The sun sets in the west.

Three big ships were released to the east, and Zhong Li, another big city in Chu State, was left along the Huaishui River.

Under the illumination of the wind lamp, Li Liang, Teng Yi and others sat around the seat, studying the Chuqi border silk map depicted on the small table.

Teng Yi said: "The possible routes for Tiandan to return to Qi, after I think about it carefully, there should be no three. The first is that he abandoned the boat and landed, rode to Fu Yusai, and then bought a boat in Zhong Li to return to Qi by water. The second route is after picking up horses in Fuli Sai, and then passing through Pengcheng and Miaoling along the official road by land, and Kaiyang to Qijing. The third route can be much more tortuous, that is, take the east road to return to China through Mingshan. I drew different color lines on the picture, and everyone could see it at a glance. ”

Li Liang asserted: "Don't think about it, Tian Dan is the most practical, and the choice must be the waterway." And Zhongli's city guard Xia Ruzhang has always had a close relationship with him, and Tian Dan didn't know that we would bite his tail and chase after him, how could it be easy to pick up. ”

Jing Shan said: "If that's the case, maybe when we arrive at Zhongli, he hasn't boarded the ship yet?" Everyone nodded in agreement.

Because Tian Shan took a boat to Chengyang, went west against the current, and was far away from Shouchun for more than ten miles, he abandoned the boat and landed, and he had to go to the countryside to buy horses that could be ridden by more than 100 people, and then go east to Fu Lisai and Zhongli, so a turning point naturally took more time.

This man was indeed very cunning and despicable, and after tricking Chun Shenjun into assassinating Xu Xian, he immediately slipped away, leaving the Chu people to deal with the consequences themselves, and he was able to stay out of the matter unharmed.

Wu Yan said: "I still don't understand why Tiandan is in such a hurry to go back? ”

Tengyi suddenly changed color and said: "Not good! I think Tian Dan is going to deal with Yan Guo! Prince Dan is in danger! ”

Li Liang nodded.

The collusion between Lü Buwei and Tian Dan is completely based on interests. What Lü Buwei was most afraid of was the subordination of the six eastern countries. Therefore, he has been showing goodwill to Tian Dan, hoping that Qi will not only stay out of the alliance, but also destroy the alliance of the other five countries.

Recently, about five coalition forces have come to the border. The Qin army was almost powerless to resist, which strengthened his strategy.

At the same time, he also knew that the state of Chu would not let the three Jin Dynasty be eaten by Qin in the end because of the pain of the skin, so he gave up Chu and took Qi as an ally.

Tian Danfei didn't know Lu Buwei's ambitions, but he knew that it was better to rely on others than on himself, and only when the Qi State was strong was the only way out.

In this time of war. The formula for becoming a strong country is to encroach on other countries and expand its territory, and the big fat in front of you is the Yan State, which has been greatly weakened due to the war with the Zhao State.

Tian Dan was also uneasy and kind to Lu Buwei. Like this time, he wanted to assassinate Xu Xian, which made the internal struggle of the Qin State even more intense. Yu Qishi is beneficial and harmless.

And of course Lü Buwei should have something to do, one of which is to kill Prince Dan in Qin, and Yan Guo lost this mainstay figure. The blow to both morale and strength is incalculable. Tian Dan can encroach on the land of the Yan people more lightly.

This is the conspiracy of Tian Dan and Lü Buwei.

Wu Guo, the wise and talented person in the Wu family's army, said solemnly: "If we can't kill Tian Dan this time, Yan Guo will be finished." ”

Tengyi gritted his teeth and said, "This time he will never be able to escape!" ”

Li Liang said: "Since Zhongli's Xia Ruzhang has a close relationship with Tian Dan, maybe he will report to him after inquiring about our whereabouts, and let him escape by land, and it will be difficult to chase him at that time." He said in his heart: "Since this is the case, why don't we plan and deliberately scare Xia Ruzhang, after figuring out where Tian Dan is." He didn't want to return to Qi alive. ”

In fact, as long as Li Liang knew a direction, he could catch up alone. However, he promised Tengyi to take him to take revenge in person, and it was not good to seek convenience and discourage his enthusiasm.

Two days later, in the early afternoon, three large ships sailed into Zhongli's big pier.

Xia Ruzhang heard the news.

