The afterglow of the setting sun fell on the flowers and plants on the roadside, glowing with golden light. Jining and his party had left Luodu City more than a thousand miles away!
At this time, a towering mountain peak in the distance blocked the way forward. Zong Yuan's face became more and more solemn. He walked to Jining's carriage and said softly: "Master Ji, it's getting late, and there are dangerous peaks blocking the road ahead. Today It’s hard to make it to the next town, should we just spend the night here again?”
Jining looked up at the distant peaks and the surrounding terrain. He felt that this place was very suitable for an ambush. Seeing that it was getting late, he agreed to General Zongyuan's suggestion.
After Zong Yuan heard that the mysterious Jining Master on the carriage said that they would make their own arrangements, he called on several disguised sergeants to light a fire and cook. It didn't take long for the aroma of rice and meat to fill the air. Jining didn't get out of the carriage. One of the sergeants brought some food over, but Jining declined.
Jining continued to meditate and practice in the carriage. "Hey" Jining's spiritual consciousness found that someone was staring at their group of people furtively in the distance. It seemed to be very similar to what he had just thought. These people were planning to ambush them here. , I secretly thought that there will be no peace tonight!
The bright moon hung high in the sky. Zong Yuan, Ye Qingzhi and a dozen other people were resting on their horses around the campfire. Two sergeants were patrolling not far away. Maybe they were tired from the day's journey and they all gradually fell asleep!
Jining meditated quietly in the carriage. In fact, his spiritual consciousness had been sensing the surrounding situation.
It was already early in the morning, when most people's awareness of precautions was at its weakest. His spiritual consciousness discovered that a large group of people in the distance were quietly approaching, so he used sound transmission to notify Zong Yuan and others of the attack!
After Zong Yuan, Ye Qingzhi and more than ten sergeants heard the news of the raid, they immediately retreated to Jining's carriage and surrounded it.
From the reaction speed of their team's formation after hearing the news, it can be seen that the dozen or so people led by Zong Yuan and Ye Qingzhi are all warriors at the peak of Houtian. It seems that the Yu family stayed in Luodu City to protect the Yu family. Hidden power. In order to save Yu Qianding this time, all the hidden power of the Yu family should be used. These dozen warriors are definitely the best in the Anbei army!
After a while, a group of masked men wearing black clothes and holding Tang knives appeared in their eyes in the distance.
"Dongshan Hui" Zong Yuan whispered softly, and it was obvious that he was a little afraid of these men in black! At this time, this group of masked men in black slowly gathered around in an orderly manner, but they were a little surprised when they saw Zong Yuan and the others standing in formation. They did not expect that they had spent so much thought on a surprise attack but failed!
"Dongshan Hui, how dare you attack the Anbei Army? Aren't you afraid of being wiped out?" Zong Yuan clenched the steel knife in his hand and shouted sharply!
"Huh, if it was like this before, it would still have some effect, but the name of the Anbei Army will disappear from the Lu Kingdom soon!" A masked man in black came back with a smile after hearing Zong Yuan's words!
But before he finished speaking, there was a "bang" sound, and the chest of the man in black was suddenly exploded. A big hole was made by an unknown weapon, and he was instantly lifeless. The group of masked men in black saw their leader. Being destroyed, he was stunned for a moment.
Zong Yuan, Ye Qingzhi and others saw the fear and hesitation in the black-clothed men, and waved their steel knives to direct others to rush towards the black-clothed and masked men.
Suddenly there were loud screams and screams. These black-clothed and masked men usually fought alone, and at most they were small cooperation between three or four people. How could they defeat the elites of the army who had experienced hundreds of battles? Cheese. The formation was instantly defeated, and the dozen or so sergeants seemed to be descending from the mountain like tigers. Not long after, there were more than a dozen corpses of black-clothed and masked men on the ground.
Seeing this, the remaining men in black fled in panic.
Zong Yuan and Ye Qingzhi checked the subordinate sergeants and found that they were only superficial injuries and no one was seriously injured. So he asked other sergeants to bandage the wounds of the injured sergeant, and then he asked Jining to discuss whether he could set off at night. Since the mountain road was difficult for carriages to travel, Jining needed to abandon the carriage and ride on horseback. After Jining agreed, the group of them walked cautiously toward the mountains ahead regardless of the darkness.
Jining was riding a horse and thinking about his blow just now. He didn't expect that after entering the eighth level of Qi training, the wind blade technique he used would be so powerful.
Wind Blade Technique is a limited attack spell that Jining currently has. Originally, the attack power of his previous Wind Blade Technique was similar to the power of ordinary flying knives in the world, but because the Wind Blade is a transformation of spiritual power in the body, the Wind Blade can blend with the surrounding environment. In one body, the Wind Blade Technique's attack is unexpected, so it has become Jining's favorite attack spell. He felt that the wind blade technique he used just now seemed to have changed. Not only did it strike quietly and instantly, it was also powerful!
In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed, and Jining and his party have arrived near the Qinling Mountains. They have not encountered other attacks since that attack.
At this time, it was getting late, and the group of them walked into the high mountains. Jining's spiritual sense sensed that the evil spirit around them was gradually getting stronger.
