Just as several thousand households were going to the city for a banquet, Wang Zhenbaihu and Liu Jiang, the hundred households of the Left Guard, were planning to arrange some scouts to enter the mountain according to Qiu Fu's order, in order to serve as the vanguard of the main army.

  "King Baihu, are we going to your thousand households to pick people or in our thousand households to pick people?" Liu Jiang said with a smile, stroking his whiskers.

  Wang Zhen wanted to say directly that the person came out from our protection of thousands of households, and there was no need for your right-hand household guard to intervene. However, after all, this time the two thousand households were cooperating together, and Liu Jiang's words were ostensibly asking questions but actually giving hints, so Wang Zhen could only come up with a mediocre plan.

  "I think we two thousand households should disperse some people, you and I will go back to arrange our personnel separately. Later, we will meet again at the camp front. These scouts must enter the mountain before nightfall and return to report at noon tomorrow. How about that?"

  "That's naturally good, I'll go and prepare the manpower right away. The sooner the better." After finishing speaking, Liu Jiang directly walked towards their thousand households' barracks.

  Wang Zhen was not flustered, thinking to himself "This time we're suppressing the bandits, our 2,000-strong household's performance represents our two guards' abilities. Lord Qiu Fu had previously hinted to me in private, and I've already decided on the scout who will gather intelligence this time. He must be determined not to let our thousand-household guard gain glory."

  As he turned the corner, he had already arrived at the entrance of a camp house. He vaguely heard bursts of laughter coming from inside and walked in with a puzzled expression after lifting the curtain.

  This camp is exactly where Zhang Feng and his group are, it turns out that they were already exhausted when they arrived in Pinggu County, even Zhang Feng was a bit weak, which shows how difficult the forced march has been for these few days.

  After everyone settled down in their tents, they all lay down like lazy pigs. Big Cow stretched his waist and took off his shoes, instantly releasing a thick, eye-stinging smell that couldn't be described as just "bad". Everyone was stunned for a moment before rushing out of the tent like a swarm of bees.

  "Ugh…… Ugh……" Fortunately, they hadn't eaten yet, otherwise it wouldn't have been just bitter water that was spat out. Big Cow scratched his head with a confused expression and walked out, looking at them in puzzlement, unsure why everyone had suddenly started vomiting.

  "With a 'brush' sound, everyone took a step back in unison. Seeing Big Cow still wanting to come over, Zhang Feng hastily raised his hand to stop him."

  "Hey big guy, wait a minute, don't come over yet, put your shoes on first." Even Zhang Feng, who had practiced holding his breath, couldn't stand the smell of his toes.

  It wasn't until then that Da Niu realized it was because of the smell of his feet. But this also made him feel puzzled, as he himself couldn't smell any odor at all. He sniffed carefully for half a day, and in the end, Da Niu sat on the ground, lifted his own foot to his nose and smelled it carefully.

  Everyone's face turned pale as they witnessed this scene, their throats rolling, "Ugh... ugh..." A new round of vomiting began...

  Finally, under everyone's persistence, the big cow went to clean up and relied on Zhang Feng to sacrifice himself for others, risking his own safety to confirm that the unspeakable smell had finally disappeared, and only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

  "Big Cow, you'd better wash your feet clean outside and take off your shoes from now on, or else nobody can live in this barracks anymore." Ma Cheng rubbed his nose hard, because he found that after being smoked by Big Cow, his nose seemed to be a bit useless.

  "From now on, our camp rules are strict: no washing feet for Big Brother, and absolutely no entering the tent." Liu Zi chimed in.

  "But I really didn't smell anything, don't believe me? Come over and take a sniff?" Big Cow said with an innocent face, indicating that he had no idea what was going on.

  Everyone who heard it changed color, who dared to stick it up and smell it, even if they didn't want to live, the big cow's foot could kill people without a trace for ten days without washing.

