After the Shunyi Station, they entered the mountainous area, and they had to follow the mountain range all the way to the Gubeikou and turn northwest to go to Kaipingwei in the north direction of Shuntianfu.

Hu Yanjin let the two horses with him play a role, the road was not easy to walk, and Zhu Zhanji and Hua Qiao were changed to horseback riding.

Kotaka gave Buckwheat a bag of sliced apples and taught her to use apples to please her horse, which seemed to work well. Only once, when she grabbed apple slices with her fingers and fed them to the horse, her fingers were almost eaten by the horse as an apple.

The post road is very difficult to walk, they walked for two days before passing the stone box post, and then after the Gubeikou in front, it is a vast plain, even if it is a horse-drawn carriage, the speed will be much faster than now.

"At this rate, you can enter the customs before dark, there are guards there, and you can get a good night's sleep tonight." Zhu Zhanji smiled, full of spirits.

Although he was established as the emperor's grandson since he was a child, and his status in the palace was even comparable to that of the prince, he was not pampered, arrogant and lascivious, and even followed the emperor to participate in the second Northern Expedition and personally conquer Mongolia.

His riding and archery skills have been praised by the emperor many times, which is also the capital for him to dare to lead a team of elite soldiers to take dangerous roads.

Hu Yanjin felt that the closer he got to the Gubeikou Pass, the more uneasy he felt.

During the break, he reminded Zhang Yue and Xiao Zhong that they were not required to be fast, the road was narrow, everyone could not go in parallel, and the line of dozens of people was too long, which was not a good thing.

"Isn't this kind of road supposed to be passed quickly, so that there are fewer opportunities to take advantage of?" Xiao Zhong said.

"What if it's not a pursuer, but an ambush? Lord Zhang is in front, I am in the center, and Lord Xiao is behind, but we can't pull too far, we must be able to echo from the back to the end and fill the position in time. ”

Zhang Yue nodded and said: "This section is indeed easy to ambush soldiers, the road is high and low, and they can't see each other when there is a turn. ”

"Try to get as close to the prince as possible and take care of each other, there is no need for individual heroes here."

After Hu Yanjin finished speaking, the three of them dispersed. Hua Qiao sat under a tree not far away, saw Hu Yanjin coming, and handed him the water bag in his hand:

"How? How far is it going? ”

"In terms of distance, it is not far away, but in terms of time, it will take two or three hours to arrive, and no matter how much, the horse can't stand it." Hu Yanjin also sat down with his back against the tree.

The pines and cypresses of the mountain are lush and green, the summer heat and autumn are approaching, walking in the mountains, the dark place has been a little cool. The smell of dampness and decay in the mountain wind came in bursts.

Hua Qiao suddenly had a strange feeling, she sniffled, held her breath, and smoked again.

"Too cold? I'll go get you a cloak. Hu Yanjin said and was about to stand up.

Hua Qiao grabbed his arm and said nervously, "Senior brother, do you believe my nose?" I smell blood......"

Hu Yanjin hurriedly looked at Zhu Zhanji, who was asking the chamberlain to pour water from the water bag for him and let him wash his face with water.

"Let's go!"

Hu Yanjin pulled the buckwheat from the ground and whispered: "Go to Your Highness and tell Xiao Zhong this, I will go to Zhang Yue and count the number of people." ”

"Hey......"

The buckwheat still doesn't let go.

Hu Yanjin looked down at her and smiled lightly: "Count me to you, pay it back tonight when no one is around." ”

What! Hua Qiao pursed her lips and ran towards Zhu Zhanji.

Soon, seemingly silently, everyone moved. Xiao Zhong was the last to come over, he looked at Zhu Zhanji and whispered:

"Two less. Get on the horse and go! ”

Zhang Yue took twelve brocade guards, Taisun did not have his own exclusive escort team, Xiao Zhong received the title of Jin Wuwei, and he took eighteen people. Hu Yanjin only took Li He, plus Hua Qiao and Xiao Gao, and they were a total of thirty-seven people.

