Late at night, the provincial government commander and the trusted representatives of the division commander secretly came to the door. Zhao Hu and others had a premonition about this. Just now, the division commander and provincial governor personally expressed their intimacy in front of outsiders, which was to show off for themselves and to make good use of them. Of course, they would come to demand benefits.

Since he knew the other party’s thoughts and could not refuse at all, he quickly made a secret oral contract like Peter, so that the confidant representatives who could participate in the smuggling would return happily.

The next day, Zhao Hu went to the brigade headquarters to get the certificate and found that although the brigade commander was still enthusiastic, he was less intimate.

However, Zhao Hu didn't care about this either. In his opinion, the brigade commander and the division commander were not from the same faction. Seeing the division commander enthusiastic about him, the brigade commander must have concerns, but he just wanted to maintain a friendly attitude before he knew his identity.

If I knew that I was a major, I would have already shown myself a cold face.

As soon as Zhao Hu left the brigade headquarters gate and was about to take his men out of the city to take office, he saw Mark waiting at the door with about thirty cavalry guards.

As soon as he saw Zhao Hu, Mark immediately said enthusiastically: "Zhao Hu, I know you are going to take office today, and I just happened to be back to the army. How about going together?"

Knowing that the other party was in the same army as him and his position, Zhao Hu could not refuse, so he nodded in agreement.

Seeing Zhao Hu's personal guards, Mark's eyes showed envy and shock, but he only praised Zhao Hu's personal guards for their strength and excellence in their war horses, and did not ask where to recruit these guards.

Zhao Hu obviously also paid great attention to Mark's personal guards. Although Mark's personal guards only have about 30 people and are not well equipped, his expression and momentum are obviously higher than that of local troops, and even not inferior to regular troops.

It seems that Mark is also an expert in military training, but such a person is also a staff officer like himself?

Along the way, everyone was chatting and did not explore the other party's situation. Because they needed to camp in the wilderness at night and hunting food in the wilderness, both sides also understood the ability of each other's personal guards.

However, in comparison, Zhao Hu's personal guards were better. After all, Zhao Hu's personal guards were selected from tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and they were definitely elite soldiers who had experienced many battles.

Zhao Hu found that although Mark's face was full of praise and repeatedly said that he was inferior to his puppet when he lost, his eyes betrayed him.

That very dissatisfied look made Zhao Hu understand that Mark is the one who strives for the first place in everything.

Zhao Hu just smiled at this. This is also a person who is tired of fame.

However, it was only Zhao Hu who thought so. Not to mention that Mark was not convinced, his personal guards were not convinced. Zhao Hu's personal guards were in order to maintain the first place, so every day when camping was a time for both sides to compete with each other.

Perhaps because of the population base and physical condition, Mark's personal guards could never surpass Zhao Hu's personal guards. Mark, who found that his morale was a little depressed, immediately banned such a game, and it became calm in the next few days.

When the group arrived at a fork intersection, Mark, who still kept his sunny smile, pointed to the intersection on the right and said to Zhao Hu: "You will be here for a day and will arrive at Jinwen County Mansion. The Fifth Regiment will be stationed there."

Then he pointed to the left and said, "This road is heading to Shuibin County. If it didn't take more than ten days to get to Shantou Town, I would definitely ask you to stay in my Hetan Village for a few days."

An Yong and others, who knew that Mark wanted to get a point back from the construction of the territory, immediately said: "Yes, Lord Zhao Hu must go and see when he has time. The scenery of my Lord's territory is so beautiful. A big river surrounds it, and the beautiful scenery at dusk is simply charming."

"Oh, your officer leader is here? Wouldn't that be very convenient? You must visit me when you have time." Zhao Hu smiled.

Sun Jie glanced at Mark because according to convention, it was impossible for an officer to be assigned to the officers to be in a place where the officers were served, unless they were in connection with each other.

"Haha, I believe it's okay to report to the team leader. I'll still have time to go to my territory for the New Year."

Although Mark was uncomfortable with Sun Jie's glance and he knew what the other party meant, he still smiled with nothing seriously.

"Oh, what's going on? You don't have to be on duty?" Zhao Hu asked strangely.

Mark smiled bitterly and said, "Hey, it's not that our corps captain looks down on us staff. In the eyes of the corps captain, only those who fight in person are heroes. Staff like us who hide behind and make suggestions are cowards. Now, the only two of us staff members in the Fifth Regiment, the chief of staff were so angry that they ran back to the provincial capital to apply for transfer.

"And I was also isolated in the Fifth Regiment. The last time I went to the brigade headquarters, I was preparing to take the opportunity and change my position and lead the troops."

Zhao Hu smiled. Of course he could hear this guy taking the opportunity to explain how a major garrison in the local area appeared in the provincial government.

