"I seem to be making a sure profit from this bet......" Chu Yan sneered, Liu Tao gave him a future, whether this future happens or not, it will only be good for him, there is no harm.

But even if this future is realized, he has no reason to inevitably join Liu Tao.

"It's okay, I need a reason to let you go anyway." Liu Tao smiled, if Chu Yan is destroyed here, without the trouble of the Black Mountain thief, even if he can go to the party as an official, it is estimated that there is no way to add a military position.

"You're such a strange being." Chu Yan didn't know what to say.

"Although I haven't learned to read minds...... Liu Tao thought about Chu Yan, "but you'll come, right?" ”

"Who knows?" Chu Yan turned around, "I'm going to take someone away, you won't stop it, right?" ”

"Feel free to ...... By the way, when you come to Guangzong in three or four days, I will send someone to send you a batch of food supplies. Liu Tao replied.

"Why?" Chu Yan was stunned, a little incredulous.

"In addition to deducting absolute force, Liwei also needs to be gracious." Liu Tao looked at Chu Yan, "It's just that you lack this the most." ”

If it weren't for the scarcity of food and materials, how could Chu Yan fight the idea of crusading against military grain and grass? He knows very well that if he does this thing and is not concealed enough, then he can directly become a thief. But the problem is, he has no choice at all......

The two walked out of the mountains and forests, and Chu Yan left directly with three or four thousand people under his command. He didn't take those subordinates who were shot or burned to death, and he knew very well in his heart that Liu Tao also needed 'war merits'.

"Is this the person my brother is trying to recruit? Three or four thousand people, surrounded by five hundred crossbowmen, do not dare to make a move, this kind of person is really worth wooing? Zhang Fei looked at the direction Chu Yan left and complained with a little disdain.

"What happened to those who were twice as many as us in the past, and then Han Han called?" Liu Tao asked rhetorically.

"Uh......" Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, and finally reacted.

In the past, those enemies who relied on the superiority in numbers and fought directly were either scattered or stayed there. On the side of your own army, numerical superiority is not an advantage at all.

"For the rest, the time is too short to see, but his ability to warn of danger is very good." Liu Tao sighed.

It's something like a sixth sense, and you can feel that if you attack at that time, you will lose. In fact, it is true, those who do not measure their own strength, rely on the large number of people to fight, under the circumstances at that time, they do not need to be driven out of the mountains and forests, they can be destroyed.

One of his clever choices saved three or four thousand people, and at the same time his own power.

"Yide ......" Liu Tao felt that there should be a golden sentence in his life, "The concept of fighting and fighting is different, even if you lose for a while, it can't mean anything." Only those who win to the end are the real winners. ”

"Foolish brother is taught!" Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, and then solemnly replied.

"Then again...... You have to find something to make a fire and dry your body. If you keep going like this, you're going to catch a cold. Liu Tao suddenly shuddered, looked at his wet body, and commanded directly.

"But how did you start a fire after the rain?" Of course, Zhang Fei also understands this truth, but there is no suitable ignition at all now, let alone lighting the fire.

"In this way, help collect firewood, it doesn't matter if it's wet, gather it, and I will naturally have a way to make a fire." Liu Tao thought about it and immediately ordered to go down.

Twenty minutes later, I looked at the bonfire in front of me and the adoring eyes of the soldiers around me. Liu Tao couldn't help but sigh: "This may be the most improper use of magic......

He directly uses the fire arrow, which has the property of 'ignition' at this stage, to light a pile of firewood, and then use this flame to dry the water, and then he can continue to expand the bonfire, and finally everyone can roast the fire.

The next day, a large army passed by the horizon and, seeing troops on the side of the road, quickly went on alert.

"Coming?" Liu Tao looked at them and stepped forward, "But the brother who transported grain to the Beizhonglang generals?" ”

"Which unit are you from?" Seeing this, the captain of the guard battalion of the grain team stepped forward to ask.

The sudden appearance of an army on the main road made people very suspicious, but these people did not enter the state of combat readiness, and rested here very casually, and at the same time, the officer led by took the initiative to come forward to greet him, which slightly dispelled some doubts.

"I, the other Sima Liu Tao appointed by Bei Zhonglang, came to assist you in guarding the grain and grass. In other words, you can give some dry food first, no, the dry food we brought has been used up. Liu Tao took out the paperwork and handed it over.

This is a military order handed over by Lu Zhi, having said that, it was raining yesterday, and the handwriting has melted a little.

The lieutenant watched it for a long time, and barely saw some of the contents, and the key seal was real, although it was also somewhat dissolved.

"You were raining last night?" The lieutenant asked.

"I had a fight with the thief last night, and I finally beat the thief away, and I didn't have a good rest without resting." Liu Tao pointed behind him, and in the open space not far away, there were indeed hundreds of heads, which were the first hundreds of thieves.

"Are there really thieves?" Seeing this, the captain immediately reacted, after all, he also sent someone to report the discovery of an unknown person snooping on here.

"Four or five thousand, but unfortunately it was not durable, and I shot hundreds of them, and they all ran away. It was dark and raining, and there was no way to pursue it, so I had to give up. Liu Tao replied casually.

It did rain last night, but the question was why the officers and soldiers in front of him would fight with the thieves at night, and the captain couldn't figure it out.

"Well, there is just dry food in the army, so let's go first, and when we arrive at Chaoge tonight, we will bury the pot and make rice." The lieutenant didn't bother to care so much, just ordered his subordinates to hand over the dry food.

Fried noodles, yes, whole wheat fried noodles, with a piece of pickles, whether it tastes good or not. It's not fried noodles, it's really fried with flour in a clay pot, and even in this noodle, it is estimated that there is no oil and water......

Every time he sees this, Liu Tao feels that between changing the livelihood of the people in this world, the food in this era should be improved.

Fortunately, I am also used to it, eat a small bite, drink water, and have the conditions to burn a bowl of hot water before entering to make a paste, and the taste can be much better.

In the next few days, Liu Tao ate and drank with the army, all the way back to Guangzong. Along the way, there were no thieves, and the captain of the guard battalion also believed what Liu Tao said, and it seems that the thieves have indeed been defeated in advance.

After arriving in Guangzong, he had to report this matter to Lu Zhi, and let the middle-aged man be hit again.

Thousands of men defeated thousands of thieves, and at that time there were no cavalry, which was equivalent to using 500 crossbowmen to scatter the thieves and flee.

If it weren't for the fire attack, and there were hundreds of heads to testify, and there were really no thieves along the way, Lu Zhi would have found it hard to believe.

In the end, after encouraging Liu Tao a few words, they went back to the camp.

"Brother, the imperial court sent a yellow gate to inspect." At noon five days later, Lu Yan hurriedly came and said to Liu Tao.