"Grain and grass are lost." The generals in the tent were shocked when they heard this.

A military commander hurriedly said: "General, our army has been stockpiling food for less than five days, if we can't quickly destroy the thieves, after five days, the army will be short of food, and the army will be in turmoil." ”

"The three thousand men of the last general's headquarters are willing to help General Chen Xiong."

"The last general will also go to meet these bandits."

All the generals in the tent tried their best to fight.

The generals are all smart people, compared with the barbaric and fierce Hu people, these bandits are just soft-footed shrimps, how can they miss such a vain meritorious opportunity.

The generals tried their best to ask for battle, but Han Qian fell into deep thought, he didn't quite understand why the bandits had such courage to plunder the army's grain and grass.

Han Qian frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly asked: "General Chen Xiong, you carefully tell me what happened, as well as how many people there are in this gang of bandits, what weapons they use, and where the thieves' nest is, and tell me everything you know." ”

"Yes, General." Chen Xiong said loudly: "Early yesterday morning, the last general personally led a hundred light cavalry, two hundred infantry, to receive food, this is also very smooth, on the way back, passing through a valley in Maoshan, suddenly from both sides of the mountainside out of a large number of bandits, there are more than 2,000 people, the weapons in the hands are not very good, are some spears, broadswords, bows and arrows and other common weapons, but the number is too much, the last general fought with them for a while, killed hundreds of them, but the last general brought a hundred light cavalry only more than ten horsemen, and everyone was injured, The foot soldiers were all killed, and the bandits' bows and arrows kept coming, and the last general had no choice but to give up the military rations, and 10,000 loads of military rations and thousands of driving civilians were lost to the bandits. ”

"There are more than 2,000 people who robbed the road, and there must be some guards left behind in the lair, so there should be at least 3,000 people in this group of bandits, no wonder they are so arrogant." Han Qian nodded and analyzed.

"General, let the last general lead the troops to atone for their sins!" Chen Xiong knelt and kowtowed.

"The road was robbed by bandits, it was a pure accident, you can't blame the general alone, come, get up quickly." Han Qian stepped forward to help Chen Xiong up, and said indifferently: "Recuperate well in the camp, and Ben will personally lead 5,000 elite soldiers to suppress the thieves." ”

"General, let's let the last general go! It's nothing. ”

Chen Xiong wanted to argue, but was held down by Han Qian.

"A few of you will each send a thousand elite soldiers from your headquarters to follow me into the mountains early tomorrow morning to suppress the thieves," Han Qian ordered to the five military masters beside him.

"Yes, the last general commands." The five military masters in the tent responded with their fists clenched.

With a move from Han Qian, the five military masters retreated.

"Hua'an, what do you have to say?" Han Qian saw Hua An standing there frowning in a daze, so he asked casually.

"Hua'an felt that it was very inappropriate for the master to send troops hastily, and it seemed that he had missed something."

Han Qian was surprised in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong, let's talk about it." ”

Chen Xiong even shouted: "There is a shortage of food in the army, if we can't recapture the military food within five days, we will all be hungry, what is wrong with killing thieves with a quick knife." ”

Hua An looked at Chen Xiong, who was covered in blood, and retorted: "The general knows where the bandits' lair is, what the terrain is, whether it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, where the traps are located, what is the troop configuration of the thieves' lair, and how many bandits there are, three thousand people are just guesses." ”

Hua An's free questioning made Chen Xiong speechless.

Han Qian was also shocked when he heard this, it is a big deal to rob the military food in the army, if he can't find it as much as possible, the consequences are unimaginable, he was in a hurry and forgot to inquire about the enemy, although he was confident that even if he didn't investigate the enemy, he would definitely be able to break through the lair of the bandits with the five thousand elites he personally led, but in this way, there would definitely be more casualties, and every soldier was the heart of his father's mother, how could he not cherish the life of every soldier as a general, a trace of cold sweat slipped quietly from Han Qian's forehead.

"Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one not be defeated in a hundred battles." Han Qian looked at Hua An and ordered: "Hua An, you immediately lead a hundred soldiers from your headquarters back to the camp to rest, and go to Maoshan to reconnoiter the enemy situation in the evening." ”

Hua An hugged his fists and responded: "Yes, master, I'll go and prepare." ”

"Wait." Han Qian frowned and said with concern: "You must pay attention to safety." ”

Hua An chucked his head "um", turned around and strode out of the tent.

Looking at Hua An, who was striding away, Han Qian and Chen Xiong glanced at each other and nodded with satisfaction.

Wang San, who had been standing anxiously outside the tent of the Chinese army, saw Hua An coming out of the tent, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "Brother Hua An, you are really good, you can enter and leave the camp of the main general at will, but Wang San heard that only generals above the rank of captain can enter the camp of the chief general, and my brother has such a privilege just after being promoted to the position of team leader?" ”

Hua An glanced at Wang San and chuckled: "What do you know, the current emperor has personally named his brother as a hussar general, and his position is above the main general, do you say that my brother is not qualified." ”

"If this is the case, brother, I don't believe it anyway." Wang San tugged at his lips with a look of suspicion.

"Then you can go into the palace and ask the emperor yourself! See if my brother is lying. Hua An said, leaving Wang San and walking towards the school grounds.

Wang San touched his head, followed behind Hua An and muttered, "Enter the palace, can I enter the palace as a recruit?" ”

"The whole team assembles." Huaan shouted.

