Chapter 13: The Eight Scouts Are Missing
Black Dragon Pond is five hundred miles northeast and two hundred miles northwest of Yunzhong City, and the military camp of the Ji family army looks a little lonely and cold under the night when the clouds are light and the wind is high and the moon is not yet full.
It's past midnight, and the manager's account is still brightly lit.
Ji Hao, a general who was over half a hundred years old, clenched his fists and turned his back to the scout who was reporting the intelligence without saying a word.
For the first time, the young scout was so close to the general, and was deeply impressed by the general's tall and resolute back.
General Ji, that is the living legend of the Great Zhou army.
"Report! King Qin's men and horses have just returned to Cloud City, and strangely, he did not go to the king first to report the situation of the pursuit. It is also reported that three hours ago, the king of Qin appeared again by the dry well where the queen was being held, stayed for a while, and then left. ”
Ji Hao's clenched fist instantly loosened, and he slowly turned around to face the young scout kneeling behind him.
With the deep and steady voice of the wild goose armor on Ji Hao's body, the young scout finally saw the appearance of the general clearly. The general in front of him is more than eight feet long, his face is like black charcoal, and a pair of Danfeng eyes are squinted into a slit all the year round, and he looks like he is despised by the heroes of the world.
Even if he saw Wang Shangyixin, Ji Hao was still this unyielding military ceremony, and he had fought on the battlefield for many years, especially the "Mobei Campaign" known to women and children, and the Ji family army was already a family of generals forged by several generations of iron and blood.
The "Battle of Mobei" took place twenty years ago, when Ji Hao, who was approaching his prime, was not yet a general.
As early as when he was in his prime of life, he could have inherited the position of hereditary general of the ancestral industry, but Ji Hao chose to go to the border, took root in the northwest military camp, and completely broke off from the Ji family's army, and worked for more than ten years.
Ji Hao, with the body of a soldier and the quality of a military family that he had been exposed to since he was a child, killed the enemy on the front line at the bottom of the northwest military camp without interruption, until General Ji Lao was bedridden and recalled him to the side.
After General Ji died, Ji Hao no longer violated his father's orders and took command of the Ji family's army.
Back then, Ji Hao went with the king to fight against the old enemy of the Great Zhou Dynasty - the Ghost Fang Great Wilderness Demon Clan. For this battle, Da Zhou prepared for ten years, and Ji Jiajun also prepared hard for ten years under the leadership of Ji Hao.
This battle lasted for three months, and at the last moment, seeing that the Great Zhou was about to achieve victory, how could it suddenly snow, and the balance of victory dramatically turned to the ghost side.
At this time of great difficulty, Ji Hao rushed into the Wild Fox Ridge with his own strength, slaughtered three thousand demon wolf soldiers, fought a bloody way, and broke the battle situation hard, laying an important foundation for the final victory of the Great Zhou in the later stage of the war.
In front of thousands of soldiers, Yi Xin worshiped Ji Hao as the general, guarding the northern and western frontiers of the Great Zhou, and also took charge of the outer defense of the capital Yunzhong City, commanding nearly one-third of the troops of the Great Zhou.
After this battle, Ji Hao became famous in one fell swoop and fell to the nickname of "Thousand People Slaughter". Even the Ghost Fang Demon Clan heard Ji Hao's name, and they were in awe.
This battle allowed the Great Zhou to get rid of the humiliating history of being oppressed by the Ghost Fang Demon Clan for nearly a hundred years, and gradually, the Great Zhou embarked on the road of stability and power, and gradually became the strongest country on the Gengming Continent.
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Twenty years have passed, and Ji Hao, who slaughtered three thousand ghost wolf soldiers, is still unabated. Before he could speak, his domineering momentum was already rushing towards him.
There are more than 500,000 soldiers in the Ji family's army, and not every soldier has the opportunity to see the general's demeanor so closely. Therefore, the newly appointed young scout was quite proud after the confession, and left the big tent in high spirits.
