Qi Lei looked in the direction of his subordinates' fingers, and saw that there was a narrow wound on the throat of the corpse, which seemed to be stabbed with some sharp weapon.

Qi Lei walked up to the corpse, squatted down to take a closer look, and asked, "Isn't this wound a little smaller, what's so strange?" ”

"Brigade commander, this corpse has only this one wound, that is, this wound is the cause of this brother's death."

Qi Lei was shocked: "Such a small wound can also kill people?" ”

The subordinate shook his head slightly, "We don't know about this, our military doctor is not a forensic doctor." ”

Qi Lei frowned and stood up, "Fifty ships, we deployed ten sentinels, this sentry found the body, what about the other sentinels?" ”

"The bodies have been found, and the bodies are all in the bushes, and they are being moved outside." The subordinates said and gestured to the woods in the distance with their eyes, and Qi Lei saw a group of soldiers walking outside in groups of twos and twos, carrying a corpse, and Qi Lei hurriedly beckoned those soldiers and asked them to carry the corpses over.

The soldiers came over and put the corpse in front of Qi Lei, the military doctor went over to check one by one, and took off the clothes on the corpse when he checked, everyone in the Chinese army died in battle, and his companions would take off his clothes, clean the corpse, and then incinerate the corpse with fire and bring the ashes back to China.

The military doctor checked them one by one, and came over to report to Qi Lei: "Brigade commander, these brothers only have one wound on their throats all over their bodies, and that wound should be a fatal wound." ”

Qi Lei couldn't believe it, but he was a soldier, not a policeman, and he was helpless in the face of this kind of thing.

Seeing that Qi Lei didn't speak, everyone panicked a little and asked, "Brigade Commander, what should we do now?" ”

Qi Lei pondered for a moment, "The first thing to do is to report this matter to Your Majesty, and then order the troops to dig trenches around the camp, hire local Yao people to cut down trees, and build a barracks fence." ”

"Are we building a fence to keep out the killer?"

"Of course not, behind that killer must be an anti-us group, that is, the enemy, they took our ship, obviously to trap us here, and then launch an attack on us, we must build fortifications as soon as possible to block the enemy's attack."

"I see." Everyone nodded and went to prepare, and Qi Lei called his adjutant, "Send soldiers to find our ship." ”

The adjutant hurriedly said, "Brigade commander, I don't need your orders for this matter, I have already sent someone to prepare." ”

While he was talking, suddenly a soldier ran over, "Brigade commander, adjutant commander, we have found the ship." ”

"Where?"

The warrior pointed to the center of the river with his hand, "The place in the center of the river is all scuttled." ”

Qi Lei's cold sweat broke out instantly, fifty ships were scuttled by them, how terrifying is the enemy's strength, although it is said that the boat stop is far away from the camp, and it is not easy to scuttle the shipwreck without being discovered.

Qi Lei then said: "Order the brothers, step up the construction of the barracks fence and dig trenches, I suspect they will attack tonight." ”

The crowd then sped up digging trenches and building fences, and Qi Lei, fearing that the enemy had long-range weapons, secretly sent out secret sentinels to set up ambushes in the nearby woods.

When night fell, the trenches and fences were built, and the people did not dare to spend the night in their tents, so they went into the trenches, but the whole night passed, and the expected enemy did not appear.

When the sky was bright, Qi Lei breathed a sigh of relief, and at this time, the dark sentinels came back one after another, reporting that no enemy had been found, and Qi Lei did not dare to be careless, and ordered his subordinates to rest well during the day to prevent the enemy from sneaking up tonight.

The soldiers were so tired from yesterday's hard work and hard work all night that they fell asleep as soon as they entered the tent, and just as the barracks fell asleep, the changes reappeared.

I only heard a sharp whistling sound from the Yao village opposite, which was produced by a musical instrument made of animal bones by the local Yao people, and different howling sounds represented different meanings.

Qi Lei hurriedly asked the Yao guide beside him: "What does this voice mean?" ”

The Yao guide's face changed drastically, "This voice represents that the village has been invaded by foreign enemies, and every family and every man must take up arms to fight!" ”

Qi Lei's face also changed, that Yao village was still calm and quiet just now, why did a sharp whistle sounded in the blink of an eye, and he was going all out to meet the invasion of foreign enemies?

Soon, I saw a dense crowd of people pouring out of the Yao village, and after those people left the village, they immediately formed two layers in front and back, the front layer, everyone held shuttle darts and bows and arrows in their hands, and the back layer, everyone held machetes, battle axes, and maces.

These Yao people are obviously not a rabble, but a group of well-trained warriors, the front layer uses long-range weapons, the back layer uses melee weapons, when fighting, the people in front use long-range weapons to break up the opponent's formation first, and the people in the back use melee weapons to fight.

