"Brother Shen, it's because you're thinking too much. We marched so fast, and nearly 2,000 Annamites were annihilated on the three mountains in front of us, perhaps because they were afraid, so they gave up their geographical advantages and fled. Xiong Dabiao expressed his opinion, which is also what most people take for granted.

"Maybe, but be careful in everything, we must be cautious and cautious in the end, otherwise it is very likely that it will never be recovered." Shen Chongming looked at the green mountains opposite and said worriedly.

"Well, that's nature, everyone knows the saying that you should be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years." Xiong Dabiao smiled and patted Shen Chongming's shoulder hard, I'm here, I'm okay.

"Hehe, I walked to the last mountain in just a few days, which is really beyond the old man's expectations." The old man stroked his beard and smiled.

"Yes, old man, as long as we climb this mountain again, then Liangshan City will be at our feet. Just take Liangshan City and wait for the king of Annan to take the initiative to come to the door to ask for guilt. He Dazhuang said with a terrible face, I don't know which tendon of the Annan people is wrong, and they dare to provoke the Celestial Empire, can your three melons and two dates be the opponent of the Celestial Empire?

"Yes, it's been almost two months since I left the capital unconsciously, and the old man's body is really a little unbearable." The old man is a real person, he rubbed his sour neck while laughing, and he always had to raise his head when walking the mountain road, and he really couldn't stand it all the way.

After chatting a few words, the old man finally found out that something was wrong with Shen Chongming, and asked with a frown: "Little Lord Shen, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Old man, Xia Guan always feels that this matter is a little wrong, then no matter how bad the Annan people are, they will not give up such a favorable terrain, even if they send more people, our hundreds of people will not be able to sweep them away." Shen Chongming's brows furrowed, the more he thought about this matter, the more wrong it became.

"Hehe, this is the Lord of the Prison Army who don't know the Annan people, they are always arrogant and arrogant on weekdays, but once they encounter setbacks, this arrogance disappears, and they immediately become timid as mice. Compared with our Ming army, they are like mice and cats, have you ever heard of mice daring to bark at cats by virtue of terrain? Speaking of the Annan people, He Dazhuang couldn't help but look disdainful, and fought a few times, except for the first time when he was disturbed by Huang Wancheng's old dog, the rest of the time he was running away from the Annan people, such an opponent is really nothing to look at.

"You can't say that, after all, this is their territory, if you give it up in vain, then there is no danger to defend in the future, it is better to directly submit the surrender table to pay tribute." Shen Chongming shook his head slightly and said, he was more and more worried about what kind of conspiracy and tricks the Annan people were playing, maybe there was some big pit in front of them waiting for these tens of thousands of horses to jump in.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but be afraid for a while, because nothing happened to this mountain, if the Annan people hid in it and let go of their group and ambushed the army that went up the mountain behind, the loss would be immeasurable.

"Lord Xiao Shen is right, we must be cautious on the next mountain. Such a large mountain, thousands of people and horses in ambush in it would not be noticed. After you hundreds of people enter the mountain, you must search the mountain carefully, and you must not let go of any clues. "The old man also sensed that something was wrong, it was a matter of victory or defeat in the war, and the more cautious the better.

"Yes, the lower officials will search carefully, and they will definitely not leave any opportunity for the Annan people to take advantage of." Shen Chongming stood up and assured.

Night fell again, and more than 400 people set off again, this time the mood was different, and everyone felt a little heavy.

It's a pity that the result is still the same as the previous mountain, and after searching all night, no Annan people were found ambushed in it, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the sky was gradually brightening.

"Brother Shen, it seems that the Annan people have really escaped, now you can rest assured." Xiong Dabiao, who had been worried all night, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and handed the water bladder to Shen Chongming as he spoke, he didn't sleep all night, and he didn't get a drop of water.

"Hehe, maybe it's really too much of a thought." Shen Chongming smiled helplessly, it seemed that he had overestimated the resilience of the Annan people, maybe the several major battles really made them see the strength of the imperial army, so they fled.

"Since this is the case, then let's send someone down the mountain to ask the old man to take the army up the mountain, capture Liangshan as soon as possible and force King Annan to submit the surrender table, and we can go home." This is Xiong Dabiao's first time going far away, and he is really a little homesick.

"Yes, it's been almost two months in the blink of an eye, and I don't know if they're okay, when they go back, they must bring more good things to them, it's not easy to go out on such a long trip." Smiling, Shen Chongming beckoned two subordinates and prepared to go down the mountain and ask the old man to take people to the mountain immediately.

"Lord Shen, there's a cave here!" There was a sudden shout in the distance, but it was a few generals who had discovered something new.

As soon as he heard that there was a hole, Shen Chongming couldn't help but think of the tunnel warfare in later generations, it is said that the people's soldiers once confronted the Vietnamese devils in the tunnel for several months, although they occupied a hill separately, and it took a lot of time to walk on the mountain road, but the distance between the two mountains was within the range of weapons, and the bullets and bullets were shooting at each other every day, which was very exciting.

Thinking about it, Shen Chongming couldn't help but be interested, got up and said, "Let's go, take a look." ”

There are already a lot of people around the cave, talking about what the cave is for and what kind of animals inhabit it, most of them think that it is inhabited by blind bears.

