As the saying goes, I have never eaten pork and have seen pigs run. In the past few days, Cui Shu has been retching from time to time, and Zhang Zheng has been with her for more than half a year.

Both are in good health and at a good age, so it's not surprising to have children. Zhang Zheng gently patted Cui Shu's back, and waited until she had no adverse reactions before helping her to sit down.

The two glanced at each other, and they both saw a hint of surprise in each other's eyes. It's a pity that there is no Lang Zhong in the team, there was originally a military medical officer in Xu Jingzong's army, but it's a pity that Xu Jingzong doesn't know where to run now.

Five thousand sounds like a lot, but in the vast desert, there is still not a single wave.

Zhang Zheng groaned for a while, and said to Cui Shu: "I'll send someone to send you back to Chang'an, it's not safe for you to follow me." Cui Shu smiled, shook her head and said, "I've already gone so far, wouldn't it be a failure to run back to Chang'an?" ”

"Just go out to travel, the main thing is that your current situation is no longer suitable for long-distance travel, and the environment and medical conditions in Chang'an are better than those in Xizhou......" Zhang Zheng was trying to persuade Cui Shu, but Cui Shu just shook his head with a resolute face.

Zhang Zheng wanted to say something more, but suddenly heard Chen Yu's voice hurriedly sound: "Uncle, there is another bandit twenty miles northwest, with a number of about five hundred people, and they are heading towards our army camp. Both of them heard Chen Yu's report, Zhang Zheng glanced at Cui Shu, rubbed the hair on her head and said, "It seems that this bath can't be washed, you can sleep first later, you don't have to wait for me." ”

"Hmm." Cui Shu nodded and responded to Zhang Zheng gently. Zhang Zheng took the robe he had just taken off, opened the tent and walked out as he wore it.

"Five hundred, how is the combat effectiveness, have you figured it out?" When they came to the outer world, Chen Yu, Fang Mu and the others were already in full armor and waiting for them.

"It's the same as the previous wave, it's all stragglers, it's okay to bully the caravan on the Silk Road, combat effectiveness, hehe...... Uncle gave the last general fifty horses, and the last general had this confidence, and he could kill him with just one charge. When Zhang Zheng asked about the bandits' combat effectiveness, a trace of contempt and disdain flashed on the faces of everyone present, and Chen Yu even threatened to annihilate the enemy by giving him fifty fine horses.

And the other people also had a natural expression on their faces, as if Chen Yu's words should be the truth.

Zhang Zheng also showed a faint smile on his face, but he did not give the order immediately. It stands to reason that those bandits can't not know that these two hundred people are also the elite division of the Tang Dynasty.

The 5,000-strong Tang Dynasty soldiers are not easy to mess with, is it easy to provoke the 200-strong Tang Army soldiers? Not objectively speaking, as far as the 200 people led by Zhang Zheng are concerned, in this era, as long as they do not encounter the elite troops formed by various countries, they can completely walk sideways on this Silk Road.

And even if you meet the elites of the countries in the Western Regions, you have to absolutely crush that kind in terms of numbers.

A force of this size of one or two thousand people is completely here to send war exploits to the Tang Army. One Han is a five-hu, which is a compliment most of the time.

But in some cases, it's another insult. For example, in the Han Dynasty, Ban Chao, thirty-six horsemen crisscrossed the Western Regions without a single enemy.

For example, now, when he set out from Chang'an, Zhang Zheng went to rob the Firearms Bureau and the Ordnance Superintendent. Equipping these two hundred people with enough equipment and firearms to equip a single Flush Mansion is almost unarmed to the teeth.

In such a situation, a Han being a Wuhu is not an insult. If it is said that it is almost the same as being a hundred hu.

Looking at the northwest direction, Zhang Zheng was silent, as if he had not heard the voice of the soldiers asking for battle. The situation in Xizhou is complicated, and now he has only 200 people in his hands.

And Xu Jingzong's actions are obviously because he doesn't want to play with him. Since this is the case, Zhang Zheng suddenly had an idea in his heart.

His own manpower is insufficient, so these bandits who are sent to the door don't have to be used in vain. Anyway, it's not your own person, and you don't feel distressed when you run out.

So Zhang Zheng suddenly had an interesting idea in his heart, if you Xu Jingzong is unkind, then don't blame me Zhang Zheng for being unjust.

"Pass the order, set a trap, and capture this group of bandits alive." Zhang Zheng raised his hand and gave an order to Chen Yu, who was chattering behind him.

"The last will be ordered!" As soon as Chen Yu turned around, he was about to order all the people to fight, but he was suddenly stunned in place, and asked Zhang Zheng with some unconfidence: "Well, Uncle is talking about total annihilation, right?" Zhang Zheng turned around and kicked Chen Yu in the chest and scolded: "Destroy your sister, those are valuable human resources, captured alive, do I understand if I want to live my mouth?" ”

"Oh." The military merits were gone, and Chen Yu's face collapsed in an instant.

"Look at your little bit of talent, defeat Xizhou, so many countries in the Western Regions, are you still afraid that there will be no war for you, the key is that you have to have someone, someone can take the initiative to attack, understand?" Seeing Chen Yu's boring appearance, Zhang Zheng explained with some hatred that iron is not steel.

Sometimes subordinates are too tendonous, and it doesn't seem to be a good thing. For example, now, Zhang Zheng is very helpless.

Fortunately, although Chen Yu's face was very unhappy, he still didn't dare to disobey Zhang Zheng's order. The fire in the tent was lit bright, and Cui Shu's tent was moved behind a sand dune in the southwest.

And he took two hundred horsemen and hid them. A few brothers were left in the brightly lit camp to create a hot appearance, and then quietly waited for the prey to take the bait.

The bandits in the desert were chased by Xu Jingzong like a lost dog. But the robber's instinct remained unchanged.

What is the instinct of a robber, first of all, it is to bully the soft and fear the hard, and secondly, it is smart, and the unintelligent bandit will not survive on the Silk Road.

In the desert, there are not too many bandit gangs that can gather more than 500 people. And to achieve this scale, there must be one or two players in the team who act as brains, and this team is certainly no exception.

When he approached Zhang Zheng's station, the bandit leader stopped the advancing troops. Qiuzi said: "Gala Lake is in the hands of the Tang people, they only have two hundred people, and three hundred people will go with me to attract the attention of the Tang army, and the rest will go to the lake to get water." Turkic: "Hadar's group of people have been completely annihilated by this Tang army, can we do it?" Qiuzi said: "If you can't do it, then die of thirst in the devil's sea." If you don't want to die of thirst, kill me! "In the desert, freshwater resources are comparable to gold.

Within a radius of 500 miles, only the fresh water here in Lake Gala is enough for 500 people to drink. Xu Jingzong has been chased like a dog for more than half a month, and many of their brothers have died of thirst in the desert.

Therefore, even if the bandit leader knew that this Tang army was very difficult to provoke, he had to take risks.