As the new army directly under the emperor, the Hu Ben Army naturally went on a war with him this time.

The new firearms imitated and made by craftsmen were basically equipped with the Hu Ben Army. Although there were not many, with this deterrent force, the Hu Ben Army seemed to be different.

Now that Zhao Xu has been promoted to the position of chief, Li Shitou became his personal soldier. The two lived and died together, and their relationship was naturally excellent. As a sentry team, Zhao Xu and his team's responsibility is to make a way before the army takes action. This task seems simple and is of great significance. It will be up to them to see whether the army can safely arrive at Yiling City.

Of course, the emperor also valued them very much. Fifty of the newly imitated flintlock rifles were all assigned to this sentry team. As for things like earth grenades, they were even more powerful and full. Zhao Xu and the others were armed to their teeth.

"Oh, Brother Xuzi, why do you have to go by land? Not only will you overcome all obstacles, but your feet are almost worn out."

Seeing Li Shitou complaining again, Zhao Xu gave him a blank look and said, "Did you not have eyes or what? Didn't you see Donglu doing tampering at the mouth of the pot? Such a narrow hole was blocked by a shipwreck and could not get through at all."

"Boom with gunfire!"

Li Shitou said disdainfully: "There are only a few sunken ships, and I can blow it away if I see a few shots."

Zhao Xu shook his head and said, "How do you know that it will definitely be able to be blown away? What if it can't be blown away? Why don't you still alert the snake?"

The Ming army was a surprise attack this time, so naturally we should not make too much noise. We either attack Yiling directly along the water route or take a long way around the land route.

If those shots are fired, it will be too embarrassing to be blocked by the water and land if it cannot be done by the water.

"Okay, okay, you're the boss, you're right."

Li Shitou spread his hands and walked straight forward.

"Look at what you are saying!"

Zhao Xu was so angry that he wanted to teach Li Shitou a lesson if it weren't for their fate.

"Shh!"

Li Shitou suddenly stopped and made a gesture of banning voice.

He pointed to a stone fort not far away and said, "Brother Xuzi, do you look like the Donglu Fortress?"

Zhao Xu looked in the direction pointed by Li Shitou and indeed saw a stone fort.

This is definitely not the place where ordinary hunters live, but it is most likely that it is the Donglu's whistle fort.

He lowered his voice and said, "If you want to cross this mountain, you must live. We must open this wedge before the army arrives."

Li Shitou nodded silently.

The Sentinels had only fifty people in total, so the goal was not big.

According to Zhao Xu's judgment, this kind of stone castle can accommodate at most dozens of people.

So in terms of the number of people, at least they will not suffer any losses.

What we need to consider now is to trick Donglu out of the fort as much as possible.

"Stone, this is like this later..."

Zhao Xu leaned over to Li Shitou and whispered in a low voice.

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"I've lived enough of this fucking ghost life!"

Ruan Laosan pushed away the black buns on the table and said angrily.

"Third brother, who are you showing me about this? Isn't it just that I've cut off your wine for two days? What's the big deal? Besides, everyone can't drink it."

Chen Bangyan glared at Ruan Laosan and said, "Stop it for me, don't make trouble."

Ruan Laosan snorted coldly and said, "I promised to change my defense once a month. It's been more than a month since those grandchildren have not come. I can't stand it anymore."

"What, do you want to be a deserter?"

Chen Bangyan walked closer and lifted Ruan Laosan up.

"I'm talking ugly words ahead. If you disturb the morale of the army, don't blame me Chen Bangyan for not caring about brotherhood."

"Please let me go, please!"

"Hmph! Be calm down yourself."

Chen Bangyan threw Ruan Laosan out.

"Ouch!"

Ruan Laosan fell down and exhaled in pain.

It took him a long time to struggle to stand up, staring at Chen Bangyan resentfully and said, "Your fucking is really heavy."

After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the fort.

"This is not a person's life. There are only a few dozen people in the deep mountains and forests. It is harder to see a fresh person who breathes freshly than to climb the sky, let alone a woman. If you hold it like this, you will be exhausted."

"Then why is Chen Bangyan showing off in front of me? If there wasn't an uncle who was the deputy general, could he be the heroic here?"

The more Ruan Laosan thought about it, he became more angry and kicked him at a stone.

"Ouch!"

The moment he kicked it out, Ruan Laosan regretted it. It was no different from hitting a stone with an egg. The piercing pain made him squat down and quickly took his feet out of his shoes and blew them.

"Huhh!"

"This man is so unlucky that he can even get too tired of drinking cold water!"

Ruan Laosan complained to himself.

"I just slept here until dark before going back, so I can't see the stinky face of Chen."

He found the old tree that was leaning against the darkness and sat down, closed his eyes and took a nap.

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"Brother Xuzi, there is a Tartar there!"

The sharp-eyed Li Shitou immediately noticed Ruan Laosan who was dozing, and said in a low voice.

"I'll tie him up and see if I can ask for something."

"Go and be careful."

Zhao Xu was in a good mood, and he didn't want to go through a lot of trouble to win this stone fort. It would be better if he could outsmart his wisdom.

Li Shitou is already short and moving among the bushes is even less likely to attract attention.

He hunched his back and walked lightly like an ape, and soon came to Ruan Laosan's side.

But with a blink of an eye, Li Shitou pulled out his waist knife and pressed it tightly on Ruan Laosan's neck.

"If you want to survive, don't say anything, otherwise I'll kill you right away."

Ruan Laosan suddenly woke up, and when he saw Li Shitou in front of him, he was so scared that his face was pale.

He nodded suddenly, and then he realized that the knife was on his neck, and a blood mark had been produced at this moment.

Ruan Laosan was so scared that he didn't dare to move anymore, waiting for Li Shitou's orders.

"Follow me, don't be fooled, or I will kill you!"

Li Shitou walked forward with Ruan Laosan and soon came to Zhao Xu.

"Brother Xuzi, come and ask."

Zhao Xu nodded.

This location should be a safe area.

"I ask you questions, you must answer them seriously."

Zhao Xu said in a deep voice: "Are you a Qing soldier in this stone fort?"

"Yes, Jun Ye."

"How many soldiers are there in this stone castle?"

"It's more than seventy people. We'll change it every month, but those miscellaneous people have been in more than a month and have not come to change their defenses yet..."

Ruan Laosan said with a sad face.

Zhao Xu's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"You mean, according to time, you should change your defense?"

"Yes, it's time to change defense..."

Zhao Xu had already made a decision in his mind and said to Ruan Laosan: "After a while, you will cheat all the troops in the fort, and you will say that the troops who have changed their defense have arrived. They brought a lot of bacon, rice and grain, and let them come out to transport them!"

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Chapter completed!