When a hundred soldiers heard this, they immediately lined up in ten columns, ten people in each column, and the soldiers standing at the front of each column were the ten chiefs who were defeated in the competition with Hua'an.

Hua An looked at the neat one hundred recruits, nodded, and asked loudly: "Soldiers, what are we leaving our hometown for and coming to the barracks to serve as soldiers?" ”

"It is to protect the family and defend the country and be loyal to the imperial court." The soldiers spoke in unison.

Hua An listened, the corners of his mouth smiled slightly, obviously these soldiers answered all clichés and big words, and at the same time, Hua An also knew that this was also the result of his master's careful training.

The soldiers answered very well, but is this just for the public and for the private part? This team doesn't believe that you bunnies don't have any selfishness. Hua An loudly exploded into foul language at the soldiers.

"In order to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, glorify the ancestors."

A soldier whispered.

"Good, what else?" Huaan then asked.

Tie Niu, who was standing in front of Hua An, touched his nose, plucked up the courage and said loudly: "In order to be promoted for meritorious service, I will go home in the future and marry a few more mothers-in-law." ”

"Hahahaha......"

The wild laughter of a hundred soldiers immediately sounded on the school grounds.

Hua An smiled faintly, his eyes swept over the faces of the soldiers, and said loudly: "What Tie Niu Shi Chang said is very good and right, but the premise is that we have to make meritorious service, only by making meritorious service, we can get the qiē we want, today there is an opportunity for meritorious service in front of our team, and this team is helping you win it." ”

As soon as Hua An's words came out, the soldiers began to mumble quietly.

Wang San frowned and was stunned, and suddenly said, "Do you want us to exterminate the bandits?" ”

When the soldiers heard this, they suddenly realized, obviously the wounded soldiers had already told the news that the military rations had been robbed, of course, such news could not be hidden, Chen Xiong was ordered to receive the food but returned with injuries, and the discerning people knew at a glance that the military rations were gone, but the bandits were not strong, and there were still five days of surplus food in the battalion, and the soldiers in the large battalion believed that the military rations would be recaptured within five days, so it did not cause the instability of the army's heart.

"Could it be that the general only let us have a hundred people to exterminate the bandits?"

"I heard that there are more than 2,000 thieves who have robbed the Dao alone, and I don't know how many more are in the thieves' nests?"

All the soldiers immediately looked at each other, although the warriors were not afraid of death, but they were afraid of death in vain, and they hit stones with eggs, and they did not understand that no one wanted to die.

Hua An glanced at the soldiers and said with relief: "It's not to suppress thieves, it's to reconnoiter the enemy, but you must be in good spirit, the accuracy of the reconnaissance information is directly related to the casualties of the main army, you must not be sloppy, do you understand?" ”

"Understood." The soldiers spoke in unison.

"The whole team immediately went back to the camp tent to sleep, and at sunset tonight, the people marched towards Maoshan with a horse and a horse." Hua An gave the order and took the lead towards the camp.

Hua'an, who returned to the camp tent, lay on the bunk but couldn't sleep, although it was not the first time he had slept in the barracks, but after all, there was a mission at night, and the Maoshan he wanted to reconnoiter was a strange area that he had never been to.

The unknown of how many bandits there were, whether the dense forest was full of traps, whether there were secret sentries in the bandits, whether there were miasma poisonous insects in the woods, and what to do if he lost his way if he was unfamiliar with the terrain.

There must be no accidents on the first mission, Hua An secretly warned himself in his heart.

"Brother Hua An, I can't sleep!" Wang San asked in a whisper in Hua An's ear.

Hua An looked at Wang San sideways and said strangely: "Why, you didn't sleep either." ”

"I'm happy to see my brother, so I can't sleep for a while, hahaha!"

When Hua An heard this, he was inexplicably moved in his heart, and he paused and said softly: "San'er, sleep!" Do you still have to go on a mission at night? ”

"It's okay, brother, didn't you forget that San'er is a famous night owl in the village, when my brother fell asleep when he was a child, Wang San went to the backyard of the Yin family to steal food, he really stole a lot over the years, and he also vented some hatred in his heart."

When Hua An heard this, he suddenly remembered the past in his heart, smiled and said, "Yes! How did my brother forget this stubble, if it weren't for your bad habit of being a night owl, my brother would have been in a different place ten years ago. ”

Wang San nodded, and said angrily: "This Yin family is too ruthless, even if they usually bully and dominate the market, they actually want to kill their brother for a trivial matter, and they don't even let go of my brother's old house, it's too hateful." ”

"House, what's wrong with my house." Hua An jumped to his feet.

The house in his hometown is the residence of Hua'an's childhood, the place where he is haunted by his dreams, and all the happiness of his childhood, how can Hua'an not be shocked.

Wang San looked at the excited Hua An and comforted him softly: "Brother Hua An, the house can be built again if it is gone, brother should not take it to heart." ”

"The house, it's gone." Hua An lay down abruptly and closed his eyes in frustration.

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At sunset, Hua An and his 100 soldiers marched to Maoshan where the bandits were located.

Along the way, by the bright moonlight, a group of people and horses came to the foot of Maoshan in less than an hour, through the moonlight can see that the front is an endless group of mountains, although a little hazy, but can not cover the unique majestic momentum of the mountain.