After a while, another scout rushed over: "Report to the general, one hundred and twenty-eight members of the Divine Doctor Touching Yuroe family have been escorted by the Imperial Forest Army of King Jiahai of Qin and imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison in the Clouds. ”
The three teams sent out to explore the horses, only the Black Dragon Pond side has not returned for a long time, Ji Hao looked at the crescent moon outside the account, and fell into endless contemplation......
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It was just dawn, and everyone was still immersed in a deep sleep, except for the little prince Shaoyi who was in the arms of the fish roe, but he was awake.
He smelled the morning dew on the leaves, and the sun that was about to jump out of the horizon. He listened with relish to the sound of the people's breathing, the steady heartbeat of the fish roe, and the sound of the babbling stream......
During the interval between the setting of the moon and the rising sun, Taibai Star is the brightest star that can be seen from afar on the Gengming Continent.
Shaoyi's little eyes seemed to be looking at the star, looking at it, he opened his small mouth and yawned lazily, then he turned over and fell asleep.
Shaoyi's rollover startled the fish roe in his sleep, and he shivered like an electric shock, and opened his eyes with great difficulty.
The fire burned out, leaving a pile of ashes that melted in the wind.
The senior brother did not wake up, and the white horse breathed in his sleep, unconsciously waving his tail with only two-thirds left, driving away mosquitoes and flies.
Strange, why are none of the eight Ji Jiajun scouts gone?! Touching Yuroe rubbed his eyes vigorously, got up and called out to Geng Ding, shouting: "Why are the scouts gone?
"I'll sleep a little longer. Geng Ding didn't seem to care about what the scouts weren't seeing.
"The scout is gone!" Touching the fish roe shouted loudly again.
Geng Ding was finally woken up, and the birds in the green bushes were frightened, and one by one they flew out in a daze.
"Don't shout, I let it go. At first, I was also deliberately captured, because I wanted to get to know them up close. ”
Geng Ding said slowly: "Senior brother, before they left last night, they told me that an hour after you left the clouds, a light horse of the King of Qin followed you from afar, but they didn't make any effort to chase you. Until an hour later, when the King of Qin came from the clouds and caught up with his team, they worked together to catch up with you. The reason for this, can the junior brother know?"
"At first, they weren't in a hurry to chase me, then King Qin just didn't want to have anything to do with Ji Hao in the general's realm. I was able to escape King Qin's men and horses this time thanks to the miasma. It's this season's family ......"
"Ji Jiajun has always been strict in military discipline, he must have come for a purpose, and I didn't ask them about the purpose of ambushing you. Geng Ding answered.
"Senior brother, why did you let them go?" touched the fish roe and was a little confused.
"Let them go back and report to Ji Hao, I want to see how things will evolve next. After all, their position in the imperial court was never revealed. Geng Ding said: "It seems that they still don't know who the child in your arms is. ”
Hearing Geng Ding say this, he suddenly remembered something, and he only patted his head with regret: "When there was a fight in Black Dragon Pond yesterday, Shaoyi poked out his head, and these scouts are not blind. Now that you let them go, it's okay now, just wait for the Ji family army to besiege your Dayan River!"
Geng Ding smiled: "Don't worry! I planted Ma Beans on the eight of them, and the brothers are under my control from this time, they are better off than dead, where do they dare to reveal it?!"
After touching the roe and smelling it, he didn't say a word, and at this time, the sun had climbed up the mountain, and the drops of dew on the green leaves shone with a dazzling white light.
He looked at the mountains in front of him, yes, there was still a long way to go.
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An old man with gray hair whispered to Ji Hao, the general who hadn't removed his armor and closed his eyes all night, "General, they're back." ”
"Call them into the account. ”
In the tent, there were eight scouts kneeling in unison, looking at the situation, they were not as depressed as Ji Hao expected.
The eight of them said in unison: "Please condemn the general." ”
Ji Hao turned around and asked the old man, "Ji Bo, what time is it?"
"General, when you first arrive, it will be dawn in half an hour. ”
The general got up and walked out of the account. When he was about to leave the big tent, he stopped, and without looking back, he said, "Go and sleep first! ”
The scouts were puzzled by the general's reaction for a while, and Ji Bo stepped forward to them and said, "The general told you to go back to sleep first, so you can retreat first." ”
The scouts then got up. When he walked out of the tent, there was no trace of Ji Hao.
