The desert is full of lonely shadows, and the peach blossoms have not yet returned.

After thousands of sails, the Ming Dynasty bought wine into Tongguan.

It's dawn.

After a night's hard work, the soldiers were very tired, and after Du Wu arranged the military affairs, he called all the generals for an impromptu meeting.

The contents of the meeting were twofold: First, according to statistics, nearly 500 civilians had suffered casualties of varying degrees in last night's battle and could no longer serve, and how to deal with them became the top priority of the day. Second, what should be done with Youtanbo and Gushan Dragon, as well as the fifty or sixty robbers who surrendered. According to the military law of the Han Dynasty, soldiers are counted for their military merits by their heads, but these robbers have surrendered and cannot be beheaded again.

In the handsome tent, everyone chattered and discussed, the public said that the public was reasonable, and the mother said that the mother was reasonable, and after a while, the handsome tent suddenly quieted down. The overseer was looking down to calculate the ratio of the remaining distance and the people, when his ears suddenly fell silent, and he subconsciously raised his head, only to find that everyone was looking at him with a smile.

It's over, he thought, this time he really has to be a scapegoat.

Sure enough, Ma Liu arched his hand and said, "General, the Lord of the Prison Army is far-sighted and familiar with the art of war, why don't you listen to the opinions of the Lord of the Prison Army?" ”

The generals immediately chimed in.

When the overseer saw this posture, he hurriedly knelt down and sat up: "General, the lowly position is just a small overseer, how to understand the art of war, please be clear to the general." ”

Du Wu didn't speak, Guangbai spoke first: "Hey, don't be humble to the Lord of the Prison Army, you are the prison army appointed by Zai Heng personally, and how to deal with the prisoners is within the responsibility of the Lord of the Prison Army, not to mention that the Lord of the Prison Army is quite accomplished in military law." Please, but it doesn't hurt, hehe. ”

The prison army regretted asking Wang Mang for this thankless errand at the moment. Originally, he thought that he relied on Wang Mang's power, and he couldn't say that he was powerful, at least it should be more moisturizing, but he didn't expect that it would be difficult to move an inch now. His greatest hope now is to return to Chang'an alive, and never want to have anything to do with Du Wu again.

"Don't make fun of the little ones. General, the lowly position is only shallow in learning, at most he can only do the work of counting and sprinkling, such a big thing is powerless, and the lowly post will be retired, and this will be retired. ”

With that, he carefully put the bamboo slip on the desk, bowed down and walked out quickly, for fear of being stopped by one of them again. When I went out of the tent, I wiped the sweat from my forehead, and heard a burst of laughter from inside.

Guangbai said: "Master, why don't you keep them in the army to make up for the lack of people?" After all, there are still nearly 30 days to go, and the civilians in the army are no longer enough. ”

Maliu stood up and waved his hand: "No, no." The great monk is kind-hearted, which does not mean that everyone is good-hearted. The places we pass through are all in Liangzhou, God knows if they have any followers, and whether they have accomplices. If you are in the army, you need to send people to guard it every day. If a fire is set at night, will it not lead the wolf into the house? According to the general's opinion, it is better to kill them all. One is to save food, and the other is not to incur danger. Please be a general. ”

When Marius had finished speaking, the crowd began to talk again. Du Wu thought about it for a while and ordered Guangbai to bring Youtan Bowl and Gushan Dragon into the tent.

After a short time, the two were escorted in.

Everyone looked up, and the leader was a big man, more than 1.8 meters tall. With a big face, a collapsed nose, a full face and a beard, and a square mouth and big mouth seem to be able to eat a sheep. Xu was tightly bound by ropes, and the bruises on his arms at the tears in his clothes were furious, and he stood there like an ancient beast. Du Wu was secretly taken aback, it was really rare to have such a strong man in the years of food shortage.

Standing behind the big man was a bearded face, with very white skin, but not the pale of malnutrition, but the normal complexion of a white person. Du Wu was surprised to meet a Caucasian here, and he didn't know which race it was. This person is very good-looking, and if he wears glasses, he is definitely a proper university professor. Du Wu almost laughed out loud when he thought of this. The man had a high nose and deep eye sockets, with blue eyes with an amber-like glow. Wang Buliuxing glanced at it and exclaimed, "Mom, this is a monster!" ”

Hu Ren glanced at Wang Buliuxing coldly, and said in fluent Liangzhou dialect: "Ignorance! ”

Wang Buliuxing was about to get up and teach him a lesson, when Du Wu snorted coldly: "Who are the two of you?" Why do you want to rob our army of food and grass? ”

Hu Ren snorted coldly, but the strong man said: "Dog officials, what we robbed is your group of dog officials!" ”

Du Wu stopped the crowd who were about to attack and said, "General Ben wants to know, who arranged your army's actions last night?" ”

The strong man still wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Hu Ren: "I laid it out, but it's a pity that Lao Tzu's troops are too small, otherwise I don't know who will kill the deer!" ”

Du Wu smiled and said, "Loosen the tie, give the seat, today this general is going to talk to this gentleman." ”

Soon a soldier brought in two futons. The Hu man was not ambiguous, pulled the strong man to sit down, and asked, "What do you want to know, ask." ”

"General Ben has only one question, what makes you think you have the idea of fighting a grain transport team, you must know that General Ben has cavalry."

When the generals heard this, they came to the spirit, and Chen Xun understood that Du Wu was teaching on the spot.

"Without him, the planner. I've noticed you since Tianshui. Lao Tzu has been rampant in Liangzhou for three or five years, and the local government can't help me, not to mention your grain transportation team with the people. As long as the people are in chaos, you will become the things in the hands of Lao Tzu. ”

When the generals heard that this Hu man had been eyeing him since Tianshui, he couldn't help but gasp, and Wang Buliuxing couldn't help but scold: "Shaft! ”

"So along the way, you sent different people to spy on General Ben's team, right?"

