CHAPTER XXV

General Jian interjected at this time: "I said that the surname is Wei, if the bandits can't be attacked, won't our treasure be in vain?" ”

General Wei shook his head and said, "The purpose of the bandits is the county seat, if they can't attack it for a while, we will have time to destroy them." He said that just now it was all the bandits, and if this was the case, the county would keep an army of 20,000, and if the number of bandits doubled, they would have no way to take the county seat. Therefore, I suggest that we send 10,000 men to defend the county seat, and take 30,000 people to quietly find the treasure of the bandits. ”

The general's eyes were shining with gold and he said, "Wonderful! In this case, we can not only keep the county seat, but also find the treasure of the bandits, and if the bandits attack us, we will have enough men to eat them. High! High! It's really high! But I'm going to take his family with me so he doesn't lie to us again. ”

The man knelt on the ground at this time with his head bowed, and his eyes showed a fine light from time to time.

In the second half of the night until the morning, the officers and soldiers were busy, and after General Wei and General Gou discussed it, they ordered several adjutant generals to take charge of the safety of the county seat. The two of them took 30,000 troops to escort the man's family (mainly the man's daughter-in-law and children under the age of one, his mother was a little blind and inconvenient to travel long distances, and General Gou did not want to trouble again. The man led the way, all the way to the place where the treasure was hidden.

Nanshan Shenzhiren ordered all the troops to camp in a hidden high place on the spot, and all the officers did not understand now, and a captain came to ask: "Why does the lord want to camp higher than the hidden position?" Isn't that a draught a difficulty? ”

"Huh! As long as you look carefully in this deep mountain, you will find a mountain spring, but it is not enough for tens of thousands of us to eat, but as long as you configure it according to the amount and time, we should have no problem insisting on three, five, or seven days. Rihito said to him with a smile.

The captain asked, "Then why do we have to camp on a high place, when the location is not good?" ”

Li Ren looked at the captain carefully and asked, "Is your name Wang Cheng?" ”

The captain said in surprise: "The lord really has a good memory, and he hasn't forgotten me, an inconspicuous person." ”

"Haha! There are no inconspicuous people in my ranks, only my brothers, don't say that again, Wang Cheng. Liren said with a smile.

Wang Cheng hugged his fists and said: "Respect the lord's decree." ”

Rihito reached out and pressed his shoulder and said, "I'm not giving you an order right now, I don't have to. By the way, you were brought out of the beggars by me, and you are an old man in the team. The question you asked today is very good, and it proves that you are careful about the march. Li Ren looked at Wang Cheng in front of him with appreciative eyes.

Wang Cheng was a little ashamed and clenched his fists and said: "The lord's mind is not a subordinate and I dare not suspect it, but today I see that our camping is not conducive to the way we camp during the war, so I have this question." ”

Li Ren nodded and said: "You are talking about the marching formation in the regular period, but if there are preliminary conditions, the marching formation in the back is another science. Today, we don't know that the way we camp is different from the original, because the preliminary conditions are different. Because this is a military secret, I can't tell you about it now. From now on you can watch carefully, and when the war is over, you will come to me again and say what you have seen and heard. ”

Wang Cheng clenched his fists and said: "Respect the lord's decree." ”

"Go ahead!" Rihito said with a smile and a nod.

The officers and soldiers were already tired and out of breath all the way, and they complained one after another: "Where is this?" ”

"Damn, I'm gone."

"How do you let a mud leg lead the way, where is the dude at this time?"

"How do I know, you want to know, ask the general to go them."

In the real complaint, the main road is gone, and it gradually becomes a small road. And the trees on both sides are overgrown, and you can only see the road that does not want to turn.

General Wei's heart was a little hairy, but he was relieved when he thought that he was now leading 30,000 people. Although General Gou is sometimes very rough, he is very careful in his heart now, and reminds General Wei: "I said, General Wei, look at this wilderness, should we send more scouts out to investigate?" ”

For the general pondered: "Yes, although we have 30,000 people, but~." Thinking of this, he immediately said to General Gou: "Yes! You're absolutely right, we're going to send more scouts to investigate. ”

As he said, General Wei immediately ordered: "Where are the scouts?" ”

"Mark it in." The scouts are always on hand.

"Quickly send more people, probe around, and return a stick of incense." General Wei said after thinking about it.

Click! Click! Click! The scout battalion quickly dispersed to investigate.

The scout went out with the people, and General Gou asked the man in front of him: "Hey! I said, "What kind of road are you leading?" How do you get more and more remote? ”

General Wei shook his head with a smile and said, "I said General Gou, what are we doing here?" Think about it, is the place where the thieves hide their treasures on the side of the road? Hehe! ”

Only then did General Gou react and say, "Yes, I really forgot." Hehe, thanks to General Wei's reminder. As he spoke, he arched his hand to General Wei on his horse.

General Wei said at this time: "Well, it is debatable whether the road he led is really worth discussing. ”

"Are you saying he's taking a false road?" General Gou asked.

"Not necessarily, you don't see this person who is greedy for money and afraid of death. Now that his wife and children are in my hands, and I promised him an official job, there should be no problem. General Wei still said a little bottomlessly.

General Gou waved the big knife in his hand and said: "No matter what he does, I haven't seen blood in this big knife for a long time, if he dares to lie to us today, hum!" And I cut with his little sword, and sacrificed my great sword. If a thief dares to come here to spread wildness, I will tell him that he will never return. "General Wei knows that General Gou's martial arts are excellent, or he wouldn't show them off.

General Wei didn't say anything more, but with a relaxed smile, he rode on his horse and followed the man step by step towards the deep mountains.

Li Ren personally inspected the stationing of his team, and saw that each tent was hidden in the dense forest of the high mountains, and the top of the tent was full of branches and willow forks, and Yuanyuan looked like a bush, and there was no trace of people at all.

Early the next morning, Li Yong sent someone back to report that the treasure had been hidden and they had attacked. Liren nodded and said to the heralds: "Very good, you let them divide into small teams, and when they come back, they don't have to report to me, just ambush around and wait for the opportunity to kill the scouts of the official army." We must not let the enemy know of our existence. The herald quickly ran out.

The scouts of the official army have been showing off their might in their own territory on weekdays, especially since the Great Song Dynasty and the Jin State had a bad relationship, and the scouts have been used a lot. Because the scouts are often lost, and they are often by the general's side, the treatment is also much higher than that of ordinary soldiers in the official army. Now they have long been pampered, and they can't stand too much exertion.

The scouts had spotted a mile away from the group, and the jolting of the horses was exhausting the scouts. Under the leadership of their respective heads, they dismounted and walked slowly.