"Marshal, there will be three days to get out of the scope of Zhili Province, please decide the next marching route!"

Lin Shaodong stood on a hill and pointed to a few forks in the road in the distance and asked Xu Rui beside him.

Xu Rui grabbed the binoculars and asked while carefully surveying the terrain, "What about the new map of your staff?" ”

Lin Shaodong beckoned to the staff officer behind him, and a map that had just been drawn not long ago was immediately handed to Xu Rui.

"Yes, the contour line, the depth contour, the introduction of mountains and forests, and the hydrological characteristics of rivers have all been marked, and finally it has the meaning of a military map, but I don't know if it is accurate enough."

Xu Rui glanced at the map and smiled with satisfaction.

Lin Shaodong patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, this map has been made great efforts by the General Staff, if the error in any place exceeds 1%, I, the chief of staff, will not have to do it." ”

Xu Rui glanced at Lin Shaodong, gave him a thumbs up and said, "That's a good point, since that's the case, then order the whole army to go around Nanzhili for another six days." ”

"Huh?"

Lin Shaodong didn't understand Xu Rui's logic for a while, and his mouth grew up.

Xu Rui said with a smile: "We are not in a hurry to go to the grassland for more than 6,000 miles, we might as well walk slower, and let the soldiers enjoy the mountains and rivers to recuperate." ”

Lin Shaodong suddenly realized when he heard this: "I see, the handsome still wants to let that group of grassland people wait a little longer, they will inevitably have an anxious heart, one blow, then decline, and three exhaustions." ”

Xu Rui nodded: "It's over the winter if you drag it out, and it's over the summer if you drag it out again, in short, there's no harm in slowing down." ”

The two looked at each other and immediately laughed.

At this moment, Zhang Zuofeng walked over with a solemn face, and said in a deep voice: "Qiqi Dashuai, a group of grassland people appeared in front, claiming to have been ordered by the king of Uliji Khan, and came to pick up relatives. ”

As soon as these words came out, the smiles of Xu Rui and Lin Shaodong disappeared immediately.

"Presumably, these steppe people are the secret envoys of the grassland that the Holy Lord secretly received, right?"

Lin Shaodong guessed.

Xu Rui sneered: "The matter of marriage has been kept secret, but these people deliberately want to make a big move, this is Zhuge Liang's best plan for Liu Bei, I want me to lose my wife and soldiers like Zhou Yu." ”

For Da Wei, Princess Qixia's marriage to Uliji Khan was a pain in his heart, and no man wanted to see his woman marry someone else, even if it was just in name.

And Emperor Hongwei regarded this matter as a great shame, and covered it all the way, trying not to mention it as much as possible, and the last thing he wanted to see was that everyone knew about it.

On the contrary to them, when the grassland envoy saw that the princess and his relatives were so low-key, he was naturally afraid of the fraud of the northern country, and hoped to make this matter bigger, at least to be known to the world, so as to create an established fact.

Lin Shaodong naturally understood this truth, and said with a hint of embarrassment on his face: "Dashuai, this matter is quite tricky, and the Holy Lord does not want to make a public announcement, but this group of people is considered an envoy after all, if it is handled too much, it may cause changes in the grassland in advance." ”

Xu Rui waved his hand: "What's so tricky about this, if Wu Liji can really get in easily, will he be stupidly frozen outside the gate?" ”

Saying that, Xu Rui said to Zhang Zuofeng: "Send two hundred cavalry to arrest them all, and then notify the local government, just say that someone has bewitched the people and has been dealt with by my Heavenly Apocalypse Guard!" ”

Zhang Zuofeng was stunned: "They have already seen the saint, and they must have the customs clearance documents of the Ministry of Rites on their bodies, so it's not good to catch them directly, right?" ”

Xu Rui waved his hand and said: "It's okay, haven't you heard a word, Xiucai met a soldier, and he can't explain it clearly, today Ben Shuai is going to be unreasonable, even if I string these heads with sugar gourds, I don't believe that the Ministry of Rites dares to say half a word!" ”

Seeing Xu Rui's firm attitude, Zhang Zuofeng hugged his fists and said: "Obey the order, the last general will personally arrest people!" ”

So saying, he was about to turn away.

"Come back!"

Xu Rui hurriedly called out to Zhang Zuofeng and said, "It's just a group of thieves, can you go in person as the Grand Master?" Just let the big old man go, the worse the temper, the better! ”

Zhang Zuofeng was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that Xu Rui wanted to deliberately humiliate these grassland messengers, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "The last general obeys the order, and immediately sends them to the big handsome." ”

Xu Rui nodded with satisfaction, and Zhang Zuofeng took the order.

