Cai Guishan led the people up the mountain and climbed up the rock carefully.

Climbing up Ertailing again, it was already a mess, with some remaining firelight and smoke.

"Brother Guishan, it seems like something is staring at us," a dead soldier said softly.

Cai Guishan looked around and said, "Don't be suspicious. Apart from the dead, it's us dead soldiers. Don't be afraid!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt like something was panting next to him. He turned around and saw Cai Guishan frozen.

The dead soldiers around were about to draw their swords, but Cai Guishan stopped him, made a silencing gesture with his fingers, took out a small piece of dried meat from his arms and threw it away.

At some point, a big black dog panting behind them walked towards the dried meat, sniffed it, but did not eat it.

The big black dog wagging its tail and grinning, took a few steps back, and three more dogs came behind it.

This is troublesome. Once the dog barks, their position will be exposed. Not only will the raid be meaningless, but if the Wei army counterattacks, the consequences will be disastrous.

Just as they were deciding whether to kill the dogs, the four dogs suddenly lay down obediently and trembled all over. When everyone looked at them, they broke out in cold sweat.

Behind the dogs, several tigers actually appeared. No wonder the dogs were too frightened to move.

The dogs no longer barked, but a few more tigers came, and the trouble became even greater. Cai Guishan cursed lightly, "It's unlucky that I met a few tigers all at once. I really didn't know the day when I went out today!"

The tiger on the opposite side actually stood up. Cai Guishan and the others quickly took a few steps back and forth with their swords across the face.

The tiger stood up and waved to them, "Did you dirty the water here?"

The tiger has become a spirit? This thought flashed through Cai Guishan's mind, and he immediately realized that there were people on the other side. "We are also looking for water. The water under the mountain has been contaminated by thieves. Are you?"

The five tigers took off their hoods and turned out to be local hunters. The water in the village these days was full of smelly and dirty water, so they went up the mountain overnight to check the source of the water.

The leader of the hunter tied the four dogs with ropes and tied them to the tree. He also tore off a handful of tiger hair from the tiger skin and threw it on the ground. The four dogs continued to lie motionless under the tree.

After the hunter got closer, he continued to ask Cai Guishan, "Is this water really not dirty by you? I see that you are wearing black clothes and holding knives. You don't look like good people."

Cai Guishan wanted to knock them out, but before he could do anything, the hunter who was leading him had his left hand around him and his right hand squeezing his knife hand. "You'd better put down the knife first and talk, I'm afraid you'll plot against us."

Cai Guishan tried to break away but found that he couldn't move, so he had to throw away the knife. "Brother, we are not bad people. We also draw our swords to help when we see injustice. We go to them to seek justice for a drink of clean water!"

The leading hunter then let go of Cai Guishan, "Then I believe you. From the accent, you are not from here. What are you doing all the way here?"

"To be honest, we were going to Sanjiangkou. When we passed by this place, we encountered the Wei army and fought a battle, but we couldn't capture the water." Cai Guishan told the truth.

"It turns out that you are here to fight against the government troops, okay, we will help you. Those people come to raid us every year because of their large numbers, causing us to farm every year and some people starve to death every year!"

"Then you are so good at martial arts, why don't you resist?" Cai Guishan thought to himself, with your strength, even the commander of the Death Soldier Battalion is no match for me, and you are actually afraid of the army.

"Well, we five brothers are not afraid, but we still have parents, wives, children, relatives and friends, right? Once we rebel, we will all be implicated!"

"Oh, I see, that's right

, Dare I ask the names of some heroes?"

"My name is Song Yihu, and the remaining ones are my brothers, Song Erxiong, Song Sanlang, Song Sibao, and Song Xiaozhu!" The leader of the hunter is Song Yihu.

Cai Guishan and his men almost laughed out loud. The name was chosen too casually.

"Brother Yihu, please think carefully. You will follow us to attack the army at night, but there will be no way out!"

"If we don't take back the water source, all the seedlings will be dried up, and the whole village will starve to death. Instead of starving to death, it's better to fight!" Song Yihu said simply

"By the way, did you bring these four dogs?" Cai Guishan pointed at the four trembling dogs.

"This is the dog of the officers and soldiers. Our dogs cannot grow so fat. As soon as the dogs smell the tiger's scent, they wilt and dare not bark. It's a blessing for you to meet us, otherwise the officers and soldiers will be killed if these dogs bark.

You will notice it!" Song Yihu introduced them and directed his four younger brothers to pluck some of the tiger hairs from the tiger skin and hand them to everyone.

"Take the tiger hair with you and you'll be fine if you encounter a dog again!"

Cai Guishan gained some knowledge. First, he used dogs as a warning, and second, he used tiger scent to frighten the vicious dogs. "Okay, Brother Yihu. We will follow you tonight!"

Cai Guishan thought that by following the five brothers, he would be able to climb up the mountain and raid An Siqing's camp. However, after climbing the mountain for several hours, he ended up at a water source.

When Cai Guishan was about to speak, Song Yihu asked him to lie down, and everyone lay down one after another.

Sure enough, a group of Wei soldiers came to check. The Wei soldiers turned around a few times and then left again.

"Brother Yihu, aren't we going to raid the army? Why are we here?"

Song Yihu pointed to the water source, "Let's take care of the water first. Your people and our whole village are waiting for this water!"

Cai Guishan had no choice but to lead others to move away the stones with them, dig out the soil with his hands, and divert the water from the source to the original ditch.

