Lu Shiyu and Cheng Meizhu quickly glanced at each other, and asked in a deep voice, "What is blocking it?"

They are now taking the official road, because of the special terrain of this section, this official road is actually not very spacious, and on both sides of the official road, there are woods.

Although the woods in the western Xinjiang are not as lush as those in the southern Xinjiang, the grass and trees are withered in this season, and it looks more sparse, but the shadows are building, and the place close to the official road is fine, and the place where you go in is not enough, but you can't see anything.

The most important thing is that the soldiers led by Lu Shiyu are all cavalry, and gathering and charging in an open place has the advantage of crushing at this time, but in this kind of forest that is not covered by trees and covered with snow and does not know the depth of the mount, it is impossible to give full play to the advantages of the troops.

At this time, he heard that the road ahead was blocked, and Lu Shiyu inquired, and at the same time passed down an order, asking the soldiers on both wings to do a good job of protection to avoid ambushes in the forest and disrupt their own formation.

"Back to the general's words, a big hole has been dug on the road, and our mounts can lead us through the forest next to it, but the carriage that the princess of the county is riding and the ox cart loaded with supplies are afraid that they will not be able to pass. "And the scout went over the pit to look there, and said that not long after it had passed, there was another pit in the road." ”

The implication is that even if the pit in front of you makes people try to lift the cart and ox cart over, or fill it up, there is probably a steady stream of pits that need to be found.

"Go and see!" Lu Shiyu said with a calm face, "Tell people to pay attention to the carriage that the princess of the county is riding, don't let the thieves disturb the princess of the county!"

But at this time, Sheng Weiqiao was already asking, "Why did the carriage suddenly stop?"

She lifted the corner of the curtain and looked outside, the surrounding white expanse, a little farther between the Qiongzhi jade trees, occasionally revealed a gray branch, in the vast sky, indescribable loneliness.

This situation didn't look like they had reached a place to rest, especially since they were in a hurry to leave the Western Frontier at this time, and they would not rest until they had to.

"Mother, the road ahead is not easy to walk. When the soldier next to the carriage heard this, he went away and inquired for a while, and then came back and told her, "So someone will repair it so that the carriage can pass, please wait!"

Sheng Weiqiao suddenly became suspicious: "When the army marches, there are scouts and pioneers exploring the way in front of it, so as to be safe, and when the official road is uneven, it will be repaired." If it's just a normal road, how can the whole army stop? Isn't something wrong?"

The soldier didn't know how to answer, and said vaguely: "The small one has never seen the enemy attack, so it shouldn't be a big problem." ”

"It's not an enemy attack, so it's probably a fork in the road?" Sheng Weiqiao frowned, turned his head to Xuan Yu Feng and said, "Auntie, could it be that our whereabouts were exposed so soon?"

Xuanyu Feng pondered for a while, shook his head, and said: "It shouldn't be! Moreover, if the whereabouts are exposed, why is it just that the road has forked and the enemy is not seen? After all, we are now mixed in the army, and if we don't get close, we can't find the carriage at all." Even if you find a carriage, followed by a carriage loaded with baggage, arrows, etc., the appearance is the same, where is it so easy to think of us?"

She felt, "Eighty percent don't know the purpose of the army's march, and want to use the way of delaying the trip to test it, right? ”

Lu Shiyu was watching the soldiers cut down trees and dig soil from the woods on both sides to fill the pits on the official road.

"That's not going to work. Cheng Meizhu whispered beside him, "If it's just such a pit, according to the spies' report, there are at least a dozen pits ahead! This is not something that can be filled in a while, and if we continue like this, our trip will be delayed for at least a day or two." ”

If it was only delayed for a day or two, he was not very worried, because even if the news of Sheng Weiqiao's presence in the army spread, as the first elite Northern Xinjiang Army of the Great Mu Dynasty, or the elite cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army, Cheng Meizhu did not think that he and his people could not protect the princess of Mizhen County.

He was mainly worried that "the enemy only dug a pit and did not set up an ambush, eighty percent because their real ambush was not here, but on the road ahead." ”

Before, they came to Western Xinjiang from northern Xinjiang, but now they are going to Chang'an in Guanzhong, so the path is not exactly the same.

But at this time, there are not many steps away from Yizhou City, and the routes are still overlapping.

Cheng Meizhu thought for a while, and then said worriedly, "General, the last general remembers, at the current speed, if you go forward for about three or four days, it is a narrow valley? That place is very dangerous, if you want to detour, you have to go around at least nearly a hundred miles, and there are many rugged paths in the middle, and the carriage may not be able to go." If the enemy is stationed in a narrow valley or set up an ambush, it will be too bad for us!"

The narrow valley he said is really narrow, two cliffs more than ten zhang high, sandwiched out a winding path that only allows one carriage to pass, even if you go in in broad daylight, you can't walk a few steps, it is dim and dark and you can't see clearly. Some people describe this kind of terrain as a line of sky, but in fact, this ghost place is not even as good as a line of sky, because the cliff is steep and steep, but it is not a straight split, and there are some staggered places on the top, and there are full of scorpion, so in some places, you can't even see the line of sky when you look up.

What's worse is that this valley is five or six miles long, and you can't pass it quickly!

