Hong Chengchou fell silent, fell into deep thought, then picked up a brush and dipped it in cinnabar, and lightly clicked on the village that Chengzuo pointed out just now, marking it.

At this moment, along the border between Shaanxi and Sichuan, there are more than 20 red dots on the map.

Hong Chengchou suddenly chuckled, put down his brush and said, "If I'm not mistaken, these bandits should have come from Sichuan to sneak attack." ”

Cheng Zuo was stunned for a moment: "Why is Lord Hong so sure?" ”

Hong Chengchou pointed to those red dots and said with a smile: "You see, judging from the places where they frequently sneak attack, these people are obviously harassing us around the border of Sichuan. ”

After Hong Chengchou said this, Chengzuo looked carefully and found that it was indeed as Hong Chengchou expected, and he immediately said in surprise: "What does Lord Hong mean, these so-called bandits are actually Li Zicheng's subordinates?" ”

Hong Chengchou nodded: "Even if it is not Li Zicheng's subordinate, it must not have nothing to do with him." ”

Cheng Zuo hesitated for a moment and said, "Then what should we do?" Do you want to send troops to feint and attack Sichuan to test the truth and reality? ”

Hong Chengchou shook his head and said: "Sending troops to test is indeed a direct way, but at present, we are completely under the surveillance of others, and once we have any abnormal behavior, we will inevitably be discovered in time." ”

Chengzuo had to admit that what Hong Chengchou said was true, and every move of the Dongjiang Army was completely controlled by those damned bandits. It can be said that the most troublesome problem at present is this problem, and it is also the key to the complete passivity of the Dongjiang Army.

"So how are we good? Is it just to watch those damn bandits continue to rob like this? Cheng Zuo's angry palm slapped directly on the desk.

Hong Chengchou shook his head with a wry smile, and persuaded him: "Don't worry, there is always a way, maybe we can notify the chief soldier and let him test it on the way back." ”

Cheng Zuo's eyes suddenly lit up: "Lord Hong means ......"

Hong Chengchou said proudly: "Yes, those bandits have obviously lurked around us, especially this Xi'an, they must have been infiltrated by them. So our every move will be known, but not on the side of the general soldiers. He only needs to make a feint attack on Sichuan on the way back, and we can see whether these bandits are Li Zicheng's subordinates at that time. ”

Cheng Zuo was convinced, and he praised him: "Lord Hong is clever, so we will send someone to inform the chief soldier now?" ”

Hong Chengchou nodded and agreed, and watched Chengzuo leave in a hurry, so he slept with peace of mind.

That night, a fast horse took advantage of the thick night and left Xi'an quickly.

After half a month of hurrying, Mao Wenlong and his entourage were about to arrive in Xuzhou at this time, and due to the alliance with King Fu, Mao Wenlong did not encounter any accidents along the way.

On the winding official road that had never ended, the dust in the sky rose half a day high, and the Dongjiang army supported the five carriages slowly.

Chen Jisheng opened the way in the front army, and he looked up into the distance, and finally a smile appeared on his face. Handed over the matter of vigilance to Xu Fuzuo, Chen Jisheng immediately rode his horse to the Chinese army and marched hand in hand with Mao Wenlong's carriage.

"Commander!" Chen Jisheng shouted at the window of the carriage.

"What?" Mao Wenlong lifted the curtain in response and looked at Chen Jisheng with a smile on his face.

"One more day's journey will be to Xuzhou, and we will be home." Chen Jisheng said with a smile.

After Mao Wenlong heard this, he stuck his head out of the window, looked at the dust flying in the sky, frowned, and then retracted his head again: "Hurry up, don't stop, and strive to return to Xi'an as soon as possible." ”

"Great!" Chen Jisheng responded loudly that Mao Wenlong's decision was exactly what he wanted.

He also wanted to rush back as soon as possible, because he had already received a letter from Xi'an, saying that the mother-in-law of the family had given birth to a big fat son for him. This made Chen Jisheng can't wait to go back to see his son.

Chen Jisheng soon returned to the former army, Xu Fusheng looked at Chen Jisheng's face full of smiles, and said, "Your goal has been achieved." ”

Chen Jisheng said: "This is natural, and I don't look at who is out of the horse, as soon as I opened my mouth, the general soldier immediately agreed." ”

Xu Fuzuo directly threw a roll of his eyes at Chen Jisheng, and then stopped talking to him and concentrated on hurrying. However, at this moment, a fast horse suddenly appeared in front of him, rushing straight towards the army.

On this official road, although there are generally no bandits or anything, if there are ordinary people or rangers or something, when they see the army here from a distance, they will take the initiative to avoid it from a distance.

"There is a situation!" Xu Fuzuo immediately waved his hand to signal the army to stop.

Chen Jisheng had already drawn out the saber pinned to the saddle, and stared ahead without blinking.

When the officers and men of the Dongjiang Army signaled that there was a warning situation, even if they stopped, without any orders, they themselves began to form a formation and protected the five carriages.

Mao Wenlong felt that the carriage had stopped, and he stretched out his head and shouted out the window, "What happened?" ”

A leader of the secret guard stepped forward and said, "Chief soldier, there is someone of unknown origin ahead. ”

Mao Wenlong paused for a moment and ordered: "As long as it's not coming for us, let people go, it's important to hurry, don't do much." ”

"Yes!" The leader of the dark guard immediately turned around and went to inform Chen Jisheng.

Not long after, Chen Jisheng led a panting messenger to come: "Chief soldier, this is a messenger who has traveled from Xi'an day and night, and I have something important to tell you." ”

Mao Wenlong frowned, it was obvious that something had happened in Xi'an? He immediately asked, "What happened?" ”

The messenger didn't have time to salute Mao Wenlong, he immediately took out a letter from his bosom and respectfully delivered it to Chen Jisheng's hand, and then Chen Jisheng transferred it to Mao Wenlong's hand.

Mao Wenlong didn't hesitate, and opened the envelope on the spot and looked at it.

Chen Jisheng looked at Mao Wenlong's face uncertain, and he was thinking about what happened. Unexpectedly, Mao Wenlong suddenly said at this moment: "It seems that we have to take a detour to Sichuan." ”

Chen Jisheng frowned again and again when he heard this, in order to rush back to see his newborn son as soon as possible, he had just obtained Mao Wenlong's consent to rush back to Xi'an as soon as possible. But this meeting heard Mao Wenlong say that he was going to make a detour to Sichuan, Chen Jisheng was anxious, and he hurriedly asked: "Chief soldier, what happened?" ”

Mao Wenlong waved his hand, stopped Chen Jisheng's questioning, and said to the messenger: "You go back and tell Hong Chengchou, just say that I have received the letter, and let him act according to the plan." ”

"Yes, Commander!" The messenger didn't dare to slack off, although he wanted to take a break at the moment, but he also knew that the news could not be delayed for a moment, and then he said goodbye to Mao Wenlong.