Commander Qi looked at the 10,000-jin boulder blocking in front of him with a gloomy face: "This White Lotus Sect bandit seems to have been prepared for a long time, and the 10,000-jin broken dragon stone doesn't know where the secret passage will lead?" ”

Protector Hou Zhang Madness walked into the battlefield under the escort of a group of personal soldiers, looking at the bloody corpse on the ground, Zhang Madness just frowned slightly, and then put his eyes on the Broken Dragon Stone.

"Commander Qi, how many bandits have escaped? Is there an approximate number? ”

"General, my subordinates are incompetent, I didn't expect that the White Lotus Sect had already opened up a secret passage for escape again, and the rocks on the top of the mountain suddenly came, and the smoke and dust were billowing and unreal, but the number of people would not exceed fifty."

"Can you find out where the secret passage leads?"

Commander Qi frowned, his face gloomy: "General, Cuiping Mountain is high and dense, twists and turns, and the mountains are connected without knowing the geometry, trying to speculate on the exit of the secret passage in such a large mountain forest is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack."

"Five thousand dragon guards killed less than three thousand White Lotus bandits, and they were able to let dozens of them escape, alas, the old man is ashamed of this battle."

"Vice Admiral Sha, how is the battle damage?"

"General, the last general is about to report this matter to you, the army has already counted the number of people, our army has injured one hundred and thirty people, seventy-three people died on the spot, forty-three people were seriously injured, fourteen people were slightly injured, and 1,800 heads of bandits were killed, of which ........."

"What of them? But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

"There is no leader among them, all of them are ordinary bandits."

Zhang Madness's face turned red: "The little bandit actually lost more than 100 of my soldiers?" ”

"General, the last general carefully inspected the wounds of the dead brothers, most of the wounds were neatly aligned, and they all died on the spot without resistance, the number was as high as fifty-three people, of which thirteen were hacked to death by the rebels, and seven were smashed by falling stones.

"White Lotus Sect." Zhang Yan gritted his teeth and pronounced these three words, and his right hand slammed into a fist on the Broken Dragon Stone, and the Ten Thousand Jin Broken Dragon Stone was hammered into pieces, and a huge hole was exposed.

"Chase."

"Commander Qi didn't speak, and took the lead in getting into the secret passage."

In about half an hour, dozens of people walked out of the secret passage with a dejected face: "General, the trees at the exit of the secret passage are dense, and it is impossible to identify the direction at all, and I can't find their traces, so please do the general's military law." ”

Zhang Mad Tiger glanced at the dejected Qi commander: "It is I who leads the troops, and I am arrogant who arranges the troops. ”

"General, it's the incompetence of his subordinates who escaped from a group of bandit leaders."

"General, this battle is the crime of my bear to open the mountain, and the general strictly ordered my light cavalry to defend the periphery, this crime is the crime of opening the mountain."

"It's Ke Yan's fault, Ke Yan should try his best to strangle the bandits, ask the general to give him the guilt, and Ke Yan is willing to be punished."

A hint of gentleness flashed in Zhang Qianghu's eyes: "One general is incompetent, tired of the three armies, and the old man's fault, there is no need to say it again."

"General, this matter is by no means simple, my subordinates carefully examined the corpses of the bandits and found a hint of clues."

"Oh? Needless to say, what do you think? ”

"Huo Laosan, if you have a fart, let it go quickly, you are not a good man if you hide it."

Huo Buyan glanced at Xiong Kaishan and pointed to the corpses on the battlefield: "General, please look, these bandits are all soft, obviously preparing to escape, it is not easy for these bandits to establish a place to live, why should they give up a place to live?" ”

Insolence's expression changed: "They know the danger. ”

"Exactly, General, our Long Wuwei went to Beijing to worship, His Majesty had a whim to make me wait for Wuwei to come to suppress the bandits, our Long Wuwei has always marched strictly, and never easily exposed his whereabouts, this time the bandits don't even know the history of Suzhou Assassination, why did the bandits know in advance that they planned to escape?"

"No, do you know what you mean by that?"

"Of course the last general knows, the general, this matter is by no means the last general's speculation, the general must have witnessed it with his own eyes, when the army arrived, these bandits had already lined up, and a group of men and horses were ready to enter the mountains and forests, and they were blocked by light cavalry before they succeeded, so it can be seen that the march to suppress the bandits must have been on the way."

