Chapter 68: Asking for Help (I)

An hour later, the sergeants of the 9th and 10th Battalions, who were in charge of packing up the military supplies, returned. In addition to a truckload of military-funded items, they also brought a man with a lot of flowers.

Captain Tie said loudly: "Adjutant General, it is this thief who burned some of the military funds. When we arrived, he was setting the fire, and if we hadn't gone early, we would have suffered even more damage!"

Jiang Chen never forgot it, so he recognized this person. This person is an ordinary Taoist in the eighth battalion, with average Taoism, and he is very low-key on weekdays, and he has never caused trouble. Unexpectedly, he turned out to be a spy of the enemy country and mixed into the Taoist army!

Fortunately, after retreating into the valley, Jiang Chen knew that he had to hold on for a while, so he immediately sent two battalions of sergeants to recover the military funds, otherwise if it was a few hours late, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"How many other comrades do you have?" Jiang Chen asked: "The demon beast army controlled by the enemy Dao Xiu actually intercepted us here in advance, I'm afraid it's also because of you spies who took the opportunity to reveal the marching route of the Daozi Army early in the morning!"

The spy was very hard-mouthed, no matter how Jiang Chen asked, he just stared at Jiang Chen without blinking, and didn't open his mouth at all. Since he dared to be a spy, he naturally had the consciousness of dying for this!

Captain Tie said, "Adjutant General, give this person to me. The punishment and torture in the army are harsh, and there is no need to dirty the eyes of adults!"

Jiang Chen nodded, he knew that Captain Tie was bound to torture this spy with extremely terrible torture to force him to speak out about his comrades. Although this is cruel, since it is necessary to march and fight, it is a matter of human life, and torture and torture are simply common things. It's just that Captain Tie saw that Jiang Chen was just a teenager, and he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to stand the bloody scene during the execution, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to interrogate the spy for Jiang Chen.

"Take it down!" Jiang Chen said, he really didn't want to witness the torture process with his own eyes.

Captain Tie took the spy down, and Jiang Chen asked Feng Laodao, the commander of the ninth battalion: "How much military funds have been recovered, and how long is it enough for the army to last?"

"About seven days!" Feng Laodao said, "The original military resources are enough for one month. But the spies burned all the necessities such as military rations and water trucks, and the remaining necessities were only enough for seven days. ”

"Seven days!" Jiang Chen frowned, the time was too short, and it was very urgent.

"The sergeants of the 1st to 5th battalions guarded the valley, and the rest of the officers and men rested in batches. Daoist Feng, you take some men and explore the valley to see if you can dig a well. ”

There are also some mountain boar demons raised in the military funds, which are really not good, and they can also be killed as military food. But the water source is the most critical, and if you can dig a well, you can hold on for a little longer.

Feng Laodao sighed: "Try your best. However, this desolate valley in the Gobi is full of sand and gravel, and there is hardly any grass, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to find a water source! ”

The army is stationed in the valley, although the terrain here is dangerous, there is only one exit, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but they are also besieged by demon beasts in the valley, it is difficult to escape.

Jiang Chen, with the help of several Taoist warriors, climbed to the higher places around the valley, looked around, and carefully examined the terrain. He found that the valley was flanked by tall and steep peaks, and it should be difficult for the demon beast army to climb over the mountains. Even if a few demon beasts come over the mountain peak, they are not afraid. However, at the mouth of the valley, a large area of demon tide black pressure can only be seen surging black shadows, and the number cannot be estimated. Jiang Chen conservatively estimated that the number of demon beasts should be more than a thousand!

There are only more than 1,000 people in the entire Daozi army, and if this group of huge and ferocious demon beasts rushes into the army, I am afraid that it will be enough to trample the Daozi army back and forth.

Jiang Chen ordered the sergeant to set up a sentry on a high place, and let Dao Xiu take turns to monitor the situation of the demon tide coming out of the valley mouth here, and report to him at any time if there is any abnormality.

Two hours later, the news came from Captain Tie that the spy was very hard-mouthed, and Captain Tie tortured him to the fullest, but he did not reveal a word until he died.

Jiang Chen once again carefully deployed the strength of the army, not only to ensure that there were people everywhere to reconnoiter and guard, but also to try to let more sergeants get enough time to rest and take turns to guard, so that they could hold on for a longer time.

Jiang Chen himself was resting in the tent. However, he couldn't sleep at all, he paced in the tent repeatedly, trying to think of countermeasures, wishing that he could be a hundred times smarter!

However, the current situation cannot be overcome by cleverness alone. It was originally a very difficult thing to be in charge of a large army, let alone such a bad military situation.

When Jun Zhu walked into the tent, he saw Jiang Chen with a sad face, so he was relieved: "Don't be bitter, take a rest first." I'm going to tell you a funny thing that just happened. ”

"What's funny?" Jiang Chen was stunned, in this situation, can he still laugh.

"It's that old Wu," Jun Zhu said: "Just now there were a few boar demons who were frightened and ran around, don't look at that old Wu stupidly, but his hands and feet are extremely fast, and he actually caught those wild boars in three or two strokes, and bolted them back one by one." It was really funny when that man was on his back......"

