"Uncle, it's not good!"
Chen Kang hurried into Chen Tao's tent and saw that he was holding Tian Qing'er, drinking and eating meat, with a pair of greasy hands groping through her clothes. Chen Kang couldn't help but pursed his lips, although this woman was... I don’t want it anymore, but it still feels a little sour to see the woman who once belonged to me in someone else’s arms.
Chen Tao looked at Chen Kang curiously and asked, "What's the matter? Speak slowly."
"More than a thousand people suddenly came outside the camp, saying they were prisoners captured by Song Xin!" Chen Kang looked anxious.
"Pah!" Chen Tao was stunned, and the chopsticks in his hands couldn't help but fall to the ground. After a while, he asked as if he had woken up from a dream: "What did you say? He also captured prisoners? Is he not dead?"
Chen Tao was greatly surprised. He didn't expect that Song Xin was not dead, but he thought about it immediately and said with a smile: "That's just right. He must be afraid of the enemy and escaped back. I can also punish him. That kid is in the camp. outside?"
Chen Kang shook his head and said, "He didn't come back. He said he was still continuing to investigate."
Chen Tao nodded and narrowed his eyes slightly. He didn't believe that Song Xin could bring back the enemy's defense information, so he didn't even consider that Song Xin could complete the mission and come back.
At this time, a soldier hurriedly walked in and reported the situation, saying that there were too many prisoners and there was no place to place them, so they were all blocked out.
Chen Tao threw away the wine glass in his hand, got up and strode outside the camp gate. He saw the soldiers at the camp gate nervously on guard. Zhou Zhong was negotiating with the chief at the camp gate. Behind him, more than 40 soldiers were looking at a large group of soldiers. captive. Behind the prisoners were several large carts, all of which were loaded with armor and weapons.
Judging from the nervous look on the commander's face, he simply didn't believe that such a small number of people could capture so many enemy soldiers.
Zhou Zhong was a little helpless, so he called a Quhou from among the prisoners, hoping to let him explain the situation himself.
Zhou Zhong saw Chen Tao coming, saluted, and then explained the situation.
Chen Tao's eyes twitched, he glanced at the dark crowd behind him, and said to Zhou Zhong: "Did Song Xin capture the mountain people nearby to make up for his debt? Do you want to take credit for it?"
The chief guarding the gate also nodded, "Yes, you only have a few men, how can you capture so many people?" The surrounding soldiers expressed disbelief.
Zhou Zhong knew that Chen Junhou and Song Xin seemed to be at odds, but he still explained nicely: "I'm telling the army, they are really prisoners. Last night the team led us to raid the enemy camp and captured a general. Yes. Well, we also got some enemy maps and military orders."
"Bring it to me and see." Chen Tao said calmly.
General Pi in Zhouzhong took out the deerskin map seized from the tent. Chen Tao took a look at it and was immediately frightened. If these people are not discovered and they go around the back of their own army through the Snake Crossing Gorge, they will be in trouble.
Chen Tao put away the map, then nodded and said, "Well, it seems to be true. Where is Captain Song?"
Zhou Zhong said: "He was still exploring the mountains with a dozen brothers to see if there were any new discoveries. It was really inconvenient to carry these prisoners, so he asked the villain to escort them back first."
Chen Tao smiled and said, "Captain Song has made great achievements this time. By the way, what is this brother's name? What is his position?"
Zhou Zhong said quickly: "In the middle of next week, it will be very long now."
"Brother Zhou, thank you for your hard work. Come and follow me into the camp. I will prepare a banquet for you brothers!"
Zhou Zhong's face suddenly relaxed a lot and he said, "Sir, you are polite, but I would rather be respectful than obey my orders."
Chen Tao ordered these prisoners to be organized into the ranks of civilians and sent to the rear to carry equipment and food for the army, and he took Zhou Zhong to the tent.
At this time, Chen Kang had already arranged a banquet. The uncle and nephew were very enthusiastic and toasted frequently during the banquet. After a while, Zhou Zhong drank it down.
At this time, Chen Kang looked at Zhou Zhong, who was snoring like thunder, and asked quietly, "Uncle, what should we do? Do we really want to repay that kid?"
Chen Tao sneered, "Repay the favor? Don't even think about it!"
At the same time, Song Xin, Zhang Hu and Song Yu brought more than a hundred captives to the valley. It was like a pocket, but the terrain in the valley was flat and there was only a narrow road leading outside. He is a Jedi, but he is also
It's an excellent secret training place.
Song Xin glanced at these prisoners. During the selection, these people also expressed their willingness to follow Song Xin, because they dared to challenge him after seeing him riding alone, disrupting their formation, and these people were impressed.
Song Xin looked at a strong man with braided hair, "Are you from Di?"
"The younger one is from Di." He spoke in slightly stiff Chinese.
Song Xin nodded and asked, "How many of you are still Di people?"
