In the late autumn night, a bleak chill hits, adding an indescribable sadness to the land. The turbulent waters of the Yellow River seem to have calmed down during the day, and only the sound of the turbulent water proves to people that it never stops.

On the edge of the ferry, compared with the hustle and bustle of the day, the barbarian camp is much quieter now, and the simple domed tents that have been temporarily erected with grass and trees and tarpaulins are connected together. In the middle of these simple yurts is a beautiful yurt that looks much larger than the others.

In the beautifully lit tent, a strong man from the prairie sat alone in it, with his big round eyes, staring closely at the torches in the tent that had become a little swaying and could be extinguished at any time with the overwhelming snoring sound. This strong man on the grassland is the little handsome under Kebineng, the lock slave!

Suo slaves, like Kebineng, were born in the small tribe of Xianbei. When he began to show his ability to command, and led his tribe to defeat the small tribes around him, he met Kebineng, who was from the same background, but was already a dominant Xianbei in the southwest.

The same small clan background, unusual bravery, bloodthirsty battle instinct, and the ability to command that other Xianbei warriors did not have, made Kebi Neng have the heart to take him under the tent after seeing the slave for the first time.

In the face of Kebineng's solicitation, the slave saw the opportunity keenly, and without the slightest hesitation, he brought the tribe to submit to his tent for him to send.

A few years passed, and Suonu successfully became the number one warrior under Kebineng by virtue of the exploits he had gained for Kebineng's conquest of other tribes. And the facts have proved that his choice at that time was not wrong, and now the small tribe he came from is already the most powerful tribe in the entire southwest Xianbei, except for Kebineng.

After several years of getting along, the lock slave's ambitions and ideas for Kebineng are clear. He knew very well that this time Kebi could follow Yan Rou and Bu Dugen south, which was not only his chance, but also his own opportunity.

Kebi Neng admired the culture of the Han land, and wanted to bring his tribe south to settle in all day long. But Suo Nu was dismissive of this, and his greatest wish was to lead his tribe to become the most powerful tribe in the vast southwest grassland.

And now the opportunity has come, as long as the southward journey can be carried out smoothly, Kebineng will take his tribe to settle in the Han land. At that time, the lock slave will be able to take his place and fulfill his wishes.

Therefore, in order for Kebi to be able to go south smoothly, Suo Nu would rather give up the rich wealth of the Han Dynasty, and took the initiative to lead the men and horses to guard the retreat of the Yellow River crossing.

It was late at night, and most of the people had already fallen asleep, but the slaves couldn't sleep peacefully. Not because of the overwhelming snoring, which has long been commonplace for people like them, who live in the middle of the tent all year round, but because of the grain and grass.

The coalition army went south, leaving only three days' rations for them, the men and horses responsible for guarding the retreat. Now that the first day is about to pass, there is still no news of food and grass supply from the coalition forces.

It stands to reason that this group of men and horses responsible for guarding the retreat should be the top priority of the three clan alliances, and if the coalition forces get grain and grass, they will definitely send it as soon as possible, and there is only one possibility for such a situation to happen. That is, a whole day passed, and the coalition forces did not loot the grain and grass. This situation made the lock slave feel a little uneasy.

After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't get rid of the worries in his heart, and he couldn't find a solution to the problem of food and grass, so the slave could only withdraw his eyes that were staring at the torch and looked a little sour, called the guards who were waiting at the door, and asked the spies to pay attention to the situation around the ferry, and then put on his clothes, leaned on the wool cushion behind him, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

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On the east and west sides of the ferry, there were originally three dense forests, but because these people and horses guarding the ferry needed to use wood and branches to build temporary tents, the three originally dense woods were now only sparsely swayed in the wind.

Seeing that the guards came to instruct, the leader of the spies, who was napping behind the big tree, hurriedly stood up, catered to the answer, and said that he would definitely investigate carefully and not let an unknown mosquito fly by.

It wasn't until the guard left that a spy came to the leader of the spies who was respectfully watching the guards leave, discarded the branch in his hand, and said angrily, "What is there to check?" We've all seen it for miles today, and we haven't seen a trace of it. We've been tired all day, and we are not allowed to take a break? I think he just became a guard of the slaves, and deliberately came to humiliate us. When the king returns, let's see if they dare to be so arrogant! ”

"Now the slave is the leader here, and everything must be up to him. Cheer me up and keep an eye on it. Hearing the spout's complaint, the spy leader's face was not very good-looking, but he still twisted his somewhat tired body, forcibly regained his spirits, and ordered the other spies.

Received the order of the leader of the spies, although these spies complained in their hearts, but they did not dare to disobey his will, and in groups of two, they were divided into more than a dozen groups and scattered around the perimeter, observing the movements in the vicinity.

Above the heads of these spies, figures dressed in black melt into the night, flickering on the branches, occasionally making the sound of swaying branches and leaves, which would also make people mistakenly think that the wind was responsible.

Zhang Yan was hiding in the spy leader at this time, on the big tree he was leaning against just now, staring at the bottom of the scout leader, who returned to the same place with two spies, with a trace of coldness in his eyes.

Turning his head to look at the two shadow guards beside him, he pointed to the three people under the big tree, and after making a movement to wipe his neck, Zhang Yan kicked his feet, and with the elastic force of the branches, he jumped up, broke through the top of the tree, and then fell straight towards the location where the leader of the spies was.

