Xia Zhen really had a bad headache just now, and hurriedly asked the team to stop and set up camp. When his headache passed, it was already afternoon, Xia Zhen looked at the direction of Yangjiazhuang in the distance and sighed, and the general of Jizhou Mansion behind him patted his ass and asked, "I don't know why General Xia sighs now?" ”

"Hey! I'm afraid now that the bandits have escaped, and I can no longer worry about the emperor. Xia Zhen turned his head to look at this partial general with a compassionate face for the country and the people.

Seeing that Xia Zhen had turned his head, the general immediately gave him a concerned smile: "The general doesn't have to be like this now, the information that the general got should be that this gang of bandits has not escaped, and it should still be near Yangjiazhuang." ”

"Oh! How did you find out? Xia Zhen asked in surprise.

The general smiled mysteriously: "General, you don't know, my hometown is near here." Someone in my family told me that the bandit army had not left immediately, but had set up camp here, as if they were going to stand here for a long time. ”

Xia Zhen was worried about nothing, and looked at the partial general in a comfortable mood and said: "You, very good, if you succeed in exterminating the bandits this time, I will guarantee you to the emperor and let you serve in the capital." ”

"Thank you for the general's cultivation, and the next official will never forget it." Seeing the goal to achieve it, the general was extremely happy in his heart, and he didn't know what to say when he looked at Xia Zhen.

Xia Zhen was helped by this partial general and slowly walked back to the Chinese military tent, and he was sleeping comfortably at night, when he suddenly heard a loud noise outside the tent, waking him up. Xia Zhen got up a little angrily and shouted, "Who is making such a loud noise outside the tent?" ”

The pro-soldiers at the door hurriedly ran in and knelt down on one knee to report: "The general is not good, someone is stealing the camp!" ”

Xia Zhen suddenly heard this, and immediately took out the sword on the bedside and hurriedly ran out of the tent, only to see a chaos outside. He immediately ordered the soldiers who had been following him: "Quick! Wear my general's order, and each of the generals will come to report! ”

"Yes!" The soldiers immediately went to the place where their respective generals were.

After a while, the generals in their respective battalions came to the Chinese military tent and saw that Xia Zhen was still wearing pajamas and only holding a sword in his hand. They all dismounted and knelt down respectfully in front of Xia Zhen and reported loudly: "I have seen a general at a low level." ”

Xia Zhen saw that the generals were a little annoyed and said, "Everyone, it's very good, a small stealing camp has made it like this." If the real enemy comes to attack, then don't we wait for the head to give it away? ”

All the generals saw Xia Zhen's face with fire, and begged for mercy: "The general is angry, and we will do our best to stabilize the soldiers." ”

Xia Zhen also knew that these sergeants were not good at training on weekdays, and they could not be compared with the regular army for a long time, and besides, they were not their direct bosses, and these soldiers themselves were not easy to bring. Seeing the sergeants bowing their heads and begging for mercy, he also settled the matter: "Okay, everyone hurry back to their respective armies, calm the soldiers, and come to report what is going on after strengthening patrols." After Xia Zhen finished speaking, he took the sword and turned around and walked into the Chinese army's tent.

When these sergeants saw Xia Zhen let him go, they all looked at Xia Zhen's turned back with a sneer and dispersed.

On the second day, Xia Zhen sat in the tent of the Chinese army, listening to the reports of these generals. said: "Fortunately, there was not much loss last night, but we must find out who stole the camp." Stop doing things that you are not prepared for. ”

"Humble rank and respect the general!" The generals are always so respectful in front of Xia Zhen.

Xia Zhen saw that his general order could be carried out smoothly, and he was also happy for his ability. But what he didn't know was that when each general returned to his battalion, he gave instructions to his subordinates: "You all listen, if the general comes to inspect, the one standing guard must come early to report." Others have to cheer me up, too. If he hadn't come, you would have been as you were. You know? The soldiers below already knew that their generals only wanted to deal with errands, and they all reacted after listening to it, that is, they were usually going to lose their anger: "Know~Dao~~!" The general is relieved~! The generals returned to their respective tents satisfied, drank wine and ate side dishes.

Because someone stole the camp, it was corrected for another day, and the next day after marching for half a day, it was not far from Yangjiazhuang, and it was 5 miles to walk across the river in front of you. Xia Zhen began to send spies to investigate around, but these spies were all pampered and well-managed masters, and when they walked into a corner that Xia Zhen couldn't see, they hid and fell asleep. When he returned to the camp, he told him that there were no enemies on the left and right. Xia Zhen was also full of suspicion, a little bit distrustful of these spies, but he didn't dare to send out his own personal soldiers, and he could only believe these invincible words.

The officials and soldiers are messing around, but the side of Liren is different, Liren dispatched troops as early as the next day to investigate the movements of the officers and soldiers. When he knew that the official army had arrived at the small river, Li Ren smiled slightly and instructed the guards: "Go, my brother Biao and Brother Zhiwen are called." ”

"No!" The guards were ordered to go.

After a while, Yang Biao and Yang Zhiwen followed the guards to Li Ren's tent, Li Ren was looking at the Kanyu map hanging in the tent, heard someone behind him, turned around and said to Yang Biao and Yang Zhiwen: "Two brothers, come and take a look." ”

Yang Biao and Yang Zhiwen walked in front of Kanyutu, and Li Ren pointed to a river with a bamboo stick and said, "Two elder brothers, now that the official army is almost at the ambush place we have designed, you will lead 500 people to support the peasant troops." I went around to the back and launched a direct attack, what do the two brothers think? ”

Yang Zhiwen pondered for a long time and said: "Liren, I see, you directly attack in the front, instead of going around to the back." ”

"Oh! Does my brother have an opinion? Li Ren asked Yang Zhiwen with appreciation.

Yang Zhiwen smiled and said to Liren: "Brother, you see that the river is not deep, it only reaches the belly of the horse." When they are halfway crossed, you launch a direct attack from the front, while we cross the river from the upper reaches and pursue and intercept them from behind. In this way, with the quality of the state government's officers and troops, there must be a scattered retreat. You can't annihilate them in one fell swoop, but you can easily repel them. ”

Liren thought about it and nodded unwillingly: "Brother Zhiwen is right, it's better for us to easily repel them." lest too many sergeants be wounded and killed. After Li Ren and Yang Zhiwen finished discussing, they began to act separately.

Xia Zhen came to the small river blocking their path in front of them and took a closer look. He said to the generals in the back: "Ladies and gentlemen, we had better find out the movements of the bandits now, and then cross the river, or when we are halfway crossed, they will attack directly from the back or from the front, and we will suffer heavy losses." ”

On the surface, these generals bowed down to Xia Zhen's analysis, but behind the scenes, they sneered. But it must be Xia Zhen who is the commander, and he doesn't dare to make too much of a mistake, so he can only discharge a large number of spies to investigate around according to Xia Zhen's method. But every general has said to his spies, don't take it too seriously, just mean it. If we really can't beat it, it's true that we can run fast to keep our strength.

The spies were very obedient, and after two hours, they hurriedly came back to report to Xia Zhen to the front, left, right and rear, and no trace of the thief was found in all directions.

Xia Zhen saw that the spies had been out for a long time this time, and they must have worked hard. I was relieved to start crossing the river.