Chapter 1419 Smell the fragrance and know the woman
Chapter 1419: Recognizing a woman by smelling her fragrance
Having said that, it seems that most of the key members of this caravan are women, but this is indeed the case.
But really speaking, Cai Zhaoji and others dared to venture alone in Yizhou, a place they were unfamiliar with, thanks to the Shenjian Battalion led by Ma Dai.
The Shenjian Battalion had shown great success in the battle of Chang'an against Zhang Lu, and since then it has become a regular army by Yi Xiaotian's side.
Although logically speaking, it is illegal and unreasonable for a person with no official position and no position like Yi Xiaotian to have a well-equipped and well-trained army.
Once someone tells this matter, Yi Xiaotian will inevitably be charged with violating etiquette and treason.
But just like the Ma brothers who have been active in the Yongliang region in the northwest, Ma Dai's Shenjian Battalion has never appeared in any official battle records except for having faced Wei Yan directly during the Battle of Hanzhong.
Yi Xiaotian is very concerned about the protection of Shenjian Camp.
It is not difficult to imagine that the Shenjian battalion led by Ma Dai is already one of Yi Xiaotian's last resorts.
There is no need to dispatch them for ordinary things.
This is an army that can fight Wei Yan back and forth. If it is absorbed by Cao Jun, the commander of this army, Ma Dai, will be awarded the title of a no-name general.
But Ma Dai was willing to follow Yi Xiaotian. Cao Cao's people, for example, the Xiahou brothers had heard that the Ma family had a younger son. They also sent people to Chang'an to lobby Ma Chao, hoping to get this Ma family's son
The younger son joined Cao Cao's army as soon as possible.
Ma Teng can be said to have strong genes. Whether it is Ma Chao or Ma Tie, or Ma Dai or Ma Yunlu, they are all good players who are good at fighting. The Xiahou brothers' actions are understandable.
But this time it was not Yi Xiaotian's decision, but Ma Dai's initiative to ask Ma Chao to help him conceal his situation, saying that he had no intention of joining the army, let alone participating in various battles, and used this as an excuse.
Of course, the reason why this can be done is also because the Yongliang area is relatively remote.
For example, Ma Chao formed a closer alliance with Zhong Yao in Chang'an after experiencing the battle of Chang'an.
Until now, the relationship between the Ma brothers, who lead the Xiliang cavalry, and Cao Cao is not as good as that of Yi Xiaotian.
All in all, Ma Dai and the Shenjian Battalion led by him are indispensable for this trip to Shu.
After taking a short rest, Cai Zhaoji explained the precautions before entering Langzhong, and soon led the caravan on the journey again.
In the next day and a half, the Shenjian Battalion, which only had a hundred people, exerted unimaginable power.
Unlike the river bandits operating in Jingzhou, bandits and bandits are mostly active in the Sichuan-Sichuan area. This is related to the terrain here and the current economic downturn in the Shu area.
The biggest impact was the reduction in food production, which resulted in a large number of people having to become bandits if they wanted to survive.
Most of the money is still in the hands of a few people. If we don't rob them, the land of ordinary people will never be enough to support the elderly and the young.
Among them, the caravan is the favorite target of the bandits - to deal with the rich nobles in the city, you have to consider whether they will be retaliated against in the future and whether they will be colluded with the officers and soldiers to catch them all, but the caravan has always been
There are no such things to rely on. As long as the caravan is robbed and killed, there will be no future troubles.
Especially, especially when the leader of the caravan turns out to be a woman.
Even Cai Zhaoji was puzzled by this. For two consecutive days, they encountered no less than ten waves of bandits. Of course, they could be identified as being from the same group of bandits. There were about three or five times, but even this number was quite a lot——
The distance from Jiange to Langzhong is less than two hundred miles. The key point is that Cai Zhaoji and others have already made plans to sail from Hanshou, so the distance they really need to walk is only about thirty to fifty miles.
With such a small distance, it was so difficult for them to be harassed.
Even Cai Zhaoji found it strange.
Therefore, several times later, Cai Zhaoji specifically ordered Ma Dai to capture as many people alive as possible for questioning before repelling the enemy's attacks.
As a result, you wouldn’t know if you didn’t ask, but Cai Zhaoji discovered an unexpected business opportunity once she asked.
According to the captured bandit, the reason why they were able to quickly discover Cai Zhaoji's trace was that in addition to someone tipping them off, the key was that someone realized that there were many women in their team.
This was really new, even Zhen Luo and Diao Chan couldn't help but become a little interested.
Obviously when they set out, they had tried their best to hide any of their female characteristics in camouflage clothes, just to prevent someone from recognizing that they were women at a glance - as a result, they carefully disguised themselves
His appearance is the easiest feature to spot in other people's mouths.
How is this going?
And the bandit soon revealed the mystery.
There is only one reason, and it is something that everyone has always ignored - smell, to be precise, it is fragrance.
After saying this, Cai Zhaoji suddenly realized.
Ma Jun and Ma Dai were confused.
Then Cai Zhaoji casually took off a sachet from her waist.
Following Cai Zhaoji's example, Diao Chan and Zhen Luo also took off the sachets from their arms or waists - now everyone understood.
“So this is what exposed us?
But is this a bit exaggerated?
It's obviously deep in the mountains and the smell is so complex. How can these bandits identify the smell of the sachet from a long distance away?
The key point is that they still insist that it smells like a woman, isn’t this guy lying to us?”
Ma Dai was doubtful, mainly because he had been with Cai Zhaoji and others for such a long time. Although he knew that they had this fragrance on their bodies, it was obvious that this smell was not as abrupt as people could notice it all the time.
He did know that there were many women wearing heavy makeup in Chang'an City, and a pungent smell would hit his face just by approaching them.
But it is only for those older women who always like to wear heavy makeup.
Because the folk customs in the Yongliang area are relatively rough, many young women do not have the habit of putting on makeup and powder. At most, they put on light makeup and bring a sachet when meeting important people, just like Cai Zhaoji and others usually do.
——To this extent, under the extremely tight disguises of today's people, it will only appear more hidden. How can it be recognized by others at a glance?
With this thought, Ma Dai couldn't help but plan to extract a confession through torture. He felt that the bandit he caught was lying to them.
Before I could ask Ma Dai to question him, Cai Zhaoji stopped him first.
"Wait a minute, let me ask him personally. I always feel that he did not lie to us."
