A small stream flowed slowly between the two hills, and Yang Ze ordered his army to camp next to the stream, while he spread out the map on a large rock and checked it with several generals of the Right Shenwu.

The march map of the Dafang Empire is naturally very detailed, where there are mountains, where there are rivers, they are all drawn clearly, almost as accurate as modern maps, especially where Yang Ze is located, it is accurate to every ten miles, there must be place names, and the dense place names are all written on paper.

Of course, the so-called precision is said to the people of this era.

Bending down to look at the map on the stone, after a while, Yang Ze straightened up and said: "The place name is very complete, but it does not indicate where there is danger, and it does not indicate the name of the tribe on it, this map is too detailed, and it is extremely sloppy." ”

The generals of the Right Shenwu Army raised their heads together, looked at Yang Ze, and said in unison: "What the general said is extremely true, this map is too unfine. ”

In fact, just now, the generals still felt that with such a detailed map, they would definitely be able to find the nest of the Gaogoli people, as long as they found the small city built by the Gaogoli people, it would be very easy to break it, but as soon as they heard what Yang Ze said, the name of the tribe was not indicated, and they all thought, but isn't it, if the name of the tribe is directly indicated, then they can directly find the small town of the Gaogoli people, and they still need to study the map here.

Chang Chenggong was a little disapproving, this map was already very detailed, he hadn't seen a map more detailed than it, even if it was the best map in the palace, it was nothing more than that, but he still echoed Yang Ze very much.

Chang Chenggong first said: "The person who made this map should be killed, if he uses a little more heart, he can save a lot of things for the army!" After a pause, he added: "General, the lair of the Gaogou people should be in this area. ”

As he spoke, he drew a circle on the map with a twig. The small towns of the Gogoryo people are here.

Yang Ze said: "Of course I know that it is in the area you draw, but have you ever thought that it is easy for you to draw a circle on the map, but it is a radius of 100 miles, you look up and look at the mountain in front of you, the forest, a radius of 100 miles, enough to confuse our more than 10,000 people, and the horse team is not able to travel on this terrain." ”

"Yes, yes, the end will be rough. I was confused for a while, and I said the wrong thing! "Chang Chenggong is busy. He then came up with another idea: "Don't we still have a group of sudden people, those 400 or so people are still very effective as scouts along the way, we can send them to search the mountains, and when we find a specific place, our army will rush over, as long as we find the right place, exterminate those Gaogou people." According to the general, it doesn't take a day's work, and if you arrive on the same day, you can end the battle on the same day. ”

All the generals present nodded together. This is the same as they thought, everyone expected this, this expedition, the difficult thing is that they are afraid that they will not find the enemy. And not afraid of how powerful the enemy is.

Yang Ze sighed, closed his eyes, and deliberately made a deep thought. After a while, he opened his eyes and said, "Then let's march slowly, let the Turquoise soldiers go into the mountains to search, and when they find out the results, let's speed up the march again, is that what you mean?" ”

The generals nodded together, it seems that there can't be any other meaning, General Yang has always been very smart, why do you have to think about such a simple meaning today to figure it out?

Yang Ze closed his eyes again, pretended to ponder for a while, opened his eyes again, and said: "Those sudden people can take the lead, and it can be regarded as a ranger to scout on the grassland, but if they enter the deep mountains and old forests, then they may not be able to count on it, after all, the environment here and the grassland they live in are completely different, no matter how hard they work, they may not be able to find the Gaogou people." ”

Generals, look at me, I'll look at you, Yang Ze has never said this kind of thing, whether the Sudden Awakening people work hard or not, it doesn't seem to be Yang Ze, and there are things they need to consider, what do those Sudden Awakening people do, they just work hard and vigorously, and they don't need any mercy for them.

But when Yang Ze said so, they all had to nod again, and Chang Chenggong also said: "What the general said is very true, looking at the appearance of those sudden people who are all lapped legs, it is estimated that they will not be able to do anything if they leave the horse, the general is sympathetic to them, let them rest for two days first, otherwise these wastes will not be able to do anything else except eat!" ”

Yang Ze sighed and said: "Actually, what I mean, of course I'm discussing with you, that is, if you want us to be stationed here, and then let the Sudden Jue soldiers go into the mountains to search, give them ten days, if we find the Gaogou people, then we will go to the expedition, if the search can't be found, we can be regarded as fulfilling the obligation to go to the expedition, it is better to withdraw the army!" ”

The generals were all stunned, that is, they would withdraw their troops after ten days? That's too fast, isn't it? They looked down at the map, and saw that the circle that Chang Chenggong had drawn just now was four hundred miles away from the place where they were now camping, if it was a grassland, it would be very easy, and the army roared away, and it was only two days, but four hundred miles was a mountain road, so it was very difficult to walk.

They looked up at Yang Ze again, and when they saw Yang Ze shaking his head slightly, they immediately understood, General Yang didn't really want to go into the mountains to conquest, he just wanted to deal with it, this is a good thing, this deep mountain and old forest is far away from the Dafang Empire, even if the Gaogou people are happy, it will not threaten the safety of the empire, so why should they work so hard, perfunctory, and then the class teacher will return to the court.

