"Knock knock!"

There was a crisp knock on the door to more than a dozen sounds, the empty houses under this row of city walls were originally prepared for the soldiers to live in the city, after the Wohua Mountain army came to Jiaozhi City, the autumn did not offend the people's houses, but the houses in this area naturally became the spoils of their army.

Jiang Ming knocked on the door for a while, only to find that there was no one in the house at all, and when he was about to leave, a sergeant suddenly came over and said, "It's General Jiang Ming, are you here to find Mr. Mu Ya? Mr. Mu Ya went out with Mrs. Mu early in the morning, and no one knows where he went." ”

Jiang Ming sighed softly, his palms slowly clenched into fists, and after a short silence, he chose to go to the city wall again. Although the order he accepted was not too strict, Mu Ya sent a message that he had to go, which made Jiang Ming puzzled, could it be that something was going on in the Wohua Mountain region?

Jiang Ming decided to go and see it for himself, maybe Mu Ya had other intentions, but he didn't want to miss the opportunity to say goodbye to Mu Ya, so what he could do was to solve the matter in Wohua Mountain and come back early. Although Luo Hu said that it would take about four days to go back and forth, he believed that Jue Jiangma could surpass everyone's understanding.

Jiang Ming and Lin Han quickly prepared their bags, this time they did not bring other soldiers, not only to facilitate the march and investigation, but also because of Jiang Ming's suggestion, the purpose of this trip is to find the grain and grass, and find out the reason, and do not need too many people.

At noon, the two fast horses galloped out of the city, although there were no other horses in the Wohua Mountain military camp, but they still found a horse with extremely good endurance and speed, although it still can't be compared with Juejiang horses, but it can also catch up with Jiang Ming's speed in a short distance.

In the area of Wohua Mountain, because of the loss of Nanguan, Zong Kun had to change his strategy and ordered Huyanwu to arrange a defensive line in the area of Nanguan, and there are more than 10,000 troops to fortify, but it seems that this defense line is not as impregnable as imagined.

Hu Yanwu has been resentful since the last time he was defeated by the barbarians, this can be regarded as the first defeat in his life, the southern barbarian commanders Jin Han, Chidun, and Nuergon raided his army through Nanguan without news at all, although Hu Yanwu tried his best to resist, but after all, he suffered a loss in time to find out, not only the entire army defense line had no choice but to retreat twenty miles, and even he suffered a lot of injuries.

"Ju Shao, where have you been?"

Hu Yanwu shouted loudly, it should be regarded as panicking, it should not be, it should not be, it should not be, fortunately, at this time, Ju Shao, the powerful deputy general of the great commander, rushed over, and after asking a few words, he opened the curtain and went in, knelt down on one knee, and said: "Commander, the second commander has sent a team to urge food, I have detained people according to the previous method, in order to prevent rumors among my subordinates, I have given a few more instructions, what are the commander's instructions?"

Hu Yanwu's angry expression gradually eased, he opened his eyes and glanced at Ju Shao, and said, "Ju Shao, I treat you well on weekdays, right?"

Ju Shao was slightly stunned, and said: "The commander treats me like a mountain, not only instructs me in martial arts, but also gives me a high position, Bole's kindness is really difficult to repay!"

Hu Yanwu said: "Since this is the case, then I will tell you about this matter, the current situation is turbulent, even me, if I am not careful, I will fall into the tricks of all forces, the barbarian invasion was like this a few days ago, and because of these things, I had to take a special approach to deal with it, you should be curious to know now, why did I detain the grain and grass sent to Jiaozhi, right?"

Ju Shao said: "The commander is smooth and thoughtful, and the last general naturally does not dare to speculate, if the commander has an order, I just need to implement it." ”

"Well, although these words are too conventional, I have to say that you are the most loyal to me among the four lieutenants. Hu Yanwu pondered for a long time and said, "But you don't know that the grain and grass that the mountain lord originally set to send to Jiaozhi have been destroyed in my hands. ”

Ju Shao was shocked and said, "Could it be that the fire that day is ......"

