The Wife is First - 47Chapter 47 Village at the foot of the mountain

Marching on a long road, Jing Shao’s elite did not bring siege equipment or heavy armor, but after all, they were not all cavalry. They also brought pots and pans and other things. The marching speed was not fast, so Mu Hanzhang’s carriage Instead of holding back, a horse followed Jing Shao’s horse and walked slowly.

Ge Ruoyi would sit quietly in front of the carriage, serving tea and water to the people in the carriage at any time. During the noon break, Jing Shao would get into the military advisor’s carriage and take a nap. You Hujun was very jealous, and often took the position of the coachman and got close to the beautiful maid, the military advisor. However, Ge Ruoyi always asked ten questions and answered every question, even though the right guard was very curious about the origin of the military advisor. , and didn’t even get a word from Ge Ruoyi.

“Of course the military counselor’s maid can keep secrets better than you.” The left guard patted the dejected right guard.

“Xiao Zuo, are you comforting me?” You Hujun glanced sideways at him.

“Of course.” Zuo Hujun turned around and mounted his horse without any expression, and continued on his way.

After traveling like this for more than ten days, they arrived at the Dahang Mountains. The endless mountains blocked the way forward, requiring a detour of more than a hundred miles. Jing Shao ordered to set up camp first and start again the next day.

“The Long Snake Formation is weak both offensively and defensively. Once you encounter an enemy, you will stand and be beaten!” Zhao Meng pointed at the formation diagram in the middle tent.

“But when marching on a mountain road, we won’t be able to move quickly without setting up a long snake formation!” the right guard said, pointing to the terrain map.

“What are you fighting about?” Jing Shao came in with his military advisor after dinner, and saw the two of them blushing and thick-necked, so he asked Zuo Hujun, who was silently reading the military book with an expressionless face.

“Back to my lord, they are discussing how to take the mountain road in the southwest.” Zuo Hujun said.

Jing Shao understood clearly that today he encountered a roadblock in Daxing Mountain. Since he had military equipment and equipment, climbing over the mountain was more time-consuming than taking a detour, so he chose to take a detour. However, there are hills everywhere in the southwest, so there is no way around it, so he can only take the mountain road. At that time, how to get there was a big problem.

“Military advisor, tell me, how can we march on this mountain road without setting up a long snake formation?” The right guard dragged Mu Hanzhang to look at the southwest terrain map on the table. Most of the mountain roads were narrow, and other formations would definitely not be possible.

“I didn’t say that we can’t set up the Long Snake Formation, but if the enemy ambushes on the mountain road, the Long Snake will be injured in the chest and abdomen, and it will obviously be beaten while standing, so I said that the vanguard should clear the way in advance!” Zhao Meng was afraid of being beaten! Misunderstanding, hurriedly explained.

Jing Shao frowned. Naturally, his princess had never read the sages’ books on The Art of War that she had read since she was a child. She didn’t expect him to be able to help on the battlefield when she brought him here. She just didn’t want to be separated from him. Seeing him closing his eyes and saying nothing, he was about to ask for help when he saw a long, shiny hand taking the wooden stick on the simple sand table beside him and drawing a cross on the sand.

“Military advisor, what is this?” Zhao Meng looked at the cross drawn by Mu Hanzhang, confused.

Jing Shao’s eyes suddenly widened when he saw this symbol.

“This formation is called Chongyoke,” Mu Hanzhang said slowly, pointing the wooden stick at the four corners of the fork, “The soldiers stood at the four corners, still marching in long snakes, with the front, left and right fronts, capable of both offense and defense. “

“Wonderful, wonderful!” The right guard was stunned for a moment, then suddenly raised his palms and shouted.

Zhao Meng excitedly looked around the fork for a long time: “The military advisor is indeed very knowledgeable, Zhao admires it!”

Mu Hanzhang smiled and said nothing.

“I told you to study more, but you didn’t listen.” Jing Shao also knew about this yoke formation, but there was no record of it in ordinary military books. How did Jun Qing, who never read military books, know about it? Shocked in his heart, but with a matter-of-fact look on his face, Jing Shao pulled his military advisor and said, “Tomorrow my military advisor and I are going to do something nearby. You lead the troops first. We will catch up in a few days.”

“What is the prince going to do?” Zhao Meng looked at Jing Shao with disapproval. It was not a good thing for the general to leave without authorization during the march.

“This matter is very important to the Southwest War. Please keep an eye on it these days to prevent any trouble.” Jing Shao laughed, obviously not wanting to talk more, and the others shut up.

After getting out of the tent, Mu Hanzhang asked doubtfully: “Where are you going tomorrow?”

“Looking for a secret treasure.” Jing Shao curled his lips and smiled mysteriously.

Mu Hanzhang glanced at him, turned around and walked towards his tent, while the prince behind him followed him consciously.

“Why did you follow him in again?” Mu Hanzhang looked helplessly at the guy who stayed on his bed and refused to leave. Ever since the military advisor tent was set up next to the king’s tent, this man had never slept in the king’s tent. Originally, he secretly slept in the king’s tent in the middle of the night. He ran in, but now he is blatantly refusing to leave.

“I’ll go back in a while,” Jing Shao took the hand of the person in front of him and pulled him into his arms, “I really have something serious to ask you.”

Mu Hanzhang rolled his eyes. Who would hold a military advisor in his arms when talking about serious matters?

Seeing his expression, Jing Shao couldn’t help but go over and kiss him: “Have you read the book of war? This yoke formation is not in the “Dachen Laws”.”

