After waving off Bai Ren, Shen calmly sat in front of the desk and stretched. At the end of this day, the forced march strengthened the battle, so that the mortal body was consumed too high, and the right arm was placed on the table, holding the head, and it fell into a deep sleep.

When Bai Ren came in with the food, he saw that Shen Congrong had already fallen asleep, so he didn't dare to disturb, so he put the food aside and withdrew.

Qian Jiang finished eating and was about to arrange for someone to go on duty for the night, when he saw Bai Ren and said, "General Bai, you have also worked hard all day, so rest well today." ”

Bai Ren didn't reply, just sat on the side and ate his own food.

Qian Jiang shook his head and arranged the rotation of the night shift.

The residences of several commanders were next to each other, and Qian Jiang was the night commander in the second half of the night, and when he went back to rest, he saw Bai Ren sitting outside the tent, looking at the sky and not knowing what he was thinking.

Sitting next to Bai Ren, Qian Jiang asked, "What's wrong, it looks like you're preoccupied?"

Bai Ren woke up from his daze, saw that it was Qian Jiang, looked back at the sky and said: "It's nothing, it's just what has happened repeatedly in recent days, some of it is too fantastical, and I can't react for a while." ”

Qian Jiang also looked at the starlight passing through the sky and said, "Where is it fantastic?"

Bai Ren said: "It's the whole arrangement of the boss, who suddenly summoned us, said that Xu Jun was different, and reprimanded us." made an urgent attack again, and really bumped into the army infiltrated by Xu Jun. Along the way, the coach took the lead, and in the face of Xu Jun, no one wanted to let go, and even continued to pursue. Although the coach gave detailed reasons, there was still a suspicion of being greedy, but all of them were resolved by the manager, and I can't imagine what will happen next. ”

Qian Jiang scratched his head and said: "It's the same thing you say, but the coach naturally has the reason for the coach to do this, you must know that our coach is known as a blessed general, and this series of things has not proved this." ”

Bai Ren sighed and said, "Yes, Fu Jiang." ”

Qian Jiang patted Bai Ren on the shoulder and said: "Don't think so much, just listen to the boss's orders and follow the boss, if we can fully understand, then we can't be the boss." ”

Bai Ren glanced at Qian Jiang and quipped: "People say that a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, and I don't think a general who wants to be a marshal is not a good general." ”

Qian Jiang laughed and said, "I'm waiting for the day when you become a marshal." ”

After speaking, Qian Jiang went back to the camp to rest, leaving Bai Ren alone to continue in a daze.

After Qianjiang made such a fuss, Bai Ren's mood was much better, yes, as long as he followed the coach, when he could understand, he would be the boss.

Thinking so, Bai Ren also went back to the camp to rest, he didn't have to be on duty at night, he could sleep peacefully.

At the beginning of the second day, Shen Congrong had already woken up.

When I opened my eyes, I yawned and stretched, and my body was a little sore, thinking that it was because I sat and slept last night.

Sitting on the chair and turning his upper body, he loosened his muscles and bones, and Shen calmly saw the dinner that Bai Ren had delivered after cooking.

I took the dinner and touched it, it was already cold, but Shen Congrong stuffed it into his mouth in three or two clicks, and regarded the dinner as breakfast.

After eating and drinking, Shen calmly walked out of the middle tent, the camp was very quiet at the moment, and it was obvious that the sergeants were still resting.

Just walked around the camp, moved a little, swept away the fatigue on his body, and the sergeants had already woken up one after another.

At the right time, Qian Jiang also returned.

Seeing that Shen Congrong had woken up, Qian Jiang ran over and said, "Boss, it's early." ”

Looking at Qian Jiang and the sergeants behind Qian Jiang who had dispersed, Shen calmly asked, "Morning, this is just coming back at night?

Qian Jiang said: "There is no problem. ”

Shen Congrong nodded and said, "Okay, go and call them all up, half an hour, have breakfast, advance another twenty miles, and finish off the rest of the Xu army." ”

"Yes. Qian Jiang bowed and went to ask someone to get up and cook.

