Chapter 278: Returning the Way You Came

Ji Yanning rode her horse forward, her riding skills were good, and it didn't take long for her to lose sight of the soldiers and horses brought by Beigong Chen just now.

Seeing a small tea shed not far away, she planned to rest first before moving on.

There were almost no tea sheds and tea houses along the way, and at such a time, the people near the official road only came back to do some small business, and if they noticed that there were other rumors or something was wrong, it was convenient to run.

Ji Yanning bolted the horse to the wooden stake on the side, then walked into the tea shed, ordered a pot of tea and two refreshments, and asked the boss to prepare a few baked cakes for dry food for the night.

Seeing Ji Yanning coming to drink tea by herself, the owner of the shop asked curiously: "Little girl, why do you go out alone!"

Ji Yanning didn't hide it from him, the person who opened the tea shed often talked to others to ask about the situation nearby, so as to give some reminders to the people who came later.

She said: "Originally, there was a caravan with me, but on the way I met a group of bandits and robbed them all, and the caravan people could only return the same way, probably because they didn't like my things, so they let me go." ”

Hearing Ji Yanning's calm words, the boss was slightly stunned.

He came back to his senses, sent the refreshments to Ji Yanning's table, and said, "This mountain bandit is too rampant!"

Ji Yanning chuckled, didn't say anything else, lowered his head and drank a cup of hot tea, and then picked up the pastry and stuffed it into his mouth.

The pastry was very coarsely made, but it was good enough to have hot food to satisfy her hunger on the way, and she couldn't be picky anymore.

"Anyway, there are no mountain bandits near here, why did such mountain bandits suddenly appear when there is a war at this time?"

The owner of the tea shop frowned and worried, there are many bandits in this mountain, and it is not good for him to open a tea shed here.

Ji Yanning responded: "Xu feels that there is chaos now, and the government can't spare time to deal with them." ”

The owner of the tea shed sighed lightly and said, "It's just that the bandits who only came out in the past two days, maybe it's really because the King of Qi raised troops to get nearby, it seems that my tea shed will have to stop for a few more days." ”

Ji Yanning listened to the words of the tea shed owner, but frowned slightly.

Something seems to be wrong.

She suddenly remembered the robbers just now, although they were all fierce and vicious, but the bandit leader who dodged her silver needle was obviously more like ...... Trained soldiers.

Ji Yanning suddenly woke up!

No wonder she felt that there was something wrong with these people, she hadn't encountered mountain bandits before, but those mountain bandits were tall, short, fat and thin, and most of their weapons were not uniform, they were all what they were capable of, but the group of mountain bandits just now was obviously not the case.

Although they pretended to look like bandits, the details of their words and deeds and martial arts still revealed some cattiness.

And just when they were about to do it to themselves, a sentry reminded them that "the officers and soldiers are coming."

The officers and soldiers they were referring to were the army led by Dong Cheng, and there was Beigong Chen's team behind them.

Ji Yanning narrowed his eyes slightly, and reasoned according to these details, then those bandits just now must have been dressed up by King Qi's subordinates.

The purpose is to attract the attention of Dong Cheng and Beigong Chen.

Thinking of the mountain road he had just passed, Ji Yanning always had an uneasy feeling in his heart, King Qi wanted to ambush Beigongchen.

Ji Yanning's eyelids jumped, but he was a little hesitant.

Would she like to go back and see?

But she has nothing now, except for bows and arrows and daggers for self-defense, even if she rushes over, it may not be of any effect, not to mention that Beigong Chen has brought so many soldiers, even if there is an ambush, it should not be difficult for them, right?

After a few entanglements, Ji Yanning stuffed another piece of flatbread into his mouth, drank all the tea in the bowl, and then stood up.

"Guest, your baked cakes are not yet ready!" the owner of the tea shed watched her stand up and said, "You wait a little longer, and I will pack it for you immediately!"

Ji Yanning took out a piece of broken silver, put it on the table, and then got up to lead the horse.

The owner of the tea shed stepped forward after loading the baked cakes and handed them to Ji Yanning: "What's the hurry, there are no bandits chasing after you!"

Ji Yanning said: "Thank you, boss." ”

She put the rations in her bag, then turned on her horse and galloped away at a rapid pace towards the road from which she had come, raising a cloud of dust on the way.

When the dust fell to the ground and dispersed, the owner of the tea shed had long since lost sight of her.

Ji Yanning's eyes sank slightly, she went back to take a look, if Beigong Chen could successfully avoid the ambush of King Qi, she didn't need to make a move, after all, there were too many accidents on the battlefield, and she didn't want her life to be buried here.

But no matter what you say, Beigong Chen is her friend, and when her friend is in trouble, she can't die without help.

After running for more than an hour, she followed the map that Dong Cheng had walked before, and it didn't take long to hear the sound of shouting and killing.

She froze slightly, and she guessed correctly.

She glanced at her surroundings, she couldn't go this way, she could only lead the horse up the mountain, this mountain road is difficult to walk, there are a lot of thorns, if it weren't for the deserters to save their lives, they shouldn't have run to this mountain.

Hearing the shouting of killing getting closer and closer, Ji Yanning bolted his horse to the tree, and then took down the bow and arrow hanging on the horse.

Dong Jinghuan prepared thirty-six bows and arrows for her, which is indeed more than enough if she encounters villains in ordinary times, but this is a war, which is far from enough.

She hid in the mountains and forests, and slowly climbed over the mountain, and then she saw the situation below.

Beigong Chen's army was surrounded by regiments, and there were already a lot of corpses on the ground, and the battle was very fierce.

Ji Yanning frowned slightly, looking at the soldiers brought by Beigong Chen, it didn't seem right, there were not so few people she saw just now.

However, she could probably guess that perhaps King Qi used a stratagem to transfer Dong Cheng and the other generals away from Beigong Chen's side, and although the remaining people had high martial arts, they could not withstand the attack of many people.

Because it was a little far away, Ji Yanning slowly got closer to the top of the mountain, and only then did he see the location of Beigong Chen clearly.

He was surrounded in the center by the guards, and he seemed to be wounded.

The shouting and killing gradually stopped, because there were only a few hundred people left around Beigong Chen, but it was several times more than them who lived for them, and Beigong Chen's personal guards were more or less injured, and they were their opponents at all.

Ji Yanning's eyes sank slightly, and he secretly said that Beigongchen was really willful, he was already the emperor, and he had to bring the troops in person, so he didn't take his life to heart!

A man riding a black horse suddenly walked out from among the soldiers on the periphery, and came not far in front of Beigong Chen, as if he was saying something.

Ji Yanning was squatting in the grass and couldn't hear their words at all, but she could probably guess that the man was the King of Qi.