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Chapter 121

Gu Lin took down his bow and followed Zhang Tie outside. They saw a target erected in the middle of the long street, a hundred steps away from the two of them.

The person who erected the target said, "Best of five games, the one who hits the most bullseyes wins."

Once the target was erected, Gu Lin and Zhang Tie stood in a line. Gu Lin reached out to stop him and went to inform the people of the tenth flag that a new leader had arrived. The soldier stood in the front, and he only regretted that he didn't have a sunflower seed in his hand. The

person next to him said, "It's too easy for Zhang Tie to beat this guy. His arms and legs are like those of a girl, and he doesn't have much strength."

Nie Yong of the seventh flag who wanted to crack sunflower seeds said, "I think the knife on that guy's back is quite heavy. Zhang Tie--"

As they were talking, Gu Lin and Zhang Tie stood still at the same time and pulled their bows.

Nie Yong said, "That boy's posture is quite good."

The two people standing on the street were obviously holding bows and arrows, but Gu Lin looked solemn and beautiful. His feet were shoulder-width apart, and his fingers were slender when he pulled the bow. He was not white, but his eyebrows and eyes were handsome, which was different from the rough guys who practiced every day.

No, it was not just the posture.

Nie Yong himself was a good archer. When the arrow was put on, he unconsciously cast all his eyes on Gu Lin.

"Swish--"

The two arrows were shot almost at the same time and hit the target hard. The one with the white tail feathers was obviously closer to the inside, and the tail feathers trembled because of the force.

With the first arrow, Zhang Tie of the tenth flag was not as good as the new boy.

The noisy crowd watching was silent for a moment, looking at the target again and again.

"Zhang Tie actually..."

"This guy is really strong. Did you see that? The arrowhead has been nailed in."

"Are my eyes meant to match? I see it, I see it."

"Is Zhang Tie's archery only slightly worse than Captain Nie's?"

"This is only the first arrow. Why are you so anxious? Just watch, Zhang Tie just missed for a moment."

However, the next four arrows were more fierce than the last. Zhang Tie only had his second arrow hit the bull's eye, and it was broken from the tail to the arrowhead by Gu Lin's second arrow that followed. Then Gu Lin's third, fourth, and fifth arrows all broke through his previous arrows.

In the end, only Gu Lin's first and fifth arrows were left on the bull's eye, as well as Zhang Tie's four arrows that were not on the bull's eye.

This was not a win, this was simply rubbing Zhang Tie to the ground.

This time, there was no sound of discussion. More than a hundred people crowded together and there was no sound at all.

Zhang Tie didn't expect that he would lose so thoroughly. The resentment towards Gu Lin in his heart was completely gone. He was willing to accept the loss. That's what it was like.

He put down his bow and arrow and clasped his fists to Gu Lin: "I am Zhang Tie from the 10th flag. I don't know about the others, but I have no objection to you coming."

Gu Lin put down his bow and arrow: "I am Gu Lin."

Zhang Tie felt abused and looked at the others from the 10th flag: "If you are not convinced by this young man Gu, come and try. It's not a loss anyway, hehe."

Many people rolled their eyes at Zhang Tie. They were together every day and knew each other's abilities very well. If this kid only defeated Zhang Tie in a normal way, they would still have some ideas.

But breaking a few arrows from a hundred steps away, everyone present asked themselves that they couldn't do it.

Even Nie Yong himself couldn't do it.

The others from the 10th flag looked at Gu Lin and had nothing to say. Seeing this, Zhang Tie patted Gu Lin on the shoulder: "You will be the leader of our 10th flag in the next few days. Come, I will take you to meet some people."

"This is Ma Tiejun." He pointed at the ordinary-looking man with a scar on his face.

"This is Yang Li."

"..."

"This is the youngest one in our flag, Wang Jie who just came in this year."

Wang Jie, who was a little thin and had a pale skin among the rough men, said, "I'm sixteen years old this year. You should be about the same age as me."

Finally, there was someone younger than him in the flag. Wang Jie was very happy. He finally wouldn't be scolded by these old soldiers every day.

Gu Lin said, "Fourteen years old."

"..." Zhang Tie had a bitter and dark face, and his face was burning. He put his arm around Gu Lin's neck: "Really fourteen years old."

Gu Lin nodded "honestly": "My fifteenth birthday hasn't arrived yet."

Zhang Tie covered his face: "Okay, okay, we are all brothers in the future. Age and other things are not important. What matters is ability!"

"Let's go, I'll take you to see where to live."

Nie Yong looked at Gu Lin who was being held by Zhang Tie to the next yard. When he walked to the target, he saw that the fifth arrow was nailed on it, and the fourth arrow was broken from the tail of the arrow.

Looking back, the arrow head almost pierced the target.

The Lu inspection did not send a straw bag. The leader of the tenth flag did not know where it came from. "The quilt" Guo " just walked into the house, his head was like a circle of people

, and his hands were supported on the door frame. This taste really refreshing. Gu Lin looked around and said, "I'll sleep on the bed by the window. Who slept there before?" Zhang Tie turned around and looked at Wang Jie, Yang Li and another soldier. "There are three of them. Yang Li will sleep on our bed tonight. The bed by the window is a little narrow. Four people can't squeeze in." " Gu... Leader, your knife," Zhang Tie, who was assigned to look after the accommodation and was found to be a chatterbox as soon as he touched it, touched the handle of the knife, "Is it hard to wield it?" "Just call me Gu Lin," Gu Lin took the knife off his back, put it against the wall, and raised his eyebrows at Zhang Tie, "Try it." Zhang Tie felt domineering when he looked at the broad knife. Seeing that Gu Lin was not a stingy person, he reached out to take it with excitement. "Wow, it's so heavy!" As soon as Zhang Tie picked up the huge knife, he was shocked by its weight and his hand kept sinking down. Several people next to him also came to try it, and they were all shocked by its heavy weight. Such a heavy knife, not to mention how hard it would be to wield it. A new person came in, and he was their leader. The people from the tenth flag looked at Gu Lin from time to time. Gu Lin leaned against the almost dead old pear tree in the yard and asked Zhang Tie: "Do you know how the militiamen pulled in by the village will be distributed this time?" Zhang Tie put down the handkerchief that was wiping his sword and said: "I heard others mention it, but I forgot the details." "Anyway, those militiamen have not been trained, so it's okay if they don't drag us down in a fight." Wang Jie raised his hand at the side: "I know, I heard them talking about it, and I heard that they will be divided into various small flags. There are several people in each small flag, and they will be asked to do chores, such as moving things." Second Uncle Lin was in the militia team. Before Gu Lin went to the county government office, he told him that he would come to the county government office to find him if he had anything to do. He didn't expect that he would come here.

Gu Lin stood up and planned to tell Uncle Lin, so as to avoid going to the wrong place if something really happened.

The next day, the third day after Gu Lin and Lin Zhen returned to the city, Gu Lin got up when he heard the call, rubbed his temples that were aching from the smoke, and walked to the yard.

Zhang Tie, Wang Jie and others who were used to getting up early also got up, hurriedly dressed and started practicing military boxing in the yard, looking energetic.

As for the other two people led by the patrol, there was no movement at all.

Gu Lin was also used to practicing martial arts with bows in the morning. He was practicing the bow by himself, every movement was the same, even the angle was the same, and then he practiced the swordsmanship that Huaishan Academy had taught for two consecutive years.

On the fourth day, the atmosphere became tense in vain. The tenth flag suddenly received an order from the general flag that led them. They were responsible for finding out where the group of refugee soldiers were and setting off immediately without delay.

In the past two days since Gu Lin came, he had nothing to do except for the morning of the first day he arrived. For two consecutive days, he led Zhang Tie and others to build military equipment and set up ambushes and traps in several large open areas leading to the town entrance.

They were few in number, and they would definitely suffer heavy losses if they fought head-on. They might even be swallowed up by the refugee army. Several inspectors did not dare to be careless.

After receiving the order, Gu Lin immediately took the people of the tenth flag and rode on horses, rushing towards the road he and Lin Zhen came from.

There were not many horses in a station, and they were usually managed by a unified person. When they were needed, they would take the order from the superiors to pick them up. Gu Lin had his own horse, so he saved one.

Zhang Tie said as he rode on his horse: "According to previous information, there are about 500 refugee soldiers, and they are all veterans who have seen blood. We must not rush into their faces."

Gu Lin nodded: "Ride for another half a day, leave the horses behind, let someone watch, and the others will go with me to investigate the enemy situation."

"Let Wang Jie stay, that kid is still young..." Another person in the tenth flag paused. If you want to talk about young, their new leader is really young, two years younger than Wang Jie.

Gu Lin had no objection to this proposal: "Okay, Wang Jie stays, and the others listen to my orders."

"Go!"

Eleven horses galloped in the mountains, and soon they ran for half a day. In another hour, they could see the main river upstream of Anyuan Town, Majin River.

Gu Lin and Lin Zhen had walked that road and knew that the only place for the refugee soldiers to replenish water was Majin River, and so many people would probably cook there.

As long as they determined the approximate distance between the refugee army and Anyuan Town, their mission on this trip would be completed.

Gu Lin led a few people to dismount and handed the reins to Wang Jie: "I don't know what the situation is ahead, you must always be alert and ready to respond to us at any time."

"Yes, leader." Wang Jie had a strange feeling about Gu Lin, a leader younger than himself, but they had seen Gu Lin's skills that day, and during training, they also saw Gu Lin repeating the monotonous bow and swordsmanship over and over again, which made them admire him spontaneously.

Gu Lin turned around and pointed to the mountain in front: "After crossing this mountain, a few miles away is the Majin River. There is no other place to replenish water except that river. We will go around it from the side. Don't act rashly under any circumstances."

"If we don't see the refugee army here, go forward to inquire."

Chapter 122

Gu Lin and ten other people climbed over the mountain in front of them. They were not carrying any weight and their speed was fast. They quickly reached the middle of the mountain and passed the peak in a short while.

Standing on the peak, the low hills in front of them were in full view. Gu Lin pointed ahead and said, "That's the Majin River. We don't know the exact location of the refugee army. We might rush in front of them as Zhang Tie said. Next, we must always pay attention to the movements in front of us."

"Yes, Captain Gu."

Gu Lin: "Keep going forward."

The long drought caused the grass and trees everywhere to wither and turn yellow before late autumn. The few of them were too conspicuous. Once they were seen, they would be like a beacon in the dark. So they tried to walk along the rocks and mounds that could cover their bodies.

After nightfall, the group reached the last two hills closest to the Majin River. Suddenly, Gu Lin, who was walking in the front, stopped and whispered, "They have indeed reached the Majin River."

The soldier following him walked to where he was standing. He saw that the flat land where the Majin River was located could be seen from the gap between the two peaks. There were many fires burning on the flat land that should have been pitch black. There were no less than twenty fires burning through this gap alone.

The soldier trembled and looked at Gu Lin fiercely: "Leader, the number of people here does not match what you said before!"

"Yes, the group of refugees before only had about 500 people. They didn't need so many fires." It is not winter now, and it is not even late autumn yet. Moreover, Luozhou is located in the south, unlike the north which has entered winter early. The biggest function of fires is only for cooking and lighting. More than 20 fires have formed a large area.

Gu Lin's face was cold: "These people will definitely send out sentries. If we alert the enemy, we will be surrounded."

He said to Zhang Tie and others: "You wait here, I will go to investigate the situation."

"Leader, I will go with you." Although Zhang Tie felt that he was not as capable as Gu Lin, he felt uncomfortable asking Gu Lin, who was so young, to go alone. "More people means more care."

Gu Lin thought about it and nodded: "Okay, you come with me, the others stay here."

The most important thing this time was to find out how many people were stationed by the Majin River. The huge broadsword on his back would inevitably get caught on the branches and make noises. Gu Lin simply took off the broadsword and let the people of the tenth flag who stayed here watch it. He only carried the short blade that all soldiers were equipped with, and he and Zhang Tie climbed over the last two small hills one after another.

