The reason why it is said that this medicine collection is dangerous is mainly related to the military system of the Great Song Dynasty.

In the eyes of some superiors, soldiers are tools used to perform tasks, and completing tasks is the first priority, and human life is secondary. There is a provision in military law: if a soldier cannot protect his master, he will be executed.

That is to say, the soldier follows the general to go out on a mission, and the main thing is to save the life of the superior, if the superior dies in battle, the soldier lives, even if he returns to the Great Song Dynasty, he will be killed.

It is said that the summer army captured Jinmingzhai that year, the commander Zhang Xing was killed in battle, and the prime minister Zhang Dian was furious and wanted to behead all the remaining 4,000 surviving soldiers. was persuaded by Li Qingchen and said: If 4,000 soldiers are killed this time, and the commander dies in battle next time, all the remaining soldiers will surrender to the enemy.

Zhang Dian thought that it made sense, and only beheaded all the sixteen personal soldiers around the commander.

This method cannot be said to be ruthless, but was formulated by the feudal rulers in order to perpetuate their dominance. If the commander does not die, the soldiers who died in battle can receive a pension, and the family will have practical benefits. If the Lord is dead, there is no real benefit to the soldiers. Therefore, the soldiers will be very brave when fighting for their lives, because they have no way out, or they will die on the battlefield and become loyal martyrs and have a good reputation. Either they will become cowards and be looked down upon, and their families will not get any real benefits.

Under such a system, if the Taoist chief wants to kill Wang Han, the fifteen soldiers under the jurisdiction of the artillery regiment will fight for their lives. And if Wang Han wants to kill the Dao Chief, the thirty-two Dragon God Guard Forbidden Army brought by the Dao Chief will also fight for their lives.

Therefore, Wang Han said that this time he went out to collect medicine, and there was more luck than luck - it was not that Wang Han was reluctant to kill Song Bing, but he felt that such a death was meaningless.

Soldiers should die on the battlefield, not in infighting.

No, the struggle between himself and the Taoist leader cannot be regarded as infighting. Infighting is confined to the struggle for power within the State. And the struggle between himself and the Taoist is related to the entire Chinese nation in the future.

Therefore, for Wang Han, this battle can only be won, not lost.

If it fails, the national tragedy of the whole of China will be repeated.

After a day of jolting on horseback, he finally passed the Qingtang Pass. Qingtang is the Xining of later generations, but the appearance is very different from Xining of later generations, the ancient city wall of Qingtang is high and thick, 60,000 Qiang people surround Qingtang into iron barrels, there are heavy soldiers guarding the city gate, the medicine collection team of the Song Dynasty does not dare to cross the city gate, but walks away from the main city twenty miles of mountain road.

This is Wang Han's proposal.

Wang Han said that more than 50 of us, all with weapons, passed through the Qingtang Pass, and simply wrote on our heads with a pen that we are Han people, and we are sent to death, and the best way is to take a detour.

And the detour is not safe, there are Qiang patrols, once there are strong armed people, there will also be a big battle.

This is exactly what Wang Han wants.

The Taoist wanted to trick himself out of the Song Realm and kill him, so it just so happened that he also got rid of the Taoist through the hands of the Qiang people.

It's just that there is a question, Wang Han has never figured it out, where did the Taoist have the courage to trick himself out of the Song Realm and kill him?

Was it given by Liang Jingru?

This trick is simply faint, haven't they inquired about how high their force is?

Thinking backwards, if the other party knows that he is very powerful, but still deceives himself out of the Song Realm, then there is only one result, out of the Song Realm, there is a great disaster waiting for him.

It's a fucking big head.

Thirty miles into the territory of Qingtang, the sky became dark, and the Taoist chief ordered to set up camp and settle the account, bury the pot to make rice, and spend the night here tonight.

This made Wang Han wonder, what are they thinking?

No matter what, no matter what their idea is, they will do it tonight, as the so-called first strike is the strongest, you can't wait for the enemy to draw your sword before you show your sword, it is best to kill the opponent early.

The soldiers set up six tents and circled around their habitat, with two large fires in between, around which everyone sat and drank water and roasted meat.