At this time, Zongyuan ordered the others to rest on the spot. There was no fire to cook today. Several of the sergeants found some wild fruits from the mountains and shared them among everyone. At this time, Zong Yuan took some wild fruits and gave them to Jining, and said softly: "Master Ji, according to the speed we are traveling tonight, we should be able to reach the edge of Dulong Pass in another day! But we can only walk behind!"
Dulong Pass is located in the middle of the narrowest valley in the Qinling Mountains. On both sides of the Dulong Pass is the Chuzheng Plain, the granary of the Zheng Dynasty. It is the westernmost pass of the Lu State. It is famous for its majestic grandeur and is known as the "Xiong Pass in the World" It has been the first pass in Dongzhou since ancient times.
This formed a natural barrier and natural danger, allowing the Lu State to advance, attack, retreat and defend a strategic location. This Dulong Pass was like a choke point for Chu and Zheng, but in the past they were afraid of the two armies of Lu and did not dare to have any thoughts about Dulong Pass.
Although Jining doesn't understand military affairs, he can see that Dulong Pass is crucial to these three countries.
It seemed as if something was about to happen in the mountains tonight, and it was extremely quiet. Except for the occasional rustle brought to mind by the wind, there was no other sound. Such silence made the group of people a little uneasy, and this place was not far from the Dulong Pass, so they all heightened their vigilance!
Jining sat quietly on a smooth stone and let out his spiritual consciousness. "Hey" he sensed that several people were running away in a hurry a few miles away. So the news was passed to Zong Yuan. After hearing this, Zong Yuan quickly sent two people to investigate!
It didn't take long for Jining to find out which two people actually brought those people who fled in a hurry here.
As these people approached, Jining saw blood stains all over their bodies! After seeing Zong Yuan, these people knelt down and said: "General Zong, the Dulong Pass has been lost. Yu Shuai has led five thousand soldiers into the depths of the Qinling Mountains. We and a dozen people were sent by Yu Shuai to look for reinforcements." .
Zong Yuan was a little unsteady after hearing this. He seemed to be shocked by the news and asked quickly: "Impossible. Dulong Pass is an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack place. When I left, I saw that the grain and grass in the pass could still last for half a year. Why? Will it be broken by the Chu and Zheng armies so quickly! When did the Dulong Pass fall?"
One of the sergeants cried back: "Sergeant Anbei has a traitor. In the early hours of yesterday morning, they burned the food and grass in the pass. Yu Shuai knew that the pass could no longer be defended, so he secretly searched for the traitor while organizing a large army to break out. The original plan Evacuated last night.
What Yu Shuai didn't expect was that the Anbei Army, which originally had a mountain of military orders, suddenly broke out in civil strife, and many generals suddenly retreated alone with their troops! "
Then the sergeant told Zong Yuan and others what happened. It turned out that when Yu Qianding was preparing to organize the army to retreat, he found that all his generals had quietly evacuated. He checked the remaining troops and found that only his five thousand Guards were left, and the other troops had quietly disappeared.
So he led the five thousand guards to retreat quietly. As soon as the news of Yu Qianding's retreat came, Chu and Zheng's army seemed to have known the inside story, so they led the army to pursue him all the way. Yu Qianding led his lone army to fight all the way. Although he killed many enemies, he was outnumbered. When he was retreating steadily, he asked these dozen soldiers to break through and look for reinforcements.
Zong Yuan looked anxious after hearing this, and Jining suddenly said: "General Zong Yuan, pick out ten sergeants and join me to meet Yu Shuai now!" After hearing this, Zong Yuan quickly discussed with Ye Qingzhi, and after a while Eight people were selected from the group brought. Then arrange for the remaining personnel to take the few sergeants they just rescued to find a place to heal their injuries.
Jining waved his hand lightly and saw a talisman appear in the hands of Zong Yuan and Ye Qingzhi. Jining said that this talisman was a magical talisman and explained to them how to use it.
Jining turned around and said, "Let's go." Zongyuan and the other ten people put the magic talisman on them and chanted the incantation, and then ran in one direction in the mountain.
Zongyuan and others were surprised by the efficacy of the magic walking talisman. They found that they were able to put on the magic walking talisman at an astonishing speed and could walk on the mountain as if they were on the ground. Zong Yuan secretly sighed that his current speed had exceeded that of Ye Qingzhi, who was good at light kung fu.
In a hidden col in the Qinling Mountains, thousands of soldiers are stationed here. Although most of the soldiers' armors were damaged and their bodies had scars, they still had a determined look on their faces. In this dark mountain col, a faint light reflected in a tent. In the tent, a general wearing armor was studying the map in his hand carefully. Below him stood several generals, and these sergeants all had scars on their bodies.
The armored general raised his head and asked the men below him: "How are the injuries to your sergeants? In addition, how many arrows are left in the heavy crossbow now!".
The next general returned with a heavy voice: "Yu Shuai, this breakout suffered heavy injuries. Most of the sergeants were slightly injured. There were 460 sergeants who were seriously injured and 536 sergeants who died of their injuries." Man; the arrows of the heavy crossbow have been exhausted!"
Yu Qianding's face turned gloomy after hearing this, and he continued: "The fall of Dulong Pass was a human fault, not a fault of war! General Qin, please compile a list of those soldiers who died for the country. If everyone can retreat safely this time, We must seek justice for these soldiers!”
