Chen Tao gave a final warning and was about to send Chen Kang away when Chen Kang walked to the tent door and turned around with a smile, "Uncle, the march is hard. I brought a few girls with me this time. I will send them to you tonight." One will warm my brother-in-law's bed."
Chen Tao's eyes lit up after hearing this, and then a woman walked in from outside the tent. A white diamond-shaped mark on his forehead is faintly visible.
"Tian Qing'er? Isn't this your concubine?..." Chen Tao was shocked. He knew Tian Qing'er, she was Chen Kang's concubine.
Chen Kang looked at her contemptuously and said, "Brother-in-law, I suffered a lot because of this stupid bitch, so I divorced her. Unexpectedly, she actually went begging and took Song Xin's money." That kid's money has ruined the reputation of my Chen family, so during this expedition, I simply captured her and used her as a camp prostitute."
Under the dim light, Tian Qing'er looked a little more delicate and beautiful. Chen Tao's eyes widened. He had long coveted Chen Kang, a concubine. How could he have imagined that he would meet such a beauty when he went on an expedition.
Tian Qing'er could still see faint traces of tears on her face, but she seemed to have accepted her fate and listened to Chen Kang's humiliating words without saying a word.
Chen Tao had already been coveting this concubine for a long time. He was overjoyed when he heard this and said hurriedly: "Okay, let her stay tonight!"
Chen Kang chuckled, exited the tent wisely, returned to the tent where he lived, opened it and went in. Wen Xian sat inside and smiled at him, "Mr. Chen, are you being sent here?"
"Yes." Chen Kang's face no longer had the flattery before, but instead looked like he had eaten a fly. After all, she was his concubine.
Wen Xian smiled and said, "That's good, I can go back and deliver my errands." After that, he stood up.
Chen Kang grabbed his sleeve, "You said she could help me kill Song Xin, don't lie to me!"
Although Wen Xian smiled, he gently pressed Chen Kang's arm and squeezed it. The latter released his hand as soon as he felt pain. "Mr. Chen, don't worry. But I advise you not to touch that woman again. This is my last reminder to you." After that, he got out of the tent without looking back.
Chen Kang gritted his teeth as he watched him disappear into the night.
A night of silence.
"Where is Song Xin!"
Early in the morning, Song Xin finished practicing and felt refreshed. Satisfied, he opened his eyes and heard a thick voice coming into the tent. Then the short fat man next to Chen Tao came in last night.
He saw that there were only a few tattered leather armors beside Song Xin, and the corner of his mouth raised inadvertently. He immediately withdrew his gaze, walked up to Song Xin, and said with an arrogant expression:
"Song Xin, the military commander wants you to go into the tent and speak. Follow me quickly."
Following this short fat man into the military camp, I saw a bowl of rice and mutton in front of him, and he was drinking and eating. On the bed behind you, you can vaguely see the back of a half-naked woman, covered with a velvet blanket. He vaguely felt that the woman's back was somewhat familiar.
Seeing Song Xin come in, Chen Tao didn't say anything, just pointed to the cushion on the ground, and then continued to eat the mutton. After a while, he wiped off the grease on his hands and raised his hand to place it on a piece of bamboo in front of him.
"General Wenyuan has ordered me to go out to investigate the enemy's situation. I will leave this matter to you."
Song Xin nodded, "Our army is fighting on the enemy's territory. We should know ourselves and the enemy. I wonder if the military commander has any specific arrangements?"
Chen Tao curled his lips slightly, obviously feeling that Song Xin's verbosity disturbed his mood, so he said angrily: "You lead people south along the Lishui River. To the north of Huoshan Mountain, a hundred miles away, there is a White Duck Mountain. You Do you know?"
"My subordinates know."
"It's good to know. I'm asking you to go out and explore Yashan's terrain and roads, as well as the details of the enemy's defenses, and draw a detailed map to bring back. The enemy's deployment, location, and troop strength must be carefully marked one by one. "
Song Xin frowned slightly, "Sir, I only have more than fifty subordinates, and I lack clothes, armor and weapons. The White Duck Mountain is a hundred miles away..."
Chen Tao raised his hand to interrupt him, "You can make yourself look like a commoner, and you'll be less likely to be discovered."
Then the short fat man on the side pretended to be embarrassed and said: "To tell you the truth, it's not that the military commander doesn't want to give you clothes and armor, but it's because I don't have enough in my hands. If you can find the enemy's food route near Baiya Mountain, you can You can defeat the enemy with food."
Song Xin secretly sneered, "Why do you want to sacrifice food to the enemy? To put it nicely, you still want me to die from time to time."
Chen Tao nodded, "He is right. If you can seize the enemy's baggage, not only will I not deduct your capture, but I will also report the credit for you. What do you think?"
Song Xin sneered in his heart, but pretended to be happy that he was highly respected, "For such a great achievement, the Marquis is actually willing to give it to me, so I'll thank you in advance."
The military commander was slightly startled. He thought Song Xin would be afraid and refuse to go, but he didn't expect that he agreed without thinking.
"Okay, then I wish you victory. Come, drink this cup, and make your journey strong." Chen Tao pretended to be generous and handed over the wine glass in front of him.
