After leaving Luoyang City, Li Shimin urged his subordinate soldiers to speed up their horses and speed up on the gallop road. In less than four hours, I drove about 230 miles to a post station in Hongnong County. Here is less than 100 miles away from Tongguan.

When the post station was settled, Li Shimin found the post official here, asked the latter to vacate some upper rooms, and temporarily prepared dozens of tables of banquets for the accompanying 400 forbidden troops and 200 generals and pro-army.

He knew that his subordinates were quite critical of his hurried behavior. Even if he knew that his marriage was imminent, he wouldn't say anything, but he, the temporary chief, couldn't be regarded as not seeing it. Therefore, Li Shimin planned to pay extra money to slightly improve their accommodation and food conditions at night, which could somewhat calm the grievances of his subordinates.

Fortunately, the post station here is located in the galloping road between the east and west capitals, not only the officers and soldiers of the court will stay here, but also from time to time to admire the nearby palace to receive the royal driver. Therefore, the scale of this room is very large, not only hundreds of mansions, but also hundreds of miscellaneous personnel.

And even though they had only settled at the post station at three o'clock in the afternoon, the time was a little rushed. But before sunset, the post station prepared sixty tables of sumptuous banquets, and set aside more than 100 clean guest rooms for his soldiers to live in.

It's just that the price is a little expensive, a table of banquets costs seven or eight times, and a guest room costs more than half a piece of silver, which is nearly twice as much as the capital. Coupled with the reward money for the miscellaneous servants and post guards, General Manager Li Shimin spent nearly 2,000 yuan, and he could buy three new scholar-level ink armors.

But this is all an out-of-specification reception, and the extra money is impossible to go to the Ministry of Rites to report the account, so he can only pay for it himself, and he has to give some additional benefits to the post officials here.

However, the effect after spending the money was still good, and when they set off again on the second day, everyone was full of energy and high morale, and there was no more gossip about Li Shimin's accelerated march.

But when he approached Tongguan in the evening, Li Shimin slowed down again. Not only did all the six hundred men march in accordance with the standard long snake array, but they also scattered the horses far away, detecting all movements in the area of the left and right twenty miles before and after. The speed of the march was reduced to less than twenty miles in an hour.

"Brother needs to be so careful?"

Li Xuanba was the first to express his puzzlement at Li Shimin's military order, and asked with a puzzled look: "This place is near Tongguan, and the distance is less than eighty miles." As far as I know, there are four Yingyang Mansions stationed there, and there is also a brigade of Xiaocai cavalry, and a capital Yulin army, as long as they hear the alarm, reinforcements will rush here within an hour, who dares to make trouble here? But at your speed, brother, the guards will be able to pass through Tongguan at noon tomorrow. ”

At this time, Li Fengjie and Yang Taixu next to him, although they did not open their mouths to question, they also looked at them with inquiring eyes.

"It was precisely because I was near Tongguan that I had to be more careful. Here is the Qinling Mountains in the south, the Yellow River in the north, and the Zhongtiao Mountain on the north bank. Although it cannot accommodate a large army, it is an excellent place for bandits to set up ambushes. ”

Li Shimin was halfway through his words, and he saw that the faces of several people around him were all disapproving. He couldn't help but sigh slightly, and went straight to the dry goods: "Before I left Beijing, I checked the records of the Criminal Department, and in the past four years, there have been a total of 87 robberies and murders on this section of the journey from Tongguan to Hanguguan, and a total of more than 40 court officials have been killed. The most serious one was the 1,500 stone of military rations sent by Guanzhong to Henan, 50 ink armors were looted, and 220 people died, and the culprit has not been caught so far. Of the 87 robbery and murder cases, only 22 were solved. In addition, in this Qinling and Zhongtiao Mountains, there are at least 12 bandits with more than 500 people. Therefore, we must not be careless here. I'd rather be slower than give people a chance to take advantage of it. ”

When he said this, Li Xuanba's face was still as usual, and Yang Taixu only glanced at this Qianniu with surprise in his eyes.

But Li Fengjie's pupils contracted, and he directly changed color: "Listening to Erlang say this, I also remembered that in recent years, there have been several colleagues in Kansai who have talked about the frequent murders in Tongguan in recent years, and they are known as the ghost gate. However, the nearby government is incompetent and repeatedly unbreakable, which makes those lawless murderers more and more arrogant. In this way, you really have to be careful along the way!"

There was a hint of admiration in his words. Before leaving, he even checked the files of the Criminal Department, which shows that he was careful and careful about this errand.

The Qilin'er of the martial arts Li clan is really worthy of its reputation, no wonder it can turn the tide in such a dangerous situation.

Li Shimin secretly smiled, in fact, the reason why he chose to do this was just out of the usual caution of a qualified soldier. In his heart, he actually didn't think that his own group would become the target of those bandits.