Half an hour later, the whole army was fully prepared, and under the leadership of Shen Congrong, they went to the next Xu army garrison.

Traveling all the way, when the Xu army was about to set off, Shen calmly and they arrived, just caught the Xu army by surprise, and completely annihilated the Xu army with almost zero casualties.

After collecting all the bows and arrows, and resting for only an hour, Shen calmly and they rushed to the next stronghold, but they did not find Xu Jun in the position where there should have been Xu Jun.

Looking at the ground where there were traces of stationing, Shen said calmly: "It seems that Xu Jun has only infiltrated these three batches this time, and there are 112,000 people, how much do we lose?"

Qian Jiang reported: "Our army lost 100 dead and 300 wounded. ”

This time I entered the mountain, only brought 3,000 or a few hundred people, and annihilated more than 10,000 enemy troops at such a price, which is indeed very good.

Shen said calmly: "Okay, although there should be no more encounters with Xu Jun on the route after that, but after all, it is already the territory of Xu State, we will take a detour, and in three days, I will arrive at the border town of Xu State." ”

As the commander of the scouts, Bai Ren naturally knew the route best, and the secret piles in the border towns of Xu Guo were also planted by him, and the subsequent rapid march was naturally led by him.

Bai Ren saluted and said: "Yes, the boss can rest assured, within three days, he will definitely be able to rush to the border town of Xu State." ”

The army bypassed the marching line marked on the map of the Xu army, and under the leadership of Bai Ren, it only took two and a half days to reach the other end of Yunmeng Mountain, outside the border town of Xu State.

Pointing to the large number of buildings under the mountain, Bai Ren said: "Boss, that is the border town of Xu Kingdom, and our hidden stakes are hidden in it. ”

Shen calmly glanced at the border town, but he couldn't see the edge at a glance, it was not so much a town as a big city. His eyes wandered through the surrounding mountains and forests: "It seems that their big camp is built in Yunmeng Mountain, but every day the army needs a lot of grain and grass, as long as they enter the mountain, there will inevitably be a large number of chariots and horses, leaving ruts on the road, in this case, haven't you found out where their big camp is?"

Bai Ren smiled bitterly: "The border is a trade and military garrison area between the two countries, there are a large number of cars and horses passing every day, and there are also sergeant sentries around, they will not let us go up the mountain, as for observing who goes up the mountain, most of this kind of transportation is covered by sergeants, and it is extremely difficult to explore, so we do the same." ”

Shen calmly knew that if it was so easy to detect, then the other party was not worthy of confronting him.

"How do you get into the city?" Shen calmly asked a very practical question.

Bai Ren said: "After nightfall, I can sneak in, find our inter-guest secret pile, let them go out of the city tomorrow to pick up goods, and use their guards to change our sergeants in." ”

Shen Congrong was puzzled: "Is there a curfew at night in the border town?"

Bai Ren said: "There is a natural curfew, that's why I said that I touched it alone, the target is small, it is not easy to be discovered, and it is relatively safe." ”

After thinking about it, Shen said calmly: "No, I don't feel at ease if you are alone, so I will go with you." ”

Seeing that the boss wanted to risk his life, not only did Bai Ren disagree, but the other commanders also disagreed, and dissuaded: "Boss, I'll go, if there is danger, at least the boss is still there, and the military will not disperse." ”

Shen Congrong glared at them and said: "You are not as strong in martial arts as I am, and second, you are not as bold and careful as I am, let you go, you will only mess up the plan for me, listen up, tomorrow at the beginning of Shen, you will wait for me twenty miles outside the town, don't be discovered by Xu Jun." ”

Under Shen Congrong's shock, the other commanders didn't dare to make a sound, so they could only follow Shen Congrong's meaning.

Patting Bai Ren on the shoulder, Shen said calmly: "Mark the location on the map for them, and the province will make a mistake tomorrow." ”

Nodding, Bai Ren checked with the other commanders for the next day's actions, while Shen Congrong went to prepare the things needed to enter the city at night.

As night slowly fell, Shen Congrong and Bai Ren changed into civilian clothes and went down the mountain with a rope hook horizontal knife.

