"The freight of the core materials Tianbao Pavilion must also bear thirty percent!"

"No, at most 20%."

"Two into five, no less!"

In the camp of Gonghe Mansion, An Ge and the foreign affairs shopkeeper of the Lu family were arguing, and several bookkeepers around him kept writing and drawing on paper, recording the conversation between the two.

In the past few days, Xu Rui and the Lu family have basically reached a cooperation intention, and are now discussing the relevant cooperation details.

Not far away, Xu Rui poured a cup of tea for Lu Tianhao and said with a smile: "It seems that there will be no results today." ”

"Oh......"

Lu Tianhao seemed to be a little careless, and only then did Xu Rui say that he came back to his senses, and said with a wry smile: "The rules are set, there will be no disputes in the future, they are all for the interests of each family, and it is inevitable that the baht will be compared." ”

Xu Rui glanced at Tianhao and said with a smile: "Brother Tianhao is a little absent-minded today, do you have anything on your mind?" ”

Lu Tianhao was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "I didn't sleep well last night, and my spirit is a little bad today." ”

"Oh, I see......"

Xu Rui said noncommittally.

Lu Tianhao looked up at the sky, suddenly got up and hugged his fists and said: "Since there will be no results today, then I will go back first, and when the final details are discussed, Brother Xu's Tianbao Pavilion will be able to pull the goods from the capital to Xichuan immediately." ”

Xu Rui nodded: "In the future, everyone will eat in the same pot, and I hope Brother Lu will take care of it." ”

"Where is it, the Lu family is a small family, and I still need Lord Xu to support me in the court."

The two threw hands at each other and burst into laughter.

However, after An Ge sent Lu Tianhao and the others away, the smile on Xu Rui's face immediately disappeared without a trace.

"I didn't expect these details to be so tiring to deal with."

An Ge rubbed his sore neck and walked over.

Xu Rui said: "Originally, these things were going to be handed over to Shangguan Buda to do, don't look at him as submissive, but he is extremely sophisticated, especially good at dealing with this situation, but unfortunately he was seriously injured, so he had to drive you to the shelf, you can learn more from him in the future." ”

An Ge nodded: "Actually, this matter is not complicated, but it is a pity that so much power is wasted, but in the end it is not used." ”

Xu Rui shook his head: "It's not necessarily useless, although at the moment it is delaying time by discussing the details of cooperation, if the Lu family is not deeply involved in the matter of Fushou Ointment, maybe there will be opportunities for cooperation." By the way, is there any news from Cao Siyuan and the reconnaissance company? ”

An Ge shook his head: "Not yet, calculating the time, they won't come back until tomorrow morning at the earliest, why is the young master so anxious?" ”

Xu Rui frowned: "I don't know why I'm so anxious, I always feel that something is wrong, but I can't tell what is wrong." ”

"Did the young master discover something from the Lu family?"

An Ge asked.

Xu Rui nodded: "It is said that the cooperation between the two sides only needs to reach a preliminary intention, I proposed to discuss the specific details just to delay time, I originally thought that it would take some lips and tongues to get the Lu family to agree, but I didn't expect them to agree without thinking about it, as if they would like to delay it for a while." ”

"Why are they procrastinating?"

An Ge was puzzled.

Xu Rui shook his head: "It's just because I don't know that I'm a little uneasy." ”

At this moment, Zhang Zuofeng trotted all the way over and said in a low voice: "My lord, Shangguan Buda wants to see you, he said that he has an extremely important matter to report to you." ”

"Oh?"

Xu Rui was stunned: "Did he mention anything?" ”

Zhang Zuofeng shook his head: "I didn't say it, but I looked like he was in a hurry." ”

"Hmm...... I'll take a look, Don't wait, take a few guards and go directly to New Chang'an, and I'll finalize the rest with the Lu family early tomorrow morning! ”

Xu Rui pondered for a moment, and walked quickly towards the camp where Shangguan was not cultivated.

"Boom!!"

A loud bang broke the silence of the night, and the yellow firelight mixed with smoke and dust rose into the sky, and the plants within a radius of several meters were blown to pieces, and the fragments instantly smashed everything around them into a sieve.

