That night, they set up camp not far from the official road, and Shi Ziling divided his 500 defenders into two teams, with 200 people each led by Wei Song and Wei Hu, the two hundred commanders, to camp in front of the left and rear on the right, and he himself led 100 people to camp in the center with Nangong Xia.

This method of encamping is an evolution of Shiziling from the "Optimus Prime" style in the eight styles of the Yu family. After the innovation and improvement of Shi Ziling, the "Optimus Prime" style has already become the most defensive move, and Shi Ziling has evolved it into the tactical formation of the army, and has repeatedly practiced with his subordinates many times in the tactical training of the southern camp in peacetime.

After repeated drills, these soldiers under his command are now very proficient in this defensive formation, whether it is 5,000 people, 500 people, or even five people, they can quickly and skillfully operate this defensive formation.

Shi Ziling was confident that under this defensive formation, he could at least resist the attack of twice as many military horses as the opponent.

For the sake of safety, Nangong Xia lived in a big tent with Shi Ziling, although he was unable to move, but his eyes were still sharp, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised when he saw Shi Ziling's formation.

After everything was arranged, Nangong Xia asked Shi Ziling and said, "Brother, although I have never led troops myself, my son Nangong Bo has nearly 100,000 troops under him, and I often go to see the formation drills of the generals under him. ”

"But your way of camping is quite different, and I see that your men are quick and skillful, and they are obviously trained. Is this a formation specifically designed for defense?"

Shi Ziling said with a smile: "Senior, you really have sharp eyes, and you can see that my formation is specially used for defense." ”

"Actually, I haven't been a lieutenant general for a long time, and I haven't studied the art of war before, and this formation was created by myself. After the audition, all of my subordinates said that the defense effect was not bad, so I asked them to practice more often. I don't know what will happen if I really run into an enemy. ”

Nangong Xia was surprised: "Brother, you are not only a martial arts wizard who is also the head of the Demon Sect and the Three Qing Sects, but you are also so talented in leading troops, it seems that it is really a wise choice for us to form an alliance with your Songhu City." ”

Shi Ziling said: "Senior, you have won the award, the formation and tactics I created have not been tested in actual combat, and it is difficult to say how effective it is." However, I still hope that this time we go to Narcissus City, it is better not to run into a large group of enemies......"

Both of them laughed.

The next day, just before the team was about to leave, Wei Songlai, the head of the hundred, reported to Shiziling, saying that a few fast horses came from the rear of the team early in the morning, and after looking at it before arriving at the camp, he turned around and went back, for some reason.

Shi Ziling asked, "Do you see who they are?"

Wei Song replied: "These knights on fast horses are wearing ordinary people's clothes, but as far as I can see, their horses are very similar to the kind used by the auxiliary defense forces in Songhu City, and I don't know if I am mistaken." ”

"I wanted to go up and ask where they were from, but they turned around and left as soon as they saw me. ”

Shi Ziling said: "You mean that they came from the direction of Songhu City, and they went back immediately after taking a look at us. ”

Wei Song said: "Exactly, I don't know what they mean, I thought about it, it's better to report to the general." ”

Shi Ziling praised Wei Song a few words, told him to continue to be vigilant, and then let everyone continue on the road.

The two brothers, Wei Song and Wei Hu, are the two hundred generals who are more optimistic about Shi Ziling in his own army, and the foundation of their two martial arts is relatively solid, and they are also more careful, and Shi Ziling will also point out their martial arts when he is free.

These two brothers learned things very quickly, whether it was instructing them in martial arts or letting them practice Shi Ziling's self-created formation, they all completed it very well, so Shi Ziling went to Narcissus City this time and took them with him.

Shi Ziling heard Wei Song say that the fast horses seemed to be from the auxiliary defense army in Songhu City, and he couldn't help but move in his heart. The auxiliary defense army was led by Ma Dai and Chen Gongzhao respectively, and if Ma Dai sent people, it would be impossible to turn around and leave without saying a word. It can be inferred from this that those people are likely to be Chen Gongzhao's subordinates.

If it was indeed Chen Gongzhao's subordinates, they came to check it and immediately turned back, the purpose should be to confirm the route taken by their team, so if they wanted to make a move, they would definitely continue to send people here.

Although Shi Ziling and his party were mainly cavalry, they were still walking slowly along the way because they were carrying a Nangong Xia who had not recovered from serious injuries. And for safety reasons, it was a little dark at night, so I stopped and set up camp. If you chase them from Songhu City, it won't take you a few hours to catch up with them.

Shi Ziling had a hunch in his heart that those fast horses might not have come for Nangong Xia, but might have been to deal with him. Chen Gongzhao has a grudge against himself for killing his son, and it is not strange that he sent someone to deal with him.