Hu Yanwu stood up and said: "Indeed, the barbarian invasion, I only met the enemy in front, but I ignored the rear, I don't know if it was the barbarian soldiers, or the spies in my own camp, I actually lit the grain and grass, and when the grain officer found out, there was no grain left." ”

Ju Shao frowned, and said: "That batch of grain and grass was sent to the Liangjin military camp, and now the second commander, the fourth commander, the fifth commander, the sixth commander, the eighth commander, and the new ninth commander are all in Jiaozhi City, according to the latest news, Liangjin and others have occupied the city defense of Jiaozhi City, but if our grain and grass cannot be delivered for a long time, I am afraid that they will send commander-level generals to investigate." ”

Hu Yanwu said: "I don't know the seriousness of this matter, military grain and grass is the top priority, Liangjin and all the soldiers rely on this batch of grain and grass, each batch of military grain is personally ordered by the mountain lord to transport, now the grain and grass are damaged in my hands, although I have disposed of the people who know the inside story, but there are still inevitably fish that have slipped through the net will shake this matter out, at that time, even if the mountain is the main body, I am afraid that my position as commander will not be able to sit firmly." ”

Ju Shao said: "Commander, although we have responsibility for the destruction of military rations, but it is not our original intention, I believe that as long as the commander can report it earlier, the mountain lord will naturally handle it impartially, if the mountain master is punished, the commander can only push the responsibility to his subordinates, but if it drags on like this, I am afraid that it will make the matter bigger and bigger." ”

Hu Yanwu said: "How can it be so easy, if I hadn't listened to that person's opinion and detained this batch of grain and grass, how could there be such a bad result? And the punishment of the mountain lord will not be so easy, no matter what, only making up this batch of grain and grass is the best way." ”

Ju Shao said: "With all due respect, what is the identity of that person in the commander's mouth, and why does the commander believe that person?"

Hu Yanwu sighed and said, "It was because I was a little earnest that I was persuaded by that person." That person's name is Liu Yuxin, he is a famous ranger in this area, he is very good at archery, and he has the same ability as Chu Hong, but he should not be as domineering as the Seven Empty Arrows. This man had a relationship with me a few years ago, and then I invited him to Wohua Mountain, but he refused, citing his preference for freedom or something. ”

"He appeared in my tent a few days ago, you should not have noticed, not only is he good at archery, his eyes and ears are extremely sharp, and his body is extremely elegant, I am afraid that there are few people who can compare with him in the eight ranks. I didn't recognize him at the time, and it took a brief exchange to realize his identity, but it was only at this time that I went to my barracks, which was a little too suspicious for me. ”

Liu Yuxin said that because he offended a loose martial arts master, he was endlessly chased and killed, so he now hopes to join Wohua Mountain to seek refuge, and knows that the Nanban has always been hostile to Wohua Mountain, so he killed several Nanban generals, took off their waist cards as a letter of surrender, and bluntly said that he knew the plan of the barbarians, so that I could make armament adjustments as soon as possible. ”

Hu Yanwu paused, coughed lightly, and said: "I naturally won't easily believe his words, I wanted to verify and then make preparations, but at that time, the news of the sentry came, the barbarian army camp was in chaos, it seems that a general has died, and there has been a large-scale movement of the whole battalion, and it seems that it intends to march north." ”

"At that time, I realized that Liu Yuxin's words were very likely to be true, since the battle in the northern mountains and forests, the Pang Lu general Lou finally broke through the southern pass, causing the southern pass to fall into the control of the barbarians. Without the Southern Pass as a commanding height, I have no way to know the specific number of barbarian soldiers, and the Dark Vulture follows half of the mountain lord and half of Liangjin, so naturally I can't get more information. ”

