Xue Zhou soon returned from the front of the Tiger Army.

He didn't go home empty-handed, he carried an urn of water in his hand, laughing like a cat that had stolen a fishy one.

On the way here, he saw that his men were still standing in place, obeying his orders even in the heat.

This already has the appearance of a strong army.

Xue Zhou is the kind of person who is very straightforward, and he doesn't hide it in his heart. So he was satisfied, and naturally he was smiling.

Seeing that the team general was so happy, two generals with knives came over.

One of them said:

"Team general, why are you so happy, can't we cross the river in advance?"

Hearing this, Xue Zhou's face was depressed, and he snorted:

"The general is also a cunning one, as soon as I asked about this, he began to scold me, what to say, everyone wants this and that like you, how can he be in this department."

This was a shame to say, Xue Zhou hurriedly changed the topic, he pointed to the water urn in his hand, and said mysteriously:

"You know what it is?"

There are five generals in Xuezhou, three are from Jinan, one is from Le'an, and one is from Chenliu.

Among them, Chen Liu's and Le'an's were standing on the edge of Xuezhou, and when they heard this, they all guessed:

"Wine!"

But he hurriedly realized that this was impossible, Cao Cao governed the army very strictly, how could there be wine in the army.

Xue Zhou glared at the two of them.

Several generals of his own team, Xue Zhou is still satisfied, they are all veterans.

Among them, the three in Jinan were met by Xue Zhou in Dongpingling, Jinan in the past, or county soldiers or pavilion soldiers, and they were all the same as Xue Zhou before. After that, these three people were recruited by Xue Zhou into the army, and they have always been Xue Zhou's right-hand man.

There is also a general from Le'an, speaking a seaside dialect, even if a few of them in Xuezhou can't understand it, let alone another general from Chenliu.

But although this Le'an general can't understand what he said, he has a good bow technique, and it is said that the ancestor is a Yiren. However, it is more likely that the tapirs of Liaodong came from the floating sea.

In addition, it is the person who stayed in Chen, called Gao Xiang. He is also the head of the five generals, who was previously from Huang Wan's middle protection army, and once achieved the position of the halberd.

But unfortunately, with the fall of Huang Wan and his Yanzhou Army and Gyeonggi Army in Xingyang, their soldiers were scattered in the Central Plains.

In fact, such as Gao Xiang, they are everywhere in the Central Plains.

These elite officials who had come from the Han army, in addition to some of them being captured and absorbed by the Taishan army, there were also many people who were left behind, and these people generally joined the armies of the princes of the Central Plains later, providing them with grassroots force.

And Gao Xiang is like this, he is not only proficient in force, but also experienced in military training. When Xue Zhou was not in the army, he was the one who came to train the army.

To put it mildly, if Xue Zhou dies in the later battle, it will be Gao Xianglai who will take over the command and continue to fight.

It's just that Xue Zhou also has a headache for Gao Xiang, that is, this one is good anywhere, and he loves to sing.

But the local folk song was sung by Gao Xiang as if it were a male duck, which was simply torture.

But no matter what, these five people are Xuezhou's reliance in this troubled era, and they are brothers who share life and death.

This will, after seeing Xue Zhou come back, the other three Jinan generals also came over.

Seeing that everyone was coming, Xue Zhou shook the water urn mysteriously and said:

"Know, honeywater! Those who have just been shunned from Cao Bujiang have tasted them. ”

As soon as they heard that it was honey water, the five generals were all excited, without him, just because they were all of humble status, honey water, just heard of it, but never drank it.

Xue Zhou was embarrassed to say that he hadn't drunk it either.

He opened the cork first, then took a careful sip, and then a wave of sweetness rushed straight to his head.

Xue Zhou said in his heart, no wonder those nobles love to drink this thing, and they drink it even when their teeth are gone. It's a really good thing.

After taking a sip, Xue Zhou took another sip and another sip.

It wasn't until he heard the sound of swallowing saliva that Xue Zhou handed them the honey water unsatisfactorily.

Licking his lips, Xue Zhou said casually:

"It's okay. Drink less, this thing is bad teeth. ”

But no one listened to Xue Zhou's words at all, and the five Shi took a bite of you and me, and finished the half urn of honey water.

In the end, the Dongyi general still smashed his mouth and said an authentic sound:

"This thing is sweeter than honey."

Gao Xiang next to him was speechless for a while.

This Dongyi person is really a goblin. When he has something to do, he pretends to be a barbarian and can't understand what he says. When there is a benefit, this brute speaks more correctly than anyone else.

I don't know if this person is a Dongyi who can speak Chinese, or a Han who can speak Dongyi. I don't know anyway.

After the urn was dried, everyone was comfortable. Even if the sun is getting hotter and hotter above, it is worth it to be able to drink honey in your life.

