Luo Tiantian pointed to the ridge next to the official road and said:

"Your Excellency, please look, right in the middle of the ridge ahead, the little one had planned to go over and explore the road to see if there was any danger, but guess what, my lord? The ridge is full of yellow mud on the official road, and it is full of black mud on the side of Luzhou Mansion, which is completely distinct, and the small one is curious for a while, so he stepped on one side, so there is a foot of yellow mud and a foot of black mud on his feet, my lord, do you say strange? ”

Zhang Xian thought about it, and the geography teacher once explained this phenomenon, so he said to Luo Tiantian:

"Three days, this is actually nothing strange, we stand in the place, belongs to the intersection of Huainan and Ezhou, Ezhou is the ancient terrain that has not changed since ancient times, the rain is scarce, the forest is not born, so the soil is yellow, and the Huainan Luzhou Mansion is fertile, the forest grows luxuriantly, and continues to die and rot into black mud, thousands of years of accumulation, so the formation of a large area of black soil, the junction of these two places will form this unique phenomenon."

Luo Tiantian listened to Zhang Xian's eloquent speech, although he still didn't quite understand the truth, but he had to admire the profound knowledge of this young adult, blinked his eyes, and said with admiration and envy:

"Adults know a lot of knowledge, and I haven't heard my mother talk about these small things!"

Zhang Xian and Luo Santian chatted for a while, and before they knew it, it was noon, and the family and the escort were also tired, and the team was a little messy. After all, Zhang Xian came from the military academy of later generations, was familiar with the art of war, and knew that once a tired soldier encountered the enemy, he would definitely lose more and win less. It is difficult to fight steadily when the soldiers are not tired and tired, so they must find a way to give these families a sense of urgency and a lesson, Zhang Xian turned to the little scholar Zhang Fan next to him and said:

"Zhang Fan, you have been following this official for some time, and it is impossible to be a scholar for a lifetime, if this official wants you to join the family team, earn fame and fortune by yourself in the killing, and fight for everything you want, do you dare to go?"

When Zhang Fan heard this, he looked up at Zhang Xian with a sincere face, and the emotion in his heart was indescribable, since he was sold to Zhang's Mansion as a slave when he was a child, he never thought that there would be a day of freedom, let alone a day when he could have the opportunity to work hard from Rong, Zhang Fan clearly knew his master's ambition, although his military career was accompanied by swords and swords, and life and death were also on the line, but that and being a scholar as a slave was completely the difference between heaven and earth, especially after Zhang Xian named himself, he really regarded himself as a little brother. Where is Zhang Fan still unwilling? Immediately said:

"Childe, I'm ......"

Hearing that Zhang Fan was still calling himself a son, thinking of what Wang Fu said to himself, Zhang Xian interrupted the conversation and said:

"Call adult, don't call Gongzi anymore, your surname is Zhang, you don't have to see yourself as a slave, no one will think you are a slave!"

"Yes, back to your lord's words! The little ones are willing to join the family team! Zhang Fan was concise and to the point, and he was not pretentious.

"Well, that's good, the official is optimistic about you and Luo for three days, the good man is ambitious, remember, the two of you are now an ordinary family, but you don't really think of you as an ordinary family, you have to think about it, if you encounter enemies and difficulties, you must also learn to empathize, if you are your captain, what will you do with this officer? If you were enemies, how would you deal with us? Only by having a clear understanding of the situation on the battlefield and thinking about problems from the perspective of the enemy and ourselves can we win a decisive victory thousands of miles away. ”

Luo Tiantian said: "What the adults said is very suitable for the art of war, my mother said, knowing oneself and knowing that the other is invincible, it should be what the adults say!" ”

Zhang Xian nodded, and said to the two: "This official is going to hand over an important matter to you now, this matter is very important, I wonder if you two can have the confidence to handle it?" ”

Zhang Fan and Luo Santian glanced at each other, and excitedly hugged their fists:

"Your Excellency, just command! We will do our best to do it! ”

Zhang Xian took the two to an open area, whispered to the two of them, looked from a distance, Zhang Xian sometimes waved his hand, sometimes bowed his head, sometimes painted something on the ground, Zhang Fan and Luo Sansan's faces, but sometimes smiling, sometimes sad faces, like performing puppet mime, after a while, I saw Zhang Fan and Luo for three days, with ten family members, riding idle horses, running to the end of the official road in front of them, and disappeared without a trace.

Niu Dameng looked at the twelve horsemen in the distance, thinking that these guys were running around again, so he flashed the adult's waist card, and ran away when he said that there was something important, and he didn't say what he was going to do, Niu Dameng ran to Zhang Xian depressedly and asked:

"My lord, now that the horses are scarce, and there are not enough people to replace the carts, where are these boys still riding horses?"

