It was about two or three miles away from the location he had agreed with Gongsun Ao.

If you hurry up, you can get there before the ugly time.

Gao Su said in a deep voice, "Let's go", clamped the horse's belly, and galloped away.

The Han soldiers followed closely behind Gao Su, not daring to be too far away from him, nor daring to disperse too far. They soon entered a dense forest, surrounded by towering ancient trees, and the moonlight seemed a little deep. Gradually, the sound of the Huns' horses' hooves became sparse and somewhat chaotic; As for the sound of the arrows that roared through the air just now, I couldn't hear it anymore.

There was a deep silence behind him. Probably when the Huns chased here, they were stopped by the dense forest.

Someone glanced back slightly, and saw a large number of people standing in the dark outside the forest, and the banner of the Hun king hunted and flew under the moonlit night. The two rows of Hun warriors in front of them stood neatly on the edge of the forest with torches and shields in their hands; The Hun warriors behind took out the clusters of arrows from their quivers, poured oil, touched them lightly on the flames, and then drew their bows and arrows and shot out.

"General, general!"

"They're going to set fire to this forest!"

Han Jun's voice was slightly apprehensive, and there was some panic at a loss. The forest was full of towering ancient trees, and the ground was covered with a thick layer of dead branches and fallen leaves. If the Huns started setting fire to the forest, then they would really be finished.

Gao Su glanced back and commanded in a deep voice: "Don't look back, follow me, and get out quickly." ”

The sound of swishing arrows breaking through the sky sounded again in the night sky, and clusters of firelight crossed a beautiful arc in the night sky, falling straight into the dense forest, instantly igniting a fire in the sky. The dead leaves made a sound of peeling and peeling, and the fire was wrapped in billowing smoke and spread all the way down the dense forest.

"Follow me." Gao Su repeated in a deep voice, and rode his horse into a mountain stream.

Cool splashes of water splashed around the horse's hooves, blocking the horrible heat for a moment; The Han army did not dare to delay, so they followed Gaosu one by one, jumped into the shallow mountain stream, and rode away all the way.

The babbling stream barely crossed the horses' hooves, holding back the spreading fire on the riverbank.

Gao Su pursed the corners of his lips tightly, and his eyes were dark and dark. When they came just now, they had already discussed: he was in charge of leading people to the assassination Zhongxing and said that Gongsun Ao would take people to meet them on the road. If they had acted smoothly and had not alarmed the Huns, they would have left quietly; If they alarmed the Huns, and just happened to lure out the elite of the Huns-

Just like now, the military minister Shan Yu sent out all the elites under his command in anger.

- Then General Wei Qing will lead the elite of the Han army to attack the Xiongnu camp.

But now the Hun pursuers behind him, with fire oil on them, have begun to set fire to the forest.

Billowing smoke mixed with fire spread through the dense forest, and soon it was impossible to see clearly. The Han soldiers tore off their underwear, covered their mouths and noses with wet water, and galloped along the mountain stream. The fires spread along both sides of the mountain stream, engulfing vast expanses of towering trees.

There was a muffled thunder in the sky, and bean-sized raindrops crackled and fell.

The sergeants of the Han army were shocked, wiped a handful on their faces again, and followed Gao Su along the mountain stream and galloped towards the unburned forest in front of them. The rain washed away some of the black smoke a little, and their vision became clearer.

Once you have crossed this mountain stream, you will find a hard sandy field.

The fire couldn't be burned. The Huns themselves were stopped by the fire and could not catch up.

Gao Su rode his horse all the way, led the Han army behind him over the gravel field, and turned two small forests faintly emitting black smoke, only to see the neat Han army in the moonlight. Gongsun Ao sat boredly on horseback, looking at the moon above his head in a daze.

When the dozen or so Han soldiers rushed all the way, all of them covered with black smoke, Gongsun Ao was startled: "You, you set fire to the Hun camp?" "No, it's clear that they assassinated Zhongxing, and the person who raided at night was General Wei Qing.

Gao Su restrained his horse in front of Gongsun Ao, shook his head and said, "It's not that we set fire to the camp, but the Hun pursuers set fire to the mountain." ”

He turned his head and looked at the faint black smoke behind him, and the dull and dark color in his eyes became sharper and sharper little by little. "General Gongsun." He pointed to another fork in the road and said, "You and I should go to reinforce General Wei Qing." ”

Under the vast moonlight, the Han army rushed to the Xiongnu camp like a stream of water.

Assassinations, night raids, reinforcements, cover-ups, all in one go.

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Yun Yao counted the days in the tent day by day, waiting a little anxiously.

It is now the fourth day, and it has only been more than half of the seventh day that Gao Su said. But four days earlier, General Wei Qing had left with the main forces in the battalion; Two days earlier, General Gongsun Ao had left with the rest of the men. As soon as they left, the camp was empty, except for the occasional old conversation. They were all wounded soldiers and military doctors.

