However, Xu Ji was still worried, although he thought that he might face such a problem, but what he didn't expect was that Gao Shun's command actually had no one in ten combat strength. This is also where Xu Ji did not think about it, he didn't think that he would fight between the mountains and forests, otherwise he would not have led Gao Shun's battalion of men and horses, Gao Shun's command is almost all heavy armor soldiers, and the burden is already quite large, and marching on the mountain road is a huge consumption, plus he is burdened with heavy armor, I am afraid that it will be difficult to make too many achievements.

But since we have arrived here, we must fight, and there is absolutely no reason to go back and rest. That means that the calculation is not very sure, and Xu Ji can only bite the bullet.

Dian Wei also has a clear understanding of this, if it is difficult for Gao Shun's subordinates to make achievements, then Xu Ji can only rely on himself and his old brothers now, but he does not dare to boast about what Haikou can do, after all, how many people the enemy has is not yet known, and he is not sure that he can solve the thieves who have been entrenched here for a long time with his small army of 100 people.

"Dian Wei." Hearing Xu Ji's summons, he hurriedly came back to his senses and responded, "What's the matter with Lord Postmaster?" ”

Xu Ji looked at the dense forest, and said with a serious face: "You take someone to explore the truth first, I will wait for Zihe, remember, don't startle the snake, everything will be calculated when I arrive." Dian Wei nodded in agreement, beckoned a dozen people to follow him, and in a few ups and downs, they disappeared into the woods in front of them. Xu Ji sighed and sat down on the spot, he had to think about what he should do. At present, Xu Ji can no longer expect Gao Shun's battalion to have strong combat effectiveness, and this is fighting in a terrain that Gao Shun is not good at, which I am afraid Gao Shun did not expect. So since he can't rely on the elite of his own soldiers to win, then the only way is nothing more than tricks, that is, he must find a way to disintegrate the enemy, otherwise in this kind of terrain that he is not good at and the enemy who occupies a favorable position rashly start a battle, it can be expected that a big defeat, and this is almost a doomed thing. For this unexpected thing, Xu Ji had to temporarily stop his urgent pace, this time there is no room for error, his guess can only be answered from these thieves hidden in the mountains, and this determines whether he can justifiably clean up his own officials and families.

After a while, Gao Shun finally led his troops to catch up, looking at the panting soldiers, Gao Shun couldn't help but smile bitterly, this situation was something he never expected, with his confidence in his own soldiers, this kind of trivial matter of trekking through mountains and rivers would not stump them, but he didn't expect that the difficulty of the mountain road was far greater than marching on the official road, not to mention the consumption of these ironclad mansions that Xu Ji had worked so hard to build.

"Lord, what should we do now? I'm afraid that it will be difficult for my corporals to accomplish anything, and they are already exhausted along the way. ”

Xu Ji nodded to signal that he understood, and Gao Shun also stepped aside and stopped talking, of course he knew that Xu Ji needed time to think now. For this campaign, Gao Shun's battalion soldiers have become a hidden danger, which is something that everyone didn't expect before, or they all take it for granted that the elite can deal with all the problems, but the reality makes them realize that these are not everything, manpower is sometimes exhausted, in the face of nature, any manpower seems slim, even the soldiers under the command of Gao Shun, who are very elite, do not seem to be any different from ordinary people in front of the mountain, and this is not a matter of course in normal times, But at this time, Xu Ji became the winner or loser who decided the victory or defeat.

But he can't think about it anymore, someone has already returned.

"Superintendent, it has been discovered, there is a cave only ten miles ahead, and it can be vaguely seen that someone is patrolling, think about it, that is the purpose of the superintendent." Dian Wei didn't come back in person, but returned a young man, Xu Ji nodded and motioned for him to go back first. Then he turned his head and asked Gao Shun: "How long is it until noon?" ”

Gao Shun looked up at the sky through the shade of the trees, and then replied, "There is still about half an hour." ”

Xu Ji nodded: "After resting for a while, we will start at noon, you tell Dian Wei, let him be careful, if there is any movement, report immediately." Gao Shun immediately went to arrange. And Xu Ji frowned, although he had already made up his mind, he always had a feeling that he had missed something, but for a while he couldn't remember what was wrong, and he didn't have much time left, he had to think carefully from the beginning, if it was really a big flaw, then Xu Ji was only afraid that he would die here this time, he had this feeling.

It's just that he still hasn't found the source of his worries, where is the flaw that makes him uneasy? And time waits for no one, time is getting closer and closer to the moment Xu Ji himself set, but he still has no clue, he found Gao Shun and asked, "Zihe, do you think there is anything wrong?" ”

Gao Shun frowned and thought about it when he heard this: "There's nothing wrong with it, it's just that the only thing that's a little strange is that I don't see anyone entering the mountain all day, and I don't see anyone hunting, Shun is a little strange, I don't know what the Lord said?" ”

Xu Ji was shocked when he heard this: "Wait, you said you didn't see any movement along the way?" ”

Gao Shun nodded, Xu Ji suddenly realized what he had overlooked, it was too quiet here, not to mention the living people who should be, there was not even a little movement of the beast, which was really abnormal for the nearby people who relied on the mountains to live, and the thing that scared Xu Ji even more was that if this was a trap, then he was already in great danger at this time.

