Chu He looked at the fragment of the cast-iron scimitar in his hand, and said in a cold voice: "I didn't want to make it so big...... But since the Hu people have iron ore outside the plug, this matter must be done bigger. ”

Song Nian shuddered: "Chu He, what do you mean?" ”

Chu He smiled coldly and said to Zhao Da, "This time, how many people did Lin Lao send?" ”

Zhao Da hurriedly said: "This time, except for the five hundred people left by Lin Lao to guard the military camp, the others have been sent out, and there are four thousand people. ”

That is to say, except for those stationed in Guojiabao, the remaining 4,000 people of the Black Armor Army were all brought out.

Chu He squinted his eyes and calculated, and said lightly: "Four thousand...... Enough is enough. ”

"Lord Chu, what are you going to do? Don't mess around......" Song Nian hurriedly persuaded: "Even if this Hu people have iron ore, they still need fuel to make iron tools, and there won't be any big problems for a while, let's find a way to determine the location and reserves of this iron ore first, if the reserves are too small, there is no need to be nervous......"

Chu He said lightly: "You don't understand ......"

He raised his horsewhip and pointed to the rammed earth side wall beside him: "This land stretches for thousands of miles, not just the northwest. Once this place is allowed to wreak havoc on the Hu people...... Then the northeast, southwest, southeast...... Those guys will also be restless one by one. ”

Then, he said coldly: "So, this seat, we must let these people, one by one, be honest!" ”

Song Nian really wanted to ask how Chu He made the people in these places honest.

But just by thinking about the possible actions that Chu He might take, Song Nian sighed.

The Chu River is in the northwest borderland, in this Jiuyuan Mansion, it was originally to pursue the Black Heaven Demon God Sect, and there was not so much malice towards the Hu people.

But now, the reckless actions of these Hu people seem to have stimulated the young general.

"Let's go, go to the camp!" Chu He turned over and got on the horse and pulled Song Nian behind his horse.

"Yes! My lord! Zhao Da immediately whistled a few times, and several generals who led the troops immediately restrained their subordinates, gathered over, and then galloped away in the direction of Sanchuankou.

Zhao Da only brought the elite to meet the Chu River, and the large army was still camped near the mouth of the Sanchuan River.

After returning to the camp, Chu He threw Song Nian off his horse as soon as he turned around: "Master Song, immediately count the grain and grass in the army, and prepare the dry food and war horse feed for the soldiers for ten days." ”

No matter what Song Nian said, he was also the master of grain and grass, knowing that this was his own business, and he must not shirk it.

It's just that she is now in Sanchuankou, not Guangqiu County, where to find dry food and feed?

"Master Chu, I'll go and count, but in case it's insufficient......"

Chu He said coldly: "Go and ask He Lu for it!" His soldiers can't guard the border well, and they can't suppress the Hu people, so hand over all the grain and grass, and let my black armor army come! ”

Song Nian heard Chu He's anger towards He Lu, but at this moment, he could only respond immediately.

Chu He took Zhao Da and several border generals to patrol the camp quickly, and when he didn't get anywhere, he could hear Chu He reprimanding.

Song Nian saw the red faces of several generals from afar, and he also knew that this march was in a hurry, but he was afraid that the arrows and ordnance were not fully prepared.

She was familiar with finding the firehead army in the big camp, and how much dry food was left in the camp, these firehead army knew best.

After taking stock, Song Nian breathed a sigh of relief, dry food can be supplied for about six days, if there is a special hardship, save some food, you can eat for seven or eight days.

However, the amount of soybeans eaten by hay and war horses is insufficient, so it can only be supplied for about four days.

This is also a helpless thing, the loss of war horses is much higher than that of people.

This is also the result of the Black Armor Army paying attention to putting the war horses in the wild to forage for food along the way, otherwise these hay will not be able to eat for long.

In addition to hay, soybeans are also very important, after all, the war horse is not a pack horse, it consumes great physical strength, so these soybeans are an excellent thing to supplement the physical strength of the war horse, otherwise the war horse is not physically strong, and it will suffer a great loss in the charge.

Since the gap was found, Song Nian took a team of black armor troops, carried a cart, and went straight to Shanyang Village.

On the way, he met He Lu, who was in a Confucian robe and armor, and was hurrying down the mountain.

After some inquiry, Song Nian learned that He Lu was going to visit Chu He.

She shook her head and said, "General He, Lord Chu is angry, don't touch your head at this time." ”

He Lu was stunned: "What is Chu Daren angry about?" ”

Song Nian told him about the killing of the Tubao defenders and Ma Wu, as well as the harassment of the Hu people on the road.

He Lu smiled bitterly, "This ...... It's true that I didn't suppress the Hu people, Ma Wu, this person...... Alas, it was not easy for me to think of him, but I also trusted him, and handed over the earthen fort to him to guard, but I mixed in a dozen Hu people, and fell in such a daze......"

Song Nian could only say: "Lord He, our Black Armor Army has left more than ten people to help guard it, and you must send someone over as soon as possible to take over the defense." ”

He Lu hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Master Song, I will send a team of people over to take over." ”

Then, he said fiercely: "I just hate that I don't know which tribe these Hu people belong to, otherwise I will not spare them." ”

Song Nian just pretended that he hadn't heard this.

What is the most troublesome thing about the Hu people? Isn't it like the wind in a fixed place? Therefore, it doesn't matter how much there is on the side of Dayongguo, all the Hu people are regarded as one and suppressed together.

As He Lu said, I don't know which tribe the other party is, so let this matter go lightly, and there will be more and more things that the Hu people will commit on the side, anyway...... You border soldiers don't know that I did the case.

Then, the two exchanged a few more words, and He Lu immediately agreed to Song Nian's proposal to supplement grain and grass, and took Song Nian to the treasury.

To Song Nian's surprise, this warehouse was full of the kind of dry food she had made.

That is, fried noodles and jerky.

"General He, how can you save so much?"

He Lu said with a smile: "After studying with Master Song last time, these days, I asked them and the Hu people outside the Saiwai to buy a lot of cattle and sheep back, also thinking that it might be of great use recently." ”

Song Nian smiled: "General He is right, it is really useful." ”

However, Song Nian also complained in his heart, if you do your job well and suppress Hu Ren for me, I don't have to go through this experience.

It can only be said that this is the inevitable result of making Ho Lu the landlord of the border.

can't suppress the Hu people, but a lot of logistics has been done.

A moment later, the other Blackarmor generals also came up to Helu.

That is, to replenish the arrows and the like, Helu responded to them one by one.

When the grain, grass and arrows were replenished, Chu He immediately asked the Black Armor Army to pull out the camp and go all the way to the north.

Song Nian didn't have the good treatment he had before this time. was forcibly stuffed onto another horse by Chu He, and let her learn to ride by herself, which scared Song Nian half to death.

Fortunately, the grassland on this road is flat, the war horses are tame, and nothing is wrong.

He Lu was on the Shanyang Village, watching the Black Armor Army go away, sighed, summoned a subordinate, and admonished: "Orders everywhere, be careful these days." ”