When I touched the side of the moat, I knew that it was definitely not easy to look at the moat four or five zhang wide in front of me, and there was turbulent water in it.

But they couldn't help it, and the two of them slowly slid into the water by holding on to the river wall, so that the soldiers on the city wall would not hear any strange sounds.

As soon as they reached the river, the turbulent water carried the two forward, and they did not dare to make any sound, but moved forward vigorously, and when they were brought to a bend by the current, they finally crossed the moat and climbed up.

Ignoring the water flowing from his body, Shen calmly took out the rope hook and observed the situation on the city wall, looking for a place where he could sneak into the city.

The city wall is more than six zhang high, and it would be a fool's dream to throw the rope hook directly to six zhang, but just now, in the place of three zhang, a thick wooden stick stretched out, and the flag of Xu Guo was hung on it, which could just become a springboard for Shen Congrong to them.

Waving the rope hook and hooking the crossbar, Shen Congrong and the two climbed up the city wall one after another.

Standing on the crossbar, Shen Congrong listened carefully to the sound on the city wall, it was very quiet above, and after waiting for a while, confirming that there was no problem, Shen Congrong threw the rope hook again, hooked the city wall, and continued to climb.

On the edge of the city wall, Shen Congrong looked at both sides of the city wall, but there was no one, turned over and crossed the city wall, Shen calmly waved his hand downward, signaling safety, and let Bai Ren come up too.

After Bai Ren came up, he saw that there was no one on the city wall, and he was also very strange, and asked in a low voice, "Could this be some kind of trap?"

Shen Congrong put away the rope hook, pulled out the horizontal knife and said, "I don't know, but this is convenient for us to act, walk slowly, and pay attention to the surrounding situation." ”

The two of them were short, holding horizontal knives in their hands, and walked forward slowly, without making a sound, for fear of alarming Xu Jun, who didn't know where.

All the way to the stairs of the lower city wall, I didn't find a single Xu Jun, the two looked at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes, although I don't know why, but this is obviously not a bad thing.

The two of them went down the city wall very smoothly along the stairs, standing on the street in the city, Shen Congrong looked back and said, "Is this the city defense of the Xu army?"

Bai Ren scratched his head and said, "I don't know, the boss comes with me, our roommate lives here." ”

Ignoring the virtual city defense of the Xu army, the two of them walked towards the place where the guests of the Qin Kingdom lived.

Although Xu Jun's city defense was very problematic, the two of them did not dare to swagger on the street, and they still maintained a very careful attitude.

Turning two streets, Shen calmly heard the sound of the sergeants walking neatly from the street next door, greeted Bai Ren, turned over the wall of the people around him, leaned against the wall, and waited for the sergeants outside to leave.

Inferred from the voice outside the wall, it should be a team of twenty people, they were still talking about something while patrolling, it could be important information, Shen calmly put his ear to the wall, listening to their conversation.

"What do you think of our cowardly general, suddenly asked for the transfer of 100,000 troops, and said that he would strengthen the city defense and capture the entire Yunmeng Mountain, is he a fool when he is the Qin army?"

"Don't say bad things about our general, he has climbed the high branch of the prime minister. ”

"You say it's also hey, a cowardly general, but the prime minister's daughter fell in love with him, and the prime minister specially sent a strategist to help him, otherwise, with his character, let alone fighting the Qin State, it depends on the face of the Qin army to defend here. ”

"Who knows what to think, I heard that the prime minister's daughter doesn't know whose child she is pregnant, the family is ugly, the prime minister chose our general, this time in order to let the general go back, he sent someone to help him get a big military merit, to put it bluntly, it is to help the prime minister cover up the ugliness. ”

"Hey, that's kind of interesting, but the prime minister's ugly things must not be hidden well, where did you hear about it?"

"Okay, don't chew on the prime minister's tongue. ”

"Yes, yes, yes. ”

Sergeant Xu Jun's conversation was stopped, and after a while, even the sound of walking was gone, thinking that he had already walked away.