There were few people in the artillery regiment under Wang Han, and a few people from the Longshenwei Forbidden Army also sat over and chatted with the artillerymen, and the relationship was harmonious. The Taoist chief over there asked people to take out the liquor from the truck and share it with everyone, and when he got it here, Wang Han said coldly: "Soldiers of the artillery regiment are not allowed to drink, and those who violate the order will be beheaded." ”

The hand holding the skin froze in mid-air. The head of the forbidden army of the Dragon God Guard is called Zhang Yu, and when he heard Wang Han say this, his heart was not beautiful, so he turned his head and smiled: "General Wang, it's freezing this day, let the brothers drink two sips to warm up their bodies, and it won't get in the way." ”

Wang Han didn't raise his eyelids, "If you want to drink, my brothers are not allowed to drink." ”

The hand holding the leather bag was sent to the forbidden army, and the young man said in a strange way: "It's better not to drink, come on, let's brother drink." ”

There is a big brother in the forbidden army who sat with the artillerymen, he is a good man, took the skin, and walked towards Wang Han with a smile, "General Wang, you come and taste it in two sips, this wine is a medicinal wine brewed by the Taoist chief himself, and the effect is excellent to keep out the cold. ”

The big brother handed it to Wang Han, Wang Han didn't appreciate it at all, he glared at him, the big brother was stunned, and he retreated.

It was supposed to be a happy and harmonious scene, but because of the different positions, it became embarrassing.

Wang Han's face was black, and his soldiers were not happy, they all sat in a sullen voice, holding a water bladder and eating dry food. The so-called dry food is a pancake made of a cauldron in the army, which is also called a pot helmet in later generations.

As for the water, it is also frozen into ice lumps, and everyone drinks water with water bladders, which is to suck the ice lumps into their mouths with force, which means eating bagged ice cream in later generations.

The hardships are helpless, in the northwest, marching and fighting in winter, it can only be so.

Over there, Lin Lingsu grinned and came over to persuade Wang Han, "Brother doesn't have to be like this, tonight the Dragon God Guard Forbidden Army will be on duty at night, and the artillery brothers just need to rest, it's okay to drink two more glasses." ”

Wang Han was annoyed in his heart and scolded secretly: It's not you an old thief, of course we are eating and bragging this time, do you still have the face to talk about it? Feeling angry in his heart, wanting to kill someone was originally a great opportunity, and a knife could kill Lin Lingsu, but he thought of Tang Wu's explanation in his heart, don't kill Lin Lingsu.

Although he didn't know why, Wang Han just felt that Tang Wu was reasonable.

With a smile on his face, he said softly: "The Taoist chief doesn't know, I am a general, I want to be more than two officials, these animals are not subject to discipline, I have to set rules for them." ”

That Fang Xuanzhen Daoist snorted coldly and said with a smile: "The rules are nothing more than human favors, not allowing soldiers to drink is to set rules, your rules are really peculiar." ”

Wang Han laughed when he heard this, stood up on his knees, grabbed the hilt of the sword with his right hand, intentionally or unintentionally, walked towards Xuan Zhen, and said: "What Dao Chief Xuan Zhen said is right, according to Dao Chief, brothers, let go of the amount of drink, and if you don't get drunk tonight, you won't return." After speaking, he turned back and smiled at the artillerymen, "All of them, stand up!" ”

When the artillerymen heard this, they rejoiced, and they got up together, waiting for the general to give them wine.

That knows, when Wang Han turned around, the long sword came out of the sheath first, and with a choking dragon chant, a white horse went straight to Xuanzhen.

But Wang Han made up his mind in his heart, there was no need to wait, this time.

Anyway, the soldiers are going to die, so don't care, strike first.

Tang Wu said that he couldn't kill Lin Lingsu, so he would start with Xuan Zhen first.

This hand was unexpected, no one expected it, seeing that the big sword was about to sweep over Xuan Zhen's neck, and the Taoist chief was also a perennial martial arts practitioner, his body turned back, and the person dodged.

The forbidden army next to him was still sluggish, and Wang Han's big sword had already been cut down, rubbing twice, and the two forbidden soldiers were in different places.

Wang Han did it here, and shouted at the same time: "What are you waiting for, give me a hand, kill these four demons!" ”