"If you persist for a while, you will be able to return to Jiangbei. Where is the emperor waiting for you?" Tan Fei encouraged the rescued assault team, while speeding up his pace to retreat along the way. Although the people were rescued, these people were already extremely weak, and he was a little worried that they would not be able to persevere to return to Jiangnan.

"Is the emperor in Jiangbei?" Pang Fu, the commando team, said in surprise.

"Well, Your Majesty learned that you were in danger in Jiangbei, so he came to Jiankang to organize the rescue. Now he will supervise the battle in Yanziji Water Village!" Tan Fei nodded and said.

"Your Majesty also knows what we are doing. Come and rescue us. Everyone must cheer up!" After being confirmed, Pang Fu turned around and said in surprise to everyone.

"Long live your Majesty, long live your life, long live your life!" Everyone was excited when they heard this. They were shocked at first, and then shouted ecstatically.

Seeing this, Tan Fei was relieved. When they arrived at the foot of Guabu Mountain, they found that there were two hundred-man teams of Yuan army stationed there, but they just blocked the winding mountain road down the mountain and did not launch an attack. Based on this, he judged that the Yuan army had changed its tactics after failed encirclements and heavy losses, and wanted to starve the assault team to death on the mountain through siege.

At the moment, such a big disturbance was made by the river, which obviously alarmed the enemy troops stationed at the foot of the mountain, and they were already on guard. However, perhaps the failure of the Song army rescue operations in the previous few times made these enemies a little relaxed and did not fully enter the state of combat, which gave Tan Fei an opportunity to take advantage of it. He used the shadows and bushes in the mountains to sneak from the Shanyin side to a place less than fifty steps from the enemy camp.

After entering the attack position, Tan Fei immediately launched an attack after two rounds of volleys. In fact, he also knew that he could not cause much casualties to the enemy when he was almost blind. The purpose was to cause panic among the enemy. Then they launched an assault, and while advancing, they kept throwing grenades into the enemy camp, blew up a bloody path.

Faced with the sudden invasion of a group of uninvited guests, Zhang Huang's insidious Yuan army had not yet organized a decent counterattack, but had already lost nearly half of it. Under the bayonet attack of the guard camp, he collapsed and fled in all directions. Tan Fei did not pursue the pursuit, but left some soldiers to use the simple camp built by the enemy at the foot of the mountain to implement defense. He led his troops to search and advance on the mountain to find trapped friendly forces.

Tan Fei and others searched Su Bian and advanced. Although the enemy's corpses were hard to see on the mountain road, the dried-up crimson blood stains also showed that there had been a fierce battle here. The more you went up, the more traces left, the charred blackness left after the gunpowder explosion, the shrapnel embedded in the trees, and the rolling stones on the road all showed the fierceness and cruelty of the battle.

They also discovered a strange phenomenon. Every time they were turning the mountain road, they would find simple fortifications made of stones, but whether one was complete. But Tan Fei quickly understood that the trapped soldiers were fighting and retreating, and built fortifications with rocks everywhere in the dangerous place, and defended them by dangerous places. Once it was difficult to defend, they pushed the fortifications, used rolling stones to block the pursuing enemy soldiers, and then quickly selected a place to build another fortification to fight the enemy one after another.

Seeing this, Tan Fei couldn't help but worry that they used stones to attack the enemy, indicating that their bullets had been exhausted, at least not much left, and had to borrow stones to stop the pursuers. What made Tan Fei even more worried was that there was no body of his own soldier on the way. He did not believe that the Mongols, who had always regarded killing as grass, would kindly bury the bodies of the dead enemy soldiers, and did not respond to their calls. It made him doubt whether the Yuan army used this as bait to constantly attract the Song army to attack, so that they could wait for the rabbit to sit and guard and profit.

But when Tan Fei quickly reached the end of the mountain road, his suspicion was swept away. There were 30 to 40 corpses lying everywhere, emitting a disgusting smell of rancidness. He saw that the blood accumulated in the low-lying area had not dried up, which indicated that there had been a battle here not long ago, which meant that there were still people living on the mountain.

When everyone shouted and continued to move forward onto the mountain, they responded to a gunshot. Tan Fei also realized that he was regarded as a Yuan soldier. The enemy must have used this trick to deceive the people above to say that he was a reinforcement, so he was used to it and no longer believed it. This made him embarrassed. No one in the guard camp knew them, let alone their names. He could no longer win the trust of them by saying that they were his own people.

