It didn't take long for Duanmu Xianjun to walk out with a gloomy face, and when he saw that the four people were there, he walked straight out of the gate, and the sentry hurriedly saluted, and the four of them followed.

The group soon came to the square of the Chinese army barracks, where many soldiers were already waiting in line, and there was a general in front of them for unified scheduling. The soldiers are all dressed in black, with sharp knives and crossbows, and bright armor, which is elite at first glance. Duanmu Xianjun led the four of them over, reported to the general, and then left alone.

He had the horses put a hitch and a cotton cloth around their feet so that they would not make a sound, and then they were asked to wait in a line on the side, all four of them dressed in white, which stood out.

When everyone arrived, the general said to the hundred leaders in front of each team:

"There is a surprise mission tonight, and the brave general will personally fight, all the rituals will be simple, and the action will be called with flags and torches." After speaking, he said no more, and stood still.

Thousands of people stood in silence in the square.

It didn't take long for the scouts in front to come with news, and the general immediately went to report, and after a while, everyone gathered around a young general with a sword hanging from his waist and wearing battle armor, and walked out majestically, this person was the brave general Shangguan Leopard. Gongsun Yan saw him for the first time after he came to the army, and when the so-called enemies saw each other, his eyes were extremely red, his fists were clenched, and his eyes were staring at him deadly.

Shangguan Leopard was burly, with short eyebrows and thin face, a ridged nose, and a narrow Yintang, he strode up to the high platform in front of him with his head raised and domineering, and his eyes swept over the soldiers and soldiers, and said loudly:

"Recently, the army of the rampant country has violated our border many times, and our department has suffered many casualties. I'm going to raid the Rampant Kingdom today, catch him off guard, and let them remember it a little longer. Then he waved his arm vigorously and said:

"Let's go!"

Thousands of people marched in an orderly manner, and it was sunset when Gongsun Yan and they walked out of the barracks. The Bingyin military barracks were originally located at the foot of Tianmenling Mountain in Nanpython Mountain, but the team did not climb the mountain after leaving the camp, but marched all the way to the west along the foot of Nanpython Mountain.

Opposite the Tianmen Ridge of the South Python Mountain is the North Python Mountain Tongtianling, there is a natural valley between the two mountains - Lianxin Valley, which intersects with the Grand Canyon Cross between the Double Python Mountains, it is one of the most important passages between Huachen and Rampant Yuan, and it is a necessary place for trade exchanges and business exchanges between the two countries in peacetime. Its strategic position is so important that every conflict between the two countries begins here.

At first, many speculated that the target of the raid was Tongtian Ridge, but now it seems that this is not the case.

The procession marched rapidly, and in the middle of the night, there was no intention of slowing down or stopping, and the cold night was so dark that it was too dark to reach out and not be able to see the five fingers, and the team moved forward completely by the light of the fire from the scout fire in front of them.

It's been a tough journey, and some people are starting to get tired of it. With such a high-intensity rapid march, Li Tie and Su Xin, who accompanied the army, also had some difficulty, but Gongsun Yan, because he often went up the mountain with his father to collect medicine since he was a child, and he practiced his skills, which seemed very relaxed at the moment.

After a short rest on the spot until midnight, the team continued on its way; When dawn was about to break, the team came to a dense forest at the foot of the mountain, and Shangguan Leopard ordered the team to hide in the forest and camp on the spot.

The soldiers set up their tents one after another, fetched water nearby, and then buried the pot to boil the water and take out the dry grain. Gongsun Yan and the others also took down the tent from the pack horses and set it up, and asked for hot water from other soldiers, and then took out the dry food and ate it silently. The four of them did not bring any luggage, and after eating, they slept directly in the camp tent.

After a night's journey, everyone was exhausted, and they slept until six o'clock in the morning, until someone came to wake them up, and Gongsun Yan and the others got up immediately.

After dinner, it was already evening, and they immediately dismantled their tents, packed their bags, and continued with the procession.

After that, except for two short breaks in the middle, they have been nervously rushing with the team. Finally, near dawn on the third day after leaving the barracks, after they had climbed a mountain range, an order came from the front of the group to rest in place. There was already a garrison here and a fortress built, but it was not large, and when they arrived, they quickly brought water and supplies.

At this time, Jiang Qi whispered to Gongsun Yan:

"After we came out, we went all the way west, and it is estimated that if we go westward again, we will soon enter the territory of Xia Su Kingdom." Gongsun Yan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, he knew very little about the geography of Huachen Kingdom, and secretly thought that he would make some efforts in this area in the future, and it was very necessary to go out and be familiar with meteorology and geography.