Soon, a complete flat land appeared in front of Gu Lin and Zhang Tie. They saw the fire winding along the bank of the Majin River. The more than 20 fires they saw in the gap between the two hills were only a small part of them.

There were also the second 20 and the third 20.

Zhang Tie stuttered, his heart trembling: "Leader, how many people are there?"

"This shouldn't be the refugee army, right?"

Gu Lin frowned so deeply for the first time. He looked at the winding snake-like team from beginning to end: "It's too dark to identify. We need to get closer to determine whether it is an enemy or a friend."

He glanced at the surrounding terrain and the people stationed by the river, and quickly pointed to the position on the left: "There, let's go."

This place is not far from Anyuan Town. If you ride a horse like them, you can get there in less than two days, and it only takes about four days to march quickly. If they are really people who are not good for Anyuan Town, they have no power to fight back with more than 400 people, and the militia recruited here will be useless.

The night wind blew, and the leaves that had finally remained on the branches were blown off, falling on the ground with a thick layer of fallen leaves, making a slight sound.

In the middle of the camp, the third brother, who looked like a rat spirit and whose horse had been robbed in front of Gu Lin, stood respectfully and said to the people sitting on the soft silk floor, "Report to the Heavenly King, we are not far from Anyuan Town. At our speed, we can arrive there in the afternoon of three days later."

The man called the Heavenly King was strong and powerful, wearing luxurious clothes and a golden crown on his head. He looked quite majestic.

But this person's face did not look good, and he even looked a little sinister: "The hawks and dogs sent by the court are very powerful. They chased us all the way here. If we hadn't sacrificed our right wing, we would not have gotten here."

"Is your information accurate? Can Anyuan Town provide us with enough food supplies?"

"Absolutely true. I have confirmed it again and again with the man under my command. He was originally from Anyuan Town. He committed some crimes and went out to venture and became my man."

The man who looked like a rat spirit said, "He said that Anyuan Town has a magical way to produce more than 300 kilograms of grain per acre. After a few years, both the villagers and the town residents should have a lot of grain reserves, which is definitely enough to supply us."

When he first heard this, the man who looked like a rat spirit didn't believe it at all. With so many of them, they had never seen any crops that could produce more than 300 kilograms per acre. But the subordinate was very sure and didn't change his words no matter how he asked. He didn't seem to be lying, so he quickly told the king about it.

Speaking of which, the man who looked like a rat was feeling aggrieved. That day, he and the tall man secretly led people to escape from the refugee army because they didn't want to go to the city to die. The kings were not afraid. They cherished their lives. It was fine to fight a little. It would be fine if they occupied the city. If the court noticed it, it would be troublesome to send troops to encircle and suppress them.

It would be better to take a group of people to find a place to be a powerful mountain king, rob more money, and put on the clothes of ordinary people after the drought, and transform themselves into "good people" and never worry about food and drink for the rest of their lives.

They are not these kings with flags, and they don't have a name in the court.

Who would have thought that when he came to Anyuan Town, he would run into Li Tianwang who had led people to capture the city before. His more than 500 people had no choice but to surrender in front of Li Tianwang's more than 1,000 people.

If he was not still useful, I am afraid that Li Tianwang would treat him as a deserter and kill him with a knife as soon as they met.

The second one was the one who was killed as a warning to the monkeys.

Li Tianwang, one of the leaders of the refugee army and the self-proclaimed king, felt relieved. The pursuers from the imperial court also needed to eat. The food and grass in the city had been squandered by them long ago. There was nothing left except a stone city. They didn't have much food and grass, otherwise they wouldn't have been chasing them yet.

As long as they could replenish food and grass in Anyuan Town and meet up with other troops, they wouldn't have to be afraid of the imperial court.

The burning fire kept adding firewood, illuminating the dense crowds of people sitting or lying.

Gu Lin had already found the place with Zhang Tie. They were less than fifty meters away from the nearest group of people. They could see the clothes and costumes on these people. Gu Lin even saw the man who looked like a rat spirit and the middle-aged man in front of him who was dressed elegantly.

Sure enough, they were enemies, not friends.

And there were so many of them, adding up to two thousand people, several times their number.

Gu Lin's heart sank, he raised his hand and made a gesture to retreat. Zhang Tie, who was frightened by so many people in front of him, didn't even dare to breathe hard, and slowly and carefully retreated.

When he was out of the range of the group's ears, Gu Lin immediately said: "Hurry up and report back. The people who wanted to attack Anyuan Town are among them. Anyuan Town is in danger."

Zhang Tie was shocked: "Leader, the three of us patrolling have only 400 people in total. These people can easily deal with us..."

Zhang Tie now had only one thought, go back and report the news and run for his life. Why fight? This is just giving people a chance to practice, and they may not even have their bodies warmed.

These people all have wives and children, and they don't want to risk their lives so casually.

"So we have to be faster, give the county magistrate, the three inspectors, and the people time." Gu Lin didn't have time to talk to Zhang Tie, and ran back quickly. His feet seemed to be riding the wind, and his breath was like a bellows pulled hard. It was his fastest speed so far.

The few people waiting at the two hills sat on the ground, with their hands on their knees, chatting casually. Their voices were low, and if you didn't get close, you would think it was the sound of leaves falling on the ground, which was difficult to detect.

Suddenly, several people stood up, picked up their weapons, and looked in the direction where something was approaching quickly.

Gu Lin rushed out of the woods, ran to the front of the few people, and instantly put the broadsword and bow and arrow on his back: "Emergency military information, there are more than 2,000 refugee soldiers stationed ahead, and you must take this news back immediately."

"!!!"

"Two thousand!"

"Team leader!"

"No time to explain, let's go!" There are tens of thousands of residents in the town, and retreating alone is a big project. There are old people and children in it, so the speed is not fast. Going back a moment earlier can save a moment of time.

Gu Lin had no time to wait for the people behind him. His thin figure quickly disappeared into the darkness. Ma Tiejun and others behind him looked at the direction he left. Before they could react, another figure suddenly appeared.

Ma Tiejun quickly grabbed the panting Zhang Tie: "Just now the leader said there were more than 2,000 people, and they left in a hurry. You——"

Zhang Tie, who went with Gu Lin, also saw so many people with his own eyes: "It's true, go back quickly."

More than 2,000 enemies.

The people of the tenth flag were shivering all over and hurriedly followed Zhang Tie down the mountain.

An hour away from them, eleven horses were tied to a tree. Wang Jie, who didn't dare to take a nap, lit a fire. There was a rat skewered on the dagger in his hand. The rat meat was handcuffed and smelled delicious. Although there was little oil, salt and other seasonings, it was good at a time when everyone was almost hungry.

He tore off the mouse's legs and put them in his mouth, and saw his leader's face flushed, and he ran down the mountain as if he had just been fished out of the water. He hurried to meet him: "Leader."

"You wait here for Zhang Tie and the others, I'll ride back to the town to report the urgent military information."

Wang Jie, who was holding the handcuffed mouse and wanted to share it with Gu Lin, saw his anxious look and threw the handcuffed mouse away: "Yes, leader, don't worry, I'll wait here for them all to come back together, be careful on the road."

"Okay," Gu Lin, who had run for several miles and crossed mountains and ridges, jumped on the horse and squeezed the horse's belly suddenly: "Gee!"

Chapter 123 The yamen

runners at the gate of the county government and the personal soldiers of the three inspectors who lived in the county government saw a man riding a horse galloping towards them from afar, and they stood out and stretched out their hands to stop him.

Gu Lin on the horse grabbed the reins fiercely, jumped off the horse with its front half raised, and his face turned pale: "I am the leader of the tenth flag under the command of Inspector Lu. I am ordered by the inspector to investigate the enemy and have an urgent military report."

The people standing guard here were Inspector Lu's men. They also heard that the new leader of the tenth flag had amazing archery skills and was still young, which made people wonder if he was a reincarnated monster.

At this moment, seeing Gu Lin rushing over, he said: "The inspector is in the house, I will lead the team in."

Gu Lin nodded to the soldier and followed him into the house where Inspector Lu lived in the county government.

"Inspector, the leader of the 10th flag has come to report that there is urgent military information."

The strong and dark-skinned Inspector Lu looked at the soldier and Gu Lin who followed behind him: "Tell me quickly."

Gu Lin's chin was dripping with sweat, and he said tiredly: "According to the order of the inspector, I took the 10th flag to investigate the enemy along the way. I found the traces of the enemy in Majin River, about 150 miles away from Anyuan Town. But there are not only more than 500 refugees I met when I returned to Anyuan Town with my family, but also more than 1,000 people, about 2,000 people."

"It's obvious that they are heading for Anyuan Town. They will reach Anyuan Town in less than three days."

Gu Lin found out about this last night and rushed back immediately. The time spent running and riding together was almost half a day. He rushed back when the people in the county government just got up today.

According to his calculations, the refugee army will reach Anyuan Town in three days at the latest, and in more than two days at the fastest.

Patrol Inspector Lu was a man who deployed troops and fought in battles. He knew best what the harm of a huge disparity in the number of troops between the two sides was. This meant that their obstruction or attack could be exchanged for a small price on the other side, and they could not afford the price that others could pay.

Patrol Inspector Lu stood up from his chair suddenly: "This news is true!"

"It is true. The people of the Tenth Small Flag are behind. I will go ahead and they will be back soon."

Patrol Inspector Lu called Gu Lin: "You go to the lobby with me immediately to find the county magistrate," and then ordered the soldiers, "You go to Patrol Inspector Zuo and Patrol Inspector Wang immediately and ask them to meet in the lobby." Patrol Inspector

Lu was an impatient person, and he was like this in everything he did. He walked quickly to the place where the county magistrate specially entertained guests. However, the county magistrate, who was confident that nothing serious would happen with the troops under the command of the three inspectors, had not even gotten up yet.

Inspector Lu's voice was like thunder: "You are almost dead and still sleeping. Go and call the master."

The servant was embarrassed: "Master Inspector, it's not that I don't want to call him, but the master always sleeps until two quarters. If I call him now, he will be very angry. I dare not."

Inspector Lu's face was as black as ink. He walked out of the hall and went straight to the main room where the county magistrate was sleeping. He kicked the closed door and walked in.

The county magistrate, who was sleeping soundly in the room, was awakened by the huge kick on the door and climbed out of the concubine's bed: "Who is it that made such a big noise——"

The curtain was suddenly opened, and he saw Inspector Lu, who was entrusted with an important task, standing in front of his bed like a door god. Even though he recognized Inspector Lu's ability in his heart and had to rely on him to help him out, he was furious when he saw him rushing to his sleeping place without etiquette.

But Inspector Lu didn't give him a chance to get angry at all, and quickly told him the news brought by Gu Lin.

The anger on the county magistrate's face turned into fear in an instant, and he almost tripped and fell when he got out of bed. Gu Lin grabbed his shoulders and looked at him: "Sir, many people in this town are looking to you to make decisions. We haven't yet negotiated a charter, and everything is still uncertain."

"There are two thousand refugee soldiers, and we only have four hundred people. Together with the unarmed militia, there are only six or seven hundred people. How can we negotiate anything? Let's run for our lives." The county magistrate didn't want to die here. Without his official position, he was still a bastard in Kyoto. He would have no problem being rich and noble for the rest of his life, but if he lost his life, he would really have lost everything.

Gu Lin's hand was still holding his shoulder. He looked at the official uniform and hat placed aside: "Sir, we are more than 400 people. There are also 10,000 people in the town and tens of thousands of people in the surrounding villages."

Gu Lin walked over, took the official robe and official uniform, handed them to the county magistrate, and said to the servants serving the county magistrate: "Tidy up your appearance."

The county magistrate reacted. This little scholar was forcing him to do things. He pointed at Gu Lin: "How dare you!"