Just as Tan Fei was scratching his head, a voice came from the top of the mountain, asking how many city gates and how many main streets there were. He immediately realized that the officers in each army were basically veterans from Qiongzhou. The Mongols and Yuan dynasties had never set foot on the land of Qiongzhou for so many years, and naturally they had never been to Qiongzhou Prefecture City. How could they answer? The result of the wrong answer was that they turned into the pile of corpses on the mountain road.

This question was naturally difficult for Tan Fei, and he answered it without thinking. But the people above were still very cautious and asked how many prefectures and states there were in Qiongzhou and how much it cost to eat. After he answered it one by one, he stood up tremblingly on the mountain and walked down from the mountain. Tan Fei put down his gun and hurriedly met it. The man was very weak, but after questioning them again, he believed that it was his own people who came to rescue them. He couldn't help but burst into tears.

Tan Fei thought about what it would be like to be besieged on the mountain for ten days, but when he saw other people after going up the mountain, he was still very shocked, his eyes turned red in an instant, and the rest of the guard camp were also full of tears. There were eleven people alive on the mountain, but everyone was injured. The weak couldn't stand up, and the thin ones were all taken off. With their tattered military uniforms, they were like evil spirits crawling out of hell.

The situation is urgent now, and Tan Fei does not care about his sadness. He ordered people to re-wrap the survivors first. After feeding some dry food and water, they gradually became more energetic and told the experiences of these days intermittently. The hardships of the battle are unnecessary. The ammunition they carry must be saved. They used stones and bayonets to repel dozens of attacks by the enemy. Even if they save dry food, they will be exhausted in three days. These days they have to eat raw wild vegetables, pick up rain, and lick dew.

The reason why they can persevere until now is that they firmly believe that the military robes will not forget themselves, nor will they give up on themselves, and will inevitably send troops to rescue them. As long as they persist for one more day, they will have the possibility of survival. It is also because of sticking to this belief that they have withstood the torture of hunger and pain and the enemy's repeated surrenders.

Tan Fei knew that there were twenty-three people across the assault team, one of whom crossed the river and went back to deliver the letter, and there were still twenty-two people, but in addition to the living in front of him, there were seven constrained bodies of the dead, and four of them were missing. The little emperor's order was to "see people in life, and to see the corpse in death, and be sure to bring everyone back", and thus their mission had not been completed yet.

After asking urgently, Pang Fu said that after attacking Guabu Town, he was found by the enemy and was surrounded and suppressed. In order to cover their evacuation, the team deputy Ding Hu led three injured soldiers with limited mobility to cut off the rear. Since then, the whereabouts of the three injured soldiers were unknown and most of them had been killed in battle. Because the three injured soldiers could not escape the enemy's pursuit and could not withdraw at all, and with the cruelty of the Mongol Yuan, they would not let them live.

Tan Fei also felt that the few people who had been cut off had no chance of surviving, but the task assigned by the little emperor had not been completed yet. The most important thing at the moment was to escort the bodies of these survivors and the dead down the mountain to return to the team. So they carried them down the mountain or carried them down to meet with the cover team, and found two carriages in the camp and rushed back. But he was worried that these people might not be able to wake up once they fell asleep, so he walked all the way to talk to them, telling them that the emperor was in Jiangnan to command, and they were indeed much more energetic...

After meeting with the receiving troops on the way back, Tan Fei and others quickly moved them to the ferry and returned to Jiangnan by boat. The battle here was still continuing, and the reinforcements of the enemy also rushed over quickly. The third battalion of the first regiment deployed in the northwest direction had already received fire with the enemy reinforcements sent by Changlu Town. The reinforcements sent by Dugewanhu Mansion stationed in Liuhe were less than twenty miles from Guabu Town. Seeing that the assault team had already boarded the ship, Li Hongbin immediately ordered the contraction to converge to the ferry, prepare to retreat.

"Tong Li, you can't withdraw your troops yet!" When the messenger was about to leave the tent, he was stopped by Tan Fei.

"Commander Tan, what is this?" Li Hongbin frowned and said unwillingly. He knew that Tan Fei was a close minister around His Majesty, but after all, they were not affiliated with each other, and he had no right to interfere in his command. Now that the mission has been completed, he stopped the withdrawal of troops, which made him very unhappy.

"Report to the commander, most of the people have been rescued, but there are still four people who are lost in Guabu Town. Life and death are unknown. The officials thought the mission was not over and had no intention of interfering in command." Tan Fei immediately understood what he had misunderstood his meaning when he said with a smile.