These Yao people, who seemed to have six or seven thousand people, pressed towards the camp of the Huaxia army like a black cloud.

They actually pressed the Huaxia army, they actually regarded the Huaxia army as a foreign enemy, wasn't it okay yesterday?

Qi Lei hurriedly ordered the troops to meet the battle, and the soldiers, who had just fallen asleep, had to rush out again, leaping into the trench with their guns in hand.

The Yao people stopped at the edge of the fence and roared in unison, and Qi Lei asked the guide, "What are they yelling at?" ”

"They let our leaders go out to talk, and the Yao people are used to reasoning before going to war, and distinguish between right and wrong before going to war."

"So it is, open the gate of the camp, and I myself will go out to meet their chief." Qi Lei's subordinates hurriedly stopped, Qi Lei insisted again and again, and finally a soldier opened the door, Qi Lei stepped out of the door, only to see a young man with a machete in the Yao army formation, Qi Lei knew him, he was the son of the old patriarch, named Zhao Jinhu, this is his Chinese name, the name of the clan is very long, and it is generally not used when interacting with outsiders.

Qi Lei smiled: "Brother Golden Tiger, we are good friends, why do you come to beat us?" ”

Almost everyone in the Yao village here is proficient in Chinese, and Zhao Jinhu said angrily in Chinese: "Who is your friend, and if so, why did you kill my father?" ”

Qi Lei was taken aback, "What did you say, the old patriarch passed away?" ”

"That's right, you were the one who killed me, last night, you sent someone to kill my father, our patriarch!"

Qi Lei hurriedly defended: "There must be a misunderstanding in this, we have been in the barracks last night to guard against a sneak attack, how can we kill your father?" ”

Zhao Jinhu waved the machete in his palm fiercely, "You said that you were in the barracks last night, who can prove it, who knows if you lied!" ”

Qi Lei smiled helplessly, "Brother Zhao Jinhu, you have to tell the evidence, you said that we killed the person, do you have evidence?" ”

"Evidence? There is no need for any evidence at all, my father was killed, and the person who killed him cannot be our people, since it cannot be our people, then it is only you. ”

Zhao Jinhu's words were unreasonable, but they admitted that they were right, and Qi Lei couldn't justify them at all, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Qi Lei didn't speak for a while, and when Zhao Jinhu saw that Qi Lei didn't speak, he immediately roared angrily: "Why don't you speak, don't you lose it?" I advise you to hand over the murderers quickly, or we will kill you all. ”

Zhao Jinhu raised the machete, roared loudly, the Yao people roared angrily, at this time someone moved the animal skin drum, "dong dong" knocked up, the passionate drum beat inspired the fighting spirit of the Yao people, they raised their weapons, shouting killing for a time earth-shattering.

This makes Qi Lei feel even more embarrassed, once the Yao people attack Qi Lei's military camp, Qi Lei is not good at beating them, once they beat them, they will be hyped up by people that the Han people bully people and kill people indiscriminately, and this way into Kunming, they have to pass through many ethnic minority villages, and as soon as this reputation spreads, these villages will become fortresses against the Chinese army.

Therefore, to deal with Zhao Jinhu and these Yao people, you can only outwit, not use force.

Qi Lei was trying to figure out a way, when the Yao guide suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Brigade commander, we can't provoke these people, I have a way to tide over the difficulties." ”

"What can you do?"

"Let's find a few soldiers, just say that they killed the people, and then hand them over to Zhao Jinhu and others, and this matter will be over."

"!" Qi Lei glared at the Yao guide fiercely, "These warriors, everyone has parents, wives and children, why let them be sent to death." ”

"But if you don't let them die, there's no way at all, look at Zhao Jinhu's aggressive appearance, if you don't set foot on our military camp, it's not over, we can't beat them yet."

"Stop talking nonsense, I have a way."

"What can you do?"

"Before leaving, His Majesty once instructed me to use some special means when the local tribe resisted." Qi Lei didn't wait for the Yao guide to ask, then walked towards Zhao Jinhu and pointed to the sky with his finger, "I said that the old patriarch was not killed by us, but you said that we killed him, since we have our own opinions, let the heavens decide." ”

Zhao Jinhu said coldly and angrily: "How can we let the heavens decide? ”

Qi Lei patted his chest, "It's very simple, you use the knife in your hand to slash here, slash hard, cut as hard as you can, I don't dodge or dodge, let you cut, if you hack me to death, it means that the murderer is really among us, if you can't kill me, it means that the murderer is someone else, how about it, do you agree?" ”

"I promise, I completely promise, this knife in my hand, don't say that I can kill a person, even a cow I can kill me!" Zhao Jinhu waved the machete in his palm, full of confidence, and walked towards Qi Lei as he spoke.