In the middle of the night, the cronies of the provincial governor and the division commander secretly came to the door. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Zhao Hu and the others have already had a premonition about this, just now the head of the division and the provincial governor personally expressed his affection in front of outsiders, which is to make a show for himself, and it is also the meaning of selling well, of course he will come to ask for benefits.

Since he knew the other party's thoughts, and he couldn't refuse at all, he quickly made a secret verbal contract like Peter, so that the cronies who could participate in the smuggling went back happily.

The next day, Zhao Hu went to the brigade headquarters to get the certificate, and sensitively found that although the brigade commander was still enthusiastic, he was less affectionate.

However, Zhao Hu didn't care about this, in his opinion, the brigade commander and the division commander were not the same faction, seeing that the division commander was enthusiastic about himself, the brigade commander must have concerns, but he just wanted to maintain a friendly attitude before he figured out his identity.

If you knew that you were a major, I was afraid that you would have given yourself a cold face.

As soon as Zhao Hu left the gate of the brigade headquarters and was about to take people out of the city to take office, he saw Mark waiting at the gate with more than 30 cavalry guards.

As soon as he saw Zhao Hu, Mark immediately said enthusiastically: "Zhao Hu, I know that you are going to take office today, and I just want to go back to the army, how about we go together?" ”

Knowing that the other party was in the same unit as himself and had the same position, it was impossible for Zhao Hu to refuse, so he nodded and agreed.

Seeing Zhao Hu's personal guards, Mark showed a look of envy and shock in his eyes, but he only praised the strength of Zhao Hu's personal guards and the excellence of his war horses, and did not ask where these personal guards were recruited.

Zhao Hu obviously also paid close attention to Mark's personal guards, although Mark's personal guards were only about thirty people, and the equipment was not very good, but his appearance was obviously higher than that of the local troops, and even not inferior to the regular troops.

It seems that Mark is also an expert in military training, but how can such a person be a staff officer like himself?

Along the way, everyone was gossiping and did not explore each other's situation. And because they need to camp in the wild at night, the action of hunting food in the wilderness also makes both sides understand the ability of each other's personal guards.

However, in comparison, Zhao Hu's personal guards still have a better advantage, after all, Zhao Hu's personal guards are selected from tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and they are definitely elite soldiers who have experienced a hundred battles.

Zhao Hu found that although Mark's face was full of admiration, and when he lost, he repeatedly said that he was inferior to a puppet, but his eyes betrayed him.

That very unconvinced look made Zhao Hu understand that Mark was a person who wanted to be the first in everything.

In this regard, Zhao Hu just smiled, this is also a person who is tired of false fame.

But only Zhao Hu thinks so, not to mention that Mark is not convinced, and his personal guards are not convinced. And Zhao Hu's personal guards are to maintain the first place, so when they camp every day, it is a time for the two sides to compete with each other.

Probably because of the population base and physique, Mark's personal guards have never been able to surpass Zhao Hu's personal guards. Mark, who found that his morale was a little low, immediately banned such a game, and the next few days were calm.

When the group came to a fork in the road, Mark, who still maintained a sunny smile, pointed to the intersection on the right and said to Zhao Hu: "If you go here for a day, you will arrive at the Jinwen County Mansion, where the Fifth Wing is stationed." ”

Then he pointed to the left and said: "This road goes to Shuibin County, if it doesn't take ten days to get to Shantou Town, I will definitely ask you to stay in my Hetan Village for a few days." ”

An Yong and the others, who knew that Mark wanted to get back a point from the territory construction, immediately said: "Yes, Lord Zhao Hu must go and see it if he is free, the scenery of my lord's territory is beautiful, surrounded by a big river, and the beautiful scenery at dusk is simply charming." ”

"Oh, your officer's collar is here? Wouldn't that be convenient? I have to pay a visit when I have time. Zhao Hu said with a smile.

And Sun Jie glanced at Mark, because according to convention, it is impossible for the officer to be arranged in the place where the officer serves, unless he goes through the relationship.

"Hehe, I believe that it will be no problem to report to the wing captain, and I will still have time to go to my territory for the New Year."

Although Mark was uncomfortable by Sun Jie's eyes, he also knew what the other party meant, but he still smiled as if it was nothing.

"Oh, what's going on? Don't have to be on duty? Zhao Hu asked strangely.

Mark smiled bitterly: "Hey, it's not that our wing commander looks down on us staff officers. In the eyes of the wing commander, only those who go into battle in person are heroes, and staff officers like us who hide in the rear to give advice are all bad breeds. Now the fifth wing is just two of our staff officers, and the chief of staff is so angry that the wing commander runs back to the provincial capital to apply for transfer.

"And I was also isolated in the Fifth Wing, and the last time I went to the brigade headquarters was to prepare to go through the door and transfer to lead the troops."

