The night was peaceful, but I didn't expect a caravan servant to sleep on the snake's nest while sleeping, leading out hundreds of sea buckthorn snakes, this snake was so poisonous that several servants who went to save people were all poisoned.

The crowd was so frightened that they didn't dare to sleep, and some even said that the dead had brought out the sea buckthorn snakes, and they smelled blood, and everyone had to leave this place. The three young ladies of the Gu family were also so frightened that they didn't dare to sleep at night. Zhang Xiaowu and others also saw the sea buckthorn snake in the grassland for the first time, he took a closer look at the sea buckthorn snake that was killed, although it was only as thick as a thumb and as long as an arm, but he didn't expect such a small snake to be so venomous.

Zhang Xiaowu asked, "Wu Song, do you know this snake?" ”

Wu Song said: "I don't understand, what the lower officials know is from the book, but there is no record of the sea buckthorn snake in the book." ”

Zhang Xiaowu smiled and said, "So you don't read many books." ”

Wu Song shook his head: "No, no, no, there are very few people who record insects and beasts. ”

Zhang Xiaowu suggested: "If you write a book of "Bo Sacrifice Chronicles", which specifically records the animals, livestock, insects and beasts in the world, I am afraid that it will be remembered by future generations for thousands of years, after all, there are too few such books." ”

Wu Song suddenly jumped up, and even laughed regardless of his image: "Yes, yes, why can't I think of it before?" If you write books and speak like this, won't you become a famous person in the world? After that, he ran to his tent like a madman, and was pulled by Zhang Xiaowu, and Wu Song said anxiously: "Don't pull me, I want to be the first person to write the history of animals." ”

Zhang Xiaowu was sweating and hurriedly said: "I'm not stopping you, but you tell me what this snake is first?" Aren't you well-read? ”

Wu Song said helplessly: "My lord, I am indeed well-read, but I really don't know about this snake. ”

Zhang Xiaowu had no choice but to send someone to inquire, and it happened that there was a medicinal herb merchant in the caravan who lived in Jincheng who knew about it, saying that the sea buckthorn snake was a highly venomous snake on the grassland, and as long as a drop of venom, it could poison a tent person, and if it was mixed with food, it could make a team of people lose their combat effectiveness. However, this sea buckthorn snake does not usually attack humans, and they often sleep in a snake nest three feet deep underground. Unless someone has sandalwood on them and is standing near the snake's nest, it will wake up the sea buckthorn snake and attract the sea buckthorn snake to attack.

Someone immediately checked the corpse and found that the person was indeed wearing a sandalwood bag, or his wife gave him a gift of love, he wore it with him, but unfortunately the thing of love became a life amulet, and everyone couldn't help but sigh for a while.

Zhang Xiaowu felt that the sea buckthorn snake venom was useful, and he asked the merchant to help catch the snake and ask for the snake venom. In fact, the sea buckthorn snake is not difficult to catch, and the snake catchers in the caravan caught more than 200 snakes in less than an hour, but it is small and yellow, which is conducive to concealment. Zhang Xiaowu stored the snake venom in the wine bag, preparing to use it for other purposes in the future, and the snake meat was roasted for everyone to eat, and it tasted very good.

Of course, not everyone can eat roast snake meat, the bold Miss Gu Er and the spicy Lord Shi were afraid of the sea buckthorn snake and hid in the car shivering. Zhang Xiaowu casually grabbed some wheat flour and lied to them about the snake repellent, and after scattering it around the car, he said that the snake did not dare to cross the snake repellent, and the two women settled down.

At night, the howl of the grass wolf sounded outside the ruins of Roland, Zhang Xiaowu sent people to light torches around, the grass wolf did not dare to approach the camp, but found thousands of corpses, so they gnawed on the corpses of the sand bandits. After a while, the hyenas also came, howling and biting, disturbing the people of the camp.

The three young ladies of the Gu family were first frightened by the sea buckthorn snake, and then heard the wolf barking and the dog howling, although they were protected by the Gu family's guards and the death battalion, they still couldn't sleep peacefully. The next morning, the three of them were languishing, and after a hurried morning meal, they made up for sleep in the car. Chen Boqing became worried and reported the fact that the ladies needed to rest, hoping that the team would leave later. Zhang Xiaowu did not embarrass his family, and he didn't start to hurry until almost noon.

Because of the "good harvest" last night, the soldiers of the Dead Battalion were able to fully equip their horses and become a real infantry cavalry battalion, and even the surplus horses were lent to the caravan people, and the speed of the team increased, and they walked more in half a day than in a day of walking yesterday.

After the camp left, almost all the corpses in the ruins were turned over by hyenas, straw wolves, and vultures, and of course, because there were so many dead bodies, many of them were just thrown far away. The carnivores of the steppe enjoyed a feast of gluttony, and it was rare for them to live in harmony, and the grass wolves did not disperse the hyenas, and even the vultures did not steal food.

After seizing a large number of horses, everyone arrived at Mucheng smoothly in less than four days, and the garrison of Mucheng was Cheng Chu, the general of the sixth regiment, who heard that the Gu family was coming and immediately went out of the city to greet him, and said in his heart that it was good to see what the second Gu of Fangzhen Longdu looked like. But he was disappointed, the Gu family sat in the car, and only the family general Chen Boqing spoke to him alone. Cheng Chu told Chen Boqing that the city had already prepared wine and food, and he was just waiting for the three young ladies to be guests.