In a cave hundreds of meters away, the embarrassed Cao Siyuan was suddenly awakened by the loud sound of the explosion, and more than a dozen soldiers around him immediately raised the weapons they had in their hands.

"Someone stepped on a mine, and the pursuers are coming again, ready to fight!"

Cao Siyuan shouted solemnly, got up from the ground with a grunt, and rushed into the night.

Yesterday, Cao Siyuan found the traces of the Southern Dynasty army by the bay, and before they could quietly retreat, they were immediately discovered by the Black Flag Army.

The Black Flag Army was a heavily armored cavalry, so it was naturally impossible to rappel down from the rope to the valley like them, which gave the reconnaissance company valuable time to escape.

However, the Wuling army lived up to the name of elite, and although it was still in the assembly stage, hundreds of infantry soon pursued it and fought a fierce battle with the reconnaissance company that had just fled to the mouth of the canyon.

Originally, Cao Siyuan thought that he had new weapons such as crossbows and grenades, and even if the Wuling army was stronger than the officers and soldiers in the valley, there would be no essential difference.

However, reality soon taught him a lesson.

At first, the pursuers were indeed caught off guard by their grenades and repeaters, but the other party quickly adjusted, and was as fierce as the underworld soldiers, taking advantage of the numerical advantage, using the tactics of shield bearers to open the way, archers to return fire, and spearmen to charge, constantly launching charges.

Under the cover of this shield, the infantry of the Southern Dynasty quickly closed the distance, and finally fought hand-to-hand combat with the reconnaissance company, avoiding the powerful grenades and repeating crossbows.

These soldiers cooperated tacitly, fought bravely, and tactically fierce, like tireless beasts, only attacking and not retreating, so that the reconnaissance company, which was inferior in numbers, suffered a big loss.

In just one meal, the reconnaissance company suffered a large number of casualties, if it weren't for their round shields and scimitars like artifacts, and Cao Siyuan took the lead and killed several enemy officers in a row, I am afraid that this Apocalypse Guard, which experienced actual combat for the first time, would have been wiped out.

But even so, only a dozen people really escaped, and the battle loss rate was as high as more than ninety percent.

What Cao Siyuan didn't know was that he happened to meet the Silent Annihilation Army who was in charge of the attack and defense of the city, and the Silent Annihilation Army was also good at digging pits and arson, although he had never seen grenades and repeating crossbows, but compared with the Black Flag Army and the Rhino Horn Army, not only was his adaptability much better, but the equipment he was equipped with also had a certain restraint attribute.

It was difficult to give full play to the superiority of the reconnaissance company's firepower, and in the face of an enemy who was several times its own, it suffered a big loss in the first real actual battle.

After a night of fighting, the remaining soldiers of the reconnaissance company, under the leadership of Cao Siyuan, took the primeval forest as a cover, quietly detoured, and retreated in the direction of the Gonghe Mansion camp.

When it was almost dawn, the tired soldiers had reached their limit, so Cao Siyuan had to use detonators and hemp rope to transform the grenade into a ground mine, establish an early warning line, and then let the soldiers find a hidden cave to recover their strength.

Unexpectedly, the steps of the Silent Annihilation Army were also very fast, and the soldiers had just rested for less than half an hour, when the previously arranged mines were triggered, and the already exhausted soldiers had to return to the battle.

At this time, the sky had just lit up with the white of the fish's belly, and the first rays of dawn dispelled the darkness before dawn.

However, instead of giving hope to the warriors, the dawn was another major blow.

Cao Siyuan and a few soldiers hid in the dense forest halfway up the mountainside, looked down in the faint morning light, and saw that not far from the explosion site, one by one the fallen figures slowly stood up.

These men were well-armoured and shimmered in the morning light.

They gathered in twos and threes, covering each other's advances, carefully searching every inch of the surrounding land with great speed, obviously all of them were experienced Hundred Battle Heroes, and at a cursory glance, the number of them was actually in the hundreds.

"It seems that they will never allow information to leak out, and they are determined to surround us here."

Cao Siyuan laughed miserably, looked back at the last dozen or so soldiers, and inexplicably gave birth to a trace of tragedy in his heart.

At this moment, his gaze suddenly passed through the woods and landed not far behind the warriors, and his face suddenly changed drastically.