"Come on, take this incompetent Gu Lin out and chop him up!"

Inspector Lu frowned and looked at Gu Lin. He didn't take any action. Instead, he looked at the county magistrate's servants who came in after hearing the noise. Obviously, he agreed with Gu Lin's approach.

At this time, the enemy was approaching. If the county magistrate left, it would only make the people in the town more panicked. In the chaos, those who could walk could not go far, and those who could not walk could only wait to die here. Faced with those murderous and brutal refugee soldiers, these people who could only support their families on weekdays had no power to fight back. If they met them, they would just become dead souls under the knife.

Looking at Gu Lin and Inspector Lu, the county magistrate had no idea that he had invited the wolf back and became its puppet.

He was so angry that his body trembled: "Okay, very good, you are all very good."

"Change your clothes!"

Seeing him standing there and letting people dress him, Gu Lin and Inspector Lu walked out.

Inspector Lu looked at Gu Lin as if he was looking at a rare thing: "You kid, you are really brave."

Gu Lin's pale face had a faint expression: "The inspector is also very brave."

"Hahaha." Inspector Lu didn't expect that Gu Lin was not only brave in doing things, but also very interesting in speaking. He said, "Come with me to the lobby later to discuss this matter."

"Thank you, Inspector."

"Well, you're welcome, but I don't know if Anyuan Town will..." Inspector Lu's dark face showed worries that were inconsistent with his temperament. He was not originally from Anyuan Town. He settled here after being sent here. Over the years, he has regarded Anyuan Town as his home. His wife, children, and brothers are all here.

Now, he actually felt a little desperate.

If he ignored everything at the moment and his humble official position, he would gather a few brothers and take his family away. After all, there were still two days.

But what about the people in the town.

As Gu Lin said, there are more than 10,000 people in the town, and the men, women, and children in the surrounding villages who don't know the news yet. If the refugee soldiers are allowed to enter, I'm afraid that the people in the town and the villagers will face a catastrophe.

Not to mention 2,000 people, even if dozens of refugee soldiers sneak into a village, the villagers will have no power to fight back.

The refugee soldiers who have killed people and seen blood are not something that ordinary people who have not been trained can deal with.

At this time, the county magistrate couldn't slow down even if he wanted to, but he looked at Gu Lin and Inspector Lu with extremely unfriendly eyes.

The two pretended not to see it, and when he came out, they hugged him and walked to the lobby. The other two inspectors were military generals after all, and they had already appeared there. When they saw the county magistrate come in, they saluted the county magistrate first, and then greeted Inspector Lu, who was also a ninth-rank inspector. As for Gu Lin behind him, he was ignored by the two.

As soon as they sat down on the chairs, Inspector Lu said, "Yesterday I sent the people of the 10th flag to investigate the enemy situation. The people of the 10th flag found that the enemy was stationed at Majin River, 150 miles away from Anyuan Town. And it was not the 500 or so people we knew before, but a group of refugees who joined in from behind, a total of 2,000 people."

After hearing it again, the county magistrate became even more desperate. His face turned pale and he covered his head with his hands, looking at Gu Lin and Inspector Lu with hatred.

The left inspector Wang also frowned: "There are more than two thousand people, but we only have four hundred people."

"Yes, so we have to discuss now, what to do next." Inspector Lu naturally knew that the few people they had were not enough to defeat the other side. He said, "I have thought about it just now. Apart from other things, we should first tell the people in the town about the enemy's attack, and send people to notify the surrounding villages to let them prepare, whether it is retreating or hiding, everyone who can leave is a good one."

"What about me!?" The county magistrate sitting in the first seat suddenly shouted, "I don't want to die with you."

"Inspector Wang, Inspector Left, Inspector Lu and this damn kid just threatened me, you two quickly take them down!"

Inspector Wang and Inspector Left looked at Gu Lin and Inspector Lu. On the one hand, they were shocked by the military intelligence that Inspector Lu said, and on the other hand, they were suspicious because of the words of the county magistrate. The county magistrate was their subordinate, and they would suffer a heavy fate if they did not obey the orders of their subordinates.

Seeing the tense situation, the two soldiers led by Lu Xunjian stepped forward and stood beside Lu Xunjian and Gu Lin, with their hands on the hilts of their swords.

Gu Lin stood up from Lu Xunjian's side and bowed to the county magistrate who was sitting in the first seat: "Sir, it is absolutely impossible to ask the three inspectors and their soldiers to fight head-on. The disparity in military strength is so huge that it is tantamount to hitting a rock with an egg."

"But we can divide and destroy them. As long as we lead the enemy into a terrain that is favorable to us, coupled with our familiarity with the local area, we can run away if the enemy is large, and surround them if the enemy is small, and slowly eat away some of their people."

"The most urgent task now is for you to get people to spread the news of the enemy's attack as soon as possible, so that the people in the town can take their families and evacuate to the rear of the town. The surrounding villagers should also make preparations as soon as possible."

He was a fourteen-year-old child, and when he stood up and said these words, except for Lu Xunjian, the other three did not listen carefully, but soon, Wang Xunjian and Zuo Xunjian keenly realized that his method of dividing and destroying, running away if the enemy is large, and surrounding them if the enemy is small, was indeed feasible.

The most important thing is that it takes time for the residents of the town to evacuate. How can they, with their families, run as fast as the strong and healthy refugee soldiers? It will take at least four or five days to completely retreat to the mountains and avoid the danger of being caught up by the refugee soldiers.

Chapter 124

The matter was urgent. Gu Lin's words convinced Wang Xunjian and Zuo Xunjian, who were not included in Lu Xunjian, that if they followed Gu Lin's approach, their soldiers would not become cannon fodder, nor would they be accused of inaction after the turmoil subsided. This was the best for both officials and soldiers. Even

the county magistrate could follow the people to retreat.

But the county magistrate hated Gu Lin, who was committing a crime of insubordination. As soon as they finished discussing, he personally ordered the yamen runners to notify the people in the town to retreat, and then he immediately left.

Lu Xunjian patted Gu Lin on the shoulder and said, "After this matter is settled, if you can not show up in Anyuan Town, then don't show up. Although our lord is relatively tolerant, he must have remembered you in his heart, which is not easy to deal with."

"Thank you for reminding me, Xunjian." Gu Lin thought of the consequences when he did it. Once the drought was over, he would go to the prefecture to participate in the provincial examination. By then, even if the county magistrate wanted to find him, he would not be able to find him.

As for the Lin family.

The county magistrate's temper was not so bad. Otherwise, he would not have gotten the job done just by watching him and Inspector Lu. This showed that he still had some kindness in his heart, but he would always think of Gu Lin's coercion of him, and he couldn't suppress this thorn in his heart.

Soon, all the more than 30 yamen runners of the county government were sent out, and even the soldiers brought by the three inspectors joined the team to go door to door to ask the people to evacuate as soon as

possible. Gu Lin had just told the county magistrate and the three inspectors that what they needed this time was flexibility. Bringing untrained militiamen would only add burden to themselves. All militiamen returned along the original route, and sent yamen runners to follow them, informing everyone about the upcoming attack on Anyuan Town and asking them to prepare.

Gu Lin was going to tell Uncle Lin.

"Sir, why do you suddenly want us to move? My family has lived in this town for generations. We finally built a new house and are waiting to survive this drought so that my son can get married. If we leave, everything will be lost." The middle-aged woman was unwilling to move to the mountains behind Anyuan Town. This is their roots. It would not be so convenient to go to the mountains. I am afraid there would not even be a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

I don't want to move, I don't want to move at all.

These soldiers were very nervous after receiving the order. With so many enemy soldiers, what could they do to fight? I am afraid they would be surrounded by them as soon as they met.

She was even dragged to persuade these people to leave. She was so angry that her voice became louder unconsciously: "Which is more important, life or your house? I can't leave even if I want to. I will delay you when you leave. Who can I go to for justice?"

The middle-aged woman who had been coaxing and persuading others to leave was caught in her throat when she heard the words of the soldier in front of her who was not much older than her son and was probably married for only two or three years.

She actually thought that these soldiers were deceiving them and wanted to occupy their house. But now it seems that it is not the case. It seems that the bandits who really want to harm people are coming to attack.

Her voice trembled: "Soldier, we really...really have to fight..."

"Official documents have been issued by the government. Tell me whether it is true or false," the soldier looked at his other comrades who were also persuading the people, and said to the woman, "Let's go quickly, leave here, and save a life."

The woman finally panicked and said to her family behind her in panic: "Quick, pack up your things, let's go to your uncle's house to hide, and take everything we can use!"

Everyone was struggling to survive the drought, eating less, drinking less, and living a harder life, but now if they didn't run fast, they would die.

For a while, everywhere was in chaos, with people pulling cows and mules, carrying food and quilts that they couldn't throw away, and children who couldn't walk or were still young had to be carried on their backs. The whole town seemed to be free in this last hustle and bustle.

Gu Lin came to the place where the militia gathered and used his position as the leader of the tenth flag to find Uncle Lin.

Uncle Lin dug some traps and practiced them a few days ago. They looked no different from before. When Gu Lin called him, he was surprised, "Shuanzi, why are you here?"

"Uncle, the town will be attacked by the refugee army soon. When you go back this time, you should discuss with my father and see what he plans." Gu Lin learned many skills from Lin Zhen. He believed that as long as he knew the news in advance, Lin Zhen would be able to avoid this disaster safely.

Moreover, when they came, Liyu Village was discussing digging a tunnel to hide. Compared with other unprepared villages, Liyu Village was much better.

Second Uncle Lin looked at him: "What about you, Shuanzi, won't you come back with me?"

"I still have some things to do. When I finish, I will go back to find you."

Second Uncle Lin nodded: "Got it. Then you be careful."

He took out the sorghum and buckwheat cakes that he had not finished eating from his bag and gave them all to Gu Lin: "I'm going back today. You can take these with you. There is enough food at home. You should be careful outside."

Gu Lin did not refuse. After all, he didn't know what the situation would be like in the future. A few more things might mean a few more lives. He accepted the sorghum and buckwheat cakes and said, "Okay."

There were not many people who could be used in the county government. When Gu Lin came, the news had not yet reached here. It was also thanks to Second Uncle Lin who was so thick-skinned. If it were someone else, they would probably have jumped up and down and shouted loudly when they heard that the refugee army was coming to take lives.

Just as Gu Lin finished talking to Uncle Lin, a man in yamen robes came and stood in front and said something similar to Gu Lin. The refugee army was coming, and they, the militia, would return the same way immediately. The yamen runners of the county government would also disperse and follow them to inform them of the pros and cons. As for the rest, the county government was really powerless, and everyone had to run or hide in the mountains.

The militias were in an uproar. They were all villagers from nearby villages, and their parents and children were in the village. When they heard the news, they wanted to go back immediately. Several yamen runners almost held them down.

The yamen runners were almost angry. "Separate according to the order of each village, and you will be sent back immediately!"

The crowd rushed around like a hornet's nest to find people from the same village. Gu Lin looked at Uncle Lin, who was already standing with the people from Liyu Village, and turned to walk through the messy and crowded streets.

What he saw were the frightened old people, children, men and women, and what he heard were not a few cries and the sounds of various livestock that had survived with difficulty. The people in the town were all fleeing.

Gu Lin had seen many such scenes.

On the night he fled from the capital, he saw countless refugees fleeing famine on the road. They were different people, but they had the same expression.

Gu Lin looked up at the sky and saw a blazing sun hanging high in the sky, emitting heat without any effort.

"Captain Gu," a soldier in a military uniform ran over and stood in front of him, "Inspector Lu asked me to inform Captain Gu that he is discussing with the two inspectors, as well as the general flags and captains how to stop the refugee army this time. Let Captain Gu go quickly."

"Where are they discussing?"

"In the county government office."