Jiang Chen's heart moved when he heard this, and he suddenly had an idea, and immediately slapped his thigh: "Not bad! Now that the military situation is urgent, and it is rumored that there are spies, everyone in the army is in danger and is depressed, this is a taboo in governing the army! We must come up with some tricks to eliminate the nervousness of the army and boost the morale of the army!"

"Someone!" Jiang Chen shouted loudly: "Pass the order, the army will hold a rock climbing competition, and those who perform well will be rewarded!"

"What kind of climbing competition, aren't you crazy?"

"Ben will have his own intentions!" Jiang Chen smiled slightly.

......

Jiang Chen chose an almost vertical and steep mountain wall as the venue for the rock climbing competition, and a thick straw mat was padded underneath to prevent the sergeant from falling and injuring himself. Hearing the coach's call, the soldiers came here to climb the rock, but were told that they could not use the Tao or tools, and could only climb with their bare hands.

The lieutenants shook their heads secretly, thinking that after all, this boss was a teenager and liked to play, but this matter was inconsequential and harmless, and they didn't object.

The rewards are rich, and there are many sergeants who are eager to try, and some don't want to participate, but when they see that other people's climbing skills are ordinary, they can't help but try it, and they won't suffer if they don't get the reward anyway.

"Let me try!" An honest young man stepped forward, it was Lao Wu.

"Old Wu, you can't do it!" Jiang Chen smiled: "You are a little fat, can you climb up?"

"I don't know!" Old Wu shook his head, he tore off two strips of cloth, wrapped them around his palms again and again, and then began to climb.

After only a few steps, Jiang Chen was greatly surprised, this old Wu looked stupid, but his mountaineering skills were extremely vigorous and flexible, and he actually climbed to a high place in three or two clicks, almost the highest place that other sergeants could climb.

"Can't climb up!" Lao Wu jumped down.

"Good job!" Jiang Chen said, "I can't see that you are good!"

"Of course!" Old Wu smiled honestly: "I used to deliver food to the master on the top of the mountain every day, and I walked this kind of mountain road, but it was not so steep." ”

"I see!" Jiang Chen nodded: "Go to the general's camp tent to receive the reward before dinner!"

Lao Wu was overjoyed and thanked him again and again.

"Chen Ying, you go and give it a try!" Jiang Chen said suddenly.

Tatsukage nodded, he pulled out his black knife, plunged it into the mountain wall, and then jumped up to Zhangxu with his strength. Then he drew his black knife, and plunged it into the mountain wall several times in succession, and quickly climbed to a high place with the help of his strength.

"What a powerful martial arts!" The Taoist heroes praised: "This is the light skill of the rivers and lakes, right? The knife technique is also powerful, a knife is inserted, impartial, and the force is accurate!"

"It's not counted!" Jiang Chen smiled: "You come down, you can only climb with your bare hands, you use a knife, but there is no reward!"

Chen Ying put away the knife and continued to stand behind Jiang Chen, not caring whether there was a reward or not.

Other sergeants came to try the climb, and many of them smiled nearby, as a way to relieve the pressure on the army.

Jiang Chen watched rock climbing like this for an afternoon. In the evening, Jiang Chen waved his hand and said: "Today is the end of it, tomorrow there will be another way to play, and those who perform well will be rewarded!"

At dinnertime, in the manager's tent, in addition to Jiang Chen, there were also Chen Ying, Lao Wu, and two mortal sergeants who performed well in rock climbing in the afternoon. Jiang Wu was guarding outside the tent, strictly forbidding others to approach the main tent.

Jiang Chen whispered: "There are spies from the enemy country in the Daozi army, all the sergeants already know this, right? Although we have eliminated one spies, it is difficult to say whether there are other spies in the army!"

"But one thing is certain, the enemy country would not have expected in advance that the Daozi army would also bring some mortal soldiers, so the spies sent out must be cultivators and Dao heroes. So the two sergeants must not be spies. Chen Ying was brought by the general, and he came to join the Daozi Army entirely because of the general, so he could not be a spy arranged by the enemy country. As for Lao Wu, if you are a spy, then your acting skills are against the sky, and you don't believe it when you are going to die!"

"None of the four of you are spies, so there is an important matter for the four of you to do!"

"In the middle of the night today, I will order the army to feint to attack the demon beasts, you and others take advantage of the chaos to climb the mountain peaks, climb over the mountains and mountains, bypass the demon beast group, and ask for reinforcements with the general's letter of help!"

"This move is very dangerous, the four of them will die if they go! But if there is no reinforcement support, the entire Daozi army will not escape death!"

"The lives of more than 1,000 people in the Daozi army depends on whether the four of them can break out of the encirclement and deliver the letter for help in time!"

"Subordinate command!" the two mortal sergeants immediately agreed respectfully.

Chen Ying glanced at Jiang Chen, and when he saw Jiang Chen's resolute attitude, he nodded and agreed.

Only the old Wu was hesitant and whispered, "That...... Didn't I say that there was a reward, and I would like to receive the reward and marry a daughter-in-law......

Jiang Chen laughed: "As long as you complete the task, you will definitely be rewarded, enough for you to marry the most beautiful girl in Shan Nan Town as your daughter-in-law!"

"Okay!" Lao Wu's eyes immediately lit up, and he was full of fighting spirit: "Guarantee to complete the task!"