"Yu Sheng, what kind of person do you want to be."

It was dark and set up camp to rest, and the little scholar who was soaking vinegar cloth heard the question of his own chief, and hurriedly smiled shyly, "Shitou, I want to take the test." If I pass the Xiucai exam, I will not be in vain, and the old men of Zhuangzi will ask me to be the bookkeeper. ”

After speaking, Yu Sheng began to cook the stove rice, and the soaked vinegar cloth began to soften, emitting a faint vinegary smell.

Salt iron is regulated, and ordinary people can't carry too much salt. When going out to fight in ordinary wars, such as these strong men, they will bring their own vinegar cloth and add it to the stove to eat together.

Vinegar cloth is not a cloth, but dried kelp, which has a high salt content and is easy to carry.

"Ironhead, what are you going to do?" Chen Jing rubbed his legs and asked with interest.

The young man who had just gotten married and was about to go to the battlefield was the iron head.

"What, I want to be a master, is it a dream? I can tell you, the rich man of our town has to peel the dough when he eats steamed buns, and he throws it away. As soon as they heard that the fifth master was eating steamed buns today, the children in the village hurriedly ran over and scrambled to grab the noodles. ”

Chen Jing was sad. Just like these people, the biggest thought of their whole life is to be fed and clothed. But this world pushed them into the abyss.

"What, I want to be an iron man, a farmer, and earn twenty yuan."

"What, I want to be a little girl in the green building, and I don't have to spend money to see the little lady!"

A group of people held the stove and talked excitedly, only after eating, and after a while, there was a sound of the night drum.

The weather on the southbound journey is getting hotter and hotter.

After a journey of more than 400 miles and a continuous march of more than ten days, it was possible to reach the vicinity of Manshan Mountain. Unlike the southern part of the Central Plains, the closer you get to the Manshan Mountains, the more humid the climate becomes.

Zhongzhou, which is opposite to the Manshan Mountain, is already full of mourning at this time. More than ten miles of road at the state border, all the way through, are all newly piled grave mountains. There was a black crow hissing overhead, and on the edge of the forest, there were wild dogs waiting for an opportunity, digging a grave in groups of three or five, and then tearing a piece indiscriminately, and quickly running into the forest.

The refugees who followed the official road and walked in the direction of the north, even when they saw the officers and soldiers, were indifferent, looked at them numbly, and hurriedly dragged their burdens and continued to hurry.

Riding on the horse, Hu Zun's face was full of self-blame. His hands trembled, but he didn't know what to say for a moment. To this day, he never imagined that the disaster of the rebels would be so serious.

"Zhang Su, it's a dereliction of duty on my part as a governor. Seeing this scene, Mr. Da couldn't help coughing up blood in anger. ”

The old staff member named Zhang Su muttered for a while, "My lord, for today's plan, only by eradicating the rebels can we give the people an explanation." ”

"Yes, yes!" Hu Zun's face quickly piled up with killing intent, "They don't have to forget, I, Hu Zun, am the governor of the six states in the south!" This time, I want to destroy the rebels as a follow-up! ”

"Scout camp, patrol near the state border, choose a terrain behind the mountain, and use it as a camping place for the army! In addition, the military positions above the sentry general are ready to enter the military tent in China and discuss the military aircraft! ”

……

The sky is dark and dark, and the state border of Zhongzhou is not only so hot that people's heads are swollen, but there are also countless insects and ants, densely crawling all over the body.

The camp of the people in the back finally arrived, and at the same time as the grain and grass were delivered, the medicinal soup was also smeared. But in any case, the insect repellent effect is not very good.

Camp Strongman, the camp of the fourth outpost.

A centurion pressed his knife and hurried into a tent.

"Lao Ding, why did you come suddenly?" Xing Xiaojiu, who was squatting in the corner and picking his feet, raised his head and spoke in a daze.

Lao Ding's name is Ding Pei, in his forties, he is the centurion of Chen Jing's detachment, he has a good temper, and he always loves to talk along the way.

"Something is not good." Centurion Ding Pei frowned, "I haven't said anything else, so I'll tell you first." Tomorrow, we will wait for this outpost, and the men of a thousand men will be strong, and we will be the first army to explore the way. ”

"Lottery?"

"The little sentry will ask for his own life." Ding Pei gritted his teeth, "Brother Chen Jing, I won't hide it from you, I saw just now that there was a fuzhuang who escaped from the camp and ran out of the camp, but I didn't shout." You and I this time...... It may be a lifetime of death. ”

"What's going on over there?" Chen Jing thought for a moment and spoke.

"How else. occupied a checkpoint, at least seven or eight thousand troops, all of which were guarded to the death. In the city, somehow, I heard that there was enough grain and grass for a year. I have been in the army for three years, and I don't have to think about it to know that those rebels are trying to drain us and other rebels. ”

"What did the Governor say?"

"I'm thinking about it. If you can't think of it, you can only attack it when the time comes. Ding Pei sighed, "I'll teach you a method, take more bark and dry grass tonight and hide it in your inner robe." Tomorrow I will lead the army to explore the way, if I am hit by an arrow, I will be lucky, and I will not survive. ”

Ding Pei got up and scolded, "That little whistle doesn't understand the eggs, does he know how many people will die for his face?" ”

Ding Pei's figure pressed the knife and quickly walked out.

Chen Jing frowned. Of course, he had the heart to persuade Hu Zun that it was not wise to attack by force. But don't say anything else, a dignified governor, why should I listen to your fart. Even if there is a credit for escorting Mr. Big, but do you dare to spread this matter? When Xu Lingjun, who was visiting friends in the south, heard this, he was afraid that he would chase after him on horseback again.

"What, what are we going to do?"

As soon as Ding Pei left, the atmosphere in the camp suddenly became sad. Only then did he rush to Manshan, and he took over a pathfinder who was going to die.

"Don't worry." Chen Jing comforted, "Tonight, I will use the method taught by Lao Ding to pick up more bark and the like to protect myself." ”

"What, what about tomorrow?"

"The junction of Zhongzhou and Manshan is densely wooded, and the nearby terrain is not suitable for ambush in the mountains. If there is a bow, it should be dormant in the woods. ”

Governor Hu Zun, who is a great official who has been promoted by military merits, should also be able to understand the reason why this kind of soldier is taboo and cannot enter the forest.

"What do you mean, don't go near the woods? But I'm going to march with the headquarters, and I'm going to go wherever the headquarters goes. The sentry is about to enter the woods, and there is nothing we can do. ”

As soon as he mentioned the little sentinel, Chen Jing became angry. For the sake of his own military merits and generals, and he has no strategic vision, this kind of stupid thing must rush to ask for his life.

"I'll go talk to Lao Ding again, and transfer me and others to the vicinity of that sentry."

On the border of the Manshan Mountains, the rebels were holding on to the danger. As Ding Pei said, what needs to be done is to deplete this counterinsurgency army. If Hu Zun blindly attacked, it would only backfire.

According to Chen Jing's thoughts, under this situation, it is the best policy to lure the rebels out of the guarded city pass, and then arrange a siege and killing.