Seeing that Lin Shaodong was still a little worried, Xu Rui patted him lightly on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, go and meet the group of grassland envoys." ”

After speaking, Xu Rui jumped on the war horse, and with a slight clamp, the war horse suddenly jumped out, and a group of guards followed closely behind, like a long dragon running towards the camp.

"Let go of me, I am Agoura, the messenger of the steppe eagle Uliji Khan, you dogs dare to do this to me, the Great Khan will cut off your heads and use them to make wine jugs!"

Not long after returning to the big tent, there was a high-pitched exhalation outside the tent, Lin Shaodong subconsciously looked outside a few times, but Xu Rui was still smiling and drinking the freshly brewed tea.

"Who do you say is the dog thing?"

There was another shout of rage from outside the tent, followed by the sound of whips falling and screaming.

"You ...... If you dare to beat me, the Great Khan will not let you go, and the warriors of the Immortal Heaven will break through the Tianqi Pass and turn all you Han people into slaves! ”

"Dare to say, keep beating me and keep him sober!"

The whipping grew louder and louder, and the screams gradually turned into howling.

Zhang Zuofeng frowned: "Will it be too much?" ”

Xu Rui smiled: "Who is talking outside?" ”

Zhang Zuofeng said: "The deputy company commander of a cavalry company, Captain Zhou Bo. ”

Xu Rui said with a smile: "He is not afraid of death, and he will be counted as one of the special forces in the future." ”

Zhang Zuofeng opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say a word.

The sound of whipping outside the tent lasted for a meal, and when the scolding had become dying, Xu Rui finally put down the teacup and said, "Okay, let's go out and have a look." ”

Zhang Zuofeng and Lin Shaodong had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, and immediately opened the curtain and made a gesture of please.

Xu Rui smiled lightly and walked out.

In the open space outside the tent, more than a dozen grassland people were tied up and smoked for a long time, all their bodies were blurred with flesh and blood, and their hair was scattered, while the big man in the middle was still babbling something, but his voice was so small that he couldn't hear it clearly.

Seeing Xu Rui walking out with the moon in his hands, the man suddenly cast a gloomy gaze at Xu Rui, like an injured wolf.

"What's going on?"

Xu Rui pointed to a group of grassland people and asked pretendedly.

Zhou Bo knelt down on one knee and said: "Qiqi Dashuai, these people claim to be welcoming envoys, swaggering and deceiving everywhere, and they were captured by the last general and asked the handsome to be sent down." ”

"Oh?"

Xu Rui showed a look of surprise and looked at the man.

The man gritted his teeth and said: "Lao Tzu is Agumu, the messenger of the Great Khan of the steppe eagle Wuliji, not a liar!" ”

Xu Rui frowned: "You said that you are the envoy of Uliji Khan, do you have a certificate?" ”

Agumu said: "We have the customs clearance documents of your Ministry of Rites in our salute, and they have been searched by this group of thieves!" ”

Xu Rui was stunned again, and asked Zhou Bodao: "Is there such a thing?" ”

Zhou Bo nodded: "There is a car salute, the last general has seen it, it is all stolen goods that they deceive!" ”

"Fart, that's all a reward from your emperor!"

When Agumu heard this, he was furious.

Xu Rui waved his hand and said with a smile: "You don't have to be excited, you can see if it's true or not." ”

As he spoke, Xu Rui beckoned to Zhou Bo, Zhou Bo suddenly understood, turned around and ran towards the carriage and horse, and after a while, he held a paper sheet and handed it to Xu Rui's hand.

Xu Rui opened the document and glanced at it, and suddenly his face changed: "Nonsense, isn't this the document of the Ministry of Rites, how dare you treat the grassland like this?" ”

Zhou Bo showed a hint of horror on his face, and knelt down and said: "Qiqi Marshal, the last general and his brothers are all coarse people and illiterate, how can they understand this?" ”

Xu Rui stomped his foot violently and said angrily: "You have caused a big disaster, let's see how Ben Shuai repairs you in a while!" ”

After speaking, Xu Rui squeezed out a smile and said to Agumu: "Lord Agumu, it seems that this is a misunderstanding, Ben Shuai personally loosens the tie for you, please don't take it to heart!" ”

Seeing that Xu Rui didn't seem to know about this, Agumu suddenly became arrogant, and said, "Who are you?" ”

Xu Rui said with a smile: "Ben Shuai is the champion of Great Wei, the marriage envoy who escorted Princess Qixia out of the fortress. ”

Hearing this, Agumu sneered and sneered: "It turns out that you are the one who took the initiative to ask for help and wanted to give his woman to the Great Khan." ”

As soon as these words came out, all the grassland people immediately laughed, but the young man beside Agumu did not raise his head, while the soldiers of the Apocalypse Guard gritted their teeth and were furious.