Lao Chen stood very proudly on the high place of the valley, looking down at the panicked horse thieves in the valley, these guys have been beaten, and they are powerless to resist at all, and there is only one result if they don't surrender, that is, a dead end.

Horse thieves are also people, but also afraid of death, in the face of the black pressure of the officers and soldiers from both sides, they are instinctively timid, they are very panicked, no matter what, they have this bit of strength, in front of the officers and soldiers is not worth mentioning, as long as it is a resistance that is a dead end, surrender has become their only way out.

When the thin monkey saw this situation, the whole person was frightened stupid, where would he have thought that in this dark sky, there would be an officer and soldier ambush on both sides of the valley, and he couldn't even think of breaking his head.

Seeing this situation, the thin monkey knew that he was completely finished, more than half of the brothers under his command had been killed or wounded, and the officers and soldiers were neatly formed, well-armed, and there seemed to be a steady stream of reinforcements behind them, and the way forward and retreat had also been blocked, in this case, he could not think of any other way except to die in battle and surrender.

"Chief, we're done."

"Chief, what to do, we are already surrounded."

"Leader, if we resist, none of us will survive."

"It's better to ...... Surrender officers and soldiers, we have no better choice. ”

Several horse thieves beside him spoke.

The thin monkey sighed and said loudly: "Brothers, all lay down their arms, we surrender, surrender." ”

After speaking, he looked in the direction of the officers and soldiers and shouted: "Don't release arrows, we surrender, we surrender." ”

The horse thieves under his command could not see any hope of escaping, so they naturally threw away the weapons in their hands obediently, and surrendered to the officers and soldiers helplessly.

"Hahaha! I've never encountered such a smooth battle, come on! Statistical results. ”

Lao Chen said excitedly.

The soldiers under his command went to receive the surrender, collected the weapons of the horse thieves one by one, escorted them to a fixed position, and then began to count the results of the battle.

"General, our army won a great victory in this battle, destroying one hundred and nine enemies, of which nine were killed and thirty were wounded, twelve enemy horses were killed and thirty-five were wounded, and eighty intact horses were captured, as well as weapons, horse food, and some food."

Subordinates excitedly reported.

"Well done, great, these horse thieves are rich! There are more horses than people, haha! It's all ours now, it's all ours. ”

Lao Chen said excitedly.

"General, this is the little leader of the horse thieves."

A lieutenant brought the thin monkey over, because the lieutenant was taller, and the thin monkey was relatively small, so it was like leading a dog, which was very funny.

The thin monkey is relatively thin and small, and there is not much physical strength, it is said that such a person is not suitable to be a leader, but the life of the person is better, when he first started, he followed the leader of the horse thief, so he soon mixed a small leader, and his luck was not ordinarily good.

At this moment, he was carried along, staggering, looking very depressed, his expression became very lonely, and there was even a trace of fear, probably because he was worried that he would be executed by officers and soldiers!

"What's your name?"

Lao Chen asked.

"Skinny Monkey."

The skinny monkey replied tremblingly.

"Skinny monkey? Is this a personal name? I don't know if I think it's a monkey? Ha ha! ”

Lao Chen smiled excitedly.

"Hahaha......"

Many officers and soldiers burst out laughing.

"The villain has no name, and has always been called Skinny Monkey."

The skinny monkey replied.

"Skinny monkey, skinny monkey, what a human being! Come on, take it down! ”

Lao Chen said.

"General, what about these wounded horse thieves, and how many wounded ones are there?"

The lieutenant asked.

Lao Chen opened his mouth and said, "Give them treatment!" By the way, the wounded and the horse thieves who are not wounded should be managed separately, and they should be optimistic. ”

"Yes, General."

The lieutenant replied.

These horse thieves are all wounds from arrows, which are generally not very serious, unless they hurt the vital parts, they will cause more serious injuries, and arrows in the arm are generally not very serious.