In the rest of the day, everyone rested on the left side of the road, watching the head of the battalion set off for the north.

Some clever officials plucked lotus leaves from a nearby pond and put them on their heads to shield them from the sun.

The sun made people drowsy, and many of the officials lay down on the side of the road to sleep.

Suddenly, a hurried voice came, it was Xue Zhou shouting:

"By the time we're gone, everyone prepare."

At this time, all the officials suddenly came back to their senses, and they came together with sour and numb bodies, and walked like playing a puppet show.

The task of Xuezhou's team was to escort a heavy army across the river together.

So Xue Zhou asked Gao Xiang to take Xiao Dongyi in front, and then he took the rest of Sanshi to escort the car. Each wagon is assigned two to three people.

And Xue Zhou himself also shared a car.

He was not polite, and got into the carriage directly and let the coachman continue on his way.

The coachman was requisitioned, and he didn't dare to complain, so he could only grit his teeth and pull the cart on.

Hey? Isn't this cart worthy of oxen and horses?

That's right, for Cao Jun, cattle and horses are much more valuable than these levies, and now these levies are cows and horses.

Sitting cross-legged on the cart, Xue Zhou felt that there was a little awkward under his buttocks, so he lifted the hay and saw that there were some iron pots and pottery below, and there were some greasy things in it.

Xue Zhou dipped a little of his finger and put it in his mouth to taste it, and then he immediately spit it out.

Hot girl, what the hell is this, why is it so weird.

Xue Zhou didn't know that this was a secret weapon that Cao Cao had specially found.

This is a jar of stone grease, which Cao Cao found in the mountains, and the yield is not high, but as long as it burns, the water will not extinguish.

Xue Zhou didn't recognize this thing, but he just felt that it was awkward, so he changed to another car. The cart was full of piles of corn.

So, just like that, on the straight, the army meandered north, slowly.

It was not until the brothers' lips were dry that they finally reached the pontoon bridge on the Jishui River.

This pontoon is a temporary pontoon bridge made of wooden boats connected to each other and then boarded with wooden planks. There will already be quite a few carts creaking across the pontoon.

Xue Zhou asked his men to fill the water with water, and then waited for the arrangement.

This time I was lucky, Xuezhou was quickly ranked in front because of the special military resources escorted.

So, Xue Zhoubu didn't have time to drink a few sips of water, so he continued to set off again.

But after passing Jishui, their luck in Xuezhou took a sharp turn.

They were hit by heavy rains.

It's just a hot sun, and it's going to start raining down. This is the temper of summer, and it will change when it is said.

To make matters worse, the road they took was a loess road. As soon as the rain fell, the roads became wet and impassable.

Seeing the brothers marching in the yellow mud with one foot deep and one foot shallow, Xue Zhou was irritable.

He immediately ordered his headquarters to rest and take shelter from the rain under the cart.

Curled up under the baffle of the cart, these farmers from Jinan were giggling at each other for no reason.

Maybe in this heavy rain, a little warmth brought to each other is enough to make them feel happy.

The rain stopped after about half an hour.

Then came the great sun, which continued to scorch the ground.

But after the heavy rain receded, it did not bring comfort to everyone, but the water vapor was more stuffy under the barbecue of the sun.

In this way, the apprentices and conscripts who accompanied the army were naked, exposing their fleshy backs, panting and carrying these sergeants on their way.

Along the way, Xuezhou and they could see some abandoned cars on the side of the road from time to time.

Some of them have broken wheels. This can also make Xue Zhou understand.

But when they continued to walk north, they suddenly saw a cemetery of carts, and nearly a hundred carts were burned to the ground, which was shocking to see.

This situation made Xue Zhou very heavy.

It wasn't until after a military station that Xue Zhou knew what had happened to the wagons of the team in front of them.

A small group of Tarzan rangers had infiltrated the Plains County and launched a direct attack on the chariots.

There were also escorted sergeants in that chariot, but they thought they were marching in the territory, so how could they have any precautions?

Therefore, a fire burned the hundred wagons.

Then the rain struck, and the cavalry disappeared under the cover of the rain.

Speaking of this, the officer at the military station said to Xue Zhou angrily:

"Those northerners are really hateful, and they know that they rely on horses and plunder everywhere. As far as I've heard, two convoys have already been burned by these people. ”

Xue Zhou was silent.

He knew very well that in this case, Jinan did not have much to do. The cavalry advantage of the Tarzan army was too strong, and it was now used exclusively to attack the supply lines and troop lines of its own side. If this continues, Jinan will not last long.

But there is no need to say these words to the little officer of this military station.

After obtaining a supply from here, Xue Zhou continued to set off with his team. On the way afterward, Xue Zhou deliberately sent the good walkers in the team as outposts.

