Through Bian Lai's soft grinding and hard foam all day the next day, General Lin, who was in charge of supervising the border criminals, finally agreed to send Bai Wuyi to him.

Bian Lai excitedly found Bai Wuyi, and he didn't wait for Bai Wuyi to finish packing up his unforged weapons, so he dragged him all the way to the armory.

"Come on, brother, put this on and try it." Bian Lai took off a heavy piece of cotton armor from the armor stand, put it on Bai Wuyi, and said to him while helping him put it on, "This cotton armor is best for winter combat use." We're going to the Netherlands, where I don't know how cold it is. Put on cotton armor and you can't go wrong. ”

Facing the heavy armor on his body, Bai Wuyi moved his arm slightly, and he suddenly felt a little at a loss, so he opened his mouth and said to Bian, "Captain Bian, this cotton armor is too heavy and hinders my movements. ”

"You haven't worn these before, it's just that you're not used to it, this cotton armor is not a heavy armor. I'll tell you, no matter how good your skills are, but when you get to the battlefield, those swords and arrows don't have long eyes, and when the time comes, you can't guard against it. If you are cold and given such a blow by those flying arrows, then you may be injured without the protection of armor. So, you have to wear armor. ”

Bai Wu nodded in understanding, but then said, "Captain Bian, what you said is good, but the purpose of our trip is to go deep behind enemy lines to spy on the military situation. Compared to engaging the enemy, I believe that the key to completing the mission is to be able to ride quickly and lightly and with agility to avoid the enemy's detection. ”

"Uh.." Bian Lai pursed his lips and pondered in his heart, and said, "What you said seems to be right." Our trip is indeed to avoid the enemy as much as possible and reduce the number of battles. But no one could have predicted what kind of battle we were going to encounter, and although this armor was a little clumsy and heavy, I think you might as well wear it. ”

Bai Wuyi fiddled with the armor on his body and then said, "Captain Bian, since I am going with you on the expedition, I should listen to your orders." It's just this cotton armor, I want to make some changes to it before departure, I don't know if you can allow it? ”

"It's easy to say, as long as you're willing to wear armor, you can get it however you want. Anyway, you people in the valley are the best at these. Bian Lai then said, "This armor has been picked for you." As for the following weapons, I don't think I'll choose for you, what weapons are you willing to carry, just pick them here. General Li also spoke before, the soldiers on this expedition can choose the weapons they need to carry here at will, you can take it. ”

Bai Wuyi's gaze swept over the rows of weapon racks in the armory and nodded.

After Bai Wuyi chose a barrier knife, a horizontal knife, and a Mo knife, he followed Bian to the stable of the Bangfeng Camp. Approaching the stable of the Bangfeng Camp, Bai Wuyi really felt the purge of the Shuoding Army. Bai Wuyi, who is good at observing everything from the details, saw that this huge stable was actually cleaned, not to mention horse manure and sundries, and there was not even a trace of forage for feeding horses on the ground.

Bai Wuyi thought to himself, if the weapons and armor in the arsenal were neatly arranged, it should be considered reasonable, but in such a large stable, there are countless war horses in it, and the soldiers of this Shuoding Army can still keep it so neat, then it must be extremely strict military discipline, and their combat effectiveness must not be bad.

"Do you know horses?" Bian looked at the rows of horses in the barn fence and asked Bai Wuyi, "Do you want me to pick and choose for you?" ”

"There's no need for Captain Bian, I'll just pick it myself. Dare to ask, how many horses are we equipped with for each mission? Bai Wuyi asked Bian Lai.

"Five horses." Bian said, "How's it going?" Specs high enough, right? ”

"Penetrate enemy territory and go to the Netherlands to spy on each person, each equipped with five horses, which is not much."

"Five horses isn't too much?" Bian said, "When my most elite dragon horsemen set out on the expedition, they only had two horses each. ”

"It's because we have too few horses." Bai Wuyi said, "If it is the kind of heavy armored cavalry of the Longxiang Army, they march in full armor, and each person should have one pack horse, and two war horses are enough. ”

"Hey, Brother Bai, you know a lot. Where did you hear that? Bian Lai asked Bai Wuyi.

