At night, the flames have burned all over the Hufeng Mountain, coupled with the characteristics of the wind transmission of the Hufeng Mountain, the fire at this time is almost unstoppable, the entire mountain is full of fire, reflecting the sky near here, the smoke and dust and the scorched wood that fall, so that the Hu Ben army sergeants surrounded by the mountain have retreated some distance. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The flames were accompanied by a strange sound of wind, making the mountain look particularly terrifying now, like a giant ghost with flames burning overhead. But the strange thing is that until now, Qin Wu and the others have not seen any bandits.

Seeing this situation, Zheng Deyi couldn't help but ask Qin Wu: "This situation is not right, could it be that they ran away?"

At this time, they had already eaten dry food at the bottom of the mountain and waited for an opportunity to move, but the flames on the mountain were afraid that they would not be extinguished until dawn, but if the bandits really ran away, there was no point in waiting for the flames to be extinguished.

Qin Wu thought for a while and replied: "Probably not, there are no other mountains near here, it is not possible for them to move so many people in this time, and there are no traces of a large number of people passing by in this vicinity, so it is unlikely that they will not be on the mountain." ”

Zheng Deyi hurriedly said: "Then why haven't I seen them where they are until now, aren't they afraid of fire?"

Qin Wu appeased Zheng Deyi: "Brother Zheng is calm and don't be impatient, when the fire dissipates, we will naturally see ......."

At this time, it is within the longitudinal pass.

Because the time has passed, it is now the day of the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Han State. Although it was still the middle of the night, many of the sergeants were preparing in advance, sharpening their weapons for drills, carrying gongs and drums, and the men were busy preparing a bunch of ingredients, which were much better than the usual meals.

Just when everyone was busy tinkering with the celebration, there was only one army that did not move, that was the Tiger Ben Army led by Xiang Hui, they should still stand guard and rest well, as if the celebration outside had nothing to do with them.

Xiang Hui looked at the ordinary sergeants who were running back and forth and were busy arranging, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

"What kind of system has this become, there has been no war for a long time, and it is really a place to play at the border. ”

Helplessly, this is not an ordinary celebration of a random year, but a grand celebration of exactly the fourth hundredth year, on this day, whether it is the kings and nobles of the capital, or the ordinary people of the city, they will participate in it. He couldn't forcibly stop such a grand event, after all, the other generals allowed it.

"Forget it, there hasn't been any movement in Yangguo to transfer troops recently, as long as the guards are still guarding the pass, let them celebrate for a day......"

Just when Xiang Hui was helplessly preparing to return to the camp, he caught a glimpse of something that should not be seen in the ordinary army.

Many soldiers pushed the cart back and forth, and countless jars and jars were brought in, and those jars were clearly wine jars!

Xiang Hui strode forward, came to the official who commanded the carrying of the wine jar, and asked:

"What's going on here!"

The person questioned by Xiang Hui was none other than Liu Instinct, who was in charge of recruiting soldiers and chores.

Liu instinctively heard Xiang Hui's voice, first frightened, and then stammered to Xiang Hui: "Yu, General Zhenhan, these are all wines sent down to celebrate. ”

Xiang Hui grabbed Liu Instinct's collar and said angrily: "How can you drink alcohol wantonly in the army! As a recruiting officer, don't you know what to do with drinking in the army!"

Liu Benneng immediately panicked: "General Zhenhan, this is not a matter of the lower officials, these are all sent down from above, and the small ones can only act on orders." ”

Xiang Hui asked: "Which one is on top, which one is on top, the Xiao Cavalry Army, the Yi Army, and the Wing Guards, which of their generals ordered it, and I will go to him for a theory!"

"This is ......," Liu instinctively whispered, "...... This was given by the emperor to the border soldiers. ”

"Your Majesty?" Xiang Hui let go of Liu instinct when he heard this, "Since it is a royal gift, there should be a document, right?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes. Liu instinctively nodded hurriedly. "However, the document was read to the soldiers when preparing for the celebration, so as to show the emperor's grace, so it is now kept in my tent and not with me. ”

Xiang Hui waved his hand and said, "That's it, alas, to get these wines, it's better to give the soldiers more military salaries, prepare more grain and grass, and actually make wine, alas, ......"

Seeing this, Liu instinctively came up and sneered: "The general doesn't have to worry, after all, this wine is nearly 10,000 jars, and it will definitely not be much better, of course, it will definitely not be a fake wine!"

"In short, it won't hurt too much money, and it won't be too intoxicating. ”

Xiang Hui said: "Okay, since it is the emperor's grace, then accept it, but!"

Xiang Hui's voice changed: "But the amount of each soldier must be strictly limited, and it cannot be said that the number of altars given must be drunk." Tell me the word, if anyone dares to get drunk, twenty with a military stick!

"Understood, the lower official understood. Liu instinctively couldn't help wiping his sweat.

He also thought that Xiang Hui would directly make the military stick forty crippled, but whether it was twenty sticks or forty sticks, since Xiang Hui spoke, it was not child's play.

After that, Xiang Hui turned around and went back to the camp, he was going to give his own people in the Tiger Ben Army and instruct no one to drink tomorrow, and other soldiers should just drink, it's a big deal, all military affairs during the celebration will be handled by the Tiger Ben Army.

And just like that, the night passed.

The next morning, the fire on Hufeng Mountain on Qin Wu's side had almost dissipated, but there was no place to see a single figure on the mountain, except for the charcoal-fired wood and blackened stones.

Zheng Deyi said angrily: "Sure enough, they ran away?"

In order to see the result, he and Qin Wu didn't close their eyes all night.

Qin Wu was also a little uncertain at this time, could it really be that everything had been transferred?

But no matter how he thought about it, he didn't think that the bandits could move all the base camps so quickly, and he didn't even see a single building on this mountain, could it be that those bandits couldn't sleep in the open here?

At this time, Zheng Deyi guessed: "Brother Qin, I think there should be a cave on this mountain, and the bandits are likely to hide inside, so they are not afraid of fire." ”

Qin Wu shook his head and rejected this speculation: "How big does it have to be a cave to accommodate thousands of people?

Zheng Deyi said: "What do you think of Brother Qin?"

Qin Wu nodded: "Brother Zheng, do you remember the terrain of this Hufeng Mountain?"

"Terrain?" Zheng Deyi thought for a moment, "Concave type?"

"That's right!" Qin Wu said, "The fire will only burn upward, and this recessed place, as long as you do a good job of fire barrier, you will not be easily threatened by the flames." I guess those bandits probably escaped in the valley of Hufeng Mountain, and you see that there are still streams left in this valley, and where there is a water source, isn't it the best place to use it as a stronghold?"

Zheng Deyi immediately slapped his hand: "Brother Qin is reasonable! Then let's go and exterminate them!"

Qin Wu replied: "Well, but don't be impatient, after I have discussed the plan of action with the three captains, we will set off." ”