In fact, Jiang Qi's guess was right, they were already on the Red Cliff Ridge of Nanpython Mountain, opposite the Wujin Ridge in the territory of the Rampant Yuan Kingdom, and then more than a hundred miles west of this place entered the territory of the Xia Su Kingdom.

The reason why Shangguan Leopard chose this place as a raid target is mainly because the Wujin Ridge of the Rampant Country used to be a place rich in Wujin, and there were thousands of Wujin mine caves in the heyday, and there were many people who stole Wujin in those years, and opened up many hidden paths, there is such a path from Hongyaling to Wujin Ridge, where the mountain is high and the road is dangerous, sparsely populated, and now the Wujin mine has long been abandoned, and this road is even more inaccessible.

Although it is not easy to attack Wujin Ridge, it is also very difficult to defend, but to climb Wujin Ridge from the direction of Hongya Ridge, you must first cross the Grand Canyon, and then pass through a valley about five miles long - Black Mountain Gorge before you can board Wujin Ridge. The stream in the Grand Canyon was originally the natural dividing line between the two countries, and it was winter, the water flow was not urgent, and the river could be waded across the river.

During the day, the team rested and stood by, and the soldiers rested in the barracks of the garrison or in the tents. Gongsun Yan and the others set up their tents to rest, and ate dry food for breakfast, the sky was already bright, and the landform features of the mountains were unobstructed.

Jiang Qi looked out from the gap in the tent and said to himself, "As expected, this place is Hongya Ridge. Then he turned his head and whispered to the people,

"This place is only more than 100 miles west of Xia Su Country, and across the canyon is the Rampant Yuan Country, everyone must be careful in this cross-border raid! When you move, keep up with the team and don't fall behind! It is estimated that there will be no action during the day, so hurry up and rest now. With that, he slept with his clothes.

Gongsun Yan and the others also hurriedly lay down to rest.

At dusk, the scouts came with the news that there was nothing abnormal on the opposite side of the Grand Canyon, and Shangguan Leopard immediately ordered all the soldiers to sneak to the side of the canyon under the ridge to stand by, and ordered his subordinate generals to lead a hundred soldiers as the vanguard to sneak attack the opposite bank and quickly occupy the high ground on both sides of the Black Mountain Gorge.

Less than an hour later, news came from the front, everything went well!

Shangguan Leopard immediately ordered all of them to attack Wujin Ridge! Like a sharp sword, the team stabbed swiftly into the night ahead.

Gongsun Yan and the others rushed together in the middle and rear of the group, he couldn't figure out the direction at all, followed Jiang Qi closely, waded across the canyon and entered the Black Mountain Gorge not far away.

Shangguan Leopard with a few partial generals and military divisions was the last group to enter the Black Mountain Gorge, just walked not far, when he heard a "boom" of a cannon, the cliffs on both sides of the canyon suddenly threw down countless torches, pine oil, sulfur, saltpeter and branches and other things, the canyon instantly became like day, the surrounding war drums sounded in unison, the sound of killing shook the sky.

Shangguan Leopard and the others' faces turned pale in an instant, and when they saw that the situation was not good, he roared loudly:

"Not good! We are ambushed, the rear team becomes the front team, withdraw immediately! ”

Pity! It was too late, and the entrance of the canyon had already rushed out of the rampant country to intercept it, and rows of arrows were like showers of locusts shooting at Shangguan Leopard and others from all directions. Shangguan Leopard immediately concentrated his forces to break through in the direction of the road from which he came.

At this moment, the army of the Zhonghua Kingdom in the canyon has been in chaos, the team was divided into several sections by the flames, many soldiers were either hit by arrows, or burned, Jiang Qi and several people quickly took out the gauze and covered their mouths and noses after wetting, and quickly put into the rescue, they kept stopping the bleeding and bandaging the wounds for the injured soldiers, but the casualties were heavy, Jiang Qi and others had no time to treat the wounded. Seeing this, Jiang Qi hurriedly said to everyone:

"Immediately break through with the large army all the way, try not to fall behind, it's really not good, break through separately, and each has its own destiny."

He turned to Gongsun Yan and said, "You can take my package with you, and if you can't find it in the future, I'll keep it for myself!" With that, he flickered and dashed towards the entrance of the canyon.

Gongsun Yan and the others also followed without hesitation, but they had no martial arts, and they had to constantly dodge arrows and avoid flames, and several people were quickly left behind.

There were bursts of roars and shouts of killing from the direction of the entrance of the canyon, indicating that the battle was very fierce, and Gongsun Yan thought to himself that even if he rushed to the mouth of the valley, it would be difficult to break through, and his life would be explained there nine times out of ten. At this moment, he calmed down in his heart and stopped running.

Gongsun Yan looked around with the help of the firelight, and had an idea in his heart, so he immediately turned back and ran towards the way he came.