It's just that Shi Ziling really wants to know about Lu Dao, Chen Gongzhao has even used the killer of the "Dark Dao", if he still wants to deal with himself, I don't know what means he will use?

In the afternoon of the same day, not long after Shi Ziling and his party left after lunch, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind them. Everyone looked back, and saw seven or eight fast horses galloping towards them at full speed.

Shi Ziling ordered the team to stop, Wei Hu and Wei Song led the army to set up a defensive formation around Nangong Xia's carriage with the momentum of "Optimus Prime", and Shi Ziling himself sat on horseback, quietly watching the approach of the fast horses.

The fast horses came to the front in a blink of an eye, stopped about three feet away from the Shiziling procession, and after a little observation, one of them pointed to the Shiziling in the center and said something. Then a man rode forward alone and came to the front of Shiziling's team.

This person is about fifty years old, with messy hair draped over his shoulders, but his body is dressed very fancy, and there is a big begonia flower embroidered on the chest of his clothes, which looks quite strange.

He came to the team and shouted, "Shiziling, you come out for me!"

This person's voice was very loud and full of energy, and it shook people's ears. Although the 500 soldiers under Shi Ziling were intimidated by his prestige, they still held swords and guns in their positions, and they were not confused by the strange momentum of the comers.

When Nangong Xia heard this person's roar, she couldn't help but lift the curtain of the carriage slightly, and looked at this person from a distance.

Shi Ziling sat on the horse and did not move, and said loudly: "Who is coming, why is it making a lot of noise here?"

His voice was clear and calm, but it seemed to have a wonderful force, which made all the sergeants present feel refreshed when they heard it.

Seeing that Shi Ziling was unmoved, the man couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and shouted: "The side of Ruyi Gate is different here, don't you dare to come over Shi Ziling? Do you think these little soldiers can keep you?"

Nangong Xia in the carriage was shocked, he knew that Fang Wuming, the nameless real person of Ruyi Gate, had a junior disciple named Fang Wei, and his strength was only better than Fang Wuming in Ruyi Gate, and he could also rank in the top 20 in the top 100 list. Due to the large number of disciples of the Ruyi Sect, there are many of the daily affairs of the Sect that are managed by different parties.

I heard that this person's personality is weird, and it is even more nameless than the owner of the door, but I didn't expect it to be like this. I don't know why this person came all the way here to do so, is Ruyimen also interested in the "Nine Yuan Customs Clearance" diagram?

Shi Ziling didn't have any special feelings when he heard the other party claiming to be a person from the "Ruyi Gate", he didn't know anything about the various sects, and he was never interested in inquiring about anything that had nothing to do with him.

Because he felt that the party in front of him looked strange and hateful, Shi Ziling was reluctant to deal with it in his heart, and said impatiently: "Your Excellency is looking for Shi, you are on official business, and you don't have time to chat with people, so it's okay to say it directly." ”

Fang Wei was stunned for a moment, he thought that after Shi Ziling heard his name, he would get off the horse and come over to salute him or something, but he didn't expect the other party to be impatient, and he didn't look like he was taking himself seriously at all.

Fang Wei couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, and shouted: "Shi Ziling, you killed the disciples in my sect, I wanted to give you a chance to explain, but I didn't expect you to be so arrogant, do you have to force me to kill." ”

As he spoke, the killing intent on Fang Wei's body suddenly rose, and several war horses in front of him were frightened, and they couldn't help but neigh and retreat again and again.

Shi Ziling was a little inexplicable, what he was most worried about at the moment was just the safety of Nangong Xia, but looking at the purpose of these people, it seemed that they were coming exclusively for themselves, and they also said that they had killed the disciples in his sect, and put on a look of asking the teacher.

Shi Ziling asked, "May I ask Your Excellency, did I kill that disciple in your sect? It can't be that you are mistaken?"

Fang Wei stretched out his hand and pointed at Shi Ziling and said, "Wasn't Chen Zhongda killed by you?"

"Chen Zhongda?"

Shi Ziling suddenly realized, no wonder as soon as he saw this Fang different, he felt that his face was hateful, it turned out that he and Chen Zhongda's beast were all the way.

It seems that Chen Gongzhao invited this person to avenge Chen Zhongda, but he just happened to escort Nangong Xia out of the city, so he sent someone to come over quickly to find out the route he was taking first, and then let this party bring someone to catch up.

Although he saw that Fang Wei was here to seek revenge on him, Shi Ziling still ordered his subordinates to be on guard. Especially around Nangong Xia's carriage, in addition to the defense of various small formations, there were also multiple groups of archers holding down the formation. It is expected that even if there is a surprise attack by a top master, it will be difficult to break through this defensive formation for a while.