This mountain bandit in Weihu Mountain openly waved the banner of the Tang Dynasty, which is no less than an earth-shaking earthquake for the entire Liaodong. Everyone knows that now the King of Liao is pouring out of his nest to fight the Tang army for a life-and-death decisive battle, isn't it always rumored that the front line is going well, and the Tang army is retreating one after another? How is it that in the hinterland of Liaodong, the army of the Tang people appeared instead?

As Fan Jian said, their purpose is destruction.

Wherever they passed, they burned houses, destroyed land, dug ditches, cut roads, and at the same time liberated the sinful. The officials in Liaodong began to frantically encircle and intercept them, but how difficult is it to intercept such a team of all-cavalry in such a vast land in Liaodong?

Unable to catch their traces, the size of this Tang army is getting bigger and bigger. More Liaodong people at the bottom joined this team on the basis of no choice.

From only 3,000 horsemen out of Weihu Mountain, half a month later, this team expanded to 5,000 horsemen.

"Plague Zone?" Just after taking a Liao army post and annihilating the two hundred Liao troops here, Xiao Jing's face changed a little when he interrogated the prisoners.

Plague, for a tribe like them, is simply an irresistible natural disaster, a punishment given by the gods, and it is simply not something that human beings can resist.

"General Liu, General Fan, we must leave this place immediately." He hurriedly found Liu Yan and Fan Jian.

"The plague?" Liu Yan and Fan Jian also looked at each other.

Xiao Jing immediately explained the interrogation situation one by one.

"So, in this area, there are still our troops?" Fan Jian keenly grasped the problem inside.

"I'm afraid these people are gone." Liu Yan shook his head and said, "Even these Liao people in the outer areas have died so much, how can these resisters in the center of the plague be able to hide?" ”

Liu Yan is not unreasonable, but Fan Jian is not giving up. "Our Tang Army has a whole set of systems for dealing with epidemics, and there are also reserves of such medicinal materials in normal times, so no one will survive. I'm going to check it out. ”

Hearing Fan Jian say this, Liu Yan and Xiao Jing both shook their heads again and again.

"Two, when the plague started, it was a hot time, such a season, it was not suitable for the large-scale spread of the plague, if it was spring, then I would have to retreat, but now that I have experienced a hot summer, the weather has cooled down, even if there is a plague, the pathogenicity should be very weak, I don't go to take a look, my heart is uneasy, what if there are still our people alive? If you don't save you when you die, this is not what we Datang soldiers should do. ”

Seeing Fan Jian's insistence, Liu Yan couldn't do anything.

Boil a large pot of medicinal soup with the medicinal herbs carried by the army, and more than 100 cavalrymen drank a big bowl of it, and then soaked it in the medicinal soup with a cloth towel and dried it coldly, covering their faces, Fan Jian took these more than 100 cavalrymen and embarked on the journey into the center of the epidemic area without hesitation.

These more than 100 cavalry, all of them came from Weiwu Mountain, and Yu Xiaojing's subordinates and those Liaodong people who later returned to Shun never dared to follow Fan Jian.

Cui Dalang and his three companions were digging radish vegetables in the field, and Da Hei was happily scurrying in the grass, and after a while, he caught a fat hare out of nowhere, grabbed Cui Dalang, threw it at his feet, and then raised his head, stuck out his tongue, and waited for Cui Dalang's praise.

Touching the big black dog's head, Cui Dalang smiled: "Yes, after you go back, this rabbit will reward you with half, but you can't eat it now, after returning to the castle, cook it and eat it again." ”

The Liao army has already retreated, far away from their area, and above the safety, it is guaranteed for the time being, but Cui Dalang still does not dare to slack off, no matter what, this place is still in the battle territory of the Liao army, and the slightest negligence is likely to bring ruin to the dozens of remaining partners in the fort. And whether the plague has passed, Cui Dalang can't figure it out.

Up to now, the gate of the fortress is still blocked, and the entry and exit of Cui Dalang and others are still falling ropes.

The reason why Cui Dalang had to come out was because he had to find fresh vegetables. There is still food and meat in the fort, but there is no food.

If there is no supply of fresh vegetables for a long time, it will bring great harm to people. At first, Cui Dalang was not aware of this problem, and it was not until many of his companions appeared that they could not see clearly at all at night.

Fortunately, he was very familiar with the area around the fortress, and although after the autumn harvest, no new crops were planted in time, but on those barren lands, maybe some vegetables that they needed would grow sporadically.

After he went out of the fort to look for it, sure enough, in a field of withered and yellowed weeds, he hit some things like turnip vegetables that grew tenaciously here and there.

It's just that the amount is too small, and sometimes it takes half a day to find it, and it's not enough for everyone to eat.

That's good enough, though.

At first, they only dared to look around the fortress, but now they are getting bolder and bigger, and the scope is getting wider and wider.