It stands to reason that Yun Yao shouldn't be worried, after all, that night she even divined three hexagrams, and the hexagrams were all auspicious.

But for some reason, she still felt a little anxious in her heart. Especially on the day General Wei Qing led people out of the camp, that inexplicable anxiety reached its peak. As a fortune teller, her sixth sense is often sharper than that of ordinary people. Therefore, this anxiety is not a good sign.

Yun Yao walked out of the tent and once again made three trigrams for Gao Su.

Kamiyoshi.

Kamiyoshi.

Kamiyoshi.

Three times in a row, it seems to be laughing at her crankiness.

She made up her mind, put the three copper coins back into her sleeve, and slowly returned to the tent.

The king of Jiaoxi was already honest, and sat in a corner of the tent aggrievedly, his eyes were slightly red, and all the ropes and muslin tied to his body had been removed. The little girl sat next to her, staring firmly at the lord of Jiaoxi, without blinking her eyes, for fear that this lord would make something happen again.

Seeing Yun Yao come in, the little girl handed over a bowl of water and comforted, "Master Weng, just rest for a while." ”

Yun Yao thanked him, took the bowl of water and drank it all, feeling that the anxiety in his heart gradually faded a little.

She thought of the large number of herbs that General Wei Qing had brought with him before he left; And those strange things that General Gongsun Ao brought with him with the army before he left, and suddenly thought that Gao Su would not happen to collide with those two when he came back from the Hun camp?

She put the porcelain bowl aside, walked outside the tent, and made five trigrams one after another.

The first hexagram, General Wei Qing's trip, how is the good luck?

The hexagram says: Zhongji.

The second hexagram: How was General Gongsun Ao's trip?

The hexagram says: Shangji.

The third hexagram: How was the Han army's trip?

The hexagram says: Ji.

Hexagram 4: Will Gao Su meet them?

The hexagram says: Yes.

The fifth hexagram, the two hexagrams are combined, and after Gao Su meets the others, how is the good luck and evil?

The hexagram says: Fierce.

- Fierce!

Yun Yao's face changed in an instant. She immediately thought that her first hexagram was because Gao Su led people to the Xiongnu camp and killed Zhongxing to say that things were going very smoothly. She gave auspiciousness to others, also because other people's trips were quite smooth.

But that is the end of the hexagram.

After Gao Su turned, he would meet General Wei Qing or General Gongsun Ao on the way.

Then they would discuss something else on the road.

But the thing they agreed upon after they met was the main murderer, the great murderer.

Yun Yao picked up the three copper coins with difficulty, and walked back in a trance, her fingertips glowing with a coolness.

She could roughly guess what Gao Su had discussed with the two of them after they met. In short, it was either a surprise attack on the Xiongnu camp, or a cover attack at night to set some traps for the Huns. But one way or another, it's dangerous, quite, quite dangerous.

It is now the fourth day, and there are still three full days to go before the seventh day that Gao Su said.

She promised Gao Su that she would not go to him in advance.

But......

Yun Yao turned back to the tent, nodded at the little girl, and said tiredly, "I want to rest for a while", and closed her eyes.

Then a faint shadow floated out of her body and chased straight in the direction where the main force of the Han army had left.

Gao Su had said before leaving that he hoped he wouldn't sneak away to find him.

Then she didn't go to him, she followed the main force of the Han army.

The faint shadow floated to the outside of the Han camp, and soon some traces were seen on the ground. Those traces are the footprints of horses' hooves and human footprints when the Han army left, as well as some deep rut marks left by chariots and shields. These traces are very deep, spreading all the way from the front of the Han camp to the distance.

She followed the trails, and soon caught up with the departing Han army.

They seemed to have just been through a fierce battle, with blood stained on their bodies, mixed with dirt and blades of grass, and the air was filled with blood, and they all sat on the ground with tired expressions, and occasionally some of them were too wounded, and they were helped into the woods to be treated by the healers who accompanied the army.

She slowly drifted into the woods, and in the shadow of a deserted man, she became an ordinary-looking, unremarkable Han army, and then, with a limp out of the woods, a full beard, and a lame leg.

No one would associate the Han army in front of him with the lord of the country who was lying quietly in the Han camp.

He or she walked among his companions, consciously or unconsciously moving away from them, to avoid others touching him, and then said in a rough voice, "It's really unlucky. ”

"yes, that's bad luck." There was a Han army next to him immediately, "Originally, things were good last night, Lao Tzu was killing the Huns and killing them quickly, but who knew that there was suddenly another Hun army in the north." General Wei reacted quickly and asked the brothers to withdraw first, but unfortunately last night's great opportunity was half consumed in this way, alas. ”

"That's good. At least this time they were killed in the camp and couldn't get out, haha. Someone next to him laughed.