"Okay, I'll go right over." The plan was proposed by himself, so of course he had to make it more complete. This was not just a few empty words, but the lives of hundreds of soldiers.

Gu Lin walked in front of the soldier who called him and walked back to the county government office at a very fast pace. As soon as he entered, Zhang Tie and Wang Jie from the 10th flag who came back saw him and greeted him one by one: "Captain Gu."

"Captain Gu."

"Captain Gu."

"..."

It's easy to say, but hard to do. Once they were outside, everyone knew that he was very efficient. They all had the same legs and the same horse, but Gu Lin arrived a little earlier than them. He not only reported the matter, but also threw out a good idea that looked good and could minimize casualties. They couldn't help but be convinced by him.

The six general flags and more than thirty small flag leaders under the three inspectors also looked at him.

They all heard more or less rumors about Gu Lin, who was fourteen years old, good at archery, and rushed back to the town overnight to upload the news. He also showed up in front of the county magistrate and the three inspectors.

Seeing Gu Lin standing in the yard at this moment was quite surprising.

In their imagination, Gu Lin should be a strong young man, but he was so thin and handsome, just like a scholar.

There were so many people that Inspector Lu simply said it in the yard, asking the people who came to stand anywhere and listen with their ears perked up: "Everyone should know the news. There are about two thousand people on the opposite side, heading straight for Anyuan Town. Our most important task this time is to kill as many of these bastards as possible. One will cover our investment and two will make a profit. Leave enough time for the people in the town and the nearby villages to retreat."

"I know that we are all flesh and blood, and we will bleed and feel pain, but this is our duty. If we allow this group of refugees to roam around in our Anyuan Town, not only the people will suffer, but also us."

"According to Gu Lin, the situation in the prefectural city is not good. Once the court suppresses the refugee army outside, maybe those of us below will become scapegoats for the crime." Right

and wrong, merits and demerits are just a matter of a word from the people above. The prefectural city of Luozhou suffered such a defeat this time. The huge prefectural city was broken by the refugee army, and many people were displaced. Nine out of ten houses were empty. If they are investigated, those below will not be able to escape.

Anyway, they are all melons on the same vine, so it doesn't matter if there are more.

These words are from the heart of Inspector Lu. The pros and cons are all here. Inspectors Wang and Zuo looked at each other and sighed at the same time.

If there hadn't been such a big mess in the prefectural city, they would have turned a blind eye to the group of refugee soldiers, found a few soldiers as bait, reported that they had tried their best and lost some manpower, and then moved around, and the matter would have passed.

But now the matter in the prefectural city might have spread to the capital. If they continue to be sneaky, they will be punished by the court even if they don't die in the refugee army. It's better to give it a try.

Chapter 125

"Gu Lin, tell me more about your idea." Inspector Lu stood in front and waved.

Gu Lin walked over and looked at the dozens of eyes looking at him: "Gu Lin, the leader of the tenth flag under Inspector Lu."

"According to the route, the refugee army will reach Anyuan Town in two days. In view of the unobstructed terrain of Anyuan Town, we must not face the enemy head-on in the town. We must break up into small groups, constantly harass them, irritate them, let them enter the terrain that is favorable to us, and use the terrain advantage to consume their manpower."

"If you encounter an enemy that is several times larger than the team can handle, immediately hide in the mountains and forests and look for another opportunity."

"At the same time, the traps we dug a few days ago can also be used, and the bamboo knives and broken porcelain pieces buried in them can be poured with manure."

The first one can understand, but the people in the back can't understand, why pour manure, disgust those refugee soldiers.

In fact, this is also what Gu Lin remembered that Lin Zhen once said to him, there are many harmful things that cannot be seen by the naked eye in manure and other dirty things, and many human diseases are caused by these small things.

Gu Lin thought, would it be equally effective if he smeared it on the bamboo sword fragments in the trap?

Furthermore, what about smearing it on his own arrows and broadsword?

That group of refugees was extremely vicious, and countless people died at their hands. Gu Lin did not think that his actions were not aboveboard. It was aboveboard and it was enough to use it on the right people.

Gu Lin said that he heard about this method of smearing with feces from a very powerful person. Regardless of whether everyone believed it in their hearts, at least no doubts appeared on their faces.

Time was precious, so Gu Lin finished his words quickly and concisely, and then according to the intentions of the three inspectors, the two small flags were grouped into one team and fought together.

Gu Lin looked at the man standing in front of him, the most powerful man he had ever instigated.

Nie Yong put his hands on his waist and said, "Captain Gu, from now on we are grasshoppers on the same vine. I hope Captain Gu doesn't mind that I jumped high that day. When this matter is over, I will treat you to a drink."

Zhang Tie stuck his head in: "Our Captain Gu is not such a stingy person. He doesn't even care about the fact that I competed with him in archery, so how could he care about Captain Nie's instigation?"

Gu Lin nodded: "No need for the wine."

Nie Yong smiled brightly and patted Gu Lin on the shoulder: "I said Captain Gu is not such a person. It was Lao Jiu who nagged in my ear, saying that we are now in a relationship of sharing life and death and weal and woe together, and asked me to build a good relationship with you."

Zhang Tie muttered on the side without thinking: "Lao Jiu was talking about you. Wasn't he the one with the biggest mouth at that time? He also said that our Captain Gu's feathers haven't even grown out yet--" As

Zhang Tie said this, he saw his captain's eyes sweeping over him, like ice in winter, which made him feel cold all of a sudden, and he subconsciously covered his mouth.

Nie Yong was full of "I'm convinced". He put his arm around Zhang Tie's head: "You are such a fool. Don't you know that men can't say no to anything?"

Besides, judging from the way Team Leader Gu put on his pants, his thing is not small. He is only fourteen years old. Tsk tsk.

Gu Lin looked at Nie Yong and Zhang Tie who were playing and fighting, as well as other people who were already chatting with familiar people, and threw the swear words out of his head.

In Liyu Village, Lin Zhen was shocked when he heard the news brought back by Brother Lin and the yamen runners who came with them.

The town would never make such a big move just because of the group of 500 refugees, unless there was an accident?

When the yamen runner notified the news, the village field was in chaos and it was impossible to hear what the people next to him were saying. Lin Zhen ran to Brother Lin: "Brother, where is Shuanzi?"

"Shuanzi said he had something to do in the town and would come back to see us when he was done."

Brother Lin hadn't seen Sister Lin for several days. The couple held hands tightly under the cover of their clothes.

Lin Zhen stopped and asked, "What's the matter?"

What was the matter? That day, the county magistrate saw his ability to bring him back from the prefecture, and let him live in the county government office. He probably wanted Gu Lin to protect him.

However, just for this matter, Gu Lin would definitely find a way to get away.

Lin Zhen said to his second brother Lin, "Second brother, tell me everything you saw and heard in the town. What is Shuanzi doing now?"

"The first two days we went there, we followed the soldiers to dig holes and put bamboo knives and broken porcelain pieces in them. Then they stopped us from digging, saying that a group of refugees were going to attack our town. The county magistrate was afraid that we would get injured and lose our lives, so he asked the yamen runners to send us back and inform the young and old men in the village."

"Oh, yes," second brother Lin remembered, "originally the place where we militia lived was strictly controlled, but when Shuanzi came to see me, the person in charge of us called him Captain Gu."

"Shuanzi seems to have become an official."

Lin Zhen felt a depressed feeling in his heart more and more. After Gu Shuanzi went to the town, he definitely did not work as a leisurely bodyguard for the county magistrate. Who knows where he ended up.

Suddenly, just when Lin Zhen was thinking about Gu Lin, the old village chief came over anxiously through the noisy and panicked crowd: "Brother Zhen."

"Village chief." Lin Zhen nodded to the old village chief.

"Don't worry about these empty formalities. Brother Zhen, what do you think we should do about this? According to the officials and the people who went to the town, Anyuan Town is in big trouble this time. What should we do?" In the past few days, every household has been digging tunnels. The more they dig, the more they feel that the tunnels inside are not ordinary. They can hide people and store food. If they want to use fire to force people out, there are ways to deal with it. Just put down the baffle and block it with mud.

The old village chief has a large family and the tunnel he dug is long. When the news from the yamen runners came, his family panicked and quickly asked the old village chief to ask Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen said: "I mean to wait and see for a few days. The tunnels in our village are almost finished. Even if dozens of people come in, it will not be easy for them to find us in a short time with the cover of the tunnels."

"And don't you leave so many small holes? If someone really comes in, don't be afraid to take action. Take advantage of their inattention to kill them one by one."

"That's good, that's the best." The old village chief was overjoyed.

Because their village harvested a lot of grain in the past few years, more girls and boys married in and fewer married out, the population increased a lot, and there were many newborns. If they really ran into the mountains, old and young, who knows what would happen.

The old village chief took advantage of everyone being here, quickly stood on a stone, and said loudly: "Everyone listen to me!"

His voice was a little small and was drowned in the crowd.

His sons hurried to the crowd to ask everyone to stop talking. When the crowd finally quieted down, the old village chief looked at the villagers who were panic-stricken and confused about the road ahead and said, "Fellow villagers, you all heard what the official said just now. There are bad guys in our town. They are very vicious. Everyone in the town has retreated to the mountains behind us."

"I know, everyone thinks it's not a good idea to retreat to the mountains. We have children and no place to eat or sleep--"

The old village chief hadn't finished speaking yet, and the villagers below said, "Yes, village chief, where can we go?"

"If we encounter man-eating wolves and tigers in the mountains, it will be the same."

"We have dug a tunnel. My family won't leave, so we will hide in it."

The old village chief heard someone talking about the tunnel and said, "Yes, the tunnel. I just discussed it with Brother Lin. Brother Lin also thinks that we don't need to retreat to the mountains for the time being. Our tunnel is smokeproof and waterproof. It won't be a problem to hide in it for several days."

"Also, after entering the tunnel, you must pay attention to the eyes I left for you. If someone really comes in, stab them in the eyes, just like killing chickens and pigs. Don't be timid. When the time comes, either they will die or we will die."

"Yes, yes, yes, we tried it. Blowing smoke in doesn't work. Once the baffle is pulled down and blocked with mud, it will be fine. Besides being a little stuffy, there is nothing wrong inside." When repairing the tunnel, Lin Zhen explained the functions of the tunnel to the villagers. Some of them were repaired quickly and tried several times after repair.

If they hadn't repaired the entrance themselves, they would never have thought that it would be in those places.

The most amazing thing is that one family actually built the entrance next to the pit...

When Lin Zhen went to see it, he gave a thumbs up.

As soon as the old village chief said this, most of the people below put down some worries on their faces. As long as they could stay at home, it was better than anything else.

Lin Zhen watched from the side, and couldn't help but want to beat those disaster victims who died on the road to escape famine. Escaping famine was too difficult in this era. It meant becoming a rootless duckweed, and life and death became light and light.

Gu Lin, Gu Lin.

You are really...

Lin Zhen didn't know what to say, and went back with the Lin family members who also looked gloomy after hearing the news.

——

As night fell, the people in the town were almost evacuated, leaving only some families who were not so convenient to leave. The streets were in a mess, and there were some inexpensive things that the people had to throw away everywhere.

The seventh flag and the tenth flag, which had already merged into a team, had a total of 22 people, but because the two flags had their own leaders, they were in a state of division of labor.

Gu Lin stood on the road connecting the prefectural city and Anyuan Town, carrying a hoe in his hand, and digging the deep pit below.

The dry soil raised a cloud of dust. If he hadn't covered his mouth and nose with a layer of cloth, it would have choked his lungs. Of course, the cloth wasn't for this purpose...

A foul smell came from the bucket next to him. The people who were mixing bamboo pieces and broken porcelain pieces into it showed expressions of being about to collapse.

This was freshly scooped out from the pits of the townspeople's homes. It was original and had no water added at all.

