"Go, you can't stop, it's time for dinner in a while, and if you go back late, you can't eat enough." Tan Fei, who had just climbed ashore wet, turned around and pulled Liu Shi and Zhang Xiaobao, and the three of them lay on the river bank panting. After only a slight regain, the three of them stumbled in the direction of the camp with their backpacks full of stones, and Wu Laosan, who was riding a tall horse, followed them all the time, for fear that some of them would fall unconscious in the middle of the road.

The weight-bearing swimming water had exhausted Zhang Xiaobao's body, and the fifteen-year-old body was already on the verge of collapse under the high-intensity military training. They all fell down a few times and decided not to get up again, but they were pulled up by Liu Shishi and Tan Fei and struggled to staggered forward. Although Zhang Xiaobao grew up by the Fushui River since he was a child, swimming in the water is nothing to him, but this is the first time to swim with a backpack full of stones, not to mention that he has been forced by Hou San to run for several miles before swimming.

Zhang Xiaobao's legs were already numb, his lower abdomen was throbbing and throbbing, his lungs seemed to be on fire, and his heart, which was beating wildly, seemed to be on the side of his throat, and he would spit it out as long as he opened his mouth. When I watched Liu Shishi and Tan Fei crawl back to the camp like dogs, I was still excited to watch the excitement, but I didn't imagine that I also had a time when I was like a dog.

Tan Fei, the eldest of the three, is also struggling to persevere, although he is the oldest, his physique is not necessarily better than Liu Shishi and Zhang Xiaobao. Tan Fei had always hoped to strengthen his physique through guò super-intensive training, he seemed to be a qualified fighter like Tang Cheng said, but this kind of training method made him almost collapse. It hurts when you fall, the wound bleeds, the sweat that runs down your chin and even your stinging face hurts.

It was almost there, and the exhausted Tan Fei stretched his neck to look forward, as if he could already smell the aroma of the broth in the camp. Although the fat man has a face that he doesn't look at, the broth cooked out is very delicious, Tan Fei thought of the hot broth, and a force suddenly surged out of his body, and his stumbling steps were a little faster. The three of them returned to the camp almost in no particular order, and Tan Fei didn't even have the strength to crawl to the meat pot, so he could only lie on the ground with fit.

Zhang Xiaobao was grabbed by Liu Shishi's arm and stumbled into the camp, and when Tan Fei fell to the ground gasping for breath, Liu Shishi and the others had already thrown away their backpacks and rushed to the meat pot with rolling belts. It doesn't matter whether your hands are clean or not, you can reach into the basket and grab the flatbread and stuff it into your mouth. Reluctantly ate a piece of bread, Liu Shishi, who had recovered a little, took a piece of cake and bit it, and then picked up another piece of cake and walked towards Tan Fei.

Turning over on the ground with difficulty, looking at the blue sky above him, Tan Fei had never felt that the clouds were really as white as cotton as he did now. If it weren't for Liu Shishi's face in front of his face, Tan Fei really wanted to blend into the blue sky and white clouds. "Eat quickly, this company commander doesn't seem to be there, if he finds out that I will give you food, some of them will be tossed at night." Liu Shishi handed Tan Fei the extra piece of cake, and the two of them held the cake back to back and devoured it.

A piece of bread was in his stomach, Tan Fei finally had the strength to stand up, and nearly 20 days of training had made this originally polite scholar suddenly change a little bit of military taste. dragged Liu Shi to the side of the meat pot, took the broth handed by the fat man, Tan Fei looked left and right, "What about the company commander?" Why are Hou San and the dice not there? Liu Shishi, who was drinking soup with a bowl, looked up when he heard the sound, and really didn't see Tang Cheng and Hou San, and even Wu Laosan, who returned to the camp with the three of them, was nowhere to be seen.

Ma Fatzi smiled and didn't speak, but the smile on his face looked very fake, and he was forced to squeeze it out, and Tan Fei and Liu Shishi were even more puzzled when they saw it. "Old Ma, hurry up, what are they doing company commander?" The fat man didn't answer his inquiry, Tan Fei immediately put down the bowl in his hand, although Liu Shishi was still holding the bowl, his eyes looked straight at the fat man.

"This, I don't know, I know that after Dice and Hou San came back, a few of them went to the Dian army, and they didn't know what they were talking about." The fat man was forced to be anxious, so he had to confide in Tang Cheng where they went. From the beginning of crossing the Xiangjiang River, the people of the Yunnan army and the Tang City they cooked separately, although the food on both sides was basically the same, the people on the side of the Yunnan army ate more big stoves, and the fat man only made small stoves for 10 people. Tang Cheng suddenly took people to the Dian army, which immediately attracted the doubts of Tan Fei and Liu Shishi.