Song Xin looked at the greasy wine glass that he had used and felt sick in her heart. She smiled and said, "Sir, please keep this wine for me. I'll drink it when I get back."
Chen Tao gave a thumbs up, "Okay! That's very heroic! However, General Zhang gave a time limit and said that the detailed plans should be handed over within ten days, so don't delay."
"Ten days?"
"Why do you think it's too little?" Chen Tao raised his eyebrows and threw the bones into the bowl with dissatisfaction. "I fought for this for you. The stipulation above is not ten days."
"The Lord Commander has misunderstood. The military situation is urgent now. I will leave immediately."
Chen Tao immediately smiled and said, "Okay, I'll be waiting outside the camp in ten days."
After Song Xin left, Chen Tao sneered: "He is indeed an inexperienced boy. Even a thousand-mile horse cannot do it within ten days to explore the Baiya Mountain with a radius of hundreds of miles."
The short fat man echoed: "Hey, and there are mountains for a hundred miles to the south. Even if there are horses, they will definitely not be able to come back within ten days. Then we can use military law to punish him."
After a while, when Song Xin saw the horses that Chen Tao had promised him, he sneered. These horses all look old and weak, skinny and skinny. Not to mention riding on them to fight, even if they are carrying heavy loads, they will probably be bent over. If you really encounter an enemy, this horse probably won't be able to run as fast as the enemy's legs.
Zhang Hu looked at these thin horses, clenched his fists tightly and said: "This is to send us to die! It is the Qingqi scouts who are responsible for finding out information about the enemy, but he just let us infantry go, and also stipulated that we should return within ten days. , even if we come back, we will miss the deadline!"
Zhou Zhong also gritted his teeth with hatred, "There are mostly mountains and hills to the south here. It is absolutely impossible to return in these few days, and we lack food, wages and weapons. How can we fight!"
Song Xin nodded, knowing in his heart that Chen Tao just wanted to take the opportunity to punish him. However, he already had an idea in mind. He called Song Yu to his side, handed him a storage ring and a spirit animal bag, and asked him to take the lead with the ghost soldiers.
Then, just before noon, Song Xin led his team out of the military camp. Short Dumpty saw them in the crowd without any armor and only had a few broken knives full of jagged teeth in their hands, and couldn't help but sneer at them quietly.
"Hey, sir, you are so smart. He will never come back within ten days."
Instead of taking the main road, Song Xin led Zhang Hu and others into the mountains to the east. A few hours later, they arrived at an unnamed mountain col in the southeast of the camp.
As soon as I entered, I saw several tents standing neatly in front of me, and dozens of fat and strong horses grazing with their heads down. Song Yu is already waiting here.
"Sir, this is..."
"Did you forget that Wei Xi also gave me a horse farm? There are dozens of good horses in it. I had someone send them over in advance." Song Xin said casually.
Ever since Song Xin got Wei Xi's horse farm, he sent all the horses there to Shanshui Lingze, where they ate a lot of spiritual grass and grapes. Now the bodies of these horses have undergone transformation. Whether it is speed, strength, endurance, or vitality, it far exceeds that of ordinary war horses. Song Xin also equipped them with saddles made of animal skins and the most important thing - stirrups.
At this time, stirrups were not yet a popular item in the military. Iron was expensive and the smelting technology was backward. Cast iron stirrups were very heavy and affected leg strength. Secondly, heavy armored cavalry costs a lot of money. Most of the time they are light crossbows and light cavalry, which are used to harass the enemy or disrupt the formation, creating opportunities for one's own infantry.
Zhang Hu excitedly walked up to a horse, patted its strong body, turned around and said happily: "Sir, this is such a good horse! If you put it on the market, it would be hard to find for a million dollars!" Are you really willing to give us a ride?”
"That's natural, but we have to wait first. There is food and wine in the tent. You have a good meal and sleep until evening."
"Sleep?" Zhang Hu and his men all looked surprised, "Sir, we only have ten days."
Song Xin smiled, "I know that, just listen to me."
Zhang Hu and the others had no choice but to go to the tent, take out the food and wine, and sleep until dusk. When they woke up one after another, they found that Song Xin was looking at a piece of sheepskin. Zhang Hu took a closer look and saw that it was a map of this area. When Zhang Hu saw the map, the roads, mountains, and rivers were all marked one by one. .
Zhang Hu and Zhou Zhong were both stunned, "Where did this map come from?"
songs Let’s take a closer look. You guys quickly put on your soft armor and weapons, we’ll set off immediately.”
Only then did Zhang Hu and the others discover that more than fifty pieces of armor, swords and spears had been piled on the ground.
These armors were all painted black, and the material used was not iron or cowhide, but rather animal bones. Zhang Hu tried it on and found it very light, but he didn't know how defensive it was. Zhang Hu looked at the helmet curiously. After putting it on, he could put down a mask with a ghost face on it. It looked like a ghost from hell. However, the swords Song Xin gave them were of high quality and were stocked in Shanshui Lingze's arsenal.
Zhang Hu and his brothers immediately divided the war horse armors. After a while, fifty murderous sergeants wearing bone armor and armed to the teeth lined up in order.
