In the military camp outside Yan City, Zhang Ji stretched and sat up from the bed, rubbing his head that had a headache due to sleeping for too long, only to find that Jing Salamander was already sitting cross-legged on the soft cushion on the ground with his sword in hand.
On the table inside the tent were two bowls of soup cakes that had been delivered at an unknown time. The heat had long gone, and the fat in the bowls had frozen. They must have been there for a long time.
Zhang Ji looked softly at Jing Salamander, who was dressed in purple and white slim fish scale armor. Apparently Jing Salamander had been staying by his side and had not gone to eat.
After he broke through to the master realm, he once asked Jing Salamander what her "Tao" was.
The reply given by the Frightened Salamander was "Guard".
In fact, the Jing Salamander that Zhang Ji first met was just a half-step master who had not yet realized his "Tao". However, Jing Salamander was so powerful that some ordinary masters were no match for him. Luo Wang claimed that Jing Salamander was already a master.
And when Jingyu no longer regarded Zhang Ji as a simple mission target, but added a different emotion, she realized her "Tao" and officially entered the realm of a grandmaster.
Thinking of this, Zhang Ji stretched out his hands to wrap around the slender waist of the Frightened Salamander, put his head on the shoulder that was not covered by the fish scales, and took a deep breath.
Jing Salamander's body stiffened for a moment, then softened again, allowing the man behind him to hug him like this.
"As I said last time, you don't have to wait for me to wake up. You can eat first. This is in the military, not at home." Zhang Ji whispered in Jing Salamander's ear.
Although the exploitation and suppression of women at this time was not as serious as in later generations, there was still a rule that when husband and wife eat together, the husband must move his chopsticks first, and then the wife can move her chopsticks.
The Jing Salamander shook his head slightly, a look of determination flashed in his cold and pure eyes.
"What if someone stabs me while I'm eating?"
Zhang Ji took out a hand, pinched the tender and soft cheeks of the Frightened Salamander, and said with a chuckle: "Three thousand Yu Linqi are stationed, and there are killers and Mohist swordsmen in the net outside the tent. Who can break in?" kill me?"
"What's more, I am no longer the weak me I used to be. Those who can kill me today, except for those old guys who are practicing hard in the mountains and want to achieve the unity of heaven and man, there are not many people in the master realm who can succeed. "
It's not just to make Jing Salamander relax a little. In fact, there are really not many existences that can threaten Zhang Ji now.
There are only a few masters in the world who have realized the two "Taos", and Zhang Ji's horizontal and hard skills have also broken through to the seventh level. His physical body alone is comparable to ordinary first-class warriors, and with his good defense The famous "Mozi Sword Technique" makes it difficult to hurt Zhang Ji, let alone kill him.
His face hurt slightly, but Jing Salamander remained firm in his thoughts.
"It is precisely because of the tight defense that if there are still people who can pass through these tight defenses and come to the big tent to assassinate, they should be the most careful. If you are still asleep at that time, it will be too late for me to wake you up."
There was a hint of tenderness and anger in Jingyu's cold eyes.
Even after breaking through to the realm of Grandmaster, Zhang Ji still couldn't change his bad habit of being defenseless once he fell asleep. Even though the Frightened Salamander woke up first and his bodyguards came to deliver breakfast, Zhang Ji was not alarmed by such a movement. Every bit of machine.
Therefore, since the two of them entered the Hangu Pass military camp, whenever Zhang Ji fell asleep, Frightened Salamander would fall asleep with Zhang Ji, even if he did nothing.
Zhang Ji smiled and said nothing.
Naturally, he would not say that after coming out of Niu Shou Village, he fell asleep so deeply and deeply after knowing that the Frightened Salamander was guarding him.
"General, urgent... cough cough."
Su Jiao, who was running all the way, rushed into the tent and saw Zhang Ji and Jing Salad holding each other. He coughed twice and turned his head, with his back to Zhang Ji and Jing Sala, saying, "General, the scout camp has discovered traces of the Wei army. "
"Go and help me find the chef to make another bowl of soup cakes."
Zhang Ji and Jingyu had nothing to be embarrassed about, they were just cuddling and being seen, which was nothing compared to the fact that Zhao Ji arranged for the female historian to write down their reproductive activities in a book.
So Zhang Ji just calmly let go of Jing Salamander and let Jing Salamander get some food.
After Jing Salamander left the camp, Zhang Ji's eyes became sharp. He took out a huge map made of sheepskin rolls, spread it on the ground, looked at Su Jiao and asked, "Where is the scout camp, and when did the Wei army be discovered?"
"About an hour ago, the general led a battalion of 500 scouts to inspect the area on the other side of the Salt Lake. Tourists from Wu's hometown said that they found traces of Wei army scouts near Wu's hometown."
"So the general went to investigate in person and discovered the Wei army about half an hour ago. The number was about fifteen thousand. The general did not dare to make the decision without authorization, so he returned first."
Zhang Ji pulled out Zhan Lu from his waist, stepped on the map through his socks, and pointed at the location of Wu's hometown with the tip of his sword floating.
"In just over twenty miles, the Wei army should arrive at Yanshi City in a few hours."
Zhang Ji looked at Su Jiao and asked, "Has the Wei army found any trace of you?"
Su Jiao shook his head: "Probably not. Moreover, I asked the cavalry under my command to take off the Yulin Army's armor and put on wandering clothes. I just led dozens of people to observe in the dark. Even if the Wei Army discovered it, they would not be able to do it." You won’t think that they are our Qin army officers.”
"good."
Zhang Ji nodded. This was why he chose Su Jiao to be the commander of the scout camp.
Although Su Jiao is not as good as others in terms of bravery and strategy, prudence and calmness are his greatest strengths.
If it had been anyone else, such as Li Xin, Qiang Yu and Shejian, they might have led a surprise attack with 500 scout battalion cavalry.
Although the cavalrymen under Su Jiao were trained according to the scout camp, they did not miss the training in fighting skills. Moreover, the cavalrymen in the scout camp are equipped with two pots of crossbows and a light and flexible Qin crossbow.
If you draw the bow and draw the string while aiming again, and take your hands off the reins, even if these cavalrymen are elites in the army, they will not be able to achieve much results in a short period of time, but if it is Qin Nu who only needs to pull the trigger after loading the crossbow, Not a problem anymore.
Therefore, the cavalry of the scout battalion also had a fighting capacity that was not inferior to that of ordinary cavalry, but Su Jiao did not rush forward, not even firing a few rounds of crossbow arrows from a distance. He just returned silently, reported the general's situation, and deliberately took only a few dozen people to lurk to observe the number of Wei troops to prevent their traces from being exposed.
"Beat the drum and gather the generals!"
The dull sound of war drums sounded. Whether they were Yu Linqi who was on duty or joking with others, and even the Qin army garrison stationed at the top of Yan City, they all stopped what they were doing and stood up. He straightened his back and looked in the direction where the drum sound came from.
From officers to ordinary soldiers, everyone's face showed the same expression without exception.
That was the look of joy shown by the Qin people who were delighted when they heard about the war!
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