However, Lin Feng's idea of setting off overnight was not held as expected, and Xiao Fengshan, the great Liao enemy, rushed to Honglu Temple with an official document that afternoon, first announcing that Liao Shizong had given Lin Feng their mounts after entering the country, and asked them to stay for the time being on the grounds that a large number of return gifts were being prepared.

In the evening, Xiao Fengshan pulled Yelu Xuegu, Li Yansu, Xiao Du, who had a "holiday" with Lin Feng, and several generals in the army who came to watch the sword, and feasted Lin Feng together.

Lin Feng knew that there was no good banquet in the Dao banquet, and brought Lin Renzhao and other more than ten famous "wine generals" in the team, and went to the battle with anger, and successfully "died together" with the other party at the wine banquet.

However, after many interviews and investigations, Lin Feng learned from the mouths of the generals of the Liao State that the current southward army of the Liao Dynasty had been substantially defeated under the fortified cities of Hebei, and strange phenomena such as lunar eclipses had occurred during this period. Coincidentally, the newly established Northern Han sent people to ask for help, and Liao Shizong decided to temporarily garrison the army in Nanjing, observe the situation and then decide on the itinerary.

Early in the morning of the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, Lin Feng first sent a special soldier with his own seal to report to the Northern Han Dynasty in advance, and his group set off on horseback, along the straight road all the way to the west, and went straight to the Flying Fox Fortress.

The trip successfully completed the most important task of going north, and under the guidance of Lin Feng's relaxed attitude, the group became extremely excited, walking day and night, and no longer rushing to the road.

On the first day of the trip, Lin Feng assigned other brothers to "go to the countryside" in groups, and even led Chen Fei, Li Chun, and Duan Rui to complete the main "political homework" of the trip, go deep into the surrounding places to understand the local situation, and then return to the boarding station together.

"It's complicated here!" This is Xiao Duanrui's complaint about what he saw that day, and it is also a common feeling of others.

Indeed, the most basic feature of this area is the mixed living of Han and Hu! The Han and Hu people are about the same number, but because they have always lived together, they have a deep influence on each other. Lin Feng and his entourage were used to seeing them along the way, there were many Han people who rode on horseback, and Hu people who farmed the land.

It can be seen from the reactions of these people when they saw Lin Feng and his party: there were small people who fled in panic, and there were also Han people who came around to find out; There are Hu people who come up to do business with them, and there are Han rangers who want to make some extra money from them.

In particular, the fact that many Han people treated them with hostility made Lin Renzhao, Chen Desheng and other traditional generals who had the idea that the northern Han people must hate the Hu people very much and were always eager to return to the Central Plains were very frustrated.

"Here, the status of the Han people is obviously inferior to that of the Hu people, inferior to the people, there must be Han people who want to return, but there must be very few people who speak out openly and even take action! For what? The reason is very simple, people are realistic, and no one will change easily if there are not enough favorable conditions that are worthy of them changing their ways.

Just like the people of Tanzhou, Chu State, no matter how bastard the Ma brothers are, no matter how difficult their lives are, if it weren't for the fact that the Ma brothers were done cannibalizing each other, we proposed to exempt rent for three years, and successively introduced many measures to treat the people equally, respect and care for the people, how many people dare to boldly say that they want to defect to Datang? ”

Lin Feng's words woke them up all of a sudden, and the group of people became a little depressed.

Lin Feng laughed again, pointed at them and said, "Freezing three feet, it's not a day's cold!" If you want to melt the thick ice cubes, you have to burn a fire! Let's think about it again, after winning the Battle of Guizhou, everything became extremely smooth, and all parts of the Chu State rushed to surrender to the Tang Dynasty? So, if we want everything to go smoothly in the future, we have to ensure that we are invincible militarily! ”

Everyone's expressions became relieved, but many people's faces were still very solemn, everyone had seen the strength of the Khitan cavalry on this trip, and there was no trace of cowardice in their hearts, it was purely hard support!

Lin Feng immediately continued to fan the flames and said, "Everyone is brothers in life and death, I might as well reveal a supreme secret to you!" Our Datang Academy of Sciences is researching the ultimate weapon that will change the course of history, as long as the time is ripe, this invincible cavalry will no longer be majestic, and will soon be swept into the pile of historical papers! ”

What kind of weapon, swept away the cavalry at once, is this possible? Everyone looked skeptical.

Xiao Duanrui is not happy, the eldest brother is an omnipotent immortal in his mind, how can he lie to everyone? He pointed to the steel knife on everyone's waist and said in a loud voice, "Why don't you believe my eldest brother?!" He casually got a steel knife out, it was the most powerful weapon in the world! ”

Xiao Duanrui's words also woke up a dry dreamer, and everyone began to nod violently, yes, how could I forget that Lin Feng has a seven-trick heart and a pair of stones for golden hands!

The next day, when these people were ordered to go out to investigate the situation again at noon on the second day, they became more proactive, and took the trouble to tell the Han people they met about the return of Chu to the Tang Dynasty, revealed the matter of the Tang-Liao alliance, and showed their sword and magic weapons by the way, which dispelled a lot of suspicion and won a lot of free entertainment.

At noon two days later, the group rushed to the sixth of the Taihang Eight Mountains: the Flying Fox.

Flying Fox is also known as the fox and Wangduguan, located at the mouth of the canyon of Heng Mountain at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, starting from Laiyuan, Hebei Province, ending in Wei County, Hebei Province, it is the main road of Yanzhao Tonghu in history, and it is also an important pass in Inner Mongolia and Liaodong in the north, Gansui and the Western Regions in the west, and Zhongzhou, Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the south. Since ancient times, successive rulers of the Central Plains have set up heavy troops to defend against sneak attacks from the nomads of the Mongolian steppe.

However, because the current Flying Fox belongs to the Liao Internal Customs, only a very small number of troops are left to guard it. As soon as the Khitan soldiers guarding the pass saw the Liao State customs clearance documents that Lin Feng took out, they heard their intentions, and immediately opened and closed the way, and sent a soldier to pass the previous one, and sent another Han soldier to serve as a guide for them.

Not far from entering the customs, the group began to be surprised by the danger of the flying fox: I saw that the cliffs on both sides stood ten thousand thousands, the color was dark, the pale was like iron, there was a path in the middle, the width was not enough, the narrowness was not enough, the winding, the front was bright and dark.

The Han soldiers who served as guides for Lin Feng seemed to be somewhat knowledgeable, and chanted a poem on their horses:

"Forty flying fox valleys, leaving a glimmer of heaven in the middle. Montenegro welcomes the horse, and the yellow grass is connected with the sky. The birds in the mountains are difficult to go down, and the deep tigers in the forest sleep in the dark. The wind is blowing on both sides, and the road should be stunned. The road is rugged, and there are always mountains around. The pine floats and the grass is green, and the ancient stone is dotted with rotten spots. The gorge is narrow, and the peak is unattainable. Occupy the battlefield of battle, that is, this is Xiongguan. ”

When Lin Feng was about to praise him for his good writing, the soldier took the lead in explaining that this was a poem left by some dynasty or dynasty, and he just stayed for a long time and wrote it down.

After walking thirty miles, it was slightly dark, and Lin Renzhao, who stayed at the end of the team, quietly caught up, pretending to say to Lin Feng inadvertently: "There are people behind us!" ”