Ji Hao wanted to know what had happened in the Black Dragon Pond in the past dozen or so hours, and what kind of masters they had encountered, which actually damaged his four well-trained and experienced scouts.
He knew that this touch fish roe was originally a disciple of the master of the lonely mountain worry-free cave, although he had entered the second realm-the general realm, but this touch fish roe was called a miracle doctor, and he was dedicated to studying the way of medicine, and his mind was not on martial arts cultivation at all, and he was not a real master.
How can he, what ability to damage my four scouts in a row?!
Ji Hao was not in a hurry to find out who the master who helped the divine doctor touch the fish roe was, and he didn't want the situation to complicate the situation.
In the clouds, the ruler is trying to use his power to balance the other force, which has made him very passive. Ji Hao didn't want this matter to become a last resort when he had to express his position. It's good to be able to dodge and hide.
He wholeheartedly defended his family and the country, and wholeheartedly defended the status of the Ji family, a veteran military family, in the Great Zhou, and even did not hesitate to burn his bones. However, the situation is always changing, and the political disputes are complicated!
In order to avoid the battle of power in the court, Ji Hao always refused the luxurious mansion in the clouds rewarded by the king, and moved his family to settle in the base camp of the Ji family army in Daidi, which was 400 miles away from the clouds.
But if it's not a fetter, how can he hide from it when he is in the rivers and lakes?!
Ji Hao, who was on a lunch break, couldn't sleep, and he clearly felt that an unstoppable storm was coming......
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In the opinion of Mo Yuro, the senior brother's decision always has his reason. Therefore, although he had doubts about letting go of Ji Jiajun's scouts, he still accepted his senior brother's decision.
After a meal, Geng Ding walked back to the stream from the jungle in the valley, untied a gourd from his waist, and handed it to the fish roe: "Senior brother, this is the milk of the ferret, quickly feed this baby." ”
Touch the fish roe to take the gourd, put the gourd mouth to the small mouth of the less one, a drop of ** just touched the dry little lips of the one less, the young one with his eyes closed seemed to have no reaction, but the small mouth immediately opened the boss, eager to swallow the gourd mouth.
As soon as the gourd's mouth was poured, the milk was like a small column of water. Touching the fish roe is afraid of choking the child, so try to control the flow rate so that the milk in the gourd can be sent to the less mouth more slowly.
Shaoyi swallowed heavily, and his little hand was anxious to hold the gourd, as if he was afraid that he would run out of food.
When Touch Yuzi and Geng Ding saw this scene, they felt pity and looked at each other knowingly.
When the people are full, it's time to hit the road again.
Geng Ding solemnly glanced at the fish roe and said, "Senior brother, at this point, although we have repelled several teams of pursuers one by one, however, I, Geng Ding, have made an oath to the queen because I have received the queen's message, and I must send the child to Dayanhe Village safely."
"You must know that any force, whether it is from the King of the Great Zhou, from the King of Qin, or from the Ji Family, they will not give up easily. This child's life is at stake!
"Before I met you, I had been following you for a long time, and I had set up a poisonous miasma, and after that, I secretly protected you through the thunder level set by our master back then. You hurry up and continue to rush to Dayanhe Village with Shaoyi, after I come to break off, now I will go back to the original way and hold the thunder pass, in case there are any more pursuers. ”
Touching the fish roe is also worried, if it is delayed for a long time, if the several forces of pursuit regather, I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to deal with it.
Therefore, after listening to Geng Ding's words, I felt deeply interested in touching the fish roe. He hugged Geng Ding's fist, his heart was suddenly hot, his voice was a little hoarse, and he said, "Then thank you senior brother for resisting." ”
"Hey, where, don't say thank you, all of us are twisted into a rope. Geng Dingle waved his hand happily and said, "From a small point of view, I have the trust of the queen to protect the prince." In a big way, we are protecting the primordial seed with the deer. ”
"See, there are a lot of us!" said Touch Roe in surprise.
"Senior brother, hurry up and get on the horse. ”