I don't know when the snow began to fall in the sky, winter took control of the land earlier than ever, the snow was not much, but it was even more chilly.

The cold wind cut people's faces like knives, and constantly penetrated into people's necklines and cuffs, so cold that people couldn't help but shiver, and hundreds of people winded through the mountains, slowly marching forward in the mountains.

Another three days passed, Xiao Tianjian led people to rob the caravan of the Liang family, and then turned to the east and went further, on the way they did not stop, but under the guidance of Li Lingfeng, bypassed all the villages, and picked some inaccessible paths to travel, to avoid conflicts with anyone, and after encountering pedestrians along the way, they were directly wrapped in the team, leaving no clues for the government to follow.

According to Li Lingfeng, since the Liang family is so rich, then it will definitely be quite powerful, they tied up the young lady of the Liang family, and robbed the caravan of the Liang family, then their Liang family will never give up, and will definitely ask the local government to search for their whereabouts, I am afraid that in a short period of time, the poles in Wenxi County and Jiangzhou will be unlucky, so Xiao Tianjian and what they can say about this trip have achieved all the goals, and they have successfully attracted the attention of the government to the south of Jiangzhou. And there was no need for them to stay in the area.

So after doing this that day, Xiao Tianjian led the team to no longer delay, all the way to the northeast of the secret whereabouts of the rapid travel, on the third day finally from the east of Jiangxian into the mountains, so far completely jumped out of the Yuncheng Basin, began to travel towards their final destination, as for the government side of what is busy at this time, they really can't care.

At this time, the Xingtian Army had already divided into five routes, and the remaining four roads should have begun to disperse in the west of Jiangzhou under the leadership of their guides before Xiao Tianjian, and after a few days of activities south of Jiangzhou, they left the Jiangzhou area in advance and entered the mountains in this area, or from the eastern part of Yicheng County or from the eastern part of Jiangxian County.

After crossing the Yellow River, the Xingtian army traveled lightly, and the materials carried with them were transported by mules and horses, which made their actions much more convenient, although they had to abandon some materials, but the food they carried was enough for them to last for a few days, so in a short period of time, there was no risk that there would be no food and grass, so since landing, the Xingtian army basically did not attack the villages and towns along the way except for the road, so that the government could not figure out their true situation.

The destination of this trip is not too far in front of them, that is, the not very famous Yangcheng County, located in the southeast of Shanxi, is a small county under Zezhou, the terrain of the territory is inclined from southwest to northeast. The middle and eastern parts are relatively flat, among the mountainous areas in the south of the territory, the mountains are steep, the forests are dense, the water source is sufficient, and the commanding heights, the passes and natural stone caves are numerous, the terrain is dangerous, the mountains and rivers surround, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, the west is bordered by the Yuncheng Basin which is known as the granary of Shanxi, it can be said that it is an excellent hiding place, once entrenched here, it is definitely easy to defend and difficult to attack. And Yangcheng County is also because of this reason, has become the most serious place in Shanxi, many poles gather between the mountains and forests, infested in Yangcheng, Zezhou, Yuanqu and other surrounding areas, robbing houses and houses to make this area is a miasma, Shanxi political secretary and many Shanxi officials have used soldiers to the bandits in the Yangcheng area, but in the end they are all gone, the bandits see the official army to suppress, they will avoid the mountains and forests, the official army retreated, they continued to come out to make trouble, so that now the government is too lazy to care about the poles in this area, As long as they don't make a big fuss, let them go!

And the reason why Xiao Tianjian was the first to choose Yangcheng was the main reason for Li Lingfeng.

When Li Lingfeng joined the banner of the Xingtian Army, he told Xiao Tianjian that he was from Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi, but in fact, Li Lingfeng's hometown was actually in Yangcheng County, Zezhou, so Li Lingfeng knew the situation in southern Shanxi very well, and after Xiao Tianjian decided to enter the Jin, he talked to Li Lingfeng many times about the places in southern Shanxi that could be used for military training.

And Li Lingfeng directly recommended Yangcheng County and Yuanqu County, and after Xiao Tianjian carefully understood the situation in these two places, he chose the first destination of their trip to Yangcheng County, Li Lingfeng's hometown.

When the troops were divided in Jiangzhou, Xiao Tianjian informed Yan Chongxi, Luo Li and others, ordering them not to be too arrogant on the way, and to put away the banner of the Xingtian Army, and enter the territory of Yangcheng County as much as possible without alarming the attention of the officials and soldiers along the way.

"General, there are only two big roads to go in Jiangzhou into Yangcheng County, the north has to pass through Qinshui County, and the south can directly lead to Yangcheng County, we are now walking on this road in the south, if you count the time, the other four brothers should have passed, and then go forward, it is the place where the poles in Yangcheng are infested, we must be careful, these poles are less than dozens of people, more than hundreds of people, hidden in the mountains to build a village, it is very difficult to deal with! But for our Xingtian Army, it is estimated that they will not dare to attack us! Li Ling walked in front of the team, accompanying Xiao Tianjian to lead the way for the soldiers and horses behind, while introducing the situation in the Yangcheng area.

