Chapter 185: Coming Home
"Boom, boom!"
In the middle of the night, the thunder became louder and louder, and the rain became heavier and heavier. In the second half of the night, Guan Shan simply sat up, he always had a bad premonition, as if something big was about to happen.
He asked his guards to send a general on duty, telling him to be on guard and let more spies go out to avoid letting the Tiger Roaring Army sneak attack on a rainy night. After the arrangement, he went back to bed again, ready to rest.
"General!"
Not long after lying down, Guan Shan was in a daze and was woken up by the guards. He opened his eyes abruptly and asked, "The enemy army is in the enemy camp?"
"Nope!"
The guard replied, "It was the king of the scout camp who asked to see him, and he said that there was an urgent matter to report to you. β
"Biography!"
Guan Shan stood up, and soon a tooth general walked in outside, his body was wet, and he was all wet. He bowed and saluted, "In the afternoon, General, all the scouts we sent out near the Tianyun River were killed, and at least dozens of them were lost. Then in the evening, his subordinates sent scouts to investigate again, but found that there were no enemy troops near the Tianyun River, and there were no enemy scouts. Our scout crossed the Tianyun River with ease, and found that a forest had been cut down and there were many traces of the site...... They suspected that the army of Southern Chu had fled from the river overnight on a raft. β
"What?"
Guan Shan thought he had misheard, and after he asked the tooth general to say it again, he still shook his head and said, "Escape on a raft? This is impossible, ridiculous." Be careful, now that the rain is so heavy and the sky is so dark, you can just go out and monitor it, and wait until dawn. β
"Whoa!"
The scout general received the order and was about to go out, Guan Shan thought for a while and added: "Send a message to the person in charge of the Dragon Hall here, pay close attention to the radius of thousands of miles, and report the situation as soon as possible." β
The teeth will go down, but Guan Shan can't sleep anymore.
No matter what, there is a situation on the Tiger Roaring Army's side, and he must attach great importance to it. If the Tiger Roaring Army is allowed to flee back, his future will be gone, and he may even be removed from his post and questioned. It was raining heavily, it was still so dark, and now it was useless for him to be in a hurry, and the scouts were scattered, and everything could only wait for dawn.
After an hour or two, Guan Shan felt like a few days had passed.
It was finally dawn, and the rain had stopped. Guan Shan immediately summoned the scout camp commander and asked him to send a large number of scouts to investigate.
They were very close to the Dark Cloud Mountain Range, and the scouts were quick to find out the news, but it was only half an hour, and news kept coming back, which made Guan Shan feel bad.
First of all, the Tiger Roaring Army originally arranged a lot of hunting teams under the Dark Cloud Mountain Range, and there were a large number of masters. Now these are gone, not even a scout is seen, not a single ghost is seen.
Later, the scouts entered the mountain, and there was indeed a large forest by the Tianyun River that had been cut down, and looking at the branches left over from the felling, it was possible to judge whether rafts were made or a large number of rafts, at least tens of thousands.
The scouts reached the mountain, but they didn't find any troops or scouts all the way, and they boldly touched the halfway up the mountain and found the barracks. However, it was found that the barracks were empty, judging from the remnants of eating and some traces, the Tiger Roaring Army left the camp last night.
After getting this news, Guan Shan was a little stunned!
The Tiger Roaring Army fled overnight, or did they escape in an unbelievable way? Riding on a raft, how does this feel like listening to heaven? It was not tens of thousands of troops, but 300,000 troops, and so many war horses, could the raft fit it?
And most importantly......
They don't ride war horses, so why do they take rafts? Although last night's torrential rain may have made the water flow faster, can it compare to war horses? Also, the Tianyun River flows to the east, and does not enter the Southern Chu region, but flows into Eastern Qi, do they want to go to Eastern Qi?
No matter what, Guan Shan immediately took action. The whole army was dispatched, and he did not chase it directly, but mobilized thousands of troops to go to the Wuyun Mountains.
As a veteran, he couldn't have made such a low-level mistake, he had to search the Dark Cloud Mountain Range and the vicinity of the mountain range at the same time, and he had to make sure that the Tiger Roaring Army had left on a raft.
In addition, he urgently summoned the stewards near Longtang and asked them to mobilize a large number of scouts to search for the Tiger Roar Army within a radius of thousands of miles. It's only been one night, and even if the Tiger Roaring Army really escapes on a raft, it won't be able to run far. Such a big target, the scouts of the Dragon Hall can easily find it.
It is impossible for hundreds of thousands of troops to evaporate in the world out of thin air!
Thousands of troops had gone up the mountain, and he had sent thousands of troops to search for traces in the vicinity, while his main army was on standby beneath the Dark Cloud Mountains. To prevent the Tiger Roar Army from raiding, he didn't dare to divide his troops, in case the Tiger Roar Army was hiding somewhere, they would be easily defeated under the surprise attack.
An hour later, the troops who had gone up the mountain came down, and they found nothing. The Wuyun Mountains were clean, and even the traces of the army had been washed away by the rain, and there was not a single person on them.
"Newspaper~"
In the distance, a scout rushed in, bringing urgent news from the Dragon Hall. All the scouts in the vicinity of Tianyun River were cleaned, and a large number of wolf footprints were found on both sides of Tianyun River, which were blood wolf cavalry. For the time being, there is no accurate news on the Dragon Hall's side, because once a scout approaches, all of them will be killed, and there is no accurate news back for the time being.
"Chasingβ"
Guan Shan didn't hesitate, there was no one in the Wuyun Mountain Range, and there was no one nearby, the blood wolf cavalry and tens of thousands of rafts went east along the river. Then there is only one explanation, the Tiger Roaring Army really escaped by water.
