Chapter 113: Change

Now it is the mid-spring weather, the early day has been bright, Zhao Ta, who had taken a nap for a while, instinctively woke up, gently covered Zhao Xin with the blanket, and went out lightly, the "captain" sentry raised his hand and saluted.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Ta asked in return.

"Captain, there are only a few wild boars and hares, and not a single figure has been found," said the sentry with a smile, as if he was quite disappointed by this.

"Zhao Ren, are they back?" Zhao asked again.

"Report to the captain, they haven't heard from them yet," the sentry replied.

"Hmm" Zhao Ta nodded and walked alone towards the waterhole in the camp.

The early morning of spring is already full of life, withered yellow mixed with patches of new green, a layer of mist shrouded over the camp, the winding river runs through the whole wasteland, nourishing the life on both sides, the fresh air, the rising sun is intoxicating, if it were not for the bandits, now it should be a lively scene of people shouting and neighing horses and galloping horses, but now it is deserted and people are inhabited, and wild beasts are rampant.

Zhao Ta came to the river, took off his turban, squatted down and picked up the water to wash his face, took some river water and rinsed his mouth, wiped his hands and face with a turban, and tied it around his neck.

"Zhao Ren, they won't be in danger, right?" Zhao Ta found a boulder by the pond and sat down, although his face looked calm, he was always worried about the other group of people in his heart. After all, Zhao Ren and they are still the first time to go out on a mission alone, and they are tracking bandits who are rampant in several states, and if they are not careful, they will fall into danger, if their actions are exposed, they will inevitably alarm the bandits, then they will ride away on horseback, or chase after them in anger, how to deal with them, Zhao Ta's mind is running rapidly, thinking about how to deal with various situations that may arise...

"Zhao Xin, the second master will be fine over there alone, right?" Zhao Li looked at the prince by the pond from a distance and asked Zhao Xin, who was looking for Zhao Ta.

"It's okay, don't bother him, he's been planning to suppress bandits these days, now let him relax for a while" Zhao Xin said with a sigh of relief when he saw that the prince had nothing to do.

"Alas, the second master is still a child, but he has to worry about everything, he is busy from beginning to end of the year, it is rare to be idle, and it makes people feel distressed when they look at it" Zhao Li sighed and said, "Cherish the blessing, celebrate the blessing of the two of you to follow the prince, and the others spread out the vigilance to protect the prince." Then he commanded some of the men in the group.

Although there was no Zhao Ta's command, the people of each group chopped wood and made fires, boiled water for cooking, wiped weapons, and surveyed the surrounding terrain under the command of the gang commander, everything was orderly and orderly, and the training in these days had allowed them to develop the quality of a soldier who had begun to take shape.

The sun is getting higher and higher, gradually moving southerly, but there is no news from Zhao Ren's side, the prince is still sitting in place, motionless like a stone statue, and the breakfast sent over is also placed there as it is, a few foraging ants climb up and down on the salted meat and Hu cakes, and the fish in the pool jump out of the water from time to time, splashing big splashes. Zhao Xin and the others watched from a distance, they knew the habits of the prince, although their faces were full of burnt, no one dared to come forward to disturb them.

Time passed minute by minute, it was almost noon, the observation post set up five hundred steps away from the camp found a small group of people rushing to this side, he immediately issued an alarm, the camp immediately became nervous, all the staff entered the defensive position, but after a few breaths, the alarm was lifted, and the observation post had already seen that the person was wearing the military uniform of the pro-guard team, which was also unique in the whole Song Dynasty, and there was no other semicolon.

"Captain, it's Zhao Ren who is back," Zhao Xin ran over to report.

"They're finally back, let him come to see me right away" Zhao Ta sighed, stood up and stretched and said, grabbed the Hu cake next to him and patted it, broke it and ate a piece of salted meat, Zhao Xin looked at him, shook his head with a wry smile, took off the kettle and handed it to him.

"Captain, I'm back" Zhao Renran panting, sweat had already soaked his clothes, and saluted.

"It's hard work, wash your face and take a breath" Seeing that Zhao Ren was unscathed, Zhao Ta was relieved and said with a smile.

Zhao Ren washed his face, sat down next to the prince, he had always been law-abiding, he unceremoniously grabbed the kettle and drank the water, and picked up the Hu cake like the prince and sandwiched a piece of meat, swallowed it in two bites, it seemed that he was hungry, "Captain, according to your order, rushed to Zhanggezhuang before dawn to hide, the delivery convoy arrived after dawn, and waited for half an hour before a team of people came, they are all double horses, after the delivery of the goods, leave immediately..."Zhao Ren cushioned the bottom and took out a sketch from his satchel, Begin to describe what they have spotted. ,

The bandits who received the goods rode horses, they were on foot, and it was very difficult to track, in order to prevent being discovered, they did not dare to follow too closely, so it was hard to follow this way, "We chased them to a forest about five miles outside our horse farm, Li Lei and I avoided their rangers and sneaked close to reconnoitre, and Zhao Zhong took the rest of the people to meet outside."

"Well, you guys did a good job, Bai worries me," Zhao said with a smile, and the situation he reported was basically consistent with the news that Feng Xi had received.

Zhao Ren spread out the sketch, pointed and said: "The bandits' camp is not set up, only two rows of grass huts have been built in a large open area behind the forest, and the horse pen is set up behind the grass hut, there is a special person to feed and take care of it, the saddle has not been removed, and they can ride at any time, their rangers change their guards every hour, and each group of three people, led by a small leader, is cruising five hundred steps outside their camp to be on guard, and once the team approaches, they will be detected."

