Chapter 838: Send Zhao Yueer back and the army will set off again
For marching operations, the more convenient it is, the better. Relatively speaking, the conditions are somewhat worse.
Although Di Xin was a prince and the commander-in-chief of this army, he was not really a arrogant and licentious person, so the food for these people was not much different from that of ordinary generals.
However, everyone present, except Zhao Yue'er, all came from poverty. Although their food and clothing expenses have improved a lot because of Emperor Xin, they did not complain about the simple food in the army.
No matter how simple it was, the food in the army was much better than what they had eaten before.
And Zhao Yue'er used to follow Zhao Quanyou all over the country, and there were always accidents along the way that Zhao Quanyou couldn't solve immediately, so she was not the kind of delicate young lady.
Otherwise, she really couldn't stand the food in the army. Her temper was exposed three days ago.
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Di Xin didn't care much about the spying of a second-level expert, but that didn't mean that others could accept it.
Therefore, except for Zeng Hongshen, Di Xin did not tell anyone his guess to avoid causing unnecessary panic.
After the meal, he just gave Zhao Yue'er a few words and threatened her not to bring any gifts if she didn't obey. She had to listen to Zeng Hongshen's words along the way and not run out randomly again.
Properly coaxing a child.
Zhao Yue'er pouted with some dissatisfaction, but in the end she did not try to challenge Di Xin's majesty.
Later, after bringing some dry food, Zeng Hongshen and Zhao Yuer secretly left the military camp and headed in the opposite direction to the army.
With this matter, it is almost time for the army to continue its journey.
The Huotou Army took the first step and went to the next rest point to prepare the next meal for the army, while the other troops quickly started to pack up the camp.
Half an hour later, everything had been loaded onto the carriage transporting supplies, and the soldiers had assembled according to their respective regulations.
Following Di Xin's order, the army marched in the planned direction again.
Visible to the naked eye, after a night's rest and the carnival at the bonfire party, the morale of the soldiers has recovered again.
It was so majestic that a cloud of dust was thrown up.
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Half an hour after the dust cleared, two more people appeared where the army had originally camped.
Surprisingly, it was Zeng Hongshen and Zhao Yuer who had just left.
Zhao Yue'er boredly picked up the stones on the ground and asked doubtfully: "Uncle Zeng, aren't we going back to Yanque Pass? What are we doing here?"
Not long after she and Zeng Hongshen left the military camp, Zeng Hongshen stopped.
After gathering their energy and blood, the two made a circle and ambush not far from the military camp.
After the army left, Zeng Hongshen still did not leave. Instead, he returned after waiting for a period of time. This behavior made Zhao Yuer's head full of questions.
However, no matter how she asked before, she only got two words back.
"Silence!"
This time, Zeng Hongshen did not say these two words.
After sensing his surroundings, he gently shook his head and said, "Nothing, let's go!"
Different answers, but still nothing said.
"All right!"
After asking so many times but getting no answer, Zhao Yue'er also understood that Zeng Hongshen would never tell him why he did what he did.
She curled her lips, didn't ask any more questions, turned around and followed Zeng Hongshen, and walked back in the direction they started.
At first, the two of them moved forward at Zhao Yue'er's speed, but after a certain distance, Zeng Hongshen led Zhao Yue'er at a gallop.
Zeng Hongshen's speed was so fast, even if he added Zhao Yue'er, he was still faster than the average innate grandmaster.
At his speed, he could cover the distance that the army took five days to cover in at most two days, including the time for rest and meals.
If nothing goes wrong, he can catch up with the army again before others can react.
In fact, there were no surprises.
Zeng Hongshen did not let others know about his return to Yanque Pass. He dropped Zhao Yue'er when he was still some distance away from Yanque Pass. After confirming that she could return to the pass safely, he chose to turn back.
When he was about to catch up with the army, Zeng Hongshen slowed down again and stayed behind the army in the distance.
However, after following him for a day and a night and changing directions several times, Zeng Hongshen still found no clues.
After finding nothing, he remembered Di Xin's instructions and did not waste any more time on this matter.
Choosing a time for the army to camp and rest, Zeng Hongshen returned to the army.
In the commander's tent, he reported the investigation of the past few days to Di Xin, and finally said: "Your Highness, I have not discovered that there are others following the army."
"Then maybe my guess is wrong."
Di Xin was noncommittal and took the initiative to admit that he might be too suspicious.
This is a matter of casual investigation. Since no clues can be found, it is not worth expending more energy on this.
Goguryeo is not far away now. When the army forms its formation, even if there are really strong men from the second realm following them, their effect will not be particularly great.
With 30,000 elite soldiers, and without the participation of other realm lords, Di Xin is sure to sweep away all the barbarian forces around Dali.
"Thank you for your hard work, sir. The army will continue to march tomorrow. Sir, please go back and rest first."
After Emperor Xin dismissed Zeng Hongshen, he closed his eyes slightly.
He said that, but it concerned Xizi, so he couldn't help but take it to heart.
But fortunately, Xizi's current anomaly will only make Di Xin tired at night and will have no other side effects.
Since there are no other impacts, there is no need to list it as an emergency.
While thinking, the curtain of the tent was opened from the outside again.
After Xizi, wearing men's clothing, walked in from outside, he saw Di Xin frowning slightly.
She walked behind Di Xin, stretched out her hands to gently massage Di Xin's temples, and asked softly: "Your Highness, why are you so worried?"
"nothing!"
Di Xin sighed softly, changed the subject and asked: "How is the situation at the think tank?"
Think tanks are mostly composed of scholars and scholars, and scholar and scholars are often associated with a word.
I don't have the strength to restrain a chicken with my hands.
Because of the barbarian invasions from time to time in the past, the scholars at the border were not as completely destroyed as the young masters in the capital, but they were not much better.
The marching speed of the army was not very strong, and these think tank readers did not need to walk on two legs like other soldiers, but the bumps of the carriage still made them suffer a little.
Di Xin went to express his condolences yesterday, and found that the face of the most serious one was so pale that no trace of blood could be seen.
Nearing Goguryeo, the think tank was the key to maintaining local stability after the war. At this time, it was natural to restore them as soon as possible.