Most of the people in the Yan army are a little prejudiced against Zhang Shumo and his party, if it weren't for Zhang Shumo and Gao Ning'er having a marriage contract, I'm afraid these soldiers would not have taken Zhang Shumo and his party in their eyes at all.

Luo Dian's thought in his heart is like this: Isn't there a capable person in my Yan Kingdom, do you still need you Huaiguo people to give advice?

Chen Lin was not angry when he heard Luo Dian's rebuttal, but looked at Xu Jian: "This is just a suggestion, as for how to decide, it is still up to General Xu to decide." ”

Before the army set off, Gao Yan instructed Xu Jian to help Zhang Shumo establish prestige in the army. Therefore, Xu Jian will take Zhang Shumo to participate in the big and small actions of this expedition. This time, Chen Lin's proposal must have been discussed with Zhang Shumo, and it was difficult for him to refute Zhang Shumo's face.

So Xu Jian nodded: "This is also an alternative!" In that case, I will give Zhang Gongzi 5,000 men and horses, and leave the matter of finding the path to Zhang Gongzi's men. ”

Zhang Shumo did not refuse, the attack on Yangyuan City was of great strategic significance, and only by opening the east gate of Jingguo would Emperor Jingguo pay attention to it, thus forcing him to shift his attention to the eastern battlefield to reduce the pressure on Yang Xue's side!

After noon, the Yan army continued to advance. However, Zhang Shumo ordered Zhang Gui and Chen Lin to leave the army with 5,000 soldiers and horses. The two of them began to search for mountain villages to see if there was a trail to bypass Yangyuan Castle.

But the path to find the trail didn't go as smoothly as expected. The mountains are dangerous, many of the trails are dead ends, and the location of the two countries makes the villages even more scarce to avoid the scourge of war.

Zhang Gui and Chen Lin traveled in the mountains until evening, and only then did they find a village called Jingergou.

Jing'ergou is located deep in the mountains, and it is named because the village is built at the bottom of a mountain depression and looks like it is at the bottom of a well. The village is very small, with only four or five households and about 20 people.

When the villagers found that an army had entered the village, they were so frightened that they hid in their homes and did not dare to open the door. In the end, an old man took the initiative to come out to greet the army.

Chen Lin immediately saluted the old man: "Old man, are you the village chief here?" ”

The old man shook his head: "We are just villagers who have taken refuge in the mountains, where is the village chief." I wonder what the adults are going to do when they come to our village? ”

"We wanted to find out if there was a mountain road that could get around Yangyuan Castle. I wonder if the old man knows? Chen Lin asked directly.

The old man's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he looked at Chen Lin: "Where are you in the army?" ”

Chen Lin frowned, and then replied truthfully: "We are the army of the Yan Kingdom, and we are going to attack Yangyuan City!" ”

"Why don't you take the Valley Road?" The old man continued.

When Chen Lin heard the old man's barrage of questions, he immediately felt that this person was not simple, how could ordinary mountain villagers have such momentum?

So Chen Lin continued to answer truthfully: "The army is attacking head-on on the main road, and we want to go around to the rear of Yangyuan City to attack it unprepared!" ”

After hearing this, the old man did not have the momentum in his eyes just now, and then shook his head silently: "My lord, look at us here, there are cliffs everywhere, except for this road into the village, there is no other road!" ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but feel a little lonely. Everyone worked hard to find a village, but it didn't work at all, and it really didn't work for it.

Chen Lin bit her lip, pondered for a moment, and then continued to ask: "Old man, you see that it is getting late now, and the mountain road is very difficult to walk, can we spend the night in your village?" ”

The old man sighed and said lightly: "My lord, we only have a few families here, but we can't accommodate so many people!" ”

"It's okay, we just borrow the flat terrain and set up camp!" Chen Lin explained.

The old man thought for a moment, nodded his head in agreement, and then returned to his house.

Immediately, Zhang Gui asked puzzledly, "Mr. Chen, why do we want to spend the night here?" Since there is no way here, we should hurry out of the mountain. ”

Chen Lin looked at the old man's house and was silent for a moment, and then explained: "Just now I just wanted him to ask for directions, and he guessed that we were not Jingguo's army, and he was testing my words between words, so I think this old man is not simple, maybe he didn't tell you the truth." And even if we go out of the mountain now, we may not necessarily find a way, so it is better to gamble. ”

Zhang Gui nodded: "Yes, after all, they are from Jingguo, how can they help us?" ”

Chen Lin thought for a while, and then said, "General Zhang, please share some dry food for these villagers." ”

"Since this old man is not simple, can Xiao En Xiaohui buy him?" Zhang Gui asked puzzled.

Chen Lin smiled: "I don't believe that everyone in this village is the same as that old man." ”

Zhang Gui reacted at this time, yes, there is not only the old man in the village, but you can also inquire about other people!

So, Zhang Gui immediately followed Chen Lin's instructions and began to distribute food to the villagers door to door, and asked about the road.

At first, when the villagers heard that they were asking for directions, they did not dare to receive food at all. But Zhang Gui didn't care whether the villagers answered or not, and left the food to the villagers. This surprised the villagers.

When Zhang Gui and his party left the village, everyone in the village went to the old man's house to inquire about the situation.

"Uncle, this group of people seems to be good people, and they have given food to all of us." It was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy who spoke.

The old man glared at the young man, and then said, "What do you know? This is buying people's hearts! Give you some food and you will betray the country? ”

At this time, a middle-aged man asked, "Great, do we still have a country?" If it weren't for the people who were hiding from the government, how would we live in this kind of place again? ”

The old man twisted his head: "An official is an official, and a country is a country!" There are bad officials in any country, but we must not forget our roots! I asked you to have the kung fu to read and write with me, but you just didn't listen, and now you have no position in the face of right and wrong! What a shame for our ancestors! ”

As he spoke, the old man actually shed tears, but the others had inexplicable expressions on their faces, a little unclear.

The middle-aged man just now couldn't help it, he suddenly raised his voice: "Big, I don't understand what you said, I only know that we have been hiding in this ravine for decades, and it is difficult to even marry a mother-in-law!" Isn't it wrong that so many people ran out in the first place? Anyway, we're going to fight, so we might as well take refuge in them, and then we won't have to hide in the government anymore! ”。

When the old man heard this, he jumped up angrily, pointed at the middle-aged man and said, "You! Do you know why your father died in the first place? Your father offended those corrupt officials for the sake of the country, and if he knew that you dared to commit treason, he would not be able to live in peace! ”

After speaking, the old man beat his chest and paused, and suddenly the old man's face twisted, covered his chest with both hands, and then a mouthful of blood spurted out, and the whole person fell to the ground empty.