Ziyang Yalan thought for a moment and said: "There is no such passage, there is only thirty miles of mountain road from Cuishi Peak, there is such a passage, it is impossible for the clansmen not to know." ”

From Wenling to Fuzhou, without passing through the pass of Yueqingyi, there is only a way to borrow Wuling Mountain. Yunxi, Xiangxi and Dadong rivers, which flow through Fuzhou, Yueqing and Wenling respectively, all originate in the area of Cuishi Peak. From the Zhaowu period 600 years ago, the Baiyi clan was blocked in Wuling Mountain and Yunling by the Yuejun family, and the Baiyi clan built a plank road in the area of Cuishi Peak, connecting the rivers that originated near Cuishi Peak, and then using the large and small rivers that originated near Cuishi Peak to connect the entire Wuling Mountain as a whole.

The Cuishi Peak, which has the same origin of six waters, and the plank road around the Cuishi Peak can be described as the center of the 600-mile Wuling Mountain. The Puji bandits can go up through the Dadong River, turn through the Wuling Mountain plank road, enter Yunxi, and go down the river to enter the territory of Fuzhou, so they don't need to pass through the pass of Yueqingyi. Although this passage can only transport materials in small batches, it is very different from climbing mountains and wading through Wuling Mountain.

Jizhai on Taishan controls the passage from the Lishui River Valley to Fuzhou, as long as the condescending arrangement of elite soldiers in Jizhai is not afraid of too much change in Fuzhou, as long as the situation in Xuancheng is slightly settled, there is spare strength to calmly clean up Fuzhou. However, Jizhai is in the hands of Xiangfanhui, and all the calculations have to be overturned and played again. The current energy of the Xiangfan Society can only take care of the land on the north bank of the Lishui River Valley, and there is no time to develop in the Fuzhou area, and with Xu Jingcheng's surname, he will not give way to this passage to the Qingyan Army.

Now it is Gongliang Youqin's plans for Fuzhou, and Xu Ruyu is beyond the reach of the whip.

On June 5, Xu Ruyu led a group of 25 people to sneak back to the Yunquan area. Ziyang Yalan led the rest of the people to guard in the mountain gorge near Fuzhou. Wei Yan also stayed there.

The closer you get to Yunquan, the denser the slave hunters become. Xu Ruyu's Consciousness had a subconscious reaction to the crisis, and every time he used this to detect the enemy's traces in advance and avoid them one step earlier, but it still made him break out in a cold sweat. Such a tightly coordinated defense is not something that dozens of ordinary and lackluster rogues can do. In case of leaking his whereabouts, it would be extremely difficult to get out, Xu Ruyu and his people lurked outside Yunquan for two days, and still did not dare to sneak into the central area of Yunquan easily.

The rainy season has just passed, although it is already a little summer outside the mountain, the mountain is still very cool in the shade and sun.

Xu Ruyu pointed to Cen Mu and Zhemu beside him, and said: "These are all good materials for bow-making, and the tenacity and tension are incomparable to other materials." The Yongyang hard-horned longbow made of century-old Zhemu can shoot at a distance of up to 400 steps, which is comparable to a strong crossbow machine. ”

"Isn't the strength of the bow arm amazing? An ordinary two-hundred-step longbow requires two stone arm strength, and a hundred consecutive pulls will make people exhausted, and the four-hundred-step longbow is still available, and the strong crossbow machine is all wound with a winch. Qingliu took off the longbow behind him, and opened it with ease, very satisfied with his performance.

"Zhemu bow arm is hard, very tense, pay attention to range and power, but not easy to aim, and the iron tire bow of the iron bow arm, but has stronger tension and toughness than the iron tire bow, is the first choice for bow making. The longbows produced by Yongyang Mansion for many years are all iron-tired bows, and if the Zhemu here is used, the power will be improved. The bow made by Cen Mu is better, and the pulling force is not as strong as the Zhemu bow, and Baiyi's body is relatively short, so it should be more suitable to use Cen Mu's bow. ”

Qingliu stroked the bow and asked, "Is this a Zhemu bow?" ”

Xu Ruyu took the longbow, gently drew an arrow, and pulled the bow, this series of actions is like a stack of stones, and it has always given people a sense of no gaps. Everyone didn't know what it meant, the arrow had come out of the string, and it sneered softly, and the sound of the arrow entering the **. Everyone looked up, and a corpse rolled down from the cliff, with a long arrow shot by Xu Ruyu's bow stuck in its throat, and blood gushed out.

