Zhou Ming shouted in a low voice: "Muddy bastard! Can you say anything in public? Charges of disrespecting your superiors can cut off your head! ”

An Yong, who was let go, was a little stunned, and whispered a little angrily: "I was stupid by them, where did we offend them?" You actually want us to take these new soldiers who have only been in the army for three days and go out of the city to patrol near some mountain and wood village? Didn't you say that those places were all deserted by mountain bandits? There are no people from Jin Wencheng, what are we still patrolling? ”

"My lord, do you take this order?" Zhou Ming asked Mark, An Yong was kicked by Zhou Ming just as he wanted to speak, and obediently closed his mouth and waited for Mark's answer. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Mark sighed, "Well, the herald sent a message asking me if I was an officer of the Fifth Wing and if I wanted to obey orders. The implication is that disobedience to orders will be punished according to military regulations. In that case, can I not take it? Unless I can abandon this identity and remain incognito. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Ming and An Yong were silent, and finally climbed to the position of major, how could they give up so easily.

When Mark received the order, Zhao Hu also received the order.

After the herald left, Zhou Wen immediately asked Zhao Hu: "My lord, so many of us escort the merchants to the provincial capital, are the merchants responsible for the grain and grass on this road or are we responsible for ourselves?" ”

"Huh? I don't seem to notice this. Zhao Hu looked at Sun Jie.

When Sun Jie heard this, he took out the order book and looked at it, and said helplessly: "My lord, this requires us to be responsible for the food and grass of the troops. ”

"My lord, this order from the wing headquarters is really too strange, why do you want us to escort the merchants? Moreover, we had to capture 5,000 mountain bandits, and they set off the next day, knowing that we had only been able to form our troops for three days. It felt like he was trying to trap us. Zhou Wen said worriedly.

Zhao Hu sighed and said: "According to the intelligence of the secret guards, because we have recruited five thousand strong people, the population of Jin Wencheng has been reduced by one-tenth, and all of them are adult men, so there is a shortage of manpower and materials.

"Those merchants went to the provincial capital to buy goods, and those captives were used to increase the working population of Jinwen City, so it was not something that was framed or not, it was completely our own trouble. Alas, the officers of the Fifth Wing are really brainless. ”

"Oh, since it's not a frame-up, then we don't have to worry about anything at all." Zhou Wen immediately let go of his worries, but immediately after, he pestered Sun Jie to find out the information that the secret guards had heard at the wing headquarters.

Sun Jie, who was entangled in a helpless way, had to hand over a few pieces of paper to Zhou Wen, and after reading the information, Zhou Wen understood why the adults just now inexplicably said that the Fifth Wing was brainless, and dared to love them for obtaining military merits in order to exterminate the mountain bandits, and almost didn't care about anything.

Of course, Zhou Wen also found out why he sent Mark to patrol, but Zhou Wen had no interest in reminding Mark that, as the lieutenant colonel said, it was not his own person, and he would die.

When Zhou Wen was reading the documents, Sun Jie proposed to Zhao Hu: "My lord, since we are responsible for the grain and grass ourselves, the current inventory can only support us for five days, and if we reach the provincial capital from here, it will take twenty days for so many of us to walk slowly, and the grain and grass are not enough." ”

"Well, you take someone to procure, in addition to grain and grass, other military supplies such as medicine, needlework, and clothing are also purchased, and it is best to buy a few carriages." Zhao Hu, who had been a logistics officer, immediately made a purchase order and handed it to Sun Jie.

Sun Jie, who received the purchase order, immediately took people out. In fact, there is no need for a purchase order, Sun Jie also knows what to buy, after all, he followed Zhao Hu as a logistics soldier for a while.

The next day, the soldiers and auxiliaries of the escort team, who had already known that they were going to escort the merchants to the provincial capital, got up early to pack their bags, but in fact the soldiers had nothing to do, except a bamboo pole and iron-headed spear about three meters long, a change of clothes, a water bottle, and a three-day dry ration.

It seems unbelievable that Zhao Hu originally paid money to let all the personnel of the escort team go to the blacksmith shop to get a steel knife, but unfortunately the blacksmith shop did not have so many materials, and in the end it could only satisfy each person with a bamboo pole and an iron-headed spear. As a result, many Sharpshooters and Knife Hunters are unable to perform their skills, causing them to complain from time to time.

Yes, there is no way to do this with the barrels of guns made of bamboo, just casting thousands of guns will make the people in the blacksmith shop as tired as dogs, not to mention asking them to help sharpen the barrels of wood guns. And if you want these 5,000 people to be equipped with weapons immediately, you can only use bamboo as a gun.

However, this bamboo spear is also quite suitable for Xinding's use, one is light, a three-meter-long spear does not weigh a few pounds, even an old man can dance; The second is that it is easy to replace if it is damaged, just find a bamboo of the right size and length and install it. You must know that there is nothing else in this mountainous area, but trees and bamboos are everywhere, and it is very convenient to find a suitable bamboo.