When Zhang Xian heard this, he turned his head and glanced at Niu Dameng, and said in his heart, the principle of secrecy in the army has not yet been cultivated among the family, and now these familymen, including Niu Dameng, are completely scattered by the people, with strong curiosity, and like to get to the bottom of it.

"Niu Dameng, the official asked you, they went out to do things, but they showed you the official's waist card? If you don't show your official waist card and force them out of the camp, in this case, you can just arrest them and let them be at your disposal! Why ask? ”

Niu Dameng didn't expect Zhang Xian to start a fire, and immediately lowered his voice and said:

"My lord, when they went out, they showed their subordinates the waist card!"

"Niu Dameng, since you have seen the waist card, it means that they are doing things according to the rules, this time, the official does not blame you, but you have to remember that others see us as a family, but we are now an army and strict with ourselves. As the main general, you must be strict, the official should tell you, you don't need to ask, the official will tell you, what should not be told to you, remember: don't ask, don't ask, don't guess, and don't spread it randomly, otherwise, this kind of thing in the barracks will really lose your head! Remember, in the future, you will also have to be strict with your subordinates according to this standard! That's the principle of secrecy, and you're going to go down and tell everybody about it. ”

Niu Dameng was reprimanded, his face was white and red, but Niu Dameng knew Zhang Xian's temper, and he would be responsible for the depth of love, and immediately said:

"My lord, my subordinates know that they are wrong, and from now on, I promise to speak and do things in strict accordance with the rules of adults! In the future, the subordinates will find a literate gentleman and write down all the rules that the adults have said, and use them as ordinances one by one for all subordinates to remember. ”

When Zhang Xian heard Niu Dameng say this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he smiled:

"Yes, the cow is fierce, thick and fine, this is what a commander should do, no rules are not a circle, if you want to lead a team, you must first set up rules, once the rules are established, you must be the first to strictly abide by them, that is, the king of heaven Lao Tzu is coming, and this rule cannot be messed up. Now, I would like to remind you that the soldiers are tired during the march, and what should you do if you encounter an enemy? You can also talk to the two deputy captains, it will be regarded as a test for you, the official will point out two problems to you, one is that the family is overburdened, so that they are exhausted, and the other is that they are not well rested, everyone is very tired, you must take corresponding measures to solve these two problems, as for what methods you take, the official does not ask, the official will look at the results. ”

Niu Dameng looked back and saw that the family Ding team was walking more and more crookedly, and there were even people walking with support, knowing that what the adults said was true, at this time, if they encountered the enemy, they really had to become lambs to the slaughter! As the captain of the family team, Niu Dameng also began to be anxious in his heart, bowed to Zhang Xian, and immediately went back to the two deputy captains to discuss countermeasures.

About half an hour later, Zhang Xian found that the team began to change significantly, Niu Da ran over, crossed his chest with his right hand, gave a military salute, and said with a smile:

"After the guidance of the lord, the subordinates discussed with the two deputy captains, first of all, let the ordinary family members put all the other ordnance and utensils on their bodies except for the red tassel gun weapons on their bodies on the idle carriage, so as to reduce the burden of the fighters; Secondly, the subordinates divided the team into two teams, one team marched half a mile in a hurry, checked the terrain, arranged defensive guards and rested at the same time, for the sake of safety, and the second team escorting grain and grass always maintained a safe distance from the line of sight, and the other team maintained a normal marching speed to protect the grain and grass! After the convergence, the second team of the normal march marched to the front to continue to be on guard and rest, and the first team rested for a quarter of an hour and began to take over the second team to escort the grain and grass, so that everyone could rest well and maintain sufficient physical strength."

Zhang Xian smiled and said: "It seems that you are still attentive, such a combination of work and rest, both offensive and defensive, but the enemy will always appear when you are careless, and it will be up to you when the time comes!" ”

Niu Da scratched his head violently, it is true that there are mountain bandits around here, but ordinary mountain bandits do not dare to fight the idea of such a large-scale escort of grain and grass team, and frowned and said:

"Can adults pinch it? Can you guess that there will be enemies ahead? The subordinates are a little confused......"

Zhang Xian patted Niu Dameng on the shoulder, and pretended to be mysterious: "You will know when the time comes, as long as you don't disappoint this official!" Oh, by the way, the remaining nine soldiers have taken care of the officer, if they play any tricks, it will be your dereliction of duty! ”

Niu Dameng glared at the group of scattered county soldiers from a distance, and said:

"My lord, don't worry, Deputy Captain Fang Kun has been staring at them at the end, with Fang Kun's martial arts, if these soldiers dare to make moths, it is not enough for him to stuff the guns and sticks in his hands!"

Zhang Xian smiled, and then said:

"It's better to be careful, it won't be long before this official will give you a big surprise soon!"

Niu Dameng glared at himself and said:

"Uh, what a surprise? What surprises can there be in this barren mountain? Could it be that there are fairies in this mountain........"