Qin Guan was a little annoyed by the leak of the news, but he didn't expect that he had already taken measures to avoid leaking the news, but he still let Song Ke run away.

Someone must have leaked the news to him in advance, there are many loopholes in this official mansion like a sieve, and when Song Ke is handled, he is slowly cleaning up these people.

Qin Guan asked the second housekeeper of the county king's mansion, "Which mountain did Song Ke go to?" ”

"Wan Song Ling."

"Where is Wan Song Ridge?"

"The little one only knows that the county king went to Wansongling, but he hasn't been there, usually the county king goes with the big housekeeper, I don't know the specific location."

Qin Guan asked Xu Qing, Xu Qing didn't know, then Hu Yuanfa stood up and said: "Lord Prefect, I know that this Wansong Ridge is close to the northern border of Xiongzhou, not far from Erlong Mountain, only a dozen miles. ”

Gathering the people again, Qin Guan led the people to chase in the direction of Wansongling.

Song Ke was taking more than 100 people at this time, all of them were riding horses, his eyes were full of anger, and he hated in his heart, but he didn't expect that the group of wastes in Erlong Mountain would mess things up, not only did he not grab the food, but he was also killed on the spot and the third master was arrested.

He knew that the information that the government came to arrest him really didn't come from the Xiongzhou Mansion, it was the thieves who escaped and ran back to Erlong Mountain, Wang Song sent a small head to report the news, telling Song Ke that the robbery could not succeed and the mission failed, and Song Ke was a cunning character, so he immediately ordered to spread the secret agent.

In fact, he was also just in case, but who knows, just two hours ago, he got the information that the Xiongzhou Mansion actually sent thousands of troops to Xing'an County, and he guessed that Bacheng was coming for himself, and immediately took people out and prepared to take refuge in the mountains.

Thinking of today's embarrassment, Song Ke hated Qin Guan even more in his heart, and asked Song Lian, the chief butler next to him, "Have you explained the people sent to Dayuan City to find Governor Duan?" ”

"Lord Wang, it's all explained."

"How much money do you bring?"

"Thirty thousand bills."

Thinking of these 30,000 yuan in money, Song Ke hated Qin Guan even more, and said angrily: "When this matter is over, I will definitely think of a way to make that Qin Guan immortal and regret being my enemy." ”

After speaking, he sat down and sat down on the horse, and quickened his pace to the direction of Wansongling.

Qin Guan has been chasing Song Ke, and walked for most of the day before he came to the foot of Wansong Ridge, at this time it was already dark, looking at the dark mountains and forests, Qin Guan thought about it and made up his mind, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, prepare for a night attack.

"Does anyone know about the situation in Wan Pine Ridge?" Qin Guan asked.

Everyone shook their heads, most people had never heard of this place before, there are mountains here, in addition to the famous mountains and rivers, many can't even be named, how can they know the situation in the mountains.

"There are villages nearby, maybe you can ask a local person or two about the situation." Qin Guan Dao.

Hu Yuanfa said: "My lord, there are no villages in the surrounding thirty miles, and they are inaccessible. ”

Qin Guan frowned, it was very disadvantageous for his side to attack rashly without having any information, especially now that it was still dark night, and he couldn't act rashly.

At this time, Xu Qing on the side said: "My lord, not only the king of Xiong'an County, we also have to beware of the bandits of Erlong Mountain, then Song Ke ran to Wansongling, thinking that this is the old nest built by him, the precautions must be tight, easy to defend and difficult to attack." The fact that the nest was built so close to Erlong Mountain must have been so that the bandits of Erlong Mountain could protect them, so we had to guard against the enemy. ”

This is really a problem and you have to be careful.

Qin Guan thought for a while, and finally said: "Xu Tongju, Hu Guerrilla, you lead all the officials and the Xiang army to wait here, and I will take Xiong Daxiong Er to Wansongling to check the situation." ”

Xu Qing immediately objected: "Your Excellency, you must not, think about it, and know that Wan Songling must be heavily guarded and dangerous now, your Excellency is the prefect of a state, how can you personally get involved in danger." ”

Hu Yuanfa also said: "Why don't I send a few veterans of the box army into the mountain to check." ”

Qin Guan waved his hand and said, "Lord Xu, I am not a weak scholar, and I have my own means to save my life. ”

Xu Qing and Hu Yuanfa then remembered that the prefect in front of them was not only a literary champion, but also a martial arts god, and the rumors that he picked the county king's 10,000-pound cart are now well known in Xiongzhou.

Seeing that Qin Guan insisted, it was difficult for them to stop it anymore.

Qin Guan said again: "If you receive my signal, you will rush over directly, and we will directly take down the king of Xiongzhou." ”

"What signal?"

"Firelight."

Qin Guan took off his official uniform, changed into neat clothes, brought his own sword, and set off with Xiong Da Xiong Er, and disappeared into the dark mountains and forests.

Wan Song Ridge is not very big, just a hilly low hill, named after the dense pine forests all around.

There is only one path up the mountain, which winds and turns. However, Song Ke must have arranged a guard here, so they decided to pass through the forest.

It was even more difficult to walk in the mountains and forests, but fortunately there was a moon tonight, and some things could be seen, and the three of them trekked with difficulty, and it took an hour to reach the mountain.

At this time, Qin Guan and the three of them were standing on the edge of a cliff, looking at the situation in the distance, Qin Guan thought that Song Ke might build a small castle in the mountain or something, but he never expected that Song Ke's lair in the mountain turned out to be a cave.

The cliff canyon in front separates the two sides.

It turns out that this Wansong Ridge is just the entrance to the mountain gate, and the real place is on the opposite side of the cliff.

If you want to pass, there is only one way to pass, that is, an iron chain bridge that is not more than three people wide, after crossing the bridge, there is a small platform on the cliff, behind it is a wide hole, the hole is four or five meters wide, three feet high, two braziers are erected on both sides of the cave entrance for lighting, and there are four men wearing light armor and holding spears standing guard outside.

Qin Guan sighed, it was really a dangerous place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

If Song Ke breaks the iron chain bridge and wants to pass from Wansongling, unless he can fly, otherwise the canyon in front of him, which is twenty meters wide, is a moat.

As for bypassing from the back mountain, well, if in modern times, this is not difficult, but in ancient times, there was no locator, no climbing tools, no helicopters, and it was already difficult to find this place through the longing mountain, not three or five days, and even if you could find it, how many people could be sent into the mountain, without a large army, the man of the king of Xiong'an County here could clean you up.

"Young master, what should we do?" Xiong Da asked.

In fact, Qin Guan has also been thinking about this problem.

Fall back?

He was unwilling, this time he dared to send bandits to intercept the official grain, next time he would dare to make something bigger, Song Ke was by no means easy to get along with, if he found an opportunity, it was likely to cause great trouble to Qin Guan.

He was reluctant to let such a time bomb stay around.

Seeing Qin Guan frowning, Xiong Er said, "Young Master, why don't I rush over and try it." ”

Qin Guan shook his head, "I'll think about it again." ”