The sun is setting in the west, the remnant sun is like blood, the sun shines on the desolate and silent land, as if trying to do its best to drive away the cold for all things on the earth, and give this disaster-stricken land a little comfort.

When the commander is not the current inspector, there are not many soldiers who can be so self-disciplined, but the soldiers under Lu Haoshan can do it.

Guarding here were Zhang Ping, the captain of the first scout team of Wenchong Qianhu, and Zheng Hui, his subordinate, who were on duty in the direction of their east today.

"Ah" looked at the sun that was about to go down, Zhang Ping yawned, pulled the cotton armor on his body with his hand, and muttered in his mouth: "This ghost weather is much colder than our Sichuan, and it is cold like this before November arrives." ”

"That's not" Zheng Hui echoed: "Although it is said that it is close to the Beijing Division, it is not necessarily very good, our place, but the famous country of abundance, that is incomparable, fortunately, our adults are generous, buy us an extra layer of underwear, if only rely on the cotton armor issued by the imperial court, people will be cold like dogs." ”

Lu Haoshan has always been generous to his subordinates, he has enough food and salary, and he has also taken care of his clothes, etc., and he has put a thick underwear for his subordinates before the cold winter arrives, so Wen Chong's soldiers stand straight in the cold wind, unlike other troops, who shiver when the cold wind blows.

Looking at the ambiguous underwear on his body, Zhang Ping thought to himself: It is said that men are afraid of entering the wrong line, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man, in fact, there should be a sentence, you have to follow the right person to enter the right line, if you follow those generals who drink the blood of soldiers, it is estimated that life is worse than a dog.

"Captain, there's a situation." Zhang Ping was thinking about it, and Zheng Hui beside him suddenly reminded.

Zhang Ping's heart tightened. Hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”、

Zheng Hui handed the clairvoyant in his hand to Zhang Ping. While handing it over, he said: "Captain, look, it looks like a team of Shaanxi soldiers is coming." ”

Zhang Ping took a look at it, yes, he saw a team of about 1,000 people marching towards him, looking at those costumes and faces, it was the Shaanxi soldiers who were unmistakable, and those soldiers were yellow and thin, like wilted leaves. There was no spirit, and some people who looked like officers beat their men with horsewhips.

"It's getting dark, why are these people still on their way? If you don't set up camp again, it will be dark. Zheng Hui muttered on the side.

"I guess I received an order from the military department, those big men sitting in the yamen don't care about my hard work as soldiers, a paper order will make the soldiers run without their lives, what is this called, the official moved his mouth, and the little soldier ran and broke his foot" Zhang Ping hesitated. Soon said: "Xiaohui, go, see what they have to do." ”

"Yes, Captain." Zheng Hui responded. Then he took out the horse hidden in the woods, turned over on the horse, and with a soft squeak, went straight to the army of unknown origin.

It's just a matter of meeting each other on weekdays, but the next twenty miles is Feilai Peak. It was the base camp of his own people, and the Lord of the Thousand Households lived in Feilai Peak, for the sake of safety.

Just when Zheng Hui went to interrogate. Zhang Ping has been paying attention to his every move with clairvoyance, which has an advantage, in case there is any emergency, the person left behind can also send a letter to the headquarters, and there is a cage wrapped in cotton cloth at Zhang Ping's feet, and there are two carrier pigeons used to send information.

If there is a slight mistake, it will be released immediately, and within half an hour, the base camp will receive the news.

In the clairvoyant, Zhang Ping saw Zheng Hui communicating with a person who looked like a captain, and he didn't know what the two said, so Zheng Hui nodded from time to time, and patted the squad leader's shoulder when he left.

"Xiaohui, where did they come from? Seeing you talking and laughing with them, why, did you meet an old friend? After Zheng Hui came back, Zhang Ping couldn't wait to ask.

"No, captain, these are the soldiers of General Cao of Shaanxi, according to them, they want to rush to Wu'an to encircle and suppress, because the road is delayed, so it is almost dark and you have to hurry, that person is not an old friend, that is, we are from Wenchong Qianhu, that person is jealous, saying how hard they are and how good we are, just comfort him."

They all eat public food, and there are exchanges and cooperation from time to time to suppress bandits, and there are more contacts, and the Wenchong Department of the Sichuan Army has become the object of envy of all armies.

I don't know how many people secretly asked Lu Qianhu if he wanted to recruit any more people, and some captains and chiefs said that as long as they were willing to accept it, they would be willing to be a small soldier.

Zhang Ping asked with a stern face: "Have you interrogated clearly?" Don't be sloppy. ”

"No problem, Captain, they all got the code word, and they still have General Cao's warrant."

It's Wu'an again, it's really uneasy recently, Zhang Ping has also heard that there have been many abnormal activities of the mob recently, and it is estimated that there is something to do in Wu'an, and the Shaanxi soldiers are marching in a hurry, needless to say, it is also for this matter. ”

Seeing that there was no problem, Zhang Ping didn't say anything anymore, took out a pen and said a few words in his mouth, wrote a few secret words, and then skillfully tied it to the bamboo tube on the leg of one of the flying pigeons, and with a wave of his hand, the carrier pigeon rose into the sky, and the wings only fluttered a few times, and soon disappeared into the forest.