Although Zhao Hu was also surprised that there were officers who despise the staff in the Emperor ** now, he didn't say anything.

When Mark saw Zhao Hu like this, he shut up and stopped continuing the topic.

A day later, I crossed a hillside and saw a small plain of dozens of square kilometers surrounded by mountains. The small plain could no longer see the color of grass, but was covered with a thin layer of white snow. In the middle of the plain, a city that was not very wide stood.

Mark introduced: "This is the capital of Jinwen County. It is three kilometers long, two kilometers wide, seven meters high, and five meters thick. The population is only more than 50,000, including 3,000 people from the Fifth Regiment."

"Only 50,000 people from a county government? And this city is a little smaller, right? It shouldn't be like this. The county government is also a direct subordinate of the empire." Sun Jie interrupted.

Over the past few days, Mark also knew that Zhao Hu didn't talk much, and most of them were curiously asked by his personal guard leader. He was very uncomfortable at first, but it didn't matter after a long time, so Mark smiled and said, "This is nothing to do. Look at the terrain here. This small plain is completely surrounded by mountains. The farmland that can be developed is this plain area, and other hunters cannot live in the city, so there is only so much population."

Speaking of this, Mark didn't know what was going on, and said excitedly: "And from here one hundred kilometers southwest, it is the active place for bandits from the Shanyue people."

"No, right? The mark on the map is one thousand kilometers southwest from Jinwen County, which is the boundary of the Shanyue Allied Powers!" Zhou Wen said in surprise.

Mark seemed happy to answer the beauty's question. He smiled and his white teeth flashed by, and his smile said with a charming smile: "That's true. Even the allies of the Shanyue tribe recognize that national boundary line. It's just that our empire is a farming nation, but this is the world of the mountain nation.

"There are mountains and ridges everywhere here. It is impossible for our empire's people to live in the mountainous areas. There is no way to avoid so many places occupied by those bandits."

Speaking of this, Mark said a little show-off: "It's pretty good here, at least a hundred kilometers of early warning range. For example, Shuibin County, the bandits and the county town are confronted by a river. Although my territory is in the same county, it is just right because of its geographical location, and there are no bandits at all."

However, Mark's charming smile was obviously for the ghost to show him. Zhou Wen did not notice that someone was showing his charm to him. Instead, he said to Zhao Hu excitedly: "Sir! There are bandits here! Can we get merits if we destroy them?"

Mark, who was unwilling to fail, said first: "There is no possibility of eliminating them. As long as they hide in the deep mountains and forests, we cannot chase and kill them at all. You must know that there are too many dangers in the mountains and forests. The poisonous beasts in the old forest alone are enough to become the shelter of the bandits, let alone the silent poisonous arrows of the bandits!

"If it were so easy to solve, they would not have penetrated so close to the county government. They would have killed them all."

Although Zhou Wen was competitive, he was still self-aware of the dark and dense forests made up of countless big trees in the distance. No matter how capable he was, entering this unfamiliar place to chase the enemy, would be a death sentence, so Zhou Wen didn't say anything.

At this moment, Jinwen City suddenly made a whimpering sound. As the horn sounded, the city was immediately covered with imperial soldiers. Seeing the city that was extremely quiet before, everyone was stunned when they saw the city that was extremely quiet before.

"It seems that we have discovered us, but have they not seen our military uniforms? Why are they still in a state of fighting?" Zhao Hu asked.

"Haha, this is the habit of the corps captain. Once an army appears around, whether it is an enemy or a friend, prepare to fight immediately." Mark smiled.

"Oh, so our corps captain is very alert." Zhao Hu said.

"Well, he is a qualified soldier, but he is also an old-fashioned soldier." Mark said.

"What do you mean?" Zhao Hu was puzzled.

"It's a soldier who only knows how to fight against the two armies. If he were really a modern soldier, he wouldn't have rejected us advisers, nor would he have no choice but to those bandits. Do you know? His solution to the bandits is to lead them down the plains and then charge and fight, and the nearby villages were abandoned by his trick." Mark said disdainfully.

Hearing this, Zhao Hu and others had an old-fashioned and unresponsive image of a soldier.

"Okay, let's speed up. If he sends someone to investigate and learn about our identity, we will be scolded by him." Mark said, and rushed down with a whip.

Zhao Hu and others also followed with curiosity about their direct superiors.

Zhao Hu and his team rushed to the bottom of the mountain with a whip, because a brigade of soldiers had already been sent to check it out. Seeing Zhao Hu, the brigade of soldiers did not charge forward, nor retreat backward. Instead, they stopped on the spot and set up a defensive formation halfway.
Chapter completed!