After all, six hundred elites with helmets and armor are here, and those bandits will be blind before they will seek them out.

The key is that their group did not carry grain and grass, nor did they escort any military supplies, and there were no important people in them. Those bandits in Qinling and Zhongtiao Mountain, what can they grab from them?

Therefore, his words can only be used to scare civil officials like Li Fengjie. Li Xuanba and Yang Taixu were still unimpressed.

However, these bandits can not care, but those thieves who are in Henan Pass must be guarded against.

Li Shimin always remembered that his head was worth 500,000 yuan. And not long ago, those traitors even used a first-grade martial artist and a second-grade divine shooter, and they did not hesitate to make trouble on the Longmen Bridge, just wanting to take his Li Shimin's life. It can be seen that the mastermind behind the Luoyang turmoil this time is indeed hating him to the bone marrow.

Fortunately, recently, nearly 200,000 troops in the imperial court are combing through the entire Henan County and Guanzhong. It is Zhongtiao Mountain and Qinling, which have also been brushed back and forth twice by tens of thousands of archery troops and Yulin Army.

Therefore, Li Shimin estimates that the possibility of the other party hiding troops here is very small, and what is really guarded against is the top strong among those traitors.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin couldn't help but think thoughtfully and glanced at the surrounding mountains and forests.

Speaking of the terrain before Tongguan, it is also suitable for small groups of assassins to hide.

The power of their martial arts Li clan's arrow array is contained in the world, and this time his father handed him a hundred subordinates, which is the essence of the Li family's private army. Once the formation is formed, even if it is as strong as a superproduct, it needs to be avoided.

And Li Shizhen and Li Shifu are not only second-class, but also famous for a long time. The various secret techniques of refining martial arts Li Clan, only in terms of archery skills, are stronger than the one he encountered on the Longmen Bridge that day.

As long as they don't get within 100 steps, these two people can join forces and even compete with super products!

But this is based on the open terrain and no obstacles. If the opponent is hiding in the surrounding mountains and forests and kills by surprise, this will offset their advantage to the greatest extent -

"Erlang rest assured!"

Li Shizhen seemed to see Li Shimin's thoughts, and said with a conceited expression: "I and Shi Fu are practicing the method of seeing and hearing from heaven to earth, and when the two of them are combined, they are as strong as a super-grade magician, and it is difficult to be within a hundred steps without being noticed by the two of us." And under the super product, what's the harm of four or five people?"

When Li Shimin heard this, he was slightly relieved. What he was most worried about before was the battle near the White Horse Temple a few months ago, and the super-grade god general who had broken into the camp like a bamboo.

Theoretically, he must have recovered from his injury. Maybe this time he will come with hatred and do whatever it takes to get rid of himself as the culprit.

And although he is now around him, there is a first-class, three second-class, and they are all experienced, and their combat power far exceeds that of their peers. But once they are close to this person, then even if they join forces, they may not be able to stop it.

Li Shizhen's confidence and assurance can be regarded as relieving him of a big trouble.

But then Li Shimin was still very careful, always watching and listening to all directions. He also used the 'Yin Yang Yuan Pupil' from time to time, and used the True Yuan to sweep the surrounding mountains and forests, he trusted the Li Shizhen brothers, but he didn't dare to put all his trust on these two.

However, it may be that Li Shimin is very careful, and before he arrived at Tongguan this way, it was all calm. On the contrary, because of the slow movement this afternoon, I had to rest for an extra day in the post stations along the way.

Naturally, Li Shimin spent a full 2,000 taels of silver for this. This is because the post station here is a remote place, surrounded by high gorges and mountain forests. The scale was small, and few people settled here, so he had to pay more money to prepare the feast.

And on the second day, even after leaving the gorge from Hanguguan to Tongguan, Li Shimin accelerated his trip again. But the whole queue was still tight, as if it was marching and fighting

The soldiers below are indispensable for this, although they have been in strict formation for the past two days, and they are indeed tired. But the thousand bulls on top of their heads did not treat them badly. Every day is served with delicious food and drink, and when it comes to dinner, it is even more delicacies from the mountains and seas, far from their usual days in the camp. In addition to the fact that they can't drink, they feel a little regretful.

On the fourth day, when it was less than one hundred and twenty miles away from Tailing, Li Shimin only walked for half a day, and then unexpectedly stopped again, and rested directly in the nearby post station.

This made everyone very puzzled, and his younger brother Li Xuanba was the first to be breathless: "Second brother, what is wrong with you? Why do you stop and go, obviously you have to hurry up more today, and you can arrive in Tailing tomorrow night, but you still have to rest here." The money in your hand, isn't it burning in a panic?"

Thinking that the five or six thousand yuan that Li Shimin spent in the past few days was probably from his own private money, Li Xuanba couldn't help but feel even more heartbroken.