Listening to Cheng Haofeng say this, Hu Xianxian's heart was half sweet and half bitter, sweet because of his deep love, and bitter because of his deep love.

Of course, it is sweet to have him to love, but she is afraid that she will not be able to carry this love.

"Although you are a national teacher, there are not many people who believe in you and respect you, and your mental power has been absorbed by Duan Mengrou and Fa Liu."

"There is no need to persuade anyone to believe in me or worship me, whose heaven is not heaven." Cheng Haofeng said nonchalantly, hugging her tighter, "As long as you are willing to accompany me." ”

Hu Xianxian blushed, and now that he was numb, he said a few words inadvertently.

He stroked her flushed cheeks and asked, "You always care about how my cultivation is, have you ever thought about how to make your own cultivation better?" ”

"I don't know, just follow the fate...... I didn't really think much of it. Anyway, I don't like to be restrained, not like a fairy, more like a savage bandit, or an evil demon, right? ”

Cheng Haofeng smiled, his eyes were as gentle as water, and he said softly: "You are a jade uncarved and born with a wise root." I am the one who gathers all kinds of greed and delusions in the red dust, it is I who disturb your pure heart, not that you misunderstand me......"

No one had ever said this, and he didn't expect him to have such an idea, Hu Xianxian shook his head eagerly, "It's not ......"

Cheng Haofeng gently pressed her lips to stop her from continuing: "You don't have to comfort me, I know very well." It's all temporary, though, and you shouldn't worry. Trust me, I can make everything work as well as possible. ”

She winked playfully and looked at him with a smile. How could she not believe him? She only had him in her eyes, and there was no trace of suspicion in her clear eyes.

Both of them are smiling, and it feels really good to know each other like this, and to advance and retreat together in case of trouble.

On the tenth day of the fifth month, the blood without * drill returned with the weapons that were rushed to be made.

Cheng Haofeng selected a team of 300 people to bring blood without hatred, and these people were divided into three teams, holding sprinkler pots, watering cloud pots, and Izumo pots.

After the arrangement, Cheng Haofeng ordered Bloody Wuqi to take this team to train in the city first, and the rest of the soldiers would be pulled out of the city.

Hu Xianxian took the broken army and iron guards out of the city earlier, and rode a fast horse lightly, and arrived at Shanpu County, the nearest to the black mine, an hour later.

Due to the division of troops to defend Kuozhou and Liaozhou, Cheng Haofeng only had 30,000 elite soldiers under his command, and more than 10,000 horses and horses that were reorganized after surrender. Although Han Zecan retreated to the black mine, he had 70,000 soldiers and horses, and thousands of thugs and the like on the mine also gathered thousands of people.

If you want to attack hard, you must not be able to attack for a long time, Cheng Haofeng's strategy is: a quick surprise attack, capture the thief leader, besiege the black mine, and force surrender.

Hu Xianxian arrived early mainly to find out the specific location where Han Zecan was hiding, and the army led by Cheng Haofeng arrived at noon on May 11.

"We missed a great opportunity."

As soon as Hu Xianxian and Cheng Haofeng met in the tent, she sighed.

Cheng Haofeng asked her to elaborate, it turned out that this Han Zecan was not used to the hard life in the mountains, and he had secretly come down the mountain to have fun.

Shanpu County is backed by mountains and rivers, and although it is a county built to guard the mines, it is quite poor. You can't even find a decent inn in the county, let alone find a place to eat, drink and have fun.

Han Zecan hid his identity and led people around to ask where there was a place to have fun, and many ordinary people recognized him. In the end, I couldn't find a suitable place for pleasure in Shanpu County, so I took people to the neighboring Jinshan County by boat.

Just when Hu Xianxian was about to go to Jinshan County, news came that Heiwa had picked up Han Zecan and went up the mountain. Because they flew and took them away directly, Hu Xianxian couldn't catch up with them after he rushed away, and only caught two followers who didn't have time to escape.

"Well, don't be sorry, it's not bad to catch the entourage, maybe Han Zecan's death has not yet arrived."

Cheng Haofeng comforted her a few words, and hurried to interrogate the two prisoners.

Because Shanpu County and Jinshan County were ostensibly submissive to the imperial court, Han Zecan still controlled all forces secretly, and those people still had hope for Han Zecan, so the two captives refused to reveal the truth about the mine.

When Cheng Haofeng was bored about this, he heard Hu Xianxian bring back worse news.

They wanted to find someone to be the guide to the mountain, but few people were willing, and they couldn't ask for a high price. After careful inquiry, I realized that many of the relatives of the people here are working in the mine, and they help the imperial court, which will inevitably cause Han Zecan to be angry with their relatives.

From noon to here, it was already night, and Cheng Haofeng never stopped for a moment.

He rubbed his temples and said to Hu Xianxian: "I will personally go to explore the terrain and draw a detailed map, and you will stay in the camp." ”

"No, I'm okay with the broken army and iron guards, I can't manage so many armies, and it will be bad if there is an accident. Well, I'll go draw. ”

Cheng Haofeng looked at her fixedly, and saw that her scalp was numb. She scratched her head suspiciously, and Cheng Haofeng retracted his gaze and said, "You don't know how to draw topographic maps at all." ”

"Oh......" Hu Xianxian patted her forehead, she really couldn't help.

Seeing her ashamed and uneasy, Cheng Haofeng said: "The 30,000 people brought from the capital are all brave and loyal, there will be no problems, and I will rush back as soon as possible." It's just that I can only explore the direction of mountains and rivers, and if I want to capture the black mine by surprise, I still need to have a local person as a guide. ”

Hu Xianxian nodded solemnly, and after Cheng Haofeng set off, she went to interrogate the two captives.

