Chapter 917: Trickery
Lan Ziyue listened to Zhou Tianhong's conclusion, and her eyes suddenly widened in anger and she was speechless. And Zhou Tianhong also hated Lin Wan so much, but he had to admit that Lin Wan was indeed a little fox and deceived them all over the place.
But where did Lin Wan go? How did the horseshoe prints that caused them to circle in the woods come about? The person riding the horse may not be Lin Wan, but where did the rider go? Where did the horses go?
Although Zhou Tianhong couldn't think of an answer, he knew that as long as he followed the horseshoe prints when he and the others came, he would definitely be able to return to the place where he was separated from Lan Ziheng.
So, with a heart full of resentment, the group walked back again. But this time back and forth, almost two hours have passed, and I am afraid that Lin Wan and Lin Ruichen have already reached the top of the mountain.
However, Lan Ziheng's situation was not much better than theirs. Lan Ziheng followed the horseshoe prints in the middle all the way to the mountain, but halfway up the mountain, those horseshoe prints suddenly disappeared. Those people and horses seemed to have disappeared suddenly, and there were neither horseshoe prints nor human footprints on the ground, which made Lan Ziheng feel very confused.
However, Lan Ziheng had already learned from Zhou Tianhong that the destinations of the two test papers were on the top of the mountain. Therefore, Lan Ziheng did not dwell too much, decisively abandoned the horse, and groped his way to the top of the cliff mountain with a few good subordinates.
The destination of the two drawings, one is the peak on the left side of Cliff Mountain, commonly known as Qingyang Ridge, and the other is the peak on the right side of Cliff Mountain, commonly known as Heiyin Ridge.
Lan Ziheng didn't know whether the drawings Lin Ruichen got were marked on Qingyangling or Heiyinling. But Lan Ziheng twisted his eyebrows and thought for a moment, then decided to go towards the Black Yin Ridge. Because, Lan Ziheng believes that the clue of the middle road was suddenly interrupted, and it must be Ximen Yuqing and others who are playing tricks. And the previous trick of dividing the soldiers into three ways must have been deliberately confusing.
Then, the horseshoe prints of Lin Wan's mount that Lan Ziling found must have deliberately led Zhou Tianhong, Lan Ziyue and others to the left. If the middle and left roads are fake, then the right roads should be real. In other words, Lin Ruichen got the test questions to go to Heiyin Ridge.
Lan Ziheng's guess is very reasonable, and any smart person may guess like this. However, Lin Wan is very aware of Lan Ziheng and Zhou Tianhong's weakness, that is, he is smart.
When Lin Wan and the others entered the Cliff Mountain, they didn't go far before they saw Feng Zhigang, who had been waiting here, and more than a dozen soldiers of the Yulin Army.
After the first round of the competition, Feng Zhigang reported to Feng Qizheng how they had encountered the Assassins on Cliff Mountain. Feng Qizheng didn't say anything, only asked Feng Zhigang not to startle the snake, and pretended to be casual to participate in the next second round of competition.
When the second round of the competition was over, Feng Zhigang quietly withdrew, and selected a few soldiers in the Yulin Army who were good at light skills and knew the roots, and secretly went up to the cliff mountain, with the purpose of searching for assassins.
After entering the Cliff Mountain, Feng Zhigang did not rush to search for the Assassin in the mountain, because the Cliff Mountain was so large that it was connected to the mountains on both sides except for the cliffs behind it. And under the cliff mountain, there is the Fengli River, whether it is a mountain road or a waterway, there is no way to block the assassin's retreat.
When Feng Zhigang and Yu Linjun's brothers were chatting, they had already discussed this matter, but they couldn't figure it out. According to the geographical location of Cliff Mountain, it is not suitable for building a horse farm here, let alone holding a hunting ceremony here, because it is too unsafe here. There were countless ways for the Assassins to enter the horse farm and enter the Cliff Mountain. If you want to assassinate the emperor, or any member of the royal family, this is the first choice.
However, the hunting ceremony has been held for decades, but there has never been any mistakes, even if the players are injured every year, there has never been an assassin, and the emperors of the past generations have not encountered a sneak attack here.
Could it be because the safety work of the hunting ceremony every year is very good? However, Feng Zhigang knew very well that although the Yulin military had made a lot of preparations first, it was not invulnerable.
Therefore, Feng Zhigang did not plan to search for the assassin aimlessly on the cliff mountain, but decided to start with Lin Ruichen and wait for the assassin to fall into the net.
Unless the Assassin retreats and has given up assassinating Lin Ruichen, the Assassin will definitely appear again.
So, Feng Zhigang and Yu Linjun's brothers waited for Lin Ruichen halfway up the mountain, and then after everyone converged, they marched to the top of the cliff together.
When he was about to enter the depths of the dense forest of Cliff Mountain, Lin Ruichen proposed to divide his troops into three ways to go up the mountain in order to lure Lan Ziheng and Zhou Tianhong away. Not only can they divert the enemies who are tracking them, but they are now too numerous and too big to target for action.
Everyone unanimously agreed with Lin Ruichen's proposal, so Lin Ruichen began to deploy according to his own ideas.
Lin Ruichen's destination is in Qingyangling, you can go up the mountain from the middle, to the col between Qingyangling and Heiyinling, and then go to Qingyangling on the left. You can also go halfway up the mountain to the Qingyangling on the left, which will be closer, but the woods on the left are more gloomy and dangerous.
According to Lin Ruichen's plan, let Changfeng, who has the best light skills, ride Lin Wan's horse, and lead several brothers of Yulin Army to lead Lan Ziheng and Zhou Tianhong to the Black Yin Ridge on the right. Lin Ruichen and Feng Zhigang took the shortcut on the left to Qingyangling, while Ximen Yuqing, Jin Haoran, Lin Wan and others took the relatively safe middle road to the top of the mountain.
However, when Lin Ruichen finished talking about his plan, Lin Wan put forward a different opinion. She thought that if she was deployed like this, she would definitely be recognized by Lan Ziheng and Zhou Tianhong, and finally let Lan Ziheng and Zhou Tianhong know their real destination.
Therefore, if you want to lure Lan Ziheng and Zhou Tianhong and others to Heiyinling, you can only use fiction and reality to confuse the truth.
So, Lin Ruichen adopted Lin Wan's opinion, redeployed, and asked a few Yulin Army brothers who were familiar with the terrain of Heiyin Ridge to go to the right, deliberately not hiding their whereabouts, and going with great fanfare. You don't have to venture to the place where the beasts are infested, just go around the Black Yin Ridge and you can go back.
After the soldiers of the Yulin Army left, Lin Wan proposed to abandon the horse, and everyone would no longer be separated, and walk the relatively easy road in the middle together. And You Hongfan took a few horses to the left, led Zhou Tianhong and them around the dense forest on the left for a few times, and then went down the mountain to wait for them.
What surprised everyone was that Hongfan really followed Lin Wan's instructions and went to the left with a few war horses, as for whether it could complete the task given to it by Lin Wan, everyone didn't know.
However, it turned out that Lin Wan's strategy was very effective, and Hongfan was indeed spiritual and very intelligent.