Judging from the route map, after crossing the river, the entourage headed almost straight north, passing through Luming Town, Anmucheng, Yun'an County... and all the way out of Yanmen Pass.
"My subordinates are incompetent. I followed him to the northwest of Yanmen Pass and lost him."
Long Chen looked at the route map and only went to the vicinity of Yanmen Pass. Cheng Qing immediately apologized.
Long Chen carefully collected the map, patted Cheng Qing on the shoulder, and praised: "Very well done. The follower's cultivation has reached the level of the Emperor. You are not even a king. It's a miracle that you can track him outside Yanmen Pass!"
There was too much difference in cultivation and it was easy to be discovered. Cheng Qing tracked him for thousands of miles from Linhu City to the north to outside Yanmen Pass without being discovered by his followers. He did a very good job.
Seeing that Long Chen not only didn't blame him, but also praised himself, Cheng Qing didn't know if Long Chen was really complimenting him or was he being sarcastic?
Things like this often happen in the Imperial City Division. The boss seems to be praising, but is actually reprimanding.
Lu Ji saw Cheng Qing's thoughts and said with a smile: "King Wu just praises you, don't think too much."
Cheng Qing was relieved and said: "King Wu has given me a reward. His subordinates are incompetent. They can't keep up after passing Yanmen Pass."
Long Chen said: "This person will definitely bring new helpers when he returns. I plan to ambush him in the Jiangnan area."
"Go to Jiangbei to inquire about the news. If you find their traces, tell me immediately."
Yu Fuguo felt a little strange and asked, "Why didn't King Wu ambush in Jiangbei?"
Jiangbei is the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so it is much more convenient to mobilize troops and horses.
Jiangnan is in a state of confrontation. The troops and forces of both sides are intertwined. If they take action, the target can easily escape or even fall into the unfavorable situation of being besieged.
Long Chen said: "If you want to cross the river, there are only a few places with docks, so it's easy to set up an ambush."
"If you are in Jiangbei, it is difficult to choose the location for the ambush. Once the ambush fails and they escape across the river, it will be difficult to pursue them."
In fact, Long Chen chose to ambush in the south of the Yangtze River instead of the north of the Yangtze River in order not to alert the enemy.
If an ambush is set up in Jiangbei, the ghost fetus will definitely be suspected of being tracked, thus changing the location of the meat and vegetable garden.
Choosing to hunt in Jiangnan, Gui Fei would not think that his whereabouts would be exposed, and he would be more likely to suspect that he was discovered accidentally.
Yu Fuguo felt something was wrong, but it seemed to make sense and he couldn't refute it.
After all, Long Chen has always tried his best.
"You come as I command."
Long Chen immediately explained the plan in detail, and everyone had their own tasks.
"When you arrive in Jiangbei, there will be someone to cooperate with you."
Long Chen made a plan and everyone went back to their rooms to sleep.
the next day.
After getting up in the morning, after having breakfast, Yu Fuguo settled the bill, and Long Chen and the other five left on horseback.
When leaving, Yu Fuguo gave him a lot of money, and the shopkeeper was very happy.
Long Chen walked for a long time before Cheng Qing came out of the guest room. After paying the bill, Cheng Qing immediately hired a boat to cross the river.
The five people from Long Chen arrived downstream, and the four people from Yufu State found a boat to cross the river. Long Chen stayed alone in an inn in a small town downstream.
Taking out Cheng Qing's map, Long Chen read it carefully again, then wrote a letter and gave it to the informant in the city.
The informant was from Xichang. After receiving the letter, he immediately went to find Feng He.
When Yu Fuguo arrived in Jiangbei, people from Xichang immediately responded.
As planned, everyone dispersed.
Following the route given by Cheng Qing, Long Chen asked the people from Xichang, Jinyiwei and Shadowwei to cast a wide net in Dazhou.
After the entourage finds reinforcements, the route back should be roughly the same, and it is unlikely to change too much.
Long Chen set up a net around this line, waiting for them to get in.
A few days later.
Yun'an County.
Dark clouds covered the sun and a drizzle of rain fell. Five people wearing bamboo hats and raincoats, riding fast horses, rushed past the county town.
The horses' hooves trampled on the quagmire, stirring up a burst of muddy water. The farmers working on the roadside looked at the horses rushing past, immediately put down their hoes and ran back to the county seat.
