Chapter 777
Not long after, Xiao Zhan and Li Yong approached the group of refugees.
The two of them hid around a corner and watched the movements of this group of people.
At this time, a Pingxi Houfu army with about two thousand people also approached.
The person in charge of sentry among this group of refugees immediately discovered this situation.
The next moment, they saw these thousands of refugees surrounding the two thousand Pingxi Houfu troops in an orderly manner.
The person leading these two thousand soldiers from the Marquis' Mansion was none other than Pingxi Marquis' adopted son, Zhuang Qiang.
Zhuang Qiang led the people forward slowly.
He glanced at the rolling mountains and ordered expressionlessly:
"Just rest in the ravine ahead and stay hidden."
But as soon as he finished speaking, he saw tens of thousands of refugees pouring in from the hillsides in all directions.
Zhuang Qiang's expression changed and he growled:
"Meet the enemy!"
But he obviously underestimated the strength of these ten thousand refugees.
More than half of the two thousand people led by Zhuang Qiang had been lost in just one encounter.
Xiao Zhan, who was observing secretly, was even more certain that these were not refugees, because their fighting power was even more powerful than the soldiers of the Pingxi Marquis Mansion.
When Zhuang Qiang saw that only less than half of the two thousand people he led were left, and they had no power to fight back, he could only curse in his heart that it was bad luck, turned around and ran away.
At this moment, his eyes caught a glimpse of black shadows, surrounding them from all directions. It looked like there were a total of fifty thousand people.
These refugees also discovered this scene.
A middle-aged man among the refugees immediately ordered:
"withdraw!"
Ten thousand refugees immediately rushed out in a certain direction as fast as possible, trying to break out of a gap before being surrounded.
But these 50,000 elite dead soldiers were extremely ferocious.
Of the 10,000 refugees who wanted to break out of the siege, no one could escape.
Under the siege and interception of 50,000 elites, all 10,000 refugees were annihilated, leaving only the leading middle-aged man and less than 100 people alive.
Zhuang Qiang and his remaining men of less than 500 men were also controlled.
As soon as Zhuang Qiang saw Xiao Zhan, his expression became extremely confused.
"Xiao Zhan, why are you here?"
"Where did these people come from?"
While speaking, Zhuang Qiang's eyes swept over the female commander standing next to Xiao Zhan, but the female commander was wearing a mask, and he could only see the indifferent eyes of the female commander.
Xiao Zhan slowly said:
"The Marquis asked me to come out to perform a special mission."
"These 50,000 elites were borrowed by the Marquis from the Marquis' Mansion in Lin'an."
Lin'an Marquis' Mansion is about 20,000 to 30,000 miles away from Pingxi Marquis' territory.
Xiao Zhan's excuse is not without credibility.
When Zhuang Qiang heard this, he did not doubt it, but said in a deep voice:
"Well, hurry up and take these 50,000 people to escort me back to the Marquis' Mansion."
Xiao Zhan frowned and said, "Master, is there any mission when you lead the troops out this time?"
Zhuang Qiang shook his head, a flash of displeasure flashed in his eyes, "We exterminated a group of refugees a few days ago. I learned from those refugees that there was a larger team of refugees in this area, so I led people to exterminate them, but... I didn’t expect that these ten thousand refugees would be so powerful!”
"This is not a refugee at all!"
Zhuang Qiang snorted coldly, "Maybe it's a soldier from a certain prince's mansion pretending to be."
"But that's not important anymore," Zhuang Qiang looked at Xiao Zhan expressionlessly, "Let's go, escort me back home."
Xiao Zhan shook his head and said, "We have to carry out the mission assigned by the Marquis. I'm afraid we can't send the young master back to the Marquis' mansion."
Zhuang Qiang's eyes turned cold, "You have 50,000 people here. If you allocate 10,000 to escort me back home, it won't affect anything."
"The worst I can do is wait until they send me back safely.