At this time, seventy or eighty people raised their hands, which surprised Song Xin. The people he thought were Han people turned out to be Di people. It turns out that these Di people have moved to the mainland for a long time or a short time. For those who have lived for a long time, their clothes and hair styles are no different from those of the Han people.
Song Xin motioned for them to put down their hands, and then continued: "If you are willing to stay and follow me, I will naturally treat you as brothers. I will divide the gains from the battlefield equally with you."
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the prisoners of war showed expressions of expectation. They followed Chen Lan just to avoid starving to death, and as for the loot, they couldn't even think about it.
Song Xin saw the happy expressions on their faces and immediately changed the subject, "But since you have followed me, you must obey my orders. If military discipline is violated on the battlefield, I will not be lenient. Now I will give you one last chance. If If you want to change your mind now, you can come forward now, and not only will I not embarrass you, I will also give you your travel expenses home."
The prisoners looked at each other, and after a while, two people actually stood up. Song Xin took a look and saw that these two were Han Chinese.
"We...were captured by Chen Lan. We still have an old mother to support at home. If you are willing to let us go back..."
Song Xin nodded and winked at Song Yu, who immediately took out two bunches of five-baht coins and threw them over. Song Xin looked at their faces and continued: "My money is for your travel expenses home. If you take the money and run back to Chen Lan, I will never spare your lives next time I see you. "
The two of them were stunned for a moment, with a trace of panic and struggle on their faces. Finally, they nodded, picked up the copper coins on the ground and left.
Song Xin watched them leave, then looked at the people who stayed behind and said, "Since none of you are willing to leave, you have decided to follow me. In the next few days, I will train you hard."
He had already planned to recruit some private soldiers, but he had not been able to start in Xudu. In order to wait for this moment, he had long ago found some military art books for training soldiers in the "Jade Collector's Record". He wanted to make these people into independent warriors.
Zhang Hu didn't know what Song Xin's plan was, "Sir, how do you plan to train them?"
"Song Yu, are you ready?"
"Everything is fine!"
"Everyone, follow me!"
With curiosity, everyone followed Song Xin through the dense vegetation and walked deep into the valley. What came into view were three tents and some wooden tables.
Song Xin pointed to a tent and said, "In this tent are weapons and armor prepared for you."
"This one is your food ration for the next ten days." When someone smelled it, they exclaimed, "This smells like meat!"
"That's right, you will all have meat to eat in these few days." Song Xin's Shanshui Lingze also contains eight thousand kilograms of monster meat. It has no obvious effect on Song Xin, but it is a great tonic for the bodies of mortals like them. Song Xin planned to use part of the monster's meat to help these people temper their bodies.
"In the last tent is a box of copper coins, also for you."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was surprised. Song Xin immediately smiled and said: "However, you can't take it away now, but if you can persist until the end of the training, I will share the money with you. In the future, you will perform meritorious service on the battlefield. There will also be rewards.”
The prisoners and Zhang Hu's men all cheered when they heard this. They did not expect Song Xin to be so generous and give them all the captures in this battle.
Zhang Hu rubbed his hands excitedly and said, "Sir, when should we start?"
Song Xin smiled and said, "You should eat your fill first, otherwise you won't be able to hold on for a while."
Everyone has long been attracted by the smell of meat in the tent, and their mouths are watering.
As soon as it fell, they rushed over and divided the meat in the big pot inside in an instant.
After finishing the meal, they found that their tired bodies were refreshed, as if they had been reborn, and seemed to be filled with inexhaustible strength.
At this time, Song Xin pointed forward and said, "Your first task today is to climb the mountain with heavy loads."
"Climbing a mountain with heavy loads?" Zhang Hu was stunned. What kind of training is this? What's so hard about this?
Song Xin pointed to the first tent, "In here, each person has a ring-headed sword, an iron spear, a crossbow, a hundred arrows, a shield, and a set of armor. They are all neatly dressed for me." Then he pointed at the entrance of the valley, "Go out of this valley, run to the opposite hill within an hour, and then run back."
Zhang Hu and others looked at it and saw that the hill opposite was only five miles away, so they were a little disapproving. But after they put on the equipment, they realized that these five miles were not easy.
Song Xin didn't care about that much, "Go quickly and come back within an hour, otherwise there will be no food."
When everyone heard this, they had no food to eat?
However, time was running out, so they still ran towards the hills outside the valley. Only during this run did they realize how heavy the equipment on their bodies was. After a few hundred steps, those with weak physical strength began to gasp for breath.
When Song Xin was quietly waiting for them to come back in the valley, Song Yu asked, "Sir, what is the purpose of this? They are all mortals."
"It's pretty easy for me. If I don't let them suffer a little, how can I temper their bodies?"
Song Xin's method was based on Wu Qi's method of training Wei soldiers during the Warring States Period. The soldiers should be able to run hundreds of miles in a day while fully armed. First, the flesh of monster beasts and intense training must be used to improve the physical strength of these people.
When you go to the battlefield, you have to run to death first, and then you can't fight to death.
