It's still Tianya Inn, Chao Gai saw Shi Xiu for nearly two months, this time Shi Xiu was very energetic, and his complexion was obviously much better, seeing Chao Gai, Shi Xiu bowed down and said: "Thank you brother Gao Yi, I bought five hundred horses last time, which relieved my uncle's heart disease, otherwise my uncle would not have escaped the fate of dying in a foreign country." ”

"Brother Shixiu is serious, and buying your horses is just taking what they need. I don't know how the goods brought by the Shixiu brothers were sold last time? Can you still bring goods to the north to sell when you come back this time? Chao Gai said.

Shi Xiu shook his head and said: "I don't plan to do business anymore, I'm not suitable for business, my uncle has taken the money and returned to his hometown in Jiankang Mansion." ”

It turned out that Shi Xiu sold a lot of tea from Chao Gai last time, but Shi Xiu was not good at business, and he didn't make a lot of money when he transported it to Zhending Mansion, but spent a lot of various taxes and fees, so Shi Xiu didn't plan to continue doing business.

"I don't plan to do business anymore, but after spending more than a month in Hebei, I got a very useful piece of information that there was a merchant in the Daimyo Mansion who wanted to sell 3,000 horses. I went to see the goods, the horses are good, they are Hebei horses, they are a little taller than Mongolian horses, eighty percent of them are mares under two years old, and there are very few stallions. In a hurry, the asking price is not high, ten horses per horse, but the whole group is required to take it away. I specially arranged for the man to be kept, and quickly came to my brother to report the news and ask him if he wanted this batch of goods. ”

Chao Gai said: "Three thousand horses is a huge number, who has such great strength in the Daimyo Mansion, I'm afraid even Lu Junyi can't afford to toss so many horses." ”

"This boss claims to be surnamed Li, and he is mysterious, but the horses are real, and the horses are good." Shi Xiu said.

Chao Gai said: "Let's go together tomorrow, and today you will rest for one night." ”

Chao Gai arranged for Shi Xiu to stay, and let Wu Yong and Liu Liang find Ma Shi. Chao Gai said the information that Shi Xiu said again, and asked everyone to analyze and analyze.

Wu Yongdao: "There is a Lu Junyi in the Daimyo Mansion, known as the unparalleled gun stick in Hebei, and he is still the richest man in the Daimyo Mansion, with thousands of family assets. He should be able to get his hands on such a large number of horses, but he doesn't have to sell them sneakily and feel like a thief. ”

"It feels weird if you don't say it. There is also a big hero in Hebei, this person is named Tian Hu, who was originally just a hunter, and has only made his mark in recent years, specializing in recruiting heroes from all over the world, and he is from Hebei, so he naturally has channels to get a large number of horses. Liu Liang said.

Chao Gai said: "Don't guess, you can't think of it if you want to break your scalp." ”

Wu Yong and Liu Liang speculated for a long time, but they didn't figure out who was going to sell 3,000 horses in the Daimyo's Mansion. Chao Gai lamented the importance of intelligence and secretly sent Li Han to investigate.

Liu Liang asked, "Then are we going to the Daimyo's Mansion?" ”

"Go, I'll take Liu Tang and Niu Gao to lead a hundred cavalry to escort them, and Shi Xiu has dozens of guys who can drive the horses." Chao Gai said.

Liu Liang said: "You must be careful in the big trade of 3,000 horses, and I will bring twenty horsemen with you." ”

"Safety on the way back is a big problem, our cavalry goes first, and Mr. Wu leads Li Kui and Chao Ran with 200 infantry to follow, mainly to prevent safety on the way back." Chao Gai said again.

Wu Yong nodded and said, "Brother, don't worry, I will lead the infantry to move slowly, just in time to escort the horses back." ”

Chao Gai Wu Yong made arrangements again, all the members of the navy army stayed behind, the infantry army Chao Zhanghualei stayed behind, and the strength of Shi Jin, Wang Jin and others was not weak.

Early the next morning, Chao Gai, Jiao Ting, Liu Tang, Niu Gao, Liu Liang, Shi Xiu, and a group of 100 cavalrymen, 60 or 70 grooms, veterinarians, and others all rushed to the Daimyo's Mansion on light and fast horses.

Niu Gao was very happy to come out for the first time after training for so long, Chao Gai saw that he was vigilant and had strong riding and archery skills, so he led ten people to serve as the vanguard. The team is very fast, walking 120 miles a day, and generally does not stay in inns, but only camps in the wilderness with tents. Along Yuncheng to the west, through Puyang to the north, the road is not easy to walk, there are no spacious roads and bridges, sometimes in order to cross the river have to go around a long distance, three days to reach the boundary of Hebei, and then not far to the north is the Daimyofu.

After walking for a morning, it was time for lunch, everyone was a little hungry, Chao Gai saw that the weeds on the roadside were very rich, and said to Liu Tang: "Rest in place, Niu Gao will take a few brothers to buy some food in the town in front of you." ”

One hundred cavalry was exactly ten squads, and Liu Tang ordered three squads of cavalry to be on duty, and the rest unsaddled their horses and grazed their horses in the lush weeds on the roadside. The cavalrymen on duty were ready to go one by one, and their hands did not leave their weapons. Chao Gai's personal guards were also not slacking off at all under the leadership of Jiao Ting.

Liu Liang and Shixiu brought the two men, the grooms, one by one, untied the cushions they brought and spread them under the trees, and some of them actually fell asleep.