"Hehe, it looks like no one or an animal has been in this cave for a few years, and it shouldn't be a place where the blind bear lives." Shen Chongming glanced at the cave and shook his head in denial.

The entrance to this cave is overgrown with weeds, and if you don't look carefully, you can't find it, and I don't know which talented person has such good eyesight to find him.

"This cave is not where the blind bear lives, there are a lot of prey on the mountain, there are people hunting on the mountain all year round, most of the hunters live in the cave, and a fire is lit at the entrance of the cave at night, and the beasts dare not invade." Ada was well-informed, and at a glance he could tell that this was a hiding hole that had been abandoned for many years.

Everyone suddenly realized, but some people still questioned: "Since it is inhabited by hunters, how can it be abandoned?" ”

"Hehe, looking at the traces of the cave entrance, it should be hundreds of years old, maybe the inside has collapsed and is no longer inhabitable. Moreover, there are many hunters, and future generations may not know that the ancestors have a hole here and have dug a new one. Ada explained with a smile, and then said: "And I heard the old man say that the imperial army of all dynasties has crusaded against the king of Annam, and they generally defend against the enemy on these mountains, and there are many trees on the mountain to build a camp tent, they usually dig a cave to live in, shelter from the wind and rain and hide their tracks, which is very useful, so as to fight against the imperial army for a long time, at least a few months, and more than a few years." ”

What Ada said was reasonable, and everyone nodded in agreement, even Shen Chongming's eyes were different when he looked at Ada, don't look at this kid who is illiterate, but he knows a lot of historical knowledge.

"Brother Shen, since there is no trace of the Annan people on the mountain, let's quickly send someone to invite the old man to go up the mountain, maybe I can go down the mountain and rush to the city of Liangshan today." Xiong Dabiao was not interested in this thing, and was bent on defeating the Annan people as soon as possible and returning to the capital as soon as possible.

"Well, there's no one on the mountain, so ...... No one on the mountain?! Shen Chongming was about to agree, when a flash of lightning suddenly crossed his mind, would the Annan people hide in the cave?

"Ada, you just said that in the early years, there were successive imperial armies to conquer Annan, and the Annan people lived in caves in this mountain?" Shen Chongming turned his head to look at Ada and asked.

Ada was stunned for a moment, and said with a puzzled face: "Yes, Lord Shen, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Oh, say, have any of you found caves on these two mountains?" Shen Chongming looked anxious, lowered his voice and said to the people around him.

Everyone looked at each other a few times and shook their heads, if the cave had been discovered a long time ago, there was no reason to be so interested in such a deserted cave.

"Damn, I've been tricked!" Shen Chongming slapped his thigh, and said angrily, he didn't expect that the people of Annan would play Tibetan cats.

Ada has a good brain, right, before others understood the meaning of Shen Chongming's words, he reacted first and exclaimed, "Lord Shen, do you mean that the Annan people are hiding in the cave?" ”

"Yes, they must be hiding in the cave. We fought at night to capture the first three mountains, and we could find traces of the enemy, and we didn't search the mountains carefully, and we couldn't find the caves on the mountains. However, because there are no enemies in the back two mountains, we have carefully searched them, and if there are many caves in the mountains, there is no reason why we can't find them. Shen Chongming was a little annoyed, and a little lucky, if he hadn't suddenly found a cave here and chatted a few words, how could he have been deceived by the Annan people.

"That's not right, since there are people hiding in the cave, then why didn't the Annan people come out to attack when the team crossed the mountain yesterday?" Xiong Dabiao frowned and raised a suspicious point.

Shen Chongming had already thought of this, and replied in confusion: "Because they want our army to be annihilated." You see, the mountain is steep, once our brigade encounters an ambush of the Annamite when we go up the mountain, we will definitely collapse and flee to the bottom of the mountain, and then everyone's attention will be focused on the enemy in front of us, so as to ignore the defense behind it, and then the enemy who is ambushed on the hill will sneak down quietly, and then give us a fatal blow, under the two phases, our army will be in chaos, and the only result is the annihilation of the whole army! ”

As soon as Shen Chongming's words came out, everyone immediately broke out in a cold sweat, if all this was true, it would definitely not be able to escape the end of the entire army.

"What can we do about this, now we are sandwiched between two mountains, even if we find out about their conspiracy, we will be enemies on both sides." As a martial arts person, what I am afraid of is to face more than two enemies, even if the kung fu of the two of them together is not as high as my own, but my own skills will definitely be greatly reduced under distraction, and it is easy to be hit.

"This must be worried, the Annan people do not have many troops, even if they are two enemies, they are not our opponents, and now we have to worry about how we can go back." Shen Chongming sighed and said.

Everyone looked at each other and thought about it. Now that the conspiracy of the Annam people has been discovered, the next thing to do is to go down the mountain and tell the master about the matter, and then think about countermeasures to defeat the enemy. However, since the Annamites have ambushed men and horses here, there must be a lot of them. Now that these hundreds of people are going back, they will definitely guess that their whereabouts have been exposed, and since this is the case, they will definitely not let go of the fat that has entered their mouths, that is, these more than four hundred.

Today's situation is that we are under siege, and if we are not careful, we will never recover.