"In this way, Lijie, you go and gather a team of soldiers and horses, and rush to the narrow valley to check the movement first!" Cheng Meizhu's guess, Lu Shiyu also had it, and said with a solemn expression at this moment, "Since the enemy has used the method of digging pits to delay our trip, it is obvious that they have either not arrived at the narrow valley yet, or the narrow valley is not ready! In this case, we naturally can't do what they want! You go ahead of time, or catch them off guard, or occupy the key places first, so as to ensure that our army passes through the narrow valley smoothly!"

After leaving the narrow valley, although there are convenient places to set up ambushes on the next road, compared to the narrow valley, those places are really much better, at least there will not be a situation where there is no way to fight back.

Cheng Meizhu agreed, turned the horse's head to pick someone, and Lu Shiyu slowly arrived at the carriage where Sheng Weiqiao and Xuan Yu Feng were sitting, and said through the curtain: "Niangniang, Mrs. Feng, can you talk about it?"

"General, please come in!" The aunt and nephew had been listening to the movement, and immediately greeted when they heard the words.

Lu Shiyu thanked him, then jumped off the horse, climbed into the wheel, shook off the snow on his cloak and armor, confessed his guilt, and entered the curtain.

"General Lu, I just heard from the soldier that the road ahead is not easy?" Sheng Weiqiao pushed a cup of hot tea towards him and asked bluntly, "But I don't know why it's not easy to walk?"

Lu Shiyu said: "Niangniang, it's like this, the spies found more than a dozen big potholes on the road, all of which the strikers couldn't repair quickly, and we had to wait for us to catch up before we could send enough soldiers to clean them up." Therefore, the adjutant general of the last general suspected that this was because someone wanted to set up an ambush in a dangerous terrain ahead, but the time was not too late, so this way was used to delay our speed. ”

"Dangerous terrain?" Sheng Weiqiao and Xuan Yu Feng Shi heard this, glanced at each other, and said, "But in a narrow valley, you can't see the sky very much when you look up?"

Lu Shiyu said: "Niangniang really has a good memory, it is that place." ”

Sheng Wei Qiaoxin said, so with the characteristic terrain, it is still the only way to go to Yizhou from the east, who can't remember?

However, the reason why she guessed this place as soon as she heard it was because there was another reason, that is, when they came to Western Xinjiang before, the reason why Rong Mianhe was able to lead a group of rabble who had been robbers for many years to beat Meng Jiaqian's 3,000 elite horsemen to the ground, was to choose this place to set up an ambush.

At that time, she thought that the ambush was near the small cottage where they had been temporarily housed, but when the team passed through this narrow valley, she casually said to Rong Mianhe: "This place is strange and scary, why didn't you choose this place to pit Meng Jiaqian at that time? Is it because it's too close to Yizhou?"

As a result, Rong Sleeping Crane smiled and said, "I started here in the first place! It's just that someone was left to clean up the mess, and I turned back to pick you up." ”

Listening to Lu Shiyu's words at this moment, Sheng Weiqiao's face was a little strange: "Could it be Meng Jiaqian?"

"The last general has already sent his lieutenant general with some soldiers to rush to the narrow valley to explore the way. Lu Shiyu said cautiously, "It's not clear who wants to harm us, but please rest assured, the Northern Xinjiang Army is not in vain, no matter what the people behind the scenes are, the last general will definitely send the two of them to Chang'an safely!"

He came here mainly to appease the two noble ladies at this time, so after saying something, he also retired.

Leaving the aunt and nephew to bite their ears quietly: "Is it the Meng family?"

"If he had known we were here, he would do it. But logically speaking, he shouldn't have known yet, right? ”

"But as far as the current situation in the Western Xinjiang is concerned, who else but him will do this? The reputation of the Northern Xinjiang Army is known to the world, but it is not something that the long-scattered Western Xinjiang Army can make up its mind with some chaotic guerrillas. ”

"Maybe it's a traitor bought by Ru Ru? Isn't Mi Zhen urging us to leave quickly because Ru Ru has actually quietly approached? Then even if Ru Ru doesn't know that we are here, she may not be willing to let go of her old rival Northern Xinjiang Army! Doesn't this just make people do tricks on the road and try their best to drag this Northern Xinjiang Army? If you are lucky, you can even sow discord!"

"That's fine, I'm afraid that the real culprit behind the scenes is Li Shu of Western Xinjiang. Sheng Weiqiao sighed, "If it is freezing today, if the people are hungry and cold, it will be troublesome!"

Originally, Ruru's invasion was enough to drink a pot in Western Xinjiang, but at this time, there would be a civil uprising, not to mention that the Meng clan would definitely make trouble about it, and it would be said that the war situation would inevitably not be optimistic.

"What kind of people would be stupid enough to attack the army?" Xuan Yu Feng thought it was unlikely, "They are not stupid, they should know that this is a strong army when they see the bright and orderly appearance of the Northern Xinjiang Army from a distance, if they really have bad intentions, it will be too late to hide!"

Sheng Weiqiao said: "Auntie, have you forgotten what General Lu said? There is not only one pit on the road, but more than a dozen big pits. Where can this be done in a while? It must have been dug two days ago. Calculate the itinerary of the Northern Frontier Army, ten out of ten are the hands they will do before they walk over!"

"In this way, most people would not have expected that after the Northern Xinjiang Army arrived in Yizhou, it would turn back without even breathing!"

"So maybe these pits are going to deal with other people, but we just happened to catch up!"

When these words came out, the aunts and nephews suddenly changed their faces together!