Didn't come back at all?

"Killed by horse bandits?" Zhang Tong asked in a deep voice.

Those horse bandits, dare to kill the soldiers of the Northwest Army?

Han Qichu frowned and groaned, "I don't necessarily dare, there are always some outlaws." ”

The Northwest Army has an old grudge against the horse bandits, and since they have killed a group of people, they must have some grudges.

Unexpectedly, Lu Da shook his head, "People don't know if they're dead, and they don't know if they're alive." I can't see anyone alive, I can't see a corpse when I die, and I don't know if it's a horse bandit who did it! ”

The candlestick on the case is as bright as a bean, which makes the northwest man's eyebrows gloomy, and there is fire jumping in his eyes. That's why he called Twilight and the others tonight, this kid is good at investigating cases, and maybe he can help. The soldiers sent out were all elite soldiers of the Northwest Army, and the veterans under his command would never allow them to even find their corpses!

Han Qichu and Zhang Tong glanced at each other, their faces solemn. There is no one alive and no corpse dead, that is, ...... People are missing!

"The people sent out by Lao Tzu are all scouts in the army, men born and raised in the northwest, and they are all good at disguise! When there was a war at the border pass, most of the people went out in groups, so they pretended to be people who went to Gezhou City together. They set a code with Lao Tzu for a hundred miles, one contact a day, but the three groups of people sent out all lost contact three days before entering Gezhou City. It is 800 miles away from Gezhou City, and the thirteen horse bandit villages are within a radius of 500 miles in front of it. ”

Baili is a code, and three days before entering Gezhou City, contact was lost, which means that the person disappeared within a radius of 300 miles from the front of Gezhou City!

The northwest is vast and desolate, horse bandits are rampant, wolves are around, if a person dies, Huangyan is lost, or taken by wild wolves, or buried by the wind and sand, it is too easy to lose a few people. People are missing near the bandit village, horse bandits raid houses, rob passing caravans, a few people they may look down on, but may not let go. The men of the Northwest Army are not bad, if they are robbed, the horse bandits have the intention of killing, and they are bound to resist. In this rebellion, their identities must be exposed, and they will either be killed or captured.

If killed, the horse bandits have old grudges with the Northwest Army, and the possibility of exposing the corpse is relatively high.

If he is caught, he should always send someone to post and discuss the conditions for his release.

But now that there are no people alive and no corpses, what is the matter?

"Can the general tell me how many horses these bandits have?" Zhang Tong asked, he couldn't figure it out, Yuan Xiu, the commander of the Northwest Army, was known as the god of war, since the horse bandits had been suppressed by him once, why did he dare to cause trouble? Even if there was a war at the border pass, the Northwest Army was damaged, and new soldiers needed to be recruited from the south of the Yangtze River, how could these horse bandits dare to guarantee that the war would be lost? Aren't you afraid that if the Northwest Army turns back and suppresses the bandits after the war, they will have no way to live? Even if, as he said at the beginning, these people have become outlaws and don't care about life and death in the future, what about the 50,000 new troops from Jiangnan? The Northwest Army was caught in the border war and had no time to take care of it, but the 50,000 new troops marching from the south of the Yangtze River could sharpen their knives with them. Are these people stupid? Can't you imagine that the new army wants to sharpen their knives against them?

Thirteen horse bandit villages, 50,000 troops, how can they resist?

If they can't resist, why dare to move the soldiers of the Northwest Army?

He always felt that the reunion of these horse bandits was a bit strange......

When Han Qichu heard this, there was a sudden bright color in his eyes, and he looked at Zhang Tong and smiled. Zhang Tongxin is arrogant, just a horse bandit, if it was in the past, he would not have put it in his eyes, and asking this tonight shows that he has been a little cautious in his heart, and he is willing to use his brain, which was absolutely impossible before.

After two months of marching, the people who signed up for the army with him from their hometown have seen growth.

And this grows ......

Han Qichu turned his eyes and glanced at Twilight, this growth is inseparable from this young man, if it weren't for her repeated actions along the way, Zhang Tong's edges and corners would never have been polished like this.

