After Qingcheng ordered people to change into the costumes of Yunlong soldiers, he disguised himself as an enemy soldier and hid nearby, pretending to set up an ambush. This was done because he was worried that before the arrival of the wind and the others, Yunlong's people would come here to check the situation first, and Qingcheng would have to deal with them to prevent them from discovering the truth, so as not to startle the snake.

Half an hour later, a group of people came from the direction of Penghu City, Qingcheng observed vigilantly, and saw that it was the wind that brought people here, he hurriedly walked out, first observed whether there was a "tail" behind the wind, and after confirming that there was no problem, he beckoned the wind to bring people closer, and arranged for the soldiers of Xinghe City to hand them the Yunlong military uniform.

Seeing that the wind was puzzled and had a confused expression, Qingcheng handed him his clothes and said, "Time is pressing, let the soldiers change into Yunlong costumes first, and I will talk to you in detail." ”

After a while, the people brought by the wind also changed their clothes, Qingcheng first let the soldiers scatter and hide, and then called the wind and Zheng Xian aside, and explained: "I brought people here at the right time, and found a group of Yunlong soldiers ambushing here, and after fighting with them, they completely annihilated the enemy army, and these clothes are theirs." I'm going to make a trick to sneak into the Yunlong Army, and then wait for an opportunity to move. ”

Hearing this, Hurricane was very surprised, and it seemed that he didn't expect that there were masters in the Yunlong Army who knew how to set up an ambush here. However, there is no time to go into the details, and Hurricane does not intend to ask in detail. Now that Qingcheng has made a plan, he just has to follow orders.

Seeing that the two of them had no objections, Qingcheng was silent for a moment, and asked: "Hurricane, Tongshan Yulin two places, how did you lead people to investigate?" ”

Qingcheng asked about the situation in Tongshan Yulin, and the wind hurriedly replied: "Young master, these two places are really a little strange. I took people to the bottom of Tongyuan Mountain to check, there was no trace of the cloud dragon, but after a little climbing, you will find that there is no one on the mountain. However, when we walked to the mountainside, a group of defenders of Penghu City suddenly appeared, claiming that Tongyuan Mountain had been banned because of the bandits, and that there were defenders on the mountain who were suppressing bandits, so we should leave quickly. I was worried that if I continued to entangle, I would inevitably expose my identity and startle the snake, so I had to take someone away. ”

Hearing this, Qingcheng frowned slightly, pondered for a moment and asked, "Is there any trace of the prince found, or the code left behind?" ”

"No, on the side of Tongyuan Mountain, except for the team of soldiers who looked a little suspicious, there was nothing else to find."

Isn't it too imprudent for the wind to think that the garrison was suspicious because they claimed to be suppressing bandits, and they actually sealed it on the mountainside, but there were no notices or patrol soldiers at the bottom of the mountain. If the bandits run to the mountainside and avoid the garrison, won't they be able to get out of trouble safely? This is one of them.

Second, according to the situation of the wind, Tongyuan Mountain can be said to be famous in this place, the scenery on the mountain is pleasant, the scenery is beautiful and fragrant, and it often attracts people to stop and watch. However, when he climbed the mountain, he found that there was no one on the mountain. But after he went down the mountain, he inquired with the people who passed down the mountain and learned that he had not heard the court talk about the suppression of bandits, and some even said that they had been there a few days ago.

Therefore, Tempest decided that there must be something wrong with the garrison. As for Qingcheng, after listening to his analysis, he also had the same guess, and according to what he thought, this garrison army should be dressed as Yunlong.

"Since the mysterious person said that Tongshan Yulin, there must be a place where the prince is hiding, I expect that Yunlong should also be able to see this, but they should not have found the prince yet, therefore, to maintain everything, there will be ambushes and obstacles in both places. When the garrison army goes out of the city to suppress bandits, it will issue a notice in advance to warn the people to stay away from Tongshan, and they must send people to station at the foot of the mountain to prevent the people from climbing the mountain and suffering innocently; Second, it is also necessary to avoid people from joining forces inside and outside, let go of the bandits, and never stop the road at the mountainside to warn. ”

Qingcheng analyzed the suspiciousness of Tongshan, suddenly raised his eyebrows, and after thinking about it, he turned to say: "However, if you take people to climb the mountain, it doesn't look like a common person who is going to play. ”

Hearing Qingcheng mention this, Brushing Wind was obviously confused by this, and immediately said, "I can't figure this out either. I took a cursory look, and the garrison only had a few dozen people, and when they found us, they immediately appeared to block the road and asked us to leave. I thought that they would take the opportunity to attack again if they pretended to persuade us to retreat, but I didn't want to, and until we went down the mountain and left, they still didn't make a move, as if they didn't intend to attack, but they didn't let us climb the mountain. ”

The situation that the wind said made Qingcheng even more incomprehensible. According to what he thought, if this group of people was really Yunlong's meticulous work, they would find that someone wanted to climb the mountain, and they would inevitably sneak attack the wind like the Yunlong army in ambush here, so as to ensure that the news would not leak and attract more people. However, it is strange that they have no intention of doing it, they just don't want the wind to climb the mountain. It really looks like the defenders are blocking the mountain road.