When Mu Hanzhang heard him ask this, the smile on his face gradually faded: “I read the book of war when I was young.” He studied early in his childhood and had a good memory, so he often read other books while doing homework. Book. At that time, I saw that my legitimate son was arrogant, ignorant and incompetent, which often made his father sigh, so he secretly learned some military skills, hoping that his father would one day dislike his legitimate son and think of him. Only when he was older did he realize that a bastard could not inherit the title at all. Even if he was ten or twenty times stronger than Mu Lingbao, his father would never treat them equally.

After hearing this, Jing Shao felt aching in his heart. His pearl was covered in dust. What kind of regret was this?

“Actually, I met you when I was a child.” Feeling Jing Shao’s gradually tightening arms, Mu Hanzhang smiled and put his chin on his shoulder. At that time, the emperor went to Beiwei Hou Mansion to play chess with his father incognito, taking Xiao Xiao Together with the third prince. The aunt’s mother only allowed Mu Lingbao to play with Jingshao alone. He wanted to see what the prince looked like, but was not allowed to go. He could only secretly hide behind the rockery rocks and watch them play in the garden.

“Really? I don’t even remember.” Jing Shao scratched his head. It had been more than 20 years for him to remember these things. He couldn’t help but feel regretful. He was very curious about what Jun Qing was like when he was a child. What does it look like? She must be fair and tender, with a pair of big eyes as clear and transparent as pearls. “What did I do then?”

“You…” Mu Hanzhang couldn’t help but chuckle as he remembered what happened when he was a child, “You asked Mu Lingbao to ride as a horse for you, but he refused, so you beat him until he cried. While he was crying, you still At the same time, I put a rose on his head and said that he is a little girl who only knows how to cry and put a flower on his head so that he can get married.”

“Hey hey hey…” Jing Shao couldn’t help but smile proudly when he heard this. He didn’t expect Jun Qing to remember the scene of his childhood so clearly, “It seems that you wanted me to be your husband when you were a child, so you rushed to see me.”

Mu Hanzhang blushed at what he said, got up and drove him back to the king’s tent. Jing Shao had to go back to the king’s tent to take a bath first, and then quietly entered the military advisor’s tent after the candles were extinguished.

The next day, Jing Shao woke up the person in his arms early, took advantage of the dawn, took his princess and rode on Xiao Hei, and ran straight towards the mountains in the distance.

Mu Hanzhang looked helplessly at the prince who was like a deserter, leaned into his arms and yawned: “Where are we going?”

“Shanxia Village.” Jing Shao replied.

Shanxia Village is a village at the foot of Dahang Mountain. Although it is said to be a village, it is actually a small town. Because the roads at the foot of the mountain are easy to walk, a market town spontaneously formed here. People from the surrounding mountain villages often come here to sell some delicacies and prey, and also buy some things here.

Today is a double day, it is the market, and the only street is bustling with activity.

“Tiger skin, the best tiger skin! The big and colorful tigers on Ziyun Mountain, the leather is of the highest quality!” A hunter was selling tiger skins on the street, attracting many people to watch.

“You are really good at killing a tiger!” someone praised.

“That’s when the tiger caught a rabbit and ran into the tiger’s hole. I shot an arrow in the eye…” The hunter spat and boasted about his bravery.

“The tigress returns to the nest with food in her mouth. There are tiger cubs to feed. What a sin!” The old woman carrying the bamboo basket heard this and sighed, shaking her head and leaving.

When Mu Hanzhang heard this, he couldn’t help but frowned: “Young son, why should I…”

Jing Shao, who was looking at the tiger skin with great interest, heard the sighs of the people around him and knew that he was moved with compassion, so he said to the hunter: “Do you still remember where the tiger’s den is?”

“I remember it,” Orion rolled his eyes, “but there is no road, it’s all in the woods, and no one can find it except me.”

Jing Shao took out a piece of broken silver and said, “Fetch me the tiger cub in the den. This is the deposit. I’ll be here in two days. If everything comes true, I’ll give you ten times the amount of silver.”

“Seriously!” Orion took the piece of silver and was overjoyed, “Don’t worry, sir, I’ll keep it on you!”

“He’s just a beast, why do you pity those people?” The butcher in the opposite shop snorted, raised his big knife, and chopped the pork on the wooden pier.

Mu Hanzhang felt happy when he saw Jing Shao’s actions. Hearing the butcher’s words, he frowned and turned to the butcher: “The baby is in the nest. If you don’t save it, it will starve to death.”

“Humph, if you pity the young son,” the butcher raised the pork in his hand, “you will shed tears for this suckling pork when you eat it!”

When Jing Shao heard this, he turned around and saw the strong man with only a robe on his body and a piece of pork in his hand. He was immediately overjoyed and walked forward quickly: “I dare to ask the strong man, is your surname Hao?”

This person was exactly the purpose of his trip, a descendant of the former general, a fierce general that Jing Shao had only accidentally obtained in the 20th year of Hongzheng in his previous life, Hao Dadao!

“You don’t recognize such big characters!” The butcher tapped the big plaque hanging on the pork stall with his butcher knife.

Mu Hanzhang looked along the butcher’s knife and saw the four-character “Hao Ji Butcher Shop” written on it! Looking at Jing Shao with his mouth twitching again, he couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“I asked you to chop some meat, and you said you wouldn’t work, right?” At this moment, a very angry girl came from inside the house, and not long after, a strong woman walked out carrying a meat basin. He took it out and threw it in front of Hao Dadao with a clang, “Cut it quickly. After cutting, chop these into pieces. Dad Li is waiting to use them!”

“Hey.” The butcher, who was extremely irritable just now, just responded in a low voice, and then he bowed his head and chopped the pork.