"Well, this Liu Xun is a talent, and he knows that the horse does not leave the saddle, and the person does not disarm himself" Zhao Ta touched his chin and said, "You see that the place he chose for his camp is also good, not only far away from the village, but also sheltered by woods in the south, which makes it difficult for people to find, and he does not set up a village, once there is a police, he can get on the horse and break through from all directions, and there are no thousands of people who don't want to surround them."

"Captain, there are only fifty of us, and there is a huge disparity in numbers, so we can't surround them anyway," Zhao Ren said with some frustration.

"That's not necessarily, this time we can only outwit, not attack," Zhao said with a smile.

Early the next morning, Zhao Ta personally infiltrated the bandits' camp near the reconnaissance, he took out a 'treasure' from his pocket - a telescope, which was made by two old jade workers in the house and Zhang Liujin, although the multiplier was only about eight times, but it was also a 'sharp weapon', "these people never forget to carve carefully" Zhao Ta muttered two sentences, in his eyes, this telescope does not look like a military equipment, but like a handicraft for people to play with, which violates his simple and practical principles.

The enemy's camp in the shot was a little chaotic at this time, and the minions who fed the horses found that the horses were all cold yesterday, either fever or diarrhea, what is the breeding industry most afraid of, pig farmers are afraid of swine fever, chickens are afraid of chicken fever, and of course horse farmers are afraid of horse fever.

"Old man Wang's medicine is quite effective, I didn't expect him to treat people, and horses can also cure diseases" Looking at the bandits who were messing around, Zhao Ta secretly laughed, the feed given to them is now starting to attack, the horse here has just been taken away, and the horse over there is lying in the groove, the horse digests the forage, and sleeps standing, once it lies down, it will be over

"Big leader, our horse was sick more than half of them overnight, as if they had horse plague," Hao Dongliu hurriedly came in and wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.

"Horse plague?" Liu Xun was startled, stood up violently and shouted, "How can you get horse plague, did you raise the horse you just snatched with our horse?" "He has been a horse soldier for many years, and of course he knows that the disease spreads very quickly, and if a horse gets sick, all the horses in a trough will have to be passed on, and once it is found in the army, all the horses in the same stable will be slaughtered and buried.

"Big brother, the few horses that were stolen were all brought from the horse farm of the palace, how could there be a plague," Hao Dongliu explained in horror when he saw Liu Xun's angry appearance.

"Bastard, won't the horses in the palace be sick, you are lazy, this is a big deal" Liu Xun flew up and kicked Hao Dongliu on the heel and shouted, the horse is the most important capital to save their lives, how can he not be angry.

"Big brother, what now?" Hao Dongliu dared to fight back now, got up and said with a sad face.

"Hurry up and go to the veterinarian, drive the horses that are not sick to the forest, and only a few horses can be saved" Liu Xun didn't have any good ideas, so he could only do it according to the original rules, but he didn't expect the problem to be in the feed.

In the evening, the 'epidemic' was more serious, almost all of the more than 200 horses were sick, the weak horses had foamed at the mouth and their hooves were twitching, and they were no longer alive, and the veterinarians from the nearby Zhuangzi were also helpless about this, and the remaining dozen or so horses that looked fine all rushed to the woods, and Liu Xun sent a few henchmen to strictly guard them, and the camp was already panicked.

Several leaders in the righteous hall were also staring at each other, and no one had any idea, these horses were all made up by them who didn't know how many Zhuangzi they had robbed, and they were almost lost in one day, and it was not easy to find so many horses in a short time.

"Don't worry, big boss, tomorrow I will take my brothers to the palace to grab horses, and they have a lot of horses," Zhou Dake said, standing up. ,

"Good brother, only you can think about your brother, you have a good rest today, and tomorrow we will go to the palace together" Liu Xun came over and hugged Zhou Dake and said 'excitedly'.

"How can this little thing be used by the eldest brother, the brother can go alone, tomorrow is the tenth day of the new year, it is the day of the polder, I will take the brothers to mix into their Zhuangzi, and I will be able to succeed in one fell swoop," Zhou Dake patted his chest and said.

"Since the brothers are going to fight the palace, I will contact Wu Si and ask him to show us the way," Hao Dongliu also stood up and said.

"Okay, our brothers work together, how can there be a big thing that can't be done, order to go down and kill those dying horses to reward everyone, tonight we will drink freely, tomorrow we will take the palace, the golden women are all there" Liu Xun turned his worries into joy and said with a smile.

It will be dawn in half an hour, Liu Xun slowly got up, shook his head vigorously, he drank too much last night, and almost missed a big event, he sobered up slightly, put on the knife, and woke up a few henchmen and went out of the house lightly.

"Big boss, where do you want to go, don't you want to go to the official?" Liu Xun and the others had just taken a few steps out of the camp when a sneer came from behind them.

"Hehe, it's the three leaders, how can I discard everyone, just out of the camp to breathe!" Liu Xun looked back and saw that it was Zhou Dake, holding the hilt of the knife and sneering.

"Just now, the second leader also went out to breathe, but he walked into the forest and asked me to cut it down" Zhou Dake said and shook the object in his hand, and Liu Xun fixed his eyes to see that it was Hao Dongliu's head.