Xu Jun squatted in the grass motionless, the snow on his body fell a thick layer and did not shake off, only his eyes rolled, staring at the two caravans in front of him to complete the transaction, and he withdrew his wandering gaze. With-Dream- . lā

He found that there were sharp-eyed and vigilant people in the caravans on both sides, so he didn't dare to stare at a person for a long time, so he could only wander around the gaze field, occasionally retracting his gaze.

After the goods were counted on both sides, two hours had passed, and then the transaction was completed and they left.

When all the sounds died down, he slowly got up from the ground and shook off the snow from his body.

It's just too cold today, and it's definitely even colder in the north, so it's no wonder that this year's trade is so much in advance.

Although Xu Jun had not been here long after following Shang Ping's caravan, he had also found out a lot of information after listening to their conversation.

In previous years, they traded around November, so that the goods shipped back by Shang Ping were just in time for the preparation of the New Year's goods, and it was easy to sell them at a good price without the cost of hoarding.

But this year, the snow was heavy, so it was only more than a month earlier.

Xu Jun glanced at the dense forest at the border line, but he didn't cross it.

The people sent by the leader have not yet arrived, and he rashly said whether he could save his life, for fear that he would die, and what he had found out before would not be able to be passed back, and that would be more than worth the loss.

Xu Jun touched Shang Ping's caravan again, staring at one of them.

This person is not Shang Ping's person, and he feels very vigilant, although he has not spoken in the process of trading with the Liao, he is very lightweight.

Xu Jun was very familiar with this feeling, and the other party couldn't hide it from his eyes.

But in the same way, the other party is also very sensitive, even if he is already very careful, the other party seems to be aware of it, frowns and looks around, and then makes rounds.

Xu Jun retracted back into the tree, retracted his gaze, and did not dare to look down again.

The other party was very cautious, and ordered people to patrol around, and even scanned around with arrows.

An arrow flew out of his cheek, and Xu Jun couldn't help but clench his fists, not daring to move, for fear of touching the leaves and making a noise.

He held his breath and breathed carefully, but he couldn't help but think back to his life, he was picked up by the old lady in Xuzhou, so he was surnamed Xu.

The old man at home said that he didn't even cut the umbilical cord when he was picked up, and the old lady happened to have troops passing by on the road when he met him, and the old lady avoided the roadside in order to avoid the march, and only then did he find him abandoned in the woods.

He was lucky enough to pick up a life, and the old lady said that he had to thank the group of soldiers, so he named him Xu Jun.

The guards of the guard battalion were almost all orphans picked up by the old lady, but he was the youngest when he was picked up, so his milk name was Xiaoxiao.

This name is not good at all, and his brothers are not allowed to call it anymore since he became sensible, but now he misses it a little.

Today he is afraid that he will not survive.

After scanning the arrows, the man began to have his spears brought in, stabbing the nearby bushes and lush branches.

If he hasn't gained anything this time, it may be that he is too careful.

Xu Jun didn't act rashly, he knew that there must be many people waiting outside at this time, as long as he was exposed, it would be completely over, and he could only hope that the other party could not find him and avoid tonight.

The man himself came over with a spear and stabbed them along the trees around his tent one by one, and when he was about to walk to the tree where Xu Jun was lying on his stomach, someone in the forest screamed, and someone shouted: "Found it, here!" ”

The man didn't think about it, so he chased after him with a gun, "Catch it alive!" ”

Sure enough, someone was staring at them, and they had to be left behind.

Xu Jun's face on the tree changed, his eyes quickly swept down, and he made a choice in an instant and leaped out of the tree......

The guards who had already run out heard that the voice was wrong, looked up, and couldn't help but exclaim: "People are here, we have been fooled!" ”

But there was already a flaw in the encirclement arranged before, Xu Jun didn't want to leap out, and the people who reacted quickly below only had time to shoot an arrow at his back, and the arrows were so loose that no one knew if they were hit.

Xu Jun leaped out, and a person flew out from the side to follow, and when they met each other, Xu Jun couldn't help but roll his eyes, "Death wants money, why are you?" ”

Jiang Qian was more depressed than him, "Are you stupid, staring at yourself in the encirclement, if I don't come tonight, do you want to explain here?" ”

The two of them were doing good work, and when they flew out of a certain range, they saw the horse that Jiang Qian left outside, and the two of them rode on the horse and ran out without thinking about it.

After getting rid of the people behind him, Xu Jun dismounted sullenly and squatted on the ground without moving.

Jiang Qian jumped off the horse and kicked him and said, "Don't be angry, my aunt didn't think about it once and grabbed the evidence, we still have a chance." ”

"If they are on guard, it will not be so easy to target them next time."

"At least I'm sure they're trading with the Liao, aren't they," Jiang Qian squatted next to him and sighed, "Why do you say these adults are so good at making money, I love money so much that I don't even think about smuggling to make money." ”

Xu Jun patted his ass and got up, stared at him condescendingly and said, "You go back and report to your aunt and grandmother, I will stay and continue to stare at them." ”

Jiang Qian rolled his eyes and said, "Aren't you going to die now?" My aunt and grandmother said, save your life, let's go, let's go to Dingzhou. ”

"What are you doing in Dingzhou?"

