Frontier Army Warrior

Besides, Mu Bentian in Qingshui County also got the news about Shuhu.

They said there was a new castle in Lingdouzi, so they asked him to go and take a look.

He immediately suspected that it was Lu Sihuai who brought two leaders to occupy the Lingdouzi area and built a castle.

Because the food and twenty soldiers who escorted them he sent never returned.

While Zhuang Zailong was chasing Lu Sihuai, he was heading towards Lingdouzi.

Then, Mu Bentian called Zhuang Zailong over and the two of them discussed the matter.

"Sir, I don't think Lu Sihuai is that capable. How could he have built a castle?"

"He has over a hundred men under his command. If he recruits some refugees, that should be enough, right?"

Zhuang Zailong still shook his head in disbelief.

Mu Bentian stopped talking.

"Lao Zhuang, take someone over to check out the situation. It would be best if you can make contact. It's not possible. Safety is the priority."

Zhuang Zailong nodded in agreement and left the hall.

The next day, Zhuang Zailong called Qin Fang, Zhang Tonghua, and a few other heroes from the martial arts world.

Five or six people, lightly packed and with a few followers, rode their horses straight to Lingdouzi.

All parties were thinking about Lingdouzi's castle, but Lin Feng continued to build his own facilities while stepping up the training of soldiers.

He doubled his training schedule.

This time, the soldiers had to run twenty miles every day and carry a load of thirty kilograms.

Every day he had to swing his sword a thousand times and shoot arrows three hundred times.

Push-ups, crunches and other exercises have been added.

More than 200 soldiers were crying for their parents. After completing their daily training tasks, they could not even walk on the road.

However, although the training is tiring, the food is sufficient and you can eat as much as you want.

Soon, Bai Jing found Lin Feng.

"Brother, our food supply is almost gone."

"So fast?"

"These guys are such big eaters. One of them eats two or three kilograms a day."

Lin Feng's biggest headache was the food and fodder problem. Huxi Township was a large area of ​​barren land with no farmland at all.

Of course, it was because of war and drought that large tracts of farmland were barren.

Now that everyone in the villages has fled, who has time to farm?

I can’t go to Qingshui County anymore, I have to find another way.

"How much silver do we have left?"

"The gold and silver I brought back from Qingshui County last time, plus the original amount, is about one thousand taels."

“So little?”

"Look at how much we bought, and the soldiers who died or were wounded, and you've raised the pensions so high."

"Okay, okay, how much food can I buy?"

Bai Jing frowned and calculated.

"Well, the price of grain is frighteningly high right now. I'm afraid we'll have to pay about one ounce for one dan. I can barely afford a thousand dan."

“How much is consumed daily?”

"There are more than 400 soldiers in our castle, plus more than 200 refugees. We need five stone of food a day."

Lin Feng thought for a moment and said, "Send a few of the A-level soldiers over here."

There are now nine Jiazheng in the castle, gathered in Lin Feng’s command center.

When they heard that they had to go out to get food, the nine people hung their heads and said nothing.

This thing is too difficult to get. During wartime, everyone attaches great importance to food.

"How about we go and rob the Tartars of their food supplies?"

Lin Feng suggested.

"The Tartars have no supply lines; they rely on looting to replenish their food supplies."

Hu Jincai hurried to explain.

Wang Qian said in a muffled voice, "Boss, we have nearly a hundred Tartar heads and a bronze armor. Can we go to the camp and exchange them for some food?"

Lin Feng shook his head decisively.

They are looking for him everywhere. Is he walking into a trap?

Bai Jing spoke thoughtfully.

"Three hundred and thirty miles south of Qingshui County, there is a large county town called Weiyuan County, about five hundred miles away."

"It takes twenty days for a round trip by carriage. It's quite far."

Li Xiong frowned.

"It's better than having nothing to eat."

Zhang Chang nodded and said, "This is feasible. To the northwest is the border town, and to the southeast is the border army camp. The Tartars dare not penetrate too deeply, so this grain route is relatively safe."

