In the first year of the Apocalypse, on the fourth day of the seventh month, it is advisable to move and avoid weddings and funerals.

In the early hours of the morning, the sky was just dawning, and the air was filled with a faint dampness, and a group of men and horses left the camp of the Ming army. There were not many people in this group, about 3,000 people, and each of them rode a horse. The equipment of these people is also very good, it can be said that this is the elite of the Ming army.

The two men in the lead were two generals of the Ming Dynasty, all wearing armor and carrying swords around their waists. The two of them walked slowly in front, not in a hurry, chatting as they walked.

"General Zhao, you took it in the marshal's tent for so long last night, what did the marshal say to you? Is it today's thing? You can't hide anything from me! Looking at Zhao Shujiao, He Shixian said with suspicion.

Smiling indifferently, Zhao Shujiao said in a relaxed tone: "General He, there are some things you should know, and there are things you shouldn't know. What you should know you already know, what you shouldn't know you haven't known yet. So don't ask, I won't tell if you do. ”

Stretching out his finger and pointing at Zhao Shujiao, He Shixian said helplessly: "I didn't like you before, but now I still don't like you." It seems that Jiangshang is easy to change, and his temperament is difficult to change! Everywhere you go, you're not liked. ”

Looking at He Shixian in surprise, Zhao Shujiao said with a smile; "It seems that General He has learned a lot under the commander! This witty thing will be said. The kung fu on the mouth is much stronger than the original, but I don't know if the kung fu in this hand has grown, and I don't know if your nine-section whip still has the strength of the year? ”

Smiled disdainfully, looking at Zhao Shujiao condescendingly, He Shixian glanced at his mouth, and said proudly: "You didn't beat me back then, and now you are not an opponent, you don't have to be unconvinced, just your big iron gun is still not practiced well." My master once said that those who practice guns go with the eyes of their hearts, and only those who have enough eyes can practice guns well. However, there is an exception in this, that is, people who practice iron guns, iron guns are too heavy, and they must have strength and not too much thought to practice this kind of gun, and they must be immersed in marksmanship to practice well. You are a person with heart and eyes all over your body, how did you come up with the idea of learning this kind of marksmanship? It's not suitable for you at all, and it's in vain to practice again. ”

Listening to He Shixian's words, Zhao Shujiao was stunned, and kept pondering in his heart. suddenly patted his forehead, and said with a smile: "There are no exceptions to many things, and I lost to you back then because I was young and frivolous, so I let you play tricks!" Now in action, the outcome is unpredictable! ”

Glancing at Zhao Shujiao with disdain, He Shixian said with a smile: "People! The most difficult thing is to have self-knowledge, and as a general, you must understand your own ability. If you think very highly of yourself, it's easy to get into trouble! As a senior in martial arts, General Ben advises you, don't be ambitious, but be down-to-earth! You must know how to find your own shortcomings, and you can't always think about how to defeat others, so that you will fall into success, which is the so-called this.

He Shixian seemed to be saying that Zhao led the reins of the horse to the back, obviously not wanting to deal with this shameless man.

Seeing that Zhao led the horse to leave, He Shixian sat on the horse and was triumphant. At this time, he was very happy in his heart, he was rarely able to take advantage of Zhao Shujiao, and he would have to mix with Xiong Tingbi more in the future, otherwise how could there be such progress!

There was no word all the way, and the two of them, one at the front of the group, and the other at the back of the group, walked forward cautiously. When it was about five miles away from Zunhua City, Zhao led the sect to come to He Shixian's side again, and said with a solemn face: "There is a Jiannu scout in front, whether it is successful or not, it will be done in one fell swoop!" We must be careful, let the brothers directly raise the speed, and stop after running two miles away, and be sure to make the appearance of reinforcing Zunhua. ”

Nodding slowly, He Shixian knew that this was probably Sun Chengzong's explanation, thought about it seriously, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, then let's go!" The two of them each led a team of people, and the horses were like Zunhua City running over.

As soon as he ran out less than half a mile, he encountered a scout, and there were about a dozen of them. Zhao Shujiao didn't say anything, he chased after the horse, and let people release arrows while chasing. It didn't take long, this was a few scouts and only two people were killed and wounded, and when he saw that He Shixian was about to release arrows, Zhao Shujiao grabbed him and said with a smile: "I know that General He is Li Guang who is alive, but these two people still keep the news!" If we kill them all, then our plan will not work! ”

Putting down the bow and arrow in his hand, Li Guang spat at fiercely, and said viciously: "It's really unlucky!" ”

Ignoring He Shixian, who lost his temper, Zhao Shujiao turned over and dismounted, walked quickly to the corpse of a scout, and squatted down to look through it himself.

"What are you looking at?" Seeing Zhao Shujiao flipping the corpse's clothes and checking the corpse's weapons, He Shixian couldn't help but ask.

