Infrastructure masters in the red building

Tonghuan Sanliu is actually not as mysterious as others think. His surname is "Tonghuan", and he is born in the word "San", ranking sixth, so he is called "Tonghuan Sanliu".Except for a slightly weird surname, there is no difference between him and a young man like Li Wuqi.

The bandit leader Tonghuan Sansi who was captured six years ago was his own brother. When Tonghuan Sansi was captured by the army who went into the mountains to suppress the bandits and gave him his head, Tonghuan Sanliu was just a young boy. The remaining brothers in the cottage took them to the mountains and hid them.

But not long after they hid, they all came out of the mountain and gathered in a stockade at the foot of the mountain.There are always more than 4000 people in the stockade, and every day is training soldiers and cultivating fields.Although the cultivated fields did not produce food for so many people, they could eat enough every day. From time to time, chicken, duck and fish were sent to the stockade, and a group of people could make tooth sacrifices.

The only shortcoming in this village is that there are no women.Some bandit soldiers would sneak out of the stockade and go to the town to find Liuying for fun.The superiors don't care about this kind of thing, but it is strictly forbidden to bring women back to the village.

In the past six years, there are only a handful of opportunities for Tonghuan to come out of the stockade.But every time he left the village, he followed his brothers to burn, kill and loot, and he would never stop until his hands were covered with blood.At this time, Tonghuan Sanliu fantasizes that his brother's soul has possessed him, and every drop of blood flowing on his hands is revenge for his brother who died young.

It's a pity that they only ransacked one village or attacked one stockade every time, and never had more than 4000 people come out in full force, or even entangled with other soldiers to attack a certain city.

But this time the leader told them that it was finally going to be a big one.

Tonghuan Sanliu could feel the blood rushing in his body gradually heating up, and the elder brother who was wronged to death seemed to have returned to him. He stepped forward without hesitation, and was about to say that he was willing to be a pioneer. The leader suddenly told everyone—this time when he left the village, it was him who played the banner, Tonghuan Sanliu, and wanted to avenge his brother Tonghuan Sansi!

Tonghuan Sanliu still remembered that he was standing there in a daze, his mouth was wide open, thinking, something seemed wrong——

How could he, a young boy, lead a whole village of brothers to avenge his elder brother?

Seeing his appearance, the brothers laughed kindly, laughing that he was dumbfounded when he heard the good news that he could avenge his brother.

Tonghuan Sanliu also gave it up, anyway, he had a lot of blood on his hands, and he couldn't wash it off, since the superiors said they wanted to fight him in the name of him, so let's fight—in case he is like a brother this time The same died, that is, the blood debt paid by their Tonghuan family for killing so many people in the early years.

Soon, the higher-ups assigned the task, saying that this time their troops were divided into three groups, two groups pretended to attack Yong'an Prefecture and Yongning Prefecture, and another group with 2000 people attacked Wuyuan County and a village near Wuyuan Taoyuan Village.

Tonghuan Sanliu asked very inappropriately: "Why did you just pretend to attack Yong'an Prefecture?"

Why didn't a group of brothers all rush into Yong'an Prefecture, burn down the state capital where Tonghuan Sansi and Sisi were imprisoned in the past, and then rob money and wine...Happy grievances and hatred, until the officers and soldiers suppressed the bandits with their swords in their hands The moment in his head?

He thought that to avenge his brother, he would attack the place where Tonghuan Sansi was killed that year, but he didn't know it was not.

"Is it yours or mine?" The leader immediately turned his face down when he heard the words, "For you to eat, for you to drink, in the past six years, the money spent on you is enough to make a copper coin." There are people. When it’s time to use you, you dare to ask questions. Are you familiar with the forces in Yongning Prefecture? Do you know where to attack?”

Tonghuan Sanliu dared not speak at once.He was right when he thought about it, if he hadn't had this stockade for the past six years, he probably wouldn't know where his bones would be thrown.

The superiors have raised him for six years, so if they want to use him now, they will naturally fight wherever the superiors say.

