Seeing Han Qian's eyes looking over, although most of the newly recruited scouts were veterans who were accustomed to seeing blood, they also felt tremendous pressure when they thought of the four slacking colleagues who were hacked to death with knives in the north courtyard of the villa a few days ago.

At this time, even the junior spies recruited into the spy room may not know the true face of the secret Cao Zuosi, let alone the craftsmen who were incorporated into the craftsman's room, but the elite scouts of the military room were summoned by Han Qian on the night when the third prince inspected the military mansion of the cantonment camp, and told the secretary Cao Zuosi about the mission of preparation and preparation.

Although many of these newly recruited scouts know very well in their hearts that the third prince is really not a good object of allegiance, for them, there is no choice at all.

After Han Qian promulgated the regulations on rewards and punishments in the military room, he made Zhao Wuji, Lin Zongjing, Guo Nuer and others lead most of the military scouts to the west. At this time, the fifteen or sixteen people gathered in this nunnery were only part of this group of westward people.

Although this group of people did not have time to receive rigorous teaching and training, they were completely clear about the purpose of this trip, and they also knew how serious the consequences would be of the failure of this mission, so they did not dare to slack off.

"Civet, you can say a few words." A number of scouts instigated a lean man to say a few words in response to Han Qian's inquiry.

The civet is just the nickname of the lean man, his real name is Gao Shao, he is in his early thirties, he is a native of Liyang County, Jingzhao Prefecture, and he is a sentry scout in the Dong Changjun who made the Yuezhou Festival earlier, and he is good at riding and shooting, and has the ability to fly the eaves and walk the wall, so he has the nickname of the civet.

After the defeat of Dong Chang, although Gao Shao was released to the township as a prisoner, the fields and houses were confiscated, his wife was infected with the epidemic, and the family could not even be a tenant and was driven out of the grange by the old owner, and could only become a homeless.

Although they have been together for more than half a month, Zhao Wuji, Lin Zongjing, Guo Nuer and others have all shown calmness and maturity beyond their age, and they are also aware of the situation of lurking in the mountains and wilderness and scouting the enemy, but their age is still too young, and in such a short period of time, it is still not enough to make other veterans trust their lives.

They were just intimidated by Han Qian's high-pressure deterrence, and they no longer dared to casually disobey and neglect Zhao Wuji and others.

Although these newly recruited scouts have a relatively mixed ancestral homeland, they have long inquired about each other's more capable, who has higher prestige and status, and they are more inclined to listen to the opinions of those they trust in this kind of critical action.

Han Qian also looked at the civet Gao Shao, he noticed that Gao Shao glanced at Tian Cheng, and saw that Tian Cheng was silent, so he calmed down to organize his words.

Han Qian could see that among this group of newly recruited scouts, Gao Shao respected Tian Cheng's status and prestige more.

"The lord said that Zhao Mingting's conspiracy was to prevent the boss from going to Xuzhou to take office, but Zhao Mingting's conspiracy did not dare to make it public, and the biggest possibility was to send a secret room to keep an eye on the whereabouts of the boss, and then notify the Jiang bandits who had colluded with them to do it," the civet Gao Shao said in a deep voice, "Chizhou is the territory of the eldest lord, although the eldest lord and the eldest are not very harmonious, but Chizhou should not be the place where Zhao Mingting and they choose to do it." If we take action now to catch the secret room sent by Zhao Mingting, and after scaring the snakes, it will be difficult to figure out their deployment west of Chizhou. ”

Han Qian nodded, secretly feeling that people like Gao Shao and Tian Cheng were really more experienced, and they could go deeper considering things, and said: "Wuji, Tian Cheng, Gao Shao, Xiyao, the four of you will go with me now." My father's boat will depart again at night, and tomorrow it should appear under the city of Jiangzhou, and we will rush to Jiangzhou before we do! ”

To the west of Jiangzhou is Ezhou.

And Yuezhou and Tanzhou, which are west of Ezhou, are the territory of Ma Yin, the envoy of Tanzhou Jiedu.

