The team camped on a flat land under the southern slope of Jiming Mountain, and a small episode occurred during the camp, which made Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu very worried for a while.

When camping along the way, Liu Dehai's soldiers and horses and Fan Yang Jiedu's escort soldiers and horses were interspersed and stationed around the camp, which was also proposed by Wang Yuan in order to show his trust in Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu. But tonight, Liu Dehai's soldiers and horses preemptively stationed around Wang Yuan's tent and completely isolated Wang Yuan, Yan Zhuang An Qingxu and others, which aroused Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu's doubts.

After dinner, Yan Zhuang came to Wang Yuan's tent to listen to the tone, wondering if it was because Wang Yuan knew something that he deliberately made such an adjustment. But Wang Yuan's answer after hearing Yan Zhuang's understated question dispelled Yan Zhuang's doubts.

This was a suggestion made by General Liu when he was in Youzhou, and he said that when arriving at the Xi border, it was necessary to be well guarded, and the mixed stationing of Fanyang soldiers and horses would cause chaos in the event of an accident. I didn't think it was necessary, but today Mr. Yan said that Shanbei is the active area of the Xi people, which made General Liu extremely worried, so he tried his best to ask for this. You know, he's on my side, and I can't interfere too much with his decisions, because I don't know much about military affairs. In fact, I would rather be under the escort of Fan Yang's soldiers and horses, because you know that General Liu led a local regiment to train soldiers and horses, which is a cut behind Fan Yang's soldiers and horses. But I can't say this, and if I do, General Liu will have to die of anger. ”

Yan Zhuang laughed, this Wang Yuan was telling the truth, along the way, Yan Zhuang witnessed some of the behaviors of the guards and horses led by Liu Dehai and was very disdainful, these regimental training soldiers were obviously a rabble, sleeping in the open along the way, Fan Yang did not let go of any of the soldiers, but these regimental training soldiers complained non-stop, exhausted, obviously not elite soldiers.

Yan Zhuang even thought for a while that the reason why Wang Yuan agreed to let his guards and horses and Fan Yang's soldiers and horses be stationed in a mixed formation was because Wang Yuan felt more at ease, and at this moment, Wang Yuan's words also confirmed his speculation.

After a few simple greetings, Yan Zhuang left, after he left, Wang Yuan summoned everyone into his tent to hold a secret meeting, Gongsun Lan, Liu Dehai, Liu Jun, Qingyun'er Ziyun'er and others were all in the ranks, Gongsun Lan, who has never spoken much, became the first speaker in the meeting today, and her first sentence surprised everyone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are already in danger at the moment, and I suspect that something is about to happen, so I ask Jiro to summon you to discuss this matter, so that you can be aware of it and make all emergency preparations."

Outside of Wang Yuan, everyone was stunned and looked at each other.

"Miss Gongsun, what's the matter? Today, the envoy suddenly asked me to adjust my defense, and I realized that something had happened, so I asked Miss Gongsun to speak clearly, and I could strengthen my vigilance even if I was lowly in my position. Liu Dehai frowned.

"yes, sister, tell me what happened." Ziyun'er also said.

Liu Jun has behaved a lot since the last incident, and this time he didn't ask out loud, but his expression was full of eagerness.

Gongsun Lan glanced at Wang Yuan, Wang Yuan nodded slowly, and Gongsun Lan said quietly: "When we were camping last night, someone secretly went out of the camp. I was meditating in my tent when I heard the neighing of horses and went to check on them, and found three horsemen from the camp heading north. So I rode a horse and secretly followed, and found that they were coming to Jiming Mountain. Just before camping, I saw that after the three horsemen returned to the team, the three of them went straight to Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu's tent, which made me very suspicious, so I asked Erlang to order General Liu to change the deployment and strengthen the guard. ”

Liu Dehai said puzzled: "What does this mean?" These three horsemen may have been sent out to scout to explore the way, since they left Youzhou, haven't they all done this along the way? ”

