Entering the first year of Chongzhen in November (lunar calendar), the northwest of the entire Ming Dynasty is still a snowflake has not fallen, the weather is dry and cold, the body is weak and will be frozen to death for a little longer outside, and the northwest land can be seen everywhere in the roadside ditch of the homeless people Xinchuang Wang.

This is not a good sign, it seems that the weather has not improved because of the change of the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and there are signs of intensification.

Woniu Mountain, in the small cave of the military advisor Lu Shi.

It was already the middle of the night, and Wang Jian and Zhang Xiao, who had been training with the children's group for a day, were already asleep in the room, occasionally whispering a few words in their dreams.

Lu Shi looked at it from time to time, smiled with relief, and tried his best to put the work at hand softly.

Outside the cave, there were bursts of dry and cold wind whistling and blowing, beating the window lattice, shaking the door, and squeezing in through the cracks and window lattices, so that the small cave with the brazier was not necessarily much warmer than the outside.

The charcoal brazier was specially equipped by the third uncle for him, a precious military division, and the old charcoal worker also carefully burned the best charcoal for Lu Shi to ensure that the fire was hard and did not smoke.

Warm sticky tea on the charcoal brazier, refresh Lu Shi at any time, and roast a few steamed buns on the edge of the brazier, this is Lu Shi's supper, these standards are not popular, no one thinks it is unfair, but they all agree that it should be and not enough, everyone looks at the military division who is getting thinner and thinner all day long, and only wants to stuff all the treasures into the stomach of the military division.

Twisting his stiff neck, stretching his waist, and then rubbing his numb face vigorously with both hands to refresh himself, and then continued to bury his head in the piles of papers on the table, such as official documents, maps, plans, etc., the oil lamp danced orange flames on the table, imprinting Lu Shi's obviously thin figure on the cave wall, lonely and lonely.

Thanks to the low efficiency and procrastination of the official army, this gave the fledgling Woniu Mountain a moment of respite, and the brothers of Woniu Mountain tightly grasped this rare calm, and launched the whole army training to build equipment, and now, after a month and a half, the cottage has a certain scale, and everything has been on the right track.

Guo Tianxing also honestly assumed the responsibility of the commander, which made the burden on Lu Shi's shoulders obviously much lighter, what he was worthy of his concern was that the artisan camp in the back mountain and his own students, and then put all his mind on planning the operation to kill Weinan.

Lu Shi was completely blind to northern Shaanxi, and could only rely on these maps that had just been drawn to formulate a course of action, but the scope of these maps was very small, and it had not yet reached the edge of Weinan, so he could only continue to look for people who had been to Weinan or had heard of Weinan to enrich his understanding of the situation along the way.

However, in this era of outrageous traffic, it is the norm for people to stay at home, and those who have walked out of thirty or fifty miles are all people with great knowledge, and once they go thousands of miles, you don't even think about it, even if there is such a person, if you want to come, you have already died under the knife of a pole, or buried in the belly of a happy beast.

- There is also a way to get the news, that is, to find those merchants who sell goods back and forth, but, but, now that they are thieves, it is okay for other merchants to secretly sell you some goods, but really help you get a map or help you run away, that is not to think about it, those merchants regard their trade route maps as ancestral treasures, that is the heirloom of the son, not the daughter, and you Lu Shi is not their father.

In the face of the cute Ming Quanyu map that can be full of anime, I can only be helpless, and now I am waiting for the last few brothers of the sergeant to come back, hoping to bring some unexpected joy to myself.

Looking at the things in his hand, Lu Shi felt powerless again, so he stood up with a wry smile and paced lightly in the cave, hoping that his mind would be active.

At this moment, there was a gentle knock on the lattice of the cave.

Lu Shi was stunned, it was so late, why did anyone come? But no matter who it was, they couldn't turn it away, so Lu Shi walked a few steps, opened the door of the cave, and asked in a low voice, "I don't know which brother it is?" Visiting after all the time? ”

As soon as the door opened, a figure walked in with the cold wind, and without waiting for Lu Shi to close the door, he said urgently while saluting: "Subordinate Zhao Xing disturbed the military division late at night, there is really no way, and I still hope that the military division Haihan." ”

As soon as he saw Zhao Xing coming in, Lu Shi hurriedly closed the door and said with a smile: "It's Brother Zhao, come in, the thief is cold outside, don't freeze your body, it's just right, I can't sleep, you come to talk to me and save yourself loneliness on a winter night." ”

As he spoke, he lifted the warm teapot on the charcoal brazier, took out a large bowl and poured it for Zhao Xing, and then pushed it in front of him.

Zhao Xing is also cold and sleepy, his office cave does not have the same treatment as Lu Shi, except for a little heat emitted by the fire kang, it is not much different from the ice cellar, but Zhao Xing is still busy there all night without regrets.

Zhao Xing said politely, drank the bowl of sticky tea in one go, and then put the big bowl back in its original place in a proper manner.