Looking at the wild vegetables in the back basket, and then looking at the sky, Cui Dalang decided to end today's search for work, and was about to beckon his companions to go back, but the big black next to him suddenly arched his back, facing the east, showing Sensen's fangs, and whimpering lowly.

Cui Dalang immediately became alert.

The Big Black is much stronger than a human.

A large group of cavalry suddenly appeared in the field of vision, and it was too late to return to the fortress, Cui Dalang's mouth was a little bitter, and as soon as he said hello, everyone immediately fell down in the grass and tried their best to hide themselves. Pressing Da Hei down beside him, Cui Dalang gently stroked Da Hei's back and soothed its emotions. At the same time, I couldn't help but blame myself in my heart, because I was too careless, I shouldn't be so far away from the fortress, under such terrain, if they were discovered by the enemy, several of them would have no health.

Now one can only count on this cavalry, which is nothing more than a patrolling or accidentally passing by.

However, it has been more than a month, and no Liao army has arrived in this area.

The cavalry rushed closer and closer, and Cui Dalang in the grass rubbed his eyes vigorously, the banner of the Tang Dynasty? You don't have dazzling eyes, do you? I rubbed it too hard, and when I raised my eyes again, my eyes were a little blurrier.

The cavalry came extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, thunderous hooves were already ringing in their ears.

"Tang cavalry, our people are back!" There was a cry of surprise behind him, and before Cui Dalang could stop it, a companion had already scurried out of the grass, shouting loudly and waving his arms. Cui Dalang was startled, and while making a few gestures to get the remaining brothers ready for battle, he himself stood up and walked to the side of the companion, Da Hei was close to his thigh, his eyes wide open, and he glared at the cavalry galloping to the front.

More than 100 cavalry abruptly stopped.

There are still people alive! Looking at the clothes on their bodies and the equipment they carried, Fan Jian was overjoyed. jumped off the horse and strode towards Cui Dalang.

Da Hei took a step forward, kicked the ground with his front feet, his head lowered, his eyes staring at Fan Jian deadly, and his mouth let out a low, threatening whimper.

Fan Jian stopped, took out a waist card from his arms with a smile, and threw it to Cui Dalang: "Brother, do you recognize this?" ”

Fan Jian gave Cui Dalang not his internal guard waist card, but the brand of Yixing Society. Looking at the number engraved on the bronze medal, Cui Dalang was suddenly relieved. He himself is also a member of the Yixing Society, and the person in front of him is much higher in the Yixing Society than him.

"Cui Dalang, a native of Pingzhou Wudaohe, is now the captain of Zhenwei of the Pingzhou Wudaohe Reserve!"

"Fan Jian, Liaozhou Weiwu Mountain, General Ning Yuan."

"It turned out to be the brother of Weihu Mountain!" Cui Dalang was immediately relieved, Weiwu Mountain was famous in Liaodong, and he had heard of it.

"Our army has come back?" Cui Dalang asked excitedly.

"No, now that the front line is fiercely fighting, our team is just a partial division." Fan Jian smiled and briefly introduced his current situation to Cui Dalang: "How are you doing now?" What's the plague all about? ”

"The plague should be over!" Cui Dalang smiled: "You are here, we can finally breathe a sigh of relief, let's go, go to our fortress to have a look, there are still more than 30 brothers there!" ”

Everyone walked slowly, and the shadow of the fortress appeared in front of them, and at the same time, they also heard the sound of a warning gong from the fortress. "You're very alert!" Fan Jian said with a smile.

"They are all people who have survived a hundred lives, and since they have survived, of course they want to live a little longer!" Cui Dalang slapped Da Hei on the back, and Da Hei immediately rushed out like an arrow and rushed towards the fortress.

The closer to the fortress, the more white bones on the ground, and when the entire fortress clearly appeared in everyone's field of vision, everyone gasped.

The bone shelves on the ground, layer upon layer, are shocking.

"There are too many, there is no way, I can only find some wild vegetables and burn them roughly, and I don't have the heart and strength to dig a pit and bury them, so be it!" Cui Dalang said self-deprecatingly: "In the past, everyone didn't know that they could live too much, so they naturally didn't bother to deal with these. ”

"What about our own brethren?" Fan Jian's mood was a little heavy.

"More than a hundred dead." Cui Dalang said: "Their bodies, I sealed them all in the castle!" Wait until the war is completely over, and then give them a solemn burial! ”

Stepping into the fort, all the cavalry fell silent when they saw the sealed rooms and the names of the dead carved on the walls.

They put their right hand on their left chest and bent down deeply.

"Come with us!" Fan Jian looked at Cui Dalang: "We need you now, there are more and more people in our team, I need more people who are loyal to Datang, and I need more Yixing members to help me control this team." Cui Dalang, victory is not far from us, we need to add a few more handfuls of dry wood to this fire. ”