  But it's also strange, why can't the big cow feel anything itself? Zhang Feng smiled and joked: "This is probably what the book says, 'Entering a room with fragrant flowers, after a long time you won't smell the fragrance; entering a fish market, after a long time you won't smell the stench.'"

  Zhang Feng finished speaking, only to see everyone's face filled with confusion, as if there were three huge question marks hovering above each of their heads. It was then that Zhang Feng remembered that everyone else was just ordinary soldiers, and even if they recognized a few characters, it didn't mean they had read books, unlike him who had been taught by Qingxuzi Master on Wudang Mountain for many years.

  Without waiting for others to ask, Zhang Feng himself took the initiative to explain: "What I mean is that after a long time in a room filled with orchids, you can't smell the fragrance of the flowers anymore. After a long time in a fish shop, you can't smell the stench of salted fish either. The text says people shouldn't associate with bad people, of course, I'm not referring to Da Niu, I'm just explaining why he can't smell his own feet."

  Everyone burst out laughing and said that the big cow's feet were even stinkier than the stall selling dried fish at the market, and the big cow itself also dared to laugh and touch its head.

  "What are you laughing at? You seem so happy, tell me and let me hear." Just then Wang Zhen walked into the tent, and the crowd of people who were laughing immediately stood up and saluted.

  "There's no need to be so formal, just speak freely." Wang Zhen waved his hand in a gesture.

  Zhang Feng stepped forward and asked: "Sir Baihu, is there something you'd like to instruct us on?"

  Wang Zhenluo revealed a signature smile as he looked at Zhang Feng, patted his shoulder and said: "There is a task to be given to you, or rather, to all of you."

  "Please go ahead, sir."

  "It's like this, our army will be sealing off the mountain tomorrow, and now we need to send some scouts into the mountains to gather intelligence. The Left Guard has already assigned Liu Jiang to select people for this task, while our Middle Guard is planning to have you go."

  Zhang Feng said hesitantly, "This... sir, I'm just a new recruit after all. Investigating the enemy's situation is such an important matter, it's not suitable to entrust me with it, I'm afraid I won't be able to accomplish it and will let you down."

  "Hey, young man, be confident. Besides, this is an order from Master Qianhu himself, I have to carry it out. Alright, get ready, choose a few people to follow me to the camp gate."

  "Yes!"

  "Sixth, Xu family brothers, and you few, come out with me." Zhang Feng called out the Sixth who was raising an eyebrow, and the two Xu family brothers, as well as seven or eight others whose bodies were slightly more agile, whom he had picked out from his own hands.

  Just as they were about to go to the camp gate, Big Cow suddenly spoke up and said: "Brother Zhang, why didn't you choose me? I have plenty of strength." The people beside him, Ma Cheng, Ma Qi, etc. also had this in mind.

  "Come on, Big Cow, don't make a mess of things. Scouts need to be agile and nimble, people with slender builds have an advantage. Your brute strength is useless for reconnaissance missions."

  Dà niú heard and responded with a low mood, Zhāng Fēng could only comfort him with a glance at Wáng Píng ān.

  With Zhang Feng, who he had chosen, they arrived at the camp entrance. At this time, Wang Zhen was waiting here with three people, and Wang Zhen introduced their identities.

  These three men were among the few old veterans who had fought against Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, so it was impossible to send only these new recruits on this reconnaissance mission. Training was definitely necessary, but completing the task was also a must, and these three people were their guarantee of success. Wang Zhen also secretly instructed Zhang Feng to ask for advice from these three men, with the intention of promoting them clearly evident.

  After a while, Liu Jiang also brought a group of people over, among whom two were obviously the left guard's backup. After the two sides merged, they agreed that the central guard would enter from the south of the mountain and the left guard would advance from the east of the mountain. Regardless of how the reconnaissance of the enemy situation went, they must descend the mountain and return to camp before noon the next day.

  Everyone received their orders and two scouting parties set off towards Beishan in Pinggu County under the leadership of their respective captains.

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