After a bowl of hot tea, my body immediately warmed up a lot, and my spirit was lifted. With a sigh of relief, he raised his eyes and saw that the military advisor was waiting for his own report, so he hurriedly took out a roll of paper in his armpit, carefully spread it on the table, and then said respectfully: "This is a map of a section of terrain that the sergeant brother has just sorted out, I drew it according to the contour line method taught by the military advisor, please look at it and collect it." ”

Lu Shi took a closer look, this one turned out to be a map of Qinghe's extension, and looking at the curvilinear place names on it, you can see how attentive the brothers are.

"The last of the Warden Brothers are back?"

"I came back this afternoon, and I didn't rest, so we started sorting out these maps."

"Are there any casualties?"

"A brother was wounded by Xiang Yong while he was inspecting a fort and was carried back on the way."

Lu Shi stopped talking, just silently stroked the maps.

This time, according to Lu Shi's instructions, Geng Kui sent the unskilled prison sergeant brothers to patrol the south, and achieved remarkable results, but also lost six brothers, and the lives of the six brothers were exchanged for the most accurate maps along the way south of Mizhi to the extension, which was a great harvest.

Lu Shi carefully rolled up the map, raised his head and asked, "Coming here in the middle of the night, could it be just for this?" ”

Zhao Xing bowed and said, "There are still a few important things to report to the military advisor." ”

Lu Shi pressed his hand, asked Zhao Xing to sit down and said, pour another bowl of tea for Zhao Xing, and then stopped talking, and quietly listened to Zhao Xing's report with a bowl of hot tea.

"The first thing is that the brothers rushed back this morning to report, the border army of Yulin Town has decided to send troops, and the spearhead is directly aimed at our Woniu Mountain."

"This is not unusual, and it is expected that this is all caused by Zhang Yuan's house." Lu Shi said quietly. "Have you ever heard about the time of the troops?"

"There is no need to listen, in order to boost morale, the general army of Yulin has long been known to everyone on the street, and the day of dispatch is set on the second day of the lunar month."

Lu Shi nodded.

Today is November 15, counting the speed of the border army's march, that is, there are still twenty days left for yourself, and it is full of time. He can go south five to ten days before the border army arrives to suppress it, and let those hills and eight fall into the air, and they can't catch up.

"Their pickled things are really full of confidence, they didn't take us seriously at all, even the day of the victory class teacher has been set, on the twenty-second day of the lunar month, they can go back and spend the New Year in peace."

Lu Shi smiled contemptuously and whispered: "It's beautiful to think about, I'm afraid they will have to spend this year in the wilderness." ”

Zhao Xing also smiled lightly.

"How many troops?"

"Ten thousand."

"Hehe, you've made a lot of money, and you really look up to us." Lu Shiman muttered nonchalantly.

"In fact, now after the victory of the border soldiers, they have not been rewarded with money and food from the imperial court, nor have they been paid for the arrears, this is just pulling out some more people and horses, and they have the calculation of eating places, who to send troops for, and there are disputes among them, and in the end it is decided by drawing lots."

Lu Shiwen couldn't help but stand up and chuckle when he heard this, "When did the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty be so belligerent?" And come up with such a ridiculous way to send troops? ”

Zhao Xing also smiled slightly: "Aren't you hungry?" The border soldiers of the Great Wall are like this, and it can be seen that the strength of the Ming Dynasty is almost exhausted. ”

Lu Shi nodded, but still said cautiously: "The hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, the old empire of the Ming Dynasty can still survive for a few years, let's not despise it." ”

Zhao Xing hurriedly bowed to the teachings and said: "Follow the teachings of the military teacher, and your subordinates have been taught." ”

Lu Shi helplessly pressed Zhao Xing again.

Zhao Xing couldn't let go in front of him, this well-behaved appearance really made Lu Shi uncomfortable, but no matter how he said it, he couldn't change it, and there was no way.

Lu Shi just pressed Zhao Xing, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked: "But I don't know, this time to send troops, can the Guyuan border army be inside?" ”

Zhao Xing was stunned, why did the military advisor care so much about this Guyuan border soldier? But he didn't ask, and replied truthfully: "Guyuan is far away from Yulin, and it is inconvenient to mobilize troops, so Shangshang did not call Guyuan border troops to participate in the battle." ”

When Lu Shi heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Guyuan did not send troops to participate in the war, it would be fine if others didn't know it now, but he knew it.

The Guyuan border soldiers did not pay food and salary for four years, and in December of the first year of Chongzhen, Guyuan mutinied. The soldiers who participated in the mutiny robbed the property of the Guyuan Prefecture treasury, and then turned to attack Jingyang, Fuping, and Sanyuan, and the official and military guerrilla Li Ying was also captured.

There is also a famous figure in history who can help him to go south safely-Gao Yingxiang, who will also revolt in Ansai at this time, which just attracts the biggest obstacle to the south - Yan'an's officers and soldiers, and the most important thing is to attract Lu Shi to a well-known celebrity who is afraid in his heart - Hong Chengchou, although Hong Chengchou at this time is only a grain governor in Yan'an Mansion, but when Yan'an has no general in Shu, he sent a civilian official to lead the army, but he showed his edge in the suppression of Gao Yingxiang, officially stepped on the stage of history.

Lu Shi didn't want to become a ladder for Hong Chengchou to step onto the stage of history.

All of the above, this is the reason why Lu Shi has been sitting firmly on Woniu Mountain and not rushing south.