When the conversation on their side made some progress in the pace of their Bengang's advance, the Hongtang Department of Jilong Gang, which had unified the troops with their Bengang, was in the crisis of a big war.

It was also Li Tianyang who thought that he was strong at the beginning, because despite the tough attitude of the natives around Jilong Port, they had already fallen into the sea of aborigines after only two days of the Jilong Port team set off from two long-prepared natural villages.

Hidden arrows ambushes, traps blocking the way, and all kinds of means emerged in an endless stream on the road of the Jilong Harbor team, making the Hongtang team members tired to deal with. If it weren't for the fact that one of the team members who opened the road at this time was a soldier of the special operations battalion that Li Tianyang asked for from Wu Jie, I am afraid that in just more than ten days, their team of 2,000 people would have suffered a lot of losses.

Even with the soldiers of the special operations battalion who had the deepest contact with the natives to lead the way, the Hongtang team members also lost nearly 100 people along the way because of various sneak attacks, traps and other unguardable means, and their march was slowed down a lot.

Originally, the natives in the foothills of the eastern part of the mountains were a little stronger than the natives in the Bengang Plain, and because of the blood feud between the two sides in recent years, now the members of the Hongtang team in Jilonggang are not good, and for this group of natives who have no way to retreat, they are forced to fight with Hongtang.

After more than ten days of marching, they finally strangled no less than ten different tribes, and came to the Hongtang team that belonged to the territory of the Laike tribe, and at this time, their roots did not know that in the mountains in front of them, a native team that was no longer below them had been quietly hidden.

This is the elite team that the Laike tribe quickly drew from their own villages and several villages under their jurisdiction after receiving the news of the expedition from the Jilong Harbor side.

Lake. Patton's hunch was not wrong, and some of the orders he gave at the beginning did seem to have played a precautionary role at this time, otherwise, the huge amount of food that their team needed to go out on the expedition at this time would not have been able to be gathered in a while.

However, the only thing that makes Lake. Patton was a little surprised that the team in the Chicken Coop Harbor did not seem to be targeting their tribe, but through the heart of their tribe's territory, along the aftermath of the Ali Mountains, to the west of Wang, there was still some distance from the main village of their Lai tribe.

But surprise to surprise, Lake. Barton still didn't dare to take it lightly, if this was a smoke bomb set off by the people of the chicken coop Hong Kong, and it was not aimed at their tribe on the surface, but in fact it was just to get close to the periphery of their tribe, and then they would be in trouble after approaching.

Therefore, he would rather cure people first, rather than have the tragedy of his grandfathers happen again. Patton still organized a group of 3,000 men, and lurked in a dangerous mountain range in the path shown by the other party.

"Commander, after crossing the mountain peak in front, even if we have completely walked out of the Ali Mountain Range, the rest of the road will be much easier!" As the commander of the third company of the special operations battalion sent by Wu Jie, the forward of Yamamoto 56 did his duty along the way, which was much better than Wu Qitian in the west.

If it weren't for him and the members of the third company running forward and backward to scout and reconnoiter the movement in front of the team, the loss of their eastern army this time could not have been less than 100 people.

Since Yamamoto Fifty-six showed his face in front of Li Tianyang last time, it has had a great impact on their embarrassing position in Hongtang. Maybe it was out of compensation for this group of loyal Japanese people, or maybe Li Tianyang let go of the prejudice in his heart, anyway, since then, Li Tianyang and Wu Jie don't know what to say, and the Japanese no longer have to hide and live in semi-seclusion in the Jilong Mountain station, but can appear in Jilong Port openly.

Subsequently, in order to take care of Yamamoto, Wu Jie and their class of good hands who had been hidden for several years, and many good things to show their faces were handed over to them, just like this time the plan of the Western Expedition, Wu Jie gave Yamamoto Fifty-six.

"Have you explored the terrain ahead?" Since Wu Daofu was transferred to the Ryukyu Kingdom, Lu Lu also carried the banner of his own for the first time, which was also the best opportunity he got to prove his ability after he took refuge in Li Tian to raise them.

In the past, although he had also made a lot of contributions, after all, the foundation was unstable, and because of the halfway refuge, he was taken care of by Hongtang's people, so he has always been obscure, and rarely made unexpected actions. Now that he has won the trust of Li Tianyang and them, and has such a suitable opportunity to show himself, he will naturally no longer shrink his head and think about mixing up.

Over the years, watching Hongtang develop step by step, Qixintang's business and Bengang and Jilonggang are booming, so that Lu Yu can see the huge development potential of this team, and a heart that has been hidden in his heart for many years is also like seeing hope, so he can't help but think about climbing up one step further and making the last effort for this heart.

"This mountain is very steep, and the peak is densely forested, and although we have not found any natives in the intelligence reported by the elite members, we still found many signs of human infestation." Yamamoto came all the way, and it was with this conscientious and meticulous attitude that he helped the Chicken Coop Harbor team find most of the traps and several ambushes by the natives, even if there was no movement of the natives for two or three days now, he still scattered all the team members in his hand.

"Moreover, two of my soldiers have disappeared, and now that a day has passed, there is no trace of them, and I am worried about ......" Yamamoto's broken Chinese carried a lot of worry.

"What are you worried about?" Along the way, Lu Kui attached great importance to the ability and attitude of this forward company commander, but it was a pity that he was a member of the special operations battalion, otherwise he really wanted to bring this good soldier who was willing to endure hardships and stand hard work under his command and be his right-hand man.

"I'm worried about whether there will be other tribes lurking in this mountain, ready to take advantage of the geographical advantage and catch us off guard when they climb the mountain outside." Yamamoto Fifty-six finally voiced his fears out of the attitude of a loyal warrior, and although there was no evidence of his fears in the information brought back by his men, he just felt that the last mountain that stood in the way of their team had a feeling of panic in his heart.

(End of chapter)