36. Tracking, banditry
Zhao Huaiyue quickly whipped his horse and rode out of the east gate of the county with fifteen.
The white mountain floated with his hands in his hands, followed closely, like a ghost chasing the soul in the mountains.
After reaching the second level of the True Qi Cloth Body, his True Qi recovery speed has been significantly improved, and now following a fast horse, although the consumption is not negligible, it is in the consumption range of "will not affect the outbreak of a big war at any time".
However, if he kept up with the day and night, the exhaustion of his body would inevitably slow down the recovery of his true qi, and that would not work.
The forest scenery on both sides is opposite to each other, and after several turns, the scenery in front of it finally changes.
On the edge of the official road, an army wearing soft armor and a county-style sword was already standing neatly.
At a cursory glance, the number is about five hundred.
Zhao Huaiyue lifted the reins and exhaled: "Huh~~~"
Then stopped in front of the army.
The other knights also stopped.
The man dressed as a headhunter quickly came out of the ranks, came to Zhao Huaiyue's horse, and said respectfully: "County Lieutenant Zhao, Lord Gu and County Lieutenant Wang want us to enter the mountain area immediately and start a joint crackdown on bandits. ”
Zhao Huaiyue nodded, responded with a "good", and then swept his gaze over the five hundred county guards under his command, clenched his fists and waved fiercely: "Let's go!" Follow me to exterminate the Panshan Bandit!! ”
"I wish to follow Lord Zhao!" The morale of the county officials was high.
Zhao Huaiyue turned the reins, shouted "drive", and rode forward, and the Qingyuan County team of 500 people rose up, followed him, and went to the deep mountains.
Bai Shan was close to a boulder in the distance, his brows furrowed slightly.
I didn't expect this battle to come so suddenly, but Bingdao is about "surprise", and there is nothing to say.
However, this Zhao Huaiyue seems to be very interesting, he has to go to the eldest sister first to fight a war, which clearly does not take the encirclement and suppression of the three counties seriously.
And he also said something like "Peach Blossom County is dangerous" and "You'll understand later".
The surname Zhao can't be in collusion with bandits, right? That's why you know that the encirclement and suppression will inevitably fail, right?
Wrong...
The surname Zhao will not be so stupid, and even if the surname Zhao colludes with the bandits, it is impossible for so many county officials here to patrol and arrest the bandits.
Is that to spread the news to the bandits and set up an ambush?
Or something else?
A simple incident of banditry suddenly shrouded in a layer of fog.
Bai Shan thought for a while, only to feel that it was all blind guessing, meaningless, and he heard the footsteps far away, so he leaned out from behind the boulder, his body was as agile as a wild leopard chasing after him, and continued to keep up with the Qingyuan County army, and went to the mountain.
Although this is sudden today, Bai Shan has been preparing for this day for a long time.
Now that the coalition army has opened the way, he also took the opportunity to find the stronghold and base camp of the Panshan bandits, and then... Wait for the opportunity to complete the cultivation needs of [Tiger Roaring Night Chapter].
...
The shadows of the trees are scattered, and they quickly retreat backwards.
The mountain road is rugged, like a large snake winding up gradually.
Seeing that Qingyuan County had entered the mountain, Bai Shan stopped slightly, he looked around slightly, only to feel a little familiar, and then thought about it carefully, before he matched the terrain in his mind.
During this time, he came to Panshan for a walk when he had nothing to do, in order to understand the terrain.
Even if he is right, he is clear about the road ahead.
"It's called Black Wind Mouth, and it's a place where there are a lot of miasma poisonous insects, and the hunters don't usually come here.
And there should be no fork in the road further, like a hundred rivers converging into a large canyon, and then the canyon will fork again, dividing into a labyrinth of complex terrain...
The old people who used to go up the mountain called this Gorge of No Return.
It seems that the base camp of the Panshan bandits is likely to be here.
I'll climb to a high place first. ”
Since Baishan knew the whereabouts of the Qingyuan County army, he did not follow anymore, but chose a fork in the road, picked a peak, quickly climbed to the top of the mountain, and then overlooked the surroundings.