"Lao Tzu's soldiers, Lao Tzu understands that it is absolutely impossible for such a thing to happen."

"General, the last general is not talking about the brothers under his command, these brothers are all intersecting with life and death, how can they do such a thing."

Zhang Qiang's expression flickered and he was shocked: "Is there already such chaos in the court?" ”

Huo Buyan hurriedly lowered his head, and Xiong Kaishan and the others also had fluttering eyes, as if they hadn't heard this.

"General, if there is a sudden raid, there is absolutely no possibility for the bandits to escape, this matter is very strange!"

"Preparing for the class to return to the court, the old man already has a plan in his heart for this matter, you don't have to ask."

"Obey."

"Zhang San, is this Yangzhou City so prosperous? You see the carriages that can be seen everywhere, one is bigger than the other, one is more spacious than the other, sure enough, Jiangnan is a rich land, Lao Tzu is a long insight, we can't compare with Yingzhou. ”

"Master, not only rich, you see that these people are simply in love with each other, as close as brothers, casually waving their hands, those gentry's carriages will stop and take them for a ride, it is really like a family, so that the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the scene of mutual support is not necessarily seen even by the Beijing Division, it can be seen that this Yangzhou Thorn Shi must be a capable minister."

"Although Lao Tzu looks down on those weak scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, he is still ashamed to see such hospitality, when Yingzhou City can be like this, Lao Tzu will be satisfied, and Lao Tzu has been stationed in northern Xinjiang for 20 years."

"Dalong bus, your lifelong choice, Yangzhou is everyone, warm you, me and him, Dalong bus is your best choice, travel with Dalong, tailwind and smooth." A few children holding wooden signs ran past the insolent eyes.

"Dalong bus?" The arrogant expression of a black man greeting, what is the big dragon bus?

"Baby, wait a minute, grandpa has something he wants to ask you?" As he spoke, he took out two copper plates and handed them to the child.

The child looked at the copper plate in Zhang Ma's hand and shook his head: "Grandpa, Grandpa Ma taught us that a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, and everyone who asks for directions must help them as much as he can, what does grandpa want to ask?" ”

Zhang Mad looked at the little baby who was not moved by the copper coins in amazement: "Baby, don't you know that money can buy a lot of delicious food?" Who is Grandpa Ma? How can he teach you the truth that a gentleman loves money and takes it wisely? ”

"I know, but if you can't ask for it, you can't ask for it, every day Grandpa Ma will give us twenty copper plates, and my father and mother will earn so much copper a day, Grandpa Ma said that those who are content are always happy, I can't have no reward for hard work."

"Grandpa knows, Grandpa Ma must be a respectable gentleman, right?" Insolence has a good impression of Grandpa Ma, who has never met, this kind of Confucianism who teaches people to be kind is the reader he respects, not those who are not divided into grains and are not diligent in all parts of the body, rotten Confucian, just look at the baby in front of him, words can be faked, but the eyes can't deceive people, and the baby really doesn't have a trace of greed for the copper plate in his hand.

The child shook his head: "Grandpa is wrong, Grandpa Ma is not Mr., Grandpa Ma is a wealthy businessman in Yangzhou City." ”

Insolent brows furrowed, businessman? Those guys who only know how to pursue interests will say such things to teach children?

"Grandpa, do you have any other questions? If not, I will continue to shout, otherwise I will not be able to keep up with the number of others, and in that case I will feel uneasy with the twenty copper plates. ”

Zhang Mad came back to his senses: "Yes, grandpa has, grandpa wants to ask you, what is Dalong bus?" You've been shouting all the way, and Grandpa is curious. ”

The child nodded knowingly and pointed to the passing carriage: "Grandpa, do you see it?" That's the bus, and if you pay a penny, you can ride around the city in a horse-drawn carriage. ”

"You're saying those carriages cost money to ride, not because of the harmony of the neighbors?"

"Of course, these carriages can only be ridden for money, and if you really don't have any money, it doesn't matter if you ride once, and no one has a hard time going out. If you have a lot of money, you can also take a taxi, which are more luxurious, with everything in them, you can eat, drink and have fun, and you don't have to crowd with other people. ”

"Baby, thank you, grandpa understands."

"You're welcome, goodbye grandpa."

After the child ran away, he looked arrogant and playful: "San'er, stop the car, let's try the bus too." ”