This shout was like a heavy hammer blow again and again, hitting Wang Huan's chest all at once, and his mind kept spinning.

"What's going on? Why did you suddenly stop and not leave? Did you find any clues and stop rectifying? Wang Huan turned around a few times in his heart, patted and patted his head, which did not have a single hair, and his head was big, and he didn't understand the reason behind the order to postpone the departure.

Postponing the departure, of course, is good, postponing it for two hours, according to the huge convoy in the baggage camp and the marching speed of the old, weak, sick and disabled, Huai'an City will not be able to fall before dark tonight, and after dark, such a large team will definitely not be able to rush in the dark, the risk is too great, in case there is a vehicle with a black light and blindly falling into the deep ditch on the side of the road, the gain will outweigh the loss. Tonight, we must camp a few dozen miles away from Huai'an.

However, there must be a demon in everything impermanence, Tu Hai will not give this order to delay time inexplicably, what kind of medicine is sold in his gourd, Wang Huan thought for a long time, and there is no way to know.

He was not the only one who was worried about this matter, and soon, Li Yan rushed over with Li Tingyu's inquiry, and there was only one question, why did he postpone his departure?

Li Tingyu is anxious, the plan has reached a critical juncture, all the preparations have been prepared, seeing that tonight while the moon is dark and the wind is high, he is going to pull out a knife to kill someone, this is a life-and-death business, if he is accidentally detected, then hundreds of heads will fall to the ground, and his hundreds of brothers finally see a little hope of surviving and returning to their hometown, but they must not fall short of problems. After a while, Li Tingyu's mouth was bubbling with anxiety.

Wang Huan listened to Li Yan's intention, and his heart was also anxious, but the problem was that there was no intelligence at all, and there was no inside line in the Qing army, so the reason why Tu Hai made this decision was impossible to figure out, and if he wanted to find out the reason, he could only guess.

Wang Huan walked around on the ground, frowning deeply, Chen Ergou and the others saw Li Yan coming, walked to the side with interest, circled a vacant land for the two, and looked at the wind from afar.

Li Yan watched Wang Huan go back and forth, and he didn't dare to come out, for fear of alarming the monk's thinking, this master is now Li Tingyu's trusted senator, the only think tank, he is thinking of a way, but the hope at the moment lies.

There was a sudden stop at his feet, Wang Huan stood suddenly, froze in place, looked up at the sky, and spit out a word in his mouth: "Wait!" ”

Wait? Li Yan was stunned.

"Only wait, the Qing army must have a reason for doing this, our situation is unknown, we don't know anything, we can't judge, we can only wait." Wang Huan said categorically to Li Yan: "Tell Master Li, don't calm down, our plan should not have been exposed, otherwise with the style of the Qing army, we would have surrounded and killed all of us a long time ago, and now we are fine, which means that the Qing army has other plans, or simply wants to rest and rest." ”

Li Yan looked puzzled, and said hesitantly: "What my lord means is that if the Qing army discovers our scheme, simply take advantage of the fact that they have not yet launched it, and strike first, even if they use wooden sticks and kitchen knives, they will fight to break the net, and maybe they can kill a few people." ”

"Don't." Wang Huan hurriedly said: "We are unarmed, we don't even have a knife, we fight hard with the Qing army, we only have to suffer losses, in that case, we will give up all our efforts, you go back immediately and tell Master Li, just say that I am ninety percent sure again, this time the postponement of the departure is not aimed at us, please calm down and wait patiently!" ”

These words were said in a serious tone, very solemn, Li Yan didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly wrote them down carefully, no longer verbose, said goodbye, and hurriedly left to go back to his life.

After Li Yan left, Wang Huan walked back and forth a few more times, frowning and thinking deeply, and after a long time, his eyebrows wrinkled into a "Chuan" were relaxed, and he said to himself: "No way, no way to find us, it must not be aimed at us." ”

He looked up at the sky, the morning sun had slowly risen, drawing a round of red light in the sky, and everything in the world was shrouded in a red haze, vague and plausible, faintly filled with a mysterious and unpredictable feeling, just like the mood of such a moment.

Wang Huan clenched his fists fiercely and said to himself: "Wait, wait, you will know everything." ”

However, the Qing army did not let him wait too long, and as soon as the two hours passed, the Qing soldiers rode all the way and shouted, and the leather whip danced in the air "crackling", urging people to go on the road.

The huge and bloated team like a refugee camp, under the sun that had already sunset, began to move slowly along the loess official road, still walking unhurriedly towards the front at the speed of the previous few days.

What is more unusual is that the cavalry of the Qing army, which used to gallop on both sides of the team, no longer wielded horsewhips and brutally whipped people who walked slowly, but just silently followed on both sides, staring at whether anyone took advantage of the chaos to escape. And the Qing soldiers in the team also lazily walked at the same speed as the team, completely without the urging of the past, as if last night's banquet had exhausted the energy of these soldiers.

