Tan Kui sat down and stared at the blank imperial edict and meditated for a long time. It was not until dawn that he made up his mind, prepared pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and started writing solemnly. The monkey had been observing secretly. The fake Tan Kui's methods were strange and the saint's coercive appearance appeared. It made him fearful, and for a while he didn't dare to act rashly.
The monkey experienced a big battle in one day and ran for more than a hundred miles without rest. Now it was staring at Tan Kui from late at night until dawn. Even a tough man couldn't stand it. Just before Tan Kui prepared the paper and ink, the monkey finally There is a trace of slackness.
Although it was only for a moment, it caught Tan Kui's attention.
While writing, Tan Kui suddenly raised his head and looked at where the monkey was. His eyes were sharp and he said, "Who is there?"
Monkey looked shocked. The guy who took over the identity of Yingnan County Sheriff was really not simple. He immediately moved his position without making a sound.
Tan Kui did not take action immediately, but wrote quickly. When the imperial edict was filled with words, he shouted loudly: "Here comes an assassin!" At the same time, he put the written imperial edict into his sleeve.
The guards in the courtyard rushed into the room. They immediately found the woman dead on the bed. They all pulled out their weapons from their waists and looked around vigilantly.
"Outside the window!" Tan Kui said coldly.
The guards immediately rushed out, leaving only two soldiers to protect Tan Kui. Everyone searched for half a day, but found nothing unusual. At this time, the monkey had used his skills to leave the county governor's mansion.
The Sheriff's Mansion strengthened its guards, and soon there were heavy soldiers protecting the place, including many masters. The monkey even felt the aura of the master not far away, which made him dare not approach rashly.
The Sheriff's Mansion became busy as soon as it was lighted up, and people kept coming in and out of the Sheriff's Mansion.
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That night, the Star Trace Dragon Armor Battalion dispersed and intertwined into a network, relying on the speed of the spirit beasts under them to rush between Taichu and Dongxia. The Dongxia scouts bumped into the elite of this elite cavalry. They were no match at all and suffered numerous casualties. , Dongxia’s intelligence network in Xuanjian City and the Three Passes of Dongxia was completely paralyzed.
There was also an unlucky Longjia Battalion cavalry who ran into the Dongxia army, but after being discovered from a distance, the cavalry had long since disappeared without a trace.
Under Bai Lingshuang's order, the Dongxia army headed straight from Yinma Pass to Huyang Canyon. However, they found that most of the scouts who had been sent out had never returned, and there was no news. Only then did Dongxia's top management realize the abnormality.
Along the way, Bai Lingshuang, Bai Guhan, and Qi Guangren always marched to the school together.
Bai Lingshuang was in front, and Bai Guhan was on both sides of him slightly behind, with clear priorities.
After discovering the problem of the scouts, Bai Guhan frowned and said: "Brother Wang, the Taichu Army can kill all our scouts so unnoticed, it must be the work of a master, and it cannot be done by one or two masters. Arrived."
"Xinghen Dragon Armor Camp!" Bai Lingshuang said every word with a cold face, and Bai Guhan nodded with deep understanding.
"In the current situation, our army seems to have lost its eyes and is completely unsure of the movements of the Taichu Army. As a result, Lin Chuhe will definitely take this opportunity to withdraw his troops. If we guess his marching route wrong, we can only let him Hundreds of thousands of troops returned to Yingzhou but could do nothing!" Bai Guhan said anxiously.
Bai Guhan looked at Qi Guangren and asked, "Sir, how will our army break the situation?"
Qi Guangren showed a calm smile and said confidently: "Since the eye is injured, the top priority is to treat it."
Bai Lingshuang smiled bitterly and said: "How to treat it? Each of the Star Mark Dragon Armor Battalion is a master. The spirit beasts under it are extremely fast and protected by dragon armor. It can be said that they have no weaknesses except for the small number. Even if our army sends a grand master A master may not be able to kill a few, so it will be completely useless."
"If we want to kill these elite knights, we can only encircle and suppress them with a large army. But with such a big fanfare, we will definitely fall into Lin Chuhe's hands, and we will miss the important event!"
Qi Guangren shook his head and said: "Wei Chen is here to heal his eyes, not to kill these Xinghe Sect elite knights."
"Sir, please stop pretending. If you don't think of anything else, Lin Chuhe will run away!" Bai Guhan said anxiously. His face was very ugly, as if taking down Lin Chuhe was his lifelong wish.
"Gu Han, don't be anxious. I think you must have a clever plan!" Although Bai Lingshuang was talking to Bai Guhan, her eyes were always fixed on Qi Guangren, obviously waiting for his next words.
The two princes were staring at him, but Qi Guangren did not panic at all. He said: "If we don't have any scouts, just send more scouts."
Bai Guhan's face became even more ugly when he heard this and said: "Sir, now that we know the enemy's methods, even if we send out more scouts, we can only beat the dogs with meat buns. Isn't that asking for death?"
"Of course the scouts on the ground can't do it, the lowly ministers are from above!" Qi Guangren pointed at him with a finger.
Hearing Qi Guangren's words, Bai Lingshuang's hopeful eyes immediately dimmed, and he said solemnly: "Sir, you may not know something. Although the Valley of Hundred Beasts is rich in spirit birds, there are also a lot of spirit birds accompanying our army on the expedition. However, although the spirit birds There are many, but there are very few scouts who can control spiritual birds."
"Even if all these spirit bird scouts are released, and if they are lucky enough to find Li Ren, they will most likely be shot down by the Taichu Army's sharpshooters, and it will be difficult to bring back the information."