"Then the barbarian soldiers really went north to attack and harass the southwest villages in the Wohua Mountain area, and then invaded the western camp of our army with the help of night, because the situation was urgent, after I was defeated by Na Jinhan and Chitun in the west, I could only choose to believe Liu Yuxin, withdraw the team east, and at the same time detain the grain and grass that should have been transported to Jiaozhi as an unforeseen need. Although it is true that the siege of the barbarians in the east is weak, as he said, when I noticed that Liu Yuxin had disappeared, I began to check the whole army, and only then did I find that the grain and grass I had withheld had been lost in the fire. ”

After this description was spoken, Ju Shao obviously fell into a short period of stupidity, he had the impression that Hu Yanwu should be a cunning and deep leader of the city, but it was clear that Liu Yuxin was only using the simplest strategy, but he coaxed Hu Yanwu around, he was not only a little stunned, but also countless puzzles. It's easy

Hu Yanwu sighed and said: "You may think that I am too stupid in this matter, but the more simple the scheme, the more complicated I think, so I fell for Liu Yuxin's trick." Moreover, I originally thought that Liu Yuxin would not be able to do anything unfavorable to me, but later I learned that he actually joined the barbarian army, and everything was directed by him, I was wrong to blindly believe him, and secondly, I didn't know more about the barbarians, and I deserved to cause that failure, but the destruction of this batch of grain and grass is a huge problem, Liu Yuxin's heart is sinister, he wants me to lie in the internal contradictions of Huashan. ”

Ju Shao's face was solemn, and he said: "This matter is extremely serious, once the commander reports to the mountain lord, the mountain lord will definitely revoke the position of the commander, without the commander's guard, the west of the Wohua Mountain region will definitely become the target of several forces; ”

Hu Yanwu said: "In my impression, Liu Yuxin has never been a person who is good at planning, but among the barbarian troops, Jin Han, the commander of the three barbarians, is just a martial artist, and Chidun and Nuergon are reckless and unplanned, they are not like people who can plan this matter." But apart from them, there was no one else in the barbarians. I think there must be someone behind Liu Yuxin who designs the layout. ”

Ju Shao said: "It's difficult to find out the truth now, I don't know how the commander plans to deal with the grain and grass, we have already detained the three waves of grain urging teams, and the second commander must have found something strange, if someone comes again, ......

Hu Yanwu's eyes widened, and he said: "If anyone comes again, just tie them up and throw them in the camp tent to supervise, if other commanders come in person, then those people have to be killed, only in this way can we get rid of what we have done." ”

Ju Shao didn't refute, and went in response.

In the tent, Hu Yanwu lay quietly, coughing twice from time to time, his eyes were full of weakness, like a wounded tiger.

He didn't tell anyone else that his injuries were not actually caused by the barbarian commander, but a man in black comparable to the realm of status.

Jiang Ming and Lin Han soon crossed the Jiaozhi Road and passed through the Jiaozhi Mountain Range, the current Jiaozhi Mountain Range is occupied by the poisonous dragons of the Daming Cave, although there is no action now, but it is difficult to guarantee that he will lead the army of the Daming Cave to invade Wohua Mountain in the future.

Jiang Ming and Lin Han didn't intend to disturb this army, so they led the horses and quietly walked through this area, and then slowly came to the Wohua Mountain region, and there was a lot of delay in between, which made Jiang Ming very depressed.

Walking in the mountain road, the two galloped quickly, and soon saw the fortification team of Wohua Mountain, and learned about Huyanwu's camp through inquiry, so they walked in that direction, but the speed of the two slowed down a lot, not because the road was impassable, but because the road was too safe.

"Jiang Ming, did you notice it?" Lin Han asked as he looked around.

