Wang Yangming still didn't believe it, Su Mu smiled and said, "Brother Gu is really an expert in the desert. This method of burning incense and drawing water is known only to those who know the desert the most among the Xia people. ”

Originally, this place was originally a river, but later the river dried up, and the water source did not disappear, but only seeped under the sand and became an underground undercurrent. Gu Xifeng burned incense and buried it in the soil, and the smoke could not rush straight up, so it would find other exits by itself, and the path that the smoke found was naturally the underground river, so Gu Xifeng asserted that if you dig down where the smoke is emitted, you will definitely see water.

At that moment, several strong sergeants took a shovel to dig the soil, and dug straight down to a depth of seven or eight meters, only to see a small stream of muddy water gurgling up, Wang Yangming saw that the water was turbid and abnormal, and said worriedly: "Although there is water, how can it be drunk by people." ”

Gu Xifeng said: "Don't get in the way." He took out the coat made of gauze and covered it with the water source, the water seeped through the gauze, but the sand was blocked from the outside of the clothes, and seeing that the water was immediately clearer, Gu Xifeng picked up the gauze coat, poured a small packet of water into the skin, and said: "Settle for half a day, and you can drink it in the evening." ”

Only then did Wang Yangming suddenly realize that the wisdom of the working people in his heart is really not to be underestimated. At that moment, a sergeant was ordered to be responsible for fetching water, and slowly filled more than a dozen skin bags, and finally temporarily relieved the urgent need.

Wang Yangming called a few Guozijian and Gu Xifeng and others to his side, and said, "Although Brother Gu's method has temporarily solved the urgent need for water, but with a hundred of us and horses, this water can only last for another day." I think our top priority is to hurry back and find the nearest water source on the way back. ”

Everyone nodded yes, pitched their tents, and rested on the spot. Gu Xifeng instructed that except for the sentries, the rest of the people should not move around easily to avoid water consumption. In the evening, when the sun had already set, Wang Yangming ordered everyone to get on their horses and gallop to the east, marching under the stars, in order to reduce the evaporation of water. In this way, I traveled at night, and luckily found an oasis on the way, made a big rest, and walked for seven days before I saw the position of the women's camp. It turned out that the women's camp was stationed in the west of Jiayuguan, and Wang Yangming and they went all the way to the east, just coming to the women's camp.

Wang Yangming sent the vanguard to report the news, but within half an hour, the pioneer of the women's battalion came out to greet him. Wang Yangming saw that although the pioneer was a woman, she was five big and three thick, and she spoke in a rough voice, and secretly said Could it be that the women in the women's camp are all like this? Aren't Su Mu and Shen Qingdai the best beauties in the women's camp?

Listen to the pioneer said: "Where is Captain Wang? Guo Ai, the pioneer of the women's battalion of the lower officials, came to greet him." ”

Su Mu and Shen Qingdai saw her immediately, and stepped forward and said, "Sister Guo, I haven't seen you for a few months, are you okay?"

It turned out that Su Mu and Shen Qingdai had been trained in the women's camp before, and they were very familiar with Guo Ai. Guo Ai is the adopted daughter of the commander of the women's battalion, and has always been trusted by the commander, so she holds the position of pioneer. Guo Ai was very happy when he saw his acquaintance, and said, "Sister Su, Sister Cheng, you are all back intact, it's really gratifying." I don't know if Captain Wang can be in the army?"

Wang Yangmingce immediately stepped forward and arched his hand: "There is Lao Guo Xianxian, please take us to the women's camp." ”

Guo Ai saw that Wang Yang was young and was actually the leader of these people, and he didn't believe it in his heart, but seeing that all the members of the Yingyang Army listened to his orders, he knew that the rumors in the army were true, although this Captain Wang was young, he was indeed the confidant and favorite general of the commander Boyan. She didn't dare to slack off, and hurried to lead the way.

All the way to the women's battalion, the commander was already waiting in the tent. Wang Yangming walked into the handsome tent and saw a woman sitting on the seat in the middle, this person was over forty years old, and her eyebrows were full of wind and frost, but if you look closely, you can vaguely see that this person's facial features are marked, heroic, and he must have been a beauty when he was young. Listening to Guo Ai say to the woman: "Marshal, Captain Wang of the Eagle Yang Army has arrived." ”

When the woman heard this, she looked up and saw Wang Yangming, got up and said, "Captain Wang has worked hard. Guo Ziyi, commander of the contemptible women's battalion. ”

Wang Yangming was busy with him, he knew that the women's battalion had 10,000 troops and horses, and all of them were women, and their status in the Northwest Army had always been special. These women are in the prime of life, for the interests of the country, have to sacrifice their most precious youth, even after retiring, often can not marry the king, in fact, very pitiful, so he has the deepest sympathy for the female soldiers of the women's battalion.

Guo Ziyi saw that Wang Yangming and others were in the dust, and hurriedly ordered the women's camp to prepare hot water and hot rice, and asked the Yingyang army to rest. Although the soldiers of the Eagle Yang Army have undergone harsh special training and actual combat, they are all hard-working people, but they are indeed tired all the way east, and no matter how strong they are, there will always be times when they are vulnerable, especially Su Mu and Shen Qingdai, seeing that there is hot water to bathe, where to care about so much, they have already bathed happily.

Wang Yangming talked with Guo Ziyi for a while and roughly reported on his expedition. Guo Ziyi heard this, and exclaimed: "When the marshal proposed to form an Eagle Yang Army, I also slandered it, thinking about what role an army of only a hundred people could play. Captain Wang went out this time, and the results were remarkable, and I knew that the marshal was really far-sighted, much stronger than me, and you could take away the glory of several battalions of our Northwest Army. ”

Wang Yangming hurriedly said that he didn't dare, and praised Guo Ziyi for his good governance of the army. That night, a banquet was held in the women's camp to wash the dust for everyone in the Eagle Yang Army, and everyone could finally sleep peacefully. Guo Ziyi had already sent a herald to Jiayu Pass to report the news of the triumphant return of Wang Yangming and others.

It was late at night, and Boyan was sitting upright in the tent, holding two letters in his hands, and his eyebrows were full of seriousness. These two letters came from Chang'an at noon today. He picked up the first one, this one was very luxurious, with a five-clawed golden dragon printed on it, and the back was sealed with fire paint, and eight red characters were written: "Boyan personally opened, and the person who read it without permission died." A small seal was stamped under the red letter, and on the seal were four words: "Treasure of Orthodoxy". This turned out to be a handwritten letter from Emperor Hongwu!

Emperor Hongwu sent a message to his subordinates, either a holy decree or an oral message, and rarely used the way of writing a letter, and this letter was sealed with fire paint, and it was stated that anyone other than Boyan would die if they were found to open this letter, which shows that there must be extremely secret information in this letter.