Shaking his head with a wry smile, returning the scimitar to the sheath, Zhao Shujiao said with a wry smile: "General He, don't you see any difference in this corpse?" ”

Looking down, He Shixian once again spat viciously. Said loudly: "What a bad luck! ”

"Yes! It's really unlucky, but General He, I'm going to say a few words to you, the scout cavalry you sent is not very good, and you haven't seen such an important thing? Go back and train them well, and it seems to me that they should be disbanded and a new team of scouts should be trained. Without a good scout, we are blind on the battlefield, just like this time we are afraid that we will be busy in vain! Zhao Shujiao looked at He Shixian and said with a wry smile.

I thought He Shixian would lose his temper, but he didn't expect He Shixian to nod quite seriously, looked at Zhao Shujiao with a serious face, and said in a solemn tone: "What you said is so right, it really makes sense!" Speaking of this, He Shixian smiled mysteriously at Zhao Shujiao, and said in a playful tone: "General Zhao, after going back, General Ben will report this matter to the marshal, and General Zhao will find that this must be a great achievement." At the same time, General Zhao has a lot of experience with this scout, and General Ben will also ask the marshal to hand over this matter to you! ”

Hearing this, Zhao Shujiao understood that He Shixian's mind was here, but he didn't feel anything. The matter of scouting is very important, and he really doesn't feel at ease when he hands it over to others, but if he can really do it himself, it is indeed a great achievement. Nodding slowly, Zhao Shujiao said to He Shixian: "Since this is the case, then Zhao Mou has thanked General He here first, if he succeeds in this matter in the future, General He will make a great contribution." ”

A joke, He Shixian didn't expect Zhao Shujiao to really take it seriously, but seeing Zhao Shujiao's serious appearance, He Shixian also nodded solemnly, and said in a deep voice: "General Zhao, don't worry, what I He Shixian said is true to my word, since I promised General Zhao, I will naturally speak and count." ”

"Thank you, General He!" Turning over the horse, Zhao Shujiao hugged his fist at He Shixian and said with a smile.

"Let's not talk about this first, should we go to this Zunhua City or not?" Looking at Zhao Shujiao, He Shixian asked hesitantly.

With a playful smile, Zhao Shujiao said, "Go!" Why not? Although the city of Zunhua is not a Jiannu, but a Mongolian Tatar, aren't they all our enemies? What's the difference? Isn't it just that the Mongolian Tatars are too timid to come? It's better if they're timid, as long as they run, we'll take Zunhua. General He, the credit for recovering Zunhua is not small, don't you want it? ”

"Yes, why not! Let's go! He Shixian laughed loudly, slapped the horse's buttocks, and headed in the direction of Zunhua City.

In the camp outside Zunhua City, Sang Ke listened to the return of the soldiers in front of him with a solemn face, and his face was cloudy. Sanko is the younger brother of Sanga Taiji, and Sanko, like his elder brother Sanga, was also ordained Taiji, and this time he himself asked to come with his brother.

Sanga took the men and horses to follow Huang Taiji to the Santun camp, and handed over Zunhua City to Sanke, but now Sanke was very hesitant in his heart. After listening to the report of his subordinates, Sanko slowly stood up, turned around and said, "I'm going to send someone to see if those Ming Dynasty people are still going here!" ”

"Yes, Sankotaiji, let's go!" A few soldiers on the side saluted Sanko and said loudly. Seeing Sanko's nod, several people walked out of the tent quickly.

Pacing back and forth in the tent, Sanko's brows furrowed more and more, and he muttered for a long time and said to the herald: "Tell the leaders, pack up your things, put your people in order, whether it is to fight or go to the eldest brother, we must have a preparation!" ”

"Yes, Sankotaiji, the little one will go." With a salute to Sankotaiji, the herald quickly retreated.

It didn't take long for the Tanma who had just left, and came to Sanko Taiji's side, and said respectfully: "Taiji, the people of the Ming Dynasty are still moving forward, and they don't have the slightest intention of stopping, but the speed has slowed down. ”

Frowning and walking back and forth, it took a long time for Sanko Taiji to say: "The people of the Ming Dynasty are too cunning, they found out that we are still moving forward, the strength is only three thousand, and we are still moving forward." There must be fraud in this, and if we stay here and don't move, it will definitely be very troublesome. If we go to meet the enemy, the people of the Ming Dynasty must have a conspiracy. Let's go, go to Santun Camp to find the eldest brother and them! ”

"But Sankotaiji, if we leave now, it will be tantamount to giving Zunhua to the Ming Dynasty. Sibeile Huang Taiji made it clear that we still have to go back from here, and if there is anything we need to report to him, we must not leave without permission. If we leave like this, what if Zunhua City is lost and we can't go back? ”

"Now that's so much to take care of, give the order, go to Santun camp!" Sankoh was clearly determined, ignoring the dissuasion of the people on the side.