Bai Ren said: "I said that this cowardly general suddenly became angry, and he still wanted to beat us, it turned out that there was a prime minister standing behind him." ”

Shen calmly replied: "Okay, this is not the place to talk, let's go, go to our guest first, and then talk slowly." ”

"Gotcha. Bai Ren answered, turned out of the courtyard, and continued to lead the way towards the residence of the Qin Guojian.

Along the way, they did not encounter Xu Jun's patrol again, and the two arrived at the residence of the guest very smoothly.

knocked on the door according to the rhythm of three, two, three, and Bai Ren also paid attention to the surrounding situation.

Soon, someone from inside opened the door, and after seeing Bai Ren outside the door, he hurriedly saluted: "General Bai, why are you here in person?"

Shen calmly pushed the man into the door, motioned to Bai Ren to close the door and said, "Don't stand at the door and talk, especially in this big night, aren't you looking for death?"

The man hurriedly apologized: "Yes, yes, I won't do it again." ”

At this time, Bai Ren also closed the door and walked over, kicked the person who opened the door and said, "Okay, don't apologize, go and call Fan Zhe for me." ”

With Bai Ren saving the scene, the man hurriedly ran to call Fan Zhe.

Bai Ren said: "Boss, come with me." ”

Entering the main house, Bai Ren and Shen Congrong each sat down.

"Boss, we have set up a total of five strongholds here, Fan Zhe is the person in charge of our current stronghold, hidden under the name of Chunjiang Trading Company, all the personnel who can be replaced here are more than three hundred people, including various servant guards, and there are several other places that are bigger than here, and it is completely possible to get all the three thousand sergeants we brought into the city in a legal way. Bai Ren introduced to Shen Congrong the information about the layout of Qin Jun's inter-guest here.

Listening to Bai Ren's introduction, Shen Congrong nodded from time to time, or asked something, and soon, Fan Zhe rushed to the main house.

Fan Zhe, who was asleep, was woken up by his subordinates, and before he had time to lose his temper, he heard that Bai Ren was coming, his clothes were not dressed, and he came with his shoes on, as soon as he entered the room, Fan Zhe saw Shen Congrong sitting on the main seat, and when he saw that face, Fan Zhe sighed in his heart, and said secretly: "Isn't this Qin Shuai? Why is he here too?"

"Subordinate Fan Zhe, meet Qin Shuai and General Bai. Shen calmly, Fan Zhe was more respectful, and saluted.

Shen Congrong pointed to the stool on the side and said, "Yes, Ben Shuai has a few things to ask you." ”

Fan Zhe sat down and said, "Qin Shuai, please speak." ”

Shen calmly looked at the nervous Fan Zhe and said, "Don't be so nervous, let me ask you, do you know Prime Minister Xu Guo?"

Fan Zhe tried his best to make himself less nervous, and after hearing Shen Congrong's question, he thought for a while and said: "My subordinates know that the prime minister of Xu Guo has been in power for a long time, and his power is monstrous. In fact, there is nothing wrong with this, the big and small affairs of the Xu State must pass his eyes first, and once the approval is done, it can only be passed to King Xu, it can be said that King Xu is his puppet, although he did not really usurp the throne, but it is not much worse. ”

Saying that, Fan Zhe thought of a question, this Ren Xingjiu is in the capital of the Xu Kingdom, and he can't fight with the eight poles here, Qin Shuai asked why is this?

So, Fan Zhe had the courage to ask: "This Ren Xing has lived in the capital for a long time, almost never set foot in the frontier, and has not mentioned any policy towards Qin, I don't know if Qin Shuai asks so?"

Shen said calmly: "Oh, it's nothing, I just heard a very interesting thing about him on the way here, do you want to hear it?"

"Uh......" Fan Zhe was stunned for a moment, and then said: "My subordinates listen to me." ”

Shen calmly told Fan Zhe what he had heard from the patrol sergeant of the Xu Army when he came.

Fan Zhe analyzed it and said: "This Ren Xingjiu does have a baby daughter, named Ren Tian, and she has indeed reached the age of marriage, but according to Ren Xingjiu's status, no one should be able to harm Ren Tian, and this kind of ugly family matter, Ren Xingjiu will not let it go, and it should be a little greasy." As for saying that he sent someone to assist this cowardly general, although he did not say anything about Qin on the surface, it is not impossible, and this cowardly general is actually a powerful person. ”

"Oh?" Fan Zhe was the first person to say that this cowardly general was powerful, Shen Congrong was quite surprised, and asked, "What do you say?"

