Song Zhancheng led the army to the southwest, and like Cheng Jingyun, he was not optimistic about this mission, after all, he learned from Ying San that the people who attacked at night were not Hengguo's army, and Hengguofa also received an attack, and the other party's goal was very clear.

It is to cause disputes between the two countries in order to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

He naturally listened to Cheng Jingyun's words, so he was very careful along the way, and in order to reassure Cheng Jingyun, she would write a letter back every day, so as not to worry Cheng Jingyun.

It seemed that the journey was going well, but Song Zhancheng still felt that it was too quiet, and it was weirdly quiet.

In the letter, he did not tell Cheng Jingyun about his feelings, but only asked the army to be vigilant in case of ambushes.

However, ten days have passed, and Song Zhancheng has deviated more and more from his original plan, and at this time he has to wonder what went wrong.

According to the original guess, the night raiding team carried a large amount of grain and grass, and the speed must not be how fast, but Song Zhancheng led people into battle lightly, riding horses along the way, but walked for ten days without seeing anyone.

He let the team rest in place, not planning to go any further.

Foshan didn't know his considerations, and when he saw Song Zhancheng deciding to stay, he felt strange.

"Master, why did you stop suddenly? The group hasn't been found yet? ”

Song Zhancheng glanced at him, his brows furrowed deeply, "Something is wrong, I can't go any further." ”

"What's wrong? I didn't even see a single figure! ”

Song Zhancheng said helplessly: "It's because it's too quiet, I learned from Ying San that this group of people is very familiar with the terrain, I think they have already slipped away, otherwise it would be impossible to see no one for ten days, and if we go down, maybe there is something waiting for us!" ”

Foshan was stunned, but he looked at the team resting in place behind him, and whispered inexplicably: "But if you don't catch anyone, how can you explain to the soldiers?" ”

"There's nothing to explain, I'd rather they complain about me, saying that I'm an incompetent general, than that the whole army will be wiped out."

"Alas," Foshan scratched his head in annoyance, "what is this! ”

Song Zhancheng looked around, and even though he had decided to go back the way he came, he still had a bad premonition.

It's so quiet, so quiet that it makes people feel weird.

After half an hour, Song Zhancheng ordered to return the same way, and the soldiers expressed their surprise, and someone asked: "General, we have been walking here for ten days, why do we suddenly want to return?" If we haven't even caught anyone, how can we make up for our losses? ”

Song Zhancheng explained: "If we continue to pursue, the whole army may be destroyed, and we can't afford such losses. ”

"But wouldn't it be nice to send a few scouts over and take a look?"

"Who on the battlefield does not know counter-detection technology? Do you think a few scouts will be able to find out everything? ”

Everyone was speechless, but they were still unwilling.

The chatter below was all "but", Song Zhancheng's face was not good-looking, he glanced at it, and said directly: "Obey the order, if you don't want to, you can continue to move forward!" ”

Only then did everyone completely quiet down, and Song Zhancheng took the lead in the front, and soon after, the soldiers behind him also began to pack up their things and follow him.

Foshan was naturally the first to follow, and then some officers had no choice but to accept this result.

Song Zhancheng still did not relax his vigilance at this time, and kept observing the surroundings, and the soldiers also felt strange when they saw him so cautious, could it be that there was really some ambush around here?

After walking for a long time, at night, Song Zhancheng wrote a letter to Cheng Jingyun as usual, he didn't know that from this letter, every day after that, every letter, could not reach the Yiguo military camp and reach Cheng Jingyun.

Tongues of fire burned every piece of paper, and the light of the fire illuminated the gloomy eyes of a man.

What he was holding in his hand was the letterhead that Song Zhancheng sent back to the barracks, which was intercepted and fell into his hands halfway. Fortunately, Song Zhancheng still called Cheng Jingyun by Buyun, otherwise her identity would have been exposed.

Sitting down, Qin Shan almost didn't dare to look at him directly, only lowered his eyes and said: "Lord, the team led by Yiguo has returned the same way today, so our original plan ......"

"Stupid, if we can't wait for someone in ambush on the spot, can't we chase after us?"

Qin Shan suddenly said: "My subordinates understand, we will make a detour and set up an ambush again on their way back." ”

The man didn't say anything more, but a strange smile appeared on his face in front of the firelight.

Song Zhancheng, can you escape my palm this time?

Song Zhancheng didn't know that there was an ambush waiting for him ahead, but his vigilance made him not relax, and after thinking twice, he decided to change his route and make a detour the next day.

"Master, which way shall we go?" Foshan asked, looking at the map.

"From the mountain road here in the south, you have a wide view from the mountain, so you don't have to worry about others ambushing."

"Okay," Foshan looked at it carefully, roughly calculated the distance, and said, "Then it will probably take three days longer than before, and the mountain road is not easy to walk." ”

"It's okay, it's hard, just walk through here."

Foshan nodded and said: "Master, I'm not complaining, I'm worried about ......" He glanced at the soldiers behind him, he was afraid that others would complain.

Song Zhancheng was also quite helpless about this, shook his head and said: "Let's do this first, safety is the first, you can find more ways to appease." ”

"Okay."

A team of scouts was sent to explore the road first, and Song Zhancheng chose a rather secret place to rest.

However, an hour passed, and the scout still did not come back, which was abnormal compared to usual, and Song Zhancheng couldn't help but worry.

Foshan also noticed the abnormality, and stepped forward to ask: "Master, the scouts just sent out haven't come back yet, will there be any danger?" ”

Song Zhancheng nodded and said, "I'm worried too." ”

"Do you want to send someone over again?"

Song Zhancheng pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "No need, immediately pull out the camp and move forward by a different route." ”

He looked at the map, gathered the leaders of the teams, told them the improvised route, and then proceeded as fast as he could.

Shortly after leaving, Song Zhancheng heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him, he didn't stop the army, and looked back to see that it was one of the scouts sent out earlier.

The man was covered in blood and seriously injured, and if Song Zhancheng hadn't helped him up in time, he would have almost fallen off his horse.

The scout covered his wound and gasped: "General, less than ten miles behind here, we met a group of men and horses, they are numerous, almost twice as many as us, we originally planned to come back, but they found out!" All the scouts are dead, and I'm the only one back! ”

Song Zhancheng's face changed, and he summoned Foshan to send the scout to treatment, and then immediately said to Foshan: "Alert, the enemy will catch up at any time, let's move forward at full speed!" ”

Foshan realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "General, what's wrong?" ”

"There is an enemy in the rear, it is very close to us, there is an advantage in numbers, we can't fight hard, go quickly!"