Xu Ruyu said: "He walked five hundred steps before I realized that he was not weak, if I hadn't deliberately diverted the topic to talk about bows and arrows, I was afraid that I wouldn't have time to take off the bows and arrows to deal with him." He had been following us for an hour, always keeping him four hundred paces away, and his vigilance was extremely strong, but he didn't know that this Zhemu bow could reach five hundred paces in the hands of a master of archery. ”

Qingliu looked at the mountain bank there, and estimated that it was less than three hundred and fifty steps, but Xu Ruyu was very surprised to shoot down the sentinel there with this Zhemu bow, and when he heard him say that someone could use this to reach a distance of five hundred steps, he was surprised: "There is such a miraculous archery in the world, and the lethality of the bow and arrow does not depend on the bow and arrow itself?" ”

"Gathering momentum, the bow and arrow are still relied on, not relied on. The attainments in archery are all deeper than mine, and you can ask them for advice when you go back. ”

Feng Lin led the two men to carry the corpse over, and the man's dying hands were stretched to his throat, apparently he only realized the existence of the deadly arrow at the moment when the arrow hit his throat.

Xu Ruyu opened the man's palm, looked at the thick cocoon skin on the edge of his palm, sighed lightly, and said: "Qingliu, this person's cultivation is not under you, Gongliang Youqin is willing to send such a good hand to serve as a sentinel, it seems that Yunquan's defense will be more tight." In this way, you return to the mountain gorge to meet Ziyang Yalan, and I will go to Yunquan alone to have a look. When you are together, look for an opportunity to return to the valley without waiting for me. You asked Xu Boying and the others to pay close attention to the situation in Fuzhou. ”

"How can you be put in danger alone?"

"If you want to leave me in this dense forest, you have to go out in person. Don't say more, I'll send you back fifty miles, and then you will be more careful yourself. ”

Xu Ruyu asked people to dig a pit to bury the dead, thinking: Maybe it's not as bad as I imagined, it's better to see it with my own eyes.

The Qingjiang cavalry battalion was divided into six groups to conduct reconnaissance in the eastern area of Wuling in the past half month, but in the areas where the headwaters of the Yunxi and Dadong rivers were intensively deployed, the Qingjiang cavalry battalion could not penetrate deep into the area, and the information obtained was extremely limited, so Xu Ruyu personally came to reconnoitre.

Since Jizhai, the passage from the Lishui River Valley to Fuzhou, was in the hands of the Xiangfan Society, the Qingyan Army could not send troops to interfere in the situation in Fuzhou, and Xu Ruyu was powerless to do anything regardless of whether Gongliang Youqin had a conspiracy or not.

Xu Ruyu thought to herself: Will Shao Haitang believe my reminder? Xiangfan will now focus more and more on separating the territory, and he may set aside the situation in Fuzhou and focus on the Lishui River Valley, so what should I do?

Xu Ruyu scratched his head, always feeling that this was a headache. There were already signs of division within the Xiangfan Society, and the faction led by Xu Jingcheng became more and more focused on the power of the Xiangfan Society itself, which can be seen from the initial disagreement between the ordinary congregation. Shao Haitang turned to support Xu Jingcheng in order to avoid the split of the Xiangfan Society, perhaps it was his helpless move.

Xu Ruyu tilted his head, as if he wanted to get this superfluous emotion out of his mind.

The shade is heavy and green, the insects and birds are singing, the different flowers on the side of the stream are purple and red, and most of Xu Ruyu can't name it. After Qingliu and the others left, Xu Ruyu went up the cloud stream. Although there are many slave hunting teams along the stream, Xu Ruyu's extremely keen senses can always let him find the enemy in advance and avoid it.

But every time two streams meet, Xu Ruyu always has to work hard to distinguish which one is the tributary and which is the mainstream. No wonder Xu Ruyu asked Qingliu to bring a letter to the Qingjiang cavalry camp that stayed in the mountain gorge to return to the Lishui River Valley first, and he was not sure that he would be able to walk back to the mountain gorge alone.

At dusk, the setting sun in the west can just erase a ray of glow, and the glow is projected on the white stream like jade, creating a thousand colors. Xu Ruyu stretched his waist, leaned against a half-human-high stream stone, squinted his eyes at the bend of the stream, and looked back from here, just in the middle of the peak, there were boulders that came out of the mountain. A person in white clothes is better than snow, standing there in the wind.

Xu Ruyu beckoned, and in the blink of an eye, the person was already in front of him.

"How do you feel me?"

"I feel like I can't tell ...... one, two, or three."