The Chu general in charge of the army was named Li Guang, who was Li Yuan's confidant and was extremely shrewd, and he was instructed by Li Liang to get off the ship and meet him at the dock.

After letting Xia Ruzhang read the military order and document issued by Li Yanyan, Li Guang said in a low voice: "This time we came east, we really have a secret mission. ”

Xia Ruzhang was startled and said, "What is the matter?" Li Guang pulled him aside and said, "The general should have heard about Shouchun." ”

Xia Ruzhang smiled bitterly: "Not only did I hear about it, but I also received an official notice yesterday, I didn't expect Chun Shenjun to end up like this, he was really confused." ”

Li Guangdao: "He is not confused, but mistakenly believed the words of the traitor, not only sent someone to assassinate the Qin people to pay tribute to the envoys of the ancestors, but also intended to rebel, the queen mother and Li were very angry about this, so they ordered us to lead the army to hunt down this person." General Xia should know who I mean! ”

Xia Ruzhang's expression changed several times, and he said in a deep voice: "General Li, can you make it clear?" ”

Li Guangdao: "Who else is there besides Tian Dan, a traitor, does General Xia have any news about him?" ”

Xia Ruzhang's hands and feet trembled, and he said in a difficult voice: "No? ”

Li Guang knew what was going on, but he didn't reveal it. He said in a low voice: "Tian Dan must escape by water, General Xia, please immediately order someone to give us three ships to prepare the necessary supplies, I hope to set sail at dusk." ”

Of course, Xia Ruzhang did not agree, but Li Guang ignored him and returned to the ship.

After Xia Ruzhang instructed his subordinates, he hurried back to the city.

At this time, Li Liang sneaked into the city early, accompanied by Teng Yi, Jing Shan, Wuguang, Wu Yanzhi, Wu Shu and other twenty-four iron guards, and Li Guang's deputy general Cai Yong, because they all had official passes, there was no problem in entering and leaving the city gate.

After Xia Ruzhang returned to the city, he hurried back to the house non-stop.

In broad daylight, the general's mansion was heavily controlled, and Li Liang and the others had to look at the high wall and sigh, scattering and guarding the various exits, waiting for the night to come.

Fortunately, in less than half an hour, Xia Ruzhang, who had changed into civilian clothes, and two generals slipped out of the back door and galloped towards the south gate.

The people rejoiced and followed from afar.

Xia Ruzhang went straight out of the south gate, crossed the forest, and at dusk, came to a village courtyard in a secret forest.

There is a river outside the forest that comes from the northwest, drains into the Huai water at the downstream five miles away, and flows eastward.

There was a small pier with four large fishing boats.

Li Liang said: "I will enter the village to deal with Tiandan." Teng Yi was in charge of cleaning up the docks and the people on board. Be careful. ”

Tengyi led half of the guards and headed to the docks.

Li Liang instructed the remaining iron guards: "You stay outside the village and use crossbow arrows to intercept or shoot those who escape." I sneaked into the village to see if Tian Dan was inside. ”

The crowd said yes and dispersed.

Li Liangxun sneaked into the forest like a ghost, and after a while, he came to the grass outside the east wall of the village without danger.

This village is surrounded by high walls, and you can't see the situation inside until you get close.

At this time, night has fallen on the earth early, the sky is full of stars, and the moon is hazy. Only the dim light of the courtyard was revealed.

Stepping over the high wall, it quietly fell into the square open-air courtyard behind the wall.

Li Liang climbed to the roof of the nearest house and saw that the house was heavy. After a quick look around, he sensed that Tiandan was in the south courtyard.

I saw that the south of the village courtyard is a garden, flowers and trees, ponds, rockeries, pavilions. Quite beautiful. A stream flows through the garden, with a hundred bridges crossing the stream, and a number of buildings and houses in the other.

Looking at this village, you can know that it is a village where the powerful take refuge in the summer, and it is very likely that it is Xia Ruzhang's property, which was borrowed for Tiandan to live temporarily.

In one breath, I crossed several houses, and then fell into the garden, only to see the voice of a figure on the other side of the bridge. Easily detoured into the distance, leaping silently from the top of the tree to another tall tree on the other side of the creek. He fell back to the ground, evaded the guards, and climbed to the top of a brightly lit house.

Voices came from below.

