About seven or eight minutes later, Lang Qing's voice sounded near a fire in the middle of the camp.
Ban Chao, Guo Xun, Gan Ying and other seven or eight people all listened attentively; after hearing the important points, the expressions on their faces became wonderful.
The main reason is that this envoy group adopts a simple way of traveling by light vehicle, and the tent they carry is a small one-person tent, which cannot accommodate so many people at the same time.
So Hu Biao could only place the reporting location next to a fire in the middle of the camp.
After everyone arrived, Lang Qing was the first to start talking with a small notebook.
It can be said that they reported to the two highest-ranking envoys in this team, the various statistics they collected after this battle:
"Ban Sima, Guo was in charge. In this battle, we killed a total of 367 enemies and captured 17 people.
No one on our side was killed, but 28 people were injured. Fortunately, only 3 of them were slightly seriously injured. After using the wound medicine, they should be able to fully recover within ten days at most.
The gold seized was about 46 taels (one tael in the Han Dynasty should be 15.625 grams), the copper coins were not counted, there were about eleven or twelve coins, and three pieces of silk.
There are also 1 pair of iron armor, 31 pairs of leather armor, and 53 war horses.
A large number of other swords, guns, bows and arrows are basically poorly made, and many of them are made of bronze. Anyway, please tell me how to deal with the above trophies."
Lang Qing's voice finally fell. Guo Xun, who was originally noncommittal, immediately became energetic and said in a hurry:
"The gold, copper coins, and silk cloth have all been entrusted to me for safekeeping. Don't worry, I will report them to Captain Ming Dou once they are captured, and I will naturally reward you by then.
As for the horses, weapons, and armor, you can just handle it yourself."
When he heard this statement, Hu Biao couldn't help but look at each other with Lang Qing, with only one meaning in his eyes:
"What the heck, I'm so careless! I didn't expect that Guo Xun is actually a man who wants money. Forget about gold, he even doesn't let go of copper coins and silk cloth. He is really too greedy.
This batch of seizures had been secretly handed over to Ban Chao a long time ago, or they had been stolen directly."
By the way, this was the first time that Hu Biao and the others had their loot taken away in this way; for a while, they felt quite depressed.
It's not just for the little more than a pound of gold, it's mainly because it makes me angry when I think about it.
The problem is that things have already happened. If Guo Xun doesn't give it, he doesn't know what trouble he will cause afterwards.
In desperation, the two of them could only agree:
"No, I'll send it to Guo Zhichen later."
In the following time, Hu Biao also spoke about how he had learned the bad news from the prisoners and reported it to Ban Chao and Guo Xun.
Finally, he asked for instructions in his mouth like a wolf:
"How to deal with it next? Should we continue to follow the long route or take a detour from other places? I would like to ask Ban Sima and Mr. Guo to tell me?"
It was almost the same as Yang Dongli's idea, after hearing the news that there were many horse bandits and sand bandits on the road ahead, waiting for them to be sent forward.
Ban Chao and Guo Xun had no intention of killing them so forcefully along the way.
First, he asked Hu Biao a key question: "Captain Hu, how long can the water in the army be used?"
Hu Biao didn't need to ask for this. The relevant answer came straight from Lang Qing's mouth: "Tell Guo Zhi and Ban Sima that the water carried by the army can barely last for about 4 days."
After Ban Chao heard this, he stroked his beard and said nothing.
Instead, Gan Ying was asked to go out, and after calling the old soldier Ma San who was the guide, he started to ask:
"There are other roads from here to Shanshan Country. Are there any water sources on the way to replenish them? How long will it take to get there?"
Under such a series of questions, Ma San thought for a while before answering.
"In the early years, I accidentally heard from a caravan man that after making a big circle to the west, there is another small road that can also reach Shanshan Kingdom.
Among them, about four or five days' journey from here, in a canyon on the edge of the desert, there is a spring that can replenish water.
If we just take this route, it will take five or six days longer than the original journey.
In addition, since I heard this news, almost twenty years have passed, and I really don’t know if the spring has dried up?"
After saying this, everyone fell silent; waiting for Guo Xun and Ban Chao to come up with a final decision. After all, choosing a detour still carries a huge risk of not being able to find water.
Ban Chao and Guo Xun, after discussing in low voices for a while,
In the end, the choice we came to was actually similar to what Hu Biao and others had discussed before: take a detour.
The main purpose is to take a detour so that you can avoid the opponents who have been prepared along the way. If you save a little water, you can still persist to the spring.
Even such a choice would add five or six days to the journey.
But spending an extra five or six days is completely within the scope of Hu Biao and others' first-stage mission; and for Ban Chao and others who have more time, there is naturally no other problem.
The only problem is the danger that the spring may dry up.
It's just that nothing is perfect in this world. Compared with the benefits that a detour can bring, such a risk is still worth it.
So, in the following time, Ban Chao and Guo Xun discussed in a low voice for a while.
Addressing the other people in the room, he began to explain: "If you have a good rest tonight, we will take a detour to Shanshan Country early tomorrow morning.
From the captured war horses and weapons, pick up some of the better ones and take them with you, and bury the rest on the spot, so as to prevent those sand bandits and horse bandits from picking them up and doing evil again."
"Here~" Hu Biao, Lang Qing, Gan Ying and other people all responded loudly...
*******
He said he was going to rest early, but Hu Biao still had some unfinished business.
He followed Ban Chao all the way towards the tent. When Ban Chao was about to enter the tent, he lowered his voice and asked Ban Chao's back:
"Ban Sima, you have something unclear in your mind. How dare you ask Sima for advice?"
"I don't know what Captain Hu's business is about, but I just want to say it's okay."
After hearing Hu Biao's rather uneasy question, Ban Chao immediately started talking like this, and indeed he looked very talkative.
Upon seeing this, Hu Biao also asked directly:
"I saw that in the battle just now, Sima suddenly burst out with divine power and killed the horse bandits. I wonder if he used some legendary magical technique?"
At Hu Biao's question, Ban Chao laughed heartily.
After a while, he stopped laughing and explained: "There are no legendary exercises, and they are not as magical as you imagine; they are just a strange person that Ban met in his early years.
, learned a breathing method.
With years of practice, you can also strengthen your body; if used during an outbreak, you can gain a little more strength in a short period of time."
After hearing this, Hu Biao's eyes lit up.
Unfortunately, soon after, I heard bad news again, like a bucket of cold water being poured over my head.
Seeing Hu Biao's excitement, Ban Chao didn't wait for him to rush to the street and ask for learning, but he already added: "It's just that Ban promised that stranger that day, and this method cannot be granted easily to others, for fear of having to
Let Captain Hu be disappointed.”
Fortunately, after hearing this, Hu Biao felt a little disappointed, but he did not reach the point of despair.
Because he knew that this thing was just like playing a game and gaining favorability with the mission NPC; now that their favorability with Ban Chao was not enough, there was naturally no way to learn it.
When the favorability level goes up, I can still successfully learn that breathing method...