Jiang Qian frowned and said: "Fool, isn't our young master Xin in the Northeast Army, this area is the territory of the Northeast Army, and what we can't find doesn't mean that the Northeast Army can't find it either." ”

Xu Jun looked at him suspiciously, "Is this something you can come up with?" ”

Jiang Qian choked and said angrily: "This is what the leader ordered." ”

Hearing that it was Yi Han's instructions, Xu Jun breathed a sigh of relief, jumped on the horse and left with him.

Seeing him so obedient, Jiang Qian's heart was even more blocked.

Dingzhou is the largest city in this area except Taiyuan and Hengzhou, and it is an important border town, one-third of the Northeast Army is stationed here, and two-thirds are guarded in the Taiyuan area.

The Liao people want to attack the city, most of them go down from Dingzhou, and then Taiyuan is down.

Taiyuan is the northern gate of the Great Liang, Taiyuan is broken, and the Liao army can be driven for a long time, so Taiyuan is particularly important. And Dingzhou is the first obstacle of this country, only after Dingzhou, Liao can go to Taiyuan, otherwise you can only go over the mountains and take the trail.

But there must not be many soldiers and horses who came over like that, and the Liao people didn't look for death so much, did they come from Xiaodao to deliver food to the Liang army?

Lin Xin is now in Dingzhou, because this year's heavy snow in Liao, much colder than in previous years, cattle and sheep froze to death, so since last month, there have been Liao people from time to time to go south to fight grass valley.

Among them were the Liao army, the herdsmen who were grouped together, and even the thieves on the Liao side.

In their eyes, Daliang was a fragrant piece of meat, as if anyone could bite her when they were hungry.

In just one month, Lin Xin has fought nineteen times, killing sixty-eight heads, and similarly, several soldiers under him have also changed.

He was in the pioneer battalion, and they were not needed for this kind of small battle in the grass valley, but there was nothing better than actual combat, so General Su asked him to take people to patrol the border line.

As long as there was wolf smoke in the village, he would lead people to help.

Their movements were fast enough, but there were still many innocent people who died in vain.

Even though he has been in the army for nearly two years, Lin Xin is still heartbroken.

When Xu Jun and Jiang Qian found here, he had just returned from the front line, and his body was covered in the blood of the enemy.

He wiped it briefly and went to see the two of them excitedly, "Aunt Jiu wrote me a letter?" ”

Lin Sheng had already arrived first, and just hugged Xu Jun and Jiang Qian, and when he heard this, he also looked at the two of them with blazing eyes.

Jiang Qian took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Lin Xin, who quickly opened it and looked at it.

He frowned in surprise, "Smuggling? ”

Xu Jun glanced outside, and Jiang Qian got up and walked out, guarding the door.

This is the barracks, the safest and the most crowded place.

Xu Jun explained the matter again and said, "Now that they know that we are following them, it will be a little difficult to check them again in the future, so I have to ask Young Master Xin for help." ”

Lin Xin tensed his face and said, "Why is the Shang family so confused, actually doing business with the enemy country. ”

Lin Sheng frowned and said, "Smuggling is a big deal, but why does my aunt care about the Shang family." "Our two families are in-laws.

Xu Jun smiled slightly: "Grandma is not going to check the Shang family, but to check the Zhao family." ”

Lin Sheng and Lin Xin perked up, they knew that the Zhao family did not deal with their aunt and grandmother, and they had long seen that the Zhao family was not pleasing to the eye.

"What, this matter is still related to the Zhao family?"

Seeing Xu Jun nodding, Lin Xin rubbed his hands and said, "Don't worry, I will try my best to find out." ”

He has known a lot of brothers in the past two years, and he is not very familiar with this area, but some people have been soldiers in the army for more than ten years, and they are very well-informed, and it is not difficult to check.

Lin Sheng hesitated: "But if the Zhao family smuggles, my aunt and grandmother are afraid that it will not make a big fuss, and Your Majesty will not be punished heavily." ”

Lin Xin frowned, "Why?" ”

Lin Sheng knows more about some of the tricks in the army than Lin Xin, after all, he has been a soldier for a long time, and he is a secret guard, so the news is much better than Lin Xin.

He will share most of the news with Lin Xin, but some of it is difficult to say, so as not to bring people to ruin.

Now Lin Xin stared at him with blazing eyes, Lin Sheng thought that he would go higher and higher in the future, he would definitely know these things, so he would no longer hide them from him, "Not only Zhao Jie smuggled, but also General Xu and General Su in our army. ”

Lin Xin's eyes widened.

Lin Sheng hurriedly explained in a low voice: "Of course, the two generals are not favoritism, Young Master Xin, it is difficult for us to issue military salaries from April to July every year, you haven't thought about why?" ”

"Because the household department has not allocated money."

"The household department has allocated money every month, but it is not enough." Lin Sheng sighed and said: "Veterans who have been in the army for a long time know that the military salary given by the household department every month is only enough for the number above the general flag, and most soldiers are not paid silver, let alone pensions. ”

It's not that the household department is corrupt or shirked, but that the state treasury really doesn't have much money.