Although Ma Yin was four years before Tianyou, because of an internal rebellion, which led to a great loss of strength, he had to join Emperor Tianyou to suppress the rebellion and continue to sit firmly in the position of the envoy of Tanzhou Jiedu, although Ma Yin has always been deferential to Jinling over the years, but at least he still maintains a semi-independent status, and he will not easily let the power of the Privy Council to infiltrate unscrupulously.

In addition, Han Qian believed that Ma Yin no longer wanted Jinling to strengthen his control over the counties south and west of Tanzhou, or perhaps deep down he hoped that Dachu would cause chaos, so that he could get rid of Jinling's control, but Ma Yin was a very cautious and cautious person, perhaps because of these unsightly things and thoughts, then he didn't want to provoke the attention of Emperor Tianyou, so he should not want to be assassinated on the way to the post of Xuzhou Assassin Shi in Tanzhou.

Therefore, the places that Han Qian is most worried about are actually Jiangzhou and Ezhou.

What Han Qian can be sure of at present is that Zhao Mingting is sure that he has sent people to their disadvantage, and Zhao Mingting has not sent many people, so there is reason to believe that Zhao Mingting is very likely to contact the Jiang bandit Hukou between Jiang and Hubei and attack his father's boat.

Han Qian suddenly changed the itinerary of the sailboat, the purpose of which was to disturb the position of Zhao Mingting's men, so that they could catch the flaw and discover their deployment between Jiang and Hubei.

Han Qian redistributed the manpower, and Guo Nuer and Lin Zongjing led two groups of men and horses from Zhide to Jiangzhou, and he and Zhao Wuji, Gao Shao, Tian Cheng and Nian Xiyao rode fast horses from the mountains south of Zhide County to Jiangzhou City.

Although it was only more than 150 miles by waterway from the west of Zhide County to Jiangzhou City, Han Qian and the others had to bypass the eyeline between Jiangzhou and Zhide County, which Zhao Mingting might be assigned to, and detour from the mountains in the south, almost doubling the mileage, before arriving at the outskirts of Laolongzui in the west of Hukou County, which Jiangzhou belonged, in the early morning.

Poyang Lake, which is 300 miles long from north to south and 150 miles wide from east to west, connects to the Yangtze River in the west of Hukou County; Laolongzui is located on the west bank of the lake, across the lake from Jiangzhou City on the east bank.

Father Han Daoxun went to Xuzhou to take up his post, and he could continue to go west through Jiangzhou, and then go south into the Dongting Lake water system after arriving in Yuezhou, or he could go south directly in Hukou County, enter Poyang Lake, land in Hongzhou, and cross the Luoxiao Mountains by land to enter the Jingchu realm.

This road, although it is a bit hard, is also a shortcut to Xuzhou.

Han Qian thought to himself that if Zhao Mingting was on guard against his father's possible temporary change of itinerary, he should send someone to keep an eye on the mouth of Poyang Lake in the east of Jiangzhou City.

Laolongzui is the west of Hukou County, a mountain ridge stretching into the lake beach from the land, although only ten zhang high, but stretching into the muddy water of the intersection of rivers and lakes has two miles deep, it is the important place to control the mouth of the lake, when the princes of Jingchu competed for power in the early years, Laolongzui built military buildings such as the tower, the sentry base, at present it has belonged to the hinterland of the Great Chu, although there is no garrison on the old Longzui, but the buildings such as the tower are retained, become a place of interest and historic sites.

Han Qian did not directly climb the old dragon mouth, but hid in a hill on the periphery, staring at the direction of the old dragon mouth.

Han Qian made an appointment with his father, and in half an hour, the sailboat would enter Poyang Lake from the west of Laolongzui, so that they could clearly see if there was a secret spy sent by Zhao Mingting in the vicinity.

Targeting the secret scouts sent by Zhao Mingting to Jiangzhou was Han Qian's purpose.

In half a day and three hundred miles in one night, the four horses were all scrapped, and they were directly slaughtered and pushed into a ravine full of dead branches and leaves.

Gao Shao and Tian Cheng are both fierce generals in the army, and they can endure the hardships, Nian Xiyao and Zhao Wuji are both from poor backgrounds, but in their impressions, they should be the pampered, arrogant and cruel son of the minister, Han Qian, the son of the minister, what he has to do every day is to accompany the third prince to study, and at this time it is only a little difficult.