From this point of view, the surrounding situation is clear.
The allied forces of the three counties are indeed here.
But the three teams were on three different mountain trails.
There are paths interconnected between the mountain roads, and they are half incense distances away from each other, and they are advancing in the shape of a pin.
In this way, even if the bandits took advantage of the geographical danger to set up an ambush, they could only trap one team, while the other two teams could quickly hear the movement and come to their aid.
In the three-county coalition, Qingyuan County and Yuzhou County are on the left and right, and the leaders are Zhao Huaiyue and Wang Zhaofei respectively, and the number of people is about four or five hundred.
And the central Taohua County is actually the most people, and the front and rear two armies are actually different dresses, hanging in the back of an army is only about 200 people, at first glance is the native county soldiers of Taohua County, and the front has more than 500 people, and the morale of the equipment is obviously much better than that of the local county soldiers.
Bai Shan remembered what he had overheard behind the old house before, and naturally guessed that these more than 500 strong soldiers should be reinforcements sent by Tianyi Mansion, and it seemed that they were hidden by Lord Gu.
But at the same time, he can be regarded as having a new understanding of the status of "worship", and this "mansion" level worship can mobilize the army in the house, which can be regarded as quite powerful.
After observing, Bai Shan retracted his gaze.
Now that he has determined the whereabouts of the three armies are the Gorge of No Return, he is ready to take the first step and go to the front to have a look.
It may not be possible to change to someone else, but his body is superb, and he can even reach the sky with nine leaves, if he encounters a cliff between the mountains and mountains, others need to detour, he only needs two or three leaves to fly over, which is much more convenient.
After two incense sticks, Baishan has crossed more than ten peaks.
Suddenly, he stopped and looked into the distance.
In the depths of the Gorge of No Return, there is a group of black and oppressive teams.
Obviously, that's the bandits.
There are a lot of thieves in the mountains, and roughly speaking, they are more than three times the size of the three-county coalition army, nearly 5,000 people.
"Sure enough, here, these bandits are hiding in the depths of the Gorge of No Return, which is really an easy place to defend and difficult to attack..."
"However, this place..."
Bai Shan observed it again, and couldn't help but be happy, "It's really a coincidence, a few miles west from here, that is, where the tiger demon is." ”
He retracted his gaze, looked at the mountain thieves like a swarm of ants under his feet, and had a calculation in his heart, and then continued to walk through it like a gust of wind, sweeping through the barren forests and mountains, and following the direction of the mountain road that the mountain thieves had come from, and went in the opposite direction.
His direction is naturally the base camp of Panshan Kou.
His goal is to slaughter a thousand bandits, and then feel the pain and fear of the bandits, so as to fulfill the needs of the [Tiger Roaring Night Chapter];
On the other hand, because of Bai Miaochan, he has also heard too many "good deeds" done by bandits during this time, and he has also seen too many children who have lost their relatives and are crying. It's revenge too.
The White Mountain moves quickly, looking carefully.
Moments later...
Between the mountains and rivers, a cottage appeared in view.
The plaque hanging in the center of the cottage reads "Panshan Righteous Army", and the long flags hanging on both sides are written with the words "Doing the Way for Heaven" and "Rewarding the Good and Punishing the Evil".
"It's here, but it's ridiculously hypocritical..."
Baishan stands on a high cliff with a wide field of vision, overlooking this mountain Kou Dazhai.
In Dazhai, there are still many bandits patrolling, but there are many fewer than those who attack.
"Gu Shuangyuan is really a capable person, this is to directly find out where the base camp of the Panshan thieves is, and then pull up the alliance of the three counties and the elite of Tianyi Mansion who have been hiding in the snow to besiege it."
"In that case, when the war starts on the front line, I will start attacking this cottage, hoping to succeed."
Bai Shan glanced at the bandits who were walking in the canyon again, sat cross-legged, took a deep breath, and began to breathe to recover the strength that had just been consumed by the hurry.