Fan Zhe said: "Qin Shuai later, I will go and get the file of this cowardly general and Ren Xingjiu." ”

After Fan Zhe left, Shen Congrong glared at Bai Ren and said, "Didn't you say that this cowardly general Song Hui is not to be worried?

Bai Ren scratched his head and said: "It's the dereliction of duty of his subordinates, mainly because of his reputation, and his subordinates subconsciously think it's ......"

Seeing that Shen Congrong's face was not good, Bai Ren didn't dare to say any more, and hurriedly said: "I will never do it again in the future, and all opponents will face it with a twelve-point attitude." ”

Shen Congrong didn't pursue too much, waiting for Fan Zhe to come back.

Soon, Fan Zhe came back with two dossiers, put the dossier on the table, and Fan Zhe said: "Qin Shuai, please see, this is the dossier record of Song Hui and Ren Xingjiu." ”

The above is Song Hui's file, and Shen Congrong directly picked up Song Hui's file and looked at it.

Looking at it this way, Shen Congrong knew that Song Hui's title of general was really worthy of his name, this person was the best at defense, no matter how powerful the general was, he could always hold on for a long time, even if the army was defeated, he could save his vitality, and more often because the other party was unable to break through his defense, he was finally eaten. Because of this behavior of guarding and avoiding war, he is regarded as a cowardly bag in the eyes of many people, so he also has the title of general coward.

After reading Song Hui's file, Shen Congrong could also understand why Bai Ren and them felt that Song Hui was no longer a threat, such a cowardly general who was good at defending was to confront him, and under the defense, the other party naturally had no threat.

Putting down the file, Shen Congrong sighed: "No wonder he is called General Bao, but he is indeed not simple, it is his character that is easy to cause his sergeants to rebel." ”

What Shen Congrong was referring to was naturally the things that happened when he entered the city today, the unattended city walls, and the sergeants who chewed their tongues and did not patrol seriously, all of which were problems that arose under the security created by this long-term defense.

Bai Ren guessed: "Is it because they can't stand this cowardly general, so they sneak into Yunmeng Mountain and want to sneak attack us?"

Shen Congrong shook his head and said: "How is this possible, we have annihilated more than 10,000 enemy troops in Yunmeng Mountain, and they are only 30,000 in the station, and there are more than 10,000 people missing, he will not find out? This must have been arranged by him, but why did he go against the norm and no longer hold on?"

Bai Ren continued to speculate: "That is, under Ren Xingjiu's instructions, this old fox, who ignores us on his face, secretly does it, which is really in line with his identity as an old fox." ”

Shen calmly picked up Ren Xingjiu's dossier again, wanting to see how likely this was.

After reading Ren Xingjiu's file, Shen Congrong found that this person was very interesting, he started from a cold door, with a keen sense of smell for the border war, won consecutive battles, opened up trade routes, implemented new laws, and walked to the current position step by step.

Of course, such a person is surrounded by a large number of strategists and generals, and to the point where he wants to seek a dynasty and usurp the throne, it is a snap of his fingers, but he has always been loyal to the Xu royal family and has never wavered.

If he intervenes and wants to stir up the border situation of Qin, it is very likely, which is also in line with his usual means, breaking the border, retreating and repairing the land, building trade routes, and eating the big deal.

Moreover, at present, there is a cowardly general on the border as a cover, and the success rate will be greatly enhanced.

Putting down Ren Xingjiu's dossier, Shen calmly smiled and said: "This Ren Xingjiu, he has missed a lot of calculations, and this time he is destined to return home." ”

Bai Ren was puzzled: "Is it really this long-term old Wang Ba who did it, but the boss is so confident?"

Shen calmly looked at Bai Ren and said: "Eighty percent was sent by Ren Xingjiu to intervene, but this is diametrically opposed to Song Hui's way of governing the army, there must be problems in their camp, so Ben Shuai is so confident." ”