Chapter 9: The Final Trimming

From the bottom of his heart, Zhao Chen hoped that the person who stayed was Cheng Chumo, but now, since Cheng Chumo insisted on going to Maqishui, he didn't want to stay, and Zhao Chen couldn't force it.

"Then in this case, there will be the Flying Tiger Army and the Escort Army, and two thousand men and horses will stay behind to ensure the smooth flow of the back road!" Cheng Chumo's voice fell, and Zhao Chen had to pause helplessly, looking at Zhu Youliang, the lieutenant general of the Flying Tiger Army, and said.

"The last general obeys!" Zhu Youliang, who was sitting on the side of the long table, heard Zhao Chen's order, and without saying a word, he stood up and answered Zhao Chen loudly.

"Master Hou, it's just a water village, can you use two thousand people?" In the final analysis, the Flying Tiger Army is Zhao Chen's army, and it is natural to obey Zhao Chen's orders, however, the escort army is not, although it is to obey Zhao Chen's orders, they still hesitate to ask.

"The back road is smooth, and it is related to the lives of everyone in our army!" Hearing the hesitation of the guards, Zhao Chen frowned slightly, and said: "If Ben Hou still has two thousand men and horses in his hands, Ben Hou will arrange for two thousand men and horses to stay!" ”

Entering Liaoshui is equivalent to entering the hinterland of Goguryeo, so at this time, it is very important to take this water village at the entrance of Liaoshui into your own hands.

If it is lost, in turn, it is controlled by the Goguryeo people, then it is equivalent to blocking all the thousands of people they went to Maqishui, and if they want to leave, there is only one way to fight.

But if there is a bloody battle, they are only 10,000 people, facing the tens of thousands of troops of Goguryeo, even if they have a killing weapon such as a rifle, if they don't pay a price, I'm afraid it will be difficult to leave.

The people of the escort army are all elites selected from the army, and they are serious killers, so if they don't come to Goguryeo before, since they have already followed, they want to go directly to Ma Yanshui.

But they also know that the military order is like a mountain, since Zhao Chen has already given the order, they can only obediently follow the order, the most important thing is that they can't find it, they can be like Cheng Chumo, and fight for their own reasons.

"Since everyone has no opinion on the division of troops, let's talk about how to solve the matter of this water village!" Seeing that the guards also sat down, Zhao Chen suddenly pointed to the water village on the map, turned around, looked at everyone and said.

"Sneak attack!" As soon as Zhao Chen's words fell, Jiang Chao, who listened to it, said without hesitation: "Choose the right time and send someone over to sneak attack, the Goguryeo people may not have thought that someone would suddenly attack them!" ”

"The water village is connected to the land!" When Zhao Chen heard this, he looked at everyone and said, "So, a sneak attack is inevitable, but is there any way to block the land passage in advance?" ”

"A certain family knows that there is a way!" When Zhao Chen's voice fell, Shi Hu immediately got up and said: "The ship passed along the Liaohai Sea, and in a far place on the Liaohe River, it can land on the shore, and then, if you climb a mountain, you can directly block the road between Shuizhai and Anshi City!" ”

"Unguarded?" When Zhao Chen heard Shi Hu's words, his eyes suddenly lit up, and then he turned around and looked at the map on the bulkhead carefully, and asked without looking back.

"Nope!" When Shi Hu heard this, he shook his head and said, "Because this road is under a cliff, if it weren't for the boat approaching, you wouldn't have found that you could go ashore here!" ”

"You've walked?" When Zhao Chen heard Shi Hu's words, his face was already unconscious, with a smile, but out of caution, he still looked at Shi Hu and confirmed it repeatedly.

"I've been to a certain house more than once!" Shi Hu said with confidence: "Not only a certain family, but also many people who want to sneak into Goguryeo, most of them will choose this road, and the Goguryeo people will not find this road at all!" ”

"That's great!" Zhao Chen heard Shi Hu's repeated affirmations, and immediately said to Shi Hu excitedly: "At that time, Ben Hou will send you a hundred soldiers, led by you, to land directly from here, interspersed with the only way between Shuizhai and Anshi City!" ”

"Whoa!" When Zhao Chen's words fell, Shi Hu, who had already gotten up, suddenly puffed out his chest at Zhao Chen and said loudly.

"With these 100 people, it's enough to deal with the fish that slipped through the net in the water village!" Zhao Chen waved his hand at Shi Hu, and after motioning for Shi Hu to sit down, he looked at Zhu Youliang and said: "The movement of the new military camp is too big, and the task of sneaking up on the water village will be completed by the Flying Tiger Army!" ”

"The last general obeys!" Zhu Youliang never asked Zhao Chen why, and when he heard Zhao Chen's order, he immediately got up from his chair and said loudly to Zhao Chen.

"That's all there is to say!" Zhao Chen waved his hand at Zhu Youliang, and after motioning for Zhu Youliang to sit down, he supported the table with both hands, looked at the people in the cabin and said: "If everyone has no opinion, rest for a day tomorrow, and set off for Goguryeo the day after tomorrow!" ”

Zhao Chen has already said what should be said, what should be arranged, Zhao Chen has also been arranged, hearing Zhao Chen's words, everyone naturally has nothing to add.

The midday sun hung high in the sky, and the sun shone on the deck, which was a little hot, but it was just right for sunbathing.

Today is the last day to enter Goguryeo, and Zhao Chen ordered all the crew to hurry up and rest, because next, once entering Goguryeo begins, everyone must be nervous, and there is no time to relax at all.