I only heard Tian Dan's voice and said: "Whether this matter is serious or not, it stands to reason that Li Yuan should not be able to fight Chun Shenjun." ”

The other should be Xia Ruzhang's voice responded: "Absolutely true, yesterday I officially received an order from the Queen Mother, ordering me to strictly guard the pass." and announced that Li Quan, Li Ling, Doujie and Cheng Suning were all beheaded for public display. ”

The two were overjoyed to hear it and couldn't help but kiss each other.

After a lot of hard work, he finally caught up with the old thief Tiandan.

Tian Dan was silent for a long time, and snorted coldly: "Li Yuan is so daring, he dares to send someone to chase and kill me, Ru Zhang, why don't you return with me!" ”

Xia Ruzhang sighed: "My relatives and family business are here, how can I just leave." Let's talk about this later: the most important thing now is how to arrange for Tian Xiang to return to China safely. ”

After a pause, he continued, "They guessed you took the water and returned to Qi. If Tian Xiang leaves by land, he will teach them to pounce. I don't think Tian Xiang should wait for General Danchu any longer. As long as Tian Xiang returns to Qi safely, forgive Li Yuan for having the courage to do so, and he will not dare to damage half of their hair. ”

Li Liang was no longer interested in listening, Tengyi should have cleaned up the people on the dock, and now he wanted to create some chaos and raise his hand to send out a signal rocket.

The ignited fireworks burst into the sky, and a blood-red flower burst into the sky.

Li Liang attacked with strong arrows, lay on the roof condescendingly, and after shooting more than ten people in a row, Teng Yi and others broke into the village.

Seeing Tian Dan escape from the house, Li Liang immediately thought about what was going on without probing, quickly jumped into the house through the skylight, and quickly found the entrance to the secret tunnel where Tian Dan and the others escaped, and hurriedly chased in.

The tunnel is spacious and straight, fixed with wooden posts and mud boards, and is also equipped with ventilation holes, which are carefully arranged.

Li Liang lit the torch without bothering, and walked quickly against the wall, feeling the darkness against the wall, and after a while, he was caught by the hole at the other end, which turned out to be at the edge of the woods. Outside the forest was the small wharf, and all the fishing boats had sunk into the water. More than a dozen black shadows. Fleeing upstream.

Li Liang sent out another signal rocket before chasing forward at full speed.

After a wild run, the six people on the other side fell down, drew their long swords, and turned around to kill.

Li Liangna had idle flaws to entangle with them, pulled a bow and shot arrows, and under the cover of night, arrows came out in succession, and the six fell to the ground one after another.

The remaining seven people in front of him didn't expect him to be so powerful, and the six of them couldn't even stop him for a while, so they shouted, left the riverbank, and scattered to the small slopes and dense forests beside the river.

Li Liang fired four more arrows, and four more people fell to the ground.

At this time, one of the people who ran to the top of the slope was Tian Dan, and he was busy chasing after him.

The sound of blade clashing rang out in a row, mixed with the screams of the other party, but quickly returned to calm.

Tian Dan's long sword pestle on the ground, supporting himself from falling to the ground, his chest rose and fell rapidly, and his face was like ashes under the moonlight.

Tian Dan smiled miserably: "Okay, you finally caught up with me!" ”

At this time, the sound of hooves sounded, Teng Yi and others held torches, rode horses, and surrounded the two in the middle.

Tengyi threw himself off his horse and shouted, "When you sent someone to slaughter my entire village and family that day. Have you ever thought about today? ”

Tian Dan still looked calm, and said with a smile: "My Tian Dan has killed countless people in his life, so who do you remember killing?" Li Liang, count on your ability, I will serve you in Tiandan! "A backhand. The blade dragged over his neck and fell backwards, killing him on the spot.

Teng Yi cut off Tian Dan's head and shouted, "Let's go!" ”

A generation of heroes finally died.

"Hunt Qi Xiangtian's single score/stand-in successfully, and obtain 1 ...... as the world protagonist (villain)"

"Completion of Identity Advancement: 3 Protagonist (Marginal) Identities in the Era have been accumulated; Completion: 3/10. Note: 2 world protagonists (villains) are combined into 1 world protagonist (decent), 1 group of positive and negative world protagonists are combined into 1 era protagonist (edge), and 10 era protagonists (edge) are combined with 1 era protagonist (core) ......" (to be continued......)