Jiang Ming also frowned, although the two horses had been walking forward, they were moving at a moderate speed, just enough for them to explore the situation around them. Jiang Ming said: "On this road, some of them are too ordinary, the patrol points set up by Huyanwu are very tight, and it is almost difficult to dispose of our food urging team under such monitoring, if the road behind is like this, I can almost be sure that those people are definitely not robbed by ordinary people." ”

Lin Han nodded, and said: "It hasn't rained for more than ten days because of the hot weather, if there are traces of battles in this area, even if you intentionally hide it, you can see some clues, but I can't find any clues, I think we still have to ask Hu Yanwu about this matter, otherwise it will be difficult to find more things." ”

"Hu Yanwu?" Jiang Ming was slightly stunned, this name stagnated in his mind for a long time, and then he hesitated a little: "Should I ask him to understand, Hu Yanwu is guarding this area, it stands to reason that who passes by, his subordinates should have a record, only by asking and verifying whether those food urging teams have passed, can we determine whether they are out of this section of the road." ”

"What's wrong? Lin Han looked at Jiang Ming suspiciously, as if he had thought of something, and said: "Put aside the grievances with Hu Yanwu for the time being, let's deal with the grain and grass matter first, and then we will disguise ourselves and kill Hu Yanwu and beat Hu Yanwu, what do you think?"

Jiang Ming shook his head and said: "It's not for this, I will naturally deal with my own affairs, of course, I can't delay such a big thing as grain and grass for these trivial things, what I want to say is that Hu Yanwu is arrogant and domineering, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us in these things, do you have a good way to solve it?"

Lin Han thought for a moment: "There is no way, after all, we are in Huyanwu's home field, and that bastard looks down on us, but we have nothing to do, who made him the commander of this Wohua Mountain? And he is the most trusted person of the mountain lord, the mountain lord actually only has the heart of entrustment for a few of us, and Huyanwu, Cheng Huan, and Wang Xiang are the real henchmen of the mountain lord, and their status naturally cannot be compared." When the time comes, even if we get some blank eyes, we must get the news we are looking for, otherwise it will be troublesome to find out the whereabouts of the grain and grass. ”

Jiang Ming nodded, Jiang Ming at this moment was already eager to return to Jiaozhi City, if this matter dragged on, he would not have time to go back to say goodbye to Mu Ya, the latter was far more important than the former in his heart.

Just when Jiang Ming was silent, Lin Han suddenly said, "Actually, I want to ask, how did Hu Yanwu deal with you that time?"

Jiang Ming was stunned for a moment, and said: "It's not that good, it's just that he took advantage of my injury to fight me, defeated me, and then snatched my halberd, and then was almost stabbed by me, and now he is deliberately full of killing intent towards me." The man thought highly of himself and would not allow his prey to escape from his encirclement, but not only did I escape, but I also ran all the way and saved Meng Lang and Luohu, and I reckon that he would kill me if I had the chance. ”

Lin Han said: "This ...... This seems a little unlikely, your identity is different now after all, the mountain lord has personally named you the Ninth Commander, even if Hu Yanwu is extremely powerful, he will not have this kind of thought anymore, maybe, I see him, he will apologize to you. ”

"Are you kidding?" Jiang Ming looked at Lin Han with a solemn gaze, this was the first time he felt that Lin Han was also a little unpleasant, in fact, he sometimes had this kind of emotion because of the other party's words, no matter who it seemed to be difficult to escape this kind of regulation, he originally thought that Lin Han could, but he realized at this time that he was also different from himself.

Jiang Ming hid the displeasure on his face, and said fiercely: "It should be that you haven't understood Hu Yanwu yet, everything that is not revealed by human nature can be misunderstood by others, although I have only been in contact with Hu Yanwu once, but I know very well that if someone offends Hu Yanwu, then no matter who the other party is, he will make that person pay." ”

Lin Han said: "But from the position of comprehensive interests, the chance of Hu Yanwu making a move on you is very small." ”

Jiang Ming said: "On the surface, this is the case, but secretly it is difficult to say, there are many things in this world that are hidden in the dark. Moreover, there are many people who are not absolutely emotionless, they are not all based on objective conditions, and they can do many things if they want to. ”

Lin Han said: "But ......"

Jiang Ming said: "He has killing intent towards me, and I must kill him." ”

Lin Han frowned tightly and said, "Why do you think so?"

Jiang Ming said: "Because we are all the same people. ”