He or she pouted softly and asked in a rough voice, "Are the brothers just waiting here?" ”

"Nature can't wait." Someone next to him immediately explained, "The Xiongnu army from the north is said to have been brought by Da Danyu's younger brother, a man named Yi Zhixian. This person is as cunning as a fox, and he directly led people to surround us, and he almost couldn't get out. General Wei asked us to rest in place, probably for our own good. ”

"General Wei is naturally for our good." The Han soldiers next to them responded in twos and threes.

He (she) breathed lightly and muttered, "Yi Zhixian? ……”

She naturally knew who Yi Zhixian was. The future Xiongnu Great Khan robbed his nephew of the throne.

That hexagram is fierce, is it because of Yi Zhixian, or because of what they said just now, "surrounded us"?

He or she froze, and then said in a rough voice, "It's really unlucky." Well, by the way, which of you can speak Huns? Teach me a couple of sentences. When I got to the front of the battle, I also used the Xiongnu dialect to scold them twice. ”

Someone next to him glanced over: "It turned out to be a new arrival." ”

Anyone who has stayed in the Han camp for three or five years can speak a few words of Xiongnu dialect. This is what everyone knows.

He (she) scratched his head and said in a rough voice: "My brother has always been very stupid, and he can't learn it after studying for more than half a year." Hmm, 'don't hurry up and retreat', what should you say in Hun dialect? ”

The Han soldiers next to him all laughed, and then a kind Han army translated it to him (her).

He (she) secretly remembered that sentence in his or her heart, and

After a while, the Han Jun who taught him quit: "You kid is really stupid and stupid, can't you learn?" I see you've just learned pretty well. Why, I was busy rolling calves in the past, and I didn't fight with the Huns? "As he spoke, he was going to pat him on the shoulder.

Where did he (she) dare to let others touch him, now her body is as light as mist, and she will be exposed when she touches it, so she stood up suddenly, pointed to her broken leg and said: "I'll go inside, let the military doctors give some medicine, so as to save pus later." ”

As he spoke, he dodged the slap from his companion and limped away.

Behind him, there was the laughter of the Han soldiers, and they said again and again that he was like a girl and couldn't touch him.

He or she limped into the depths of the woods, until there was a deserted place, and then slowly turned into a faint shadow and floated out leisurely. Outside the forest was a wetland, some swamps and mud, and a little further north was the camp of the Huns.

The Hun camp was a mess, and there were traces of fire burning everywhere, apparently someone had taken the lair last night.

Next to this Xiongnu camp, a new camp was erected, but under the banner of Yizhixian. Both camps were mostly empty, and the previous Hun warriors had left, or were fighting the Han army in another place.

She watched quietly for a moment, then floated forward along the messy marks on the ground.

She was much faster than her horse, and in a short time she was drifting into a fire-burned grove. There were still clusters of arrows and torches in the woods, as well as some slightly moist marks. The night before, a heavy rain had wiped out all traces of qiē, except for the scorched dead trees, which still emitted a wisp of smoke and fire.

The horseshoe prints of the Huns stopped here, and then turned in the other direction.

She didn't stay long, and chased all the way in that direction. After chasing twenty or thirty miles, the Huns finally appeared in front of them. She saw that the military minister she had just met not long ago was holding his arm, pointing at a young man in front of him, and was talking loudly in Xiongnu dialect; There were a number of Hun warriors standing beside them, and it was clear that they were divided into two groups.

Yun Yao felt a little strange.

Just now in the camp of the Huns, she saw an empty patch; Here, too, it's empty.

So where is the Hun army?

She left her military minister Shan Yu and continued to float forward along the rut marks and horseshoe prints on the ground. It wasn't until she floated two or three miles ahead that she finally saw a black and oppressive Hun army, all holding bows and arrows and big knives, and cursing something in their mouths.

They were clearly in a half-circle, and two flags were faintly floating in the circle.

That is, the banner of the Han army.

Yun Yao chuckled in her heart, and completely connected the matter together.

- They were blocked by the Hun army.

I don't know who brought the Han army inside? Wei Qing? Gongsun Ao? Or ...... Gao Su?

There were some bad thoughts faintly passing through her heart, but the current situation did not allow her to think about it at all. She floated to a small stone mountain behind the Hun army, and began to change her appearance little by little according to the appearance of the military minister Shan Yu she had just seen.

A moment later, a military minister, Shan Yu, walked out from behind the small stone mountain.

He found an ownerless war horse, galloped to the center of the Hun army, and said impatiently according to the usual tone of the military ministers:

"Retreat."

This Xiongnu sentence was something she had just learned from those Han soldiers.

The surrounding Huns were stunned.