"Why are you still not taking off your Xi surname when you were in Yongyang? I didn't expect that after a year of not seeing you, your cultivation has improved so much, and you found me when you let your subordinates return, right? It's rare for you to pretend to be nothing, aren't you afraid that another master will follow them and take out your Qingjiang cavalry camp by the way? ”

"How can you not be afraid? Didn't you see me take you around here for a long time to make sure that Miss Yingxue has no companions? It's just that I don't know why Yingxue girl appeared in Wuling Mountain at this time? ”

The person who came was Mei Yingxue, who was dressed as a man, cold and arrogant, not stimulated by Xu Ruyu's words at all, her eyes hung lightly, and she drooped down, she glanced at Xu Ruyu, turned her head to look at the turbulent water, and said lightly: "It's lively here, since the world-famous Qingfeng General can't help but come over to take a look, why can't I?" ”

"Oh, so you're here to look for me, what advice does Jinghu have for me as an idler?"

Mei Yingxue's face was slightly red, and then she said solemnly: "You know that the people of Jinghumen are not bound by Jinghu after they go out of the mountain, and the people of Jinghumen who go out of the mountain are not allowed to interfere with each other, I am here to ask you, why did you let Yiguanyuan get the "Zhixian Policy", don't you know that once this policy comes out, the world will be torn apart in a few years, and how can the Han Dynasty exist at that time?" ”

"Haha..."Xu Ruyu chuckled a few times, and said slowly: "Jinghu doesn't restrain his own disciples? You grew up in Jinghu since you were a child, and it is rare to get together with your family in a year, and your mind has been constrained by Jinghu, so aren't you still used by Jinghu? Jinghu is high above, and you can only see the survival of the Han Dynasty, but you can't see the withering of people's livelihood. As soon as "County Policy" came out, this world is no longer the world in the eyes of Jinghu, does Jinghu feel a headache? ”

Mei Yingxue couldn't see the true thoughts in his heart from Xu Ru's indifferent eyes.

On the eve of Xu Ruyu's assassination of Yongyang, Mei Yingxue resigned from her position as a guard and left.

After a close conversation with Yiguanyuan, I have an understanding of Jinghu's style. The Han dynasty in the hearts of Jinghumen people is more important than the interests of the family, which makes Xu Ruyu suspect that she still hoped that Gongliang Youqin could break through the city, so that the situation in the world will develop in a direction conducive to the restoration of Nanping County.

Although it was suspicion, Xu Ruyu's attitude towards her deteriorated greatly.

Xu Ruyu is not afraid that she will sell herself to Gongliang Youqin, now the overall situation of the world is unknown, the restoration forces of the old dynasty led by Nanping and Puji may not be able to come out, Jinghu will not make an easy move, Jinghu declares that the world is balanced, and he should now be a chess piece that is very useful for balance.

Xu Ruyu looked at Mei Yingxue's delicate skin and said with a smile: "Since you are here, why don't you join me in Yunquan to see what Gongliang Youqin is doing." ”

"What's so good, let me tell you, a year ago, Wuling Mountain had a subsidence, although the ground crack caused by the subsidence did not connect Yunxi and the Dadong River, but it was only separated by a thin layer of mountain walls, and you also found that the water volume of Yunxi did not increase greatly due to the rainy season."

"Oh." Xu Ruyu looked at the turbulent stream, there were pebbles within a few zhang of the stream, obviously the water in the rainy season should also overflow here, and the stream stones that were as high as half a human would only appear here by hydraulic action. Xu Ruyu suddenly realized: "I see, Gongliang Youqin built a dam to stop the water in the upper reaches of Yunxi, and prepared to use water power to wash away the mountain wall, so that the crack in the ground can connect the Dadong River and Yunxi. It's no wonder that Wei Yan will be sniped by experts here, and my scout will never be able to infiltrate. ”

"It turns out that you didn't realize it, and it would be better for you to cover your head and spend some more time on it."

"How can I be thoughtful about everything, I don't know how to think about it? Gongliang Youqin used the slave hunting team to drive the Baiyi people away from here, which is also a good calculation, if it weren't for the sudden increase in the slave hunting team in this area some time ago, I wouldn't have noticed it. ”

"The person who was planted in your hands before noon is Liu Wenjing, the chief sentinel of Puji's operation, he is best at light body technique, and he was put down by you in the cold, you should not underestimate him. His disappearance quietly, coupled with the fact that you left the Lishui Valley inexplicably a month ago, what do you think Gongliang Youqin will think? ”

"Why did you help me?"

"Puji Island is responsible for Zhao Weixu this time, if he is sure to kill you, I won't twist my tongue, I'm afraid that you will escape again, or put the account on my head."

Xu Ruyu saw her reveal her thoughts, smiled awkwardly, and felt that her tone was too cold to her. Liu Wenjing was put down by his own arrow, and now that he is more than halfway through, Zhao Weixu must have realized that if he continued to move forward, he might fall into the trap he laid. Mei Yingxue still has to accept this situation.