Zhao Hu smiled, of course he could hear that this guy was taking the opportunity to explain how he could appear in the provincial capital as a major of the local garrison.

Although Zhao Hu was also surprised that there were still officers who despised staff officers in the Imperial Army, he didn't say anything.

When Mark saw Zhao Hu like this, he closed his mouth and stopped continuing the topic.

A day later, when I crossed a hillside, I saw a small plain of tens of square kilometers surrounded by mountains, which was no longer grass-colored, but covered with a thin layer of snow, and in the middle of the plain stood a city that was not very wide.

Mark introduced: "This is the capital city of Jinwen County, which is three kilometers long, two kilometers wide, seven meters high, and five meters thick. The population was just over 50,000, including about 3,000 from the Fifth Wing. ”

"There are only 50,000 people in a county government? And it's a little smaller, isn't it? It stands to reason that this is not the case, and the county government is also a direct jurisdiction of the empire. Sun Jie interjected.

In the past few days, Mark also knew that Zhao Hu didn't talk much, and most of them were asked by the leader of his personal guards. At first, it was very unaccustomed, and it didn't matter after a long time, so Mark smiled: "This is also a matter of no choice, you look at the terrain here, this small plain is completely surrounded by mountains, and the farmland that can be developed is in this plain area, and it is impossible for other hunters to live in the city, so the population is so much." ”

Speaking of this, Mark didn't know what was going on, and said a little excitedly: "And a hundred kilometers southwest from here, it is the place where the mountain bandits from the Shanyue tribe are active." ”

"Isn't it? The mark on the map is 1,000 kilometers southwest from Jinwen County, which is the border of the Shanyue Alliance! Zhou Wen said in surprise.

To the beauty's question, Mark seemed to be happy to answer, the corner of his mouth smiled, his snow-white teeth flashed, and he said with a charming smile: "That's true, even the allies of the Shanyue tribe also recognize that national border, but our empire is an agricultural people, and here is the world of the mountain people."

"This place is full of lofty mountains, it is impossible for our imperial people to live in the mountains, and it is helpless to be occupied by those mountain bandits in so many places."

Speaking of this, Mark said a little sarcastically: "It's okay here, there is at least a hundred kilometers of early warning range, like Waterside County, where the mountain bandits and the county seat are facing each other across the river." Although my territory is in the same county, because of the geographical location, there are no bandits at all. ”

However, Mark's charming smile was obviously shown to the ghost, and Zhou Wen didn't notice at all that someone was showing his charm, but said to Zhao Hu excitedly: "My lord! There are mountain bandits here! Destroy them, and we will not be able to obtain merit? ”

Unwilling to fail, Mark preemptively said: "There is no way to destroy them, as long as they hide in the deep mountains and old forests, we can't chase and kill them at all." You must know that there are too many dangers in the mountains and forests, and the poisonous beasts in the old forest alone are enough to become the shelter of the mountain bandits, not to mention the silent poisonous arrows of the mountain bandits!

"If it was so easy to solve, it wouldn't have allowed them to infiltrate so close to the county government and kill them all a long time ago."

Although Zhou Wen was competitive, he still had self-knowledge of the dark and dense mountain forests composed of countless big trees in the distance. No matter how high his ability is, entering this unfamiliar place to chase and kill the enemy is simply a matter of death, so Zhou Wen is silent.

At this moment, Jin Wencheng suddenly let out a whining horn sound, and with the sound of the horn, the city was immediately covered with imperial soldiers. Seeing the city that was still quiet and abnormal before this moment, it was murderous all of a sudden, and everyone was stunned.

"Looks like they found us, but didn't they see our uniforms? How can you still put on a fighting state? Zhao Hu asked out loud.

"Hehe, this is the habit of the wing commander, once there is an army around, whether it is friend or foe, immediately prepare for battle." Mark laughed.

"Oh, so our Wing Commander is alert." Zhao Hu said.

"Well, he's a qualified soldier, but he's also an old-fashioned soldier." Mark said.

"How?" Zhao Hu was puzzled.

"It's a soldier who can only fight against two armies. If he were really a modern soldier, he would not refuse us staff officers, and he would not have been helpless against those mountain bandits. You know? His solution to the mountain bandits was to lure them down the plain, and then charge and kill, and the nearby villages were completely abandoned by his trick. Mark said disdainfully.

Hearing this, Zhao Hu and the others all had an image of an old-fashioned and rigid soldier who did not know how to change in their minds.

"Alright, let's speed up, if he sends someone to investigate and find out who we are, we will be scolded by him." Mark said, whipping his horse and charging down.

Zhao Hu and the others were also curious about this direct boss, and quickly followed.

Zhao Hu and his entourage hurried towards the bottom of the mountain, because a large group of soldiers had already been sent from the city to check. Seeing Zhao Hu's vote, a large group of soldiers did not charge forward, let alone retreat, but stopped in place, just setting up a defensive formation halfway.