"Not bad! Lao Tzu never fights unprepared battles. Since Tianshui, Lao Tzu has sent no less than 50 people, dressed as beggars, knights, passers-by, etc., to secretly observe your movements, understand your strength, and see that you are really tired of walking, so he decided to attack. It's just that there is one point, Lao Tzu still doesn't quite understand, are you acting cautiously or have found Lao Tzu's flaws, otherwise how can you be prepared? In order to be able to wipe out all of you, Lao Tzu sent a team of nearly 500 people from four roads, but it was still a fiasco, and he was really unwilling! ”

At this time, the generals in the tent also began to set their eyes on Du Wu, and to be honest, they were also surprised by this.

Du Wu did not answer Hu Ren's question, but asked Chen Xun: "General Chen, as the leader of the scouts, tell everyone about what you encountered at the post station." ”

"Yes, General. On the eve of the garrison of the army, the last general was ordered by the general to look for a place to camp for the army, but found that the pavilion in front had been destroyed, and not only the pavilion chief and the thief were nowhere to be seen, but even the armament in the arsenal was also missing. The last general visited two pavilions in a row, and they were all like this. After the last general returned to the general, the general immediately ordered to camp on the spot, and was attacked that night. ”

The generals sighed, as if they understood or not. Guangbai and Hu Ren glanced at each other, and both of them saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Guangbai recited a Buddha name: "Amitabha." It turned out that the Guru made a judgment based on the destruction of the pavilion, and the disciple was stupid and ashamed of the Guru's teachings. ”

Huang Da Halberd didn't understand and asked, "What does the destruction of the pavilion have to do with the attack?" ”

Du Wu looked at Chen Xun and said with a smile: "Can Xun'er guess it?" ”

Chen Xun also understood at this time, and said ashamedly: "The last general is stupid. Tingwei is the messaging system of my big man, and ordinary thieves don't have the courage to rob at all. Even if there was really looting, that is, robbing the property of some passing merchants and merchants, how could it be that even the arsenal would be emptied? It was on this basis that the general judged that the thieves were coming at us, right? ”

Du Wu nodded: "Xun'er Guo has the talent of a general. ”

This is the second time that Chen Xun has been praised by Du Wu, but he is still a little unaccustomed to it, and his face is red.

I heard the Hu man on the other side say faintly: "Seeing that things are so subtle, I am convinced." If it weren't for the lack of armament, I wouldn't have touched those two pavilions anyway. Now that I have been defeated by you, I will fight and kill, and I have no complaints. ”

Wang Buliuxing gave a thumbs up: "He's a good man!" ”

Du Wu glanced at Guangbai, Guangbai understood, stepped forward and asked, "If the general orders you two to submit, are you willing?" ”

You Tanbo, who was originally holding the heart of death, glanced at Du Wu in surprise, and saw Du Wu looking at him with a smile, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment: "I'm a thief, according to the law of the Han Dynasty, I want to raze the three clans, I'm afraid the general doesn't have the power to subdue me, right?" ”

Du Wu didn't answer, but asked, "Don't you want to know why the precise plan you made was discovered by General Ben one by one?" ”

"Of course I want to know, but I want to know more about whether the general has the strength to keep the heads of the two of us."

Du Wu smiled: "You'll know." From today on, the two of you will follow Guangbai, listen to him in everything, and before the army arrives at the Western Regions Protectorate, you two will lead the remaining subordinates to act as people to transport food for our army, if you have two hearts, you will be killed immediately! ”

You Tanbo glanced at Guangbai with a complicated expression, and knelt down to receive the order.

Huang Da Halberd asked in a buzzing voice: "That strong man, what is your name, when the errand is settled, let's fight again!" ”

The strong man squinted his eyes and glanced at Huang Da Halberd: "Ancient Mountain Dragon." You're no match for me, you two are about the same combined. As he spoke, he pointed to Huang Da Halberd and Wang Buliu.

Huang Da Halberd jumped up sharply: "Shaft! Shaft! Dare to look down on yes, come, dare not fight with yes yes for 300 rounds! ”

Gu Shanlong squinted his eyes, turned around and picked up the Youtan bowl, stood beside Guangbai, and never looked at Huang Da Halberd again.

Huang Euphorbia was about to attack, Chen Xun sighed, Huang Euphorbia shrunk his neck, glared at Gu Shanlong hatefully, and sat back.

"Guangbai, inform the supervising army to boil all the cattle and horses killed in the battle, make them into military rations, and let everyone have a full meal and rest for a day. Chen Xun, spread scouts and strengthen vigilance. Ma Xin, the military doctor examined the injuries of the people, took care of them as soon as possible, cremated the deceased on the spot, sealed the ashes, and brought them back to Chang'an on the return trip. Wang Bu Liu, he took You Tanbo and Gu Shanlong to receive the men and horses and arrange transportation. The rest of the people shall go their own way and shall not slack off. ”

After a while, Chen Xun turned around and asked quietly: "General, it is a serious crime in the army, and the last general will know about it when he is in the Western Regions." Do you want to find an opportunity to ...... the prison army?" he said and made a sword drawing motion.

Du Wu stopped his hand drawing his sword: "No. I remember that Jae Heng treated you very kindly. Today, you can make a letter, write down the reason clearly, and send your cronies to the palace of the king of Chu, and it is best to ask for a cheap edict. Although we will be outside, the king's order will not be affected, after all, we still have to return to the court, and we must not leave a handle on people. ”

Chen Xun was relieved, and then went out of the account to prepare to go.