This actually shocked Gao Shao and Tian Cheng.

Han Qian and the others hid in a bush, took out a monocular from his arms, and looked in the direction of the old dragon's head after pulling it out, and the two faint figures on the hill of the old dragon's mouth in the distance immediately became clear.

Although Lao Lao Tsui is a famous place of interest nearby, it is only early in the morning at this time, and the person who boarded Lao Long Tsui so early is naturally suspicious.

After looking at the film, Han Qian handed the monocular to Zhao Wuji and them: "You take turns staring at these two people, remember to take turns to rest." ”

Galloping all night, the iron beaten people will also be quite sleepy.

In the early morning, there was a burst of rain at the mouth of the lake, and there was no dry place in the wild, so Han Qian spread half of the oilcloth under the tree, and rested with his eyes closed against the roots; also told Zhao Wuji that they must take turns to rest and recuperate enough energy to cope with the next changes.

After Zhao Wuji confirmed the two target figures, he taught Gao Shao, Tian Cheng, and Ji Xiyao how to use a monocular to see distant objects.

The half-foot-long copper cylinder, one foot long after pulling it out, put it in the eyes and looked out, the trees four or five miles away were like in front of me, and even the faces of the two people on the top of the old Longzui Mountain could be vaguely seen.

Tian Cheng and Gao Shao had never seen such a rarity before, if it weren't for this trick, they would have to lurk at the foot of Lao Longzui Mountain to see the faces of those two clearly, and in that case, it would be extremely difficult for the two people who would not be condescending to detect.

"Where did you find this treasure, it's so wonderful?" Tian Cheng was recruited into the Zuo Si barracks, and he was quite low-key, and at this time, seeing Han Qian curled up under the tree, he snored slightly, and couldn't help but ask Zhao Wuji.

"Where can I find this thing, but it was made by the young master in his spare time." Zhao Wuji said.

"There is only one such sharp object?" Tian Cheng had never seen Zhao Wuji, Han Qian's descendants, carrying a monocular, and asked curiously.

This thing can vaguely see the other party's face from seven or eight miles away on a sunny day, which is really useful for scouts who spy on the enemy. In Tian Cheng's opinion, even if these things are worth more than a dozen cakes of gold, they should be made and distributed to key people.

"If it's really so easy to build, do you need the young master to do it himself?"

The difficulty of the monocular mirror lies in the grinding of the lens, and there are no precision instruments in the world, so with experience, a little bit of grinding and calibration, I don't know how many crystals are wasted, Han Qian used his leisure time for most of the year to grind out two suitable lenses, not that Han Qian didn't know that this trick was easy to use, and he didn't give it to Zhao Wuji, and they were all equipped.

Zhao Wuji didn't say much, and after a little explanation, he didn't want to say more, and asked Gao Shao and Tian Cheng to take turns to keep an eye on the top of Laolongzui Mountain, and asked Ji Xiyao to climb the tree and keep an eye on the entrance and exit of the mountain forest where they were, while he put a tuomu bow in front of him, and also sat under the tree to close his eyes and recuperate.

Tian Cheng and Gao Shao glanced at each other, and then at Han Qian, who had already begun to snore, but he didn't expect Han Qian to fall asleep in such a short time, which is usually something that many elite scouts can't do.

In the past, when Han Qian returned to the cantonment military mansion, in order to avoid suspicion and to avoid suspicion that his father was targeted too early, he mainly handled affairs in the villa, and the children of the soldiers went to contact the infected and hungry people, and he rarely had contact with the soldiers in the tunzhai; After the workshop was stabilized in the lime kiln, it was mainly handed over to Fan Xicheng and them to preside.

For a long time, Han Daoxun, who admonished the hungry people, and Han Qian, who did not learn and did not know how to do it, father and son, had a reputation that was not good enough among the soldiers who had some sources of information.

However, figures like Tian Cheng and Gao Shao can also be seen from the appointment of Han Daoxun and Han Qian's father and son, but the time they have been in contact with Han Qian is too short, and they still know too little about the "young master" in the eyes of Zhao Wuji and others, and Han Qian, who can control their life and death.