In the second half of the night, the cold wind was a little smaller, but it suddenly rained in Hulan County, and it was not big, but it was very annoying.

Yanzhou is a land of abundant water and grass, the land is far less solid than Liangzhou, once it rains, even if the rain is small, the road will soon become muddy, like this is filled with a large number of baggage carriages, the rear wheels are deeply sunk into it, you have to push hard behind to move forward, not to mention the hard work, the efficiency is not high.

In addition, it was extremely cold at night, and if it rained again, it would easily lead to typhoid fever, and the gains would outweigh the losses.

It's a pity that the post stations along the way have been destroyed by the Liangguo people themselves, and at this time if you want to find a place to shelter from the wind and rain, it is really troublesome.

The cowhide tents, which were simply put up temporarily, were not large, and they were not very windproof, and the people in them were just leaning on each other, and then leaning on the fire to keep warm.

By the way, boil some hot water and drink it, just enough to warm up your body.

Even Hu Yanshi himself is no exception, he doesn't rely on his identity to do anything, at most he just enjoys a small tent alone.

He squatted on a very warm woolen cushion, and even though the lining of his clothes was a little damp due to the rain slipping through the cracks in his armor, he still did not take off his extremely uncomfortable armor.

He was no longer young, his body was not hot enough, and the cold air was like a moving snake burrowing into his body, making him feel a kind of cold to the bone.

He squinted his eyes slightly, and the wrinkles on his face showed up one after another because of this expression, at this time, he looked no different from the old man in the ordinary family.

Loneliness, loneliness, a sense of sadness outside the world, as if a visitor to the world, most of the time, living in his own memories, there is little superfluous hope for the future.

Now he is no longer the general of Qiliancheng.

Looking at the dim fire in front of him that had become looming because of the cold wind blowing in, he stretched out his hands full of calluses and green tendons, and took advantage of the last residual heat of the fire to keep warm, and the whole person's thoughts had actually flown away.

These hands have been holding the knife for 30 years and standing on the post for 30 years.

His loyalty to the defense of the country can be seen by the sun and the moon, the heaven and the earth can be revealed, not to mention anything else, as far as his younger brother falls, who can endure it like him because of the overall situation, who can say that he is not loyal to the country?

But isn't it because they are too easy to bully and talk, so they are worried that they will return all their grievances once they gain power in the future?

He doesn't understand the crooked intestines above the court, and he doesn't want to understand the twists and turns of being a man, in this life, he has promised the army and the country, but his brother's words did deeply stimulate him.

I Hu Yanshi, how can I be here at such a time, doing the work of an escort officer?

He was really depressed, especially on a night like this when there was nothing to do.

What is the most needed thing at a time like this?

It's wine.

But he didn't, because alcohol was not allowed on the march, but he himself set an iron rule.

Suddenly, a rush of footsteps, breaking the sound of small raindrops outside, came from outside the tent.

The boots made an unpleasant muffled sound as they stepped into the sticky mud.

"Dada!

Hu Yanshi was awakened in an instant, feeling a trace of warmth coming from his body, he knew that the moisture in his clothes had been dried out, so he quickly stood up, and then as if he remembered something, he leaned down again, grabbed the saber given by the emperor eighteen years ago from the side, and walked out directly.

The moment the curtain was lifted, the two suddenly collided.

The person who came was in a hurry, and he was also startled, raised his head and took a look, and then quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "The subordinates are reckless and collide with the general, they really deserve death, and please punish the general!"

Hu Yanshi came back to his senses, stepped forward to help him up, squeezed out a smile on his face, and said with relief: "I have been your boss for thirteen years, when have I ever punished you for such a thing?

This is his adjutant in the Qilian Army, and he can be regarded as a personal attendant, who has followed him all the way for more than thirteen years, and he has watched the other party grow from a childish young man to a rough man with a full beard now.

But after thinking about it again, Hu Yanshi felt even more uncomfortable, because many of his subordinates who were close to him were like him, and they were left behind by a military order to accompany him to deal with the transportation of materials.

What they say is the most important thing, they must rely on them to guard against the enemy's sneak attack and make a guarantee for the food and grass of the whole army, but in fact, isn't it just fighting the autumn wind?

If you can't get any military merits, you can't be further promoted, but you can't give full play to your skills, and you can only watch the play in the back of a great opportunity, but it's really uncomfortable.

The person who came immediately stood up, and the tension on his face eased a lot as he came and went, but in a blink of an eye, he remembered his task and immediately became anxious again.

"General, something is wrong!"

Hu Yanshi maintained his usual steadyness.

For the generals, they must make sure that Mount Tai collapses in front of them without changing their faces, because anyone can be chaotic, but they can't be chaotic, if they are chaotic, it will be the end of the entire army.

"Don't worry, speak slowly. ”

The person who came couldn't help but be in a hurry, and said very quickly: "Just half an hour ago, in the northwest direction, a total of twenty-eight spy teams suddenly disappeared, and they failed to reply in time. ”

As he spoke, he took it out of his bosom and unfurled a sheepskin map that was not afraid of the rain.