Wang Jie was also doing this job. He wrapped his hands with cloth and put the bamboo pieces and broken porcelain pieces in the bucket into the pit. "Leader, we have dug about twenty here."

"Leader, these fecal water..." Wang Jie wanted to vomit again, "Will it really make people sick?"

"If that person says it will, it will."

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"That person?"

"Is this expert the leader is talking about the kind of person in the storybooks, with a fairy-like appearance, a white beard, and the ability to tell whether I have eaten today and how many people are in my family?" When Wang Jie was talking to Gu Lin, the people from the 10th and 7th flags beside him also listened attentively. They all knew Gu Lin's abilities. He was good at both martial arts and literature. What kind of person must he be to be admired by him?

Then they saw that the leader Gu, who always had a cold face and a dull expression, relaxed his brows a little: "He is not even in the storybooks. He taught me everything I know."

At this moment, Lin Zhen, who was far away in Liyu Village, sneezed loudly and rubbed his nose.

It is said that it will rain if you sneeze. Could it be that God is finally opening his eyes? He looked at the sky outside and felt that he was overthinking. It was impossible for the sky to be clear for several months!

If he knew that Gu Lin said he was a master in front of so many comrades, he would definitely touch his head. This compliment was too much. He never thought that he taught Gu Lin a lot of things. At most, he gave him two bowls of chicken soup when this kid didn't want to study and wanted to be a dropout elementary school student.

In addition to the ones dug in the past two days, the several roads leading to the town were almost all full of traps.

Gu Lin took a look and picked up the hoe: "Cover the top, use branches and twigs to smooth the soil, and retreat."

"Yes." Zhang Tie and Wang Jie hurriedly accelerated their actions and finished the work before dark. The two teams returned to their residence with the other teams.

Starting tomorrow, most of them will move out of here and harass and block the refugee army from all directions. Tonight, except for the sentries, everyone will have a good sleep to rest up.

When the more than 400 people returned to the street where they lived, they walked into the street entrance and saw that there were a lot of things placed at the gates of the courtyards along the way.

There were cakes, food, shoes that had not been worn yet, and eggs that were almost rare at this time.

There was a long row of them in front of every courtyard. They were not noticeable in the dark. If they came back a little later, they might have stepped on them without noticing.

The soldiers who ate military rations and received military pay stood there for a long time without moving.

This was a scene they had never seen before. The oldest among them were in their forties or fifties, and the youngest were in their teens or twenties. There had been no wars in the Dayu Dynasty for nearly a hundred years. These soldiers trained for a while every day, then played and ate, just like other civilians.

After learning about the number of refugee soldiers and the orders they were about to execute, some were afraid, some complained, but at this moment they were all silent.

Gu Lin looked at the things left behind by the evacuated people, and said to the people of the tenth flag behind him: "Pick up the things in front of the yard where we live. Those that are difficult to carry can be eaten tonight, and the rest can be taken with you."

"Yes."

Nie Yong, the leader of the seventh flag that cooperated with the tenth flag, also asked his people to pick up the things in front of the door next to Gu Lin's yard, and came to Gu Lin: "Let's do it together. Look, we have a few eggs here. How about making a bowl of egg drop soup for everyone."

Not to mention the two flags, even the other eight flags knew each other. When they heard what he said, they all came over: "Let's do it together. Hey, we have a small piece of bacon here. My God, which Bodhisattva put this here? There is still bacon at this time. It's like you are here to save my life. I haven't eaten meat for a long time."

"I have good things here too!"

"Let's do it together."

"..."

Nie Yong raised his hands: "Why are you looking at me? I am not the only one in charge now. We also have our captain Gu."

The captains of other small flags also ran to Gu Lin: "Captain Gu, let's build a fire. I think we should not go to the yard. It is too crowded. Let's go to the fork in the road. It is spacious and ventilated. We can practice after dinner."

Gu Lin looked at Nie Yong who kicked the ball to him and nodded: "Take your stuff and go."

"Wow!!!" The people of the tenth small flag jumped up excitedly, holding the vegetables and food left for them by the people in front of the yard, and then went to the house to get stools and chairs.

The pots and pans were carried to the camp stove that was responsible for their meals. They were all large iron pots wider than the length of their arms, so there was no worry about not being able to put them in.

The three inspectors who lived in the county government office heard the voices of the hundreds of people and asked their personal soldiers what was going on. The personal soldiers went to inquire and came back and said, "Inspector, more than 30 soldiers with small flags are cooking at the fork in the road."

"Cooking, but the camp stove is not on? What are they eating?"

"No, the people in the town left vegetables and food in front of their courtyards when they evacuated. They are cooking and eating the things that are easy to spoil to avoid waste."

"..." Inspector Lu was silent for a moment, then stood up and walked out, "Let's go and take a look."

"Oh, right," Inspector Lu suddenly remembered the county magistrate who would be leaving early tomorrow morning, "Go ask the county magistrate if he wants to join in the fun."

The personal soldier also wanted to go, but was afraid of missing out on the fun, so he immediately said, "Yes, I'll go and ask the county magistrate right away."

He turned around like a top and walked towards the backyard where the county magistrate lived. He saw a busy scene in the backyard. The servants were putting all kinds of things into boxes, including valuable calligraphy and paintings, gold and silver, and cloth. Several concubines were crying and wiping their handkerchiefs, saying that they wanted to take this and that.

The personal soldier walked through the chaos and arrived outside the main house where the county magistrate was. He clasped his fists to the old housekeeper and said, "Housekeeper, our inspector asked me to ask the county magistrate. The people from our three offices are having fun at the fork in the road. Do you want to go and have a look?"

Ever since Gu Lin reported the news, the three inspectors had people keep an eye on the movements of the refugee army along the way. They were going to arrive as early as tomorrow afternoon, and they were still thinking about the fun?

The old housekeeper was a little puzzled, but now they had no other choice but to rely on these soldiers, so there was no other expression on his face, and he said, "Wait a minute, I'll go and report to our master."

The personal soldier was anxious, I still want to get some food, you are so slow, don't let yourself not even have soup!

The old housekeeper didn't know what he was thinking, and walked into the house and said to the county magistrate who was sitting on the chair with a sad face and tapping his forehead with his fingers: "Master, the personal soldiers around Lu Xunjian came and said that the people from the three offices were busy at the fork in the road, and asked if you want to go."

"No!" The county magistrate still remembered that Gu Lin and Lu Xunjian forced him to stay and work. If there were not only more than 30 yamen runners around him, and they had to let them hold back the refugee army here, he would have chopped them long ago, and he would not have the heart to be busy with them.

But he quickly realized that he hadn't left yet. If Lu Xunjian and Gu Lin went crazy again and forced him to stay here, he would really be helpless.

So he stretched out his hand to stop the old butler who was about to go out to refuse the personal soldiers: "Change your clothes for me, I want to see what tricks they are playing!"

"Yes." The old butler has been with the county magistrate for many years, since he was still a bastard, and he can understand the county magistrate's thoughts almost perfectly.

He said: "Master, anyway, we have to leave early tomorrow morning, just deal with it, and when the disaster is over, we will come back, and it won't be too late to settle accounts with them then."

"Humph," the county magistrate looked angry and raised his neck, "each of them is relying on the people in their hands to look down on me, you are right, when the drought is over, I will unload their mill and kill their donkeys."

The county government office is some distance away from the fork in the road, one is just entering the town, and people from various villages used to gather here to sell things brought from the village.

And the county is in the east of the town, around the rich family home.With the old housekeeper and seven or eight Yangyuan County Orders walking in the light of the lantern, the courtyard on both sides of the street black, a dead, can not see the once half part fireworks and rich.

When he came out of the county, he was still quite angry.

He's been to Anyuan for over a decade, People have gone from being young in their twenties to being middle-aged, At that moment he looked down on the remote town of Anyuan, To leave yourself in Kyoto without giving her connections, Or the father, a little closer to Kyoto, has some resentment.

Also want to make a few achievements, promotion to dispatch back to Kyoto, let them see if they can stay in Kyoto even without the family connections.

But soon he found himself reading the book well, all the way from the talent test to the promotion of people, but the administration of this piece of him is really powerless, in a blink of an eye to the present.

For more than a dozen years, he had accepted that he would be a county order in the town of Anyuan for a lifetime, but he had a drought that had killed him for decades...Looking at the dead streets on both sides of the street, the County Order slowly saw the bright fire of the front hall, and the noise of the rude military men.

He arrived soon enough to see the spacious forks filled with military men, either standing or sitting, with a bright smile on their faces.

There were even people in the field who were bigger than they were trying to fist and scream cheer.

Lu inspected the left and Wang also cheered in the head, holding the sound of fists and thunder.

"I said you tried hard, and took out the power to toss your daughter-in-law on the Kang.

"Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha, let me say this is not what you have, hey ~"

The vulgar words simply called the county granny's head loops rolling vulgar, barbarian, can't be eared!

However, he stood where the soldiers had not yet discovered it and looked at it.He saw that the match had been won, and the soldier who had won was photographed on the shoulder and given a reward for the bacon.

The one who lost was kicked by the King's Inspectorate, with his ass covered in the crowd.

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The soldier at the edge laughed out loud, holding his belly. He turned around and suddenly saw the county magistrate standing next to him. He was so scared that he stood up and saluted the county magistrate: "Your Excellency." The

people next to him heard the voice and looked over, and quickly saluted.

Inspector Lu and the other two also came over: "Your Excellency."

The county magistrate raised his hand: "Get up, I'm ruining everyone's fun by coming here."

The county magistrate noticed that the people who had been joking just now became silent because of his arrival, just like a pot of bubbling hot water with a lid on.

The left inspector said, "What are you talking about? It's great that you can come." He called the personal soldier beside him, "Go and bring a chair for you."

The county magistrate waved his hand and said, "No need to find any chairs. The bench you just sat on is good enough."

As he said that, the county magistrate walked towards the bench where the three people had just sat to watch the fun. It was taken from a farmer's house nearby. It was as long as an arm and as wide as a palm. The wood used was also ordinary and there were traces of insects. It was really inconsistent with the county magistrate's official uniform and pampered appearance.

Inspector Lu and Inspector Wang, the left inspector looked at each other and followed the county magistrate.

Inspector Lu knew that what he and Gu Lin did today would definitely be remembered by the county magistrate. He gave Inspector Wang a look and silently took two steps back to reduce his presence.

Wang Xunjian, who received the gaze, walked up. Before he could speak, the county magistrate said, "The city hasn't been so lively for a long time. I can hear the noise here from Zhazi Street."

"Housekeeper, go to the county government office to get some food and give it to the three inspectors. It's my reward."

Wang Xunjian said, "Sir, the food we are cooking now is not the military rations of our three stations. It is the people evacuated from the town and placed outside the yard where the soldiers live. We specially picked the ones that are difficult to store and take to make it lively for everyone."

"We will keep your reward and distribute it after this meal, so that the people below will be grateful for your kindness."

The county magistrate didn't expect that the things he was cooking now were all sent to the soldiers by the people in the town. He was overwhelmed with emotions for a while.

Isn't this the scene he secretly thought about when he first came to Anyuan Town, but now he saw it here.

The county magistrate felt that the reward he had just mentioned seemed a little... He turned to the old housekeeper again, "Tell someone to get ten dan of grain for the three inspectors later."

The measurement was almost unified in the Dayu Dynasty. One dan was about 160 jin, and ten dan was 1,600 jin. This amount of grain was not a small amount at this time.

It was taken from the county magistrate, so they made a lot of money no matter how you looked at it.

Patrol Inspector Lu, Patrol Inspector Wang and Patrol Inspector Zuo looked at the county magistrate sitting on the bench and bowed with their fists: "We thank you on behalf of these soldiers."

"Let's not talk about this," the county magistrate waved his hand, "I'm going to pack up and leave, just consider this as my last token of appreciation." "

Patrol Inspector Lu," the county magistrate suddenly looked at Patrol Inspector Lu who was trying to reduce his presence and not getting close to him, "Tell that kid Gu Lin that if he can survive this time, I won't care about the previous matter."