"Yes, we are not afraid of small groups of Tartar cavalry. I am afraid they will have to go around us."

Hu Jincai immediately agreed.

Lin Feng nodded in agreement with this plan, but who should he ask to buy food and fodder?

He glanced at several of the armored soldiers.

"So, Wang Qian will be responsible for the safety of the grain carts, Zhang Changyou will be in charge of overall coordination, and Li Xiong will be responsible for negotiating the purchase of grain and fodder. We will also have two battle teams, fifty engineers, and twenty horse-drawn carts."

The three of them stood up and bowed in agreement.

"I must see food and fodder in the castle within twenty days."

"Yes, boss."

"No one is allowed to move the food without permission. Anyone who violates this will be killed!"

Wang Qianshi asked nervously.

"Boss, what if we meet an officer from the main camp?"

"I don't care where the officer is from. No one can follow my orders except mine."

The three of them immediately straightened their backs and shouted yes.

"Okay, go back and pack up and leave as soon as possible. The time starts from now."

"what?"

Lin Feng stopped talking. The three knew that it was useless to explain themselves, so they immediately rushed out of the house.

Song Qi, along with Cui Yijiao and twenty cavalrymen, advanced towards Lingdouzi in the dark.

He thought that darkness would allow him to avoid the Tartar cavalry.

With just a few of them, if they were encountered by the Tartar cavalry, they would probably not even have a chance to escape.

When they had traveled nearly a hundred miles, everything was calm and peaceful under the night sky.

Song Qi breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Cui Yijiao who was walking beside him.

"Cui Jiazheng, this Tartar really won't come out at night."

Cui Yijiao immediately smiled and said, "General Song, don't worry. I'm very familiar with this area. We won't encounter any Tartars."

"That's the best. This general is not afraid of the Tartar, but there is no time to waste."

"That's right. General Song is the only expert in our border army who is capable of killing the Tartar bronze armor."

"Haha, you are a talkative boy."

The two men chatted and laughed, letting their horses trot forward.

Just when the two were feeling proud, a cavalryman suddenly screamed.

"General, there seems to be the sound of horse hooves."

Song Qi's heart skipped a beat.

"Listen carefully!"

Everyone reined in their horses, stayed quietly in the dark night, and listened carefully.

Sure enough, there was the faint sound of war horses trampling on the ground in the distance.

"It's bad, get off the horse, let's take shelter."

Everyone quickly jumped off their horses, held the reins, and walked to the weeds on the side.

In just half a quarter of an hour, the sound of galloping war horses became very obvious.

Running in this direction.

From the roar, it could be heard that there were about twenty or thirty war horses.

Cui leaned closer to Song Qi and whispered.

"General, with so many war horses, they shouldn't be Tartars."

"Why?"

"The Tartar cavalry consists of a maximum of five people, never more."

Song Qi felt a little relieved.

However, who would come out to march at this late hour?

Along with the sound of galloping war horses, a group of cavalry appeared in the shadows. They were not running very fast, but gradually approached Song Qi's cavalry.

Although it was night and the stars and moon in the sky were not very bright, we could still see each other vaguely.

The leading knight was startled by a group of dark shadows in the wilderness.

He raised his hand and said, "Something's happening. Spread out."

Twenty or thirty war horses immediately spread out in a fan shape, and then the sound of swords and guns clashing rang out in disorder.

Song Qi and the others had already heard the knight speaking, and it was Da Zong's words.

"Everyone, I am Song Qi, a general of the border army. I wonder which general is facing me?"

Hearing Song Qi's shout, the other side immediately relaxed their tense spirits.

Someone shouted, "Song Qi, I'm Cui Ying."

Song Qi took two steps forward in surprise.

"General Cui, why are you here?"

"I heard that a castle appeared in Lingdouzi, so I went to take a look."

Song Qi was even more puzzled. He was the one who took on this job, so why would they send another team?

"General Cui, whose orders are you following?"