"Listen to the brothers of the same sect who have been going to and from the armies and transporting their blades to them." Bai Wuyi said.

"Oh, then you pick the horses first, I'll see if you really know horses."

"I need a bow." Bai Wuyi thought for a while and said.

"A bow?" Bian Lai was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Okay, I'll get you a horned bow for cavalry." ”

Bai Wuyi took the horned bow that Bian Lai had taken in his hand, and he walked through the stables with an empty bow in his hand.

In the stables, whenever he walked by some of the sturdy horses, he would place the bowstrings on either side of the horse's head. Many of the horses, left or right, turned their heads in fright at the sound of a bowstring close to their ears. Only a few horses paid no attention to the sound of bowstrings on their left and right sides.

For the horses who ignored the sound of bows and arrows, Bai Wuyi took the horizontal knife from his body and swung it in front of their eyes. Among them, some horses shook their heads due to the reflection of the sword light.

"Captain Bian, I've made my choice." Bai Wuyi pointed to a few horses and said, "These are the ones." ”

Bian Lai clapped his hands and smiled and praised Bai Wuyi, "Old way, old way." I really didn't expect you to be so sophisticated, Brother Bai. If it's the recruits who choose the horses, they generally like to choose the tall horses. For those who know a little, they like to look at the horse's hip muscles and pull them out for a test ride. If they know a little more, they can only look at the horse's teeth to identify the age, or put heavy armor on the horse, and see how it runs with weight. What I really didn't expect was that Brother Bai, you would use such a simple method to pick out the most battle-hardened war horse in this stable at once. ”

"The physique and endurance of the horses are also very important, but they need to be ridden out one by one, and there are so many horses in this stable that I can't choose them in a short period of time, so I can only use this method." Bai Wuyi said, "These horses are not afraid of the sound of strings, nor are they afraid of the light of the sword, it is obvious that they have undergone strict training or participated in cruel actual combat. You can't go wrong with them. ”

"That's a good point. The people of the Slope Valley Villa are really the best among the people. Bian said, "I think my little brother Yu Pu, that is, your junior brother, he really went to the right place to learn from his teacher." ”

"Captain Bian, dare to ask who commanded this operation?" Bai Wuyi asked instead.

"Who's in command?" Bian Lai was asked by Bai Wuyi before he suddenly realized that Li Yongguo's order to him did not mention who was in command.

"The ten people of the Bangfeng Battalion must be commanded by me, but if you say that the commander-in-chief..."Bian Lai thought for a while and said, "Then we will have to wait until the day of departure to listen to the general's instructions." ”

Early in the morning of the departure day, Bian Lai led Bai Wuyi and eight other heavily armed soldiers of the Bangfeng Battalion to the north gate of Shuoding Fortress. Subsequently, the twenty soldiers of the Kuang Annihilation Battalion and the Flying Dome Battalion of the Shuoding Army also drove their horses to arrive under the leadership of their respective captains and assembled at the gate.

Bai Wuyi saw that the ten soldiers of the Kuang Annihilation Battalion were all dressed in bright light armor and holding spears. On the horses accompanying them, in addition to felt tents, bedding, coats, hats, water bladders, grain bags, etc., there were also heavy weapons such as large shields and swords. The soldiers of the Flying Dome Battalion did not look much easier than the Kuang Annihilation Battalion, although they were dressed in lighter leather armor, but they carried longbows for dismounting and fighting on horseback, short bows for horse combat, heavy arrows and quivers for melee combat, light arrows for long-range projectiles, and knives for hand-to-hand combat.

As the sound of the galloping horses' hooves sounded again from far and near, Bai Wuyi saw that the ten Yandi guides in Bian Lai's mouth had also arrived.

