Under the command of Erzhu Xianzhong, the open space around Wufeng Post soon became a military camp, and the post station was also protected by the entire military camp in the middle, the soldiers were building camp tents and stables, and a small stable should be built next to each camp tent, and the war horses were tied to the small stables.

On the periphery of the barracks, there are a large number of soldiers who are digging horse traps with their personal weapons to prevent the enemy's cavalry from raiding, if there are no female dependents, of course they don't have to arrange it like this, even if there is an enemy situation, they can quickly assemble their horses and form a formation to meet the enemy, but there are several princesses and a large number of palace maids and eunuchs in the accompanying team, once the enemy attacks, they must fight for enough time for the female dependents to retreat to a safe place, and the horse trap is used to delay time.

Gu Qianzhi flicked his sleeves and walked to Er Zhu Xianzhong's side and said with a smile: "General, do you need to be so careful?" Although this is a desolate place in the northwest of the Tang Dynasty, the governance and eradication over the years have made the horse bandits extinct, and there should be no enemies to attack."

Erzhu Xianzhong took off his helmet, his hair was already wet with sweat, he turned his head to look at Gu Qianzhi, and said: "Many people have followed the Holy King to learn the art of war, battle strategies, marching and arranging, and I am also one of them, but I am self-aware, my qualifications are not high, I have followed the Holy King to fight in the south and north over the years, and I have only learned one ability, that is, not to give the enemy a chance to take advantage of!" His Royal Highness the Holy King told me that if your qualifications are not good, you can only fly first, you can do everything you can and can do first, and do not miss any flaws, even if the enemy general has the wisdom of Zhuge and the ability to reach the sky, he will not be able to bargain with me in a short time! ”

Gu Qianzhi looked at Erzhu Xianzhong speechlessly, and muttered in his heart, this is indeed an impeccable stupid method, a good way, a person as honest as Erzhu Xianzhong can only use this method to learn the art of war and tactics, this guy has no conspiracy when he commands the army to fight, he has always liked to be upright, upright, honest, cautious, and rarely make mistakes. No wonder this guy has always been able to gain the trust and reuse of the Holy King, and sure enough, loyal people are still very popular!

Gu Qianzhi put away his emotion, and said to Erzhu Xianzhong: "General, the Holy King asked me to tell you, the soldiers have been marching hard in the past few days, and tonight I will add a meal to the soldiers, there are still a lot of sheep bought in Yizhou last time, let's kill them, and I will go to Jinchang (Guazhou) in a few days, and then I will go to the market to buy a batch!" ”

Erzhu Xianzhong smiled and hugged his fists and agreed: "That's okay, the Holy King is sympathetic to the soldiers, and the ministers can only swear to die in revenge!" ”

After Gu Qianzhi left, Erzhu Xianzhong beckoned to the captain behind him, and the captain stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "General? ”

At this time, Erzhu Xianzhong was standing on the top of a mountain in Wufeng and observing the surrounding terrain, and instructed the captain: "Send someone to explore the terrain and the enemy situation in the other four seals to see if there are any enemy soldiers to hide, if not, draw the surrounding terrain over, and send secret sentries to lurk on the top of each mountain to observe and guard, once the enemy situation is discovered, immediately alert with fireworks!" ”

The captain was surprised: "General, do you really have to be so careful?" Is this necessary? ”

Hearing this, Erzhu Xianzhong suddenly turned his head, stared at the captain like a tiger wolf, and said coldly: "What did you just say? Didn't you hear what General Ben was saying? If you don't fight for a few years, are your bones too lazy to move? ”

The lieutenant hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "The general is angry, the junior colonel will personally bring people over to investigate and arrange a secret sentry guard!" ”

"Wait, let the sentinels bring an extra coat, it's cold at night! In addition, I will have someone bring you a meal tonight, so that the brothers are well fed and drunk, cheer up, don't make mistakes, don't relax, if something happens, it will be a big disaster, and no one can bear the responsibility, understand? ”

After hearing this, the captain put away his contempt, indeed, once something happens, it is by no means a trivial matter, it is a big crime to kill the head when investigated, and he can't run away, the vastness of the world, all under the rule of the Holy King, where can he go?

"Yes, General, the junior colonel will definitely keep an eye on the brothers, and he will never dare to slack off!"

Over the years, Zhu Xianzhong has always led troops to guard Zhao Ziliang's side, and he has never made a mistake, which is due to his meticulousness from beginning to end, never slackening at any time, and doing things at a glance. Of course, there are drawbacks to this, it is easy to cause disgust and complaints among the soldiers, but this is not impossible to solve, Erzhu Xianzhong has done a good job in this, which can not only make the soldiers resolutely carry out the order, but also complete it to the letter, and will not complain and complain.

The speed of the soldiers was very fast, the camp was quickly built, and the deployment of the horse trap and the guard task was also quickly completed, Erzhu Xianzhong immediately came to the post station after receiving the report of the generals of his subordinate departments to prepare to report to Zhao Ziliang, and met Zhao Bei at the gate of the post station.

Zhao Bei was the commander of the Dragon Guard, he was in charge of internal security, while Erzhu Xianzhong was in charge of external security, and both of them were responsible for guards, but the division of labor was different.

Zhao Bei saw Erzhu Xianzhong, smiled and hugged his fists and said, "General Erzhu, is it done outside?" ”

"Well, I'm here to report to the Holy King!" Erzhu Xianzhong nodded.

