Li Xiaofei led four battalions to confront An Siqing at the foot of Zheli Ridge. An Siqing only had enough food and grass for two months, and these two months were included in the retreat to the camp outside Sanjiangkou City.

The Wei army's military rations were a mixture of 30% corn, 30% rice, and 40% wild vegetables. The army led by An Siqing was stationed in the south of the Yangtze River, so it was relatively easy to raise food and grass, so they had a little more dried fish, shrimp, and other things than other Wei armies.

And Li Xiaofei's troops in the fourth camp complained every day that the food was not good. They were tired of eating dried meat and fish and wanted to change their taste.

It happened that Song Yihu came back with his three brothers at this time, and also brought several baskets of fruits and wild vegetables.

When Cai Guishan, Deng Liang, Lin Changsheng and Chen Jingyi saw the wild vegetables and fruits, they all stepped forward to help the four Song brothers unload the baskets.

The four brothers of the Song family were a little confused, "The pigs at home can't eat so much. It's a pity to lose them, so I had to bring them over. Don't blame me, adults!"

"It's such a waste of natural resources, giving such good things to pigs?"

"You are our lucky star. We have wanted to try it for a long time. It doesn't matter whether it is eaten by pigs or cows. These are all good things!"

"Reward! Reward!"

"Do you still have these things in your village? If so, let's buy them all. Can we trade meat and fish for a new career?"

Song Dahu touched Cai Guishan's forehead: "General Cai, are you okay? This is really for pigs, and sometimes it is fed to chickens! Do you want to eat this? Do you want to buy it? Do you have to exchange meat and fish for it?"

Song Erxiong took out a cucumber and wiped it on his clothes, "It's agreed that a basket of cucumbers will be exchanged for a pound of dried meat!"

Song Sanlang grabbed Song Erxiong and said, "Second brother, this is too dark! Generals, just take it and eat it!"

"What a joke! Are we people without money? Are we people who don't keep our word? Come, pick up a cart of dried meat and a cart of dried fish and send them to the village first!" Chen Jingyi ordered people to go to the granary to load the trucks.

The four brothers of the Song family were speechless for a while. After holding it for a long time, Song Dahu shook his head, "I don't think the officers and soldiers will fight with you. You can smash them with carts of fish and meat."

Got it!"

Li Xiaofei listened to the commotion outside in the tent and ran out to see there were several baskets of fruits and wild vegetables. "What are you doing in a daze? He quickly washed them and made wild vegetable soup. These fruits and vegetables were cut with a knife and given to everyone."

Share your points, don’t grab them!”

Hearing Li Xiaofei say not to grab, the four brothers of the Song family couldn't help but laugh. Li Xiaofei saw that they were wearing animal skin clothes, with their arms and legs exposed, and said to the people next to them, "Go get it for these four heroes."

Several sets of clothes and armor, two sets of linen clothes for each person, one set of leather armor, and one set of iron and bamboo armor!"

When he heard that each person could have four sets of clothes, Song Dahu thanked him repeatedly, "Thank you Mr. Li. We have grown so old and we still don't have so many clothes! The linen we saved some money for has been used to make clothes for my wife and children. We are rough-skinned."

The flesh is thick, so I took out the fur of the beast and put it on!"

"Stop talking, it's all the Daliang officials who are sorry for you. They will send two more carts of dried meat and fish to their villages, and then send a cart full of cloths that we brought with the army so that they can all have clothes to wear!" Li Xiaofei immediately

Ordered the baggage team to allocate supplies to Songjia Village

The four brothers of the Song family knelt down with tears in their eyes and thanked them. Li Xiaofei couldn't afford to drag them down. Li Xiaofei was a little confused, "We do this for no other reason. Since you four brothers have joined our South China Sea Navy, you are one of our own. According to the practice in the South China Sea,

, I have to send money, food, rice, cloth, and silk to each of your four families, so that your wives, children, and children can survive without you.

Can survive!"

"I told you we would call all the men in the village! Hey, I thought you were just like the army!" Song Dahu felt a little regretful as he stood up.

"Master Li, are you telling the truth?" Song Erxiong still refused to believe it.

"Second brother, don't doubt it. Look, the official has already loaded the truck in the house in front! We brothers have met a noble person!" Song Sanlang pointed at the baggage official and said.

"Don't be too happy too early. If you don't follow us, you will die in battle! After you die in battle, we will send people to send food, rice, cloth, silk and money to your relatives every year! Until the old man is sent to his death, your children can start a family and start a business!

"Li Xiaofei said very seriously.

"Say it earlier, Mr. Li, why didn't you tell it earlier! We will never be able to earn these things in our lifetime! This life is worth selling!"

"If the youngest gets married, call the youngest too! We farm and hunt all year round, and we can only make ends meet, but after following you, we still have so many things! It's worth it!"

"Master Li, do you still want more men? There are still about a hundred men in our Songjia Village. If you don't mind, we will bring them all!" Song Dahu felt that he had to make the whole village live a good life, so he insisted

Have the courage to ask Li Xiaofei.

"Haha, okay, you Song Dahu recruits a hundred people, and you become the centurion! You recruit five hundred people, and I appoint you as the captain!" Li Xiaofei smiled. The four battalions brought spare equipment that can arm three thousand more people.

people!

Song Dahu's eyes widened: "Mr. Li, are you serious? Then I will call all the people from the surrounding villages when I get back!"

