Chen Hai had the intention of sending off the guests, so Yao Qitai and Yao Xuan, father and son, no longer stayed, so they crossed the pontoon bridge with their attachés and headed north to Leiyang Valley; since Chen Hai returned to Tongbei Okura, he naturally stayed for a few days and disposed of the accumulated affairs before leaving. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Why doesn't Qin Tongshan have a chance to make meritorious contributions?"

Accompanying Chen Hai back to the official office in Cangcheng, Wu Meng and Qi Hanjiang asked suspiciously.

If you don't keep things secret, you lose.

Even if Wen Boyuan had two secret meetings with Chen Hai before serving as the military envoy, only Fan Chun, Fan Cheng, Tu Ziji, Zhao Rong and others knew about it, and Ding Shuang, Wu Meng, Qi Hanjiang and others did not know about it.

There is no need for Chen Hai to tell Ding Shuang and Wu Meng everything, no wonder they have too much confusion in their hearts at this time.

Chen Hai didn't explain, and said with a smile: "I'm just guessing, after a while, the situation will be clear." ”

Ding Shuang and Wu Meng didn't ask much, and there was no need to ask too much detail, the next battle of the Xiyuan Army in Qintong Mountain didn't have much to do with them, and then Juquanling just had to make up for the missing quenched armor within the time limit, so that they wouldn't be grabbed by Yao Qitai and Yao Xuan father and son.

A few other things were said, and everyone took their leave.

"The young marquis lives in Juquanling, and it turns out that he still has contact with Lord Wen and Fan Shuai. Su Aya made a cup of spiritual tea and put it on Chen Hai's desk.

"How many official letters are exchanged regularly every month in the camp, you are taking care of it for me, Wen Boyuan is the military envoy, Fan Chun is the commander, and Tongbei Beicang is naturally the only one who is looking ahead, if there is no contact, is it possible that Tongbei Beicang still wants to build an independent kingdom?" Chen Hai asked pretending to be confused.

"But these official letters, Leiyang Valley has been actively preparing for war, how can the young marquis say that there is no war merit to make?" Su Aya bit her sandalwood lip, and her eyes as deep as stars revealed a little charming.

At this time, it was already summer, although Chen Hai and the others had long cultivated to the point that the cold and heat would not invade, but they were also used to changing their robes according to the four shows of spring, summer, autumn, winter, cold and summer. Su Aya was wearing a light Luo skirt, her waist was slender and light, slightly revealing her flesh color like jade, revealing her two snowy arms that shook sultry in front of Chen Hai's eyes.

Chen Hai really wanted to pull this girl up on his lap, chatted with her well, and said with a smile: "Is there a war in Qin Tongshan, can it be said that your comrades didn't pass on the slightest news?"

"Aya'er is like a canary tied by the young marquis, and she can't hide any wind and grass from the young marquis's eyes, but I still want to know where my companion is. Su Aya said resentfully.

Su Aya was kept by Chen Hai's side, of course he didn't believe that Chen Hai was simply using himself to test his Dao Heart, and he even suspected that he had become Chen Hai's bait, the purpose was to lure out the other members of the Red Mei Sect lurking in the West Garden Army.

No matter what the considerations were, Su Aya would not contact anyone else, and no one else would venture to contact her, looking at the mountains and rivers that followed Chen Hai all day long, but it was no different from the canary in the cage.

"Turns out you'll soon find out about your comrades. Chen Hai said.

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From Tongbei Fucheng to Leiyang Valley, a new gallop road was built, and Yao Qitai, Yao Xuan and his son were surrounded by Suihu and rode on horseback.

"Chen Hai, a dog thief, what did he mean by saying that at the end, could it be that he was hinting at something?"

Along the way, Yao Xuan and his father Yao Qitai have been thinking about the meaning of Chen Hai's last sentence.

Don't talk about Yao Xuan, Yao Qitai can't guess what Chen Hai means.

Leiyang Valley is only three hundred miles away from Tongbei Fu City, and most of the time has passed, there are already several strong fortresses standing inside and outside Leiyang Valley, and the small outpost is extended to the deep mountains and mountains in the north.

The third battalion, as the left army, was stationed in Dongling, and during the ten days when Yao Qitai left the camp for a short time, Miao He temporarily led the generals.

Yao Qitai did not rush to the Chinese army camp in the north to see Wen Boyuan and Fan Chun, nor did he rush to get the talisman back from Miao He, and returned to the big tent, still thinking about what Chen Hai said, and only made up his mind before night, and called his son Yao Xuan and the two generals who were brought out of the Yao family, and said, "I want to go into the mountain in person......

"How can this be?" Yao Xuan didn't expect his father to personally go into the mountain to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, so he hurriedly dissuaded.

"Regardless of whether Chen Hai is tricky or not, hundreds of thousands of rebels have not moved for more than half a year, there must be something unexpected that we can't imagine, and I must have seen it with my own eyes to know what is going on. ”

There are more than 1,000 elite members of the Red Mei Sect, and Fan Chun and Wen Bo have always been personally responsible for the retreat of hundreds of thousands of rebels to the north with Heavenly Master Gong Liang and the hundreds of thousands of rebels who retreated north into the mountains to inspect the enemy's situation.

