"General!" Very early in the morning, Gongsun Du had just gotten up, and Yang Yi appeared in front of him.

"Go and prepare a military tent and other things that should be used in the field, and call me when they are ready."

Gongsun Du thought about it for a long time last night, and he felt that it was very likely that the search time was too short and the scope was too narrow. So he decided to spend a few days in the wilderness and search farther away. 、

"Yes, General." Yang Yi answered, and asked again, "Is the general planning to go out to play?" ”

"Play?" Gongsun Du glared at Yang Yi angrily and said, "What I told you yesterday, I forgot it all this morning?" I think you're still walking today, and I hope you can keep up with the speed of your horse. ”

"......Forehead" Yang Yi was a little dumbfounded, but when he saw the banter in Gongsun Du's eyes, he understood that it was just a joke, and he was relieved in his heart and quickly retreated.

Not long after, Xu Rong and Liu Yi rushed over.

"General, the last general Xu Rong (Liu Yi) asks to see!"

Gongsun Du secretly said what are these two people doing?

Thinking about it, he still responded: "Come in." ”

"Yes, General!"

After the two entered the door, Liu Yi asked anxiously, "General, I heard that you are going out?" ”

"yes!" Gongsun Du doesn't understand, he hasn't been going out every day in the past few days, do you all know it? Why did I become like this now, like I was going to have some accident.

Xu Rong faced Gongsun Du's surprise, and hurried in front of Liu Yi with a serious face and said: "General, do you know that the entire Liaodong is not safe, not only may alien races appear at any time, but also countless bandits and bandits?" ”

Only then did Gongsun Du understand that they were worried about their own safety, and this must have been Yang Yi taking advantage of the stall to prepare things to inform Xu Rong and Liu Yi.

The facts were slightly different from what Gongsun Du thought, Yang Yi first notified Liu Yi, Liu Yi was worried that he would not be able to persuade him alone, and then called Xu Rong again.

"Don't worry, we all have horses, we can't fight, and it's no problem to escape." Gongsun Du waved his hand.

Xu Rong disagreed: "How can a general take risks lightly, you must know that bandits and bandits are also people, not only know how to raid head-on, but also know how to surround, sneak attack at night, only more than ten people, how can they stop hundreds of people?" ”

Gongsun Du knew that they had learned something from the villagers he had recruited in the Liao army, and he believed that the other counties were the same, but he was full of confidence in himself, especially after the fight that night. Yes, Gongsun Du said lightly: "Don't worry, with the strength of this general, just a thief, why worry about it!" ”

Xu Rong and Liu Yi glanced at each other, and fell to the ground together: "Please think twice, general!" ”

Forehead?

"What are you doing here?" Gongsun Du was a little dumbfounded, and hurriedly took two steps forward, ready to help the two of them, but both of them insisted.

Gongsun Du was a little annoyed by their attitude of persecuting him, and said, "What do you want? ”

Xu Rong shook his head and said: "General, it's not what we want, but whether the general knows whether we are here for the entire Liaodong, and these are the general's efforts, it can be said that the general's personal safety is the personal safety of the entire Liaodong, no matter whether there will be an accident or not, and how high the general's martial arts are, this is a fact that cannot be changed!" Therefore, the last general, please think carefully! ”

Gongsun Du felt very embarrassed, Xu Rong and Liu Yi were not trying to force the palace, but sincerely thinking about him. However, the matter of horses cannot be delayed, whether it can be found or not, it does not matter, the important thing is that the determination to form a cavalry cannot be flinched in the slightest.

"Ben will be confident that we will find the herd of wild horses in the last few days, and then we will be able to assemble a cavalry without spending a little gold or silver. So, it is impossible to give up. ”

Gongsun Du thought about it, but still insisted on his opinion, but finally said: "If you are worried about the safety of Ben General, then well, Tingfang, bring your first tun and all the horses, we will take this opportunity to find a herd of wild horses and have a wild riding training." What do you guys think? ”

Ask at any time, but there is no doubt in the words, Xu Rong and Liu Yi both heard it, but they are also very excited about the wild horse herd, because the wild horse is usually better than the war horse in the army.

Therefore, after the two discussed in a whisper, Xu Rong replied: "General, we agreed, but we feel that we should keep in touch with the city at any time, and in case of an accident and we can't deal with it, we can also provide support." ”

Gongsun Du didn't feel anything about this, but felt very good, but he was a little curious about how to get in touch, so he asked, "Then how are you going to get in touch?" ”

"Naturally, through the messengers."

Xu Rong and Liu Yi were both a little surprised, and their eyes were full of puzzlement when they looked at Gongsun Du. Ling Degongsun Du really wanted to tell them that this was too slow, even if there was something wrong, not to mention support, it was estimated that the news had not yet come back, and it was no longer needed. But Gongsun Du still held back, because even if he said it, it was useless, after all, carrier pigeons could not be trained overnight.

However, Gongsun Du still kept this matter in mind and decided that when he had free time, he must catch a few pairs of carrier pigeons for training and breeding.