If the leg injury is very serious, then, even if it is cured, the horse can not be used normally, so, what use is there for this horse, it is better to kill and eat meat, so everything that encounters serious injuries and serious leg injuries of horses, it will not be treated, directly slaughtered on the spot, and made into fresh horse meat to supply the needs of the army.

After a tired day, Lao Chen and his soldiers and horses naturally had to rest in the valley for a night, and they could go back the next day, and in order to prevent another horse thief from learning the news, Lao Chen asked his soldiers to clean up the battlefield and erase all traces of the battlefield, so that no one knew what happened here in the valley.

Of course, the most important thing to do is not to forget to do, that is, to tell Ang Lee and Lao Guo the news of the big victory, so that they can also be happy.

The valley where Lao Chen was ambushed was a bit far away from the Lushui River valley where Li An and Lao Guo were ambushed, and it would take a lot of time for the news to be passed on, so until Li An and Lao Guo had breakfast early the next morning, this good news was not delivered.

"Lao Guo! It's time for us to go, I've brought a lot of small items so that I can pack them like a little bit. ”

Ang Lee selected five guards and asked them to lead the horses with them, and the horses all carried some goods on them, so that they looked more like merchants, and when choosing escorts, the reference principle was to choose guards that were not too strong, but shrewd enough, that is, looked more like merchants.

Lao Guo also chose five guards, however, he did not carry any goods, he was a general with troops, and there were no goods on him, and Li An no matter where he went, carrying all kinds of interesting goods has become a habit that cannot be broken, so he can take out goods at any time, such as small mirrors, glass balls with small insects inside, sweet little sugar cubes, puffed small biscuits and other small commodities, which are relatively rare commodities, but in fact, the cost is not high at all, and it is also very easy to carry, and it is good to give it to others as a small gift.

In addition, Li Ang also chose dried dates, banana chips and other delicacies from the grain of the army, which is estimated to have not been eaten by the people here, so it is good to let them taste it.

After a little preparation, Li An and Lao Guo set off, except for the two of them riding horses, the rest of the ten guards were leading horses on foot, anyway, the village next to the Liangshui Well was not far away, and it wouldn't take too long to go over, and walking slowly was considered a play.

Halfway through, a flock of unknown species of birds flew over Ang Lee's head, chirping and shouting, as if swearing an oath to their territory and warning Ang Lee and his party not to enter their territory at will, however, the bird's warning was ineffective, and no one would take a flock of birds seriously.

These birds are local resident birds, which means that they will never leave this place in any season, and this is the bird's eternal home.

Compared with resident birds, there is also a kind of bird that often moves, which is called migratory birds, such as geese is the most typical migratory bird, and it is also the most well-known migratory bird.

Migratory birds travel along a fixed route between their breeding grounds and cold shelters in spring and autumn every year. In different regions, according to the time of appearance of migratory birds, migratory birds can be divided into summer migratory birds, winter migratory birds, traveling birds, and drifting birds. If a bird is a winter migratory bird in its cold refuge, it is a summer migratory bird in its breeding ground, and a traveling bird in the area it passes through on its way to and from its cold refuge and breeding ground. In a certain wide area, or in the summer in the mountains and forests, and in the winter in the plains, it is regarded as drifting birds.

The most amazing thing is also a species called the lost bird, the main distribution area of this bird is far away, only occasionally a few individuals come to the place because of disorientation or other reasons, these birds may only be found once in several years, called the lost bird.

Resident birds generally live in their birthplaces all year round, and most of them will not even leave their nests for life, but there are also some resident birds that will carry out non-directional short-distance migration, which is regular in some cases, such as crows will gather in urban centers in winter, and will disperse to the suburbs or mountains in summer, this regular short-distance non-directional migration is called drifting.

There are also species such as snowcock that migrate between high and low altitudes according to the change of seasons, this migration is called vertical migration, although it is called migration, but it is still a behavior of resident birds, and the short-distance migration of some species is completely irregular, just wandering with the change of food status, this kind of bird is actually a transitional type between resident birds and migratory birds.