"Commander Tan, I just asked Pang Guzheng, saying that the four people had no chance of survival and could try to retrieve their bodies later. But now the enemy reinforcements arrived a little slow, and it would be difficult to retreat again." After hearing Tan Fei say this, Li Hongbin also realized that he had misunderstood and bowed back and said.

"Your Majesty strictly ordered people to see people and dead to see corpses. Since we have different understandings of orders, please do some convenience!" Tan Fei said after hearing this.

"Oh, Commander Tan can say everything you have?" Li Hongbin said in surprise.

"We just fought fiercely and consumed a lot of ammunition. I would like to ask the general to add some. In addition, we were in a hurry and did not carry heavy weapons. Please lend us a few mortars to use. The subordinates can make a note and will definitely return it afterwards!" Tan Fei said again.

"Teacher Tan, it's not a question of borrowing it. If you need it, just take it away. But I'm a little confused. We are about to withdraw our troops. What else do we need to do?" Li Hongbin asked suspiciously, but suddenly thought, "Don't you retreat with the army and want to go to Guabu Town alone to find those four people!"

"Yeah!" Tan Fei nodded and said, "Your Majesty's order, I dare not disobey you. Even if you are in the sea of ​​swords and fire, you will make a breakthrough!"

"I admire Commander Tan's courage very much, but it would be stupid if I knew there was a dragon and tiger den ahead!" Li Hongbin said in surprise and annoyance.

"The lower-ranking officials know that they are stupid, but the emperor's destiny is there, and they must complete the task even if they die!" Tan Fei said with a smile.

"Okay, okay, Commander Tan needs everything outside the tent, let you take it!" Li Hongbin said twice, turned around and said angrily.

"Thank you!" Tan Fei disagreed and stood attentively and saluted.

"..." Li Hongbin did not turn around, but just waved his hand to let him do it.

"Report to the commander, General Tan received some bullets and grenades, four mortars and 100 shells. This is an IOU!" A moment later, a military officer came in and reported.

"Where are them?" Li Hongbin took the IOU and looked at it.

"Report to the commander-in-chief Tan just said to take care of their wounded men, so he led the team to head for Guabu Town." The army replied.

"Crazy people, they are all crazy people..." Li Hongbin didn't expect Tan Fei to really go to Guabu Town. He sang in the tent twice anxiously.

"Master, is the order to withdraw troops conveyed to various departments?" asked the messengers at the door timidly.

"Withdraw, why not retreat..." Li Hongbin shouted loudly, as if venting his anger. In fact, he was also very conflicted. The guard camp was a foreign army compared to him, but he was looking for his soldiers under his command. It is said that even if he rescued the people on Guabu Mountain, he had completed the task and had no obligation to continue searching. However, he had to go alone when he insisted on withdrawing troops, which made him feel ashamed and uneasy.

"Master, should you ask the commander of the Dushi first and then withdraw your troops?" the army suggested at this time.

"Okay, I'll order all departments to prepare for alternate cover for withdrawal and inform Du Shuai about the situation!" Li Hongbin breathed a sigh of relief and thought for a moment.

The order was conveyed. Listening to the increasingly dense sound of gunfire outside and the news of scouts constantly returning enemy reinforcements, Li Hongbin became even more upset. He didn't know whether it was correct to go alone in the guard camp, which also made him feel uneasy. He kept paced back and forth in the tent, thinking about his thoughts, but he couldn't figure it out.

"Do you still have the mood to circle around here?" At this time, the door of the tent was pushed open, and a man rushed in and waved his whip at Li Hongbin.

"You are handsome... why are you here?" Li Hongbin was already whipped in surprise, and he asked anxiously.

"A bastard, if the Sa family doesn't come, wouldn't you throw all your face to the army?" Chen Fenglin pointed at him with a horse whip and cursed.

"Du Shuai, I just acted according to the pre-plan. How could I be embarrassed!" Li Hongbin stood at attention but did not dare to take a step, and defended with some lack of confidence.

"Your Majesty's order is to see people in life and to see corpses in life, and to bring people back at any cost. And this person is talking about living people, including dead people. The first priority is to save people. You dare to follow the plan with the Sa family!" Chen Fenglin poked his chest with a horse whip.

"I haven't ordered the withdrawal of troops at this moment?" Li Hongbin lowered his head and said embarrassedly.
Chapter completed!