It is also strange to say that Zhang Han is a strange person, he was an iron-clad warrior when he fought, but in life, he became a girl again.

He loves cleanliness and usually keeps himself "spotless", and he can often be seen wiping here and there with a handkerchief. There was a fly on his armor, and he wanted to wipe it a hundred times.

Although some cleanliness habits were excessive, Chen Mu didn't say anything.

But he often cares about the clothing and appearance of the people around him, including Chen Mu and the lame man have become the objects of his concern, which makes people feel a little uncomfortable.

In the face of this kind of person, to say that he is not, not to say that he still feels diaphragm.

However, Chen Mu finally put his mind at ease in the past few days, because Zhang Han rescued the woman who jumped out of the city and took him with him, and in the past two days, he focused on caring about the poor woman, and he had no time to bother Chen Mu and the cripple again. The woman was so grief-stricken that she jumped off the gate and broke her left leg, which is supposed to be a fracture of the bone, not a comminuted fracture. During the war, she lay on the ground in disheveled clothes, and survived the burning of the war and the crushing of iron hooves, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.

In the past two days, Zhang Han has taken good care of her. Some things that can't wipe off face are also done by him, and he doesn't avoid suspicion. If it is replaced by another man, the woman does not agree, which shows that the woman has accepted Zhang Han in her heart.

Chen Mu did not comment on this.

The lame man walked over with a smile: "Alas, Chen Mu, I think Zhang Han is old." ”

"It's human nature." Chen Mu said lightly.

The lame man said: "That little daughter-in-law looks pretty good." ”

Chen Mu's eyes were cold: "I said lame, can you be a little serious every day?" Why hasn't the scout come back yet, and I don't know if Qiliancheng has fallen into the hands of the enemy. ”

The cripple laughed dryly: "No, there is no oil and water in Qilian City, and the enemy will not come all the way to drink the northwest wind." Now the focus of the two armies is on Wuwei. Wu Wei decides everything there. ”

"Yes, if the Hu people take down Wuwei, there is no need to fight the other three counties in Hexi, they will be trapped to death." Chen Mu sighed and said.

The scouts ran back and reported that the militia stationed in Qilian City had fled, and the people had also taken refuge in the mountains, and that Qilian City was empty.

"Then let's go quickly, hurry up and send Wang Zhu and them to the place, we can get rid of them, otherwise it will be tiring enough to help them transport the wounded." The lame man strode out, calling out to the exhausted soldiers, and continued the journey.

Passing by Qilian City, there is also a Xi'an City in front, which is a very small city, also known as a post city, which does not play much of a defensive role, so the situation there should be similar to Qilian City.

But Chen Mu didn't plan to send Wang Zhu again, because the original plan of the "Temporary First Brigade" was to bypass here. After all, the goal of the "Temporary First Brigade" is not Zhangye, but Jiuquan. So the two armies said goodbye thirty miles west of Qilian City.

Wang Zhu's waist was better, but he still couldn't walk, and continued to lie on the stretcher, waving to Chen Mu.

The road ahead needs to be walked by itself, and I hope everyone is well.

Further west, you can only go along the Qilian Mountains, the vast mountains, the roads are rugged, thorns, and the speed of the troops is very slow and slow. And it's not without worries to go here, because this already belongs to the border between the Liang Dynasty and the Sangla Kingdom.

What kind of country is Sangla, Chen Mu still doesn't understand too much, according to the region, they are a nomadic people living in the northern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and it seems that they have a certain blood relationship with the Qiang people. They did not have good relations with the Huns and Sogdians, and there have been wars in recent decades.

The lame man said that when he walked here, he was not afraid of encountering the Huns and Sogdians, but he was worried about attracting the Sanla.

"Report to Chen Xiao, and find the Sogdian camp ahead." The scouts came to report.

"Don't be mistaken." The cripple wondered.

"It can't be wrong, Black Eagle Flag."

"Take me to see it."

Come to a high place and look into the distance.

The cripple scolded as he ran: "Impossible, impossible, how could they come to camp in this place where birds don't." ”

But when the cripple climbed to a high place and looked down, he was a little stunned. 1212shu

Chen Mu said: "Let the troops stop first, keep silent, and the first regiment will assemble and prepare for battle." ”

"Whoa." The herald trotted down.

The lame man said: "It's too far away to see clearly, I plan to sneak through the dense forest to see what is going on." ”

Let the cripple go by himself, Chen Mu was a little uneasy.

Call Zhang Han and Yuan Hong, let the two of them hold their positions, and Chen Mu wants to go with the lame two.

Zhang Han disagreed, and wanted to go with him.

Chen Mu said, I have participated in reconnaissance training, so you don't have to worry.

Zhang Han couldn't understand what Chen Mu was talking about, but in the end, it was the official who crushed people to death, Chen Mu didn't let him move, he could only stay where he was.

The lame man and Zhang Han hid into the dense forest, quickly approached the enemy camp, tossed for about an hour, and after half a circle, the lame man stopped.

"They're not coming at us." The cripple frowned: "Then what are they doing here?" ”

Chen Mu estimated the number of enemy troops, about three hundred infantry and one hundred cavalry. It seems that this is a standard configuration of the enemy army, and I don't know what such a unit is called in the enemy army, is it called a battalion or a regiment?

Without dwelling on these, Chen Mu and the cripple continued to observe, hoping to understand what the other party's intentions were.

The lame man is right, they didn't come to the "temporary first brigade", but what is the point of their troops stationed in the deep mountains and old forests?

Ambush?

Who do they want to do?

There is no sign of the Liang army in the vicinity, could it be that they are fighting against the Sangla people?

Since the enemy army was not coming at him, Chen Mu did not plan to fight hard, but withdrew first and sent people to keep an eye on the movements here.

Back on the mountain, Chen Mu ordered the collective retreat and hoarded the food and materials together, the first regiment collectively lay on the top of the mountain, the second regiment was on standby, and the third regiment looked at the supplies.

"The only advantage we have now is that we have more food. This is enough for 2,000 people to eat food for half a year, and 1,000 of us can eat for a year. The cripple said smugly.

"There is food in the urn, don't panic." Chen Mu muttered in a low voice: "But we can't lie here all the time." Grandma's, it would be nice to have a telescope, but now the situation ahead is not clear at all. ”

"Telescopes?"

"Yes, two convex lenses can make a simple telescope." Chen Mu suddenly felt that he might become an inventor.

"What is a convex lens?"

"You've seen glass, right?"

"Yes, the merchants from Persia always come and sell glasses."

"Make a flat circle with glass and a convex middle, so that when you look at things, it will become bigger."

"Oh, aren't you talking about glasses? The Empress Dowager has already made it. It's just that ordinary people can't afford it. ”

It seems that the Empress Dowager has invented many gadgets, but her inventions are mostly used by women and the elderly, and as for things like artillery, she has never studied them.

In fact, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the warlocks of the Central Plains had already invented gunpowder, which was later transmitted to the army, at most it was made into a fire thunder, and after igniting the medicine letter, it was thrown into the city with a catapult.

Now the Liang Dynasty is mainly fighting defensive warfare, and the use of fire and thunder is relatively small, Chen Mu feels that this is a great waste.

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