Zhao Bei waved his hand to let the soldiers guarding the gate of the post station let them go, and said to Erzhu Xianzhong: "Let's go, let's go together!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded after listening to Zhao Bei and Erzhu Xianzhong's arrangements for night defense and vigilance, but he was still a little uneasy, because since he entered this station, he had a feeling of panic, and his skill had reached the point where he could already perceive a lot of dangers by instinct, although with the improvement of his status and status, he had not fought the enemy for many years, but this did not make his sense of crisis lower, nor did he weaken his instinctive perception of crisis, on the contrary, as his skill became deeper and deeper, He had already begun to touch the traces of the Dao.

Zhao Ziliang was silent for a while, and said to the two: "Lone has a hunch, I'm afraid tonight is an unquiet night, the two generals should be vigilant!" ”

Zhao Bei and Erzhu Xianzhong's faces changed, and they looked at each other, and then Erzhu Xianzhong hugged his fists and asked, "Holy King, have you found something wrong?" ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head and said, "No!" Since you entered this Wufeng Post alone, you feel that there are murderous opportunities all around, and the two of you are also battlefield veterans for many years, and you also have a certain instinctive sense of crisis, if you don't feel it, it means that your instinctive sense of crisis is not too strong, and it also means that the enemy is well hidden, or that the danger is too far away from here! ”

Zhao Bei's expression was dazed, and he hugged his fists at Zhao Ziliang and said: "Holy King, there is only this post station and the inn next door around, the minister immediately took someone to kill all the people in the inn next door, and would rather kill the mistake than let go, and strangle the crisis in the cradle!" ”

Erzhu Xianzhong immediately said: "General Zhao, your responsibility is to protect the safety of the Holy King and the ladies, and it is up to me to do this!" ”

Zhao Ziliang was silent for a moment, then raised his hand and waved: "The butcher knife in your hand is not aimed at innocent people, the inn next door is so big, how many people can it hold?" Even if they are all strong in martial arts, can they withstand the thousands of troops in your hands? ”

Zhao Bei groaned, then hugged his fists and said: "It's dark now, it's inconvenient to leave overnight, and it's easy to encounter ambushes at night, why don't you send someone to Jinchang overnight to ask for help?" ”

Zhao Ziliang glanced at Zhao Bei and reprimanded: "I think the longer you stay by Lone's side, the less courage you get, there are nearly 5,000 elite soldiers in the baggage camp here, and you still have to send someone to move the rescue troops?" You're not afraid of being laughed at, but you're still afraid of being laughed at! ”

Zhao Bei's mouth moved, but he didn't argue for himself after all.

Zhao Ziliang squinted his eyes and walked back and forth in the room a few times with his hands behind his back, and stood still and said: "Strengthen your vigilance to respond to all changes!" ”

The two had to clasp their fists and say, "Yes!" ”

Coming out of Zhao Ziliang's room, Zhao Bei sent someone to find Li Zongwu and asked, "You took someone to check this place before, and are you sure there is no problem?" ”

Du Zongwu said: "General, although I am a rough man, how can I be sloppy in such things?" This station is so big, I have already taken my brother to rummage through it, and I have not found anything abnormal."

Zhao Bei frowned, and after pondering for a while, he ordered: "Take someone to check again, even if there is a problem, at least we must ensure that there is no problem with the post station we guard, understand?" ”

"Yes!"

Half an hour later, Du Zongwu found Zhao Bei and reported: "General, the last general took someone to check carefully, and he didn't find anything abnormal!" ”

Zhao Bei thought for a while and ordered: "Double the guard post tonight, you and I will take turns on duty, you keep watch for the first half of the night, I will guard for the second half of the night, and give the order to go down, during the duty period, no one is allowed to desert or doze off, and those who violate military law will be engaged!" All the soldiers who are not on duty are not allowed to remove their armor, and their swords are not left their bodies! ”

Du Zongwu didn't ask much, he hugged his fists and agreed: "Understood!" ”

After midnight, the guards and patrols inside and outside the post station were changed. Suddenly, a vague smell wafted out from the utility room of the post station, this smell was fragrant, and it spread so fast that the person lost consciousness after a few breaths after inhaling.

At first, some of the guards standing guard near the utility room fell one after another, a little against the wall, some on the pillar, some fell directly to the ground, and by the time the other guards and patrols found out that it was too late, the aroma spread too quickly, and the guards were stunned.

As the sound of the weapon landing and someone falling to the ground sounded, Zhao Bei and several Dragon Guard soldiers who were guarding in front of Zhao Ziliang's room immediately noticed that something was wrong, and Zhao Bei immediately shouted: "There are assassins, escorts, escorts ·······"

As soon as he finished shouting, several Dragon Guard soldiers around him fell to the ground one after another, and Zhao Bei also asked a pungent aroma, and immediately felt dizzy, and he was shocked: "It's not good, it's such a domineering fragrance."

At this critical juncture, Zhao Bei immediately pulled out a knife and wiped it on the inside of his left arm, the leather armor and clothes were cut in an instant, along with the cut arm, a stinging pain came into his brain, and his brain instantly cleared up a lot.

At this moment, a large group of black-clothed people rushed out of the utility room, all of them holding crossbows, aiming at Zhao Bei, who was standing at the door of Zhao Ziliang's room, and began to release arrows, "Whoosh······