Wang Yuan coughed and interjected, "I'll answer General Liu's questions." It is normal for a large group of men and horses to release scout cavalry along the way to scout and reconnoitre, but it is rare to see scouts released in the middle of the night. It's cold, the roads are difficult, and there is no line of sight, so what effect can it be to let the scouts go out in the middle of the night to investigate? This is one of them. Second, did you find that the scouts released by Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu along the way were all in a team of ten people, taking turns to check the situation ahead, and releasing twelve teams of scouts, and two teams of scouts came back every hour during the day to report without any mistakes. This seems to be a kind of reconnaissance method that Fan Yangjiedu's soldiers and horses have fixed, so the three of them go out in the middle of the night, which is obviously not their usual method. ”

Liu Jun finally couldn't help but interject: "What the teacher said is very true, I also observed this situation along the way, they did release two teams of ten people each time, and scout along the flanks on both sides of our front. Every hour there must be two teams leaving and two teams returning, which is indeed the means they have fixed. ”

Wang Yuan glanced at Liu Jun approvingly and said: "Liu Jun has made great progress, and you must always pay attention to observe in order to make discoveries." This brings us to the second doubt. The three men went out of camp at night, and I can only explain that I don't want people to know what they are doing. And they hurried back to the camp before dark to-day, and according to the strength of the horses' feet, they did not go far, which also negated the possibility that they had gone to Longmen, on the north side of Jiming Mountain, to inform the local defenders of our arrival. However, they were neither scouts nor sent a letter to the defenders of Longmen County, so what was the purpose of leaving the camp? Can anyone answer this question? ”

Everyone frowned and thought about it, after Wang Yuan said this, it was indeed a little strange. During the march, the military discipline was strict, except for the scouts who were ordered, how could ordinary sergeants casually go out of the camp in the middle of the night to hang out, and even if they left the camp, they must have a mission. And what exactly these three soldiers are doing is very confusing.

Liu Jun opened his mouth to speak, Wang Yuan gave him an encouraging look, Liu Jun was encouraged, and said loudly: "Teacher, I just calculated the leg strength of these three people and the time when they left and returned, and found that the farthest they went from leaving the camp to turning back was only to walk into the valley of the mountain in front of them, and they could not reach the north of the mountain until they died. Did these three just enter the Jiming Mountain, and then turned back and returned. What did the three of them do in the mountains? Who are you going to send a letter to? Is there a pass in this mountain or is there a garrison of soldiers and horses? ”

Wang Yuan praised: "Good boy, he is really talented, and this is exactly the conclusion I reached after discussing with my cousin Gongsun for a long time." These three people were neither scouts nor going to the Dragon Gate to deliver letters, they could only be ordered to carry out a mission. According to the footsteps, they can only go to the valley, this is a strange thing, there is only one post station in the valley of Jiming Mountain, and there is no town checkpoint garrison, what are they doing in there? I can only suspect that they informed someone in the valley that we were about to cross the valley. Why do we need to tell anyone in the valley about our whereabouts? It's a terrible thing. Moreover, after these three people came back, they went to Yan Zhuang and An Qingxu's camp to resume their lives, obviously Yan Zhuang concealed what arrangements we had made, which was even more worrying. ”

Everyone frowned and pondered, although the analysis was reasonable, but it could not be explained that it was not good for themselves and others.

Liu Dehai raised this question: "Even so, it doesn't mean that Yan Zhuang is going to be unfavorable to us, if they are unfavorable to us, they can do it at any time along the way, why play so many tricks." ”

Wang Yuan said quietly: "I can't tell you the real reason, this reason is not good for you." I can only tell you that all this seems to me to be malicious, and very malicious. From now on, all of you need to be vigilant and keep your eyes open. No one can trust anyone but their own people. After entering the valley tomorrow, we will closely follow An Qingxu and Yan Zhuang, and if there is any change, I will ask that these two people be captured first and taken as hostages. In addition, what has just been said must be kept strictly confidential, and it is not allowed to reveal half a sentence. Do you get it? ”

Although Liu Dehai was full of doubts, he could only firmly implement this one in the face of such a solemn order. After returning to the camp, Liu Dehai called his subordinates to convey the order to make them all nervous, and the real test on the way may be coming.

In the middle of the night, the back of the camp was noisy, and under the vigilant gaze of Liu Dehai and others, a team of cavalrymen with torches came from the way they came, and the identity was Tang Army soldiers and horses, and then they were led to the camp of Yan Zhuang An Qingxu on the other side. Liu Dehai hurriedly went to report to Wang Yuan, and Wang Yuan was also very puzzled, but soon there was an answer to all this.