In the dense jungle of Changning County (now Xunwu County), in southern Ganzhou, dozens of green figures are moving in the jungle. This is the connection between the Wuyi Mountain remnants and the Jiulian Mountain branch, and it is the watershed between the Yangtze River and the Pearl River water system. The Huai Army Navy will end the voyage in Xuxi, the upper reaches of the Gong River. The navy ships will go ashore, cross the mountains and ridges, arrive at Xuwu River, and then put the ships into the river and go downstream to Huizhou. The mountainous areas of Changning County are densely covered with jungles and have always been a good place for ambush battles.

In the original time and space, the Qing army went south to attack Ganzhou. Wan Ji, who was fighting against the Qing Dynasty in southern Gansu, dispatched Luo Mingshou's navy from Guangdong to Ganzhou. As a result, after Luo Mingshou's navy landed, a large warship was attacked by the Qing army in Changning County. More than 80 large ships were all burned by the Qing army, resulting in the failure of the Ganjiang River water battle. In the end, Ganzhou was lost. Wan Ji also jumped into the water and committed suicide, and died heroically.

Although Wan Ji made a mistake, which led to the loss of Ganzhou, his national integrity is still worthy of recognition.

In this time and space, since Li Guodong wanted to let the Huai Army naval ships pass the watershed on the land and enter the Pearl River Basin, he would not make a mistake of 10,000 yuan.

The most important thing to prevent ambushing is reconnaissance work. This kind of work is naturally handed over to Yebukuan. Li Guodong sent out all the five hundred Yebukuan and five hundred scattered soldiers, and divided them into twenty-five squads, each of which was forty people, including twenty Yebukuan and twenty scattered soldiers.

These nights of no retention and stragglers are active in the jungle, monitoring the rebels' every move.

In Xuxi, the Huai Army Navy had already arrived at the terminal station. Walking further forward, there was a shallow, and the warships could not pass. Therefore, Shi Lang ordered the soldiers to pull the naval warship ashore and transport it from land.

Around the river, small sampans, centipede fasteners, galloping fasteners and transport ships were moored. The large and small ships filled the river surface, waiting for the engineers to arrive and pull the ships ashore.

"Brothers, all work harder, move faster. Now we are pulling the boat. When the boat passes, we are taking the boat." Liu Laogen, a hundred-household engineer, shouted in a loud voice.

In the mountains and forests, the engineers and soldiers sweated heavily and struggled to cut down the wood. The cut wood was pieced into wooden boards and placed on the ground, laying a wood passage.

After the navy fleet landed, it had to walk dozens of miles of mountain road. In order to transport the ships through the watershed and sent them to the main water system, Li Guodong came up with a solution: lay a wooden plank road on the mountain road, and then asked the engineers to build a large number of wooden racks and install wheels on the racks. After the ship was pulled ashore, he placed the boat on the racks and pulled them over with cattle, horses, mules, donkeys and other animals.

The wooden shelf used to transport the ship has been built, but the wooden plank road has not been completed yet.

In the jungle, a figure wearing branches on its head and covered with leaves and clovers slowly poked its head out from behind a big tree. The figure picked up the telescope and looked towards Guangdong in front.

This figure is the Thousand General Hammer who does not collect the business at night. They shoulder the important task of protecting the main force and do not dare to neglect for a moment.

Iron Hammer saw several figures appearing in the mountains and forests through the telescope. When the people got closer, he found that the ones who came over were actually several young monks!

"Be careful!" The hammer made a gesture to remind his companions.

"Sir, you are just a few little novice monks, why are you so nervous?" Ye Bushu asked.

Tie Hammer replied: "Be careful, these little novice monks look suspicious."

As expected, these little monks walked along the mountain road and walked to the edge of the wooden plank road that was still under construction. They saw a little monk taking out paper and pen and drawing something on the paper. Then they continued to walk forward and headed towards Xuxi where the navy warship was mooring.

"Stop them!" The hammer shouted.

Twenty Ye Bushang and twenty scattered soldiers jumped out of the woods, blocking the way for the little novice monks.