Patrol Inspector Lu really thought that Gu Lin was a capable kid. When he heard that the county magistrate had let it go, he quickly said: "Yes, I will definitely pass on the message."

The three patrol inspectors personally asked the people below to relax a little. The county magistrate just came to see them, not for anything else.

Thinking that they would have to fight the refugee army to the death tomorrow anyway, the soldiers who didn't know what the outcome would be soon let go and resumed the excitement when the county magistrate was watching from the side.

The food in several large pots was soon cooked, and the county magistrate was also given a bowl. There were all kinds of things in the soup, scattered egg pieces, minced meat, green wild vegetable leaves...

The county magistrate looked at it and took a sip: "It tastes good!"

The next day, the county magistrate's carriage quickly left Anyuan Town and drove to the mountain road behind the town.

More than 30 soldiers of the flags had already stood up and arranged according to the list of each flag. Gu Lin stood at the front of the tenth flag, looking at the sun that was about to break free from the mountain and climb out, squinting his eyes.

After the three inspectors finished speaking, Gu Lin and Nie Yong led their men out of the crowd immediately.

More than 30 flags formed a team of two, and from now on, they would block the attack on the refugee army, consume as many of their personnel as possible before they came to Anyuan Town, and then lead them to the traps they dug on the road connecting Anyuan Town and the prefectural city, consume another wave, and finally rely on the houses in the town to quickly retreat to the surrounding mountains without villages, and launch a plan of dividing and annihilating.

Gu Lin and his men had packed bags containing dry food, water bags, and a small amount of medicine for injuries, which were still in the yard. They would go back and get them and set off immediately.

Suddenly, just as Gu Lin and Nie Yong were on their way back to the yard where they had lived for a few days with the people of the tenth small flag, he saw a figure flashing through the narrow alley where everyone should have evacuated and there was no one else except them.

He raised his hand to let the people of the two small flags stop, and quickly flashed in and rushed to the front of the figure.

"Grandma Zhong, why are you here?" The person in front of him was Zhong Yan's grandmother. Gu Lin saw that she was holding a basket with some grass roots in her hand, "Didn't you evacuate with the people in the town?"

Grandma Zhong didn't expect to meet Gu Lin here. She remembered that Gu Lin also studied in the city with her grandson Zhong Yan, and hurriedly grabbed his hand: "Shuanzi, how did you come back, didn't my Xiaoyan go with you?!"

Gu Lin paused for a moment when his hand was grabbed by him, and said: "We left the city together, but we encountered some things on the way and separated. We agreed to meet in the town."

"Grandma Zhong, pack up your things quickly and go to the Lin family in Liyu Village."

"My legs and feet are not good. I can't walk anywhere. I might as well wait for Xiaoyan and his mother here." When Grandma Zhong heard Gu Lin say that she had been with Zhong Yan, she finally had some expectations in her heart.

Gu Lin looked at her and said, "Zhong Yan is extremely filial to you. What will he do if something happens to you if you stay here?"

"Grandma Zhong, let's go to Liyu Village quickly. It will take you half a day to get there according to your pace." Gu Lin looked at the grass roots in her basket and understood that there was no land in the town. Although there was the money sent back by Zhong Yan, Grandma Zhong had no food stored in her house as she had to eat and buy things before the drought.

He asked Grandma Zhong to wait here, and took the people of the tenth and seventh flags back to the yard, divided his own rations into two days' worth, and gave them to Grandma Zhong: "My Uncle Lin is back too. As long as they don't retreat to the mountains, you can find him soon."

Grandma Zhong held the rations in her hand and looked at Gu Lin: "Shuanzi, this, this is embarrassing."

"Let's go, Grandma Zhong, go out along the fork in the road facing Zhazi Street, keep going, and when you meet two roads with three big trees on the road, take the right one, and you will reach Liyu Village."

This place is already a place where the refugee army must come. Grandma Zhong will definitely die if she stays here. Even if she relies on some martial arts, she can't save an old man from so many people. It's

better to ask her to try her luck in Liyu Village. The Lin family has a lot of food in stock, so she can wait for Zhong Yan to come back.

People from other flags have begun to go to the road out of the town one after another, and Gu Lin hurried back quickly.

Just now, everyone saw the figure who did not leave the town. Unexpectedly, it was someone Gu Lin knew. Seeing that the things in his hands were gone, he asked, "Is he gone?"

"Yes," Gu Lin slung the bag containing some dry food and water over his shoulder, "Let's go."

According to the last probe, more than two thousand people were now just over thirty miles from the town of Anyuan, and the three horses that could be found were only twenty.

"According to our previous calculations, in the evening when we met each other, By that time, a dozen of our teams were using the mountain boulders in different directions to create the first wave of shock. Then while shooting indiscriminately a batch, after the hand to evacuate immediately this side of the town of Anyuan, Remove and harass until the other side introduces a trap. "Go outside and repeat the plans discussed by several inspectors.

Nie Yong Dao: "A dozen people at the same time to pull away in different directions, the People's Army wants to pursue only a few of them, but if encountered, it will certainly be a bitter battle, the number of the other we are several times more, do not be entangled."

Nie courageously went to Gu Zhuang, "If you had been surrounded by the leader, I would have run with a man at once."

"So do I."

Nie nodded, "What is it?"

"Like you."

Nie Yong Paw Braincase: "I would say that you readers are hard to do every day, and such a simple word is really not understood by others."

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It's night.

More than a dozen teams, not particularly fast, were struck in different directions by the Army of the People's Republic of China in the second moment, fighting against each other and not knowing that they were there.

The tenth flag was the first to be found of these soldiers, whose faces were stretched, and the seventh flag was almost cursed.

"The man was more thoughtful, afraid that there were two thousand thirty-four." Nie Yong pressed his voice down his throat, and he did not consult the conciliator, "was the stone ready?"

"Ready." There's not much on the mountain, The stones of big people are everywhere, And Gu Yi came up and found several huge mountain stones, Gently loosened the earth in front, In the following card small stones, and so on the signal appears, Immediately kick the little stone out, and the big stone roll down.

Now they are waiting for Roux to inspect their signals.

The Wanderers, watched by them, did not notice that there were people on either side of the hill, sitting next to several fires.

And those who are obviously little heads, almost all of them girls and brothers, voice in the wilderness is particularly stark.

Looking down, Nie by his side looked at the maid and brother who had been spoiled by the men, and his teeth clumped.

Suddenly, a torch was raised in the forest not far from them, and Gu Ling and Nie Yong exited almost simultaneously: "Push the stone down!"

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After witnessing what happened in front of them, Zhang Tiema, Tiejun and others, who were all furious, immediately kicked away the small stones that were stuck in the boulder. In an instant, the boulder, which was larger than the millstone, quickly crushed the grass and trees and rolled down with a rumble.

"Enemy attack!"

"Something's happening!"

"Ah--"

Countless stones rolled from several directions into the camp of the refugee army. The huge impact force caused the people on the path to have bloody heads and broken hands and feet.

The man called Li Tianwang stood up in extreme anger. The man who looked like a rat dodged several stones and rushed to his side: "Heavenly King, we are ambushed!"

"Could it be that the court's hawks and dogs have come?" Li Tianwang dodged behind and looked at his men who were scattered by the stones coming down from the mountain. He shouted, "Retreat and move up from both wings!" The

refugee army, who were suddenly attacked and had no time to react, heard Li Tianwang's voice. As old men who had participated in some battles, they quickly reacted and retreated to the back where there were no boulders rolling down. At the same time, they divided into two teams of 500 people and moved up the ridge!

The sound of a large number of people walking into the woods was very obvious, and the dry and crisp grass and leaves made a sound of breaking, and the sound of dead branches being hit.

Under the boulder just now, the loss of the refugee army was not great for them, only more than 200 people, and most of them had broken bones and limbs.

But for the soldiers of the three stations, this was enough. If they were to face this group of refugee soldiers head-on, they could kill a lot of people if they were all put in.

"Retreat!" Gu Lin immediately ran to the mountain in the direction of Anyuan Town without saying a word, and the people of the two small flags also retreated quickly.

Sharp grass leaves and vines were everywhere, and the rocks underfoot were unpredictable. Gu Lin could clearly feel the footsteps of the refugee army chasing behind him. There were

many, very mixed, and dozens of times more than the more than 20 people.

He jumped over a rock blocking the road, picked up a wrist-thick broken limb at hand, and threw it back with all his strength.

In an instant, several screams were heard from behind.

In this blink of an eye, he fell from the front to the back of the team. He glanced at Wang Jie, "They won't chase us far, we will be safe soon."

Wang Jie, whose face was red and neck was thick, did not stop and nodded in the dark.

The other teams were also retreating quickly, with occasional fighting and screams.

The attacked Li Tianwang looked at the few corpses brought back by his men, "Only these few?"

They had more than 200 casualties, and only brought back these few corpses. Li Tianwang's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

"These people obviously came prepared, and ambushed us in the dark. After they succeeded, they quickly slipped away and didn't entangle with us at all. They should have figured out our route a long time ago and deliberately blocked us here." "

Such an obvious thing still requires you to say!" Li Tianwang looked at the bodies that were dragged here and approached with a torch.

He looked at the clothes on the corpse and said, "They are not sent by the court behind us. Judging from the uniforms, they are just ordinary soldiers from the local area."

The man who looked like a rat turned his eyes and understood instantly, "These people should be soldiers from Anyuan Town. There are not many of them, so they use this method to weaken our troops."

Li Tianwang has slaughtered many villages and towns in the past few months, so he naturally saw it. He sneered, "Don't overestimate your own abilities."

"Since these people are so ungrateful, when this Tianwang gets Anyuan Town, I will definitely cut off all their heads."

...

"Hu——"

Gu Lin was sweating profusely, leaning against the stone in the dark, slowly restraining his rapid breathing.

The more than 20 people behind him noticed that he had stopped, and they all found a place to lean on to sit. Wang Jie, who was the most exhausted, fell directly on the grass, panting and panting, and he didn't even have the strength to hum.

Too tired.

It's really too tired.

This is what everyone thinks.

They finally experienced what it felt like to have hundreds of people chasing after them. Apart from running, they had no other thoughts in their heads, and their legs seemed to have become tools that could only swing.

Gu Lin's breathing was finally not so heavy. He slid down the stone and sat on the ground: "After being attacked by us, the refugee army must have guessed that we don't have many people. There is an 80% probability that they will set off immediately and come to Anyuan Town."

"So, let's rest for an incense stick of time, eat something and drink some water, and immediately move to the side to distance ourselves from them."

At this time, the probability of more than 80% is no longer a probability, but a certainty. While speaking, Gu Lin opened his bag in the dark, took out a dry biscuit and stuffed it into his mouth.

When the others heard that there was only an incense stick of time, they immediately filled their stomachs.

Even if they are not hungry now, they have to eat. They don't know when they will stop running later, and they may not be able to eat even if they want to.

Wang Jie struggled to get up from the ground. His two sore legs felt like they were stepping on cotton as he groped to where Gu Lin was sitting. "Captain, thank you for saving me just now."

Their team was the closest to the edge. They were the first to bear the brunt of the attack when the refugee army came from both wings. Wang Jie knew that he was the worst among these comrades. At that moment, he could even feel the breathing of the pursuers behind him exploding next to his ears.

If it weren't for the branch thrown by Gu Lin, which slowed down the pursuers behind him for a few seconds, he would have almost fallen there now.

After saying thank you, Wang Jie didn't hear Gu Lin speak for a long time. He thought he had found the wrong person. "Captain?"

Gu Lin's voice came from the darkness: "Let go."

Wang Jie was so tired that he almost lost consciousness. Only then did he realize that he didn't know when he had held the captain's raised leg as if it were something.

