense burner mountain is not high, but the grass and trees are luxuriant, the foot of the mountain is Lingshui, it is very convenient to take water, and the soil around the mountain is deep, the irrigation is convenient, and it is very suitable for farming.

Of course, there is no perfect thing in the world, and the incense burner mountain is low and gentle, and in terms of the degree of danger, it is far inferior to Heitai Mountain, and it is not an easy place to defend. But fortunately, the incense burner mountain is located outside the Great Wall, with the urine of the Ming border army, it is unlikely to attack here, so the incense burner mountain basically has no worries, and the north of the incense burner mountain is Lingshui, more than ten meters wide river can just block the horseshoe of the tartars, small stocks of tartars do not need to be afraid, large stocks of tartars can also be calmly dealt with.

This is it!

Xue Bingxin decided to build the cottage on the incense burner mountain on the spot, but she thought that the name of the incense burner mountain was not good and unlucky, so she omitted the word "furnace" and called it this fragrant mountain directly.

So, as soon as Xue Bingxin gave an order, the villagers began to cut down trees and build a cottage on Xiangshan, which was in full swing.

In the evening, under the fragrant mountain, on the shore of the Lingshui, piles of bonfires were lit, and the air was filled with the tempting smell of meat, and the villagers slept peacefully in the makeshift camp after a full meal.

The next morning, when the sky was dark, Xue Bingxin was awakened by the whistle, and hurriedly picked up a single knife and ran out of the tent, only to see many villagers standing by the river, looking at the opposite bank, and pointing and whispering.

At this time, the sky was still very dark, and it was foggy, Xue Bingxin raised his eyes to look across the river, and vaguely saw a large number of people, and couldn't help but sink in his heart, and asked, "Brother Sangun, how many people are on the other side?" ”

Xie Sangun was observing with a telescope, but he couldn't see it very clearly, the sky was too dark, and the fog on the river was quite large, he shook his head and said, "I don't know, but the number of people will definitely not be small!" ”

Lei Jun interjected with a solemn face: "At least more than a thousand!" ”

"Could it be a Tartar? His grandmother's, we are too unlucky, we just found a place to live when we met the Tartars. Zhao Hu said stupidly.

"No...... It's not Tartar, it's Hermes-Epitek! Xie Sangun looked strange, just now, he saw a guy with a white lambskin belly handkerchief on his head.

"Hermes-Epitek? Three-gun brothers, let me see! Liu San hurriedly said.

Xie Sangun handed the clairvoyant to Liu San, who took it and observed it carefully for a while, and said with the same strange expression: "It is indeed Hermes, the number of people should be more than one thousand, I am afraid there are two or three thousand." ”

"Two or three thousand!" Xue Bingxin and Zhao Hu glanced at each other in surprise.

Xie Sangun couldn't help but say in his heart: "A few days ago, my brother-in-law sent the Shenji Battalion to attack and destroy Bansheng City, these may be the Han people who escaped from Bansheng City. ”

Xue Bingxin was surprised: "Brother Sangun, what do you say...... Xu Jin sent the Shenji Battalion to destroy Bansheng City? ”

"Brother Three Guns, you kid won't be bragging, just the urine of the Ming army, dare to step out of the Great Wall and snicker, and be so bold that you ran to attack Bansheng City in the middle of the Fengzhou River?" Zhao Hu said with a look of disbelief.

Xie Sangun pouted and said: "What is the sneak attack on Bansheng City, according to the news brought back by the scouts, the two thousand Shenji battalions not only destroyed Bansheng City, but also defeated the three thousand Tartar cavalry who came to the rescue." ”

"Brother Three Guns, this is big!" Xue Liang frowned.

Xie Sangun said proudly: "The general who led the team this time is my brother Xie Erjian, one person and two horses, all equipped with flintlock pistols, as well as Franc machine artillery, and all of them are elite veterans who broke through from the sea of blood in the corpse mountain, and their combat power is not comparable to that of the border soldiers at all." ”

Lei Jun and Zhao Hu glanced at each other and were silent, Xie Erjian and they naturally knew each other, and they had fought in Shandong back then, and they were extremely powerful characters.

Gradually, the morning sun rose, the fog on the river was dispelled by the sun, and the vision became clearer. When they saw the situation on the other side of the river, Xue Bingxin and the others were all taken aback, but when they saw the crowds on the other side, there were not only two or three thousand, but it was estimated that there were more than four thousand, and even as many as five thousand.

Fortunately, these people are all dressed as Han people, and although they are separated by more than ten meters of the river, they can still clearly identify the faces of Han people.

In this way, the two sides looked at each other across the river, and they were a little confused!

"Liu Dali!" Li Yingjun suddenly blurted out, and he finally recognized a face on the other side of the river.

"Master Li knows them?" Xue Bingxin hurriedly asked.

Li Yingjun nodded and said: "Yes, they are all enslaved Han people in Bansheng City, that Liu Dali is quite familiar with him, he was originally a hunter in Yulin Town, and was later caught by the Tartars and sent to Bansheng City as a slave." ”

That's right, the four or five thousand people on the other side are the Hannu who fled from Bansheng City. It is said that Liu Dali took these Han slaves to retreat to Helin that day, but he ran away and got lost, and came to the edge of Lingshui all the way in hiding, and was suffering from no way to cross the river, and then happened to meet Xue Bingxin and others.

Xue Bingxin confirmed that the people on the other side were all Han slaves, so naturally they couldn't see death without help, so they immediately asked people to tie a few big wooden bars and help Liu Dali and others cross the river.

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