After I go, I will rush to meet you. "
Xiao Zhan still shook his head.
Zhuang Qiang's eyes became colder and harsher, "Xiao Zhan, don't forget that Marquis Pingxi is my foster father!"
"My order is the order of the Marquis!"
Xiao Zhan did not speak, but looked at the female commander and Li Yong beside him, motioning for them to continue on their way.
Zhuang Qiang wanted to say something else, but he saw the female commander suddenly drew her sword and struck Zhuang Qiang directly.
Xiao Zhan frowned and struck out with a violent palm. The violent wind instantly knocked Zhuang Qiang away, allowing him to avoid the female leader's sword.
Zhuang Qiang's eyes were filled with coldness.
Xiao Zhan slowly said:
"Mr. Zhuang Qiang, you'd better take these survivors back to the Marquis' Mansion for interrogation first. We still have a very important task. If things are delayed, I'm afraid the Marquis will blame you, and you won't be able to afford it."
Zhuang Qiang glanced at the female commander coldly, then led hundreds of his men and escorted the hundred or so refugees away.
Xiao Zhan and others also continued on their way.
Li Yong walked to Xiao Zhan and lowered his voice:
"Brother, this female commander is so fierce. She pulls out the sword when she says it. If you hadn't taken action just now, Zhuang Qiang would have been seriously disabled even if he hadn't died without being prepared."
Xiao Zhan nodded, feeling that the female commander had character.
After all, powerful people have tempers, and this is understandable.
Time passed little by little, and everyone took a detour, and finally on the fifteenth day, they approached the gap in the mountain range.
There is also a very vivid name here, called Menghukou.
In other words, passing through here is like entering a tiger's mouth.
It can be seen how dangerous it is to pass through here.
But if it is a large-scale attack, the tiger's mouth will become a defensive weakness.
Xiao Zhan looked at the female commander and said in a deep voice:
"Let the team rest here for a while. Li Yong and I will go explore the situation at the tiger's mouth first."
"The Marquis said that he sent Xie Jing, the commander of the army, to lead 50,000 soldiers to guard the tiger's mouth."
"If I approach rashly, I'm afraid it may cause misunderstanding."
The female commander nodded, but didn't say a word.
Xiao Zhan gave Li Yong a look, and the two immediately left the team and rushed towards the tiger's mouth.
Under the gray sky, the tiger's mouth was lifeless.
When Xiao Zhan arrived, he didn't find any soldiers!
"Something is wrong!" Li Yong looked at Xiao Zhan with a serious face, "Brother, the mountains on both sides of the tiger's mouth are bare. If there is someone stationed, we will see it at a glance."
Xiao Zhan frowned and thought, while looking at the surrounding terrain.
Suddenly, Xiao Zhan's eyes were fixed on the other side of the tiger's mouth.
Over there is Bei Mohou's territory.
"Come on, let's take a closer look."
Not long after, Xiao Zhan and Li Yong passed through the tiger's mouth and came to the other side.
In an instant, corpses that were still emitting black energy appeared in their sight.
Just as Xiao Zhan was about to check a corpse, he caught a glimpse of cold light from the corner of his eye.
"boom!"
A black iron arrow grazed Xiao Zhan's shoulder and shot through the ground with great force, blasting a hole one meter in diameter on the ground.
Immediately afterwards, thousands of black lights burst out.
Those were thousands of black iron arrows, forming a black arrow curtain and shrouding Xiao Zhan and Li Yong.
There is no way to escape.
Xiao Zhan pulled Li Yong behind him and punched out one palm after another with his hands.
Most of the black iron arrows were blown away by the strong wind.
But more and more black iron arrows were shooting from the distance.
Just when Xiao Zhan was about to let Li Yong retreat first, a black shadow rushed over, blocked Xiao Zhan's face, and waved
The long knife in his hand hacked away all the black iron arrows.
"Commander Zhuang! Why are you here!"