The painting on it was arranged by Hu Yanshi himself, and the structure and veins of the entire spider web are now in the northwest direction, and a large piece has been painted a dazzling red.

Hu Yanshi stretched out his hand to take the map, turned around and walked back into the tent, the lieutenant next to him hurriedly followed, then took an oil lamp from the small table in the tent, lit it, grabbed it and stood aside, helping it light it.

Hu Yanshi looked at the map in his hand, his brows furrowed.

"With such a big formation, it seems that someone is indeed coming!"

The scout team of three people followed a specific route, touring around the entire large army, intersecting each other, and together forming an extremely sensitive network.

According to the rules set in advance, every once in a while, they will inform each other of the situation in their jurisdiction, and in this way, they will pass on ten, ten to hundred, and hand out news to each other, and the speed of information transmission is extremely fast, not even much worse than that of flying birds, and they who are in charge of the Chinese army can also keep abreast of the latest situation around the entire team at any time.

If one of the teams, after exceeding the scheduled time, did not reply, or did not appear in the field of vision of the friendly army at all, it may be in danger, but it may also be delayed because of other things, which is not clear, so there is actually a certain margin for error in it, of course, if there is nothing to do, once it is identified, the consequences are also very serious.

But now that twenty-eight points were missing from the map at once, and a large chunk of the cobweb surrounding the fourth team was missing in an instant, what does this mean?

Someone must be coming!

One may be a coincidence, twenty-eight coincidences, and that is an inevitable result.

From the speed of the enemy's destruction of the cobwebs and the breadth of the range, you can roughly guess the number of enemies, so as to make corresponding solutions, whether to fight, or withdraw, you can calmly think clearly, this is his "steady".

So in fact, these spies were originally sacrificed, which is also their pity.

Hu Yanshi thought seriously and asked, "What about the surrounding ones?

The adjutant's face was extremely ugly, he thought that escorting supplies was an idle job, but he didn't expect everything to change so quickly, and until now, he didn't even know how many enemies there were, where they came from, and where they were now.

"This, you can also see the sky tonight, it is dark, I really can't find anyone, they didn't wait for the scheduled person, so they didn't dare to rush in, the previous subordinates made a claim, and they had already let them shrink the defense line inward. ”

Hu Yanshi nodded lightly and said: "You are doing a good job, we are responsible for taking care of the supplies, the soldiers on the front line are counting on us to eat, everything should be based on stability, and we destroyed twenty-eight spies in one go, but we can not alarm the people around us, do not expose our whereabouts, those who come are not good, they are really not good." ”

can do this, it must be because the other party also sent a team to carry out a special assassination, and because he is not familiar with the specific arrangement here, so the number of people dispatched by the other party must not be less, but not too much, too much is the army to press the border, and the fool also knows that people are coming.

And the number of spies, or scouts, to a certain extent, also reflects the number of the entire army, but it is not absolute, it can only be used as a reference.

"Where did so many people come from?"

The adjutant actually had some doubts in his heart, there was no sign at all, what was going on?

"Could it be Youzhou。。。。。。 ”

Hu Yanshi immediately waved his hand to stop the other party, and then said: "Impossible, if it is the Youzhou army, they don't need to be so cautious at all, they only need to send an advance scout battalion to assassinate, and the large army can attack together, catch us off guard, destroy the withered, if they attack, we are no longer standing here to talk at this time." ”

The adjutant subconsciously said: "Maybe I'm afraid of you, the general。。。。。。 ”

Hu Yanshi stretched out his hand for the second time, stopped the other party's next words again, and said in a deep voice: "Don't say this kind of flattery, marching and fighting, the most taboo is arrogance and arrogance, as long as it is the enemy, even if the other party is weak, you must go all out and strive to defeat the enemy as soon as possible, understand?"

The adjutant was startled, and hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "The general is teaching a lesson, but I don't know how we should deal with it?"

"No need. ”

Hu Yanshi shook his head and said: "Knock out half of our eyes first, but don't attack immediately, this proves that they don't have the strength to face head-on, in other words, their numbers will never exceed the manpower that our men can use, so I guess that either the people from Liangzhou let the team sneak out of the customs and bypass us from the west to intercept us, or the people from Huangsha County." ”

"Huangsha County?"

When the adjutant heard this, he suddenly became even more confused.

"Just that small place, a county town, with a population of no more than 1,000 households, where did they get so many troops?"

When Hu Yanshi heard this, he said helplessly: "The news a few days ago, you don't know yet, they have taken the entire Rakshasa clan under their command. ”

The adjutant's eyes widened and he said in surprise: "How can this be? How many of them are there? How can there be a reason in this world for a little snake to swallow a pack of wolves?"

Hu Yanshi put down the map in his hand and ordered in a deep voice: "In any case, they are all risky moves, since the number of the other party is not large, then pass my order, prepare to lure the enemy deeper, and then annihilate it in one fell swoop." ”