Chapter 44 Before the War

Just as Li Meng led the army to escort the transport team to the dock, on the other side, Yingjiang Shelter also had some movement.

"Hurry, speed up, hurry up, go faster..."

In the vast and dim world of white snow, amidst the shouting, a large number of figures poured out from the entrance and exit of the subway station. They carried sleds, staggered, and were driven forward...

Soon, thousands of people were driven out into the ice and snow world outside.

The huge team made the road between the buildings dark, and the figures surged...

Under the shouting of some people holding javelins and rifles, the dark crowd slowly moved in the snow. Looking from the sky to the ground, the team slowly moving forward on the snow was like a group of black ants, moving forward bit by bit.

In front of the bloated team, about a few hundred meters away, hundreds of young men wearing coats, holding javelins and rifles, led by one person, walked quickly on the snow, and snowflakes flew wherever they passed...

No one spoke, and everyone followed the man in the fur coat in front and walked silently.

On the other side, east of the Jianghuai Canal, Li Meng led the army to escort the transport team out of the shelter. They had walked nearly one-third of the way and were getting closer and closer to the coal terminal...

Walking on the thick snow, Li Meng opened the map and monitored the shelter discovered by the imperial archers.

Today, the shelter finally took action.

"There are quite a few people..."

On the map, Li Meng saw the crowd pouring out of the subway station entrance and exit.

It is unknown how many there are. In a short while, a large area of ​​snow was full of their figures, a dark mass.

Their team was divided into two, hundreds of people walked in front, very fast, and the large army followed behind.

Looking at this, Li Meng's face was thoughtful.

It seems that the other party thinks that they have a sure win, otherwise, they would not send out so many people at once.

Looking at the bloated team behind, there are at least a thousand people...

Although the other party is rushing to the dock, Li Meng did not ask the porter to speed up. The other party's shelter is farther away from the dock. Even if they are faster, they can't get to the dock before them.

The journey was smooth afterwards. Three hours later, under the escort of the army, the porter successfully arrived at the dock.

It was not the first time to come to the dock. As soon as he entered the dock, Cheng Shenghu commanded the porter to load coal with ease.

For a while, the dock was noisy and lively.

The survivors of the porter team quickly loaded coal on the sled with their hands and shovels.

The environment outside was too cold, they couldn't stop, and if they stopped, their bodies would be frozen.

Only by moving, moving constantly, and keeping the body moving can the body be kept warm.

Time passed bit by bit...

Less than twenty minutes after the porter arrived at the dock, a dark crowd appeared on the other side of the canal.

Because it was too far away, only a mass of black figures appeared on the other side, entered the river, and approached the dock.

"Someone, someone is coming..."

Some survivors who were loading coal discovered the uninvited guests approaching on the river.

This made the people at the dock whisper and look at the river.

"It should be people from other shelters, that's the north..."

"So many people, are they also here to transport coal?"

"Otherwise, they must have set their sights on the coal here..."

"What should we do, do they want to rob?"

"Look, look at the other side..."

Just when the survivors of the transport team set their sights on the group of people on the river, more people appeared on the other side...

Many, many, densely packed, the river bank nearly 100 meters wide was covered by their figures, like a black wave, slowly pouring into the river...

Seeing this scene, the survivors of the transport team were all stunned, and a trace of worry flashed in their eyes.

"My God, so many people, where did they come from..."

"I...we have to go, if they have bad intentions..."

Looking at the crowd approaching one after another on the river, Cheng Shenghu frowned slightly and hurriedly walked towards Li Meng on the embankment.

"Sir, what should we do now? The other party is numerous and powerful, and they must be malicious..."

Looking back at the somewhat panicked transport team at the dock, Li Meng said calmly: "Go, lead the transport team to evacuate..."

With a solemn look on his face, Cheng Shenghu nodded and hurriedly turned back to the dock.

"Evacuate, evacuate immediately, don't make a fuss, let's go..."

With Cheng Shenghu's roar, the survivors of the transport team suddenly felt relieved, and hurriedly stopped loading and began to evacuate with the sled.

Led by Cheng Shenghu, the transport team hurriedly left the dock and gradually went away...

"Fort Lord, they seem to have evacuated..."

On the river, Sun Gaowu and his party also saw the movement on the dock.

Although it was some distance from the dock, some people in the dock were evacuating and gradually disappeared to the south.

Walking on the knee-deep snow, Sun Gaowu in his fur hat scanned the dock in the distance and said expressionlessly: "Some people left, but some stayed..."

On the embankment, Sun Gaowu saw a group of people, but because it was too far away, he could not see clearly, and could only see a group of figures.

A person beside Sun Gaowu said, "What can they do? Lord, do you want to fire two shots to scare them away?"

Sun Gaowu chose to ignore the words of the person beside him. He waved his hand and said, "Disperse immediately. The other party may have guns. The gunners will cover, and the javelin throwers will wait for my order to charge..."

With Sun Gaowu's order, the crowd on the river that was originally crowded together suddenly dispersed and approached the dock in pieces...

And this scene was seen by Li Meng...

Looking at the dispersed crowd on the river, Li Meng, who was standing on the embankment, frowned slightly.

It is obvious that the other party is not going to settle it peacefully and has made an offensive gesture...

Since this is the case, there is nothing to hesitate.

Li Meng originally wanted to talk to them. It was the first encounter, so there was no need to fight as soon as they met.

Now it seems that he was wishful thinking...

"Commander, the other party has primary thermal weapons. It is recommended to evacuate to a place outside the enemy's shooting angle..."

The reminder from the imperial archer behind him made Li Meng's face startled.

The enemy actually has a gun?

The relaxed and casual look on Li Meng's face disappeared instantly, and he became solemn...

Without hesitation, Li Meng turned and walked deep into the dock. As he walked, he said: "Evacuate the embankment and line up outside the enemy's shooting angle. Once the enemy enters the 200-meter range, attack immediately..."

The river surface is very empty, and the thick snow also slows down the enemy's pace. This place is suitable for the Empire Archers to fight.

Bows and arrows can be thrown, but guns cannot. As long as the formation is out of the enemy's sight, the enemy's guns cannot attack the Empire Archers, and the Empire Archers can use the bows and arrows in their hands to throw at the enemy.