"Stop! What are you doing!" The hammer appeared in front of the little monk and shouted loudly.

"We are passing by. We come from Shaolin Temple in Fujian and go to Shaolin Temple in Henan. We are Shaolin disciples." said the young monk who looked about thirteen and four years old.

"Take out the certificate of tribute and take a look. Monks must have a certificate of quotations when they go out for a long trip." said Tie Hammer.

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, monks should carry certificates of charity when they go far away, just as ordinary people need to guide them when they go far away, and officers and Jinyiwei should carry signs when they go far away. If there is no certificate, officers and soldiers can arrest these little monks as fake monks.

The young monk in charge took out the certificate of tribute. Tie Hammer took it and saw that the name on it had three words "Hong Xiguan" written on it. The certificate of tribute was true. Hong Xiguan's master was named Cai Jiuyi. Tie Hammer knew that Cai Jiuyi was once a brother of his fellow men. Cai Jiuyi was an officer under Hong Chengchou. After Hong Chengchou was captured, he treasoned for the enemy. Cai Jiuyi fled back to the south after suffering, but unexpectedly became a monk.

"So it's Senior Brother Cai's disciple. I know Senior Brother Cai is unwilling to follow Hong Ni to join Jiannu. After going through a lot of hardships, he is a real man!" Tie Hammer praised.

After checking the certificate, Tiehammer found that the other monks were named Cai Dezhong, Ma Chaoxing, Fang Dahong, Li Shikai and others. If Li Guodong was present, he would definitely be shocked: Isn’t this the Five Patriarch of Shaolin?

"June, can we leave?" Hong Xiguan looked at the hammer with his eyes and asked begging.

"Several little masters, since you are Cai Xuanguan's disciples, then I am your uncle. When the uncle meets his nephew, he should ask you to sit down. Let's go to the military camp for a cup of tea before leaving." Tiehui said with a smile.

Hearing that he was going to take him to the military camp, Hong Xiguan turned his head and gave a wink to the brothers, but his every move fell into the eyes of the hammer.

Hong Xiguan suddenly raised his foot and kicked the sand from the ground. The sand and soil rushed towards Tie Hammer's eyes, but Tie Hammer was prepared. Just as the moment Hong Xiguan raised his legs, he flashed sideways and avoided the sand and soil that rushed towards his face.

"Take it!" Iron Hammer roared.

Twenty Ye Busuo rushed forward like lightning and fought with the five little novices. Not to mention, although these little novices were young, the oldest was only fifteen or sixteen years old, their martial arts skills were not low at all. Twenty Ye Busuo, who had rich experience in the battlefield and high martial arts skills, could not win these five little novices for a while.

The twenty scattered soldiers in the back picked up the rifled rifle and were about to aim, but were stopped by the hammer: "They are my junior nephews, don't hurt their lives."

Although the Five Shaolin Ancestors have good martial arts skills, they are still a group of children. In terms of strength and endurance, they are not as good as those who have been through the battlefield for a long time. After a lot of fighting, all the five teenagers were uniformed by Yebu and tied up tightly.

"Uncle Master kindly invites you back to the barracks for a cup of tea, but you refuse to do so. Then you can only toast and not eat and punish them!" Tiema smiled and after saying that, he turned around and shouted, "Take it back!"

Five little novice monks were taken back to the camp, and the hammer began to interrogate them.

"I honestly explain, why are you here for? Why do you want to spy on the military situation of our army? I also drew pictures? If I honestly explain, for the sake of your nephew, can I let you go? If you dare to hide it, I will ignore the feelings of my uncle and nephew, and I will definitely make you look good!" Tieqiao asked.

"Bah!" Ma Chaoxing spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm, "Gaodi in the court! Why do you want to be a dog for Wudao and incompetent? I don't have an uncle like you!"

Tie Hammer laughed: "It's indeed a rebel's fine work! You're not telling yourself!"

"Sir, how do you deal with these little novice monks?" Ye Bushou asked.
Chapter completed!