He stood where he was, and the guards behind him immediately followed him and protected the bell.

The captain of the guard, Zhong Yu, knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said: "The subordinates have been derelict in their duties, so that the commander is in danger, please punish the commander." ”

Zhong Hui helped Zhong Yu up and said, "It's not your fault, you don't have to blame yourself, just step back first." “

"Yes. ”

Turning to look at the village chief, he asked in a slightly softened tone, "Who are you, this old man, and what is the relationship between this one on the ground and you?"

The village chief was relieved when he saw that Zhong Hui was not ready to kill the big black man, and when he heard Zhong Hui's inquiry, he immediately replied: "The little old man's surname is Hei, and he is the village chief of this village, and the big one on the ground is the child raised by the little old man." A few days ago, the bandits from Huotou Mountain came to the village to rob things, and the big one had never seen the world, thinking that the general's soldiers were bandits, so he accidentally injured the general, hoping that the general would have a large number and let the big one go. “

Zhong Hui listened to the village chief before he figured out the ins and outs of the matter. It turned out to be an ordinary village, not a bandit station, so this was a misunderstanding. But the misunderstanding is a misunderstanding, this big black man injured his soldiers, and this account can't be easily calculated.

He looked at the village chief, and then at the village, the simple defense and the villagers with hoes and sticks at the entrance of the village did not look like bandits.

He said: "Village chief, since what happened just now was a misunderstanding, then I won't stir up the people. But you have to give me an explanation for this hurtful thing. ”

"This ......" The old man hesitated, not knowing what Zhong Hui wanted to do.

Zhong Hui didn't pay attention to the old man, but said to the partial general next to him: "You take all the soldiers to garrison outside the village, and send someone to send a message to Zhao Ying, saying that there is no danger here, let him guard the barracks." “

"Yes. ”

After arranging the army, Zhong Hui walked to the village. Behind him was the frightened village chief and a group of guards carrying the big black man.

The villagers had already looked at everything that had just happened at the entrance of the village, and when they saw the big black man beating the soldiers out, their hearts were raised to their throats, for fear that the general would anger everyone.

When they saw the army withdrawing and the village chief came over with a group of people, the group of villagers breathed a sigh of relief.

But then came a group of officers and soldiers who came and divided the road. After that, a rather young general with a gloomy face and armor walked towards the village with the village chief and a few men carrying large black men.

The villagers had never seen much of the world, and they were all curious about what the heroic general was going to do, and followed them.

Zhong Hui sat in the village chief's house, with the village chief standing next to him, and the guards guarding the surrounding area, keeping out the villagers who were watching the excitement.

The village chief had never seen this kind of row, and his heart was a little empty.

Zhong Hui looked at him and asked, "How long have you been the village chief?"

As soon as the village chief saw that Zhong Hui had spoken, he immediately replied: "Little Lao'er has been the village chief for twenty years. ”

"Well, then you should know about the situation in Huotou Mountain, right?"

"Xiao Lao'er hunted in Huotou Mountain when he was young, and Xiao Lao'er knew this Huotou Mountain very well. ”

Zhong Hui nodded and continued: "Very good, then you tell me what the origin of this thief in Huotou Mountain is." “

When the village chief heard Zhong Hui ask the bandits of Huotou Mountain, he thought for a while and said: "The bandits of Huotou Mountain actually existed seven or eight years ago, but at that time, there were still very few bandits, and even this village couldn't beat them. However, in recent years, Huotou Mountain has suddenly become active, and from time to time people go up the mountain in groups. However, although there are many people in Huotou Mountain, they have not done anything to rob their homes, but they are safe, but somehow, in recent months, the thieves of Huotou Mountain have begun to rob everywhere, making everyone very afraid. ”

After listening to the village chief's description, Zhong Hui did not receive any substantial help, but he felt that things were not simple.

It seems that this Huotou Mountain is very difficult to deal with, come to think of it, there must be someone behind it, otherwise just a group of bandits would not be able to do this.

Then, he asked about the big black guy again, and from the village chief's answer, he knew the origin of the big black man, which made him want to take down the big black guy even more.

He thought for a moment and said to the village chief, "Although I know this is a misunderstanding, he has injured many of my soldiers after all. Well, I don't care, but I can't help but give them an explanation, right?"

As soon as the village chief heard this, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Your Excellency, your lordship, there are a large number of them. Let my big one go. If the adult wants the big one to pay for his life, the little old man is willing to replace the big one. I just ask the general to let the big one go. “

Zhong Hui walked up, helped the village chief up, and said softly: "I don't mean to let your big one die, you think too much." “

When the village chief heard this, he didn't want to kill the big black man, and looked at Zhong Hui with a confused expression.

Zhong Hui looked at the village chief and said: "I think the big black man is good, I want him to join the army, I want to come, with his strength, there is no problem in being a general." “

Hearing Zhong Hui say that he would let the big black man be the general, he didn't react for a while, and he couldn't believe that what Zhong Hui said was true.

Zhong Hui held him with one hand and asked, "What's the matter? Don't you want the big black man to be a general?"

When the village chief heard this, he made a gesture and was about to kneel, but was supported by Zhong Hui.

He said excitedly: "Yes, yes, General Xie, thank you for being here." “

As he spoke, tears flowed out.

"Big, I don't like to talk much since I was a child, a few years ago, my wife and I accompanied him, and now my wife is gone, I don't know when I will leave, although the people in the village are good, but I can't get along with the big one. Big, a poor kid. General, I don't have any other requirements, I just ask the general to take care of him, I kneel down for you here, little old man. “

This time, Zhong Hui did not stop him, and let the village chief kneel and kowtow to him, he was accepting a commission from a father.

After kneeling, the village chief stood up with a smile on his face. I thought it was to solve the matter of the big black man, and the stone in his heart also fell to the ground.

Zhong Hui looked at the village chief and said, "Let's go, let's go and see how the big black one is doing." “

As he spoke, he walked out of the room and walked towards the big black man.

Early in the morning of the second day, Zhao Ming led an army of 5,000 to Huotou Mountain.

Before leaving, Zhong Hui specially instructed him to focus on harassment and siege, and try to save the lives of the soldiers.

Zhao Ming was a little puzzled when he first received this task, and after thinking about it for a long time, he didn't understand Zhong Hui's intentions. However, even if he didn't understand, he didn't think that the bandits could have much ability, and felt that Zhong Hui was still too young and lacked combat experience after all.

Along the way, Zhao Ming held the belief that he would win, and decided to finish his work in one battle, so as to solve this problem for Zhong Hui.