Twilight didn't speak, just looked down at the map on the desk. Moon Kill still has that cold face, and he can't see the fluctuation of emotion.

Listen to Lu Daodao: "I don't know how many of these horse bandits there are now, otherwise I wouldn't have sent someone to investigate." But when Lao Tzu followed the general to suppress bandits, there were more than 10,000 horses in these thirteen villages! ”

"Ten thousand?" Zhang Tong and Han Qichu were shocked.

More than 10,000 horses is more than 10,000 cavalry!

I don't know how many cavalry there are in these horse bandit villages, and if there are still so many people, they can indeed fight the new army in the northwest if they are in danger of the cottages. Although the new army had 50,000 troops, they were all infantry, and since ancient times, infantry has had a congenital disadvantage against cavalry. In field warfare, the impact of cavalry has always been the king of the battlefield, as long as the art of war and tactics are not lost, they will generally win, and even if they lose, they can retreat. The infantry did not have this advantage, and in the face of the cavalry, the infantry could only stop the cavalry charge in formation, otherwise they would only be slaughtered.

So, do the cavalry in these horse bandit villages also have this number today?

"That's what Lao Tzu wants to check! Lao Tzu received a message from the general when he was recruiting troops in Jiangnan, and the general also felt that the reunion of the horse bandits was a disaster, and he wanted the new army to find out before entering Gezhou City! "Lu Avenue. There is war on the front line, there can be no chaos in the rear, and before the new army reaches the border pass, the bandits must be suppressed!

"Don't look into those bandits." Twilight spoke suddenly.

As soon as she spoke, everyone in the tent was stunned. She has asked a word since she entered the account, and then she only listened to it, everyone finished discussing, and was about to discuss where to start to investigate, but she actually said that she would not check the horse bandit village?

So what's the check?

Twilight suddenly took two steps forward, stretched out her hand and swiped within three hundred miles of Gezhou City on the map, where her finger swiped, there was not a single stockade, but instead circled the villages marked on the map, "These are the villages that have the problem!" ”

Lu Da, Lao Xiong, Han Qichu, Zhang Tong and Yue Kill all fell on those villages, looking up at Dusk Qing together.

"People are missing within three days of Gezhou City, don't think about whether they met horse bandits before they disappeared, whether their identities were recognized, whether they were captured or killed, these thoughts are not helpful!" It doesn't matter what happened to them before they disappeared, what matters is what they were doing before they disappeared! Their purpose is to explore the reality of Mazhai, think about what they will do along the way, in addition to a daily contact, a hundred miles and a secret number and a daily rush, what they have to do is to go around to gather information. Unlike the hundreds of miles of uninhabited people along the Hucha grassland, Gezhou City is a big city in the northwest, and there are many villages three hundred miles away! Villages are a great place to spend the night and find out the news, if it were us, would we pass through these villages without entering? ”

Except for Moon Kill, who still had a cold face, the rest of the people were all bright.

"Since they will go into the village to spend the night, waiting for an opportunity to find out the news of the horse village, and they happened to disappear during this time, then we should go and check these villages. Re-walk the path they have taken, redo what they have done, and the truth may come before our eyes. Twilight's hand came to the map again, and landed in one place, "Three hundred miles outside of Gezhou City, the closest and largest village to the official road - Shangyu Village!" ”

She raised her eyes to look at the excited eyes, "The destination is here, when will you leave?" ”

At dawn, the group set off.

Lu Da disguised himself as a returning officer, Dui Qing disguised himself as his little servant, Han Qichu disguised as Mr. Bookkeeper, Lao Xiong, Zhang Tong and Yue Kill disguised as family members, and the six of them changed into ordinary people's clothes, and when they left the barracks, the sky was just dawning, and a carriage stopped behind a huge Huangyan.

Lu Da was already waiting in the car, Han Qichu was the bookkeeper, so he could ride in the same car with him, Dui Qing was a small guy, and it was supposed to be outside the car, Zhang Tong said to her: "You and Qichu both go to the car, Lao Xiong drives, and Yue Ci and I are enough outside." ”

Twilight raised an eyebrow and didn't speak, just jumped to the side of the carriage and sat down, with no intention of getting inside. She is a small servant, and the little maid and the staff ride in the same car, and if there is a horse bandit robbing the road on the road, she will show her feet.