He quickly retracted his hand: "Sorry, Captain, I didn't know that was your leg. If I had known, I wouldn't have hugged you."

"Ahem, hahaha."

The others laughed softly in the dark. After spending the past few days together, everyone knew that Gu Lin was a clean person who didn't like others to get close to him. If Wang Jie could see his expression, he would have been stabbed several times.

Nie Yong was particularly curious, "Captain Gu, at your age, your family should have found a girl or a boy for you. Have you held the hand of your future wife or husband and kissed their little mouth~"

Even in the dark, everyone could keenly feel a gaze piercing at Captain Nie who said this. Their

ears perked up.

They were also curious about this question. Captain Gu was so powerful and good-looking. Although he looked a little unkind, he was reliable and there must be many girls or boys who liked him. Those who

could be liked by Captain Gu must be good.

In an instant, the sound of everyone chewing became quiet, and they were all waiting for the next step.

Gu Lin's tense mind was suddenly filled with some images because of Nie Yong's words "hold the hands of your future wife and husband, and kiss their little mouths".

He had been held by Lin Zhen many times, the way he held a child, with one hand supporting his back and the other hand under his pig to prevent him from falling.

Or he was held on Lin Zhen's legs, with his feet barely touching the ground.

His face suddenly felt a little hot.

The people who were waiting to hear the gossip didn't hear anything for a long time, and Nie Yong clicked his tongue twice: "Captain Gu doesn't have someone he likes yet, what a pity."

"You don't know how good it is to have your own daughter. What's the saying? Xiao or something. Anyway, that's what it means."

Except for Wang Jie and Gu Lin, everyone present was married and had a family. When they heard what Nie Yong said, they couldn't help but chuckle.

Wang Jie, who was not married but had an engaged fiancée, covered his head and said, "Can you married people be more low-key? It was enough for me to hear you talking dirty every day. The team leader is younger than me. Can you act like an elder?"

"Alas," Nie Yong's annoying voice sounded, "I can't be his elder. I'm his brother."

"Isn't that right, Brother Gu?"

Gu Lin, who had finished a dry biscuit, unplugged the water bag and took a sip of water: "Team Leader Nie, I have a good memory."

"?" Nie Yong was confused.

Gu Lin said, "I will tell my sister-in-law all these words when I see her in the future."

"Oh my god!" Nie Yong was very steady in front of his wife. When he thought that his words would fall into his wife's ears, he quickly laughed, "Captain Gu, Captain Gu, we are just chatting, how can we be so serious, right?"

"Hurry up and take a rest, then walk to the side a little distance, and try not to confront the spies of the refugee army." Gu Lin did not continue to respond to him, and said in a solemn voice.

The people of the tenth team immediately relaxed their muscles and bones after hearing this, and let themselves immerse themselves in the feeling of rest. The people of the

seventh team heard that their leader, who had always been mean, was defeated by Captain Gu, and couldn't help laughing.

As they laughed, the atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

Their team should be lucky, as they arrived here without missing a single person, but they also heard the fighting and screaming during the retreat.

Obviously, the other teams were not as lucky as them. The position of the refugee army coming up from both sides was very clever, almost surrounding them. Some of them must have encountered each other and had to fight fiercely.

But the result...

there was almost no chance of survival for so many refugee soldiers.

An incense stick of time passed quickly, and everyone stood up consciously and hid to the side as Gu Lin had just said.

After the mountain, there was a slightly flat slope. Before the drought came, several families lived at the foot of the gentle slope, but now they have moved away.

Hundreds of meters away from the refugee army, the people of the tenth and seventh flags hiding behind the hillside really saw the refugee army rushing on the road overnight. The

refugee soldiers in the front held their spears high, with seven or eight human heads stuck on the tips of the spears.

Zhang Tie's hands on the ground clenched instantly. He recognized one of them, who was from another flag, and he had greeted and drank with them on weekdays.

At this moment, the familiar face had wide eyes, blue skin, and messy hair fluttering in the wind.

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Although everyone was well prepared, it was still unbearable to see the scene in front of them.

"Leader, when are we going to start?" Zhang Tie gnashed his teeth, wishing to tear the refugee soldiers to pieces.

"This place is too open, and it will be difficult to escape after the action. We will set up an ambush a little further ahead." Nie Yong also agreed with Gu Lin's statement. Indeed, the terrain here was not favorable to them, and there were many horses in the refugee army. They could not run faster than four legs with two legs. Once they were entangled, they would end up like a head stuck on a gun. More than

20 people hid their bodies in the back and moved forward faster than the refugee army.

Their small number of people was their biggest disadvantage, but their advantage of flexibility and mobility was also better than the refugee army with a long team, and their speed was much faster than them.

Two hours later, Gu Lin and Nie Yong led the people of the tenth and seventh flags to sneak attack the refugee army. The refugee army sent more than a hundred people to chase them, but they killed more than a dozen of them.

Other teams also started to harass the refugee army. The refugee army, annoyed by their harassment, became more and more violent and sent more and more people.

Finally, they were about to reach Anyuan Town.

The separate teams appeared one after another. Everyone's face was not very good. Facing the pursuit of enemies that were several times more than themselves, no one was relaxed.

The faces of Lu Xunjian, Wang Xunjian and Zuo Xunjian, who also led two small flags, were not good. Lu Xunjian was okay because he was a martial arts expert and had been training for many years.

Wang Xunjian and Zuo Xunjian had a harder time. After becoming patrol inspectors, they were a little slack and their physical strength could not keep up.

Inspector Lu looked at the dozen teams and the familiar faces he saw: "Next, we will follow the plan we made before and lead them into the trap. However, there are too many of them. Even if someone falls into the trap, there will be many people left. After leading them into the trap, we will immediately use the town to retreat to the forest behind."

"Also, be careful to avoid the mountains and forests with villagers and choose uninhabited areas."

"Got it." The leaders of each team received the order. Gu Lin and Nie Yong walked back shoulder to shoulder. They just saw that the leaders of two small flags also died in the previous interception, and were temporarily replaced by the people below.

Many teams also lost one or two people, and the total number of people exceeded thirty.

But compared with the more than 400 refugee soldiers they have killed from the beginning to now, this loss rate is actually very low.

The refugee soldiers behind them were completely enraged by them. They had just pretended to run to the town when dust and smoke rolled behind them. The hundreds of refugee soldiers in the lead had already caught up with them, and behind them was the main force of the refugee soldiers. There were about 1,900 refugee soldiers rushing towards them, making the people of the small flags who had pretended to flee to the town really want to escape.

The man who looked like a rat looked at the soldiers who were not far away from them and were fleeing towards the town quickly. He said to Li Tianwang on his horse: "Heavenly King, Anyuan Town is ahead. Looking at the occasional smoke in the city, I'm afraid that the people are cooking."

"But we have to guard against the ambush of that group of soldiers. Along the way, they-"

"That's enough!" After finally occupying the city, they were beaten by the imperial court's troops and had to abandon the city and flee. In this palm-sized ghost place, they were also troubled by a group of soldiers with only a few hundred people. Li Tianwang no longer had the patience to listen to this.

He looked at the figure running towards the town viciously, "Snakes and rats, since they dare to come here, I will crush them to death in an instant."

Li Tianwang drew his sword: "Charge, enter the town and do as you please, food, women, boys, all are yours!"

"Oh oh oh oh oh!!!" "

Charge, hahahahahahaha, I'm going to grab a few more fresh boys this time, so I won't be so tired and die twice."

"..."

This place is the same as the town they robbed and killed before, except for the group of soldiers who kept opposing them on the road. There is no difference.

The refugee army, who have long been accustomed to wine and meat, has been short of supplies these days. Seeing the town is like seeing the upcoming bag of goods that can satisfy all their desires, and they can't wait to rush over.

The man who looked like a rat wanted to persuade them again, but looking at the mere three or four hundred people, he felt that he was suspicious.

With almost two thousand soldiers and horses, even if each of them took out one hand, they could crush the opponent to death.

Suddenly, the refugee soldier who was running in the front suddenly stepped into a pit with only a thin layer of branches and leaves on it, and the bamboo sword inside instantly pierced his foot.

Hearing the screams, the others panicked for a moment, but then stepped into other pits and had their feet pierced by broken porcelain pieces.

Behind them, Li Tianwang and the man who looked like a rat instantly realized that the soldiers had deliberately led them here, hoping to use these traps to stop them for a while.

Li Tianwang's face was so dark that water could drip. He looked at the men whose feet were stuck in the pits, and then looked at Anyuan Town, which was already close at hand, and shouted: "You, check the traps on the ground immediately!"

"You, go around from both sides and catch those damn bugs!"

"Yes."

In the town, the soldiers hiding in and outside the farmers' houses looked at the refugee soldiers who would soon rush to them, and according to the previous strategy, they rehearsed to shoot a rain of arrows soaked in manure at the refugee soldiers who were checking the traps.

The refugee soldiers who were busy checking traps had to dodge arrows and pay attention to the arrows under their feet. In a hurry, many people either stepped into the traps and had their feet cut by bamboo swords and broken porcelain pieces, or were shot by arrows.

Seeing that the refugee soldiers who came from both sides were about to arrive, more than a dozen teams scattered and plunged into the woods on both sides.

Li Tianwang, who watched them run, was so angry that his eyes were bloodshot. When they arrived at the town, they found that the people in the town had evacuated and were even more furious. He vowed to find Gu Lin and his men and cut them into pieces.

——

"Get down!"

In the dense forest, the endless refugee soldiers rushed forward. Gu Lin shouted loudly, and the broad knife in his hand slashed at the huge tree next to him. The huge tree that had been chopped several times by them fell down instantly, and dense arrows pierced it fiercely, and wood chips flew everywhere!

Nie Yong's sword split the arrows that flew over and he lay on the ground tightly: "Gu Lin, this won't work, they're coming!"

This was the third day that Gu Lin and Nie Yong had led the people of the tenth and seventh flags into the forest. The first day was relatively peaceful, but on the second day they fought with a group of fifty refugees, and finally five of them were injured and one died at the cost of eating these fifty people.

But today their luck was bad, and they collided with a group of more than three hundred refugees.

The other people lying on the ground were also struggling to hold on, with hundreds of arrows all greeting them, and they didn't even dare to show their heads.

Gu Lin spit out the sawdust that jumped into his mouth, raised his head a little quickly, and then quickly lowered his head, only to hear dozens of arrows flying over the place where he had just shown his head. If he was a little slower, his head would have been pierced like a hedgehog.

He also saw clearly that the refugees were indeed using the power of the arrows to press here, and they would soon all press over.

Gu Lin turned over and lay flat on his back, quickly taking out the trip rope from his waist, and said, "Give me the ropes you have!"

The people with ropes quickly took them out and threw them to him. Gu Lin quickly tied all the ropes together and tied one end to his waist.

"Gu Lin, what are you doing!" Nie Yong had thoroughly learned how desperate this 14-year-old boy was when he fought, and he had a bad feeling when he saw him doing this.

Gu Lin glanced at him and handed the other end of the rope to him: "They still have enough arrows for seven or eight rounds, but the tree in front of us can't support the fourth round. Only by getting rid of the people who shoot arrows can we have a chance to escape."

He can go alone, but others can't.

This time they were blocked in a bad position, a gentle slope, and they were in the most open area of ​​the gentle slope. If it weren't for this huge tree among the few lonely trees that could allow them to resist for a while, most of them would have been killed or injured in the first few rounds of arrows without any shelter. Nie

Yong, who had already noticed what Gu Lin was going to do, was furious, "Those are three hundred people, do you think you are a god!"

"Don't fucking mess around, I haven't drunk with you yet!" Nie Yong's voice was trembling.

Gu Lin looked at him with dark eyes: "I never believe in God."

He said to Nie Yong: "I can't deal with 300 people. I can only kill as many people with arrows as possible. My life is in your hands. Watch for the opportunity."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Lin, with a rope tied to his waist, suddenly rolled out of the trees blocking the way and leaped to the trees in front.