Soon after, when Gongsun Du left the city, it became a large group of more than 100 people.

This time, instead of crossing the other side of the river, we searched north on this side of the Liaoshui. It's not that Gongsun Du wants to do this, but after discussing it with Xu Rong, Xu Rong suggested that he should search here for two days now, and if there is no news, go to the other side. Gongsun Du felt that he seemed to ignore the problem of horses being able to swim, so he agreed. There was even a lot of expectation.

After a day's search, it was still fruitless, and the only advantage was that he had advanced nearly two hundred miles, which was much farther than the distance he had traveled back and forth with a personal guard before.

After setting up camp in the evening, Gongsun Du sent people to continue to search north for a distance, and discussed with Xu Rong the route and scope of tomorrow's search.

In fact, there were not many things that could be discussed, and Gongsun Du and Xu Rong quickly ended this inexplicable meeting.

After the end, Xu Rong turned around and was about to leave, and he had to arrange a night defense, which was a very important thing, especially in terms of the current situation in Liaodong.

Gongsun Du suddenly said: "Tingfang, we have to learn to look forward, people can't always live in memories and sorrows, can they?" ”

Xu Rong paused, looked at Gongsun Du, saw that he looked serious, nodded silently, and then turned around and went out.

"Hey!" Gongsun Du couldn't help but sigh as he watched Xu Rong's back disappear at the tent door, he also knew that such persuasion might only play a minimal role, but he sincerely hoped that Xu Rong could get out of the shadow of grief after his father's death, no matter whether Xu Rong would become his arm in the future.

There was no word all night, and at dawn, Gongsun Du set off again. According to yesterday's discussion, today he and Xu Rongbing went north in two ways to search, and finally if the two roads did not gain anything, they would converge on a riverside plain almost 180 miles upstream.

Searching, searching without purpose, seems very boring.

After half a day of searching, he did useless work again, and Gongsun Du asked Yang Yi rather tastelessly: "Is there any good news from Xu Tunchang's side?" ”

Yang Yi shook his head blankly, then looked at Gongsun Du twice and replied, "Do you want to send someone over to ask?" ”

"Forget it." Gongsun Du felt that he was a little nervous, shook his head and said, "Pass the order, speed up after lunch." ”

"Yes, General!"

Therefore, Gongsun Du advanced much faster in the afternoon, but Xu Rong still advanced as planned, waiting for Gongsun Du to camp at the meeting point, and then launched a search before joining him.

"Tingfang, how's it going?"

"There is not the slightest trace, and of course it cannot be ruled out that the horses are too small to cause too many traces." Xu Rong was not disappointed, but comforted Gongsun Du.

Gongsun Du was stunned, and then was about to reply, when he heard-

"Newspaper~"

Gongsun Du and Xu Rong both looked in the direction where the voice came from. I saw a horse galloping over, and when he arrived not far away, he quickly turned over and dismounted, and quickly came to Gongsun Du's approach, and said: "General Qiyu, a large amount of horse manure and horse hoof prints have been found by the river twenty-five miles to the north, and it is likely that it is the horse herd we are looking for." ”

"What?" Gongsun Du screamed in surprise, and then found that something was wrong, and said, "Go to us immediately." ”

"Yes, General!"

Gongsun Du turned his head to Xu Rong and said, "Tingfang, it seems that it is impossible for the number of our cavalry to change. ”

Xu Rong also had a slight smile on his face, and replied, "General, let's hurry up!" ”

Gongsun Du nodded, and then immediately set off. He felt that Xu Rong might not have wanted to trouble him before, after all, military horses were not only difficult to buy, but even if they were raised, they would consume a lot, and it could be said that one horse was top ten people.

It's just horses!

Perhaps, today is Gongsun Du's lucky day, he and Xu Rong soon came to the place where the traces of the horses were found, and they got the news that the horses had been found. The two of them were overjoyed, and they didn't care about anything else, so they let the visitor lead the way to the spot where the horses were found.

"Let's go, let's go!"

At the urging of Gongsun Du, the speed was very fast, but when he arrived at his destination, it was already dark.

"General, it's over there!" The soldier who found it at the beginning said excitedly to Gongsun Du.

Hush~

Gongsun Du was worried about attracting the attention of the horses, so he signaled to be quiet, and then looked in the direction where the horses were under the guidance of the soldiers.

The horses were grazing leisurely, but it seemed that they were preparing to spend the night, and some of the horses were walking back and forth around the herd, as if on guard.

Gongsun Du probably counted it, there were at least thirty horses, but it was still too dark, and the distance was a little far away, so he couldn't see it clearly, and he felt that the real number must be above this.

"Tingfang, we sent it this time." Gongsun Du whispered to Xu Rong.

Xu Rong nodded, then reluctantly withdrew his gaze from the horses, and also said in a low voice: "It's getting late now, and the horses are very vigilant, why don't you arrest them tomorrow morning while they haven't stretched out." ”

Gongsun Du nodded in agreement, thought about it again, and said, "Tingfang, you arrange for people to keep an eye on them, but you can't let them run away at night." ”

Xu Rongda agreed......