"Why has Li Shilang been watching the birds! Do you want to shoot a few and make some game to try? ”

Lao Guo saw Li An looking up at the birds in the sky from time to time, and asked.

Li An was distracted, smiled, and said, "Forget it!" Such a small bird has no meat, so let them go, and if you encounter a bird as big as a pheasant, you can shoot a few to taste. ”

"The birds are much fatter now than before, and this is all due to Li Shilang!"

Lao Guo said.

"What does it have to do with me when the birds grow fat?"

Li An asked curiously.

However, I quickly guessed something, and it was probably related to agriculture!

"If Li Shilang hadn't invented so many agricultural machines, the crops in the field would not have such a bumper yield, and after there is more grain, the birds will naturally have more food, can the birds not get fat?"

Lao Guo said.

"Haha! I see! The birds are fat, and it seems that Datang is not starving now. ”

Li An said happily.

Agriculture is the foundation of an empire, only the development of agriculture, this empire can not be stuck by the neck, because food is too important, there is a saying since ancient times, the people take food as the sky, if there is no food, no matter how kind the people are, they will also rise up, and once the empire is full of uprisings and wars, then the country will be in chaos, and it seems that it is a matter of time before it perishes.

Therefore, since ancient times, solving the grain problem has always been the top priority of the imperial court, and in order to solve the grain problem, the imperial court has even specially formulated a policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, encouraging more ordinary people to engage in agriculture.

Among the four major occupations in ancient times, agriculture also ranked second, second only to the ruling class, and the fact that agriculture can be ranked second is enough to show that the rulers attach importance to agriculture.

"There seems to be a well in front of it, could it be a cool water well?"

Lao Guo looked up and saw a well in the distance.

This is also because the equipment of this well is relatively perfect, there is a booster device on the top of the wellhead, and there is a sunshade shed at a higher position, so that it can be seen from a long distance.

"There really is a well, according to the distance, this well should be the famous cool water well, let's go."

Li An said.

Although there is still a road away, you can still see that there are seven or eight people busy fetching water next to the well, and they should be the villagers near the Liangshui well, which is said to be the only one in this village.

After getting closer, the villagers who were fetching water were looking at Li An and his party curiously, because they were all from a small place and had never seen anything in the big world, so these villagers were very curious to look at Li An and his party, in addition to curiosity, there was also a trace of vigilance in their eyes.

After all, outsiders are not necessarily good people, if they are bad people, wouldn't it be very bad, so people in the countryside are generally more wary of outsiders, which is a unique instinct, but after getting acquainted with it, they will slowly relax their vigilance.

For the most basic courtesy, when there were still twenty steps from the well, Li An and Lao Guo dismounted, and a dozen or so guards stopped advancing, after all, there was a well in front, and if the horses were too close, it would be easy to pollute the well water, so that the well water could not be used.

"Uncle, this is the Liangshui Well!"

Li An took a few steps forward and asked, pointing to the well.

An old man in his fifties and sixties looked at Li An, nodded and said, "It's a cool water well, what are you doing?" ”

Seeing the old man's question, Li An replied: "We are passing merchants, and we heard that there is a well here that is very cool in all seasons, and we think it is very interesting, so we came over to take a look and see if the water in this well is the same as others said." ”

"Come on, try it yourself, and you'll find out."

The old man was quite generous, and directly handed a small bucket of water that had just been brought up to Li An.

"Thank you, uncle."

Li An took the bucket and stretched out his hand to try it, it was really cold water, very cold kind, which was very different from ordinary wells, because in winter, the water from most wells was at some temperature, at least when people tried it by hand, it felt warm, and the water in the cold well in front of him was actually cold and cold, which was very surprising.

Lao Guo also came over to try it himself, and exclaimed: "Oops! It's so cool, and there's such a cool well, it's amazing! ”