Gu Jiagui is one of the four imperial merchants, and he is also a relative of the emperor, and has industries in all state capitals across the country, and even has mansions in the remote Mucheng and Jincheng. Chen Boqing, on behalf of the Gu family, rejected the general's good intentions, after all, there are differences between men and women, and the Gu family still has a mansion in Mucheng that is convenient for resting.

That's the case, Cheng Chu also felt that he had touched the light of the Gu family and had a relationship with the Gu family. In the future, the crown prince will succeed to the throne, and the young master of the crown prince Gu Yong will inevitably be the prime minister, and he will inevitably be able to rank in the court. Cheng Chu personally saw them escorting to the Gu family's merchants, and then turned around and left.

Zhang Xiaowu, who was standing in the distance, saw Cheng Chu's flattering look, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a disdainful smile, Hu Sanwan hurriedly coughed and reminded, Zhang Xiaowu hurriedly reined in.

Zhang Xiaowu had just returned to the dead soldiers' camp and had not yet repaired, so he had to go to the regimental general's camp to report the journey all the way.

Zhang Xiaowu knew that Cheng Chu didn't care about the escort along the way, he just cared about the news of the Gu family, but he didn't know much about the Gu family, and the only thing he knew was those sand bandits who intercepted and killed the Gu family, and the Gu family said that it was very likely that the Seventh Prince did it. Zhang Xiaowu did not hide it, and told Cheng Chu everything before and after, Cheng Chu heard it in a cold sweat, shook his head and said: "Bad things, bad things, how can you get involved in the battle for imperial power, bad things!" I don't want to get involved in this matter if I don't go to Raven Mountain, you kid, you can provoke me too much! Some people in the military department ridiculed Cheng Chu as a general on paper, but they could not deny that Cheng Chu had his own ability, and he was always vigilant about the internal struggle in the imperial court, lest he be deeply involved.

Zhang Xiaowu completely fell from the sky and smashed it on his head, he couldn't interfere in the affairs of the court, let alone get involved, so he pretended not to understand and said: "Although there are many sand bandits, the rabble will be defeated in a battle, and they will be vulnerable." ”

"I'm not talking about sand bandits, I'm talking about ...... Alas...... "Seeing that Zhang Xiaowu was tired, Cheng Chu asked him to go back and rest immediately.

Returning to the barracks again, Zhang Xiaowu was finally able to take a hot bath, and he asked the veteran soldiers in the army to rub the mud for him. After taking a bath, I only felt more than a dozen pounds of relaxation, and the bath water was changed three times, which shows how sloppy it is to not be able to take a bath for 20 days.

Lying on the bed, Zhang Xiaowu felt unprecedented relaxation and fell asleep for a day.

The next day, Zhang Xiaowu still woke up early, and after eating fried noodles, he went to visit the wounded again, and changed the gauze for Niu Mugen himself. Seeing that Niu Mugen's wounds were all closed, Zhang Xiaowu was very happy, and after some preparation, he cut the thin thread, and then pulled out the suture thread.

Pull out the thin thread from the meat, so that Niu Mugen once again experienced what life is better than death, if it is not firmly held down by the surrounding robes, I am afraid that it will be in pain and fly to the sky.

After the completion of the "stitch removal operation", Zhang Xiaowu, a doctor who performed the surgery indiscriminately, was also laid off, and he handed over Niu Mugen and other wounded to the doctor of the epidemic camp, and reorganized the dead soldiers' battalion, reducing the six capital teams to five, and the lower capital team became a team of soldiers, specially responsible for logistics work.

The number of the dead battalion was reduced to 800 people, but the combat effectiveness did not decrease much, but gradually gained the momentum of a strong army because of several killings.

The other sergeants of the Sixth Regiment learned of the experience of the dead soldier battalion, and they were more convinced of Zhang Xiaowu's "ghost general", and the test on the battlefield was the basis for the sergeant's trust.

At noon, Huang Sheng took Huang Qi to comfort Sergeant Lao, Zhang Xiaowu reported as usual, Huang Sheng kept nodding and smiling while listening, and then waved his hand and said: "Come on, each sergeant will enjoy a jar of wine and a tael of silver." ”

The sergeants thanked them on the surface, but they were very dissatisfied with Huang Sheng's stinginess, and Huang Sheng then pulled Zhang Xiaowu and said: "Zhang Xiaozuo, your trip is very hard, and there will be 5,000 soldiers here in some time, and you have to train them to become soldiers." ”

"The general has told him that he should bear it." Zhang Xiaowu arched his hand.

Huang Sheng asked again: "But what kind of suffering?" ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "In this escort, 64 people were killed, 14 were seriously injured and disabled, and nearly 100 were slightly injured. The fallen soldiers have been buried on the spot, but it is useless for the crippled soldiers to remain in the army, so it is better to let them go home. ”

Huang Sheng looked embarrassed, saying that generally only after the end of the war will soldiers return to their hometowns, and if they are allowed to return to their hometowns at this time, although they will not be treated as fugitives, they will not be resettled. If the wounded soldiers only bring a return order, they will not even get the money to buy dry food on the way home.

"Their injuries were caused by my incompetence in command, so I paid for their journey." Zhang Xiaowu said angrily, "In addition, the sixty-four fallen soldiers also need to be cared for, I know that the captain is embarrassed, but fortunately, the property of some sand bandits seized this time is enough to appease the sergeants, so as not to complain in everyone's hearts, and be loyal to the country, not even a little compensation." I wonder if adults can agree? ”