It is rare that people are no longer beaten and scolded, of course, happy, no one thinks about why these soldiers suddenly turn their sexuality and become indifferent to themselves, since the whip does not fall on their heads, of course they can rest, it is better to walk slower, the family members are not as good as the tried and tested army.

But the happy time is always short-lived, and after noon, after having lunch on the side of the official road, the Qing soldiers suddenly changed back to their original state, and became active as if they had been stimulated, and the cavalry began to increase their speed, and the horsewhips began to rain down on the heads and faces of the slow people, and the screams were endless. The soldiers in the ranks also began to urge loudly, and their voices were more impatient than they had been in the previous two days, and they were punched and kicked at the slightest delay, and the march of the whole team suddenly increased, and everyone walked with all their might, fearing that the terrible whip would fall on their heads.

"Are these soldiers crazy?" Chen Ergou looked at the Qing soldiers wielding whips, and said puzzledly: "If you don't rush in the morning, you will start urging in the afternoon, if you really want to hurry, don't delay in the morning." ”

"That's it, which one the hell is this singing?" Xu Goudan echoed: "Those old people and children are really pitiful, they can keep up there." ”

"If you can't keep up, you'll be whipped up." Chen Ergou said: "Those Qing soldiers are not Bodhisattvas. ”

Xu Goudan looked at Wang Huan who was walking beside him, but saw that he was staring at the road under his feet, looking at it while walking, without raising his head, frowning and thinking about something, as if there was something strange about that road, he looked at it himself, it was an ordinary loess road, nothing special.

"Wang Huan, what are you thinking?" Xu Goudan said strangely.

This question woke Wang Huan up from his contemplation, and he didn't pay attention, stumbled under his feet, and almost fell, Chen Ergou and Xu Goudan hurriedly stretched out their hands to hold it.

"What's wrong with you?" Chen Ergou looked at Wang Huan strangely: "What kind of god is there?" ”

Wang Huan wiped the dense beads of sweat on his head, and asked the two eagerly: "Leave me alone, let me ask you, are you familiar with the place in front of this road?" ”

The two looked at each other inexplicably, shook their heads, and said in unison: "Not familiar." ”

Wang Huan stretched out his hand to wipe his forehead, and said in a low voice: "Then are there any people you know who are familiar with the terrain around here?" ”

Xu Goudan thought for a while and said: "Yes, yes, I have met a family in the past few days, that is, the Huai'an people's family, his children are the same age as us, and I saw that we had white rice to eat in the past two days, and we came cheekily to eat, and they were mixed up after coming and going." ”

Wang Huan was overjoyed when he heard this, grabbed Xu Goudan's arm and said hurriedly: "That's great, where is that family?" Is it good to find? ”

Xu Goudan stretched out his hand and pointed ahead: "Not far away, they are a little ahead of them." ”

Wang Huan pulled Xu Goudan closer to his side and said in a deep voice: "You hurry up and ask him something, from here to Huai'an, is there any danger on the way to Huai'an, especially in the complex and narrow terrain, come back and tell me quickly!" ”

Xu Goudan obviously didn't react in his brain, and wanted to ask for an understanding, but he saw Wang Huan's serious face, his eyes were about to burst into flames, his heart was tight, and he didn't dare to put a fart, so he hurriedly ran forward without touching the ground.

Not long after he went, Xu Goudan ran back and found Wang Huan, Wang Huan was waiting anxiously, and when he saw him coming back, he hurriedly pulled him to his side, and after seeing that there were no suspicious characters around, he asked, "How is it?" What did he say? ”

Xu Goudan took a breath, he ran all the way, almost did not stop, at this time he calmed his breath, and said in a low voice while walking: "The child is very familiar with this area, he said that from here to go forward, all the way to Huai'an, are flat official roads, there are many villages and towns on the road, there is only one place, is a mountain range, there is a canyon in the middle, the official road passes through the mountains, just past from the canyon, there are barren mountains and wild mountains, trees and forests, called Tiger Roaring Valley, legend has it that there are wild beasts infested, insects and ants infest people, there are almost no people living in the nearby more than ten miles, If you want to say that the danger is narrow, there is it. ”

Wang Huan listened, clenched his fists, and said in a deep voice: "That's right, it must be there!" ”

Seeing Wang Huan's appearance, Xu Goudan became even more nervous, and said in a trembling voice: "What is there?" Wang Huan, what will happen there? ”

Wang Huan sneered: "I don't know what will happen now, but it's definitely not a good thing, the Qing army is late and then urgent, and this routine is clearly to drive the entire baggage battalion to a place where they want to go." ”

Xu Goudan blinked, as if he understood a little, but he seemed to be even more incomprehensible, opened his mouth, and didn't know what to ask.

Wang Huan leaned close to his ear and advised: "Hurry up and find an excuse to go to Lord Li, ask him to send someone to us for a trip, and besides, you bring him a few words, and you must tell Master Li in person." ”

Xu Goudan hurriedly said: "Okay, no problem, are those words?" ”

Wang Huan's face was solemn, and he said slowly: "Drive the sheep into the circle!" ”