The 8,000 acres of woods and mountains are surrounded by a wooden fence more than a zhang high, enclosed in three layers, and the fence has an arrow tower every fifty meters, and each arrow tower is equipped with two archers. Outside the fence there were six teams of cavalry patrolling in turn. This is the hunting ground built by Ma Hong, the hunting ground of Nanzheng Military Academy, the hunting ground for the students who enter the school, and the hunting ground for hunters to hunt down their prey.

Just after noon, Ma Hong and Wei Yan stood side by side on the wooden building on the periphery of the hunting ground, which had seven floors and was designed by Ma Hong.

In these 8,000 acres of woods and mountains, there are ten prey in captivity, and now Hu Du and Wang Yan are the hunters.

"Did the hunter hunt, or did the hunter die from the bite of the beast?"

Wei Yan said slowly while holding his chin in one hand.

"Forty-six people in total, do you think those two will succeed?" Ma Hong asked at Wei Yan.

"Hmph, it's just ten people, for me, one person is enough."

"Don't just brag about it, do you think the two of them can succeed?"

"After watching the two of them train soldiers, they should have read some military books. In particular, the young man named Hu Du still knew that he had a heart-to-heart conversation with the soldiers, and in only fifteen days, he became familiar with the soldiers. It is said that on the third day of training, he was able to accurately call out every soldier's name. ”

"Well, do you see anything else?" Ma Hong asked.

"Anyway, maybe they were just talking on paper before, but once they really trained as soldiers, they made a lot of mistakes. In addition, in order to train the soldiers well, the amount of training every day was too large, and some soldiers were already wounded. ”

"What do you think of this young man?"

"In time, he will definitely become a good general, I think he should be an all-rounder like Li Yan."

Ma Hong smiled slightly, and then stopped talking.

"What do you think of Fox Du and Wang Ling?" Wei Yan asked Ma Hong, until now, Wei Yan still prefers to use honorifics for Ma Hong.

"When they come back alive, I'll see them again!" Ma Hong took off the wine jug from his waist, unscrewed the wine lid, took two sips, flattened his mouth, handed the wine jug to Wei Yan, and then held the back of his head with both hands and lay on the floor looking at the white clouds in the sky.

"How long do you think it should be over?" Wei Yan asked.

"It should be within three days." Ma Hong replied.

"Within three days? Then why did you give him a one-month deadline? Wei Yan asked puzzled.

"I'm just confusing the two of them with a one-month deadline, and they'll pay more attention to the food. It is also to make them think that they are hunters, when in fact they may only act as prey. The best thing the ghost pawn is at spying on intelligence and assassination. They brought a group of recruits, if the two of them did not know how to cooperate and cooperate, and would not be able to use soldiers reasonably, I am afraid that the two of them would die tonight. ”

When Hu Du and Wang Yan entered the hunting ground, they moved separately, and each led half of the soldiers towards the two ends of the hunting ground. The whole hunting ground is circular, there are seven strongholds in total, and the center of the hunting ground is a small hillside, and the grain on the small hillside is enough for sixty people to eat for half a month. The remaining six strongholds were arranged around the edge of the hunting grounds, and there were strongholds every sixty degrees, each with the same grain, and the food of these six strongholds together was enough for sixty people to feed for a month.

"It seems that Hu Du and Wang Yan want to separate, go to collect grain separately, and then meet in the center of the hunting ground?" Wei Yan said.

Ma Hong didn't say anything, he lay on the wooden board with his eyes closed, as if he was asleep.

Chen Chi and the other ten people were put into the hunting ground by Ma Hong half an hour ago, they entered the hunting ground half an hour in advance, they didn't know where the strongholds were distributed, where the grain and grass were stored, and each of them carried three days' food. Hu Du and Wang Yan were only put in half an hour after Chen Chi entered the hunting ground, they had a map and knew where the strongholds of grain and grass were distributed, but everyone did not carry grain and grass.

In terms of time, Chen Chi has the advantage;

In terms of information, the fox is dominant;

In terms of equipment; The weapons of the nine people that Chen Chi carried were standard for ghost pawns. A scimitar, a copper hook, a short thorn, and ten throwing knives. The recruits that Fox Du brought with him were the equipment of his own choosing, spears, ring-headed knives, square shields, crossbow arrows, and light armor. In terms of equipment, there are many woods in the hunting grounds, and the advantage of spears is difficult to play in the woods, and most of the recruits are not proficient in using crossbow arrows.