"Brothers, don't be afraid of the officers and soldiers. This time we have united with the Nanyi, and the Nanyi will contain most of the officers and soldiers in the three passes and two villages. If there are any remaining officers and soldiers, they will return to the division to guard Yong'an and Yongning are two state capitals."

"Wu Yuan and Tao Yuan will belong to everyone!"

"Those two places are rich places, especially Taoyuan. The girls there wear shiny silver ornaments all over their bodies. If you snatch them, they will go with you..."

"Wu Yuan's city is solid, but if the city gate is cheated, there will be countless wealth waiting in the city..."

After the above description, everyone was moved, shaking their fists and screaming.

Immediately afterwards, new weapons were issued to them, brand-new broadswords and spears, bundles of bows and arrows... Tonghuan Sanliu heard an old soldier beside him sigh with emotion: "This is better than those issued in the Pingnan Camp. Things are even better with the guy!"

Even the former deserters said so, maybe it is true.

After the initial excitement passed, the gangsters in the cottage separated and set out on the road. Not long after, they had arrived near Wuyuan County.A village was vacated here, allowing them to live in and rest.

Tonghuan Sanliu and a dozen of his companions received the task of exploring Taoyuan Village at night.

Tonghuan Sanliu has a little bit of experience in such things as night visits, and knows to bring a few drugged buns to deal with the dogs raised in the village.In addition, they also need to bring various medicines and torches to prevent insects and snakes, so as not to put themselves in before they can explore the road.

They found a guide, asked about the route, and set off for Taoyuan Village in the evening.

There is currently a night ban in Taoyuan Village. After three quarters of the deadline, the outside villagers must decide whether to stay in Taoyuan or leave Taoyuan.According to Tonghuan Sanliu's experience, after that moment, the entire Taoyuan Village will be plunged into darkness and silence.The only thing they need to take care of is the domestic vicious dog.

By the time they arrived, it was past three o'clock.Tonghuan Sanliu was amazed, why is it so bright?

Indeed, everywhere in Taoyuan Village is so bright that every house is lit.Crouching in the mountain opposite the stockade, Tonghuan Sanliu could clearly see the village, houses, and roads stretching far away along the mountain.

In addition to the bright village, the most terrible thing is the road of Taoyuan village. On both sides of the road of Taoyuan village, there are bright lights one after another, illuminating the road as brightly as day.People are constantly walking on these bright roads, and the laughter of passers-by can be faintly heard.Obviously, the villagers returning at night are not afraid of the dark at all, and the bright lights on both sides of the road are shining on them to return to their homes safely.

Tonghuan Sanliu looked stupid, thinking to himself, what are the lights on both sides of the road made of?

He had never seen a village that was so bright and peaceful after nightfall; he had never seen any village that could light up two rows of such lights on both sides of the road—usually lanterns or something, but lanterns How can the light of the .

"Sanliu, what do you think we should do?" Tonghuan Sanliu's companion approached and asked.

These bandits, they all only know that "the moon is dark and the wind is high, the night is full of murder and arson", but today it is true that the moon is dark and the wind is quite high, but the village in front of them is as bright as daytime.

Being used to being in a dark place, one instinctively fears the light.

Tonghuan Sanliu looked at it and said, "Wait a little longer. Let's see if they will change the oil for the lamps on both sides of the road later, pick out the wick... and cut the candles."

The companion glanced at the copper ring Sanliu, and squatted back silently—everyone knew that the street lamps in the village could never be oil lamps, nor could they be candles.But no one can do anything now: the roads in the village are all brightly illuminated, and there are young villagers patrolling back and forth on the roads. If there is any movement in the area near the roads, the patrolling villagers can spot it.Now it seemed that they couldn't get even half a step closer.

After waiting for more than an hour, Tonghuan Sanliu's feet were numb, but the state of the lamp hadn't changed at all. There was no need for someone to pick the wick, no need for someone to cut the candles... no need for anyone to take care of it at all.Even the villagers on the road in the village have all gone home, leaving only a few young men wearing armbands patrolling back and forth.