Xiao Tianjian also kept looking around, after entering the mountain, this place is really lush with trees, many places are difficult and difficult, it is indeed a good place to hide, and once the Xingtian Army has gained a firm foothold here, as long as it controls the area around Yangcheng, then if the official army wants to uproot them from here again, it will not be so simple, otherwise, with these small strands in Yangcheng now, it will not make the government unclear for a long time.

He nodded again and again to express his satisfaction, and suddenly asked Li Lingfeng, "Then who is the most powerful pole here, do you know?" ”

Li Lingfeng frowned and thought about it, nodded and said: "When I fled here two years ago, there were three poles in the local area that were the most fierce, all the way was Xiao Changshan entrenched in the southwest of Yangcheng County, Xiao Changshan, this guy is said to have more than 400 people, good at making a big knife, fierce, it is said that this person is very lustful, as long as he sees whose woman is beautiful in the nearby village, he will be taken captive for his amusement, if anyone dares not to listen to his orders, he will lead the whole family to be destroyed, so people give the nickname Xiao Butcher, The Yangcheng County Government and Zezhou have sent officers and soldiers to suppress him, but they have failed to exterminate him several times, and as for whether he is still in the local area now, his subordinates are not very clear!

The second is Feng Tiancheng in the area of Hornet, this person has more than 200 subordinates, although his power is not as good as Xiao Changshan, but it is said that this person has colluded with the Yangcheng County government, and he is not well-known locally, mainly by plundering outside Yangcheng, so I have never heard of what the government does to him, but I have also heard that this person is very cunning and difficult to deal with!

And the largest pole in Yangcheng, should still be entrenched in Dongye Town Zhao Datong, this person is so ruthless and brave, his subordinates have collected nearly seven or eight hundred people, controlling two iron mines in Dongye Town, and the government has been against the government for several years, because he has iron in his hands, so his soldiers are well equipped, whether it is the government of Yangcheng or the officers and soldiers sent by Zezhou, they are not his opponents, several times into the suppression but he was defeated and returned, before his subordinates left here, it is said that he also seized Dongye Town, and built a fort in the area of Dongye Town to occupy the king, This guy claims to be the king of heaven, and it's very difficult to deal with!

When we walk another twenty miles and find someone to inquire, we will know the situation of the poles in this area now! ”

Xiao Tianjian's eyebrows jumped slightly, he was immediately attracted by the iron ore mentioned by Li Lingfeng, so he immediately asked, "Then how far is Dongye Town from Yangcheng County?" ”

"Dongye Town is in the southeast of Yangcheng County, more than 40 miles away from the county seat, from our current location, there are more than 100 miles to Dongye Town, the mountain road here is not easy to walk, and it will take two days to get anywhere at the earliest!" Li Lingfeng replied immediately.

Xiao Tianjian looked at the sky, and then asked, "So where should we stop tonight?" ”

Li Lingfeng replied after a silent calculation: "Go forward from here, ten miles away, there is a Qiaojiazhuang, where can we camp, after passing Qiaojiazhuang, it will be the boundary of Yangcheng!" ”

Xiao Tianjian nodded and commanded backwards: "Speed up, stop in Qiaojiazhuang tonight!" ”

After nightfall, Xingtianjun finally rushed to Qiaojiazhuang, looking at the small Qiaojiazhuang in the col in front of him, Xiao Tianjian ordered to stop on the spot, and sent people to Qiaojiazhuang to explore the situation.

With the bonfire lit, the people who walked in the mountains for a day were already very tired, as soon as they stopped, they dispersed and found a place to lie down, and some people touched the ground, and immediately fell asleep, which shows that the long-distance march during this period has made the soldiers quite tired.

After Xiao Tianjian ate something casually, after arranging for the sentry post to be on duty, he visited the iron head who was being carried forward, the projectile in the iron head wound was dug out with a silver spoon by the medical staff that day, and carefully cleaned up the remnants of his wound, and applied good wound medicine, although he lost a lot of blood, his body was a little weak, and he had a little fever yesterday, under the care of Lu Rongxuan, the fever has also subsided today, indicating that the injury has begun to stabilize, and the iron head has good physical fitness, and the situation is obviously improving. There should be no problem in saving this life.

Different from Xiao Tianjian's worries, after this incident, Tietou's mood was very good, and he became more cheerful, and began to talk and laugh with the brothers around him during the march, and the brothers in the army saw Tietou sacrifice their lives to savior, and they respected him a lot, which made Xiao Tianjian somewhat comforted.

At the end of the day, although Xiao Tianjian could ride a horse for a while from time to time, he was already very tired at this time, so he saw that there was nothing to do, and he found a place to lie next to the bonfire, because when crossing the Yellow River, the Xingtianjun had to discard most of the vehicles, so that the military tents they carried were also discarded a lot, so that after entering Shanxi, many people had to sleep outside, and now it has entered November, and the temperature at night is very low, Sleeping in the wild is indeed a difficult thing for them.