Li Xiaofei patted Song Dahu on the shoulder, "Don't worry, we in the Southern Navy don't want anyone under twenty years old, nor anyone over forty-five years old. They can't be cowards, and they have to be of good character! Don't have too many people, they have to be refined! And!

I don’t want these people to follow us and die on the battlefield! Do you understand?”

Song Dahu nodded with some disappointment, "I understand, Mr. Li, it seems I can only be a centurion."

"Brother Dahu, if you have made meritorious service on the battlefield, you will be rewarded and promoted. In fact, there are dedicated personnel in various counties and counties responsible for recruiting troops, so you don't have to be sad, haha." Li Xiaofei comforted Song Dahu again

Cai Guishan interjected at this time, "Master Li, such a small amount of fruits and melons are not enough. I think we not only have to send people to deliver things, but we also have to bring some back. They have all fed such good things to pigs and chickens.

What a shame!”

"Guishan, can you have some potential, but I like people like you, okay, I'll leave this matter to you!" Li Xiaofei couldn't laugh or cry.

Cai Guishan took fifty people with him to Songjia Village and several nearby villages with the baggage train. When they came back, they all came back topless.

Fifty years later, these villages were taxed by the Wei State. Many families did not even have linen clothes. Some wore animal skins, and some wore clothes woven from bark and grass. Cai Guishan and a group of dead soldiers saw this scene

My nose is sore.

Many people live in thatched huts, and some live with pigs. Cai Guishan has always felt that Yiyang Village in Nanhai is the poorest place in Nanhai. Compared with this place, Yiyang Village is a paradise.

Song Agui, the eldest man in the Songjia Village, saw Cai Guishan and the dead men taking off their clothes to the surrounding villagers who came after hearing the news. He shouted, "Finally, I saw the legendary rebels alive! The sky has eyes!"

Song Agui touched Cai Guishan's breast shield, "I have never seen this material in my decades of service as a soldier! Soldiers like you are invincible in the world!"

Cai Guishan heard it

The old man quickly saluted and asked Song Agui about joining the army.

Song Agui sighed, "Why join the army? Several brothers and I were captured to join the army. They all died. I have been living among the dead for decades. I will always be owed military pay. The military achievements belong to the generals and commanders. They paid

Be kind and give some money occasionally

Let’s not talk about it anymore. Dahu and the others came back and said they wanted to join the army. I tried to persuade them for a few days that good men should not be soldiers! But after seeing what you did today, this soldier should join the army! If only I were younger

Twenty years later, I will go with you!"

Cai Guishan was dumbfounded, "You are still not leaving even if you are not paid? Are you willing to have your credit taken away by others? Seniors, you are unjustly serving as soldiers! If it were me, I would have quit a long time ago!"

"Alas, General, you are still too young! The world is dark. I hope you can create a better world so that the people can have a way to survive and the soldiers can have hope!"

"I have learned a lesson, old man. Come, go back and get some more corn and fish for this old man, and bring him ten jars of wine!"

Cai Guishan asked Song Agui to take a look at their weapons. Song Agui was full of praise, "Very good. I envy you. I wonder who your coach is?"

"This is Mr. Li Xiaofei now, but Mr. Chen Hongyi and Mr. Chen used to take care of him!"

"No wonder, no wonder, General Chen has been so powerful throughout his life, you are with the right person!"

Two thousand men came from the eight villages. Cai Guishan made a selection and only chose 430 men to go back, along with four carts of fruits and melons and 430 baskets of wild vegetables and fruits.

Just when Li Xiaofei appointed the four brothers of the Song family as centurions and organized the 430 people into the death camp, Chen Jingyi told everyone bad news - the Wei army had cut off the water source again.

Song Dahu became a centurion, and he was still very happy at this time. He immediately expressed that he would lead his team of men up the mountain in the middle of the night to retrieve the water source.

"No, no, no, now the Wei army must have strengthened their vigilance around the water source. If Dahu goes up the mountain, he will be trapped in a tight siege. It's not worth taking the risk. Let's find a way to deal with the water!" Li Xiaofei immediately stopped Song Dahu's idea. Now there is no way to go up the mountain.

It is different from sending death.

"Master Li, even if the army does not use water, the people in our eight villages will point to the water flowing from the mountains and come down to farm for food and drink! This water source must be taken back!" Song Dahu was a little anxious. No matter what the purpose of this water source,

They must all be taken back, otherwise the men, women, and children in the eight villages will die of thirst and starvation.

Song Agui also rushed to the camp under the guidance of the villagers. He leaned on crutches and shouted, "Don't die in vain, I know where there is water!"

Everyone's eyes lit up and they all looked at the old man. Li Xiaofei came over to support Song Agui, "Old senior, do you know there are other water sources nearby?"

Song Dahu shook his head, "I have traveled hundreds of miles around, and there is water only on Zheli Ridge! Third Uncle, please don't lie to us!"

Song Agui raised his crutch and drilled into the ground. "If the water flows to the lower areas, there must be water in our land! Generals, as long as we dig in several swamps in the village, we will definitely be able to dig out water sources!"

"Third uncle, that has been a muddy pond for decades. It's full of smelly water! You can't eat or drink it!" Song Dahu continued.

Lan Datou and Yuan Xin almost said in unison, "It has been a muddy pond for decades, so there must be a source of water underneath! We doctors can treat the smelly water!"
Chapter completed!