After traveling north for another day, the four cavalrymen sent by Zhao Qiang to explore the road brought back a young man sent by Hu Wang to report the news. The young man's name was Sun Ping. He had been hungry for several days and his eyes were sunken.
After falling down, his clothes were scratched by thorns, and he was shaking when he walked. When he saw Zhao Qiang, he didn't say anything and started asking for food.
"Mr. Qian, do you have anything to eat? I'm... I'm really... hungry!"
Zhao Qiang was startled by his appearance and asked Qian Lin to get him a piece of dried meat. When Sun Ping saw the dried meat, his eyes shone like gold. He grabbed it without any regard for etiquette.
He gnawed wildly, and his hungry look made Zhao Qiang feel sad, knowing that Hu Wang and the others must have suffered a serious crime.
Sun Ping devoured the dried meat and drank half of the skin water before regaining some energy. Zhao Qiang waited for another half a stick of incense to recover before asking him about Hu Wang and the others.
Sun Ping told Zhao Qiang that Hu Wang and the others discovered a Rakshasa fortress by a river sixty miles north. According to reconnaissance, there were 400 to 500 Rakshasa people in this fort, and more than a thousand were captured.
Zhao Qiang strictly ordered the captives of all ethnic groups not to act rashly, so Hu Wang and Qi Zhuang hid in the nearby mountains and forests without being exposed. The Rakshasa people in the fort were also aware of their tracking. However, Jianying and
Bu camp had been without food for three days. The few bags of food were eaten by everyone on the first day. In the next few days, they relied on wild fruits and vegetables to satisfy their hunger. In order to prevent being discovered by the Rakshasa people, Hu Wang and Qi Zhuang
The camp officer did not allow the young men to go out to look for food. If Zhao Qiang did not bring someone to help them, he was afraid that he would not be able to survive anymore. When he said this, Sun Ping suddenly became excited, and the three-foot-tall man actually burst into tears. The food shortage situation was really serious.
It's too serious.
Zhao Qiang hurriedly comforted Sun Ping and told him that the army now had a lot of food. As long as he rushed over, the brothers in the Bu Camp and Arrow Camp would no longer be hungry. After hearing this, Sun Ping calmed down a little, and Zhao Qiang asked him again
: "Are all the Rakshasa people in the fort soldiers?"
Sun Ping said: "Back to Mr. Qian, Officer Hu Ying sent someone to capture a Sauron who was working as a coolie for them. According to his explanation, the fort only had one Rakshasa musketeer team, and there were also dozens of Cossack cavalry.
The others are ordinary Rakshasa people, as well as some Buddhist missionaries, who give them a cross every day and ask them to believe in some emperor."
"Okay, I understand. Thank you for your hard work. Go down and rest first."
Zhao Qiang asked Qian Lin to take Sun Ping down to rest in the mule cart, then summoned Wu Si, Guo Fei and others to discuss matters, and briefly told everyone the information Sun Ping said.
When Wu Si heard that there were only a hundred Rakshasa soldiers in the fort, Ma became very excited, rubbed his hands and shouted: "Finally we know the stronghold of these Rakshasa people, what use can more than a hundred people do? Everyone swarmed.
And, one person can drown them all with just a spit of spit! Without further ado, let’s set out quickly to meet up with Brother Hu and the others, and then attack them with all our strength. Damn it, I don’t believe that Rakshasa No. 100 can stop so many of our brothers!”
That's not certain. The Russians used 800 muskets to withstand the attack of 20,000 Qing troops for more than half a year. However, be careful. Zhao Qiang did not want to pour cold water on Wu Si and dampen his enthusiasm, because he was very interested in successfully winning the battle.
We are also very optimistic about taking down the Russian stronghold. As long as we don't make any big mistakes, it will only be a matter of time before we take down this stronghold.
"That's right, the Rakshasa people have fewer soldiers, but we have more soldiers. As long as we all work together, we will definitely be able to seize this fort for my use!"
Qian Lin was not worried about capturing the stronghold of the Rakshasa people, but he was worried about the current situation of Hu Wang and the others: "We'd better hurry up, otherwise the brothers in Buying and Jianying will really suffer a lot."
"Yes, we have to speed up the pace. The brothers in the Jianbu Camp can't wait any longer."
Zhao Qiang ordered everyone: "Tell the brothers to speed up the march, the Rakshasa stronghold is almost here!"
Hearing that the Rakshasa people's stronghold was coming soon, the young men in the gun camp and the supply camp couldn't help cheering. The days of traveling finally paid off. The Oroqen people were not happy at all, and watched the Han people cheering with cold eyes.