The refugee soldiers who found his figure immediately sent some arrows to shoot at him, and the pressure on Nie Yong and his team was reduced a little.

In the eyes of Nie Yong, Zhang Tie, Wang Jie and others, they only saw Gu Lin, with a rope tied to his waist, leaping onto a relatively thick tree trunk that grew horizontally, and then wielding the huge broadsword in his hand that was extremely inconsistent with his thin body, so tightly that he actually arrived in front of the refugee soldiers.

The refugee soldiers did not expect that someone would come to them alone, and they were stunned for a second.

They were stunned, but the broadsword in Gu Lin's hand did not. The broadsword stained with brown blood spots swept forward fiercely, as fast as a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue.

The people standing in the front row shooting arrows were unable to dodge, and either their necks were cut or their arms and chests were bleeding profusely.

Seeing this, the others immediately surrounded him, and the dense crowd of people surrounded him and were about to drown him in an instant.

Nie Yong shouted: "Quickly pull the rope!"

Several people next to him immediately pulled the rope over here, and Gu Lin, who was drowned by the refugee army, instantly broke away from the encirclement with this force and landed two meters away from the refugee army.

This was also a chance for Gu Lin to catch his breath. He took a deep breath and rushed over in a few big steps...

In addition to Nie Yong who was pulling the rope, the people of the two small flags who were originally suffocated by the arrows all had the opportunity to take out their bows and arrows and shoot arrows one by one.

There was no need to worry about the problem of shooting arrows in vain, because the refugee army had just shot several waves at them, and they were all there at a glance.

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Chapter 130

Nie Yong's palms were full of sweat. He looked at Gu Lin, who was surrounded by layers of refugee soldiers, without blinking. He looked at the broadsword in his hand, which looked like it had just been fished out of blood. There was no part of the bright white blade that was its original color.

His clothes, hair, face, neck, and hands were already soaked in the gushing blood.

Now!

Nie Yong said, "Pull!" Several people worked together. The rope tied to Gu Lin's waist was instantly tightened, and it quickly passed over the tree trunk he had specially found, pulling Gu Lin out of the crowd.

"Ahem..." Gu Lin's broadsword was pressed against the ground, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. More than 40 people died under his sword. Under his deliberate destruction, most of the bows and arrows in the hands of these refugee soldiers were destroyed, and they could no longer pose a threat to them.

He quickly untied the rope on his waist, turned around and ran in the direction of Nie Yong and others: "Retreat to the left, and block them while retreating."

"Yes!" The tenth flag and the seventh flag, who were shooting arrows here to interfere with the refugee soldiers and killed more than a dozen of them, immediately turned around and ran.

...

The next day, in the evening.

The broadsword in Gu Lin's hand shifted a little, and his already staggering body suddenly lost its balance, and he knelt on one knee on the stones on the shore of the pool formed by the years of erosion by the waterfall.

The people behind him who were also in a miserable state immediately rushed over to pull him: "Leader!"

"It's okay." Gu Lin half-opened his eyes and looked around. This place was just below the cliff where the waterfall flowed down. The vines that they followed had been cut down by them. Even if there were pursuers, they would not be able to come down for a while.

The three hundred refugee soldiers were finally eaten away by them bit by bit in the forest from yesterday noon to now, but the two small flags also paid a price.

Everyone was injured, and the bodies of three people were left in the forest forever. Together with the previous deaths, they only had eighteen people left.

"Just take a break here and treat your wounds." Nie Yong struggled and staggered to Gu Lin's side. Looking at his exposed skin, which was all blood red, "I'll treat the wound on your back for you."

Gu Lin was too tired to speak, and he trembled as he handed him the last half bottle of medicine in his bag.

Nie Yong took the medicine bottle and pulled off his clothes that were cut in many places. He saw that there was no intact place from his shoulders to his waist, and there were many wounds.

Nie Yong didn't know where to put the medicine bottle.

Along the way, Gu Lin was always the one rushing in the front. If it weren't for him, Nie Yong knew that they would probably have stayed in the forest forever like the four people, and it would be impossible to kill so many refugee soldiers.

He was not only brave and capable of fighting, but also very strategic. He was always thinking of new ways and new ideas for everyone to survive and to kill more refugee soldiers.

It would be a pity if such a Gu Lin died here.

The others beside him looked at Nie Yong holding the medicine bottle. Gu Lin's injuries were not something that could be cured by this medicine. He handed the remaining medicine to him.

Gu Lin's eyes suddenly looked over, and the person who gave him the medicine grinned with difficulty: "Leader, my injuries are not serious."

The consultant looked at the pale face of the Seventh Flag due to excessive blood loss, and pointed to a kind of grass that was about to die in the cracks of the cliff rocks: "It can stop bleeding and heal wounds. Go pick some."

The Seventh Flag man who gave him the medicine couldn't hide his joy when he heard it. They had been in the mountains for a few days and encountered refugee soldiers

one after another. The medicine on their wounds was about to run out. If they were not treated in time, even if there were no pursuers, the worsening wounds could kill them. Others who still had some strength went to pull this grass that could stop bleeding and heal wounds, and put a handful next to Gu Lin and Nie Yong.

Gu Lin grabbed a few grasses and put them in his mouth, chewed them up and applied them to the wound in front. Nie Yong and another soldier were treating the wound behind him, rolling up layer after layer of torn clothes and cloth.

Previously, Wang Jie was the one doing this kind of work. He was the weakest among them physically and his martial arts were average, so every time they ran away, he was asked to run in front and do some aftermath for everyone.

But yesterday, he was stabbed in the stomach by a refugee soldier and fell in the woods and never got up again.

There was also a person from the tenth flag who was relatively taciturn and Gu Lin didn't have much impression of. He was accidentally shot to death on the second day they entered the forest.

"I don't know what happened to the other teams..." Nie Yong sat on the ground and looked up at the cliff.

There were a total of more than a dozen teams. The refugee soldiers chasing behind them, minus the ones they attacked and killed before Anyuan Town

, still had 1,700 to 1,800 people. Even if they were divided into teams like them, each team would have nearly 200 people. However, according to the teams they encountered, the refugee soldiers had to be divided into smaller teams of 50 or 100 people because the deep mountains were too wide.

The 300 refugee soldiers they encountered yesterday were a minority, and they should be several groups combined.

Gu Lin did not answer him. He did not lift up his robe, but let it hang down. The belt around his waist would not let it fall apart.

There were too many wounds on his upper body, and the rubbing of clothes would only increase the pain.

"We will rest here tonight. Four people will take turns to keep watch. We will leave here early tomorrow morning and go to another place." It was already approaching late autumn, and it was getting colder and colder to sleep at night.

But making a fire at this time would undoubtedly expose their position to the refugee army who were nowhere to be found. They could only huddle together and hug the leaves to their bodies.

Gu Lin hugged his arms and leaned against the tree trunk and closed his eyes.

The next day, Gu Lin and Nie Yong took the rest of the people to go around the right side of the cliff at dawn. It took more than two hours to get out of the range of the mountain. The road under their feet was no longer so dangerous, at least they did not have to walk sideways against the stone wall.

Suddenly, Gu Lin looked at a place in front of him on the right, and his body shook.

Nie Yong immediately noticed his abnormality and asked hurriedly: "What's wrong? Are there enemies?"

"No." Gu Lin looked at that place, looking at the shape of the mountain that was so familiar to him. It was clearly the mountain behind Carp Village.

Since Lin Zhen started the spicy hot pot business, the villagers planted bamboo forests on it and sold bamboo and bamboo shoots to Lin Zhen.

The group of refugees chasing them unknowingly chased them here, which was only a mountain road away from Carp Village.

Gu Lin was about to say that they should bypass this place as soon as possible, but suddenly saw a group of refugees about to climb down the mountain where bamboo was planted. There were about 30 people: "There is a village behind that mountain, let's go quickly." When

Nie Yong and others heard that there was a village behind the mountain, and there might be villagers living there, they followed Gu Lin and ran towards Carp Village without saying a word.

In Carp Village, Lin Zhen sat on a chair, holding his chin with his hand, thinking.

Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Lin, who had prepared the meal, called him while setting the food on the table: "Brother Zhen, come and eat."

Lin Zhen pulled himself out of his thoughts and carried the chair he was sitting on over: "Okay."

This was the eighth day since the second brother Lin came back, and also the eighth day that Gu Lin had been in the town. Lin Zhen felt depressed today, and was restless in everything he did. He almost cut his hand with a sickle, so his family asked him to sit down, fearing that he would hurt himself again.

Father Lin saw that he didn't look very good, so he handed the chopsticks to him: "Shuanzi has been smart since he was young, and he can take care of himself. Don't worry too much."

"Father, I know." Lin Zhen knew Gu Lin's abilities better than anyone else, but even though he knew them well, he was still afraid that the boy would encounter difficult things outside.

Just like the tall bandit leader, he escaped safely despite being injured like that. If there are still such people among the refugee army that attacked Anyuan Town...

Suddenly, just as everyone in the Lin family was holding their bowls and preparing to eat, a crisp clang clang clang sounded, instantly spreading throughout the village.

Lin Zhen stood up from his chair. This was the alarm sound he asked the village guards to send someone to ring after discovering something unusual. As long as they heard this sound, everyone had to hide in the tunnel immediately.

Lin Adie, Lin Fu, and other people in the Lin family also heard it. Lin Zhen hurriedly said, "There is something unusual, hide in the tunnel quickly!"

Brother Lin and Brother Lin immediately moved the stone jar filled with water away, lifted the stone slab covering the entrance to the tunnel, and revealed the entrance to the tunnel that was just big enough for an adult to enter vertically. Lin Zhuzi,

Lin Shitou, and other children who had been pulled by Lin Zhen to practice several times before hurriedly climbed into the tunnel, followed by Sister Lin, Sister Lin, Father Lin, and Father Lin.

Brother Lin called Lin Zhen: "Brother Zhen, go in quickly!"

"Brother, be careful." Lin Zhen jumped into the tunnel.

Brother Lin nodded: "Don't worry."

He waited for the rest of the family to go in, moved the stone slab and the jar back to their original place, and then went in from another entrance, the tunnel under the firewood pile in the wood room.

In the blink of an eye, the whole family was in the tunnel. The Lin family was large, and there were many strong laborers to dig the tunnel, so the tunnel was dug very long. Not only did they store food and water inside, but they also left three exits in different places.

Lin Zhen squatted in the tunnel and saw Brother Lin coming over with an oil lamp and said: "Brother, let's go to the hole to see what exactly entered the village."

When digging the tunnel, there were ventilation holes and holes specially used to check the situation outside. They could see outside from inside, but it was difficult for the outside to find them.

It would not be dark in the tunnel and run into people or things when going out.

Lin Zhen turned around and said to the second brother Lin and the other people in the Lin family: "Second brother, you and the eldest sister-in-law

keep an eye on the entrance under the water tank. If anyone finds the entrance, retreat immediately and block the baffle." "Second sister-in-law, you and father keep an eye on the entrance to the woodshed and keep an eye on it at all times."

"Okay, no problem." The second brother Lin and his father thought this was a good idea. The children were not yet adults and might not be able to keep their composure if something happened.

Lin Zhen quickly took the eldest brother Lin to turn left at the next fork in the tunnel and walked in the tunnel with their backs bent.

At this moment, they had actually reached the small hill on the mountain behind the Lin family. This was the location of the eye that Lin Zhen had specially found, which could clearly see the terrain around them.

Lin Zhen and the eldest brother Lin took out the mud ball stuffed in the eye and put their eyes close to it. They suddenly found that on the mountain next to them, more than 30 people who were obviously not good people were coming towards them.

"It's the refugee army."

Lin Zhen had seen these refugee soldiers on the road and knew it by looking at their attire.