"That's the way it is, and that's what I've been worrying about since I crossed the Xiangjiang River." When Tan Fei and Liu Shishi found Tang Cheng and them, Tang Cheng was comparing with those people of the Dian army on a map. "When we passed Wanbao Town, I was worried that there would be bandits, although we have more than 100 people, but there are less than 20 people who can actually fight. Besides, we are in the open and the bandits are in the dark, as long as the bandits occupy the advantage of the brothers, we may not be the opponents of the bandits. ”

"We didn't meet bandits in Wanbao Town, but now the trouble is coming, we are about to go to Xinhua, there are bandits on Huanglong Mountain and Tanjialing, although you Yunnan and Guizhou people are not outsiders, but if you want to pass through Xinhua safely, there is still some trouble." Tan Fei and Liu Shishi came a little late, although they only listened to the second half, they also understood Tang Cheng's intention to come to these Dian troops.

Although Hou San and the dice, who were in charge of exploring the way, had already detected that there were bandits in front, they did not find the banner of bandits, and if the bandits were strong, they would really not be able to deal with them. Hou San and Sieve are both from bandits, they are also familiar with the behavior of bandits, bandits who occupy the mountains as kings, whether you are disabled soldiers who defend the country or not, those carts and mules and horses mean food means wealth in the eyes of bandits.

Tang Cheng told all the things he had to say to these people in the Dian army, and the people in the Dian army obviously didn't have a good way, and the last decision could only be made by Tang Cheng, the highest-ranking soldier. "Actually, I don't have a good way, but those civilians who have followed us all the way can take advantage of it." Hearing that Tang Cheng had hit those civilians with his mind, everyone focused their eyes on Tang Cheng in confusion.

"Although we only have about 20 people who can still fight, but we have more than 60 weapons with us, I thought, anyway, these civilians are going to follow us all the way to Yunnan, it is better to explain the words to them. Pick a group of people from those civilians, put on your uniforms, take extra weapons, and pretend to be soldiers, it is not that they really follow the battle, just pretend to be soldiers, the bandits may not dare to intercept us when they see that we are numerous and well-armed. ”

Tang Cheng's idea is obviously a bit unbelievable, and everyone doesn't dare to say much, civilians are civilians after all, if the bandits see the flaws, these civilians pretending to be soldiers may become the targets of the bandits. Seeing that those people in the Dian army didn't seem to agree with his proposal, Tang Cheng said, "If this doesn't work, then you must at least come up with a feasible plan, could it be that we can only be robbed by bandits?" Or go back and be rerouted from Panqiao? ”

It is obviously not possible to go back and divert the route, and it is precisely because these soldiers of the Yunnan Army who are like arrows that they choose to return to their hometowns by the shortest route will choose to take Huanglong Mountain. However, if you retreat to Panqiao and divert to the west, it will be an extra 100 kilometers of road, and after the diversion, you may not be able to meet bandits. Everyone was also unsure, and finally had to agree to Tang Cheng's method, but the matter of negotiating with those civilians was also handed over to Tang Cheng.

"Why are you taking all this on yourself? It's not that those of them don't have a long mouth to say this themselves, we spend money and worry about it along the way, but if you look at their people, they are at ease at all. When he helped Tang Cheng to go back, Liu Shishi complained to Tang Cheng fiercely. Among these people around Tang Cheng, only Liu Shishi could say such things to Tang Cheng unscrupulously, and as for Hou San, they muttered a few words in their hearts at most.

"What do you know" Tang Cheng smiled and knocked Liu Shi on the chestnut, "What we are going to is Yunnan, Yunnan is the nest of the Yunnan army, the 88th Division may have already reported us dead, and when we get to Yunnan, we will have to rely on the banner of the Yunnan army to make a living, and it is not cost-effective to turn against them for this trivial matter." Besides, it's just some bandits, and there are still fewer bandits we deal with in Mengcheng and Macheng, as long as we plan properly, we may not be able to safely pass Guò Xinhua. ”

Tan Fei, who had been silent, listened to Tang Cheng's words at this time, and also fell into deep thought thoughtfully, and at this time, Tan Fei suddenly realized. Tang Cheng's main goal in reducing the speed of his march was not to find an opportunity to train himself and Liu Shishi, but to gather more people on the road. Training the three of them is just an excuse for Tang Cheng, the real purpose of Tang Cheng's move is to create an illusion for the bandits that there are many people on their side, as long as there are many people, those bandits may not dare to block the road and rob the road on the way.

"You guessed it?" Tang Cheng looked at Tan Fei with a smile, and it wasn't until the latter nodded that Tang Cheng continued, "As long as you are still wearing a military uniform, you are still a soldier, and you should use what you have learned on the battlefield to look at the one in front of you." While we would put the civilians in danger by doing so, it would also have a good chance of sparing them from the bandits, and as long as we plan properly and carry out the right thing, we may not succeed in the results we want. ”

Tang Cheng's words made Tan Fei nod yes, and after figuring out Tang Cheng's various arrangements along the way, Tan Fei no longer felt strange about what Tang Cheng was going to do now, because Tang Cheng was a person who would do whatever it took to achieve his goals. Tan Fei even suspected that Tang Cheng's words in front of those civilians yesterday were also deliberate, and his purpose was to persuade those civilians to agree to pretend to be soldiers today.