Chapter 458 17. Sanhe Has Always Had Talented People

Xiao Pingtai looked at the bloated Xiaohe Cart Team and told Xiaohe Cart Team Commander Pingliu to keep a close eye on it. Originally, there were only 20 to 30 ox carts and a hundred pack horses, but now there are probably 300 to 400 carts and horses.

This group of locusts swept through Yuanguang Temple, broke through two forts in a row, and plundered four or five villages. But don't get me wrong, it was just a one-time plunder, and they washed everything except people.

This group of people is still considered a "king's army". They don't kill people. They don't kill anyone when they enter the village. They tie them up. It's best if they can redeem themselves. They pay money to let them go. Those who can't redeem themselves are sold to traffickers. They are very disciplined.

As for the village, the wood is very ordinary, and the thatched roof is made of bamboo frames, which is even less valuable. There is no idea of ​​demolition. After sweeping away the floating wealth, food, and livestock, they don't care anymore.

"Uncle, did you make a lot?" At least forty or fifty loads of things in the small load belonged to Uncle Gangliang.

"Not much, I don't know how expensive firewood and rice are until I run a household. I just gave him a few."

Xiao Pingtai didn't expose the truth. The fine silk robes of the abbot of Yuanguang Temple were worth at least ten strings of coins. He sold the monk and stripped him of his clothes. He was too ruthless.

"Danzheng, there are two deerskins in the farm that I just washed. You can make two leather bags for your iron cannon. I see that your cloth bag is leaking, so I hid them for you."

Xiao Pingtai saw that Pingliu's eyes were full of shrewdness. He was indeed a man who could handle things!

"Don't do it again. Help me give the original owner a few dozen coins. You can't take his things for nothing."

"Don't worry, Danzheng, you are honest and incorruptible. How could you take my subordinates' things for nothing? I have already given him thirty coins."

Although the so-called original owner was just a soldier who participated in the robbery, Pingliu also helped Xiao Ping deal with it. It is a blessing to have such a smart and capable subordinate who knows the rules, is clean and only wants to climb up.

Everyone knows the march of the army. It is impossible for 5,000 people to rush forward on a five-meter-wide road. Only two or three people can walk side by side, leaving a gap of more than one or two meters to facilitate the transmission of orders.

The first mover today is Iwase Motomasa, who has been a samurai with a gun for ten years. He has experience and military achievements and can control the situation.

The reserve troops of hundreds of people in the back are mainly his regular troops, and the small pack teams of more than a thousand people in Heilong. The latter is handed over to uncle Tsunayoshi, and he is relieved.

Xiao Pingtai thinks that there are no omissions in this arrangement. The front and rear teams are connected, and they can respond to emergencies.

"Urgent report!" A first mover rushed to the front of Xiao Pingtai's main team on horseback.

Aji went over to stop him, took the letter, and unfolded it. The wooden bridge over the Hayami River ahead was dug up, and Iwase Motomasa was trying to cut bamboo to make a temporary repair, so that the soldiers in the rear team could walk slower.

It was normal. It would be strange if the Ikko Ikki had no reaction when Kobayata attacked. It was probably mainly to delay Kobayata's advance and buy time for them to gather the Ikko Ikki.

How could the Ikko Ikki be called Ikko Ikki without the human wave tactics!

"Reply to Fujijiro and ask him to speed up the repairs. The army will camp under the Hayami River today!"

The messenger mounted his horse and ran back again. Kobayata announced that the army would stop and rest for a quarter of an hour, because the road ahead was blocked anyway.

The main team's Changzhang people also loudly announced the order to rest for a quarter of an hour forward and backward. The team did not disperse, and the soldiers just sat down where they were. Those with water bottles drank a sip of water, and those with dry food took it out and ate a few bites.

But before long, the vanguard and the front team reported again that all the big bamboos that could be used in the wild had been cut down. Hatazu County was generally a plain and hilly terrain, and there were no large forests nearby. For a while, they could not find any suitable materials to repair the broken bridge and allow the army to advance.

"Oh, Ichigoku has grown his brain this time!" Xiao Pingtai finally encountered some obstacles.

"Xiao Pingtai, there are wooden boards prepared in the small pile, send them over." Uncle Tsunayoshi came forward again, and he also heard the report.

"Aji, you take thirty people and escort the small pile to the front team." Several ox carts drove out, loaded with some spare shovels and a lot of wooden boards.

"Don't rest, go to the Hayami River, set up camp and fort, I'm afraid it's not easy to go today."

After listening to Uncle Tsunayoshi's words, Xiao Pingtai looked at the sky. The early spring afternoon was still very dry and cold. Now blocked by the broken bridge, it was indeed difficult to cross the river quickly.

"Okay, uncle, what you said makes sense!"

The army rolled forward and set up camp beside the Hayami River. It was the flood season now. The heavy snow in the mountains melted and the water volume increased greatly. Xiao Pingtai asked and found that the middle of the river could flood more than a person's chest, so the army could not pass. Even if the army passed, the food they carried would not be delivered.

While setting up camp, they repaired the bridge. The ordinary Japanese wooden bridge is very simple. Take logs and pile them deep into the water, then diagonally support them on both sides, and lay wooden boards on them.

The destroyers must have been in a hurry, so they only pulled out all the wooden boards, and the wooden piles were left in the river.

Now there are suitable thick wooden boards, and the repairs are very fast. Xiao Pingtai always couldn't understand the current foot soldiers. In addition to fighting, they really can do everything. As long as it is a skill that can be used in life, basically everyone can do it.

In addition to farming, weaving a basket, weaving a mat, repairing the roof on rainy days, and making water nets and fishing rods in summer. Almost everyone has two unique skills, and they are all versatile and amazing.

"How long will it take to fix it?" Kobayata looked at the progress and turned to ask Iwase Motomasa.

"It can be done before nightfall, don't worry, it will definitely not delay tomorrow's schedule."

"That's good! After the repairs are completed, Tojiro, your reserve team will camp at the bridge on the other side of the river to guard the beach."

"As you command!"

When night came, Xiaoheita inspected the camp, and after asking someone to ask Motomasa Iwase on the other side to be careful, he was about to go back to the tent and lie down.

"Attention, I saw fire in the upper reaches of the river earlier!" Chen San opened the curtain and reported back.

Several other generals also left the team and rushed to Xiao Pingtai to investigate the situation together.

"Two brave and careful people without night blindness can go upstream to check!" Xiaopingta ordered.

"Attention! Send a few more teams to investigate separately."

The investigation on this side of the cabin has not yet yielded any results. In the wilderness on the other side, there are actually various flickering lights of fire. There are scattered stars, like a handful of beans scattered on the ground, with no pattern.

"Night attack?" This routine is too bad, but the Yikui people have the organizational power to launch a night battle?

Xiaopingtai thought to himself, not understanding what the trick was. It's not that I'm looking down on Yi Yi Kui, it's just that fighting at night is something only a giant can do.

"At that moment, there are people and horses and lights outside the Xiao He Tuo team in the rear camp!" Pingliu also came to report.

Oops! It’s interesting tonight!

After listening to Shiro visiting his mother in the middle of the night, he raised his eyes and it was almost dawn.