Tonghuan Sanliu felt extremely stuffy, and he was unlucky to start. He squatted here for a long time, and he didn't even use the extra buns in his arms.

Suddenly, the companion beside him yelled "Ah", and immediately Tonghuan Sanliu also felt something cool, slippery and soft on his feet, and slid over the side of his calf like this.

"Snake!" Tonghuan yelled loudly, and at the same time lit up the torch in his hand.They brought medicine for smoking snakes, but they didn't dare to order it because they were afraid of being discovered.

"Sanliu, I'm most afraid of snakes!" The companion next to Tonghuan Sanliu was about to cry at this moment, the two lit the medicine for smoking snakes, slapped for a while, and then the light from the fire in Tonghuan Sanliu's hand shone Next, vaguely saw two or three cauliflower snakes wandering away in a hurry.

"Old lady!" Tonghuan Sanliu sighed: Fortunately, it is not a poisonous snake.

But they have been exposed to the eyes of the inspectors patrolling Taoyuanzhai.

Several people said at the same time: "Who?!"

Tonghuan Sanliu immediately extinguished the fire.The place where the two are located is dark.

However, the inspectors did not give up the clues they had just discovered.Immediately, someone picked up the torch and rushed towards the place where Tonghuan Sanliu was just now.

The inspection captain in charge of night duty tonight is Wang Erlang.Once he found that there was something on the hillside facing the stockade, he immediately sent a signal to ask the patrol team of the inspection team distributed throughout the stockade to set off immediately to inspect strategic locations and key positions.

At the same time, he stayed where he was and waited for the reports from the inspectors who went to the mountain to check, vigilantly guarding against all kinds of attempts to divert the tiger away from the mountain.

After a while, the people on the mountain came down, carrying a bag of things in their hands, and reported to Wang Erlang: "Captain, I didn't find anyone, and they should have run away long ago. There is only this bag of things left on the ground."

Wang Erlang opened the bag carefully, and when he saw the buns inside, it was already freezing cold, but when he gently squeezed it open, oil still dripped out, and he could smell a little meat.

"Send this to Xiaoxiang Academy immediately, and have it tested by Teacher Gui." Wang Erlang warned solemnly, "Don't be greedy, it may be poisonous. If my guess is correct, it is used to poison dogs."

When the inspectors under him heard the advanced term "testing", they immediately stood in awe and said loudly: "The dogs are so cute, anyone who dares to poison them will have trouble with our inspection team." up.

Wang Erlang stayed where he was, feeling excited and nervous at the same time.He realized that what Jia Fang had reminded before, there might be bandits coming to Taoyuan Village to "step on the plate", and now it finally happened.

Taoyuanzhai is facing threats, but it is also the time for him, Wang Erlang, to stand up and defend his homeland.

He didn't show any superfluous expressions on his face, but calmly scanned the mountains opposite the village, over and over again.

Gui Xia's "test" didn't take much effort. Not long after, Wang Erlang's subordinates came back and told the captain: "Teacher Gui said that arsenic will turn black when it meets silver, so it is confirmed to be poisonous. Teacher Gui has already taken those buns." Let's do 'harmless treatment'."

This inspection team member puffed out his chest and belly, probably because he felt that he had learned so many technical terms from Gui Yaxue, and his level had also improved.

Wang Erlang nodded and said: "I will work hard tonight everyone, you stay here and watch carefully, I will go to the night training place to have a look."

All the inspectors responded with their chests upright.The longer everyone followed Wang Erlang, the more they knew the captain's temper, and the more difficult they were, the less they could panic and be cowardly.

Wang Erlang immediately moved to the hinterland of Taoyuan Village along the road in Taoyuan Village.There, earlier, Taoyuan Village cleared up a large open space and used it as a martial arts arena.

There are methane lamps all around the martial arts arena. This kind of lamp is also quite magical. After it is lit, no one needs to care about it. It is bright all night, and it is enough to turn off the lamp the next morning.

