Chapter 278: Discovered!
Hearing this, Lu Chen lowered his head again and pondered. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 However, from the current clue alone, no matter how smart he is, he can't figure out what happened, if he really wants to know what happened to the Taishou Mansion. Lu Chen had to go to Yizhou City, and only there could he learn the inside story of this matter as much as possible."
As soon as he thought of this, Lu Chen threw this matter behind him and stopped thinking about it, after all, he had more important things to do now. Lu Chen turned his head to Lian Feng and asked, "You should know the distribution of troops on this plain, right?"
Luo Gong said confidently, "This naturally knows, in fact, there are not many troops on the plain now, but in some fortress places, there are still dozens of people waiting for them." These people add up to two or three hundred, which is not as many as our city guards."
Hearing this, Lu Chen was completely relieved, he turned his head to Luo Gong and said, "You bring the others here first, and I will go and discuss with Longyan and them about the escape route later, although there are not many people left here, we still have to try to avoid startling the snakes."
Luo Gong nodded and turned to leave. Lu Chen followed Lian Feng and walked towards the hill in front of him. When they reached the halfway point of the mountain, they saw that Long Yan had already come out to greet them with several other team leaders.
After they saw Lu Chen come back intact, they were all slightly relieved in their hearts. If Lu Chen had an accident, they would have no face to return to the Holy City.
Lu Chen followed the group to their temporary residence, that is, on the mountainside, they opened up a clearing, and there were many tents in the clearing. Listening to Long Yan's account, fortunately, most of the officers and soldiers of the Taishou Mansion stationed here had withdrawn, otherwise, they would not have dared to stay and camp here with such fanfare.
After seeing Lu Chen's arrival, the hundreds of city guards who were resting in the camp hurriedly gathered, and then said in unison, "See the city lord!" ”
Seeing this, Lu Chen waved his hand and said, "Don't be so behaving when everyone sets off later, in case the other party can see your true identity."
Hearing this, these soldiers shouted in unison, "Don't worry, the little ones are Cuihua Mountain bandits!" ”
Hearing this, Lu Chen nodded with satisfaction, and then he found Luo Gong and began to formulate an escape route, of course, Lian Feng was also called over by him, after all, the environment around here, Lian Feng had already figured it out.
In fact, according to what Lian Feng said, they don't need to formulate any escape routes at all, with their current strength, it is no problem to directly push them over, anyway, the other party does not have many people stationed here at all. Even if Lu Chen and a few people don't make a move, these hundreds of city guards can completely deal with it.
However, Lu Chen, who has always been cautious, decided to leave quietly from here. It's best if you can avoid the army of Taishou. But if they are discovered by the other side, when it comes time to fight, they are not afraid of the other party.
When Lu Chen finished formulating the route, Luo Gong and they also came over. Lu Chen didn't let them set off immediately, because these people had been running around in the mountains and forests for more than two days, coupled with the harassment of various poisonous insects and beasts in the mountains and forests, these people were already extremely tired at this time.
Besides, there are not many officers and soldiers stationed in front of the palace, and they don't need to worry about being besieged at all. Lu Chen planned to let these people rest here for a day first, and then they would hurry when they had enough spirits.
Although they didn't need to be as vigilant as they were in the mountains and forests at this time, Lu Chen was still not idle. With the help of the rest of the people, he surveyed the entire surrounding area.
Another morning, while it was still a little dark, they set out on their journey again. Because acting at this dawn is not easy to be discovered by the officers and soldiers of the Taishou Mansion stationed here.
A group of people walked cautiously around several hills into the distance, and on the way, some traces of camping life could be clearly seen. All these signs indicate that there should have been officers and soldiers of the Taishou Mansion who lived here not long ago. Looking at the scattered traces around him, Lu Chen estimated that there would be at least one or two hundred people stationed in this camp.
Continuing on their way, they saw several such marks again. Looking at the traces on the ground, Lu Chen said with a little doubt, "It seems that that Taishou is really in trouble, otherwise, it would be impossible to call almost everyone back." You see that many of these things on the ground are directly damaged because they can't take them away. Obviously, these people were in such a hurry to leave that they didn't have time to pack up the bulk of their belongings. ”
After saying this, Lu Chen continued to analyze with a puzzled face, "I just don't know what kind of problem this Taishou has encountered, and he needs manpower so urgently." If the previous prediction was correct, it was because of the Shannan West Road Festival. I'm afraid that soon, the whole of Yizhou will be in turmoil. ”
Because judging from the various performances of this Yizhou Taishou, this person's ambition is extremely great, and it is absolutely impossible for a person with such a character to admit defeat easily. And, with the strength he has, he also has the strength to fight with the West Jiedu of Shannan Province. Because today's Datang is already a sick tiger. In the entire territory of the Tang Dynasty, I don't know how many forces are secretly accumulating strength, as soon as this nominal ruler falls, they will quickly stand up, and then fight for territory in various names.
If he, the Yizhou Taishou, is really attached to the Shannan West Dao Jiedu Envoy, he will be equivalent to giving away the strength he has developed over the years. For Yizhou Taishou, this is not much different from killing him.
Lu Chen walked forward with the team while thinking about the current situation of Datang.
"Stop, who are you!"
Suddenly, a stern shout came from not far away. Lu Chen and the others looked in the direction where the voice came from, but they saw that on a boulder not far away, there were two people standing there looking at this side, with a look of vigilance on their faces.
Because of this journey, Lu Chen and the others didn't see anyone at all, which also caused their vigilance to be greatly reduced, but they didn't expect two soldiers who were so conscientious to pop up here.
Lu Chen was stunned for a moment, then strode towards the two of them, and said with a gentle smile on his face, "Your Excellency has also seen it, we are just mountain bandits on the nearby mountain, because we have been too strict recently, resulting in no business on our road." Therefore, I specially led the younger brothers to this mountain to accumulate some food, we can't go hungry! Besides, Taishou-sama didn't say that hunting was not allowed, right? ”
After hearing Lu Chen's call, the two soldiers glanced at Long Yan and the others not far away with a trace of doubt, and then said, "It's too orderly, this area is strictly forbidden, you should leave quickly!" (To be continued.) )