The spears of the auxiliaries were placed on the wagons, and their weapons were to be used as reserve weapons for the soldiers in addition to their own use when necessary.

But don't look at the fact that they don't need to carry weapons, the stoves, food, salt, clothing, altars and jars needed for the army to march, as well as all kinds of trivial military supplies, even if the ten purchased carriages are full, each auxiliary soldier still has to carry a package weighing fifty or sixty pounds.

The auxiliary soldiers who were burdened with heavy burdens, seeing the relaxed conversation of the soldiers, each secretly gritted their teeth and made up their minds: wait and see, before the salary is paid next month, Lao Tzu must become a soldier!

The school yard of the former county governor's mansion was covered with a large area of black, and only one corner was a little blue. Both sides were waiting for their chief officer to appear, and in comparison, Zhao Hu's side was highly motivated, while Mark's side was lifeless.

But there was nothing to do, while hearing that his 5,000 people escorted the merchants to the provincial capital, it was simply an armed procession, and it was very safe, and the mood was naturally relaxed.

And they have never been to the provincial capital, this time must have a good visit, it is said that it will be in the provincial city for the New Year, then by the way to buy something back as a New Year's gift, you must know that relatives and friends who have learned the news have already found the door to entrust Oh. As for the task of capturing 5,000 mountain bandits? It has long been selectively forgotten by them.

On the other hand, they heard that they were going to stay away from the city and patrol the deserted villages where the mountain bandits were active, and they knew what they were for, so it was strange that they were not nervous. Outside the door, nearly a hundred large and small carriages were already waiting, hearing that this time there were 5,000 guards to protect, all the shop owners in Jinwen City who needed to purchase goods were all dispatched in person, and all of them were with their families, not like buying goods at all, but like a tourist.

In fact, this is also normal, you must know that usually these bosses are sent to buy goods, after all, the mountains and forests are full of elusive mountain bandits, one is not good, at any time there will be no people with goods, how dare you go to the adventure in person.

And now that there are 5,000 people to protect it, there is absolutely no problem with safety, so why not take the opportunity to go out and breathe? Or simply settle in the provincial capital, after all, living here is the same as going to prison, but it's a pity that the business here can't be put down.

The businessmen also knew that Zhao Hu was their protector along the way, so when they saw Zhao Hu coming out, they all crowded in.

After a lot of words, Zhao Hu, who turned over and got on the horse, waved his hand, and a full fifty guards on horseback rushed to ride away first, they were the vanguard scouts of the team.

Then there were two brigades of soldiers, followed by a hundred merchant carriages called by neighing horses, then three thousand auxiliaries and ten wagons full of military supplies, and finally a pressing camp composed of a large number of soldiers and fifty cavalry guards.

Zhao Hu's team rumbled out of Jinwen City in the eyes of countless people, and then Mark also walked out and set off as a team.

Mark, who walked on two legs, inevitably stared at the Zhao Hu cavalry who were dangling in front of the team with jealous eyes. It wasn't until the two teams parted ways that Mark relented and began to send scouts out to keep an eye on the situation.

In a certain room of the Fifth Wing Headquarters of Jin Wencheng, there were only the old colonel and the eldest and the second and third or four people present, and the third elder eagerly asked the old colonel who was drinking tea with a comfortable expression: "Changgong, why did you let Zhao Hu lead people to arrest five thousand mountain bandits?" This task is impossible to complete, and Zhao Hu, who is on a mission outside, can't defend the city for us at all, so how can our conquest plan be completed? ”

The old man raised his head and smiled and did not answer the words of the third lieutenant, but said to the second lieutenant colonel: "Second brother, you secretly send someone to catch up with Zhao Hu quickly, and tell him that no matter whether he uses deception, hiring, recruitment, or directly buying slaves, anyway, if he gets back 5,000 strong men, he will complete the task." ”

The old man's words made everyone stunned, and the boss, who had a more flexible head, suddenly said in surprise: "Sir, do you suspect that there are spies of mountain bandits in our wing headquarters?" ”

The second and third children were all shocked when they heard this, there wouldn't be such a terrible thing, right?

The old man shook his head and smiled: "You really think that if we had spies from the mountain bandits in the wing headquarters, we would have been wiped out a long time ago." You didn't think about why I gave Zhao Hu a regular military order? Make Zhao Hu's task known to everyone in the city? ”

"Ah, so there are spies in the city who are bandits? The mountain bandits actually dared to be so rampant and dared to sneak into our Jinwen City! The third child immediately jumped up and said, but was immediately vetoed by himself: "It is impossible to sneak in." The appearance of the mountain bandits is special, and at a glance, you can know that someone in the city has taken refuge in the mountain bandits? Speaking of this, the third child himself was full of disbelief.