Zhang Tong frowned, looking at the back of Dusk Qing, the morning sun had just emerged from the horizon, and the golden glow reflected the vast loess road in the northwest. She is dressed in a plain green shirt, in the wind and sand of this world, her back is like a touch of emerald on the south bank of the Yangtze River, which is indescribable.

Why didn't he find out before? The shoulder line is as soft as a crescent moon, how can a man have it?

He knew that the ordinary eyebrows and eyes must not be her original face, what kind of beautiful woman in the world could do what she did?

He also knew that the name of the egg on Tuesday must not be her real name, how could a woman have such a name? It's shocking enough for her to disguise herself as a man and join the army, how can she bear to give herself such a name?

Zhang Tong looked at Twilight's back and couldn't help but be a little stunned. Moon Kill looked at him with a stunned look in his eyes, and then followed to Twilight, his brow gradually furrowed.

At this time, Lu Da's impatient voice came from the carriage, "Who the hell wants to ride in the same car with Lao Tzu, come in quickly!" ”

Han Qichu hurriedly opened the curtain, and was about to get into the car after kicking his feet, but his movements were sudden, looking at the carriage, stunned. Twilight noticed that he had stopped getting into the car, turned his head, and was stunned to see Lu Da in the car.

I saw that in the carriage, a man in a loose brown brocade robe was sitting with a grin, his eyebrows were like knives, his eyes were like iron, his nose and chin seemed to have been cut by a knife, and his iron-clad manliness was handsome.

Lu Da was annoyed by the look, turned his face to the car curtain uncomfortably, and said angrily: "Look at it! Didn't Lao Tzu just shave his beard? Damn, it's not good for Lao Tzu to be too famous in the northwest, those bunnies have seen Lao Tzu, don't shave his beard, what should I do if I recognize Lao Tzu? ”

"The general is shaved, it's really not ugly!" Lao Xiong said with a smile, the general always looked sloppy and sloppy with a beard, but when he shaved it clean, he showed a bit of heroism.

"Get out!" Lu scolded angrily, "This beard has followed Lao Tzu for many years, and Lao Tzu must have burned those horse bandit villages!" ”

Old Xiong laughed, General Lu famously loved his beard, and once instigated the general to also grow up, saying that it was manly, and now Hu had to shave, and those horse bandits were afraid that they would be unlucky.

Han Qichu also smiled, and then got into the carriage.

Outside, Lao Xiong was driving the carriage, Twilight Qing was sitting on the side of the carriage, Zhang Tong looked at the empty seat beside her, and was hesitating to sit next to her or to sit opposite, when he heard Yue Kill say: "This way!" ”

Moon Kill had already sat down opposite Twilight, and moved a vacant seat to Zhang Tong with a cold face, Zhang Tong looked at him, his face was a little ugly. This person is not from their army, but he belongs to the same Mo, and he was a soldier under him on the night of the lakeside drill, and he didn't pay attention to this person until he recommended himself as a bait to lure Yan Hao. He doesn't seem to have a grudge against this kid, why does he have such a cold face? Don't like him?

If on weekdays, Zhang Tong will go to sit with Twilight, not next to this nasty boy, but ......

Zhang Tong glanced at Twilight's back, finally turned his head, jumped into the carriage, and squeezed together with Yue Kill.

With his back to her, he looked at the huge yellow sandstone in front of him, thinking whether men and women would kiss or not, and knowing her identity, it would be difficult to treat her as a man in the end.

The carriage slowly moved up, heading towards Shangyu Village.

Shangyu Village is 500 miles away from the camp of the new army, galloping all the way, passing through the horse bandit village, only to see the yellow sandstone stretching high to cut the northwest wasteland into a winding yellow sand road, some of the village's lookout posts are built on the yellow sandstone, at a glance the wasteland, a carriage is alone on the road, it is impossible not to be seen.