After finishing this matter, it was almost the fourth watch, and there was no chance to raid An Siqing's camp again. Cai Guishan had no choice but to take them back to the camp.

As soon as everyone descended from Ertailing, they met Deng Liang and his men coming to meet them.

"You have been working hard for most of the night. Are you lost in the mountains? Why are there no shouts of death?" Deng Liang was a little curious.

"We went to find the water source, not to raid the enemy camp at night. Mr. Li didn't ask me to do the raid." Cai Guishan knew that this was a good opportunity to defend himself, so he said that he was going to find the water source.

Deng Liang didn't ask any more questions, but went with them to Li Xiaofei's camp to recover.

Li Xiaofei was originally very worried about the safety of the Death Soldiers Camp, but it turned out that not only no one was dead in the Death Soldiers Camp in the middle of the night, but five people were brought back, which made Li Xiaofei relieved.

Li Xiaofei looked at the five hunters and found that they were all strong and strong. "Five brothers, if you don't mind, come to my tent and become my soldiers!"

"Are you in charge of food and payment?" Song Yihu asked

"The management is full, and the salary will be paid monthly. The five of you will be cashed in now!" After saying that, he asked his subordinates to get money, cloth and silk to be distributed to them.

Song Yihu and the others were not polite. They took these money-making cloths and went home.

Cai Guishan couldn't help it anymore, "Brother Yihu, didn't we agree to surrender to the army under our Lord Li's tent, why are we leaving?"

"We still have wives, children, and children at home, so we have to send our things back first. Don't worry, in three days, the five of us brothers will definitely come to the camp to follow Mr. Li!"

Li Xiaofei waved his hand, "Go ahead, I believe in you. By the way, give the money-making cloth to your family."

From now on, you should be more careful yourselves. The officers and soldiers on the mountain are not easy to deal with!"

"Farewell, we have our own sense of discretion, and please take a look at it in three days!" After saying that, the five brothers of the Song family left Li Xiaofei's camp.

Outside the camp, Yuan Xin was sobbing, and his crying also alarmed Li Xiaofei. Li Xiaofei came out and wanted to pull Yuan Xin into the camp, but Yuan Xin refused to get up.

"There are so many people who were fine in the morning, but they all died when we went out! This!"

"Cry. When you're done crying, just take a nap and you'll be fine. This is a battlefield and people will die. If you feel you can't survive it, we won't force you to stay. We can pay you the salary at any time!"

Yuan Xin raised his head and looked at Li Xiaofei, "I won't leave, I have to avenge these colleagues! They are doctors, but they were mercilessly shot by the army!"

"Good boy, if you are ambitious, okay, then you can stay. By the way, I still have a few pieces of dried meat in my tent. If you feel hungry, go and get some!" Li Xiaofei patted Yuan Xin on the shoulder,

Then he pointed at his tent.

Yuan Xin nodded and continued to sit on the ground. Li Xiaofei turned around and went to inspect each camp again.

Another sleepless night, Li Xiaofei felt deeply responsible and pressured to lead the new army this time.

It's strange to say that when I brought thousands of people with me in Liyang, I didn't worry about everything like I do today, and I didn't think that the death of hundreds of people would have any impact.

I think it was at that time that Li Xiaofei regarded himself and others as cannon fodder. But now with the new army brought out from the South China Sea, Li Xiaofei always feels that no one can be missing, and every one of them is a treasure.

"Sir, it's getting late. It's going to be dawn soon. If you don't take this opportunity to take a nap, I'm afraid you won't have another chance during the day!" Hua Xiao'an advised Li Xiaofei to go and take a nap quickly.

"What if the enemy attacks?" Li Xiaofei still refused to go to sleep.

"If you weren't here, the generals wouldn't know how to deal with it? The adults have to do everything personally. These novice generals will never grow up, and their combat power will not be improved."

"I lost hundreds of people due to my negligence during the day, and even hired eleven doctors. I really don't dare to be careless. You have been with me all night, so you can go to sleep first." Li Xiaofei said as he returned to the camp, Hua Xiaoan

I had no choice but to wrap myself in a blanket and lie down in the tent.

Li Xiaofei suddenly remembered the water source and was going to go to the four commanders to discuss water storage. As soon as he came out of the camp, Deng Liang and Lin Changsheng came.

"Master Li, our brothers from the two battalions dug ditches and dug pits to store water overnight. Now we have eighteen pools of clean water, enough for us to eat for half a month!" Deng Liang said

"Yes, thanks to you and Cai Guishan, otherwise we would have had to withdraw our troops!" Li Xiaofei praised them and at the same time began to think about Hua Xiaoan's words.

"Hold on, the clear water in this eighteen-foot pool still needs to be filtered. If Wei Jun poisons it, the consequences will be disastrous." Lan Datou spoke from behind.

Li Xiaofei looked at Lan Datou and said, "Sir, do you have a good way to filter water?"

"Collect some local banana leaves, sand, gravel, and plant ash, let the running water pass through it, and set up four filters to keep the water non-toxic."

After Lan Datou finished speaking, Deng Liang and Lin Changsheng went to lead people to make filters again. After a while, four filters were built.

An Siqing sent people to Ertailing and halfway up the mountain to investigate during the day, but he didn't see the Southern Navy. He thought the Southern Navy had withdrawn due to lack of water.

In the afternoon, An Siqing saw the smoke coming from the enemy camp at the bottom of the mountain, and quickly thought of the water source on the top of the mountain, so he personally led people to investigate.
Chapter completed!