"There is only one possibility, and that is that their large army did not search in the mountains, but went somewhere else. But Tongshan is also likely to be the hiding place of the prince, so they arranged this team of 'garrison troops' to guard there, on the one hand, to prevent the target from being missed, and on the other hand, to avoid some ordinary people from climbing the mountain, increasing the difficulty of searching, and causing extraneous branches. ”

Qingcheng guessed that Yunlong's main force should not be on the mountain, and after hearing this, Hurricane and Zheng Xian also thought that what he said was reasonable. And speaking of which, Qingcheng is a little worried.

"If it is really Yunlong's meticulous work, daring to wear the military uniform of Penghu City, pretending to be a soldier of the garrison, and not worrying about someone reporting to the city guard, it means that there are really ghosts in Penghu City. Moreover, this person's status in Penghu City should not be low. ”

Qingcheng's face was full of sadness, and after a while, he sighed lightly and said, "You can't make a conclusion right now. How is it over there in Yuliulin? ”

Qingcheng asked about the Jade Willow Forest, and the wind lit up, and while taking out an object from his arms, he said: "There is also something suspicious about the Jade Willow Forest, not only there are a large number of horseshoe prints in the forest, but there are also traces of swords and slashes on the trees around them. Moreover, there were many suspicious people outside the forest, who looked like people in the past, but they looked nervous and vigilant, and looked at the flow of people from time to time, which was extremely mysterious. And there were a number of large trees in the forest that had been cut down at the waist, and I had carefully examined them, and they were probably the work of a long knife or a great axe. And one of the most important ones, this one. ”

With that, the wind handed the things out of his arms to Qingcheng. The latter listened to the situation he described, and thought to himself: there is no official road in the Yuliu Forest, and it is not a trade road, and a large number of horseshoe prints will not normally appear there. There are traces of swords and swords around it, as well as big trees that have been cut down by giant axes, which seem to allude to the fact that the prince had fought with the Yunlong Army there.

Taking the object handed by the wind, Qingcheng opened the strip of cloth wrapped by the former, and raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he had guessed something. And after he looked closely, he exclaimed: "This, the bread here is, 'Dragoon'?" ”

The thing in Qingcheng's hand turned out to be a saddle. Hurricane seemed to understand what Qingcheng was surprised by, so he nodded knowingly and didn't say anything more. However, Zheng Xian was a little puzzled, so he asked: "Isn't the 'Dragoon' the military horn of the Northern Army?" ”

"Yes", Qingcheng was slightly excited, and explained to Zheng Xian: "But Zheng Xianfa, do you know why the Dragoons call themselves Dragoons?" ”

was asked by Qingcheng like this, Zheng Xian was speechless for a while. Yes, everyone in the world knows that the Northern Territory Army of Daqi is known as Dragoon, but why it is called so, not everyone really knows. Seeing that Zheng Xian didn't know, the current general of the Dragoon Army in Qingcheng explained to him: "The first emperor of our dynasty was a general of the former dynasty, and the king of Xinjiang also served as the commander of the forbidden army of the Wu Dynasty. Back then, the faint monarch was in power, the people were bored, and the emperor had no choice but to revolt. At that time, it was the forbidden army guards who were rebelled by the king of Xinjiang who helped the emperor to start his family and made great contributions to Daqi in the future. ”

As early as the Wu Dynasty, the Han brothers were all pillars of the imperial court. Emperor Qi Yao held an important position in the border area, and the king of Northern Xinjiang was the commander of the forbidden army of the Wu Dynasty, which can be described as a very popular minister. Later, the Han family rebelled, the yellow robe was added, and the king of Northern Xinjiang strongly respected Emperor Yao as the emperor and he was a minister. But in fact, the great hero who helped the Han family to revolt in the early days was the Forbidden Army Guards who were rebelled by the king of Northern Xinjiang. And this Praetorian Guard is actually the predecessor of the Dragoon.

"The Wu Dynasty Forbidden Army Guard, the same as this dynasty, is the royal guard, responsible for protecting the safety of the Son of Heaven. In order to show their difference and unique dignity from other town troops, Emperor Jing of the Wu Dynasty ordered the harness and saddle of the forbidden army guards to be specially made, and embroidered a golden dragon on the inside of the saddle wing, on the left and right sides, which is intended to refer to the dragon and symbolize that they escort the Son of Heaven, that is, the glory of the dragoon. Later, the king of Xinjiang was ordered to rebuild this army and garrison it in the north. I abandoned such precedents for the forbidden army, but the prince kept it to commemorate the brothers of the forbidden army who died for the Great Qi, and named it for the dragoons. ”

After that, Qingcheng unfolded the saddle wing in his hand, revealing the golden dragon pattern embroidered on the inside, which was full of domineering. Seeing this, Zheng Xian came to his senses and said: "The prince was escorted to the west by the Praetorian Guards, and the Praetorian Guards do not have such saddles, and in the whole world, only the Dragoons have them. So, this is the code left by the prince? ”

"It is not known whether it was a cipher or a knock out during the battle, but this saddle must be the king's property. The wind said that there were a large number of horseshoe prints and traces of fighting in the Jade Willow Forest, and this saddle was enough to prove that the prince had fled to the Jade Willow Forest, and the Yunlong Army had already pursued it. Maybe they have found the prince now. The situation is urgent, let's act quickly and set off for Yuliulin! ”

"Whoa!"

Qingcheng concluded that the king of Northern Xinjiang had fled into the Yuliulin and had been detected by Yunlong, and that it was more likely that the two sides had already fought each other, and hurriedly ordered to rush to help. Could he have been right, though?