In recent years, the Shu captives have no longer returned to the decline after the Yiling War, but have become more and more prosperous, which is really depressing.

If Feng Thief and his elite soldiers could be eliminated this time, the Shu captives would lose one of their arms.

"Da Sima cleverly used a clever plan to wait for work in leisure, and allowed the Wei soldiers to take the opportunity to recharge their batteries. On the other hand, Feng Thief's retreat was cut off, and the morale of the army was definitely unstable."

"The Great Sima was forced to come in a hurry again. The divisions are tired, the army is old, and the number of soldiers is small. In this battle, the Great Sima will definitely be able to defeat the Shu captives and capture the Feng thief!"

Qin Lang, who was originally sent to Qian County by Cao Rui, had been with the emperor for a long time and learned the art of observing colors.

At this time, he saw that although Cao Zhen was urging everyone to be careful, his face was filled with pride. How could he not know what Cao Zhen was really thinking at that moment?

When Cao Zhen heard this, he couldn't help stroking his beard with his hands and smiling. It was obvious that these words deeply touched his heart.

"Have the siege equipment been properly prepared?"

"It's ready to go back to Da Sima."

Hearing this, Cao Zhen nodded: "Very good! If you want to defeat Xiao Pass, you must defeat Feng Thief first. Feng Yong is here in a hurry, and I can't let him recover his strength."

"Pass my order to march tomorrow, defeat the Shu captives, and capture the Feng thief!"

"Destroy the Shu captives and capture the Feng thief!"

Just as Feng Yong and Cao Zhen were confronting each other at the foot of Xiaoguan City, there was a sudden movement in a patch of green grass on the hilltop east of the Middle Road.

Then several figures stood up. They were wearing gray and green clothes, and even their faces were painted with some kind of dark green color.

Even when he stood up, if he hadn't been staring at the grass, he wouldn't have been able to see anyone standing there.

Those strange characters each made a gesture, and then slowly retreated into the mountains.

In an unknown valley, an army was quietly staying there.

"Report to the general, except for the occasional Wei Jun cavalry passing by, there will be no one else outside for the rest of the time."

The captain of the Dark Night Battalion immediately asked Huo Ge after returning from reconnaissance.

Huo Ge nodded with an ugly look on his face: "I understand."

After the people from the Dark Night Battalion retreated, Huo Ge looked at Shi Bao: "Counselor Shi, where do you think this Cao thief's grain team will stop?"

Although Shi Bao said before that he only went to Longchi Mountain specifically to pay homage to this strange person.

But Huo Ge led people along and found that he was very familiar with this trail.

He was actually able to lead them out of the mountains as quickly as possible, and then found a secluded hiding place.

Of course, this is not the point. The point is that Huo Ge needs to find a suitable place to stay in the middle road as quickly as possible.

Because it is hundreds of miles (Hanli) from Qixian County to Xiaoguan, it is not a distance that can be covered back and forth in one day.

If it is true that General Guan said that Cao Zhen reached the foot of Xiao Pass in less than ten days from Qian County to Xiao Pass, then he must have made the army rush.

If the army is moving in a hurry, it is impossible for the baggage, food and fodder to be moved so fast, so it can only be followed slowly.

So the first thing I have to do now is to find Cao Cao's baggage team or grain and fodder team on the middle road.

Shi Bao was looking at the calm and disciplined soldiers around him, and in his heart he was sighing at Feng Junhou's good command of the army.

At this time, when he heard Huo Ge's question, he subconsciously said: "General Huo, please don't worry, I also know the suitable place to stay on the middle road this time."

"I think back then, in order to smuggle goods... well, in order to save some time in transporting goods, I did a lot of exploring all the important routes through the customs."

"Going out of this valley to the north, there is a water. There is a small village pavilion by the water. In those days, travelers returning to the middle road would stay there."

"So if you think about it, if the bandit army is transporting food, it must be a place to stay."

After hearing this, Huo Ge's face lit up with joy: "That's great! I wonder how long it will take to get from here to there?"

"It's only half a day's journey."

"Okay! Dark Night Camp!"

"What are your orders, general?"

"Send someone immediately to go sixty miles north along the water to investigate!"

"promise!"

Seeing the people in the Dark Night Camp starting to assemble their troops and equipment and set out again, Shi Bao couldn't help but asked with some worry:

"General Huo, these soldiers have come over the mountains, so I'm afraid they're a little tired. In this dark night camp, we've been leading the way for inspections all the way, so I'm afraid they're even more tired."

"It's only two and a half hours until dark now, and it would take a day and a half for others to come and go. Will this dark night camp..."

Huo Ge shook his head: "Please rest assured, Staff Officer Shi, the people in the Dark Night Camp are the elites led by the Lord. Others can say they are tired, but they cannot."

When Shi Bao heard this and looked at the soldiers around him, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The people in the Dark Night Camp were wearing clothes that even Shi Bao, who had traveled a lot, had never seen before.

Not to mention that the dry food these soldiers eat now is actually mixed with brown sugar, which is coveted by the wealthy families of Anding.

One bite, it's so delicious that you'll want to eat it again.
Chapter completed!