However, there was no robbery along the way.

The people who could afford to hire a carriage had some wealth, and it was impossible for a horse bandit not to rob it when he encountered a carriage. Lu Da disguised himself as a member of the hometown, thinking that if there was a robbery on the road, he could just determine which village had someone, but he never thought that no one would be seen on the way.

Empty village?

The six people had a strange feeling in their hearts, and they traveled all the way for three days, and no one robbed the road through the seven villages, so they arrived at the entrance of Shangyu Village on the evening of the third day.

The carriage of six people did not dare to use military horses, so they found an ordinary horse, and their feet were not strong, and they traveled 500 miles for three days, and it was already evening when they arrived at Shangyu Village. The carriage stopped at the head of the village, and saw that the low wall made of loess went around half of the village, the wall body was scarred, and collapsed in a few places, there were about two or three hundred households in the village, most of the loess houses, the only one added green tiles, surrounded the courtyard wall, and saw that there were several rooms, and it should be the village chief's house.

The rest of the people in the village have few houses, so they have to spend the night to go to the village chief's house.

In the evening, it was dinner time, and the smoke of cooking was wafting from every house, and some people came out of their homes to carry firewood, and when they saw the carriage entering the village, their eyes fluttered, and they quickly entered the house. Seeing several families along the way, Twilight sat outside the carriage, catching the expressions of the people and thinking deeply.

When he arrived at the door of the village chief's house, Lao Xiong knocked on the door, he was a man from the northwest, and he spoke in this local dialect, so it should be easier to stay overnight.

The one who opened the door was a little boy, with two buns, round and snow-white and cute, looking only five or six years old, and his voice was so tender that it made people's hearts soft, "Who are you?" Looking for my grandfather? ”

The old bear suddenly accepted the rough man, squeezed out a smile, squatted down and wanted to talk to the little boy, but suddenly a person rushed out of the house, and shouted to the little boy: "Who told you to come out of the house?" ”

The man, a young man, looked nervous, picked up the boy and hid him behind him, and glanced at the carriage warily.

Lao Xiong got up and asked, "Little brother, is this the village chief's house?" My lord returned from abroad and wanted to go to Gezhou City, and he wanted to spend the night in the village at night, but I don't know if it was inconvenient for my family? Uh, don't worry, little brother, we don't live in vain, as long as we borrow a room for us, fill our stomachs with a few bowls of rice, and we will leave early tomorrow morning. ”

The young man did not speak, but looked into the carriage again.

"Oh, there are our old man and the bookkeeper in the car, plus these outside the car, a total of six people. We walked around the village and saw that most of the houses in the village were not enough, only the little brother's house was crowded, and we hoped that it would be convenient for the sake of our fellow villagers. ”

"There is only one room available in the house, so if you are not too crowded, come in." The man said, and hurriedly stepped out of the way.

The old bear showed joy, turned around and looked at the three of them in the carriage, and secretly winked. Twilight Qing's eyes were only on the man, but she didn't say anything, she just got out of the car and opened the curtain, letting Lu Da and Han Qichu get out of the car.

Lu Da was full of heroic bearing, and the man suddenly looked shocked and his face was wary.

Lu Da didn't seem to see it, glanced at the village, and smiled at Duqing and the others: "It's been a few years, and the northwest is still the same, which reminds me of the years when I couldn't eat and went to the countryside to build a river embankment." ”

As soon as the man heard that Lu Da also had a northwest accent, he had done the hard work, so he dissipated some of his vigilance and led the person into the courtyard.

The carriage could not come in, so the old bear tied the horse outside, and the six were taken to the West House, where there was a bed, a couch, a round table, and two chairs, and the furnishings were simple.

"There are some bedding at home, I'm afraid I will have to sleep on the floor tonight." The man said.

"It's not in the way, it's okay to sleep there, and we don't pick it."

"That dinner will be delivered later, I didn't want anyone to spend the night today, and I have to make some more food."

"Thank you, little brother!"

