The mist is faint, and the morning dew is falling.

On a spring morning, in the climate of the temperature difference between morning and evening, the mountains that wake up are still hazy and sleepy, and the green grass and trees are still hanging with water droplets, shining in the sunlight.

This is a new day for Xia Gui's team to march to the foot of the mountain and settle down, and more than ten days have passed since leaving Jiuhou Villa.

This place is only a few dozen miles away from the West River, and the foot of this mountain has indeed become the best place for Xia Gui and others to set up camp.

The spring is cold.

In the morning light, Wodin's heroic figure stepped out of the curtain. The early morning sun shone on his face, and he could clearly see Wodin, who was originally full of scars, and the scars on his face had become much lighter and lighter. Some of the knife marks even turned into a shallow transparent mark.

The young prince Xia Gui, who was bathing in the morning sun, saw this general walking out of the tent, and also turned around and smiled kindly.

Uncle Wodin's face had recovered a lot, and he was finally able to make it recognizable at a glance.

"Your Highness, can you do morning exercises?" said Wodin respectfully.

"The sun is just right, I just vomited three small weeks. Don't look at the beautiful scenery here, but the aura in the air is very thin......" Xia Gui smiled.

Wodin smiled wryly.

This little prince is really a cultivator. When you think about cultivation, is it because you are contaminated with the habit of snow endowment?

"Uncle Wodin, your face seems to have recovered a lot......" Xia Gui said again.

Wodin said, "Thanks to Ah Biao's elixir. ”

Xia Gui said with a smile: "Ah Biao is the chief alchemist of our Southern Wilderness Country, and this title is not for nothing. ”

It happened that Ah Biao was walking by with a big basket on his back, and when he heard Xia Gui mention himself, his face was flushed, and he said embarrassedly: "Thank you, Your Highness, you can afford to look at the small one." The small one is just refining alchemy indiscriminately......"

Xia Guidao: "What is the progress of the alchemy laboratory that you set up?"

Ah Biao replied respectfully, "Your Highness, the laboratory is on the right track. I divided the thirty alchemists into three groups, each of which was responsible for a different task. However, if you want to do what His Highness thinks, every warrior has a condensing qi dispersion and condensing qi pill to take, then there is still a certain degree of difficulty. According to our current supply of herbs and manpower, we can refine 600 pills every day. The fighters could only take it in turns. ”

"Do you need to recruit any more troops?" Xia Gui asked.

Ah Biao said: "It should be needed." ”

Xia Gui said: "Okay, leave this matter to Cao Ming." ”

A look of surprise flashed across Ah Biao's face, "Thank you, Your Highness!"

Xia Gui smiled, "Do you carry this big medicine basket on your back to collect medicine? Just let the people below do these things." You are the chief alchemist, you should think more about the formation of the laboratory, the refining of special medicinal materials, and so on. The little things shouldn't be allowed to wear down your time and energy. ”

Ah Biao said with a smile: "Your Highness, this kind of thing is what villains like." When I arrive in a new place, I can't help but see if there are some exotic plants on the mountain. ”

Xia Gui was stunned.

For a truly powerful alchemist, it is commendable to lead by example and personally go to the mountains to collect medicines.

It's not that he's got to do things personally, it's that he's passionate about the herbs and his exploration.

"Okay, you can arrange it, I'm not good at it, I don't interfere. Xia Gui smiled.

A talent like Ah Biao should be allowed to explore and practice, which is the greatest benefit for the alchemy laboratory.

Ah Biao was also grateful to meet such an accommodating leader as Xia Gui, he hugged his fists, "It is a blessing for the villain to be able to follow His Highness." The villain will definitely work hard and live up to expectations. ”

After Ah Biao left, Xia Gui and Wodin sat in the morning sun, looking at the rolling mountains in the distance.

This is a mountain range close to the West River Tuwu Fort, and it is getting closer and closer to the Central Plains. The landscape here is completely different from the endless desolation of Mobei, which is full of life and popularity. Of course, there are also traces of the aftermath of the war.

If you want to feed the thousands of men and horses you bring, you still need a lot of military rations.

They made a living by raiding homes and houses along the way, or hunting wild animals in the mountains. For a warrior with cultivation, hunting wild animals is not a difficult task. It's just that the number of soldiers is huge, and a mountain is quickly emptied, and it often takes three or four mountains to satisfy the appetite of the soldiers. Therefore, the place they are looking for is usually not a village or a mountain range, which is enough to live for a few days.

"We must join up with the big force as soon as possible...... The days of robbing houses and looking for game were too hard. Xia Gui sighed.

Now he is the sixth prince, and he is in charge of the life and death of the newly formed team. You can't let the people below starve and freeze, right?

Wodin said, "Yes, Your Highness." Today, the end will arrange this. A large force was stationed in the Fog Fort, and according to the spies, there were more than 30,000 horses. After the Southern Wilderness was broken, some of the surviving generals, soldiers and civilians came to Xihe one after another to take refuge in His Highness's stand-in, and this team was already quite strong. ”

When Xia Gui heard this, a look of surprise burst out on his face.

More than 30,000 horses, plus the seven or eight thousand collected in his own hands, add up to more than 40,000.

40,000 people is not a small number, and when he was in the Southern Wilderness in the past, his father gave him a few thousand Praetorian Guards. 40,000 horses, equivalent to one-fifth of my father's soldiers and horses.

"By the way, is there any news of the eldest brother?" Xia Gui asked.

Wodin said: "According to the information collected in the past few days, it seems that the eldest prince is far away in the Western Desert. Since the Southern Wilderness was broken, he had led the army back once. ”

Xia Gui raised his eyebrows slightly, "And then?"

"The main hall is late, and the Southern Wilderness has been destroyed. His Royal Highness pounced, so he had to return to the court, and on the way back, he picked up a few surrounding tribes that had bullied the Southern Wilderness Country. ”

Xia Gui said again: "Does the eldest brother know the news of 'me' in Xihe?"

Wodin said: "Your Highness, the high priest asked you to exchange identities with the stand-in that day, this matter is a military secret, and there are not many people who know it internally, and I believe that the great prince may not know about it." However, he should have communicated with the stand-in, and when we see the stand-in, we will ask him. ”

Xia Gui nodded: "It's hard work." ”

Wodin said: "That stand-in is also doing well, the remnants of the team have been strengthened in the past few months, there is no chaos, and His Highness should reward him well." Now that it is only a dozen miles away from the Earth Fog Castle, I will arrange for the spies to meet the stand-in in a while. ”

"That's very good. Xia Gui nodded.

Woding was really thoughtful.

Since the generals in the army didn't know that this person was a stand-in, then before that, Xia Gui didn't need to tell the generals in Tuwu Fort with great fanfare that the real Six Princes had been outcast.