The mighty army rushed along the Tianyun River, and what they didn't know was that there were a few small birds flying around in the sky, crossing their heads from time to time, monitoring their situation.
One by one, the sharp-tailed swifts flew back to the Wuyun Mountains one after another, reporting the situation of the Guanshan army to Li Yunyi. Li Yunyi did not rush down the mountain, but let the army continue to wait.
Zhuge Jian and the others were all near Li Yunyi, surrounded by white mist, they didn't know the situation, and they were uneasy to the extreme, waiting for Li Yunyi to solve the mystery.
Half a day later, Li Yunyi put his hand into his sleeve and secretly fiddled with the Tianji pot.
The white mist continuously released by the Tianji pot gradually weakened, but because the top of the mountain was surrounded by white mist, and because of the rain, the white fog became thicker. So Zhuge Jian didn't feel too strange, thinking that the white mist began to gradually dissipate at noon.
"Pass the order!"
Li Yunyi shouted: "The whole army eats dry food, feeds the horses, and prepares to march. β
Li Yunyi's order lifted Zhuge Jian's spirits, and after everyone sent someone to pass the order, they surrounded Li Yunyi, and Lu Guanhou asked: "Military advisor, the strategy has been successful?
"Hmm!"
Li Yunyi nodded, and said without concealment: "It's been a long time since I left, and now I should be a hundred miles away from here." β
"Huh?"
Everyone was dumbfounded, even the most calm Princess Yunfei's small mouth opened slightly, her beautiful eyes were full of surprise, and King Ju had an expression of complete disbelief.
Lu Guanhou and Zhuge Jian believed it, although Li Yunyi had not been in contact for a long time, he felt that he was not a person who spoke empty words. Such a major event must not deceive people, this is the life of people, or the life of hundreds of thousands of troops.
Zhuge Jian asked: "Military advisor, didn't Guan Shan send troops up the mountain to search for us? I didn't find any sergeants on the top of the mountain just now. β
"Sent!"
Li Yunyi smiled mysteriously and said, "But I was deceived by a very magical magic circle, don't worry, this time we can go all the way back to Nanchu, and the army of Guanshan can't catch up." β
"Circle ......"
Everyone looked at each other a few times, and they all felt inexplicable, Li Yunyi had been with them all the time, and he hadn't done anything? In addition, what kind of magic circle could hide hundreds of thousands of troops? Can all the sergeants who went up the mountain become blind and deaf? That kind of miraculous means can definitely be done by people? Li Yunyi Mo is not a land immortal?
Li Yunyi didn't explain, but asked everyone to prepare.
Half an hour later, the army was full of food and drink, and Li Yunyi saw that it was almost over, so he asked the whole army to lead the horse down the mountain. After descending the mountain, Li Yunyi asked Zhuge Sword Lu Guanhou to mobilize a cavalry composed of masters, with a small number of only three thousand. The 1,000 troops were scattered in front of the army and on the left and right sides of the army, and their task was to purge all the sergeants and men they saw, and to keep the news of the army as safe as possible from leaking out.
The army ran wild for an hour, and everyone's tense hearts relaxed. Although some scouts were encountered nearby, there were no troops. The Guanshan Department was at the bottom of the mountain before, and since it has not come out to intercept it now, what Li Yunyi said is the truth, and the Guanshan Department has been transferred away from the mountain.
Everyone looked at Li Yunyi from time to time, and Li Yunyi responded with a smile, looking as humble as jade and polite as before. However, in everyone's hearts, Li Yunyi felt different. It's like there's an invisible aura behind him, which looks mysterious and profound.
Even King Ju was a little convinced, and looked at Li Yunyi with a hint of fear in his eyes. Chen Xuanhou and Ning Wuhou had a hint of flattery in their eyes, this time Li Yunyi will definitely become famous when he goes back, and when the time comes, he will rise to the top in Southern Chu and eventually become one of the giants of Southern Chu.
Li Yunyi ignored everyone's gaze later, and he led the army to concentrate on the road. This run was the whole day, except for a little water and a break for the horses halfway through. When it was dark, the army stopped, rested for an hour, and hurried all night.
After running six or seven hundred miles in one day and one night, the generals were a little tired, and many of the sergeants were even more tired. But Li Yunyi still didn't let the army stop, he passed the word and ran for another day and night to return to Nanchu, everyone worked hard and waited for Nanchu to repair before it was too late.
This message cheered up the whole army, and many of the sergeants were not familiar with the map and did not know where to go. Now that they learned that they were going home soon, they were naturally ecstatic. With such a great feats in battle this time, many of their sergeants still have a lot of money on them, and as long as they can go back, they will make a lot of money this time.
The 300,000-strong army fought like chicken blood and ran wildly all the way. By noon, the horses could no longer bear them, so they had to stop and rest. At this moment, the ground in the north shook slightly, and the whole army suddenly felt like a great enemy, but Li Yunyi waved his hand to let the generals calm down.
"Woo woo woo~"
A wolf roar sounded, and soon a red cloud lit up in the north, and the blood wolf cavalry rushed wildly, and there were two sergeants sitting on many blood wolves. Those sergeants were the same ones who controlled the raft before, and the blood wolf was a three-rank fierce beast, and it was easy for them to carry two people.
Li Yunyi walked out to welcome the return of the Blood Wolf Cavalry. He glanced around and saw that there was no shortage of blood wolf cavalry, he said with a smile: "Blood wolf cavalry, take a quick break, and the whole army will set off in an hour, we... Go home. β