Again, he asked, "Are you sure you haven't been noticed?" Gao Shun shook his head: "I can't guarantee it, and the corporal under Shun's command is already moving, I'm afraid it's ......."

Xu Ji frowned again, not only did he not find the ease of his negligence, but he became more and more worried. There is no way to ensure the safety behind him, and he doesn't know how many enemies he has to face, this is obviously an unprepared battle, and what is even more terrifying is that Xu Ji is not even sure whether his retreat exists now, whether it is safe.

"Go and find Dian Wei to come back, now I'm afraid I have to think about it." Gao Shun took the order and left, and after half a pillar of incense, he took Dian Wei back to where Xu Ji was, and naturally had no clue about Xu Ji suddenly recalling his Dian Wei, so as soon as he saw Xu Ji, he immediately asked: "What is the matter with the post supervisor summoning Dian Wei to come?" Why did the son and the general stay still? ”

Faced with several questions from Dian Wei, Xu Ji could only explain with a wry smile: "Zihe said that he found that something was wrong today, there were no villagers going into the mountains to hunt and collect firewood, and our back road was not stable, not to mention how many enemies there were in front. ”

Dian Wei immediately understood that he had not experienced this kind of thing that might have been cut off by someone, and he had even done it himself, which would undoubtedly make the morale of the army low, and once the morale and morale of the army could not be guaranteed, then naturally he could not expect the already exhausted soldiers to have any decent combat effectiveness.

"Lord Postmaster, what should I do like this?" Dian Wei himself had no idea about such a thing, but he was at least aware of the extent of the trouble.

Xu Ji slowly stood up, looked at the soldiers under Gao Shun behind him, and sighed: "The back road can only be left to Dian Wei, rest for a while, and I will personally lead the troops forward." "If you can, of course Xu Ji doesn't want to take risks by himself, but as the main general in the army, he personally led the troops to attack the fortification, which can naturally greatly boost morale, this time Gao Shun and Dian Wei did not stop Xu Ji, and even they were glad that Xu Ji was in the army, otherwise once they didn't find out about this, they were afraid that they would be attacked before and after, and there would be no way out. And none of them can play the role of Xu Ji, after all, Xu Ji is their highest commander, and for the lower-level soldiers, there is no one who can give them more confidence than Xu Ji.

Xu Ji was relieved after making a decision, although the situation was bad, he still smiled and said to Dian Wei: "My Fan Xu, this retreat will be fully handed over to you, if the battle ahead of me is not going well, you don't let me have no way to retreat." ”

Under his infection, Dian Wei also smiled: "Lord Inspector Post relaxes, Dian Wei will not die, and the way out is there." Hearing this, Xu Ji turned to Gao Shun and said, "Zihe, go and order the soldiers to get ready, I will go into battle in person." Immediately found the soldier on the side and asked for a long knife, although Xu Ji had never really learned martial arts, but he still learned a lot of self-defense skills from Chen Zhi, to say that he could go into battle to kill the enemy is naturally nonsense, but he asked himself that there would be no problem with ordinary self-defense.

Seeing that Xu Ji was ready, Dian Wei led his old brother along the road when Gao Shun came, Xu Ji looked back at Dian Wei's back, smiled and said to Gao Shun: "Zihe, do you guess we can win this time?" ”

Gao Shun, who has always been unsmiling, also showed a smile and said: "The Lord personally leads the army into battle, how can it be invincible?" Obediently be a striker to defeat the thieves! ”

Xu Ji looked at the long knife in his hand and slowly wiped the blade with the placket of his clothes: "Let me see the true identity of these thieves." Immediately, a trace of sharpness flashed in his eyes, Gao Shun couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, he had never seen such a Xu Ji before, and he couldn't help but be a little afraid when he felt such Xu Ji's momentum, this is not a joke.

Xu Ji is not a useless scholar, he himself has been trained from the iron-blooded war, not to mention that Xu Ji has been almost killed since he was a child, and the anger in his heart is only covered by the politeness of his appearance, Gao Shun clearly feels that even Bocai does not have Xu Ji's momentum, which can even be called mighty, few people dare to look directly at this kind of person with eyes like a knife.

The inexplicable Gao Shun was suddenly full of confidence, Xu Ji may not be undefeated, but when he showed this hideous appearance, Gao Shun had the illusion that he would never be defeated even if he died.

Perhaps, this is Xu Ji's charm, he thought so.