Su Ji and Li Chongxiang led the caravan, but they could only return the same way, and seeing the two big men leave, the nervous heart of the cavalry commander finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, a henchman behind him couldn't help but ask, "Lord Commander, since that person has spoken, let's search, such a good opportunity, why don't you act?" ”

"Yes, even if Prince Yu is in a high position in Zhongzhou, but he is always His Majesty's confidant, we can use the reason for the search to install a crime, which will be more convenient for us to act in the future, so it's a pity to let them go like this."

Another henchman couldn't help but speak, revealing a look full of pity.

The two cavalry commanders didn't say a word, but slapped their subordinates behind them and scolded angrily.

"Search? A group of fools, I didn't see that this was a deliberate trick for us by King Yu. ”

"Open your dog's eyes and take a good look, that group of accompanying caravans is really an ordinary dart master, the aura emanating from their bodies, at a glance, you can know that they are battle-hardened veterans, and it is likely to be the Zhongzhou soldiers who have just experienced the battle."

"At this time, come forward to search, if King Yu takes us down with his backhand on the charge of attacking them, do you think you still have a chance to live?"

"Ahh Won't this be, does King Yu dare to do this, isn't he afraid of His Majesty's punishment? His subordinates' faces were full of horror and disbelief.

"Hmph, punishment? has been sitting in Zhongzhou for decades, do you really think that Yu Wang Ye is a harmless little white rabbit for humans and animals? How did a group of idiots, Xu Shan, Feng Dian and tens of thousands of bandits, be exterminated, this is a lesson from the past, and they forgot it so quickly? ”

"To put it mildly, if we hadn't seized the opportunity, occupied Jinzhong County, and had been acting on His Majesty's orders, we would have deserved to talk to Prince Yu by virtue of our identity."

"Don't blame you for not reminding you, in Zhongzhou, don't offend Prince Yu as a last resort, it's not an exaggeration to say that Prince Yu is the heaven of Zhongzhou."

After being scolded for a while, the subordinates behind him were obviously much more honest, and nodded again and again, if it wasn't for the reminder of the two commanders, it is likely that they would have been cold a long time ago, and now that I think about it, I am really afraid for a while.

After the two cavalry commanders vented their emotions, they retracted their eyes and said softly, "The two big men have sent them away, and you can rest assured, okay, you guys hurry back to the county seat, don't forget the purpose of our visit." ”

"If you ruin Your Majesty's good deeds, you can't take Xizhou, let alone the two of us, none of you can escape, and you will all have to fall to the ground."

The men nodded solemnly with solemn faces, then turned their horses' heads and drove away as fast as they could, disappearing at the end of the road in a short time.

At the same time, on the other side of this official road, Su Ji and Li Chongxiang, who returned the same way, led a group of caravans and hid in the forest on the side of the official road.

As the cavalry out of the city returned to Jinzhong County, about a moment later, several figures galloped over.

reported to Su Ji and Li Chongxiang, "Back to the prince, my lord, the cavalry of the two states has returned to the county seat, we have explored the suburbs of the county, all the roads have been blocked, and it is very difficult to enter Xizhou from Jinzhong County." ”

The two nodded, waved their hands, and their men immediately left, without the slightest sadness on their faces, as if this was in their expectation, they glanced at each other, and turned back and walked towards the carriage behind.

As soon as they approached, the curtain of the carriage opened, and looking at Su Qi'an in the carriage, the two said softly.

"Qi An, as you expected, it is basically impossible to enter Xizhou from Jinzhong County, and looking at their vigilance, it is not as simple as closing the road."

Su Qi'an nodded slightly, and said softly, "Well, it is estimated that they still have a big plan, and it will be troublesome for the prince and the state pastor to monitor their affairs, and after I enter Jiaozhou, I will send someone to contact you." ”

"Qi An, that's a polite word, the cavalry of the two states is at the border of Zhongzhou, so naturally we must pay attention to their every move, this is a matter within our boundaries, and it will be okay to accompany you on a trip."

"It's you, take care of yourself all the way, we are waiting for the good news that you return to Xizhou, if there is anything useful, just say hello."

Su Qi'an clenched his fists to express his gratitude, and then waved his hand, Tong Zhan and the others immediately changed direction and went in another direction.

Everyone waved goodbye, and disappeared at the end of the road under the gaze of the two.

Originally, according to Su Qi'an's plan, he wanted to enter Xizhou directly through Jinzhong County, but later learned that there were cavalry from two states in Jinzhong County.

This news somewhat caught Su Qi'an off guard, but quickly changed his plan.

On the surface, they are still heading towards Jinzhong County, but in fact, they are trying to explore the purpose of the cavalry stationing in these two states, and after Li Chongxiang and Su Ji sing and harmonize, they can see some problems.

There are no loopholes in the cavalry commander's answer, and it is not a falsification, but it is this near-perfect answer that is problematic.

When the two of them were talking and entangled with the cavalry commander, Su Qi'an had already sent scouts to explore the surroundings of the county seat.

As he imagined, the road leading to Xizhou in Zhongxian County, all the checkpoints, outposts, and even the nameless remote roads, were patrolled by soldiers.

Even if it is to protect the safety of the border county town of Zhongzhou, it will not block all roads, unless Xizhou wants to invade Zhongzhou, this can be justified.

