Night hasn't fallen yet.

Outside the city of Xiguanbian.

Huo Quai's team only came to 500 forbidden troops in total.

Most of the previous people and horses stayed in Lishan.

"The three sons all have heavy treasures on their bodies, even things related to immortal weapons."

Bai Nanyu was born in the vertical and horizontal road, and has always been in awe of the third son, and asked cautiously: "What means did you use to track it down and make sure you were not discovered?" ”

She was worried that she would be detected by King Huainan, so she set up a situation in turn.

He asked very seriously, but his voice was soft and charming.

"Our forbidden army scouts have special tracking methods and artifacts, so there will be no mistakes."

As he spoke, Cao Ni took out something like a copper plate.

The four corners of the copper plate correspond to the four directions, marked with incantations, there are four extremely fine dents on the surface, and there is a drop of red blood in the middle.

This is a heavy treasure of the Mo family, in addition to blood, you can also use personal things to induce breath to chase the enemy.

It's just that the blood is more accurate.

Cao Ni took out another brief book with purple gas: "Liu An did cover the qi with a secret weapon, and it was not easy to trace. But Huo Hou had already expected that with the help of the Book of Ten Thousand People given by him, he was able to disperse Liu An and find his location. ”

Bai Nanyu nodded, the Book of Ten Thousand People is a thing of the national fortune of the Han Dynasty, and it is connected to the number of qi of a country.

With the help of this kind of thing, it is not surprising that Liu An has revealed his whereabouts.

"The things that Liu An used to cover his breath are probably very well-known. With the help of the Book of the Peoples, he can only determine his general scope, but cannot find out his specific location. ”

"What did he want to do when he came to Xiguan, did he figure it out?" Huo Quzhi asked personally.

Liu Anxuan settled in a small city and walked sneakily. The last general analyzed that he should have come to meet with certain people. Cao Ni responded.

Huo Quzhi thought for a while: "Bring the Xiguan defense map." ”

Bai Nanyu automatically assumed the role of a personal attendant, and skillfully took out a border map from the car.

Huo Qubing took the map, first marked an origin point in Shuyang, and then drew a ring with Shuyang as the core, including the surrounding towns and cities within two hundred miles.

The line of sight is looking back and forth on the map, holding the pen to mark several positions, and marking several positions with lines.

His expression was cold, and he clearly marked the strategically important places around Shuyang, and then issued several orders.

There was a sudden sound of hooves, and a messenger quickly walked away as he ordered.

"Divide some people and follow me into Shuyang to have a look."

Including Dong Zhongshu and Daozun, who accompanied him, they all agreed in unison.

……

A little earlier. Shuyang, a courtyard in the easterner part of the city.

After nightfall, he never took the lamp.

In the inner courtyard of the courtyard, Liu An, the king of Huainan, was sitting in the dark.

His injuries, in only one day, have improved a little, he is no longer as weak as before, and there is a little more blood on his face.

He sat in the main seat of the atrium in the courtyard, and there were many people sitting in the surrounding darkness.

The space in the hall is not large, and there is a burly man sitting at the door, about forty years old.

This person is extremely powerful in the Xiguan area, nominally the head of the family engaged in border trade business, named Cao Qiuting, and secretly is a peripheral force controlled by Zonghengdao in Xiguan.

The vertical and horizontal roads have been hidden for many years, and some things are inconvenient to do by themselves, so they will control local forces.

Cao Qiuting was one of the leaders of several peripheral forces in Xiguan.

Across from him, sat two other people, a man and a woman.

These two people are also peripheral forces secretly controlled by Zonghengdao, one is Liu Changhui, the patriarch of the Liu clan in Xiguan.

This mansion is owned by the Liu family.

The Liu clan is one of the major local clans under the Li clan in Longxi, and the family is prominent.

There was also a woman, who accompanied the last seat.

And at the top of the Cao Qiu Pavilion, there is also a woman wearing a scarf and is quite mysterious.

The woman's face was inconspicuous, and she sat there as if she were invisible, silent, and could only see the unusually white chin exposed under the hood.

As early as before Huo Quai's attack on Fuyu and Wuhuan, there was a team sent by the Xiongnu outside Xiguan, led by a woman, who went in and out of the Xiqiang departments.

At present, this woman is the leader of the Xiongnu's team outside Xiguan.

She was secretly smuggled by Cao Qiuting and a small number of her subordinates into Xiguan through border trade means.

These people were all summoned by the king of Huainan and met in the mansion.

Cao Qiuting sat at the bottom of the woman, and he could smell a faint fragrance on her body at the end of his nose, and he couldn't help but feel a little moved.

He boasted that he was in the Xiguan area, and he had to tremble three times when he stomped his feet, black and white, his hands and eyes were all over the sky, and he was not afraid of the sky and the earth.

looked at the woman next to him unscrupulously.

The curve of the woman's side sitting is seductive, the arc of the chest is full and heavy, and the legs are even tighter than the skirt, giving people a feeling of strength and feminine flexibility, like a female leopard.

