Chen, Xiao and Zhang and the other two had a few days of reunion, eating and sleeping together. Zhang Shun refuted the knowledge and told them from time to time that they would tell the story of Liu, Guan and Zhang and the other two of them, and analyzed how Guan and Zhang were trained under Liu Bei and eventually became the general of the army. Hearing it, Chen and Xiao couldn't help but yearn for it.

Not to mention what Xiao Qinhu thought, Chen Changye admired him very much. He thought to himself: I only practice martial arts well, even Guan and Zhang are the ones. Now it seems that there are tricks to fight this war.

In this way, after a short while of peace, something happened. The spy sent by Zhao Lizi inexplicably disappeared, and the horse he rode disappeared.

Zhang Shun thought about it and asked everyone to express his opinions. Suddenly, everyone was discussing how to punish Zhao Lizi. Even Zhao Yutou was not easy to protect his grandson, claiming that he should be punished. Zhang Shun said angrily: "Everything does is lacking. You are all great talents. If you seek full blame, how can you be available? The most urgent thing is to analyze the pros and cons of this kind. It is not too late to make up for the loss of the sheep!"

Master Ma reacted the fastest and immediately agreed: "The lord said this very well. In my opinion, he should quickly change the camp to prevent the news from leaking and take advantage of the officers and soldiers."

When everyone heard this, they all agreed, and even Chen Jindou suggested that he should send someone to find this person and explore the reality of Zezhou Prefecture. On the contrary, Chen Jingzhi's thoughts were deeper and said, "Lord, in addition to this, the name and organization of the soldiers and their hometown should be recorded in case anyone else acted like this."

Zhang Shun was satisfied and said, "There should be three measures in this matter. First, Zhao Lizi was not disciplined and had any dereliction of duty. I ordered you to send someone to Zezhou City again. First, to investigate the reality of Zezhou and the movements of officers and soldiers, and second, to investigate the causes and conditions to see if he surrendered to the enemy."

"Second, Chen Jingzhi is responsible for finding a few literate people among the soldiers, register the information of the soldiers one by one, and write down their names, age, origin, and corps. They are all compiled into a book and handed over to me. Third, you can prepare and change the camp, and the Dao Zheng Ma is responsible for it. For the specific location, you can ask Xiao Qinhu. After the matter is completely concluded, you will discuss the punishment."

Everyone received the order and did their own things. Zhao Lizi suffered a great loss this time and was dissatisfied, so he personally took a few people to Zezhou to find out the news. He wandered around the city for a long time without finding any clues. In desperation, he found a teahouse to have tea.

But I never thought that as soon as I entered the teahouse, I heard someone talking about the battle between the officers and soldiers and the "Western thieves". Zhao Lizi was very clever and flew with Zhao Yutou. He had some skills in talking. He walked up to the front, bowed to the three of them, and said, "Three brothers have invited me. I came here to buy iron goods with the master's family. I heard that the three of them just talked about the "Western thieves" and were afraid that they would miss the trip and lose their goods. Can you tell me in detail? I have invited this tea."

When the three of them heard such good things, the elderly who had just shown off continued: "Brother, please feel free, brother, let me tell you what I know. The relatives from my family said the day before yesterday that the 'Western thief' came from the west. It was not the Tartars, but the bandits. They killed people and robbed money when they see them. They were very cruel and were not afraid of giving in more than the Tartars."

"It is said that a few days ago, I captured Qinshui County and slaughtered the city. The man killed and the woman raped, and blood flowed into a river. There was no living person in the whole city. My relative from afar hid in the pile of dead people before hiding, and then he rushed for 160 or 70 miles day and night, his feet were worn out. He ran to my house and was so scared that he never dared to go out again."

Zhao Lizi received the news and was still here. He quickly paid the tea and rushed to the camp. At this time, the new camp had not been completed. After Zhang Shun received the news, he hurriedly greeted everyone and prepared to lead his subordinates to rush to Qinshui County.

On the contrary, Zhao Yutou was more serious and said, "Lord, there may be something wrong with this news. We are hiding in the mountains and have not provoked officers and soldiers, but we are not in a hurry for the time being. We should send a team to investigate. If there is a rebel here, we will negotiate first and then lead the team to join."

Chen Jingzhizhi Zhao Yutou reminded him and added a few words: "The journey from Qinshui City is quite long. If a team is sent to it, the news may be bad. I just agreed to this time, but I don't know where the rebels are hiding from the officers and soldiers. It is better to send a small team to investigate first, and the large team will follow. The distance between the front and back is ten miles away. If there is any situation, you can communicate in time."

When Zhang Shun heard this, he applauded. Isn’t this the prototype of spies and vanguards? Before, Zhang Shun and others sent spies to investigate news and trends at fixed locations. Such behaviors such as "no night to be collected" were released during marching. They have not happened yet, and there has not been a vanguard camp that opened the road in the mountains or built bridges in the water.

So, Zhang Shun did not rush to set out and reorganized the army. He asked Taoist Ma to lead more than 500 people in the baggage battalion, with Chen Jindou as deputy. Zhao Lizi led 200 people as the pioneer battalion and scout, exploring information and opening the way to meet the enemy. Zhang Sanbai led 200 people as the front army, Zhang Wuhao and Wukong led 300 people as the central army, and Chen Changye led 200 people as the rear army. Liu Yinggui still led 100 people as the military judges, while Chen Jingzhi selected more than ten people as clever and literate as confidential words to assist the left and right. Xiao Qinhu also lifted the punishment of labor service. Although he was not a subordinate and could not lead the team, he followed Chen Changye first.

In this way, on the next day, everyone buried their pots and cooked rice, got up early and walked towards Qinshui. Qinshui County is in the northwest, and everyone is still near Tianjing Pass. From this, they first pass east by Yangcheng County, and then cross the water and go northwest, which is Qinshui. This water is what later generations call Qinshui River. For convenience, we continue to call it Qinshui.

The mountains in Yangcheng County are undulating, with strange peaks, ravines and rivers intertwined. The terrain is tilted from southwest to northeast, with high in the north and low in the middle. It is quite inconvenient for Zhang Shun's troops to march. So after they walked west to Qinshui, they walked up along Qinshui to find an opportunity to cross the river.

At this time, Zhao Lizi sent someone to report the news. It turned out that there was a town that was the most prosperous in ten miles upstream. The literary style here was prosperous and merchants emerged. It was a first-class Feng Shui treasure land, which was Runcheng Town.

This time, surrounded by four mountains and three rivers, it is a major transportation road. It was called "Shaocheng" and "Small Town" in ancient times, also known as Tieye Town. It was renamed Runcheng Town in the 18th year of Jiajing. Just by hearing its name, you can know that this time has three characteristics.

One is called the city, which means that although this place is not a county town, it is built with a city and is not easy to conquer; the second is called the iron smelting, which means that this place is the place of the iron smelting; the third is called Runcheng, which means that this city is surrounded by water.
Chapter completed!