There were no women on the boat anyway, and the taboo or something could be thrown aside for the time being, so when the first guy took off his stripes, jumped into the sea and swam a lap back, and climbed there comfortably, more and more people participated.

Therefore, if you climb onto the mast and look at the surrounding ships, you can see a group of bare-fed guys crawling comfortably on the deck, humming while lazily drinking the coconut water provided by Zhao Chen.

Zhao Chen also couldn't guarantee that he would encounter something in the middle of entering Goguryeo this time, so when he could relax on this last day, he tried his best to satisfy them.

Originally, such an activity was indispensable for Cheng Chumo, however, on the lively deck, there was no shadow of Cheng Chumo, because at this time, Cheng Chumo was hiding in Zhao Chen's cabin, studying the information compiled by Zhao Chen.

Cheng Chumo has actually changed, although from the outside, he still looks like he is babbling and grinning, as if he is full of hope for everything.

However, in fact, Cheng Chumo has become mature, has become a beginning, and likes to sit down and think alone!

Just like now, although Cheng Chumo looks like he doesn't care, in fact, like Zhao Chen, he is full of unknown fear about this trip to Goguryeo!

And when Cheng Chumo hid in Zhao Chen's cabin and studied the information compiled by Zhao Chen, Zhao Chen at this time was already alone and came to Jiang Chao's ship.

Jiang Chao's ships kept a certain distance from all the ships, and at this time, when all the ships were lively, only Jiang Chao's ships seemed unusually quiet.

If it weren't for the fact that you could see from a distance that there were still crew members on the ship moving around from time to time, I am afraid that they would mistakenly think that there was no one on these dozen ships at all.

On the ship, there are all wingmen that Zhao Chen is familiar with, but these wingmen are fundamentally different from his wingmen, one by one they look cold, and they look at people, in fact, there is no difference at all from looking at other things.

Cold, ruthless, it feels like a group of killing machines, the kind of people who can fight each other directly to the death if necessary!

"I'm going to let them kill themselves now, and they won't hesitate!" Accompanying Zhao Chen to the deck, looking at the dead men standing in a row in front of him, Jiang Chao said to Zhao Chen with a bitter expression.

"How many people came out of the valley?" Hearing Jiang Chao's words, the expression on Zhao Chen's face did not change at all, this was what he had expected a long time ago, he was only curious, how many tens of thousands of people in the valley could come out in the end.

"There are only more than 5,000 people at the moment!" Hearing Zhao Chen's words, Jiang Chao immediately took a breath, pouted slightly at Zhao Chen, and said: "You know, it's easy to be like an arm, but if you want to ensure absolute loyalty, it's a little difficult!" ”

"Five thousand is enough!" When Zhao Chen heard this, he turned his head, looked at Jiang Chao and said: "The rest of the people, as long as they are guaranteed to be able to drive like an arm, they will be handed over to Ma Zhou, and you can only be in charge of these five thousand people!" ”

When he said this, Zhao Chen stared at Jiang Chao's eyes and said with a solemn expression: "I'm afraid that in the end, those people will not be trained, but you will lose yourself, then the gains outweigh the losses!" ”

Zhao Chen's words were not alarmist, but he suddenly discovered it after seeing Jiang Chao this time!

Because, in Jiang Chao's gaze, he has already felt that terrible coldness, that is the coldness that can ignore everything, if it continues, then the result is that he will become paranoid and disown his six relatives!

"Listen to you!" Jiang Chao seemed to have felt his critical point, and when he heard Zhao Chen's words, he was obviously relieved, looked at Zhao Chen and said with a chuckle.

"I came here this time, and I didn't know you would come too!" Seeing the obvious smile on Jiang Chao's face, Zhao Chen suddenly fell on the side of the boat, looked at the calm sea and said, "Ning'er is actually thinking about you, come back from Goguryeo this time, come with me to Chang'an!" ”

"Ning'er is okay?" Hearing Zhao Chen mention Ji Ning'er, Jiang Chao's eyes suddenly flashed with guilt, and then, after a slight pause, he looked at Zhao Chen and asked.

"I'm about to be a mother!" When Zhao Chen heard this, he immediately turned his head, looked at Jiang Chao and chuckled: "When you come back from Goguryeo this time, you can be your uncle!" ”

“… Is Ning'er happy? When Zhao Chen talked to Cheng Chumo before, Jiang Chao thought that Qin Yuyan was pregnant, but as a result, when he heard Zhao Chen's words at this time, Jiang Chao's expression couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and then he asked in disbelief.

"Or else?" When Zhao Chen heard this, he simply turned around and smiled smugly at Jiang Chao: "Tell you in advance, it's not easy to be an uncle, there is no decent gift, I can guarantee that you won't see your nephew!" ”

"Naturally!" Compared with Li Chengqian's slamming of the door, Jiang Chao was much more generous, and when he heard Zhao Chen's words, he immediately opened his mouth excitedly and laughed.

"We'll leave tomorrow!" After saying the happy thing, when Zhao Chen was about to leave, he suddenly looked at Jiang Chao with a solemn expression and said, "Everything must be careful!" ”

"Understood!" When Jiang Chao heard Zhao Chen's words, he nodded vigorously at Zhao Chen, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he chuckled and said, "Before I see my nephew, Jiang will be fine!" ”

PS: Next chapter, enter the state of war (to be continued.) )