This kind of woman is the most flavorful...... Cao Qiuting thought in his heart: It is said that the Huns have a smell of animal husbandry and are very dirty, but this woman's breath smells so good, and when you find an opportunity to give her *, taste the taste.

When Cao Qiuting's mind fluctuated, he felt that his eyes fell on him, and when he turned his head to see that he was the first, his body was hazy, even though he was sitting there, he still felt illusory and unreal, and his heart couldn't help but be slightly cold, and his unscrupulous attitude was slightly restrained.

He didn't know the true identity of the King of Huainan, but he received a summons from Zonghengdao and rushed to meet him.

In his cognition, he only knew that it was the envoy who summoned them, and the specific identity was not clear.

"Cao Qiuting, can you do what I asked you to do?"

The voice of the king of Huainan was also covered, and he couldn't hear his age, or even men and women, and he was illusory.

Cao Qiuting hurriedly said: "It's ready, recently, the Xiguan Taishou Zhang Army, and the Zhang Cigong Department from Beiguan have jointly clashed with the Western Xiongnu, as well as Li Kangbu and Yao Zhao's soldiers and horses from Chang'an, are attacking the Qiang people."

When all sides went to war and the Xiguan border army marched in large numbers, it was when the defense of Xiguan was relatively empty and the situation was chaotic. ”

Cao Qiuting took out a leather scroll, and the king of Huainan stretched out his hand to grab it, and the leather scroll fell into his hand.

He looked at it, and it was the approximate distribution of the strength of the Han army at the border pass.

The depiction on the diagram is not exhaustive, it should be observation, collection of external information, so as to judge and deduce, and there must be discrepancies with the actual situation, but it can be used for reference.

The king of Huainan handed the leather scroll to the Hun woman with a black scarf on her face.

"What are you going to do?"

"My target is not the border army, the news that the great shaman has sent to me, let us disturb Xiguan and cooperate with my Western Huns' soldiers and horses." The woman's voice was cold and she spoke fluent Chinese.

Her voice fell, and Cao Qiuting laughed wildly first, and after attracting the woman's attention, he said in a deep voice:

"If you have the heart to act, my subordinates have been in and out of the desert Xiguan all year round, and they have seen any scenes, so I can help you with all my might."

The woman seemed to be a little disdainful, her chin in the hood moved slightly, and she pursed the corners of her mouth.

King Huainan asked, "Then what is your goal?" ”

The woman said: "The Li family in Longxi has the most resources in Longxi, from the officials to the pawns, all of them are involved in the Li family.

The Li family can be said to be the biggest ruler in Longxi outside the Han Dynasty and the opposition, if they are in chaos, Longxi will also be in chaos.

Compared with the border pass of the Han army, the Li clan in Longxi is much easier to deal with. ”

On the opposite seat, Liu Changhui, the head of the Liu family, heard the words, his eyes lit up.

His Liu family has been suppressed by the Li family in Longxi all the year round, if he can secretly promote it and let the Li family suffer a catastrophe, the Liu family can take advantage of the situation: "If the Li family is the goal, my Liu family is willing to help."

I know a lot about Lee.

The Li family's largest grain reserve in Longxi is located in Quwei, sixty miles north of Shuyang City, if it can be set on fire. The lack of grain in Longxi is the shortage of grain for the border army, and more than 30% of the grain of the border army is supplied by the Li family and is responsible for transportation.

If Li suffered heavy losses, the blow to the Han army would also be very serious. ”

The woman glanced at Liu Changhui, who was full of excitement, and a thought flashed in her heart: these Han people are even more interested in fighting inside than outside.

What Liu Changhui said was in line with her original goal.

This time, with the help of Zonghengdao, he entered the Han realm in order to deliberately destroy and set fire to food.

And burning grain is the fastest way to demoralize the enemy.

King Huainan instructed: "Liu Changhui, it is up to you to cooperate." ”

Liu Changhui happily agreed, got up and said, "How many people you have come in, if you need it, you can say it." ”

The woman also stood up, saluted the king of Huainan, and walked out with Liu Changhui.

Cao Qiuting also wanted to follow, and King Huainan said, "Wait, I still have something for you to do." After that, he turned his eyes to the woman sitting in the other seat: "How's your progress over there?" ”

There are four seats in the hall, and the woman who has never opened her mouth has thick and dark skin, is more than thirty years old, and has a short scar on the left side of her face, so that the originally beautiful face is only ferocious.

She, like Cao Qiuting, is a peripheral force under the command of Zonghengdao.

He suffered a lot when he was a teenager, and when he became an adult, he joined a gang and was cultivated by Zonghengdao, with a ruthless style and nicknamed Hook Phoenix.

"Envoy rest assured, I have already explored the place, it is Anqu, a small border city on the border of Xiguan seventy miles away from here, with a population of less than 10,000 households and not many defenders, so it is most suitable for the envoy's orders."