Three hours later, it was dark. The Thornberry reconnaissance team in the hunting ground came back with news that Wang Ling's team of twenty people was ambushed by Chen Chi's team in the woods. In Wang Yan's team, seven people were killed on the spot, three were injured and captured, and the rest fled under the leadership of Wang Yan and joined Hu Du at the designated place.

In the woods, Chen Chi hooked a recruit's ear with a copper hook, and said slowly: "If you don't want to suffer, tell everything you know!" ”

Of course, as the leader of the ghost pawns, Chen Chi's methods of interrogating prisoners were professional, and he quickly made the recruits spit out all the information. He knew that there were only forty-five men pursuing him, and two captains. He knew the location of each of the strongholds where the grain and forage were located. Chen Chi laughed at the incompetence of the fox in his heart, as a leader, you can't let the soldiers know any news, you just need to make the soldiers obey, you can't tell the soldiers the news of a food stronghold like this, because the captured soldiers are likely to leak the news.

As soon as Chen Chi entered the hunting ground, he first let his four ghost pawns scatter around the hunting ground to find out the information, and then he took the five original death row prisoners into the woods and waited to act. Chen Chi only took five death row prisoners who had little combat experience, and defeated Wang Yan's well-equipped team, for a very simple reason. First, Chen Chi was the ambush party and controlled the opportunity; Second, Wang's soldiers did not draw their swords in the woods, but swung their guns.

Recruits are very stupid, recruits who go to the battlefield after simple training, whatever weapon you give him, he will use whatever weapon he uses, and sometimes the weapon in his hand is lost, and they forget to pick up the weapon on the ground. Although the five death row prisoners led by Chen Chi were not as strong as the ghost pawns, they were stronger than the recruits.

On the way, he encountered two ghost pawns, he personally killed one of them, and the other escaped, and he led his team to carry the grain and grass of the two strongholds and then entered the central hill of the hunting ground and occupied a large stronghold. At present, the grain and grass can support more than 20 days, and there is nothing to worry about in terms of grain and grass. But when Wang Yan returned, his face sank, and he couldn't hold back his anger, and only then did he understand Ma Hong's intentions.

Cooperation, Ma Hong is to let him cooperate with Wang Yan, maybe the failure of one of them will cause the other person's dissatisfaction, if there is a crack inside, let alone hunting, I am afraid that his own people will be in chaos first. Hu Du did not blame Wang Ling, but comforted Wang Yan and went to arrange soldiers to patrol, but after the confrontation with Chen Chi, the morale of the recruits was low, and Hu Du was a little worried.

That night, Chen Chi led people to attack the stronghold of Hu Du and Wang Yan at night, and failed to assassinate Wang Yan and Hu Du, and fled with only two ghost pawns. Fortunately, Hu Du had been prepared for a long time, predicting that Chen Chi might have obtained a lot of information, and secretly deployed troops near the stronghold to lure Chen Chi into the bait. But the loss of Hu Du was not small, and the soldiers led by Hu Du lost twelve more people that night, and his arm was also stabbed by Chen Chi. It was obviously an ambush, but the soldiers who lost more than Chen Chi were very simple, the ghost pawn was very strong in combat, and he could fight three with one, Chen Chi was strong in martial arts, and Wang Yan and Hu Du were not their opponents when they joined forces.

It was dawn, Wei Yan got the news from the hunting ground and was a little worried, wiped his face with a cloth towel and went to find Ma Hong.

"Taishou, is it appropriate for us to do this, we have lost a lot of recruits, if this news spreads, I am afraid it will cause chaos in the army."

"Why don't I know? It's just that Wen Chang, have you heard a word? ”

"What?"

"Once you will become famous, I want to train generals, train generals in the fastest way, and there is nothing bad about taking your soldiers at a loss. And we can do a good job of blocking messages. ”

Ma Hong chewed the pancake in his mouth, swallowed the noodle soup and said slowly. The sunlight shone through the trees on the wooden building and sprinkled on Ma Hong's face.

As soon as he became famous, Wei Yan read this sentence three times, raised his head to look at the rising sun, and the blood in his heart was churning.

"Wen Chang, you will be the head of this military academy!"

"Wei Yan takes the order."

"Wen Chang, what do you think of the abilities of Hu Du and Wang Yan now?"

"Fox Du has performed well, although he has made some mistakes, but if he can cultivate well in the future, he will definitely be able to take on a big responsibility."

Ma Hong smiled slightly and said, "Then I look forward to him coming back alive." ”

(To be continued.) )