But judging from the situation they reported, Xizhou was defeated and retreated by 100,000 troops, and it was difficult to protect itself, how could it be possible to invade Zhongzhou?

If you take another 10,000 steps back, depending on the relationship between Luo Qingyuan and Su Ji, it really needs to be involved, except for asking for help, Su Qi'an can't think of a second reason to invade.

But the comprehensive closure of the cavalry of the two states, no matter how you look at it, there is a kind of desire to cut off the connection between Zhongzhou and Xizhou, and the cavalry of the two states has been coming for a long time, and the outbreak of bandit civil strife in Zhongzhou has already come, but it was hidden by Feng Dian, and it was too low-key, no one would have thought that in this remote city, there would be cavalry from the two states.

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like protecting the local people, but it looks like waiting for something, waiting to perform some kind of task.

In order to verify their guesses, Su Ji and Li Chongxiang deliberately cooperated with the acting, so as to test the cavalry of the two states.

The cavalry of the two states must be carrying out some kind of secret mission, although this mission is not clear, but there is Su Ji and Li Chongxiang's covert surveillance, and sooner or later they will show their feet.

The road to Xizhou was completely blocked, and it was impossible to enter Xizhou through Jinzhong County.

Because of understanding the current situation of the war in Xizhou, Su Qi'an changed his mind of urgently entering Xizhou, and from the current point of view, even if the war in Xizhou is urgent, Xizhou has not been taken.

This shows that under the leadership of Luo Qingyuan, even if an army of 100,000 wants to take Xizhou, it will be difficult for a while.

Instead of risking exposure and forcibly entering Xizhou, it is better to change the route and enter Jiaozhou from Zhongzhou, and even if Xizhou is in an emergency, he can lead the Jiaozhou soldiers to provide emergency support.

Speaking of which, Zhongzhou and Jiaozhou do not border, if you want to enter Jiaozhou, you can only continue to go south, from Nanzhou, in Jiaozhou, if it is still in the era of Li Kang's rectification, Su Qi'an is afraid that he can only choose to take a long detour.

But when he took Jiaozhou and counterattacked Xizhou, a plank road was built in Chencang County, on the border between Xizhou and Jiaozhou.

When this plank road leads to the territory of Xizhou, Su Qi'an kept an eye on it, and let people divide into a branch, cross Nanzhou from the border of Jiaozhou, and finally go straight to the plank road in Zhongzhou.

This project sounds quite huge, but in fact it is only a simple section of crossing Nanzhou, and all of it is built, if it is all opened in one go, I am afraid that it will gradually fail in ten or eight years.

For this reason, Su Qi'an discussed with Nanzhou Mu Guhua, and personally explored the transit route, but fortunately, the hard work paid off, and they finally selected a natural plank road, which only needs to continue to be excavated and consolidated.

Although the difficulty is minimized, the construction is still very time-consuming, according to Su Qi'an's plan, it is estimated that it will take a year and a half to complete the construction.

Now calculate the time, it has been almost two years, and the construction of this transit plank road should have been completed, of course, the construction of this plank road was carried out in secret, and it was a back road left by Su Qi'an for himself.

In addition to him, those who know are Nanzhou Mu Guhua, Jiaozhou Mu Huocheng, Huang Wenyan, and Wu Yong, and the rest of the people don't know.

Su Qi'an didn't expect that this plank road, which was inadvertently built because of his own whim, would come in handy one day.

The location of this plank road is not anywhere else, it is in Jinnan County, the next county next door to Jinzhong County, and entering Jinnan County is Su Qi'an's real purpose.

After saying goodbye to Su Ji and Li Chongxiang, Su Qi'an did not stop, led his caravan, and went all the way south to Jinnan County.

Because Li Chongxiang had already greeted him in advance, Su Qi'an and the others came to Jinnan County smoothly, without any stop, and continued to go south, and when they were about to reach the border of Nanzhou, the next moment, they walked directly towards the dense forest next to them from the official road.

Everyone walked, in groups of two and two, supporting each other, Tong Zhan led people to open the way in front, Lin Guard took Feng Luan Wei to break off, after overcoming thorns and thorns all the way, the sight in front was no longer blocked by the dense forest, and it was vast.

At the end of everyone's sight, there is a cliff, but at the waist of the cliff, there is a plank road that has been excavated.

Looking at the extent of the plank road, no more than two months, looking at the plank road in front of him, Su Qi'an's hanging heart relaxed slightly, he knew that as long as he walked out, he could enter Jiaozhou, and then it would be the real safe time.

Everyone did not stop, one after another, sticking to the cliff wall slowly, this branch plank road is not very big, can only pass through one person quickly, and must be attached to the cliff, if a careless, it is likely to be blown by the wind, directly blowing down the cliff, all the way, but also have to be cautious.

It's not that Su Qi'an didn't think about it, but the branched plank road is very difficult to excavate, and with their current technology, it is difficult to do, and it will be life-threatening.

So in order to get through as soon as possible, we had to build a narrow plank road, and everyone walked like this, and I don't know how long it took, suddenly, at the end of the cloud shrouded in front of us, a rapid reprimand suddenly sounded.

"Who dares to trespass on the plank road and report his name, otherwise he will die!"