If there is any enlightenment from what has just happened to Xue Zhou, it is that they must not be taken lightly, they are already on the battlefield from now on. Without recognizing this, they will not be able to reach the front alive.

But this caution naturally comes at a cost.

On the way, because of the high level of tension, the Xue Zhou Department was always worried that the assault cavalry of the Taishan Army would emerge from an unknown corner.

Once, Xiao Dongyi suddenly felt a noise in the low bushes not far away.

Xiao Dongyi didn't even think about it, and drew out a bow and arrow to be an arrow.

There are few people here, there are not many birds and beasts, and if there is a change, you have to act.

But soon, Xiao Dongyi's subordinates walked into the forest, and finally dragged out an old man with firewood on his back.

Xiao Dongyi's arrow was fast and accurate, and it was directly inserted into the old man's chest, which would have been completely dead.

At this time, Xue Zhou had already walked over, and when he saw the situation here, before he could speak, he heard Xiao Dongyi explain:

"I thought I had met a sentry from the Tarzan Army."

Xue Zhou squatted on the ground and looked at the old man lying on the ground, who looked like a woodcutter who had escaped alive, obviously came to the woodcutter in the forest, and then met them and hid in the bushes in a panic.

It's a pity that a life was given away like this.

After Xue Zhou got up, he didn't accuse Xiao Dongyi of a word, but said something like this:

"Killed right, do you know that this person is not the work of the Taishan army? Even if it's not, when this person sees our whereabouts, will he report to the Taishan Army later? Those Taishan troops are the most demagoguery, and these people can sell us in a few words. Therefore, it is better to kill the wrong than to let it go. ”

Xiao Dongyi nodded vigorously, and the guilt of killing the innocent just now disappeared completely.

After that, Xiao Dongyi asked his subordinates to take the old man's firewood back, and left the old man's body alone.

The team then proceeded to set off.

Only Xue Zhou glanced at the place where he had just killed the old man by mistake, and knew very well in his heart that they had added another enemy to Cao Jun.

This old man also has a family, and after they saw the old man's arrow wound, they must have known that they were killed by Cao Jun. When the time comes, these people will not be able to get along with Cao Jun.

But the aftermath is a posterior because it happens in the future. In the immediate future, Xue Zhou wants to take the brothers to the front camp safely and send this batch of military supplies.

In the days that followed, the killing of the Xuezhou team increased. Because of Xue Zhou's sentence "I'd rather kill the wrong one than let it go", it gave these simple men a reason to kill.

The long march is boring and crazy, and during this time, it is the pain of traveling, enduring the heat, and sleeping in the open.

Even if this is it, they also have to be nervous to guard against the attack of the Taishan army.

In this way, Xuezhou's team is in urgent need of venting. And the woodcutters and travelers they met were unlucky, and without asking, they were killed and thrown on the side of the road.

Things have developed to this extent, and Xue Zhou can't control it.

The subordinates became more and more sophisticated, but this way of killing for fun had too much effect on the majesty of the military officials.

After all, these officials have killed too many people, and it is difficult not to have such an idea.

Everyone is human, and when I kill others, I kill them like chickens. You're not a human being in Xuezhou? How many times can you take me? So let the brethren feel comfortable, and we will naturally hold you as a team leader. But if you're not angry with the brethren, see how many lives you have.

This loss of control soon turned into a mutiny.

A few Jinan soldiers couldn't stand leaving their hometown for a long time, and they had to hurry in June. Since I don't take you Xue Zhou seriously, why should I be restrained by you to go to Pingyuanjin to die!

These Jinan soldiers know the Taishan Army better than others, and their colleagues or commanders have participated in several battles to encircle and suppress the Taishan Army, and now the grass on the graves of these people is taller.

So as soon as they discussed, they prepared to run away at night.

But the action was soon discovered by others.

In the final analysis, the Hubu battalion where Xue Zhou is located is still elite, and it has been consciously mixed with elite soldiers from all over the country by Cao Cao from the beginning, so the Jinan soldiers are not a large regiment.

And many of these people are licking blood from the knife edge, they are here to be rich and noble, and they are not all the way with these Jinan soldiers at all.

Xue Zhou buried these Jinan soldiers alive that night, and then set off with the team overnight.

By now, Xue Zhou could no longer care about retaining the physical fitness of the team, and he knew very well that at this point, the army had reached the verge of a military collapse and mutiny.

If he can't rush to the camp for training immediately, even if he Xue Zhou can live, he will become a light pole.

But fortunately, they had already relied on Pingyuanjin, and by sunset on the second day, they finally arrived at the Han army camp.

There, two huge camps lay like wild beasts beyond the river, looking at the plains ahead.

The offensive and defensive battle of Pingyuanjin started in this way after they arrived in Xuezhou.

Returning to Urumqi from Burjin is closed again, and I am tired.