The struggle of the reborn prince

Chapter 110 Three Outsmart

It's mid-spring now, and it's dawn at the beginning of Maoshi. After taking a nap for a while, Zhao Tun woke up instinctively, covered Xin Zhao with a blanket, and walked out the door lightly. The "captain" sentinel raised his hand and said in salute. .

"What's the matter?" Zhao Tong asked back.

"Captain, there are only wild boars and hares infested, but there is no one." The sentinel said with a smile, as if he was quite disappointed by this.

"Have Zhao Ren and the others come back?" Zhao Tang asked again.

"Report to the captain, they have no news yet," the sentinel replied.

"En." Zhao Tun nodded, and walked to the water pool in the camp alone.

The early morning spring is already full of vitality, withered yellow mixed with patches of fresh green, a layer of mist shrouded the camp, the meandering river passes through the whole wasteland, nourishing the life on both sides, the fresh air, the rising sun It's intoxicating, if it wasn't for the bandits, it should be a lively scene of people screaming and galloping horses, but now it is barren and wild animals are running rampant.

Zhao Tang came to the riverside, took off his turban, squatted down, picked up the water, washed his face, rinsed his mouth with some river water, dried his hands and face with the turban, and tied it around his neck. If it was changed to red, it would look like his childhood red scarf.

"Zhao Ren and the others won't be in danger?" Zhao Tong found a huge rock by the pool and sat down. Although he looked calm, he was always worried about the other people.After all, it was the first time for Zhao Ren and the others to go out on a mission alone, and they were following bandits who were rampant across several states. If they were not careful, they would be in danger. If their actions were exposed, they would definitely alarm the bandits, and then they would flee away on horseback, or become angry After chasing him, how should he deal with it? Zhao Tong's mind was running fast, thinking about how to deal with various situations that may arise...

"Xin Zhao, will Second Master be okay there alone?" Zhao Li looked at the prince by the pond from a distance and asked Xin Zhao who was looking for Zhao Tun.

"It's okay, don't disturb him, he has been planning to suppress the bandits these few days, let him relax for a while now" Zhao Xin said with a sigh of relief seeing that the prince is fine.

"Well, the second master is still a child, but he has to worry about everything. He is busy from beginning to end for a year. It's rare to have leisure time. It makes people feel distressed when they look at it." Zhao Li sighed and said, "Xifu, Qingfu, you two follow the prince, and the others leave." Be alert and protect the prince." He then ordered several people in the group to say.

Although there was no order from Zhao Tun, under the command of the group leader, the people of each group chopped firewood and made a fire, boiled water for cooking, wiped weapons, and surveyed the surrounding terrain. Initial qualities.

The sun is getting higher and higher, and it is getting southerly, but there is no news from Zhao Ren's side, and the prince is still sitting there, motionless like a stone statue, and the breakfast sent over is also placed there intact, and a few foraging dogs Ants climbed up and down on the bacon and mustard cakes, and the fish in the pool leaped out of the water from time to time, splashing large flowers.Xin Zhao and others watched from a distance, they knew the prince's habits, although their faces were scorched, no one dared to disturb him.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and it was nearly noon. The observation post set up [-] steps away from the camp found a small group of people running towards this side. He immediately raised the alarm, and the camp immediately became tense. Everyone entered the defensive position, but After a few breaths, the alarm was lifted, and the observation post had already seen that the person was wearing the uniform of the pro-guards, which was unique in the Song Dynasty and had no other semicolon.

"Captain, Zhao Ren is back," Xin Zhao ran over to report.

"They're finally back, let him come to see me right away." Zhao Tun sighed, stood up and stretched his waist and said, then grabbed the mustard pancakes beside him, patted them, broke open and picked up a piece of bacon to eat Getting up, Xin Zhao looked at his appearance, shook his head with a wry smile, took off the water bottle and handed it to him.

"Captain, I'm back." Zhao Ren saluted after running out of breath, his clothes already drenched in sweat.

"Thank you, wash your face and catch your breath." Seeing that Zhao Ren was unharmed, Zhao Tang was relieved and said with a smile.

After Zhao Ren washed his face, he sat down next to the lord, who was always law-abiding, grabbed the water bottle and drank some water, then picked up a mustard cake and put a piece of meat on it like a lord, and swallowed it in two mouthfuls. It looked like he was very hungry, "Captain, according to your order, we rushed to hide outside Zhanggezhuang before dawn, and the delivery convoy arrived after dawn, and we waited for another half an hour before a team arrived. People, they are two horses, after delivering the goods, they will leave immediately..." Zhao Ren stepped on the bottom, took out a sketch from his satchel, and began to introduce the situation they had scouted.

The gangsters who received the goods rode horses. They were on foot, and it was very difficult to follow them. In order to prevent being discovered, they did not dare to get too close, so it was hard to follow them all the way. "We chased them to a place about five miles outside our racecourse. Behind the woods, Li Lei and I evaded their rangers and sneaked up for reconnaissance, while Zhao Zhong led the rest of the people outside to meet them."

"Well, you've done a good job, you've made me worry for nothing." Zhao Tang said with a smile, the situation he reported was basically consistent with the news from Fengxi.

