"Friends, come out quickly. Chief Li brought people to save us! The Tartars have been killed!" He Xing turned around and shouted to the villagers hiding in the mountains and forests.

Tang Chong and Wu Fugui also saw Li Lao Er and others killing Jin soldiers, but they were not as bold as He Xing and did not dare to come out to kill a few Jin soldiers. He Xing's sister He Xiuying and the girl named Li Xiaohui who was rescued by him before also saw a group of elite soldiers fighting to kill Jin soldiers at night. When he saw his elder brother rushing up and killing a few Jin soldiers. Then his brother said a few words to the leader, his brother knelt down and bowed, and He Xiuying knew that he had met his own people.

"Okay, Jiannu has been killed, let's come out." Tang Chong turned his head and bowed to the villagers.

Tang Chong and Wu Fugui led the villagers out of the forest. Li Laoer roughly estimated that about 200 villagers had walked out of the forest, most of whom were women, children, elderly and weak, but there were still more than 40 strong men.

"Brother! Brother!" A girl ran to He Xing like a gust of wind and shouted intimately.

Li Lao Er turned his head and happened to face the girl's eyes. He saw that the girl was about eleven or twelve years old. She was dressed in a typical rural girl, wearing a coarse cloth dress, with a few patches on it, her hair was scattered, her face was dirty, and her eyes were big and bright, and her facial features looked quite upright.

The girl also noticed that the great hero who killed Jiannu in front of her was looking at her. She looked at her again. She looked very young, but she was only four years older than her. She looked five years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and handsome face. The girl's face turned red and she quickly lowered her head.

He Xing quickly introduced: "Brother, this is the little girl Xiuying, a rough girl from the mountain village, she is ignorant, I hope my brother will forgive me."

"I asked someone to take all the villagers back to our castle. Our castle is outside Da'ankou. Yesterday I took my brothers to attack Da'ankou, and now our brothers are stationed in Da'ankou. However, Da'ankou's city is too broken and cannot be defended, so we still have to return to our city to safely." Li Laoer said to He Xing.

Li Laoer and He Xing briefly chatted with him and learned that He Xing was originally a civilian recruited to Da'ankou. He killed four Jin soldiers in the battle to defend the city. After the Jin army conquered Da'ankou, He Xing led the villagers into the mountains. He also led the Jin soldiers away and fought with the four brothers to kill two Jin soldiers.

Since he was a hero, Li Laoer asked someone to give He Xing a set of captured Jin soldiers armor: a black lightning rod helmet, a chain mail, a black cotton armor worn inside, and a blue iron-inlaid cotton armor worn outside.

When He Xing put on this set of Jin soldiers' armor, he had such a set of three-piece armor, his defense ability was very good. Generally, Jin soldiers' swords, guns, bows and arrows could not penetrate, and there would be danger unless they touched a blunt weapon. Li Lao Er looked at He Xing who was wearing armor and nodded with satisfaction and said, "This is how he looks like a warrior! With these armors, it is much safer. By the way, I forgot to ask you just now. I wonder if He Zhuangshi knows how to ride a horse?"

He Xing shook his head: "Brother, I only know a little bit about the fur riding skills. If it's a horse fighting, I know nothing."

"It's okay!" Li Lao Er nodded with a smile, "I'm not good at riding skills, I'll be a horse-riding infantry for the time being. When we officially become an imperial officer and soldier in the future, you can just bring infantry for me."

At present, the people in Li Laoer's hands are all seeds of cavalry officers. In the future, they will also need a powerful infantry to become a formal officer and soldier. So Li Laoer plans to hand over the infantry to He Xinglai in the future.

"Horse infantry?" He Xing asked in confusion.

"Well, it's just infantry riding horses and dismounting and fighting. In fact, most of the Jiannu are not real cavalry. Strictly speaking, most of the Jiannu are horse infantry, especially their strong archers, who are all archers. It is impossible for them to shoot on the horse's back. They are all dismounting and shooting arrows." Li Laoer explained.

Then Li Laoer arranged for people to send the villagers back to his mountain fortress in Dadongyugouling. He called Cao Lei: "Brother Cao, bring 300 brothers with you and send the rescued villagers to Da'ankou, and then let the brothers who stayed in Da'ankou send the villagers back to our city. Our safety is that Jiannu cannot break our city."

Just before Cao Lei and the villagers were about to leave, Li Xiaohui ran to Li Laoer: "General, please, rescue my stepmother! She was captured by Jiannu! My father and younger brother were killed by Jiannu. Although the stepmother was not good to me, she had children in her belly. Please save her, General."

"Girl, don't worry, go back to our city first. We will do our best to help the people!" Li Laoer said with a serious expression.

He Xing bowed to Li Xiaohui and said, "Miss Xiaohui, don't worry, I know your stepmother. As long as I see it, I will definitely rescue her!"

"Then please Brother He." Li Xiaohui was blessed with a blessing.

Seeing Cao Lei and the 300 Horse Thiefs taking the villagers to take a small path back, Li Laoer was relieved to bring his 100 elite soldiers with him at night. He Xing, Tang Chong and others, and continued to march along the path towards Santunying.

This place is not far from Da'ankou, only eight miles away, but the speed of the villagers' march was anxiously slow. After walking for an hour, less than five miles, which made Cao Lei very anxious because he knew that more than 500 brothers stationed in Da'ankou would sooner or later give up Da'ankou. Once the Jin army learned that Da'ankou had been attacked by someone, even if one thousand people came back, Da'ankou must give up. Otherwise, if time delays, Huang Taiji's army divided some of the troops back to attack Da'ankou. Yuetuo in the north sent troops to attack Da'ankou again, and Da'ankou would be trapped in the Jin army's attack from north to south.

After all, a city like Da'ankou is far less difficult to defend for the defenders than the city built by Li Laoer himself. As long as they can take the villagers back to the city, even if all 30,000 Jin soldiers attack, they will not be able to break it.

After walking out of the mountain road and boarding the main road, Cao Lei ordered the villagers to be supported on the war horses. He led the three hundred brothers to take the horses and jogged to retreat to Da'ankou.

Before it got dark, Cao Lei and his friends finally took the villagers back to Da'ankou. They were picked up by Gao Shouxin, who was left at Da'ankou. After that, Gao Shouxin asked the villagers to board a big cart, and drove the 500 thieves to drive the big cart, and took the villagers back to their own city.

Let’s talk about Li Lao Er’s side, they took a small road for another afternoon. When it was almost evening, Li Hong, who was a whistle driver on the outside avenue, returned to the mountains and forests to report to Li Lao Er: “Brother, I found Jiannu near Zhaojia Village! There were more than 300 people! They drove more than 2,000 people to camp near Zhaojia Village.”

"Are they all real slaves?" Li Laoer asked.

"There are about one hundred real slaves, and the rest are from Korqin."

"Brother, are we going to rescue the people? Xiaohui's stepmother is probably also inside." He Xing suggested.

Li Laoer thought for a moment and said cautiously: "We only have one hundred people, and Jiannu is all cavalry. There are empty flat ground near Zhaojia Village, so it is difficult for us to get close. It's better to wait until after dark, Cao Lei and the others come back and we will make plans."

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Chapter completed!