Shi Xiu sighed: "Look at my brother's elite soldiers, and then look at my subordinates, it's really embarrassing." ”

Chao Gai said: "You are a fellow of the caravan, I am a cavalryman, the training you have experienced is different, and the style is naturally different." Your buddy gave me the training to make sure I could do it in three months. ”

"Really? It's better to do this, when I buy a horse this time, I will join my brother's team, Shi Xiu is willing to be a small soldier for my brother. ”

"Brother Shi Xiu's skills will be generals in the future with a little experience, I am very welcome if you are willing to come, and I will arrange it for you immediately when you go back, but the army is different from others, although your skills are not bad, but you must have experienced the training of new generals, it is very hard."

Shi Xiu said: "Jiao Ting, Niu Gao, have they also experienced such training?" ”

"Of course, no matter how good the martial arts are, there is no discipline, and it is not good if you don't understand tactics." Chao Gai said.

"Brother, don't worry, since everyone else is participating in the training, I'm okay with Shi Xiu."

Let's say that Niu Gao took five brothers to the town on foot, this town is not big, and it is not prosperous, there is only one street in the north and south, and dozens of faces. There are also a few steamed bun shops and a roast chicken shop next to it. Niu Gao planned to buy three or five hundred steamed buns and dozens of roast chickens, just go back. At this moment, suddenly a big man carrying firewood walked in a hurry, and the firewood cut through Niu Gao's clothes.

Niu Gao saw that his clothes were torn and several inches long, and the big man with firewood had no intention of apologizing, so he looked at Niu Gao and continued to hurry.

Niu Gao looked carefully at the height of this man's tall horse, which was one meter nine miles away, with a big head and a big face. He was a burly man, five big and three thick, carrying two large bundles of firewood, two hundred pounds away, and a huge axe in his hand.

Niu Gao said: "Wu Na man, how don't you understand etiquette, you have torn my clothes." ”

The man said: "If you scratch it, you can go back and sew it, and I won't sew clothes." ”

"You bird, how can you be unreasonable, I didn't intend to make you compensate, I have to find you today, you fix my clothes for me." Niu Gao said.

The two of them quarreled on the spot, and the three sentences were not speculative, and the big man threw away the firewood burden and said, "You soldier, don't you feel that you people want to bully me?" ”

Niu Gao laughed: "You don't need a helper to beat you at all, don't worry, I promise not to kill you." ”

Niu Gao said and handed the double hammer to the soldier behind him, opened the door in the middle of the street, and shouted, "Come on." ”

The big man put the big axe aside, tightened his belt, and swung his big fist out.

The street, which was not too lively, suddenly became lively when I saw someone fighting, and the three layers inside and three layers outside the enclosure stretched their necks like ducks.

Niu Gao was annoyed that the big man didn't understand etiquette, and he was rampant, and he hit the chest with his big fist, and the man was actually a practitioner, his arm blocked Niu Gao's fist, and his long legs were kicked apart, and the two fought in one place, like two black bears fighting.

The soldiers who followed saw that it was not a problem, so they asked one of them to go back and report the news.

"Report on the group exercise, our platoon commander and people have a fight." The soldier reported to Chao Gai.

"With whom, because of what?" Chao Gai asked.

"The man who fetched firewood, the man cut through the steak chief's clothes, and he was playing tricks." The soldier said.

Chao Gai only brought Jiao Ting, and the two came to the town, squeezed into the crowd, and saw that Niu Gao and the man were fighting fiercely. The two of them are not like fists and feet, and the two of them hold each other's arms tightly, pushing the bull. Niu Gao is slightly weaker in stature, but long-term training has made him very endurant. The man is also a practitioner who has been exercising for a long time, and his arm muscles are unusually strong. The more the two refused to give in to each other, and the people around them applauded.

Chao Gai carefully looked at this man who was chopping wood, tall and mighty, about the same as Yu Baosi in Zengtou City, one meter nine tall, with a wide body, muscular, a big face and few beards, and he looked like he was only in his early twenties.

The man's strength was endless, and Niu Gao couldn't eat it, Chao Gai was worried that Niu Gao would hurt the man, and shouted: "Stop." ”

Seeing that someone persuaded someone to jump out of the circle and stand still, Chao Gai said to Niu Gao with a tiger face: "How do you teach you in normal times, being a soldier is to protect the people, but you fight with the people." ”

Niu Gao muttered, "He cut my clothes." ”

"I also quibbled, I had to do it if I cut some clothes, and I would go back and be punished for running twenty miles." Chao Gai criticized Niu Gao with a tiger face, Niu Gao had nothing to say, although the regimental training was only the nature of a township soldier, but Chao Gai's discipline was strict, and he had to be punished for fighting with the common people, whether it was right or wrong. Of course, there is still a difference here, if someone deliberately asks for trouble to be a soldier, and a fight starts, it is completely possible to be a soldier.

Chao Gai criticized Niu Gao, which made the big man embarrassed. Chao Gai saw that the man's face had the fist marks from the fight just now, and his clothes were torn, so he hugged his fists and said, "I was offended just now." I see that your face is injured and your clothes are torn, so I will pay you five taels of silver, buy some medicine, and change into new clothes. ”

The man said: "Big man, where is it so squeamish in a fight, I can't ask for your silver." It was actually me who was wrong just now, it was indeed me who tore his clothes, seeing that he was a soldier, and deliberately wanted to find fault and beat him. ”

"Haha, why do you beat him up when he is a soldier." Chao Gai laughed.

The man said: "We soldiers are compared to bandits, we don't pay for food, we don't pay for things. Last month, I was invited to chop firewood for three days, but the eldest son didn't give it to me, see that you are also an officer, why don't you care about your subordinates. ”

"That's really what should be fought, but under is the Yuncheng regimental training Chao Gai, in charge of the regimental training of a county in Yuncheng, hundreds of soldiers and horses, and the local officers and soldiers are not under my control."