It doesn't matter to oneself, and it looks like it's hanging high.
Do you think you can run away? Seeing the appearance of these Oroqen people, Zhao Qiang sneered and said to Wuer Leng, who had been silent for a day: "How about it, we have figured out the situation of the Rakshasa people, is the clan leader still worried now?
"
Wu'er didn't speak, just lowered his head and thinking about something. Zhao Qiang glanced at him sideways and understood what he was thinking. The Rakshasa people's territory was coming soon, which meant that the battle was about to start. He was worried that Zhao Qiang would take advantage of him.
The tribesmen were used as cannon fodder, allowing them to serve as the first human shields to attack the city.
"Does the patriarch think that there are so many of us that we can't take down a small Rakshasa stronghold?"
"I don't dare. This subordinate has never thought of it this way. Mr. Qian, don't get me wrong."
Regardless of whether he wanted to or not, Wuer Leng had to adjust his mentality and appear to have integrated into Zhao Qiang and the others, so his name was changed in all aspects.
"It's best if there is no misunderstanding. Zhao promised you that he will thank you again after the incident, but before that, please ask the clan leader to restrain your clan members, otherwise..."
Wu'er ignored Zhao Qiang's semi-threat and said lightly: "Everything depends on Mr. Qian's orders."
Zhao Qiang smiled slightly, ignored him, and started running forward. The people behind saw him and quickly followed him.
With power, the march speed is much faster. It usually takes more than half a day to cover the sixty miles, but today it only took half a day to reach the location. As soon as we arrived, we saw more than a hundred men falling down one after another.
Five of them were scattered in the woods. If it weren't for the occasional coughing sound, it would probably give people the wrong impression that these men were all dead.
"Mr. Qian, you are finally here!"
Qi Zhuang, just like the common people in the Kuomintang-controlled area who saw the People's Liberation Army, hugged Zhao Qiang and said with choked sobs: "Brothers are looking forward to the stars and the moon, and finally President Qian is here."
Zhao Qiang comforted Qi Zhuang a few words and asked Qian Lin to distribute the food quickly. The young people in Buying and Jianying had the same reaction as Sun Ping when they saw the food. They all jumped up and almost lost the food and meat.
The strong young man was pushed to the ground.
"Give me a piece, give me a piece quickly!"
"You are finally here. If you don't come, my bones will be buried in this damn place."
"Damn, this jerky is so damn delicious!"
“…”
After Hu Wang finished eating, his face turned pale, and he looked at Zhao Qiang gratefully: "Mr. Qian, if you don't come, my old Hu Ke will really starve to death."
"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Hu!"
Zhao Qiang shook Hu Wang's hand and said, "Brother, I was late and caused the brothers to suffer such a big mistake. Fortunately, I finally arrived in time." After a pause, he asked, "What's going on in the castle?"
Hu Wang leaned forward: "It's the same as the previous two days, except during the day, the fort gate is locked up by the Rakshasa people at night. The Rakshasa people don't leave the fort much during the day, only the slaves they kidnapped.
Come out to collect firewood or something."
"That means you can only capture the fort during the day, and it's hard to do it at night."
"Yes, the Rakshasa people's firearms are very powerful. If the fort gate is closed, they will fight to the death. Our brothers have no siege equipment, so they may not be able to enter."
"By the way, Mr. Qian, who are those people?"
Seeing Hu Wang pointing at Wuer Leng and the others, Zhao Qiang explained the situation. After hearing this, Hu Wang nodded and agreed with Zhao Qiang's idea: "We have few manpower, and these Oroqen people can be put to great use. We might as well do it in the future."
Let’s learn from the Tatars and let these people work for us.”
"Brother Hu and I thought about it together. I have a plan for this matter. I will discuss it in detail with everyone after this barrier is broken."
Zhao Qiang asked some more about the situation of the Russian strongholds, and Hu Wang told him one by one. After that, Zhao Qiang stood up. Seeing that everyone had regained their energy, he shouted loudly: "Brothers, you have worked hard these days.
! But it’s worth it! Because we finally found the stronghold of the Rakshasa people! There are only more than a hundred Rakshasa devils inside. As long as they are eliminated, the food and money of the fortress will all belong to us, and then everyone will have a safe place.
It’s over! You don’t have to worry about running out of food or being hunted down!”
"Everyone rest for another hour, and after one hour we will start to seize the fort! After the fort is broken, all the Rakshasa women will be available to the brothers for their enjoyment!"