Of course, unless the Xiyuan Army has a strong man above the Knowing Realm, it will be difficult for ordinary scouts to penetrate the rebel-controlled defense line, and it will be difficult for them to send more accurate information back, and logically speaking, even if Fan Chun and Wen Boyuan have no intention of launching a large-scale decisive battle with the rebels in a narrow terrain, and it is difficult for ordinary scouts to penetrate the rebel defense line, then they should send a small group of elite troops to test the rebel defense line from the edge area.

Now that the rebels are not moving, and Fan Chun and Wen Boyuan are also standing still, Yao Qitai wants to find out what is going on, so he can only go in person.

Although the third battalion also had a few strong men in the Ming Realm, they were all middle and high-level generals above the rank of cavalry captain, and Yao Qitai was qualified to mobilize them to fight, but he was not qualified to force them to undertake all the things that ordinary scouts should do.

"The Hidden Dragon Technique I have cultivated is the best at stealing and stealing, so let me take this trip instead of my father, it can be regarded as an experience!" Yao Xuan said.

Yao Qitai pondered for a while, knowing that Yao Xuan was reprimanded by Chen Hai in person today, his stomach was holding his breath, thinking that as long as Yao Xuan didn't make a move with the elite disciples of the Red Mei Sect in the rebel army, he just hid his breath and sneaked into the rebel defense line, it might not be slightly worse than him going out in person.

Yao Qitai thought that it was indeed not suitable for him to leave the camp, so he ordered two generals to accompany Yao Xuan, and they must come back to report after finding out the bottom of the rebels.

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From Leiyang Valley to the north, the terrain at the northern foot of Qintong is becoming more and more rugged and dangerous, and the mountain peaks are more than five or six thousand meters, but for Yao Xuan and the others, even if they can't walk the relatively gentle valley road, they can't fly in the air, and climbing between the cliffs is not an obstacle, but it takes several times more time.

However, two days later, Yao Xuan also sneaked to the outskirts of the rebel-held area.

The rebels withdrew to the deep mountains and valleys north of Leiyang Valley, and also built stronger camps on the foundations of those cottages that controlled and occupied the dangerous passes, and set up sentry posts in Fengling, Yao Xuan lurked in the shadows, and could see the thieves on duty in the outer camps and sentry posts, with neat clothes and armor, and their complexions were not bad, and there was no sign of lack of food and starvation.

Seeing this scene, Yao Xuan seemed to be able to understand that Wen Boyuan and Fan Chun were not moving.

The rebels raised strong soldiers and horses in the deep mountains, and the narrow terrain seriously limited the deployment of the elite forces of the Xiyuan Army, and it was not clear which Dazhai the rebels had laid down the Tiangang Thunder Prison Array in front of the Dazhai and waited for the main force of the Xiyuan Army to drill into it again.

But how is it possible that the rebels are not short of food?

Yao Xuan was puzzled, even if the Red Mei Sect had been deployed a few years earlier, but in the desolate mountains and mountains, the grain stored in advance could really support hundreds of thousands of thieves for half a year?

Maybe the rebels still have a grain route in the middle of the mountains that can connect with the outside world?

That's not surprising.

This piece of mountain, in addition to being connected to the valley road in the south, if you want to get out of Qintong Mountain from other directions, you have to climb over countless lofty mountains and mountains, that is, the martial cultivators of the Spirit Realm will feel quite hard, how can a large amount of grain be transported in?

Even if the rebels have a storage artifact that can be called a heavenly weapon in their hands (this possibility is extremely low), but outside of Qintong Mountain, where can the rebels raise such a huge amount of grain to transport into Qintong Mountain?

The displaced people in the counties are in turmoil, and it seems that they control many areas, but these areas are caused by the uproar of the hungry people after the continuous famine, and the local grain reserves have been exhausted, just like Tongbei Mansion.

In the Tianshui and Jiyang counties on the periphery of Qintong Mountain, there are so many rebels from all walks of life, which rebel army is not short of food, and which rebel army is generous enough to take out so much extra food?

Yao Xuan knew that the possibility of a grain passage in the deep mountains was very small, so he couldn't go back like this.

Such a result will not be satisfactory to his father, Yao Xuan can only bite the bullet, and the two generals will lurk in the cave until midnight, taking advantage of the lack of the outer outposts of the thieves, continue to climb the cliff, pass through the rebels' outer defense line, and enter the core area controlled by the rebels.

At this time, Yao Xuan was startled by what he saw.

There are indeed a large number of rebels stranded between these mountains, all over the mountains and valleys, but all of them are yellow-skinned, skinny, and skinny, and it seems that they will fall to the side of the road at any time.

The bark, branches and leaves of the trees all over the mountain were plucked and stripped naked—and when he walked further inside, he saw a rift valley littered with dead bodies, and Yao Xuan was even more shocked when he saw it.

These corpses were covered with skin and bones before they died, and they were obviously starved to death in the mountains, and even the old soldiers who carried the corpses and threw them into the valley walked crookedly, leaving only a breath of residual breath.

What's going on?

The rebels have long run out of ammunition and food, so why haven't they killed them?

Would they rather starve to death in the mountains than die under the soldiers of the Xiyuan Army?

But the black turban thieves deployed by the rebels on the outer defense line, although the number is limited, but they are all full of wine and food, what is going on, is it just to scare the Xiyuan army not to attack in?

Yao Xuan couldn't understand what was going on, but he was afraid that if he continued to go deeper, he would fall into the trap set by the elite disciples of the Red Mei Sect, and when the time came, it would be impossible for the three of them to escape, so he decided to retreat to the camp, and his father would make up his mind.