Zhao Ren spread out the sketches, pointed out, and said, "The bandit's camp did not set up a stronghold, but built two rows of thatched huts in a large open area behind the forest to live in. The horse pens were set up behind the huts, and there were special staff to feed and take care of them. They are not unloaded and can ride at any time. Their rangers change positions every hour. Each group of three people, led by a small leader, patrols [-] steps outside their camp to guard. Once a large group of people approach, they will be arrested. They detect"

"Well, this Liu Xun is quite talented, and he also knows that a horse can't leave the saddle, and a man can't disarm." Zhao Tong stroked his chin and said, "You can see that the place he chose for his camp is not only far away from the village, but also covered by woods in the south. It's hard to spot, and he doesn't set up a stronghold. Once the police are there, they can mount a horse and break through from all directions. Don't try to surround them without thousands of people."

"Captain, we only have 50 people. There is a huge gap in the number, so we can't surround them anyway," Zhao Ren said with some frustration.

"That's not necessarily the case. This time we can only outsmart, not attack by force," Zhao Tong said with a smile.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Tun personally sneaked into the vicinity of the gangster's camp for reconnaissance. He took out a "treasure" from his pocket - a telescope, which was jointly manufactured by two old jade craftsmen in the mansion and Zhang Liujin, although the multiple was only eight. It is about twice as large, but it is considered a 'sharp weapon'. "These people never forget to carve carefully," Zhao Tun muttered. In his eyes, this telescope does not look like a piece of military equipment, but rather a Handicrafts that people play with greatly violate his simple and practical principles.

The enemy's camp in the camera is a bit chaotic at this time. The horse feeder found that the horses caught cold yesterday, either burning or diarrhea. What is the breeding industry most afraid of? Pig farmers are afraid of swine fever, chicken farmers are afraid of chicken fever, and horse farmers are of course Afraid of horse plague, they reported to the leader while taking away the sick horses and isolated them to prevent the spread.

"Old man Wang's medicine is quite effective. I didn't expect that he can cure people, and horses can also be cured." Looking at the bandits in a mess, Zhao Tian smiled secretly, and now the feed for them is starting to work. Well, just as the horse on this side was taken away, the horse on the other side fell into a trough. The horse digests the forage and sleeps standing up. Once it lies down, it will be finished

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"Boss, more than half of our horses became ill overnight, as if they had horse plague." Hao Dongliu hurried in and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Horse plague?" Liu Xun was startled, stood up suddenly and shouted, "How could you get horse plague? Did you raise the horse you just snatched with our horses?" He has been a horse soldier for many years Of course, we know that this disease spreads very quickly. If a horse gets sick, it will spread to all the horses in the same stable. Once it is discovered in the army, all the horses in the same stable will be slaughtered and buried deep.

"Brother, the horses that were snatched were all brought from the horse farm of the palace, how could there be plague?" Hao Dongliu explained in horror when he saw Liu Xun's furious expression.

"Bastard, don't the horses in the palace get sick? You guys are lazy, this is a big deal." Liu Xunfei kicked Hao Dongliu and shouted. Horses are their last capital to save their lives. How can they keep him from getting angry.

"Brother, what should we do now?" Hao Dongliu didn't dare to talk back now, got up and said with a mournful face.

"Go to the veterinarian quickly, and drive the healthy horses into the woods, and you can only save a few horses." Liu Xun didn't have any good ideas, so he could only follow the original rules. The problem is the feed.

At night, the "epidemic" became more serious. Almost all of the more than 200 horses were sick. The weak horses were already foaming at the mouth and twitching. The dozen or so horses that seemed to be okay all rushed to the woods, and Liu Xun sent a few henchmen to watch them strictly, and the camp was already in panic.

Several leaders in the Juyi Hall were staring at each other, and no one had any idea. These horses were assembled by robbing countless Zhuangzi, and they almost lost all of them in one day. Finding so many horses is no easy task.

"Boss, you don't have to worry, tomorrow I will take my brothers to the palace to grab horses, they have a lot of horses there," Zhou Dake stood up and said.

"Good brother, only you can think about your brother. You should rest well today, and tomorrow we will go to the palace together." Liu Xun came over and hugged Zhou Dake and said excitedly.

"I don't need big brother for such a small matter. Brother can go alone. Tomorrow is the tenth day of the Lunar New Year. It's the day to go to the fair. I will bring my brothers into their Zhuangzi and I will succeed in one fell swoop." Zhou Dake patted said Chest.

"Since the brothers are going to attack the palace, I will contact Wu Si and let him guide us." Hao Dongliu also stood up and said.

"Okay, we brothers are of the same heart, there is no big thing that can't be done, order to go down and kill those dying horses and reward everyone, let's drink tonight, take down the palace tomorrow, and all the golden women will be there." Liu Xun turned to worry. Xi laughed and said.

It will be dawn in half an hour. Liu Xun slowly got up and shook his head vigorously. He drank too much last night and almost missed the big event. He walked out of the house lightly.

"Boss, where do you want to go, don't you want to vote for an official?" Liu Xun and others had just stepped out of the camp when a sneer came from behind.

"Hehe, it's the three-headed leader. Why should I abandon everyone and just go out to get some air!" Liu Xun looked back and saw that it was Zhou Dake, holding the handle of the knife and said with a smile.

"Just now the second leader also went out to breathe, but walked into the woods and asked me to chop it off." Zhou Dake said shaking something in his hand, and Liu Xun fixed his eyes and saw that it was Hao Dongliu's head.