These five people are the followers of Gui Fei.
After the entourage entered the northern border, they returned to the meat and vegetable garden, selected four with high cultivation levels, and immediately returned to Nanliang.
They did not choose to return the same way, but bypassed Yanmen Pass, bought a few fast horses at the horse market, and then walked along the original road, sometimes taking the new road, sometimes taking the old road.
After passing Yun'an County, the five people abandoned their horses and entered Shantou Village.
This is a fishing village where Long Chen ambushed and killed Situ Jing and Wen Shouyi of Foyuan Tower.
After the five people arrived at Shantou Village, they found an inn to rest.
"Are you here for business?"
The waiter entertained me warmly, but the attendant remained silent and said coldly: "I want a room in the upper room!"
The waiter smiled and said: "No problem, what do guests want to eat? Eat in the lobby, or have it delivered to the room?"
The attendant said coldly: "No need!"
The waiter in the shop felt strange and said with a smile: "Guest, we are like iron rice and steel. If you don't eat for one meal, you will feel hungry. How can you not eat?"
The attendant realized the problem and immediately said: "Send it to the room."
The waiter asked again: "What do the guests want to eat?"
The attendant glanced at the menu on the wall and said, "One big herring, steamed, that's enough."
The waiter thought it was strange that these customers had five people and one big herring, but they didn't eat any staple food.
"Okay, guests, please go upstairs first. That's room E."
The five followers went upstairs, found the room, and rested in it.
Traveling all the way, no matter how healthy they are, they still need rest.
When people went upstairs, the waiter said strangely: "Shopkeeper, this is the first time I have seen such a guest. Five people sleep in one room and eat one fish."
The shopkeeper also felt strange and said: "Don't worry about it, just steam a big herring."
The waiter immediately asked the chef to prepare it.
In the lobby, a customer who was eating noodles looked up, ate a bowl of noodles in a hurry, paid the bill, and then went out to the inn facing the street.
After entering the inn and going upstairs into the room, Yu Fuguo was sitting inside.
"Father-in-law, they are here, five of them at Yuelai Inn."
The spy said excitedly.
Yu Fuguo was overjoyed and said: "King Wu's calculations are so accurate. There are only a few places you can pass if you want to cross the river. This is one of them, and they are indeed here."
"Go and stare, keep your eyes open for me, and don't blink your eyelids!"
The spies immediately led people to monitor Yuelai Inn.
In the inn.
Soon, the big herring was delivered to the room upstairs and placed on the table.
They didn't eat, they just took out the dried meat from their bodies and gnawed it slowly, and they didn't even drink water.
The people of Longxing Valley were poisoned by Long Chen, and their followers did not dare to drink the water here. They only drank the river water and streams on the road.
After eating the dried meat, the five people fell down to sleep.
The next morning, the rain stopped outside and the sun was shining brightly.
The entourage got up and opened the window. There was a huge crowd of people outside and it was very lively.
The dazzling sunlight shone in from outside, and several people were not used to it.
These days, they try to travel at night and only on rainy days during the day.
"The sun is too hot, can we walk?"
The four people asked as they looked at the leading follower.
They have no names, because names are not needed in a meat garden.
Everything about them is controlled by ghosts, including their names.
They only have their own names when the ghost fetus gives them names.
The leading entourage took a look and said, "The boats here are open during the day, but not at night. Wear a hat and bear with it."
The sun makes them uncomfortable, but it is not unbearable, just like ordinary people are afraid of severe cold, but they do not freeze to death immediately.
The five people put on bamboo hats and threw their raincoats in the room.
Went downstairs to the counter, the leader put the money on the counter, didn't ask for change, and went out to the dock.
When several people went out, one person took a look from a distance.
When they arrived at the dock, the five people chose an ordinary boat with the word "week" written on it.
After paying the money, the five people boarded the boat and sat down in their seats.
"We're being targeted."
A follower whispered.
The leader nodded slightly and said: "Ignore it, just follow the current and you will reach Jiangnan soon."
Jiangbei belongs to the Great Zhou Dynasty. As long as they reach the south of the Yangtze River, they don't have to worry.
"Dear guests, sit still, the boat is about to start, don't walk around, be careful of falling into the water."
The boatman shouted, the rope was untied, and the boat drifted downward.