Hearing the obvious sound of the branches swaying, the leader of the spies raised his head and looked up at the tree, but did not find the slightest notice. Thinking that he was suspicious, the leader of the spies withdrew his gaze.

Is that a figure? Yu Guang glanced at the ground, above his own shadow, the sudden extra humanoid shadow, the spy leader only had time to flash this thought, and then lost consciousness forever.

In the air, seeing the leader of the spies looking up at the tree, Zhang Yan's head fell downward, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised a cold smile. First, he pulled a short military dagger out of his waist, and then held the short dagger and aimed it at the head of the spy leader.

"Poof!" The dagger blade accurately pierced into the head of the spy leader, Zhang Yan used the resistance, and with a backhand turn, he pulled the short dagger out of the head of the spy leader, and in an instant, a red and white object with the smell of blood gushed out from the head of the spy leader.

Dodging those pungent red and white objects, Zhang Yan fell to the ground abruptly, stretched out his feet to resist the leader of the spies who had lost his breath and was about to fall to the ground, and glanced coldly at the two spies with their mouths wide open and frightened eyes.

Looking at Zhang Yan, who seemed to fall from the sky and bloodily killed the leader of the spies, the two spies no longer knew how to express their inner fear. With that big mouth, I subconsciously wanted to shout.

"Poof!" A black shadow appeared behind the spy on Zhang Yan's right, and the short dagger in his hand stabbed neatly through the back of his neck, directly interrupting his upcoming shout.

"Ahh Belch! Although the shouting of the spy on the right was interrupted by the dark shadow. But the spy on the left, no one interrupted. Zhang Yan, who had been paying attention to the situation in the field, decisively threw the short dagger in his hand at the neck of the spy. The short dagger that broke through the air, just after the spy had fired a note, sank into his neck, cutting off his shouts in a thrilling way.

It was only then that a dark shadow appeared behind the spy, caught his body that was about to fall to the ground, and gently placed it on the ground.

Looking at the long overdue black shadow, Zhang Yan's brows couldn't help frowning, obviously a little angry.

In this operation, Zhang Yan received a military order from Sun Ling, but because of the slow movement of this shadow secret guard, this operation almost failed. If this is the case, Zhang Yanda can ask Sun Ling for guilt, after all, he is not the kind of person who will easily blame his subordinates because of the failure of his action.

What made him most angry was that the performance of this shadow secret guard just now was not even as good as an ordinary squad leader of the Overlord Sword Battalion, so how could Zhang Yan not be angry?

"The people of our shadow guards are all elites selected from the sword battalion, and they can definitely be called the elite of the elite. But do you think that the performance you just had, like that of someone with this kind of strength, should be? In the dark night, Zhang Yan stared coldly at the slow-moving shadow guard, and scolded in a low voice.

"Head! I was wrong. I shouldn't underestimate the reaction consciousness of these barbarians, I thought they should have been scared stupid when they saw that leader being killed like that, so that's why... This time it was indeed my careless mistake, and when I go back, I am willing to admit punishment! Under Zhang Yan's reprimand, the careless shadow guard lowered his head in shame and weakly admitted his mistake.

"You must know that our shadow guards are not only the most powerful intelligence department under the lord, but also the blade in the lord's hands. While gathering information, we must remove all obstacles for the Lord as long as he needs it.

What I fear most is that you think you are superior to others and underestimate your enemies. Now that you know what you're doing wrong, forget it this time. If you miss again because you underestimate the enemy, don't stay with the Shadow Guard! Seeing that this shadow guard finally knew what he was wrong with, Zhang Yan's frowning brows stretched out, but in order to let him know the seriousness of the matter, he still taught him with a cold face on the surface.

After hearing Zhang Yan's words, the shadow secret guard's heart suddenly tightened. Although the whereabouts of the Shadow Guards are secretive, and few people know about their existence, as long as they join the Shadow Guard, they are all proud of what they are doing and the reliance they have become Sun Ling, and no one wants to leave.

Thinking that he would lose this pride because of this carelessness, the shadow guard secretly regretted it, and hurriedly reassured: "Head! I promise it won't happen again, I don't want to leave the Shadow Guard, I don't want to disappoint the lord! ”

Zhang Yan naturally knew why these shadow guards, who were no worse than the squad leader of the sword battalion, wanted to stay in the shadow guards so much, and when he heard his assurance, he just said indifferently: "I hope so!" I won't put this incident in the file, I just hope that you will learn the lesson of this time yourself, and don't commit such stupid mistakes because of your own carelessness. ”

"Well, never again! Thanks head! Hearing Zhang Yan say that this incident would not be included in the file, the shadow guard raised his head, looked at Zhang Yan in surprise, and said very gratefully.

After solving a problem, Zhang Yan first looked at the woods not far away, and when he found that there was not even a trace of movement inside, he showed a satisfied smile, turned around and looked at the edge of the ferry, which was more exquisite than many other tents.

After staring at the tent for a while, Zhang Yan whispered to himself in the puzzled eyes of the two shadow guards beside him: "If you do this, the lord and their side should be able to carry out the encirclement and suppression more smoothly, right?" ”