Hook Feng Lu Qiuge's voice was hoarse, with a strong sense of friction, which made people extremely uncomfortable to listen to.

Cao Qiuting interjected: "What the envoy wants to do, please do not hesitate to give orders." ”

After King Huainan was seriously injured by Huo Qu's illness, he was like a frightened bird, and a trace of uneasiness rose in his heart at this time.

He groaned for a while and said, "Lu Qiuge, you come with me and go to the border city of Anqu." ”

"Cao Qiu Ting, this Shuyang is where you are used to going in and out, you make people pay attention to the fact that there are fresh faces in the city. If so, send me the news secretly. ”

Cao Qiuting said: "The envoy can rest assured. ”

King Huainan took out a picture scroll, rolled his breath, wrapped himself and Lu Qiuge, and disappeared in a flash.

"What kind of treasure is this, so powerful, it's gone in the blink of an eye."

Cao Qiuting came out of the house and shouted, "Someone." Go and check if there are any living people in the city, and if so, find out how many people there are and what their origins are. ”

Before he finished speaking, he felt that there was a force, which came inexplicably, and the pressure in the courtyard increased sharply.

Cao Qiuting suddenly turned around and saw a tall and strong man appearing out of thin air, and he was immediately shocked.

"Who are you?" Cao Qiuting asked in a deep voice.

The man ignored him, looked down at a bronze plate in his hand, and said to the void beside him, "The person just left, he should have been here before." ”

Cao Qiu Ting immediately saw an astonishing scene, the void mist beside him swirled, and the group slowly appeared.

He was shocked and thought: What kind of means is this, so many people have entered this courtyard silently, and I have no idea.

The strong man who appeared first turned his head, looked at Cao Qiuting, and said, "Where did the person who was here just now go?" ”

Among the people who came out were Huo Quai.

He lightly snapped his fingers, and Cao Qiu Ting's eyes immediately darkened, and his consciousness was invaded by the power of the talisman, and his head exploded in pain.

The fourth soldier Fu Lingyong was opened, and Huo Quzhi's ability to forcibly obtain the other party's thoughts increased significantly, so he learned the news he wanted to know from Cao Qiuting's consciousness.

The side effect was that after Cao Qiuting was administered, he became confused and completely became a waste.

"I went to Anqu ......"

Huo Qu's words disappeared.

Dong Zhongshu and Daozun, Bai Nanyu and a group of cadres walked with him.

……

"Why did the envoy come to this city of Weinanyi, not Anqu."

Lu Qiuge was carried by the magic weapon urged by King Huainan, and in a blink of an eye, he was out of Shuyang.

After a few flickering, King Huainan stopped, Lu Qiuge was very familiar with the border pass, and when he glanced around, he recognized that it was the small border pass city of Weinan, not the Anqu she said before.

King Huainan said: "If there is really a danger approaching, Cao Qiuting knows that if we go to Anqu, the opponent will be led to Anqu by him, how can we go again." ”

Lu Qiuge suddenly realized that this envoy was scheming and extremely ruthless, killing people quietly.

Cao Qiuting has obviously become an outcast thrown by him, if there is really an opponent chasing him, Cao Qiuting's fate can be imagined.

The King of Huainan looked at this Xiguan town in the night.

The people of the city went to bed early after nightfall, and the whole city was silent.

"It's a good place too."

King Huainan took out a formation map, and four or five figures appeared ghostly around him, and they scattered in different directions in the city without his command.

The king of Huainan sacrificed the scroll in his hand and rose into the air.

There was a circle of texture spreading in the picture scroll, and an invisible qi enveloped and covered the entire small city.

Lu Qiuge soon saw a scene that shocked her.

Where the King of Huainan was, in the courtyard of the nearest border city, several people were forcibly ingested and dragged out by the array released by him in their sleep.

Men, women, and children, a total of seven or eight people, were still asleep, but they were dragged to the bottom of the array, and the qi, blood, and divine soul power in their bodies turned into two wisps of black and red breath, which were absorbed into the array.

More people followed, absorbed by the expanded array, and gradually encompassed the entire town.

Lu Qiuge quickly understood that King Huainan was using means to absorb the qi and blood of these ordinary people.

And in order not to be alarmed, these people are ingested and plundered in their sleep, they don't even know that they have had this experience, and when they wake up tomorrow, they will think it is a nightmare.

But in fact, these ordinary people have been secretly harvested some of their qi and blood, and their spirits will be weakened, their blood and qi will decay, and they will be riddled with diseases.

This is exactly the means that the King of Huainan relied on to quickly recover from his injuries.

He won't kill these people and make too much of a fuss, but will do it secretly.

He sacrificed a small tripod and began to carry the blood and qi extracted from the array, and he also opened his mouth to absorb the qi and blood from the tripod to warm up his injuries.

But at this moment, King Huainan suddenly stopped his movements and looked in one direction.

"Liu An, you actually did this kind of thing, the face of the clan has made you lose everything."

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