On the other side, Zhang Xiaochi galloped and soon came to the barracks.

The soldiers on duty at the gate of the barracks knew him and let him go directly.

Jumping off his horse, and before he had walked a few steps into the barracks, he ran into an old acquaintance.

"Brother Ye, who are you?"

Next to the camp tent about ten meters away from him, Ye Zhiqiu set off with a group of soldiers in the direction of the entrance of the barracks.

"Brother Zhang, are you here?"

Ye Zhiqiu raised a hand, and the soldiers behind him stopped brushing together.

Zhang Xiaochi nodded, turned his head and glanced at the soldiers behind Ye Zhiqiu, Ye Zhiqiu saw this, and then explained.

"We have received a report from the spies that the enemy is planning to attack our grain and grass again, and I am taking people to set a trap where they must pass."

"Brother Zhang, time is urgent, I'll go first."

"Okay, Brother Ye pay attention to safety."

After sending Ye Zhiqiu away, Zhang Xiaochi went directly to the Shuai tent to report to Zhao Hongde.

Seeing Zhang Xiaochi appear, although Zhao Hongde's face was full of smiles, if you look closely, you can find that his smile is mixed with self-blame and helplessness.

"Xiaochi is here, sit down."

After sitting down, Zhang Xiaochi looked at Zhao Hongde, who was sitting on the main seat, and said solemnly.

"Uncle, before I came, I learned about the basic situation with Brother Ye, how many people do we have now?"

"We only have 20,000 left."

"Moreover, among the 20,000 soldiers, only 12,000 soldiers belong to my Zhao family's army, and the rest of the soldiers are brought by major families."

Hearing this number, Zhang Xiaochi couldn't help frowning, although Zhao Hongde didn't say it explicitly, he knew that the people brought by the major families could command, but if he wanted them to sacrifice their lives and forget their lives to kill the enemy, it was estimated that it was unlikely.

This can be seen from Zhou Kong's desertion.

And Zhou Kong is also very right, he took away so many people as a deserter, it is impossible for Zhao Hongde not to find out, the reason why he did not deal with it must be that the border situation is not optimistic, so that he has no energy, and even deliberately does not want to lose some of his fighters because of the disposal of Zhou Kong.

It can be seen that Zhao Hongde is indeed stretched.

"Xiaochi, thank you for Zhou Kong's matter."

Zhao Hongde suddenly said solemnly.

Zhao Hongde's words verified the current overstretched situation.

"Uncle, this is what I should do, and it would be too obvious to say thank you."

Zhang Xiaochi replied, after speaking, he thought of Ye Zhiqiu, so he asked.

"Uncle, I just saw Ye Zhiqiu go to set up an ambush, I don't know if there is any task for me?"

"Xiaochi, you're new to the city, are you sure you don't need to get used to it?"

Zhao Hongde asked.

"No, you don't."

"That's okay, it just so happens that Qiankun is leading the team on a mission, and I'll ask someone to take you to him."

After speaking, Zhao Hongde clapped his hands, and in the next second, someone came to the camp tent from outside.

"You take Xiaochi to find Qiankun."

"Yes!"

Zhang Xiaochi didn't ask Zhao Qiankun what task he was performing, said hello to Zhao Hongde, and left.

Subsequently, Zhang Xiaochi followed Zhao Hongde's cronies out of the barracks, turned left and right in the mountains and forests of the complex landscape, and spent about an hour before finally meeting Zhao Qiankun.

"Xiaochi, why are you here!?"

Seeing Zhang Xiaochi, Zhao Qiankun was very surprised, and then, he glanced at Zhao Hongde's cronies, seemed to understand something, and a look of anger suddenly flashed on his face.

"Did Dad ask you to bring him here?"

"Yes."

"Don't you know the difficulty of our mission?"

"Xiao Chi has already carried out a life-and-death mission, do you want him to take the risk?"

Zhao Qiankun said angrily.

Although Zhang Xiaochi didn't know what the task was, it was not difficult to see from Zhao Qiankun's attitude that the task he performed was definitely very dangerous.

"Major General, if it's okay, I'll go back first."

"Take the smile back."

Zhao Qiankun said in an unquestionable tone.

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Hongde's cronies suddenly showed embarrassment.

"Brother Zhao, I came voluntarily."

Zhang Xiaochi hurriedly spoke, and waved his hand to let the soldiers who led the way leave.

"Xiaochi, are you crazy?"

"Do you know how dangerous this mission is?"

Zhao Qiankun said angrily.

"No matter how dangerous it is, can it be dangerous for us to break into the enemy's base camp?"

Zhang Xiaochi said with a smile.

"Xiaochi, but you almost lost your life that time, and you are not from the army, so there is no need to follow us to die!"

Zhao Qiankun said earnestly.

"Brother Zhao, I have made up my mind, you don't need to persuade anymore!"

"There are no eggs under the nest, presumably Brother Zhao knows better than me, and this can be regarded as an act of self-protection."

Zhao Qiankun sighed, he compromised, was silent for a few minutes, and finally said slowly.

"Our mission this time still needs to go deep behind enemy lines, mainly to destroy the grain and grass of the Jin State."

"What about the others?"

Zhang Xiaochi looked around, and found that there were only four soldiers dressed in civilian clothes in secret.

"Not yet, we're here waiting for everyone to gather."

Zhao Qiankun replied, and then continued.

"The candidates for this operation are Su Wuzhi, Chen Huizu, Lu Xiaofeng and Ye Zhiqiu."

Hearing these candidates, a touch of surprise flashed on Zhang Xiaochi's face, except for Ye Zhiqiu, these people are all children of a family who come to stretch out their hands and open their mouths, and they would actually participate in such a dangerous mission.

Especially Lu Xiaofeng, at the beginning, he suspected that this guy was colluding inside and outside and uniting with a lone wolf killer to deal with him, but now that he looks at it, could it be that he misunderstood him?

And Ye Zhiqiu, didn't he go to set up an ambush?

"Brother Zhao, I met Ye Zhiqiu when I came, and he said that someone in the Jin Kingdom wanted to destroy our grain and grass, and he was taking someone to set up an ambush."

"It's a unified statement to the outside world."

"This time, it is impossible for the people of Jin Guo to find our grain and grass."

A touch of surprise flashed on Zhang Xiaochi's face, eating a trench and growing wise, the last time he was destroyed by the Jin State, it was normal to protect and hide this time.

"Xiaochi, let's hide first and wait for them to come."

Zhao Qiankun instructed Zhang Xiaochi while getting into the grass next to him.

Zhang Xiaochi also hidden, and after waiting like this for about ten minutes, Su ignored the first to arrive at the scene, followed by Chen Huizu and Lu Xiaofeng.

When Lu Xiaofeng saw that Zhang Xiaochi actually joined in, he was first shocked, and then calm.

The candidates who can participate in this mission must have the same political direction, so Zhang Xiaochi's good impression of Lu Xiaofeng has increased a little.

However, the two did not greet each other because they had some grievances before.

Ye Zhiqiu arrived last, and when he saw Zhang Xiaochi, he didn't show surprise, as if Zhang Xiaochi's appearance here was reasonable.

"Brother Zhao, everyone is here, let's go."

"Okay, let's go."

Zhao Qiankun didn't talk nonsense, as soon as these words came out, four plainclothes soldiers hidden in the dark appeared and began to lead the way in front.

"They are undercover agents lurking in the Jin Kingdom, and with them leading the way, it will be a lot easier for us."

Zhao Qiankun took the initiative to explain to Zhang Xiaochi.