Lao Xiong hadn't said polite words in the barracks for many years, and after the man left, his face suddenly became a little bitter, and he felt that it was better to be in the army.

As soon as the door was closed, it was quiet inside the house, and it was quiet outside, and the sound of cooking was heard clearly and vividly. Lu Da originally wanted to exchange ideas with a few people, but he didn't say anything when he saw the atmosphere, but several people could feel in their hearts that the people in this village were wary of outsiders.

Several people went to see Twilight, and she said that there was a problem in this area, and she was really right!

Twilight Qing sat at the round table, there were six people in the room, only she was sitting, although it was not in accordance with the rules, but Lu Da and Lao Xiong were rough people, and no one cared. Zhang Tong looked at it, but felt that her face was slightly tired, her eyebrows and eyes were already ordinary, and they were blown gray by the yellow wind, and they became more and more thin, only a pair of eyes were as bright as the frost on the moon.

In the past three days, she insisted on sitting outside the carriage, sleeping with them, and she didn't shout a word of bitterness, but the woman's body is not as good as the man's after all, she is still a little tired, right?

Thinking like this, when dinner was delivered, seeing that there was still a pot of water next to the steamed buns and vegetables, Zhang Tong poured a glass of water and handed it to Twilight.

Lu Da is here, he didn't pour water for Lu Da first, but poured it for Dusk Qing first, even if Lu Da and Lao Xiong didn't care, this move still seemed a little strange. Han Qichu glanced at Zhang Tong, Yue Kill frowned fiercely, and Twilight Qing raised his hand and slammed it over the mouth of the cup.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and shook their heads when they saw Twilight's eyes sweep around the food and water on the table.

That's the point, it's obvious.

There was a problem with the meals.

When the food was brought into the house, it was already dark outside, and after half an hour, it was already dark.

The sound of insects in the village gradually rose, and a few low footsteps came from the courtyard, and someone was talking in a low voice, listening to the voice, an old man, a young man.

"There's no sound in the room?"

"It's gone."

"There are two men in there who are quite strong, but don't die of sleep."

"Don't worry, Dad, I looked through the window just now, and they all fell."

The old man didn't speak for a while, and sighed for a while, "Alas! Go for it......"

The young man answered in a low voice, pushed open the door, and entered the house, where the moonlight shone in his hands, and he vaguely held the bundle of twine.

The room was as bright as a bean, and the light was dim, and I saw two people lying on the table, four people lying on the ground, half of the meal, and a glass of water was spilled on the table.

The young man came to the table with a rope, and first went to tie the old man, and the rope was just about to be put around his neck, when the man who seemed to have slept to death suddenly reached out and grabbed his wrist! The young man didn't even have time to be frightened, but felt that the hand was as strong as iron, and when he held it, he heard a click, and before he shouted a piece of steamed bread, he stuffed it into his mouth.

At the same time, the four figures on the ground brushed up, and the two people closest to the door rushed to the outside of the house, but they couldn't make a sound outside the house, and the old man was escorted into the house by a person!

After a while, another man came back and said, "Of the six rooms, only one room has people." The boy slept, and the woman fainted. ”

It was Yue Kill who spoke, and it was Zhang Tong who was holding the old man. Lu Da handed over the young man to Lao Xiong, Han Qichu and Yue Kill closed the door and stood aside, and Du Qing and Lu Da stood in front of the old man and the young man.

The young man's face turned pale as he looked at the half-eaten meal on the table.

Twilight said, "Don't look, your family's food is fed under the bed." ”

Lu Da asked, "How do you know that there is a problem with the food?" ”

"Not only do I know there's something wrong with the food, I know a lot." Twilight glanced at the old man and the young man, and asked coldly, "Tell me, three groups of people came to your village to spend the night a few days ago, and they were stunned, where did they go?" ”——

Off topic –

I saw that the girls all asked Yuan Xiu, well, there are probably two more chapters.

As for Majesty, the plot will come out when it arrives. Well, it's coming soon, too

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Today, there are still tweets, ancient sayings, girls who like Chinese medicine can take a look.

The fierce wife of the medicinal fragrance is in charge/the farmer's girl