"Company Commander, just go over here. The water will be deeper if you go further, and it is unlikely that the Japanese will cross the river from that side."

Bai Yuguang first glanced at a large willow tree growing in the distance to confirm that the location was correct, and then whispered.

Compared with the village and town where we were stationed, this place is already covered with mud soup and yellow sand that can submerge horses' hooves, or to give it a more appropriate name - yellow flood area.

"Let's go"

Company Commander Ma reminded him in a low voice, "Everyone, be on your guard. Our main purpose tonight is to see if there are any Japanese around here. If something goes wrong, we should first attack them. If we can fight, we will fight. If we can't fight, we will run back immediately."

"puff!"

In response, the crowd struck each other with sabers wrapped in torn linen and stirrups also wrapped in linen, making a muffled sound.

"Chirp!"

Under the leadership of Bai Yuguang and Company Commander Ma, everyone rode horses and walked slowly in the opposite direction through the sand.

Although riding on horseback, this is really not a safe and comfortable task.

Because of the mud and sand under its feet, the war horse couldn't run at all. Even if it did run, there was no way of knowing which step would trip the horse's hoof.

No matter how good a war horse is, if its leg is broken, no one will want it as a draft horse, so it will have to be slaughtered for meat.

After walking cautiously in this yellow mud soup for more than half an hour, Bai Yuguang was the first to stop and said, "If I remember correctly, there should be a village ahead."

"Go over and take a look." As Ma Jintao spoke, he had already lowered the nose of the box gun.

Without any hesitation at all, Bai Yuguang took the lead and ran towards the village soaked in water with five or six cavalrymen, while the rest of the people rode on horseback and stood in the mud bath, waiting quietly.

Five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen minutes. During the increasingly long wait, Bai Yuguang and his party rode back one after another.

"Company Commander, we circled the village twice and took a look inside. There are no living people." Bai Yuguang paused and added, "The smell of corpses is very strong. It is estimated that many people died inside.

.”

"Is there a place to stay?" Captain Ma asked.

"No"

Bai Yuguang shook his head, "Many houses have collapsed, and only one person can barely stand on those collapsed houses."

“Next Village”

Captain Ma ordered with an expressionless tone, and the cavalry team set off again through the muddy water. Under the guidance of the map that Bai Yuguang had memorized, they investigated one village after another.

Even without explanation, Wei Ran could tell that they were looking for a foothold, a place where the Japanese could hide, and they were also investigating and recording the terrain of this area.

This is destined to be hard and dangerous work. None of them knows what the horse's hooves will step on next, let alone whether there are Japanese soldiers hiding in the next village.

Under the cover of darkness, the team walked farther and farther, but in the villages they passed, no living people were found at all.

On the contrary, the yellow mud soup under their feet became shallower and shallower. Finally, when they stopped, they finally saw the solid ground they had not seen for a long time.

"Huaiyang City is not far ahead," Ma Jintao muttered to himself, then simply urged his horse to go back.

The only difference is that they did not return the same way they came. Instead, they followed the abandoned river embankment and headed towards the direction of yesterday's battle from this side.

The situation here is somewhat better than the areas we just passed through. The sediment washed out from the Yellow River has accumulated layer after layer, and finally the war horses don't have to soak in the yellow mud soup all the time.

But on the contrary, this thick silt has undoubtedly covered the cultivated land, making it impossible to grow crops here.

They continued to explore all the way, and when they returned to the camp along the retreat route after yesterday's battle without any danger, the sky was almost bright.

As usual, he washed the horse hides and filled them with concentrated feed. After Wei Ran took a bath, he drank the remaining half a bottle of wine with Zhao Jinyu and Li Sui'an and took a few sips to fill their stomachs. However, the three of them fell asleep.

It was only the second day, and his current position determined that even if he was familiar with the history that was about to happen, he could not know the details of the regiment commander and Captain Ma's plan for the next battle.
Chapter completed!