Bai Wuyi, who first saw the Yandi people, saw that their clothes were very different from those of the Shuoding army, they did not wear any armor on their bodies, they were only wearing thick leather jackets, leather hats, and a short bow on their backs.

The march of forty men was assembled, and everyone waited for the arrival of the heralds.

"What time has it been, why haven't the heralds come yet?" Bian Lai drove his horse to the front of the Flying Dome Battalion and said to their leading captain, Shan Zhao.

"Brother Bian, don't worry, maybe they're preparing Zhuangxing wine for us." Shan Zhao said with a smile.

"you, Zhuangxing wine is for those who send the dead." Bian said, "I don't drink that." ”

"Brother Bian, you said, if we go to the Netherworld, it's not just to send us to death." Shan Zhao said.

Bian Lai glanced at the other soldiers on the side a few times, and then said, "Xiaodan, what you said is disturbing the morale of the army, let me tell you." ”

Shan Zhao smiled and said, "Don't dare, don't dare." Brother Bian's official tone is really good. ”

"I'll hit you." Bian Lai raised his horsewhip and said to Shan Zhao with a smile.

"The Great General is here."

"Don't bluff me, I'll have to beat you when the general comes." Bian Lai took the horsewhip and continued to laugh.

"The general is really here."

Seeing that Shan Zhao's expression didn't look like a joke, Bian Lai immediately turned around and looked back. He was surprised to see that as a group of guards opened the way, accompanied by Li Yongguo, the general of the imperial hussars, Ji Yuan, rode his horse from the inner city of the city to this place.

The forty soldiers who were about to set off were stunned when they saw General Ji Yuan, they never expected that General Ji Yuan would personally rush to the gate of the city fortress to give military orders. They quickly dismounted and straightened out the formation, waiting for General Ji Yuan to arrive.

Bai Wuyi stood beside Bian Lai, and he tiptoed slightly to look at the famous General Ji Yuan of the empire. He saw that Ji Yuan, although he was close to the age of six, he was still energetic and magnificent. Between the gestures, it reveals a kind of transcendent temperament unique to the imperial general. Bai Wuyi felt that that temperament was the domineering spirit of contempt for the enemies of the Quartet accumulated from a hundred battles.

Ji Yuan drove his horse to approach the queue, and after his gaze swept over the faces of all the soldiers, he spoke, "Fellow soldiers, although it is a thousand miles to go to the Netherlands, it is extremely dangerous to penetrate the territory of a strong enemy. But this is nothing to us Sergeant Shuoding, and I will believe that you will be able to live up to the trust of the country, and you will return unharmed. You're confident that you can do it, aren't you? ”

"Yes! Be! Be! ”

After the continuous shouts of the soldiers, Li Yongguo suddenly spoke, "This time I go north to the Netherworld, and there will be an imperial envoy who will go with you. As an envoy of my Son of Heaven, you must protect his safety this time, and strictly obey his orders in everything. ”

"Order!"

Bian Lai was shocked that there was an imperial envoy with him, so he had to get up and look up, but he saw that a person flashed next to General Ji Yuan at some point. The man was dressed in a black robe, carrying a wooden box, and on his face as white as frost, a pair of slender eyebrows were looking at everyone slightly.

"This is the imperial envoy, Yi Kong, Yi Da." Li Yongguo introduced to the soldiers.

"Meet the court envoy."

Without waiting for Bian to continue to look at the black-robed court envoy again, he suddenly heard him speak, "Let's go." ”

Although Yi Kong's voice was not too loud, it was enough for everyone present to hear it.

Although Bian Lai and the other soldiers heard this "departure" sound, he, like everyone else, looked at him hesitantly, and then looked at General Ji Yuan. At the moment when everyone hesitated, Bai Wuyi suddenly left the queue and turned over on the horse.

"Your commander has given the order, is it only one person who hears it?" Li Yongguo suddenly pointed to the horse, and Bai Wuyi yelled.

"Order!"

Everyone hurriedly replied to Yi Kong with their fists at this moment, and then turned over on their horses.