A general said cautiously: "General, then after we return to the army, the people in the court ask about this expedition, how do we answer, I'm afraid it's not easy to reply, and we will be held responsible. He was deeply afraid that Yang Ze would put the blame on the generals who led the troops, wouldn't it be unlucky.

Yang Ze said: "Of course, we can't say that we didn't find it, we found it, and we also broke the small town of Gaogoli, killed countless people, and burned the city, but a few Gaogoli people escaped, and the old forests in the mountains didn't catch them, but let's set fire to the mountains again, and burned several mountains." It is estimated that even if they hid, they would definitely die, so this is why the class teacher returned to the court. ”

Belch......

The generals shouted in their hearts, his uncle, is this okay?

Another general asked, "What about the head?" Otherwise, let's find a few unlucky tribes here, cut off hundreds of heads, and count them as Gogooyeo? ”

Chang Chenggong also said: "General, if you can't get your head together, then say that a lot of them have been burned, is this okay?" ”

Yang Ze nodded and said, "Yes." However, there is no need to cut off the head, don't we have a batch of sudden people's heads, just take those military merits, but in order to play the show more realistically, it is necessary to set fire to a few mountains, and there is no technical content in setting fire to this thing, everyone will, and it is very simple. Let's go home! ”

When the generals heard this, they were all surprised and delighted, and they were happy that there was no need to really fight, although everyone knew that there would be no big battles to fight. But if you don't take a battle, of course it is the best, and it is shocking that Yang Ze dares to do this, and he will directly take the lead in the army. This is too much to ignore those ministers in the court, where did he get this confidence, he is not afraid of the court to track down?

Yang Ze looked around. Said: "But this matter, as far as our people know, don't leak it out, when you let your subordinates set fire, just say that the small town of the Gaogoli people was burned down in the fire, that is, the soldiers don't care if it's true or not, as long as there are no dead people, there will be a reward to take after returning to Beijing, and they won't care about anything else!" ”

The generals nodded again and again, as long as General Yang has this word, the soldiers who go out will naturally not leak anything, but what about the ministers of the court, they won't just believe it, right?

Others are not good at questioning, so they have to be tempted by Chang Chenggong, Chang Chenggong said: "General, what about those students of Guozijian, their mouths are not strict, if they talk nonsense after returning to Beijing, let the ministers know, what should I do, otherwise...... Burn all these students to death? ”

Chang Chenggong is ruthless, so he doesn't care about the life and death of the students, he is only worried that if the students die, will they be held responsible!

Yang Ze said with a smile: "Seeing that they are as tired as dogs, when we set fire to the mountain, they estimate that they have seen the fire all over the mountain, but they will say that we are cruel, whether it is a person or a beast, they have been burned to death, and even pretend to intercede for those Gaogoli people, saying that the old and weak women and children will not die for their crimes, and they will all be burned to death, which will hurt the heavens, so they will not say that they did not find the Gaogoli people, otherwise when the fire is extinguished, let them go to the fire to see, it is estimated that no one will go." ”

The generals nodded in unison again, or the literati understand the literati, let those students look at the fire from a distance, they dare, as for what the fire was, whether it burned the enemy, the students would not care, in order to exaggerate their merits in this expedition, maybe they would boast for the army, this is very likely.

Yang Ze paused, and said: "If there will be Gaogou people in the future, then it will be said that the people who escaped, no one will be held accountable, even if something happens, it will have to be a few years later, no one knows what the situation will be at that time, so don't worry about it." ”

He waved his hand and let the generals go back, and he took the roots with him and went to the stream, intending to take a good bath and wash away the fatigue of his body.

When he arrived next to the stream, Yang Ze took off his clothes and was about to jump into the water, but he heard Mu Gen whisper: "Master, someone has come over there, it doesn't look like it's ours, do you want to wash it later?" ”

Yang Ze scolded, so he had to put on his clothes again, sat under the tree with Mu Gen, and waited for someone to come over, he wondered a little in his heart, such a big movement of the Right Shenwu Army, camping here, how could anyone still pass by, could it be a mountain hunter? What a bold man, when he saw the army and didn't run away, he dared to make do with it!

As soon as they sat down, they saw two people coming over there, who seemed to be a husband and wife, and the wife was intently scolding her husband, while the husband was hurrying away with his head down, and neither of them noticed Yang Ze and Mu Gen under the tree.

I heard the wife say: "You are a wreck, you can't do it at night, you still can't do it during the day, let you pack your luggage, it will take so long a day, you don't see a lot of soldiers coming over there, and I don't know where it came from, if you enter our village, kill and rob, kill you, rob the old lady, then what can I do?" ”

The husband said in a low voice: "Didn't we leave, and there were no soldiers chasing after us, what are you afraid of!" ”

The wife snorted and said: "If you are a soldier, you are unreasonable, and I don't know how many people will be harmed this time, the old lady doesn't want to be one of them, but you, if you die, you will die, the old lady can find another man, the second half of her life will be merry and happy, you will always be stronger than you, why don't you die, don't you hurry up and be arrested by the soldiers, you go and let them arrest!" ”

The husband said, "How can it be so, how can it be so! ”

Yang Ze and Mu Gen listened funny, this fierce wife is really powerful, while fleeing, she has to scold her husband, that husband is really enough, and he doesn't even dare to scold back!

The two laughed, scaring the couple into a rage, and then they saw them under the tree! (To be continued......)