Xu Ruyu smiled and said: "What are Gongliang Youqin going to do here, I can't reach the whip, it's better to see the excitement." "Gongliang Youqin has been planning for a long time, and at this time, Baiyi rashly sent troops from Cuishi Peak, just afraid that there would be a fierce battle with the army of Puji Island in the Yunquan area. Xu Ruyu vetoed this plan in his heart. Now I only hope that Shao Haitang and Xu Yingcheng can be vigilant enough, and don't let the Puji bandits succeed easily.

Xu Ruyu didn't know at this time that the Puji bandits sent troops in the early hours of yesterday morning, and attacked Yunqiao Village, Shaozhai Village, and Jizhai at the same time, and Shaozhai and Jizhai were broken at the same time, 800 foot guards were slaughtered, and 3,000 villagers were killed. Only the Puji bandits who attacked Yunqiao Village were discovered by the Qingjiang Water Battalion patrolling above Lishui, and the Yunqiao Village was alerted in advance, so that the Yunqiao Village could repel the invading enemy under the joint sniper fire of the Qingjiang Water Battalion.

Xiangfan will add 1,000 foot soldiers to reorganize the defense of Yunqiao Village, but Shaozhai and Jizhai have been lost. Jizhai controls the passage of Fuzhou into Taishan, Shaozhai controls the passage of Lishui into Wuling Mountain, and Yunqiao Zhai controls the pass of Lishui into Taishan. As soon as Shaozhai was lost, the fleet of the Qingjiang Water Camp could not enter Wuling Mountain.

When later generations analyzed this battle, they did not regard it as a setback after the establishment of the Blue Flame Army. Taishan four villages, Shengyun Village is located in the Taishan on the south bank of Lishui, and the other three villages are in the Taishan on the north bank of Lishui. Shaozhai is an important pass for Fuzhou to enter the Lishui River Valley and Lishui to enter Wuling Mountain, and Shaozhai is in the hands of Puji bandits, so it is impossible to establish a defense line in the western Wuling Mountain with the help of Lishui. Baiyi was forced to amass heavy troops northeast of Qingyaling to make up for the lack of defensive lines in the western district. Due to the interruption of the Lishui waterway, it became extremely difficult to transport a large amount of materials to the Cuishi Peak in the depths of Wuling Mountain, and the Baiyi clan moved from the area south of Cuishi Peak to the western area of Wuling Mountain with a suspicious attitude towards Xu Ruyu, accelerating the integration of the Yi and Han tribes in this area.

Since Yunqiao Village was still in the hands of the Xiangfan Society, most of the pressure on the Puji bandits was borne by Baiyi and the Xiangfan Society, and only Shengyunzhai on the side of the Qingyan Army directly faced the Puji bandits on the Shaozhai side.

Mei Yingxue looked at Xu Ruyu's indifferent expression, and said: "Puji Island has sent a total of 10,000 horses into Fuzhou this time, if you let him calmly gather all the rogues in Qingjiang Mansion under his command, I'm afraid you won't be so idle, right?" ”

Xu Ruyu lightly jumped to sit on the stream stone, shook his two long feet, and said: "Fuzhou and I are separated from Taishan, and the biggest headache now should be the Zhu and Fan families." There is a big difference between the material consumption of the Liukou and the regular army, and the material transportation line established by Gongliang Youqin using the subsidence seems to be too long, and Zhu Lianzhi and Fan Che will not fail to see his weakness. Therefore, the first priority of Gongliang Youqin is to capture Yueqing, Yueqing is not down, and the Puji bandits in Fuzhou will always fight alone. ”

"Yueqing's frontal defense can be described as impregnable, but unfortunately the Zhu and Fan families didn't expect that the Puji bandits would have the ability to detour back to Yueqing's back."

Xu Ruyu knew that what she said was the key, the Fan family built a large number of dock forts in front of Yueqing City to resist the Puji bandits in Wenling, and the back and abdomen looked a little thin. Gongliang Youqin only needs to capture the Wubao group between Yueqing and Jinhua to open up the land passage between Fuzhou and Wenling, while Yueqing is trapped as an isolated city. Fortunately, if the large warships of the Puji Water Battalion wanted to enter the territory of Yueqing and Fuzhou, they had to pass through the Qianjiang waterway in Yuhangyi, which was controlled by the Fan family, otherwise Xu Ruyu would have planned to retreat from the Lishui River Valley as soon as possible.

"The mud in this mountain is not dry, it is rare for you to win the snow in white clothes, you must have suffered a lot, come here to wait for me, what is the matter?"

Mei Yingxue saw him mention this stubble, her heart was angry, she has always loved clean, these days in order to find him, luck to avoid rain, mud, Dan breath loss is very huge, otherwise how can he easily let him find out his whereabouts three hundred steps away?

"Rong Yanmen wants to meet you for a while."

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