I was pulling trees in Daming, and Lao Zhu begged me to come out of retirement

Chapter 55: Poor scouts, you have no moral principles at all!

Liu Xiaode was driven to the front with his hands tied.

There were also several Yuan cavalry scouts following behind, shouting loudly.

If he had walked a little slower, he would have been whipped immediately.

"God damn it, what sin have we committed?"

Liu Xiaode walked forward numbly with a look of despair on his face, and they soon arrived not far from the foot of Donglu Mountain.

At this time, there were already many traces of people's migration on the ground.

Liu Xiaode pointed at the footprints on the ground and shouted excitedly:
"Look, sir! This is it! It must be right. Zhu Yuanzhang is in this mountain!"

The faces of several Yuan cavalrymen turned grim as they looked at the rugged mountain road.

What these cavalrymen hate most is encountering this kind of bandits.
The cavalry's advantage is completely gone in the mountains. Even if you can defeat the rebels by relying on the advantage in numbers, they will hide in the mountains and fight guerrilla warfare with you and you will have no way to stop them.

One of them pointed at the densely planted trees, almost every meter, and asked angrily:
"Are the trees in your mountain so dense?"

Liu Xiaode was stunned when he heard this.
Only then did he realize that the vegetation on Donglu Mountain seemed to be incredibly dense. Even the primeval forests in Yunnan did not have such an outrageous vegetation coverage rate.

"There weren't so many trees on the mountain before. Logically, those poor fellows should have stripped the bark off the trees in the mountain."

In a year of disaster,
At the beginning, no one except hunters was willing to go up the mountain.

But once hunger exceeds a certain limit, this group of refugees will be like a locust plague. They will not let go of anything, including tree bark, tree roots, and even Guanyin soil, as long as they are edible.

But now the entire Donglu Mountain shows no signs of damage, and even the trees are full of... chestnuts!
Liu Xiaode suddenly realized at this moment, when did this kind of tree appear on the mountain?

Liu Xiaode suddenly remembered the village legend about the gods coming to the world, and his whole body began to tremble unconsciously.

"God! This must be a magic performed by a god!"

Several Yuan cavalrymen looked at each other and were at a loss as to what to do when Liu Xiaode suddenly went crazy.

The leading team leader took out the whip viciously and lashed at Liu Xiaode!
"You are misleading the people with your lies! Where did these gods come from? You southerners can only make up some monsters and ghosts to scare people. In front of our Khan, you southern gods can only wag your tails and beg for mercy! Hahaha!"

Several Yuan cavalrymen laughed arrogantly.

Suddenly, an arrow whizzed past them and stuck into the ground with a ding, shaking continuously.

Several people broke out in cold sweat instantly.

They looked suddenly toward the woods where the arrows came from,
Several dark shadows were pushing and shoving each other in the dense bushes.

"Shit! It went astray."

"Er Gouzi, your archery skills are rubbish."

"Bullshit, come on if you can, I've never used this thing before."

Several Yuan cavalrymen were furious.
"How dare you! You actually attacked the imperial officers and soldiers! Die!"

Several people immediately dismounted and drew their long swords to kill Tang He and others.
They were the elite scouts of the Yuan Dynasty, or in modern terms, special reconnaissance soldiers, the elite among the elite.

They were not afraid of just a few rebels.

"Fuck, they're coming to kill me!"

"Quick! Wind it up!"

"You can't shoot accurately, let me take a closer look."

"Aim for nothing, just get on with it!"

Just as the group of Yuan cavalry were preparing to kill everyone, dozens of dark shadows appeared from the shadows of the woods and looked at this small group of Yuan cavalry.

Each of the black shadows held a crossbow, and the cold arrows were all aimed at the team members.

The leading Yuan cavalryman stood there in a daze, his hand holding the knife frozen in mid-air.

"grass?"

You guys have no moral principles!

He let out a roar of confusion and resentment, and was instantly pierced by countless arrows like a hedgehog. Although there were also many arrows that missed, in the face of quantity, accuracy was no longer important.

"Hey~! Why did you shoot only one? There are still three behind!"

"Quickly wind up the strings! Quickly wind up the strings!"

The three Yuan cavalrymen finally reacted at this time.

Several people shouted: "Run!"

Not bothering to collect the body of their leader who had been ripped into a sieve, the three of them desperately climbed onto their horses and fled madly the way they came.

"Run, run! Shoot! Free fire!"

There was a commotion in the jungle,
Scattered arrows whizzed towards the three fleeing people like shooting rabbits.

The accuracy of the crossbow arrows was rather worrying. Even after running a thousand meters, only a few arrows left a few arrow handles on the horse's butt.

Tang He and other militiamen emerged from the woods with an annoyed look on their faces.

"Hey, they ran away!"

They had never used bows and crossbows before, so they had no way to aim at the enemy accurately.

A group of people swarmed over and surrounded the hedgehog-like corpse of the Yuan cavalryman under Liu Xiaode's stunned eyes.

"Find the arrows, find the arrows, let's see who can shoot the most accurately."

“This arm is mine.”

"This thigh is mine."

"Haha, we shot his dick through. If it weren't for you, he would have been a eunuch."

Tang He pushed aside a group of militiamen who were making a fuss, pulled out the only arrow that had shot into his eye, and asked, "Whose is this?"

At this time, a 13 or 14-year-old boy raised his hand somewhat embarrassedly and said shyly: "Um, Captain Tang, this is ours."

The group looked over, causing the boy to blush.

Tang He smacked his lips: "Xu Da?"

The boy nodded repeatedly: "That's the name."

Tang He patted Xu Da on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Not bad, you performed very well this time. You have passed the assessment. Go back and practice with the team, and your work points and salary will be doubled!"

The surrounding militiamen all sighed with envy.
They are the militia reserve members who have just been selected from the residents who have moved in.
In addition to daily exercise, some assessment tasks will be completed at irregular intervals every day.

If they perform well and pass the test, they will be able to obtain formal militia organization.

You should know that in Taoyuan Township, the best treated are always the militia. Even if they only train and do not engage in farming or mining, the work points and food they earn are still twice the current average wage.

Therefore, many people are trying their best to bring their children or themselves in.

In order to prevent unqualified people from filling the numbers, Zhu Yuanzhang would screen them based on age, physical fitness and learning ability to select some outstanding militia seedlings.

Xu Da was the top student selected in this round.
Although he was born in a farming family, he practiced martial arts since he was young and had good skills.

During the Fengyang Incident, he moved to Taoyuan Village with his parents and became a militia reserve.

The training during this period showed his outstanding combat awareness, which made Zhu Yuanzhang pay special attention to him even though he was only 14 years old.

This time, when many reservists were shooting randomly, Xu Da hit the target with a precise headshot.

When Xu Da heard that he was approved to join the team, he was so excited that he could hardly control himself.

"Brother Tang, don't worry! We will definitely live up to your and the Marshal's expectations!"

Tang He nodded and patted Xu Da on the shoulder to show encouragement.

Then he looked solemnly in the direction where the Yuan cavalry were fleeing and frowned.

"Go back to Taoyuan Village and tell everyone that the Yuan army is coming!"

(End of this chapter)