As soon as he finished releasing the carrier pigeon, Zheng Hui suddenly saw the team member who was talking to him just now walking over with a few people with a smile on their faces, and couldn't help frowning and said, "Stop, Captain Huang, what are you going to do?" ”

"Yo, brother" Captain Huang opened his mouth, revealing a mouthful of big yellow teeth, and said familiarly: "Don't be nervous, brother, I have a good thing to cheapen you." ”

"What's the matter?" They are all their own people, and they have spoken just now, Zheng Hui does not doubt it, and asked a little strangely.

Captain Huang opened a package, Zhang Ping and Zheng Hui's eyes lit up, the package was full of jewelry and jewelry, Zhang Ping hadn't spoken yet, the Captain Huang said directly: "We have been on the road for a few days, eating steamed buns that are as hard as stones every day, and a bird has faded out of our mouths, we adults asked me to find something to eat, I don't know if the two brothers have wine and meat, we use these in exchange for some wine and meat to honor our adults, the price is easy to say, rest assured, there will be no loss of two." ”

It turned out to be looking for food.

Zhang Ping and Zheng Hui breathed a sigh of relief, their mouths were polite, but they were a little disdainful in their hearts, thinking that nine times out of ten, these jewelry were robbing the common people. Listening to his tone, he is buying things to honor their boss, and it is estimated that he is using the things he has snatched to pat his boss's ass, which is really obedient.

This is obviously to let himself knock on the bamboo pole, Zhang Ping and Zheng Wei looked at each other for a moment, nodded slightly, it is obvious that both of them are tempted.

How many people are not tempted by the gold and silver goods?

It's a windfall that comes to your door.

The two of them took out what they were eating, that is, the jerky that they treasured on their bodies and the wine used to ward off the cold, and Lu Haoshan was not thin on his subordinates. These guards were even more generous, and the two of them took out a small pile of food and two small jars of wine to drink from the cold.

"Not bad" Captain Huang carried the food in his hand and said generously: "It's not easy to take out this little thing in this barren mountain and wild mountains, so let's do it, the two brothers can pick one by one, even if they make friends." ”

It's really generous. Those things are not worth a few dollars, I didn't expect this Captain Huang to be so generous, let one person pick one, Zhang Ping and Zheng Hui just saw that there were a lot of valuable things in it.

Now I'm making a fortune. These guys are so generous, it is estimated that these things were robbed, and they don't cherish them.

Zhang Ping and Zheng Hui were overjoyed when they heard this, and after thanking them, they squatted down to pick up gold and silver. Zhang Ping picked up a string of pearl chains and was hesitating, when he suddenly felt a pain in his chest, as if he had suddenly lost control of his body. Subconsciously looked down, only to see half a sharp blade exposed in front of his chest, and the tip of the knife was still dripping with blood.

Zhang Ping wanted to resist, wanted to shout loudly, and wanted to release the carrier pigeon in the cage to show the police, but this qiē was too late, and the fatal knife seemed to take away all the strength in his body, but Zhang Ping felt that he was not lonely, because before he fell, he saw his subordinate Zheng Hui, his head was twisted behind exaggeratedly, and his two eyes were about to protrude.

It turned out to be caught off guard, forcing people to twist their necks, like themselves, their eyes were wide open, this is death, in the moment of losing consciousness, Zhang Ping understood a truth: people die for money, birds die for food.

After Shun Lì solved the two of them, a small soldier dressed as an inconspicuous person stepped out of the crowd, glanced at the two corpses on the ground, and nodded with satisfaction: "Inform those who follow behind, and the rest of the people continue to move forward." ”

"Yes, Horse Chief." Everyone turned pale and hurriedly responded.

In order to ensure that the operation can be carried out smoothly, everyone listens to his dispatch, and those who violate the order, even if they are not his own soldiers, can also be killed on the spot.

Lao Hui squinted his eyes, there was a trace of murderous aura in his eyes, and he secretly said in his heart: There are only twenty miles away from success.

In the cold moon of October, although the cold wind was raging outside, there was a red tent in Lu Haoshan's temporary barracks, and a bunch of bonfires were set up in the middle of the tent, and a large iron pot was hung on it, and large pieces of mutton were rolling in the pot.

Every time he rests, it is an opportunity for Lu Haoshan to train his troops, and it is also an opportunity to win people's hearts, often setting up banquets in the tent, banqueting his subordinates, discussing the war while eating, and talking and laughing, not only let the subordinates grow better, but also the friendship between each other is constantly sublimated.

Many soldiers were proud to be invited to a banquet by Lu Haoshan, and it was obvious that this was a sign of confidant.

To say that Lu Haoshan invited the most, it is undoubtedly Tang Qiang and Li Dingguo, they can be called Lu Haoshan's right-hand men, Lu Haoshan has a lot of things to deal with these two people, so every banquet must come, of course, like Sun Xiong, Dashan, Zhao Gongchang is also very important, but there are some differences in ability: Sun Xiong has high military strength but average IQ, and he has a tendon to do things, and it is most suitable to hand over Ji Feng to him on weekdays, known as Shadow, because he worships Lu Haoshan, he should do whatever Lu Haoshan says, and he has no opinions. has become Lu Haoshan's "shadow", Zhao Gongchang and Dashan are good at reconnaissance, finding out news or something, and they always have to run outside, so they are jokingly called "left leg and right foot".

However, the two didn't feel anything wrong, as Lu Haoshan's subordinates, they were proud.

While eating and drinking, Li Dingguo suddenly put his ear to the ground, listened for a while, and suddenly said with a straight face: "There is movement, it seems that a large group of people are heading here." (To be continued......)