"Hey, another woman, we still won't talk about it!"

"yes, I won't say anything!"

As soon as these two people saw Hu Xianxian, they shouted, and she ignored them, and when they had enough, she slapped the table twice.

They involuntarily shrank back, but Hu Xianxian didn't do anything to hurt them next, just stared at them straight like that.

At first, they waited nervously for the punishment, imagining many terrible torture instruments, and their flesh seemed to hurt so much that they thought about it.

Later, they found that Hu Xianxian had no intention of torturing him, so they relaxed.

In normal times, it is very enjoyable to be stared at by a beautiful woman, but in this case, Hu Xianxian can see that their hearts are furious.

That kind of terrible feeling is even worse than when I thought that Hu Xianxian would extract a confession from them. Because, they couldn't guess what she was going to do, and they thought that something more terrible was waiting for them than the flesh and skin.

But in the early morning of May 12, Hu Xianxian turned around and went to patrol the camp, just staring at them for most of the night.

After Hu Xianxian left, they all breathed a sigh of relief, joked with each other, and actually fell asleep in the corner of the cell.

When they woke up, it was already noon, and a veteran came to bring them lunch, chatting casually: "You guys are really unlucky, everyone else has escaped, why did they catch you alone?" ”

"They were pulled and flown away by Heizun, there were too many people, so the two of us were left behind."

While eating, one of them unconsciously replied.

"Oh, I didn't pull you away, you two are definitely not cronies. Hey, why are you willing to take you out for fun if you're not a cronie? ”

Another captive answered: "We are locals, and we know the roads of the city. He is from Jinshan County, and I live at the root of the east gate of this Shanpu County......"

Because of the frightening and slackening of last night, the two have unconsciously relaxed their vigilance. Of course, what they said to the veteran was just gossip, and it didn't involve Han Zecan's secrets.

But after the veteran told Hu Xianxian what she had learned, she came up with a plan based on it.

Hu Xianxian asked people to find out the specific addresses of the two captives' homes and bring their families over.

At the time of the unitary, Cheng Haofeng returned and hurriedly went to the tent to draw pictures, and the family members of the two captives also received it.

Hu Xianxian didn't have time to meet and talk to Cheng Haofeng, so he first took those people to the county prison where the prisoners were temporarily held.

"You can give food and clothing, but you are not allowed to speak!" Hu Xianxian coldly ordered the two families facing each other.

When they saw that there were soldiers standing on the edge of the cell, all of them holding bright knives, they silently delivered things in a very regular manner.

When relatives meet, there is a stomach full of things to say, but the pain of not being allowed to say it is really unbearable. They all looked at Hu Xianxian with resentment, as if she was their bitter enemy.

"You want to tear me up? Hmph, hmph, if it weren't for me, would you have been able to meet? ”

"What about meeting each other? Still can't really be reunited! An old woman said indignantly.

"You have finally seen each other and know that each other is safe and sound, but there are many sons, husbands, and brothers of your fathers and fellow villagers who are not known for their lives and deaths!"

As soon as Hu Xianxian's words came out, they were all silent.

The atmosphere in the prison was gloomy, and after a while, Hu Xianxian said: "If you want to be truly reunited, persuade them to help the imperial court quell the rebellion and eradicate Han Zecan's forces!" ”

Hearing this, they looked at each other with complicated expressions. Hu Xianxian asked the soldiers to send them back to think about it first, and after thinking about it, he helped find a few guides to enter the mountain, and they could also reunite with their relatives. If he had not been far away to help his relatives find a guide, he would have beheaded the two captives for treason.

After dealing with this matter, Hu Xianxian went to meet Cheng Haofeng in the tent again and looked at the sketch he had drawn.

This black mine stretches for more than 300 miles and borders eight counties.

Due north is the vast mountains of Bianyu Province, which are inaccessible. Since it was difficult to attack, it was impossible for the rebels to get reinforcements from there, so they did not need to think about it in detail.

Due west are Qingzhou and Fuzhou in Qilu Province, both of which have surrendered to the imperial court, and they are not afraid of Han Zecan's escape from there.

Due south belongs to Wanzhou, which is an area controlled by the imperial court.

Langzhou in the east has also been pacified, but Langzhou Fang County in the northeast is still controlled by Han Zecan's forces, and there are still many forces in Kuozhou in the southeast that are still biased towards Han Zecan.

Shanpu County, where the counterinsurgency army is located, is in the southwest, and it is not easy to attack from here and ensure that Han Zecan does not escape again.

Black Mine is not just a mine, it is a general term, and it is actually connected to several mountains. On the highest stone mountain, there are many caves dug by Erihun, and there are ambushes in them, and Han Zecan's main troops are there.

There are many caves in the middle of the hills, and around these mines there are many sheds where thugs, overseers, and innocent miners and coolies live.

At the foot of the mountain, there are many people by the stream, and the place called the black shack is inhabited by the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled.

Seeing the location of the black shed marked, Hu Xianxian remembered the scene when he rescued his father from there, and he was even more ruthless to capture the black mine as soon as possible and completely eradicate those evil forces.

On the afternoon of the 13th of May, the Bloody Warriors led a group to join them, and the families of the captives also helped the counterinsurgency army find guides.

Cheng Haofeng prepared big fish and meat, and after letting the soldiers have a full meal, he ordered to march to the black mine from time to time.