Bai Guhan added: "Spirit bird scouts have extremely high requirements in terms of their ability to control spirit birds, their own eyesight, and their intelligence collection methods. Generally, it is difficult for land scouts to be qualified." He originally studied under the Beast Valley, and he is very familiar with the spirit bird scouts. Birds know better.
The words of the two princes did not discourage Qi Guangren. He still smiled confidently and said: "We don't need spirit bird scouts, we just need someone to sit on the spirit bird."
Bai Lingshuang frowned and said, "Sir, what do you mean by this? If we can't find out the information, what's the use of sending people and soul birds? Are you going to die?"
"That's right, you're going to die!" Qi Guangren said with cold eyes.
The two princes were shocked, and both were speechless. They both looked at Qi Guangren with puzzled expressions, waiting for his next words.
Qi Guangren said seriously: "Scatter all the spirit birds out and cover the border area. Don't be afraid of any gaps. As long as they fly over the Taichu Army, they will be killed by the enemy's marksmen. At that time, as long as the other spirit birds will Bring back the information that friendly troops were killed, and you will know where the enemy troops are!"
"Wonderful, even if the Taichu Army sees our army's intention and ignores these spirit birds, as long as they fly lower, the hundreds of thousands of troops will be so eye-catching, even if they are not real spirit bird scouts, they can bring back the information." Bai Guhan His eyes lit up and he clapped his hands and cheered.
Bai Lingshuang also breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Sir, you are a great talent, my disciple will make arrangements now."
Not long after, the spiritual birds hovering above the heads of the Dongxia army fell down one after another under the control of the experts from the Valley of Beasts. Each one carried an Dongxia soldier and flew in all directions.
After the spirit birds were dispatched, real spirit bird scouts also headed towards Wuweiguan.
At this time, the Taichu Army, which was marching towards Yinma Shoal, soon discovered that there were spiritual birds flying by. The sharpshooters in the army were naturally very harsh on the enemy. As long as the spiritual birds flew over their heads, they would be destroyed.
Soon, the location information of the Taichu Army reached the ears of Bai Lingshuang and others. The Dongxia Army turned around without hesitation and headed towards Yinma Pass.
The first one among the Taichu army to discover the clue was naturally Taichu Marshal Lin Chuhe. The changes in the number of spiritual birds quickly attracted his attention. He said to himself: "It seems that the enemy cannot be underestimated."
"Pass the commander's order, speed up, and rush to Yinma Shoal as soon as possible at all costs!" Lin Chuhe said to the messengers around him, and soon the marshal's order was conveyed to all the troops in the army.
The cavalry of the Xinghen Dragon Armor Battalion had long brought back information about the Dongxia army. At this time, both armies knew the other's location, and time became the decisive factor.
Lin Chuhe was confident that he would arrive at Yinma Shoal earlier than the Dongxia Army. In his opinion, as long as it got there, the southward army would be able to survive despite heavy losses, even if the Dongxia Army sent elite cavalry and spiritual beasts to pursue them. Come up, he is also confident that he will annihilate the enemy in a very short time.
In the Dongxia Army, Bai Guhan's face was still ugly and he said: "Brother Wang, sir, with the current speed of our army, it will probably be slower than the Linchu River. When the Taichu Army enters Yingzhou, won't our army be wasted?" This is a great opportunity to annihilate them!"
Bai Lingshuang's face didn't look good either. Apparently he thought he couldn't catch up with the enemy.
Qi Guangren showed a profound look and smiled: "How will you know if it doesn't work if you don't try it?"
Bai Lingshuang trusted this gentleman very much. Seeing Qi Guangren's appearance, his eyes became firm and he said, "Sir, you are right."
"Pass this order from me, move forward at full speed, and be sure to catch up with the Taichu Army before they arrive at Yinma Shoal!" Bai Lingshuang ordered.
Just as the two armies were racing against time, outside Wuwei Pass, Sun Changqing got Bai Lingshuang's intelligence, and angrily ordered an attack on the city. Soon Wuwei Pass was breached, and all the five thousand dead men left behind in the city died in the battle.
The master-level archer general Liu Shang resisted tenaciously but was ultimately outnumbered. After shooting all the arrows, he used his inner strength to activate his longbow. Finally, he exhausted his strength and died laughing.
After Sun Changqing briefly rested after breaking through Wuwei Pass, he immediately marched towards Yinma Shoal.
Without the support of Sun Changqing's army, even if Bai Lingshuang's army catches up with the Taichu Army, it will not gain the slightest benefit.
Not long after Lin Chuhe's army set off, which seemed to have been forgotten by both sides, Zhang Lingfeng, the guard at Huyang Pass, received Lin Chuhe's flying pigeon message. He immediately mobilized his troops. Soon after, this 100,000-strong army came towards the Head towards Huyang Canyon.
Lin Chuhe told Zhang Lingfeng in his letter that if he encountered an enemy army, he would flee immediately. If he could not escape, he would surrender immediately... If no one stopped him, he would return to Yingzhou first. In short, under Lin Chuhe's arrangement, Zhang Lingfeng's 100,000 People don’t need to fight…
Although Zhang Lingfeng felt aggrieved when he saw the order, he did not dare to disobey the marshal's order, so he could only lead everyone to leave Huyang Pass.
Since then, all the Eastern Xia cities controlled by Taichu have been abandoned, and retreating to Yingzhou has become Lin Chuhe's primary goal.