There is also a lampshade on the biogas lamp, even if it rains, the rain will not affect the lighting in the slightest.To be honest, Wang Erlang is completely used to this kind of day with street lights at night, if he is allowed to return to the dark and gloomy environment at the beginning, he will feel that something is seriously missing in his life.

With these biogas lamps, villagers who are busy making a living during the day have the opportunity to practice various skills in defending their homes at night.

In the martial arts arena illuminated by biogas lamps, young men in the village are taking turns trying to throw javelins.

Their javelins are actually long bamboo poles. The front end of the bamboo poles is cut into a sharp point, and stones are filled into the bamboo poles to increase the weight.

Several villagers who have thrown this kind of javelin very far are sharing their experience with everyone: how to aim at the head, and how to use waist strength to throw the javelin further.

When the villagers saw Wang Erlang approaching, they greeted one after another: "Captain Wang!"

Wang Erlang nodded, and said to everyone: "I see that you have practiced very well, everyone work hard!"

He held his breath, looked at it for a while, and then added: "Keep working harder. What you guys are practicing now, you may be able to use it in the near future."

Hearing what Captain Wang said, the villagers immediately put down their javelins and surrounded Wang Erlang: "What did Captain find?"

Wang Erlang said lightly: "It's nothing, I just found someone stepping on the plate today."

It seems that someone is really eyeing Taoyuan Village.

"So I was entrusted by Mr. Jia to ask everyone, if anyone has learned archery, come to me." This is what Jia Fang told Wang Erlang before, saying that once someone found someone who attacked Taoyuan Village If he had any idea, he immediately picked out all the people who had been specially trained in archery.

No. 30 people stood up immediately—more than Wang Erlang imagined.Most of these people are hunters in the mountains, or have been hunters before, so they have a skill in archery.

Even the natives of Taoyuan Village reminded Wang Erlang: "Captain Wang, I will go to the village to ask later. In our Taoyuan Village, there are many girls who know how to bow and arrow."

Wang Erlang nodded, but he thought in his heart that the girls must not be allowed to take the lead, and that these girls who are slightly skilled in martial arts should be responsible for protecting women and children.

After picking out these hunters, he asked them, "How many bows and arrows do you have?"

The hunters said: "The most important thing is the bow. It is the guy who eats. We all have it. It is the arrow... I don't know if there is time to make it, and how many can be made."

Wang Erlang didn't think much about it, he just said: "Master Jia will definitely arrange these. Come on, let's prepare by ourselves first, and everyone should find a shooting range, so we can practice our shots if we have nothing to do."

After everything was arranged, Wang Erlang did not forget to tell everyone: "Recently, I have been feeding my dog ​​a little bit. Today, I just found out that someone came near the stockade and fed the dog with the stuffed buns. Everyone, don't worry." Don't let it go."

Immediately, someone laughed and said: "I see, Captain. It's just that our dog has a naughty mouth now. Even if you feed him a bone, you have to sprinkle some spicy peppers on it before he is willing to eat it. I'm afraid the buns from outside are not good." I can't get enough of our dog."

There was a sudden burst of laughter, everyone said that their dog now has the same temper, and only picks up the spicy food.The tense atmosphere suddenly relaxed a little, and then everyone continued to practice hard.

Wang Erlang said "hard work", and continued to inspect the entrances and exits in the village.

The sentence that reassured him the most just now was what he said himself, "Master Jia will definitely arrange it."Wang Erlang, like the entire Taoyuan Village, regards Jia Fang as their most reliable backing.

But who knew that Jia Fang was losing his temper and jumping his feet in Wuyuan County at this time, so he almost pointed his nose and scolded: "Is there anyone who leads troops like you? Is there anyone like you who is a quartermaster?" Is it to let the soldier Guo run away?"

Jia put on his feet, throwing a tattered soft armor.

Although the officials in the government office of his Jiedu envoy couldn't understand the word "Guoben", they could roughly understand what it meant when they saw this pair of soft armor full of holes that looked like a net bag when picked up.