Now that someone is right next to them, quietly killing two Jin Wuwei, how terrible is this.

"Don't be afraid, the royal brother is here, a few thieves can't turn the sky upside down." Zhu Zhanji comforted Hua Qiaodao. He looked at Hua Qiao and secretly rejoiced, and suddenly remembered the scene of watching her autopsy in the Baoying County Yali.

She said: You can't burn incense, incense can make your nose feel better, but it also loses its keen response to special smells.

But everyone knows that this is by no means a "few thieves"!

Everyone mounted their horses as fast as they could, intending to leave the resting woods and run up the post road.

How could the ambush allow them to escape from under their noses? They originally wanted to take advantage of everyone's dispersion and rest, quietly deal with some people, and then jump out and kill Zhu Zhanji.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they quietly killed two, they noticed it.

"Shoot!" Hundreds of black, shiny clusters of arrows shot out of the bushes behind the pine forest.

The distance is close, the power of the arrow is very large, and now it is a live target to get on the horse. Hu Yanjin flicked his whip, knocked out a few arrows, and retreated to the back of the carriage with Zhu Zhanji and Hua Qiao.

Xiao Gao's sword didn't miss a single arrow that flew over, and he just blocked it in front of Hua Qiao.

Hu Yanjin picked up an arrow and looked at it, handed it to Zhu Zhanji and said, "This is a Mongolian arrow, and the two sides of the arrow are sharpened like blades." ”

"These are the Mongols?" Xiao Zhong asked.

"No, not Mongols, but at least people from Mongolia." Hu Yanjin said affirmatively.

"The people of the Han King?" Zhu Zhanji heard the answer in his words.

Hu Yanjin stopped talking, just used the whip to knock out those flying arrows. But these arrows did not decrease, but became denser and denser one by one.

"This will not work, you must rush out! When they form an encirclement, we really can't run away! Zhang Yue said loudly.

Rush out, at least there is a chance of survival.

They were ambushes, and not only were we outnumbered of them, but the archers had only thirty arrows, and in the end, there was only hand-to-hand combat. That's why they only shoot arrows and don't rush up.

There was a neighing sound from time to time behind the bushes, and Hu Yanjin's eyes lit up: they had horses, and they were going to pursue.

He glanced at Hua Qiao, who was behind Xiao Gao, looking nervous, she was wearing a dark men's dress, heroic and cool, so beautiful.

Hu Yanjin took a deep breath, took off his hood, cloak and gauze hat, and said to Zhu Zhanji: "Your Highness, for today's plan, we can only lead the ambush soldiers by Weichen, and we will meet in Gubeikou Town." ”

"This ...... It's too risky......"

"We are now being pressed and beaten by them, the risk is just as great, and if we move, this game may be alive." Hu Yanjin said calmly. He turned his head again and explained to Xiao Gao: "Protect the girl, you are here, she is here." ”

After speaking, he quietly looked at Zhu Zhanji and stopped talking.

Hua Qiao didn't dare to come out, and her eyes were firmly fixed on Hu Yanjin's face, as if as long as she stared at him, he would not disappear.

Zhu Zhanji's heart was a little blocked, but he couldn't think of a better way, he knew what Hu Yanjin was waiting for, he silently untied the black yarn wing crown on his head, and the golden silk coiled dragon cloak on his body.

The two changed their clothes and hats, and Zhang Yue squeezed to the front and said, "Go, I'll escort you!" ”

Hu Yanjin, Li He, Zhang Yue, and the other two Jinyi guards found the horses, and the rest hid behind the mounds and in the grass.

"Drive!"

Taking advantage of the interlude in the rain of arrows, Hu Yanjin rushed out first.

A rain of arrows was shot in an instant, but it was too late, and the five horses had already rushed out.

"Taisun ran away! Chase! ”

Behind the bushes, the horse team came out and chased after Hu Yanjin and them.